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The Cold War, Rebooted and Rebranded
In my latest for TomDispatch.com, I tackle the Pentagon's latest proclivity for "near-peer" conflicts, the near-peers being China and Russia, which conveniently serves to justify huge war budgets in perpetuity. It's the Cold War, rebooted and rebranded, with a new generation of nuclear weapons thrown into the mix to make things even more interesting. As they say, what could possibly go wrong?
What follows is an excerpt that focuses on a "Star Trek" episode that has much to teach us:
In the 1970s, in fact, I avidly watched reruns of the original Star Trek. Lately, one episode, "A Taste of Armageddon," has been on my mind. It featured two planets, Eminiar VII and Vendikar, at war with each other for 500 years. Here was the catch: those planets no longer used real weapons. Instead, they fought bloodlessly with computer-simulated attacks, even as citizens marked as "dead" had to report to disintegration chambers in a bizarre ritual meant to keep the peace through a computer-driven holocaust. The peoples of these two planets had become so accustomed to endless war that they couldn't imagine an alternative, especially one that ended in a negotiated peace.
So many years later, I can't help thinking that our country's military establishment has something in common with the leaders of Eminiar VII and Vendikar. There's so much repetition when it comes to America's wars — with little hope of negotiated settlements, little talk of radically different approaches, and a remarkably blasé attitude toward death — especially when it's largely the death of others; when foreign peoples, as if on another planet, are just "disintegrated," whether by monster bombs like MOAB or more discrete Hellfire missile strikes via remotely piloted drones.
What gives? Right now, America's military leaders are clearly turning back to the war they'd prefer to be fighting, the one they think they can win (or at least eternally not lose). A conventional warlike state vis-à-vis those near-peers seems to play to their skills. It's also a form of "war" that makes loads of money for the military-industrial complex, driving lucrative acquisition decisions about weaponry in a remarkably predictable fashion.
Near-peer "war" remains largely a fantasy set of operations (though with all-too-real dangers of possible conflagrations to come, right up to nuclear disaster). In contrast, real war, as in this century's terror wars, is a realm of chaos. So much the better to keep things as predictable as possible. Fresh and original ideas about war (and peace) are unlikely to prove profitable for the military-industrial complex. Worse yet, at an individual level, they could damage one's chances for promotion or, on retirement, for future posts within the industrial part of that complex. It's a lot healthier to salute smartly, keep planning for a near-peer future, and conform rather than fall on one's sword for a dissenting idea (especially one related to peace and so to less money for the Pentagon).
Please read the article in its entirety here at TomDispatch.
On Eminiar VII, "casualties" of computer war willingly enter disintegration chambers to die as a way of keeping "peace"
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David Kruschwitz says:
This just supports your conclusions:
https://nixonseminar.com/2021/04/the-nixon-seminar-april-6-2021-transcript
butsudanbill says:
I for one miss the original, real deal, true Cold War of my youth. You knew exactly where you stood at all times, there was a clear line of demarcation between Us and Them. Most importantly – and continually overlooked in this day and age – is back then the people calling the shots knew what was at stake (MAD), which is why we never went "toe to toe with the Rooskies," (to quote Major Kong). There was a bit of saber rattling, yes, and the Russian UN contingent banging their shoes on their desk tops was great theater, but the bottom line was maintaining stability and an open line of communication between Washington and the Kremlin. There were plenty of allies (US term) and comrades (Commie talk) to do the actual fighting, but those days are gone. There's no buffer of "client nations" to export democracy to or to become another tumbling domino in the face of Communist aggression.
What once may have been an ideological conflict is now little more than a pissing contest, largely brought about by the US's inability to accept that someone else might actually be, yes, Number 1. And with the Pentagon filled with pretenders and wannabes who seem to get a new campaign ribbon for every meeting they attend and a Congress filled with people who learned statecraft from Tom Clancy novels … it doesn't bode well for the future.
William J. Scott, M.D. says:
"Militarism, …., has been by far the commonest cause of the breakdown of civilizations during the last four or five millennia,…" From: A Study of History, Arnold Toynbee.
It seems that any civilization that embarks of empire demoralizes itself. The very act of warring for profit or conquest is demoralizing because it is an act of evilness. The soldiers who engage in killing a foreign people who are not an existential threat, realize their acts are evil, and this is demoralizing. This demoralization is the infection which these soldiers bring home with them.
Violence against spouses, children, fellow citizens, and themselves in the form of alcoholism and drug abuse is the result of this demoralization. The reason for this is that at some level they know they have done evil and can not live with themselves. Some may realize that they have been used by the system and forgive themselves. Most will see their demoralization as a personal failure which results in self hatred and the above violence.
There is no good war and there are very few necessary wars. I offer a prayer for the enlightenment of the American people everyday that they may wake up.
Denise Donaldson says:
This is as spot-on an analysis as I've ever read, Bill. And Toynbee published your initial reference how many decades ago? Even more apropos today.
Yes, Denise. Many of the troops suffer from "moral injury" even if they have no physical injuries from our needless wars.
And how could they not? I knew two Vietnam vets who essentially drank themselves to dwath, one of whom was involved with "forward recon," AKA, "search and destroy." He had flashbacks so horrible, he'd have the bartender line up 8 shots, then pound them all, and have someone take him home so he could pass out. I once drove him, and he clung to me like a life preserver. I sat by his bed all night, afraid he'd kill himself if he woke up. Eventually, he succeeded; it just took almost 20 years.
Other vets I knew seemed stable and relatively well adjusted, but they frankly weren't as sensitive, introspective, and acutely intelligent as those who couldn't escape their war experiences. Or they were better at hiding the trauma.
Funny.. "would prefer to be fighting". I guess beware what you wish for? Let's see what happens when Putin blitzes again in the Ukraine with the Biden admin promising to stand by the (western) Ukrainians. There will be no fighting on the part of the US because if there's a chance of a conflict with anybody even close to a near-peer, we'll back off like a schoolyard bully. The US military would be badly outmatched in any "conventional" conflict exactly like it is in any "unconventional" conflict. Which means more money must be spent on "defense", either way!
clif9710 says:
Bill Joy wrote a famous essay, Why The Future Doesn't Need Us, and I think the military must be wondering about its own future as the near-peer war you mention is impossible. Can there ever again be an opponent worthy of the high tech weaponry and deep study of armies moving in formation that I presume must still be studied in military schools? The number one military force in the world is wildly over equipped to face the threats it actually takes on these days. Truth to tell, those aren't real threats to the United States, so our forces are only biding their time pummeling this or that pest of the day whose only real threat is a disruption of business expansion in distant lands by Wall Street, insatiable as it is for new business.
