ARepublicanstrategytocounterthere-electionofObama a republican strategy to counter the re election of obama a republican strategy to counter the reelection of obama a republican strategy to counter th e re election of obama a repub lican strategy to counter the reelection of obama a republican strategy to counter the re elec tion of obama Republicanleadersjustifiedtheirpolicybytheneedtocombatelectoralfraud. republican leaders justified their policy by the need to combat electoral fraud re publican leaders justified their policy by the need to combat electoral fraud repub lican leaders justified their policy by the need to combat electoral fraud republi can leaders justified their policy by the need to combat electoral fraud republican leaders justified their pol icy by the need to combat electoral fraud However,theBrennanCentreconsidersthisamyth,statingthatelectoralfraudisrarerintheUnitedStatesthanthenumberofpeoplekilledbylightning. however the brennan centre considers this a myth stating t hat e lectoral f raud is rarer in the united states than the number of people killed by lightning however the brennan centre considers this a myth stating t hat electoral fraud is rarer in the united states than the number of people killed by lightning however the brennan centre considers this a myth stating tha t electoral fraud is rarer in the united states than the number of people killed by lightning however the brennan centre considers this a myth stating tha t e lectoral f raud is rarer in the united states than the number of people killed by lightning however the brennan centre considers this a myth stating tha t electoralfraud is rarer in the united states than the number of people killed by lightning Indeed,Republicanlawyersidentifiedonly300casesofelectoralfraudintheUnitedStatesinadecade. indeed republican lawyers identified only 300 cases of electoral fraud in the united states in a decade indeed republican lawyers identi fied only 300 cases of electoral fraud in the united states in a decade indeed republican lawyers identifi ed only 300 cases of electoral fraud in the united states in a decade indeed republican lawyers identified only 3 00 cases of electoral fraud in the united states in a decade indeed republican lawyers identified only 300 cases of electoral fraud in the united states in a dec ade Onethingiscertain:thesenewprovisionswillhaveanegativeimpactonvoterturn-out. one thing is certain these new provisions will have a negative impact on voter turnout one thing is certain these new provisions will have a negative impact on voter turn out one thing is certain these new provisions will have a nega tive impact on voter turnout o ne thing is certain these new provisions will have a negative impact on voter turnout one thing is certain these new provisions will have a nega tive impact on voter turn out Inthissense,themeasureswillpartiallyunderminetheAmericandemocraticsystem. in this sense the measures will partially undermine the american democratic system in this sense the measures will par tially undermine the american democratic system in this sense the measure s will partially undermine the american democratic system in this sense the mea sures will partially undermine the american democratic system in this sense the meas ures will partially undermine the american democratic system UnlikeinCanada,theAmericanStatesareresponsiblefortheorganisationoffederalelectionsintheUnitedStates. unlike in canada the american states are responsible for the organisation of federal elections in the united states unlike in canada the american states are responsible for the organisa tion of federal elections in the united states unlike in canada the ameri can states are responsible for the organisation of federal elections in the united states un like in canada the american states are responsible for the organisation of federal elections in the united states unlike in canada the american states are responsible for the organisation of federal elec tions in the united states ItisinthisspiritthatamajorityofAmericangovernmentshavepassednewlawssince2009makingtheregistrationorvotingprocessmoredifficult. it is in this spirit that a majority of american governments have passed new laws since 2009 making the registration or voting process more difficult it is in this spirit that a majority of amer ican governments have passed new laws since 2009 making the registration or voting process more difficult it is in this spirit that a majority of american governments have passed new laws since 2009 mak ing the registration or voting process more difficult it is in this spirit that a majority of american governments have passed new laws since 2009 making the registration or voting process more diffi cult it is in this spirit that a majority of american governments have passed new laws since 2009 making the reg istration or voting process more difficult ThisphenomenongainedmomentumfollowingtheNovember2010elections,whichsaw675newRepublicanrepresentativesaddedin26States. this phenomenon gained momentum following the november 2010 elections which saw 675 new republican representatives added in 26 states this phenomenon gained momentum following the november 2010 elections which saw 6 75 new republican representatives added in 26 states this phenomenon gained momentum following the november 2010 elections which saw 67 5 new republican representatives added in 26 states this phenomenon gained momentum following the november 2010 elections which saw 675 new republican representatives added in 2 6 states this phenomenon gained momentum following the november 2010 elections which saw 6 75 new republican representatives added in 2 6 states Asaresult,180billsrestrictingtheexerciseoftherighttovotein41Stateswereintroducedin2011alone. as a result 180 bills restricting the exercise of the right to vote in 41 states were introduced in 2011 alone asaresult 180 bills restricting the exercise of the right to vote in 41 states were introduced in 2011 alone as a result 180 bills restricting the exercise of the right to vote in 41 states were intro duced in 2011 alone as a result 18 0 bills restricting the exercise of the right to vote in 41 states were introduced in 2011 alone as a result 180 bills restricting the exercise of the right to vote in 41states were introduced in 2011 alone ThenewelectionlawsrequirevoterstoshowaphotoIDcardandproofofUScitizenship. the new election laws require voters to show a photo id card and proof of u s citizenship the new election laws require voters to show a photo id card and proof of us citizenship the new election laws require voters to show a photo i d card and proof of u s citizenship the new election laws require voters to show a photo i d card and proof of us citizenship t he new election laws require voters to show a photo id card and proof of u s citizenship Furthermore,theselawsalsoreduceearlyvotingperiods,invalidatetherighttoregisterasavoteronelectiondayandwithdrawtherighttovoteofcitizenswithacriminalrecord. furthermore these laws also reduce early voting periods invalidate the right to register as a voter on election day and withdraw the right to vote of citizens with a criminal record furthermore these laws also reduce early voting periods in v alidate the right to register as a voter on election day and withdraw the right to vote of citizens with a criminal record furthermore these laws also reduce early voting periods in validate the right to register as a voter on election day and withdraw the right to vote of citizens with a criminal record fur thermore these laws also reduce early voting periods invalidate the right to register as a voter on election day and withdraw the right to vote of citizens with a criminal record furthermore these laws also reduce early voting periods invali date the right to register as a voter on election day and withdraw the right to vote of citizens with a criminal record Beforethe2006elections,noUSStaterequiredvoterstoshowaphotoIDcard. before the 2006 elections nous state required voters to show a photo id card before the 2006 elections no us state required voters to show a photo id card before the 2006 elections no u s state required voters to show a photo id card before the 2006 elections nous state required voters to show a photo i d card before the 2006 elections no us state required voters to show a photo i d card IndianawasthefirstStatetoimposesucharequirement. indiana was the first state to impose such a requirement indi ana was the first state to impose such a requirement indiana was the first state to impose such a require ment indiana was the first state to impose such a re quirement in diana was the first state to impose such a requirement In2008,theSupremeCourtoftheUnitedStatesupheldtheconstitutionalityoftheIndianalaw. in 2008 the supreme court of the united states upheld the constitutionality of the indiana law in 2008 t he supreme court of the united states upheld the constitutionality of the indiana law in 2008 the su preme court of the united states upheld the constitutionality of the indiana law in 2008 the supreme court of the united states upheld the constitutionality of the indiana la w in 2008 the supreme court of the united states upheld the constitu tionality of the indiana law TheRepublicanauthoritieswerequicktoextendthispracticetootherStates. t he republican authorities were quick to extend this practice to other states therepublican authorities were quick to extend this practice to other states the repub lican authorities were quick to extend this practice to other states the re publican authorities were quick to extend this practice to other states the republican author ities were quick to extend this practice to other states Overthepasttwoyears,theysponsoredbillsin34StatestoforcevoterstoshowaphotoIDcard. over the past two years they sponsored bills in 34 states to force voters to show a photo id card over the past two years they sponsored bills in 34 states to force voters to show a photo i d card o ver the past two years they sponsored bills in 34 states to force voters to show a photo id card over the past two years the y sponsored bills in 34 states to force voters to show a photo id card over the pasttwo years they sponsored bills in 34 states to force voters to show a photo id card Itisimportanttonotethat,unlikeQuebec,AmericancitizensdonothaveauniversalIDcardsuchasthehealthinsurancecard. it is important to note that unlike quebec american citizens do not have a universal id card such as the health insurance card it is important to note that unlike quebec ameri can citizens do not have a universal id card such as the health insurance card it is important to note that unlike quebec american citizens do not have a universal id card such as the health insur ance card it is impor tant to note that unlike quebec american citizens do not have a universal id card such as the health insurance card it is im portant to note that unlike quebec american citizens do not have a universal id card such as the health insurance card Infact,11%ofAmericancitizens,i.e.21millionpeopleofvotingage,donotpossessaphotoIDcardissuedbyagovernmentagencyoftheirState. in fact 11 of american citizens ie 21 million people of voting age do not possess a photo id card issued by a government agency of their state in fact 11 of american citizens ie 2 1 million people of voting age do not possess a photo id card issued by a government agency of their state in fact 11 of ameri can citizens i e 21 million people of voting age do not possess a photo id card issued by a government agency of their state in fact 11 of ameri can citizens i e 2 1 million people of voting age do not possess a photo id card issued by a government agency of their state in fact 11 of american citizens ie2 1 million people of voting age do not possess a photo id card issued by a government agency of their state Inaddition,fivemillionnewvotersin2012donothavesuchidentification. in addition five million new voters in 2012 do not have such identification in addi tion five million new voters in 2012 do not have such identification in addition five million new vot ers in 2012 do not have such identification in ad dition five million new voters in 2012 do not have such identification in addition five million new voters in 2012 donot have such identification Anditoftencostsoverahundreddollarstoobtaintherequiredidentitycard. andit often costs over a hundred dollars to obtain the required identity card and itoften costs over a hundred dollars to obtain the required identity card anditoften costs over a hundred dollars to obtain the required identity card and it of ten costs over a hundred dollars to obtain the required identity card and it often cost s over a hundred dollars to obtain the required identity card Thenewrestrictionsdisproportionatelyaffectyoungpeople,minoritiesandpeoplewithlowincomes. the new restric tions disproportionately affect young people minorities and people with low incomes thenew restrictions disproportionately affect young people minorities and people with low incomes t he new restrictions disproportionately affect young people minorities and people with low incomes the new re strictions disproportionately affect young people minorities and people with low incomes the new restric tions dis proportionately affect young people minorities and people with low incomes Infact,25%ofAfricanAmericans,15%ofthoseearninglessthan$35,000;18%ofcitizensover65and20%ofvoters18to29yearsolddonothavetherequiredphotoIDcard. in fact 25 of african americans 15 of those earning less than 35000 18 of citizens over 65 and 20 of voters 18 to 29 years old do not have the required photo id card in fact 25 of african americans 15 of those earning less than 35000 1 8 of citizens over 65 and 20 of voters 18 to 29 years old do not have the required photo id card in fact 25 of african americans 15 of those earning less than 35000 18 of citizens over 65 and 20 of voters 18 to 29 years old do not have the required photo i d card in fact 2 5 of african americans 15 of those earning less than 35000 18 of citizens over 65 and 20 of voters 18 to 29 years old do not have the required photo id card in fact 25 of african americans 1 5 of those earning less than 35000 18 of citizens over 65 and 20 of voters 18 to 29 years old do not have the required photo id card Andthat'snotall. and that s not all and thats not all and that s no tall andthat snotall and that snot all Students,votersconsideredtobevotingmoreforDemocraticcandidates,arenotallowedinseveralStatestousethephotoIDcardissuedbytheirinstitution. students voters considered to be voting more for democratic candidates are not allowed in several states to use the photo id card issued by their institution students voters considered to be voting more for democratic candidates are not allowed in several states to use the photo i d card issued by their institution student s voters considered to be voting more for democratic candidates are not allowed in several states to use the photo id card issued by their institution students vot ers considered to be voting more for democratic candidates are not allowed in several states to use the photo id card issued by their institution students voters con sidered to be voting more for democratic candidates are not allowed in several states to use the photo id card issued by their institution Ontheotherhand,thesesameStatesallowfishingorhuntingclubmembers,whovotemoreRepublican,tousethecardsissuedbytheseclubswhentheyvote. on the other hand these same states allow fishing or hunting club members who vote more republican to use the cards is sued by these clubs when they vote on the other hand these same states allow fishing or hunting club members who vote more republican to use the cardsissued by these clubs when they vote on the other hand these same states allow fishing or hunt ing club members who vote more republican to use the cards is sued by these clubs when they vote on the other hand these same states allow fishing or hunting club members who vote more republican to use the card s issued by the s e c l u b s when they vote on the other hand these same states allow fishing or hunting club members who vote more republican to use the card s issued by the se clubs when they vote Priorto2004,noStaterequiredproofofcitizenshiptovote. prior to 2004 no state required proof of citizenship to vote priorto2004 no state required proof of citizenship to vote prior to 2004 no state re quired proof of citizenship to vote priorto 2004 no state required proof of citizenship to vote prior to 2004 nostate required proof of citizenship to vote Arizonawasthefirsttointroducesucharequirement. arizona was the first to introduce such a requirement ari zona was the first to introduce such a requirement arizona was the first to intro duce such a requirement arizona was the first to introduce such a require ment arizona was the fi rst to introduce such a requirement Since2011,adozenStateshaveadoptedlawsrequiringvoterstoprovetheyareAmericancitizens. since 2011 a dozen states have adopted laws requiring voters to prove they are american citizens since2011 a dozen states have adopted laws requiring voters to prove they are american citizens since 2011 a dozen states have adopted laws requiring voters to prove they are american citizen s s ince 2011 a dozen states have adopted laws requiring voters to prove they are american citizens since 2011 a dozen states have adopted laws requiring voters to prove they are american citi zens ThesemeasuresareclearlyintendedtolimittheHispanicvote. these measures are clearly intended to limit the hispanic vote these measures are clearly in tended to limit the hispanic vote these mea sures are clearly intended to limit the hispanic vote these meas ures are clearly intended to limit the hispanic vote th ese measures are clearly intended to limit the hispanic vote However,itappearsthattwooutofthreeHispanicvotersfavourtheDemocraticparty. however it appears that two out of three his panic voters favour the democratic party however it appears that two out of three hispanicvoters favour the democratic party however it appears that two out of three his panic voters favour the demo cratic party however it appears that two out of three hispanicvoter s favour the democratic party however it appears that two out of three his panic voters favour the dem ocratic party Whatismore,in2011RepublicanlegislatorssponsoredlawsabolishingtheregistrationofvotersonelectiondayineightStates. what is more in 2011 republican legislators sponsored laws abolishing the registration of voters on election day in eight states whatismore in 2011 republican legislators sponsored laws abolishing the registration of voters on election day in eight states what is more in 2011 republican legislator s sponsored laws abolishing the registration of voters on election day in eight states what ismore in 2011 republican legislators sponsored laws abolishing the registration of voters on election day in eight states whatis more in 2011 republican legislators sponsored laws abolishing the registration of voters on election day in eight states Inaddition,theylimitedtherightofindividualsandgroupstoprovideassistancetovoterswishingtoregister. in addition they limited the r ight of individuals and groups to provide assistance to voters wishing to register in addition they limited the right ofindividuals and groups to provide assistance to voters wishing to register in addition they limited the rightof individuals and groups to provide assistance to voters wishing to register in addition they limited the r ight of i ndividuals and groups to provide assistance to voters wishing to register in addition they limited the r ight of individuals and groups to pro vide assistance to voters wishing to register Theserestrictionsarenotwithoutconsequence. these restrictions are not without consequence these restric tions are not without consequence these re strictions are not without consequence theserestrictions are not without consequence t hese restrictions are not without consequence Forexample,duringthe2004generalelection,voterregistrationcampaignscontributedtoregisteringaround10millioncitizens. for exam ple during the 2004 general election voter registration campaigns contributed to registering a round 10 million citizens for ex ample during the 2004 general election voter registration campaigns contributed to registering a round 10 million citizens for exam ple during the 2004 general election voter registration campaigns contributed to registering around10 million citizens for ex ample during the 2004 general election voter registration campaigns contributed to registering around10 million citizens for example dur ing the 2004 general election voter registration campaigns contributed to registering around10 million citizens However,themeasuresadoptedsince2009haveledtoa17%dropintheregistrationrateofnewvotersin2010comparedto2006. however the measures adopted since 2009 haveled to a 17 drop in the registration rate of new voters in 2010 compared to 2006 however the measures adopted since 2009 ha ve led to a 17 drop in the registration rate of new voters in 2010 compared to 2006 however the measures adopted since 2009 h ave led to a 17 drop in the registration rate of new voters in 2010 compared to 2006 however the measures adopted since 2009 haveled to a 1 7 drop in the registration rate of new voters in 2010 compared to 2006 however the measures adopted since 2009 ha ve led to a 1 7 drop in the registration rate of new voters in 2010 compared to 2006 Inaddition,RepublicanlegislatorshaveenactedlawsinfiveotherStatesaimedatreducingtheearlyvotingperiod. in addition republican legislators have enacted laws in five other states aimed at reducing the early voting period in ad dition republican legislators have enacted laws in five other states aimed at reducing the early voting period in addition republican legislators have enacted laws in five other states aimed at reduc ing the early voting period in addition republican legislators have enacted laws in five other states aimed at re ducing the early voting period in addition republican legislators have enacted laws in five other states aimed at redu cing the early voting period Forexample,duringthe2008generalelectioninFlorida,33%ofearlyvoterswereAfrican-Americans,whoaccountedhoweverforonly13%ofvotersintheState. for example during the 2008 general election in florida 33 of early voters were african ameri cans who accounted however for only 13 of voters in the state for example during the 2008 general election in florida 33 of early voters were african american s who accounted however for only 13 of voters in the state for example during the 2008 general election in florida 33 of early voters were african ameri cans who accounted however for only 1 3 of voters in the state for example during the 2008 general election in florida 33 of early voters were african american s who accounted however for only 1 3 of voters in the state for example during the 2008 general election in florida 33 of early voters were african ameri cans who accounted however for only 13 of voters in the st ate ThesameappliedtoHispanics. the same applied to hispanics the same applied to his panics the same applied to hispanic s the same applied to his pan ics thesame applied to hispanics Theserepresentedonly11%ofvoters,but24%ofcitizenswhovotedearly. these represented only 11 of voters but 24 of citi zens who voted early these represented only 11 of voters but 24 ofcitizens who voted early these represented only 11 of voters but 24 of cit izens who voted early these represented only 11 of voters but 24 of citizens who vote d early these represented only 11 of voters but 24 of citizens who vote dearly Ontheotherhand,76%ofvoterswerewhitebuttheserepresentedonly46%ofearlyvoters. on the other hand 76 of voters were white but these represented only 46 of early voters on the other hand 76 of voters were white but these represented only 4 6 of early voters on the other hand 76 of voters were white but these represented only 46 of early voter s on the other hand 76 of voters were white but these represented only 4 6 of early voter s on the other hand 76 of voters were white but these represented only 46 of early vot ers Ofcourse,Democraticlegislatorsandtheirsupportersvigorouslyopposedtheadoptionoflawsrestrictingvoterregistration. of course democratic legislators and their supporters vigorously opposed the adoption of laws restricting voter registration ofcourse democratic legislators and their supporters vigorously opposed the adoption of laws restricting voter registration of course democratic legisla tors and their supporters vigorously opposed the adoption of laws restricting voter registration of course demo cratic legislators and their supporters vigorously opposed the adoption of laws restricting voter registration of course democratic legislators and their supporters vigor ously opposed the adoption of laws restricting voter registration SeveralbillswereblockedbyvetoesofDemocraticgovernors. several bills were blocked by vetoes of democratic governors several bills were blocked by vetoes of democratic governor s several bills were blocked by vetoes of democratic gover nors sev eral bills were blocked by vetoes of democratic governors several bills were blocked by vetoes of democratic gover nor s TheUnitedStatesAttorneyGeneralintervenedtosuspendthemostcontroversiallaws. the united states attorney general intervened to suspend the most controversial laws the united states attorney general intervened to sus pend the most controversial laws the united states attorney general intervened to suspend t he most controversial laws the united states attorney general intervened to suspend the mostcontroversial laws the united states attorney general intervened to suspend the most contro versial laws Theywereabletopartiallylimitthedamage. they were able to partially limit the damage they were able to partially limit the dam age theywere able to partially limit the damage t hey were able to partially limit the damage they we re able to partially limit the damage Forexample,only16outof34StateshaveadoptedlawsrequiringthepresentationofaphotoIDcard. for example only 16 out of 34 states have adopted laws requiring the presentation of a photo id card for example only 16 out of 34 states have adopted laws requiring the presentation of a photo i d card for exam ple only 16 out of 34 states have adopted laws requiring the presentation of a photo id card for ex ample only 16 out of 34 states have adopted laws requiring the presentation of a photo id card forexample only 16 out of 34 states have adopted laws requiring the presentation of a photo id card However,thenewrulesputinplacewillundoubtedlymakeitmoredifficulttoexercisetherighttovotein2012. however the new rules put in place will undoubtedly make it more difficult to exercise the right to vote in 2012 how ever the new rules put in place will undoubtedly make it more difficult to exercise the right to vote in 2012 however t he new rules put in place will undoubtedly make it more difficult to exercise the right to vote in 2012 howev er the new rules put in place will undoubtedly make it more difficult to exercise the right to vote in 2012 however the new rules put in place will un doubtedly make it more difficult to exercise the right to vote in 2012 Democraticcriticsdenouncethepartisancharacterofthelawsthathavebeenpassedandtheyseeaclearobjectiveofinfluencingthe2012resultsinkeyStates. democratic critics denounce the partisan character of the law s that have been passed and they see a clear objec tive of influencing the 2012 results in key states democratic critics denounce the partisan character of the law s that have been passed and they see a clear ob jective of influencing the 2012 results in key states democratic critics denounce the partisan character of the law s that have been passed and they see a clear objec tive of in fluencing the 2012 results in key states democratic critics denounce the partisan character of the law s that have been passed and they see a clear objective ofinfluencing the 2012 results in key states democratic critics denounce the partisan character of the law s that have been passed and they see a clear objec tive of influ encing the 2012 results in key states A2011BrennanCentrereportshowsthattheStatesthathaveadoptedtheselawsrepresent171ofthe270votesneededintheelectoralcollegetowinthePresidency. a 2011 brennan centre report shows that the states that have adopted these laws represent 17 1 of the 2 70 votes needed in the electoral college to win the presidency a 2011 brennan centre report shows that the states that have adopted these laws represent 17 1 of the 270 vote s needed in the electoral college to win the presidency a 2011 brennan centre report shows that the states that have adopted these laws represent 17 1 of the 270 votes neededin the electoral college to win the presidency a 2011 brennan centre report shows that the states that have adopted these laws represent 17 1 of the 27 0 votes needed in the electoral college to win the presidency a 2011 brennan centre report shows that the states that have adopted these laws represent 17 1 of the 270 votesneeded in the electoral college to win the presidency Itistooearlytosaywithcertaintythattheselegislativechangesintheelectoralsystemwillhavesignificantimpactsontheoutcomeofthe2012presidentialelections. it is too early to say with certainty that these legislative changes in the electoral system will have significant impacts on the outcome of the 2012 presidential elections it is too early to say with certainty that these legislative changes in the electoral system will have significant impacts on the outcome of the 2012 presidential election s it is too early to say with certainty that these legislative changes in the electoral system will have significant impacts on the outcome of the 2012 presidential elec tions it is too early to say with certainty that these legisla tive changes in the electoral system will have significant impacts on the outcome of the 2012 presidential elections it is too early to say with cer tainty that these legislative changes in the electoral system will have significant impacts on the outcome of the 2012 presidential elections Butonethingiscertain:thesenewprovisionswillhaveanegativeimpactontheturn-out. but one thing is certain these new provisions will have a negative impact on the turnout but one thing is certain these new provisions will have a negative impact on the turn out but one thing is certain these new provisions will have a nega tive impact on the turnout but one thing is certain these new provisions will have a nega tive impact on the turn out but one thing is certain these new provisions will have a neg ative impact on the turnout Inthissense,themeasureswillpartiallyunderminetheAmericandemocraticsystem. in this sense the measures will partially undermine the american democratic system in this sense the measures will par tially undermine the american democratic system in this sense the measure s will partially undermine the american democratic system in this sense the mea sures will partially undermine the american democratic system in this sense the meas ures will partially undermine the american democratic system Prostatecancerscreening:takethetestornot? prostate cancer screening take the test or not prostatecancerscreening take the test or not p rostate c ancer s creening take the test or not pros tate cancer screening take the test or not prostatecancer screening take the test or not Indeed,thePSAtestsometimesshowserroneousresultswithfalsenegativeorevenfalsepositiveresults,whichinvolveunnecessarymedicalinterventions. indeed the psa test sometimes shows erroneous results with false negative or even false positive results which in volve unnecessary medical interventions indeed the psa test sometimes shows erroneous results with false negative or even false positive results which in volve unnecessary medical intervention s indeed the psa test sometimes shows erroneous results with false negative or even false positive results which in volve un necessary medical interventions indeed the psa test sometimes shows erroneous results with false negative or even false positive results which in volve unneces sary medical interventions indeed the psa test sometimes shows erroneous results with false negative or even false positive results which in volve unnec essary medical interventions Enoughtomakealreadyreluctantmenhesitatetotakescreeningtests. enough to make already reluctant men hesitate to take screening tests enough to make already reluctant men hesitate to take screening test s enough tomake already reluctant men hesitate to take screening tests enough to make a lready reluctant men hesitate to take screening tests enoughto make already reluctant men hesitate to take screening tests Takethetestornot? take the test or not takethetest or not ta ke the test or not takethe test or not take thetest or not Weaskedtwospecialistsfortheiropinion. we asked two specialists for their opinion weasked two specialists for their opinion w e asked two specialists for their opinion we asked two specialists for their opin ion we asked two specialist s for their opinion InstudiesconductedintheUnitedStates,therewasalotofcontaminationbetweencontrolgroups,soitisdifficulttointerpretthedataandmakefirmrecommendations. in studies conducted in the united states there was a lot of con tamination between control groups so it is difficult to interpret the data and make firm recommendations in studies conducted in the united states there was a lot of contamina tion between control groups so it is difficult to interpret the data and make firm recommendations in studies conducted in the united states there was a lot of con tamination between control groups so it is diffi cult to interpret the data and make firm recommendations in studies conducted in the united states there was a lot of con tamination between control groups so it is difficult to inter pret the data and make firm recommendations in studies conducted in the united states there was a lot of con tamination between control groups so it is difficult to in terpret the data and make firm recommendations Anotherstudy,thistimeaEuropeanone,concludedthattherewasadifferenceinmortalitybetweenpatientswhowerescreenedandthosewhowerenot. another study this time a european one concluded that there was a difference in mortality between patients who were screened and those who were not another study this time a european one con cluded that there was a difference in mortality between patients who were screened and those who were not another study this time a european one concluded that there was a differ ence in mortality between patients who were screened and those who were not another study this time a european one concluded that there was a dif ference in mortality between patients who were screened and those who were not another study this time a european one conclude d that there was a difference in mortality between patients who were screened and those who were not Thisstudyalsoshowed,withafollow-upafter12years,thatitisbetween30and40%morelikelyformetastasestooccurintheabsenceofscreening. this study also showed with a follow up after 12 years that it is between 30 and 40 more likely for metastases to occur in the absence of screening this study also showed with a follow up after 1 2 years that it is between 30 and 40 more likely for metastases to occur in the absence of screening this study also showed with a followup after 12 years that it is between 30 and 40 more likely for metastases to occur in the absence of screening this study also showed with a follow up after 12 years that i t is between 30 and 40 more likely for metastases to occur in the absence of screening this studyalso showed with a follow up after 12 years that it is between 30 and 40 more likely for metastases to occur in the absence of screening Ithereforerecommendthetestfromage50,or40ifyouhaveadirectrelativewhopreviouslyhadprostatecancer. i therefore recommend the test from age 50 or 40 if you have a direct relative whopreviously had prostate cancer i there fore recommend the test from age 50 or 40 if you have a direct relative whopreviously had prostate cancer i therefore recom mend the test from age 50 or 40 if you have a direct relative whopreviously had prostate cancer i therefore rec ommend the test from age 50 or 40 if you have a direct relative whopreviously had prostate cancer i therefore recommend the test from age 50 or 40 if you have a direct relative wh o previously had prostate cancer African-Americanmenarealsomoreatrisk. african american men are also more at risk afri can american men are also more at risk af rican american men are also more at risk africanamerican men are also more at risk african amer ican men are also more at risk Thekeyistomaketherightdecisiononcecancerhasbeendetected. the key is to make the right deci sion once cancer has been detected the key is to make the rightdecision once cancer has been detected the key is to make the right decision on ce cancer has been detected the key is to make the right deci sion once cancer has been de tected the key is to make the right deci sion once cancer has been detect ed Thereareaggressivecancersandothersthatareindolent. there are aggressive cancers and others that are indolent there are ag gressive cancers and others that are indolent t here are aggressive cancers and others that are indolent there are aggressive cancers and other s that are indolent thereare aggressive cancers and others that are indolent Thepatientreallyneedstobemadetounderstandthedegreeofriskofhiscancer,byofferinghimtheoptionsavailable,notnecessarilytreatingprostatecancersthatarenotlong-termlifethreatening,andoptinginstead,insuchcases,foractivemonitoringofthedisease. the patient really needs to be made to understand the degree of risk of his cancer by offering him the options available notnecessarily treating prostate cancers that are not long term life threatening and opting instead in such cases for active monitoring of the disease the patient really needs to be made to understand the degree of risk of his cancer by offering him the option s available notnecessarily treating prostate cancers that are not long term life threatening and opting instead in such cases for active monitoring of the disease the patient really needs to be made to understand the degree of risk of his cancer by offering him the options available notnecessarily treating prostate cancers that are not longterm life threatening and opting instead in such cases for active monitoring of the disease the patient really needs to be made to understand the degree of risk of his cancer by offering him the option s available not necessarily treat ing prostate cancers that are not long term life threatening and opting instead in such cases for active monitoring of the disease the patient really needs to be made to understand the degree of risk of his cancer by offering him the options available notnecessarily treating prostate cancers that are not long term life threatening and opt ing instead in such cases for active monitoring of the disease Today,manymeninwhomcancerhasbeendetectedwillnotbetreatedbecausetheircancerisnotaggressiveandisnotlifethreatening. today many men in whom cancer has been detected w ill not be treated because their cancer is not aggressive and is not life threatening today many men in whom cancer has been detected willnot be treated because their cancer is not aggressive and is not life threatening today many men in whom cancer has been detected wil l not be treated because their cancer is not aggressive and is not life threatening today many men in whom cancer has been detected w i l l not be treated because their cancer is not aggressive and is not life threatening today many men in whom cancer has been detected willnotbe treated because their cancer is not aggressive and is not life threatening Activemonitoringwillbesuggested,andifthediseaseprogresses,theywillbeofferedtreatment. active monitoring will be suggested and if the disease progresses they will be offered treatment activemonitoring will be suggested and if the disease progresses they will be offered treatment active moni toring will be suggested and if the disease progresses they will be offered treatment active monitor ing will be suggested and if the disease progresses they will be offered treatment active mon itoring will be suggested and if the disease progresses they will be offered treatment Moreandmore,specificcriteriaarebeingdeterminedinordertodecidewhoshouldorshouldnotbetreated. more and more specific criteria are being determined in order to decide who should or should not be treated more and more spe cific criteria are being determined in order to decide who should or should not be treated more and more specific criteria are be ing determined in order to decide who should or should not be treated more andmore specific criteria are being determined in order to decide who should or should not be treated more and more specific criteria are being deter mined in order to decide who should or should not be treated ThereforeIrecommendtakingthetest. therefore i recommend taking the test there fore i recommend taking the test therefore i recom mend taking the test therefore i recommend taking the t est therefore i recommend taking thetest Buttheimportantthingistohaveadiscussionwithyourdoctortodeterminewhetherornottotakeit. but the important thing is to have a discussion with your doctor to determine whether or not to take it but the impor tant thing is to have a discussion with your doctor to determine whether or not to take it but the im portant thing is to have a discussion with your doctor to determine whether or not to take it but the important thing is to have a discussion with your doctor to determine whether or not to take i t but theimportant thing is to have a discussion with your doctor to determine whether or not to take it IncollaborationwiththeSocieteinternationaled'urologie[SIU],MovemberhascreatedatoolthatmakesitpossibletoevaluatetheprosandconsofthePSAtest. in collaboration with the societe internationale d urologie siu movember has created a tool that makes it pos sible to evaluate the pros and cons of the psa test in collaboration with the societe internationale d urologie siu movember has created a tool that makes it possi ble to evaluate the pros and cons of the psa test in collaboration with the societe internationale d urologie siu movember has created a tool that makes it possible to eval uate the pros and cons of the psa test in collaboration with the societe internationale d urologie siu movember has created a tool that makes it possible to evalu ate the pros and cons of the psa test in collaboration with the societe internationale d urologie siu movember has created a tool that makes it pos sible to evaluate the pro s and cons of the psa test Youcandownloadthedocument(inEnglishforthetimebeing,a[French]translationwillbeavailableshortly)atthisaddress:http://ca.movember.com/fr/mens-health/prostate-cancer-screening you can download the document in english for the time being a french translation will be available shortly at this address httpca movember com fr men s health prostate cancer screening you can download the document in english for the time being a french translation will be available shortly at this address httpc a movember com fr men s health prostate cancer screening you can download the document in english for the time being a french translation will be available shortly at this address httpca movember com fr mens health prostate cancer screening you can download the document in english for the time being a french translation will be available shortly at this address httpc a movember com fr mens health prostate cancer screening you can download the document in english for the time being a french translation will be available shortly at this address httpca movember com fr menshealth prostate cancer screening Preventingthedisease preventing the disease prevent ing the disease pre venting the disease preventing the dis ease preven ting the disease Unfortunately,thereisnomiraclerecipeforpreventingcancer. unfortunately there is no miracle recipe for preventing cancer unfortunately there is no miracle recipe for pre venting cancer unfortunately there is no miracle recipe for prevent ing cancer unfortunately there is no miracle recipe for preventing can cer unfortu nately there is no miracle recipe for preventing cancer Despitetheprogressinresearch,theadoptionofhealthylivinghabitsremainsthebestwaytoreducetheriskofsufferingfromit. despite the progress in re search the adoption of healthy living habits remains the best way to reduce the risk of suffering from it despite the progress in r esearch the adoption of healthy living habits remains the best way to reduce the risk of suffering from it despite the progress in researchthe adoption of healthy living habits remains the best way to reduce the risk of suffering from it despite the progress in r esearch t he adoption of healthy living habits remains the best way to reduce the risk of suffering from it despite the progress in re s e a r c h the adoption of healthy living habits remains the best way to reduce the risk of suffering from it Itisestimatedthatifeveryoneatewellandexercisedenough,30%ofcancerscouldbeprevented. it is estimated that if everyone ate well and exercised enough 30 of cancers could be prevented it is esti mated that if everyone ate well and exercised enough 30 of cancers could be prevented i t is estimated that if everyone ate well and exercised enough 30 of cancers could be prevented it is estimated that if every one ate well and exercised enough 30 of cancers could be prevented it is estimated that if everyone ate well and exercised enough 3 0 of cancers could be prevented "Ifnomorepeoplesmoked,thisratewouldincreasetoatleast50%,"saysAndreBeaulieu,spokesmanfortheCanadianCancerSociety. if no more people smoked this rate would increase to at least 50 says andre beaulieu spokesman for the canadian cancer society if no more people smoked this rate would increase to at least 50 says andrebeaulieu spokesman for the canadian cancer society ifno more people smoked this rate would increase to at least 50 says andre beaulieu spokesman for the canadian cancer society if no more people smoked this rate would increase to at least 50 says andre beaulieu spokesman for the canadian cancer soci ety if no more people smoked this rate would increase to at least 50 says andre beaulieu spokesman for the canadian cancer so ciety Ontheotherhand,itisestimatedthatroughly10%ofcancersarehereditary. on the other hand it is estimated that roughly 10 of cancers are hereditary on the otherhand it is estimated that roughly 10 of cancers are hereditary on the other hand it is esti mated that roughly 10 of cancers are hereditary onthe other hand it is estimated that roughly 10 of cancers are hereditary on the other hand i t is estimated that roughly 10 of cancers are hereditary Somearealsocompletelyunexplained. some are also completely unexplained some are also completely unex plained some are also completely un explained s ome are also completely unexplained some are also completely unexplai ned FortheCanadianCancerSociety,thefightagainsttobaccoremainsapriority,despitethedecreaseinthenumberofsmokers. for the canadian cancer society the fight against tobacco remains a priority despite the decrease in the number of smokers for the canadian cancer society the fight against tobacco remains a priority despite the de crease in the number of smokers for the canadian cancer society the fight against tobacco remains a priority despite the decrease in the number of smok ers for the cana dian cancer society the fight against tobacco remains a priority despite the decrease in the number of smokers for the canadian cancer society the fight against tobacco remains a priority despite the decrease in the num ber of smokers Cigarettesarelinkedto85%oflungcancercases. cigarettes are linked to 85 of lung cancer cases ciga rettes are linked to 85 of lung cancer cases cigarette s are linked to 85 of lung cancer cases cigarettes are linked to 85 of lung can cer cases cigarettes are linked to 85 o f lung cancer cases Itisalsoariskfactorforanumberofothers. it is also a risk factor for a number of others it is also a risk factor for a number of other s it is also a risk factor for a number of oth ers i t is also a risk factor for a number of others itis also a risk factor for a number of others Thismassivelydamagespeople'shealth. this massively damages people s health this massively damages peoples health th is massively damages people s health t his massively damages people s health this massively damages peopleshealth "Eventoday,thereare1.5millionsmokersinQuebec"deploresspokespersonAndreBeaulieu. even today there are 15 million smokers in quebec deplores spokesperson andre beaulieu even today there are 1 5 million smokers in quebec deplores spokesperson andre beaulieu even today there are 15 million smokers in quebec de plores spokesperson andre beaulieu even today there are 1 5 million smokers in quebec de plores spokesperson andre beaulieu even today there are 15 million smokers in quebec d eplores spokesperson andre beaulieu Encouragingdata:10yearsaftergivingupsmoking,theriskofdyingfromcancerdropsbyhalf. encouraging data 10 years after giving up smoking the risk of dying from cancer drops by half en couraging data 10 years after giving up smoking the risk of dying from cancer drops by half encourag ing data 10 years after giving up smoking the risk of dying from cancer drops by half encouraging data 10years after giving up smoking the risk of dying from cancer drops by half encouraging data 10 years after giving up smoking the risk of dying from cancer drops by h a l f Weight weight w eight weigh t w e i g h t wei ght Overweightandobesityarealsoconducivetotheonsetofthedisease,accordingtotheSCC. overweight and obesity are also conducive to the onset of the disease according to the scc overweight and obesity are also conducive to the onset of the disease according to the s c c over weight and obesity are also conducive to the onset of the disease according to the scc overweight and obesity are also conducive to the onset of the dis ease according to the scc overweight and obe sity are also conducive to the onset of the disease according to the scc Theycanincreasetherisksofcancerofthebreast,colonandrectum,oesophagus,pancreasanduterus. they can increase the risks of cancer of the breast colon and rectum oesophagus pancreas and uterus th ey can increase the risks of cancer of the breast colon and rectum oesophagus pancreas and uterus they can in crease the risks of cancer of the breast colon and rectum oesophagus pancreas and uterus theycan increase the risks of cancer of the breast colon and rectum oesophagus pancreas and uterus they can increase the risks of cancer of the breast colon and rectum o esophagus pancreas and uterus "Researchshowsthattheregularpracticeofphysicalactivitythroughoutyourlifeprotectsagainstcoloncancer"itisalsosaid. research shows that the regular practice of physical activity throughout your life protects against colon cancer it is also said research shows that the regular practice of physical activity through out your life protects against colon cancer it is also said re search shows that the regular practice of physical activity throughout your life protects against colon cancer it is also said r esearch shows that the regular practice of physical activity throughout your life protects against colon cancer it is also said researchshows that the regular practice of physical activity throughout your life protects against colon cancer it is also said Diet diet die t di et d i e t d iet Theorganisationalsorecommendslimitingyourconsumptionofredmeat. the organisation also recommends limiting your consumption of red meat the or ganisation also recommends limiting your consumption of red meat the organi sation also recommends limiting your consumption of red meat the organisa tion also recommends limiting your consumption of red meat the organisation also recommends limiting your consumption of redmeat Inlargeamounts,itincreasestherisksofdevelopingcolo-rectalcancer. in large amounts it increases the risks of devel oping colorectal cancer in large amounts it increases the risks of develop ing colorectal cancer in large amounts it increases the risks of devel oping colorectal can cer in large amounts it increases the risks of devel oping colorectal ca ncer in large amounts it increases the risks of devel oping colorectal cance r Likewise,sodocuredmeatproducts,andtheseshouldbeavoided. likewise so do cured meat products and these should be avoided likewise sodo cured meat products and these should be avoided like wise so do cured meat products and these should be avoided likewise so do curedmeatproducts and these should be avoided likewise so do cured meat products and these should be avoid ed Theconservationofmeatbysmoking,dryingorcuringcancausetheformationofcarcinogens. the conservation of meat by smoking drying or curing c an cause the formation of carcinogens the conservation of meat by smoking drying or curing c a n cause the formation of carcinogens the conservation of meat by smoking drying or curing cancause the formation of carcinogens the conservation of meat by smoking drying or curing c an c ause the formation of carcinogens the conservation of meat by smoking drying or curing cancausethe formation of carcinogens "Theycandamagecellsinthebodyandleadtothedevelopmentofcancer"itisexplained. they can damage cells in the body and lead to the development of cancer it is explained they can damage cells in the body and lead to the development of cancer it is ex plained they can damage cells in the body and lead to the development of can cer it is explained they can damage cells in the body and lead to the develop ment of cancer it is explained they can damage cells in the body and lead to the devel opment of cancer it is explained Vitamins vitamins vitamin s vita mins v itamins vi tamins Inrecentyears,anumberofscientistshavestudiedthelinksbetweenvitaminsupplementsandcancer. in recent years a number of scientists have studied the linksbetween vitamin supplements and cancer in recent years a number of scientists have studied the linksbetween vita min supplements and cancer in recent years a number of scientists have studied the linksbetween vi tamin supplements and cancer in recent years a number of scientists have studied the linksbetween vitamin supple ments and cancer in recent years a number of scientists have studied the linksbetween vitamin supplements and can cer Forthetimebeinghowevertheirresearchisinconclusive. for the time being however their research is inconclusive for the timebeing however their research is inconclusive forthe time being however their research is inconclusive for the time being however the ir research is inconclusive for the time being however their re search is inconclusive StudiesonvitaminEarecontradictory,accordingtotheSCC. studies on vitamin e are contradictory according to the scc studies on vitamin e are contradictory according to the s c c studies on vitamin e are contradictory according to the sc c studies on vitamin e are contradictory according to the s cc studies on vitamin e are con tradictory according to the scc Whileonestudynotedadecreaseintheriskofprostatecancer,anothernotedanincrease. while one study noted a decrease in the risk of prostate cancer another noted an increase while one study noted a decrease in the risk of prostate cancer another noted an in crease while one study noted a decrease in the risk of prostate can cer another noted an increase while one study noted a decrease in the risk of prostate cancer another note d an increase while one study noted a decrease in the risk of prostate cancer another note dan increase AlsotheeffectofvitaminDoncancerisnotclear. also the effect of vitamin d on cancer is not clear also the ef fect of vitamin d on cancer is not clear also t he effect of vitamin d on cancer is not clear also the effect of vitamin d on cancer isnot clear also the effect of vitamin d on cancer is notclear Inaddition,MrBeaulieuemphasisestheimportanceofdiscussingyourconcernsandfamilyhistorywithyourdoctor. inaddition mr beaulieu emphasises the importance of discussing your concerns and family history with your doctor in addi tion mr beaulieu emphasises the importance of discussing your concerns and family history with your doctor in ad dition mr beaulieu emphasises the importance of discussing your concerns and family history with your doctor in addition m r beaulieu emphasises the importance of discussing your concerns and family history with your doctor in addition mr b eaulieu emphasises the importance of discussing your concerns and family history with your doctor "Takingascreeningtestdoesn'tgiveyoucancer." taking a screening test doesn t give you cancer taking a screening test doesnt give you cancer taking a screen ing test doesn t give you cancer tak ing a screening test doesn t give you cancer taking a screeningtest doesn t give you cancer TheHiggsbosonrevealed the higgs boson revealed the higg s boson revealed thehiggs boson revealed t he higgs boson revealed thehiggsboson revealed TheannouncementoftheprobablediscoveryoftheHiggsbosoncreatedquiteastirlastsummer,andwithgoodreason. the announcement of the probable discovery of the higgs boson created quite a stir last summer and with good reason the announce ment of the probable discovery of the higgs boson created quite a stir last summer and with good reason the an nouncement of the probable discovery of the higgs boson created quite a stir last summer and with good reason the announcement of the probable discovery of the higgs boson created quite a stir last summer and with good rea son the announcement of the probable discovery of the higg s boson created quite a stir last summer and with good reason Indeed,itisbelievedthatthisbosonispartofthemechanismresponsibleforthemassofeverythingintheUniverse,noless. indeed it is believed that this boson is part of the mechanism responsible for the mass of everything in the universe no less in deed it is believed that this boson is part of the mechanism responsible for the mass of everything in the universe no less indeed it is believed that this boson is part of the mechanism re sponsible for the mass of everything in the universe no less indeed it is believed that this boson is part of the mechanism responsible for the mass of every thing in the universe no less indeed it is believedthat this boson is part of the mechanism responsible for the mass of everything in the universe no less AlsoitisthelastparticlewhoseexistenceispredictedbytheStandardModel-ourbestor"lessworse"explanationofthenatureandbehaviourofmatter-butwhichhasnotyetbeenobservedempirically. also it is the last particle whose existence is predicted by the standard model our best or less worse explanation of the nature and behaviour of matter but which has not yet been ob served empirically also it is the last particle whose existence is predicted by the standard model our best or less worse explanation of the nature and behaviour of matter but which has not yet been ob served empirical ly also it is the last particle whose existence is predicted by the standard model our best or less worse explanation of the nature and behaviour of matter but which has not yet been ob served e mpirically also it is the last particle whose existence is predicted by the standard model our best or less worse explanation of the nature and behaviour of matter but which has not yet been ob served empirical l y also it is the last particle whose existence is predicted by the standard model our best or less worse explanation of the nature and behaviour of matter but which has not yet been ob served e m pirically Butforphysicists,itisstillnotcompletelysurethatitreallyistheHiggs. but for physicists it is still not completely sure that it really is the higgs but for physicists it is still not com pletely sure that it really is the higgs but for physicists it is still not completely sure that it really is the higg s but for physicists it is st ill not completely sure that it really is the higgs but for physicists it is still not completely sure that it really is t he higgs Weknowwithoutashadowofadoubtthatitisanewauthenticparticle,andgreatlyresemblestheHiggsbosonpredictedbytheStandardModel. we know without a shadow of a doubt that it is a new authentic particle and greatly resembles the higgs boson predicted by the standard model we know without a shadow of a doubt that it is a new authen tic particle and greatly resembles the higgs boson predicted by the standard model we know with out a shadow of a doubt that it is a new authentic particle and greatly resembles the higgs boson predicted by the standard model we know without a shadow of a doubt that it is a new authentic par ticle and greatly resembles the higgs boson predicted by the standard model we know without a shadow of a doubt that it is a new authentic parti cle and greatly resembles the higgs boson predicted by the standard model Inaddition,newdataunveiledthisweekatalargephysicsCongressinKyotoseemtoconfirmthis,buttherearestillinsufficientdatatobeperfectlysure. in addition new data unveiled this week at a large physics congress in kyoto seem to confirm this but there are still insufficient data to be perfectly sure in addition new data unveiled this week at a large physics congress in kyoto seem to confirm this but there are still insufficient data to be per fectly sure in addition new data unveiled this week at alarge physics congress in kyoto seem to confirm this but there are still insufficient data to be perfectly sure in addition new data unveiled this week at a large physics congress in kyoto seem to confirm this but there are still insuf ficient data to be perfectly sure in addition new data unveiled this week at a large physics congress in kyoto seem to confirm this but there are still insuffi cient data to be perfectly sure Butlet'ssupposethatitreallyistheHiggs,sincethechancesofbeingmistakenseemslim,andseewhatitis. but let s suppose that it really is the higg s since the chances of being mis taken seem slim and see what it is but let s suppose that it re ally is the higgs since the chances of being mis taken seem slim and see what it is but let s suppose that it really is the higg s since the chances of being mis taken seems lim and see what it is but let s suppose that it re ally is the higgs since the chances of being mis taken seems lim and see what it is but let s suppose that it really is the higg s since the chances of being mis taken see ms lim and see what it is Inourworld,thereisafatallyunavoidablelawwhichstatesthattwothingscannotmeetatthesameplaceatthesametime. in our world there is a fatally unavoidable law which states that two things can not meet at the same place at the same time in our world there is a fatally un avoidable law which states that two things can not meet at the same place at the same time in our world there is a fatally unavoidable law which states that two things can not meet at the same place at the sametime in our world there is a fatally unavoidable law which states that two things can not meet at the same place at the same ti me in our world there is a fatally unavoidable law which states that two things can not meet at the same place at the same tim e There'snowaytobreakthisrule-anddon'ttrytoohard,you'llgomad. there s no way to break this rule and d on t try too hard you ll go mad there s no way to break this rule and d on t try too hard youll go mad there s no way to break this rule and d on t try too hard you ll go m a d there s no way to break this rule and dont try toohard you ll go mad there s no way to break this rule and d on t try too hard youll go m a d However,eventhoughparticlephysicsisaverystrangeworld,itturnsoutthatitalsohasalawofthesamekind:thePauliexclusionprinciple,whichstatesthattwoparticlescannotoccupythesamespaceatthesametimeiftheyareinthesame"quantumstate"-this"state"consistingroughlyofcertainoftheircharacteristics. how ever even though particle physics is a very strange world it turns out that it also has alaw of the same kind the pauli exclusion principle which states that two particles cannot occupy the same space at the same time if they are in the same quantum state this state consistingr oughly of certain of their characteristics how ever even though particle physics is a very strange world it turns out that it also has alaw of the same kind the pauli exclusion principle which states that two particles cannot occupy the same space at the same time if they are in the same quantum state this state consistin groughly of certain of their characteristics how ever even though particle physics is a very strange world it turns out that it also has a lawof the same kind the pauli exclusion principle which states that two particles cannot occupy the same space at the same time if they are in the same quantum state this state consistingr oughly of certain of their characteristics how ever even though particle physics is a very strange world it turns out that it also has a lawof the same kind the pauli exclusion principle which states that two particles cannot occupy the same space at the same time if they are in the same quantum state this state consistin groughly of certain of their characteristics however eventhough particle physics is a very strange world it turns out that it also has a lawof the same kind the pauli exclusion principle which states that two particles cannot occupy the same space at the same time if they are in the same quantum state this state consistingr oughly of certain of their characteristics Basedonthis,physicistsclassifyparticlesintotwocategories. based on this physicists classify particles into two categories basedonthis physicists classify particles into two categories based onthis physicists classify particles into two categories based on this physicists classify particles into two cate gories based on this physicists classify particles into two catego ries Inonecornerwehavegoodcitizenscalledfermions,whowiselyobeythePauliprinciple. in one corner we have good citizens called fermions who wisely obey the pauli principle in one corner we have good citi zens called fermions who wisely obey the pauli principle in one corner we have good citizens called fermion s who wisely obey the pauli principle in one corner we have good citizens called fermi ons who wisely obey the pauli principle in one corner we have good citizens called fermions who wisely obey the pauli prin ciple Whilelurkingintheotherarethebosons,anastybandofanarchistswhorespectnothing-atallevents,notthisprinciple,whichmeansthattheycanindeedbefoundinthesameplaceatthesametime. while lurking in the other are the bosons a nasty band of anarchists who respect nothing at all events not this principle which means that they can indeed be found in the same place at the same time while lurking in the other are the bosons a nasty band of anarchists who respect no thing at all events not this principle which means that they can indeed be found in the same place at the same time while lurking in the other are the boson s a nasty band of anarchists who respect nothing at all events not this principle which means that they can indeed be found in the same place at the same time while lurking in the other are the bosons a nasty band of anarchists who respect nothing at all events not this prin ciple which means that they can indeed be found in the same place at the same time while lurking in the other are the bosons a nasty band of anarchists who respect nothing atall events not this principle which means that they can indeed be found in the same place at the same time Thesebosonsarethendividedintotwogroups,accordingtotheBerkeleyLabsParticleAdventuresite(absolutelyextraordinary,bytheway):mesons,whichwewillnotdiscusshere,and"forceparticles"bywhichthegreatforcesofnaturearepropagatedandtowhichtheHiggsbosonmaybesomehowrelated. these bosons are then divided into two groups according to the berkeley lab s particle adventure site absolutely extraordinary by the way me sons which we will not discuss here and force particles by which the great forces of nature are propagated and to which the higgs boson may be somehow related these bosons are then divided into two groups according to the berkeley lab s particle adventure site absolutely extraordinary by the way me sons which we will not discuss here and force particles by which the great forces of nature are propagated and to which the higgs boson maybe somehow related these bosons are then divided into two groups according to the berkeley lab s particle adventure site absolutely extraordinary by the way me son s which we will not discuss here and force particles by which the great forces of nature are propagated and to which the higgs boson may be somehow related these bosons are then divided into two groups according to the berkeley labs particle adventure site absolutely extraordinary by the way me sons which we will not discuss here and force particles by which the great forces of nature are propagated and to which the higgs boson may be somehow related these bosons are then divided into two groups according to the berkeley lab s particle adventure site absolutely extraordinary by the way me sons which we will not discuss here and force particles by which the great forces of nature are propagated and to which the higgs boson may be some how related Thesebosons,itmustbestressedhere,arenotallsuchexoticbugsasyoumightthink. these bosons it must be stressed here are not all such exotic bugs as you might think these bosons it must be stressed here arenot all such exotic bugs as you might think these bosons it must be stressed here are notall such exotic bugs as you might think these boson s it must be stressed here are not all such exotic bugs as you might think these bosons it must be stressed here are not all such exotic bug s as you might think Infact,ifyoucanreadthisarticle,itisthankstoanextraordinarilybanalboson:thephoton,orthe"lightparticle"whichisthe"messenger"oftheelectromagneticforce. in fact if you can read this article it is thanks to an extraordinarily banal boson the photon or the light particle which is the messenger of the electromagnetic force in fact if you can read this article it is thanks to an extraordinarily banal boson the photon or the light particle which is the mes senger of the electromagnetic force in fact if you can read this article it is thanks to an extraordinarily banal boson the photon or the light particle which is the messenger of the electro magnetic force in fact if you can read this article it is thanks to an extraordinarily banal boson the photon or the light particle whic h is the messenger of the electromagnetic force infact if you can read this article it is thanks to an extraordinarily banal boson the photon or the light particle which is the messenger of the electromagnetic force When,infact,aparticlehavinganelectricchargeacceleratesorchangesdirection,this"disturbs"theelectromagneticfieldinthisspecificplace,ratherlikeapebblethrowninapond. when in fact a particle having an electric charge accelerates or changes direction t his disturbs the electromagnetic field in this specific place rather like a pebble thrown in a pond when in fact a particle having an electric charge accelerates or changes direction th is disturbs the electromagnetic field in this specific place rather like a pebble thrown in a pond when in fact a particle having an electric charge accelerates or changes direction thi s disturbs the electromagnetic field in this specific place rather like a pebble thrown in a pond when infact a particle having an electric charge accelerates or changes direction th is disturbs the electromagnetic field in this specific place rather like a pebble thrown in a pond when in fact a particle having an electric charge accelerates or changes direction thi s dis turbs the electromagnetic field in this specific place rather like a pebble thrown in a pond This"disturbance"producesanelectromagneticwave(oflight,infrared,ultravioletetc.),andthiswaveisnothingotherthanaphoton-andthusoneofthe"forcecarrier"bosons. this disturbance produces an electromagnetic wave of light infrared ultraviolet etc and this wave is nothing other than a photon and thus one of the force carrier bosons this disturbance produces an electromagnetic wave of light infra red ultra violet etc and this wave is nothing other than a photon and thus one of the force carrier bosons this disturbance produces an electromagnetic wave of light infrared ultraviolet etc and this wave is nothing other than a photon and thus one ofthe force carrier bosons this disturbance produces an electromagnetic wave of light infrared ultraviolet etc and this wave is nothing other than a photon and thus one of the force carrier boson s this disturb ance produces an electromagnetic wave of light infrared ultraviolet etc and this wave is nothing other than a photon and thus one of the force carrier bosons Morestablefield more stable field more sta ble field more stablefield morestable field m ore stable field ThesameappliestotheHiggsboson,withthedifferencethatitisanotherfield,theHiggsfield,whichmustbe"disturbed"forthebosontoappear. the same applies to the higgs boson with the difference that it is an other field the higgs field which must be disturbed for the boson to appear the same applies to the higgs boson with the difference that it is an other field the higgs field which must be disturbed for the bos on to appear the same applies to the higgs boson with the difference that it is an other field the higgs field which must be dis turbed for the boson to appear the same applies to the higgs boson with the difference that it is an other field the higgs field which must be disturbed for the bosonto appear the same applies to the higgs boson with the difference that it is an other field the higgs field which must be disturbed for the boson to ap pear Now,thisHiggsfieldismuch,muchmorestablethantheelectromagneticfield;toexciteit,itisnecessarytoachievevery,veryhighenergylevels,ratherlikeafrozenpondwhichwouldneedaverylargerocktowrinklethesurface. now this higgs field is much much more stable than the electromagnetic field to excite it it is necessary to achieve very very high energy level s rather like a frozen pond which would need a very large rock to wrinkle the surface now this higgs field is much much more stable than the electromagnetic field to excite it it is necessary to achieve very very high energy levels ratherlike a frozen pond which would need a very large rock to wrinkle the surface now this higgs field is much much more stable than the electromagnetic field to excite it it is necessary to achieve very very high energy levels rath er like a frozen pond which would need a very large rock to wrinkle the surface now this higgs field is much much more stable than the electromagnetic field to excite it it is necessary to achieve very very high energy level s rather like a frozen pond which would need a very large rock to wrinkle the sur face now this higgs field is much much more stable than the electromagnetic field to excite it it is necessaryto achieve very very high energy levels ratherlike a frozen pond which would need a very large rock to wrinkle the surface WhichiswhyahugeparticleacceleratorliketheoneatCERN-theLargeHadronColliderisaringwitha27kmcircumference!