Supercavitating Very High Speed Stealth Anti-Piracy and Special Ops ship

Juliet Marine Systems is a maritime technology think tank that is developing innovative solutions for naval and commercial applications. They seek to assure fleet force protection in response to small vessel terrorist attacks against our Navy and coalition ships. There is a clear and present danger of these tactics being used against the U.S. Navy throughout the world and in our home ports. These same innovative technologies, applied to commercial needs, will provide a significant decrease in transit time and increase in energy efficiency, resulting in the savings of thousands of gallons of fuel daily. 

동영상 강좌 https://youtu.be/glddRIs58bo

As a maritime systems think tank, Juliet Marine Systems provides offensive, defensive and ISR solutions that are developed in a skunk works operation able to rapidly invent and construct needed technologies and systems for the Navy and armed forces. We have already developed a surface variant of a supercavitating craft and are planning to apply our unique technology in a Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (UUV) prototype.

Although it is a surface vessel, the hydrodynamics of the twin submerged buoyant tubular foils are also a test bed for Juliet Marine's next planned prototype, a long duration UUV. This revolutionary proprietary technology vessel platform will assure force protection through stealth fighter/attack capabilities along with integrated situation awareness. These vessels would create a protective fleet perimeter, providing sensor and weapons platforms, allowing no surface or subsurface intrusions.

The surface vessel is a combination of stealth fighter aircraft and attack helicopter technologies packaged in a marine platform. It is designed to provide a marine surface and subsurface platform for tracking and identification of multiple targets. Systems for integrating on-board weapons will be designed to be capable of multi-target firing solutions while it operates at very high speed. These weapons integration systems will also allow for attacking several targets simultaneously with a variety of weapons systems options.


동영상 강좌 https://youtu.be/mFyPj8gKXy4

The same capabilities that have made helicopters valuable to get to hard to reach locations fast, will apply to the surface vessel in commercial applications in the maritime environment. Crew rotations or resupply runs for critical items to off-shore oil rigs can be accomplished two to three times faster than the craft currently in use and would be far less expensive and have fewer weather restrictions than using helicopter assets. The surface vessel is two to three times as fast as most ferries in use today.

성경 미스터리 Isael National Hero 이스라엘 민족의 영웅 모세 01

https://youtu.be/jnruOdFe0rU

* The roof holds a mount for a machine gun and rocket launcher. 
* Triple the range of comparable sized ships
* super-cavitating surface craft which can achieve 900 times less hull friction than a conventional watercraft. 
* The Ghost has achieved speeds of over 30 knots, and is being tested to 50 knots
* The current Ghost costs $10 million per copy, is crewed by 3-5 sailors, has an endurance of 30 days, and can be partially disassembled to fit in a C-17 Globemaster III for transport if needed. There is room for 16 passengers with two 6 in (15 cm)-diameter round windows in the hull.
* High-level discussions have been held with a foreign nation interested in 25 Ghosts for a potential $300 million sale. Juliet Marine also offered a scaled-up corvette-sized Ghost 150 ft (46 m) in length to the U.S. Navy as part of their re-evaluation of the Littoral Combat Ship program; costing about $50 million per vessel, it is six times cheaper than the $300 million per-ship cost of a Freedom-class and Independence-class littoral combat ship.

Operating a handful of warships and aircraft near Somalia will cost the European Union $8.3 million annually over the next two years. The average cost of an armed security team for commercial vessels is $2,000 to $4,000 per day. And there is no guarantee that the guns, guards, and warships will work. One of last year’s deadliest attacks happened aboard a tanker in the Gulf of Guinea that was protected by private security. Guards killed two pirates before retreating to a safe room, but the assault continued, and one crew member died.

Russia just unveiled its new Armata battle tank 러시아는 새로운 아마타 전투용탱크를 막 공개했다.

프랑스 대혁명 France Revolution 1

https://youtu.be/6FXYXWqULeA

New 'Jurassic World' Trailer Unveils More Dino Details and Theme Park Damage 

With the park’s opening getting closer, Universal has released the most violent and revelatory trailer for Jurassic World yet.

The film, written and directed by Colin Trevorrow (Safety Not Guaranteed), zooms ahead to the future — past the disasters that went down in the first three films — to a time when a fully operational theme park resort attracts tourists like a pre-historic SeaWorld. The whole operation seems to be going quite well — until the profit-hungry management decides that bringing dinosaurs back from the dead is no longer a good enough business plan. Now, they’ve genetically modified a new, even bigger dinosaur: The Indominus Rex.

It was a big mistake, because as this trailer reveals, the new creature is a genius killing machine, laying waste to humans with reckless abandon (and initially slaying a few dinos, as well). Things get worse when the Indominus Rex begins organizing other dinosaurs into a nightmare giant reptile militia, which could sink the island into an ocean of blood — and only Chris Pratt, as the cocky dino-whisperer Owen Grady, can save them.

In this new trailer, we get a fuller sense of just how dangerous this new dinosaur is, as well as a better picture of the damage he’s causing — both in taking human lives and wrecking the infrastructure of the park. The rides and concourses of the park seem to take nods from both SeaWorld and more traditional theme parks like Universal Studios (which makes sense, given the parent company) and Disney World, especially the Animal Kingdom in Orlando. 

Here’s a suggestion for future travelers: Not even Donald Duck would ever go on this crazy of a rampage. 

Jurassic World hits theaters on June 12.

'Jurassic World': 5 Raptor-ous Revelations From the New Trailer

The new Jurassic World trailer is stomping its way around the web, giving us another look at all the dino-devastation we can expect when the movie opens June 12. Here are some of the biggest moments from the new trailer:

1. Pratt knows how to talk to the animals.

We’ve long known that Pratt’s character, Owen Grady, was capable of taming the wildest beasts ever known to man. But now we know howhe does it: By simply chatting with 'em! “Stand down,” he tells a pack of 'raptors, who dutifully (if crankily) oblige. Later, he explains: “It’s not about control. It’s a relationship, based on respect.” 