Can we intervene in Ukraine? No more than we could in Hungary in 1956, no more than could the USSR in the Cuban missile crisis. This isn't a new phenomenon.
The whole world is on the capitalist road not just as running dogs but leading the way. Even our favorite object to bash, Iran, is eager for development. The Saudis, as conservative on social issues as can be (though moderating) are all in on making a bundle. Those who genuinely hate us are drinking Coke and eating at McDonald's.
If ever there were a time to relax as humanity rushes to embrace what the US has been promoting almost since its inception, it is now. Western culture is so appealing we only hurt ourselves when we pound desert militias that the locals are in no rush to follow.
I'd go so far as to say, drop all the services except the Coast Guard, like GM dropped Oldsmobile and Pontiac, and if the absurd war on drugs is ended, even the Coasties would find little to do.
All this talk of near-peer war: the fear-mongering can create a climate in which a minor disagreement can flare into something major. Something uncontrollable. That's what we should worry about.
The other part of it is the untold billions wasted on trying to meet and master every "threat." Of course, the biggest threat comes from within and is succored by our greed and fear.
Here is an example of the Pentagon making plans for a hot war with China. It flopped. Can you imagine the outrage if China attempted a similar deal with Mexico or Guyana or some Caribbean nation? If something can't be allowed to happen, don't continue pretending it can. Accidents are more likely to happen if the stage is set for them to happen.
In your complete TomDispatch article, Professor Astore, you mention "fears" of China's gaining primacy over the U.S. You also talk about "fantasy" near-peer engagements.
What you're saying, in so many words, is that it's ALL a game. Just in recent history, GWB ginned up a bogus Global War on Terror, pretty much at Cheney's and Rumsfeld's instigation, to satisfy their insane end-of-days scenario (see: PNAC), in addition to other reasons. They knew, as did those of us out here who were paying attention, that no Mideast country was a threat to the U.S. So after 20 years, GWOT has gone nowhere, quite predictably, but HAS made trillions for the profiteers.
Now, there's a new gameboard, featuring China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea. The names and tactics have changed, but the game remains the same: escalate fear among the U.S. populace to provide a fig leaf for the ever-growing military budget. It's life as produced by Madison Avenue, pure snake oil. An unforgivably bloated military, with continual new toys, sold as the only way to keep us "safe." I have to wonder how far down the chain of command the cynicism and the perpetual con game go. Do people right below the Joint Chiefs still buy into the con? How far down does the deception go? I know that quite a few former enlisted men became wise, but surely most of them believe the BS they're sold?
Yes, fear is the mind-killer. Endless repetition of "Russia-Russia-Russia" and "China-China-China" serves to scare enough of the people so that the Pentagon gets all the money it can spend. Even then, the military wants more.
Junior officers and enlisted are kept busy; those who start to think, and especially to dissent, largely decide to leave the military. Or they convince themselves they can change the system from within. But the system is so powerful and entrenched that it defeats even the highest-ranking reformers. Even Ike as president was frustrated, hence his warning in 1961.
Given the U.S. military establishment's refusal to demobilize after WWII — and its institutional policy of assiduously undermining every serious possibility of world peace up until the present moment — I suggest another Star Trek movie as operative cinematic metaphor worthy of consideration. From Wikipedia:
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country is a 1991 American science fiction film directed by Nicholas Meyer. It is the sixth feature film based on Star Trek, and a sequel to the 1966–1969 Star Trek television series. Taking place after the events of Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, it is the final film featuring the entire cast of the original series. The destruction of the Klingon moon Praxis leads the Klingon Empire to pursue peace with their longtime adversary the Federation; the crew of the USS Enterprise must race against unseen conspirators with a militaristic agenda.
The sixth film in the series was initially planned as a prequel to the original series, with younger actors portraying the crew of the Enterprise while attending Starfleet Academy, but the idea was discarded because of negative reaction from the original cast and the fans. Faced with producing a new film in time for Star Trek's 25th anniversary, Meyer, who previously directed Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), and Denny Martin Flinn wrote a script based on a suggestion from Leonard Nimoy about what would happen if "the Wall came down in space?" touching on the contemporary events of the Cold War.[emphasis added]
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Vladimir Georgievich Serov (; 19 July 1922  26 June 1944) was a Soviet fighter pilot and deputy squadron commander in the 159th Fighter Aviation Regiment during World War II who was credited with 39 solo and six shared aerial victories.

Early life
Serov was born on 19 July 1922 to a Russian peasant family in Kurganinsk. After completing his eighth grade of school he trained at an aeroclub and worked as a handyman before entering the military in 1941. That year he graduated from the Krasnodar Military Aviation School of Pilots.

World War II
In April 1942 he was deployed to the warfront with the 159th Fighter Aviation Regiment, and on 30 August that year he gained his first aerial victory - the shared kill of a Bf 109. However, it was not until November that he gained his first solo shootdown - another Bf 109. He went on to gain another shootdown two days later, which turned out to be his last aerial victory on the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk. Eventually in May the next year he tallied his first kill on the new La-5, and from then on he quickly increased his tally, often gaining two shootdowns in a day; throughout the battle of Leningrad he engaged in intense aerial battles, especially in early 1944. In April 1944 he was nominated for the title Hero of the Soviet Union for completing 203 sorties, engaging in 53 dogfights, and tallying 20 solo plus six shared shootdowns. However, being awarded the title posthumously in August rapidly increased his tally during the intense battle for the Karelian Isthmus. Accounts of his last flight differ - some sources claims he shot down two enemy aircraft before fatally ramming another, but those claims are not reflected in his official tally, which indicates the shootdown of one Bf 109 on 26 June 1944 before he was killed in action.

Despite arriving on the warfront as an ordinary pilot with the rank of sergeant and participating in the conflict for barely two years before he was killed in action, he quickly rose through the ranks to the position of deputy squadron commander and rank of senior lieutenant; his final tally accumulated through the course of approximately 300 sorties and 104 dogfights officially stands at 39 solo and six shared shootdowns, including Bf 109, Bf 110, Ju 87, Ju 88, He 111, and FW 190 aircraft.