-isneededtoachievesuchenergylevels. which is why a huge particle accelerator like the o ne at cern the large hadron collider is a ring with a 27 km circumference is needed to achieve such energy levels which is why a huge particle accelerator like the o ne at cern the large hadron collider is a ring with a 27km circumference is needed to achieve such energy levels which is why a huge particle accelerator like the one a t cern the large hadron collider is a ring with a 27 km circumference is needed to achieve such energy levels which is why a huge particle accelerator like the one a t cern the large hadron collider is a ring with a 27km circumference is needed to achieve such energy levels which is why a huge particle accelerator like the o ne at cern the large hadron collider is a ring with a 27 km circumference is needed to achieve such energy level s TheanalogywiththeelectromagneticfieldisagainusefulforexplainingtherelationshipbetweentheHiggsandmass. the analogy with the electromagnetic field is again useful for explaining the relationship between the higgs and mass the analogy with the electromagnetic field is again useful for explaining the relationship between the higgs and m ass the analogy with the electromagnetic field is again useful for ex plaining the relationship between the higgs and mass the analogy with the electromagnetic field is again useful for explain ing the relationship between the higgs and mass the analogy with the electromagnetic field is again useful for explaining the relationship between the higgs and m a s s Infactnotallparticles,orallmaterials,interactwiththeelectromagneticfield. in fact not all particles or all materials interact with the electromagnetic field in fact not all par ticles or all materials interact with the electromagnetic field in fact not all particles or a ll materials interact with the electromagnetic field infact not all particles or all materials interact with the electromagnetic field in fact not all parti cles or all materials interact with the electromagnetic field Some,suchasmagnets,doso,butothersdon't-apieceofpaper,forexample,willneversticktoafridge. somesuch as magnets do so but others don t a piece of paper for example will never stick to a fridge some such as mag nets do so but others don t a piece of paper for example will never stick to a fridge some suc h as magnets do so but others don t a piece of paper for example will never stick to a fridge somesuch as magnets do so but others dont a piece of paper for example will never stick to a fridge some such as magnet s do so but others don t a piece of paper for example will never stick to a fridge Andlikewise,notallparticlesinteractwiththeHiggsfield:thosethatdosohavemass,whiletheothers(suchasthephoton)donot. and likewise not all particles interact with the higgs field those that do so have mass while the others such as the photon do not and likewise not all particles interact with the higgs field those that do so have mass while the oth ers such as the photon do not and likewise not all particles interact with the higgs field those that do so have mass while the other s such as the photon do not and like wise not all particles interact with the higgs field those that do so have mass while the others such as the photon do not and likewise not all particles interact with the higgs field those that do so have mass while the others such as the pho ton do not Now,whatisitthatallthisresearch"canbring"?asksMsPlamondon. now what is it that a ll this research can bring asks ms plamondon now what is it that allthis research can bring asks ms plamondon now what is it that a ll this research can bring ask sms plamondon now what is it that a ll this research can bring as ksm s plamondon now what is it that a ll this research can bring a s k s m s plamondon Forscience,itservestocheckthevalidityoftheStandardModel(SM),andalsoallowsphysicianstoexamineanydiscrepanciesbetweentheobservationsandpredictionsoftheSM. for science it serves to check the validity of the standard model sm andalso allows physicians to examine any discrepancies between the observations and predictions of the sm for science it serves to check the validity of the standard model s m and also allows physicians to examine any discrepancies between the observations and predictions of the sm for science it serves to check the validity of the standard model sm a nd also allows physicians to examine any discrepancies between the observations and predictions of the sm for science it serves to check the validity of the standard model sm a nd a lso allows physicians to examine any discrepancies between the observations and predictions of the sm for science it serves to check the validity of the standard model sm andalso allows physicians to examine any discrepancies between the observations and predictions of the s m Anumberofpeople,moreover,ferventlyhopethatsomewillbefound,becausetheslightestdifferencecouldopenadoortoa"newphysics"andplugcertainholesintheModel. a number of people moreover fervently hope that some will be found because the slightest difference could open a door to a new physics and plug certain holes in the model a number of people moreover fervently hope that some will be found because the slightest differ ence could open a door to a new physics and plug certain holes in the model a number of peo ple moreover fervently hope that some will be found because the slightest difference could open a door to a new physics and plug certain holes in the model a number of people moreover fervently hope that some will be found be cause the slightest difference could open a door to a new physics and plug certain holes in the model a number of people moreover fer vently hope that some will be found because the slightest difference could open a door to a new physics and plug certain holes in the model This,itmustbesaid,stillhashugeshortcomings,offeringnoexplanationforgravity(oops!)ordarkmatter,whichformsapproximately80%ofthematterintheUniverse(re-oops!). this itmustbesaid still has huge shortcomings offering no explanation for gravity oops or dark matter which forms approximately 80 of the matter in the universe re oops this it must besaid still has huge shortcomings offering no explanation for gravity oops or dark matter which forms approximately 80 of the matter in the universe re oops this it must be said still ha s huge shortcomings offering no explanation for gravity oops or dark matter which forms approximately 80 of the matter in the universe re oops this it must be said still h as huge shortcomings offering no explanation for gravity oops or dark matter which forms approximately 80 of the matter in the universe re oops this itmustbesaid still has huge short comings offering no explanation for gravity oops or dark matter which forms approximately 80 of the matter in the universe re oops ButtodatenosuchdiscrepancieshavebeenfoundatCERN. but todate no such discrepancies have been found atcern but todate no such discrepancies have been found a t c e r n but todate no such discrepancies have been found a t cern but todate no such discrepancies have been found a tce rn but todate no such discrepancies have been found atc er n Repercussions repercussions repercus sions reper cussions re percussions repercussion s Therepercussionsofthisresearchonthedailylifeofthemaninthestreetaremoredifficulttopredict,butitwouldbewrongtoassumethattherewon'tbeany. the repercussions of this research on the daily life of the man in the street are more difficult to predict but it would be wrong to assume that there won t be any the repercussions of this researc h on the daily life of the man in the street are more difficult to predict but it would be wrong to assume that there won t be any the repercussions of this r esearch on the daily life of the man in the street are more difficult to predict but it would be wrong to assume that there won t be any the repercussions of this resear ch on the daily life of the man in the street are more difficult to predict but it would be wrong to assume that there won t be any the repercussions of this re search on the daily life of the man in the street are more difficult to predict but it would be wrong to assume that there won t be any Remember:intheveryearly60s,thepioneersofthelaseratBellLaboratoriesdidnotsuspecttherevolutionthatwouldbetriggeredbytheirwork. remember in the very early 60s the pioneers of the laser at bell laboratories did not suspect the revolution that would be triggered by their work remember in the very early 60 s the pioneers of the laser at bell laboratories did not suspect the revolution that would be triggered by their work remember in the very early 60s the pioneers of the laser at bell laboratories did not suspect the revo lution that would be triggered by their work remember in the very early 60s the pioneers of the laser at bell laboratories did not sus pect the revolution that would be triggered by their work remember in the very early 60 s the pioneers of the laser at bell laboratories did not sus pect the revolution that would be triggered by their work Theyhadaninklingofthescientificapplications,butnothingastotherest. they had an inkling of the scien tific applications but nothing as to the rest they had an inkling of the scientific ap plications but nothing as to the rest they had an inkling of the scientifi c applications but nothing as to the rest they had an inkling of the scientific applica tions but nothing as to the rest they had an inkling of the scientific appli cations but nothing as to the rest Infact,thelateWillardBoyle-aphysicistwhoworkedatBellLabs,wherethelaserwasinventedin1960,andwhohimselfdevelopedthefirstcontinuouslaser(thefirstwerepulsed)in1962-toldusthatinitiallythelaserwasratherseenasa"labgadget." infact the late willard boyle a physicist who worked at bell labs where the laser was invented in 1960 and w ho himself developed the first continuous laser the first were pulsed in 1962 told us that initially the la ser was rather seen as a lab gadget infact the late willard boyle a physicist who worked at bell labs where the laser was invented in 1960 and w ho himself developed the first continuous laser the first were pulsed in 1962 told us that initially the la ser was rather seen as a labgadget infact the late willard boyle a physicist who worked at bell labs where the laser was invented in 1960 and w ho himself developed the first continuous laser the first were pulsed in 1962 told us that initially the la ser was rather seen as alab gadget infact the late willard boyle a physicist who worked at bell labs where the laser was invented in 1960 and w ho himself developed the first continuous laser the first were pulsed in 1962 told us that initially the laser wasrather seen as a lab gadget infact the late willard boyle a physicist who worked at bell labs where the laser was invented in 1960 and whohimself developed the first continuous laser the first were pulsed in 1962 told us that initially the laser wasrather seen as a lab gadget Justimagine... just imagine justimagine j ust imagine just imag ine just i magine Andthen,applicationscanalsocomefromalltheinstrumentationthatsurroundsresearch. and then applications canalso come from all the instrumentation that surrounds research and then appli cations can also come from a ll the instrumentation that surrounds research and then appli cations can also come from allthe instrumentation that surrounds research and then applica tions can also come from allthe instrumentation that surrounds research andthen applications can also come from allthe instrumentation that surrounds research Forexample,thesameWillardBoyledevelopedasmalllightsensorin1969,duringhisworkinoptics. forexample the same willard boyle developed a small light sensor in 1969 dur ing his work in optics forexample the same willard boyle developed a small light sensor in 1969 dur ing his workinoptics forexample the same willard boyle developed a small light sensor in 1969 during hiswork in optics for exam ple the same willard boyle developed a small light sensor in 1969 during hiswork in optics for example the sam e willard boyle developed a small light sensor in 1969 during hiswork in optics Thissensor,althoughthiswasnotatalltheoriginalintention,nowservesasan"eye"toalldigitalcamerasworldwide,andearnedhimtheNobelphysicsprizein2009. this sensor although this was not at all the original intention now serves as an eyeto all digital cameras worldwide and earned him the nobel physics prize in 2009 this sensor although this was not at all the original intention now serves as an eye to a ll digital cameras worldwide and earned him the nobel physics prize in 2009 this sensor although this was not at all the original intention now serves as an eye to alldigital cameras worldwide and earned him the nobel physics prize in 2009 this sensor although this was not at all the original intention now serves as an eyeto all digital camera s worldwide and earned him the nobel physics prize in 2009 this sensor although this was not at all the original intention now serves as an eyeto all digital cameras world wide and earned him the nobel physics prize in 2009 ThisdoesnotofcoursemeanthattheactivitiesoftheLHCwillnecessarilytransformourlives,butitdoesmeanthat,actually,youneverknow... this does not of course mean that the activities of the lhc will necessarily transform our lives but it does mean that actually you never know this does not of course mean that the activi ties of the lhc will necessarily transform our lives but it does mean that actually you never know this does not of course mean that the ac tivities of the lhc will necessarily transform our lives but it does mean that actually you never know this does not of course mean that the activ ities of the lhc will necessarily transform our lives but it does mean that actually you never know this does not of course mean that the activities of the lhc will necessarily transform our lives but it does mean that actu ally you never know Palliativecare-Thebestwaytodie...|LeDevoir palliative care the best way to die le devoir palliative care the best way to die ledevoir pal liative care the best way to die le devoir pallia tive care the best way to die le devoir palliative care thebestwaytodie le devoir WithitsDyingwithDignityCommission,Quebecrecentlydiscussedthedelicateissueoftheendoflife. with its dying with dignity commission quebec recently discussed the delicate issue of the end of life with it s dying with dignity commission quebec recently discussed the delicate issue of the end of life with its dying with dignity commission quebec recently dis cussed the delicate issue of the end of life with its dying with dignity commission quebec recently discussed the delicate issue of the e nd of l ife with its dying with dignity commission quebec recently discussed the delicate issue of the e nd of life Thedebateisduetoresumeshortlyasabillisbeingprepared. the debate is due to resume shortly as a bill is being prepared the debate is due to resume shortly asa bill is being prepared the de bate is due to resume shortly as a bill is being prepared the debate is due to resume shortly as a bill is being pre pared the debate is due to resume shortly as abill is being prepared However,inthisvitalarea,muchremainstobedone. however i n this vital area much remains to be done however in this vital are a much remains to be done however i n this vital area muchremainstobedone however i n this vital area much re mains to be done however in this vital are a much re mains to be done LeDevoirattemptedtolookmoreclosely. le devoir attempted to look more closely le devoir atte mpted to look more closely ledevoir attempted to look more closely le devoir atte mpte d to look more closely le devoir attempted to look more close ly JustafewweeksagoMrL.livedaloneinhisMonteregieapartment. just a few weeks ago mr l lived alone in his monteregie apartment just a few weeks ago mrl lived alone in his monteregie apartment just a few weeks ago mr l lived alone in his monteregie apart ment just a few weeks ago mr l lived alone inhis monteregie apartment just a few weeks ago mr llived alone in his monteregie apartment Thefesteringprostatecancerhadallowedhimatwo-yearrespite. the festering prostatecancer had allowed him a two year respite the festering pros tate cancer had allowed him a two year respite the festering prostate cancer had a llowed him a two year respite the festering prostate cancer hadallowed him a two year respite the festering prostatecancer had al lowed him a two year respite "Theygavemefiveyearstolive,I'vemadeittoseven,"hesays,withmixedemotions,lyinginhisbedattheVictor-GadboispalliativecarehomeinBeloeil,wherehearrivedthepreviousday. they gave me five years to live i ve made it to seve n he says with mixed emotions lying in his bed at thevictor gadbois palliative care home in beloeil where he arrived the previous day they gave me five years to live i ve made it to sev en he says with mixed emotions lying in his bed at thevictor gadbois palliative care home in beloeil where he arrived the previous day they gave me five years to live i ve made it to s even he says with mixed emotions lying in his bed at thevictor gadbois palliative care home in beloeil where he arrived the previous day they gave me five years to live i ve made it to sev en he say s with mixed emotions lying in his bed at thevictor gadbois palliative care home in beloeil where he arrived the previous day they gave me five years to live i ve made it to sevenhe says with mixed emotions lying in his bed at thevictor gadbois palliative care home in beloeil where he arrived the previous day "Butit'sstillashock,youcanneverbepreparedforit"headds. but it s still a shock you can never be prepared for it he adds but it s still a shock you can never be prepared for it he add s but it s still a shock you can never be prepared for it head ds but it s still a shock you can never be prepared for it he a dds but it s still a shock you can ne ver be prepared for it he adds Thediseaseisdoingitswork:hugeweaknesswhichpreventshimgoingtothetoiletalone,andeveneatingalone. the disease is doing its work huge weakness which prevents him going to the toilet alone and even eating alone the disease is doing it s work huge weakness which prevents him going to the toilet alone and even eating alone thedisease is doing its work huge weakness which prevents him going to the toilet alone and even eating alone the di sease is doing its work huge weakness which prevents him going to the toilet alone and even eating alone the disea se is doing its work huge weakness which prevents him going to the toilet alone and even eating alone Sittinginfrontofanappetisinglunch,heconsentstobeinghelpedtoeat,resigned. sitting in front of an appetising lunch he consents to being helped to eat resigned sitting in front of an appetising lunch he consents to being helped to eat re signed sitting infront of an appetising lunch he consents to being helped to eat resigned sitting infront of an appetising lunch he consents to being helped to eat re signed sitting in frontof an appetising lunch he consents to being helped to eat resigned Courageous,heevenmanagestosmile,talkstothestrangersbustlingaroundhim,bringinghimhismedication,offeringhimabath. courageous he even manages to smile talks to the strangers bustling around him bringing him his medication offering him a bath courageous he even manages to smile talks to the stranger s bustling around him bringing him his medication offering him a bath courageous he even manages to smile talk s to the strangers bustling around him bringing him his medication offering him a bath courageous he even manages to smile talks to the strangers bustling around him bringing him his med ication offering him a bath courageous he even manages to smile ta lks to the strangers bustling around him bringing him his medication offering him a bath Thecourageofordinarydeath. the courage of ordinary death t he courage of ordinary death the courage of ordi nary death thecourage of ordinary death the courage of ordinary dea th "WhatIwantmostistobecuredofmydiarrhoea,it'shumiliating"heconfided. what i want most is to be cured of my diarrhoea it s humiliating he confided what i want most is to be cured of my diarrhoea its humiliating he confided what i want most is to be cured of my diar rhoea it s humiliating he confided what i want most is to be cured of my diarrhoea it s humiliating he con fided what i want most is to be cured of my di ar rhoea it s humiliating he confided Afewhourslater,theteamfoundacureforthisillness. a few hours later the teamfound a cure for this illness a few hours later the team founda cure for this illness a few hours later the teamfounda cure for this illness a few hours later the teamfound a cure for this ill ness a few hours later the team foundacure for this illness "Duringourlives,welearnthatamanpissesstandingup,"saysPierreBrodeur,psychologistattheVictor-Gadboishome. during our lives we learn that a man p isses standing up say s pierre brodeur psychologist at the victor gadbois home during our lives we learn that a man p isses standing up say s pierre brodeur psy chologist at the victor gadbois home during our lives we learn that a man p isses standing up sayspierre brodeur psychologist at the victor gadbois home during our lives we learn that a man p isses standing up sayspierre brodeur psy chologist at the victor gadbois home during our lives we learn that a man p isses standing up say s pierre brodeur psy chol o gist at the victor gadbois home Regressingtothestageofachild,forsomepeople,isanunacceptablehumiliation. regressing to the stage of a child for some people is an unacceptable humiliation regress ing to the stage of a child for some people is an unacceptable humiliation re gressing to the stage of a child for some people is an unacceptable humiliation regressing to the stage ofa child for some people is an unacceptable humiliation regressing to the stageof a child for some people is an unacceptable humiliation "Itdependsontheperson'sability"toaccepttheregression,hesays. it depends on the person s ability to accept the regression he says it depends on the persons ability to accept the regression he says it depends on the person s ability to accept the regres sion he says it depends on the person s ability to ac cept the regression he says it depends on the person s ability to accept the regression he say s Because,intheopinionofanumberofpeopleworkinginpalliativecare,greatmomentsoccurattheveryheartofsuchregression. because in the opinion of a number of people working in palliative care great moments occur at the very heart of such regression because in the opinion of a number of people work ing in palliative care great moments occur at the very heart of such regression because in the opinion of a number of peo ple working in palliative care great moments occur at the very heart of such regression because in the opinion of a number of people working in palliative care great mo ments occur at the very heart of such regression be cause in the opinion of a number of people working in palliative care great moments occur at the very heart of such regression PatientsattheVictor-Gadboispalliativecarehomeallsufferfromcancer. patients at the victor gadbois palliative care home all suffer from cancer patients at the victor gadbois palliativecare home all suffer from cancer patients at the victor gadbois pallia tive care home all suffer from cancer patients at the victor gadbois palliative care ho me all suffer from cancer pa tients at the victor gadbois palliative care home all suffer from cancer Theyhaveamaximumlifeexpectancyofthreemonths. they have a maximum life expectancy of three months they have a maximum life expectancy of three month s they have a maximum life expectancy of three m onths they have a maximum life expectancy of threemonths they havea maximum life expectancy of three months Atthisstage,theteamofdoctorsandnursessurroundingthemnolongerprovidesso-called"curative"care. at this stage the team of doctors and nurses surrounding them no longer provides so called curative care at this stage the team of doctors and nurses surrounding them no longer pro vides so called curative care at this stage the team of doctors and nurses surrounding them no longer provide s so called curative care a t this stage the team of doctors and nurses surrounding them no longer provides so called curative care at this stage the team of doctors and nurses surrounding them nolonger provides so called curative care ForMrsA.,89yearsold,theworstfearistodie"consciousandsuffocating." for mrsa 8 9years old the worst fear is to die conscious and suffocating for mrsa 8 9years old the worst fear is to die con scious and suffocating for mrsa 8 9years old the worst fear is to die conscious and suffo cating for mrsa 8 9years old the worst fear is to die conscious and suf focating for mrsa 8 9years old the worst fear is to d i e conscious and suffocating Butthediseasehasmademediscovermychildren. but the disease has made me discover my children but the disease has made me discover my child ren but the disease has made me discover my chil dren but the disease has made me discover my childr en but the disease has made me discover my childre n "Ihavefinechildren"sheadds. i have fine children she adds i have fine children s he adds ihave fine children she adds i have fine children she add s i have fine children shea dds "Idon'twishforanythingmoreinlife"shesays,beforeacceptinghavingamaskputontohelpherbreathe. i don t wish for anything more in life s he says before accepting having a mask put on to help her breathe i don t wish for anything more in life s he says before ac cepting having a mask put on to help her breathe i don t wish for anything more in life s he says before accept ing having a mask put on to help her breathe i don t wish for anything more in life s he says before accepting hav ing a mask put on to help her breathe i don t wish for anything more in life s he says before acceptin g having a mask put on to help her breathe Shelooksforwardnevertheless,inthenextfewdays,toalastvisitbyhersoncomingfromItaly. she looks forward nevertheless in the next few days to a last visit by her son coming from italy she looks forward nevertheless in the next few day s to a last visit by her son coming from italy she looks forward never the less in the next few days to a last visit by her son coming from italy she looks forward never theless in the next few days to a last visit by her son coming from italy she looks for ward nevertheless in the next few days to a last visit by her son coming from italy AtVictor-Gadbois,agroupofvolunteersprovidesbodilycareandhelpwithfeeding. at victor gadbois a group of volunteers pro vides bodily care and help with feeding at victor gadbois a group of volun teers provides bodily care and help with feeding at victor gadbois a group of volunteers pro vide s bodily care and help with feeding at victor gadbois a group of vol unteers provides bodily care and help with feeding at victor gadbois a groupof volunteers provides bodily care and help with feeding Thisispalliativecare,givenwhenthereisnothingelsethatcanbedone. this is palliative care given when there is nothing else that can be done t his is palliative care given when there is nothing else that can be done th is is palliative care given when there is nothing else that can be done this is pallia tive care given when there is nothing else that can be done this is palliative care given when there is nothing else that can b e done Tomakedeathmorecomfortable. to make death more comfortable to make death more com fortable to make death more comfort able to make death more comforta ble to make death more comfor table InQuebec,therearepalliativecarebedsfor11,700inhabitants. in quebec there are palliative care beds for 11700 inhabitants in quebec there are palliative care beds for 11700 inhab itants in quebec there are palliative care beds for 11 700 inhabitants in quebec there are palliative care beds for 1 1700 inhabitants in quebec there are palliative care beds for 11700 inhab i tants Thisisveryfewwhenweknowthatwewillalldieoneday. this is very few when we know that we will all die one day thisis very few when we know that we will all die one day this is very few when we know that we will all die oneday th is is very few when we know that we will all die one day this is very f ew when we know that we will all die one day Here,lifecontinuesunderthebestpossibleconditions,explainsDrChristianeMartel,oneofthedoctorsatthehome. here life continues under the best possible conditions explains dr christiane martel one of the doctors at the home here life continues under the best possible conditions explains dr christiane martel one of the doctor s at the home here life continues under the best possible conditions explains dr christiane martel one of the doc tors at the home here life continues under the best possible conditions explains dr christiane martel one of the doctors at the ho me here life continues under the best possible conditions explains dr christiane martel one of the doctors at the hom e Whetherataphysicalcomfort,emotionalorspirituallevel. whether at a physical comfort emotional or spiritual level whether ata physical comfort emotional or spiritual level whether a ta physical comfort emotional or spiritual level whether a t a physical comfort emotional or spiritual level whether at a physi cal comfort emotional or spiritual level ApersonwhoisdyingwillacceptbeinghelpedtodrinkbrandyorPepsi,whateveristheirtipple. a person who is dying will accept being helped to drink brandy or pepsi whatever is their tipple a person who is dying will accept being helped to drink brandy or pepsi what ever is their tipple a person who is dying will accep t being helped to drink brandy or pepsi whatever is their tipple a person who is dying will accept being hel ped to drink brandy or pepsi whatever is their tipple a per son who is dying will accept being helped to drink brandy or pepsi whatever is their tipple Diabeticsnolongerneedtocontroltheirbloodsugar. diabetics no longer need to control their blood sugar diabetics no longer need to control their blood suga r diabetics no longer need to control their bloodsugar diabetics no longer need tocontrol their blood sugar diabetics no longer need to control their blood sug ar Anddeathispartofeverydaylife. and death is part of everyday life and death is part of every day life and d eath is part of everyday life anddeath is part of everyday life and death is part of everydaylife Yesterdayevening,abeerwasservedtoMrX,whodiedduringthenight. yesterday evening a beer was served to mr x who died during the night yesterday evening a beer was served to mr x who died dur ing the night yes terday evening a beer was served to mr x who died during the night yesterday even ing a beer was served to mr x who died during the night yesterdayevening a beer was served to mr x who died during the night Thismorning,itishissonwhowillfinishthebeeratthefeetofthedeceased. this morning it is his sonwho will finish the beer at the feet of the deceased this morning it is his son whow i ll finish the beer at the feet of the deceased this morning it is his son whow ill finish the beer at the feet of the deceased this morning it is his son whowill finish the beer at the feet of the deceased this morning itis his son who w ill finish the beer at the feet of the deceased "Wehelprelativesasmuchaspatients"saysNathalieSavard,DirectorofCare. we help relatives as much as patients says nathalie savard director of care wehelp relatives as much as patients says nathalie savard director of care we help rela tives as much as patients says nathalie savard director of care we help relatives as much as patients says nathalie savard director of c a r e we help re latives as much as patients says nathalie savard director of care AttheVictor-Gadboishome,onedayfollowsanotherbutnotwoarealike. at the victor gadbois home one day follows another but no two are alike at the victor gadbois home one day follows another but no two arealike atthe victor gadbois home one day follows another but no two are alike at the victor gadbois homeone day follows another but no two are alike atthe victor gadbois home one day follows another but no two arealike Alongwitha93-year-oldmanwhoissavouringhislastmeetingwithhisfamily,sittingfirmlywedgedinhispillowswhiletoastsaredrunkinhishonour,a36-year-youngmanisdyingtragically,surroundedbyhisparents,hiswifeandhistwoyoungchildren,afterhavingtriedeverythingtosurvive. along with a 93 year old man who is savouring his last meeting with his family sitting firmly wedged in his pil lows while toasts are drunk inhishonour a 36 year young man is dy ing tragically surrounded by his parents his wife and his two young children after having tried every thing to survive along with a 93 year old man who is savouring his last meeting with his family sitting firmly wedged in his pil lows while toasts are drunk inhishonour a 36 year young man is dy ing tragically sur rounded by his parents his wife and his two young children after having tried every thing to survive along with a 93 year old man who is savouring his last meeting with his family sitting firmly wedged in his pil lows while toasts are drunk inhishonour a 36 year young man is dy ing tragically surrounded by his parents his wife and his two young children after having tried every thing to sur vive along with a 93 year old man who is savouring his last meeting with his family sitting firmly wedged in his pil lows while toasts are drunk inhishonour a 36 year young man is dy ing tragically surrounded by his parents his wife and his two young children after having tried every thing to su rvive along with a 93 year old man who is savouring his last meeting with his family sitting firmly wedged in his pil lows while toasts are drunk inhishonour a 36 year young man is dy ing tragically surrounded by his parents his wife and his two young children after having tried every thing to surviv e "Forsixmonths,therehavealwaysbeenthreetofivebedswhichareoccupiedbycancerpatientslessthan45yearsold"saysaconcernedDrChristianeMartel. forsix months there have always been three to five beds which are occupied by cancer patients less than 45 years old says a concerned dr christiane martel for si x months there have always been three to five beds which are occupied by cancer patients less than 45 years old says a concerned dr christiane martel for sixmonths there have always been three to five beds which are occupied by cancer patients less than 45 years old says a concerned dr christiane martel for six months t here have always been three to five beds which are occupied by cancer patients less than 45 years old says a concerned dr christiane martel forsix months there have always been three to five beds which are occupied by cancer patients less than 45 years old says a concerned dr christian e martel 53%ofpatientsadmittedtotheVictor-Gadboishomecomefromtheirhomes,47%fromhospital. 53 of patients admitted to the victor gadbois home come from their homes 47 from hospital 5 3 of patients admitted to the victor gadbois home come from their homes 47 from hospital 53 of patients admit ted to the victor gadbois home come from their homes 47 from hospital 53 of patients ad mitted to the victor gadbois home come from their homes 47 from hospital 53 of pa tients admitted to the victor gadbois home come from their homes 47 from hospital Lackofaccesstopalliativecare lack of access to palliative care l ack of access to palliative care lackof access to palliative care lack of access to pallia tive care lack ofaccess to palliative care Itissaidthat77%ofCanadianssimplyhavenoaccesstopalliativecare,whichiscaredesignedtoeasethepainwhenapatienthasreachedtheterminalstageoflife,beitathome,inhospitalorinacarehome. it is said that 77 of canadians simply have no access to palliative care which is care designed to ease the pain when a pa tient has reached the terminal stage of life be it at home in hospital or in a care home it is said that 77 of canadians simply have no access to palliative care which is care designed to ease the pain when a patient has reached th e terminal stage of life be it at home in hospital or in a care home it is said that 77 of canadians simply have no access to palliative care which is care designed to ease the pain when a patient has reached th e term inal stage of life be it at home in hospital or in a care home it is said that 77 of canadians simply have no access to palliative care which is care designed to ease the pain when a pa tient has reached the terminal stage of life be it at home in hospital or in a carehome it is said that 77 of canadians simply have no access to palliative care which is care designed to ease the pain when a pa tient has reached the terminal stage of life be it at home in hospital or in a care hom e Andanumberoforganisations,suchastheVictor-GadboishomeandthePalliativeCareSocietyinGreaterMontreal,specialisemoreorlessexclusivelyincareprovidedtocancerpatients. and a number of organisations such as the victor gadbois home and the palliative care society in greater montreal specialise more or less exclusively in care provided to cancer patients and a number of organisations such as the victor gadbois home and the palliative care society in greater montreal specialise more or less exclu sively in care provided to cancer patients and a number of organisa tions such as the victor gadbois home and the palliative care society in greater montreal specialise more or less exclusively in care provided to cancer patients and a number of organi sations such as the victor gadbois home and the palliative care society in greater montreal specialise more or less exclusively in care provided to cancer patients and a number of organisations such asthe victor gadbois home and the palliative care society in greater montreal specialise more or less exclusively in care provided to cancer patients ItispreciselythislargegapinQuebechealthcarewhichhasmadeanumberofpalliativecarephysiciansfeartheadoptionofalawoneuthanasiaandassistedsuicide. itispreciselythis large gap in quebec health care which has made a number of palliative care physicians fear the adoption of a law on euthanasia and assisted suicide it is precisely this lar ge gap in quebec health care which has made a number of palliative care physicians fear the adoption of a law on euthanasia and assisted suicide itispreciselythis large gap in quebec health care which has made a num ber of palliative care physicians fear the adoption of a law on euthanasia and assisted suicide itispreciselythis large gap in quebec health care which has made a number of pal liative care physicians fear the adoption of a law on euthanasia and assisted suicide itispreciselythis large gap in quebec health care which has made a number of palliative care physi cians fear the adoption of a law on euthanasia and assisted suicide SinceOctober,amanifesto,signedbypalliativecareluminariesincludingDrBalfourMountandDrBernardLapointe,hasbeencirculatingtodemonstratetheiroppositiontosuchaninitiative. since october a man ifesto signed by palliative care luminaries including dr balfour mount and d r bernard lapointe has been circulating to demonstrate their opposition to such a ninitiative since october a man ifesto signed by palliative care luminaries including dr balfour mount and d r bernard lapointe has been circulating to demonstrate their opposition to such a n i nitiative since october a man ifesto signed by palliative care luminaries including dr balfour mount and d r bernard lapointe has been circulating to demonstrate their opposition to such a n i n i t i at i v e since october a man ifesto signed by palliative care luminaries including dr balfour mount and d r bernard lapointe has been circulating to demonstrate their opposition to such a n i n i t i a t i v e since october a man ifesto signed by palliative care luminaries including dr balfour mount and d r bernard lapointe has been circulating to demonstrate their opposition to such a n i n itia ti ve AccordingtoDrChristianeMartel,theQuebechealthsystemisnoteffectiveenoughtoensurethateveryonewillbeentitledtoqualitypalliativecarebeforeitisacceptedtoproceedtoeuthanasia. according to dr christian e martel the quebec health system is not effective enough to ensure that everyone will be entitled to quality palliative care before it is accepted to proceed to euthanasia according to dr christian e martel the quebec health system is not effective enough to ensure that every one will be entitled to quality palliative care before it is accepted to proceed to euthanasia according to dr christian emartel the quebec health system is not effective enough to ensure that everyone will be entitled to quality palliative care before it is accepted to proceed to euthanasia according to dr christian e martel the quebec health system is not effective enough to ensure that everyone will be entitled to quality palliative care before it is accepted to proc eed to euthanasia accord ing to dr christian e martel the quebec health system is not effective enough to ensure that everyone will be entitled to quality palliative care before it is accepted to proceed to euthanasia Recently,shesays,Isawapatientspend14daysinemergency,ingreatpain,withoutanythingbeingdonetoeasehersuffering. recently she says i saw a patient spend 14 days inemergency in great pain without anything being done to easeher suffering recently she says i saw a patient spend 1 4 days in emergency in great pain without anything being done to easeher suffering recently she says i saw a patient spend 14 days inemergency in great pain without anything being done to ea seher suffering recently she says i saw a patient spend 14 days inemergency in great pain without any thing being done to easeher suffering recently she says i saw a patient spend 14 day s in emergency in great pain without anything being done to easeher suffering I'mafraidthatpatientsasktodiebecausetheydon'treceiveadequatecare. i m afraid that patients ask to die because they don t receive adequate care im afraid that patients ask to die because they don t receive adequate care i mafraid that patients ask to die because they don t receive adequate care i m a fraid that patients ask to die because they don t receive adequate care i m afraid that patients ask to die because they dont receive adequate care Andatthesametime,someoncologistsworkrelentlesslyontheirpatientsuntilthelastday,despitetheworstprognoses. and at the same time some oncologists work relentlessly on their patients until the last day despite the worst prognoses and at the same time some oncologist s work relentlessly on their patients until the last day despite the worst prognoses and at the sametime some oncologists work relentlessly on their patients until the last day despite the worst prognoses and at the same time some oncologists work relentlessly on their patients until the last day d espite the worst prognoses and at the same time some oncologists work relentlessly on their patients until the last day de spite the worst prognoses HeleneRichard'ssurvivalhopeswerealreadyminimalwhensheendedhergruellingchemotherapy. helene richard s survival hopes were already minimal when she ended her gruelling chemotherapy helene richards survival hopes were already minimal when she ended her gruelling chemotherapy helen e richards survival hopes were already minimal when she ended her gruelling chemotherapy helen e richard s survival hopes were already minimal when she ended her gruelling chemotherapy helene r ichard s survival hopes were already minimal when she ended her gruelling chemotherapy WhenIannouncedtomyoncologistthatIwasstoppingthetreatment,shetoldmesheregrettedthatIhadgivenupfighting,shesaid. when i announced to my oncologist that i was stopping the treatments he told me she regretted that i had given up fighting she said when i announced to my oncologist that i was stop ping the treatment she told me she regretted that i had given up fighting she said when i announced to my oncologist that i was stopping the treatments he told me she re gretted that i had given up fighting she said when i announced to my oncologist that i was stopping the treatments he toldme she regretted that i had given up fighting she said when i announced to my oncologist that i was stopping the treatments he told me she regretted that i had given up fighting she sa id However,shehadtoldmeIwasfinished! however she had told me i was finished how ever she had told me i was finished however s he had told me i was finished h owever she had told me i was finished however she had told me i was fin ished Noall-powerfulcare no all powerful care no allpowerful care n o all powerful care no all powerful c are no all powerful c a r e DrMartelbelievesthat90%ofpatientsaskingtodiethankcare-giversfornothavingaccededtotheirrequestaftertheyhavebeenrelievedoftheirpainbyapalliativecareteam. dr martel believes that 9 0 of patients asking to die than k caregivers for not having acceded to their request after they have been relieved of their pain by a palliative care team dr martel believes that 9 0 of patients asking to die th ank caregivers for not having acceded to their request after they have been relieved of their pain by a palliative care team dr martel believes that 9 0 of patients asking to die than k care givers for not having acceded to their request after they have been relieved of their pain by a palliative care team dr martel believes that 9 0 of patients asking to die than k caregiv ers for not having acceded to their request after they have been relieved of their pain by a palliative care team dr martel believes that 9 0 of patients asking to die than k c aregivers for not having acceded to their request after they have been relieved of their pain by a palliative care team Butitmustbesaidthatpalliativecareisnotabsolutelyall-powerfulinthetreatmentofpain. but it must be said that palliative care is not absolutely all power ful in the treatment of pain but it must be said that palliative care is not absolutely all powerful inthe treatment of pain but it must be said that palliative care is not absolutely all power ful in the treatment of pa in but it must be said that palliative care is not absolutely all power ful in the treat ment of pain but it must be said that palliative care is not absolutely all powerful inthe treatmentof pain AccordingtoElsieMonereau,PalliativeCareDirectorwiththePalliativeCareSocietyinGreaterMontreal,patientsareresistanttotreatmentagainstpainin8%ofcases. according to elsie monereau palliative care director with the palliative care society in greater montreal pa tients are resistant to treatment against pain in 8 of cases according to elsie monereau palliative care director with the palliative care society in greater montreal patient s are resistant to treatment against pain in 8 of cases according to elsie monereau palliative care director with the palliative care society in greater montreal patientsare resistant to treatment against pain in 8 of cases according to elsie monereau palliative care director with the palliative care society in greater montreal p a t i e n t s are resistant to treatment against pain in 8 of cases according to elsie monereau palliative care director with the palliative care society in greater montreal pa tients are resis tant to treatment against pain in 8 of cases Attheveryendoflife,physiciansthenoftenresorttopalliativesedation,whichisequivalenttoputtingthepatienttosleepuntilthetimeofdeath,eithersporadicallyorpermanently. at the very end of life physicians then often resort to palliative sedation which is equivalent to putting the patient to sleep until the time of death either sporadically or permanently at the very end of life physician s then often resort to palliative sedation which is equivalent to putting the patient to sleep until the time of death either sporadically or permanently at the very end of life physi cians then often resort to palliative sedation which is equivalent to putting the patient to sleep until the time of death either sporadically or permanently at thevery end of life physicians then often resort to palliative sedation which is equivalent to putting the patient to sleep until the time of death either sporadically or permanently at the very end of life physicians then often resort to palliative sedation which is equivalent to putting the patient to sleep until the timeof death either sporadically or permanently Wecannolongerpretendnottounderstandthispartoftheirsuffering. we can no longer pretend not to understand this part of their suffering we can no longer pretend not to understand this part of their suffer ing we can no longer pretend not to understand this part of their suf fering we can no longer pretend not to understand this part of their suff ering we can no longer pretend not to understand this partof their suffering Increasingly,anunrelievedpatientwillhavetheoptionofhavingsuchpalliativesedation. increasingly an unrelieved patient will have the option of having such pallia tive sedation increasingly an unrelieved patient will have the option of having such palliativesedation increas ingly an unrelieved patient will have the option of having such palliativesedation in creasingly an unrelieved patient will have the option of having such palliativesedation increasingly an unre lieved patient will have the option of having such palliativesedation Patientswhoarenotrelievedalwayssaythesamething:"Iwanttodie." patients who are not relieved always say the same thing i want to die pa tients who are not relieved always say the same thing i want to die patients who are not relieved always say the same thing iwant to die patientswho are not relieved always say the same thing i want to die patient s who are not relieved always say the same thing i want to die Butthisdoesnotnecessarilymean"Iwantyoutoeuthaniseme,"itmeans"Iwanttoberelieved." but this does not necessarily mean i want you to euthanise me it means i want to be relieved but this does not neces sarily mean i want you to euthanise me it means i want to be relieved but this does not necessar ily mean i want you to euthanise me it means i want to be relieved but this does not necessarily mean iwant you to euthanise me it means i want to be relieved but this does not necessarily mean i wan t you to euthanise me it means i want to be relieved ThisreportwasmadepossiblethankstoajournalismawardfromtheCanadahealthresearchinstitutes. this report was made possible thanks to a journalism award from the can ada health research institutes this report was made possible thanks to a journalism award from the can ada health research institute s this report was made possible thanks to a journalism award from the canada h ealth r esearch i nstitutes this report was made possible thanks to a journalism award from the canada h ealth r esearch institutes this report was made possible thanks to a journalism award from the canada h ealth research institutes WidespreadrealestatescandalsinQuebec widespread real estate scandals in quebec wide spread real estate scandals in quebec widespread realestate scandals in quebec w idespread real estate scandals in quebec widespread real estate scandals in que bec Dayafterdayhighwayofficials,buildingcontractors,politicalpartyfund-raisersandItalianmafiaspecialiststellwhattheyknowofaformidable"system,"combiningthebuildingindustry,governmentofficials,politicians,tradeunionistsandorganisedcrime. dayafterday highway officials building contractors political party fund raisers and italian mafia specialists tell what they know of a formidable system combining the building industry government officials politicians trade unionists and organised crime day after day high way officials building contractors political party fund raisers and italian mafia specialists tell what they know of a formidable system combining the building industry government officials politicians trade unionists and organised crime day afterday highway officials building contractors political party fund raisers and italian mafia specialists tell what they know of a formidable system combining the building industry government officials politicians trade unionists and organised crime dayafterday highway officials building contractors political party fundraisers and italian mafia specialists tell what they know of a formidable system combining the building industry government officials politicians trade unionists and organised crime day after day high way officials building contractors political party fundraisers and italian mafia specialists tell what they know of a formidable system combining the building industry government officials politicians trade unionists and organised crime An"industry"whichhascostQuebectaxpayersdearly,especiallyinthe1990sand2000s. an industry which has cost quebec taxpayers dearly especially in the 1990s and 2000s an industry which has cost quebec taxpayers dearly especially in the 1990 s and 2000 s an industry which has cost quebec taxpayers dearly especially in the 1990s and 2000 s an industry which has cost quebec taxpayers dearly especially in the 1990 s and 2000s an industry which has cost quebec taxpayers dearly especially inthe 1990s and 2000s "Itiscurioushowthesystemiscrumblingsincewetookdrasticmeasures"saysJacquesDuchesneauironically,aQuebecpoliticianandformerMontrealChiefofPolice. it is curious how the system is crumbling since we too kd rastic measures says jacques duchesneau ironically a quebec politician and former montreal chief of police it is curious how the system is crumbling since we too kdr astic measures says jacques duchesneau ironically a quebec politician and former montreal chief of police it is curious how the system is crumbling since we too kdr as tic measures says jacques duchesneau ironically a quebec politician and former montreal chief of police it is curious how the system is crumbling since we too kdra stic measures says jacques duchesneau ironically a quebec politician and former montreal chief of police it is curious how the system is crumbling since we too kd ra stic measures says jacques duchesneau ironically a quebec politician and former montreal chief of police Itwasthroughhimthatthescandalbrokein2011,inanin-depthinvestigationintocorruptionrelatedtoroadconstructioncontractsinQuebec,towhichtheliberalPrimeMinisteratthetime,JeanCharest,hadconsentedonlyreluctantly. it was through him that the scandal broke in 2011 in an in depth investigation into corruption related to road construction contracts in quebec to which the lib eral prime minister at the time jean charest had consented only reluctantly it was through him that the scandal broke in 2011 in an in depth investigation into corruption related to road construction contracts in quebec to which the lib eral prime minister at the time jean charest had con sented only reluctantly it was through him that the scandal broke in 2011 in an in depth investigation into corruption related to road construction contracts in quebec to which the lib eral prime minister at the time jean charest had consented only reluc tantly it was through him that the scandal broke in 2011 in an in depth investigation into corruption related to road construction contracts in quebec to which the lib eral pri me minister at the time jean charest had consented only reluctantly it was through him that the scandal broke in 2011 in an in depth investigation into corruption related to road construction contracts in quebec to which the lib eral p rime minister at the time jean charest had consented only reluctantly The"Duchesneaureport"establishedadirectlinkbetweenindustry,under-the-tablefinancingofpartiesandbriberyofofficials. the duchesneau report established a direct link between industry under the table financing of parties and bribery of officials the duchesneau report established a direct link between indus try under the table financing of parties and bribery of officials the duchesneau report established a direct link between in dustry under the table financing of parties and bribery of officials the duches neau report established a direct link between industry under the table financing of parties and bribery of officials th e duchesneau report established a direct link between industry under the table financing of parties and bribery of officials "Sincetheinquiryopenedin2010,hesays,theMinistryofTransportalonereportedlysavedabilliondollarsoncontracts,"withcertainpeoplecurbingtheirinstinctstogetashare! since the inquiry opened in 2010 he says the ministry of transport alone reportedly saved a billion dollars on contracts with certain people curbing their instincts to get a share since the inquiry opened in 2010 he says the ministry of transport alone reportedly saved a billion dollars on contracts with certain people curbing their in stincts to get a share since the inquiry opened in 2010 he says the minis try of transport alone reportedly saved a billion dollars on contracts with certain people curbing their instincts to get a share s ince the inquiry opened in 2010 he says the ministry of transport alone reportedly saved a billion dollars on contracts with certain people curbing their instincts to get a share since the inquiry opened in 2010 he says the ministry of trans port alone reportedly saved a billion dollars on contracts with certain people curbing their instincts to get a share TheCharbonneauCommission"hasalreadybroughtdowntwomayors"headds,hopingthatitwillsucceedin"revealingtheschemesbehindtheindividuals." the charbonneau commission has already brought down two mayors he adds hoping that it will succeed in revealing the schemes behind the individuals the charbonneau commission has already brought down two mayors he adds hoping that it will succeed in revealing the schemes behind the individual s the charbonneau commission has already brought down two mayor she adds hoping that it will succeed in revealing the schemes behind the individuals the charbonneau commission has already brought down two mayor she adds hoping that it will succeed in revealing the schemes behind the individual s the charbonneau commission has already brought down two mayors he adds hoping that it will succeed in revealing the scheme s behind the individuals Apermanentanti-corruptionunit,createdin2011 a permanent anti corruption unit created in 2011 a permanent anticorruption unit created in 2011 a permanent anti corruption unit cre ated in 2011 a permanent anti corruption unit created in 201 1 a permanent anti corruption unit c reated in 2011 ThePermanentAnti-CorruptionUnit,createdin2011,isalsocoupledwithitsarmyofgovernmentanalysts,investigators,andauditors. the permanent anti corruption unit created in 2011 is a lso coupled with its army of government analysts investigators and auditors the permanent anti corruption unit created in 2011 isalso coupled with its army of government analysts investigators and auditors the permanent anti corruption unit created in 2011 is a lso coupled with it s army of government analysts investigators and auditors the permanent anti corruption unit created in 2011 is a ls o coupled with its army of government analysts investigators and auditors the permanent anti corruption unit created in 2011 is a lso coupled with its army of government analysts investigators and auditor s Plusthe"Marteausquad"policemenwho,since2009,haveapparentlyledtheMontreal"sewercartel"tosoftpedalontheinflationofcontracts... plus the marteau squad policemen who since2009 have apparently led the montreal sewer cartel to soft pedal on the inflation of contracts plus the marteau squad policemen who since 2009 have a pparently led the montreal sewer cartel to soft pedal on the inflation of contracts plus the marteau squad policemen who since2009 have apparently led the montreal sewer cartel to softpedal on the inflation of contracts plus the marteau squad policemen who since 2009 have a ppa rently led the montreal sewer cartel to soft pedal on the inflation of contracts plus the marteau squad policemen who since 2009 haveapparently led the montreal sewer cartel to soft pedal on the inflation of contracts Inrecentweeks,ithasconductedaseriesofsearchesandbroughtchargesoffraudandcorruptionagainstmunicipalpoliticians,suchasFrankZampinoandRichardMarcotte,Mayorofasuburbantown. in recent weeks it has conducted a series of searches and brought charges of fraud and corruption against municipal politicians such as frank zampino and richard marcotte mayor of a suburban town in recent weeks it has conducted a series of searches and brought charges of fraud and corruption against municipal politicians such as frank zampino and richard marcotte m ayor of a suburban town in recent weeks it has conducted a series of searches and brought charges of fraud and corruption against municipal politicians such as frank zampino and richard marcotte mayor of a sub urban town in recent weeks it has conducted a series of searches and brought charges of fraud and corruption against municipal politicians such as frank zampino and richard marcotte may or of a suburban town in recent weeks it has conducted a series of searches and brought charges of fraud and corruption against municipal politicians such as frank zampino and richard marcotte mayorof a suburban town NextonthelistisapparentlyGillesVaillancourt,whohasjustresignedfromhispostasMayorofLaval,thirdlargestcityinQuebec. next on the list is apparently gilles vaillancourt who has just resigned from his post as mayor of laval third largest city in quebec next on the list is appar ently gilles vaillancourt who has just resigned from his post as mayor of laval third largest city in quebec next on the list is ap parently gilles vaillancourt who has just resigned from his post as mayor of laval third largest city in quebec next on the list is appa rently gilles vaillancourt who has just resigned from his post as mayor of laval third largest city in quebec next on the list is app arently gilles vaillancourt who has just resigned from his post as mayor of laval third largest city in quebec Heissuspectedofpocketingrepeatedbribesinexchangeforpubliccontracts. he is suspected of pocketing repeated bribes in exchange for public contracts he is suspected of pocketing re peated bribes in exchange for public contracts he is suspected of pocketing repeat ed bribes in exchange for public contracts he is suspected of pocketing r epeated bribes in exchange for public contracts he is suspected of pocketing repeated bribes in exchange for p ublic c ontracts OthersformallyaccusedareMontrealhighwayengineersandItalianentrepreneurs,includingTonyAccursoandLinoZambito. others formally accused are montreal highway engineers and italian entrepreneurs including tony accurso and lino zambito others formally accused are montreal highway engi neers and italian entrepreneurs including tony accurso and lino zambito others formally accused are montreal highway en gineers and italian entrepreneurs including tony accurso and lino zambito others formally accused are montreal highway engineer s and italian entrepreneurs including tony accurso and lino zambito others formally accused a re montreal highway engineers and italian entrepreneurs including tony accurso and lino zambito Thelattercausedasensationbyexplainingthemechanicsofthepubliccontracts"system"tothecommission. the latter caused a sensation by explaining the mechanics of the public contracts system to the commission the latter caused a sensation by explaining the mechanics of the public contracts system to the com mission the latter caused a sensa tion by explaining the mechanics of the public contracts system to the commission the latter caused a sensation by explaining the mechanics of the public contracts system to the commis sion the latter caused a sensation by explaining the mechanics of the public contracts system to the c ommission Hehimselfpaid3%ofthevalueofthecontractsobtainedinMontrealtoanintermediarylinkedtothemafiawhointurnpaidthemoneytoUnionMontreal,MayorGeraldTremblay'sparty. he himself paid 3 of the value of the contracts obtained in montreal to an intermediary linked to the mafia who in turn paid the money to union montreal mayor gerald tremblay s party he himself paid 3 of the value of the contracts obtained in montreal to an inter mediary linked to the mafia who in turn paid the money to union montreal mayor gerald tremblay s party he himself paid 3 of the value of the contracts obtained in montreal to an interme diary linked to the mafia who in turn paid the money to union montreal mayor gerald tremblay s party he himself paid 3 of the value of the contracts obtained in montreal to an in termediary linked to the mafia who in turn paid the money to union montreal mayor gerald tremblay s party he him self paid 3 of the value of the contracts obtained in montreal to an intermediary linked to the mafia who in turn paid the money to union montreal mayor gerald tremblay s party MrZambitohashandedmoneyoutfreelyinthe2000s,givingover88,000Canadiandollars(roughly68,000euros)toprovincialparties,especiallytheLiberalstheninpower. mr zambito hashanded money out freely in the 2000s giving over 88000 canadian dollars roughly 68000 euros to provincial parties especially the liberals then in power mr zambito hashanded money out freely in the 2000s giving over 88 000 canadian dollars roughly 68000 euros to provincial parties especially the liberals then in power mr zambito hashanded money out freely in the 2000s giving over 880 00 canadian dollars roughly 68000 euros to provincial parties especially the liberals then in power mrz ambito has handed money out freely in the 2000s giving over 88000 canadian dollars roughly 68000 euros to provincial parties especially the liberals then in power mr zambito h as handed money out freely in the 2000s