It may seem crazy that his method works, but keep in mind: All of the victims in the first three Jurassic films insisted on running and screaming when confronted by a prehistoric killer. Not once did someone sit down with one of those little Compsognathus fellas down and say, “Hey, you know what? I haven’t asked you about your day. How’d it go? Was work OK? Did things go OK with Shirley, or was she being weird again?” That kind of water-cooler chat could have saved countless lives!

2.  Bryce Dallas Howard isn’t putting up with any Pratt-splaining.

As we saw in that disappointingly retrograde clip released earlier this month — in which Bryce Dallas Howard’s park-chief was portrayed as a chilly shrew, with Pratt’s character as the super-laid-back bro —World’s two human leads don’t always get along. Hence Howard’s eye-roll reaction when Pratt points out the dino’s desires: “These animals are thinking, ‘I gotta eat. I gotta hunt. I gotta [international gesture for dinosaur-boinking].’ You’ve gotta be able to relate to at least one of those things.” These two have so much drama, whether it’s from their complicated past, crazed workplace, or prehistoric, gender-stereotyped character traits!

[번역부탁드려용 ㅠㅠ] 

[북해 구드런 시추선] Shock Isolation(충격완충기) during Resupply of North Sea Drilling Platform

ITT Corporation’s Control Technologies business has partnered with Servi Hydranor AS, Norway’s largest distributor of hydraulic and hydraulic-related products, to engineer a shock and vibration isolation system for protecting cargo transferred from ships to the Norwegian oil company Statoil’s Gudrun Platform in the North Sea’s Gudrun field. 

The Gudrun Platform, which was built by Aibel AS, operates cranes for around-the-clock cargo handling. As the crane operators hoist supplies from ships to the platform, containers (some weighing as much as 8,000 kg) move toward the Gudron Platform at speeds of up to 3 m/sec. The ITT-Servi Hydranor system, part of a barrier engineered by Aibel AS for the Gudrun Platform, includes highly tuned dampers that absorb the cargo’s kinetic energy. 

Moving equipment from a supply ship onto an offshore platform in difficult conditions requires a highly engineered system of shocks and dampers, said Tomm Kuran, sales manager for Pneumatics at Servi Hydranor AS. 

The Gudrun’s crane operators are moving food as well as heavy and expensive equipment for drilling. If an operator mishandles a container, people can be hurt or equipment can be destroyed. Aibel came to Servi Hydranor, an ISO 9001 certified company, and ITT early in the design process for the Gudron Platform with a set of specifications (including environmental conditions) and space limitations. 

While offshore rig builders are experienced at stabilizing cranes, Aibel understood there were challenges for designing a dampening system for its cargo barrier. 

Engineers were focused on helping crane operators safely pick and place cargo aboard the Gudrun Platform. Servi Hydranor and ITT completed the shock and isolation design work last year, and the Gudrun Platform is now in the Gudrun oil field off the coast of Norway. 

ITT specializes in working with key partners like Servi Hydranor to engineer customized solutions for some of the most demanding applications in the world, said Munish Nanda, president of ITT’s Control Technologies business.­We apply our engineering expertise to protect our customers’ systems and structures, so they can achieve their goals. 

   ­A mishandled container can cause damage to its contents or the platform itself, which could halt drilling operations, said Peter Bauer, managing director for ITT Control Technologies EMEA GmbH. 

   We’re able to customize and recommend engineering systems for projects like the Gudron Platform because we have experience with energy absorption technology for manufacturing, robotics, conveyors and overhead crane applications worldwide.          

동영상 강좌 https://youtu.be/wWX66KjMI7Q

2015 4 03 성인잡지 영어독해기법 Festival Babes

1. Select your tent

While the smallest one-man jobbie won't entice any high-gloss Kardashian-types to have undercanvas relations with you, for 

once, a tiny erection does have an advantage: cram two people in there and they're incapable of doing anything other than 

pressing their unwashed bits together. Or, if you really want to focus your mind on scoring, nothing is going to get you more 

motivated than packing no tent at all. Park your backpack with your chommies, then get out there and get lucky, you hobo 

love-machine, you.

2. Pitch it right

You can have the fanciest tent in the world, but park it in the wrong spot and you may as well spray "STD FACTORY, STAY 

AWAY" all across the side of it. Avoid the obvious: port-a-loos, rabid biker gangs, streams of bubbling excrement, and opt 

for a nice dry bit of higher ground (or even a slope so you can accidentally" roll into her arms in the middle of the night).

동영상 강좌 https://youtu.be/5kWt1acUspE

https://www.yahoo.com/health/fall-in-love-lose-weight-113795777585.html

Fall In Love, Lose Weight 사랑에 빠지면, 몸무게가 빠진다.

Do you ever see attractive couples walking around and curse their existence? 

당신은 주위를 산책하는 매력적인 부부를 보고 그들의 존재에 험담을 한적이 있나요?

So do I! My eyes stink at their smiles, their hand-holding, and general joy. 

나도 그렇습니다. 제 눈은 그들의 미소를 지을 때, 손을 잡고 있을 때 기쁨에 차 있을 때 흘킴니다.

We could sit here for a long time analyzing my reactions, but I should probably pay a psychiatric professional for that. 

우리는 나의 반응을 분석하면서 오랜 시간을 이곳에 앉아 있을 수 있지만, 그것을 위한 정신과 전문의에게 상담을 받아야만 합니다.

One thing we can touch on though, is their physique.

그러나 우리가 한가지 다룰 수 있는 것은 그들의 체형입니다.

You see, when you’re in love, your body creates the hormone oxytocin. 

당신도 알듯이, 당신이 사랑에 빠져있을때, 당신의 체형은 호르몬 옥시토신을 생산해 냅니다.

It’s released after positive social interactions—think sex, hugging, hand holding, all that stuff. 