Awards
 Hero of the Soviet Union (2 August 1944)
 Order of Lenin (2 August 1944)
 Order of the Red Banner (2 May 1943 and 5 April 1944)
 Order of Alexander Nevsky (17 June 1944)
 Order of the Patriotic War 1st class (26 July 1943)
 campaign medals

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Recipients of the Order of Lenin
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The newlyweds arrived for the royal christening of their nephew, Prince Louis, on Monday. Meghan and Harry joined Prince William and Kate Middleton for the ceremony at the Chapel Royal at St. James's Palace in London, which is also where Meghan was baptized earlier this year.
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I visited many interesting projects in Mozambique. The EU in collaboration with some international NGOs have been funding some important programmes that have been really improving the life of many Mozambicans.
One of the project I was very curious about was the one in Pemba, in Cabo Delgado province for the Artisanal Mining Project funded by the EU, Medicus Mundi and Centro Terra Viva.
Mozambique is very rich in mineral resources.
I was told that it was around ten years ago when rubies and gold were accidentally found in Cabo Delgado district. As you can imagine, a lot of desperate people, including many fortune hunters, decided to leave their homes and move right next to the mines in order to have some disposable income.
Mining is not considered an illegal job here in Mozambique, but workers need to submit an application to the Government in order to work legally. But what happens is that, the Government often takes a long time in order put things into place . So a lot of miners, who can't afford waiting for that legal piece of paper and need the money to keep their family going, start work illegally. The problem becomes bigger when some of these workers, who had never done any mining job before start working precariously and using Mercury, which as you may know is toxic for the environment.
Artisanal miners and mining often bring to mind crime, prostitution, violence, illegal immigration, police extortion, child labor, fiscal evasion, squalid living conditions, high rates of disease and frequent work-related injuries and fatalities.
So given this scenario, Medicus Mundi Mediterrània, a Barcelona-based non-governmental organisation, in collaboration with the EU and Centro Terra Viva (a local NGO), decided to respond.
So far, few miners have been trained on using Borax and when chatting to them I was very happy to see that most miners actually understand the importance of using new and sustainable techniques.
So the project is providing legal assistance by helping them in getting their paper work done but also as important as that preventing the health aspect by introducing Borax methods to avoid Mercury becoming a threat for the environment.
I found the visit on the site visually very engaging and quite shocking at the same time and thought I could share with you some of the things I have seen while being there.


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Bankrate.com recently ran an article (Mortgage fraud flourishes in down markets) that shares an enlightening and entertaining story of a stay-at-home mom (former prosecutor) who did some sleuthing when strange real estate activity started happening in her neighborhood.
In a tough market sellers are more open to believing stories that seem unlikely. Buyers feel pressure to exaggerate their financial circumstance to qualify for more expensive homes. Real estate agents and mortgage brokers are more open to bending the rules when business has not been as busy as they might hope.
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Self-Protection is, Let's not go there in the first place, but if we do end up in a physical confrontation, then here is how you can defend yourself against the biggest, baddest person you've met recently.
The Perception that you will do what it takes to achieve your objectives.
And Finally… do what is on your calendar!
The Perception that you are becoming better able to achieve your objectives.
The perception that you know how to do things right.
The perception that you can quickly bring things to a conclusion.
This perception is built from the combination of points 1 and 3. The Perception that you will do what it takes to achieve your objectives, combined with the perception that you know how to do things right, builds the perception that you are efficient in what you do. It gives the perception that you will not allow an attacker time to find a second way to take advantage of you. In other words, if they don't get it right the first time, they won't have a chance for a second time. Frequently, those who cut corners in life do not have the confidence that they will always get it right the first time. As a result, they may choose a different person to attack.
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Becoming a carer was never ever factored into my plans for retirement. I became a carer by default like many others.
In the UK it is reported that one in eight adults - or more than 6.5 million people are carers, often struggling to keep their heads above water. Many are trying to combine working and being a family carer at the same time.
My parents were happy living a relatively active life enjoying their retirement and it never entered my head that I would end up caring for them. Which of course I now know was very unrealistic.
As a family we had touched on the subject a few times when my parents were relaying information about one of their peers needing to go into care. They both said they would trust my sister and I to make the right decisions at the right time.
We conveniently pushed it to the back of our minds never thinking the day would ever come that we would have to take responsibility for becoming a carer to either of them.
heart broken by her grief. They had always had a loving close relationship married for 57 years.
If we ever stopped to think which one of them would go first we would have said my Mother who had suffered with heart problems over the years.
A few days before he died my Father looked at me from his hospital bed and called me to his side. He then whispered in my ear " love I'm sorry I've ruined the rest of your life" I knew immediately what he was saying to me. I smiled, squeezed his hand and promised to take care of Mum, he knew he wasn't going to get better and that she would need a great deal of support.
So there I was suddenly responsible for my Mum. My sister lived in Greece so she was unable to help in practical terms. Fortunately my parents had recently relocated to live nearer to me but it seemed ironic that just as we were looking forward to spending more time together Dad was taken from us.
I've often wondered whether he knew his health was failing when he made the decision that they would move closer. It certainly made things easier with Mum living in the next village to us.
It could have been more difficult if they had remained where they were 120 miles away. How hard could it be? Mum had always been very independent and I felt that once she got over the initial grief of losing my father she would join in community activities and make friends. Even then any thoughts of becoming a carer for my Mum never entered my mind.
Those first few months after Dad died were awful. Mum was consumed with grief and simply kept telling us that she wanted to die. It was difficult to get her interested in anything and many days she just sat staring out of the window.
Coping with bereavement naturally leads to mood swings and depression as the person left behind comes to terms with the reality of losing a loved one so it took some time to realise something else was wrong.
It was probably about 18 months before I suspected Mum's grief was something more. After raising my concerns with the family Doctor we were referred to the Memory Clinic where a diagnosis of Alzheimer's was given.
Although I'd heard of it I didn't actually know what the symptoms were other than a failing memory. I quickly learned that Alzheimer's strips people of their faculties, their dignity and quality of life little by little and and that at some stage in the not too distant future I would face becoming a carer for her.
Unfortunately in the early stages it is difficult to recognise and many symptoms are accepted as part of growing old. Only 40% of people with dementia will receive a diagnosis. That means 60% of people suffering with Alzheimer's Dementia are never diagnosed.
The sad thing is that if treatment is given in the early stages it can delay the onset of worsening symptoms. In other words it can buy you time to carry on enjoying your life a little longer.
I knew very little about the disease but understood that it would only get worse and there was no cure. None of us knew how long the journey would be before the final goodbye but it slowly dawned on me that we were in it together until the bitter end and there was no escape.