giving over 88000 canadian dollars roughly 68000 euros to provincial parties especially the liberals then in power HealsoadmittedhavingorganisedanillegalfundraiserforformerLiberalDeputy-PrimeMinister,NathalieNormandeau. he also admitted having organised an illegal fundraiser for former liberal deputy prime minister nathalie normandeau he also ad mitted having organised an illegal fundraiser for former liberal deputy prime minister nathalie normandeau he also admit ted having organised an illegal fundraiser for former liberal deputy prime minister nathalie normandeau he also admitted having organised an illegal fundraiser for former liberal deputy primeminister nathalie normandeau he also admitted having organised an illegal fundraiser for former liberal deputy prime minister nathalie normand eau Sewercontractswithinflatedcosts sewer contracts with inflated costs sewer contract s with inflated costs sewer contracts with inflated cost s sewer con tracts with inflated costs sewer contr acts with inflated costs InMontreal,thecorruption"system"ransmoothly. in montreal the corruption system ran smoothly in montreal the corrup tion system ran smoothly in mon treal the corruption system ran smoothly inmontreal the corruption system ran smoothly in montreal the corruption system ran smooth ly GillesSurprenant,formerpublicworksengineer,describeditindetailinfrontofthecommission:intenyears,hereceivedfromconstructioncompaniesgifts,invitationstotrips,golftournaments,restaurants,hockeymatchesandbribestotalling736,000dollars,inexchangeforsewercontractsofwhichheinflatedthecosts. gilles surprenant former public works engineer described it in detail in front of the commis sion in ten years he received from construction companies gifts invitations to trips golf tournaments restaurants hockey matches and bribes totalling 736 000 dollars in exchange for sewer contracts of which he inflated the costs gilles surprenant former public works engineer described it in detail in front of the commis sion in ten years he received from construction companies gifts invitations to trips golf tournaments restaurant shockey matches and bribes totalling 736 000 dollars in exchange for sewer contracts of which he inflated the costs gilles surprenant former public works engineer described it in detail in front of the c ommission in ten years he received from construction companies gifts invitations to trips golf tournaments restaurants hockey matches and bribes totalling 736 000 dollars in exchange for sewer contracts of which he inflated the costs gilles surprenant former public works engineer described it in detail in front of the commis sion in ten years he received from construction companies gifts invitations to trips golf tournaments restaurants hockey matches and bribes totalling 73 60 00 dollars in exchange for sewer contracts of which he inflated the costs gilles surprenant former public works engineer described it in detail in front of the commis sion in ten years he received from construction companies gifts invitations to trips golf tournaments restaurant shockey matches and bribes totalling 73 60 00 dollars in exchange for sewer contracts of which he inflated the costs Otherhighwayofficialsadmittedhavingtheirpalmsgreasedbyinflatinginvoicesby30to40%,andbyfalseadd-ons. other highway officials admitted having their palms greased by inflating invoices by 30 to 40 and by false add ons other highway officials admitted having their palms greased by inflating invoices by 30 to 40 and by false addons other highway officials admitted having their palms greased by inflating invoices by 30 to 40 and by false add on s other highway officials admitted having their palms greased by inflating invoices by 30 to 40 and by f alse addons other highway officials admitted having their palms greased by inflating invoices by 30 to 40 and by false addon s ThenanorganiseroftheMayor'sparty,MartinDumont,accusedMrTremblayofhavingdeliberatelyclosedhiseyestoaparallelbudgetfeedinghiscofferswithdirtymoney. then an organiser of the mayor s party martin dumont accused mr tremblay of having deliberately closed his eyes to a parallel budget feeding his coffers with dirty money then an organiser of the mayors party martin dumont accused mr tremblay of having deliberately closed his eyes to a parallel budget feeding his coffers with dirty money then an organiser of the mayor s party martin du mont accused mr tremblay of having deliberately closed his eyes to a parallel budget feeding his coffers with dirty money then an organiser of the mayors party martin du mont accused mr tremblay of having deliberately closed his eyes to a parallel budget feeding his coffers with dirty money then an organiser of the mayor s party mart in dumont accused mr tremblay of having deliberately closed his eyes to a parallel budget feeding his coffers with dirty money Followingtheserevelations,MrTremblayresignedinearlyNovember,plungingMontrealintoamajorcrisis. following these revelations mr tremblay resigned in early novem ber plunging montreal into a major crisis following these revelations mr tremblay resigned in early november p lunging montreal into a major crisis following these revelations mr tremblay resigned in early no vember plunging montreal into a major crisis following these revelations mr tremblay resigned in early november p lunging m on treal into a major crisis following these revelations mr tremblay resigned in early novem ber plunging montreal in to a major crisis ChantalRouleauwasoneofthefirstwomeninMontrealtoraisethealarm. chantal rouleau was one of the first women in montreal to raise the alarm chantal rouleau was one of the first women in mon treal to raise the alarm chantal rouleau was one of the first women in mont real to raise the alarm chantal rouleau wasone of the first women in montreal to raise the alarm chantal rouleau was one of the first women in montreal to raise th e alarm MayoroftheboroughofRiviere-des-Prairies,totheEastoftheisland,sheprotestedin2010againstthesaleofmunicipallandboughtfor5milliondollarsandresoldfor...1.6milliontodevelopers,attheheightoftherealestateboom. mayor of the borough of riviere des prairies to the east of the islands he protested in 2010 against the sale of municipal land bought for 5 million dollars andre sold for 16 million to developers at the height of the real estate boom mayor of the borough of riviere des prairies to the east of the islands he protested in 2010 against the sale of municipal land bought for 5 million dollars andre sold for 1 6 million to developers at the height of the real estate boom mayor of the borough of riviere des prairies to the east of the islands he pro tested in 2010 against the sale of municipal land bought for 5 million dollars andre sold for 16 million to developers at the height of the real estate boom mayor of the borough of riviere des prairies to the east of the islands he pro tested in 2010 against the sale of municipal land bought for 5 million dollars andre sold for 1 6 million to developers at the height of the real estate boom mayor of the borough of riviere des prairies to the east of the islands he protested in 2010 against the sale of municipal land bought for 5 million dollars andre sold for 16 million to develop ers at the height of the real estate boom 70%dirtymoneyinelectioncampaigns 70 dirty money in election campaigns 7 0 dirty money in election campaigns 70 dirtymoney in election campaigns 70 d irty money in election campaigns 70 dir ty money in election campaigns Ontheinvestigationwhichwilleventuallybeimplemented,shesaysshe"isfollowingathreadinordertofindouthowthesystem-infiltratedbyants-works,toputastoptothegangreneandcatchtheculprits." on the investigation which will eventu ally be implemented she says she is fol lowing a thread in order to find out how the system infiltrated by ants works to put a stop to the gangrene and catch the culprits on the investigation which will eventu ally be implemented she says she is following a thread inorder to find out how the system infiltrated by ants works to put a stop to the gangrene and catch the culprits on the investigation which will eventu ally be implemented she says she is fol lowing a thread in order to find out how the system infiltrated by ant s works to put a stop to the gangrene and catch the culprits on the investigation which will eventu ally be implemented she says she is following a thread inorder to find out how the system infiltrated by ant s works to put a stop to the gangrene and catch the culprits on the investigation which will eventu ally be implemented she says she is fol lowing a thread in order to find out how the system infiltrated by ants works to put a stop to the gang rene and catch the culprits Theprocess,shesays,is"painfulbutpositive." the process she says is painful but positive the process she says is painful but posi tive the pro cess she says is painful but positive the process she says is painful but pos itive theprocess she says is painful but positive Thewoundisbeingcleaned,butMontrealwouldneeditsowninvestigativeunitwithongoingmonitoring,toavoidthereturnofthesequestionablepractices. the wound is being cleaned but montreal would need it s own investigative unit with ongoing monitoring to avoid the re turn of these questionable practices the wound is being cleaned but montreal would need it s own investigative unit with ongoing monitoring to avoid th e return of these questionable practices the wound is being cleaned but montreal would need it s own investigative unit with ongoing monitoring to avoid the returnof these questionable practices the wound is being cleaned but montreal would need it s own investigative unit with ongoing monitoring to avoid the re turn of these question able practices the wound is being cleaned but montreal would need it s own investigative unit with ongoing monitoring to avoid the return of the se questionable practices Howtocleanhouse. how to clean house howto clean house h ow to clean house how to cle an house h ow to c lean house Properly. properly prop erly proper ly pro perly pr operly JacquesDuchesneaunotesforhispartthat"officialsstolehundredsofmillionsofdollars,"butheisespeciallyconcernedabouttheroleof"electedpeopleawareofthescheme,"whentheywerenotuptotheirnecksinthescam! jacques duchesneau notes for his part that officials stole hundreds of millions of dollars but he is especially concerned about the role of e lected people aware of the scheme when they were not up to their necks in the scam jacques duchesneau notes for his part that officials stole hundreds of millions of dollars but he is especially concerned about the role of electedpeople aware of the scheme when they were not up to their necks in the scam jacques duchesneau notes for his part that officials stole hundreds of millions of dollars but he is especially concerned about the role of e lected people aware of the scheme when they were not upto their necks in the scam jacques duchesneau notes for his part that officials stole hundreds of millions of dollars but he is especially concerned about the role of electedpeople aware of the scheme when they were not upto their necks in the scam jacques duchesneau notes for his part that officials stole hundreds of millions of dollars but he is especially concerned about the role of e lected people aware of the scheme when they were not up to their necks in the s cam EstimatingtheshareofdirtymoneyinthefinancingofelectioncampaignsinQuebecat70%,hesaysdryly:"Iwastoldthatitwasonlyapalereflectionofreality." estimating the share of dirty money in the financing of election campaigns inquebec at 70 he says dryly i was told that it was only a pale reflection of reality estimating the share of dirty money in the financing of election campaigns i n quebec at 70 he says dryly i was told that it was only a pale reflection of reality estimating the share of dirty money in the financing of election campaigns i n q u e b e c at 70 he says dryly i was told that it was only a pale reflection of reality estimating the share of dirty money in the financing of election campaigns inquebec at 7 0 he says dryly i was told that it was only a pale reflection of reality estimating the share of dirty money in the financing of election campaigns i n qu e bec at 70 he says dryly i was told that it was only a pale reflection of reality TheQuebecgovernmentproposestolimitdonationstopartiesto100dollars,butthiswillnotchangethesituation,hesays:"Untilelectionexpensesarestrictlylimited,therewillbedirtymoneyinpolitics." the quebec government proposes to limit donations to parties to 100 dollars but this will not change the situation he says until election expenses are strictly limited there will be dirty money in politics the quebec government proposes to limit donations to parties to 100 dollars but this will not change the situation he says until elec tion expenses are strictly limited there will be dirty money in politics the quebec government proposes to limit donations to parties to 100 dollars but this will not change the situation he says until election expens es are strictly limited there will be dirty money in politics the quebec govern ment proposes to limit donations to parties to 100 dollars but this will not change the situation he says until election expenses are strictly limited there will be dirty money in politics the quebec government proposes to limit donations to parties to 100 dollars but this will not change the situation he says until election expenses are strictly limited there will be dirty money in poli tics Headvocatesacompleteoverhaulofthesystemforgrantingpubliccontractsandpartyfunding:"Wecan'tgoanylower;gettingtothebottomofthings,withcourage,willhelptorebuildthehouseonmoresolidfoundations,withmorecontrolsandlaws." he advocates a complete overhaul of the system for granting public contracts and party funding we can t go any lower getting to the bottom of things with courage will help to rebuild the house on more solid foundations with more controls and laws he advocates a complete overhaul of the system for granting public contracts and party funding we cant go any lower getting to the bottom of things with courage will help to rebuild the house on more solid foundations with more controls and laws he advocates a complete overhaul of the system for granting public con tracts and party funding we can t go any lower getting to the bottom of things with courage will help to rebuild the house on more solid foundations with more controls and laws he advocates a complete overhaul of the system for granting public contracts and party funding we can t go any lower getting to the bottom of things with courage will help to re build the house on more solid foundations with more controls and laws he advocates a complete overhaul of the system for granting public con tracts and party funding we cant go any lower getting to the bottom of things with courage will help to rebuild the house on more solid foundations with more controls and laws AlthoughthisstorytarnishestheinternationalimageofQuebecandMontreal,MrDuchesneauinvitesanyonelaughingtolookintheirownbackyard... although this story tarnishes the international image of quebec and montreal mr duchesneau invites anyone laughing to look in their own backyard although this story tarnishes the international image of quebec and montreal mr duchesneau invites anyone laughing to look in their own back yard although this story tarnishes the international image of quebec and montreal mr duchesneau invites any one laughing to look in their own backyard although this story tarnishes the international image of quebec and mon treal mr duchesneau invites anyone laughing to look in their own backyard although this story tarnishes the international image of que bec and montreal mr duchesneau invites anyone laughing to look in their own backyard "PSGisnotFCBarcelona!" psg is not fc barcelona psg is not f c barcelona psg is not fcbarcelona p s g is not f c barcelona ps g is not f c barcelona Thisseason,youhavetakenonanewstaturewithPSG. this season you have taken on a new stature with psg this season you have taken on a new stature with p s g this season you have taken on a new stature with ps g this season you have taken on a new stature with p sg this season you have taken on a new stat ure with psg Howdoyouexplainthisprogression? how do you explain this progression how do you explain this pro gression how do you explain this progres sion h ow do you explain this progression how do you ex plain this progression ItcanbeexplainedbyindividualawarenessbutalsobythenewdimensionofPSG. it can be explained by individual awareness but also by the new dimension of psg it can be explained by individual awareness but also by the new dimension of p s g it can be explained by individual awareness but also by the new di mension of psg it can be explained by individual awareness but also by the new dimension of ps g it can be explained by individual awareness but also by the new dimension of p sg Somegreatplayershavearrived. some great players have arrived some great players have ar rived some great play ers have arrived some great players have arrive d some great players have arri ved EverydayI'mmakingprogressalongsidethem. everyday i m making progress alongside them everyday im making progress alongside them everyday i m making progress alongside the m eve ryday i m making progress alongside them everyday im making progress alongside the m Thetechnicalstaffhasalsobroughtmealot. the techni cal staff has also brought me a lot the tech nical staff has also brought me a lot thetechnical staff has also brought me a lot the technical staff ha s also brought me a lot the technicalstaff has also brought me a lot Daybyday,allthesethingshelpmeraisemylevelofplay. day by day all these things he lp me raise my level of play day by day all these things helpme raise my level of play day by day all these things help m e raise my level of play day by day all these things help meraise my level of play day by day all these things he lp me raise my level of p lay And,inamatch,it'seasier. and in a match it s easier and in a match its easier andina match it s easier andina match its easier andin a match it s easier Everythingmovesveryfastinfootball. everything moves very fast in football every thing moves very fast in football everything moves very fast in foot ball everything moves very fast in f ootball everything moves very fast in footbal l ButIdon'tgetworkedup. but i don t get worked up but i dont get worked up buti don t get worked up buti dont get worked up but idon t get worked up FrommydebutattheClairefontaineINFpre-trainingcentretomytransfertoSaint-Etienne,I'vealwaysmovedstepbystep. from my debut at the clairefontaine inf pre training centre to my transfer to saint etienne i ve always moved step by step from my debut at the clairefontaine infpre training centre to my transfer to saint etienne i ve always moved step by step from my debut at the clairefontaine in f pre training centre to my transfer to saint etienne i ve always moved step by step from my debut at the clairefontaine inf pre training centre tomy transfer to saint etienne i ve always moved step by step from my debut at the clairefontaine infp retraining centre to my transfer to saint etienne i ve always moved step by step SoyoubenefitfromthecompetitionbroughtinbyCarloAncelotti... so you benefit from the competition brought in by carlo ancelotti so you benefit from the com petition brought in by carlo ancelotti so you benefit from the competi tion brought in by carlo ancelotti so you benefit from the competition brought in by carlo ancelott i so you benefit from the competition brought in by carl o ancelotti Thissummer'srecruitsareusedtoplayingmatchesatahighlevel. this summer s recruits are used to play ing matches at a high level this summer s recruits are used to play ing match es at a high level this summer s recruits are used to play ing matches at a highlevel this summer s recruits are used to play ing matches at ahigh level this summer s recruits are used to play ing matches at a high lev el Theyalsoknowthateverytrainingsessioniscrucial. they also know that every training session is crucial they also know that every training session is cru cial th ey also know that every training session is crucial they alsoknow that every training session is crucial they also know that every train ing session is crucial Whichiswhatmakesaplayerlikemewanttofaceupandgivemybest. which is what makes a player like me want to face up and give my best w hich is what makes a player like me want to face up and give my best whic h is what makes a player like me want to face up and give my best which is what makes a player like me w ant to face up and give my best which iswhat makes a player like me want to face up and give my best Ontheotherhand,CarloAncelottigivesmealotasregardsmyposition. on the other hand carlo ancelotti gives me alot as regards my position on the otherhand carlo ancelotti gives me alot as regards my position on the other hand carlo ancelotti gives me alot as regards my posi tion on the other hand carlo ancelotti gives me alot as regards myposition on the other hand carlo ancelotti gives me alot as regards my po sition He'ssupportedbydeputieslikeClaudeMakelele,whoplayedinthesamepositionasme. he s supported by deputies like claude makelele who played in the same position as me hes supported by deputies like claude makelele who played in the same position as me he s supported by depu ties like claude makelele who played in the same position as me h e s supported by deputies like claude makelele who played in the same position as me h es supported by deputies like claude makelele who played in the same position as me IsAncelottithemanforthejob? is ancelotti the man for the job i s ancelotti the man for the job is an celotti the man for the job is ancelotti them an for the job is ancelotti theman for the job Definitely. definitely defi nitely def i nitely def initely definite ly Ancelottiinspiresrespectamongalltheexperts. ancelotti inspires respect among all the experts ancelotti inspires respect among all the expert s ancelotti inspires respect among all the ex perts ancelotti inspires respect among all the ex pert s ancelotti inspires respect among allthe experts TodayhehasnoequalinLigue1,andhe'soneofthebestcoachesinEurope. today he has no equal in ligue 1 and he s one of the best coaches in europe to day he has no equal in ligue 1 and he s one of the best coaches in europe today he has no equal in ligue 1 and hes one of the best coaches in europe t oday he has no equal in ligue 1 and he s one of the best coaches in europe to day he has no equal in ligue 1 and hes one of the best coaches in europe Hehasmassesofexperienceandhaswonmanytitleswithtopclubs. he has masses of experience and has won many title s with top clubs he has masses of experience and has won many titles w ith to p clubs he has masses of experience and has won many titles w ith top clubs he has masses of experience and has won many titles withtop clubs he has masses of experience and has won many titles wit h top clubs He'sworkedwithgreatplayers. he s worked with great players hes worked with great players he s worked with great player s he s worked with great play ers he s worked with greatplayers IthinkhewillbringmoretitlestoParis. i think he will bring more titles to paris i think he will bring more titles to par is ithink he will bring more titles to paris i thinkhe will bring more titles to paris i think he will bring more titles to pari s InJanuary,Ihadanencouragingdiscussionwithhim. in january i had an encouraging discussion with him in january i had an encourag ing discussion with him i n january i had an encouraging discussion with him in january i had an en couraging discussion with him in january i had an encouraging discus sion with him Iwasjustcomingbackfromaseriesofinjuries. i was just coming back from a series of injuries i was just coming back from a series of in juries iwas just coming back from a series of injuries i was just coming back from a se ries of injuries i was just coming back from a series of inju ries Theconfidencehegivesmealsoexplainsmyperformance. the confidence he gives me also ex plains my performance the confidence he gives me also explains myperformance the confidence he gives me alsoexplains my performance the confidence he gives me also e xplains my performance the confidence he gives me also explains m y performance WhatimportancedoyouattachtothefirstpartoftheseasonforPSG? what importance do you attach to the first part of the season for psg what importance do you attach to the first part of the season for p s g what importance do you attach to the firstpart of the season for psg what importance do you attach to the first part of the season for ps g what importance do you attach to the first part of the season for p sg InLigue1,Lyonovertookusatthetop. in ligue 1 lyon overtook us at the top in ligue1 lyon overtook us at the top in ligue 1 lyon over took us at the top in ligue1 lyon over took us at the top i n ligue1 lyon overtook us at the top Butwe'rewaitingonthesidelines. but were waiting on the sidelines but we re waiting on the sidelines but were waiting on the side lines but we re waiting on the side lines but we re waiting on the sideline s OneofourmaingoalsistheChampionsLeague:wequalifiedforthelast16intherightway. one of our main goals is the champions league we qualified for the last 16 in the right way one of our main goals is the champion s league we qualified for the last 16 in the right way one of our main goals is the championsleague we qualified for the last 16 in the right way one of our main goals is the champions league we qualified for the last 16 in the rightway o ne of our main goals is the champions league we qualified for the last 16 in the right way Whatistheclub'sgoalinthiscompetition? what is the clubs goal in this competition whatis the clubs goal in this competition what isthe clubs goal in this competition what is the clubs goal in this com petition what is the clubs goal in this competi tion We'lltrytogoasfaraspossible. we ll try to go as far as possible well try to go as far as possible we ll try to go as far as pos sible we ll try to go as far as possi ble well try to go as far as pos sible Fromnowon,anythingcanhappen. fromnowon anything can happen from nowon anything can happen from now on anythingcanhappen fromnow on anything can happen f rom now on anything can happen Butwe'llhavesomethingtosayagainstsomeverygoodEuropeanteams. but we ll have something tosay against some very good european teams but we ll have something tosay against some very good european team s but we ll have something to say againstsome very good european teams but we ll have some thing to say againstsome very good european teams but we ll have something to say againstsome very good european team s Firstofall,wewanttofinishtopinourpool,aheadofPorto,tohavehomeadvantageinthelast16match. first of all we want to finish top in our pool ahead of porto to have home advantage in the last 16 match first of all we want to finish top in our pool a head of porto to have home advantage in the last 16 match first of all we want to finish top in our pool ahead of port o to have home advantage in the last 16 match f irst of all we want to finish top in our pool ahead of porto to have home advantage in the last 16 match first of all we want to finish top in ourpool ahead of porto to have home advantage in the last 16 match CanPSGbecomeatopEuropeanclubintheshortterm? can psg become a top european club in the short term ca npsg become a top european club in the short term can ps g become a top european club in the short term can p s g become a top european club in the short term can p sg become a top european club in the short term Italreadyhasthebudget... it already has the budget it al ready has the budget it already has the b udget it alreadyhas the budget italready has the budget TobecomeatopEuropeanclub,Parisneedstowintitlesandkeepitupovertime. to become a top european club par is needs to win titles and keep it up over time to become a top european club paris n eeds to win titles and keep it up over time to become a top european club paris need s to win titles and keep it up over time to become a top european club paris nee ds to win titles and keep it up over time to become a top european club paris needsto win titles and keep it up over time Today,thisisn'tthecase. today this isn t the case today this isnt the case to day this isn t the case today this is nt the case to day this isnt the case Financially,PSGhasthemeanstomakeithappen. financially psg has the means to make it happen financially ps g has the means to make it happen financially p s g has the means to make it happen financially p sg has the means to make it happen fi nancially psg has the means to make it happen InLigue1,wouldnotwinningthetitle,likelastseason,beabigfailure? in ligue 1 would not winning the title like lastseason be a big failure in ligue 1 would not winning the title like last season bea big failure in ligue 1 would not winning the title like last sea son be a big failure in ligue 1 would not winning the title like last season beabig failure in ligue 1 would not win ning the title like last season bea big failure Definitely,itwouldbeamajordisappointment. definitely it would be a major disappointment def initely it would be a major disappointment defi nitely it would be a major disappointment definitely i t would be a major disappointment definitely it would be a major disappoint ment Thisyear,we'rereallycommittedtowinningthechampionship. this year we re really committed to winning the championship this year were really committed to winning the championship this year we re really committed to winning the champion ship this year we re really committed to winning the cham pionship this year we re really committed to winning the champi onship Weweren'tfarawaylastseason. we weren t far away last season we werent far away last season we were nt far away last season w e weren t far away last season we weren t far away last sea son InMay,therewasgreatdisappointmentbecauseweweregoodenoughtofinishfirst. inmay there was great disappointment because we were good enough to finish first in may the re was great disappointment because we were good enough to finish first in may there w as great disappointment because we were good enough to finish first in may th ere was great disappointment because we were good enough to finish first in may t here was great disappointment because we were good enough to finish first Itwasaterrificseason. it was a terrific season it was a ter rific season i t was a terrific season itwas a terrific season it was a terrific sea son Wefinishedwith79points. we finished with 79 points we finished with 7 9 points w e finished with 79 points we fin ished with 79 points we fi nished with 79 points Normally,79pointsisgoodenoughtobetop... normally 79 points is good enough to be top normally 7 9 points is good enough to be top normally 79points is good enough to be top nor mally 79 points is good enough to be top normally 79 point s is good enough to be top Butanotherteam,Montpellier,hadanevenmorefantasticseason. but another team montpellier had an even more fantastic season but another teammontpellier had an even more fantastic season but an other team montpellier had an even more fantastic season but a nother team montpellier had an even more fantastic season butanother team montpellier had an even more fantastic season Ithinkthisistheyear. i think this is the year i think this is th eyear ithink this is the year i think thisis the year i thinkthis is the year EvenifbigteamslikeMarseille,LyonandBordeauxarecompetingforthetitle,Ithinkwehavetheweaponstowin. even if big teams like marseille lyon and bordeaux are competing for the title i think we have the weapons to win even if big teams like marseille lyon and bordeaux are com peting for the title i think we have the weapons to win evenif big teams like marseille lyon and bordeaux are competing for the title i think we have the weapons to win even if bigteams like marseille lyon and bordeaux are competing for the title i think we have the weapons to win even if big teams like marseille lyon and bordeaux are compet ing for the title i think we have the weapons to win DoyouthinkthemediaexpecttoomuchofPSG? do you think the media expect toomuch of psg do you think the media expect too much o f p s g do you think the media expect too much o fpsg do you think the media expect too much o f psg do you think the media ex pect too much of psg It'snormalforthemtoexpectalotfromusgivenwhat'sbeeninvestedandtheplayerswehave. it s normal for them to expect a lot from us given whats been invested and the players we have its normal for them to expect a lot from us given whats been invested and the players we have it s normal for them to expect a lot from us given what s been in vested and the players we have it s normal for them to expect a lot from us given whats been invested and the player s we have its normal for them to expect a lot from us given whats been invested and the player s we have Wetotallyacceptit. we totally accept it we totally accept i t w e totally accept it wetotally accept it we totally accep t it Afterwewon4-0athomeagainstTroyesandtheystillfoundthingstoblameusfor,that'sdefinitelyabitfrustrating. a fter we won 4 0 at home against troyes and they still f ound things to blame us for that s definitely a bit frustrating af ter we won 4 0 at home against troyes and they still f ound things to blame us for that s definitely a bit frustrating a fter we won 4 0 at home against troyes and they still f ound things to blame u s for that s definitely a bit frustrating af ter we won 4 0 at home against troyes and they still f ound things to blame u s for that s definitely a bit frustrating a fter we won 4 0 at home against troyes and they still f ound things to blame us for that s definitely a bit frustrat ing Youwonderwhatmorepeopleexpect. you wonderwhat more people expect you wonder what m ore people expect you won der what more people expect you wonder what m ore p eople expect you wonder wh at more people expect You'renevergoingtowin4-0everyweekend. you re never going to win 40 every weekend you re never going to win 4 0 every weekend you re never going to win 40 every week end youre never going to win 40 every weekend you re never going to win 4 0 everyweekend We'renotFCBarcelona! were not fc barcelona were not f c barcelona were not fcbarcelona werenot fc barcelona we re not fc barcelona We'retryingtoimplementagameproject. were trying to im plement a game project we re trying to im plement a game project were trying to implement a ga me project were trying to im plement a gameproject we re trying to im plement a gameproject Ittakestimetobuildateam. it takes time to build a team i t takes time to build a team it takes time to build a t e a m it take s time to build a team ittakes time to build a team TheChampionsLeagueprovedwecouldholdourown. the champions league proved we could hold our own the champion s league proved we could hold our own the championsleague proved we could hold our own the cham pions league proved we could hold our own thechampions league proved we could hold our own LookatManchesterCitywho,fortwoseasons,havefailedtoqualifyforthelast16,despitealsohavingspenthugeamounts! look at manchester city who for two seasons have failed to qualify for the last 16 despite also having spent huge amounts look at manchester city who for two sea sons have failed to qualify for the last 16 despite also having spent huge amounts look at manchester city who for two seasons have failed to qualify for the last 16 despite also having spent huge amount s look at manchester city who for two seasons have failed to qualify for the last 16 despite a lso having spent huge amounts look at manchester city who for two seasons have failed to qualify for the last 16 despite also hav ing spent huge amounts Basedontheamountsinvested,youshouldbe15pointsaheadatthewinterbreak! based on the amount s invested you should be 15 points a head at the winter break based on the amounts in vested you should be 15 points a head at the winter break basedon the amounts invested you should be 15 points a head at the winter break based on the amount s invested you should be 15 points a head at the winterbreak based on the amount s invested you should be 15 points aheadat the winter break ThatwouldbetoignoreouropponentsandtheFrenchChampionship. that would be to ignore our opponents and the french championship that would be to ignore our oppo nents and the french championship that would be to ignore our opponent s and the french championship that would be to ignore our op ponents and the french championship that would be to ignore our opponents and the french champion ship LyonandMarseille,whowerenogoodlastseason,were"boosted"bythenewPSG. lyon and marseille who were no good last season were boosted by the new psg lyon and marseille who were no good last season were boosted by the new p s g lyon and marseille who were no good last season were boosted by the new p sg lyon and marseille who we re no good last season were boosted by the new psg lyon and marseille who were no good last season were boosted by the newpsg ThisshowsthatLigue1isexciting. this shows that ligue 1 is exciting this shows that ligue 1 is excit ing this shows that ligue 1 is ex citing this shows that ligue1 is exciting thisshows that ligue 1 is exciting IhopethatinMaywewillbeabletosmileinsayingthat,despiteallthedifficulties,wefinallydidit. i hope that in may we will be able to smile in say ing that despite all the diffi culties we finally did it i hope that in may we will be able to smile in say ing that despite all the difficul ties we finally did it i hope that in may we will be able to smile in saying that de spite all the diffi culties we finally did it i hope that in may we will be able to smile in say ing that despite all the diffi culties we final ly did it i hope that in may we will be able to smile in say ing that despite all the diffi culties wefinallydidit PSGseemtotallydependentontheexploitsofZlatanIbrahimovic. psg seem to tally dependent on the exploits of zlatan ibrahimovic psg see m totally dependent on the exploits of zlatan ibrahimovic psg se em totally dependent on the exploits of zlatan ibrahimovic p sg seem to tally dependent on the exploits of zlatan ibrahimovic ps g seem to tally dependent on the exploits of zlatan ibrahimovic Somuchsothatpeoplesaythereisa"Zlatandependence." so much so that peo ple say there is a zlatan dependence so muchso that people say there is a zlatan dependence so much sothat people say there is a zlatan dependence somuch so that people say there is a zlatan dependence somuchso that people say there is a zlatan dependence ThismeansIbrahimovicisverysuccessfulandscoresalotofgoals. this means ibrahimovic is very successful and scores a lot of goals this means ibrahimovic is very successful and scores alot of goals thismeans ibrahimovic is very successful and scores a lot of goals thismeans ibrahimovic is very successful and scores alot of goals this means ibrahimovic is very success ful and scores a lot of goals That'swhyhecame,andhe'sprovinghe'sthestarofLigue1. that s why he came and he s proving he s the star of ligue 1 thats why he came and he s proving he s the star of ligue 1 that s why he came and he s proving he s the star of ligue1 thats why he came and he s proving he s the star of ligue1 that s why he came and hes proving he s the star of ligue 1 He'sdemonstratedeverywherehewentthathewasagreatplayer,aworldstar. he s demonstrated everywhere he went that he was a great player a world star hes demonstrated everywhere he went that he was a great player a world star he s demonstrated everywhere he went that he was a great player a worldstar he s demonstrated every where he went that he was a great player a world star he s demonstrated everywhere he went that he was a great player a world s t a r Withinthegroup,werespectthemanandtheplayer. within the group we respect the man and the player within the group we respect the man and the play er withinthe group we respect the man and the player withinthegroup we respect the man and the player within thegroup we respect the man and the player Andalsoherespectsthemenhehasaroundhim. and also he respects the men he has around him and also he re spects the men he has around him andalso he respects the men he has around him a nd also he respects the men he has around him and also he respects the m e n he has around him Whathehasdoneistrulyexceptional. what he has done is truly exceptional what he has done is truly excep tional what he has done is truly ex ceptional whathe has done is truly exceptional what he has done is truly exceptiona l Itpushesotherstoraisetheirlevelofplay. it pushes others to raise their level of play i t pushes others to raise their level of play itpushes others to raise their level of play it pushes other s to raise their level of play it pushes others to raise their level of p lay ThiagoSilva,whoisoneofthebestdefendersintheworld,alsohelpseveryoneelseprogress. thiago silva who is one of the best defenders in the world a lso helps everyone else progress thiago silva who is one of the best defenders in the world also help s everyone else progress thiago silva who is one of the best defenders in the world also he lps everyone else progress thiago silva who is one of the best defenders in the world alsohelps everyone else progress thiago silva who is one of the best defenders in the world also h elps everyone else progress HowdidyougetoninEuro2012withtheFranceteam? how did you get on i neuro2012 with the france team how did you get on i neuro 2012 with the france team how did you get on i neur o 2012 with the france team how did you get on i neuro 20 1 2 with the france team how did you get on i n e u r o 2 0 1 2 with the france team Adisappointment. a disappointment a disappoint ment a disap pointment a dis appointment adisappointment IreallywantedtoplayinthisEuro. i really wanted to play in this euro i really want ed to play in this euro i really wanted to play inthis euro i reallywanted to play in this euro i really wanted to play in th is euro Unfortunately,myinjurypreventedmefromgettinganygametime. unfortunately my injury prevented me from getting any game time un fortunately my injury prevented me from getting any game time unfortunately my injury prevented me from getting any gametime unfortu nately my injury prevented me from getting any game time u nfortunately my injury prevented me from getting any game time Isawsomethingsthereandcameoutstronger. i saw some things there and cameout stronger i saw some things there and came ou t stronger i saw some things there and came ou t s t r o n g e r i saw some things there and came ou t s t r onger i saw some things there and cameout strong er Today,I'mplayingwellinselectionmatches. today i m playing well in selection matches today im playing well in selection matches today i m playing well in se lection matches to day i m playing well in selection matches today i m playing well inselection matches WhichiswhatI'vebeenhopingforsincemybaptismwiththeBlues. which is what i ve been hoping for since mybaptism with the blues which is what i ve been hoping for since m y baptism with the blues which is what i ve been hoping for since mybaptism with the blue s which is what i ve been hoping for since m y bap tism with the blues which is what i ve been hoping for since m y b aptism with the blues I'velearnedthelessonsfromwhathappenedintheUkraineandInowoweittomyselftohaveexemplarybehaviour. i ve learned the lessons from what happened in the ukraine and in ow owe it to myself to h ave exemplary behaviour i ve learned the lessons from what happened in the ukraine and in ow owe it to myself to h ave exemplarybehaviour i ve learned the lessons from what happened in the ukraine and in ow owe it to myself to ha ve ex emplary behaviour i ve learned the lessons from what happened in the ukraine and in ow owe it to myself to h ave ex emplary behaviour i ve learned the lessons from what happened in the ukraine and in ow owe it to myself to ha ve e xemplary behaviour WhatdothinkaboutDidierDeschamps'sfirstfewmonthsinchargeoftheBlues? what do think about didier deschamps s first few months in charge of the blues what do think about didierdeschamps s first few months in charge of the blues what do think about didier deschamps s first few months in charge of the blue s what do think about didier deschamp s s first few months in charge of the blues what do think about didier deschamps s first few months incharge of the blues Hehastheresultshewanted. he has the results he wanted he has the result she wanted hehas the results he wanted heh as the result she wanted he has the re sults he wanted We'rewellplacedintheWorldqualifyinggroup. were well placed i n the world qualifying group were well placed inthe world qualifying group were well placed i n the worl d qualifying group were well placed in the world q ualifying group were well placed in the world quali fying group Thecoachistough,closetotheplayers,andinspiresthemtowin. the coach is tough close to the players and inspires them to win the coach is tough close to the players and in spires them to win the coach is tough close to the player s and inspires them to win the coach is tough close to the play ers and inspires them to win thecoach is tough close to the players and inspires them to win LikeLaurentBlancwas. like laurent blanc was like laurent blanc w a s lik e laurent blanc was like laurent blanc wa s like laurent blanc w as ButIdon'twanttomakeanycomparisons. but i don t want to make any comparisons but i dont want to make any comparisons buti dont want to make any comparisons but i don t want to make any com parisons but idont want to make any comparisons BlanchadachievedhisgoalwhenwequalifiedfortheEuro. blanc had achieved his goal w hen we qualified for the euro blanc had achieved his goal whenwe qualified for the euro blanc had achieved his goal whe nwe qualified for the euro blanc had achieved his goal w hen we qualified for the e uro blanc had achieved his goal whe n w e qualified for the euro IhopeDidierDeschampswilltaketheBluestoBrazil. i hope didier deschamps will take the blues to brazil ihope didier deschamps will take the blues to brazil i hope didierdeschamps will take the blues to brazil i hope didier deschamp s will take the blues to brazil i hope didier deschamps will take the blues to bra zil Didthegooddraw(1-1)snatchedinSpain,on16October,representafoundingmatch? did the good draw 11 snatched in spain on 16 october represent a founding match did the good draw 11 snatched in spain on 16 october represent a found ing match did the good draw 11 snatched in spain on 16 october representa founding match did the good draw 1 1 snatched in spain on 16 october represent a founding match did the good dr aw11 snatched in spain on 16 october represent a founding match Thatmatchgaveusconfidence. that match gave us confidence thatmatch gave us confidence that ma tch gave us confidence that match gave us con fidence that match gave us confi dence Everybodyfoughtforeverybody. everybody fought for everybody everybody fought for every body every body fought for everybody every body fought for every body everybody fought for ev erybody BeforethatshockinSpain,I'dneverexperiencedsuchamatchinmycareer. before that shock in spain i d never experienced such a matchin my career before that shock in spain i d never experienced such a match i n my career before that shock in spain i d never experienced such a matchin mycareer before that shock in spain i d never experienced such a match i n mycareer before that shock in spain i d never experienced such a match inmy career WithBitcoin,payandsellwithoutbanks with bitcoin pay and sell without banks with bitcoin pay and sell without bank s with bitcoin pay and sell with out banks with bit coin pay and sell without banks with bitcoin pay and sell with out bank s Theoppositeofcurrentmonetaryexchanges,basedoncentralbanks,identifiedtransactionsandprocessingfeesamongthepartiesinvolved. the op posite of current monetary exchanges based on central banks identified transactions and processing fee s among the parties involved the op posite of current monetary exchanges based on central banks identified transactions and processing fees a mong the parties involved theopposite of current monetary exchanges based on central banks identified transactions and processing fees a mong the parties involved the oppositeof current monetary exchanges based on central banks identified transactions and processing fees a mong the parties involved theoppositeof current monetary exchanges based on central banks identified transactions and processing fees a mong the parties involved Inaddition,asofteninthesetechnologies,apoliticalvisionispalpable:thebeliefthatthecurrentmonetarysystem,madeupofbankingmonopolies,leadstofinancialcrises. inaddition as often in these technologies a political vision is palpable the belief that the current monetary system made up of banking monopolies leads to financial crises in ad dition as often in these technologies a political vision is palpable the belief that the current monetary system made up of banking monopolies leads to financial crises in additi on as often in these technologies a political vision is palpable the belief that the current monetary system made up of banking monopolies leads to financial crises inaddition as often in these tech nologies a political vision is palpable the belief that the current monetary system made up of banking monopolies leads to financial crises in ad dition as often in these tech nologies a political vision is palpable the belief that the current monetary system made up of banking monopolies leads to financial crises Infact,Bitcoin,inventedbySatoshiNakamoto(apseudonym),isbothavirtualcurrency(butconvertibleintodollars,euros)andasecureexchangeprotocollikeBitTorrent,whichallowspeer-to-peerfileexchange. in fact bitcoin invented by satoshi nakamoto a pseudonym is both a virtual currency but convertible into dollars euros and a secure exchange protocol like bittorrent which allows peer to peer file exchange in fact bitcoin invented by satoshi nakamoto a pseudonym is both a virtual currency but convertible into dollars euro s and a secure exchange protocol like bittorrent which allows peer to peer file exchange infact bitcoin invented by satoshi nakamoto a pseudonym is both a virtual currency but convertible into dollars euros and a secure exchange protocol like bittorrent which allows peer to peer file exchange in fact bitcoin invented by satoshi nakamoto a pseudonym is both a vir tual cur rency but convertible into dollars euros and a secure exchange protocol like bittorrent which allows peer to peer file exchange infact bitcoin invented by satoshi nakamoto a pseudonym is both a virtual currency but convertible into dollars euro s and a secure exchange protocol like bittorrent which allows peer to peer file exchange Around200,000transactionshavealreadybeenrecordedvia15,000computersonthenetwork. around 200000 transactions have already been recorded vi a 15000 computers on the network around 200000 transactions have already been recorded vi a 1 5000 computers on the network around 200000 transactions have already been recorded vi a1 5000 computers on the network around 200000 transactions have already been recorded vi a 15 000 computers on the network around 200000 transactions have already been recorded vi a 150 00 computers on the network Closetoathousandwebsitesacceptbitcoinsasdonationsormeansofpayment. close to a thousand websites accept bitcoins as donations or means of payment close to a thousand web sites accept bitcoins as donations or means of payment close to a thousand websites accept bitcoins as donations or means of pay ment close to a thousand websites accept bitcoins as donations or meansof payment close to a thousand websites accept bitcoins as donations or means ofpayment Thebitcoinexchangerate,afterreachingapeakof30dollars(23euros)inJune2011,fellto2dollarsfivemonthslater,returningtodaytoaroundadozendollars(ratesarelistedonthebitcoincharts.comsite). the bitcoin exchange rate after reaching a peak of 30 dollars 23 euros in june 2011 fellto 2 dollars five months later returning today to around a doze ndollars rates are listed on the bitcoincharts com site the bitcoin exchange rate after reaching a peak of 30 dollars 23 euros in june 2011 fellto 2 dollars five months later returning today to around a d o z e ndollars rates are listed on the bitcoincharts com site the bitcoin exchange rate after reaching a peak of 30 dollars 23 euros in june 2011 fellto 2 dollars five months later returning today to around a doze ndollars rates are listed on the bitcoincharts com si te the bitcoin exchange rate after reaching a peak of 30 dollars 23 euros in june 2011 fellto 2 dollars five months later returning today to around a d o z e ndollars rates are listed on the bitcoincharts com si te the bitcoin exchange rate after reaching a peak of 30 dollars 23 euros in june 2011 fellto 2 dollars five months later returning today to around a doze ndollars rates are listed on the bitcoincharts com sit e Nothingveryimpressive,comparedtoglobaltransactionsinrealcurrencyorfinancialproducts. nothing very impressive compared to global transactions in real currency or financial products nothing very impressive compared to global transactions in real currency or financial product s no thing very impressive compared to global transactions in real currency or financial products noth ing very impressive compared to global transactions in real currency or financial products nothing very impressive compared to global transactions in real currency or financial prod ucts However,theEuropeanCentralBank(ECB)tookaninterestinitinareportonvirtualcurrenciespublishedinOctober. however the european central bank ecb took an interest in it in a report on virtual currencies published in october however the euro pean central bank ecb took an interest in it in a report on virtual currencies published in october however the european cen tral bank ecb took an interest in it in a report on virtual currencies published in october however the european central bank ecb took an interest in it in a report on virtual currencies published in octo ber however the european central bank ecb took an interest in it in a report on virtual currencies pub lished in october Itdescribesbitcoinas"themostsuccessfulvirtualcurrency,""incompetitionwiththedollarortheeuro"and"similartoconventionalcurrencies." it describes bitcoin as the most successful virtual currency in competition with the dollar or the euro and similar to conventional currencies it describes bitcoin as the most successful virtual currency in competition with the dollar or the euro and similar to conven tional currencies it describes bitcoin as the most successful virtual cur rency in competition with the dollar or the euro and similar to conventional currencies it describes bitcoin as the most successful virtual currenc y in competition with the dollar or the euro and similar to conventional currencies it describes bitcoin as the most successful virtual currency in competition with the dollar or the euro and sim ilar to conventional currencies Bitcoindiffersfromothertypesofvirtualcurrencysuchas'credits',usedtoprogressinavideogamewhichyouwinbyplayingorwhichyoucanbuy(andsometimesexchangeinreturn). bitcoin differs from other types of virtual currency such as credits used to progress in a video game which you win by playing or which you can buy and sometimes exchange in return bitcoin differs from other types of virtual currency such as credits used to progress in a videogame which you win by playing or which you can buy and sometimes exchange in return bitcoin differs from other types of virtual currency such as credit s used to progress in a video game which you win by playing or which you can buy and sometimes exchange in return bitcoin differs from other types of virtual currency such as credits used to progress in a video game which you win by playing or which y ou can buy and sometimes exchange in return bitcoin differs from other types of virtual currency such as cred it s used to progress in a video game which you win by playing or which you can buy and sometimes exchange in return ThesocialnetworkFacebookhasalsodevelopedthiskindofsystem. the social network facebook has also developed this kind of system the social network facebook has also devel oped this kind of system the social network facebook has also developed this kind of sys tem the social network facebook has alsodeveloped this kind of system the social network facebook has also developed t his kind of system But,oneachoccasion,acentralauthoritycontrolsandhandlestheexchanges. but on each occasion a central authority controls and handles the exchange s but on each occasion a central authority controls and han dles the exchanges but on each occasion a central authority controls and handles theexchanges but on each occasion a central author ity controls and handles the exchange s but on each occasion a central authority controls and han dles the exchange s WithBitcoin,allnodesinthenetworkarebothcustodiansofthebookofaccounts,auditors,currencyissuers,andbuyersandsellers. with bitcoin all nodes in the network are both custodians of the book of accounts auditors currency issuers and buyers and sellers with bitcoin all nodes in the network are both custodians of the book of accounts auditor s currency issuers and buyers and sellers with bitcoin all nodes in the network are both custodians ofthe book of accounts auditors currency issuers and buyers and sellers with bitcoin all nodes in the network are both custodians of the book of accounts auditors currency issuers and buyers and seller s withbitcoin all nodes in the network are both custodians of the book of accounts auditors currency issuers and buyers and sellers Howdoesthenetworkoperate? how does the network operate how does the network oper ate how does the net work operate howdoes the network operate h ow does the network operate Eachtransactionbetweentwousersisactuallycarriedoutbetweentwoelectronicaddresseslikewithane-mail. each transaction between two users is actually carried out between two electronic addresses like with an email each transaction between two users is actually carried out between two electronic addresses like with an e mail each transaction between two users is actually carried out between two electronic ad dresses like with an email each transaction between two users is actually carried out between two electronicaddresses like with an email each transaction between two users is actually carried out between two electronic ad dresses like with an e mail Exceptthatausercanchooseadifferentaddressforeachpayment,therebyensuringanonymity. except that a user can choose a different address for each payment thereby ensuring anonymity except that a user can choose a different address for each pay ment thereby ensuring anonymity ex cept that a user can choose a different address for each payment thereby ensuring anonymity except that a usercan choose a different address for each payment thereby ensuring anonymity e xcept that a user can choose a different address for each payment thereby ensuring anonymity Asetofinformationassociatedwiththistransactionissignedelectronicallybyadual-keyencryptionsystem. a set of information associated with this transaction is signed electronically by a dual key encryption system a set of information associated with this transac tion is signed electronically by a dual key encryption system a set of infor mation associated with this transaction is signed electronically by a dual key encryption system a set of information associated with this trans action is signed electronically by a dual key encryption system a set of informa tion associated with this transaction is signed electronically by a dual key encryption system Sothenetworkcanverifytheauthenticityofthetransaction. s o the network can verify the authenticity of the transaction so the net w ork can verify the authenticity of the transaction so the netw ork can verify the authenticity of the transaction so the networkcan verify the authenticity of the transaction s o the network can verify the authentic ity of the transaction Usingthecontentsofthefile,itisalsopossibletoensurethattheexchangedbitcoinsexistinthepublicbookofaccounts,broadcastacrosstheentirenetwork. using the contents of the file it is also possible to ensure that the exchanged bitcoins exist in the public book of accounts broadcast across the entire network using the contents of the file it is also possible to en sure that the exchanged bitcoins exist in the public book of accounts broadcast across the entire network using the contents of the file it is also pos sible to ensure that the exchanged bitcoins exist in the public book of accounts broadcast across the entire network using the contents of the file it is also possi ble to ensure that the exchanged bitcoins exist in the public book of accounts broadcast across the entire network us ing the contents of the file it is also possible to ensure that the exchanged bitcoins exist in the public book of accounts broadcast across the entire network Thekeystepisenteringthenewtransactioninthebook. the key step is entering the new transaction in the book the key step is entering the new trans action in the book the key step is entering the newtransaction in the book the key step is entering the new transac tion in the book the key step is en tering the new transaction in the book Itpassesthroughtheresolutionofamathematicalchallengeissuedtothecomputers,andthewinner,akindofinterimcentralbanker,willhavetheprivilegeofaddingthisextraline. it passes through the resolution of a mathematical challenge issued to the computer s and the winner a kind of interim central banker will have the privilege of adding this extra line it passes through the resolution of a mathematical challenge issued to the com puters and the winner a kind of interim central banker will have the privilege of adding this extra line it passes through the resolution of a mathematical challenge issued to the computer s and the winnera kind of interim central banker will have the privilege of adding this extra line it passes through the resolution of a mathematical challenge issued to the com puter s and the winner a kind of interim central banker will have the privilege of adding this extra line it passes through the resolution of a mathematical challenge issued to the computersand the winner a kind of interim central banker will have the privilege of adding this extra line Thisisafilehashingphase,i.e.thetransformationofalargefileintoashorteranduniquedigitalimprint. this is a file hashing phase i e the transformation of a large file into a shorter and unique digital imprint this is a file hashing phase i e the transformation of a large file in to a shorter and unique digital imprint this is a file hashing phase ie the transformation of a large file into a shorter and unique digital imprint this is a file hash ing phase i e the transformation of a large file into a shorter and unique digital imprint thisis a file hashing phase i e the transformation of a large file into a shorter and unique digital imprint Computers"take"thenewtransactionandaddanumbertoit,then"hash"itallup. computers take the new transaction and add a number to it then has hit all up computers take the new transaction and add a number to it then ha shit all up computers take the new transaction and add a number to it the n has hit all up computers take the new transaction and add a number to it then hashi tall up computers take the new transaction and add a number to it then has hit allup Thegoalbeingtofindthenumberthatgivesaspecialimprint(lotsofzerosatthebeginning). the goal being to fi nd the number that gives a special imprint lots of zeros at the beginning the goal being to find thenumber that gives a special imprint lots of zeros at the beginning the goal being to fi nd the number that gives a special imprint lots of zero s at the beginning the goal being to find th e number that gives a special imprint lots of zeros at the beginning the goal being to find t he number that gives a special imprint lots of zeros at the beginning Oncethisnumberhasbeenfound,theothernodescaneasilycheckthatitistherightone. once this number has been found the other node s can easily check that it is the right one once this number has been found the other no des can easily check that it is the right one once this number has been found the other node scan easily check that it is the right one once this number has been found the other nodes caneasily check that it is the right one once this number has been found the other nodes c a n easily check that it is the right one Thetransactionisthenindestructiblylinkedtothechainofalltheothertransactions;anymodificationwouldaltertheimprint. the transaction is then indestructibly linked to the chain of all the other transactions any modification would alter the imprint the transaction is then indestructibly linked to the chain of all the other trans actions any modification would alter the imprint the transaction is the n indestructibly linked to the chain of all the other transactions any modification would alter the imprint the transaction is then indestructibly linked to the chain of all the other transactions any modification would alter the im print the trans action is then indestructibly linked to the chain of all the other transactions any modification would alter the imprint Ifauserwantedtodefraudbypayingtwicewiththesamemoneyveryquickly(lessthantenminutes),onlyoneofthetwotransactionswouldbevalidatedbythenetwork-theotherwouldremainanorphanbecausethetwohavedifferentimprints. if a user wanted to defraud by paying twice with the same money very quickly less than ten minutes only one of the two transactions would be validated by the network the other would remain an orphan because the two have different imprints if a user wanted to de fraud by paying twice with the same money very quickly less than ten minutes only one of the two transactions would be validated by the network the other would remain an orphan because the two have different imprints if a user wanted to defraud by paying twice with the same money very quickly less than ten minutes only one of the two transactions would be validated by the net work the other would remain an orphan because the two have different imprints if a user wanted to defraud by paying twice with the same money very quickly less than ten minutes only one of the two transactions would be val idated by the network the other would remain an orphan because the two have different imprints if a user wanted to defraud by paying twice with the same money very quickly less than ten minutes only one of the two transactions would be vali dated by the network the other would remain an orphan because the two have different imprints Thecomputerthatresolvesthechallengewins50bitcoins. the computer that resolves the challenge wins 50 bitcoins the computer that resolves the challenge wins 50 bitcoin s the computer that resolves the challenge wins 5 0 bitcoin s the computer that resolves the challenge wins 5 0 bitcoins thecomputer that resolves the challenge wins 50 bitcoins Toavoidinflation,thisawardisregularlydividedbytwo,probablybytheendof2012. to avoid inflation this award is regularly divided by two probably by the end of 2012 to avoid inflation this award is regu larly divided by two probably by the end of 2012 to avoid inflation this awar d is regularly divided by two probably by the end of 2012 to avoid inflation this award is regularly divided by two prob ably by the end of 2012 to avoid inflation this award is regularly divided by two proba bly by the end of 2012 Thenumberofbitcoinsincirculationisthereforelimitedto21million,buttheyaredivisibledowntothehundredmillionth,whichleavessomemargin... the number of bitcoins in circulation is therefore limited to 21 million but theyare divisible down to the hundred millionth which leaves some margin the number of bitcoins in circulation is therefore limited to 21 million but theya re divisible down to the hundred millionth which leaves some margin the number of bitcoins in circulation is therefore limited to 21 million but theyare divisible down to the hundredmillionth which leaves some margin the number of bitcoins in circulation is therefore limited to 21 million but theya re divisible down to the hundredmillionth which leaves some margin the number of bitcoins in circulation is therefore limited to 21 million but they aredivisible down to the hundred millionth which leaves some margin Thedifficultyofthechallengeisalsoraisedwitheachincreaseincomputingpower. the difficulty of the challenge is also ra ised with each increase in computing power the difficulty of the challenge is also raised with eac h increase in computing power the difficulty of the challenge is also raised with e ach increase in computing power the difficulty of the challenge is also raised with ea ch increase in computing power the difficulty of the challenge is also ra ised with each increase in com puting power Thelifeofthenetworkhashaditsupsanddowns. the life of the network has had its ups and downs the life of the network has had it s ups and downs the life of the network has had its up s and down s the lifeof the network has had its ups and downs the life of the network has had its up s and downs WebsitesprovidingservicesforBitcoinhavebeenattackedandbitcoinsindepositsstolen. websites providing services for bitcoin have been attacked and bit coins in deposits stolen web sites providing services for bitcoin have been attacked and bit coins in deposits stolen websites providing services for bitcoin have been attacked and bitcoins in deposits stolen web sites providing services for bitcoin have been attacked and bitcoins in deposits stolen websites providing services for bitcoin have been attacked and bit coins in depos its stolen "Theloopholeusedisnottheprotocolitself"saysPierreNoizatreassuringly,whohasjustlaunchedPaymium,arealcurrencypaymentcompanythatusestheBitcoinnetwork. the loop hole used is not the protocol itself say s pierre noizat reassuringly who has just launched paymium a real currency payment company that uses the bitcoin network the loop hole used is not the protocol itself say s pierre noizat reassuringly who hasjust launched paymium a real currency payment company that uses the bitcoin network the loop hole used is not the protocol itself say s pierre noizat