그것은 긍정적인 사회적 반응 - 섹스, 포옹, 손을 잡는 것, 그러한 모든 것을 생각 - 후에 생산됩니다.

A recent study that sampled twenty-five men (half of whom were obese) exposed some to the hormone via nasal spray, and gave the rest a placebo. 

25명의 남성들과 그들 중 반은 비만인 사람을 샘플한 최근의 한 연구는 코를 자극하는 스프레이에 몇몇을 노출시켰고 나머지 사람들에겐 위약(환자를 안심시키는 약)을 주었습니다.

pla·ce·bo [plǝtʃéibou] n. 위약(僞藥)《환자를 안심시키기 위해 주는 약》.

After administering the dosage, each subject was given a menu of food and got double whatever they ordered. 

약이 투약이된 후, 각 피실험자들은 음식메뉴를 받고 그들이 주문한 것이 무엇이든지 두배롤 얻게 되었다.

(So, you get an artificial sex high and a double breakfast? Amazing study.) 

(그리하여, 당신은 인위적인 섹스가 고조되고 두배의 아침식사를 하는가? 놀라운 연구)

They returned later to test the effects after giving each subject the opposite of what they’d received earlier.

각 피실험자들은 그들이 초기에 받았던 것의 반대롤 받은 후 그 효과를 실험하기 위해 되 돌아왔다.

Cracks in ISIS are becoming more clear

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-31596976

N Korea camp survivor 'very sorry' facts were wrong

18 January 2015 Last updated at 15:02 GMT

US Christians back emerging private war on Iraq jihadists

Arbil (Iraq) (AFP) - After fighting with rebels in Libya and embracing the revolt in Syria, Matthew VanDyke has rolled up in northern Iraq, but the celebrity American revolutionary-cum-filmmaker has traded his fatigues for a three-piece suit.

VanDyke, who rose to fame as a foreign fighter backing Libyan rebels against Moamer Kadhafi, has just finished leading his new military contracting firm through its first assignment -- training Christian volunteers to take on jihadists.

Funded by Christian groups from abroad, mainly from the United States, the Nineveh Plains Protection Unit (NPU) aims to bring a local Christian militia to bear against the Islamic State group that has seized swathes of Iraq and Syria.

VanDyke is one of the best-known -- and least camera-shy -- figures in an expanding and complex constellation of foreign fighters, organisations and donors getting involved in a private war against the jihadists.

"This is an extension of my work as a revolutionary," he says as he takes a sip from his cappuccino in a cafe in the Kurdish capital of Arbil. "What gives somebody else the right to sit home and do nothing?"

The 35-year-old came to prominence in 2011 when he joined Libyan rebels in the fight to overthrow Kadhafi. He was held by regime forces in solitary confinement for more than five months.

The film "Point and Shoot" directed by Marshall Curry, which won the best documentary award at the Tribeca Festival last year, recounts the 35,000-mile motorcycle odyssey that led VanDyke to Libya and which he describes as "a crash course in manhood".

Not one to shy away from self-aggrandizement, VanDyke's official website claims that his own documentary on the Syrian conflict, in which he volunteered in 2012, won no fewer than 82 prizes.

A few months ago, VanDyke changed tack and decided to form his military contracting firm, the Sons of Liberty International (SOLI), with the training of a few hundred NPU volunteers as a first assignment.

- 'Indigenous population' -

The Nineveh in the NPU's name refers to a northern region which Iraq's Assyrian Christians and other religious minorities consider their ancestral home.

IS last year declared a "caliphate" over parts of Iraq and Syria it had seized, forcing hundreds of thousands of civilians to flee their homes, including many Iraqi Christians.

The mostly Sunni Arab group has been accused of persecuting other communities and this week was reported to have taken several hundred Assyrian Christians hostage in northeastern Syria.

A US-led international coalition launched an air war on the jihadists in August and dispatched forces to train Kurdish and Iraqi federal troops who hope to eventually retake lost ground.

In the meantime other -- less official -- parties have been drawn into the conflict from abroad.

The NPU, for example, is being funded by the American Mesopotamian Organization (AMO), a California-based group founded by Assyrian-Americans.

It claims to have raised more than $250,000 for the NPU -- which has not yet seen combat -- since December through an initiative dubbed "Restore Nineveh Now".

More than 80 percent of the donations come from the United States, the group's chairman, David Lazar, told AFP by telephone from the United States.

He says telethons on the Assyrian National Broadcasting satellite channel generated donations "as high as $50,000 from one person".

As well as financing food, clothing and protection gear, the AMO has hired a "top five" private contracting firm to provide risk assessments and possibly advanced training to NPU recruits, he says.

Many of the donations are coming from members of the Assyrian-American community, like Joseph Baba, a car salesman from Tehran who has lived in the US since 2000 who donated a little less than $10,000 to the group.

"I'm a firm believer that the Middle East has to have this indigenous population," he says of Iraq's Christians, speaking to AFP by telephone from his home in California.

- 'In a grey area' -

Baba said he had concerns over the legality of funding a militia -- though the NPU and its supporters balk at the term -- but was reassured by the AMO that it posed no problem.

Still, the issue of training a private force on foreign soil is highly sensitive and the NPU has sent out conflicting messages.

Lazar initially told AFP that Walid Phares, a Fox News terrorism analyst and formerly a prominent leader of the Lebanese Forces Christian militia during the 1975-1990 civil war, was a key supporter.

"He's an adviser to us to this whole project, not only the NPU, but he's an adviser to the Restore Nineveh Now initiative and the American Mesopotamian Organization," Lazar said.

But he later denied making the remark and Restore Nineveh Now's spokesman Jeff Gardner said Phares had no involvement.

In an email to AFP, Phares denied any role with the NPU, though he said he advises "a large coalition of US-based Middle East minorities NGOs, known as MECHRIC", of which AMO is a member.

VanDyke's role also seems to have stirred controversy.

