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anybody see the guy surfing the tsumanni wave on fuuny junk .com lucky he is still alive.
A pretty weird film, by the way.
I think this guy was a little lucky too.
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To paraphrase an old saying, "It not how many that counts, it's how you use them".
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\section{Introduction}
\changed{Object stores are a candidate to address long-standing scalability issues in POSIX file systems, including excessive consistency assurance and prescriptiveness\cite{nextplatform_lockwood}.}

Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) usually entails object-like data access, \changed{as global weather fields are currently of the order of 1 MiB in size, relatively small if compared to traditional high-performance I/O sizes}, and an advanced indexing mechanism is required for high-performance semantic discovery and access, which involves several metadata operations. Domain-specific object stores have been developed to implement this semantic indexing on traditional distributed file systems in a way that satisfies current operational NWP performance requirements\cite{fdb-pasc19}.

\changed{With the planned resolution increases in NWP simulations, resulting in one to two orders of magnitude larger data sets, and the advent of general-purpose high-performance object stores, which are specially designed for the type of object-like operations common in NWP, adapting the domain-specific store currently in use at ECMWF becomes an increasingly appealing pathway}. In a recent study, as prior research to validate such effort, we have assessed the performance that DAOS, a high-performance object store which has been recently gaining traction, can provide together with Storage Class Memory (SCM) when tested with an ad-hoc benchmark which mimics I/O patterns in our operational NWP use case\cite{DAOS-IEEETPDS-ARXIV}.

In this paper we review these DAOS performance results, and compare with corresponding performance results obtained using Lustre, one of the most popular distributed file systems in HPC, after adapting the ad-hoc benchmark to carry out the object operations on top of a file system.

This work allows us to discriminate the benefits achieved from using specific storage hardware as compared to the benefits from the object store design and implementation. It also allows us to draw conclusions of general interest on the benefits of object stores, and gives some real use-case same-hardware same-software data points for comparison of Lustre and DAOS.

\section{DAOS}

The Distributed Asynchronous Object Store (DAOS)\cite{daos-scfa2020} is an open-source high-performance object store designed for \changed{massively distributed non-volatile memory (NVM)} including SCM and NVMe. It provides a low-level key-value storage interface on top of which other higher-level APIs, also provided by DAOS, are built. Its features include transactional non-blocking I/O, fine-grained I/O operations with zero-copy I/O to SCM, end-to-end data integrity and advanced data protection. The OpenFabrics Interfaces (OFI) library is used for low-latency communications over a wide range of network back-ends.

DAOS is deployable as a set of I/O processes or engines, one per physical socket in a server node, each managing access to SCM and NVMe devices within the socket. An engine partitions the storage it manages into targets to optimize concurrency, each target being managed and exported by a dedicated group of threads. DAOS allows reserving space distributed across targets in so-called \textit{pools}, a form of virtual storage. A pool can serve multiple transactional object stores called \textit{containers}.\changed{A container is a private object address space, which can be modified transactionally and independently of the other containers in the same pool. An application first needs to connect to the pool and then open the desired container. If successfully authorised, the application obtains a handle it can use for its processes to interact with the container.}

Upon creation, objects in a container are assigned a 128-bit unique object identifier, of which 96 bits are user-managed. Objects can be configured for replication and striping across pool targets by specifying their \textit{object class}. \changed{An object configured with striping is stored in parts, distributed across targets, enabling concurrent access.}

\section{Lustre}

Lustre\cite{lustre-arxiv2019} is the foremost parallel file system used at HPC site globally. It is an open-source file system, that aims to provide high bandwidth and high availability for many users across a wide range of hardware. Lustre provides a POSIX-compliant interface to distributed data storage that enables large numbers of clients to connect and use the file system concurrently.

\section{Methodology}

In this work, DAOS and Lustre have been deployed on the NEXTGenIO research HPC system, \changed{exploiting the same underlying hardware, and the deployments have been benchmarked with the community-developed IOR benchmark\cite{ior_repo} and the Field I/O benchmark.}

In brief, the Field I/O benchmark consists of a pair of functions that perform writing and reading of weather fields to and from a DAOS object store, using the DAOS C API. Their design closely mimics the domain-specific object store already employed within ECWMF, and they can be combined and run in parallel in different ways, resulting in two different data access patterns of interest:

\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*]
    \item \textit{pattern A}: in a first phase, writer programs are run on a number client nodes (typically more than one per node), and issue a sequence of write operations. Once all writers have finished, a second phase runs, where an equal number of reader programs are executed, issuing a sequence of corresponding read operations. This pattern aims to assess the maximum write or read throughput the storage can provide to applications, mimicking a scenario where the NWP writer applications are run separately from the post-processing reader applications.
    \item \textit{pattern B}: firstly, the storage is pre-populated with some data. Following this initialisation step, half of the client nodes employed for the benchmark issue a sequence of write operations, while the other half issue corresponding read operations. This pattern aims to assess the throughput storage can provide in more realistic scenarios with contention between writing and reading processes.
\end{itemize}

Due to its design, Field I/O is representative of the types of I/O workload exhibited from real NWP workflows. Typically, operational NWP workflows at ECMWF operate as in pattern B, with approximately 250 HPC nodes writing simulation output to storage while another 250 nodes read and run post-processing tasks. However many users also run the forecasting models or post-processing applications independently in a manner that is equivalent to pattern A.

Field I/O is described in more detail in\cite{DAOS-IEEETPDS-ARXIV} along with a methodology to assess object storage performance for NWP applications, which is also adopted here.
Following that methodology, the IOR benchmark has been configured so that each I/O process issues a single, large, I/O operation comprising a sequence of data parts (we refer to this mode of operation as \textit{segments} mode). This enables assessment of the maximum achievable performance if the developed application were optimised to gather and transfer all relevant data in a single I/O operation, and provides insight on to what extent the storage server is able to exploit available network bandwidth and/or storage capability when not having to deal with new operations.

In order to execute the object-store-oriented Field I/O benchmark against POSIX Lustre, a helper library has been developed which implements the DAOS API using POSIX file system concepts. DAOS Pools have been implemented as directories hosted on the distributed file system. Containers have been implemented as directories under the corresponding pool directories. Key-Value objects have been implemented as directories under the corresponding container directory. A key is implemented as a file in the Key-Value directory, named with the key name, and a value is stored as content in that key file. Array objects are implemented as files under the corresponding container directory, named with the object ID of the Array and containing the array data.

Following this design, every write of a weather field performed by the Field I/O benchmark using the helper library will usually involve: a) write of an Array file in a Container directory exclusive for every client process, b) check existence of a Key-Value directory in a Container directory shared with all processes in the client node, c) creation and write of a Key file in a Key-Value directory shared with all processes in the client node.

