text:
Beijing, China (CNN)  -- China and the United States, the largest producers of greenhouse gases, will team up to fight climate change and create clean energy, their leaders said Tuesday.

Chinese President Hu Jintao and President Obama said their nations will cooperate to advance technologies and work toward a global agreement on reducing carbon emissions.

"As the two largest consumers and producers of energy, there can be no solution to this challenge without the efforts of both China and the United States," Obama said. "That is why we've agreed to a series of important new initiatives in this area." What would you ask Obama? Share your question for CNN's interview

After Tuesday's meeting, Hu told reporters, "We agreed to expand our cooperation on climate change, energy and environment," which includes developing a China-U.S. clean energy research center.

The declaration by Hu and Obama comes ahead of next month's U.N. Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, and follows recent acknowledgment by the world's top economic powers, including the U.S., that there's no hope of a major breakthrough on climate change by year's end.

The U.S. president said the two leaders want to accelerate the world toward a pact to cut greenhouse gases. The leaders did not offer a time frame, however.

"Our aim ... is not a partial accord or a political declaration," Obama said, "but rather an accord that covers all of the issues in the negotiations and one that has immediate operational affect.

"This kind of comprehensive agreement would be an important step forward in the effort to rally the world around a solution to our climate challenge."

Instead of reaching a final deal in Copenhagen, a strategy dubbed "one agreement, two steps" was unveiled at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit over the weekend in Singapore. The aim is to produce a pact over a longer period.

The first step would be to have all 191 countries involved in the Copenhagen summit signing on to a framework that includes key ingredients, such as how to finance the coordinated effort to battle climate change. The second step, a binding deal on cutting carbon emissions, would be hashed out in further negotiations.

"Opportunity is knocking. It is up to you to open the door," U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a statement Monday. "We must seize this opportunity to create a safer and more prosperous future for all, to reduce the emissions that are causing climate change and to help the most vulnerable adapt to impacts that are already under way."

Like the United States and China, APEC and Group of 20 leaders -- the world's leading economies -- have pledged to drive toward a climate-change agreement in Copenhagen.

The conference, set to begin December 7, aims to strike a deal on a successor agreement to the Kyoto Protocol, the 1997 pact that has legally binding targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The United States never ratified it, though more than 200 other nations did.

text: Beijing

text: China

text: CNN

text: China

text: and

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: the

text: largest

text: producers

text: of

text: greenhouse

text: gases

text: will

text: team

text: up

text: to

text: fight

text: climate

text: change

text: and

text: create

text: clean

text: energy

text: their

text: leaders

text: said

text: Tuesday

text: Chinese

text: President

text: Hu

text: Jintao

text: and

text: President

text: Obama

text: said

text: their

text: nations

text: will

text: cooperate

text: to

text: advance

text: technologies

text: and

text: work

text: toward

text: a

text: global

text: agreement

text: on

text: reducing

text: carbon

text: emissions

text: As

text: the

text: two

text: largest

text: consumers

text: and

text: producers

text: of

text: energy

text: there

text: can

text: be

text: no

text: solution

text: to

text: this

text: challenge

text: without

text: the

text: efforts

text: of

text: both

text: China

text: and

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: Obama

text: said

text: That

text: is

text: why

text: we

text: 've

text: agreed

text: to

text: a

text: series

text: of

text: important

text: new

text: initiatives

text: in

text: this

text: area

text: What

text: would

text: you

text: ask

text: Obama

text: Share

text: your

text: question

text: for

text: CNN

text: 's

text: interview

text: After

text: Tuesday

text: 's

text: meeting

text: Hu

text: told

text: reporters

text: We

text: agreed

text: to

text: expand

text: our

text: cooperation

text: on

text: climate

text: change

text: energy

text: and

text: environment

text: which

text: includes

text: developing

text: a

text: China

text: U.S.

text: clean

text: energy

text: research

text: center

text: The

text: declaration

text: by

text: Hu

text: and

text: Obama

text: comes

text: ahead

text: of

text: next

text: month

text: 's

text: U.N.

text: Climate

text: Change

text: Conference

text: in

text: Copenhagen

text: Denmark

text: and

text: follows

text: recent

text: acknowledgment

text: by

text: the

text: world

text: 's

text: top

text: economic

text: powers

text: including

text: the

text: U.S.

text: that

text: there

text: 's

text: no

text: hope

text: of

text: a

text: major

text: breakthrough

text: on

text: climate

text: change

text: by

text: year

text: 's

text: end

text: The

text: U.S.

text: president

text: said

text: the

text: two

text: leaders

text: want

text: to

text: accelerate

text: the

text: world

text: toward

text: a

text: pact

text: to

text: cut

text: greenhouse

text: gases

text: The

text: leaders

text: did

text: not

text: offer

text: a

text: time

text: frame

text: however

text: Our

text: aim

text: is

text: not

text: a

text: partial

text: accord

text: or

text: a

text: political

text: declaration

text: Obama

text: said

text: but

text: rather

text: an

text: accord

text: that

text: covers

text: all

text: of

text: the

text: issues

text: in

text: the

text: negotiations

text: and

text: one

text: that

text: has

text: immediate

text: operational

text: affect

text: This

text: kind

text: of

text: comprehensive

text: agreement

text: would

text: be

text: an

text: important

text: step

text: forward

text: in

text: the

text: effort

text: to

text: rally

text: the

text: world

text: around

text: a

text: solution

text: to

text: our

text: climate

text: challenge

text: Instead

text: of

text: reaching

text: a

text: final

text: deal

text: in

text: Copenhagen

text: a

text: strategy

text: dubbed

text: one

text: agreement

text: two

text: steps

text: was

text: unveiled

text: at

text: the

text: Asia

text: Pacific

text: Economic

text: Cooperation

text: forum

text: summit

text: over

text: the

text: weekend

text: in

text: Singapore

text: The

text: aim

text: is

text: to

text: produce

text: a

text: pact

text: over

text: a

text: longer

text: period

text: The

text: first

text: step

text: would

text: be

text: to

text: have

text: all

text: countries

text: involved

text: in

text: the

text: Copenhagen

text: summit

text: signing

text: on

text: to

text: a

text: framework

text: that

text: includes

text: key

text: ingredients

text: such

text: as

text: how

text: to

text: finance

text: the

text: coordinated

text: effort

text: to

text: battle

text: climate

text: change

text: The

text: second

text: step

text: a

text: binding

text: deal

text: on

text: cutting

text: carbon

text: emissions

text: would

text: be

text: hashed

text: out

text: in

text: further

text: negotiations

text: Opportunity

text: is

text: knocking

text: It

text: is

text: up

text: to

text: you

text: to

text: open

text: the

text: door

text: U.N.

text: Secretary

text: General

text: Ban

text: Ki

text: moon

text: said

text: in

text: a

text: statement

text: Monday

text: We

text: must

text: seize

text: this

text: opportunity

text: to

text: create

text: a

text: safer

text: and

text: more

text: prosperous

text: future

text: for

text: all

text: to

text: reduce

text: the

text: emissions

text: that

text: are

text: causing

text: climate

text: change

text: and

text: to

text: help

text: the

text: most

text: vulnerable

text: adapt

text: to

text: impacts

text: that

text: are

text: already

text: under

text: way

text: Like

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: and

text: China

text: APEC

text: and

text: Group

text: of

text: leaders

text: the

text: world

text: 's

text: leading

text: economies

text: have

text: pledged

text: to

text: drive

text: toward

text: a

text: climate

text: change

text: agreement

text: in

text: Copenhagen

text: The

text: conference

text: set

text: to

text: begin

text: December

text: aims

text: to

text: strike

text: a

text: deal

text: on

text: a

text: successor

text: agreement

text: to

text: the

text: Kyoto

text: Protocol

text: the

text: pact

text: that

text: has

text: legally

text: binding

text: targets

text: for

text: reducing

text: greenhouse

text: gas

text: emissions

text: The

text: United

text: States

text: never

text: ratified

text: it

text: though

text: more

text: than

text: other

text: nations

text: did

question: When does the Climate Change Conference occur?

answer: December 7,

text: December 7,

question: Does China need to reduce emissions?

answer: expand our cooperation on climate change, energy and environment,"

text: expand our cooperation on climate change, energy and environment,"

question: Where will the U.N. Climate Change Conference take place?

answer: Copenhagen, Denmark,

text: Copenhagen, Denmark,

question: What has been pledged to be reduced?

answer: greenhouse gases,

text: greenhouse gases,

question: who are the largest producers

answer: China and the United States,

text: China and the United States,

question: Who is the President of China?

answer: Hu Jintao

text: Hu Jintao

question: when did the move come

answer: ahead of next month's U.N. Climate Change Conference

text: ahead of next month's U.N. Climate Change Conference


text:
(CNN) -- About 10 men armed with pistols and small machine guns raided a casino in Switzerland and made off into France with several hundred thousand Swiss francs in the early hours of Sunday morning, police said.

The men, dressed in black clothes and black ski masks, split into two groups during the raid on the Grand Casino Basel, Chief Inspector Peter Gill told CNN.

One group tried to break into the casino's vault on the lower level but could not get in, but they did rob the cashier of the money that was not secured, he said.

The second group of armed robbers entered the upper level where the roulette and blackjack tables are located and robbed the cashier there, he said.

As the thieves were leaving the casino, a woman driving by and unaware of what was occurring unknowingly blocked the armed robbers' vehicles. A gunman pulled the woman from her vehicle, beat her, and took off for the French border.

The other gunmen followed into France, which is only about 100 meters (yards) from the casino, Gill said.

There were about 600 people in the casino at the time of the robbery. There were no serious injuries, although one guest on the Casino floor was kicked in the head by one of the robbers when he moved, the police officer said.

Swiss authorities are working closely with French authorities, Gill said. The robbers spoke French and drove vehicles with French license plates.