Restore Nineveh Now issued a statement on Wednesday acknowledging VanDyke's involvement in the training programme but also stating his contract had been terminated and accusing him of attempting to use the NPU to promote his business.

VanDyke also admits his firm is operating "perhaps in a grey area" in northern Iraq.

"We're legally registered as a company. We're not registered as anything else right now."

A US State Department spokesman confirmed to AFP that a licence is needed when defence services, including military training, are provided.

VanDyke throws legal concerns to the wind.

"Generally the attitude of the United States seems to be as long as you shoot in the right direction they don't care," he says.

"You know, I go and risk my life in other countries, why would I be all that concerned about that?"

'Jihadi John' killer from Islamic State beheading videos unmasked as Londoner

By Michael Holden and Mark Hosenball

LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The masked "Jihadi John" killer who fronted Islamic State beheading videos has been identified as Mohammed Emwazi, a British computer programming graduate from a well-to-do London family who was known to the security services.

비교급을 최상급으로 바꾸기

Nothing in life is more exciting than the sudden flash of insight that makes you a changed person

= The sudden flash of  insight that makes you a changed person is (more)  (exciting)  than any other thing in life

= The sudden flash of  insight that makes you a changed person is (the) (most) (exciting) thing in life

제공 블로그 http://comandeng.tistory.com

블로그도 많은 사랑 부탁드립니다.

Different from adaption, however, animals undergo exaptation, which refers to a feature of an animal that has evolved to serve a particular function.

그러나, 환경적응과 달리, 동물들은 특별한 기능을 하도록 진화한 동물의 기능을 언급하는 선택적 진화를 한다. 

제공 블로그 http://comandeng.tistory.com

블로그도 많은 사랑 부탁드립니다.

A:Who___(the camera / belong to)?
B:It belonged to our guide.

문제인데요 저 밑줄부분을 모르겠습니다 
괄호안의 단어를 이용해서 푸는건데

정답을 생각해보니 who was the camera belong to?
인것 같은데 맞나요?

[분석] 누가 소유했니 그 카메라를? (그 사진기 누구거였어?)

Who belonged to the camera?

답변을 보시면 It belonged to our guide.입니다. 시제과 과거죠. 그러므로 시제를 일치시키세요.

일단 책 챕터를보면 past simple을 쓰는문제이니
저게 맞는것같은데

16 killed in pop concert mishap

Sixteen people were killed and 11 seriously injured Friday when the ventilation grate they stood on collapsed during an outdoor pop concert in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province.

대중가요제가 16명이 희생자의 불행을 낳았다.

16명의 사망과 11명의 중상자가 금요날 발생했다. 경기도 성남의 한 야외 대중 가요제에서 그들이 서 있었던 환기구 쇠창살이 붕괴되었다.

The chances are a million to one against being struck by lightning.

==> 위 문장에서 a million to one 을 one a million으로 쓰면 안 되나요?

예.

==> a million to one 말고, 100만분의 1을 표현하는 다른 표현방법에는 뭐가 있나요?

one in a million 또는 a one to a million 또는 one millionth

==> against는 어떤 의미/ 느낌인가요? 이와 동일한 쓰임의 예문도 부탁드립니다^^

 …을 향하여, …에 대해서, …에 부딪치어

┈┈• dash ~ the door 문에 부딪치다

┈┈• a regulation ~ smoking 금연법(禁煙法).

I'm afraid that the odds are heavily against her winning. ==> 해석 부탁드립니다^^

[직역] 그 확률이 그녀가 이기는데 아주 반대적이라 나는 유감스럽니다.

[의역] 유감스럽게도 그녀는 경기에서 이길 확률이 거의 없다.

대화문 영작인데... 

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제가요? 제가 직접 선생님한테 얘기하라고요?(현재형) 

Am I? Am I talking to the teacher directly?

Should I? Should I talk to the teacher in person?

왜 직접 얘기안하고 그때 저한테 미루셨나요?(과거형) 

Why did you not talk to him and leave it to me then? 

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는 어떻게 얘기해야 할까요? 

They recognized the sacrificial character of Jesus’ instruction, "Do this in remembrance of me" which is better translated "Offer this as my memorial offering."

- 예수님이 말씀하시길, "나를 위해 희생을 하여라"는 "나를 기억하는 헌금으로서 희생을 하라"라는 말씀으로서 그들은 예수님의 희생정신을 깨달았다.

그녀와 이야기 하다가 내 논리가 이상하다는걸 알았다. 

While talking with her, I came to think that my logic might be out of normal.

그러면서 그녀의 논리가 이해가 되었다. 

Meanwhile, I recognized myself that hers was understandable.

그녀의 말을 듣다가 그녀에게 설득이 되었다.

Listening to her was to have myself understood.

나는 문자로 수정한 계획서를 사진으로 찍어 그녀에게 보냈다.

I sent her the project changed by words and taken in photo.

수정하는데 30분밖에 안 걸렸다. 

Surprisingly, it didn't take much time, only 30 minutes.

이미 얘기하다가 그녀에게 설득이 되었기 때문이다.

That's why I had already been persuaded by her on the way of our talking together.

Just having a reaction that is above and beyond what is appropriate. 

==> 위에서 what의 문법적 역할은 뭔가요?

간접 의문문에서 '의문 대명사'입니다.

==> 위에서 주어와 동사는 무엇인가요?

예)

It's important just having ~. 일 경우엔 '동명사'로 진주어로 쓰인 경우입니다.

Just having ~ is important. 일 경우엔 '동명사'로 주어로 쓰인 경우입니다.

본동사는 생략되었습니다.

==> 전체적인 해석 부탁드립니다^^

Just having a reaction 단지 반응을 하는 것

that [관계대명사]

is [동사]

above and beyond [전치사구] ~을 초월하여, ~을 더하여, ~이상의, ~과도한

what is appropriate. [의문대명사+동사+형용사 보어]

[해석] 적당히 하려는 것 이상의 실천을 하는 것(이 중요하다.)

