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...conscious effort to avoid angering either. This strategy did not work, for the enemies the Byzantines faced, much like those we face today, were not the kind that could be easily bought off or dissuaded; their goal in life was not to be left alone but to aggressively expand and conquer. The Turks who laid waste to Byzantium were not concerned merely with gaining money, trade privileges, leverage, or power; they were ghazis whose goal was to establish Islam as the preeminent faith over the entire world. Had the Byzantines cast their lot squarely with the West, things would have...
...question came to a head last week in Brussels, when ambassadors from NATO's 26 members discussed a report from the 40-member NATO Training Implementation Mission that's been in Iraq since August to assess how best to train the nascent Iraqi army. If they agree to expand the mission, up to 300 training instructors could be sent to Iraq to join the U.S. operation currently rebuilding the 260,000-strong Iraqi military force. But as the death toll mounts and the chaos widens, the prospect of NATO troops in Iraq makes many European governments blanch. On Friday, France...
...networking gear. "We noticed Ethernet kept getting cheaper and cheaper and cheaper, so we said we'd better take advantage of that," says Alcatel chief technology officer Niel Ransom. Indeed, Alcatel's innovation is part of an ever-widening appreciation of what Ethernet technology can accomplish. "Ethernet continues to expand - in distance, bandwidth capacity and the ability to run voice and video - in ways people never anticipated five years ago," says John Chambers, Ceo of router maker Cisco Systems. DSLAMs themselves have plunged from over $300 for each end-user connection to under $100, according to Ransom. Alcatel hopes...
Goldsmith and Manning join the HLS community during a period of great change. The Law School is in the planning stage of a multi-million dollar development project that will upgrade and expand student facilities, increase the number of classrooms and add more faculty offices. Kagan said the school’s strategic plan calls for the hiring of 15 professors over the next 10 years...
Luxury quotient: Al-Sabah continues to expand despite a volatile political situation. Bombay is next, followed by a store and a 50-room hotel in Bahrain. Al-Sabah says he plans to launch in Vietnam, Singapore and Saudi Arabia...