A field read will usually involve: a) check existence of a Key-Value directory in a Container directory shared with all client processes, b) open and read of a Key file in a Key-Value directory shared by all client processes, c) check existence of a Key-Value directory in a Container directory shared with all processes in the client node, d) open and read of a Key file in a Key-Value directory shared with all processes in the client node, e) open and read an Array file in a Container directory exclusive for the process.

Whereas the bandwidth metric used to quantify performance in IOR runs has been the one provided by IOR itself, referred to as \textit{synchronous bandwidth} here, a custom bandwidth metric for non-synchronised applications is used in Field I/O runs, the \textit{global timing bandwidth}. Both metrics are described in\cite{DAOS-IEEETPDS-ARXIV}.

\subsection{NEXTGenIO}

The benchmarks we present have been conducted in NEXTGenIO\cite{BAPM-isc2019}, a research HPC system composed of 34 dual-socket nodes with Intel Xeon Cascade Lake processors. Each socket has six 256 GiB first-generation Intel's Optane Data Centre Persistent Memory Modules (DCPMMs) configured in AppDirect interleaved mode, although there are no NVMe devices. Each processor is connected with its own integrated network adapter to a low-latency OmniPath fabric. Each of these adapters has a maximum bandwidth of 12.5 GiB/s.

For the Lustre benchmarking, Lustre has been deployed on 8 storage nodes (providing 16 OSTs, one per socket), plus one node devoted to the metadata service. Both the OSTs and the MDTs used in the file system mount an ext4 file system on the SCM attached to their respective sockets, providing 1.5 TB of high-performance storage per OST and MDT.

To run the benchmarks against configurable amounts of Lustre storage nodes, Lustre pools have been set up with 1, 2, 4 and 8 nodes. Before running a test, a folder is created in the file system where all test files will be generated, and the \verb!setstripe! command is used to bind that folder to the pool with the desired number of storage nodes.

DAOS deployments have been conducted separately in an ad-hoc basis, removing and re-deploying with the desired amount of storage nodes as needed. Each node used for DAOS storage deploys a single DAOS engine per socket, using the full ext4 file system on the Optane SCM for that socket, and has access to all the cores available on the associated processor. For instance, to compare to a two-node Lustre configuration (which uses two OST nodes and one MDT node, giving 4 OSTs overall), a two-node DAOS deployment is created and provisioned for the benchmark.

Up to 16 nodes were employed to execute the benchmark client processes using both sockets and network interfaces. SCM in the client nodes was not used and did not have any effect on I/O performance.

\section{Results}

Performance results obtained from running the described benchmarks against Lustre and DAOS deployments in NEXTGenIO are discussed next, starting with an assessment of potential achievable performance with IOR, following with real achieved performance with Field I/O without and with contention between writer and reader applications, and concluding with an assessment of the impact of file or object size in such applications.

\subsection{IOR results, potential performance}

In this test set, the IOR benchmark has been run against different amounts of Lustre and DAOS storage server nodes with the intent to analyse maximum write and read performance a client application can potentially achieve, and to analyse the behaviour of the storage performance as more server nodes are added. IOR has been run in segments mode as described above, following access pattern A.

For each server node count the benchmark has been run using as many client nodes, twice as many and, where possible, four times as many, with the aim to effectively make use of the available bandwidth theoretically provided by the server network interfaces. For each of these combinations, the benchmark has been run with 36, 48, 72 and 96 IOR processes per client node as these were found to result in the best performance in preliminary tests, for both Lustre and DAOS. Each run has been repeated 5 times to account for variability.

The segment count has been set to 100 as it was found to be the minimum segment count that results in reduced bandwidth variability. The segment size has been set to 1 MiB, to match the object or field size in the NWP use case. This segment configuration results in files or objects of 100 MiB in size being written and read during the benchmark runs.

The results are shown in Fig. \ref{fig:ior}. Each dot represents the mean synchronous bandwidth obtained with the best performing number of client nodes and IOR process count for the corresponding server node count. Hollow dots are used to indicate cases where it was only possible to use up to twice as many client nodes as server nodes, not  four times as many as in the rest of the benchmarks.

\begin{figure}[htbp]
    \begin{subfigure}[b]{124pt}
        \includegraphics[width=124pt]{results-ior_segments_scaling_lustre_vs_daos_write_mean.png}
        \caption{Write}
    \end{subfigure}
    \begin{subfigure}[b]{124pt}
        \includegraphics[width=124pt]{results-ior_segments_scaling_lustre_vs_daos_read_mean.png}
        \caption{Read}
    \end{subfigure}
    \caption{Mean synchronous write and read bandwidth results for Lustre and DAOS for access pattern A with IOR in segments mode.}
    \label{fig:ior}
\end{figure}

Lustre and DAOS perform similarly, resulting in comparable write and read benchmark bandwidths, with a similar scaling pattern. These results indicate that both storage servers and the benchmarks have been properly configured to exploit available storage and network resources, which has been further verified with monitoring of resource usage during preliminary test runs.

Slightly higher bandwidths are achieved overall with Lustre in this scenario, except in the read phase in the configuration with 8 server nodes, which was tested with only up to twice as many client nodes running the benchmark. The performance limitation in that configuration is explained by the fact that, in our test platform and with our configuration, four times as many client nodes as Lustre server nodes are required to exploit all available server interface bandwidth whereas, with DAOS, only twice as many client nodes are required. Results showing optimal client to server node ratio with Lustre have been omitted in favour of space. For DAOS, this ratio is addressed in\cite{DAOS-IEEETPDS-ARXIV}.

Excluding this special case, write and read IOR bandwidths obtained with both Lustre and DAOS scale linearly. For Lustre, the benchmark bandwidth increases at a rate of approximately 6 GiB/s for write and 9 GiB/s for read per additional server node. For DAOS, the increase is of approximately 5 GiB/s for write and 7.5 GiB/s for read.

\subsection{Field I/O results}

\subsubsection{Application performance with DAOS vs. Lustre}

The Field I/O benchmark, in contrast to the IOR benchmark in segments mode, entails object-store-like I/O operations. The data elements are small, and writing or reading a single data object usually involves multiple I/O operations.

In this test set, Field I/O has been run with access patterns A and B following a similar strategy to the IOR tests above, using both Lustre and DAOS with the similar amounts of server and client nodes. In the runs here, a maximum of twice as many client nodes as server nodes have been employed for all configurations.