reassuringly who has just launched paym ium a real currency payment company that uses the bitcoin network the loop hole used is not the protocol itself say s pierre noizat reassuringly who has just launched paymium areal currency payment company that uses the bitcoin network the loop hole used is not the protocol itself say s pierre noizat reassuringly who has just launched paymium a real cur rency payment company that uses the bitcoin network TheECBalsohighlightsthepossibilitiesofmoneylaunderingusingthisanonymousservice. the ecb also highlights the possibilities of money laundering using this anonymous service the ecb also highlights the possibilities of moneylaundering using this anonymous service the ecb also highlights the possibilities of m oney l aundering using this anonymous service theecb also highlights the possibilities of money laundering using this anonymous service the ecb also highlights the possibilities of money laun dering using this anonymous service Butcashalsohasthisweakness. but cash also has this weakness but cash also has this weak ness butcash also has this weakness but cash also has this w eakness but cash also has t his weakness MajorplayerslikeWikipediarefusedonationsofthisnature. major players like wikipedia refuse donations of this nature major players like wiki pedia refuse donations of this nature major play ers like wikipedia refuse donations of this nature major players like wikipedia ref use donations of this nature major players like wikipedi a refuse donations of this nature Others,suchastheWordPressblogplatform,acceptthem. others such as the wordpress blog platform accept them oth ers such as the wordpress blog platform accept them others such as the wordpress blog platform ac cept them other s such as the wordpress blog platform accept them others such as the wordpress blog platform accept the m Recently,AdiShamirandDoritRon,fromtheWeizmannInstituteinIsrael,analysedtheaccountingbooksandshowedthatalmost80%ofbitcoinsdonotcirculate. recently adi shamir and dorit ron from the weizmann institute in israel analysed the accounting books and showed that almost 80 of bit coins do not circulate recently adi shamir and dorit ron from the weizmann institute in israel analysed the accounting books and showed that almost 80 of bitcoins do not circulate recently adi shamir and dorit ron from the weizmann institute in israel analysed the accounting books and showed that almost 80 of bitcoin s do not circulate recently adi shamir and dorit ron from the weizmann institute in israel ana lysed the accounting books and showed that almost 80 of bitcoins do not circulate re cently adi shamir and dorit ron from the weizmann institute in israel analysed the accounting books and showed that almost 80 of bitcoins do not circulate InNovember,"hugesell-offs"werelaunched. in november huge sell offs were launched in november huge selloffs were launched in november huge sell offs we relaunched in november huge selloffs we relaunched in november huge selloffs we re launched "Thirtythousanddollarswereexchanged"welcomesJonHolmquist,whoworksforCoinabul,whichconvertsbitcoinstogold. thirty thousand dollars were exchanged welcomes jon holmquist who work s for coinabul which converts bitcoins to gold thirty thousand dollars were exchanged welcomes jon holmquist who works for c o in a bul which converts bitcoins to gold thirty thousand dollars were exchanged welcomes jon holmquist who works for c o i n a b u l which converts bitcoins to gold thirty thousand dollars were exchanged welcomes jon holmquist who works for c o in abul which converts bitcoins to gold thirty thousand dollars were exchanged welcomes jon holmquist who work s for coinabul which converts bit coins to gold PierreNoizat,alsoauthorofaneducationalbookonthiscurrency,hasalotoffaithinthepotentialofthistechnologyasatransactionnetwork. pierre noizat also author of an educational book on this currency has a lot of faith in the potential of this technology as a transaction network pierre noizat also author of an educational book on this currency has a lot of faith in the potential of this technology as a trans action network pierre noizat also author of an educational book on this currency has alot of faith in the potential of this technology as a transaction network pierre noizat also author of an educational book on this currency has a lot of faith in the potential of this technology as a transac tion network pierre noizat also author of an educational book on this currency has a lot of faith in the potential of this tech nology as a transaction network Hissystem,Paytunia,isequivalenttoacreditcard(inrealmoney)oracontactlesspaymentbymobile,butitusesBitcointovalidatetransactions,whicharethuscheaper. his system paytunia is equivalent to a credit card in real money or a contactless payment by mobile but it uses bitcoin to validate transactions which are thus cheaper hissystem paytunia is equivalent to a credit card in real money or a contactless payment by mobile but it uses bitcoin to validate transactions which are thus cheaper his system paytunia is equiva lent to a credit card in real money or a contactless payment by mobile but it uses bitcoin to validate transactions which are thus cheaper his system paytunia is equiv alent to a credit card in real money or a contactless payment by mobile but it uses bitcoin to validate transactions which are thus cheaper his sys tem paytunia is equivalent to a credit card in real money or a contactless payment by mobile but it uses bitcoin to validate transactions which are thus cheaper Alsotheusermanageshisidentityandcanthereforebeanonymous. also the user manages his identity and can therefore be anonymous also the user manages his identity and can there fore be anonymous also the user manages his identity and can therefore b e anonymous also the user manages his identity and can therefore be anony mous also the user manages his iden tity and can therefore be anonymous Thesystemiseasytoimplementbymerchants,whodonotneedtoinstallnewterminalsorsoftware. the system is easy to implement by merchants who do not need to install new terminals or software the sys tem is easy to implement by merchants who do not need to install new terminals or software the system is easy to implement by mer chants who do not need to install new terminals or software the system is easy to implement by merchants who do not n eed to install new terminals or software the system is easy to implement by merchants who do not need t o install new terminals or software Theyjustneedtoprovideanaddressthataphonecan"photographandrecognise"saysPierreNoizat,whoconfirmshehasthousandsofusers. they just need to provide an address that a phone can photograph and recognise say s pierre noizat who confirms he has thousands of users they just need to provide an address that a phone can photograph and recognise sayspierre noizat who confirms he has thousands of users they just need to provide an address that a phone can photograph and recognise sayspierre no izat who confirms he has thousands of users they just need to provide an address that a phone can photograph and recognise say s pierre noizat who confirm she has thousands of users they just need to provide an address that a phone can photograph and recognise say s pierre noizat who confirms he has thousands of user s Thereisageneralmovementtoreappraisehierarchicalsystemsformorehorizontalsystems. there is a general movement to reappraise hierarchical systems for more horizontal systems there is a general movement to re appraise hierarchical systems for more horizontal systems there is a general movement to reappraise hierarchical sys tems for more horizontal systems there is a general move ment to reappraise hierarchical systems for more horizontal systems there is a general movement to reappraise hierarchical systems for more horizontal system s "ItwilltaketimeforBitcointobecomefirmlyestablished,but2013couldbeaturningpoint,"hepredicts. it will take time for bitcoin to become firmly estab lished but 2013 could be a turning point he predicts it will take time for bitcoin to be come firmly established but 2013 could be a turning point he predicts it will take time for bitcoin to become firmly estab lished but 2013 could be a turning point he pre dicts it will take time for bitcoin to be come firmly established but 2013 could be a turning point he pre dicts it will take time for bitcoin to become firmly estab lished but 2013 could be a turn ing point he predicts TheECB,initsreport,saysitwillreassessthevariousrisks,currentlyregardedashigh,intheeventofthecurrency'ssuccess. the ecb in its report says it will reassess the various risks currently regarded as high in the event of the currency s success the ecb in its report says it will re assess the various risks currently regarded as high in the event of the currency s success the ecb in its re port says it will reassess the various risks currently regarded as high in the event of the currency s success the ecb in its re port says it will re assess the various risks currently regarded as high in the event of the currency s success the ecb in its report says it will reassess the various risks currently regarded as high in the eventof the currency s success WegotoutofAfghanistan. we got out of afghanistan we got out of a fghanistan we got out of afghani stan wegot out of afghanistan we got out ofafghanistan Whatnow? what now whatnow w hat now what no w what n o w FrenchtroopshavelefttheirareaofresponsibilityinAfghanistan(KapisaandSurobi). french troops have left their area of responsibility in afghanistan kapisa and surobi french troops have left their area of responsi bility in afghanistan kapisa and surobi f rench troops have left their area of responsibility in afghanistan kapisa and surobi frenchtroops have left their area of responsibility in afghanistan kapisa and surobi french troops have left their area of responsibility in afghanistan kapisa and su robi NATOandtheAmericansareduetofollowinlate2014. nato and the americans are due to follow in late 2014 nato and the american s are due to follow in late 2014 n a t o and the americans are due to follow in late 2014 nato and the americans are due to follow in late2014 nato and the americans are due to fol low in late 2014 ItistimefortheAfghanarmytoresumepossessionofitsterritoryandtheAfghanpeopletochoosetheirfuture,withoutexpectingustodoeverything. it is time for the afghan army to resume posses sion of it s territory and the afghan people to choose their future without expecting us to do everything it is time for the afghan army to re sume possession of its territory and the afghan people to choose their future without expecting us to do everything it is time for the afghan army to resume pos session of its territory and the afghan people to choose their future without expecting us to do everything it is time for the afghan army to resume posses sion of it s territory and the afghan people to choose their future without expecting us to do every thing it is time for the afghan army to re sume possession of its territory and the afghan people to choose their future without expecting us to do every thing ItismainlyAfghanpeasantsthatwehavepunishedbyregardingthemasterrorists. it is mainly afghan peasants that we have punished by regarding the mas ter rorists it is mainly afghan peasants that we have pun ished by regarding the mas ter rorists it is mainly afghan peasants that we have punished by regarding the mas ter ror ists it is mainly afghan peasants that we have pun ished by regarding the mas ter ror ists it is mainly afghan peasants that we have punished by regarding the mas terrorists Andourselves,withour88soldierskilled,plusthewounded,themaimed. and ourselves with our 88 soldiers killed plus the wounded the maimed and our selves with our 88 soldiers killed plus the wounded the maimed a nd ourselves with our 88 soldiers killed plus the wounded the maimed and ourselves with our 88 sol diers killed plus the wounded the maimed and ourselves with our 88 soldierskilled plus the wounded the maimed TheTalibaniscomposedofforeignextremists,formerleadersinrefugeinPakistan,butoftenpeasantswhorefusethepresenceofforeignarmedforces,likeinthetimeoftheSoviets. the taliban is composed of foreign extremists former leader sin refuge in pakistan but often peasants who refuse the presence of foreign armed forces like in the time of the soviets the taliban is composed of foreign extremists former leader sin refuge in pakistan but often peasants who refuse the presence of foreign armed forces like in the time of the soviet s the taliban is composed of foreign extremists former leaders in refuge inpakistan but often peasants who refuse the presence of foreign armed forces like in the time of the soviets the taliban is composed of foreign extremists former leaders in refuge i n pakistan but often peasants who refuse the presence of foreign armed forces like in the time of the soviets the taliban is composed of foreign extremists former leader sin refuge in pakistan but of ten peasants who refuse the presence of foreign armed forces like in the time of the soviets Theywanttodefendtheirtraditions,bothancientandarchaic,eventhoughtheyhavebeenjoinedbyJihadists,Pakistanis,Arabs,Uzbeks,Tajiks. they want to defend their traditions both ancient and archaic even though they have been joined by jihadists pakistanis arabs uzbeks tajiks they want to defend their traditions both ancient and archaic even though they have been joined by jihadists pakistan is arabs uzbeks tajiks they want to defend their traditions both ancient and archaic even though they have been joined by jihadist s pakistanis arabs uzbeks tajiks they want to defend their traditions both ancient and archaic even though they have been joined by jihadists pakistani s arabs uzbeks tajiks they want to defend their traditions both ancient and archaic even though they have been joined by jihadists pakistani sara b s uzbeks tajiks Tolerated,sometimesassisted,bylocalinsurgents,thelatterwillnolongerbesowhenWesternersbecomemorescarce. tolerated sometimes assisted by local insurgents the latter will no longer be so when we sterners become more scarce tolerated sometimes assisted by local insurgents the latter will no longer be so when we sterner s become more scarce tolerated some times assisted by local insurgents the latter will no longer be so when we sterners become more scarce tolerated sometimes assisted by local insurgents the latter will no longer be so when we sterners be come more scarce tolerated sometimes assisted by local insurgents the latter will no longer be so when we sterners becomemore scarce ThedepartureofFrenchtroopsfromtheNijrabbase,whichIobservedfromthetopofhillsofalmondtreesplantedwithFrenchfunding,wascarriedoutinanorderlyfashion. the departure of french troops from the nijrab base which i observed from the top of hills of almond trees planted with french funding was carried out in an orderly fashion the departure of french troops from the nijrab base which i observed from the top of hills of almond trees plant ed with french funding was carried out in an orderly fashion the departure of french troops from the nijrab base which i observed from the top of hills of almond tree s planted with french funding was carried out in an orderly fashion the departure of french troops from the nijrab base which i observed from the top of hills of al mond trees planted with french funding was carried out in an orderly fashion the departure of french troops from the nijrab base which i observed from the top of hills of almond trees planted with french funding was car ried out in an orderly fashion ConvoysoftrucksandarmouredvehiclesreachedKabulwithoutbeingattacked,overflownbyhelicopters. convoys of trucks and armoured vehicles reached kabul without be ing attacked over flown by helicopters convoys of trucks and armoured vehicles reached kabul without being at tacked over flown by helicopters convoys of trucks and armoured vehicles reached kabul without being att acked over flown by helicopters convoys of trucks and armoured vehicles reached kabul without be ing attacked over flown by helicopter s convoys of trucks and armoured vehicles reached kabul without being at tacked over flown by helicopter s TherewillbenowaveoftheTalibaninKabulbytheendof2014. there will be no wave of the taliban in kabul by the end of 2014 t here will be no wave of the taliban in kabul by the end of 2014 there will be no wave ofthe taliban in kabul by the end of 2014 there will be no wave of the taliban in kabul by the end of2014 there will be no wave of the taliban in kabul by the end of 201 4 Circumstanceshavechangedsincetheirirresistibleadvancebetween1994and1996. circumstances have changed since their irresistible advance between 1994 and 1996 circumstances have changed since their irresistible advance be tween 1994 and 1996 circumstances have changed since their irresistible advance between 1994 and1996 circumstances have changed since their irresistible advance between1994and1996 circum stances have changed since their irresistible advance between 1994 and 1996 AtthattimeKabulwasempty,thecountrybeingtornapartbythestrugglesbetweendifferentfactions. at that time kabul was empty the country being torn apart by the struggles between different factions at that time kabul was emp ty the country being torn apart by the struggles between different factions at that time kabul was empty the coun try being torn apart by the struggles between different factions at that time kabul was empty the country being torn apart by the struggle s between different factions at that time kabul was empty the country being torn apart by the struggles be tween different factions Theirtakeoverofthecountryhadbeenperceivedthenasasortofliberation,areturntosafety. their takeover of the country had been per ceived then as a sort of liberation a return to safety their takeover of the country had been perceived the nas a sort of liberation a return to safety their takeover of the country had been perceived the nasa sort of liberation a return to safety their takeover of the country had been perceived the n a s a sort of liberation a return to safety their take over of the country had been perceived the nasa sort of liberation a return to safety AfghanispaidthepriceoftheobscurantismofthesepeasantsbytheorganisationofAl-Qaeda,buttheirsituationhasnotimprovedtoday. afghanis paid theprice of the obscurantism of these peasants by the organisation of al qaeda but their situation has not improved today afghanis paidtheprice of the obscurantism of these peasants by the organisation of al qaeda but their situation has not improved today afghanis paid the price ofthe obscurantism of these peasants by the organisation of al qaeda but their situation has not improved today afghanis paid theprice of the obscurantism of these peasants by the organisa tion of al qaeda but their situation has not improved today afghanis paid theprice of the obscuran tism of these peasants by the organisation of al qaeda but their situation has not improved today FormerMujahidin,theAfghanGovernmentandthecurrentTalibanarealliedinthedesiretokeepwomeninaninferiorposition. former mujahidin the afghan government a nd the current taliban are allied in the desire to keep women in an inferior position former mujahidin the afghan government and the cur rent taliban are allied in the desire to keep women in an inferior position former mujahidin the afghan government and th e current taliban are allied in the desire to keep women in an inferior position former mujahidin the afghan government and the curren t taliban are allied in the desire to keep women in an inferior position former mujahidin the afghan government a nd the current taliban are allied in the desire to keep women in an inferior posi tion Themainanti-Sovietwarleadersreturnedtopowerin2001. the main anti soviet war leaders returned to power in 2001 the main anti soviet war leader s returned to power in 2001 themain anti soviet war leaders returned to power in 2001 the m a in anti soviet war leaders returned to power in 2001 the ma in anti soviet war leaders returned to power in 2001 Theybecameprofiteers,seizinggovernmentlandtoresellasbuildinglandtorefugeesreturningfromIranandPakistan,benefitingfromhugeAmericanoutsourcingcontracts. they became profiteers seizing government land to resell as building land to refugees returning from iran and pakistanb enefiting from huge american outsourcing contracts they became profiteers seizing government land to resell as building land to refugees returning from iran and pakista nbenefiting from huge american outsourcing contracts they became profiteers seizing government land to re sell as building land to refugees returning from iran and pakista nbenefiting from huge american outsourcing contracts they became profiteers seizing government land to resell as building land to refugees returning from iran and pak ista nbenefiting from huge american outsourcing contracts they became profiteers seizing government land to resell as building land to refugees returning from iran and paki sta nbenefiting from huge american outsourcing contracts Theyhavebecomediscredited;whatismore,mostofthemdidnotfightthemselves. they have become discredited what is more most of them did not fight themselves they have become discredited what is more most of them did not fight them selves t hey have become discredited what is more most of them did not fight themselves theyhave become discredited what is more most of them did not fight themselves they have become discredited what i s more most of them did not fight themselves Thepeople,asIheardinthecountryside,wantaGovernmentthatisnotmadeupofthieves. the peo ple as i heard in the country side want a government that is not made up of thieves the peo ple as i heard in the countryside wanta government that is not made up of thieves the peo ple as i heard in the country side want a govern ment that is not made up of thieves the peopleas i heard in the countryside wanta government that is not made up of thieves thepeople as i heard in the countryside wanta government that is not made up of thieves Manyyoungpeoplewanttoleave,asthosewhowereabletobenefitfromAmericanlargessewillleave:theflightofcapitalisconsiderable. many young people want to leave as those who were able to benefit from american largesse will leave the flight of capital is considerable many young people want to leave as those who were able to benefit from american largesse will leave the flight of capital is consider able many young people want to leave as those who were able to benefit from american largesse will leave the flight of capital is con siderable many young people want to leave as those who were able to benefit from american largesse will leave the flight of capital is consid erable many young people want to leave as those who were able to benefit from american largesse will leave the flight of capital is c onsiderable Theyoungpeoplearetiredofwaranditsideologies. the young people are tired of war and its ideologies the young people are tired of war and it s ideologies the young people are tired of war and its ideolo gies the y oung people are tired of war and its ideologies theyoung people are tired of war and its ideologies TheyhaverubbedshoulderswiththemodernworldduringtheirexileinIranorPakistan,andappreciatedthebenefits. they have rubbed shoulders with the modern world during their exile in iran or pakistan and appreciated the benefits they have rubbed shoulders with the mod ern world during their exile in iran or pakistan and appreciated the benefits they have rubbed shoulders with the modern w orld during their exile in iran or pakistan and appreciated the benefits they have rubbed shoulders with the modernworld during their exile in iran or pakistan and appreciated the benefits they have rubbed shoulders with the modern world during their exile in iran or pakistan and appreciated the benefi ts Roughly65%ofthepopulationislessthan25;Kabulnowhas5millionpeople,afifthofthetotalpopulation. roughly 65 of the population is less than 25 kabul now has 5million people a fifth of the total population roughly 65 of the population is less than 25 kabul now has 5 million peo ple a fifth of the total population roughly 65 of the population is less than 25 kabul now has 5million people a fifth of the total popula tion roughly 65 of the population is less than 25 kabul now has 5million people a fifth of the total popu lation roughly 65 of the population is less than 25 kabul now has 5million people a fifth of the total pop ulation Intownsandcities,thestateschoolsarefull,withgirlsandboysalike. in towns and cities the state schools are full with girls and boys alike in towns and cit ies the state schools are full with girls and boys alike in towns and cities the state schools are full with girls and boys a like intowns and cities the state schools are full with girls and boys alike in towns and cities the s tate schools are full with girls and boys alike Itwillbenecessarytoprovideworkforthoseyoungpeoplewhonolongerwanttoreturntotheobscurantismoftheformerpartiesorthecorruptionofcertainleaders. it will be necessary to provide work for those young people who no longer want to return to the obscurantism of the former parties or the corruption of certain leaders it will be neces sary to provide work for those young people who no longer want to return to the obscurantism of the former parties or the corruption of certain leaders it will benecessary to provide work for those young people who no longer want to return to the obscurantism of the former parties or the corruption of certain leaders it will be necessary to pro vide work for those young people who no longer want to return to the obscurantism of the former parties or the corruption of certain leaders it will be necessary to provide work for those young people who no longer want to return to the obscurantism of the former parties or the corrup tion of certain leaders Allofthem,includingthearmedopponents,arepartialtomobilephones;television,withitsTurkishsoapoperasthatshowamodernworld,isfollowedeverywhere. all of them including the armed opponents are partial to mobile phones television with its turkish soap operas that s how a modern world is followed everywhere all of them including the armed opponents are partial to mobile phones television with its turkish soap operas that show a modern world is followed everywhere all of them including the armed opponents are partial to mobile phones television with it s turkish soap operas that s how a modern world is followed everywhere all of them including the armed opponents are partial to mobile phones television with it s turkish soap operas that show a modern world is followed everywhere all of them including the armed opponents are partial to mobile phones television with its turkish soap operas that showa modern world is followed everywhere Thearmyisnowpresent. the army is now present t he army is now present the army is now pres ent thearmy is now present the army is now pre sent Willtheauthoritieswhocommanditbeconsideredlegitimate? will the authorities who command it be considered legitimate will the authorities who com mand it be considered legitimate will the au thorities who command it be considered legitimate will the authori ties who command it be considered legitimate will the authorities who command it be con sidered legitimate Formercommandersoftheanti-Sovietstrugglearealreadythinkingaboutrestoringprovincialmilitias,whichwillescapethecentralpower. former commanders of the anti soviet struggle are already thinking about restoring provincial militias which will escape the central power former commanders of the anti soviet struggle are already thinking about restoring provincial militia s which will escape the central power former commanders of the anti soviet struggle are already thinking about restoring provincial militias which will escape the cen tral power former com manders of the anti soviet struggle are already thinking about restoring provincial militias which will escape the central power former commanders of the anti soviet struggle are already thinking about restoring provincial militias which will es cape the central power Afghanistan,landofmountains,withstronglocalidentities,shouldbeabletobenefitfromacertaindecentralisation,intheimageoftheWesternnations,buttheUnitedStateswantedtoturnitintoacentralisedState,withstrongpresidentialpower,abolishingthepostofPrimeMinister,whichhadexistedsincethe1964Constitution. afghanistan land of mountains with strong local identities should be able to benefit from a certain decentralisation in the image of the western nations but the united states wanted to turn it into a centralised state with strong presidential power abolishing the post of prime minister which ha d existed since the 1964 constitution afghanistan land of mountains with strong local identities should be able to benefit from a certain decentralisation in the image of the western nations but the united states wanted to turn it into a centralised state with strong presidential power abolishing the post of prime minister which hadexisted since the 1964 constitution afghanistan land of mountains with strong local identities should be able to benefit from a certain decentralisation in the image of the western nations but the united states wanted to turn it into a centralised state with strong presidential power abolishing the post of prime minister which ha d ex isted since the 1964 constitution afghanistan land of mountains with strong local identities should be able to benefit from a certain decentralisation in the image of the western nations but the united states wanted to turn it into a centralised state with strong presidential power abolishing the post of prime minister which ha d existedsince the 1964 constitution afghanistan land of moun tains with strong local identities should be able to benefit from a certain decentralisation in the image of the western nations but the united states wanted to turn it into a centralised state with strong presidential power abolishing the post of prime minister which hadexisted since the 1964 constitution PresidentKarzaidoesnotwantanyforeigncontrols,particularlyontheoccasionoftheelectionsinApril2014. president karzai does not want any foreign controls particularly on the occasion of the elections in april 2014 president karzai does not want any foreign con trols particularly on the occasion of the elections in april 2014 president karzai does not want any foreign controls particu larly on the occasion of the elections in april 2014 president karzai does not want any foreign controls par ticularly on the occasion of the elections in april 2014 president karzai does not want any foreign control s particularly on the occasion of the elections in april 2014 But,sincethe50sandalreadywellbefore,hiscountryhasbeendependentonforeignaid. but since the 50 s and already well before his country has been dependent on foreign aid but since the 50 s and al ready well before his country has been dependent on foreign aid b ut since the 50 s and already well before his country has been dependent on foreign aid but since the 50 s and already w ell before his country has been dependent on foreign aid but since the 50 s and already well before his country has been dependent on for eign aid Noindustrieshavebeenre-established,nodamsareingoodcondition,nomajorirrigationsystemshavebeenrepaired. no industries have been re established no dams are in good condition no major irrigation systems have been repaired no industries have been reestablished no dams are in good condition no major irrigation systems have been repaired no indus tries have been reestablished no dams are in good condition no major irrigation systems have been repaired no industries have been re established no dams are in good condition no major irrigation systems have been re paired no industries have been reestablished no dams are in good condition no major irrigation systems have been re paired Everythingisimported;nothingisproduced,apartfromfruitandvegetables. everything is imported nothing is pro duced apart from fruit and vegetables every thing is imported nothing is pro duced apart from fruit and vegetables everything is imported nothing is pr oduced apart from fruit and vegetables everything is imported nothing is pro duced apart from fruit and veg etables everything is imported nothing is pro duced a part from fruit and vegetables ThePriorityislefttoprivateinitiative. the priority is left to pri vate initiative the priority is left to privateinitiative the priority is left to p rivate initiative the priority is left to pri vate initia tive the priority is left to pri vate ini tiative Inacountryruinedbythirtyyearsofwar,governmentcontrolovertheinfrastructurewouldhavebeennecessary. in a country ruined by thirty years of war govern ment control over the infrastructure would have been necessary in a country ruined by thirty years of war gov ernment control over the infrastructure would have been necessary in a country ruined by thirty years of war government con trol over the infrastructure would have been necessary in a country ruined by thirty years of war govern ment control over the infrastructure would have been neces sary in a country ruined by thirty years of war gov ernment control over the infrastructure would have been neces sary TherumourwasspreadthatAfghanistanhadhugemineralwealth. the rumour was spread that afghanistan had huge mineral wealth the rumour was spread that afghani stan had huge mineral wealth t he rumour was spread that afghanistan had huge mineral wealth the rumour was spread that a fghanistan had huge mineral wealth the rumour was spread that af ghanistan had huge mineral wealth ThisonlyaddedtothefeelingthattheWesternerswereonlytheretoseizeit. this only added to the feeling that the westerners were only there to seize it this only added to the feel ing that the westerners were only there to seize it this only added to the feeling that the westerners we re only there to seize it this only added to the feeling that the west erners were only there to seize it this only added to the feeling that the western ers were only there to seize it Withnoenergytoprocesstheironoreorcopperonsite,ormeansoftransporttoexportitacrossthemountains,thereisnomining. with no energy to process the iron ore or copper on site or means of transport to export it across the mountains there is no mining with no energy to process the iron ore or copper onsite or means of transport to export it across the mountains there is no mining with no energy to process the iron ore or copper on site or means of transport to export it across the moun tains there is no mining with no energy to process the iron ore or copper on siteor means of transport to export it across the mountains there is no mining with no energy to process the iron ore or copper on s ite or means of transport to export it across the mountains there is no mining TheChinesehavealreadyalmostlefttheMesAynakcoppermine,leavinginternationalarchaeologists(fundedbytheWorldBank)tosearchthehugeBuddhistsiteandremainthelargestemployersintheprovince. the chinese have already almost left the mes aynak copper mine leaving international archaeologists funded by the world bank to search the huge buddhist site and remain the largest employers in the province the chinese have already almost left the mes aynak copper mine leaving interna tional archaeologists funded by the world bank to search the huge buddhist site and remain the largest employers in the province the chinese have already almost left the mes aynak copper mine leav ing international archaeologists funded by the world bank to search the huge buddhist site and remain the largest employers in the province the chinese have already almost left the mes aynak copper mine leaving international archaeologists funded by the world bank to se arch the huge buddhist site and remain the largest employers in the province the chinese have already almost left the mes aynak copper mine leavin g international archaeologists funded by the world bank to search the huge buddhist site and remain the largest employers in the province OnedayitwillalsobenecessaryforAfghanistanandPakistan,onwhichimportsandexportslargelydepend,torestorenormalrelations. one day it will also be necessary for afghanistan and pakistan on which imports and exports largely depend to restore normal relations oneday it will also be necessary for afghanistan and pakistan on which imports and exports largely depend to restore normal relations one day it will also be necessary for afghanistan and pakistan on which imports and exports largely de pend to restore normal relations one day it will also be neces sary for afghanistan and pakistan on which imports and exports largely depend to restore normal relations one day it will also be nec essary for afghanistan and pakistan on which imports and exports largely depend to restore normal relations ThedepartureofFrenchcombattroopswascompletedon20November. the departure of french combat troops was completed on 20 november the departure of french combat troops was completed on 20 no vember the depar ture of french combat troops was completed on 20 november the de parture of french combat troops was completed on 20 november the depart ure of french combat troops was completed on 20 november Thenewcooperationtreatyprovidesforthecontinuationoftraditionalaid:girls'highschool,boys'highschool,FrenchDepartmentattheUniversity,FrenchInstitute,cooperationinthemilitary,legal,medicalandagriculturalfields,supporttothearchaeologicalDelegation. the new cooperation treaty provides for the continuation of traditional aid girls high school boys high school french department at the university french institute cooperation in the military legal medical and agricultural fields support to the archaeological delegation the new cooperation treaty provides for the continuation of traditional aid girls high school boys high school french department at the university french institute co operation in the military legal medical and agricultural fields support to the archaeological delegation the new cooperation treaty provides for the continuation of traditional ai d girls high school boys high school french department at the university french institute cooperation in the military legal medical and agricultural fields support to the archaeological delegation the new cooperation treaty provides for the continuation of traditional ai d girls high school boys high school french department at the university french institute co operation in the military legal medical and agricultural fields support to the archaeological delegation the new coopera tion treaty provides for the continuation of traditional aid girls high school boys high school french department at the university french institute cooperation in the military legal medical and agricultural fields support to the archaeological delegation Since2009,totryto"winheartsandminds"andachievetheimpossibletaskofreconcilingaidandoffensiveactions,a"civil-militaryactions"servicefromtheMinistryofdefence(Cimic),closedin2012,hascarriedout,andcontinuestocarryoutsuccessfully,throughasmallFrenchNGO,manycommunityandagriculturalrehabilitationprojectsindozensofmountainvillages. since 2009 to try to win hearts and minds and achieve the impossible task of reconciling aid and offensive actions a civil military actions service from the ministry of defence cimic closed in 2012 has carried out and continues to carry out successfully through a small french ngo many community and agricultural rehabilitation projects in dozens of mountain villages since 2009 to try to win hearts and minds and achieve the impossible task of reconciling aid and offensive actions a civil military actions service from the ministry of defence cimic closed in 2012 has carried out and continues to carry out successfully through a small french ngo many community and agricultural rehabilitation projects in dozens of mountain village s since 2009 to try to win hearts and minds and achieve the impossible task of reconciling aid and offensive actions a civil military actions service from the ministry of defence cimic closed in 2012 has carried out and continues to carry out successfully through a small french ngo many com munity and agricultural rehabilitation projects in dozens of mountain villages since 2009 to try to win hearts and minds and achieve the impossible task of reconciling aid and offensive actions a civil military actions service from the ministry of defence cimic closed in 2012 has carried out and continues to carry out successfully through a small french ngo many commu nity and agricultural rehabilitation projects in dozens of mountain villages since 2009 to try to win hearts and minds and achieve the impossible task of reconciling aid and offensive actions a civil military action s service from the ministry of defence cimic closed in 2012 has carried out and continues to carry out successfully through a small french ngo many community and agricultural rehabilitation projects in dozens of mountain villages Theseprojects,involvinglargenumbersoflocallabour,havehelpedtocontaintheinsurgency:irrigation,wells,drinkingwater,reforestation,fruittrees,soilprotectionandincreaseincultivableareas. these projects involving large numbers of local labour have helped to contain the in surgency irrigation wells drinking water reforestation fruit trees soil protection and increase in cultivable areas these projects involving large numbers of local labour have helped to contain the insur gency irrigation wells drinking water reforestation fruit trees soil protection and increase in cultivable areas these projects involving large numbers of local labour have helped to contain the in surgency irrigation wells drinking water reforestation fruit trees soil protection and increase in cultivable area s these projects involving large numbers of local labour have helped to contain the insur gency irrigation wells drinking water reforestation fruit trees soil protection and increase in cultivable area s these projects involving large numbers of local labour have helped to contain the in surgency irriga tion wells drinking water reforestation fruit trees soil protection and increase in cultivable areas Whatwillweleaveasasouvenir,aftertwobillioneurosofmilitaryspending? what will we leave as a souvenir after two billion euros of military spending what will we leave as a souvenir after two billion euro s of military spending what will we leave as a souvenir after two bil lion euros of military spending what will we leave as a souvenir after two billion euros of mili tary spending what will we leave as a souvenir after two billion euros of military spend ing Amuchmoremodestbudgetwouldcontributetoimprovinglocallivingconditions,whichareveryhardinthesevalleysoftenlocatedover2,000metresabovesealevel. a much more modest budget would contribute to improving local living conditions whic h are v ery hard in these valleys often located over 2000 metres above sea level a much more modest budget would contribute to improving local living conditions which are very hard in the se valleys often located over 2000 metres above sea level a much more modest budget would contribute to improving local living conditions whic h are v ery hard in these valleys often located over 2 000 metres above sea level a much more modest budget would contribute to improving local living conditions which are very hard in thes e valleys often located over 2000 metres above sea level a much more modest budget would contribute to improving local living conditions which are very hard in the se valley s often located over 2000 metres above sea level TheEmbassyhasreceiveddozensofwrittenrequestsforsmallagriculturalprojectsfromlocalcommunitiesinKapisaprovince. the em bassy has received dozens of written requests for small agricultural projects from local communities in kapisa province t he embassy has received dozens of written requests for small agricultural projects from local communities in kapisa province the embassy has re ceived dozens of written requests for small agricultural projects from local communities in kapisa province the em bassy has received dozens of written requests for small agricultural projects from local communities in kapisa prov ince t he embassy has received dozens of written requests for small agricultural projects from local communities in kapisa prov ince Tobeinapositiontofreethemselvesfromtheuprisingledbyforeigngroups,whichiswhatfarmerstoldmetheywant,asmallamountofcivilaidshouldbemaintainedintheirfavour,wellcontrolledanddirectlyaffectingthem. to be in a position to free themselves from the uprising led by foreign groups which iswhat farmers told me they want a small amount of c ivil aid should be maintained in their favour well controlled and directly affecting them to be in a position to free themselves from the uprising led by foreign groups which iswhat farmers told me they want a small amount of civilaid should be maintained in their favour well controlled and directly affecting them to be in a position to free themselves from the uprising led by foreign groups which iswhat farmers told me they want a small amount of ci vil aid should be maintained in their favour well controlled and directly affecting them to be in a position to free themselves from the uprising led by foreign groups which iswhat farmers told me they want a small amount of civi laid should be maintained in their favour well controlled and directly affecting them to be in a position to free themselves from the uprising led by foreign groups which iswhat farmers told me they want a small amount of civilaid should be maintained in their favour well controlled and directly affect ing them AConstitutionbyforceinEgypt a constitution by force in egypt a constitu tion by force in egypt a con stitution by force in egypt a consti tution by force in egypt aconstitution by force in egypt AnewgambleforPresidentMohammedMorsi. a new gamble for president mohammed morsi anew gamble for president mohammed morsi a new gam ble for president mohammed morsi a ne w gamble for president mohammed morsi an e w gamble for president mohammed morsi WhileEgyptremainsmoredividedthaneveraroundtheconstitutionaldeclaration,whichtemporarilygrantshimfullpowers,hehasdecidedtogoforbroke. while egypt remains more divided than ever around the constitutional declaration which temporarily grants him full powers he has decided to go for broke while egypt remains more divided than ever around the constitutional declaration which temporarily grants him full power she has decided to go for broke while egypt remains more divided than ever around the constitutional declaration which temporarily grants him full power s he has decided to go for broke while egypt remains more divided than ever around t he constitutional declaration which temporarily grants him full powers he has decided to go for broke while egypt remains more divided than ever around the constitutional declaration which temporarily grants him full powers he has de cided to go for broke Takingeveryonebysurprise,heannouncedonWednesdaythattheConstituentAssemblywouldvoteonitsfinaltextthefollowingday. taking everyone by surprise he announced on wednesday that the con stituent assembly would vote on its final text the following day taking everyone by surprise he announced on wednesday that the constitu ent assembly would vote on its final text the following day taking everyone by surprise he announced on wednesday that the consti tuent assembly would vote on its final text the following day taking everyone by surprise he announced on wednesday that the constit uent assembly would vote on its final text the following day taking everyone by surprise he announced on wednesday that the con stituent assembly would vote on its final text the fol lowing day Justaweekago,theheadofStatehadgiventheAssemblytwomoremonthstofinishitswork. just a week ago the head of state had given the assembly two more months to finish its work just a week ago the head of state had given the as sembly two more months to finish its work just a week ago the head of state had given the assem bly two more months to finish its work just a week ago the head of state had given the assembly two more months to finish it s work just a week ago the head of state had given the a ssembly two more months to finish its work FortwoyearsEgypthasreliedonaprovisionaltext,amendedseveraltimesandthishasweakenedinstitutionalstabilityandledtolegalimbroglios. for two years egypt has relied on a provisional text amended several times and this hasweak enedin stitutional stability and led to legal imbroglios for two years egypt has relied on a provisional text amended several times and this hasweak ene dinstitutional stability and led to legal imbroglios for two years egypt has relied on a provisional text amended several times and this ha sweaken e dinstitutional stability and led to legal imbroglios for two years egypt has relied on a provisional text amended several times and this hasweak en e dinstitutional stability and led to legal imbroglios for two years egypt has relied on a provisional text amended several times and this haswe a kenedi nstitutional stability and led to legal imbroglios Thisnewinitiativehasonlyservedtoenhancethedivideinthecountry. this new ini tia tive has only served to enhance the divide in the country t his new initiative has only served to enhance the divide in the country this new initiative h as only served to enhance the divide in the country this new initiative h a s only served to enhance the divide in the country this new ini tia tive has only served to enhance the di vide in the country Accordingtohisopponents,thePresidentisperseveringinhis"autocraticdelirium,"continuingto"gobackonhisword"and'tramplethelaw." according to his opponents the president is persevering in his autocratic delirium con tinuing to go back on his word and trample the law according to his opponents the president is persevering in his autocratic delirium con tinuing to go back on his word and tram ple the law according to his opponents the president is persevering in his autocratic delirium con tinuing to go back on his word and trample the l aw according to his opponents the president is persevering in his autocratic delirium con tinuing to go back on his word a nd trample the law according to his opponents the president is persevering in his autocratic delirium con tinuing to go back on his word an d trample the law Hissupportersaffirmthatthisisthequickestwaytoputanendtotheinstitutionalandpoliticalcrisis,byspeedingupthetransitionprocess. his supporters affirm that this is the quickest way to put an end to the institutional and political crisis by speeding up the transition process his supporters affirm that this is the quickest way to put an end to the institutional and politi cal crisis by speeding up the transition process his support ers affirm that this is the quickest way to put an end to the institutional and political crisis by speeding up the transition process his supporters affirm that this is the quickest way to put an end to the institutional and po litical crisis by speeding up the transition process his supporters affirm that this is the quickest way to put an end to the institutional and political cri sis by speeding up the transition process Areferendumisduetobeheldwithinthenexttwoweeks. a referendum is due to be held within the next two weeks a referendum is due to be held within the next two week s a referendum is due to be held with in the next two weeks a referen dum is due to be held within the next two weeks a referendum is due to be held within the nexttwo weeks Averyshortperiod,whichforcestheBrotherstoabandontheirplantoexplainthetext,articlebyarticle,totheEgyptians. a very short period which forces the brothers to abandon their plan to explain the text article by article to the egyptians a very short period which forces the brothers to abandon their plan to explain the text article by article to the egyptian s a very short period which forces the brothers to abandon their plan to explain the text article by article to the egyp tians a very short period which forces the brothers to abandon their plan to expl ain the text article by article to the egyptians a very short pe riod which forces the brothers to abandon their plan to explain the text article by article to the egyptians ForthePresident,itisalsoawaytoachievepopularanddemocraticlegitimacywhilethedisputeragesthroughoutthecountry. for the president it is also a way to achieve popular and democratic legitimacy while the disputer ages throughout the country for the president it is also a way to achieve popular and democratic legitimacy while the disputer ages through out the country for the president it is also a way to achieve popular and democratic legitimacy while the dispute rage s throughout the country for the president it is also a way to achieve popular and democratic legitimacy while the disputer ages throughout the coun try for the president it is also a way to achieve popular and democratic legitimacy while the dispute rage s through out the country MohammedMorsiseemsconvincedthatEgyptianswillvotefavourably,ashestatedinaninterviewwiththeAmericanweeklyTime. mohammed morsi seems convinced that egyptians will vote favourably as he stated in an interview with the american weekly time mohammed morsi seems convinced that egyptians will vote favour ably as he stated in an interview with the american weekly time mohammedmorsi seems convinced that egyptians will vote favourably as he stated in an interview with the american weekly time mohammed morsi seems convinced that egyptians will vote favourably a she stated in an interview with the american weekly time mohammed morsi seems convinced that egyptians will vote favourably as he stated in an inter view with the american weekly time ParticularlysinceahastyvotesmacksofanultimatumtotheEgyptianpeople:"Eitheryouvoteformytext,orIkeepfullpowers,"thesepowerssupposedlyexpiringfollowingadoptionoftheConstitution. particularly since a hasty vote smacks of an ultimatum to the egyptian people either you vote for mytext or i keep full powers these powers supposedly expiring following adoption of the constitution particularly since a hasty vote smacks of an ulti matum to the egyptian people either you vote for mytext or i keep full powers these powers supposedly expiring following adoption of the constitution particularly since a hasty vote smacks of an ultimatum to the egyptian people either you vote for mytext or i keep full powers these powers supposedly expiring following adoption of the con stitution particularly since a hasty vote smacks of an ultimatum to the egyptian people either you vote for mytex tori keep full powers these powers supposedly expiring following adoption of the constitution particularly since a hasty vote smacks of an ultimatum to the egyptian people either you vote for mytext or ikeep full powers these powers supposedly expiring following adoption of the constitution Itwasinastrangeatmospherethat85membersoftheConstituentAssembly,withalargeIslamistmajority,votedonthetextyesterday. it was in a strange atmosphere that 85 members of the constituent assembly with a large islamist majority voted on the text yesterday it was in a strange atmosphere that 8 5 members of the constituent assembly with a large islamist majority voted on the text yesterday it was in a strange atmosphere that 85 members of the constituent assembly with a large islamist majority vote d on the text yesterday it was in a strange atmosphere that 85 members of the constituent assem bly with a large islamist majority voted on the text yesterday it was in a strange atmosphere that 85 members of the constituent as sembly with a large islamist majority voted on the text yesterday Mostoftheliberalsweremissing. most of the liberals we re missing most of the liberals were missing most of the lib erals were missing most of the liber als were missing most of the liberals were miss ing Inmid-November,shortlybeforetheconstitutionaldeclaration,theyhadslammedthedoor,feelingtheyhadfailedtoasserttheirviews. in midnovember shortly before the constitutional declaration they had slammed the door feeling they had fail ed to assert their views in midnovember shortly before the constitutional declaration they had slammed the door feeling they had failed to assert the ir views in midnovember shortly before the constitutional declaration they had slammed the door feeling they had failed to assert theirviews inmid november shortly before the constitutional declaration they had slammed the door feeling they had failed to assert theirviews in mid november short ly before the constitutional declaration they had slammed the door feeling they had failed to assert theirviews Representativesofhumanrights,religiousminoritiesorcivilsocietyhaddonelikewise. representatives of hu man rights religious mi norities or civil society had done likewise representatives of hu man rights religious minor ities or civil society had done likewise representatives of h uman r ights religiousminorities or civil society had done likewise representatives of human rights reli gious minori ties or civil society had done likewise representatives of human rights reli gious minoritiesor civil society had done likewise Inordertoobtainaquorum,11members,alternates,werehastilyaddedyesterdaymorning. in order to obtain a quorum 11 members alternates were hastily added yesterday morning in order to obtain a quorum 11 members alternates were hastily added yesterday morn ing in order to obtain a quorum 11 members alternates were hastily added yesterday mor ning in order to obtain a quorum 11 members alternate s were hastily added yesterday morning in or der to obtain a quorum 11 members alternates were hastily added yesterday morning SomeofthemareveryclosetotheMuslimBrotherhood. some of them are very close to the muslim brotherhood some of them are very close to the muslim brother hood some of them are v ery close to the muslim brotherhood someof them are very close to the muslim brotherhood some of them are very close to the mus lim broth er hood Notsurprisingly,thearticleswereforthemostpartvotedunanimously. not surprisingly the articles were for the most part voted unanimously not surpris ingly the articles were for the most part voted unanimously not sur prisingly the articles were for the most part voted unanimously not surprisingly the articles were for the most part voted unani mously not surprisingly the arti cles were for the most part voted unanimously Commentatorswerealsoamusedthatoneoftheonlydiversionsofthedaywasexpressedwithregardto...thehourofprayer,someCommitteemembersfeelingthattheConstituentAssemblyclockwaswrong. commentators were also amused that one of the only diversions of the day was expressed with regard to the hour of prayer some committee members feeling that the constituent assembly clock was wrong commentators were also amused that one of the only diversions of the day was expressed with regard to the hour of prayer some committee members feeling that the con stituent assembly clock was wrong commentators were also amused that one of the only diversions of the day was expressed with regard to the hour of prayer some committee members feel ing that the constituent assembly clock was wrong commentators were also amused that one of the only dive rsions of the day was expressed with regard to the hour of prayer some committee members feeling that the constituent assembly clock was wrong com mentators were also amused that one of the only diversions of the day was expressed with regard to the hour of prayer some committee members feeling that the constituent assembly clock was wrong Thetext,whichwasstillbeingvotedonyesterdayevening,has234articles. the text which was still being voted on yesterday evening has 234 articles the text which was still being voted on yes terday evening has 234 articles thetext which was still being voted on yesterday evening has 234 articles the text which was still being voted on yesterday evening has 23 4 articles the text which was still being voted on yesterday evening has 2 34 articles Themainfocusofattention,article2,remainsinthefinalanalysisidenticaltothatofthe1971Constitution,stipulatingthat"theprinciplesofshariaarethemainsourceoflaw." the main focus of attention article 2 remains in the final analysis identical to that of the 1971 constitu tion stipulating that the principles of sharia are the main source of law the main focus of attention article 2 remains in the final analysis identical to that of the 1971 constitu tion stipulating that t he principles of sharia are the main source of law the main focus of attention article 2 remains in the final analysis identical to that of the 1971 constitu tion stipulat ing that the principles of sharia are the main source of law the main focus of attention article 2 remains in the final analysis identical to that of the 1971 constitu tion stipulating that the principles of shari a are the main source of law the main focus of attention article 2 remains in the final analysis identical to that of the 1971 constitu tion stipulating that the principles of sharia are the main source of l aw TheSalafistparties,forwhichtheestablishmentofIslamiclawisamajorclaim,werehopingtoreplace"theprinciples"by"therules,"whichwouldhaveallowedstricterapplication. the salafist parties for which the establishment of islamic law is a major claim we re hoping to replace the prin ciples by the rules which would have allowed stricter application the salafist parties for which the establishment of islamic law is a major claim we re hoping to replace the pr inciples by the rules which would have allowed stricter application the salafist parties for which the establishment of islamic law is a major claim we re hoping to replace the princi ples by the rules which would have allowed stricter application the salafist parties for which the establishment of islamic law is a major claim we re hoping to replace the p rinciples by the rules which would have allowed stricter application the salafist parties for which the establishment of islamic law is a major claim we re hoping to replace the principle s by the rules which would have allowed stricter application FortheIslamists,thefactthatthisarticlewasnotamendedisaguaranteeoftheirgoodwillandtheirrespectfortheotherelementsofEgyptiansociety. for the islamists the fact that this article was not amended is a guarantee of their good will and their respect for the other elements of egyptian society for the islamists the fact that this article was not amended is a guarantee of their goodwill and their respect for the other elements of egyptian society for the islamists the fact that this article was not amended is a guarantee of their good will and their re spect for the other elements of egyptian society for the islamists the fact that this arti cle was not amended is a guarantee of their good will and their respect for the other elements of egyptian society for the islamists the fact that this article was not amended i s a guarantee of their good will and their respect for the other elements of egyptian society "Hypocrisy"respondtheliberals,whoseeonlyacommunicationcoup. hypocrisy respond the liberals who see only a communication coup hypocrisy respond the liberals who see only a communication c o u p hypocrisy re spond the liberals who see only a communication coup hypocrisy respond the liberals who see only a com munication coup hypocrisy respond the liberals who see only a communica tion coup BecauseintheiropinionIslamisationoftheConstitutionisdonethroughotherarticles. because intheiropinion islamisation of the constitution is done through other articles because in their opi nion islamisation of the constitution is done through other articles because in their opin ion islamisation of the constitution is done through other articles becausein their opinion islamisation of the constitution is done through other articles because intheiropinion islamisation of the constitu tion is done through other articles Theyreferinparticulartoarticle220,whichgrantsAl-AzharUniversityanadvisoryrole,withparticularreferencetoverifyingtheconformityofthelawswithsharia. they refer in particular to article 220 which grants al azhar university an advisory role with particular reference to verifying the conformity of the law s with sharia they refer in particular to article 220 which grant s al azhar university an advisory role with particular reference to verifying the conformity of the law s with sharia they refer in particular to article 2 20 which grants al azhar university an advisory role with particular reference to verifying the conformity of the law s with sharia they refer in particular to article 220 which grants al azhar university an advisory role with particular reference to verifying the conformity of the law s with shari a they refer in particular to article 220 which grant s al azhar university an advisory role with particular reference to verifying the conformity of the law s with shari a AccordingtoEgyptspecialistSophiePommier,thisisworryingbecause"thepeoplecalledupontoadvisearenotelectedandhavenodemocraticlegitimacy. according to egypt specialist sophie pommier this is worrying because the people called upon to advise are not elected and have no democratic legitimacy according to egypt s pecialist sophie pommier this is worrying because the people called upon to advise are not elected and have no democratic legitimacy according to e gypt specialist sophie pommier this is worrying because the people called upon to advise are not elected and have no democratic legitimacy according to eg ypt specialist sophie pommier this is worrying because the people called upon to advise are not elected and have no democratic legitimacy accord ing to egypt specialist sophie pommier this is worrying because the people called upon to advise are not elected and have no democratic legitimacy Thissuggeststhebeginningsofatheocracy." this suggests the beginnings of a theocracy th is suggests the beginnings of a theocracy this suggests the beginnings of a theo cracy t his suggests the beginnings of a theocracy this sug gests the beginnings of a theocracy Theliberals'fearsarealsofuelledbythefactthatthenextRectoroftheuniversitywillprobablybemuchlessmoderatethanthecurrentone. the liberals fears are also fuelled by the fact that the next rector of the university will probably be much less moderate than the current one the liberal s fears are also fuelled by the fact that the next rector of the university will probably be much less moderate than the current one the liberals fear s are also fuelled by the fact that the next rector of the university will probably be much less moderate than the current one the liberals fears are also fuelled by the fact that the next rector of the university w ill probably be much less moderate than the current one the liberals fears are also fuelled by the fact that the next rector of the university will pro bably be much less moderate than the current one "Forthetimebeing,thereisnoconcretereligiousimplication. for the time being there is no concrete religious implication for the time being there is no con crete religious implication for the time being t here is no concrete religious implication for the time being there is no concrete religious impli cation for the time being there is no concrete religious implica tion WiththisConstitution,thingsremainundercivilrule. with this constitution things remain under civil rule with this con stitution things remain under civil rule with this cons titution things remain under civil rule with this c onstitution things remain under civil rule with this constitu tion things remain under civil rule MostofthelawyerswhoworkedonthistextarenotIslamiclawscholarsbutacademics,sometrainedintheFrenchsystem"qualifiesAlexisBlouet,whoiswritingathesisontheEgyptianconstitutionaltransition. most of the lawyers who worked on this text are not islamic law scholars but academics some trained in the french sys tem qualifies alexis blouet who is writing a thesis on the egyptian constitutional transition most of the lawyers who worked on this text are not islamic law scholars but academics some trained in the french sys tem qual ifies alexis blouet who is writing a thesis on the egyptian constitutional transition most of the lawyers who worked on this text are not islamic law scholars but academics some trained in the french sys tem qua lifies alexis blouet who is writing a thesis on the egyptian constitutional transition most of the lawyers who worked on this text are not islamic law scholars but academics some trained in the french sys tem quali fies alexis blouet who is writing a thesis on the egyptian constitutional transition most of the lawyers who worked on this text are not islamic law scholars but academics some trained in the french sys tem qu alifies alexis blouet who is writing a thesis on the egyptian constitutional transition Butheacknowledgesthat"theremaybesomeambiguityregardingarticle220,becausethetermsusedborrowfromthereligiousvocabulary. but he acknowledges that there may be some ambiguity regarding article 2 20 because the terms used borrow from the religious vocabulary but he acknowledges that there may be some ambiguity regarding article 220 because the terms used borrow from the religious vocabulary but he acknowledges that there may be some ambiguity regarding article 22 0 because the terms used borrow from the religious vocabulary but he acknowledges that there may be some ambiguity regarding article 2 2 0 because the terms used borrow from the religious vocabulary but he acknowledges that there may be some ambiguity regarding article220 because the terms used borrow from the religious vocabulary Referenceismadeinparticularto"fiqh"[Islamicjurisprudence,Editor'snote]. reference is made in particular to fiqh islamic jurisprudence editor s note reference is made in particular to fiqh islamic jurisprudence editors note reference is made in particular to fiqh islamic jurisprudence editor snote reference is made in particular to fiqh islamic jurisprudence ed itor s note reference is made in particular to fiqh islamic jurisprudence editorsnote Andthequestioncouldbeaskedinfuturetowhatextentciviljudgesarecompetenttopronounceonit." and the question could be asked in future to whatextent civil judges are competent to pronounce on it and the question could be asked in future to what extent c ivil judges are competent to pronounce on it and the question could be asked in future to what extent ci vil judges are competent to pronounce on it and the question