There were many times at that point that I wished it was me that lived abroad rather than my sister. I didn't know how I would cope with looking after Mum and continuing with my work.
my doorstep. I didn't have a husband to support me although I had my daughter.
There were many times when I was miles away on an assignment and I got the call that she had suffered some kind of emergency and I had to try to get people to cover for me so that I could get back home. Sometimes it was impossible and I had to call my daughter who had to leave her work to go and assist.
As Mum deteriorated and needed more and more assistance I found myself increasingly having to turn work down. By the time she died I had been forced into an early retirement because I needed to claim my pension much earlier than planned simply because I wasn't earning enough money to survive on. The long term effect for me has been a much reduced pension for the rest of my life.
Becoming a Carer can be tremendous drain on your finances. With regular hospital visits, doctors, clinics and various other appointments there is a huge increase in travel costs for both the patient and the carer.
telephone calls, and special meals, which all help to drive living expenses up just as your income is falling with either less or no work at all.
The worst part of becoming a carer for me was the feeling of being completely alone with little or no information as to what to expect. I had no idea what resources were available to me or who to turn to for help.
I embarked on a 6 year journey which proved to be very difficult. If I had known at the beginning of that journey what I knew by the end it could have been a much easier experience for both Mum and me.
If the statistics are correct there will be many babyboomer carers who will be faced with similar problems becoming a carer for an aging parent or sick partner.
Thankfully 8 years on accessing support is a little easier. Your family Doctor should have information brochures available depending on the illness your loved one is suffering from.
Your loacl Social Services department should be able to supply you with information.
support groups via Facebook and Twitter.
the knowledge that you did your best for those you loved.
For more information Age UK and Encore has lots of information and support for Carers.


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Cardinal Health is recalling some of its surgical gowns and packs due to contamination.
Tuesday, January 21, 2020 - Cardinal Health, based in Dublin, Ohio, has announced that it will issue a voluntary recall of Level 3 bulk non-sterile and single sterile surgical gowns and procedure packs after "cross contamination" at one of its manufacturing plants in China.
Cardinal Health issued a letter to its customers earlier this month to make them aware of their efforts to mitigate the problem. In it, company vice president Carl E. Hall and U.S. Category vice president Emily Gallo stated, "At this time, we cannot provide sterility assurances with respect to the gowns or the packs containing the gowns because of the potential for cross-contamination. Our communications with the FDA confirm our direction that the affected products and packs containing the affected products should not be used."
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Narendra Modi Said, India And UK Can leverage Technological Prowess To Create New Opportunities - HPC ASIA
Narendra Modi Said, India And UK Can leverage Technological Prowess To Create New Opportunities
By Saurabh Pandey
Underlining economic challenges in the current global environment, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday India and the UK can leverage technological prowess to create new opportunities, while seeking investments in defence, manufacturing and aerospace sectors.
Speaking at the India-UK Tech Summit, Modi showcased his government's initiatives in sectors like smart cities, startups and digital economy as he sought enhanced engagement with Britain.
"Together, we can create a vibrant and thriving environment for new commercial applications with breakthrough technologies," he said at the event, also attended by visiting UK Prime Minister Theresa May.
Modi further said that both countries face numerous economic challenges in the current global environment which directly affect trade and commerce.
"But I am confident that together we can leverage our scientific strengths and technological prowess to create new opportunities," he added.
He said India's vast traditional knowledge base can be coupled with UK's modern scientific investigation to provide a holistic approach to preventive healthcare. "This can help address some of the modern lifestyle diseases that we face." The prime minister said even though the quantum of bilateral trade has remained at the same level for the past five years, investments in both directions have been robust.
India, he said, is the third largest investor in the UK, and Britain is the largest G20 investor in India. Both countries support large numbers of jobs in each other's economies. Modi said the 'Smart City' mission aims to integrate digital technology into rapidly urbanising environment and there is already a high level of interest from the UK in projects in Pune, Amaravati and Indore.
Stating that India's partnership with UK in industrial research has been one of the most exciting programmes, Modi said the Global Innovation & Technology Alliance or GITA platform of CII and Department of Science and Technology along with Innovate-UK supports industry led R&D projects in affordable healthcare, clean technology, manufacturing and information and communications and technology (ICT).
These sectors open new potential for Indian and UK businesses to convert the scientific knowledge into technology-based enterprises. He said Indian innovative entrepreneurs, talented work
force and R&D capabilities combined with large markets, demographic dividend and increasing economic competitiveness offer new growth sources for the world economy.
"Today, the world is at an inflection point where technology advancement is transformational. It is vital that India and the UK, two countries linked by history, work together to define the knowledge economy of the 21st Century," he said.
The present India-UK cooperation in science and technology is driven by 'high quality' and 'high impact' research partnerships. "I am glad to mention that in less than two years' time under the 'Newton-Bhabha' programme, we have started wide-ranging collaborations covering basic science to solution science aimed at addressing societal challenges," he said.
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Hamburg | Reuters — Swiss-based grain trading group Ameropa AG said Thursday it will end its involvement in malting barley trading and close its Hamburg-based malting barley trading house Interbrau GmbH at the end of 2017.
"This decision is mainly driven by the fact that the malting barley market did not develop as Ameropa had expected and there are too little commonalities between the malting barley trade and Ameropa's core business," Ameropa said in a statement.
Ameropa said its core business consisted of trading fertilizers, wheat, corn and oilseeds.
All existing contracts will be honoured and that the 2016 harvest program will be executed as planned, it added.
Hamburg-based Interbrau deals with producers in Europe's most important barley-growing countries including Germany, France, Denmark, Sweden, United Kingdom and the Czech Republic as well as worldwide with companies in Latin America, Australia and Canada, Interbrau's website says.
Interbrau GmbH, formed in Hamburg in 1961, has been a subsidiary of Ameropa since July 2009, the website says.
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Post by Guardian » Sat Jul 25, 2015 9:34 pm
ISIS / ISIL " rebels " are just paid mercenary thugs - they have nothing to do with Islam or Muslims FOLLOW THE MONEY
Please ask yourself who are the rebels ( ISIS / ISIL ) fighting against the Government of Syria - and then realise that innocent people are being killed and a Country torn apart by a paid bunch of mercenary thugs that have nothing to do with Islam or Muslims
" Israel acknowledges it is helping Syrian Rebel Fighters "
http://www.timesofisrael.com/yaalon-syr ... raeli-aid/
Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon said Monday that Israel has been providing aid to Syrian rebels, thus keeping the Druze in Syria out of immediate danger. Israeli officials have previously balked at confirming on the record that the country has been helping forces that are fighting to overthrow Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Footnote : There has been an agreement made between various secret power groups for the establishment of an Islamic Caliphate to replace the artificial borders created by the French and the British in the Middle East after World War I.