CNN's Andreena Narayan contributed to this report.

text: CNN

text: About

text: men

text: armed

text: with

text: pistols

text: and

text: small

text: machine

text: guns

text: raided

text: a

text: casino

text: in

text: Switzerland

text: and

text: made

text: off

text: into

text: France

text: with

text: several

text: hundred

text: thousand

text: Swiss

text: francs

text: in

text: the

text: early

text: hours

text: of

text: Sunday

text: morning

text: police

text: said

text: The

text: men

text: dressed

text: in

text: black

text: clothes

text: and

text: black

text: ski

text: masks

text: split

text: into

text: two

text: groups

text: during

text: the

text: raid

text: on

text: the

text: Grand

text: Casino

text: Basel

text: Chief

text: Inspector

text: Peter

text: Gill

text: told

text: CNN

text: One

text: group

text: tried

text: to

text: break

text: into

text: the

text: casino

text: 's

text: vault

text: on

text: the

text: lower

text: level

text: but

text: could

text: not

text: get

text: in

text: but

text: they

text: did

text: rob

text: the

text: cashier

text: of

text: the

text: money

text: that

text: was

text: not

text: secured

text: he

text: said

text: The

text: second

text: group

text: of

text: armed

text: robbers

text: entered

text: the

text: upper

text: level

text: where

text: the

text: roulette

text: and

text: blackjack

text: tables

text: are

text: located

text: and

text: robbed

text: the

text: cashier

text: there

text: he

text: said

text: As

text: the

text: thieves

text: were

text: leaving

text: the

text: casino

text: a

text: woman

text: driving

text: by

text: and

text: unaware

text: of

text: what

text: was

text: occurring

text: unknowingly

text: blocked

text: the

text: armed

text: robbers

text: vehicles

text: A

text: gunman

text: pulled

text: the

text: woman

text: from

text: her

text: vehicle

text: beat

text: her

text: and

text: took

text: off

text: for

text: the

text: French

text: border

text: The

text: other

text: gunmen

text: followed

text: into

text: France

text: which

text: is

text: only

text: about

text: meters

text: yards

text: from

text: the

text: casino

text: Gill

text: said

text: There

text: were

text: about

text: people

text: in

text: the

text: casino

text: at

text: the

text: time

text: of

text: the

text: robbery

text: There

text: were

text: no

text: serious

text: injuries

text: although

text: one

text: guest

text: on

text: the

text: Casino

text: floor

text: was

text: kicked

text: in

text: the

text: head

text: by

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: robbers

text: when

text: he

text: moved

text: the

text: police

text: officer

text: said

text: Swiss

text: authorities

text: are

text: working

text: closely

text: with

text: French

text: authorities

text: Gill

text: said

text: The

text: robbers

text: spoke

text: French

text: and

text: drove

text: vehicles

text: with

text: French

text: license

text: plates

text: CNN

text: 's

text: Andreena

text: Narayan

text: contributed

text: to

text: this

text: report

question: wher did the raiders go to

answer: off into France

text: off into France

question: What were the ten men dressed in?

answer: in black clothes and black ski masks,

text: in black clothes and black ski masks,

question: who raided the grand casino basel

answer: 10 men

text: 10 men

question: How far away is France from the casino

answer: 100

question: Where did part of the group fail to break into?

answer: casino's vault

text: casino's vault

question: How many men raided the Grand casino Basel

answer: 10

question: What is only about 100 meters from the casino?

answer: France,

text: France,


text:
(Wired)  -- Google is set to become your new phone company, perhaps reducing your phone bill to zilch in the process.

Seriously.

Google has bought Gizmo5, an online phone company that is akin to Skype  but based on open protocols and with a lot fewer users. TechCrunch, which broke the news on Monday, reported that Google spent $30 million on the company.

Google announced the Gizmo acquisition on Thursday afternoon Pacific Time. Gizmo5's founder Michael Robertson, a brash serial entrepreneur, will become an Adviser to Google Voice.

It's a potent recipe -- take Gizmo5's open standards-based online calling system. Add to it the new ability to route calls on Google's massive network of cheap fiber. Toss in Google Voice's free phone number, which will ring your mobile phone, your home phone and your Gizmo5 client on your laptop. Ã¿Ã¾

Meanwhile you can use Gizmo5 to make ultracheap outgoing calls to domestic and international phone numbers, and free calls to Skype, Google Talk, Yahoo and AIM users. You could make and receive calls that bypass the per-minute billing on your smartphone.

Then layer on deluxe phone services like free SMS, voicemail transcription, customized call routing, free conference calls and voicemails sent as recordings to your e-mail account, and you have a phone service that competes with Skype, landlines and the Internet telephone offerings from Vonage and cable companies.

That's not just pie in-the-sky dreaming.

Ask longtime VOIP watcher and consultant Andy Abramson, who introduced the idea of integrating Gizmo5 and Grand Central (now Google Voice), long before Google bought either.

"Google is now the the uncommon carrier," Abramson said, punning on the iconic 7-UP commercials and the phrase "common carrier." That refers to phone companies that operate on the traditional publicly switched network -- a status that gives them benefits and obligations.

"If AT&T is Coca-Cola, Google is now 7-UP," Abramson added.

"All of a sudden you have something that offers more than Skype," Abramson said, saying the combo could now put Google in competition with phone and cable companies, IP "telephony" (VOIP) companies and Vonage. "But now you can do everything with Google and pay nothing and have a platform where engineers can build new things."

In fact, Gizmo5 offered a rogue version of that service for $6 a month until last week.

On November 2, Gizmo5 abruptly canceled the two-month old "residential service," which paired the free phone number available through Google Voice with Gizmo's Internet calling service to provide the equivalent of a home-phone replacement like Vonage.

Now, that service has been wiped off the Internet and, more intriguingly, Google's cache of the page disappeared the day after the acquisition was reported.

For $6 a month, Gizmo5 residential users got 300 minutes a month of outbound calling anywhere in the United States, unlimited incoming calls on their home computers or even home phones (using a broadband-to-phone network conversion box) and E911 service (which means 911 calls work like landlines calls do, once you register your home address).

It's not too surprising that offer got taken down.

For one Google is already trying to steer clear of U.S. regulators by making it clear that Google Voice isn't a replacement for a home phone since you have to have phone service from some other company to use it. You can forward calls from a Google Voice number to your Gizmo5 number, but you must have a mobile or landline number as well.

Google doesn't say it, but clearly it hopes that restriction will keep the service from incurring the common carrier obligations attached to the regular phone system (PSTN), and the 911 and wiretapping requirements that apply to Internet telephony and to traditional copper wire phones.

AT&T has already tried to sic federal regulators on Google Voice because Google is blocking outgoing calls to a handful of shady calling services  mostly free conference-calling services that exploit federal rules that let rural phone companies charge high fees to connect calls to rural areas.

AT&T itself has sued similar services that play this arbitrage game, and complaining to the feds may have only brought more attention to an issue the FCC has procrastinating fixing for too long.

Gizmo5 will also help save Google money on phone-call termination fees as users start to use computer-based clients to connect to Google Voice. That would allow Google to recoup the purchase price of $30 million in little time, if only it saves even a few dollars per user per year.

Google also gets Michael Robertson, a troublemaker with technical chops. Robertson made millions from MP3.com in the dot-com boom, despite drawing lawsuits from major record labels for creating innovative services. He was later sued by Microsoft for his startup Lindows, which made Linux installations for cheap PCs. And his current music venture, MP3tunes.com, is being sued by EMI.

Though still in invite-only mode, Google Voice has about 580,000 active users and nearly 1.5 million registered users, according to a Google filing with the FCC.

If you are interested in the combination, you might want to sign up for Gizmo5 before the acquisition is formally announced, since Google often freezes new registrations at companies it acquires until it figures out how to integrate the technology.

Subscribe to WIRED magazine for less than $1 an issue and get a FREE GIFT! Click here!