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China's next target for world domination: Soccer

중국의 다음 목표는 축구로 세계를 지배하는 것이다.

BEIJING — For years, soccer in China has been a source of national embarrassment. It is the sport Chinese often care about most but also one that infuriates them most. For years, the most impressive ability of the men’s team has been its knack of finding new ways to disappoint.

베이징 - 수 년 동안, 중국의 축구는 국가적인 수치의 근원이 되어 왔다. 중국인들이 종종 가장 관심을 쏟을 뿐만아니라, 그들을 가장 좌절하게 만드는  스포츠가 바로 축구이다. 수 년 동안, 남자 축구팀의 가장 인상적인 능력은 여러 새로운 방식들은 실망을 시키는 성향이 되어 왔다.

knack [næk] n. ① 숙련된 기술; 교묘한 솜씨〔기교〕; 좋은 생각; 호흡, 요령《of; for; in making ...》; 교묘한 응답 ② 버릇; 특성, 성향(性向)

Then came President Xi Jinping.

그때 자이 진핑 국가주석이 등장했다.

Before he even took office, Xi made clear his love of the game. Explaining his personal ambitions for China in 2011, he listed three, all soccer-related: To qualify for soccer’s World Cup, to host the event and, finally, one day to win it.

그가 취임하기 전, 자이는 자신이 축구광임을 분명히 밝혔다. 2011년 중국을 위한 개인적 야망을 설명하면서, 그가 열거한 3개가 모두 축구와 관련된 것이었다. 첫째는 월드컵에 참가하는 것, 월드컵을 개최하는 것, 마지막은  월드컵에서 승리의 날을 보는 것이라 말했다.

Since then, Xi has quickly become China’s most powerful and feared leader in decades. And now, officials from the central government to the lowliest provinces are falling over themselves to demonstrate their own love for soccer and to find ways of improving their country’s play.

그때 이후, 자이는 수 십 년만에 등장한 중국의 가장 강력하고 무서운 지도자가 곧 되었다. 그리고 지금, 중앙정부에서 부터 가장 낮은 하위 지방 관리들에 이르기까지 그들 모두는 축구에 대한 열정을 보여주고 중국의 축구를 개선시키는 방법을 찾는데 혈안이 되고 있다.

In just the past few months, a high-level government working group has been set up to tackle the problem. Officials have declared soccer compulsory part of the national curriculum. About 20,000 soccer-themed schools are to open by 2017, with the goal of producing more than 100,000 players. Study-abroad programs have been rolled out, as well as initiatives to lure 35 international stars to China in the next year.

불과 지난 몇 달 후, 고위 정부 실무진은 그 문제를 해결하기 위해 구성되었다. 관리들은 국가적 이수과목으로서의 축구의 의무적 역활을 선언했다. 약 20,000개의 축구테마 학교가 2017년까지 세워질 예정이고, 100,000이상의 축구 선수들을 배출하기 위한 목표도 세워졌다. 해외연수 프로그램도 진행 중일 뿐만 아니라, 내년엔 35명의 국제 유명 축구선구도 영입할 계획도 진행 중이다.

Rumors have even circulated of a secret plan for soccer reform from the State Council, China’s equivalent of a presidential cabinet.

중국의 주석 각료회의와 동등한 위상의 국가 위원회로 부터 축구개혁에 관한 비밀 계획의 진행 중이라는 소문이 심지어 나돌지경이다.

All the attention and angst, of course, is about something bigger than soccer. To many here, the sorry state of Chinese soccer embodies all the problems and insoluble paradoxes China and its leader face.

모든 관심과 불안한 마음은, 물론, 축구 보다 더 큰 무언가에 관한 것이다. 이 곳 중국에서 많은 사람들에게 중국 축구의 유감스런 상황은 중국과 중국의 지도자들이 직면하고 있는 모든 문제거리와 풀 수 없는 모순을 구체화 시키고 있다.

angst [ɑːŋkst] n. (pl. äng·ste [éŋkstǝ]) 《G.》 불안한 마음; 고뇌.

em·body [embάdi/-bɔ́di] vt.  ① (사상·감정 따위를) 구체화하다, 유형화하다. ② (주의 등을) 구현하다, 실현하다; (관념·사상을) 스스로 체현하다.

To compete globally, China needs innovation and creativity, and yet the Communist Party insists on top-down obedience and conformity by edict.

세계적인 경쟁력 확보를 위해, 중국은 개혁과 창의성을 필요로 하고 있지만, 중국 공산당은 하향식 복종과 포고에 의한 복종만을 고집하고 있다.

con·form·i·ty [kǝnfɔ́ːrmǝti] n. 적합, 일치 《to; with》; 상사(相似), 유사《to; with》; 준거, 복종; 순응주의

edict [íːdikt] n. (옛날의) 칙령, 포고; 명령.

Its government is hopelessly riddled with graft (a problem to which Xi has responded with the most ruthless anti-corruption campaigns in modern history).

중국정부는 부정이득으로 절망적으로 끽소리 못하고 있다. (자이가 현대 역사에서 가장 무자비한 반 부패청산 운동과 더불어 반응하고 있는 문제)

riddle 사실을 들어 (사람·이론을) 끽소리 못하게 하다.

graft [græft, grɑːft] n. 《미국》 (공무원 등의) 독직, 수회(jobbery, corruption); 부정 이득.

Runaway growth has afforded China resources, including money to plow into soccer development, foreign coaches and trainers, but the country has yet to figure out how to sustain that growth without creating more problems.

Soccer, in other words, taps into deep Chinese insecurities that — no matter what great leaps the country has made or grudging deference it has earned through economic or military might — China remains an inferior power.

As an editorial in China’s Southern Metropolis Daily newspaper framed it: Dreams have power, and the constant jarring reality of Chinese football threatens nothing less than the Chinese ability to dream of a more powerful nation.