could be asked in future to what extent c i v i l judges are competent to pronounce on it and the question could be asked in future to whatextent civil judges are competent to pronounce on i t Beyonditsreligiousaspect,thetextvotedonyesterdayishighlycriticisedduetotheextensivepowersitgrantstothePresidentoftheRepublic. beyond its religious aspect the text voted on yesterday is highly criti cised due to the exten sive powers it grants to the president of the republic beyond its religious aspect the text voted on yesterday is highly criti cised due to the ex tensive powers it grants to the president of the republic beyond its religious aspect the text voted on yes terday is highly criti cised due to the exten sive powers it grants to the president of the republic beyond its religious aspect the text voted on yesterday is highly criti cised due to the exten sive powers it grants to the president of the re public beyond its religious aspect the text voted on yesterday is highly criti cised due to the exten sive powers it grants to the president of the repub lic TheMuslimBrothersarguethattheyaresignificantlyreducedcomparedtowhattheywereundertheformerregime. the muslim brothers argue that they are sig nificantly reduced compared to what they were under the former regime the muslim brothers argue thatthey are significantly reduced compared to what they were under the former regime the muslim brothers argue that they are significantlyreduced compared to what they were under the former regime the muslim brothers argue thatthey are significantly reduced com pared to what they were under the former regime the muslim brothers argue that they are signifi cantly reduced com pared to what they were under the former regime Anotherissue:thepowersconferredonthearmy. another issue the pow ers conferred on the army another issue the po wers conferred on the army anotherissue the powers conferred on the army another issue t he powers conferred on the army another issue the power s conferred on the army Inaccordancewiththewishesofthemilitary,theDefencebudgetreviewwillbenotsubmittedtoParliament,buttoaNationalDefenceCouncil. in accordance with the wishes of the military the defence budget review will be not submitted to parliament but to a national defence council in accord ance with the wishes of the military the defence budget review will be not submitted to parliament but to a national defence council in ac cordance with the wishes of the military the defence budget review will be not submitted to parliament but to a national defence council in accordance with the wishes of the military the defence budget review will be not submitted to parlia ment but to a national defence council in accor dance with the wishes of the military the defence budget review will be not submitted to parliament but to a national defence council Norwilltrialsofcivilianswillbebannedinmilitarytribunals,asrequestedbyassociationsforthedefenceofhumanrights. nor will trials of civilians will be banned in military tri bunals as requested by associations for the defence of human rights nor will trials of civilians will be banned in mili tary tribunals as requested by associations for the defence of human rights nor will trials of civilians will be banned in military tribunals a s requested by associations for the defence of human rights norwill trials of civilians will be banned in military tribunals a s requested by associations for the defence of human rights nor will trials of civilians will be banned in military tribunals asrequested by associations for the defence of human rights Whoalsovoicetheirconcernsaboutthetext,whichtheyconsiderrepressive. who also voice their concerns about the text which theyconsider repressive who also voice their concerns about the text whic h they consider repressive who also voice their concerns about the text wh ich they consider repressive who also voice their concerns about the text which t hey consider repressive who also voice their concerns about the text which the y consider repressive Theoffenceofblasphemyismaintainedandinsultsarenowprohibited,whichcouldhaveseriousconsequencesonfreedomofexpression,particularlyforthepress. the offence of blasphemy ismaintained and in sults are now prohibited which could have serious consequences on freedom of expression particularly for the press the offence of blasphemy ismaintained and i n s u l t s are now prohibited which could have serious consequences on freedom of expression particularly for the press the offence of blasphemy ismaintained and in sults are now pro hibited which could have serious consequences on freedom of expression particularly for the press the offence of blasphemy ismaintained and insults arenow prohibited which could have serious consequences on freedom of expression particularly for the press the offence of blasphemy ismaintained and in sults are now prohibited which could have serious conse quences on freedom of expression particularly for the press Inaddition,nolongerdoesanyofthearticlesrefertotheprotectionofwomen,highlightsHebaMorayef,fromHumanRightsWatch. in addition no longer does any of the articles refer to the protection of women highlights heba morayef from human rights watch in addition no longer does any of the articles refer to the protection of women highlights heba morayef from human rights w atch in addition no longer does any of the articles refer to the protection of women highlights hebamorayef from human rights watch in addition no longer does any of the articles refer to the protection of women highlights heba morayef from human rights watc h in addition no longer does any of the articles refer to the protection of women highlights heba morayef from human rights wa tch Inheropinion,theonlypositivepointistheprohibitionoftortureinarticle36. in her opinion the only positive point is the prohibition of torture in article 3 6 in her opinion the only positive point is the prohibition of torture in article 36 in her opin ion the only positive point is the prohibition of torture in article 3 6 in her opin ion the only positive point is the prohibition of torture in article 36 in her opinion the only positive point is the pro hibition of torture in article 3 6 ThewordwasnotincludedinthepreviousConstitution. the word was not in cluded in the previous constitution the word was not includ ed in the previous constitution the word was not included in the previ ous constitution the word was not included in the pre vious constitution the word was not in cluded in the previous constitu tion WhiletheEgyptianPresidentwasspeakingyesterdayeveningontelevision,demonstrationsareplannedforthisafternoon. while the egyptian president was speaking yesterday evening on television demonstra tions are planned for this afternoon while the egyptian president was speaking yesterday evening on television demon strations are planned for this afternoon while the egyptian president was speaking yesterday evening on television demonstrationsare planned for this afternoon while the egyptian president was speaking yesterday evening on television demonstration sare planned for this afternoon while the egyptian president was speaking yesterday evening on television demonstra tions are planned for this after noon SupportersoftheHeadofStatewillmarchonSaturday. supporters of the head of state will march on saturday sup porters of the head of state will march on saturday support ers of the head of state will march on saturday s upporters of the head of state will march on saturday supporter s of the head of state will march on saturday InIsrael,holyplacesawaitUkrainiantourists,theomphalosandaseaofsalinewater in israel holy places await ukrainian tourists the omphalos and asea of saline water in israel holy places await ukrainian tourists the omphalos and a sea o f saline water in israel holy places await ukrainian tourists the omphalos and a seaof saline water in israel holy places await ukrainian tourists the omphalos and a sea ofsaline water in israel holy places await ukrainian tourists the omphalos and a s e a o f saline water TheHolyLandcombinesthesplendourofbiblicaltruths,moderncomfortandprimevalnature. the holy land combines the splendour ofbiblical truths modern comfort and primeval nature the holy land combines the splendour ofbibli cal truths modern comfort and primeval nature the holyland combines the splendour ofbiblical truths modern comfort and primeval nature the holy land combines the splendour ofbiblical truths modern comfort and primevalnature the holyland combines the splendour ofbibli cal truths modern comfort and primeval nature AiF[ArgumentiiFakti]newspaperhighlightedthefivemostimportantreasonswhyitisamusttovisitIsrael. aif argumenti i fakti newspaper highlighted the five most important reasons why it is a must to visit israel a if argumenti i fakti newspaper highlighted the five most important reasons why it is a must to visit israel aif argumenti i fakti newspaper highlighted the five most im portant reasons why it is a must to visit israel a if argumenti i fakti newspaper highlighted the five most im portant reasons why it is a must to visit israel aif argumenti i fakti newspaper highlighted the five most impor tant reasons why it is a must to visit israel Let'sworshiptheholyplaces let s worship the holy places lets worship the holy places let s worship the holy place s lets worship the holy place s let s worship the holyplaces ItisworthvisitingtheRiverJordanwhereJesuswasbaptized. it is worth visiting the river jordan where jesus was baptized it is worth visit ing the river jordan where jesus was baptized itis worth visiting the river jordan where jesus was baptized i t is worth visiting the river jordan where jesus was baptized it is worth visiting the river jordan where jesus was bap tized Itisconsideredthatallwhoenterthisbaptism"bath"areblessedbyGod. it is considered that all who enter this baptism bath are blessed by god it is considered that all who enter this bap tism bath are blessed by god it is con sidered that all who enter this baptism bath are blessed by god it is consid ered that all who enter this baptism bath are blessed by god it is considered that all who enter this baptism bath a re blessed by god GalileeistheplacewhereJesusperformedhismagic:turnedwaterintowineatawedding,walkedonwater,calmedastorm,andfilledthenets. galilee is the place where jesus performed his magic turned water into wine at a wedding walked on water calmed a storm and filled the nets galilee is the place where jesus performed his magic turned water into wine at a wedding walked on water calmed a storm and filled the net s galilee is the place where jesus performed his magic turned water in to wine at a wedding walked on water calmed a storm and filled the nets ga lilee is the place where jesus performed his magic turned water into wine at a wedding walked on water calmed a storm and filled the nets g alilee is the place where jesus performed his magic turned water into wine at a wedding walked on water calmed a storm and filled the nets ThisisalsowhereJesuscamebeforehisdisciplesandaftertheresurrection. this is also where jesus came before his disciples and after the resurrection this is also where jesus came before his disciples and after the resur rection this is also where je sus came before his disciples and after the resurrection this is also where jesus came before his disciples and after the resurrec tion this is also where jesus came before his dis ciples and after the resurrection ButthebiggestnumberofholyplacesisinJerusalem. but the biggest number of holy places is in jerusalem but the big gest number of holy places is in jerusalem but the biggest num ber of holy places is in jerusalem but the biggest number of holy places is in jeru salem b ut the biggest number of holy places is in jerusalem BelieverswalkthroughtheWayofGrieforViaDolorosa. believer s walk through the way of grief or via dolorosa believers walk through the way of grief or via dolorosa believers walkthrough the way of grief or via dolorosa believer s walk through the way of grief or viadolorosa believer s walk through the way of grief or via dolo rosa ItstartsbytheAntoniaFortress-Praetorium-wherethejudgementtookplace,andbringsusalongthestreetsoftheOldTowntotheChurchoftheHolySepulchreonGolgotha-theplaceofthecrucifixion,StoneofUnctionandtheplaceofJesus'burial. it starts by the antonia fortress praetorium where the judgement took place and brings us along the streets of the old town to the church of the holy sepul chre on golgotha the place of the crucifixion stone of unction and the place of jesus burial it starts by the antonia fortress praetorium where the judgement took place and brings us along the streets of the old town to the church of the holy sepulchre o n golgotha the place of the crucifixion stone of unction and the place of jesus burial it starts by the antonia fortress praetorium where the judgement took place and brings us along the streets of the old town to the church of the holy sepul chre on golgotha the place of the crucifixion stone of unction a nd the place of jesus burial it starts by the antonia fortress praetorium where the judgement took place and brings us along the streets of the old town to the church of the holy sepul chre on golgotha the place of the crucifix ion stone of unction and the place of jesus burial it starts by the antonia fortress praetorium where the judgement took place and brings us along the streets of the old town to the church of the holy sepul chre on golgotha the place of the crucifixion stone o function and the place of jesus burial ThisisalsothelocationofthesymbolicChristianomphalos,whichsymbolizesthesalvationofmankind. this is also the location of the symbolic christian omphalos which symbolizes the salvation of mankind this is also the location of the symbolic christian omphalos which symbolizes the salvation of man kind this is also the location of the sym b olic christian omphalos which symbolizes the salvation of mankind this is also the location of the sym bolic christian omphalos which symbolizes the salvation of mankind this is also the loca tion of the symbolic christian omphalos which symbolizes the salvation of mankind TheHolyCrossMonasteryinJerusalemiserectedatthesitethat,accordingtoChristianlegend,yieldedthetreeusedtomakethecrossforJesus'crucifixion. the holy cross monastery in jerusalem is erected at the site th at according to christian legend yielded the tree used to make the cross for jesus crucifixion the holy cross monastery in jerusalem is erected at the site t hat according to christian legend yielded the tree used to make the cross for jesus crucifixion the holy cross monastery in jerusalem is erected at the site th a t according to christian legend yielded the tree used to make the cross for jesus crucifixion the holy cross monastery in jerusalem is erected at the site that a ccording to christian legend yielded the tree used to make the cross for jesus crucifixion the holy cross monastery in jerusalem is erected at the site th at according to christian legend yield ed the tree used to make the cross for jesus crucifixion JerusalemhasthemostholyplacesfortheJewsaswell-theWailingWall,whichremainedfromatempledestroyedbytheRomansin70AD. jeru salem has the most holy places for the jews as well thewailingwall which remained from a temple destroyed by the romans in 70 ad jeru salem has the most holy places for the jews as well thewailingwall which remained from a temple destroyed by the romans in 70 a d jerusa lem has the most holy places for the jews as well thewailingwall which remained from a temple destroyed by the romans in 70 ad jerusa lem has the most holy places for the jews as well thewailingwall which remained from a temple destroyed by the romans in 70 a d jeru salem has the most holy places for the jews as well thewailingwall which remained from a temple destroyed by the romans in 70ad Accordingtotradition,peopleofdifferentfaithsleavenotesherewiththeirwishes,whicharethenfulfilled. according to tradition people of different faiths leave notes here with their wishes which are then fulfilled accord ing to tradition people of different faiths leave notes here with their wishes which are then fulfilled ac cording to tradition people of different faiths leave notes here with their wishes which are then fulfilled according to tradition people of different faiths leave notes herewith their wishes which are then fulfilled according to tradition people of different faiths leavenotes here with their wishes which are then fulfilled Travelalongavertical travel along a vertical travel along a ver tical travel along a verti cal trav el along a vertical t ravel along a vertical RuinsoftheMassadaFortressremainfromasecretrefugefromenemies,builtbyHerodin25BCforhisfamily. ruins of the massada fortress remain from a secret refuge from enemies b uilt by herod in 25 bc for his family ruins of the massada fortress remain from a secret refuge from enemies b uilt by herod in 25bc for his family ruins of the massada fortress remain from a secret refuge from enemies bu ilt by herod in 25 bc for his family ruins of the massada fortress remain from a secret refuge from enemies b u i l t by herod in 25 bc for his family ruins of the massada fortress remain from a secret refuge from enemies builtby herod in 25 bc for his family Theyarelocatedoncliffsinthemountainsatanelevationof450mabovesealevel. they are located on cliffs in the mountains at an elevation of 450 m above sea level they are located on cliffs in the mountains at an elevation of 450m above sea level they are located on cliffs in the mountains at an elevation of 450 m above sealevel they are located on cliffs in the mountains at an elevation of 450 m above sea lev el they are located on cliffs in the mountains at an elevation of 450 m above sea leve l Theycanbereachedonfootonlybythosewhoareintomountainclimbing. they can be reached on foot only by those who are into mountain climbing they can be reached on foot only bythose who are into mountain climbing theycan be reached on foot only by those who are into mountain climbing the y can be reached on foot only by those who are into mountain climbing they can be reached on foot only by those who are in to mountain climbing Othersaredeliveredtothishistoricalmountaintopbyacableway. others are delivered to this historical mountain top by a cableway others are delivered to this historical mountaintop by a cableway others are delivered to this historical mountain top by a cable way others are delivered to this historical mountaintop by a cable way others are deliv ered to this historical mountain top by a cableway Inthenorthofthecountry,atanelevationof1600-2040m,thereisafamousskiresortcalledHermon,whichfillsupwithtouristsinwintermonths. in the north of the country at an elevation of 1600 2040m there is a famous ski resort call ed hermon which fills up with tourists in winter months in the north of the country at an elevation of 1600 2040m there is a famous ski resort calle dher mon which fills up with tourists in winter months in the north of the country at an elevation of 1600 2040m there is a famous ski resort calledher mon which fills up with tourists in winter months in the north of the country at an elevation of 1600 2040m there is a famous ski resort calle dhermon which fills up with tourists in winter months in the north of the country at an elevation of 1600 2040m there is a famous ski resort call ed herm on which fills up with tourists in winter months Ashuttlebusbringspeopletoitfromthefootofthemountain. a shuttle bus brings people to it from the foot of the mountain a shuttle bus brings people to it from the foot of the moun tain a shuttle bus brings people to it from the foot of the mo untain a shuttlebus brings people to it from the foot of the mountain a shuttle bus brings peo ple to it from the foot of the mountain Thetotallengthofskipistesis45km. the total length of ski pistes is 45 km the total length of ski pistes is 45km the total length of ski pistes is 4 5 km the total length of ski pistes is 4 5km th e total length of ski pistes is 45 km Accordingtoanancientlegend,pagangodsusedtoliveonthemountain. according to an ancient legend pagan gods used to live on the mountain according to an ancient legend pa gan gods used to live on the mountain accord ing to an ancient legend pagan gods used to live on the mountain according to an ancient legend pagangods used to live on the mountain according to an ancient legend pagan gods used to live on the moun tain Visituniquemuseums visit unique museums visit unique museum s v isit unique museums visit uniq ue museums visit unique muse ums Thiscountryhasabout300museums. this country has about 300 museums this country has about 300 museum s this country has about 300 mu seums this coun try has about 300 museums this country has about 300 mu seum s Youwon'tbeabletovisitallofthemononetrip you won t be able to visit all of them on one trip you wont be able to visit all of them on one trip you won tbe able to visit all of them on one trip you wont beable to visit all of them on one trip you won t beable to visit all of them on one trip Butatleastthefivemostinterestingonesareworthavisit. but at least the five most interesting ones are worth a visit but atleast the five most interesting ones are worth a visit but at least the five most interesting one s are worth a visit butat least the five most interesting ones are worth a visit but at least the five most interesting ones are worth a vi sit Amongthem-MuseumofIsrael,locatedclosetoKnesset(Parliament). among them museum of israel located close to knesset parliament among them mu seum of israel located close to knesset parliament amongthem museum of israel located close to knesset parliament among the mmuseum of israel located close to knesset parliament among them m useum of israel located close to knesset parliament IthasancientQumranmanuscriptsandDeadSeascrollsfoundinthecavesoftheJudeandesert,alongwithabout500,000archaeologicalandanthropologicalartefacts. ithas ancient qumran manuscripts and dead sea scrolls found in the caves of the judean desert a long with about 500000 archaeological and anthropological artefacts ithas ancient qumran manuscripts and dead sea scrolls found in the caves of the judean desert a long with about 500 000 archaeological and anthropological artefacts ithas ancient qumran manuscripts and dead sea scrolls found in the caves of the judean desert a long with about 5000 00 archaeological and anthropological artefacts ithas ancient qumran manuscripts and dead sea scrolls found in the caves of the judean desert a long with about 500000 archaeo logical and anthropological artefacts ithas ancient qumran manuscripts and dead sea scrolls found in the caves of the judean desert alongwith about 500000 archaeological and anthropological artefacts TheMuseumofArtinTel-Avivisalsointeresting. the museum of art in tel aviv is also interesting the mu seum of art in tel aviv is also interesting the museum of art in tel aviv is also inter esting the museum of art in tel aviv is also interest ing the museum of art in tel aviv is also in teresting ItsexhibitsincludeawiderangeofimpressionistsandexpressionistslikeMonet,Pissarro,Renoir,Sisley,Cezanne,Matisse,Modigliani,Chagall,Picasso. its exhibits include a wide range of impressionists and expressionists like monet pissarro renoir sisley cezanne matisse modigliani chagall picasso it s exhibits include a wide range of impressionists and expressionists like monet pissarro renoir sisley cezanne matisse modigliani chagall picasso its exhibits include a wide range of impressionists and expressionists like monet pissarro renoir sisley cezanne matisse modigliani chagall p icasso its exhibits include a wide range of impressionists and expressionists like monet pissarro renoir sisley cezanne matisse modigliani chagall pi casso its exhibits include a wide range of impressionists and expressionists like monet pissarro renoir sisley cezanne matisse modigliani chagall picas so InAkko,youcanvisitthebathmuseumAl-Basha,whichconsistsofseveralroomsofancientTurkishbathswithmodelsofvisitorsandbathattendantsofthetime. in akko you can visit the bath museum albasha which consists of several rooms of ancient turkish baths with models of visitors and bath attendants of the time in akko you can visit the bath museum al basha which consists of several rooms of ancient turkish baths with models of visitors and bath attendants of the time inakko you can visit the bath museum albasha which consists of several rooms of ancient turkish baths with models of visitors and bath attendants of the time inakko you can visit the bath museum al basha which consists of several rooms of ancient turkish baths with models of visitors and bath attendants of the time in akko you can visit the bath museum albasha which consists of several rooms of ancient turkish baths with models of visitor s and bath attendants of the time InCaesarea,itisworthvisitingtheuniqueprivateRalliMuseum,whereyoucanenjoythesculpturesofDaliandRodin. in caesarea it is worth visiting the unique private ralli museum where you can enjoy the sculptures of dali and rodin in caesarea it is worth visiting the unique private ralli museum where you can enjoy the sculpture s of dali and rodin in caesarea it is worth visiting the unique private ralli museum where you can enjoy the sculp tures of dali and rodin in caesarea it is worth visiting the unique private ralli museum where you can enjoy the sculptures of dali and rod in in caesarea it is worth visiting the unique private ralli museum where you can enjoy the sculptures of dalian d rodin Therearenotourguidesorgiftshops. there are no tour guides or gift shops there are no tour guides or giftshops there are no tour guides or gift shop s there are no tourguides or gift shops there are no tour guides or g ift s hop s Entryisfreeofcharge,andcontributionsarestrictlynotallowed. entry is free of charge and contributions are strictly not allowed entry is free of charge and con tributions are strictly not allowed entry is free of charge and con tri bu tions are strictly not allowed entry is free of charge and contribu tions are strictly not allowed entry is free of charge and contri butions are strictly not allowed ThefifthoneistheHolocaustMuseumorYadVasheminTel-Aviv,whichtellsoneofthemostdramaticstoriesinhistory. the fifth one is the holocaust mu seum or yadvashem in tel aviv which tells one of the most dramatic stories in history the fifth one is the holocaust museum o r yadvashem in tel aviv which tells one of the most dramatic stories in history the fifth one is the holocaust mu seum or yadvashem in tel aviv which tell s one of the most dramatic stories in history the fifth one is the holocaust mu seum or yadvashem in tel aviv which tells one of the most dramatic stories in his tory the fifth one is the holocaust mu seum or yadvashem intel aviv which tells one of the most dramatic stories in history Themosttragicsectionisthechildren'smemorial,builtinmemoryof1.5millionchildrenkilledinconcentrationcampsandgaschambers. the most tragic section is the children s memorial built in memory of 1 5 million children killed in concentration camps and gas chambers the most tragic section is the chil dren s memorial built in memory of 1 5 million children killed in concentration camps and gas chambers the most tragic sec tion is the children s memorial built in memory of 1 5 million children killed in concentration camps and gas chambers the most tragic section is the children s memorial built in memory of 15 million children killed in concentration camps and gas chambers the most tragic section is the children s memorial built in memory of 1 5 million children killed in concentration camps and gas cham bers Yougoinandfindyourselfincompletedarkness. you go in and find yourself in complete darkness you go in and find yourself in complete dark ness you go in and find your self in complete darkness you goin and find yourself in complete darkness you go in and find yourself in complete darknes s Starsareglimmering, stars are glimmering star s are glimmering starsare glimmering stars are glim mering s t a r s are glimmering andyoulistentonamesofJewishchildrenandcountrieswheretheydied. and you listen to names of jewish chil dren and countries where they died and you listen to names of jewish children an d countries where they died and you listen to names of jew ish children and countries where they died and you listen to names of jewish children an d co u n tries w h ere they died and you listen to names of jewish children andcountries where they died Ukraineismentionedtheretoo. ukraine is mentioned there too u kraine is mentioned there too ukraineis mentioned there too ukraine is mention ed there too ukraine is mentioned t here too Wellness wellness well ness w ellness wel lne ss wellnes s TherearethreeresortareasinIsrael,locatedonthecoastsoftheMediterranean,Red,andDeadSeas. there are three resort areas in israel located on the coasts of the mediterranean red and dead seas there are three resort areas in israel located on the coast s of the mediterranean red and dead seas thereare three resort areas in israel located on the coasts of the mediterranean red and dead seas th ere are three resort areas in israel located on the coasts of the mediterranean red and dead seas there are three resort areas in israel located on the coasts of the mediter ranean red and dead seas Eachhaveswimmingpools,aquaparks,dolphinariaandoceanaria. each have swimming pools aqua parks dolphinaria and oceanaria each have swimming pools aqua parks dolphinaria and ocean aria each have swimming pools aquaparks dolphinaria and oceanaria each have swimming pools aquaparks dolphinaria and ocean aria each have swimming pools aquapark s dolphinaria and oceanaria ItisnotablethatonecanswimintheRedSeaeveninwintermonths,becausethewatertemperaturedoesnotdropbelow21degreesandtheairwarmsto23degrees. it is nota ble that one can swim in the red sea even in winter months because the water temperature does not drop below 21 degrees and the air warms to 23 degrees itisnotable that one can swim in the red sea even in winter months because the water temperature does not drop below 21 degrees and the air warms to 23 degrees itis notable that one can swim in the red sea even in winter months because the water temperature does not drop below 21 degrees and the air warms to 23 degrees it is notable that o ne can swim in the red sea even in winter months because the water temperature does not drop below 21 degrees and the air warms to 23 degrees it is nota ble that one can swim in the red sea even in winter months because the water temperature does not drop below 21 degrees and the air warms to 2 3 degrees TheDeadSeaisevenwarmer,andpeopleswiminitallyearround. the dead sea is even warmer and people swim in it all year round the dead sea is even warmer and people swim in it all year roun d thedeadsea is even warmer and people swim in it all year round the deadsea is even warmer and people swim in it all year round thedead sea is even warmer and people swim in it all year round Incidentally,itisthemostunusualseaintheworld,locatedinthelowestpointoftheplanet-417mbelowsealevel. incidentally it is the most unusual sea in the world located in the lowest point of the planet 417 m below sea level incidentally it is the most unusual sea in the world located in the lowest point of the planet 4 17 m below sea level incidentally it is the most unusual sea in the world located in the lowest point of the planet 41 7 m below sea level incidentally it is the most unusual sea in the world located in the lowest point of the planet 4 1 7 m below sea level incidentally it is the most unusual sea in the world located in the lowest point of the planet 41 7m below sea level Itsazurewaterissalineandeasilykeepsyouafloat,evenifyoudon'tknowhowtoswim. its azure water is saline and easily keeps you afloat even if you don t know how to swim its azure water is saline and easily keeps you afloat even if you dont know how to swim it s azure water is saline and easily keeps you afloat even if you don t know how to swim it s azure water is saline and easily keeps you afloat even if you dont know how to swim its azure water is saline and easily keeps you afloat even if you don tknow how to swim Thesurroundinglandscapesaresurrealintheirbeauty. the surrounding landscapes are surreal in their beauty the surrounding land scapes are surreal in their beauty the surrounding landscape s are surreal in their beauty the sur rounding landscapes are surreal in their beauty the surrounding landscapes are surreal in their beau ty Peoplecomeheretoundergoacourseoftreatmentusingsaltwater-wrapsandmedicinalmuds,andtoimprovetheirhealthiftheyhavedermatitis,allergies,asthmas,eczemas,arthritis,bronchitis,ordiabetes,ortoreturnemotionalbalance. people come here to undergo a course of treatment using salt water wraps and medicinal muds and to improve their health if they have dermatitis allergies asthmas eczema s arthritis bronchitis or diabetes or to return emotional balance people come here to undergo a course of treatment using salt water wraps and medicinal muds and to improve their health if they have dermatitis allergies asthmas eczemas arthritis bronchitis or diabetes or to return emotional balance people come here to undergo a course of treatment using salt water wraps and medicinal mud sand to improve their health if they have dermatitis allergies asthmas eczema s arthritis bronchitis or diabetes or to return emotional balance people come here to undergo a course of treatment using saltwater wraps and medicinal muds and to improve their health if they have dermatitis allergies asthmas eczema s arthritis bronchitis or diabetes or to return emotional balance people come here to undergo a course of treatment using salt water wraps and medicinal muds and to improve their health if they have dermatitis allergies asthmas eczema s arthritis bronchitis or diabetes or to re turn emotional balance Touchthemysteriesofantiquity touch the mysteries of antiquity t ouch the mysteries of antiquity touch the mysteries of anti quity touch the mysteries of an tiquity touch the mys teries of antiquity TheyarepreservedintheoldsectionofTel-Aviv-inthetownofJaffaontheMediterraneanSea. they are preserved in the old section of tel aviv in the tow n of jaffa on the mediterranean sea they are preserved in the old section of tel aviv in the townof jaffa on the mediterranean sea they are preserved in the old section of tel aviv in the tow n of jaffa on the mediterranean se a they are preserved in the old section of tel aviv in the townof jaffa on the mediterranean se a they are preserved in the old section of tel aviv in the town of j a f f a on the mediterranean sea ThefamoussearouteconnectingEgypt,Syria,Anatolia,andMesopotamiarunsthroughit. the famous sea route connecting egypt syria anatolia and mesopotamia runs through it the famous sea route connecting egypt syria anatolia and mesopotamia runs th rough it the famous sea route connecting egypt syria anatolia and mesopotamia runs throughit the famous sea route connecting egypt syria anatolia and mesopotamia run s through it the famous sea route connecting egypt syria anatolia and mesopotamia runsthroughit ThecityismentionedinancientGreekandancientEgyptianlegends. the city is mentioned in ancient greek and ancient egyptian legends the city is mentioned in ancient greek and ancient egyptian legend s th e city is mentioned in ancient greek and ancient egyptian legends thecity is mentioned in ancient greek and ancient egyptian legends the city is men tioned in ancient greek and ancient egyptian legends Accordingtolegends,thisiswhereNoahbuilthisarkandPerseussavedthebeautyAndromeda,withwhomhelivedalongandhappylife. according to legends this i s where noah built his ark and perseus saved the beauty andromeda with whom he lived a long and happy life according to legends this iswhere noah built his ark and perseus saved the beauty andromeda with whom he lived a long and happy life according to legends this i s where noah built his ark and perseus saved thebeauty andromeda with whom he lived a long and happy life according to legends this is whe re noah built his ark and perseus saved the beauty andromeda with whom he lived a long and happy life according to legends this is wher e noah built his ark and perseus saved the beauty andromeda with whom he lived a long and happy life Touristsreallyliketowanderthenarrowstreetsnamedaftersignsofthezodiac. tourists really like to wander the narrow streets named after signs of the zodiac tourist s really like to wander the narrow streets named after signs of the zodiac tour ists really like to wander the narrow streets named after signs of the zodiac t ourists really like to wander the narrow streets named after signs of the zodiac tourists really like to wander the narrow streets named after signs of the zo diac Theysay,ifyoutouchthewallsonthestreetofyoursign,fortunewillcometoyou. they say if you touch the walls on the street of your sign for tune will come to you they say if you touch the walls on the street of yours ign fortune will come to you they say if you touch the walls on the street of your s i g n fortune will come to you they say if you touch the walls on the street of yours i gnfortune will come to you they say if you touch the walls on the street of yours ign fortune will come to y ou InJaffa,youcanmeetnewlywedswhocomefromalloverIsraelandevenfromothercountriesforphotosessions. in jaffa you can meet newlyweds who come from all over israel and even from other countries for photo sessions in jaffa you can meet newly weds who come from all over israel and even from other countries for photo sessions in jaffa you can meet newlyweds who come from all over israel and even from other countries for photosessions injaffa you can meet newlyweds who come from all over israel and even from other countries for photo sessions in jaffa you can meet newlyweds who come from all over israel and even from other coun tries for photo sessions AndinCaesarea-thecityofKingHerod-youcanwalkaroundaRomantheatre,"capture"theCrusaderfortress. and in caesarea the city of king herod you can walk around a romantheatre capture the crusader fortress and in caesarea the city of king herod you can walkaround a roman theatre capture the crusader fortress and in caesarea the city of king herod you can walk a round a roman theatre capture the crusader fortress and in caesarea the city of king herod you can walk around a romant heat recapture the crusader fortress and in caesarea the city of king herod you can walk around a romantheatre cap ture the crusader fortress DuringtheRomanperiod,CaesareawasthemaincityofJudeaandtheresidenceofRomanprefects,includingPontiusPilate. during the roman period caesarea was the main city of judea and the residence of roman prefects including pontius pilate during the roman period caesarea was the main city of judea and the resi dence of roman prefects including pontius pilate during the roman period caesarea was the main city of ju dea and the residence of roman prefects including pontius pilate during the roman period caesarea was the main city of judea and the re sidence of roman prefects including pontius pilate during the roman period caesarea was the main city of ju de a and the residence of roman prefects including pontius pilate Thecarefullyrestoredtheatreisnowusedforeveningconcertsandoperaperformances. the carefully restored theatre is now used for evening concerts and opera performances the care fully restored theatre is now used for evening concerts and opera performances the carefully restored theatre is now used for eve ning concerts and opera performances t he care fully restored theatre is now used for evening concerts and opera performances the carefully restored theatre is now used for evening concerts and opera perform ances Anoteforthetourist a note for the tourist anote for the tourist a note for the tour ist a note for the to urist a notefor the tourist WhenyougotoIsrael,don'tworryaboutyourbadEnglishknowledge:approximately30%ofthecountry'spopulationspeaksRussian. when you go to israel don t worry about your bad english knowledge approximately 30 of the country s population speaks russian when you go to israel don t worry about your bad english knowledge approxi mately 30 of the country s population speaks russian when you go to israel don t worry about your bad english knowledge ap proximately 30 of the country s population speaks russian when you go to israel don t worry about your bad english know ledge approximately 30 of the country s population speaks russian when you go to israel don t worry about your bad english knowledge approx imately 30 of the country s population speaks russian Forthetrip,itisbettertotakedollars,noteuros,becausetheyareeasilyexchangedforshekels(currently1dollar=3.8shekels). for the trip it is better to take dollars not euros because they are easily exchanged for shekels currently 1 dollar 38 shekels for the trip it is better to take dollars not euros because they are easily exchanged for shekels currently 1 dollar 3 8 shekels for the trip it is better to take dollars not euros because they are easily ex changed for shekels currently 1 dollar 38 shekels for the trip it is better to take dollars not euros because they are easily exchanged for shekels currently 1dollar 38 shekels for the trip it is better to take dollars not euros because they are easily exchanged for shekels currently 1 dollar 38 shekel s Citytransportationismainlybuses,butJerusalemhasahigh-speedtram,andHaifahastheonlysubwaylineinthecountry,comprisingsixstopsandconnectinguppertownwithlower. city transportation is mainly buses but jerusalem has a high speed tram and haifa has the only subway line in the country com prising six stops and connecting upper town with lower city transportation is mainly buses but jerusalem has a high speed tram and haifa has the only subway line in the country comprisingsix stops and connecting upper town with lower city transportation is mainly buses but jerusalem has a high speed tram and haifa has the only subway line in the country com prising six stops and con necting upper town with lower city transportation is mainly buses but jerusalem has a high speed tram and haifa has the only subway line in the country com prising six stops and connect ing upper town with lower city transportation is mainly buses but jerusalem has a high speed tram and haifa has the only subway line in the country com prising six stops and connecting uppertown with lower Inessence,itisanundergroundcablerailway. in essence it is an underground cable railway in essence it is an under ground cable railway in essence it is an underground cable rail way in es sence it is an underground cable railway i n essence it is an underground cable railway Aticketforanytypeofcitytransportationcosts6shekels,andyoucanridefor1.5hourswithtransfers. a ticket for any type of city transportation costs 6 shekels and you can ride for 1 5 hours with transfers a ticket for any type of city transportation costs 6 shekels and you can ride for 15 hours with transfers a ticket for any type of city transportation costs 6 shekels and you can ride for 1 5 hours with transfer s a ticket for any type of city trans portation costs 6 shekels and you can ride for 15 hours with transfers a ticket for an yt yp e of city transportation costs 6 shekels and you can ride for 15 hours with transfers AccordingtotheJewishtradition,SabbathiscelebratedinIsrael. according to the jewish tradition sabbath is celebrated in israel accord ing to the jewish tradition sabbath is celebrated in israel ac cording to the jewish tradition sabbath is celebrated in israel a ccording to the jewish tradition sabbath is celebrated in israel accor ding to the jewish tradition sabbath is celebrated in israel BetweenFridayeveningandthesunsetonSaturday,markets,stores,andpublictransportationstopworking. between friday evening and the sunset on saturday markets stores and public transportation stop working between friday evening and the sun set on saturday markets stores and public transportation stop working between friday evening and the sunset on saturday market s stores and public transportation stop working between friday evening and the sun set on saturday market s stores and public transportation stop working between friday evening and the sunset on saturday markets stores and public transportation stop work ing TheworkweekstartsonSundaymorning. the work week starts on sunday morning the workweek starts on sunday morning the work week starts on sunday morn ing the workweek starts on sunday morn ing the work week starts on sunday mor ning Manycafes,restaurantsandhotelshaveonlykosherfood,withnopork,seafood,fishwithnoscales,ordishesthatcombinemilkwithmeat. many cafe s restaurants and hotels have only kosher food with no pork seafood fish with no scales or dishes that combine milk with meat many cafe s restaurants and hotels have only kosher food with no pork sea food fish with no scales or dishes that combine milk with meat many cafe s restaurants and hotels have only kosher food with no pork seafood fish with no scales or dishes that combine milk with me at many cafes restaurants and ho tels have only kosher food with no pork seafood fish with no scales or dishes that combine milk with meat many cafes restau rants and hotels have only kosher food with no pork seafood fish with no scales or dishes that combine milk with meat Thereisawideselectionofdishesfromlambandbeef,soupsanddessertscookedusingcoconutmilk,traditionalJewishhummuspaste,varioussauces,falafel(ballsmadeofgroundchickpeas),fruitsandvegetables. there is a wide selection of dishes from lamb and beef soups and desserts cooked using coconut milk traditional jewish hummus paste various sauces falafel balls made of ground chickpeas fruits and vegetables there is a wide selection of dishes from lamb and beef soups and desserts cooked using coconut milk traditional jewish hummus paste various sauces falafel balls made of ground chick peas fruits and vegetables there is a wide selection of dishes from lamb and beef soups and desserts cooked using coconut milk traditional jew ish hummus paste various sauces falafel balls made of ground chickpeas fruits and vegetables there is a wide selection of dishes from lamb and beef soups and desserts cooked using coconut milk traditional jew ish hummus paste various sauces falafel balls made of ground chick peas fruits and vegetables t here is a wide selection of dishes from lamb and beef soups and desserts cooked using coconut milk traditional jewish hummus paste various sauces falafel balls made of ground chickpeas fruits and vegetables ThestreetsofIsraeldon'thavehomelessdogs. the streets of israel dont have homeless dogs the streets of israel don thave homeless dogs the streets of israel dont have homeless dog s the streets of israel do nt have homeless dogs the streets of israel dont have home less dogs Buttherearemanywell-fedcats,whichwalkaroundlazily. but there are many well fed cats which walk around lazily but there are many well fed cats which walkaround lazily but there are many well fed cat s which walk around lazily butthere are many well fed cats which walk around lazily but thereare many well fed cats which walk around lazily Intheevening,theycanevenbeseensleepingonroofsofparkedcars. in the evening they can even be seen sleeping on roofs of parked cars in the even ing they can even be seen sleeping on roofs of parked cars in the eve ning they can even be seen sleeping on roofs of parked cars in theevening they can even be seen sleeping on roofs of parked cars in the evening they caneven be seen sleeping on roofs of parked cars Thesepussycatslikebusyplacesanddonotrefusetreats. these pussycats like busy places and do not refuse treats these pussy cats like busy places and do not refuse treats these pussycat s like busy places and do not refuse treats these pussycats like busy places and donot refuse treats these pussy cats like busy places and donot refuse treats Carrental,dependingoncartype,costsfrom37(HyundaiGetz)to188(AudiA6,VolvoS80)dollarsaday. car rental depending on car type costs from 37 hyundai getz to 188 audi a6 volvo s80 dollars a day car rental depending on car type costs from 37 hyundai getz to 1 88 audi a6 volvo s80 dollars a day car rental depending on car type costs from 37 hyundai getz to 18 8 audi a6 volvo s80 dollars a day car rental depending on car type costs from 3 7 hyundai getz to 188 audi a6 volvo s80 dollars a day car rental depending on car type costs from 37 hyundaigetz to 188 audi a6 volvo s80 dollars a day Plusinsuranceof15dollarsaday. plus insurance of 1 5 dollars a day plus insurance of 15 dollars a day plusinsurance of 15 dollars a day plus insurance of 1 5 dollar s a day plusinsurance of 1 5 dollars a day Bikerentalcosts15shekelsaday. bike rental costs 15 shekels a day bike rental costs 1 5 shekels a day bike rental cost s 15 shekels a day bikerental costs 15 shekels a day bike rental costs 15shekels a day Museumentrancecosts30shekelsonaverage. museum entrance costs 30 shekels on average museum entrance costs 30shekels on average museum entrance costs 3 0 shekels on average museum entrance costs 30 shekels on aver age museum entrance costs 30 shekels on av erage Innumbers in numbers in num bers in number s i n numbers innumbers In2012,overthreemilliontouristsfromaroundtheworldvisitedIsrael. in 2012 over three million tourists from around the world visited israel in 2012 over three mil lion tourists from around the world visited israel in2012 over three million tourists from around the world visited israel in 2012 over three million tourists from around the world vis ited israel i n 2012 over three million tourists from around the world visited israel VisitorsandholidaymakersarrivemostlyfromtheUSA,Russia,France,Germany,Italy,England,andUkraine. visitors and holidaymakers arrive mostly from the usa russia france ger many italy england and ukraine visitors and holidaymakers arrive mostly from the usa russia france german y italy england and ukraine visitors and holidaymakers arrive mostly from the usa russia france germany it aly england and ukraine visitors and holidaymakers arrive mostly from the usa russia france germany ita ly england and ukraine visitors and holidaymakers arrive mostly from the usa russia france ger many italy england and uk raine BetweenJanuaryandOctober2012118,800UkrainiantouristsvisitedtheHolyLand,whichis51%morethanasimilarfigurein2010,beforetheremovalofthevisaregimeonFebruary9,2011. between january and october 2012 118800 ukrainian tourists visited the holy land which is 51 more than a simi lar figure in 2010 before the removal of the visa regime on february 9 2011 between january and october 2012 118800 ukrainian tourists visited the holy land which is 51 more than a sim ilar figure in 2010 before the removal of the visa regime on february 9 2011 between january and october 2012 118800 ukrainian tourists visited the holy land which is 51 more than a similar figure in2010 before the removal of the visa regime on february 9 2011 between january and october 2012 1188 00 ukrainian tourists visited the holy land which is 51 more than a similar figure in2010 before the removal of the visa regime on february 9 2011 between january and october 2012 118800 ukrainian tourists visited the holy land which is 51 more than a simi lar figure in 2010 before the re moval of the visa regime on february 9 2011 Onlythe"highandmighty"makeittoMoscow:migrantssavemoneyforlanguage only the high and mighty make it to moscow migrants save money for language only the high and mighty make it to moscow migrants savemoney for language only the high and mighty make it to moscow migrant s save money for language only the high and mighty make it to moscow migrants save money for lan guage only the high and mighty make it to moscow mi grants save money for language Whiledeputiesandhumanrightsactivistsargueaboutthepurposeofthelawonmandatorylanguagetesting,thecountryalreadyhasscamartistswhosellfakecertificates. while deputies and human rights activists argue about the purpose of the law on mandatory language testing the coun try already has scam artists who sell fake certificates while deputies and human rights activists argue about the purpose of the law on mandatory language test ing the coun try already has scam artists who sell fake certificates while deputies and human rights activists argue about the purpose of the law on mandatory language testing the country al ready has scam artists who sell fake certificates while deputies and human rights activists argue about the purpose of the law on mandatory language testing the coun try already has scam artists who sell fake certificate s while deputies and human rights activists argue about the purpose of the law on mandatory language test ing the coun try already has scam artists who sell fake certificate s Everyyear,13millionmigrantworkerscometoMoscow,St.PetersburgandothercitiesinRussia. every year 1 3 million migrant workers come to moscow st petersburg and other cities in russia every year 13 million migrant workers come to moscow st petersburg and other cities in russia everyyear 1 3 million migrant workers come to moscow st petersburg and other cities in russia every year 1 3 million migrant workers come to moscow s t petersburg and other cities in russia every year 13 million migrant workers come to moscow s t petersburg and other cities in russia MostlythesearecitizensofCentralAsia:Uzbekistan,TajikistanandTurkmenistan. mostly these are citi zens of central asia uzbekistan tajikistan and turkmenistan mostly these are citizen s of central asia uzbekistan tajikistan and turkmenistan mostly these ar e citizens of central asia uzbekistan tajikistan and turkmenistan mostly these are c itizens of central asia uzbekistan tajikistan and turkmenistan mostly these are citizen s of cen tral asia uzbekistan tajikistan and turkmenistan Theironlygoalistoearnmoneytosupportfamiliesbackhome. their only goal is to earn money to support families back home their only goal i s to earn money to support families back home the ir only goal is to earn money to support families back home their only goal is to earn mon ey to support families back home their only goal is to earn money to support families back h o m e AnewlawcameintoeffectonDecember1,whichobligeseverymigrantworkertopassaRussianlanguagetest. a new law came into effect on december 1 which obliges every migrant worker to pass a russian language test a new law came in to effect on december 1 which obliges every migrant worker to pass a russian language test a new law came into effect on december 1 which obliges every migrant work er to pass a russian language test a new law came into effect on december 1 which obliges every migrantworker to pass a russian language test a new law came into effect on december 1 which obliges every migrant worker topass a russian language test Forthemoment,thislawappliesonlytothosewhointendtoworkinservices,housingandutilityservices,householdservices,andretail. for the moment this law applies only to those who intend to work in services housing and utility services household services and retail for the moment this law applies only to those who intend to work in ser vices housing and utility services household services and retail for the moment this law applies only to those who intend to work in service s housing and utility services household services and retail for the moment this law applies only to those who intend to work in serv ices housing and utility services household services and retail for the moment this law applies only to those who intend to work in s ervices housing and utility services household services and retail Butwithtime-aspromisedbytheFederalMigrationService-testswillbecomemandatoryforallnon-residents. but with time as promised by the federal migration service tests will become mandatory for all non residents but with time as promised by the federal migration service tests will become mandatory for all nonresidents but with time as promised by the federal migration service tests will become mandatory for all non resident s but with time as promised by the federal migration service tests will be come mandatory for all non residents but with time as promised by the federal migration service test s will become mandatory for all non residents Inadditiontolanguage,Russianhistoryandbasicsofthelegalsystemwillbetested. in addition to language russian history and basics of the legal system will be tested in addition to language rus sian history and basics of the legal system will be tested inadditionto language russian history and basics of the legal system will be tested in additionto language russian history and basics of the legal system will be tested in addition to language r ussian history and basics of the legal system will be tested Languageknowledgewillhavetobeconfirmedbothtoreceiveandtoextendtheworkpermit. language knowledge will have to be confirme dboth to receive and to extend the work permit language knowledge will have to be confirme db oth to receive and to extend the work permit language knowledge will have to be confirme dboth to re ceive and to extend the work permit language knowledge will have to be confirme dboth toreceive and to extend the work permit language knowledge will have to be confirme dboth to r eceive and to extend the work permit AnexceptionisineffectonlyforcitizensofcountrieswhereRussianisastatelanguage. an exception is in effect only for citizens of countries where russian is a state language an excep tion is in effect only for citizens of countries where russian is a state language an exception is in ef fect only for citizens of countries where russian is a state language an ex ception is in effect only for citizens of countries where russian is a state language anexception is in effect only for citizens of countries where russian is a state language PeoplewhoreceivededucationcertificatesanddiplomasbeforethefalloftheUSSRin1991arealsoexemptunderthelaw. people who received education certificates and diplomas before the fall of the ussr in 1991 a re also exempt under the law people who received education certificates and diplomas before the fall of the ussr in 1991 arealso exempt under the law people who received education certificates and diplomas before the fall of the ussr in 1991 a re also ex empt under the law people who received education certificates and diplomas before the fall of the ussr in 1991 arealso ex empt under the law people who received education certificates and diplomas before the fall of the ussr in 1991 are alsoexempt under the law Purpose,doomedfate,andtheprotectionofrights purpose doomed fate and the protection of rights purpose doomedfate and the protection of rights purpose doomed fate and the pro tection of rights purpose doomed fate and the protec tion of rights p urpose doomed fate and the protection of rights SeventestingpointswillbeoperatingundertheauspicesofthePushkinInstituteofRussianLanguage,Peoples'FriendshipUniversityofRussia,MoscowStateUniversity(MGU),St.PetersburgStateUniversity(SPbGU),andotherRussianeducationinstitutions. seven testing points will be operating under the auspices of the pushkin institute of russian language peoples friendship university of russia moscow state university mgu st peters burg state university spbgu and other russian education institutions seven testing points will be operating under the auspices of the pushkin institute of russian language peoples friendship university of russia moscow state university mgu st peters burg state university spbgu and other russian educa tion institutions seven testing points will be operating under the auspices of the pushkin institute of russian language peoples friendship university of russia moscow state university mgu st peters burg state university spbgu and other russian education institution s seven testing points will be operating under the auspices of the pushkin institute of russian language peoples friendship university of russia moscow state university mgu st peters burg state university spbgu and other russian education institu tions seven testing points will be operating under the auspices of the pushkin institute of russian language peoples friendship university of russia moscow state university mgu st peters burg state university spbgu and other russian education in stitutions Migrantscantakethetestsinallcities;morethan160suchcentreshavebeenopened. migrants can take the tests in all cities more than 16 0 such centres have been opened migrants can take the tests in all cities more than 160 suchcentres have been opened migrants can take the tests in all cities more than 160 suc h centres have been opened migrants can take the tests in all cities more than 16 0 suchcentres have been opened migrants can take the tests in allcities more than 160 suchcentres have been opened TheinitiativetointroducethetestingwassupportedbyStateDumamembersandtheFederalMigrationServices. the initiative to introduce the testing was sup ported by state duma members and the federal migration service s the initiative to introduce the testing was sup ported by state duma members and the federal migration services the initiative to introduce the testing was supportedby state duma members and the federal migration service s the initiative to introduce the testing was supportedby state duma members and the federal migration services the initiative to introduce the testing was sup ported by state duma member s and the federal migration service s Buthumanrightsactivists,askedthequestionrepeatedlyinthepressbeforethelawcameintoforce:whatwillitactuallyachieve? but human rights activists asked the question repeatedly in the press before the law came in to force what will it actually achieve but human rights activists asked the question repeatedly in the press before the law came in to force w hat will it actually achieve but human rights activists asked the question repeatedly in the press before the law came into forc e what will it actually achieve but human rights activists asked the question repeatedly in the press before the law came into for ce what will it actually achieve but human rights activists asked the question repeatedly in the press before the law came in to force w hat w ill it actually achieve WhatwilltheobligationtoknowRussianchangefortheRussiansandforthenon-residents? what will the obligation to know russian change for the russians and for the non residents what will the obligation to know russian change for the russians and for the non resident s what will the obligation to know russian change for the russians and for the nonresident s what will the obligation to know russian change for the russians and for the nonresidents what will the obligation to know russianchange for the russians and for the non residents Firstofall,accordingtorepresentativesofthemigrationservice,thiswillallowtoreducethenumberofpeoplesufferingfromlabourslavery. first of all according to representatives of the migration service this will allo w to reduce the number of people suffering from labour slavery first of all according to representatives of the migration service this will al low to reduce the number of people suffering from labour slavery first of all according to representatives of the migration service this will allo w to r educe the number of people suffering from labour slavery first of all according to representatives of the migration service this will allo w to re duce the number of people suffering from labour slavery first of all according to representatives of the migration service this will allowto reduce the number of people suffering from labour slavery Manyspeakaboutprotectionoftherightsofworkmigrants,explainstheHeadoftherepresentativeofficeoftheFederalMigrationServicesofRussia,ViktorSebelev. many speak about protection of the rights of work migrants explains the head of the representative office of the federal migration services of russia viktor sebelev many speak about protection of the rights of work migrants ex plains the head of the representative office of the federal migration services of russia viktor sebelev many speak about protection of the rights of work migrants explains the head of the representative office of the federal migration service s o f russia viktor sebelev many speak about protection of the rights of work migrants explains the head of the representative office of the federal migration service s of rus sia viktor sebelev many speak about protection of the rights of work migrants explains the head of the representative office of the federal migration services of russia viktor s e b e l e v Rightsprotectionshouldbeginbeforetheirdeparture. rights protection should begin before their departure rights protec tion should begin before their departure rights protection should begin before their de parture rights protection should begin before their depar ture rights protection should begin be fore their departure Onlythesystemoforganizedselectionwillenableustosolve90%oftheproblemsofforeignworkers. only the system of orga nized selection will enable usto solve 90 of the problem s of foreign workers only the system of orga nized selection will enable usto solve 90 of the problems of foreignworkers only the system of orga nized selection will enable usto solve 90 of the problems o f foreign workers only the system of orga nized selection will enable usto solve 90 of the problems of f oreign w orkers only the system of orga nized selection will enable usto solve 90 of the problems o f f oreign w orkers Migrantswithoutprofession,education,whodonotknowRussian,whodonothaveamedicalcertificatestarttohaveproblems. migrants without profession education who do not know russian who do not have a medical certificate start to have problems migrants without profession educa tion who do not know russian who do not have a medical certificate start to have problems migrants without profes sion education who do not know russian who do not have a medical certificate start to have problems migrants without profession education who do not know russian who do not have a medi cal certificate start to have problems migrants with out profession education who do not know russian who do not have a medical certificate start to have problems Ifamigrantdoesnotunderstandthelanguage,saysSebelevwithcertainty,heisdoomedtocomeacrossunconscientiouspeople,who,pretendingtohelp,willforceuponhima"ticket"toterrible,crampedbarrackswheremanyotherslikehimwillsufferwithoutfoodanddocuments,slavingaway12-14hoursaday. if a migrant does not understand the language says sebelev with certainty he is doomed tocome across unconscientious people who pretending tohelp will force upon him a ticket to terrible cramped barracks where many others like him will suffer without food and documents slaving away 12 14 hours a day if a migrant does not understand the language says sebelev with certainty he is doomed t o c ome across unconscientious people who pretending tohelp will force upon him a ticket to terrible cramped barracks where many others like him will suffer without food and documents slaving away 12 14 hours a day if a migrant does not understand the language says sebelev with certainty he is doomed tocome across un conscientious people who pretending tohelp will force upon him a ticket to terrible cramped barracks where many others like him will suffer without food and documents slaving away 12 14 hours a day if a migrant does not understand the language says sebelev with certainty he is doomed tocome across unconscientious people who pretend ingtohelp will force upon him a ticket to terrible cramped barracks where many others like him will suffer without food and documents slaving away 12 14 hours a day if a migrant does not understand the language says sebelev with certainty he is doomed t o c o m e across unconscientious people who pretending tohelp will force upon him a ticket to terrible cramped barracks where many others like him will suffer without food and documents slaving away 12 14 hours a day Wereceivemanycomplaintsfromourmigrants. we receive many complaints from our migrants we receive many complaints from our migrant s we receive many complaints from our mi grants we receive many complaints from our mig rants we receive many complaints from our m igrants "Theyarepromisedonethingathome,butwhentheyarrive,theyareliedto,theirpassportsaretaken,theyarenotpaidwhattheywerepromised,"confirmstheHeadoftheMainMigrantLabourAdministrationoftheMigrationServiceofTajikistanTolibSharipov. they are promised one thing at home but when they arrive they are lied to their passports are taken they are not paid what they were promised confirms the head of the main migrant labour administration of the migration service of tajikistan to lib sharipov they are promised one thing at home but when they arrive they are lied to their passports are taken they are not paid what they were promised confirms the head of the main migrant labour administra tion of the migration service of tajikistan to lib sharipov they are promised one thing at home but when they arrive they are lied to their passports are taken they are not paid what they were promised confirms the head of the main migrant labour admin istration of the migration service of tajikistan to lib sharipov they are promised one thing at home but when they arrive they are lied to their passports are taken they are not paid what they were promised con firms the head of the main migrant labour administration of the migration service of tajikistan to lib sharipov they are promised one thing at home but when they arrive they are lied to their passports are taken they are not paid what they were promised confirms the head of the main migrant la bour administration of the migration service of tajikistan to lib sharipov Notbeangry,boss! not be angry boss no t be angry boss not be angryboss not be angry b o s s n o t be angry boss Nonetheless,manycitizensofCentralAsiancountries,whoplantogotoworkinRussia,admitthatnotonlytheirunderstandingofthelanguageofthecountrywheretheyaregoingisnotgood,buttheycanbarelywriteintheirownlanguage. nonetheless many citizens of central asian countries who plan to go to work in russia admit that not only their understanding of the language of the country where they are go ing is not good but they can barely write in their own language nonetheless many citizens of central asian countries who plan to go to work in russia admit that not only their understanding of the language of the country where they are going is notgood but they can barely write in their own language nonetheless many citizens of central asian countries who