text: Wired

text: Google

text: is

text: set

text: to

text: become

text: your

text: new

text: phone

text: company

text: perhaps

text: reducing

text: your

text: phone

text: bill

text: to

text: zilch

text: in

text: the

text: process

text: Seriously

text: Google

text: has

text: bought

text: an

text: online

text: phone

text: company

text: that

text: is

text: akin

text: to

text: Skype

text: but

text: based

text: on

text: open

text: protocols

text: and

text: with

text: a

text: lot

text: fewer

text: users

text: TechCrunch

text: which

text: broke

text: the

text: news

text: on

text: Monday

text: reported

text: that

text: Google

text: spent

text: million

text: on

text: the

text: company

text: Google

text: announced

text: the

text: Gizmo

text: acquisition

text: on

text: Thursday

text: afternoon

text: Pacific

text: Time

text: 's

text: founder

text: Michael

text: Robertson

text: a

text: brash

text: serial

text: entrepreneur

text: will

text: become

text: an

text: Adviser

text: to

text: Google

text: Voice

text: It

text: 's

text: a

text: potent

text: recipe

text: take

text: 's

text: open

text: standards

text: based

text: online

text: calling

text: system

text: Add

text: to

text: it

text: the

text: new

text: ability

text: to

text: route

text: calls

text: on

text: Google

text: 's

text: massive

text: network

text: of

text: cheap

text: fiber

text: Toss

text: in

text: Google

text: Voice

text: 's

text: free

text: phone

text: number

text: which

text: will

text: ring

text: your

text: mobile

text: phone

text: your

text: home

text: phone

text: and

text: your

text: client

text: on

text: your

text: laptop

text: Ã¿Ã¾

text: Meanwhile

text: you

text: can

text: use

text: to

text: make

text: ultracheap

text: outgoing

text: calls

text: to

text: domestic

text: and

text: international

text: phone

text: numbers

text: and

text: free

text: calls

text: to

text: Skype

text: Google

text: Talk

text: Yahoo

text: and

text: AIM

text: users

text: You

text: could

text: make

text: and

text: receive

text: calls

text: that

text: bypass

text: the

text: per

text: minute

text: billing

text: on

text: your

text: smartphone

text: Then

text: layer

text: on

text: deluxe

text: phone

text: services

text: like

text: free

text: SMS

text: voicemail

text: transcription

text: customized

text: call

text: routing

text: free

text: conference

text: calls

text: and

text: voicemails

text: sent

text: as

text: recordings

text: to

text: your

text: e

text: mail

text: account

text: and

text: you

text: have

text: a

text: phone

text: service

text: that

text: competes

text: with

text: Skype

text: landlines

text: and

text: the

text: Internet

text: telephone

text: offerings

text: from

text: Vonage

text: and

text: cable

text: companies

text: That

text: 's

text: not

text: just

text: pie

text: in

text: the

text: sky

text: dreaming

text: Ask

text: longtime

text: VOIP

text: watcher

text: and

text: consultant

text: Andy

text: Abramson

text: who

text: introduced

text: the

text: idea

text: of

text: integrating

text: and

text: Grand

text: Central

text: now

text: Google

text: Voice

text: long

text: before

text: Google

text: bought

text: either

text: Google

text: is

text: now

text: the

text: the

text: uncommon

text: carrier

text: Abramson

text: said

text: punning

text: on

text: the

text: iconic

text: commercials

text: and

text: the

text: phrase

text: common

text: carrier

text: That

text: refers

text: to

text: phone

text: companies

text: that

text: operate

text: on

text: the

text: traditional

text: publicly

text: switched

text: network

text: a

text: status

text: that

text: gives

text: them

text: benefits

text: and

text: obligations

text: If

text: AT&T

text: is

text: Coca

text: Cola

text: Google

text: is

text: now

text: Abramson

text: added

text: All

text: of

text: a

text: sudden

text: you

text: have

text: something

text: that

text: offers

text: more

text: than

text: Skype

text: Abramson

text: said

text: saying

text: the

text: combo

text: could

text: now

text: put

text: Google

text: in

text: competition

text: with

text: phone

text: and

text: cable

text: companies

text: IP

text: telephony

text: VOIP

text: companies

text: and

text: Vonage

text: But

text: now

text: you

text: can

text: do

text: everything

text: with

text: Google

text: and

text: pay

text: nothing

text: and

text: have

text: a

text: platform

text: where

text: engineers

text: can

text: build

text: new

text: things

text: In

text: fact

text: offered

text: a

text: rogue

text: version

text: of

text: that

text: service

text: for

text: a

text: month

text: until

text: last

text: week

text: On

text: November

text: abruptly

text: canceled

text: the

text: two

text: month

text: old

text: residential

text: service

text: which

text: paired

text: the

text: free

text: phone

text: number

text: available

text: through

text: Google

text: Voice

text: with

text: Gizmo

text: 's

text: Internet

text: calling

text: service

text: to

text: provide

text: the

text: equivalent

text: of

text: a

text: home

text: phone

text: replacement

text: like

text: Vonage

text: Now

text: that

text: service

text: has

text: been

text: wiped

text: off

text: the

text: Internet

text: and

text: more

text: intriguingly

text: Google

text: 's

text: cache

text: of

text: the

text: page

text: disappeared

text: the

text: day

text: after

text: the

text: acquisition

text: was

text: reported

text: For

text: a

text: month

text: residential

text: users

text: got

text: minutes

text: a

text: month

text: of

text: outbound

text: calling

text: anywhere

text: in

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: unlimited

text: incoming

text: calls

text: on

text: their

text: home

text: computers

text: or

text: even

text: home

text: phones

text: using

text: a

text: broadband

text: to

text: phone

text: network

text: conversion

text: box

text: and

text: service

text: which

text: means

text: calls

text: work

text: like

text: landlines

text: calls

text: do

text: once

text: you

text: register

text: your

text: home

text: address

text: It

text: 's

text: not

text: too

text: surprising

text: that

text: offer

text: got

text: taken

text: down

text: For

text: one

text: Google

text: is

text: already

text: trying

text: to

text: steer

text: clear

text: of

text: U.S.

text: regulators

text: by

text: making

text: it

text: clear

text: that

text: Google

text: Voice

text: is

text: n't

text: a

text: replacement

text: for

text: a

text: home

text: phone

text: since

text: you

text: have

text: to

text: have

text: phone

text: service

text: from

text: some

text: other

text: company

text: to

text: use

text: it

text: You

text: can

text: forward

text: calls

text: from

text: a

text: Google

text: Voice

text: number

text: to

text: your

text: number

text: but

text: you

text: must

text: have

text: a

text: mobile

text: or

text: landline

text: number

text: as

text: well

text: Google

text: does

text: n't

text: say

text: it

text: but

text: clearly

text: it

text: hopes

text: that

text: restriction

text: will

text: keep

text: the

text: service

text: from

text: incurring

text: the

text: common

text: carrier

text: obligations

text: attached

text: to

text: the

text: regular

text: phone

text: system

text: PSTN

text: and

text: the

text: and

text: wiretapping

text: requirements

text: that

text: apply

text: to

text: Internet

text: telephony

text: and

text: to

text: traditional

text: copper

text: wire

text: phones

text: AT&T

text: has

text: already

text: tried

text: to

text: sic

text: federal

text: regulators

text: on

text: Google

text: Voice

text: because

text: Google

text: is

text: blocking

text: outgoing

text: calls

text: to

text: a

text: handful

text: of

text: shady

text: calling

text: services

text: mostly

text: free

text: conference

text: calling

text: services

text: that

text: exploit

text: federal

text: rules

text: that

text: let

text: rural

text: phone

text: companies

text: charge

text: high

text: fees

text: to

text: connect

text: calls

text: to

text: rural

text: areas

text: AT&T

text: itself

text: has

text: sued

text: similar

text: services

text: that

text: play

text: this

text: arbitrage

text: game

text: and

text: complaining

text: to

text: the

text: feds

text: may

text: have

text: only

text: brought

text: more

text: attention

text: to

text: an

text: issue

text: the

text: FCC

text: has

text: procrastinating

text: fixing

text: for

text: too

text: long

text: will

text: also

text: help

text: save

text: Google

text: money

text: on

text: phone

text: call

text: termination

text: fees

text: as

text: users

text: start

text: to

text: use

text: computer

text: based

text: clients

text: to

text: connect

text: to

text: Google

text: Voice

text: That

text: would

text: allow

text: Google

text: to

text: recoup

text: the

text: purchase

text: price

text: of

text: million

text: in

text: little

text: time

text: if

text: only

text: it

text: saves

text: even

text: a

text: few

text: dollars

text: per

text: user

text: per

text: year

text: Google

text: also

text: gets

text: Michael

text: Robertson

text: a

text: troublemaker

text: with

text: technical

text: chops

text: Robertson

text: made

text: millions

text: from

text: in

text: the

text: dot

text: com

text: boom

text: despite

text: drawing

text: lawsuits

text: from

text: major

text: record

text: labels

text: for

text: creating

text: innovative

text: services

text: He

text: was

text: later

text: sued

text: by

text: Microsoft

text: for

text: his

text: startup

text: Lindows

text: which

text: made

text: Linux

text: installations

text: for

text: cheap

text: PCs

text: And

text: his

text: current

text: music

text: venture

text: is

text: being

text: sued

text: by

text: EMI

text: Though

text: still

text: in

text: invite

text: only

text: mode

text: Google

text: Voice

text: has

text: about

text: active

text: users

text: and

text: nearly

text: million

text: registered

text: users

text: according

text: to

text: a

text: Google

text: filing

text: with

text: the

text: FCC

text: If

text: you

text: are

text: interested

text: in

text: the

text: combination

text: you

text: might

text: want

text: to

text: sign

text: up

text: for

text: before

text: the

text: acquisition

text: is

text: formally

text: announced

text: since

text: Google

text: often

text: freezes

text: new

text: registrations

text: at

text: companies

text: it

text: acquires

text: until

text: it

text: figures

text: out

text: how

text: to

text: integrate

text: the

text: technology

text: Subscribe

text: to

text: WIRED

text: magazine

text: for

text: less

text: than

text: an

text: issue

text: and

text: get

text: a

text: FREE

text: GIFT

text: Click

text: here

question: What soft drink did a consultant compare Google to?

answer: e iconic 7-U

text: e iconic 7-U

question: What might happen to your phone bill if Google becomes your new phone company?

answer: zilch

text: zilch

question: What online phone company did Google buy?

answer: Gizmo5,


text:
(Travel + Leisure) -- When you're dining at a revolving restaurant 250 feet above Cape Town, you expect the views to be fantastic. The real surprise is when the food appears -- and it's excellent.

What better way to savor a beautiful city than from this vantage point: a window seat at a revolving restaurant where the shifting views complement the gourmet courses. At Cape Town's Top of the Ritz, that means pairings of just-caught mussels with a view of iconic Table Mountain, spicy curry-butternut soup with the sandstone Twelve Apostle peaks, rack of lamb with beaches, and dessert with the sunset dipping below the Atlantic.

Travel + Leisure: America's rudest people

Over the past 50 years, revolving restaurants have opened in more than 50 countries on six continents, from Colombia to Nepal to Canada. Along the way, the concept has gone from futuristic novelty to often-tacky tourist traps. But set aside that skepticism: we've pinpointed select revolving restaurants that are worth the price of admission.

The revolving restaurant trend took flight in 1961, when Seattle architect John Graham built one on top of a shopping center in Hawaii. A year later Graham was commissioned to design the Space Needle for the upcoming World's Fair in his hometown, and brought the idea with him. The resulting ultramodern tower not only became an enduring icon of this Northwest city, it brought 20,000 awed visitors to the Space Needle restaurant each day of the World's Fair, setting off a global craze for revolving restaurants.

Far too many successors get by on their looks alone, serving generic, overpriced dishes that typically invite the harsh review: "killer views, mediocre food." Munich's Restaurant 181 rises above that revolving restaurant reputation and has become one of the city's most coveted dining spots. It even earned a Michelin star for chef Otto Koch's concoctions, such as morel-crusted veal and langoustine tartare on a bed of caviar.

Koch introduced airplane-esque classes of dining, from the First (eight courses, including the caviar, for $209) to the Economy Sunset Menu, a three-course prix fixe at a down-to-earth $52. That's about as frugal as you get at these revolving restaurants, which each deliver a once-in-a-lifetime meal that can't be duplicated anywhere else. Give them a spin.

Travel + Leisure: World's most beautiful subway stations

Perlan: Reykjavik, Iceland

Built above a geothermal spring, Perlan serves a practical function -- storing the city's water tanks -- and the indulgent one of fine dining in its giant glass dome. Enter, and you're greeted by sweeping views of the deep-blue ocean and volcanic mountains surrounding Reykjavik. Get your fill of fresh local seafood such as sous vide smoked trout ($20) and, in autumn, a special wild game buffet ($73) of Icelandic delicacies like wild goose, reindeer, and puffin.

Heads Up: StrÃ³kur, a geyser right outside the restaurant, can provide quite the mealtime show, shooting white plumes of steam high into the air.

Top of the World: Las Vegas

Every glittering light of the Las Vegas Strip can be seen from this 844-foot-high restaurantâthe crown of the Stratosphere Casino, Hotel & Tower. The extravagant four-course tasting menu mixes classics such as lobster bisque and filet mignon with more inventive dishes like roasted miso Mediterranean loup de mer with shoyu ginger glaze, followed by crÃ¨me brÃ»lÃ©e and cheesecake lollipops.

Heads Up: Don't be alarmed if you see a person propel past your window -- the new SkyJump thrill ride leaves from right above the restaurant.

Summit Restaurant: Sydney

Red carpets, pink-tinged lighting, and sleek lounge furniture create a sultry vibe within this dining room, which revolves past the Sydney Opera House, Harbour Bridge, and Olympic Park. Australian TV chef-lebrity Michael Moore put local reef snapper and pan-fried quail breasts on the two-course dinner menu ($89). For a more low-key meal, head to the Orbit Lounge Bar and pair an Aussie craft beer like Lord Nelson Old Admiral Strong Ale ($10) with small bites such as deep-fried whitebait -- small and savory herring-like fish ($16).

Heads Up: On a clear day, you can see the lush Blue Mountains surrounding the city.

Drehrestaurant Allalin: Saas-Fee, Switzerland

The world's highest revolving restaurant is on top of a glacier 11,000 feet above sea level, reached by a remarkable alpine subway. A dozen of the highest peaks in the Swiss Alps slowly swirl by as diners warm up with hearty Swiss-German fare like kalbsbratwurst (veal sausage) with hash-brown-like rÃ¶sti ($32), and Ãlplermakkaroni: macaroni in a creamy cheese sauce with ham, bacon, potatoes, and stewed apples ($32). If you're still frostbitten, a glass of mulled glÃ¼hwein wine ($9) should do the trick.