That is what is happening now
Re: ISIS / ISIL - The redrawing of the boundaries
Post by Guardian » Mon Jul 27, 2015 9:45 pm
From the UK Daily Telegraph :
A German former fighter for Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) has given a rare interview detailing the atrocities of the terror organisation, warning potential recruits that it has "nothing to do with Islam."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... lamic.html
"Islamic State [Isil] has nothing to do with Islam," he added. "Prison in Germany is better than freedom in Syria."
Footnote : Follow the money - ISIS ( ISIL ) is a funded group of mercenaries ( thugs ) who are being paid to destroy the Muslim religion and if they can , create religious conflict in the West. So the questions that have to be asked are :
1) Which group of people or Country will profit from the destruction of the muslim world ?
2) which group of people or Country have the funds to sustain a continual mercenary war ?
3) which group of people or Country are clever enough to fight a proxy war and have others destroy their enemy ?
4) which group of people or Country have the funds to own " democratic government " in the West .........
Post by prophecy » Thu Sep 10, 2015 11:44 am
EUROPE ISSUES EXPLAINED - all part of the plan
Very explosive article - but the TRUTH finally being put out there in the open - read the words carefully to understand .........
Article from the UK Daily Telegraph dated 9 September 2015 :
Europe faces political war on two fronts as backlash builds
The EU's Eastern states shocked to lose their sovereignty over borders, just as southern Europe lost economic sovereignty by joining the euro.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/econ ... uilds.html
By invoking EU law to impose quotas under pain of sanctions, Brussels has unwisely brought home the reality that states have given up sovereignty over theirborders, police and judicial systems, just as they gave up economic sovereignty by joining the euro.
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Those countries that etched the lines of Sykes-Picot on the map of the Middle East in 1916 as the Ottoman Empire was crumbling, or those that uncorked chaos by toppling nasty but stable regimes in Iraq and Libya, have a special duty of care. But the point is where the final authority lies.
Post by oracle » Wed Sep 16, 2015 12:45 am
Article from the UK Guardian ( one of two newspapers that reported on Snowden in the early days ) :
There is no disaster in the Arab and Muslim world, it seems, for which the west's answer is not to drop bombs on it. As the refugee crisis in Europe has driven home the horror of Syria's civil war, that has been exactly the response of the leaders of Britain and France. David Cameron has long been pressing for a new vote in parliament to authorise a British bombing campaign against Islamic State in Syria.
Now he has been joined by the former archbishop of Canterbury and a gung-ho Murdoch press, while George Osborne has signalled he also wants attacks on the "evil Assad regime" to deal with the refugee exodus "at source".
The French president, François Hollande, has announced he too wants to extend air attacks from Iraq to Syria, using the terrorist threat at home to justify the escalation.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfre ... ar-refugee
After a dozen years of drone attacks, the Taliban is again rampant in Afghanistan and al-Qaida is thriving in Yemen. Britain's drone attack also made a mockery of the decision by parliament in August 2013 to oppose military action in Syria – in that case targeted at the Damascus government rather than at the rebels fighting it.
But then, British pilots have also been taking part in US bombing raids on Syria. So evidently the democratic niceties didn't count for a lot. Nor do the legal ones, since there is no legitimate basis for attacks on Syrian territory without authorisation from Damascus or the (nonexistent) threat of imminent attack.
As we know from Iraq and Afghanistan, the alternative of western troops would lead to a full-scale anti-occupation war. After one disastrous western military intervention in the Arab and Muslim world after another, it's mind-boggling that demands for yet more bombing keep on coming. You only have to consider the failed-state maelstrom that is post-Nato intervention Libya – the other main transit route for refugees into Europe – to see what it means in practice.
The only way to wind down the conflict is through a negotiated settlement involving all the regional powers. Syria has long been a proxy war, pitting the Assad regime's Russian and Iranian backers against the Gulf dictatorships, Turkey and the western powers that stand behind the myriad rebel groups.
Post by Guardian » Sat Oct 03, 2015 4:50 pm
Russia calls out the game in Syria :
The "game" that the West is playing ( resulting in thousands of deaths and millions of refugees ) is being called out by the Russians ( backed by China and Iran ) :
Article from The Russian news service "Sputnik" dated 2 October 2015 :
(Sputnik is an international multimedia news service)
The United States spent a whole year bombing the desert instead of hitting terrorist targets in Syria, the head of the Russian parliament's international affairs committee wrote on Friday.
In an interview with France's Europe 1 Radio - Pushkov said that the Russian aerial campaign in Syria would take three to four months.
"The US-led coalition spent a whole year pretending they were striking ISIL targets but where are the results of these strikes?" Pushkov wondered.
http://sputniknews.com/russia/20151002/ ... z3nQ7pepIu
Max Boot, a neocon ideologue at the Council on Foreign Relations, admits the U.S. bombing campaign against ISIS is primarily smoke and mirrors.
"Obama's strategy in Syria and Iraq is not working… (because) the U.S. bombing campaign against ISIS has been remarkably restrained," Boot wrote forNewsweek in February
http://www.newsweek.com/how-isis-can-be ... ?piano_t=1
Earlier this week the Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam said there "is clearly no seriousness" to the war against ISIS. He added the objective is not eliminating the Islamic State but rather an effort by the West to "force their presence" in the region and worsen the situation there.
"From the very outset, this air campaign has NOT been directed against ISIS," writes Michel Chossudovsky. "The evidence confirms that the Islamic State is not the target. Quite the opposite."
"The air raids are intended to destroy the economic infrastructure of Iraq and Syria."
That is what is happening now ( Libya , Algeria , Iraq and now Syria all becoming "failed states" resulting in the massive refugee crisis - deliberately orchestrated against all of us by the powers that be )
ISIS - follow the money for the funding source and all will be revealed
Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov says the ISIL terrorist group's leader, Ibrahim Samarrai who is known by the alias Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, works for the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and is financially supported by western secret services.
"Baghdadi should take off his mask and declare loudly and clearly that he is a CIA agent, that he has been recruited," Kadyrov said on Tuesday, adding, "They (the ISIL militants) are Shaitans (devils) and their sole obsession is to grab as much money as they can lay hands on. They are acting on orders from the West and deliberately exterminating Muslims."