Perennially losing

Most Chinese believe soccer was invented here, citing records from the 3rd century B.C. of a sport involving a hair-filled leather kickball.

To understand why soccer and its constant defeating sting are so deeply rooted in the Chinese psyche, you have to understand the country’s past, says Xu Guoqi, a Harvard-educated historian at the University of Hong Kong.

First, take into account centuries of feelings of emasculation at the hands of Western powers and the Japanese. (Curiously, the national hand-wringing mainly involves the men’s team; the women’s team often performs well to little fanfare.)

“For decades, Chinese interest in sports as a whole has not been about personal joy or pleasure but about politics,” Xu said. “It’s seen as a path to ruling legitimacy, geopolitical standing, projection of power.”

So just how bad is China’s soccer? Late last year, the men’s team wasranked 97th — a few spots behind the Caribbean nation of Antigua and Barbuda (population 90,000) and not far ahead of northern Europe’s Faroe Islands (population 49,500).

In the past three decades, China’s men’s team has made it into the quadrennial World Cup tournament only once (in 2002, when the team quietly exited without scoring a single goal).

Anger over China’s perennial failures has incited riots — notable in a country where protests are illegal and met with brutal force. Fearful of that rage, the national team has at times posted online apologies after particularly bad games.

Its most ignominious was perhaps a 2013 loss to Thailand’s weak and even lower-ranked team. A Chinese mob afterward blocked the team bus from leaving and shouted obscenities at the players. A full-fledged riot soon ensued, in which at least 100 were injured.

Contributing factors

The puzzling thing is that China has all the necessary ingredients for a strong team, including a nationwide love for the sport and a vast population (1.4 billion) from which to draw talent.

Several new policies are intended at widening that pool. The 20,000 existing elementary, middle and high schools chosen nationwide for renovation into soccer-focused institutions will receive soccer fields, coaches and extensive funding and training. Few details have been released about the new curriculum and what may be sacrificed to make room for soccer during the day.

Advanced students will be sent to overseas campuses that China is setting up in Spain and the Netherlands.

In Beijing, soccer will even be added to the mandatory high school entrance exams, and every school will be required to include soccer in its physical education.

There is precedent for government-orchestrated success. When, during the 2008 Beijing Olympics, sports mattered politically, China’s Soviet-era methods netted a record haul of gold medals.

As a game, however, soccer works quite differently, many believe. For all the sport’s deep-seated problems, it is still much harder to rig, train or even dope your way to a championship. It is a social sport that requires both teamwork and individual creativity.

Some blame Chinese society, given how few parents in China’s competitive education system will allow their children to spend precious study hours kicking a ball.

Others point to pervasive corruption among Chinese soccer officials.

A few sports analysts blame the political system. Speaking anonymously for fear of being known to have criticized the Communist Party, the analysts point out that few authoritarian or dictatorial countries have ever found success at the World Cup.

Doomed by success?

Xi’s public enthusiasm for soccer feeds into an everyman image that he has cultivated since he took power in late 2012 — a stark departure from China’s traditionally wooden leaders.

It comes with few risks — if Chinese soccer continues to fail, who can blame Xi? The upside, however, is infinite.

“It would mean leadership, legacy,” said Xu, the historian. “Xi is an ambitious man. If he pulls this off, he would be the hero of China.”

There already are glimmers of the pandemonium such success would bring.

Last month at the Asian Cup, China somehow won three games in a row. Although the team made it only to the quarterfinals, China’s state-run Xinhua News Agency called it a “fairy-tale run.” The players were hailed as heroes.

Some on Chinese social media said they were moved to tears. One blogger summed up the moment this way: “I can now die with no regrets.”

And party officials, of course, leapt to take credit. The anti-corruption agency Xi has unleashed upon thousands of terrified government officials declared it a direct result of its watchful eye on soccer officials.

When asked about this scramble to bask in Chinese soccer’s newfound glory, Ma Dexing sighed deeply. As deputy editor in chief of the popular sports magazine Titan, Ma has a distinctly different theory about the recent wins.

For years, China’s team has been performing so poorly that officials were reluctant to wreck their careers by becoming involved with it.

That brief respite from constant, misguided top-down management, Ma believes, is what has most helped improve Chinese soccer.

Ironically, he worries, the team’s recent success — combined with the sudden upsurge of government interest — spells only one thing for Chinese soccer: doom.

William Wan is The Post’s China correspondent based in Beijing. He served previously as a religion reporter and diplomatic correspondent.

Revealed: Why China Would Lose a War against America

   Let’s not mince words: a U.S.-China war would be hell on earth. 

   It would likely start World War III. Millions— maybe billions— of people would die if nuclear weapons were ever used in such a conflict. 

   The global economy would likely face ruin— that’s what happens when the world’s biggest economic powers start shooting at each other. 

   Thankfully the chances are remote it will ever happen. Yet, the threat of such a conflict remains thanks to the many different pressure points in the U.S.-China relationship. 

   Forget the challenge of ISIS, Ukraine, Syria or whatever the flavor of the moment is. The U.S.-China relationship— and whether it remains peaceful or not— is the most important challenge of our time. Period.

   조심스레 말하지 말자: 즉, 미국과 중국의 전쟁은 이 지구상에서 참혹할 것이다. 

   그 전쟁은 3차 세계대전일 것이다. 수 백만 - 아마도 수 십억 - 사람들은 죽게 될 것이다. 

   만일 핵무기가 그러한 분쟁에 사용된다면, 세계 경제는 파멸에 직면할 가능성이 있을 것이다. - 세계 초 경제 강대국들이 서로에게 총을 쏟아대기 시작할 때 그런일은 발생한다. 

   다행히도 그럴 가능성은 거의 없다. 그러나, 미국과 중국의 관계에서 많은  다른 불안요인들로 인해 그러한 분쟁의 위협은 상존한다. 