plan to go to work in russia admit that not only their understanding of the language of the coun try where they are going is notgood but they can barely write in their own language none theless many citizens of central asian countries who plan to go to work in russia admit that not only their understanding of the language of the country where they are going is notgood but they can barely write in their own language nonetheless many citizens of central asian countries who plan to go to work in russia admit that not only their understanding of the language of the country where they are go ing is not good but they can barely write in their own lang uage Naturally,thisisnotsomuchtheirfault,butduetopoverty:veryfewTurks,Uzbeks,andTajikscanaffordevenabasiceducation. naturally this is not so much their fault but due to poverty veryfew turks uzbeks and tajiks can afford even a basic education naturally this is not so much their fault but due to poverty very few turk s uzbeks and tajiks can afford even a basic education naturally this is not so much their fault but due to poverty veryfew turks uzbeks and tajiks can afford even a basic educa tion naturally this is not so much their fault but due to poverty veryfew turks uzbeks and tajiks can afford even a basic edu cation naturally this is not so much their fault but due to poverty very few t urks uzbeks and tajiks can afford even a basic education Theirfamiliesdon'tevenhavefoodtofeedtheirchildren,nottomentiondecentclothing,shoes,andsupplies. their families don t even have food to feed their children not to mention decent clothing shoes and supplies their families dont even have food to feed their children not to mention decent clothing shoes and supplies their fami lies don t even have food to feed their children not to mention decent clothing shoes and supplies their families don t even have food to feed their chil dren not to mention decent clothing shoes and supplies theirfamilies don t even have food to feed their children not to mention decent clothing shoes and supplies Afterreachingadolescence,thesekidsgotoworkatthefirstopportunity. after reaching adolescence these kids go to work at the first opportunity after reaching adolescence these kids go to work at the first oppor tunity after reaching adolescence these kids go to work at the first op portunity after reaching adolescence these kids go to work at the first opportu nity after reaching adolescence these kids go to work at the fi rst opportunity Itishard,iflanguageknowledgeisbad,theyadmit. it is hard if language knowl edge is bad they admit it is hard if languageknowledge is bad they admit it is hard if language knowledge is b a d they admit it is hard if language knowl edge is bad they ad mit it is hard if languageknowledge is bad they ad mit "Youfeelhumiliatedandinferior." you feel humiliated and inferior you feel humiliated and in ferior yo u feel humiliated and inferior you feel humiliated and i nferior you feel humiliated and infe rior Buthumanrightsactivistsnoteoneimportantpointaboutthelawonlanguage. but human rights activists note one important point about the law on language but human rights activist s note one important point about the law on language but human rights activists note one important point about the law on lan guage but human rights activists note one important point about the law on l anguage but human rights activists note one impor tant point about the law on language Testingwillbeconductedonlyforthosemigrantswhohavelegalstatus. testing will be con ducted only for those migrants who have legal status testing will be conducted only for thos e migrants who have legal status testing will be conducted only for th ose migrants who have legal status testing will be conducted only for thos emigrants who have legal status testing will be con ducted only for those migrants who have le gal status Iftheyhavenostatus,therewillbenotesting,noranyofficialworkinthefuture. if they have no status there will be no test ing nor any official work in the future if they have no status there will beno testing nor any official work in the future if they have no status there will be no testingn or any official work in the future if they have no status there will be no test ing n or any official work in the future if they have no status there will be no test ing nor any official work in the fu ture Inthemeantime,mostofthemigrantworkerscontinuetoliveinRussiaillegally. in the meantime most of the migrant workers continue to live in russia illegally in the mean time most of the migrant workers continue to live in russia illegally in the meantime most of the migrant workers continue to live in rus sia illegally inthe meantime most of the migrant workers continue to live in russia illegally inthemeantime most of the migrant workers continue to live in russia illegally "Welcome,orNoUnauthorizedEntry" welcome or no unauthorized entry welcome or no un authorized entry welcome orno unauthorized entry welcome or no unau thorized entry welcome or no unautho rized entry Manyoftheforeignersassertthatreceivingofficialstatusinourcountryisnotthateasy. many of the foreigners assert that receiving official status in our country is not that easy many of the foreigners assertthat receiving official status in our country is not that easy many of the foreign ers assert that receiving official status in our country is not that easy many of the foreigners as sert that receiving official status in our country is not that easy many of the foreigners assert that r eceiving official status in our country is not that easy Thereasonliesinbureaucratichurdlesandthealreadymentionedlanguagedifficulties. the reason lies in bureaucratic hurdles and the alreadymentioned language difficulties the reason lies in bureaucratic hurdles and the already men tioned language difficulties the reason lies in bureaucratic hurdles and the alreadymentioned lan guage difficulties the reason lies in bureaucratic hurdles and the alreadymentioned language diffi culties the reason lies in bureaucratic hurdles and the already men tioned lan guage difficulties Inaddition,legalizationcostsmoney:from12,000to16,000rubles. in addition legalization costs money from 12000 to 16000 rubles in addition legalization costs money from 12 000 to 16 000 rubles in addition legalization costs money from 1 2000 to 1 6000 rubles in addition legalization costs money from 120 00 to 160 00 rubles in addition legalization costs mone y from 12000 to 16000 rubles Whereasafakeregistrationisdonequicklyandcostsonlyoneandahalfthousand. whereas a fake registration is done quickly and costs only one and a half thousand where as a fake registration is done quickly and costs only one and a half thousand whereas a fake registration is done quickly and costs only one and a half thou sand whereas a fake registration is done quickly and costs only one and a halfthousand w hereas a fake registration is done quickly and costs only one and a half thousand OfficersoftheRussianPoliceknowthatwemainlyhavefakepapers,withoutregistration,hencetheextortion. officers of the russian police know that we mainl y have fake papers without registration hence the extortion officers of the russian police know that we mainl y have fake papers without registra tion hence the extortion officers of the russian police know that we mainl y have fake papers with out registration hence the extortion officers of the russian police know that we mainl y have fake papers without registration hence the ex tortion officers of the russian police know that we mainl y have fake papers without regis tration hence the extortion "Theyaskforahundredortwoforcigarettes,tea,"UmedKhushkadamov,acitizenofTajikistan,sharedwithjournalists. they ask for a hundred or two for cigarettes tea ume d khushkadam ova citizen of tajikistan shared with journalists they ask for a hundred or two for cigarettes tea umed khushkadam ova citizen of tajikistan shared with journalists they ask for a hundred or two for cigarettes tea ume d khushk adamova citizen of tajikistan shared with journalists they ask for a hundred or two for cigarettes teau med khushkadam ova citizen of tajikistan shared with journalists they ask for a hundred or two for cigarettes tea umed khushk adamova citizen of tajikistan shared with journalists "Rollup,don'tbecheap,getyourartwork" roll up don t be cheap get your artwork roll up don t be cheap get your art work roll up dont be cheap get your artwork rollup don t be cheap get your artwork roll up dont be cheap get your art work Onthefirstdayofthelaw'sentryintoeffectitturnedoutthatnotonlymigrantregistrationdocumentscanbefake. on the first day of the law s entry into effect it turned out that not only migrant registration documents can be fake on the first day of the laws entry into effect it turned out that not only migrant registration documents can be fake on the first day of the law s entry into effect it turned out that not only migrant registration docu ments can be fake on the first day ofthe laws entry into effect it turned out that not only migrant registration documents can be fake on the first day of the law s entry into ef fect it turned out that not only migrant registration documents can be fake AfewforgedcertificatesaboutpassinglanguagetestshavebeenseizedbyFederalMigrationServicesofficersalready. a few forged certificates about passing language tests have been seized by federal migration services officers already a few forged certificates about passing language tests have been seized by federal migration service s officer s already a few forged certificates about passing lan guage tests have been seized by federal migration services officers already a few forged certificates about passing language tests have been seized by federal migration services officer s already a few forged certificates about passing language tests have been seized by federal migration services officers alr eady Forgeddocumentsareprintedonastandardcolourprinter. forged documents are printed on a standard colour printer forged docu ments are printed on a standard colour printer forged documents are printed on a stan dard colour printer forged documents are print ed on a standard colour printer forged documents are printed on a standard colourprinter Naturally,theywerenotfreefortheirowners:eachofthemigrants,whohadhopedtofacilitatethetaskofpassingthetestsinthiswaypaidseventhousandrublesforthem. naturally they were not free for their owners each of the migrants who had hoped to facilitate the task of passing the tests in this way paids even thousand rubles for them naturally they were not free for their owners each of the migrants who had hoped to facilitate the task of passing the tests in this way paids even thou sand rubles for them naturally they were not free for their owners each of the migrants who had hoped to facilitate the task of passing the tests in this way paids even thousand rubles for the m naturally they were not free for their owners each ofthe migrants who had hoped to facilitate the task of passing the tests in this way paids even thousand rubles for them naturally they were not free for their owners each of the migrants who had hoped to facilitate the task of passing the tests in this way p a ids even thousand rubles for them Itistwoandahalftimesmorethantheprocessofofficialtesting,whichcoststhreethousand. it is two and a half times more than the process of official testing which costs three thousand it is two and a half times more than the pro cess of official testing which costs three thousand it is two and a half times more than the process of offi cial testing which costs three thousand it is two and a half times more than the processof official testing which costs three thousand it is two and a half times more than the process of official testing which costs three thou sand Governmentofficialsandhumanrightsactivistsagreethatthemaingoalinthenearfutureistoprotectthesystemfromcorruption,sothatthecertificatescouldnotjustbebought. government officials and human rights activists agree that the main goal in the near fu ture is to protect the system from corruption so that the certificate s could not ju st be bought government officials and human rights activists agree that the main goal in the near fu ture is to protect the system from corruption so that the certificate s could not j ust be bought government officials and human rights activists agree that the main goal in the near fu ture is to protect the system from corruption so that the certificate s could not just bebought government officials and human rights activists agree that the main goal in the near fu ture is to protect the system from corruption so that the certificate s could not ju st b e bought government officials and human rights activists agree that the main goal in the near fu ture is to protect the system from corruption so that the certificate s could not just b e bought Forthemoment,theauthoritiescanpromisemigrantworkerswhocouldnotpassthetestthefirsttimetogivetimetocompleteabasiclanguagecourse. for the moment the authorities can promise migrant workers who could not pass the test the first time to give time to complete a basic language course for the moment the authorities can promise migrant work ers who could not pass the test the first time to give time to complete a basic language course for the mo ment the authorities can promise migrant workers who could not pass the test the first time to give time to complete a basic language course for the moment the authorities can prom ise migrant workers who could not pass the test the first time to give time to complete a basic language course for the moment the authorities can promise migrant workers who could not pass the test the first time to give time to com plete a basic language course Inaddition,thosewhocomewithoutRussianlanguageknowledgewillbeofferedworkinareasthatdonotrequireactivecommunicationwithpeople. in addition those who come without russian language knowledge will be offered work in areas that do not require active communication with people in addition those who come without russian language knowledge will be of fered work in areas that do not require active communication with people in ad dition those who come without russian language knowledge will be offered work in areas that do not require active communication with people inaddition those who come without russian language knowledge will be offered work in areas that do not require active communication with people in addition those who come with out russian language knowledge will be offered work in areas that do not require active communication with people TheMinistryoftheInteriordoesnotputarmsfromtheillegalmarketbackintocirculation the ministry of the interior does not put arms from the illegal market back into circulation the ministry of the interior does not put arms from the illegal market back in to circulation the ministry of the interior does not put arms from the illegal mar ket back into circulation the min istry of the interior does not put arms from the illegal market back into circulation the ministry of the interior does not put a rms from the illegal market back into circulation Theshareofcrimeinvolvinglegalweaponsisextremelylow the share of crime in volving legal weapon s is extremely low the share of crime in volving legal weapons is ex tremely low the share of crime in volving legal weapons is extremelylow the share of crime involv ing legal weapons is extremelylow the share of crim e involving legal weapons is extremelylow TheRussianMinistryoftheInteriorisproposingtotoughenupthelawforownersofcivilweapons. the russian ministry of the interior is proposing to toughen up the law for owners of civil weapons the russian ministry of the interior is proposing to toughen up the law for own ers of civil weapons the russian ministry of the interior is proposing to toughen up the law for owners of c ivil weapons the russian ministry of the interior is proposing to toughen up the law for owners of ci vil weapons the russian min istry of the interior is proposing to toughen up the law for owners of civil weapons Thisisthereactionofauthoritiestorecentincidents:CLICKshotsatweddings,wheretherewerenocasualties,andthemassacrestagedbyMoscowlawyerDmitryVinogradov,resultinginCLICKthedeathofsevenpeople. this is the reaction of authorities to recent incidents clickshots at weddings where there were no casualties and the massacre staged by moscow lawyer dmitry vinogradov resulting in click the death of seven people this is the reaction of authorities to recent incidents clickshots at weddings where there were no casualties and the massacre staged by moscow lawyer dmitry vinogradov resultingin click the death of seven people this is the reaction of authorities to recent incidents clickshots at weddings where there were no casualties and the massacre staged by moscow lawyer dmitry vinogradov resulting in clickthe death of seven people this is the reaction of authorities to recent incidents clickshots at weddings where there were no casualties and the massacre staged by moscowlawyer dmitry vinogradov resulting in click the death of seven people this is the reaction of authorities to recent incidents clickshots at weddings where there were no casualties and the massacre staged by moscow lawyer dmitry vinogradov result ing in click the death of seven people Policemenwanttoprohibitthecarryingofweaponsinpublicplacesandraisethelegalageofweaponslicensingfrom18to21. policemen want to prohibit the carrying of weapons in public places and raise the legal age of weapons licensing from 18 to 21 policemen want to prohibit the carrying of weapons in public places and raise the legal age of weaponslicensing from 18 to 21 policemen want to prohibit the carrying of weapons in public places and raise the legal age of weapons licensing from 1 8 to 2 1 police men want to prohibit the carrying of weapons in public places and raise the legal age of weapons licensing from 18 to 21 policemen want to prohibit the carrying of weapons in public places and raise the legal age of weaponslicensing from 1 8 to 2 1 TheideawassupportedbytheheadoftheDumaCommitteeonSafetyandAnti-Corruption,IrinaYarovaya,whopromisedthattheamendmentstothelawonweaponswillbebroughttotheStateDumainthenearfuture. the idea was supported by the head of the duma committee on safety and anti corruption irina yarovaya who promised that the amendments to the law on weapons will be brought to the state duma in the near future the idea was supported by the head of the duma committee on safety and anticorruption irina yarovaya who promised that the amendments to the law on weapons will be brought to the state duma in the near future the idea was supported by the head of the duma committee on safety and anti corruption irina yarovaya who promised that the amend ments to the law on weapons will be brought to the state duma in the near future the idea was supported by the head of the duma committee on safety and anti corrup tion irina yarovaya who promised that the amendments to the law on weapons will be brought to the state duma in the near future the idea was supported by the head of the duma committee on safety and anti corruption irina yarovaya who promised that t he amendments to the law on weapons will be brought to the state duma in the near future NoteveryoneishappythattheRussianauthoritiesaretryingtofighttheproblemby"tighteningthescrews." not everyone is happy that the russian authorities are trying to fight the problem by tightening the screws not everyone is happy that the russian authorities are trying to fight the problem by tightening the screw s n ot everyone is happy that the russian authorities are trying to fight the problem by tightening the screws not everyone is happy that the russian authorities are trying to fight the problem by tighten ing the screws not everyone is happy that the russian authorities are trying to fight the problem by tight ening the screws Anopenletterappearedonline,whoseauthors-representativesofdifferentsocialrifleorganizations-demandtoabandonthe"senselesstoughening." an open letter appeared online whose authors representatives of different social rifle organizations demand to abandon the senseless toughening an open letter appeared on line whose authors representatives of different social rifle organizations demand to abandon the senseless toughening an open letter appeared online whose authors representatives of different social rifle organization s demand to abandon the senseless toughening an open letter appeared on line whose authors representatives of different social rifle organization s demand to abandon the senseless toughening an open letter appeared online whose author s representatives of different social rifle organizations demand to abandon the senseless toughening Thepercentageofcrimeinvolvingregisteredweaponsisminimal,saidcriminallawyerVasilyLesnikovtoBBCRussia. the percentage of crime in volving registered weapons is minimal said criminal lawyer vasily lesnikov to bbc russia the percentage of crim e involving registered weapons is minimal said criminal lawyer vasily lesnikov to bbc russia the percentage of c rime i nvolving registered weapons is minimal said criminal lawyer vasily lesnikov to bbc russia the percentage of crime involv ing registered weapons is minimal said criminal lawyer vasily lesnikov to bbc russia the percentage of crime in volving registered weapons is minimal said criminal lawyer vasily lesnikov to bbcrussia AccordingtotheMinistryoftheInterior'sstatistics,142crimesusingfirearmsregisteredwithlawenforcementagencieshavebeencommittedinthesixmonthsof2012,whereas1,168,000crimeshavebeenrecordedintotalforthisperiod. according to the ministry of the interior s statistics 142 crimes using firearms registered with law enforcement agencies have been committed in the six months of 2012 where as 1168000 crimes have been recorded in total for this period according to the ministry of the interior s statistics 142 crimes using firearms registered with law enforcement agencies have been committed in the six months of 2012 where as 11 68000 crimes have been recorded in total for this period according to the ministry of the interior s statistics 142 crimes using firearms registered with law enforcement agencies have been committed in the six months of 2012 where as 11680 00 crimes have been recorded in total for this period according to the ministry of the interior s statistics 142 crimes using firearms registered with law enforcement agencies have been committed in the six months of 2012 where as 116800 0 crimes have been recorded in total for this period according to the ministry of the interior s statistics 142 crimes using firearms registered with law enforcement agencies have been committed in the six months of 2012 where as 11 68 0 00 crimes have been recorded in total for this period Authorsoftheopenletterarecertainthatthetougheningofthelawintheareaofcivilweaponswillnotpreventthecriminalfromgoingtothe"black"market. authors of the open letter a re certain that the toughening of the law in the area of civil weapons will not prevent the criminal from going to the black market authors of the open letter a r e certain that the toughening of the law in the area of civil weapons will not prevent the criminal from going to the black market authors of the open letter a re cert a in that the toughening of the law in the area of civil weapons will not prevent the criminal from going to the black market authors of the open letter a re certain that the toughening of the law in the area of civil weapons will not prevent the criminal from going to the blackmarket authors of the open letter a re cert ain that the toughening of the law in the area of civil weapons will not prevent the criminal from going to the black market Accordingtothem,onecanfindanyweaponatalowpricerightnow. according to them one can find any weapon at a low price right now accord ing to them one can find any weapon at a low price right now ac cording to them one can find any weapon at a low price right now according to the m one can find any weapon at a low price right now according to them one can find a ny weapon at a low price right now Nonetheless,theMinistryoftheInteriorassertsthatthesituationofthespreadofillegalarmsisundercontrol. nonetheless the ministry of the interior asserts that the situation of the spread of illegal arms is under control nonetheless the ministry of the interior as serts that the situation of the spread of illegal arms is under control nonetheless the ministry of the interior asserts that t he situation of the spread of illegal arms is under control nonetheless the ministry of the interior asserts that the situa tion of the spread of illegal arms is under control none the less the ministry of the interior asserts that the situation of the spread of illegal arms is under control Suppliers:fromplantstoofficers suppliers from plants to officers suppliers from plants to officer s supplier s from plants to officers suppliers from plants to offi cers suppli ers from plants to officers The"black"marketofweaponsisreplenishedthroughseveralchannels. the black market of weapons is replen ished through several channels the black market of weapons is re plenished through several channels the black market of weapons is replen ished through several chan nels the black market of weapons isreplenished through several channels the black market of weapons is reple nished through several channels Therearefivesuchchannels,explainsretiredcolonelViktorBaranets,whohasworkedintheMinistryofEducationandtheGeneralStafffor10years. there are five such channels ex plains retired colonel viktor baranets who has worked in the ministry of education and the general staff for 10 years there are five such channels explain s retired colonel viktor baranets who has worked in the ministry of education and the general staff for 10 years there are five such channels e xplains retired colonel viktor baranets who has worked in the ministry of education and the general staff for 10 years there are five such channels exp lains retired colonel viktor baranets who has worked in the ministry of education and the general staff for 10 years there are five such channels explai ns retired colonel viktor baranets who has worked in the ministry of education and the general staff for 10 years Screenshotofthesitethatacceptsordersforweapons. screenshot of the site that accepts orders for weapons screen shot of the site that accepts orders for weapons screenshot ofthe site that accepts orders for weapons screenshot of the site thataccepts orders for weapons screen shot of the site thataccepts orders for weapons First:"armyormilitaryloot,"i.e.weaponsthatwerestolenduringthefightingintheCaucasus. first army or military loot i e weapons that were stolen during the fighting in the caucasus first army or military lootie weapons that were stolen during the fighting in the caucasus first army or military loot ie weapons that were stolen during the fighting in the caucasus first army or military loo tie weapons that were stolen during the fighting in the caucasus first army or military loot i e weapons that were stolen during the fight ing in the caucasus "WeaponswerestolenbyRussianofficersandbytheCaucasians,"saysBaranets. weapons were stolen by russian officers a nd by the caucasians says baranets weapons were stolen by russian officers and b y the caucasians says baranets weapons were stolen by russian offi cers and by the caucasians says baranets weapons were stolen by russian officers and by th e caucasians says baranets weapons were stolen by russian officers and b y the caucasian s says baranets Nextare"blackweapons,"stolenbycriminalsfromrepresentativesofdefenceagencies. next are black weapons stolen by criminals from representatives of defence agencies next areblack weapons stolen by criminals from representatives of defence agencies next are black weapons stolen by criminals from represen tatives of defence agencies next are black weapons stolen by criminals from representatives of defence agen cies next are black weapons stolen by criminals from representatives of de fence agencies Baranetsexplainsthatthiscoversweaponstakenfrompolicewarehousesandthosestolendirectlyfromlawenforcementagencies'employees. baranets explains that this covers weapons taken from police warehouses and those stolen directly fromlaw enforcement agencies employees baranets explains that this covers weapons taken from police warehouses and those stolen directly fromlaw enforcement agencies employ ees baranet s explains that this covers weapons taken from police warehouses and those stolen directly fromlaw enforcement agencies employees baranets explains that this cover s weapons taken from police warehouses and those stolen directly fromlaw enforcement agencies employees baranets explains that this covers weapons taken from police ware houses and those stolen directly fromlaw enforcement agencies employees Illegalarmsaretakentobesoldfrommilitarywarehouses. illegal arms are taken to be sold from military warehouses illegal arms are tak en to be sold from military warehouses illegal arms are taken to be sold from militarywarehouses illegal arms are tak en to b e sold from military warehouses illegalarms are taken to be sold from military warehouses Explosionshaveoftenbeenheardatmilitarywarehouses. explosions have often been heard at military warehouses explo sions have often been heard at military warehouses explosions have often been heard at militarywarehouses ex plosions have often been heard at military warehouses explosion s have often been heard at military warehouses "Thereareproventheoriesthatsomeofthefireswereintentional,inordertocovertheshortage,"saystheformermilitaryman. there are proven theories that some of the fires were intentional in order to cover the short age says the former military man there are proven theories that some of the fires were intentional in order to cover the shor tage says the former military man there are proven theories that some of the fires were intentional in order to cover the short age says the former mili tary man there are proven theories that some of the fires were intentional in order to cover the short age says t he former military man there are proven theories that some of the fires were intentional in order to cover the short age says the for mer military man Manufacturersofweaponsmaketheircontribution,accordingtoBaranets. manufacturers of weapons make their con tribution according to baranets manufacturers of weapons make their contribu tion according to baranets manufacturers of weapons make their con tribution according to baranet s manufacturers of weapons make their con tribution according to baran e t s manufacturers of weapons make their contribu tion according to baranet s "Therearesomanyprivateweaponsfactoriesnow,whichdonotendurecompetitionontheinternationalmarketandthrowweaponsfromunderthecountertotheblackmarket,includinginMoscow,"saystheexpert. there are so many private weapons factories now whichdo not endure competition on the international market a nd throw weapons from under the counter to the black market including in moscow says the expert there are so many private weapons factories now whichdo not endure competition on the international mar ket and throw weapons from under the counter to the black market including in moscow says the expert there are so many private weapons factories now which do not en dure competition on the international mar ket and throw weapons from under the counter to the black market including in moscow says the expert there are so many private weapons factories now whichdo not endure competition on the international market and th row weapons from under the counter to the black market including in moscow says the expert there are so many private weapons factories now whichdo not endure competition on the international market and throwweapon s from under the counter to the black market including in moscow says the expert Anothersourceofthe"black"marketistrafficking. another source of the black market is trafficking another source of the blackmarket is trafficking anothersource of the black market is trafficking another sourceof the black market is trafficking a nother source of the black market is trafficking AnespeciallyhighnumberofgunsandmachinegunscomefrompoorcountrieslikeKyrgyzstan. an especially high number of guns and machine guns come from poor countries like kyrgyzstan an especially high number of guns and machineguns come from poor countries like kyrgyzstan an espe cially high number of guns and machine guns come from poor countries like kyrgyzstan an especially high number of guns and machine guns come from poor countries li ke kyrgyzstan an especially high number of guns and machine guns come from poor countries like k yrgyzstan "There'sproductionthere,sometimeshandmade;andamafiahasformed,whichhasorganizedastream,"explainstheformermilitaryman. there s production there sometimes handmade and a mafia has formed which has organized a stream explains the former military man there s production there sometimes hand made and a mafia has formed which has organized a stream explains the former military man the res production there sometimes handmade and a mafia has formed which has organized a stream explains the former military man the res production there sometimes hand made and a mafia has formed which has organized a stream explains the former military man theres production there sometimes handmade and a mafia has formed which has organized a stream explains the former military man Wheredotheweaponscomefrom? where do the weapons come from wher e do the weapons come from where do the weapons come fr om where do the weapons come f rom where do the weapons come fro m Expertscountedtheapproximateshareofeachofthesourcesofsupplyofillegalweaponstothe"black"market. experts counted the approximate share of each of the sources of supply of illegal weapons to the black market experts counted the approximate share of each of the sources of supply of illegal weapons to the blackmarket expert s counted the approximate share of each of the sources of supply of illegal weapons to the black market experts counted the approximate share of each of the sources of supply of illegal weapons to the black mar ket ex perts counted the approximate share of each of the sources of supply of illegal weapons to the black market AreportaboutthiswaspreparedbytheCentreofProblemsAnalysisandPublicManagementPlanningin2011. a report about this was prepared by the cen tre of problems analysis and public management planning in 2011 a report about this was prepared by the cen tre of prob lems analysis and public management planning in 2011 a report about this was prepared by the cen tre of problem s analysis and public management planning in 2011 a report about this was prepared by the cen tre of problems analysis and public management plan ning in 2011 a report about this was prepared by the centre ofproblems analysis and public management planning in 2011 ExpertsanalysedthereportsoftheDepartmentoftheInteriorandRosstat,criminologyliteratureandopendatafromportalsonweapons. experts analysed the reports of the department of the interior and rosstat criminology literature and open data from portals on weapons experts analysed the reports of the department of theinterior and rosstat criminology literature and open data from portals on weapons experts analysed the reports of the depart ment of the interior and rosstat criminology literature and open data from portals on weapons experts analysed the reports of the d epartment of the i nterior and rosstat criminology literature and open data from portals on weapons experts analysed the reports of the department of the interior and rosstat criminology literature and open data from portals on weapon s Theoverwhelmingmajorityofillegalweapons,accordingtotheresearchers,comesfromthemilitaryandsecurityforces. the overwhelming majority of illegal weapons according to the researchers comes from the military and security forces the overwhelming majority of illegal weapons according to the researcher s comes from the military and security forces the overwhelming majority of illegal weapons according to the re search ers comes from the military and security forces the overwhelming majority of illegal weapons according to the researchers c omes from the military and security forces the overwhelming majority of illegal weapons according to the researchers comes from the military and secu rity forces Halfofallarmsontheblackmarketarethere"becauseofofficials,whoseworkisconnectedwithweapons,"statesthereport. half of all arms on the black market are there because o f officials whose work is con nected with weapons states the report half of all arms on the black market are there because o f officials whose work is con nected with weap ons states the report half of all arms on the black market are there because o f officials whose work is con nected with weapon s states the report half of all arms on the black market are there because o f officials whose work is con nected with weapons states the re port half of all arms on the black market are there because o f officials whose work is con nected with wea pons states the report Accordingtoresearchers'data,17%ofthetimetheweaponsarereceivedfromarmedconflictareas,14%istheftduringproduction,5%is"blackarchaeology." according to researchers data 17 of the time the weapons are received from armed conflict areas 14 is theft during production 5 is black archaeology according to researchers data 17 of the time the weapons are received from armed conflict areas 1 4 is theft during production 5 is black archaeology according to researchers data 17 of the time the weapons are received from armed conflict areas 14 is the ft during production 5 is black archaeology according to researchers data 17 of the time the weapons are re ceived from armed conflict areas 14 is theft during production 5 is black archaeology according to researchers data 17 of the time the weapons are received from armed conflict areas 1 4 is the ft during production 5 is black archaeology Asalesconsultantofoneoftheweaponsstores,whowishedtoremainanonymous,assertsthattheweaponsfoundby"black"diggersarenotbeingboughtanymore,becausethey'retooold. a sales consultant of one of the weapons stores who wished to remain anonymous asserts that the weapon s found by black diggers are not being bough tanymore because they re too old a sales consultant of one of the weapons stores who wished to remain anonymous asserts that the weapon s found by black diggers are not being bough tany more because they re too old a sales consultant of one of the weapons stores who wished to remain anonymous asserts that the weapon s found by black diggers are not being boughta ny more because they re too old a sales consultant of one of the weapons stores who wished to remain anonymous asserts that t he weapons found by black diggers are not being bough tanymore because they re too old a sales consultant of one of the weapons stores who wished to remain anonymous asserts that t he weapons found by black diggers are not being boughta ny more because they re too old Accordingtohim,dealersgotothemilitarywarehouseforanewbatchofgoods. according to him dealers go to the military warehouse for a new batch of goods accordingtohim dealers go to the military warehouse for a new batch of goods according to him dealer s go to the military warehouse for a new batch of goods according to him dealers goto the military warehouse for a new batch of goods accord ing to him dealers go to the military warehouse for a new batch of goods Onepiece,forexampleaTTguncanbeboughtfromawarrantofficer. one piece for example a tt gun can be bought from a warrant officer one piece for example att gun can be bought from a warrant officer one piece for example at t gun can be bought from a warrant officer one piece for example a t t gun can be bought from a warrant officer one piece for example a ttgun can be bought from a warrant officer Itisissuedtohim,andgiventhroughthefence. it is issued to him and giv en through the fence it is issued tohim and given through the fence it is issued to him and giventhrough the fence it is issued to him and giv en through thefence it is issued tohim and given through thefence "Hetakesittothecityandsellsfor900eurosapiecewithtwomagazines,"hesays. he takes it to the city and sells for 900 euros apiece with two magazines he says he takes it to the city and sells for 900 euros a piece with two magazines he says he takes it to the city and sells for 9 00 euros apiece with two magazines he says he takes it to the city and sells for 900 euros apiece with two magazine she says he take s it to the city and sells for 900 euros apiece with two magazines he says "Thetruthisthatpoliceareawareofeverything,thatiswhyperiodically,whenthecrimedetectionrateislow,itconductstestpurchasesfromillegalweaponsmerchants,"saystheconsultant. the truth is that police are aware of everything that is why periodically when the crime detec tion rate is low it conducts test purchases from illegal weapons merchants says the consultant the truth is that police are aware of everything that is why periodically when the crime detec tion rate is low it conducts test purchases from ille gal weapons merchants says the consultant the truth is that police are aware of everything that is why periodically when the crime detec tion rate is low it conducts test purchases from illegal weapons merchant s says the consultant the truth is that police are aware of everything that is why periodically when the crimedetection rate is low it conducts test purchases from illegal weapons merchants says the consultant the truth is that police are aware of everything that is why periodically when the crime detec tion rate is low it conducts test purchases from illegalweapons merchants says the consultant "Likeinaluxurystore" like in a luxury store like ina luxury store lik e in a luxury store likein a luxury store like in aluxury store Thebuyerandselleroftenfindeachotherthroughfriends. the buyer and seller often find each other through friends thebuyer and seller often find each other through friends the buyer andseller often find each other through friends the buy er and seller often find each other through friends t he buyer and seller often find each other through friends Ilookedatsites,blogs,tillsomeoneresponded,offeringmetogotoBegovayastation,whereamanwillbewaitingformetotakemetothe"corner"sowecannegotiate. i looked at site s blog still someone responded offering me to go to begovaya station where a man will be waiting for me to take me to the corner so we can negotiate i looked at sites blogs till someone responded offering me to go to begovaya station where a man will be waiting for me to take me to the corner so we can negotiate i looked at sites blog still someone responded offering me to go to begovaya station where a man will be waiting for me to take me to the corner so we can negotiate i looked at sitesblog still someone responded offering me to go to begovaya station where a man will be waiting for me to take me to the corner so we can negotiate i looked at site s blog still someone responded offering me to goto begovaya station where a man will be waiting for me to take me to the corner so we can negotiate Ifoundoutthepriceoftheweapononlythere i found out the price of the weapon only there i found out the price of the weapon only the re i found out the price of the weapon only ther e i found out the price of the weapon only t here i found out the price of the weapon only the r e militarycommentatorViktorBaranets military commentator viktor baranets military commentator viktor baran e t s military commentator viktor baran ets military commentator viktor baranet s military commentator viktor baran et s Togetaweapon,Ineedsomeonewithconnections,saysthesalesconsultant.-Ihaveanacquaintance,butI'mnotsureit'sreliable. to get a weapon ineed someone with connections says the sales consultant i have an acquaintance but i m not sure it s reliable to get a weapon i nee d someone with connections says the sales consultant i have an acquaintance but i m not sure it s reliable to get a weapon i n eed someone with connections says the sales consultant i have an acquaintance but i m not sure it s reliable to get a weapon i needsomeone with connections says the sales consultant i have an acquaintance but i m not sure it s reliable to get a weapon ineed someone with connections says the sales consultant i have an acquaintance but im not sure its reliable Therearesalesmenonlabourmarkets,butoneneedsto"come"thereconditionally"fromJohnDoe,whoaskedtotellthathisdaughterlostatooth." there are salesmen on labour markets but one needs to come there conditionally from john doe who asked to tell that his daughter lost a tooth there are salesmen on labour markets but one needs to come there conditionally from johndoe who asked to tell that his daughter lost a tooth there are sales men on labour markets but one needs to come there conditionally from john doe who asked to tell that his daughter lost a tooth there are salesmen on labour markets but one needs to come the re conditionally from john doe who asked to tell that his daughter lost a tooth there are salesmen on labour markets but one needs to come there condi tionally from john doe who asked to tell that his daughter lost a tooth Rightnow,evenifIneedafewknuckledusters,IgetthemthroughsomeoneItrust. right now even if i need a few knuckledusters i get them throug h someone i trust right now even if i need a few knuckledusters i get them throug h some one i trust right now even if i need a few knuckledusters i get them throughsomeone i trust right now even if i need a few knuckledusters i get them throughsome one i trust right now even if i need afew knuckle dusters i get them throughsomeone i trust Healsosuppliesthemonlytome,becauseheknowsthatIwon'tgivehimaway. he also supplies them only to me because he knows that i won t give him away he also supplies them only to me because he knows that i won t give him a way he also supplies them only to me be cause he knows that i won t give him away he also supplies them only to me because he know s that i won t give him away h e also supplies them only to me because he knows that i won t give him away Beginnerslookforweaponsindifferentways. beginners look for weapons in different ways beginner s look for weapons in different ways beginners look for weapons in dif ferent ways beginners look for weapons in differ ent ways beginners look for weap ons in different ways FormermilitarymanViktorBaranetstriedhimselfasabuyerofillegalweaponsinthemid-1990's,whenhewaspreparingtopublishanarticleaboutthis. former military man viktor baranets tried himself as a buyer of illegal weapons in the mid 1990s when he was preparing to publish an article about this former military man viktor baranets tried himself as a buyer of illegal weapons in the mid 1990 s when he was preparing to publish an article about this former military man viktor baranets tried him self as a buyer of illegal weapons in the mid 1990s when he was preparing to publish an article about this former military man viktor baranets tried him self as a buyer of illegal weapons in the mid 1990 s when he was preparing to publish an article about this former military man viktor baranets tried himself as a buyer of illegal weapons in the mid1990s when he was preparing to publish an article about this Theformulasarestillthesame,accordingtohim. the formulas are still the same according to him the formula s are still the same according to him the for mulas are still the same according to him the formu las are still the same according to him the form ulas are still the same according to him Hewasgivenanalbumofpictureswith"anythingandeverything." he was given an album of pictures with anything and everything he was given an album of pictures with anything and every thing he was given an album of pictures with any thing and everything he was given an album of pictures with any thing and every thing he was given an album of pictures with anything and ev erything "IfeltlikeIwasinaluxurystore,"herecalls. i felt like i was in a luxury store he recalls i felt like i was in a luxury store here calls i felt like i was in a luxury store he re calls i felt like i was in a luxury store here call s ifelt like i was in a luxury store he recalls AccordingtoBaranets,thebuyerisnotofferedapiginapoke-youcantryouteverything. according to baranets the buyer is not offered a pig in a poke you can try out everything according to baran ets the buyer is not offered a pig in a poke you can try out everything accordingto baranets the buyer is not offered a pig in a poke you can try out everything according to baranet s the buyer is not offered a pig in a poke you can try out everything according to bara nets the buyer is not offered a pig in a poke you can try out everything I,thepotentialclient,amnotjustbuying;wegototheforestwiththesellerandsetatargetthere. ithe potential client am not just buying we go to the forest with the seller and set a target there i the poten tial client am not just buying we go to the forest with the seller and set a target there i the potentialclient am not just buying we go to the forest with the seller and set a target there it he potential client am not just buying we go to the forest with the seller and set a target there i the po tential client am not just buying we go to the forest with the seller and set a target there "Iamgiventheopportunitytoshoot,andwhenIamcertainthattheweaponisgood,webegintonegotiate,"describestheexpert. i am given the opportunity to shoot and when i am certain that the weapon is good we begin to negotiate describes the expert i am given the opportunity to shoot and when i am certain that the weapon is good we begin to negotiate describe s the expert i am given the opportunity to shoot and when i am certain that the weapon is good we begin to negotiate de scribes the expert i am given the opportunity to shoot and when i am certain that the weapon is good we begin to negotiate describes the exper t i am given the opportunity to shoot and when ia m certain that the weapon is good we begin to negotiate describes the expert Storeonasofa store on a sofa store ona sofa store on a s ofa store on a so fa store on as of a Internetsearchesleadtositesand"Vkontakte"groups,whereweapons"fordifferentpurposes"areonoffer. internet searches lead to sites and vkontakte groups where weapons for different purposes are on offer internet searches lead to sitesand vkontakte groups where weapons for different purposes are on offer internet searches lead to sites and v kontakte groups where weapons for different purposes are on offer internet searches lead to sites and vkontakte group s where weapons for different purposes are on offer internet searches lead to site sand vkontakte groups where weapons for different purposes are on offer Nodocumentsorpersonalmeetingsareneeded. no documents or per sonal meetings are needed no documents or personal meeting s are needed no documents or personal meeting s are n eed ed no documents or per sonal meetings ar e needed no documents or per sonal meetings are need ed "It'senoughtohaveacertainsumofmoney,"saystheadvertisementheadingonthewebsite"Buyapistolorrifle." it s enough to have a certain sum of money says the advertisement heading on the website buy a pistol or rifle it s enough to have a certain sum of money says the adver tisement heading on the website buy a pistol or rifle its enough to have a certain sum of money says the advertisement heading on the website buy a pistol or rifle it s enough to have a certain sum of money says the ad vertisement heading on the website buy a pistol or rifle it s enough to have a certain sum of money says the advertisement heading on the web site buy a pistol or rifle Usersleavetheirrequestsandaskquestions. users leave their requests and ask questions users leave their re quests and ask questions us ers leave their requests and ask questions user s leave their requests and ask questions users leave their requests and ask ques tions Canaminorbuy? can a minor buy canamin or buy cana minor buy canam in or buy c an a minor buy "Withoutalicense,ofcourse,"asksuser"John"(nameischanged). without a license ofcourse asks user john name is changed without a li cense of course asks user john name is changed withoutalicense of course asks user john name is changed without alicense of course asks user john name is changed withouta license of course asks user john name is changed "WanttobuyaTT,Moscow,"conciselyrequests"Fedorenkov." want to buy a tt moscow concisely requests fedorenko v want to buy att moscow concisely requests fedorenko v want to buy a tt moscow concisely request s fedorenko v want to buy a tt moscow concisely requests fedorenkov want to buy a tt moscow concisely requests f edorenko v FederalSecurityServicenowspreadabignetworkoffakesitesandtherearetonsofpotentialbuyersofmilitaryweapons. federal security service now spread a big network of fake sites and there are tons of potential buyers of military weapons federal security service now spread a big network of fake sites and there are ton s of potential buyers of military weapons federal security service now spread a big network of fake sites and there are tons of poten tial buyers of military weapons federal security service now spread a big network of fake sites and there are tons of potential buyer s of military weapons federal security service now spread a big network of fake sites and there are tons of potential buyersof military weapons Peoplecomelikehungryfishtobait,andthenminecoalinSiberia. people come like hungry fish to bait and then mine coal in siberia people co me like hungry fish to bait and then mine coal in siberia peoplecome like hungry fish to bait and then mine coal in siberia peo ple come like hungry fish to bait and then mine coal in siberia p eople come like hungry fish to bait and then mine coal in siberia militarycommentatorandformermilitarymanViktorBaranets military commentator and former military man viktor baranets mili tary commentator and former military man viktor baranets mil itary commentator and former military man viktor baranets m ilitary commentator and former military man viktor baranets military commentator and former mili tary man viktor baranets Iheardaboutthis:normallythesiteisregisteredoutsidetheareaofapplicabilityofthelawsofRussia. i heard about this normally the site is registered out side the area of applicability of the laws of russia i heard about this nor mally the site is registered out side the area of applicability of the laws of russia i heard about this normally the site is registered out side the area of applicability of the laws of rus sia i heard about this normally the site is registered outside thearea of applicability of the laws of russia i heard about this normally the site is registered out side the area of applicability of the law s of russia Peopleacceptorders. people accept orders peo ple accept orders people accept order s p eople accept orders people acceptorders ThebuyerpaysatanATM. the buyer pays at an atm the buyer pays at an a t m the b uyer pays at an atm the buyer pay s at an atm the buyer pays at a nat m "Inresponse,aphotoissentwithinstructionsonwheretheweaponishidden,"saysPressSecretaryoftheRightstoWeaponsnon-governmentalorganizationDmitryKislov. in response a photo is sent with in structions on where the weapon is hidden says press secretary of the rights to weapons non governmental organization dmitry kislov in response a photo is sent with in structions on where the weapon is hidden says press secretary ofthe rights to weapons non governmental organization dmitry kislov in response a photo is sent with in structions on where the weapon is hidden says press secretary of the rights to weapons nongovernmental organization dmitry kislov in response a photo is sent with in structions on where the weapon is hidden says press secretary of the rights to weapons non governmental organization dmitrykislov in response a photo is sent with in structions on where the weapon is hidden says press secretary of the rightsto weapons non governmental organization dmitry kislov ViktorBaranetsconfirmsthatafterleavingarequestonthesiteyoucanstaywithoutaweaponandgotojail. viktor baranets confirms that after leaving a request on the site you can stay without a weapon and go to jail viktor baranets confirms that after leaving a request on the site you can stay with out a weapon and go to jail viktor baranets confirms that after leaving a request on the site you can stay without a weapon and goto jail viktor baranets confi rms that after leaving a request on the site you can stay without a weapon and go to jail viktor baranets confirmsthat after leaving a request on the site you can stay without a weapon and go to jail TheFederalSecurityServicenowspreadsabignetworkoffakesitesandtherearetonsofpotentialbuyersofmilitaryweapons. the federal security service now spreads a big network of fake sites and there are tons of potential buyers of military weapons the federal security service now spreads a big network of fake sites and there are ton s of potential buyers of military weapons the federal security service now spreads a big network of fake sites and there are tons of poten tial buyers of military weapons the federal security service now spreads a big network of fake sites and there are tons of potential buyer s of military weapons the federal security service now spread s a big network of fake sites and there are tons of potential buyers of military weapons "Peoplearelikehungryfishafterbait,andendinSiberiaminingcoal,"-hesays. people are like hungry fish after bait and end in siberia mining coal he says peo ple are like hungry fish after bait and end in siberia mining coal he says people are like hungry fish after bait and endin siberia mining coal he says people are like hungry fish after bait and end in si beria mining coal he says p eople are like hungry fish after bait and end in siberia mining coal he says Makarovfor100dollars makarov for 100 dollars makarov for 100dollars makarov f or 100 dollars m akarov for 100 dollars makarov for 1 00 dollars Whenbuyingillegalfirearms,100to900dollarsisenoughaccordingtoexperts. when buying illegal firearms 100 to 900 dollars is enough ac cording to experts when buying illegal firearms 100 to 900 dollars is enough a ccording to experts when buying illegal firearms 100 to 900 dollars is enough accord ing to experts when buying illegal firearms 100 to 900 dollars is enough accordingtoexperts when buying illegal firearms 100 to 900 dollars is enough ac cording to expert s AccordingtoDmitryKislovfromtheRightstoWeaponsorganization,aMakarovguncanbeacquiredfor100-300dollars. according to dmitry kislov from the rights to weapons organization a makarov gun can be acquired for 100 300 dollars according to dmitry kislov from the rightsto weapons organization a makarov gun can be acquired for 100 300 dollars according to dmitry kislov from the rights to weapons organizationa makarov gun can be acquired for 100 300 dollars according to dmitry kislov from the right s to weapons organization a makarov gun can be acquired for 100 300 dollars according to dmitrykislov from the rights to weapons organization a makarov gun can be acquired for 100 300 dollars Thewaittimeisamonthtoamonthandahalf. the wait time is a month to a month and a half the waittime is a month to a month and a half the wait time is a month to a month and ahalf thewait time is a month to a month and a half the w ait time is a month to a month and a half Itisshippedfromlong-termstoragewarehousesbythemid-levelmanagementofthesewarehouses. it is shipped from long term storage ware houses by the mid level management of these warehouses it is shipped from long term storage warehouses by the mid level management of these warehouses it is shipped from longterm storage warehouses by the mid level management of these warehouses it is shipped from long term storage warehouses by the midlevel management of these warehouses it is shipped from longterm storage warehouses by the midlevel management of these warehouses Accordingtoofficialstatisticsoftheauthorities,thenumberofsuchcrimesinRussiaonthewholedropped7%ascomparedtoJanuary-October2011,amountingto22,900,whilethenumberofcasesoftheftandextortionofweapons,ammunition,explosivesubstancesandexplosivedevicesdroppedby7.8%. according to official statistics of the authorities the number of such crimes in russia on the whole dropped 7 as compared to january october 2011 amounting to 229 00 while the number of cases of theft and extortion of weapons ammunition explosive substances and explosive devices dropped by 78 according to official statistics of the authorities the number of such crimes in russia on the whole dropped 7 as compared to january october 2011 amounting to 229 00 while the number of cases of theft and extortion of weapons ammunition explosive substances and explosive devices dropped by 7 8 according to official statistics of the authorities the number of such crimes in russia on the whole dropped 7 as compared to january october 2011 amounting to 22 9 00 while the number of cases of theft and extortion of weapons ammunition explosive substances and explosive devices dropped by 78 according to official statistics of the authorities the number of such crimes in russia on the whole dropped 7 as compared to january october 2011 amounting to 22 900 while the number of cases of theft and extortion of weapons ammunition explosive substances and explosive devices dropped by 78 according to official statistics of the authorities the number of such crimes in russia on the whole dropped 7 as compared to january october 2011 amounting to 22 9 00 while the number of cases of theft and extortion of weapons ammunition explosive substances and explosive devices dropped by 7 8 Fast-foodandsupermarketworkersareonstrikeintheU.S.A. fast food and supermarket workers are on strike in the usa fast food and supermarket workers are on strike in the u s a fast food and supermarket workers are on strike in the us a fast food and supermarket workers are on strike in theusa fastfood and supermarket workers are on strike in the usa UptoafourthofallAmericanteenagershaveworkedthecashregisteratMcDonald'satonetimeoranother up to a fourth of all american teenagers have worked the cash register at mcdonalds at one time or another up to a fourth of all american teenagers have worked the cash register at mcdonald s at one time or another up to a fourth of all american teenagers have worked the cash register at mcdonalds at one time or an other upto a fourth of all american teenagers have worked the cash register at mcdonalds at one time or another up to a fourth of all american teenagers have worked the cash register at mcdonalds at onetime or another Inthelastfewdays,thereisawaveofprotestactionsintheU.S.A.againstlowsalariesinsupermarketsoftheWalmartchainandpopularfastfoodchainrestaurantslikeMcDonald's,BurgerKing,TacoBell,Wendy'sandKentuckyFriedChicken. in the last few days there is a wave of protest actions in the u s a against low salaries in supermarkets of the wal mart chain and popular fast food chain restaurants like mcdonald s burger king taco bell wendy s and kentucky fried chicken in the last few days there is a wave of protest actions in the u s a against low salaries in supermarkets of the walmart chain and popular fast food chain restaurants like mcdonald s burger king taco bell wendy s and kentucky fried chicken in the last few days there is a wave of protest actions in the u s a against low salaries in supermarkets of the wal mart chain and popular fast food chain restaurants like mcdonalds burger king taco bell wendy s and kentucky fried chicken in the last few days there is a wave of protest actions in the u s a against low salaries in supermarkets of the walmart chain and popular fast food chain restaurants like mcdonalds burger king taco bell wendy s and kentucky fried chicken in the last few days there is a wave of protest actions in the u s a against low salaries in supermarkets of the wal mart chain and popular fast food chain restaurants like mcdonald s burger king taco bell wendy s and kentucky fried chick en Rightnow,nobodyisabletopredictwhetherthiswavewillturnintotheninthwaveoritisdestinedtofizzleoutearly. right now nobody is able to predict whether this wave will turn into the ninth wave or it is destined to fizzle out early right now nobody is able to predict whether this wave will turn into theninthwave or it is destined to fizzle out early right now nobody is able to predict whether this wave will turn in to the ninth wave or it is destined to fizzle out early right now nobody is able to predict whether this wave will turn into the ninthwave or it is destined to fizzle out early right now nobody is able to predict whether this wave will turninto the ninth wave or it is destined to fizzle out early Actionsarebeingsupportedbyunionsandaseriesofleft-wingorganizations. actions are being supported by unions and a series of left wing organizations actions are being supported by unions and a series of leftwing organizations action s are being supported by unions and a series of left wing organizations ac tions are being supported by unions and a series of left wing organizations actions are being supported by unions and a series of left wing organization s InadditiontoincreasingthelowwagesreceivedbyemployeesofWalmartandfastfoodchains,thegoaloftheprotestersistocreateunionswithinthem. in addition to increasing the low wages received by employees ofwal mart and fast food chains the goal of the protesters is to create union s within them in addition to increasing the low wages received by employees ofwal mart and fast food chains the goal of the protesters is to cre ate unions within them in addition to increasing the low wages received by employees ofwal mart and fast food chains the goal of the protesters is to create un ions within them in addition to increasing the low wages received by employees ofwal mart and fast food chains the goal of the protesters is to create union s within the m in addition to increasing the low wages received by employees ofwal mart and fast food chains the goal of the protesters is to cr eate unions within them Thissectoroftheeconomyisnotcoveredbyanyunionmovementyet. this sector of the economy is not covered by any union movement yet this sector of the econ omy is not covered by any union movement yet this sector of theeconomy is not covered by any union movement yet this sec tor of the economy is not covered by any union movement yet this sectorof the economy is not covered by any union movement yet 46centsayear? 