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/10/22 ... g-for-cia/
Kadyrov further noted that the western secret services have supported the terrorists by all possible means.
He also warned those Chechens who join the ISIL Takfiris that they will not be allowed to return to their homeland.
Footnote :
In September, The New York Times ran an article quoting Bahaa al-Araji, the Iraqi deputy prime minister, who claimed the CIA was responsible for the creation of the Islamic State. "We know about who made Daesh," al-Araji said. Daesh is an Arabic variant for the Islamic State.
"It is obvious to everyone that the Islamic State is a creation of the United States and Israel," Omar al-Jabouri, a Sunni Muslim from Baghdad, told the newspaper.
The corporate media in the United States has attempted to counter evidencethe Islamic State, formerly ISIS, is an intelligence asset.
Post by oracle » Wed Oct 21, 2015 8:17 pm
Here we go again - after removing Abdullah Rashid al-Baghdadi as the head of the group by drone missile presumably this is ( or was ) his brother ??............
CNN) - Iraq's military claims its air force struck a convoy in western Anbar province that included ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
The fate of al-Baghdadi is unknown, as he was "carried away in a vehicle," the military statement said.
"The Iraqi airforce carried out a heroic operation by striking al-Baghdadi's convoy while he on his way to attend a meeting with senior ISIS leaders in Karabelah," the statement said.
The site of the meeting was also struck and several ISIS leaders were killed and wounded, the statement said.
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/10/11/world ... dadi-raid/
However remember the Article from The New York Times :
Leader of Al Qaeda group in Iraq was fictional, U.S. military says
BAGHDAD — For more than a year, the leader of one the most notorious insurgent groups in Iraq was said to be a mysterious Iraqi named Abdullah Rashid al-Baghdadi.
As the titular head of the Islamic State in Iraq, an organization publicly backed by Al Qaeda, Baghdadi issued a steady stream of incendiary pronouncements. Despite claims by Iraqi officials that he had been killed in May, Baghdadi appeared to have persevered unscathed.
On Wednesday, a senior American military spokesman provided a new explanation for Baghdadi's ability to escape attack: He never existed.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/18/world ... .html?_r=5&
Brigadier General Kevin Bergner, the chief American military spokesman, said the elusive Baghdadi was actually a fictional character whose audio-taped declarations were provided by an elderly actor named Abu Adullah al-Naima.
The ruse, Bergner said, was devised by Abu Ayub al-Masri, the Egyptian-born leader of Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia, who was trying to mask the dominant role that foreigners play in that insurgent organization.
ISIS ( ISIL ) and The Middle East Reorganisation
"There has been an agreement made between various secret power groups for the establishment of an Islamic Caliphate to replace the artificial borders created by the French and the British in the Middle East after World War I. That is what is happening now"
Post by Guardian » Thu Nov 05, 2015 7:38 am
So why are the US and UK blaming ISIS ??
Co-pilot of crashed Russian plane had technical concerns
MOSCOW: -- As aviation experts try to piece together the last minutes of a Russian airliner before it crashed in Egypt's Sinai Peninsular killing all 224 people on board, questions are being asked as to the flight worthiness of the aircraft .
Some have pointed to a 2001 incident, when the Airbus 321's tail section struck the tarmac on landing causing a possible structural weakness.
Natalya Trukhacheva, wife of co-pilot says her husband had his concerns:
" He (her husband Sergey) complained before the flight that the technical condition of the aircraft left much to be desired (…) I believe he would have made every effort to try to control the plane. If there was any chance, he would have landed it."
Detailed flight data released by FlightRadar24, a flight tracking website, showed the plane sharply gaining altitude and dropping in its last moments, a pattern some experts have said would be consistent with losing the tail.
But investigators are still waiting for the plane's flight data recorders to finish being analysed. The fact that the pilot made no distress call implies whatever happened was sudden. It's also been suggested that due to the scattering of the plane's wreckage over a wide area it may have broken up mid-air and at a high altitude.
Meanwhile relatives of those who died have been sent to a mortuary in Russia for the painful task of identifying loved ones .
The remains of the last 28 passengers have now arrived.
As a shocked nation continues to grieve a helpline offering psychological support for families and friends has already received around 3,000 calls.
The UK daily Telegraph dated 4 November 2015
What's the evidence for a bomb?
So far there have been no reports of explosive residues recovered from the wreckage.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... -news.html
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Chapter 11. Data Binding on Web Forms
The simplest way to get started with data binding is to display the contents of a single table in a DataGrid control. As you'll see, this requires very little effort on your part, at least, if your only goal is to simply display the data.
(Adding, editing, and deleting data require a bit more effort, and these topics are covered in Chapter 17, "Editing Data Using the DataGrid Control.")
To get started, in this section you'll walk through building the sample page shown in Figure 11.1.
Figure 11.1. You'll build this page in the first part of this chapter.
The example involves these basic steps (all described in detail in the following sections):
Building a Web Form.
Creating and configuring the DataSet to which you wish to bind a control on the form.
Adding a DataGrid control to the page.
Binding the DataGrid control to the data source.
Before digging into the details of setting up the bound DataGrid control, you'll need to add a new page to your project. Follow these steps to add the new page:
Select Project, Add Web Form from the menu bar.
Set the name of this form to Products.aspx.
Click Open to add this new Web Form to your project.
Creating and Configuring a DataSet
Once you've created the Products page, you're ready to create and configure the DataSet you'll use on this page. In this example, you'll retrieve data from the Products table that's part of SQL Server's Northwind sample database. Because a DataSet is an in-memory cache consisting of tables, relations, and constraints, it acts as an "in-memory" database, and you'll bind controls on your page to DataSet objects. You need to start by filling a DataSet using a DataAdapter object.
Although we had a choice, when designing the examples in this chapter (and throughout the book) of using either the System.Data.OleDb or System.Data.SqlClient namespaces, we opted for the OleDb namespace because of its flexibility. That is, had we chosen the SqlClient namespace, and then you decided to modify the examples to work with a DB2 database back end, you would have to modify every object in every example. Using the OleDb namespace, all you need to do is modify the connection information and field names. It was a difficult choice, and if you're only working with SQL Server 7.0 or higher, it's not the correct one for you. For this book, however, this choice provides for simpler modifications. Note that we'll often refer to namespace-specific objects (such as the OleDbDataAdapter object) using namespace-agnostic names, such as DataAdapter. There isn't a DataAdapter object out there, but referring to it generically sure beats saying OleDbDataAdapter or SqlDataAdapter each time! If you have time, it would be a worthwhile exercise to try repeating the page created in this chapter using the SqlClient namespace. The issues aren't very different, and you should be able to take the same steps using the different namespace.
