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This hockey thing's new; we get it. But despite the team's best efforts, we're still not all on the same page. Take this Reebok "Stanley Cup Finals Alex Kopitar" t-shirt, now available in the NHL.com shop. (He's also "Alex" at other outlets offering the same shirt, so this is a Reebok problem, not an NHL one.)
To be fair, only the last name is on the back, so it could be a Mortimer Kopitar shirt and wouldn't look any different. But this is a teaching opportunity, and not just for learning the star player's name. Kings fans, if you're just getting into hockey, you need to know this: don't buy any conference champion gear, ever.

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Treating people with depression using weak electrical currents passed into the brain through a headband may help relieve some of their symptoms when combined with an antidepressant, a new study suggests.
Researchers found that after six weeks of treatment with a combination of brain stimulation and sertraline, marketed as Zoloft, nearly two-thirds of depressed participants got significantly better.
But by itself, brain stimulation was no better than medication.
"In the field of depression, it's important to know about treatment options, and medications alone don't work for everyone," said Dr. Sarah Lisanby, a psychiatrist who studies brain stimulation at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.
"Now there's a broadened array of new, device-based therapies that allow us to affect brain function in less invasive ways," including transcranial direct current stimulation, or tDCS, added Lisanby, who wasn't part of the new research team.
No tDCS devices, including the one used in the new study, are currently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use on the brain. But older types of non-invasive brain stimulation are approved and becoming established treatment options for depression, researchers noted (see Reuters Health article of May 3, 2010 here: reut.rs/kX7X6D).
For the study, Dr. Felipe Fregni from the Harvard Medical School in Boston and Brazilian colleagues randomly assigned 120 people in Brazil with moderate or severe depression to one of four treatments: tDCS and sertraline, tDCS and a placebo drug, sham stimulation and sertraline or sham stimulation and a placebo.
Electrical current therapy was given for 30 minutes at a time over 12 total sessions.
At the beginning of the study, participants in each of the four groups had an average depression score between 30 and 31 on a 0-to-60 scale, where a higher score indicates worse depression.
After six weeks, people in the combined stimulation and sertraline group saw their depression drop to a score of 13, on average, compared to 25 among people who received both fake treatments.
Data on side effects suggested tDCS had no effect on cognition, researchers said. Skin redness was more common with the real device than the sham stimulator.
And there were five episodes of mania among people who got the combined treatment, even though the researchers had screened out anyone with bipolar disorder - which typically includes periods of depression alternating with mania.
The drug alone and electrical stimulation alone were similarly effective at easing depression symptoms, Fregni's team noted Wednesday in JAMA Psychiatry.
However, the dose of sertraline used - 50 milligrams per day - might have been too low to help most people, Lisanby and another psychiatrist, Dr. Philip Janicak, told Reuters Health.
Janicak, from Rush University Medical Center in Chicago and not involved in the study, said "the question is still out" as to whether this type of stimulation can help people with depression.
"tDCS could very well be an effective treatment," he said. But, "at this point I would never recommend it, based on the evidence that's currently available."
The new study was funded by the Sao Paulo Research Foundation.
Because the tDCS device, marketed as Chattanooga Ionto, has not been approved as a depression treatment, it's hard to say how much it would cost in the U.S., Lisanby noted. She said it should be "relatively cheap and affordable," given that it's small, portable and powered with 9-volt batteries.
SOURCE: bit.ly/P0ZWgD JAMA Psychiatry, online February 6, 2013.