Heads Up: Look southeast toward Italy; if visibility is good, you can see as far as Milan.

Restaurant 181: Munich

Chef Otto Koch's acclaimed restaurant inside the Olympic Tower was recently awarded its first Michelin star. Named for its placement 181 meters above ground, the restaurant has three airplane-esque options. In 181 First, the opulent eight-course tasting menu ($209) starts with langoustine tartare on a bed of sevruga caviar; 181 Business offers Ã  la carte dishes like morel-crusted veal ($43); while the best value is 181 Economy's Sunset Menu, serving a three-course prix fixe ($52) from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Heads Up: Don't get lost in the long view of the Bavarian Alps; one of the city's architectural triumphs, the canopied Olympic Stadium inspired by Alpine peaks, is directly below.

Travel + Leisure: America's most scenic roads

Top of the Ritz: Cape Town

Wedged in between the Atlantic Ocean and towering Table Mountain -- with the new World Cup Stadium to the north and posh Camps Bay beaches to the south -- this dining room showcases Cape Town's main attractions in one gradual revolution. The menu, meanwhile, covers traditional South Africa fare, dishes like ostrich carpaccio ($7) and a salad of biltong (beef jerky) and goat cheese ($7), plus plenty of wine from the vineyards of nearby Stellenbosch.

Heads Up: Robben Island, the offshore prison where Nelson Mandela was held for 18 years, is immediately to the north.

SkyCity: Seattle

Atop the Space Needle, in the space that ignited the revolving craze decades ago, SkyCity remains the best place for panoramic views of Seattle, Puget Sound, and snowcapped Mount Rainier. Fortunately, the menu is not stuck in the '60s. Chef Jeff Maxfield puts creative twists on Northwest classics, from Dungeness crab cakes with apple-fennel slaw and herbed aioli ($13) to grilled wild king salmon with blueberry butter, wilted pea vines, and micro herbs ($47).

Heads Up: It's hard to beat a multicolored sunset over the Olympic Mountains across the sound.

Restaurant NÃ¤sinneula: Tampere, Finland

A hundred miles north of Helsinki, this 550-foot lakefront tower in quaint Tampere is hardly a tourist trap; its restaurant is consistently mentioned as one of the best in Finland. Local, seasonal ingredients such as just-picked morel mushrooms in spring or vendace roe from Lake NÃ¤sijÃ¤rvi (right outside the windows) in winter are incorporated throughout the menu. You'll just have to trust that some items -- such as parfait of white chocolate with juice of sea buckthorn shrub ($16) -- are more delicious than they sound.

Heads Up: When the seasons change in October, the red-orange-yellow leaf-peeping here is as good as in Vermont.

Brasserie Le Phare de la MÃ©diterranÃ©e: Palavas-les-Flots, France

Down the coast from the glitzy resorts of the French Riviera, this quaint former fishing village lies on a strip of sand dunes that separates two saltwater lakes from the Mediterranean. Atop an old water tower converted into a cultural center, Le Phare overlooks area lakes and beaches, while serving dishes that emphasize local bounty -- from mussels and oysters to shrimp and lobster -- to the mostly French vacationers.

Heads Up: In spring and summer, the lagoon directly below the tower is often dotted with pink flamingos.

The Sky at New Otani Tower: Tokyo

It's hard to know which way to look when Tokyo's skyscrapers are spinning by on one side and an array of master chefs are working at lightning speed in the giant stage kitchen on the other. The dinner buffet highlights fresh seafood from Tokyo's famed Tsukiji Market, which you can request sautÃ©ed, grilled, steamed, or cooked tempura in front of you ($108). Additional stations prepare sushi and teppanyaki -- prime Japanese beef grilled on a hot iron plate at your table.

Heads Up: After dinner, head higher up to the 40th-floor bar for an even more impressive view of Mount Fuji and the Eiffelesque Tokyo Tower.

Travel + Leisure: World's coolest helicopter rides

Planning a romantic getaway? Don't miss Travel + Leisure's guide to the World's Most Romantic Hotels.