The benchmark has been run in its default \textit{full} mode, and also in a mode which avoids use of DAOS containers called \textit{no-containers}\cite{DAOS-IEEETPDS-ARXIV}. When run against Lustre, using the helper library to adapt Field I/O to POSIX file systems, every field write in the benchmark in no-containers mode will involve less metadata operations but the Array files will be written to a single directory shared by all client processes. Field reads will equally read Array files from that shared directory.

The object size has been set to 1 MiB, and the number of I/O iterations per process to 2000, to reduce the impact of potential parallel process start-up delays on bandwidth measurements. The chosen amounts of processes per client node, which have been found to result in best performance, have been 24 and 36 (slightly lower than the 36 and 48 found for DAOS). Each run has been repeated 5 times.

Results for pattern A and B are shown in Fig. \ref{fig:fieldio_pattern_a} and Fig. \ref{fig:fieldio_pattern_b}, respectively. Note that, in both figures, Lustre results on the left side and DAOS results on the right side use a different y-axis scale.

\begin{figure*}[htbp]
    \centering
    \begin{subfigure}[b]{125pt}
        \includegraphics[width=125pt]{results-field_io-scalability_lustre_pattern_a_write.png}
        \caption{Lustre, write}
    \end{subfigure}
    \begin{subfigure}[b]{125pt}
        \includegraphics[width=125pt]{results-field_io-scalability_lustre_pattern_a_read.png}
        \caption{Lustre, read}
    \end{subfigure}
    \begin{subfigure}[b]{125pt}
        \includegraphics[width=125pt]{results-field_io-scalability_daos_pattern_a_write.png}
        \caption{DAOS, write}
    \end{subfigure}

    \begin{subfigure}[b]{125pt}
        \includegraphics[width=125pt]{results-field_io-scalability_daos_pattern_a_read.png}
        \caption{DAOS, read}
    \end{subfigure}
    \caption{Access pattern A, global timing write and read bandwidth results with the Field I/O benchmark.
    \label{fig:fieldio_pattern_a}
\end{figure*}

\begin{figure*}[htbp]
    \centering
    \begin{subfigure}[b]{125pt}
        \includegraphics[width=125pt]{results-field_io-scalability_lustre_pattern_b_write.png}
        \caption{Lustre, write}
    \end{subfigure}
    \begin{subfigure}[b]{125pt}
        \includegraphics[width=125pt]{results-field_io-scalability_lustre_pattern_b_read.png}
        \caption{Lustre, read}
    \end{subfigure}
    \begin{subfigure}[b]{125pt}
        \includegraphics[width=125pt]{results-field_io-scalability_daos_pattern_b_write.png}
        \caption{DAOS, write}
    \end{subfigure}

    \begin{subfigure}[b]{125pt}
        \includegraphics[width=125pt]{results-field_io-scalability_daos_pattern_b_read.png}
        \caption{DAOS, read}
    \end{subfigure}
    \caption{Access pattern B, global timing write and read bandwidth results with the Field I/O benchmark.
    \label{fig:fieldio_pattern_b}
\end{figure*}

Looking at DAOS results for pattern A, in Fig. \ref{fig:fieldio_pattern_a} (c) and (d), we can see that Field I/O in no-containers mode performs better than the mode with containers. This is possibly due to inefficiencies in the use of DAOS containers, as discussed in \cite{DAOS-IEEETPDS-ARXIV}. The mode without containers scales linearly, and the application bandwidth increases at an approximate rate of 4.5 GiB/s write and 5.5 GiB/s read per additional server node.

Lustre results in Fig. \ref{fig:fieldio_pattern_a} (a) show that Field I/O in no-containers mode, using the helper library to adapt to POSIX, performs poorly for write. This is likely due to performing all the Array file writes and reads in a single directory, as explained above, which suffers from Lustre contention or locking on that directory.

The full mode, which has the Array files distributed in several Container directories, performs better and reaches up to 7.5 GiB/s for write, but hits a limit at 4 server nodes. In benchmark runs with more server nodes, more client nodes are also employed, and every client node is set to execute an additional fixed amount of I/O operations. The limitation observed here is due to reaching to IOPs limits on the Lustre metadata server, which we have benchmarked at around 100 KIOPs using IOR. Measured IOPs rates for the Field I/O benchmark runs approach this limit where the scaling limit is reached. In IOR benchmarks Lustre can scale up to much larger bandwidths because there are less IOPs are involved.

Fig. \ref{fig:fieldio_pattern_a} (b) shows that both Field I/O modes perform similarly for read, and they similarly hit a limit beyond 4 server nodes, again due to reaching maximum IOPs on the Lustre metadata server. We postulate that both modes provide similar performance due to the lack of locking/coherency required for read operations in Lustre.

For results in Fig. \ref{fig:fieldio_pattern_b} for access pattern B, where writer applications are run concurrently with reader applications, the write and read bandwidths need to be combined for an approximate comparison with results with pattern A. With DAOS, Field I/O in no-containers mode performs remarkably well, with linear scaling and an aggregated bandwidth of approximately 50 GiB/s with 8 server nodes, higher than the separate bandwidths in pattern A.

With Lustre, the write and read performance behaviour of the full mode with access pattern B is similar to that observed in pattern A, with slightly better scaling beyond 4 nodes. The no-containers mode performs poorly not only for write but also for read, likely due to locking/coherency issues caused by concurrent writes.

In terms of achieved aggregate application bandwidth, Lustre with Field I/O pattern B in full mode reaches up to approximately 20 GiB/s with 8 server nodes, close to the read bandwidth obtained in pattern A, but far from the higher aggregate bandwidth obtained with DAOS with pattern B in any of the modes.

From the performance results for access pattern A, it can be observed that the best application bandwidths obtained with DAOS are in the same order of magnitude as those obtained with IOR, whereas with Lustre they are approximately a fifth of those obtained with IOR.

We have identified four factors that could contribute to this performance difference:

\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*]
    \item Lustre is designed for large file I/O, and has a bottleneck in the metadata server when exposed to object-store-like applications.
    \item the Field I/O application, when run against Lustre, uses the helper library to adapt to POSIX, which implements a custom indexing mechanism with Key-Value directories and files. An implementation that made use of Lustre's own directory and file names for indexing would involve less file metadata operations and may perform better.
    \item Lustre needs four times as many client nodes as server nodes to saturate network bandwidth, but we have run the benchmarks with only twice as many.
    \item DAOS has been optimised for new memory technologies such as SCM and can bypass the block storage interface for some operations.
\end{itemize}

\subsubsection{Impact of object and file size}

Fig. \ref{fig:object_size} shows bandwidth results from runs of access pattern A with Field I/O in full mode with Lustre, and no-containers mode with DAOS. This time the benchmark has been run with varying object sizes of 1, 5, 10 and 20 MiB, to assess the impact of future NWP model resolution increases on I/O performance.