   이슬람 극단세력, 우크라이나, 시리아 또는 지금 이 순간의 관심이 무엇이든 그런 도전을 잠시 접어두자. 미국과 중국의 관계는 - 그리고 그 관계가 평화적이든 그렇지 않든 - 우리가 사는 이 시대에 가장 중요한 도전이다. 마침표.

mince [mins] vt. ① (고기 따위를) 다지다, 잘게 썰다; 저미다 • ~d meat 잘게 썬 고기, 다진 고기.  ② 조심스레〔완곡히〕 말하다  • ~ one’s words 말을 조심스레〔완곡히〕 하다.

   Several days ago I examined in a short piece on these digital pages how China could do great damage to U.S. and allied military forces in a war. 

   Thanks to over twenty years of large scale investments, the PRC has gone from being a third-rate military that could project very little offensive punch to arguably the second most powerful military machine on the planet. 

   And with an emphasis on weapons systems that embrace anti-access/area-denial military doctrine (A2/AD), China seems to be developing the tools it needs if war with America did ever come to pass. 

   Beijing’s motto these days: be prepared.

   몇 일 전에 이런 디지털 페이지에 있는 짧은 기사에서 어떻게 중국이 전시에서 미국과 연합군에게 큰 피해를 줄 수 있을지를 면밀히 검토했다.

   20여년 이상의 큰 규모의 조사 덕분에, 중국인민해방군은 거의 방어할 수 없을 정도의 공격의 3등급 군사력으로 부터 아마 틀림없이 이 지구상에서 2번째로 가장 강력한 군사력으로 성장했다.

   그리고 접근차단/지역거부 군사주의를 채택하고 있는 무기체계를 강조하는 중국은 만일 미국과의 전쟁이 진정 일어난다면 그에 필요한 무기를 개발하고 있는 것 같다.

   베이징의 좌우명은 오늘날 유비무환이다.

pro·ject[prǝdʒékt] vt. ① 입안하다, 계획하다, 안출하다, 설계하다.  • ~ a new dam 새로운 댐을 계획〔설계〕하다.  ②  발사 〔사출〕하다, 내던지다.  • ~ a missile into space 공중으로 미사일을 발사하다.

ár·gu·a·ble ɑ.  논할 수 있는, 논의의 여지가 있는; 논증할 수 있는.  ㉺-bly ɑd. (충분히) 논증할 수 있는 일이지만, 아마 틀림없이.

This article examines the challenges China would face against the U.S. in a conflict -- but in a very broad, top-down, and practical sort of way. 

이 기사는 분쟁시 - 단지 아주 폭 넓고, 하향식의 실질적인 일련의 방식에서 중국이 직면할 도전을 시험한다.

   This time I will avoid the fun but sometimes easy to pick apart scenario-style type of analysis. 

이번에 나는 분석의 개별적 시나리오형을 선택하기 위해 재밌지만 때때로 쉬운 것을 피할 것이다.

   While Beijing certainly has the tools to get the job done when it comes to a war with Washington, the challenges China would face in such a conflict would be immense— and many of them could be quite basic. 

베이징 당국이 워싱턴과의 전쟁에 돌입할 때 취해야 할 수단을 분명히 갖고 있는 반면, 그러한 분쟁에서 중국이직면할 도전은 어마어마할 것이다. - 그리고 그것들 중 많은 것들은 아주 기본적일 수 있다.

   The PRC would be going to war against the premier military power on the planet— some would argue the most lethal fighting machine of all time. 

중국인민공화국은 지구상의 가장 강력한 군사력에 대항하는 전쟁에 돌입할 것이다. - 어떤 이들은 내내 가장 치명적인 전투가 될 것이라 주장할 것이다.

   In this essay we will review some of the important foundational reasons why many argue, quite convincingly, that the U.S. would very well defeat China in a war.

이 수필에서 많은 사람들이, 아주 납득할만하게, 미국은 전쟁에서 기꺼이 중국을 패배시킬 것이라는 몇 몇 중요한 근본적 여러 이유들을 검토할 것이다.

A Great Mystery: Just How Good Is China’s Military Anyway?

큰 의문점 : 어쨌든 중국의 군사력은 얼마나 버틸까?

Yes, Beijing keeps cranking out those whizz-bang high-tech weapons of war like sausages.

그렇습니다, 베이징은 소세지와 같은 전쟁의 초고속 포탄 기술의 무기를 계속해서 만들고 있다.

crank out (작가 등이 작품 따위를 별 수고 없이) 기계적으로 만들어내다.

whíz(z)-bàng n. 윙쾅(하는 소리); 《군사속어》 소구경 포탄의 일종《날아오는 소리와 터지는 소리가 동시에 들리는 초고속 포탄》; 《구어》 시끄러운 것; 《미국속어》 민완가, 멋진 것; 《미국속어》 코카인과 모르핀의 혼합물〔주사〕; (유쾌한) 농담.

 China has those shiny, new carrier-killer missiles that everyone is always fretting about (including yours truly.) 

중국은 모든 이들(여러분들을 포함하여)이 항상 초조해하는 화려하고 새로운 항공모함 킬러 미사일을 보유하고 있다.

fret [fret] vt. (-tt-) ① a) 초조하게 하다, 안달나게 하다, 괴롭히다. • His remarks ~ted her to irritation. 그의 말은 그녀를 초조하게 했다. b) ~ oneself 초조해 하다, 괴로워하다《ɑbout; over》

Its building aircraft carriers, 5th generation fighters, multiple types of cruise missiles, nuclear and ultra quiet diesel submarines, drones, mines and so on.

중국이 건설 중인 항공모함, 5세대 전투기, 다용도의 순항미사일, 핵무기와 극소음 디젤 잠수함, 무인기, 지뢰 등등.

It all looks really good— at least on paper.

이 모든 것들은 적어도 신문 지상에서는 진정 훌륭해 보인다.

When it comes to a war with the U.S. how well would Beijing be able to use all that stuff?