text: Travel

text: Leisure

text: When

text: you

text: 're

text: dining

text: at

text: a

text: revolving

text: restaurant

text: feet

text: above

text: Cape

text: Town

text: you

text: expect

text: the

text: views

text: to

text: be

text: fantastic

text: The

text: real

text: surprise

text: is

text: when

text: the

text: food

text: appears

text: and

text: it

text: 's

text: excellent

text: What

text: better

text: way

text: to

text: savor

text: a

text: beautiful

text: city

text: than

text: from

text: this

text: vantage

text: point

text: a

text: window

text: seat

text: at

text: a

text: revolving

text: restaurant

text: where

text: the

text: shifting

text: views

text: complement

text: the

text: gourmet

text: courses

text: At

text: Cape

text: Town

text: 's

text: Top

text: of

text: the

text: Ritz

text: that

text: means

text: pairings

text: of

text: just

text: caught

text: mussels

text: with

text: a

text: view

text: of

text: iconic

text: Table

text: Mountain

text: spicy

text: curry

text: butternut

text: soup

text: with

text: the

text: sandstone

text: Twelve

text: Apostle

text: peaks

text: rack

text: of

text: lamb

text: with

text: beaches

text: and

text: dessert

text: with

text: the

text: sunset

text: dipping

text: below

text: the

text: Atlantic

text: Travel

text: Leisure

text: America

text: 's

text: rudest

text: people

text: Over

text: the

text: past

text: years

text: revolving

text: restaurants

text: have

text: opened

text: in

text: more

text: than

text: countries

text: on

text: six

text: continents

text: from

text: Colombia

text: to

text: Nepal

text: to

text: Canada

text: Along

text: the

text: way

text: the

text: concept

text: has

text: gone

text: from

text: futuristic

text: novelty

text: to

text: often

text: tacky

text: tourist

text: traps

text: But

text: set

text: aside

text: that

text: skepticism

text: we

text: 've

text: pinpointed

text: select

text: revolving

text: restaurants

text: that

text: are

text: worth

text: the

text: price

text: of

text: admission

text: The

text: revolving

text: restaurant

text: trend

text: took

text: flight

text: in

text: when

text: Seattle

text: architect

text: John

text: Graham

text: built

text: one

text: on

text: top

text: of

text: a

text: shopping

text: center

text: in

text: Hawaii

text: A

text: year

text: later

text: Graham

text: was

text: commissioned

text: to

text: design

text: the

text: Space

text: Needle

text: for

text: the

text: upcoming

text: World

text: 's

text: Fair

text: in

text: his

text: hometown

text: and

text: brought

text: the

text: idea

text: with

text: him

text: The

text: resulting

text: ultramodern

text: tower

text: not

text: only

text: became

text: an

text: enduring

text: icon

text: of

text: this

text: Northwest

text: city

text: it

text: brought

text: awed

text: visitors

text: to

text: the

text: Space

text: Needle

text: restaurant

text: each

text: day

text: of

text: the

text: World

text: 's

text: Fair

text: setting

text: off

text: a

text: global

text: craze

text: for

text: revolving

text: restaurants

text: Far

text: too

text: many

text: successors

text: get

text: by

text: on

text: their

text: looks

text: alone

text: serving

text: generic

text: overpriced

text: dishes

text: that

text: typically

text: invite

text: the

text: harsh

text: review

text: killer

text: views

text: mediocre

text: food

text: Munich

text: 's

text: Restaurant

text: rises

text: above

text: that

text: revolving

text: restaurant

text: reputation

text: and

text: has

text: become

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: city

text: 's

text: most

text: coveted

text: dining

text: spots

text: It

text: even

text: earned

text: a

text: Michelin

text: star

text: for

text: chef

text: Otto

text: Koch

text: 's

text: concoctions

text: such

text: as

text: morel

text: crusted

text: veal

text: and

text: langoustine

text: tartare

text: on

text: a

text: bed

text: of

text: caviar

text: Koch

text: introduced

text: airplane

text: esque

text: classes

text: of

text: dining

text: from

text: the

text: First

text: eight

text: courses

text: including

text: the

text: caviar

text: for

text: to

text: the

text: Economy

text: Sunset

text: Menu

text: a

text: three

text: course

text: prix

text: fixe

text: at

text: a

text: down

text: to

text: earth

text: That

text: 's

text: about

text: as

text: frugal

text: as

text: you

text: get

text: at

text: these

text: revolving

text: restaurants

text: which

text: each

text: deliver

text: a

text: once

text: in

text: a

text: lifetime

text: meal

text: that

text: ca

text: n't

text: be

text: duplicated

text: anywhere

text: else

text: Give

text: them

text: a

text: spin

text: Travel

text: Leisure

text: World

text: 's

text: most

text: beautiful

text: subway

text: stations

text: Perlan

text: Reykjavik

text: Iceland

text: Built

text: above

text: a

text: geothermal

text: spring

text: Perlan

text: serves

text: a

text: practical

text: function

text: storing

text: the

text: city

text: 's

text: water

text: tanks

text: and

text: the

text: indulgent

text: one

text: of

text: fine

text: dining

text: in

text: its

text: giant

text: glass

text: dome

text: Enter

text: and

text: you

text: 're

text: greeted

text: by

text: sweeping

text: views

text: of

text: the

text: deep

text: blue

text: ocean

text: and

text: volcanic

text: mountains

text: surrounding

text: Reykjavik

text: Get

text: your

text: fill

text: of

text: fresh

text: local

text: seafood

text: such

text: as

text: sous

text: vide

text: smoked

text: trout

text: and

text: in

text: autumn

text: a

text: special

text: wild

text: game

text: buffet

text: of

text: Icelandic

text: delicacies

text: like

text: wild

text: goose

text: reindeer

text: and

text: puffin

text: Heads

text: Up

text: a

text: geyser

text: right

text: outside

text: the

text: restaurant

text: can

text: provide

text: quite

text: the

text: mealtime

text: show

text: shooting

text: white

text: plumes

text: of

text: steam

text: high

text: into

text: the

text: air

text: Top

text: of

text: the

text: World

text: Las

text: Vegas

text: Every

text: glittering

text: light

text: of

text: the

text: Las

text: Vegas

text: Strip

text: can

text: be

text: seen

text: from

text: this

text: high

text: restaurantâthe

text: crown

text: of

text: the

text: Stratosphere

text: Casino

text: Hotel

text: Tower

text: The

text: extravagant

text: four

text: course

text: tasting

text: menu

text: mixes

text: classics

text: such

text: as

text: lobster

text: bisque

text: and

text: filet

text: mignon

text: with

text: more

text: inventive

text: dishes

text: like

text: roasted

text: miso

text: Mediterranean

text: loup

text: de

text: mer

text: with

text: shoyu

text: ginger

text: glaze

text: followed

text: by

text: crÃ¨me

text: brÃ»lÃ

text: e

text: and

text: cheesecake

text: lollipops

text: Heads

text: Up

text: Do

text: n't

text: be

text: alarmed

text: if

text: you

text: see

text: a

text: person

text: propel

text: past

text: your

text: window

text: the

text: new

text: SkyJump

text: thrill

text: ride

text: leaves

text: from

text: right

text: above

text: the

text: restaurant

text: Summit

text: Restaurant

text: Sydney

text: Red

text: carpets

text: pink

text: tinged

text: lighting

text: and

text: sleek

text: lounge

text: furniture

text: create

text: a

text: sultry

text: vibe

text: within

text: this

text: dining

text: room

text: which

text: revolves

text: past

text: the

text: Sydney

text: Opera

text: House

text: Harbour

text: Bridge

text: and

text: Olympic

text: Park

text: Australian

text: TV

text: chef

text: lebrity

text: Michael

text: Moore

text: put

text: local

text: reef

text: snapper

text: and

text: pan

text: fried

text: quail

text: breasts

text: on

text: the

text: two

text: course

text: dinner

text: menu

text: For

text: a

text: more

text: low

text: key

text: meal

text: head

text: to

text: the

text: Orbit

text: Lounge

text: Bar

text: and

text: pair

text: an

text: Aussie

text: craft

text: beer

text: like

text: Lord

text: Nelson

text: Old

text: Admiral

text: Strong

text: Ale

text: with

text: small

text: bites

text: such

text: as

text: deep

text: fried

text: whitebait

text: small

text: and

text: savory

text: herring

text: like

text: fish

text: Heads

text: Up

text: On

text: a

text: clear

text: day

text: you

text: can

text: see

text: the

text: lush

text: Blue

text: Mountains

text: surrounding

text: the

text: city

text: Drehrestaurant

text: Allalin

text: Saas

text: Fee

text: Switzerland

text: The

text: world

text: 's

text: highest

text: revolving

text: restaurant

text: is

text: on

text: top

text: of

text: a

text: glacier

text: feet

text: above

text: sea

text: level

text: reached

text: by

text: a

text: remarkable

text: alpine

text: subway

text: A

text: dozen

text: of

text: the

text: highest

text: peaks

text: in

text: the

text: Swiss

text: Alps

text: slowly

text: swirl

text: by

text: as

text: diners

text: warm

text: up

text: with

text: hearty

text: Swiss

text: German

text: fare

text: like

text: kalbsbratwurst

text: veal

text: sausage

text: with

text: hash

text: brown

text: like

text: rÃ¶sti

text: and

text: Ãlplermakkaroni

text: macaroni

text: in

text: a

text: creamy

text: cheese

text: sauce

text: with

text: ham

text: bacon

text: potatoes

text: and

text: stewed

text: apples

text: If

text: you

text: 're

text: still

text: frostbitten

text: a

text: glass

text: of

text: mulled

text: glÃ¼hwein

text: wine

text: should

text: do

text: the

text: trick

text: Heads

text: Up

text: Look

text: southeast

text: toward

text: Italy

text: if

text: visibility

text: is

text: good

text: you

text: can

text: see

text: as

text: far

text: as

text: Milan

text: Restaurant

text: Munich

text: Chef

text: Otto

text: Koch

text: 's

text: acclaimed

text: restaurant

text: inside

text: the

text: Olympic

text: Tower

text: was

text: recently

text: awarded

text: its

text: first

text: Michelin

text: star

text: Named

text: for

text: its

text: placement

text: meters

text: above

text: ground

text: the

text: restaurant

text: has

text: three

text: airplane

text: esque

text: options

text: In

text: First

text: the

text: opulent

text: eight

text: course

text: tasting

text: menu

text: starts

text: with

text: langoustine

text: tartare

text: on

text: a

text: bed

text: of

text: sevruga

text: caviar

text: Business

text: offers

text: Ã

text: la

text: carte

text: dishes

text: like

text: morel

text: crusted

text: veal

text: while

text: the

text: best

text: value

text: is

text: Economy

text: 's

text: Sunset

text: Menu

text: serving

text: a

text: three

text: course

text: prix

text: fixe

text: from

text: p.m.

text: to

text: p.m.

text: Heads

text: Up

text: Do

text: n't

text: get

text: lost

text: in

text: the

text: long

text: view

text: of

text: the

text: Bavarian

text: Alps

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: city

text: 's

text: architectural

text: triumphs

text: the

text: canopied

text: Olympic

text: Stadium

text: inspired

text: by

text: Alpine

text: peaks

text: is

text: directly

text: below

text: Travel

text: Leisure

text: America

text: 's

text: most

text: scenic

text: roads

text: Top

text: of

text: the

text: Ritz

text: Cape

text: Town

text: Wedged

text: in

text: between

text: the

text: Atlantic

text: Ocean

text: and

text: towering

text: Table

text: Mountain

text: with

text: the

text: new

text: World

text: Cup

text: Stadium

text: to

text: the

text: north

text: and

text: posh

text: Camps

text: Bay

text: beaches

text: to

text: the

text: south

text: this

text: dining

text: room

text: showcases

text: Cape

text: Town

text: 's

text: main

text: attractions

text: in

text: one

text: gradual

text: revolution

text: The

text: menu

text: meanwhile

text: covers

text: traditional

text: South

text: Africa

text: fare

text: dishes

text: like

text: ostrich

text: carpaccio

text: and

text: a

text: salad

text: of

text: biltong

text: beef

text: jerky

text: and

text: goat

text: cheese

text: plus

text: plenty

text: of

text: wine

text: from

text: the

text: vineyards

text: of

text: nearby

text: Stellenbosch

text: Heads

text: Up

text: Robben

text: Island

text: the

text: offshore

text: prison

text: where

text: Nelson

text: Mandela

text: was

text: held

text: for

text: years

text: is

text: immediately

text: to

text: the

text: north

text: SkyCity

text: Seattle

text: Atop

text: the

text: Space

text: Needle

text: in

text: the

text: space

text: that

text: ignited

text: the

text: revolving

text: craze

text: decades

text: ago

text: SkyCity

text: remains

text: the

text: best

text: place

text: for

text: panoramic

text: views

text: of

text: Seattle

text: Puget

text: Sound

text: and

text: snowcapped

text: Mount

text: Rainier

text: Fortunately

text: the

text: menu

text: is

text: not

text: stuck

text: in

text: the

text: Chef

text: Jeff

text: Maxfield

text: puts

text: creative

text: twists

text: on

text: Northwest

text: classics

text: from

text: Dungeness

text: crab

text: cakes

text: with

text: apple

text: fennel

text: slaw

text: and

text: herbed

text: aioli

text: to

text: grilled

text: wild

text: king

text: salmon

text: with

text: blueberry

text: butter

text: wilted

text: pea

text: vines

text: and

text: micro

text: herbs

text: Heads

text: Up

text: It

text: 's

text: hard

text: to

text: beat

text: a

text: multicolored

text: sunset

text: over

text: the

text: Olympic

text: Mountains

text: across

text: the

text: sound

text: Restaurant

text: NÃ¤sinneula

text: Tampere

text: Finland

text: A

text: hundred

text: miles

text: north

text: of

text: Helsinki

text: this

text: lakefront

text: tower

text: in

text: quaint

text: Tampere

text: is

text: hardly

text: a

text: tourist

text: trap

text: its

text: restaurant

text: is

text: consistently

text: mentioned

text: as

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: best

text: in

text: Finland

text: Local

text: seasonal

text: ingredients

text: such

text: as

text: just

text: picked

text: morel

text: mushrooms

text: in

text: spring

text: or

text: vendace

text: roe

text: from

text: Lake

text: NÃ¤sijÃ¤rvi

text: right

text: outside

text: the

text: windows

text: in

text: winter

text: are

text: incorporated

text: throughout

text: the

text: menu

text: You

text: 'll

text: just

text: have

text: to

text: trust

text: that

text: some

text: items

text: such

text: as

text: parfait

text: of

text: white

text: chocolate

text: with

text: juice

text: of

text: sea

text: buckthorn

text: shrub

text: are

text: more

text: delicious

text: than

text: they

text: sound

text: Heads

text: Up

text: When

text: the

text: seasons

text: change

text: in

text: October

text: the

text: red

text: orange

text: yellow

text: leaf

text: peeping

text: here

text: is

text: as

text: good

text: as

text: in

text: Vermont

text: Brasserie

text: Le

text: Phare

text: de

text: la

text: MÃ

text: diterranÃ

text: e

text: Palavas

text: les

text: Flots

text: France

text: Down

text: the

text: coast

text: from

text: the

text: glitzy

text: resorts

text: of

text: the

text: French

text: Riviera

text: this

text: quaint

text: former

text: fishing

text: village

text: lies

text: on

text: a

text: strip

text: of

text: sand

text: dunes

text: that

text: separates

text: two

text: saltwater

text: lakes

text: from

text: the

text: Mediterranean

text: Atop

text: an

text: old

text: water

text: tower

text: converted

text: into

text: a

text: cultural

text: center

text: Le

text: Phare

text: overlooks

text: area

text: lakes

text: and

text: beaches

text: while

text: serving

text: dishes

text: that

text: emphasize

text: local

text: bounty

text: from

text: mussels

text: and

text: oysters

text: to

text: shrimp

text: and

text: lobster

text: to

text: the

text: mostly

text: French

text: vacationers

text: Heads

text: Up

text: In

text: spring

text: and

text: summer

text: the

text: lagoon

text: directly

text: below

text: the

text: tower

text: is

text: often

text: dotted

text: with

text: pink

text: flamingos

text: The

text: Sky

text: at

text: New

text: Otani

text: Tower

text: Tokyo

text: It

text: 's

text: hard

text: to

text: know

text: which

text: way

text: to

text: look

text: when

text: Tokyo

text: 's

text: skyscrapers

text: are

text: spinning

text: by

text: on

text: one

text: side

text: and

text: an

text: array

text: of

text: master

text: chefs

text: are

text: working

text: at

text: lightning

text: speed

text: in

text: the

text: giant

text: stage

text: kitchen

text: on

text: the

text: other

text: The

text: dinner

text: buffet

text: highlights

text: fresh

text: seafood

text: from

text: Tokyo

text: 's

text: famed

text: Tsukiji

text: Market

text: which

text: you

text: can

text: request

text: sautÃ

text: ed

text: grilled

text: steamed

text: or

text: cooked

text: tempura

text: in

text: front

text: of

text: you

text: Additional

text: stations

text: prepare

text: sushi

text: and

text: teppanyaki

text: prime

text: Japanese

text: beef

text: grilled

text: on

text: a

text: hot

text: iron

text: plate

text: at

text: your

text: table

text: Heads

text: Up

text: After

text: dinner

text: head

text: higher

text: up

text: to

text: the

text: floor

text: bar

text: for

text: an

text: even

text: more

text: impressive

text: view

text: of

text: Mount

text: Fuji

text: and

text: the

text: Eiffelesque

text: Tokyo

text: Tower

text: Travel

text: Leisure

text: World

text: 's

text: coolest

text: helicopter

text: rides

text: Planning

text: a

text: romantic

text: getaway

text: Do

text: n't

text: miss

text: Travel

text: Leisure

text: 's

text: guide

text: to

text: the

text: World

text: 's

text: Most

text: Romantic

text: Hotels

question: Where can  the highest revolving restaurant be found?

answer: 250 feet above Cape Town,

text: 250 feet above Cape Town,

question: What is the name of the revolving restaurant in Las Vegas?

answer: he Stratosphere Casino, Hotel & Towe

text: he Stratosphere Casino, Hotel & Towe

question: The highest revolving restaurant is where?

answer: Drehrestaurant Allalin: Saas-Fee, Switze

text: Drehrestaurant Allalin: Saas-Fee, Switze

question: What is the name of the restaurant on top of the tower at the Stratosphere Casino in Las Vegas?

answer: Top of the World: Las Vegas

text: Top of the World: Las Vegas

question: In the past 50 years, how many countries have opened a revolving restaurant?

answer: more than

text: more than

question: How many countries have revolving restaurants opened in?

answer: 50


text:
SWAT VALLEY, Pakistan (CNN) -- The boys shuffle into the room in a remote army base high in the mountains of Pakistan's Swat Valley. They are disheveled, disoriented.