All tests have been run with a fixed configuration of 2 server nodes and 4 client nodes, and 100 I/O operations per client process. Benchmarks are repeated 5 times, with the same client process counts as in previous Field I/O runs. The results for the 5 repetitions have been averaged, with the average bandwidth for the highest performing number of client processes per client node shown for each I/O size tested.

\begin{figure}[htbp]
    \begin{subfigure}[b]{124pt}
        \includegraphics[width=124pt]{results-osize-lustre_vs_daos_write.png}
        \caption{Write}
    \end{subfigure}
    \begin{subfigure}[b]{124pt}
        \includegraphics[width=124pt]{results-osize-lustre_vs_daos_read.png}
        \caption{Read}
    \end{subfigure}
    \caption{Global timing write and read bandwidth results for access pattern A, with the Field I/O benchmark, using 2 server nodes and 4 client nodes.}
    \label{fig:object_size}
\end{figure}

It can be observed that increasing object or file size from 1 MiB to 5 MiB has a substantial benefit for both write and read, with both Lustre and DAOS. Beyond 5 MiB, the bandwidth stabilizes except in Lustre reading, where it continues to increase.

In this benchmark configuration, the bandwidths obtained with DAOS are higher than with Lustre when using an object or file size of 1 MiB. The two storage systems provide similar write bandwidths for larger object or file sizes. For read, DAOS performs better than Lustre with objects up to 10 MiB in size, and Lustre performs better than DAOS with larger files.

This test set could be repeated using access pattern B to investigate whether application bandwidth behaves differently as object or file size increase under write and read contention. Likewise, different server and client node configurations could be investigated as well.

\section{Related Work}
There has been research into object stores for high-performance I/O, including CEPH \cite{ceph-pdp19} and CORTX Motr \cite{mero-cf18}. However, these have so far seen less adoption for very intensive data creation or processing workloads in large-scale systems. DAOS is one of the first production-ready object storage technologies targeting HPC, with remarkable results in recent IO-500 benchmarks\cite{io500-isc2021}.

Science communities have investigated object stores for I/O operations\cite{fdb-pasc17}, including using non-volatile memory\cite{fdb-pasc19}. These investigations have demonstrated the performance and functionality benefits, however they highlight direct porting relies on custom management of objects on storage mediums. Domain-agnostic object stores like DAOS simplify the use of NVM in production environments.

The work presented in this paper builds on previous research in the areas of exploiting object storage and NVM technologies for HPC I/O, extending understanding and knowledge on the impact of the object store approach versus the benefits of using high-performance I/O hardware. It also extends community understanding of how DAOS and Lustre perform under workload patterns common in many applications.

\section{Conclusions}

Through our benchmarking and evaluation work we have demonstrated that Lustre and DAOS, using the same underlying storage hardware, can provide similar performance for large-scale bulk data operations, such as those the IOR benchmark mimics and many applications have been tuned to utilise. However, when moving to object-store-like I/O operations and workflows, DAOS shows significant performance benefits. We conclude that DAOS is a strong target for a future storage platform as it demonstrates comparative performance with traditional files systems whilst enabling object-store functionality at high-performance.

The access patterns produced with the Field I/O benchmark are not particularly specific to the NWP use case or bound to any particular file format, and therefore the findings are applicable to other use cases repeatedly writing and/or reading any objects or files with sizes in the order of 1 to 10 MiB from several processes and nodes.

The results suggest that the good performance results obtained with DAOS in the object-store-like NWP use case are not purely due to the use of high-performance storage hardware such as SCM, but also due to the design characteristics of an object store and their implementation in DAOS.

Nevertheless, performance and scalability of Lustre in this scenario should be further explored and validated by benchmarking with larger amounts of server and client nodes, and possibly implementing additional optimisations in the benchmarks to better exploit file system capabilities.

\section*{Acknowledgment}

The work presented in this paper has been produced in the context of the European Union's Destination Earth Initiative and relates to tasks entrusted by the European Union to the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts implementing part of this Initiative with funding by the European Union (cost center DE3100, code 3320). Views and opinions expressed are those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Commission. Neither the European Union nor the European Commission can be held responsible for them. This work was also supported by EPSRC, grant EP/T028351/1.

The NEXTGenIO system was funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation program under Grant Agreement no. 671951, and supported by EPCC, The University of Edinburgh.

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BAMBINO AND MR. TWAIN by P.I. Maltbie is beautiful picture book about a journey through the grieving process, helped along by a sympathetic cat. It uses language and scenes that younger readers will find accessible and even relatable. With gorgeous collage-influenced pictures by Daniel Miyares, the moody, rich tones of the beginning of the story slowly give way to the brighter colors of spring and finding motivation to heal from grief. Aimed at ages 5-8, we believe Bambino and Mr. Twain could work for slightly older readers as well.
More text-heavy than many early elementary picture books, this story of a cat's companionship, and the sudden loss thereof, will appeal to children who have a special stuffed animal or house-pet. All through a sad winter following the death of Samuel Clemens' wife Livy, the family cat Bambino sits with him and mourns with him. And it is a sudden departure on Bambino's part that prompts an end to Clemens' self-imposed exile from society.
Lovers of literary trivia will enjoy the storyline as it explains how Samuel Clemens began wearing white suits as well as anecdotal background on his daughters and home life. The author's note at the end of the book reiterates the storyline in condensed form and provides additional detail about Clemens' relationship, both working and personal, with his wife.
Overall, Bambino and Mr. Twain is a lovely picture book that addresses the difficult topic of loss and mourning without falling into morbidity or a saccharin approach that condescends to the reader. Highly recommended.
BEYOND WORDS: What Elephants and Whales Think and Feel is new adaptation of Carl Safina's 2015 bestselling book is aimed at younger readers, ages 10-14. The first half is devoted to the Lives of Elephants, and the second to Killer Whales, or Orcas. Thankfully, the adaptation doesn't oversimplify the descriptions or the topics, and the volume (the first of two) maintains the balance of deep research and loving observation.
The first part of the book, Lives of Elephants, includes topics like family, play, grief, and communication. Using dialogue and a journalistic style of pondering questions and then answering them based on observation will appeal to young readers and reluctant readers. While not image-heavy, the photos includes are wonderful and emphasize elephant generations and the people who work to help them.
Part two, Killer Whales, includes sections of the social lives of Orcas as well as singing and sonar, as well as the effects of captivity on the animals. The section "Defying Explanation" is especially interesting, and it is sure to prompt conversation amongst readers. As with the first section, while there are not many photos, they are well-chosen and suit the text.
Beyond Words is readable, informational, and interesting volume is highly recommended for children interested in animals in the wild. The conversational and journal entry style also lends itself well to reading aloud, which is a wonderful way for families to connect over a shared interest.
This fun, rhyming picture book takes this adventurous princess and her super hero companion to twelve National Parks around the USA. Part of the Do Princesses…? picture book series, DO PRINCESSES AND SUPER HEROES HIT THE TRAILS? by Carmela LaVigna Coyle highlights some of the most recognizable and iconic parts of National Parks like Denali, Acadia, Yellowstone, Zion, and more. Aimed for children ages 4-8, the book makes a solid preparation for a family vacation or for an introduction to the concept of National Parks. In June, this picture book comes out as a board book — perfect for traveling!
The simple, sometimes silly, rhymes will be fun for families to read aloud, and children learning to read will find them fun to decipher and repeat. Some words are emphasized, just as an enthusiastic child might, making read alouds even more appropriate. "Let's take THIS trail and begin to explore." The illustrations are joyful and colorful, and kids will want to "find" the teddy bear that accompanies the children on each page.
Parents concerned about the gender stereotypes in using "princess" for the girl and "super hero" for the boy can rest assured that each of the siblings exhibits both a zest for adventure and a sense of wonder throughout the book.
See our review of Do Princesses Wear Hiking Boots? here.