Using the Data Adapter Configuration Wizard
The first step in retrieving data is to create a Connection object that contains information on the location and type of your data source. Although you can write code to handle this task, for the purposes of this chapter, you'll use the user-interface tools provided by Visual Studio .NET to create the necessary connection. To do that, you'll use the OleDbDataAdapter component on the Data tab of the Toolbox. Once you've placed this component on your page, Visual Studio .NET walks you through the steps of supplying connection information and building a SELECT command to retrieve the data you need. Once you've built the DataAdapter, you'll still need to write a tiny bit of code to fill a DataSet and bind a grid to the DataSet.
You could write code that solves all the tasks in this chapter. To keep things simple, however, in this first exploration of ADO.NET, we've elected to use the tools provided by Visual Studio .NET. That way, you don't need to write much code. Later chapters work through the details of creating Connection objects, DataAdapter objects, and so on, all using Visual Basic .NET code.
Follow these steps to set up the OleDbDataAdapter object on your new page:
Make sure the Toolbox window is visible (select View, Toolbox, if it's not).
Select the Data tab on the Toolbox window.
Click and drag the OleDbDataAdapter component onto your page. This starts the Data Adapter Configuration Wizard.
The first page of the wizard, shown in Figure 11.2, gives you basic information. Select Next to move on.
Figure 11.2. The first page of the Data Adapter Configuration Wizard gives you basic information about what's going to happen.
On the Choose Your Data Connection page, shown in Figure 11.3, you have the option to use an existing connection or to create a new one. Because you're unlikely to have an existing connection at this point, select New Connection to create a new one. (Even if you have existing connections, follow along with creating a new one, for now.)
Figure 11.3. Choose your data connection.
Clicking New Connection brings up the Data Link Properties dialog box. (This should be a familiar sight to anyone who has used ADO and OLE DB in the past.) Assuming that you can use the Northwind SQL Server sample database on your local computer, log in as "sa" with no password (not a good idea, in general) and fill in the dialog box as shown in Figure 11.4. Click OK when you're done to dismiss the dialog box; then click Next to move to the next page.
Figure 11.4. Supply data link properties.
If you can't connect to the Northwind SQL Server sample database, you may need to talk with a network administrator, who can supply information about how to connect to the sample database.
The Choose a Query Type page, shown in Figure 11.5, allows you to designate the type of query you want to use when the DataAdapter fills a DataSet. Select Use SQL Statements (in order to have the wizard create local SQL statements, as opposed to using existing or new stored procedures) and click Next.
Figure 11.5. Designate the type of query the wizard should use.
On the Generate the SQL Statements page, you must either enter a SQL statement manually or click Query Builder to use a visual tool to create the query. In this simple example, it's easy enough to simply type in the required SQL. Enter the following text into the text box, so that the page looks like Figure 11.6:
Figure 11.6. Enter a SQL expression to be used by the DataAdapter.
SELECT CategoryID, SupplierID, ProductID, ProductName, UnitPrice, UnitsInStock FROM Products
Click Next to proceed to the final page. Then click Finish to complete the process. Notice that OleDbConnection and OleDbDataAdapter objects named OleDbConnection1 and OleDbDataAdapter1 appear in the tray area of the form.
Select OleDbConnection1 and, in the Properties window, set the Name property to cnNorthwind.
Select OleDbDataAdapter1 and, in the Properties window, set the Name property to daProducts.
At this point, the cnNorthwind object contains information about how to access the selected database. The daProducts object contains a query defining the tables and columns in the database that you want to access. You'll use both those objects in order to retrieve the data you need.
If you'd rather use the slightly more efficient SqlClient namespace objects, you can follow the same steps listed here, using the SqlConnection and SqlDataAdapter objects. The steps are identical, although you may need to modify the code later on in order to complete the chapter.
Retrieving Data
You can't bind controls to a DataAdapter object because a DataAdapter object doesn't contain any data you need a DataSet to bind data to controls. At this point, you have two choices: You can have Visual Studio .NET generate a typed DataSet for you, or you can write code to create a standard DataSet yourself. For the purposes of this chapter, it doesn't matter which technique you choose the code you have to write is similar in either case. If you're going to interact programmatically with the DataSet or want the extra functionality provided by the typed DataSet, you might go that route. If you simply want to get the DataGrid filled with data, you might want to create the DataSet yourself. In this section, we'll use a typed DataSet. When it comes time to bind a DropDownList control, you'll write all the code yourself that is, bind to data without using the design-time components provided by Visual Studio .NET.
Using a Typed DataSet
In order to generate the typed DataSet, follow these steps:
Select Data, Generate DataSet to display the Generate DataSet dialog box.
Select the New radio button. Next to the New radio button, enter dsProducts as the name for your DataSet, as shown in Figure 11.7.
Figure 11.7. The Generate DataSet dialog box allows you to specify the name for the DataSet you're generating.
Click OK to dismiss the dialog box and generate the DataSet schema definition and class files.
After this step completes, you will see a new component, DsProducts1, in the tray area for the page. This new component represents the schema definition file, dsProducts.xsd, that Visual Studio .NET added to your project. This file contains the complete definition for the table and columns of the SQL statement you entered earlier, described as an XML Schema Definition (or XSD) file. Visual Studio .NET also provides a code-behind file for this schema. You won't see the code-behind file unless you select Project, Show All Files.
Once you've shown all files, you can expand the dsProducts.xsd node to see the dsProducts.vb file, as shown in Figure 11.8. The dsProducts.vb file contains a class that "wraps up" the behavior of the DataSet, providing an object that inherits from the standard DataSet class, adding properties that map to the columns from the underlying table and methods that allow you to work with the data.
Figure 11.8. An XML Schema Definition (XSD) file has a class module that contains the code that loads the DataSet into memory.
You won't use any of the features of the typed DataSet in this chapter, although it's nice to know how easy it is to create the class, should you ever need the functionality.
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Dmitry Ulyanov, bass
(2016) "Casta Diva" Award (for the performance of Ivan Khovansky in Mussorgsky's "Khovanshchinа").