These boys say they were kidnapped by the Taliban and trained to be suicide bombers.

There are no smiles, their eyes stare at the floor. These are the lost souls of Pakistan's battle with the Taliban.

Each has a story of terror to tell, but the trauma runs so deep they can't even begin to properly find the words to describe what they have been through.

That task is best left to the psychiatrist who, with her team, was brought in to try to pick through the pieces of this nightmare; to make sense of the brutality here and try to put broken lives back together.  Watch Stan Grant's report on the boys Â»

Dr. Fareeha Peracha describes these boys variously as "psychotic," "depressed," and in some cases, "psychopathic."

"They have been brainwashed. Brainwashed against people like you and me," she said.

CNN was given limited access to about a dozen boys.

They had all been kidnapped by the Taliban and taken to camps where they would be trained to kill; trained to be suicide bombers.  Watch Grant's exclusive interview with a wanted a Taliban leader Â»

CNN cannot reveal the boys' names; they have handkerchiefs tied across their faces to conceal their identities. The army fears they could face retribution should they be returned to their homes and families.

The boys sit in a circle as I try to get them to open up about their ordeal. What happened? Were they brutalized? What did the Taliban ask them to do?

So many questions. They answer hesitatingly, their voices barely a whisper.

"The first day they beat us and then made us exercise," one boy said. "They made us run and told us you will wage jihad."

They said the Taliban especially poisoned their minds against the Pakistan army.

"They just told us that they (army) are against Islam, are against the Quran. They said wage jihad against them; we are waging jihad for the Quran," said another boy.

They all say they were kidnapped by the Taliban, some snatched from fields and others from the towns they lived in.

"I was coming from the shop to my house, I had some stuff with me. They said, 'put your stuff in the car.' I helped them put stuff in the car. They asked if they should drop me in my village, but when we reached the village they blindfolded me and put a hand over my mouth," one boy said.

The Taliban's tactics seem to have worked.

I ask one boy, would he kill for God? He replied: "Yes."

I asked the psychiatrist, Dr. Fareeha, if she believes the boys are capable of killing.

"Oh yes," she said. "Two of them would not even give it a thought."

The army freed the boys during fierce fighting with the Taliban. Now they are hoping to rehabilitate the boys and one day return them home.

But Fareeha thinks that is a long way off -- if ever. She told army chiefs the boys are unpredictable.

One boy, she said, told her if he had a suicide bomber's jacket he would use it, that if he had a Kalashnikov, he would shoot.

Of course, it is impossible to verify all of the accounts of the boys, but the doctors have no doubt about their trauma.

Fareeha told Army chiefs that these boys were just a tip of the iceberg. After talking to the boys, she believes there are possibly hundreds of others just like them.

These boys are the victims of the Taliban's uprising here.

All they are left with are the terrible memories, the voices in their heads: the voices of the Taliban telling them to kill, they said.

text: SWAT

text: VALLEY

text: Pakistan

text: CNN

text: The

text: boys

text: shuffle

text: into

text: the

text: room

text: in

text: a

text: remote

text: army

text: base

text: high

text: in

text: the

text: mountains

text: of

text: Pakistan

text: 's

text: Swat

text: Valley

text: They

text: are

text: disheveled

text: disoriented

text: These

text: boys

text: say

text: they

text: were

text: kidnapped

text: by

text: the

text: Taliban

text: and

text: trained

text: to

text: be

text: suicide

text: bombers

text: There

text: are

text: no

text: smiles

text: their

text: eyes

text: stare

text: at

text: the

text: floor

text: These

text: are

text: the

text: lost

text: souls

text: of

text: Pakistan

text: 's

text: battle

text: with

text: the

text: Taliban

text: Each

text: has

text: a

text: story

text: of

text: terror

text: to

text: tell

text: but

text: the

text: trauma

text: runs

text: so

text: deep

text: they

text: ca

text: n't

text: even

text: begin

text: to

text: properly

text: find

text: the

text: words

text: to

text: describe

text: what

text: they

text: have

text: been

text: through

text: That

text: task

text: is

text: best

text: left

text: to

text: the

text: psychiatrist

text: who

text: with

text: her

text: team

text: was

text: brought

text: in

text: to

text: try

text: to

text: pick

text: through

text: the

text: pieces

text: of

text: this

text: nightmare

text: to

text: make

text: sense

text: of

text: the

text: brutality

text: here

text: and

text: try

text: to

text: put

text: broken

text: lives

text: back

text: together

text: Watch

text: Stan

text: Grant

text: 's

text: report

text: on

text: the

text: boys

text: Â

text: Dr.

text: Fareeha

text: Peracha

text: describes

text: these

text: boys

text: variously

text: as

text: psychotic

text: depressed

text: and

text: in

text: some

text: cases

text: psychopathic

text: They

text: have

text: been

text: brainwashed

text: Brainwashed

text: against

text: people

text: like

text: you

text: and

text: me

text: she

text: said

text: CNN

text: was

text: given

text: limited

text: access

text: to

text: about

text: a

text: dozen

text: boys

text: They

text: had

text: all

text: been

text: kidnapped

text: by

text: the

text: Taliban

text: and

text: taken

text: to

text: camps

text: where

text: they

text: would

text: be

text: trained

text: to

text: kill

text: trained

text: to

text: be

text: suicide

text: bombers

text: Watch

text: Grant

text: 's

text: exclusive

text: interview

text: with

text: a

text: wanted

text: a

text: Taliban

text: leader

text: Â

text: CNN

text: can

text: not

text: reveal

text: the

text: boys

text: names

text: they

text: have

text: handkerchiefs

text: tied

text: across

text: their

text: faces

text: to

text: conceal

text: their

text: identities

text: The

text: army

text: fears

text: they

text: could

text: face

text: retribution

text: should

text: they

text: be

text: returned

text: to

text: their

text: homes

text: and

text: families

text: The

text: boys

text: sit

text: in

text: a

text: circle

text: as

text: I

text: try

text: to

text: get

text: them

text: to

text: open

text: up

text: about

text: their

text: ordeal

text: What

text: happened

text: Were

text: they

text: brutalized

text: What

text: did

text: the

text: Taliban

text: ask

text: them

text: to

text: do

text: So

text: many

text: questions

text: They

text: answer

text: hesitatingly

text: their

text: voices

text: barely

text: a

text: whisper

text: The

text: first

text: day

text: they

text: beat

text: us

text: and

text: then

text: made

text: us

text: exercise

text: one

text: boy

text: said

text: They

text: made

text: us

text: run

text: and

text: told

text: us

text: you

text: will

text: wage

text: jihad

text: They

text: said

text: the

text: Taliban

text: especially

text: poisoned

text: their

text: minds

text: against

text: the

text: Pakistan

text: army

text: They

text: just

text: told

text: us

text: that

text: they

text: army

text: are

text: against

text: Islam

text: are

text: against

text: the

text: Quran

text: They

text: said

text: wage

text: jihad

text: against

text: them

text: we

text: are

text: waging

text: jihad

text: for

text: the

text: Quran

text: said

text: another

text: boy

text: They

text: all

text: say

text: they

text: were

text: kidnapped

text: by

text: the

text: Taliban

text: some

text: snatched

text: from

text: fields

text: and

text: others

text: from

text: the

text: towns

text: they

text: lived

text: in

text: I

text: was

text: coming

text: from

text: the

text: shop

text: to

text: my

text: house

text: I

text: had

text: some

text: stuff

text: with

text: me

text: They

text: said

text: put

text: your

text: stuff

text: in

text: the

text: car

text: I

text: helped

text: them

text: put

text: stuff

text: in

text: the

text: car

text: They

text: asked

text: if

text: they

text: should

text: drop

text: me

text: in

text: my

text: village

text: but

text: when

text: we

text: reached

text: the

text: village

text: they

text: blindfolded

text: me

text: and

text: put

text: a

text: hand

text: over

text: my

text: mouth

text: one

text: boy

text: said

text: The

text: Taliban

text: 's

text: tactics

text: seem

text: to

text: have

text: worked

text: I

text: ask

text: one

text: boy

text: would

text: he

text: kill

text: for

text: God

text: He

text: replied

text: Yes

text: I

text: asked

text: the

text: psychiatrist

text: Dr.

text: Fareeha

text: if

text: she

text: believes

text: the

text: boys

text: are

text: capable

text: of

text: killing

text: Oh

text: yes

text: she

text: said

text: Two

text: of

text: them

text: would

text: not

text: even

text: give

text: it

text: a

text: thought

text: The

text: army

text: freed

text: the

text: boys

text: during

text: fierce

text: fighting

text: with

text: the

text: Taliban

text: Now

text: they

text: are

text: hoping

text: to

text: rehabilitate

text: the

text: boys

text: and

text: one

text: day

text: return

text: them

text: home

text: But

text: Fareeha

text: thinks

text: that

text: is

text: a

text: long

text: way

text: off

text: if

text: ever

text: She

text: told

text: army

text: chiefs

text: the

text: boys

text: are

text: unpredictable

text: One

text: boy

text: she

text: said

text: told

text: her

text: if

text: he

text: had

text: a

text: suicide

text: bomber

text: 's

text: jacket

text: he

text: would

text: use

text: it

text: that

text: if

text: he

text: had

text: a

text: Kalashnikov

text: he

text: would

text: shoot

text: Of

text: course

text: it

text: is

text: impossible

text: to

text: verify

text: all

text: of

text: the

text: accounts

text: of

text: the

text: boys

text: but

text: the

text: doctors

text: have

text: no

text: doubt

text: about

text: their

text: trauma

text: Fareeha

text: told

text: Army

text: chiefs

text: that

text: these

text: boys

text: were

text: just

text: a

text: tip

text: of

text: the

text: iceberg

text: After

text: talking

text: to

text: the

text: boys

text: she

text: believes

text: there

text: are

text: possibly

text: hundreds

text: of

text: others

text: just

text: like

text: them

text: These

text: boys

text: are

text: the

text: victims

text: of

text: the

text: Taliban

text: 's

text: uprising

text: here

text: All

text: they

text: are

text: left

text: with

text: are

text: the

text: terrible

text: memories

text: the

text: voices

text: in

text: their

text: heads

text: the

text: voices

text: of

text: the

text: Taliban

text: telling

text: them

text: to

text: kill

text: they

text: said

question: Who were the boys rescued from?

answer: the Taliban

text: the Taliban

question: What were they being trained for?

answer: suicide bombers.

text: suicide bombers.

question: What did the psychiatrist say the boys have been?

answer: "They have been brainwashed.

text: "They have been brainwashed.

question: Who are receiving psychiatric help?

answer: about a dozen boys.

text: about a dozen boys.

question: After being abducted, what are the boys being trained for?

answer: to be suicide bombers.

text: to be suicide bombers.

question: What were the boys rescued from?

answer: the Taliban

text: the Taliban

question: What have the boys been trained for?

answer: to be suicide bombers.

text: to be suicide bombers.


text:
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso met with President Barack Obama on Tuesday making him the first head of state to be hosted by the new administration.

Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso steps off his Boeing 747 at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland Monday.

It was a long trip -- 6,800 miles (11,000 km) -- for a short meeting -- one hour -- and happened as Obama was preparing his first address to a joint session of Congress.

Sitting next to Aso in the White House, Obama said: "The friendship between the United States and Japan is extraordinarily important.

"It is for that reason that the prime minister is the first foreign dignitary to visit me in the Oval Office."

Obama said the U.S.-Japanese alliance would be crucial in solving international problems including climate change.

"We think we have to work together, not only on issues relating to the Pacific Rim, but throughout the world," Obama added.

Aso said the global economy was also on the agenda at their meeting.

"We are the number 1 and second biggest economies of the world. We will have to work hand in hand.

"I think we are the only two nations which are powerful enough to solve those very critical, vital issue," Aso said.

Japan's Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura said that being the first to visit the Obama White House was an indication of the priority the new president placed on the relationship.

Another topic likely to have been on the agenda was Japan's Asian neighbor North Korea, which U.S. intelligence says is preparing to test a long-range missile. Pyongyang has denied the charge, instead saying it is making preparations to launch a satellite.

A test-fire by North Korea in 2006 failed 40 seconds after launch. The missile is thought to have an intended range of about 4,200 miles (6,700 kilometers), which -- if true -- could give it the capability of striking Alaska or Hawaii.

Aso's visit to Washington comes, as his approval rating stands at a meager 11 percent, the second lowest ever recorded for a Japanese prime minister. Yoshiro Mori, a former prime minister, resigned after his rate bottomed out at 9 percent.

Last week his finance minister Shoichi Nakagawa announced he will step down after coming under fire for appearing intoxicated at a weekend news conference during the G-7 meeting in Rome.

CNN's Chie Kobayashi contributed to this report.

text: WASHINGTON

text: CNN

text: Japanese

text: Prime

text: Minister

text: Taro

text: Aso

text: met

text: with

text: President

text: Barack

text: Obama

text: on

text: Tuesday

text: making

text: him

text: the

text: first

text: head

text: of

text: state

text: to

text: be

text: hosted

text: by

text: the

text: new

text: administration

text: Japanese

text: Prime

text: Minister

text: Taro

text: Aso

text: steps

text: off

text: his

text: Boeing

text: at

text: Andrews

text: Air

text: Force

text: Base

text: in

text: Maryland

text: Monday

text: It

text: was

text: a

text: long

text: trip

text: miles

text: km

text: for

text: a

text: short

text: meeting

text: one

text: hour

text: and

text: happened

text: as

text: Obama

text: was

text: preparing

text: his

text: first

text: address

text: to

text: a

text: joint

text: session

text: of

text: Congress

text: Sitting

text: next

text: to

text: Aso

text: in

text: the

text: White

text: House

text: Obama

text: said

text: The

text: friendship

text: between

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: and

text: Japan

text: is

text: extraordinarily

text: important

text: It

text: is

text: for

text: that

text: reason

text: that

text: the

text: prime

text: minister

text: is

text: the

text: first

text: foreign

text: dignitary

text: to

text: visit

text: me

text: in

text: the

text: Oval

text: Office

text: Obama

text: said

text: the

text: U.S

text: Japanese

text: alliance

text: would

text: be

text: crucial

text: in

text: solving

text: international

text: problems

text: including

text: climate

text: change

text: We

text: think

text: we

text: have

text: to

text: work

text: together

text: not

text: only

text: on

text: issues

text: relating

text: to

text: the

text: Pacific

text: Rim

text: but

text: throughout

text: the

text: world

text: Obama

text: added

text: Aso

text: said

text: the

text: global

text: economy

text: was

text: also

text: on

text: the

text: agenda

text: at

text: their

text: meeting

text: We

text: are

text: the

text: number

text: and

text: second

text: biggest

text: economies

text: of

text: the

text: world

text: We

text: will

text: have

text: to

text: work

text: hand

text: in

text: hand

text: I

text: think

text: we

text: are

text: the

text: only

text: two

text: nations

text: which

text: are

text: powerful

text: enough

text: to

text: solve

text: those

text: very

text: critical

text: vital

text: issue

text: Aso

text: said

text: Japan

text: 's

text: Cabinet

text: Secretary

text: Takeo

text: Kawamura

text: said

text: that

text: being

text: the

text: first

text: to

text: visit

text: the

text: Obama

text: White

text: House

text: was

text: an

text: indication

text: of

text: the

text: priority

text: the

text: new

text: president

text: placed

text: on

text: the

text: relationship

text: Another

text: topic

text: likely

text: to

text: have

text: been

text: on

text: the

text: agenda

text: was

text: Japan

text: 's

text: Asian

text: neighbor

text: North

text: Korea

text: which

text: U.S.

text: intelligence

text: says

text: is

text: preparing

text: to

text: test

text: a

text: long

text: range

text: missile

text: Pyongyang

text: has

text: denied

text: the

text: charge

text: instead

text: saying

text: it

text: is

text: making

text: preparations

text: to

text: launch

text: a

text: satellite

text: A

text: test

text: fire

text: by

text: North

text: Korea

text: in

text: failed

text: seconds

text: after

text: launch

text: The

text: missile

text: is

text: thought

text: to

text: have

text: an

text: intended

text: range

text: of

text: about

text: miles

text: kilometers

text: which

text: if

text: true

text: could

text: give

text: it

text: the

text: capability

text: of

text: striking

text: Alaska

text: or

text: Hawaii

text: Aso

text: 's

text: visit

text: to

text: Washington

text: comes

text: as

text: his

text: approval

text: rating

text: stands

text: at

text: a

text: meager

text: percent

text: the

text: second

text: lowest

text: ever

text: recorded

text: for

text: a

text: Japanese

text: prime

text: minister

text: Yoshiro

text: Mori

text: a

text: former

text: prime

text: minister

text: resigned

text: after

text: his

text: rate

text: bottomed

text: out

text: at

text: percent

text: Last

text: week

text: his

text: finance

text: minister

text: Shoichi

text: Nakagawa

text: announced

text: he

text: will

text: step

text: down

text: after

text: coming

text: under

text: fire

text: for

text: appearing

text: intoxicated

text: at

text: a

text: weekend

text: news

text: conference

text: during

text: the

text: meeting

text: in

text: Rome

text: CNN

text: 's

text: Chie

text: Kobayashi

text: contributed

text: to

text: this

text: report

question: What country is Aso associated with?

answer: Japanese

text: Japanese

question: What is Aso's approval rating?

answer: 11 percent,

text: 11 percent,

question: Who will Obama give his first address to?

answer: a joint session of Congress.

text: a joint session of Congress.

question: What distinction does Aso hold?

answer: the first head of state to be hosted by the new administration.

text: the first head of state to be hosted by the new administration.

question: Aso is the first head of state hosted by what?

answer: the new administration.

text: the new administration.

question: What was Aso's approval rating?

answer: 11 percent,

text: 11 percent,

question: What foreign leader was hosting Aso?

answer: President Barack Obama

text: President Barack Obama

question: Who is the first head of state hosted by Obama administration?

answer: Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso

text: Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso


text:
(CNN) -- In a long-awaited speech Thursday in Florida, President Obama will boldly go where no president has gone before, laying out an entirely new vision for the U.S. space program. The firestorm of controversy has already begun

For more than 50 years, presidents have pushed for government rockets to send astronauts to space, the moon and possibly Mars.

But now a new paradigm is being proposed. The moon program is off the table, and Mars is only a distant possibility. NASA is essentially getting out of the astronaut business, letting the Russians and private enterprise take over. The glory days of NASA, some say, are over.

The Obama plan is truly breathtaking, ending an era that lasted from Presidents Kennedy to Bush.

Some specifics:

â¢ The moon program, called Constellation, is being suspended, and its components and $9 billion of research are going down the drain. The Ares rocket, which recently underwent a successful preliminary test, will be canceled. The Orion lunar module will be repurposed as an astronaut "lifeboat" tethered to the international space station.

â¢ The space shuttle program is ending, causing 4,600 workers to lose their jobs. (This was also in the Bush plan, but that proposal included funding the Ares rocket.)

â¢ Without a space shuttle, the U.S. will rely temporarily on Russian rockets to send our astronauts into space.

â¢ Eventually, private enterprise will take over launching our astronauts.

Some critics say that this is all too much, too soon. Private companies may not be ready to pick up the slack for years to transport astronauts.

Conceivably, any political crisis with the Russians in far-away places, such as the Balkans, might affect our access to outer space. And we will just have to swallow our pride when the Chinese plant their flag on the moon sometime after 2020, as they say they will.

Proponents of the plan Obama is expected to describe, however, say that it is long overdue and inevitable. In these trying financial times, the U.S. cannot sustain an ambitious space program. Get real, they say. Let private enterprise take over. It's the American way.

But everyone agrees that the wheel is broken and needs to be fixed. It all boils down to one dirty four-letter word: cost.

During the Cold War, the superpowers gladly opened their treasuries because the space race was a matter of national pride and honor. Since then, the realities have sunk in.

It costs about $10,000 per pound to send anything into near-Earth orbit. (Think of John Glenn made of solid gold.) But when you add in life support and safety factors, it costs about $65 million to send each astronaut aboard the space shuttle, which in turn costs half a billion dollars per launch. To go to the moon would cost perhaps 10 times as much.