It is me again, you probably wonder why that dude never stops bugging me. Well, I hope you are not thinking like that, and instead get really excited about whatever that dude might want to share.
First of all I would like to thank the few that actually updated your records in the database. It is really helpful for me to have the records updated, and with correct data at the right spot.
IAMCT Region - We have six regions; Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, and South America. I hope every member lives in a country belonging to any of these regions. If not, get in touch with me so I can get it sorted out. Actually we have a region, and chapter called Direct which is led by me under the IAMCT World body. Every region consist of a board consisting of a Region Leader, and one seat per chapter.
IAMCT Chapter - There should be one chapter per country we have MCTs in. A chapter consists of the members in that chapter, and should have a board of at least three IAMCT Ambassadors; filling the roles of a Chapter Leader, Chapter Cashier, and a Chapter Secretary.
What country you belong to, and region, is based on this list from the U.N.
Americanas is divided into North America and South America.
Please make sure the country is listed in the database as it is named in the list from UN.
And secondly, please look all over the social internet about updates about the MCT Summits this year. There is happening events all over the World, and I want to make sure you don't miss anything. I'm all excited about the summits in Europe and Africa, the teams are doing a really good job and more info on this will come in the near future.
3) Deliver an IAMCT-ATT course as an Assisting Instructor together with an certified IAMCT-ATT Instructor as the Lead Instructor.
4) Deliver an IAMCT-ATT course as the Lead Instructor, with an certified IAMCT-ATT Instructor as the Assisting Instructor.
An IAMCT-ATT course consist of two, or three, days of practical training in and about the role of an MCT, how to interact with students and how to deliver training. It's focused on the soft skills of succeeding in the classroom. Prior to the course, and under the course, the student creates the examination presentation. This should be a 20 minute session containing slides, talks, demos, and other Tools and techniques we as a trainer use to deliver Our messages. This session is evaluated by a group of experienced MCTs, three, five, or more members of the jury that evaluate the examinee in ten different skill domains.
If you attended any of the IAMCT organized MCT Summits you probably heard about the MCT Jury. If you are willing to be part of this jury duty you are welcome to connect with the instructors of the upcoming IAMCT-ATT classes, or directly with me.
Finally, this short message became huge. I'm sorry for that, but I hope you enjoyed it anyways. I would like you guys to help me and all the other IAMCT Ambassadors to help Us grow and form this Community. It would be really awesome if every single MCT all over the World was a member. It would also be awesome if we figure out together what the Community is about. For me, as being one of the founders, it was about bringing MCTs together, physically or virtually. This in forms of online communities, and in the form of Summits, and in the form of small local gatherings. To remove the borders between us, both geographically as well as locally. We all share something, we have a passion of delivering training on Microsoft technology, we can all learn from each other, and we can all support each other. Within the Community we are all peers, even if we are working with competing training centers. I believe in "Sharing is Caring", and "if one share to others, others will share back".