46 cents a year 4 6 cents a year 46cents a year 4 6cents a year 46 centsa year ActionsbeganlastweekafterThanksgiving,onBlackFriday,whenmassivesalesdrewmillionsofpeopleinAmerica,sometimesaccompaniedbyclashes. actions began last week after thanksgiving on black friday when massive sales drew millions of people in america sometimes accompanied by clashes ac tions began last week after thanksgiving on black friday when massive sales drew millions of people in america sometimes accompanied by clashes actions began last week after thanksgiving on black friday when mas sive sales drew millions of people in america sometimes accompanied by clashes actions began last week after thanksgiving on black friday when massivesales drew millions of people in america sometimes accompanied by clashes actions began last week after thanksgiving on black friday when massive sales drew millions of people in america sometimes ac companied by clashes Onthisday,someemployeesoftheWalmartcorporation,whichemploys2.2millionpeoplearoundtheworld,lefttheirworkplacesandpicketedtogetherwiththeunionsandleft-wingactivistsfromthecorporationstoresthatsellproductstopeopleonlow-to-mediumincomes. on this day some employees of the walmart corporation which employs 2 2 million people around the world left their workplaces and picketed together with the unions and left wing activists from the corporation stores that sell products to people on low to medium incomes on this day some employees of the walmart corporation which employs 2 2 million people around the world left their workplaces and picketed together with the unions and left wing activists from the corpo ration stores that sell products to people on low to medium incomes on this day some employees of the walmart corporation which employs 2 2 million people around the world left their workplaces and picketed together with the unions and left wing activists from the cor poration stores that sell products to people on low to medium incomes on this day some employees of the walmart corporation which employs 2 2 million people around the world left their workplaces and picketed together with the unions and leftwing activists from the corporation stores that sell products to people on low to medium incomes on this day some employees of the walmart corporation which employs 22 million people around the world left their workplaces and picketed together with the unions and left wing activists from the corporation stores that sell products to people on low to medium incomes Walmartsellseverythingimaginable,fromdiapers,huntingriflesandcarbatteries,tovacuumcleaners,eggsandmilk. walmart sells everything imaginable from diapers hunting rifles and car batteries to vacuum cleaners eggs and milk walmart sells everything imaginable from diaper s hunting rifles and car batteries to vacuum cleaners eggs and milk walmart sells everything imaginable from diapers hunting rifles and car batteries to vacuumcleaners eggs and milk walmart sells everything imaginable from dia pers hunting rifles and car batteries to vacuum cleaners eggs and milk walmart sells everything imaginable from diap ers hunting rifles and car batteries to vacuum cleaners eggs and milk Productsinitsstoresareonaverage8%to27%cheaperthaninmajorsupermarkets. products in its stores are on average 8 to 27 cheaper than in major supermarkets products in its stores are on average 8 to 2 7 cheaper than in major supermarkets products in its stores are on average 8 to 27 cheaper than in major super markets products in its stores are on average 8 to 2 7 cheaper than in major super markets products in it s stores are on average 8 to 27 cheaper than in major supermarkets Somanylow-paidWalmartemployeesshoponlyattheirworkplace. so many low paid wal mart employees shop only at their workplace so many low paid wal mart employees shop only at their work place so many low paid walmart employees shop only at their workplace so many low paid walmart employees shop only at their work place so many low paid wal mart employee s shop only at their workplace AvailabilityandassortmentmadeWalmartoneofthebiggestAmericancorporations. availability and assortment made walmart one of the biggest american corporations availability and assortment made wal mart one of the biggest american corporations availability and assortment made walmart one of the biggest american corporation s availabilityand assortment made walmart one of the biggest american corporations availability and assortment madewalmart one of the biggest american corporations Accordingtocritics,Walmartcanaffordtoselltheproductscheaplypartlybecauseitpayslittletoitsemployees. according to critics wal mart can afford to sell the product s cheaply partly because it pays lit tle to its employees according to critics wal mart can afford to sell the product s cheaply partly because it pay s little to its employees according to critics wal mart can afford to sell the product s cheaply partly because it pays lit tle to it s employees according to critics wal mart can afford to sell the product s cheaply partly because it pay s little to it s employees according to critics wal mart can afford to sell the product s cheaply partly because it pays lit tle to its employee s Theselatteralsocomplainabouthardworkconditions,forexamplelackoflifttrucksandhand-heldscanners. these latter also complain about hard work conditions for example lack of lift trucks and hand held scanners these lat ter also complain about hard work conditions for example lack of lift trucks and hand held scanners these latter also complain about hard work conditions for example lack of lift trucks and handheld scanners these latter also complain about hard work condi tions for example lack of lift trucks and hand held scanners these latter also complain about hardwork conditions for example lack of lift trucks and hand held scanners ProtestersonBlackFridaydemandedasalaryincreaseandcomplainedthatthecostofmedicalinsuranceprovidedbythecorporationwentfrom30to100dollarsamonth. protesters on black friday demanded a salary increase and complained that the cost of medical insurance provided by the corpora tion went from 30 to 100 dollars a month protesters on black friday demanded a salary increase and complained that the cost of medical insurance provided by the cor poration went from 30 to 100 dollars a month protesters on black friday demanded a salary increase and complained that the cost of medical insurance provided by the corpora tion went from 3 0 to 100 dollars a month protesters on black friday demanded a salary increase and complained that the cost of medical insurance provided by the corpora tion went from 30 to 100 dollars amonth protesters on black friday demanded a salary increase and complained that the cost of medical insurance provided by the cor poration went from 30 to 100 dollars amonth AtypicalWalmartemployee,receiving9.5dollars/hour,cannotaffordthis. a typical wal mart employee receiving 95 dollars hour cannot afford this a typical walmart employee receiving 95 dollars hour cannot afford this a typical wal mart employee receiving 9 5 dollars hour cannot afford this a typical walmart employee receiving 9 5 dollars hour cannot afford this a typical wal mart employee receiving 95 dollars hour can not afford this ScientistsfromtheBerkeleyUniversityinCaliforniaarguethatifWalmartraisestheaveragesalaryto12dollars/hour,itwillcostthecorporation3.2billiondollars. scientists from the berkeley university in california ar gue that if wal mart raises the average salary to 12 dollars hour it will cost the corporation 3 2 billion dollars scientists from the berkeley university in california ar gue that if wal mart raises the average salary to 12 dollars hour it will cost the corporation 32 billion dollars scientists from the berkeley university in california arguethat if wal mart raises the average salary to 12 dollars hour it will cost the corporation 3 2 billion dollars scientists from the berkeley university in california arguethat if wal mart raises the average salary to 12 dollars hour it will cost the corporation 32 billion dollars scientists from the berkeley university in california ar gue that if wal mart raises the average sal ary to 12 dollars hour it will cost the corporation 3 2 billion dollars Thisisabout1.1%morethanitspendsonsalariesrightnow. this is about 11 more than it spends on salaries right now this is about 11 more than it spends on salaries rightnow this is about11 more than it spends on salaries right now t his is about 11 more than it spends on salaries right now th is is about 11 more than it spends on salaries right now IfWalmartfullyshiftsthecostofincreasingwagestotheshouldersofconsumers,eachvisittothestorewillcostonly46centsmore. if wal mart fully shift s the cost of increasing wages to the shoulders of consumers each visit to the store will co st only 46 cents more if wal mart fully shift s the cost of increasing wages to the shoulders of consumers each visit to the store will costonly 46 cents more if wal mart fully shift s the cost of increasing wages to the shoulders of consumers each visit to the store will co st only 4 6 cents more if wal mart fully shift s the cost of increasing wages to the shoulders of consumers each visit to the store will costonly 4 6 cents more if wal mart fully shift s the cost of increasing wages to the shoulders of consumers each visit to the store will coston ly 46 cents more Inoneyear,theywillonlyspend12.39dollarsmorethannow. in one year they will only spend 12 39 dollars more than now in one year they will only spend 1 2 39 dollars more than now in one year they will only spend 1 23 9 dollars more than now in one year they will only spend 1239 dollars more than now in one year they will only spend 1 239 dollars more than now Walmartsupportershappilynotethattheproteststookplaceinninestatesanddidnotcauseanydamageatalltothecorporation. walmart supporters happily note that the protests took place in nine states and did not cause any damage at all to the corporation wal mart supporters happily note that the protests took place in nine states and did not cause any damage at all to the corporation walmart supporters happily note that the protests took place in nine states and did not cause any damage at all to the corpora tion wal mart supporters happily note that the protests took place in nine states and did not cause any damage at all to the corpora tion walmart supporters happily note that the protests took place in nine states and did not cause any damage at all to the cor poration BlackFridaycontinuedinitsstoresfrom8intheeveningonThursdaytillmidnightthenextday,andduringtheperiodWalmartsoldabout5000productsasecond. black friday continued in its stores from 8 in the evening on thursday till midnight the next day and during the period wal mart sold about 5000 products a second black friday continued in its stores from 8 in the evening on thursday till midnight the next day and during the period walmart sold about 5000 products a second blackfriday continued in its stores from 8 in the evening on thursday till midnight the next day and during the period wal mart sold about 5000 products a second black friday con tinued in its stores from 8 in the evening on thursday till midnight the next day and during the period wal mart sold about 5000 products a second blackfriday continued in its stores from 8 in the evening on thursday till midnight the next day and during the period walmart sold about 5000 products a second Intotal,itscashregistersconductednearly100milliontransactionsonBlackFriday. in total its cash registers conducted nearly 100 million transactions on black friday in total it s cash registers conducted nearly 100 million transactions on black friday in total its cash registers conducted nearly 100 mil lion transactions on black friday intotal its cash registers conducted nearly 100 million transactions on black friday in total its cashregisters conducted nearly 100 million transactions on black friday Representativeofthecorporation,DanFogelman,assertedinaninterviewwithaleft-wingsite,theHuffingtonPost,thatatotalof"lessthanfive"Walmartemployeeslefttheworkplace,andtheprotestactwasjust"anotherPRtrick"oftheunionthatorganizedit. representative of the corporation dan fogelman asserted in an interview with a left wing site the huffingtonpost that atotal of less than five wal mart employees left the workplace and the protest act was just another pr trick of the union that organized it representative of the corporation dan fogelman asserted in an interview with a left wing site the huffingtonpost that a to tal of less than five wal mart employees left the workplace and the protest act was just another pr trick of the union that organized it representative of the corporation dan fogelman asserted in an interview with a left wing site the huffingtonpost that atotal of less than five wal mart employees left the work place and the protest act was just another pr trick of the union that organized it representative of the corporation dan fogelman asserted in an interview with a left wing site the huffingtonpost that a to tal of less than five wal mart employees left the work place and the protest act was just another pr trick of the union that organized it representative of the corporation dan fogelman asserted in an interview with a left wing site the huffingtonpost that atotal of less than five walmart employees left the workplace and the protest act was just another pr trick of the union that organized it "Freecashregister!" free cash register free cashregister f ree cash register free cash regis ter free cash reg ister ProtestscontinuedthisweekinNewYork,wheretheirobjectwasnotWalmart(they'renotsowelcomeintheprogressivecity,thatiswhytheydon'texisthereyet),butMcDonald'sandothercheaprestaurants. protests continued this week in new york where their object was not walmart they re not so welcome in the progressive city that is why they dont exist here yet but mcdonald s and other cheap restaurants protests continued this week in new york where their object was not wal mart they re not so welcome in the progressive city that is why they dont exist here yet but mcdonald s and other cheap restaurants protests continued this week in new york where their object was not walmart they re not so welcome in the progressive city that is why they dont exist here yet but mcdonalds and other cheap restaurants protests continued this week in new york where their object was not wal mart they re not so welcome in the progressive city that is why they dont exist here yet but mcdonalds and other cheap restaurants protests continued this week in new york where their ob ject was not walmart they re not so welcome in the progressive city that is why they dont exist here yet but mcdonald s and other cheap restaurants McDonald'ssaysthatitsellsbillionsofportions,anddespitethisitdoesn'tevengiveyousickdaysorpayyouforhonestwork! mcdonald s says that it sells billions of portions and despite this itdoesn t even give you sick days or pay you for honest work mcdonald s says that it sells billions of portions and despite this i tdoesn t even give you sick days or pay you for honest work mcdonalds says that it sells billions of portions and despite this itdoesn t even give you sick days or pay you for honest work mcdonald s says that it sells billions of portions and despite this itdoesnt even give you sick days or pay you for honest work mcdonald s says that it sells billions of portions and despite this itdoes nt even give you sick days or pay you for honest work JumaaneWilliams,memberoftheCityCouncilofNewYork jumaane williams member of the city council of new york jumaanewilliams member of the city council of new york jumaane williams mem ber of the city council of new york jumaanewilliams mem ber of the city council of new york jumaane williams member of the city coun cil of new york Atthemoment,theminimumsalaryaccordingtofederalandNYlawis7.25dollarsanhour. at the moment the minimum salary according to federal and ny law is 7 25 dollars an hour at the moment the minimum salary according to federal and n y law is 7 25 dollars an hour at the moment the mini mum salary according to federal and ny law is 7 25 dollars an hour at the moment the minimum salary according to federal and ny law is 72 5 dollars an hour at the moment the minimum salary according to federal and ny law is 725 dollars an hour Fastfoodrestaurantsincreaseitwithtime,butverylittle.OnaveragetheirordinaryemployeesinNewYorkearn8.90dollars/hour. fast food restaurants increase it with time but very little on average their ordinary employees in new york earn 890 dollars hour fast food restaurants increase it with time but very little on average their ordinary employees in new york earn 8 90 dollars hour fast food restaurants increase it with time but very little on average their ordinary employees in new york earn 89 0 dollars hour fast food restaurants increase it with time but very little on average their ordinary employees in new york earn 8 90dollars hour fastfoodrestaurants increase it with time but very little on average their ordinary employees in new york earn 8 90 dollars hour Nobodyearnslessinthisexpensivecity. nobody earns less in this expensive city no body earns less in this expensive city nobody earns less in this expensivecity nobody earns less in t his expensive city nobody earns less in this expen sive city IcannotunderstandhowonecansurviveinNewYorkonthismoney. i cannot understand how one can survive in new york on this money i can not understand how one can survive in new york on this money i cannot understand how one can survive in newyork on this money i cannot understand how one can sur vive in new york on this money i cannot understand how one can survive in new york on this mon ey Onceuponatime,almostafourthofAmericanteenagerswentthroughMcDonald's,workingpart-timeafterschool,livingwithparents. once upon a time almost a fourth of american teenagers went through mcdonalds working part time after school living with parents once upon a time almost a fourth of american teenagers went through mcdonald s working part time after school living with parents once upon a time almost a fourth of american teenagers went through mcdonalds working part time after school living with parent s once upon a time almost a fourth of american teenagers went through mcdonald s working part time after school living with parent s once upon a time almost a fourth of american teen agers went through mcdonalds working part time after school living with parents Fewsawthisasasourceoflivingorplannedtostaythereforlong. few saw this as a source of living or planned to stay there for long few saw this as a source of liv ing or planned to stay there for long few saw this as a source of li ving or planned to stay there for long few saw this as a s ource of living or planned to stay there for long few saw this as a sourceof living or planned to stay there for long NowIcontinuouslycomeacrossinterviewswithMcDonald'semployees,whocomplainthattheyhavetosurviveonthissalaryandsometimesevenfeedtheirchildren. now i continuously come across interviews with mcdonald s employees who complain that they have to survive on this salary and sometimes even feed their children now i continuously come across interviews with mcdonalds employees who complain that they have to survive on this salary and sometimes even feed their children now i continuously come across inter views with mcdonald s employees who complain that they have to survive on this salary and sometimes even feed their children now i continuously come across interviews with mcdonald s employees who complain that they have to survive on this salary and sometimes even feed their chil dren now i continuously come across inter views with mcdonalds employees who complain that they have to survive on this salary and sometimes even feed their children Ontheotherhand,thereisacommentontheWallStreetJournalforum,whoseauthornotesthatitisirresponsibletohavechildrenifyoudonotknowhowyouwillfeedthem. on the other hand there is a comment on the wall street journal forum whose author notes that it is irresponsible to have children if you do not know how you will feed them on the other hand there is a comment on the wall streetjournal forum whose author notes that it is irresponsible to have children if you do not know how you will feed them on the otherhand there is a comment on the wall street journal forum whose author notes that it is irresponsible to have children if you do not know how you will feed them on the other hand thereis a comment on the wall street journal forum whose author notes that it is irresponsible to have children if you do not know how you will feed them ontheotherhand thereis a comment on the wall street journal forum whose author notes that it is irresponsible to have children if you do not know how you will feed them Participantsoftheprotestthatbeganat6.30a.m.onThursdayneartheMcDonald'son40thstreetandMadisonAvenuedemandedthatcashiersandcooksofthefastfoodchainbepaidatleast15dollars/hour,i.e.morethandoubletheirpresentwages. participants of the protest that began at 6 30 a m on thursday near the mcdonald s on 40th street and madison avenue demanded that cashiers and cooks of the fast food chain be paid at least 15 dollars hour i e more than double their present wages participants of the protest that began at 6 30am on thursday near the mcdonald s on 40th street and madison avenue demanded that cashiers and cooks of the fast food chain be paid at least 15 dollars hour i e more than double their present wages participants of the protest that began at 6 30 a m on thursday near the mcdonalds on 40th street and madison avenue demanded that cashiers and cooks of the fast food chain be paid at least 15 dollars hour i e more than double their present wages participants of the protest that began at 6 30am on thursday near the mcdonalds on 40th street and madison avenue demanded that cashiers and cooks of the fast food chain be paid at least 15 dollars hour i e more than double their present wages participants of the protest that began at 6 30 a m on thursday near the mcdonald s on 40th street and madison avenue demanded that cashiers and cooks of the fast food chain be paid at least 15 dollars hour ie more than double their present wages Theyalsodemandedthecreationofunionsinthefastfoodindustry. they also demanded the creation of unions in the fast food industry they also demanded the creation of unions in the fastfood industry they also demanded the creation of un ions in the fast food industry they also demanded the creation of unions in the fast food in dustry they also demanded the creation of union s in the fast food industry Americanlawprohibitstheadministrationfrompreventingthisorpunishingactivistsoftheunionmovementbynaggingorfiring. american law prohibits the administration from preventingthis or punishing activists of the union movement by nagging or firing american law prohibits the administration from pre venting this or punishing activists of the union movement by nagging or firing american law prohibits the administration from preventingthis or punishing activists of the union move ment by nagging or firing american law prohibits the administration from pre venting this or punishing activists of the union move ment by nagging or firing american law prohibits the administration from pre venting this or punish ing activists of the union movement by nagging or firing Ontheotherhand,theadministrationdoesnotofteneasetheirlife. on the other hand the administration does not often ease their life on the other hand the administra tion does not often ease their life on the other hand the adminis tration does not often ease their life on the other hand the ad ministration does not often ease their life on the otherhand the administration does not often ease their life Butforobjectivereasonsitishardtocoverfastfoodwithaunion. but for objective reasons it is hard to cover fast food with a union but for objective reasons it is hard to cover fastfood with a union but for objective reasons it is hard to cover fast food witha union but for objective reasons it is hard to cover fast food w ith a union but for objective reasons it is hard to cover fast food with a uni on Oneofthemistheunusualturnoverofemployees. one of them is the un usual turnover of employees one ofthem is the unusual turnover of employees oneof them is the unusual turnover of employees one of them is the un usual turn over of employees oneofthemisthe unusual turnover of employees Disagreeing disagreeing dis agreeing disagree ing disa greeing d isagreeing NoisyprotestsbeganonthisdayinanumberofothercheaprestaurantsinManhattan. noisy protests began on this day in a number of other cheap restaurants in manhattan noisy protests began on this day in a num ber of other cheap restaurants in manhattan noisy protests began on this day in a number ofother cheap restaurants in manhattan noisy protests began on this day in anumber of other cheap restaurants in manhattan noisy protests began on this day in a number o f other cheap restaurants in manhattan ThehighlightoftheactionwastheafternoonmeetingnearMcDonald'sbyTimesSquare,whereseverallocaldemocraticpoliticiansspokeout.Oneofthem,JumaaneWilliams,said:"McDonald'sclaimsitsellsbillionsofportions,anddespitethisitdoesn'tevengiveyousickdaysorpayyouforhonestwork!" the highlight of the action was the afternoon meeting near mcdonalds by times square where several local democratic politicians spoke out on e of them jumaane williams said mcdonald s claims it sells billions of portions and despite this itdoesn t even give you sick days or pay you for honest work the highlight of the action was the afternoon meeting near mcdonalds by times square where several local democratic politicians spoke out on e of them jumaane williams said mcdonald s claims it sells billions of portions and despite this i tdoesn t even give you sick days or pay you for honest work the highlight of the action was the afternoon meeting near mcdonalds by times square where several local democratic politicians spoke out on e of them jumaane williams said mcdonalds claims it sells billions of portions and despite this itdoesn t even give you sick days or pay you for honest work the highlight of the action was the afternoon meeting near mcdonalds by times square where several local democratic politicians spoke out on e of them jumaane williams said mcdonald s claims it sells billions of portions and despite this itdoesnt even give you sick days or pay you for honest work the highlight of the action was the afternoon meeting near mcdonalds by times square where several local democratic politicians spoke out on e of them jumaane williams said mcdonald s claims it sells billions of portions and despite this itdoes nt even give you sick days or pay you for honest work DemonstratorsweresupportedbyotherprominentNYdemocrats,likeBilldeBlasio,acandidateforNYcitymayor,whosaid:"Weneedtovoiceourjointsupportforthefastfoodemployees,sothattheycanachievefairwagesandeconomicwellbeing,whicheveryNewYorkerdeserves!." demonstrators were supported by ot her prominent ny democrats like bill de blasio a candidate for ny city mayor who said we need to voice our joint support for the fast food employees so that they can achieve fair wages and economic well being which every new yorker deserves demonstrators were supported by oth er prominent ny democrats like bill de blasio a candidate for ny city mayor who said we need to voice our joint support for the fast food employees so that they can achieve fair wages and economic well being which every new yorker deserves demonstrators were supported by ot her prominent n y democrats like bill de blasio a candidate for ny city mayor who said we need to voice our joint support for the fast food employees so that they can achieve fair wages and economic well being which every new yorker deserves demonstrators were supported by othe r prominentny democrats like bill de blasio a candidate for ny city mayor who said we need to voice our joint support for the fast food employees so that they can achieve fair wages and economic well being which every new yorker deserves demonstrators were supported by othe r prominent ny democrats like bill de blasio a candidate for ny city mayor who said we need to voice our joint support for the fast food employees so that they can achieve fair wages and economic well being which every new yorker deserves AccordingtotheNewYorkTimes,thiswasthebiggestactionofthiskindinthehistoryoftheAmericanfastfoodindustry. according to the new york times this was the big gest action of this kind in the history of the american fast food industry according to the new york times this was the biggest action ofthis kind in the history of the american fast food industry a ccording to the new york times this was the biggest action ofthis kind in the history of the american fast food industry according to the new york times this was the big gest action of this kind in the history of the american fastfood industry according to the new york times this was the biggest action ofthis kind in the history of the american fastfood industry Butonlyafewhundredpeopletookpartinit,andmanyofthemwerenotfastfoodemployees,whichcomprisetensofthousandsofpeopleinNewYork. but only a few hundred people took part in it and many of them were not fast food em ployees which comprise tens of thousands of people in new york but only a few hundred people took part in it and many of them were not fast food employee s which comprise tens of thousands of people in new york but only a few hundred people took part in it and many of them were not fast food employees which com prise tens of thousands of people in new york but only a few hundred people took part in it and many of them were not fast food em ployees which comprise tens of thousands of peo ple in new york but only a few hundred people took part in it and many of them were not fast food employee s which comprise tens of thousands of peo ple in new york Itisunclearrightnowwhetherthiswillsparkamassmovement. it is unclear right now whether thiswill spark a mass movement it is unclear right now whether this wil l spark a mass movement it is unclear right now whether this wills park a mass movement it is unclear right now whether this willspark a mass movement it is unclear right now whether thiswill spark a mass move ment "Atthemoment,themindcannotbedeceivedtoowell" at the moment the mind can not be deceived too well at the moment the mind cannot be deceived too well at the moment the mind can not be deceived too we ll at the moment the mind cannot be deceived too we ll at the moment the mind can not be de ceived too well Amongmoderntechnologyfansapopulartopicisaugmentedreality,latelyseenprimarilythroughtheprismofspecialglasses. among modern technology fans a popular topic is augmented reality lately seen primarily through the prism of special glasses among modern technology fans a popular topic is aug mented reality lately seen primarily through the prism of special glasses among mod ern technology fans a popular topic is augmented reality lately seen primarily through the prism of special glasses among modern tech nology fans a popular topic is augmented reality lately seen primarily through the prism of special glasses among modern technol ogy fans a popular topic is augmented reality lately seen primarily through the prism of special glasses Atfirst,afunctionalmodelwasshownbyGoogleinthesummer,atitsannualconference.Then,inNovember,itwasannouncedthatMicrosoftfiledanapplicationforpatenttoo. at first a functional mo del w as shown by google in the summer at its annual conference then in november it was announced that microsoft filed a n application for patent too at first a functional mo del w as shown by google in the summer at its annual conference then in november it was announced that microsoft filed a n application for patent to o at first a functional mo del w as shown by google in the summer at its annual conference then in november it was announced that microsoft file d an application for patent too at first a functional model was shown bygoogle in the summer at its annual conference then in november it was announced that microsoft filed a n application for patent too at first a functional mo del w as shown by google in the summer at its annual conference then in november it was announced that microsoft file d an application for patent to o However,accordingtotheconversationwiththeleaderofthegroupofinteractive3DtechnologiesintheCambridgelaboratoryofMicrosoft,ShahramIzadi,glassesareathingofthepastforscientistsinthiscompany. however according to the conversation with the leader of the group of interactive 3d technologies in the cambridge laboratory of microsoft shahram izadi glasses are a thing of the past for scientists in this company however according to the conversation with the leader of the group of interactive 3d technologies in the cambridge laboratory of micro soft shahram izadi glasses are a thing of the past for scientists in this company however according to the conversation with the leader of the group of interactive 3d technologies in the cambridge laboratory of m icrosoft shahram izadi glasses are a thing of the past for scientists in this company however according to the conversation with the leader of the group of interactive 3 d technologies in the cambridge laboratory of microsoft shahram izadi glasses are a thing of the past for scientists in this company however ac cording to the conversation with the leader of the group of interactive 3d technologies in the cambridge laboratory of microsoft shahram izadi glasses are a thing of the past for scientists in this company Theyaredrawnbytheprospectofmanipulatingvirtualobjectsintheairwithbarehands,creatingvirtualopenspaces. they are drawn by the prospect of manipulating virtual objects in the air with bare hands creating virtual open spaces they are drawn by the prospect of manipulating virtual objects in the air with bare hands creating virtual open space s they are drawn by the prospect of manipulating virtual objects in the air with bare hands creating vir tual open spaces they are drawn by the prospect of manipulating virtual objects in the air with bare hands creat ing virtual open spaces they are drawn by the prospect of manipulating virtual objects in the air with barehands creating virtual open spaces -Pleasetellus,insimpleterms,abouttheworkyourresearchgroupdoes. please tell us in simple terms about the work your research group does please tell us in simple terms about the work your re search group does please tell us in simple terms about the work you r research group does please tell us in simple terms about the work your researchgroup does please tell us in simple terms about the work your r esearch g roup does -Weworkontheinteractionofpeoplewithmachines,atthesametimetryingtoexpandtheboundariesofthisinteraction. we work on the interaction of people with ma chines at the same time trying to expand the boundaries of this interaction we work on the interaction of people with ma chines at the same time trying to expand the bound aries of this interaction we work on the interaction of people with ma chines at the same time trying to expand the boundaries of this interac tion we work on the interaction of people with ma chines at the same time trying to expand the boundaries of this inter action we work on the interaction of people with ma chines at the same time trying to expand the boundaries of this in teraction Whilepeopleingeneralarestuckatworkingwithpixelsonaflatscreenandsometimespointingfingersatthem. while people in general are stuck at working with pixels on a flat screen and some time s pointing fingers at them while people in general are stuck at working with pixels on a flat screen and sometime s pointing fingers at them while people in general are stuck at working with pixels on a flat screen and some time s pointing fingers at the m while people in general are stuck at working with pixels on a flat screen and sometime s pointing fingers at the m while people in general are stuck at working with pixels on a flat screen and some time s pointing finger s at them Wewanttolook5-10yearsintothefutureandpredictcardinalchangesinthisinteraction. we want to look 5 10 years into the future and predict cardinal changes in this interaction we want to look 5 10 years into the future and predict car dinal changes in this interaction we want to look 5 10 years into the future and predict cardi nal changes in this interaction we want to look 5 10 years into the future and predict cardinal changes in this inter action w e want to look 5 10 years into the future and predict cardinal changes in this interaction Forexample,XboxandKinectsensorsareastepforward.AlmostnoXboxissoldwithoutKinecttoday,becauseeveryonelikescontrolbygestures. for example x box and kinect sensors are a step forward almost no xbox is sold without kinect today because every one likes control by gestures for example x box and kinect sensors are a step forward almost no xbox is sold without kinect today because every one likes control by gesture s for example x box and kinect sensors are a step forward almost no xbox is sold without kinect today because every one likes controlby gestures for example x box and kinect sensors are a step forward almost no xbox is sold without kinect today because every one likes control by ges tures for example x box and kinect sensors are a step forward almost no xbox is sold without kinect today because every one likes c ontrol by gestures -Whatelseawaitsusinthefuture? what else awaits us in the future what else awaits us in the fu ture whatelse awaits us in the future w hat else awaits us in the future what else awaits u s in the future -DespitethefactthatKinectshiftedtheinteractiontothephysicallevel,muchstilloccursonaflatscreen,sometimesin3D. despitethe fact that kinect shifted the interaction to the physical level much still occurs on a flat screen so metimes in 3d despitethefactthat kinect shifted the interaction to the physical level much still occurs on a flat screen so metimes in 3d despite the fact that kin ect shifted the interaction to the physical level much still occurs on a flat screen so metimes in 3d despite thefact that kinect shifted the interaction to the physical level much still occurs on a flat screen so metimes in 3d despitethe fact that kinect shifted the interaction to the physical level much still occurs on a flat screen so metimes in 3 d Informationentryhasimproved(thesystemreceivesmoredata),butoutputstillneedstogetbetter. information entry has improved the system receives more data but output still needs to get better informationentry has improved the system receives more data but output still needs to get better informa tion entry has improved the system receives more data but output still needs to get better information e ntry has improved the system receives more data but output still needs to get better infor mation entry has improved the system receives more data but output still needs to get better Wearetryingtochangethis,workingontrulythree-dimensionaldisplaysystemsbasedonvarioustechnologies,includingprojectiontechnologies. we are trying to change this working on truly three dimensional display systems based on various technologies including projection technologies we are trying to change this working on truly three dimensional display systems based on various technologies including projec tion technologies we are trying to change this working on truly three dimensional display systems based on various technologies including projection technolo gies we are try ing to change this working on truly three dimensional display systems based on various technologies including projection technologies we are trying to change th is working on truly three dimensional display systems based on various technologies including projection technologies Weneedtoletthecomputerworldintoourphysicalworld,makeitmoretangible. we need to let the computer world into our physical world make it more tangible we need to let the com puter world into our physical world make it more tangible we need to let the computer world in to our physical world make it more tangible we need to let the computerworld into our physical world make it more tangible w e need to let the computer world into our physical world make it more tangible Butforthis,weneedtoidentifyboththeuserandthespacearoundhim. but for this we need to identify both the user and the space around him but for this we need to iden tify both the user and the space around him but for this we need to identify both the user and the sp ace around him but for this we need to identify both the user and the space ar ound him but for this we need to identify both the user and the space around hi m Thenwewillbeabletosupplementtherealworldwithvirtualobjectsinamuchmoreconvenientform. then we will be able to supplement the real world with virtual objects in a much more convenient form then we will be able to supple ment the real world with virtual objects in a much more convenient form then we will be able to supp lement the real world with virtual objects in a much more convenient form then we will be able to suppl ement the real world with virtual objects in a much more convenient form then we will be able to supplement the real world with virtual objects in a much more con venient form Aboveall,getridofthesestupidvirtualrealityhelmets! above all get rid of these stupid virtual reality helmets above all get rid of these stupid virtual reality helmet s aboveall get rid of these stupid virtual reality helmets above all get rid of these stupid virtualreality helmets above all get rid of these stupid vir tual reality helmets -Whatdoyouthinkaboutvoicecontrol? what do you thinkabout voice control what do youthink about voice control what doyou think about voice control whatdo you think about voice control what do you think about v oice c ontrol It'sapopularthing,butisitoverestimated? it s a popular thing but is it overestimated it s a popular thing but is it over estimated it s a popular thing but is it overesti mated it s a popular thing but is it overes timated it s a popular thing but is it o ver es ti mat ed -Itclearlycannotbecalledacure-for-all-there'saquestionofprivacy,becausewedonotalwayswanttolettheothersknowaboutouractionsandintentions. it clearly cannot be called a cure for all there s a question of pri vacy because we do not always want to let the others know about our actions and intentions it clearly can not be called a cure for all there s a question of pri vacy because we do not always want to let the others know about our actions and intentions it clearly cannot be called a cure for all theresa question of privacy because we do not always want to let the others know about our actions and intentions it clearly cannot be called a cure for all there s a question of pri vacy because we do not always want to let the other s know about our actions and intentions it clearly can not be called a cure for all there s a question of pri vacy because we do not always want to let the other s know about our actions and intentions Inreality,alltypesofinteractionwithcomputersaregood,buteachintheirownniche. in reality all types of interac tion with computers are good but each in their own niche in reality all type s of interaction with computers are good but each in their own niche in reality all types of interac tion with com puters are good but each in their own niche in reality all types of intera ction with computers are good but each in their own niche in reality all types of interac tion with comput ers are good but each in their own niche Forexample,wehadaprojecttocontroldevicesinpublicplaces,inwhichwethoughtaboutmovements,notwidemovements,butsmall,reservedones. for example we had a project to control devices in public places inwhich we thought about movements not wide movements but small reserved ones for example we had a project to control devices in pub lic places in which we thought about movements not wide movements but small reserved ones for example we had a project to control devices in public places in whic h we thought about movements not wide movements but small reserved ones for example we had a project to control devices in public places inwhich we thought about movements not wide movements but small reserve dones for example we had a project to control devices in public places inwhich we thought about movement s not wide movements but small reserved ones Movementswerenotrecordedbyacamera,butbyahandbraceletthatdeterminedthemovementofbonesandmuscles. movements were not recorded by a camera but by a hand bracelet that determined the movement of bones and muscles movements were not recorded by a camera but by a hand brace let that deter mined the movement of bones and muscles movements were not recorded by a camera but by a hand bracelet that deter mined the movement of bones and muscles movements were not recorded by a camera but by a hand brace let that determined the movement of bones and muscles movements were not recorded by a camera but by a handbracelet that determined the movement of bones and muscles It'sbigrightnow,butintheoryitcanbereducedtothesizeofahandwatch. it s big right now but in theory it can be reduced to the size of a hand watch its big right now but in theory it can be reduced to the size of a hand watch it s big right now but in theory it can be reduced to the size of ah and watch it s big right now but in theory it can be reducedto the size of a hand watch it s big right now but in theory it can be re duced to the size of a hand watch Ingeneral,thefutureliesinthemixedcontrol,e.g.movement+voice. in gen eral the future lies in the mixed control e g movement voice ingeneral the future lies in the mixed control e g movement voice i n g eneral the future lies in the mixed control e g movement voice in general the fu ture lies in the mixed control e g movement voice in gen eral the future lies in the mixed control eg movement voice -Whatdoyoumean? what do you mean whatdoyoumean w hat do you mean what doyou mean what do youmean -Forexample,howwouldyouaskmetogiveyouthisbottleofwater? for example h ow would you ask me to give you this bottle of water forexample how would you ask me to give you this bottle of water for example how wouldyou ask me to give you this bottle of water for example h ow would you ask me to give you this bottle of wa ter forexample how would you ask me to give you this bottle of wa ter Youwilltalkandshowatthesametime. you will talk and show at the same time you will talk and show at the sametime you will talk and show a t the same time y ou will talk and show at the same time you will talk and show at the sam e time -UsuallyIjustsay. usually i just say usu ally i just say usually i jus t say u sually i just say usually i just s ay -Oh,thatwillbeveryhardtodetect. oh that will be very hard to detect oh that will be very hard to de tect o h that will be very hard to detect ohthat will be very hard to detect oh that will be very hard to detec t -Soyouwanttomaketheusersadapttowhatthemachinecanorcannotdoatthatmoment? so you want to make the users adapt to what the machine can or can not do at that moment so you want to make the users adapt to what the machine can or cannot do at that moment s o you want to make the users adapt to what the machine can or can not do at that moment so you want to make the users adapt to what the machine can or can not do at that mo ment so you want to make the users adapt to what the ma chine can or cannot do at that moment -Notnecessarily,butitisamutualapproximation. not necessarily but it is a mu tual approximation not necessarily but it is amutual approximation not necessarily but it is a mutu al approximation not necessarily but it is a mu tual ap proximation not necessarily but it is a mu tual approxima tion Ithinkinthenearfuture,wewillmainlyworkondevelopingnewsensorsthatwillenablemoreprecisedeterminationofaperson'sreaction. i think in the near future we will mainly work ondeveloping new sensors that will enable more precise determination of a person s reaction i think in the near future we will mainly work ondeveloping new sensors that will enable more precise determination of a persons reaction i think in the near fu ture we will mainly work ondeveloping new sensors that will enable more precise determination of a person s reaction i think in the near future we will mainly work ondeveloping new sensors that will enable more precise determination of a per son s reaction i think in the near future we will mainly work ondeveloping new sensor s that will enable more precise determination of a person s reaction Thiscouldbe,e.g.lasersensors.Theyhaveadecentdepthresolution,whichisveryimportant. this could be e g laser sensors they have a decent depth resolution which is very important this could be eg laser sensors they have a decent depth resolution which is very important this could be e g laser sensor s they have a decent depth resolution which is very important this could be e g laser sen sors they have a decent depth resolution which is very important this could be eg laser sensor s they have a decent depth resolution which is very important -IfwetalkaboutyourworkwithXboxKinectsensors,whatareyourcomplaintsaboutmoderncameras? if we talk about your work with xbox kinect sensors what are your complaints about modern cameras if we talk about your work with x box kinect sensors what are your complaints about modern cameras if we talk about your work with xbox kinect sensors what are your complaints about modern camera s if we talk about your work with xbox kinect sensor s what are your complaints about modern cameras i f we talk about your work with xbox kinect sensors what are your complaints about modern cameras Notenoughresolution,depthorsomethingelse? not enough resolu tion depth or something else not enough reso lution depth or something else notenough resolution depth or something else not enough resolutiondepth or something else not e nough resolution depth or something else -Ingeneral,thecurrentgenerationiswhatwecanbaseourselvesoninworkingonthree-dimensionalrecognition. in general the current generation is what we can base ourselves on in working on three dimensional recognition in general the current generation is what we can base ourselves on in working on three dimen sional recognition in general the current generation is what we can base ourselves on in work ing on three dimensional recognition i n general the current generation is what we can base ourselves on in working on three dimensional recognition in gen eral the current generation is what we can base ourselves on in working on three dimensional recognition Ofcourse,itwouldbegoodtohaveeightmegapixelswith1000k/sspeed. of course it would be good to have eight megapixels with 1000ks speed of course it would be good to have eight megapixels with 1000k s speed of course it would be good to have eight megapixels with 1000 k s speed of course it would be good to have eight megapixels with 1000 ks speed of course it would be good to have eight megapixels with 1 000 k s speed It'snotjustthemegapixels,though,butthequalityofthematrixandthedepth. it s not just the megapixels though but the quality of the matrix and the depth it s not just the mega pixels though but the quality of the matrix and the depth it s not just the megapixels though but the qual ity of the matrix and the depth i t s not just the megapixels though but the quality of the matrix and the depth it s not just the megapixels though but the quality of the ma trix and the depth Fromthelatterpointofview,allcurrenttechnologiesarenotgoodenoughforus-thisaddsworktothealgorithmdesigners. from the latter point of view all current technologies are not good enough for us this adds work to the algorithm designer s from the latter point of view all current technologies are not good enough for us this adds work to the algorithm designers from the latter point ofview all current technologies are not good enough for us this adds work to the algorithm designer s from the latter point of view all current tech nologies are not good enough for us this adds work to the algorithm designer s from the latter point of view all current technologies are not good enough for us this adds work to the algo rithm designers Soit'simportanttorememberabouttheresolutionontheX,Y,butalsotheZaxis. so it s important to remember about the resolution on the x y but also the z axis so it s important to remember about the resolution on the xy but also the z axis so it s important to remember about the resolution on the x y but also the zaxis so its important to remember about the resolution on the x y but also the z axis so it s important to remember about the resolution on the xy but also the zaxis Speed,thenumberofimagespersecond,isalsoveryimportant. speed the number of images per second is also very important speed the number of images per second is also very impor tant speed the number of images per second is also very im portant speed the number of images per sec ond is also very important speed the number of images per second is also very import ant Humanmovementsarerelativelydynamic,andthecurrent30k/sisreallynotenough,especiallyforgestures. human movements are relatively dynamic and the current 30 k s is really not enough especially forgesture s human movements are relatively dynamic and the current 30 k s is really not enough especially forges tures human movements are relatively dynamic and the current 30 ksi s really not enough especially forgesture s human movements are relatively dynamic and the current 30 ks is really not enough especially forgesture s human movements are relatively dynamic and the current 30 k s is really not enough especially f orgestures StevenBathichefromourRedmondlaboratorycreatedatouchsensorwitharegulatedprocessingdelayfrom1to100ms,whilemodernserialsensorsareclosertothelatterindicator(60-100). steven bathiche from our redmond laboratory cre ated a touch sensor with a regulated processing delay from 1 to 100 ms while modern serial sensors are closer to the latter indicator6 01 00 steven bathiche from our redmond laboratory cre ated a touch sensor with a regulated processing delay from 1 to 100 ms while modern serial sensors are closer to the latter indicator6 0 100 steven bathiche from our redmond laboratory cre ated a touch sensor with a regulated processing delay from 1 to 100 ms while modern serial sensors are closer to the latter indicator6 0 1 0 0 steven bathiche from our redmond laboratorycreated a touch sensor with a regulated processing delay from 1 to 100 ms while modern serial sensors are closer to the latter indicator6 01 00 steven bathiche from our redmond laboratorycreated a touch sensor with a regulated processing delay from 1 to 100 ms while modern serial sensors are closer to the latter indicator6 0 100 Noteveryoneunderstandshowthisaffectstheinteractionbetweenmanandmachine. not everyone understands how this affects the interaction between man and machine not every one understands how this affects the interaction between man and machine not everyone understands how this af fects the interaction between man and machine not everyone understands how this affects the interaction between man and ma chine not everyone understands how this affects the interac tion between man and machine Inmywork,itwouldbeveryusefultohaveadevicethatdoesnotrequiretouchingandwouldhavemoreimagespersecond. in my work it would be very useful to have a device that does not require touching and would have more images per second in my work it would be very useful to have a device that does not require touching and wouldhave more images per second in my work it would be very useful to have a device that does not require touching and would havemore images per second in my work it would be very useful to have a device that does not require touching and would have more images persecond in my work it would be very useful to have a device that does not require touching and would have more images per sec ond -Doesthenumberofcamerasneedtobeincreased? does the number of cameras need to be increased does the num ber of cameras need to be increased does the number of cameras need to be in creased does the number of camera s need to be increased does the number of cam eras need to be increased -InKinecttherearethreecamerasnow,oneofwhichisactuallyaninfraredemitterandthesecondone,therecipientofthesignal. in kinect there are three cameras now one of which is actually an infrared emitter and the second one therecipient of the signal in kinect there are three cameras now one of which is actually an infra red emitter and the second one therecipient of the signal in kinect there are three cameras now one of which is actually an infrared emitter and the second one therecipientofthe signal in kinect there are three cameras now one of which is actually an infrared emitter and the second one there cipient of the signal in kinect there are three cameras now one of which is actually an infrared emitter and the second one therecipientof the signal Thethirdoneisactuallyaregularsensorofvisiblerange. the third one is actually a regular sensor of visible range the third one is actually a regular sensor of visiblerange the third one is actually a reg ular sensor of visible range the third one is actually a regular sensor of vis ible range the third one is actually a regular sensor of visi ble range Itisnotappliedtodeterminetheobject'sdepth. it is not applied to determine the object s depth i t is not applied to determine the object s depth it is not applied to determine the objects depth it is not ap plied to determine the object s depth i t is not applied to determine the objects depth Potentially,alargenumberofcamerascouldsolvetheproblem... potentially a large number of cameras could solve the problem potentially a large number of cam eras could solve the problem potentially a large number of cameras could solve the prob lem potentially a large number of camera s could solve the problem potentially a large num ber of cameras could solve the problem Ormakeitworse,byincreasingtherequiredvolumeofcalculations. or make it worse by increasing the required volume of calculations or make it worse by increasing the re quired volume of calculations or make it worse by increasing the required vol ume of calculations or make it worse by increasing the required volume of cal culations or make it worse by increasing the required volume of calcula tions ItwouldbenicetocreateaflexibleanalogueKinect,playwiththeflexionofcameradispositionandseehowthiswillhelpinthree-dimensionaldeterminationoftheposition. it would be nice to create a flexible analogue kinect play with the flex ion of camera disposition and see how this will help in three dimensional determination of the position it would be nice to create a flexible analogue kinect play with the flexionof camera disposition and see how this will help in three dimensional determination of the position it would be nice to create a flexible analogue kinect play with the flex i o n o f ca m e r a disposition and see how this will help in three dimensional determination of the position it would be nice to create a flexible analogue kinect play with the flex i o n o f c a m e r a disposition and see how this will help in three dimensional determination of the position it would be nice to create a flexible analogue kinect play with the flex i o n of camera disposition and see how this will help in three dimensional determination of the position -AsfarasIremember,Microsoftdidnotpresentitsglassestothepublic,unlikeGoogle. as far as i re member microsoft did not present its glasses to the public unlike google asfar as i remember microsoft did not present its glasses to the public unlike google as far as i remem ber microsoft did not present its glasses to the public unlike google as faras i remember microsoft did not present its glasses to the public unlike google as far as i re member microsoft did not present it s glasses to the public unlike google Don'tyouthinkthisisoneofthemostpromisingplatformsfromthepointofviewtheeverydayuseofaugmentedrealitytechnologies? don t you think this is one of the most promis ing platforms from the point ofview the everyday use of augmented reality technologies don t you think this is one of the most prom ising platforms from the point ofview the everyday use of augmented reality technologies don t you think this is one of the most promis ing platforms from the point ofview the every day use of augmented reality technologies don t you think this is one of the most prom ising platforms from the point ofview the every day use of augmented reality technologies don t you think this is one of the most promis ing platforms from the point of view t he everyday use of augmented reality technologies -Certainlyitisnotveryconvenienttowalkaroundwithasmartphoneinyourraisedhandsallthetime,butIthinkthatthecoolestoptionwouldbe"transitional"augmentedreality,whereyoucouldshiftfromglassestosmartphone,projectiondisplay,andeverywhereelsebasedonacloudplatform. certainly it is not very convenient to walk around with a smartphone in your raised hands all the time but i think that the coolest option would be transi tional augmented reality where you could shift from glasses to smartphone projection display and everywhere else based on a cloud platform certainly it is not very convenient to walk around with a smart phone in your raised hands all the time but i think that the coolest option would be transi tional augmented reality where you could shift from glasses to smartphone projection display and everywhere else based on a cloud platform certainly it is not very convenient to walk around with a smartphone in your raised hands all the time but i think that the coolest option wouldbe transitional augmented reality where you could shift from glasses to smartphone projection display and everywhere else based on a cloud platform certainly it is not very convenient to walk around with a smartphone in your raised hands all the time but i think that the coolest option would be transi tional augmented reality where you could shift from glasses to smart phone projection display and everywhere else based on a cloud platform certainly it is not very convenient to walk around with a smart phone in your raised hands all the time but i think that the coolest option would be transi tional augmented reality where you could shift from glasses to smart phone projection display and everywhere else based on a cloud platform Glassesareaverypersonaldevice,thatistheirstrength(privatethingsareseenonlybyyou)and,atthesametime,theirweakness-augmentedrealitybasedonglasseswillnotallowyoutoworkonvirtualobjectstogetherwithotherpeople. glasses are a very personal device that is their str ength private things are seen only by you and at the same time their weakness augmentedreality based on glasses will not allow you to work on virtual objects together with other people glasses are a very personal device that is their str ength private things are seen only by you and at the same time their weakness augmented reality based onglasses will not allow you to work on virtual objects together with other people glasses are a very personal device that is their str ength private things are seen only by you and at the same time their weakness augmentedreality based on gla sses will not allow you to work on virtual objects together with other people glasses are a very personal device that is thei r strength private things are seen only by you and at the same time their weakness augmented reality based onglasses will not allow you to work on virtual objects together with other people glasses are a very personal device that is the ir strength private things are seen only by you and at the same time their weakness augmented reality based onglasses will not allow you to work on virtual objects together with other people -LetusimagineforaminutethatmanipulationofvirtualholographicobjectsintheairisavailablenotonlytoTonyStarkfromIronman,buttoaregularperson. let us imagine for a minute that manipulation of virtual holographic objects in the air is available not only to tony stark from ironman but to a regular person let us imagine for a minute that manipulation of virtual holographic objects in the air is avail able not only to tony stark from ironman but to a regular person let us imagine for a minute that manipulation of virtual holographic object s in the air is available not only to tony stark from ironman but to a regular person let us imagine for a minute that manipulation of virtual holographic objects in the air is available not only to tony stark from ironman but to aregularperson let us imagine for a minute that manipulation of virtual holographic objects in the air is available not only to tony stark from ironman but to a reg ular person Thereisoneproblemwiththisideathatthecriticsoftenpointout:notactilefeedback! there is one problem with this idea that the critics often point out no tactile feedback there is one problem with this idea that the critics often point out no tactile feed back there is one prob lem with this idea that the critics often point out no tactile feedback there is one problem with this idea that the critics often point out no tactile feedbac k there is one problem with this idea thatthe critics often point out no tactile feedback Handsfeelnothing! hands feel nothing hands feel no thing hands feel noth ing hand s feel nothing handsfeel nothing Whatanswersdoesyourgrouppreparetothischallenge? what answers does your group pre pare to this challenge what answers does your group prepare tothis challenge what answers does your group prepare t o this challenge what answers does your group prepare tot his challenge what answers does your group prepare t o t his challenge -InmylecturesIoftensaythataugmentedrealityistheseventhconsecutiveattemptattheinteractionbetweenmanandmachine. in my lectures i often say that augmented reality is the seventh con secutive attempt at the interaction between man and machine in my lectures i often say that augmented reality is the seventh con secutive attempt at the interac tion between man and machine in my lectures i often say that augmented reality is the seventh con secutive attempt at the interaction between man and ma chine in my lectures i often say that augmented reality is the seventh con secutive attempt at the interaction between man and machi ne in my lectures i often say that augmented reality is the seventh con secutive attempt at the interactionbetween man and machine Ithinkthattheeighthwillprobablybetheadditionoftactilesensations. i think that the eighth will probably be the addition of tactile sensations i think that the eighth will probably be the addition of tactile sen sations i think that the eighth will probably be the addition of tactile sensa tions i think that the eighth will probably be the addi tion of tactile sensations ithink that the eighth will probably be the addition of tactile sensations Fornow,oneoftheinterestingtricksistousethesecondhandasasortofmatrixfortheimage. for now one of the interesting tricks is to use the second hand as a sort of matrix for the image for now o ne of the interesting tricks is to use the second hand as a sort of matrix for the image fornow one of the interesting tricks is to use the second hand as a sort of matrix for the image for now one of the interesting tricks is to use the second hand as a sort of matrix f or the image for now one of the interesting tricks is to use the second hand as a sort of matrix for the im age Itisgreatatregisteringpushes! it is great at registering pushes it is great at regis tering pushes it is great at register ing push es it is great at register ing pushes it is greatat registering pushes Buttherearetechnologiesthatarereallyaimedatgivingthese"imagesintheair"asenseoftangibility,forexample,theinterferenceofseveraltargetedultrasoundraysinaspecificpointwherethefingerislocatedgivesasensation,butveryweakrightnow,asifsomeoneblewonyourfingertip. but there are technologies that are really aimed at giving these images in the air a sense of tangibility for example the interference of several targeted ultrasound rays in a specific point where the finger is lo cated gives a sensation but very weak right now as if someone blew on your fingertip but there are technologies that are really aimed at giving these images in the air a sense of tangibility for example the interference of several targeted ultrasound rays in a specific point where the finger is lo cated gives a sensation but very weak right now as if someone blew on your finger tip but there are technologies that are really aimed at giving these images in the air a sense of tangibility for example the interference of several targeted ultrasound rays in a specific point where the finger is lo cated give s a sensation but very weak right now as if someone blew on your fingertip but there are technologies that are really aimed at giving these images in the air a sense of tangibility for example the interference of several targeted ultrasound rays in a specific point where the finger is lo cated gives a sensa tion but very weak right now as if someone blew on your fingertip but there are technologies that are really aimed at giving these images in the air a sense of tangibility for example the interference of several targeted ultrasound rays in a specific point where the finger is lo cated giv es a sensation but very weak right now as if someone blew on your fingertip Therearealsowristbraceletsthataffectthenerveendingsinfingers,whichisalsoapromisingarea. there are also wrist bracelets that affect the nerve endings in fingers which is also a promising area there are also wrist brace lets that affect the nerve endings in fingers which is also a promising area there are also wrist bracelet s that affect the nerve endings in fingers which is also a promising area therearealso wrist bracelets that affect the nerve endings in fingers which is also a promising area there are also wrist bracelets that affect the nerve endings in fingers which is also a promis ing area -Haveyoutriedtodeceivethemind? have you tried to deceive the mind haveyou tried to deceive the mind h ave you tried to deceive the mind have you tried to deceive them in d have you tried to de ceive the mind Toforceittothinkthatitfeelssomethingthatitshouldbefeelingwhenitseessomething? to force it to think that it feel s something that i t should be feelin g when it sees something to force it to think that it feel s something that i t should be feeling whe n it sees something to force it to think that it feel s something that i t should be feelin g when it see s something to force it to think that it feel s something that i t should be feeling w hen it sees something to force it to think that it feel s something that i t should be feeling wh en it sees something -Thisisagoodideaandwehaven'ttriedthisyet. this is a good idea and we haven t tried this yet this is a good idea and we havent tried this yet this is agood idea and we haven t tried this yet th is is a good idea and we haven t tried this yet t his is a good idea and we haven t tried this yet Itconcealsonechallengethatwillnotbesolvedsoquickly-howtoforceaperson,whoisphysicallyinaverylimitedspacetobelievethatheiswalkingalonganopen,almostlimitlessspace;weareworkingontheconceptoftreadmills(notatalllikeinclubs),movingplatforms,andgiantballoons. it conceals one challenge that will not be solved so quickly how to force a person who is physically in a very limited space to believe that he is walking along a n open almost limitless space we are working on the concept of treadmills not at all like in clubs moving platforms and giant balloons it conceals one challenge that will not be solved so quickly how to force a person who is physically in a very limited space to believe that he is walking along a nopen almost limitless space we are working on the concept of treadmills not at all like in clubs moving platforms and giant balloons it conceals one challenge that will not be solved so quickly how to force a person who is physically in a very limited space to believe that he is walking a long an open almost limitless space we are working on the concept of treadmills not at all like in clubs moving platforms and giant balloons it conceals one challenge that will not be solved so quickly how to force a person who is physically in a very limited space to believe that he is walking along a no pen almost limitless space we are working on the concept of treadmills not at all like in clubs moving platforms and giant balloons it conceals one challenge that will not be solved so quickly how to force a person who is physically in a very limited space to believe that he is walking along a n o pen almost limitless space we are working on the concept of treadmills not at all like in clubs moving platforms and giant balloons Sofardeceivingthemindhashadlimitedsuccess,there'sworkformanyyearstocome. so far deceiving t he mind has had limited success theres work for many years to come so far deceiving the mind has ha d limited success there s work for many years to come so far deceiving t he mind has had limited success the re s work for many years to come so far deceiving t he mind has had limited success th ere s work for many years to come so far deceiving t he mind has had limited success the res work for many years to come That'swhatmakesworkingonvirtualrealitysoattractivetoresearchers-manythingsareintheirverybeginnings. that s what makes working on virtual reality so attractive to researchers manythings are in their very beginnings that s what makes working on virtual reality so attractive to researchers m any things are in their very beginnings that s what makes working on virtual reality so attractive to researchers m any t hings are in their very beginnings that s what makes working on virtual reality so attractive to researchers manyt hings are in their very beginnings that s what makes working on virtual reality so attractive to researchers m anythings are in their very beginnings Judgementcallsinsteadofculture-Rosbalt.ru judgement calls instead of cul ture rosbalt ru judgement calls instead of c ulture rosbalt ru judgement calls in stead of culture rosbalt ru judgement calls instead of cult ure rosbalt ru judgement calls i nstead of culture rosbalt ru RosbaltcontinuestheprojectSt.PetersburgAvant-garde,dedicatedtoresidentswhoareahead,intheavant-gardeofcultureandart. rosbalt continues the project st petersburg avant garde dedicated to residents who are ahead in the avantgarde of culture and art rosbalt continues