There are some positive recommendations that Obama should keep in mind as he plots the future of the space program.

â¢ NASA needs to set concrete goals and deadlines. In the past, the space shuttle and the international space station were used to justify each other's existence. Instead, the space program should hold the feet of the bureaucracies and corporations to the fire. Having a tangible vision of the future, with a clear destination and mission, will hold planners accountable, give a sharp focus to the objectives of the space program and cut waste.

â¢ NASA has to abandon its cost-plus model, where it guarantees its contractors a profit beyond the cost. This model is unsustainable -- the tail wagging the dog. It's an open invitation for bureaucracies and corporations to pad their budgets, rather than operate as efficiently as possible.

â¢ NASA has to inspire competition and innovation. The Hubble Space Telescope and the robotic missions to the planets have been a shining beacon for research based on goals set by scientists instead of the narrow priorities of bureaucracies and politicians.

â¢ NASA has to fund risky, out-of-the-box propulsion systems -- besides the expensive chemical rockets that are used now -- to help drive down the cost of space travel. A lot of a rocket's fuel goes into lifting itself into orbit, which is a waste. Ground-based laser and microwave beams, for example, can vaporize water contained in a rocket, which is then shot out the other end, so only the payload goes into space, not the fuel.

As he speaks to aerospace workers, the president should frame this moment as an opportunity to redesign the space program. The key is to maintain the U.S. as the leader in innovation, ideas and progress, because science is ultimately the engine of prosperity.

The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Michio Kaku.

text: CNN

text: In

text: a

text: long

text: awaited

text: speech

text: Thursday

text: in

text: Florida

text: President

text: Obama

text: will

text: boldly

text: go

text: where

text: no

text: president

text: has

text: gone

text: before

text: laying

text: out

text: an

text: entirely

text: new

text: vision

text: for

text: the

text: U.S.

text: space

text: program

text: The

text: firestorm

text: of

text: controversy

text: has

text: already

text: begun

text: For

text: more

text: than

text: years

text: presidents

text: have

text: pushed

text: for

text: government

text: rockets

text: to

text: send

text: astronauts

text: to

text: space

text: the

text: moon

text: and

text: possibly

text: Mars

text: But

text: now

text: a

text: new

text: paradigm

text: is

text: being

text: proposed

text: The

text: moon

text: program

text: is

text: off

text: the

text: table

text: and

text: Mars

text: is

text: only

text: a

text: distant

text: possibility

text: NASA

text: is

text: essentially

text: getting

text: out

text: of

text: the

text: astronaut

text: business

text: letting

text: the

text: Russians

text: and

text: private

text: enterprise

text: take

text: over

text: The

text: glory

text: days

text: of

text: NASA

text: some

text: say

text: are

text: over

text: The

text: Obama

text: plan

text: is

text: truly

text: breathtaking

text: ending

text: an

text: era

text: that

text: lasted

text: from

text: Presidents

text: Kennedy

text: to

text: Bush

text: Some

text: specifics

text: â¢

text: The

text: moon

text: program

text: called

text: Constellation

text: is

text: being

text: suspended

text: and

text: its

text: components

text: and

text: billion

text: of

text: research

text: are

text: going

text: down

text: the

text: drain

text: The

text: Ares

text: rocket

text: which

text: recently

text: underwent

text: a

text: successful

text: preliminary

text: test

text: will

text: be

text: canceled

text: The

text: Orion

text: lunar

text: module

text: will

text: be

text: repurposed

text: as

text: an

text: astronaut

text: lifeboat

text: tethered

text: to

text: the

text: international

text: space

text: station

text: â¢

text: The

text: space

text: shuttle

text: program

text: is

text: ending

text: causing

text: workers

text: to

text: lose

text: their

text: jobs

text: This

text: was

text: also

text: in

text: the

text: Bush

text: plan

text: but

text: that

text: proposal

text: included

text: funding

text: the

text: Ares

text: rocket

text: â¢

text: Without

text: a

text: space

text: shuttle

text: the

text: U.S.

text: will

text: rely

text: temporarily

text: on

text: Russian

text: rockets

text: to

text: send

text: our

text: astronauts

text: into

text: space

text: â¢

text: Eventually

text: private

text: enterprise

text: will

text: take

text: over

text: launching

text: our

text: astronauts

text: Some

text: critics

text: say

text: that

text: this

text: is

text: all

text: too

text: much

text: too

text: soon

text: Private

text: companies

text: may

text: not

text: be

text: ready

text: to

text: pick

text: up

text: the

text: slack

text: for

text: years

text: to

text: transport

text: astronauts

text: Conceivably

text: any

text: political

text: crisis

text: with

text: the

text: Russians

text: in

text: far

text: away

text: places

text: such

text: as

text: the

text: Balkans

text: might

text: affect

text: our

text: access

text: to

text: outer

text: space

text: And

text: we

text: will

text: just

text: have

text: to

text: swallow

text: our

text: pride

text: when

text: the

text: Chinese

text: plant

text: their

text: flag

text: on

text: the

text: moon

text: sometime

text: after

text: as

text: they

text: say

text: they

text: will

text: Proponents

text: of

text: the

text: plan

text: Obama

text: is

text: expected

text: to

text: describe

text: however

text: say

text: that

text: it

text: is

text: long

text: overdue

text: and

text: inevitable

text: In

text: these

text: trying

text: financial

text: times

text: the

text: U.S.

text: can

text: not

text: sustain

text: an

text: ambitious

text: space

text: program

text: Get

text: real

text: they

text: say

text: Let

text: private

text: enterprise

text: take

text: over

text: It

text: 's

text: the

text: American

text: way

text: But

text: everyone

text: agrees

text: that

text: the

text: wheel

text: is

text: broken

text: and

text: needs

text: to

text: be

text: fixed

text: It

text: all

text: boils

text: down

text: to

text: one

text: dirty

text: four

text: letter

text: word

text: cost

text: During

text: the

text: Cold

text: War

text: the

text: superpowers

text: gladly

text: opened

text: their

text: treasuries

text: because

text: the

text: space

text: race

text: was

text: a

text: matter

text: of

text: national

text: pride

text: and

text: honor

text: Since

text: then

text: the

text: realities

text: have

text: sunk

text: in

text: It

text: costs

text: about

text: per

text: pound

text: to

text: send

text: anything

text: into

text: near

text: Earth

text: orbit

text: Think

text: of

text: John

text: Glenn

text: made

text: of

text: solid

text: gold

text: But

text: when

text: you

text: add

text: in

text: life

text: support

text: and

text: safety

text: factors

text: it

text: costs

text: about

text: million

text: to

text: send

text: each

text: astronaut

text: aboard

text: the

text: space

text: shuttle

text: which

text: in

text: turn

text: costs

text: half

text: a

text: billion

text: dollars

text: per

text: launch

text: To

text: go

text: to

text: the

text: moon

text: would

text: cost

text: perhaps

text: times

text: as

text: much

text: There

text: are

text: some

text: positive

text: recommendations

text: that

text: Obama

text: should

text: keep

text: in

text: mind

text: as

text: he

text: plots

text: the

text: future

text: of

text: the

text: space

text: program

text: â¢

text: NASA

text: needs

text: to

text: set

text: concrete

text: goals

text: and

text: deadlines

text: In

text: the

text: past

text: the

text: space

text: shuttle

text: and

text: the

text: international

text: space

text: station

text: were

text: used

text: to

text: justify

text: each

text: other

text: 's

text: existence

text: Instead

text: the

text: space

text: program

text: should

text: hold

text: the

text: feet

text: of

text: the

text: bureaucracies

text: and

text: corporations

text: to

text: the

text: fire

text: Having

text: a

text: tangible

text: vision

text: of

text: the

text: future

text: with

text: a

text: clear

text: destination

text: and

text: mission

text: will

text: hold

text: planners

text: accountable

text: give

text: a

text: sharp

text: focus

text: to

text: the

text: objectives

text: of

text: the

text: space

text: program

text: and

text: cut

text: waste

text: â¢

text: NASA

text: has

text: to

text: abandon

text: its

text: cost

text: plus

text: model

text: where

text: it

text: guarantees

text: its

text: contractors

text: a

text: profit

text: beyond

text: the

text: cost

text: This

text: model

text: is

text: unsustainable

text: the

text: tail

text: wagging

text: the

text: dog

text: It

text: 's

text: an

text: open

text: invitation

text: for

text: bureaucracies

text: and

text: corporations

text: to

text: pad

text: their

text: budgets

text: rather

text: than

text: operate

text: as

text: efficiently

text: as

text: possible

text: â¢

text: NASA

text: has

text: to

text: inspire

text: competition

text: and

text: innovation

text: The

text: Hubble

text: Space

text: Telescope

text: and

text: the

text: robotic

text: missions

text: to

text: the

text: planets

text: have

text: been

text: a

text: shining

text: beacon

text: for

text: research

text: based

text: on

text: goals

text: set

text: by

text: scientists

text: instead

text: of

text: the

text: narrow

text: priorities

text: of

text: bureaucracies

text: and

text: politicians

text: â¢

text: NASA

text: has

text: to

text: fund

text: risky

text: out

text: of

text: the

text: box

text: propulsion

text: systems

text: besides

text: the

text: expensive

text: chemical

text: rockets

text: that

text: are

text: used

text: now

text: to

text: help

text: drive

text: down

text: the

text: cost

text: of

text: space

text: travel

text: A

text: lot

text: of

text: a

text: rocket

text: 's

text: fuel

text: goes

text: into

text: lifting

text: itself

text: into

text: orbit

text: which

text: is

text: a

text: waste

text: Ground

text: based

text: laser

text: and

text: microwave

text: beams

text: for

text: example

text: can

text: vaporize

text: water

text: contained

text: in

text: a

text: rocket

text: which

text: is

text: then

text: shot

text: out

text: the

text: other

text: end

text: so

text: only

text: the

text: payload

text: goes

text: into

text: space

text: not

text: the

text: fuel

text: As

text: he

text: speaks

text: to

text: aerospace

text: workers

text: the

text: president

text: should

text: frame

text: this

text: moment

text: as

text: an

text: opportunity

text: to

text: redesign

text: the

text: space

text: program

text: The

text: key

text: is

text: to

text: maintain

text: the

text: U.S.

text: as

text: the

text: leader

text: in

text: innovation

text: ideas

text: and

text: progress

text: because

text: science

text: is

text: ultimately

text: the

text: engine

text: of

text: prosperity

text: The

text: opinions

text: expressed

text: in

text: this

text: commentary

text: are

text: solely

text: those

text: of

text: Michio

text: Kaku

question: what is obama changing?

answer: the U.S. space program.

text: the U.S. space program.

question: What did Michio Kaku say about Obama's changes to the space program?

answer: The firestorm of controversy has already begun

text: The firestorm of controversy has already begun

question: What did Kaku say the program must rely on?

answer: ly on Russian ro

text: ly on Russian ro