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Atlanta drag favorite 'The Other Show' ready to illuminate the masses
Dyana Bagby
Culture, Nightlife
The Other Show raised more than $3,000 in a week to go toward an art project including making a short film.
It only took one week for the Other Show to raise more than $3,000 as part of a Kickstarter campaign titled "Help Illuminate the Other Show," a project that promises to take the daring drag show to another realm ― the movies.
Hoping to raise $2,500 in one month, the drag show exceeded its goal in just one week, overwhelming the entire cast, saysEdie Cheezburger, who founded the Other Show in 2012 with Jaye Lish. The popular drag show is held every Friday night at Jungle and includes divas Violet Chachki, Miami Royale, Evah Destruction and Celeste Holmes.
"We were worried about getting $1,000. We just want to thank everybody who donated, who comes to the shows and supports us. Traditionally we don't get paid very much, but we want to give back to the local community," Cheezburger says. "It just shows how much support there is for local talent."
The Other Show is working with artists Jon Dean and Blake England to bring their stage show into the digital world with a short film and also a photographic series. Dean and England are two of the many artists behind the successful Legendary Children art exhibit that captured many of Atlanta's rising drag queen icons.
"We have a concept but we're not going to release that yet. We want it to be a surprise," says Cheezburger, who like any great drag queen, keeps her secrets tucked close to her, er, chest.
There is no release date yet, but when the film is done there will be a screening to culminate with a grand performance piece and huge party.
"We want to make make art that transcends from the stage to a digital space," she explains. "This is a conceptual piece. We are doing all of the styling, we have a color palette, imagery and a theme as well as a loose story line," she says. "We are taking the Other Show to this different level. Everyone is going to see a new side of us ― as serious actresses."
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Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) invites Online applications for recruitment of following Latest Vacancies in 2018 on Direct Recruitment Basis. The last date for submission of online applications is 22nd January 2018.
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Assistant -> Bachelor's degree of a recognized university with 5 years experience in a Govt./ Semi Govt. organization or a Public Sector. Undertaking/Autonomous organization dealing with establishment matter and or accounts.
Editorial Assistant -> Master's degree in Art preferable in History or BA with History as one of the subjects plus 2 years experience of editing in a publishing house. Proficiency in English.
Staff Car Driver -> 10th class (Matric) pass or equivalent qualification from a recognized Board or University. Should possess valid driving license with 2 years experience of driving.
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Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) intends to engage Consultant (Library) on consolidated salary basis. The closing date for receipt of applications is 28th December 2017.
(1) Bachelor Degree in Library Science or Library and Information Science of a recognized University or Institute.
(2) Experience - Two years professional experience in Library under Central/ State Govt. or Autonomous or Statutory Organization or Public Sector Undertaking or University or Recognized Research or Educational Institute.
The application on plain paper along with their biodata and curriculum vitae (CV) with all duly self-attested certificates/ testimonials and recent passport size photograph may be sent to The Member Secretary, Indian Council of Historical Research, 35, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi 110 001. The last date for receipt of application is 28/12/2017.
Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) New Delhi invites Online Applications from eligible candidates for the posts of Editorial Assistant, Copy Holder, Xerox Operator, Assistant, Junior Hindi Translator, Lower Division Clerk (LDC) on direct recruitment basis. The Last Date for submission of online applications is 15th May 2017.
About: The Indian Council for Historical Research (ICHR) is an autonomous body of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.
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(2) should pass type writing in English with a minimum speed of 35 words per minute on computer (35 word per minute correspond to 10500 KDPH on a average of 5 key depression for each word.
(1) Bachelor's degree of recognized university with Hindi and English as compulsory subject or either of the two as medium of examination and the other a compulsory/ elective subject.
(2) Desirable - Proficiency in Hindi & English language with proven experience in translation work.
(1) Bachelor's degree of a recognized University.
(2) 3 years experience as a copy holder in any Govt. or in publishing concern.
(2) Should be trained to operate the Xerox machine.
(3) At least 2 years experience of working on Xerox machine.
(1) Post Graduate in Art preferable in History or BA with History as one of the subjects plus 2 years experience of editing in a publishing house.
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Rubber stamps are an easy way to make your own cards, gifts, decorations and more―but just imagine how much more personal it is when the image you're stamping is your very own creation! This set contains all the supplies you need to make your own, one-of-a-kind rubber stamp.
The hand-assembled, two-sided stamp block comes with the carvable stamping surfaces pre-attached, and comes with the tools you need to create your design. An all-purpose ink pad is included, as well as simple, step-by-step instructions. There are even 25 design templates to get your creativity going, and a keepsake muslin bag to store your tools when not in use. Made in the USA.
I'm an experienced stamp carver and would definitely recommend this for anyone just starting out. You get everything you need in one little box! The only thing I wish was different about it is the carving nibs. They're not as sharp as Speedball knives and it's harder to get them into the handle. If you want to do more fine details, definitely pick up a Speedball set.
My nephew, an Eagle Scout, did a stamp course this summer. He's very excited about using the kit to create a unique stamp for himself. Great value for the price, which I highly recommend as a gift.
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In a joint press conference that followed Monday's closed-door summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, the U.S. president refused to blame the Russian president for any meddling in the 2016 presidential election, accepted Putin's denial of interference – and cast doubt on the findings of U.S. intelligence agencies, just two days after a federal grand jury indicted 12 Russian military officers for conspiring to interfere with the election.
Steven Pifer, a non-resident senior fellow with the Brookings Institution and a former State Department official focused on U.S. relations with the former Soviet Union, spoke with Reuters editor Helen Coster about the summit.
COSTER: What was your main takeaway from the summit?
PIFER: Based on the press conference, Vladimir Putin has every reason to be happy. He got a formal summit with President Trump, which helps his spin that Russia is no longer isolated. He did not appear to give on any major issue, and Trump declined to challenge Russian actions. The president, at least in public, failed to criticize Russian aggression against Ukraine and did not put down a marker that Russian meddling in U.S. politics is unacceptable and, if continued, would result in U.S. retaliation. One can only hope that things went better in the actual discussions, but it's not clear there is any reason to believe that.
COSTER: What do you think of the fact that Trump took Putin's side against the U.S. intelligence community?
PIFER: Trump's acceptance of Putin's denial of election-meddling over the considered judgment of the U.S. intelligence community (and the growing number of indictments of individual Russians) is astonishing. He gave the Kremlin no reason not to continue such interference in U.S. election processes: it's been successful (from their point of view), the costs are minimal, and the U.S. president apparently does not believe it is happening. Why not continue?
COSTER: What do you expect to be the reaction among U.S. allies – in public and in private?
PIFER: U.S. allies will likely keep their views to themselves publicly, but they have to be dismayed in private. Contrast Trump's reluctance in Helsinki to criticize Putin or any Russian misbehavior with his eager readiness to criticize allies [at last week's NATO summit] in Brussels, particularly Germany and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, over defense spending, plus his London interview in which he put the European Union at the top of his list of foes of the United States.
COSTER: So much of diplomacy happens in small steps and behind the scenes. What steps of that nature might have come out of today's meeting, and what do you expect for U.S.-Russia relations going forward?
PIFER: Hopefully, the summit will produce follow-up dialogues that might yield some progress. Putin opened the door for discussions on arms control, including on extending the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, which would be in the U.S. interest. We will have to see what comes, but it would be wise to be patient and keep expectations modest.
COSTER: A lot of people are stating that Trump's comments today give Putin a blank check in terms of his future behavior. What do you think?
PIFER: Genuine improvement in U.S.-Russian relations will require at least some change in problematic Russian policies, such as aggression against Ukraine, interference in U.S. domestic politics and involvement in Syria. It does not appear that Trump gave Putin a reason to change any of those policies, so Russian misbehavior will likely continue.


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The BBC had an interview with a Tory MP who was pro-Mrs May's deal which he then described as "the least worst option". How utterly depressing.
This is starting to become a bit like me asking Jennifer Lopez out on a date. No means No.
To be fair, it's hard to work out which is more embarrassing, British politics or Australian. It's close, I'd probably still say Australian regardless of Brexit., close though.
Raab supports the deal now. Tells you all you need to know about these people you think are putting the country first. Charlatans. He quit because of that deal!!!!
So, seeing as some of those alternate suggestions have attracted more votes than Mrs May's plan, are they not the ones to pursue? Why is her less popular plan back as option 1? Should add, disgrace to see Tories backing her deal now that she's resigning. Talk about 'up the party/stuff the country'. They're a disgrace.
To be fair, I couldn't be arsed, the form is too big. Plus, what do I get out of it? The chance to vote for a new PM every 6 weeks? Whoopee.
So, you're getting all this stuff from YouTube? Sounds about right. Are you on flat Earth websites as well? I'm not a doctor but, if I was, I'd prescribe a nice lie down in a darkened room. For a couple of years or so.
Gets funnier by the day this. Mrs May is history now, MPs take control. Get your 2nd referendum pen handy!!
Total and utter humiliation. Still, at least she's used to it.
Property Downturn- has it affected you?
My brother-in-law was looking at one in Shorehaven Alkimos and building on that site has ground to a halt. It's a big, coastal estate, I expect it will be a building site for decades. Our estate agent tells us that buyer numbers are very low now and people aren't looking to live in the extremities any more. I'm sure he told me that 5 years ago 1400 families a month were moving to Perth from the UK and it is now less than 100 per month.
Not sure. We have just sold for less than we bought for in 2010 and the estate agent tells me, by and large and especially for our area, values are at pre-2008.
How often did you see family once immigrated?
I've encountered the resistance you mention. It is understandable though, look at it from their perspective; it costs a fortune to get here, it costs a fortune when you get here, you're staying with rellies so it doesn't feel like a holiday anyway, after a couple of times it's all very samey and you could have about 4 European holidays for the same cost. Hard to blame anyone not being that keen after a couple of trips. Or at least thinking twice.
We've just sold in Perth northern suburbs and taken probably 15% less than we could have got at peak. They are trying to talk the slump around on the news but it's just bluff, it's definitely on-going. I'd expect house prices to keep falling for another couple of years at least. And, if that's the only economic downturn in that time, I'll be surprised.