미국과의 전쟁이 발발할 때, 베이징은 모든 그런 무기들을 얼마나 잘 활용할 것인가?

The real question seems pretty simple: yes, China is certainly developing all the military and technology goodies to field a potent force. 

진정한 문제는 아주 단순한 것 같다: 그래요. 중국은 강력한 힘을 전개시키기 위해 모든 군사력과 기술적 근사한 것들을  분명 개발하고 있다.

field  전투배치를 시키다; (선수·팀을) 수비에 세우다; 경기〔전투〕에 참가시키다.

However, how well can it operate all that equipment in the pressure filled situation of a war? Sure, Beijing is certainly developing a world-class military, but can its soldiers operate all that equipment competently? Just how well trained are they? You can have the best military in the world but if you don’t know how to use it, well, you get the idea.

Opinions are mixed on this for sure. Ian Easton from Project 2049, in a piece for The Diplomat, reminds us of the possible capabilities, nature, and mission of the PLA— and its certainly not all about America:

저는 어렸을때부터 테니스를 해왔고 가장 자신있는것도 체육이고 하고싶은것도 체육에 관한 일입니다.

Kim Jong Un has an amazing new haircut. We have many, many questions.

김정은의 놀라운 머리 스타일이 주는 많은 질문거리

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North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un debuted a new haircut — and a new ... eyebrowcut? — at a politburo meeting on Wednesday. The style is a variation on Kim's signature shaved sides, but with the top now sculpted into a high, wedge-shaped pompadour that sits atop Kim's head like a hat, or perhaps a small, dormant woodland creature. The North Korean despot accessorized his new look with partially-shaven eyebrows that now stop just above his pupils.

북한의 최고 지도자 김정은은 새로운 헤어스타일로 등장했다 - 그리고 새로운 건 눈썹도 가른 것인가? - 지난 수요일 정치국 회에서 모습을 드러냈다. 이 스타일은 옆쪽을 자른 그의 특유의 모양이지만, 마치 모자를 쓴 듯 머리 위쪽을 높고 V자형태의 올백을 밀어 올렸고, 또는 작고 동면하는 숲 속의 동물같은 다양함을 준다. 북한의 독재자는 그의 눈동자 바로 위쪽에서 멈춘 부분적으로 면도한 눈썹의 새로운 모습의 액세서리를 달았다.

This new haircut raises a number of important questions for anyone who follows North Korean politics. For instance:

이 새로운 해어스타일은 북한의 정책을 추적하는 사람들에게 많은 중요한 질문을 불러 일으킴니다. 예를 들면:

1. What instructions did Kim Jong Un give his barber that resulted in this style?
2. 김정은은 자신의 이발사에게 이런 스타일의 결과를 낳기 위해서 어떠한 명령을 내렸을까?
3. Was it, "Hey, you know trapezoids?"
4. 이봐, "자네는 사다리꼴을 알고 있다는 것인가?"
5. Or perhaps, "You know my main priority is to ensure that my ears do not feel crowded, let's work on a 'do that really lets the old face-handles breathe"?
6. 아니면 아마도, "나의 가장 우선적인 것은 내 귀가 덮혀지는 느낌을 갖지 않토록 하는 것이지, 그 늙은 얼굴 손잡이가 숨쉬도록 작업을 해보지그래?"
7. Kim Jong Un famously adopted his shaved-sided, center-parted haircut as a way to signal connection with his grandfather and the country's founding leader, Kim Il Sung. Now the sides are still shaved, but the center part is GONE. What does it mean?
8. 김정은은 유명하게도 그의 면도한 양쪽과 중심을 탄 헤어스타일을 그의 할아버지이자 북한의 건국 지도자인 김일성과 연결 신호의 방식으로 채택하였다. 지금 머리 양편은 여전히 면도를 했지만, 중심은 사라지고 없다. 이것이 의미하는 바는?

1. Could it be that the the new style conveys an intent to embrace the legacy of his father Kim Jong Il, who also often sported a uniform crest of hair unbroken by any parting?
2. Or is it intended to signify that North Korea, like Kim Jong Un's hair, is reaching new heights and cannot be stopped by gravity or any other natural force?
3. Does his haircut sail majestically ever-upwards, unlike the North Korean Unha rocket that failed spectacularly after launch in 2012, breaking up over the Sea of Japan?
4. Could Kim Jong Un's new haircut carry a warhead?
5. Could Kim Jong Un's new haircut target Seoul?
6. Will the haircut affect the possible resumption of the six-party talks on the future of North Korea's nuclear weapons program?
7. Given the haircut's obvious strength, would it be prudent to consider it a potential party to the talks in its own right?
8. Will the parties to the multilateral negotiations now be North Korea, South Korea, Japan, China, Russia, the United States, and Kim Jong Un's haircut?
9. Is Kim Jong Un's haircut willing to negotiate in good faith?
10. What are the haircut's demands?
11. Is the haircut committed to to North Korea's Juche communist ideology, or is it a pragmatist?
12. Would the haircut ever defect?
13. What if, hypothetically, the haircut were offered access to a tourmaline-coated ceramic straightening iron and residence in the western city of its choice?
14. How about some argan oil as a deal sweetener?
15. Doesn't the haircut realize that it's so much more than just an appendage to Kim Jong Un?
16. Why can't the haircut just believe in its own potential for once?
17. Doesn't the haircut want to be a star?
18. Hasn't the haircut ever heard the maxim "fall down seven times, stand up eight?"
19. What does the haircut mean, "of course you'd quote a Japanese proverb"?
20. Why would the haircut think that was meant to be a reference to Japanese occupation of the Korean peninsula?
21. Why is the haircut suddenly so angry?
22. Oh god what is the haircut doing?
23. Is anyone else seeing this?
24. Oh no is that —?
25. Help?

"저번에도 편지를 발송했는데 답장이 오지 않아서 다시 보내게 되었습니다. 이번에는 반드시 답장이 오기를 기대해 봅니다."