the project st petersburg avant garde dedicated to residents who are ahead in the avantgarde of cul ture and art rosbalt continues the project st petersburg avant garde dedicated to residents who are ahead in the avantgarde of c ulture and a rt rosbalt continues the project st petersburg avant garde dedicated to residents who are ahead in the avantgarde of culture andart rosbalt continues the project st petersburg avant garde dedicated to residents who are ahead in the avantgarde of cultureandart ThistoplistalreadyincludesoutstandingfiguresoftheartsceneofSt.Petersburg,whoseachievementsreachbeyondthescopeofthecity,oftenrecognizedinEurope,bypassingfameinRussia. this toplist already includes outstanding figures of theart scene of st petersburg whose achievements reach beyond the scope of the city often recog nized in europe bypassing fame in russia this toplist already includes outstanding figures of theart scene of st petersburg whose achievements reach beyond the scope of the city often recog nized in europe by passing fame in russia this toplist already includes outstanding figures of theart scene of st petersburg whose achievements reach beyond the scope of the city of ten recognized in europe by passing fame in russia this toplist already includes outstanding figures of theart scene of st petersburg whose achievements reach beyond the scope of the city of ten recognized in europe bypassing fame in russia this toplist already includes outstanding figures of theart scene of st petersburg whose achievements reach beyond the scope of the city often recog nized in eu rope by passing fame in russia ThenewplayerinRosbalt-theboldartistKirillMiller. the new player in rosbalt the bold artist kirill miller the new player in rosbalt the bold artist kiril l miller the new player in rosbalt thebold artist kirill miller thenewplayer in rosbalt the bold artist kirill miller the newplayer in rosbalt the bold artist kirill miller ThewholecityknowsKirillMiller,abeardedmandressedallinred,whocanbeseenbytheRussianMuseum,orbytheSummerGarden,oratfashionablepartiesandshows. the whole city knows kirill millera bearded man dressed all in red who can be seen by the russian museum or by the summer garden or at fashionable parties and shows the whole city knows kirill millera bearded man dressed all in red who can be seen by the russian museum or by the summergarden or at fashionable parties and shows the whole city knows kirill millera bearded man dressed all in red who can beseen by the russian museum or by the summer garden or at fashionable parties and shows the whole city knows kirill millera bearded man dressed all in red who can be seen by the russian museum orby the summer garden or at fashionable parties and shows the whole city knows kirill millera bearded man dressed all in red who can be seenby the russian museum or by the summer garden or at fashionable parties and shows KirillMiller'sworkalwaysbringsincrowdsofpeople,nomatterwheretheyareexhibited. kirill miller s work always brings in crowds of people no matter where they are exhibited kirill millers work always brings in crowds of people no matter where they are exhibited kirill miller s work always brings in crowds of people no matter where they are ex hibited kiril l miller s work always brings in crowds of people no matter where they are exhibited kirill miller s work always brings in crowds of people no matter where they are exhib ited KirillMillerisoneofthepurelySt.Petersburgsocialandphilosophicalstorytellersandcreatorsofnewmythology. kirill miller is one of the pure ly st petersburg social and philosophical storytellers and creators of new mythology kirill miller is one of the pure ly st petersburg social and philo sophical storytellers and creators of new mythology kirill miller is one of the pure ly st petersburg social and philosophical story tellers and creators of new mythology kirill miller is one of the pure ly st petersburg social and philosophical storytellers and creators of new mythol ogy kirill miller is one ofthe purely st petersburg social and philosophical story tellers and creators of new mythology KirillMillerisanoutstandingmanoftheSt.Petersburgavant-gardeofthelate80'searly90's. kirill miller is an outstanding man of the st petersburg avant garde of the late 80s early 90s kirill miller is an outstanding man of the st petersburg avant garde of the late 80 s early 90 s kirill miller is an outstanding man of the st petersburg avant garde of the late 80s early 90 s kirill miller is an outstanding man of the st petersburg avant garde of the late 80 s early 90s kirill miller is an outstanding man ofthe st petersburg avant garde of the late 80s early 90s Moreover,heisacityman,whomakespeoplesmileonthestreetandliftsupeveryone'sspirit. moreover he is a city man who makes people smile on the street and lifts up everyone s spirit more over he is a city man who makes people smile on the street and lifts up everyone s spirit moreover he is a city man who makes people smile on the street and lifts up every one s spirit moreover he is a city man who makes people smile on the street and lifts up everyones spirit moreo ver he is a city man who makes people smile on the street and lifts up everyone s spirit RecentlyhetookupthestreetorganandbecameSt.Petersburg'smusicman,becausehewasreadyforthiscomplexrolewithallhisBohemianexistence,philosophyandimage. recently he took up the street organ and became st petersburg s music man because he was ready for this complex role with all his bohemian ex istence philosophy and image recently he took up the street organ and became st petersburg s music man because he was ready for this complex role with all his bohemian ex istence phi losophy and image recently he took up the street organ and became st petersburg s music man because he was ready for this complex role with all his bohemian ex istence philoso phy and image recently he took up the street organ and became st petersburg s music man because he was ready for this complex role with all his bohemian ex istence philos ophy and image recently he took up the street organ and became st petersburg s music man because he was ready for this complex role with all his bohemian ex istence philo sophy and image -Kirill,whydoyouwalkaroundthecityallinred,notyelloworturquoise,forexample? kirill why do you walk around the city all in red not yellow or tur quoise for example kirill why do you walk around the city all in red not yellow or turquois e for example kirill why do you walk around the city all in red not yellow or tur quoise forexample kirill why do you walk around the city all in red not yellow or turquois e f or example kirill why do you walk around the city all in red not yellow or tur quoise for exam ple -Ichosethecolourredasafashiondesignerengagedinlookandimage. ichose the colour red as a fashion designer engaged in look and image i chose thecolourred as a fashion designer engaged in look and image i chose the colourred as a fashion designer engaged in look and image ichose the colour red as a fashion designer en gaged in look and image i chose the c olour red as a fashion designer engaged in look and image Inthisworld,redisacompromisebetweenartist,image-makerandsociety. in this world red is a compromise between artist image maker and society in this world redis a compromise between artist image maker and society in this world r e d is a compromise between artist image maker and society inthis world red is a compromise between artist image maker and society in this world red is a compromise between artist imagemaker and society Althoughinsociety,everythingthatisnotgreycausesaggressionandagitationofthebadkind. although in society everything that is not grey causes aggression and agitation of the bad kind although in society every thing that is not grey causes aggression and agitation of the bad kind al though in society everything that is not grey causes aggression and agitation of the bad kind a lthough in society everything that is not grey causes aggression and agitation of the bad kind although in society everything that is not grey causes aggression and agitation of the badkind Butmyprovocationsareaimedatstartingconversation. but my provocations are aimed at starting conversation butmy provocations are aimed at starting conversation but my provo cations are aimed at starting conversation but my pro vocations are aimed at starting conversation but my provocation s are aimed at starting conversation Thewholehistoryofmyprovocativeactionsisaninvitationtodiscussion. the whole history of my provocative actions is an invitation to discussion the whole history of my provoc ative actions is an invitation to discussion the whole his tory of my provocative actions is an invitation to discussion the whole history of my provocative action s is an invitation to discussion the wholehistory of my provocative actions is an invitation to discussion -Whendidyourealisethatyoumustbeanartist? when did you realise that you must be an artist when did you realise that you must be an art ist w hen did you realise that you must be an artist when did you realise that you must be an ar tist when did you realise that you must be an a rtist -AtanexhibitionintheNevskyHouseofCulture,wheremyworkwasdisplayed. at an exhibition in the nevs ky house of culture where my work was displayed at an exhibition in the nev skyhouse of culture where my work was displayed at an exhibition in the nevs ky houseofculture where my work was displayed at an exhibition in the nevs ky house of culture where my work was dis played at an exhibition in the nevs ky house of culture where my work was display ed Itbecamecleartomethatthisismypath. it became clear to me that this is my path it be came clear to me that this is my path i t became clear to me that this is my path itbecame clear to me that this is my path it became clear to me that this is mypath Then,thewaveofolderfree,unofficialartistswasgone,whilenew,freeartistslikemewerenotunderstood. then the wave ofolder free unofficial artists was gone while new free artists like me were not understood then the waveof older free unofficial artists was gone while new free artists like me were not understood the n the wave of older free unofficial artists was gone while new free artists like me were not understood then the wave o f older free unofficial artists was gone while new free artists like me were not understood thenthe wave of older free unofficial artists was gone while new free artists like me were not understood Ibecamefriendswiththeartistsofthenewwave,withpost-Gaza-Nevskystyleartists("post-gazonevschina"),whichledtoPushkinskaya-10,andthewavewasnolonger. i became friends with the artists of the new wave with post gaza nevskystyle artists postgaz one vs china which led to pushkinskaya 10 and the wave was no longer i became friends with the artists of the new wave with postgaz a nevskystyle artists postgaz one vs china which led to pushkinskaya 10 and the wave was no longer i became friends with the artists of the new wave with post gaza nevskystyle artists post gaz one vs china which led to pushkinskaya 10 and the wave was no longer i became friends with the artists of the new wave with postgaz a nevskystyle artists post gaz one vs china which led to pushkinskaya 10 and the wave was no longer i became friends with the artists of the new wave with post gaza nevsky style artists post gaz one vs china which led to pushkinskaya 10 and the wave was no longer I'mdrawntotheatre,clothing,music,allgenresexceptforliterature. i m drawn to theatre clothing music all genre s except for literature i m drawn to theatre clothing music all genres except f or literature i m drawn to theatre clothing music all genres except fo r literature i m drawn to theatre clothing music all genres except forliterature i m drawn to theatre clothing music all genres except f or liter ature -AndallthishasbeenunitedinyourArt-clinic...-ItwasimportantformetofindmyselfinthecentreofthecultureofSt.Petersburg,whereallthebestcreativeforcesshouldcometogether. and all this has been united in your art clinic it was important for me to find myself in the centre of the culture of st petersburg where all the best creative forces should come together and all this has been united in your art clinic it was important for me to find myself in the centre of the culture of st petersburg where all the best crea tive forces should come together and all this has been united in your art clinic it was important for me to find my self in the centre of the culture of st petersburg where all the best creative forces should come together and all this has been united in your art clinic it was important for me to find myself in the centre ofthe culture of st petersburg where all the best creative forces should come together and all this has been united in your art clinic it was important for me to find myself in the centre of the culture of st peters burg where all the best creative forces should come together In1995,IoccupiedtheterritoryonPushkinskaya-10,andwhiletherenovationworkhadnotstarted,therewasamusicalandcreativeclub,aBohemianclub,thehouseoftheSt.PetersburgBohemia. in 1995 i occupied the territory on pushkinskaya 10 and while the renovation work hadnot started there was a musical and creative club a bohemian club the house of the st petersburg bohemia in1995 i occupied the territory on pushkinskaya 10 and while the renovation work hadnot started there was a musical and creative club a bohemian club the house of the st petersburg bohemia in 1995 i occupied the territory on pushkinskaya 10 and while the renovation work hadnot started there was a musical and creative club a bohemian club the house of the st pe tersburg bohemia in 1995 i occupied the territory on pushkinskaya 10 and while the renovation work hadnot started there was a musical and creative club a bohemian club the house of the st peters burg bohemia i n 1995 i occupied the territory on pushkinskaya 10 and while the renovation work hadnot started there was a musical and creative club a bohemian club the house of the st petersburg bohemia Manywerebornthere:NOMy,TequilaJazz,IrememberwhenShnurwasbroughttherewiththeVanGogh'sEarproject. many were born there no my tequila jazz i remember when sh nur was brought there with the van goghs ear project many were born there no my tequila jazz i remember when sh nur was brought there with the van gogh s ear project many were born there no my tequila jazz i remember when shnur was brought there with the van goghs ear project many were born there no my tequila jazz i remember when shnur was brought there with the van gogh s ear project many were born there no my tequilajazz i remember when sh nur was brought there with the van goghs ear project Shnurandhisfriendslipsangeasysongs,wearingtightleotards,andthenowtrendycomposerIgorVdovinwaswiththem. shnur and his friends lip sang easy songs wearing tight leotards and the now trendy composer igor vdovin was with them s h nur and his friends lip sang easy songs wearing tight leotards and the now trendy composer igor vdovin was with them sh nur and his friends lip sang easy songs wearing tight leotards and the now trendy composer igor vdovin was with them shnur and his friends lips ang easy songs wearing tight leotards and the now trendy composer igor vdovin was with them shnur and his friends lip sang easy songs wearing tight leotards and the now trendy composer igor vdovin was with the m Whenthegroupbegantoplaylive,itbecameLeningrad. when the group began to play live i t became leningrad when the group began to play l ive it became leningrad when the group began to play live itbecame leningrad when the group began to play liveit became leningrad when the group began to play live i t becam e leningrad TrakhtenbergwasthepresenterofmanyprogramsbeforeHali-Galitimes. trakhtenberg was the presenter of many programs before hali gali times trakhtenberg was the presenter of many programs before haligali times trakhtenberg was the presenter of many pro grams before hali gali times trakhtenberg was the presenter of many pro grams before haligali times trakhtenberg was the presenter of many programs before haligali time s WegavethemTrakhtenberg,andagreatcareerwasonitsway,butthebasiceducationandmentoringhereceivedfromus. we gave them trakhtenberg and a great career was on its way but the basic educa tion and mentoring he received from us we gave them trakhtenberg and a great career was on its way but the basic edu cation and mentoring he received from us we gave them trakhtenberg and a great career was on its way but the basic educa tion and mentoring he received from u s we gave them trakhtenberg and a great career was on its way but the basic edu cation and mentoring he received from u s we gave them trakhtenberg and a great career was on its way but the basic educationand mentoring he received from us GalleryD137,Griboyedovclub-alltheseechotheArt-clinic. gallery d 137 griboyedov club all these echo the art clinic gallery d137 griboyedov club all these echo the art clinic gallery d13 7 griboyedov club all these echo the art clinic gallery d1 37 griboyedov club all these echo the art clinic gallery d 13 7 griboyedov club all these echo the art clinic Thatiswhereourstaffandregularcustomersleftfor. that is where our staff and regular customers left for that is wher e our staff and regular customers left for that is where our staff and regular customer s left for thatis where our staff and regular customers left for that iswhere our staff and regular customers left for Iamaheroofthelastcentury,whenculturemeantsomething. i am a hero of the last century whenculture meant something i am a hero ofthe last century when cul ture meant something i am a hero of the last cen tury whenculture meant something iamahero of the last century whenculture meant something i am a hero ofthe last century when culture mean t something In2000,therewasapollinthepress,forthePeopleofOurCityprize. in 2000 there was a poll in the press for the people of our city prize in 2000 there was a poll in the press for the people of our city p rize i n 2000 there was a poll in the press for the people of our city prize in 2000 there was a poll in the press for the people of our city p r i z e in2000 there was a poll in the press for the people of our city prize IwasnominatedArtistoftheYear,myclimaxcametoanend. i was nominated artist of the year my climax came to an end i was nominated artist of theyear my climax came to an end i was nomi nated artist of the year my climax came to an end i was nom inated artist of the year my climax came to an end i was nominated artist of the year m y climax came to an end Inthenewtimes,itisuncomfortabletoworkbyoldrules.I'mamanoftruth,honestyandcultureofthelastcentury. in the new times it is uncomfortable to workby old rules i m a man of truth honesty and culture of the last century in the new times it is uncomfortable to work by old rule s i m a man of truth honesty and culture of the last century in the new times it is uncomfortable to work b y old rules i m a man of truth honesty and culture of the last century in the new times it is uncomfortable to workby old rules im a man of truth honesty and culture of the last century in the new times it is uncomfortable to workby old rules i m a man of truth honesty and cul ture of the last century Inourtime,itiseasytobecomepopular,butcultureandpopularityaredifferent.Youcanbepopular,butnotverycultural. in our time it is easy to become popular but cul ture and popularity are dif ferent you can be popular but not very cultural in our time it is easy to become popular but cul ture and popularity are different you can bepopular but not very cultural in our time it is easy to become popular but culture and popular ity are different you can bepopular but not very cultural in our time it is easy to become popular but cul ture and popularity are different you can b e popular but not very cultural in our time it is easy to become popular but culture and pop ularity are different you can bepopular but not very cultural -Yourworkismarkedbyarecognizablestyle. your work is marked by a recognizable style your work is marked by a recog nizable style you r work is marked by a recognizable style your work is marked by a rec ognizable style your work is marked by a re cognizable style -Manyofmyworksarehits,withclearlyreflectedrelevanceandacuity. many of my works are hits with clearly reflected relevance and acuity many of my works are hits with clearly re flected relevance and acuity many of my works are hits with clearlyreflected relevance and acuity many of my works are hits with clearly refl ected relevance and acuity many of my works are hits with clearly reflected relevanceand acuity Iwillhaveaprogrammeexhibit,"Russianmuseuminclowns." i will have a programme exhibit russian museum in clowns i will have a programme exhibit russian museum in clown s i will have a programme ex hibit russian museum in clowns i will have a pro gramme exhibit russian museum in clowns i will have a programme exhibit russianmuseum in clowns Clownsareatimelesscategory. clowns are a timeless category clown s are a timeless category clowns area timeless category clowns are a timeless cat egory c lowns are a timeless category Iwassocialbefore,nowitispainfulandscarytobelikethat. i was social before now it is painful and scary tobe like that i was social before now it is painful and scary tobelike that i was social before now it is painful and scary t o belike that i was social before now it is painful and scary tobe likethat i was social before now it is painful and scary tobe l ike that Buteverythingisblurredinclowns,tragedyisremoved. but everything is blurred in clown s tragedy is removed but everything is blurred in clowns tragedy is removed but everything is blurred in clown s tragedy is re moved but everything is blurred in clowns tragedy is re moved but everything is blurred i n clowns tragedy is removed Ilikegrotesque,Ihavegrotesqueideas. i like grotesque i have grotesque ideas i like grotesque i have grotesque idea s ilike grotesque i have grotesque ideas i like grotesque ihave grotesque ideas i like grotesque i have gro tesque ideas Forexample,savingtheworldbytotalitarianchangingofclothesbyorder. for example saving the world by totalitarian changing of clothes by order for example saving the world by totali tarian changing of clothes by order for example saving the world by total itarian changing of clothes by order for example saving the world by totalitarian c hanging of clothes by order for example saving the world by totalitarian changing of clothes by or der Nowadays,peoplearejudgedbyappearance,nottheirinnerqualities. nowadays people are judged by appearance not their inner qualities now a days people are judged by appearance not their inner qualities now a day s people are judged by appearance not their inner qualities now adays people are judged by appearance not their inner qualities nowa days people are judged by appearance not their inner qualities Whoknows,maybeyoucannotshakehishand,andneedtospitinhisface. who knows maybe you cannot shake his hand and need to spit i n his face who knows may be you cannot shake his hand and need to spit i n his face who knows maybe you cannot shake his hand and need to spit i n h i s f a c e who knows maybe you cannot shake his hand and need to spit i n hi s face who knows may be you cannot shake his hand and need to spit i n h i s f a c e Andtheliewillgoawaywiththehelpofchangingclothes. and the lie will go away with the help of changing clothes and the lie will go away with the help of chang ing clothes and the lie will go away with the help of ch anging clothes and the lie will go away with the help of cha nging clothes and the lie will go a way with the help of changing clothes -Recentlywesawyouintheroleofmusicman.-Aculturalcityshouldhavesuchacharacter. recently we saw you in the role of music man a cultural city should have such a character recently we saw you in the role of music mana cultural city should have such a character recently we saw you in the role of musicman a cultural city should have such a character recently we saw you in the role of musicmana cultural city should have such a character recently we saw you in the role of music ma n a cultural city should have such a character WhofitstherolebetterthanI? who fits the role better than i who fits the role better t han i who fits the role better thani w ho fits the role better than i who fits the role better th a n i -Maybecommercialartcanalsobebeautiful? may be commercial art can also be beautiful maybe commercial art can also be beautiful maybe commercialart can also be beautiful may be commercialart can also be beautiful maybe commer cial art can also be beautiful -Nowadays,commercialartshouldbeneat,considerate,sweet. nowadays commercial art should be neat considerate sweet now a days commercial art should be neat considerate sweet nowadays commercialart should be neat considerate sweet now adays commercial art should be neat considerate sweet nowadays commer cial art should be neat considerate sweet Thereisadisintegrationofcultures. there is a dis integration of cultures there isa disintegration of cultures there is a disin tegration of cultures there is a disintegra tion of cultures there is a disinte gration of cultures Peopleusedtogettogetherinflocks,Bohemianslikedonething,thesimplepeople,somethingelse. people used to get together in flocks bohemians liked one thing the simple people something else people used to get together in flocks bohemians like done thing the simple people something else people used to get together in flocks b ohemians liked one thing the simple people something else people used to get together in flocks bohemians liked one thing the sim ple people something else people used to get together in flocks bohemians like d one thing the simple people something else Now,everybodyisdividedintomicrosocieties,it'shardtobelikedbyeveryone. now everybody is divided into micro societies it s hard to be liked by everyone now everybody is divided into micro societies its hard to be liked by everyone now every body is divided into micro societies it s hard to be liked by everyone now everybody is divided into microsocieties it s hard to be liked by everyone now every body is divided into micro societies its hard to be liked by everyone Iamnotahundreddollarbilltopleaseall. i am not a hundred dollar bill to please all iam not a hundred dollar bill to please all ia m not a hundred dollar bill to please all i amnot a hundred dollar bill to please all i am not a hundred dollar bill to please a l l Nowyouhavetothinkwhoyouwillplease. now you have to think who you will please now you have to think who y ou will please now you have to think wh o you will please now you have to think who you will pleas e n ow you have to think who you will please Now,eachcultherohas100fans. now each cult hero has 100 fans now each culthero has 100 fans noweach cult hero has 100 fans now each cult hero has 100 fan s now each cult hero has100 fans -ButseveralthousandcometoStasMikhailov! but several thousand come to stas mikhailov but several thousand come to st a s mikhailov but several thousand come to s t a s mikhailov but several thousand come to sta s mikhailov but several thousand come to st as mikhailov -Thecast-outsgotoseehim,thesexual-socialsphereisatworkthere. the cast outs go to see him the sexual social sphere is at work there the castouts go to see him the sexual social sphere is at work there the castout s go to see him the sexual social sphere is at work there the cast outs go to see him the sexual socialsphere is at work there the cast outs go to see him the sex ual social sphere is at work there But300peoplewillcomeforculture,not10,000.Intheend,there'slessmanagement,money,everythingdiesout. but 300 people will come for culture not 10000 in the end there s less management money everything dies out but 300 people will come for culture not 10000 in the end there s less management money every thing dies out but 300 people will come for culture not 10000 in the end there s less mana gement money everything dies out but 300 people will come for culture not 10 000 in the end there s less management money everything dies out but 300 people will come for culturenot 10000 in the end there s less management money everything dies out Ihavefans;themainthingisnottobetraythem,nottospoilwhatIhaveearned. i have fans the main thing is not to betray them not t o spoil what i have earned i have fans the main thing is not to betray them not to sp oil what i have earned i have fans the main thing is not to betray them not t o spoil what i have ear ned i have fans the main thing is not to betray them not to sp oil whati have earned i have fans the main thing is not to betray them not t o spoil what i have e arned Inmyyouth,IpaintedsuchartthatonecollectorhadithangingonthesamewallwithFalkandLarionov. in my youth i painted such art that one collector had it hanging on the same wall with falk and larionov in my youth i painted suchart that one collector had it hanging on the same wall with falk and larionov in my youth i painted such a rt that one collector had it hanging on the same wall with falk and larionov in my youth i painted such art that one collector had it hanging on the same wall with falkand larionov in my youth i painted such art that one collector had it hanging on the same wall with falk and l arionov Istartedwithpaintings,whichpeopleusuallyendwith. i started with painting s which people usually end with i startedwith paintings which people usually end with i started with painting s which peo ple usually end with i started with paintings whichpeople usually end with i started with painting s which p eople usually end with Conceptsareoftenmixedupthesedays. concepts ar e often mixed up these days concepts are of ten mixed up these days concepts are often mixed up the se days concepts ar e often mixed up these day s con cepts are often mixed up the se days Peoplesay:spiritualculture,consumerculture. people say spiritual culture consumer culture people say spiri tual culture consumer culture people say spir itual culture consumer culture peoplesay spiritual culture consumer culture people say spiritual cul ture consumer culture Thereisnocultureinconsumerism,it's"fromanotheropera." there is no culture in consumerism it s from another opera there is no culture in consumerism its from another opera there is no cul ture in consumerism it s from another opera there is no culture in consumerism it s from an other opera t here is no culture in consumerism it s from another opera Iamamanofyesterday'sculture.Igrewuponexamplesofartistswholivedpooranddiedinpoverty,refusedmoneyforthesakeofpainting. i am a man of yesterday s culture i grew up on e xamples of artists who lived poor and died in pov erty refused money for the sake of painting i am a man of yesterday s culture i grew up on e xamples of artists who lived poor and died in pov erty refused money for the sake of paint ing i am a man of yesterday s culture i grew up on e xamples of artists who lived poor and died in pov erty r efused money for the sake of painting i am a man of yesterday s culture i grew up on e xamples of artists who lived poor and died in pov erty refused money for the sak e of painting i am a man of yesterday s culture i grew up on e xamples of artists who lived poor and died in pov erty refused money for the s ake of painting ThisisthecultureI'mfor. this is the culture im for this is the culture i mfor this is the culture i mf or this is the culture imf or this is the cul ture im for -Kirill,whatisSt.Petersburgmissing? kirill what is st petersburg missing kirill what is st peters burg missing kirill what is stpetersburg missing kirill whatis st petersburg missing kirill what is st petersburg miss ing -Goodculturalexperts. good cultural experts good cul tural experts good cultural expert s g ood cultural experts good cultural exper ts Thereissuchathing:anofficialforculture. there is such a thing an official for culture there is such a thing an of ficial for culture there is such a thing an offi cial for culture there is such a thing an official for cul ture there is such a thing an o fficial for culture Butnoteveryonecanbeengagedinculture. but not everyone can be engaged in culture but not every one can be engaged in culture but not everyone can be engaged in cul ture but not everyone can be engaged in cult ure b ut not everyone can be engaged in culture Undertherightrulerseverythingwasdifferent.Kingsmaynothaveunderstoodcultureverywell,buttheyunderstoodthattheyneededtostickwiththerightexperts. under the right rulers everything was differen tkings may not have understood culture very well but they understood that they needed to stick with the right experts under the right rulers everything was differentk ings may not have understood culture very well but they understood that they needed to stick with the right experts under the right rulers every thing was differen tkings may not have understood culture very well but they understood that they needed to stick with the right experts under the right rulers everything was differen tking s may not have understood culture very well but they understood that they needed to stick with the right experts under the right rulers everything was differentk ing s may not have understood culture very well but they understood that they needed to stick with the right experts TherearegoodconsultantsinMoscowrightnow. there are good consultants in moscow right now there are good consultants in moscow rightnow there are good consultants in mos cow right now t here are good consultants in moscow right now there are good consultants in mo scow right now HereinSt.Petersburg,therearepeoplewhocouldbeexperts,buttheyarepushedtotheside,becausemoreadvancedexpertsareneeded,whowillcorrectlyevaluatetheseexpertsandgivewaytothem. here in st petersburg there are people who could be ex perts but they are pushed to the side because more advanced experts are needed who willcorrectly evaluate these experts and give way to them here in st petersburg there are people who could be ex perts but they are pushed to the side because more advanced experts are needed who willcorrectly evaluate these ex perts and give way to them here in st petersburg there are people who could be expe rts but they are pushed to the side because more advanced experts are needed who willcorrectly evaluate these experts and give way to them here in st petersburg there are people who could be ex perts but they are pushed to the side because more ad vanced experts are needed who willcorrectly evaluate these experts and give way to them here in st petersburg there are people who could be ex perts but they are pushed to the side because more advanced experts are needed who willcorrectly eval uate these experts and give way to them Judgementcallsarewhatthrivenow. judgement calls a re what thrive now judgement call s are what thrive now judgement calls ar e what thrive now judgement calls are wha t thrive now judgement calls are w hat thrive now EvenErart,butthey'redifferentbecausetheysayhonestlythatwedon'tacceptallmodernart.Therearesomeartists,whoneedtofindothermuseumsforthemselves. evener art but they re different because they say honestly that we don t accept allmodern art there are some artists who need to find other museums for themselves e vener art but they re different because they say honestly that we don t accept allmodern art there are some artists who need to find other museums for themselves evener art but they re different because they say honestly that we dont accept allmodern art there are some artists who need to find other museums for themselves evener art but they re different because they say honestly that we don t accept allmodern art there are some artists who need to find other museums for them selves e vener art but they re different because they say honestly that we don t accept allmodern art there are some artists who need to find other museums for them selves -WhatdoesSt.Petersburgmeantoyou? what does st petersburg mean to you what does s t p etersburg mean to you what does st peters burg mean to you what does st pe tersburg mean to you what does st petersburg meantoyou -St.Petersburgisnotaculturalcapital,Moscowhasmuchmoreculture,thereisbedrockthere. st petersburg is not a cultural capital moscow has much more culture there is bedrock there st petersburg is not a cultural capital moscow has much more culture there is bed rock there st peters burg is not a cultural capital moscow has much more culture there is bedrock there stpetersburg is not a cultural capital moscow has much more culture there is bedrock there st pe tersburg is not a cultural capital moscow has much more culture there is bedrock there It'shardforarttogrowonourrocks. it s hard for art to grow on our rocks its hard for art to grow on our rocks it s hard for art to grow on our rock s its hard for art to grow on our rock s it s hard for art to grow on our r o c k s Weneedculturalbedrock,butwenowhavemorewritersthanreaders.Thisiswrong. we need cultural bedrock but we now have more writers than readers this is wrong we need cultural bedrock but w e now have more writers than readers this is wrong weneed cultural bedrock but we now have more writers than readers this is wrong we need cultural bed rock but we now have more writers than readers this is wrong we need cultural bedrock but we now have more writers than readers this is wron g InEurope,therearemanycuriouspeople,whogotoartexhibits,concerts. in europe there are many curious people who go to art exhibits concerts in eu rope there are many curious people who go to art exhibits concerts ineurope there are many curious people who go to art exhibits concerts in europe t here are many curious people who go to art exhibits concerts in europe there are many curi ous people who go to art exhibits concerts Here,thislayeristhin. here this layer is thin herethis layer is thin here t his layer is thin here thislayer is thin here this layeris thin Weneedtomakeartfashionable,asitwasinthebeginningoflastcentury. we need to make art fashionable as it was in the beginning of last century we need to make art fashionable as it was in the be ginning of last century we need to make art fashionable as it was in the be gin ning of last century we need to make art fashionable as it was in the begin ning of last century we need to make art fashionable as it was in the beginning of last cen tury TheprojectissupportedbytheSt.Petersburggrant. the project is supported by the st petersburg grant the project is sup ported by the st petersburg grant the project is supported by the st petersburg g rant the project is supported by the st petersburg g r a n t the project is supported by the stpetersburg grant Givebirthinspace give birth in space give birth in s pace givebirth in space give birth in sp ace give birth i n space Theearthisindanger. the earth is in danger t he earth is in danger the earth is in dan ger the earth is indanger the earth is in dang er Globalwarmingoranencounterwithakillerasteroid. global warming or an encounter with a killer asteroid globalwarming or an encounter with a killer asteroid global warm ing or an encounter with a killer asteroid global warming or an encounterwith a killer asteroid glo bal warming or an encounter with a killer asteroid Caravansofcosmicshipswithhumansonboardleaveinsearchofareplacementplanet. caravans of cosmic ships with humans onboard leave in search of a replacement planet caravans of cos mic ships with humans onboard leave in search of a replacement planet cara vans of cosmic ships with humans onboard leave in search of a replacement planet caravans of cosmic ships with humans onboard leave in search of a replacement plan et caravans of cosmic ships with humans onboard leave in search of a replacement plane t Tosavehumanity,thequestionishowtopropagateourraceinconditionsofweightlessnessoronthatreplacementplanet? to save humanity the question is how to propagate our race in con ditions of weight lessness or on that replacement planet to save humanity the question is how to propagate our race in con ditions of weightless ness or on that replacement planet to save humanity the question is how to propagate our race in con ditions of weightlessness oron that replacement planet to save humanity the question is how to propagate our race in condi tions of weightlessness oron that replacement planet to save humanity the question is how to propagate our race in con ditions of weight lessness or on that replacement plan et Ithinkthechoiceissmall. i think the choice is small i think the choice is sm all i think the choice is s mall ithink the choice is small i think the choice is smal l Thereareonlytwoactualplanetsthatcanbeexploredevenhypothetically. there are only two actual planets that can be explored e ven hypothetically there are only two actual planets that can be explored e v e n hypothetically there are only two actual planets that can be explored e v e n hy pothetically there are only two actual planets that can be explored e ven h ypothetically there are only two actual planets that can be explored e v e n hypotheti cally "VenusandMars,"saysSeniorResearcheroftheP.K.ShternbergStateAstronomyInstitute(GAISh)VladimirSurdin. venus and mars says senior researcher of thep k shternberg state astronomy institute gaish vladimir surdin venus and mars says senior researcher of thepk shternberg state astronomy institute gaish vladimir surdin venus and mars says senior researcher ofthe pk shternberg state astronomy institute gaish vladimir surdin venus and mars says senior researcher ofthe p k shternberg s tate astronomy institute gaish vladimir surdin venus and mars says senior researcher of thep k shternberg state as tronomy institute gaish vladimir surdin ButwhileconditionsonMarsaremoreappropriateforlife,Venushas500-degreetemperatures. but while conditions on mars are more appropriate for life venus has 500 degree temperatures but while conditions on mars are more appropriate for life venus has 500 degree temperature s but while conditions on mars are more appropriate for life venus has 50 0 degree temperatures but while conditions on mars are moreappropriate for life venus has 500 degree temperatures but while conditions on mars are more appropriate for life venus has 5 00 degree temperatures LifeispossibleonlyatahighaltitudeorontheorbitofVenus...inspace. life is possible only at a high altitude or on the orbit of venus in space life is possible only at a high alti tude or on the orbit of venus in space life is possible only at a high altitude or on the orbit of venus inspace life is possible only at a high altitude or on the orbit of venus i n space life is possible only at a high altitude or on the orbit of venus in sp ace Thequestionofreproductioninspacebeganwithflora. the question of re production in space began with flora the question of reproduc tion in space began with flora the question of repro duction in space began with flora the question of re pro duction in space began with flora the question of reproductionin space began with flora Halfacenturyago,experimentswererunonplants. half a century ago experiments were run on plants half a century ago ex periments were run on plants half a cen tury ago experiments were run on plants half a centuryago experiments were run on plants half a century ago exper iments were run on plants Fourgenerationsofpeasgrowninorbitwerenodifferentfromtheirearthcounterparts. four generations of peas grown in orbit were nodifferent from their earth counterparts four generations of peas grown in orbit were no different from the ir earth counterparts four generations of peas grown in orbit were nodifferent from their earth counterpart s four generations of peas grown in orbit we re no different from the ir earth counterparts four generations of peas grown in orbit were no different from theirearth counterparts Then,insectswerebredinorbit,smallfruitflies. then insects were bred in orbit small fruit flies then insects were bred in orbit small fruitflies the n insects were bred in orbit small fruit flies then in sects were bred in orbit small fruit flies then insects were bred inorbit small fruit flies In1979,quaileggsweresenttospace,tocheckhowanembryodevelopsinweightlessness. in 1979 quail eggs were sent to space to check how an embryo develops in weightlessness in 1979 quail eggs were sent to space to check how an embryo develops in weight lessness in1979 quail eggs were sent to space to check how an embryo develops in weightlessness in 1979 quail egg s were sent to space to check how an embryo develops in weightlessness i n 1979 quail eggs were sent to space to check how an embryo develops in weightlessness Wegetanabsolutelynormalchick. we get an absolutely normal chick weget an absolutely normal chick w e get an absolutely normal chick we get an absolutely normalchick we get an absolutely normal c h i c k Butthentheproblembegins. but then the problem begins but then the prob lem begins b ut then the problem begins butthen the problem begins but thenthe problem begins "Theproblemisrelatedtothefactthatthischickneedstofindsupport,needstogetonitsfeetandstartmoving,"explainsheadofthelaboratoryoftheInstituteofMedicalandBiologicalProblems(IMBP)RANVladimirSychev. the problem is related to the fact that this chick needs tofind support needs to get on its feet and start moving explains head of the laboratory of the institute of medical and biological problems imbp ran vladimir sychev the problem is related to the fact that this chick need s to find support needs to get on its feet and start moving explains head of the laboratory of the institute of medical and biological problems imbp ran vladimir sychev the problem is related to the fact that this chick needstofind support needs to get on its feet and start moving explains head of the laboratory of the institute of medical and biological problems imbp ran vladimir sychev the problem is related to the fact that t his chick needs to find support needs to get on its feet and start moving explains head of the laboratory of the institute of medical and biological problems imbp ran vladimir sychev the problem is related to the fact that this chick needs tofind support needs to get on its feet and start moving explains head of the laboratory of the institute of medical and biological problems imbp ra n vladimir sychev Havingfoundnosupport,chicksweretumblingaroundindisorder. having found no support chicks were tumbling around in disorder having found no sup port chicks were tumbling around in disorder having found no support c hicks were tumbling around in disorder having found no support chicks we re tumbling around in disorder having found no support chicks were tumbling around in dis order After10hours,thenewbornsexperiencedcompleteatrophyofinstincts. after 10 hours the newborns experienced complete atrophy of instincts after 10 hours the newborn s experienced complete atrophy of instincts after 10 hours the newborns experienced com plete atrophy of instincts after 10 hours the newborns experienced complete atrophy of in stincts after 10 hours the new borns experienced complete atrophy of instincts Chicksdidnotreacttolightandsound. chicks did not react to light and sound c hicks did not react to light and sound chick s did not react to light and sound chicks didnot react to light and sound chicks did notreact to light and sound Andtheproblemwasthattheysimplydiedafterfourdays. and the problem was that they simply died after four days and the problem was that they simply died after four day s and the problemwas that they simply died after four days and theproblem was that they simply died after four days and the problem was that they simply died a fter four days "Webredchickstwicethere,andthenstopped,becauseitisimpossibletoworkwiththemthere,"saysVladimirSychev,confirmingthefailureoftheexperimentwithchicksinspace. we bred chicks twice there and then stopped because it is impossible to work with them there s ays vladimir sychev confirming the failure of the experiment with chicks in space we bred chicks twice there and then stopped because it is impossible to work with them theresa ys vladimir sychev confirming the failure of the experiment with chicks in space we bred chicks twice there and then stopped because it is impossible to work with them theres a ys vladimir sychev confirming the failure of the experiment with chicks in space we bred chicks twice there and then stopped because it is impossible to work with them theresa y s vladimir sychev confirming the failure of the experiment with chicks in space we bred chicks twice there and then stopped because it is impossible to work with them there s ay s vladimir sychev confirming the failure of the experiment with chicks in space Thelastbiological"mini-ark"withanimalsflewintoorbit16yearsago. the last biological mini ark with animals flew into orbit 16 years ago the last biological mini ark with animals flew into orbit 1 6 years ago the last bi ological mini ark with animals flew into orbit 16 years ago the last biologi cal mini ark with animals flew into orbit 16 years ago the last biological miniark with animals flew into orbit 16 years ago Inspring2013,experimentswillcontinue. in spring 2013 experiments will continue in spring 2013 e xperiment s will continue in spring 2013 experiment s will continue in spring2013 experiments will continue in spring 201 3 experiments will continue However,onlysame-sexbeingswillbeontheBionbio-satellite. however only samesex beings will be on the bio n bio satellite however only samesex beings will be on the bion bio satellite however only samesex beings will be on the bi on bio satellite however only samesex beings will be on the bio nbio satellite however only samesex beings will be on the bion biosatellite Therewasanexperimentwithrats,whoweresenttospacewithfoetus. there was an experiment with rats who were sent to space with foetus there was an experiment with rats who were sent to space with foe tus t here was an experiment with rats who were sent to space with foetus there was an experiment with rats who were sent to spacewith foetus there was an experiment with rats who were sent to space with f oetus Inprinciple,therewasnothingextraordinarythere. in principle there was nothing extraordinary there in principle there was nothing extra ordinary there in princi ple there was nothing extraordinary there inprinciple there was nothing extraordinary there in principle there was nothing extraordinary the re "Thiswasonbio-satellites,butagain,itwasasingularexperimentandsuchresearchneedstobeconducted,"saysVladimirSychev. this was on biosatellites but again it was a singular experiment and such research needs to be conducted says vladimir sychev this was on bio satellites but again it was a singular experiment and such research needs to be conducted says vladimir sychev this was on biosatellites but again it was a singular experi ment and such research needs to be conducted says vladimir sychev this was on biosatellite s but again it was a singular experiment and such research needs to be conducted says vladimir sychev this was on biosatellites but again it was a singular experiment and such re search needs to be conducted says vladimir sychev Afterlanding,thecosmicratshadbabies. after landing the cosmic rats had babies after land ing the cosmic rats had babies after landing the cosm ic rats had babies after landing the cos mic rats had babies after landing the cosmic rat s had babies Butit'shardtosolvetheproblemofreproductiondirectlyinspace. but it s hard to solve the problem of re production directly in space but it s hard to solve the prob lem of reproduction directly in space but it s hard to solve the problem of re production directly in sp ace but it s hard to solve the problem of re production di rectly in space but it s hard to solve the problem of re production directly in s pace It'snotaneasytask. it s not an easy task its not an easy task i t s not an easy task it s not an easytask i ts not an easy task Animalssimplycannotfollowtheirsexualinstinct,whenthey'reoutoftheirfamiliarenvironment. animals simply cannot follow their sexual instinct when they re out of their familiar environment animals simply can not follow their sexual instinct when they re out of their familiar environment animals simply cannot follow their sexual instinct when theyre out of their familiar environment animals simply cannot follow their sex ual instinct when they re out of their familiar environment animals simply can not follow their sexual instinct when theyre out of their familiar environment Inprinciple,people,unlikeanimals,can. in principle people unlike animals can inprinciple people unlike animals can in princi ple people unlike animals can in pr inciple people unlike animals can i n principle people unlike animals can Homosapienshaveabstractthinking,andareabletocreateafittingemotionalbackground. homo sapiens have abstract thinking and are able to cre ate a fitting emotional background homo sapiens have abstract thinking and are able to create a fit ting emotional background homo sapiens have abstract thinking and are able to create a fi tting emotional background homo sapiens have abstract thinking and are able to cre ate a fitting emotional back ground homo sapiens have abstract thinking and are able to createa fitting emotional background Suchexperimentsarenotconductedforethicalreasons. such experiments are not con ducted for ethical reasons such experiments are not conducted f or ethical reasons such experiments are not conducted forethicalreasons such experiments are not conducted forethical reasons such experiments are not con ducted for ethical rea sons Butwomenhavebeenflyingtospacefor50years. but women have been flying to space for 50 years but women have been flying to space for 50years but women have been flying to space for 5 0 years but women have been flying to space for 50 year s but women have been flying to spa ce for 50 years ThebiggestriskwasforTereshkova. the biggest risk was for tereshkova t he biggest risk was for tereshkova the biggest risk was for tereshko va the big gest risk was for tereshkova the biggestrisk was for tereshkova Themostvaluablethingforhumanityisthefemalebody. the most valuable thing for humanity is the female body the most valu able thing for humanity is the female body the most valuable thing for humanity is the femalebody the most valuable thing for humanity is the fe male body the most valuable thing for hu manity is the female body Our"Seagull"leftandnobodyonearthcouldtellwhethershewouldbeOKafterflyingtospace. our seagull left and nobody on earth could tell whether she would be ok after flying to space our sea gull left and nobody on earth could tell whether she would be ok after flying to space our seagull left and nobody on earth could tell whether she would be o k after flying to space our seagull left and nobody on earth could tell whether s he would be ok after flying to space our seagull left and nobody on earth could tell whether she wo uld be ok after flying to space Whethershewillbeabletogivebirthafterthisflight. whether she will be able to give birth after this flight whether s he will be able to give birth after this flight whether she will be able to give birth after this fli ght whether she will be able to give birth after this f light whether she will beable to give birth after this flight "Nobodyansweredthisquestion,"saysrocketandspaceindustryveteran,VakhtangVachnadze. nobody answered this question says rocket and space industry veteran vakhtang vachnadze nobody answered this question say s rocket and space industry veteran vakhtang vachnadze no body answered this question says rocket and space industry veteran vakhtang vachnadze nobody answered this question says rocket and space industry veteran vakht ang vachnadze nobody answered this question says rocket and space industry vet eran vakhtang vachnadze InJune1964,onlyayearafterflyingtospace,thefirstwomaninspaceValentinaTereshkovagavebirthtoadaughter. in june 1964 only a year after flying to space the first woman in space valentina tereshkova gave birth to a daughter in june 1964 only a year after flying to space the first woman in space valentina tereshkova gav e birth to a da ughter in june 1964 only a year after flying to space the first woman in space valentina tereshkova gave birth to a daugh ter in june 1964 only a year after flying to space the first woman in space valentina tereshkova gave birth to a da ughter in june1964 only a year after flying to space the first woman in space valentina tereshkova gave birth to a daughter Thechild'sfather,AndrianNikolaev,wasalsoacosmonaut. the child s father andrian nikolaev was also a cosmonaut the childs father andrian nikolaev was also a cosmonaut the child s father andrian nikolaev was also a co smonaut the child sfather andrian nikolaev was also a cosmonaut the childs father andrian nikolaev was also a co smonaut In1988,thesecondwomancosmonaut,SvetlanaSavitskaya,whowentintoorbittwiceandevenworkedinopenspace,gavebirthtoason. in 1988 the second woman cosmonaut svetlana savitskaya who went into orbit twice and even worked in open space gave birth to a son in 1988 the sec ond woman cosmonaut svetlana savitskaya who went into orbit twice and even worked in open space gave birth to a son in 1988 the second woman cosmonaut svetlana savitskaya who went into orbit twice and even worked in openspace gave birth to a son in1988 the second woman cosmonaut svetlana savitskaya who went into orbit twice and even worked in open space gave birth to a son in 1988 the second woman cosmonaut svetlana savitskaya who went into orbit twice and even worked in o pen s pace gave birth to a son However,theriskremains. however the risk remains how ever the risk remains however the risk re mains h owever the risk remains however therisk remains Wehavefew,veryfewcosmonauts,whowereOKandhadhealthychildrenafterlongflights. we have few very few cosmonauts who were ok and had healthy children after long flights we have few very few cosmonauts who were o k and had healthy children after long flights we have few very few cosmonauts who were ok and had healthy children after long flight s w e have few very few cosmonauts who were ok and had healthy children after long flights we have few very few cosmonauts who we re ok and had healthy children after long flights "What'smore,itisdangerousevenfororbitalflights,"addspilotandcosmonaut,HerooftheUSSR,HeroofRussia,ValeryPoliakov. what s more it is dan gerous even for orbital flights adds pilot and cosmonaut hero of the ussr hero o f russia valery poliakov what s more it is dan gerous even for orbital flights adds pilot and cosmonaut hero of the ussr hero ofrussia valery poliakov what s more it is danger ous even for orbital flights adds pilot and cosmonaut hero of the ussr hero ofrussia valery poliakov what s more it is dan gerous even for orbital flights adds pilot and cosmonaut hero of the ussr hero o f russia valery p oliakov whats more it is dan gerous even for orbital flights adds pilot and cosmonaut hero of the ussr hero ofrussia valery poliakov Andyet,humanityneedstoseekoutsomenewavenuesinbiotechnologies,protectionfromradiation,creationofartificialgravity. and yet human ity needs to seek out some new avenues in biotechnologies protection from radiation creation of artificial gravity and yet humanity need s to seek out some new avenues in biotechnologies protection from radiation creation of artificial gravity and yet humanity needs to see k out some new avenues in biotechnologies protection from radiation creation of artificial gravity and yet human ity needs to seek out some new avenues in bio technologies protection from radiation creation of artificial gravity and yet human ity needs to seek out some new avenues in biotechnolo gies protection from radiation creation of artificial gravity Hydro-laboratoryofCPK-mandatoryphaseoftrainingforaflight. hydrolaboratory of cpk mandatory phase oftraining for a flight hydro laboratory of cpk mandatory phase oftraining for a flight hydro laboratory of c pk mandatory phase oftraining for a flight hydro laboratory ofc pk mandatory phase oftraining for a flight hydrolaboratory of c pk mandatory phase oftraining for a flight Here,cosmonautspracticeskillsofworkinginopenspaceinzero-gravityconditions. here cosmonauts practice skills of working in open space in zero gravity conditions here cosmonaut s practice skills of working in open space in zero gravity conditions here cos monauts practice skills of working in open space in zero gravity conditions here cosmo nauts practice skills of working in open space in zero gravity conditions here cosmonauts prac tice skills of working in open space in zero gravity conditions Waterimitatesweightlessness. water imitates weightlessness water imitates weight lessness water imitates weightless ness water imitates weight less ness water im itates weightlessness Ifforadultswaterisaforeignmedium,althoughcomfortable,forinfantsitisanativeelement. if for adults water is a foreign medium although comfortable for infants it is a native element i f for adults water is a foreign medium although comfortable for infants it is a native element if for adults water is a foreign medium al though comfortable for infants it is a native element if foradults water is a foreign medium although comfortable for infants it is a native element if for adults water is aforeign medium although comfortable for infants it is a native element Smallamphibiansseemtoconfirmthatlifecametolandfromtheocean. small amphibians seem to confi rm that life came to land from the ocean small amphibians seem to con firm that life came to land from the ocean small amphibians seem to confi rm that life came to l and from the ocean small amphibians seem to confi rm that life came to land f rom the ocean small amphibians seem to con firm that life came to l and from the ocean Thereisaconnectionwiththefactthataninfantspendsabout9monthsinamnioticfluidinthewomb;itiseasiertogetusedtowaterafterthat. there is a connection with the fact that an infant spend s about 9 months in amniotic fluid in the womb it is easier to get used to water after that there is a connection with the fact that an infant spendsabout 9 months in amniotic fluid in the womb it is easier to get used to water after that there is a connection with the fact that an infant s pends about 9 months in amniotic fluid in the womb it is easier to get used to water after that there is a connection with the fact that an infant spendsabout 9months in amniotic fluid in the womb it is easier to get used to water after that there is a connection with the fact that an infant spend s about 9 months in amniotic fluid in the womb it is easier to get used to water a fter that Inprinciple,itislogical,becauseonlytwoweekspassfrombirthuntilthefirstbathing. in principle it is logical because only two week s pass from birth until the first bathing in principle it is logical because only twoweeks pass from birth until the first bathing in principle it is logical because only two weeks passfrom birth until the first bathing in principle it is logical because only two week s pass from birth until thefirst bathing in principle it is logical because only two week s pass f rom birth until the first bathing "Thisisverylittletimetoforgetsomething,"saysinfantswimminginstructorMarinaAksenova. this is very little time to forget something say s infant swimming instructor marina aksenova this is very little time to forget something says i nfant swimming instructor marina aksenova this is very little time to forget something say s infant swim ming instructor marina aksenova this is very little time to forget something says in fant swimming instructor marina aksenova this is very little time to forget something says in fant swimm in g in structor marina aksenova Inotherwords,ifforanewbornweightlessnessismorenatural,awomanneedsgravity,earth'spull. in other words if for a newborn weightlessness is more natural a woman needs gravity earth s pull in other words if for a newborn weightlessness is more natural a woman needs gravity earths pull in other words if for a newborn weight lessness is more natural a woman needs gravity earth s pull in other words if for a newborn weight less ness is more natural a woman needs gravity earth s pull in other words if for a new born weightlessness is more natural a woman needs gravity earth s pull Stomachandpelvicmusclesusuallyquicklydegenerateinweightlessness;theabilitytopushouttheembryoisreduced. stomach and pelvic muscles usually quickly degenerate in weightlessness the ability to push out the embryo is reduced stomach and pelvic muscles usually quickly degenerate in weightlessness the ability to push out the em bryo is reduced stomach and pelvic muscles usually quickly degenerate in weight lessness the ability to push out the embryo is reduced stomach and pelvic muscles usually quickly degenerate in weightlessness the ability to push out the embryo is re duced stomach and pelvic muscles usually quickly degener ate in weightlessness the ability to push out the embryo is reduced Well,let'sassumethatchildbirthstimulatorswillworkout. well let s assume that childbirth stimulators will work out well lets assume that childbirth stimulators will work out well let s assume that child birth stimulators will work out well let s assume that childbirth stimulators will workout well lets assume that child birth stimulators will work out Maybeshewillpushoutthebabyinaspecialroom. maybe she will push out the baby i n a special room maybe she will push out the baby ina special room maybe she will push out the baby i na special room maybe she will push out the baby inaspecial room maybe she will push out the babyina special room "Thenwhat?"-asksValeryPoliakovaboutthisnon-trivialissue. then what asks valery poliakov about this non trivial issue then what asks valery poliakov about this nontrivial issue then what asks valery p oliakov about this non trivial issue then what asks valery p oliakov about this nontrivial issue then what asks valer y poliakov about this non trivial issue Ontheotherhand,ababyalsoneedsartificialgravity. on the other hand a baby also needs a rtificial gravity on the other hand a baby also needs a rt ificial gravity on the other hand a baby also needs a rtificia l gravity on the other hand a baby also needs a r tificial gravity on the other hand a baby also needs a rtificial g ravity Whenabodydoesnotfeeltheearth'spull,itdoesnotformtheskeletalandmuscularsystem. when a body does not feel the earth s pull it doesnot form the skeletal and muscular system when a body does not feel the earth s pull it do es not form the skeletal and muscular system when a body does not feel the earths pull it doesnot form the skeletal and muscular system when a body does not feel the earths pull it do es not form the skeletal and muscular system when a body does not feel the earth s pull it doesnot form the skeletal and muscular sys tem Itisnotpossibletodressanewborninorbitintoaspecialloadingsuitfortraining,astheydowithadults. it is not possible to dress a newborn in orbit into a special loading suit for training as they do with adults it is not possible to dress a newborn in or bit into a special loading suit for training as they do with adults it is not pos sible to dress a newborn in orbit into a special loading suit for training as they do with adults it is notpossible to dress a newborn in orbit into a special loading suit for training as they do with adults it is not possible to dress a newborn in orbit into a spe cial loading suit for training as they do with adults Hewillsimplynothavewhatheneedstosurvive. he will simply not have what he needs to survive he will sim ply not have what he needs to survive h e will simply not have what he needs to survive he will si mply not have what he needs to survive he will simply not have what he needs to sur vive "Andthisexperiment,thatwewillgoforbyallowingthebirthofachildinaforeignenvironment,willleadtousbringingahandicapped,completelyunadaptedhumantoearth,"predictsChairmanoftheCommitteeonBioethicsIMBPRANIgorPestov. and this experiment that we will go for by allowing the birth of a child in a foreign environ ment w ill lead to us bringing a handicapped completely unadapted human to earth predicts chairman of the committee on bioethics i m b p r a n i g o r p e s t o v and this experiment that we will go for by allowing the birth of a child in a foreign environ ment w ill lead to us bringing a handicapped completely unadapted human to earth predicts chairman of the committee on bioethics i mbp ran igor pestov and this experiment that we will go for by allowing the birth of a child in a foreign environ ment w ill lead to us bringing a handicapped completely unadapted human to earth predicts chairman of the committee on bioethics i m b p r a n i g o r p e s to v and this experiment that we will go for by allowing the birth of a child in a foreign environ ment w ill lead to us bringing a handicapped completely unadapted human to earth predicts chairman of the committee on bioethics i mbp ran igor pesto v and this experiment that we will go for by allowing the birth of a child in a foreign environ ment w ill lead to us bringing a handicapped completely unadapted human to earth predicts chairman of the committee on bioethics i mb pran igor pestov Forthemoment,birthofchildreninspaceisjustatheory. for the moment birth of children in space is just a theory for the moment birth of chil dren in space is just a theory for the moment birth ofchildren in space is just a theory forthemoment birth of children in space is just a theory for the moment birth of child ren in space is just a theory However,withtime,itwillbecomereality,whenearthlingswillgotoafarawayplanetintheirships,anditwillbecomethehomefortheiroffspring,whowereborninspace. however with time it will become reality when earthlings will go to a far away planet in their ships and it will become the home for their offspring who were born in space how ever with time it will become reality when earthlings will go to a far away planet in their ships and it will become the home for their offspring who were born in space however with time it will become reality when earthlings will go to a far away planet in their ship s and it will become the home for their offspring who were born in space however with time it will become reality when earthlings will go to a far away planet in their ships and it will become the home for their off spring who were born in space however with time it will be come reality when earthlings will go to a far away planet in their ships and it will become the home for their offspring who were born in space