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John - this is Megan from GE, sorry to hear about the issues with your washer. If you'd like me to look into this for you, please email me at [protected]@ge.com.
I bought a GE washer and dryer from Home Depot Westerly RI. After waiting a week for the delivery SPiRIT DELIVERYa third party moving company from Depot brought the washer in my basement hooked it up and left. I did a load of wash and it flooded my basement! they come back a few days later to get the washer. they pick up the bad one and it never found its way back to the store!!! then home depot brings me a LG top loader it wont start and started smoking in the panel when plugged in. then i call HOME DEPOT they give me a loaner to use ...weeks later I still do not have a washer!!! As I sit her writing Sprite (home depots moving company) was suppose to deliver it yesterday12/4 between 10-2 no washer then they said oh by 4:45... NO WASHER then I called for the hundredth time Spirit moving company said they WILL BE THERE BY 10:30 pm NO WASHER it is the next day and NO WASHER STAY AWAY FROM HOME DEPOT and they moving company SPIRIT they pride them selves!!! IN WHAT!!!
I purchased a GE washer 3 yrs ago and have had nothing but problems, called the ceo of the company and he referred my complaint to a man who was rude and ignored the complaint and just wanted to get rid of me, making me think the machine was fine, after 3 service calls and money I had to put out I have now stopped payment on the check because when the service man left the machine started leaking again and it leaks every once in a while, and my downstairs is starting to smell of mold, I might have to have someone come in to clean up that, and I feel after all the GE appliance I have purchased, I almost feel that they are punishing me for buying there products, such a large company and very bad customer service and terrible attitudes, why would they think I would want to pay for a service call when the machine still leaks and that is what they gave me for purchasing there equipment.


Each drug and alcohol rehabilitation program in Sampson County has varied areas of specialty. This is why you need to pick a program that will help you achieve your goals and meet all your needs for recovery. To this end, you should realize the substances and behaviors that you need help with, find out if there are any other issues underlying your addiction, and choose a treatment center that can meet all these needs.
You should talk to addiction treatment professionals in Sampson County so that they can help you understand how to choose the best rehabilitation facility. These professionals have more knowledge and experience in addiction than you do and should be able to help you on your path.
It is also essential that you understand all the options open to you before making a choice. Check what is available in Sampson County and find out how each of these options will benefit you then come to a decision.
Use these factors to help you understand the differences between all the alcohol and drug rehab facilities that you come across in Sampson County.
After going through the process outlined above, the final thing you should do is pick a rehab facility that is highly likely to meet all your needs and requirements for addiction treatment in Sampson County.