Participation in competitions
(2000) UNESCO International Vocal Competition (Gran Prix)
Graduated from the Urals State Conservatoire in 2000. In the same year he won the Grand Prix at the International Competition for Singers in Kazakhstan. In 1997 – 1998, he was a soloist with Yekaterinburg State Opera. In 1998 – 2000 – a soloist with Moscow's Novaya Opera, where he sang Loredano ("I Due Foscari"), Stromminger ("Wally"), Varlaam ("Boris Godunov").
Since 2000 Dmitry has been a soloist of the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Musical Theatre.
His repertoire at the Music Theatre includes the following parts: Hermann, Landgrave of Thuringia ("Tannhauser" by R. Wagner), Lindorf, Coppelius, Dapertutto, Miracle ("Les Contes d'Hoffmann" by J. Offenbach), Raimondo Bidebent ("Lucia di Lammermoor" by G. Donizetti), Prince Gremin ("Eugene Onegin" by P. Tchaikovsky), Ramfis ("Aida" by G. Verdi), Don Giovanni ("Don Giovanni" by W.A. Mozart), Prince Ivan Khovansky ("Khovanshchina" by M. Mussorgsky).
In 2003, he took part in the production of Tchaikovsky's "Oprichnik" at the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari (Italy, conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky, director Graham Vick). In 2005, he sang Rocco in a concert performance of "Fidelio" (conductor Thomas Sanderling), Gremin at L'Opera National du Rhin (Strasbourg) and Varlaam ("Boris Godunov" by M. Musorgsky) at Teatre du Capitole (Toulouse, France), wh ere he also gave a solo concert. In 2006, he sang Varlaam at the Opera de Monte-Carlo. At the Opera Municipal de Marseille he sang the King ("Aida", 2007) and Don Basilio ("Il Barbiere di Siviglia", 2008).
In 2008 / 09, he took part in the production of "Macbeth", singing the role of Banco (Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre and Paris National Opera co-production, conductor Teodor Currentzis, director Dmitri Tcherniakov). In 2009, he sang Tomsky ("The Queen of Spades" by P. Thaikovsky) at the Opera de Monte-Carlo. In 2010 / 11, he sang Cardinal de Brongy (" La Juive" by F. Halevy) at the Mikhailovsky Theatre St.Petersburg and Israeil Opera (Tel-Aviv).
After his debut in February 2011 on the stage of the Royal Opera House in Madrid (performed the part of Marcel in "Les Huguenots" by Meyerbeer, conducted by Renato Palumbo) Dmitry Ulyanov began to work closely with the Teatro Real and other Spanish theaters, such as the Teatro De La Maestranza in Seville (The Grand Inquisitor in "Don Carlo" G. Verdi, Hunding in "Die Walküre" by Richard Wagner), Festival in La Coruna (Sparafucile in Verdi's "Rigoletto" with Leo Nucci in the title role). In January 2012, Dmitry Ulyanov performed at the Teatro Real role of King Rene ("Iolanta" by P. Tchaikovsky) in a new production (directed by P. Sellars, conducted by T. Currentzis). The performance was broadcasted on the TV channel MEZZO and released on DVD. Also at the Teatro Real sang Pimen ("Boris Godunov" by Mussorgsky), Banco ("Macbeth" by G. Verdi). In 2013 he made his debut on the stage of the Opera Bilbao in the role of Procida in Verdi's "I Vespri Siciliani". Also sang the role of Sparafucile in the Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville (conductor – Pedro Halfter, in the title role – Leo Nucci).
In the season of 2013 / 14 he continued to collaborate with Spanish Theaters. On the stage of Teatro Real sang the role of Basilio in "The Barber of Seville" by G. Rossini (conductor – Tomáš Hanus, director – Emilio Sagi) and participated in the performance of "Stabat Mater" by G. Rossini. Sang the role of Ramfis in "Aida" by G. Verdi (Teatro de la Maestranza, Seville, conductor – Pedro Halfter, director – Jose Antonio Gutierrez).
In the season 2014 / 15 he debuted at the famous Barcelona's Gran Teatre del Liceu (Don Basilio in "Il Barbiere di Siviglia" by Gioachino Rossini (conductor – Giuseppe Finzi, director – Juan Font) and sang the role of Philip II in the new production of "Don Carlo" at the Bolshoi Theatre of Russia (conductor – G. Sagripanti, director – A. Noble). Also he performed such parts as Landgraf in "Tannhäuser" by Richard Wagner (Novosibirsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, director T. Kulyabin, conductor A. Rubikis), Cardinal de Broigny in "La Juive" by F. Halévy (Flemish Opera, Antwerp, Ghent, Belgium, conductors – Tomáš Netopil, Yannis Pouspourikas, director – Peter Konwitschny), King Rene in "Iolanta" by P. Tchaikovsky (Festival of Aix-en-Provence, conductor – Teodor Currentzis, director – Peter Sellars).
In the season 2015 / 16 he appeared as Dosifey at the Opera House in Basel (conductor – Kirill Karabyts, director – Vasily Barkhatov), Don Basilio in the Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville (conductor – Giuseppe Finzi, director – Jose Luis Castro), King Rene in "Iolanta" by P. Tchaikovsky (Opéra National de Lyon, conductor – Martin Brabbins, director – Peter Sellars), General in "The Gambler" by S. Prokofiev (Opéra de Monte Carlo, conductor – Michail Tatarnikov, director – Jean-Louis Grinda).
In the season 2016 / 17 Dmitry Ulyanov debuted in such parts as Daland in "Der fliegende Holländer" (The Vlaamse Opera, conductor – Cornelius Meister, director – Tatjana Gürbaca), Khan Konchak and Vladimir Galitsky in "Prince Igor" (Dutch National Opera, сonductor – Stanislav Kochanovsky, director – Dmitry Tcherniakov), Dodon in "The Golden Cockerel" (Teatro Real Madrid, conductor – Ivor Bolton, director – Laurent Pelly).
In August of 2017 he debuted at the Salzburg Festival as Boris Timofeevich in a new production of Shostakovich's "Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District" (conductor – Mariss Jansons, director – Andreas Kriegenburg).
In the season 2017 / 18 Dmitry Ulyanov debuted as General in a new production of Prokofiev's "The Gambler" at the Vienna State Opera (conductor – Simone Young, director – Karoline Gruber).
He was nominated twice for the National "Golden Mask" Theatre Award in the nomination "Best Male Role in Opera" for Kutuzov ("War and Peace" by S. Prokofiev, 2013) and Ivan Khovansky ("Khovanshchinа" by M. Mussorgsky, 2016).


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