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LGBTQ Cultural competency aims to increase knowledge and skills to improve one's ability to effectively interact with the LGBTQ+ community. We cover the role of Gender Expression in our lives and the influences it has on us daily. We'll explore Gender Identity and what this means for individuals and society.
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During the Second World War, did the Germans expect that Japan would declare war on Russia?
As I understand it, Germany did not make war with America on the condition that Japan joined the war against Russia.
Was this because they thought that Japan would attack Russia anyway? If so, what basis did they have for thinking that? Or did they think they didn't need Japan to defeat Moscow?
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The Tripartite Pact explicitly excluded Russia; thus, given the The Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact, it is hard to imagine that Hitler expected a Japanese attack on Russia.
Hitler thought that Russia was, for all practical purposes, already defeated; he declared war on the US saying that for all intents and purposes they are already fighting - this just freed him to unleash his U-boats.
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As far as I am aware, there is no evidence existing that supports the Germans expected a Japanese attack on Russia.
However, I believe that Hitler knew at the time he made his speech declaring war on the U.S. on December 11, 1941, that Germany was in real trouble at the gates of Moscow. For this reason it is my opinion that Hitler declared war on the U.S. hoping for help from the Japanese.
The following supports this opinion:
Many historians and writings have stated Hitler did this to show loyalty to his Japanese allies, simply making official the fighting that had been going on between the U.S. and Germany in the Atlantic since the fall of France or as some sort of retalliation for Lend Lease to German enemies.
Short of saying it in a speech, Germany couldn't DO anything more than they were already doing against the U.S. What is the point in giving America justification to join England in a bombing campain if it doesn't help the German situation at the time? The answer is there is no point. Making dumb moves like that fits the Hitler of the comming desperation times but not of late 1941. The Hitler of 1941 still worked situations to his benefit in most cases.
Hitler knew going into Operation Barbarosa, Germany could not win a war of attrition with the Russians. He has been quoted saying that he expected complete victory before the end of Summer 1941. When it became obvious this was not possible, he was well aware that Germany would not win a prolonged war. However, he still thought that victory for the most part, could be secured during Barbarosa as late as early December, 1941.
It was during the very week of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, operation Barbarosa ground to a halt at the gates of Moscow. Right after the stall (December 5th and 6th, 1941), the Soviets attacked German forces around Moscow with forces that included 70 fresh divisions of well equipped, Siberian troops. Troops that the German High Command didn't think were available.
http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-EF-Decision/USA-EF-Decision-4.html
One day before Pearl Harbor, the temperature along the Moscow front dropped to -38f. Lubricants for German guns and equipment had been jelling up for the past couple of nights due to temperatures around -25f all along the front, affecting combat worthiness drastically. From the 5th on, the Soviets were making small gains (a mile or less) in several areas. On the 6th, Soviet Thitieth Army broke into Third Panzer Group's left flank northeast of Klin to a distance of eight miles, almost creating a complete breakthrough.
German generals were reporting all along the line about the fresh, well trained and equipped Russian Siberian forces. For the next several days German forces were retreating west from Moscow. Early on, it looked at times like the routs the German were accustomed to creating but they were the ones on the run. On the 10th of December, Guderian characterized his Second Panzer Army as a scattered assemblage of armed baggage trains slowly wending their way to the rear.
Hitler knew everything that was happening along the front and was updated several times a day. He knew his armies were stalled and falling back. He also knew that unless something changed quickly, the objectives of Barbarosa would not be accomplished in 1941. In fact, some German generals later stated that as of December 9th and 10th both Hitler and they realized Germany may well loose the war eventually unless they could somehow turn the situation quickly.
In addition, Hitler was aware that his nation's strategic fuel reserves were low and some of the armies in Russia were well short of normal strength. He had plans for how to get troop strengths back up but the oil situation alone threatened everything.
Even with the armies back to full strength, the German oil reserves were too low and replenshment too slow to be able to adequately replace supplies by Spring 1942 for another all-out offensive like Barbarosa.
In order to turn the situation immediately, Hitler was looking for ways to change things on the Russian front. He hoped declaring war on the U.S. would induce Japan to reciprocate the gesture by declaring war on the Soviets. At the least he hoped to persuade his ally to create concerns along the Russian boarder.
New concerns to the East may cause Stalin to re-think his decision to pull Siberian divisions from that front to reinforce Moscow. Hopefully, he would then send back at least part of the units he had taken from that area for Moscow defense since August, 1941.
The Soviets and Japanese were not allys by any stretch. In fact, Stalin had feared a Japanese attack on the Russian Eastern border since the war bagan. It was very reluctantly--and possibly out of desperation--that he had moved forces from there to the Moscow area to begin with.
If successful, Hitler likely would have thought his forces could once again go on the offensive. He was still under the mistaken impression the Russians were completely out of reserves and the original move by Stalin, though successful, would likely not have put his forces on the defensive without the additional bad fortune of the onset of really cold weather. Nazi climate research had indicated the the really cold weather of a Russian Winter was still a couple of weeks away when it hit.
Other than his hopes for immediate help with the Soviet situation--which would have been admitted to NO ONE by the Nazi regime--it is unexplainable that Hitler would just up and declare war on America with no real upside for his country at the time.
Hitler rolled the dice in hopes it would help the cause. But the Japanese didn't bite!
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Hitler's Meeting with Japanese Ambassador Oshima on 3 January 1942
On 3 January 1942, Hitler met the Japanese ambassador, Hiroshi Oshima, to discuss his future plans and the potential for co-operation between the two powers. A German observer of Hitler's meeting with Oshima noted:
...For the time being [Hitler] did not intend to carry out any more attacks in the centre of the [Russian] front. His goal was an offensive on the southern front. Picking up the thread of his argument again, the Fuhrer declared that he was determined to take up once again the offensive in the direction of the Caucasus as soon as the weather was favourable. The thrust in this direction was the most important one: we must get to the oil and to Iran and Iraq. Once we were there, he hoped that we could get help to unleash the freedon movement of the Arab world. Naturally, in addition, he would do everything possible to destroy Moscow and Leningrad.
...All of us and Japan as well were engaged in a joint life and death struggle and so it was vital that we share our military experience. ...[Hitler then] emphasized that it was probably the first time in history that two such powerful military powers, which were so far apart from one another, stood together in battle. Provided their military operations were co-ordinated, this offered the possibility of creating leverage in the conduct of the war which must have enormous effects on the enemy, since they would be thereby compelled continually to shift their centres of gravity and in this way would hopelessly fritter away their forces. He did not believe the United States would have the courage to conduct offensive operations in the East Asian sphere... the Fuhrer continued "if England loses in India a world will collapse. India is the cornerstone of the English Empire. England acquired all its wealth from India".
...The Fuhrer is of the opinion that England can be destroyed. He is not sure yet how the USA can be defeated. The South American states would, in his opinion gradually move away from the United States. In reply to a comment by the Foreign Minister [Ribbentrop] that Japan might be in a position to attack Russia in May, the Fuhrer said that the most important thing from Germany's point of view was that Japan was not defeated by the Anglo-Saxon powers. It must not prematurely dissipate its forces. For us too England was the main enemy. We would certainly not be defeated by Russia. He pointed out to Oshima the long-term danger of the United States and England establishing themselves in a big way on the Australian continent. Oshima is of the same opinion and convinced that Japan would soon secure bases in Australia. In addition, it was obvious that Japan must one day beat Russia, for otherwise the new order in East Asia would be impossible. At the moment, she was still heavily committed with her troops in China. However, he was convinced that the Chungking government would get progressively weaker in the coming months and then Japan would be in a position to withdraw troops from China.
Roosevelt's greatest mistake was to impose sanctions on Japan without at the same time being sufficiently well-armed. This was a really crazy policy. The Fuhrer was of the same opinion and said that if one did not want to wait until one's throat was cut one simply must strike first and Japan had correctly recognized that and done it. The Fuhrer is of the opinion that it is extremely important for Japan and Germany to exchange their military inventions. Germany has no interest in East Asia and Japan none in Europe and Africa...
The question of Japan's possible intervention into the war against Russia pervades the conversation with Oshima. Of course there is the obvious suggestion from German Foreign Minister Ribbentrop that Japan might possibly be in a position to attack the Russians in May 1942. However Hitler's approach to the question seems far more subtle. In response to Ribbentrop he appears to take the side of the Japanese by insisting that Japanese success in their war against the Anglo-Saxons is more important than them helping Germany in Russia. Further suggesting that the British are in fact the main enemy of both Germany and Japan, and that working together to defeat Britain could be a fruitful possibility.
However in tandem with this reasoning, and in response to Oshima's comment that Roosevelt had made a mistake in provoking war before his country was ready to fight, Hitler responds by reminding Oshima of Japan's courage in taking the step of striking first against America before their throat was cut, both echoing Hitler's own motive for declaring war on America, and also perhaps suggesting that it would also be in Japan's interests to strike first against the Russians before they became too strong.
So again, in agreement with other answers, there is no indication that a Japanese attack on Russia was expected by the German leadership, but there was clearly a hope that the Japanese might cooperate with Germany in the war, and that such cooperation could include support against the Russians.
Source: Nazism 1919-1945: vol.3: Foreign Policy, War and Racial Extermination (A Documentary Reader), edited by J. Noakes and G. Pridham (1997)
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Up until mid-1941, Ribbentrop, Hitler's foreign minister, had tried to get Japan to attack the USSR. Once it became clear that the Japanese weren't interested in this, Ribbentrop started pushing them to attack the USA.
He hoped by this to deprive Britain of US arms, since the US would "obviously" need all its own production for a war against Japan. This policy wasn't particularly coordinated with that of Hitler. Nazi Germany was like that.
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