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The Captain's Anchorage is a landmark in Big Bear, adding special flavor to the local history and to every dish served. When built in 1946, the restaurant was known as the Sportsman's Tavern. In the ensuing fifty years, the establishment has weathered fires, gambling and an innocuous ghost.Many stories are told of the ghost's antics. Most employees are not rattled by his rattling of pots and pans, nor his propensity for loudly tromping upstairs, but his habit of hiding silverware, glasses, and other common items is aggravating at times!
The ghost's name is George. The most mysterious aspect about George is the fact that no one actually knows how he died. George is said to have committed suicide, but local lore notes that he was suspected of having embezzled quite a pocketful of cash before his mysterious death. George was an accountant for the Sportsman's Tavern when it was owned by Andy Devine, famous for his role as "Jingles" in the "Wild Bill Hitchcock" television series.
One of the few Fine Dining experiences available in Big Bear, the Captain's Anchorage has a wonderful menu. For appetizer's you can start with clams, crab cakes, artichokes or mushrooms. Their specialty is the fiery Jumbo Shrimp Diablo, charbroiled with jalapeno peppers wrapped in bacon. It will make your mouth water, just make sure to have your water ready. The soup and salad bar that comes with every meal contained the standard selection of toppings, plus a tasty clam chowder.
For main courses, they offer a selection of steak, seafood and chicken. The Prime Rib, a staff recommended choice, was tender and juicy. It does come out a little on the rare side but very tasty. Something to keep in mind when ordering.
The Lobster Tail was soft and succulent. Between the two, there was no room to sample their selection of desserts that include sundaes, brownies and cheesecake.
Overall, the Captain's Anchorage has a pleasant atmosphere, a solid selection of tasty dishes and reasonable prices.
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Mrs. Timberlake is bringing sexy back...to her wardrobe. The actress stepped out last night in NYC with her hubby wearing a sheer playsuit, one night after donning a sexy, sheer lace midi dress from Dolce & Gabbana to the VMA after party (shown below).
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I remember one of the first Taiwanese dishes I had was 3 Cups Chicken at Formosa Taiwanese restaurant in Queens,NYC. From there I learn to love this Taiwanese dish. Originally Taiwanese restaurant use chicken in bone for this dish but these days alot of restaurant served"San Bei Ji" with boneless chicken. The dish derives its name from the three cups of sauces required. For each chicken, a cup each of soy sauce, rice wine (usually mijiu although it may be mixed with Shaoxing jiu), and sesame oil are added beside Asian /Thai's basil and ginger. I like my Three Cups Chicken spicy and cook with chicken in bone, so I used chicken wing and infused dried pepper to cook this dish..Bones add more flavor,I believed.The aroma of this chicken dish is really heavenly garlicky and tangy sweet.If you can't find an authentic Taiwanese restaurant nearby,why not try to cook this dish at home? Ingredients:
10 whole chicken wings,wash and clean
3-4 inch ginger,scale the skin and sliced
2 bulbs fresh garlic,peeled and chopped
10 pieces dried whole pepper
2 stalks Thai's basil ,use leaves only
( I used regular basil from my garden)
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup sesame oil
1/2 cup rice wine
2 tbsp sugar
1:Heat wok/skillet with sesame oil at medium heat,add in sliced ginger,dried whole pepper and chopped garlic,stir-fry until fragnant or lightly brown.
2:Then add in clean chicken wings and let's it braised for 5 minutes with lid on.
3:Remove wok's or skillet's lid,then add in soy sauce,rice wine and sugar .Stir-fry all the ingredients well and reduce heat to low.Let the chicken wings simmer in the gravy for another 30 minutes or until the gravy thicken.
4:Check the seasoning,then add in basil .Braised for another 3-5 minutes before remove from heat.
5:Dish out and serve warm with white rice.
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Delmon Young hit a tiebreaking, three-run double in the seventh inning and the Detroit Tigers beat Chicago 7-4 Friday night, pulling within two games of the AL Central-leading White Sox.
Miguel Cabrera and Jhonny Peralta homered as the Tigers took the opener of the three-game series.
Octavio Dotel (5-2) pitched 1 2-3 innings of scoreless relief. Joaquin Benoit struck out the side in the eighth inning and Jose Valverde closed for his 27th save in 31 chances.
Jake Peavy (9-10) gave up six runs and nine hits over six innings.
Cabrera hit his 33rd homer, a two-run shot in the first inning. He went 3 for 4 on a sore right ankle that didn't affect him at the plate, but made two errors at third base.
Peralta's solo home run gave the Tigers a 4-3 lead in the fourth. Chicago tied it in the sixth without a hit when Dewayne Wise walked, stole second, advanced on a wild pitch and scored on A.J. Pierzynski's sacrifice fly.
Pierzynski hit his 24th homer, a solo shot in the second.
Andy Dirks drew a leadoff walk off Peavy in the pivotal seventh inning, Cabrera singled and Prince Fielder was hit on the right shoulder by reliever Matt Thornton to load the bases. With a fired-up crowd buzzing, Young hit a double into the left-center gap to clear the bases.
Tigers starter Doug Fister gave up three runs - two earned - on four hits and four walks over five innings.
Drew Smyly gave up one run on two walks while getting one out in the sixth, pitching in relief for the first time after the rookie made 16 starts this season.
Detroit has won 23 of its last 29 games at home. The White Sox have lost seven of their last nine road games.
NOTES: The Tigers traded OF Jeff Baker to the Atlanta Braves for a player to be named no later than Sept. 30 to open up a spot for minor leaguer Avisail Garcia, who made his major league debut as a defensive replacement in right field in the eighth. ... Peavy gave up four walks - one intentional - and struck out four as his winless streak stretched to five games.


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D602 - Vital Embedded Single Board Computer with 3 PowerPC 750
6U CompactPCI
The D602 is a fail-operational, fault-tolerant vital embedded computer, certifiable up to SIL 4 and DAL-A, with onboard triple redundancy for functional safety and availability. It targets safety-critical applications in embedded aircraft computer systems, railway and wayside computers and industrial automation.
Main Features
- 3x PowerPC 750 (lockstep mode), 3x 512 MB DDR RAM
- Fail-operational, fault-tolerant behavior
- Fail-safe and fail-silent board architecture
- Clustering of two D602 to raise availability
- Board management, BITE
- SEU (radiation) tolerant
- Certifiable up to SIL 4 (with report from TÜV SÜD) and DAL-A
- Developed according to RTCA DO-254, EN 50129 and IEC 61508
- EN 50155 compliance
- Up to -40 °C to +70 °C
- Convection or conduction cooling
Technical Data
- 3x PowerPC 750 CL
- Scalable performance
- 1 GHz processor core frequency
- Superscalar
- Classic PowerPC FPU, MMU
- CPU bus to FPGA: 100-MHz/64-bit
- Lock-step operation
- All CPUs do the same thing at the same time
- 2-out-of-3 voting in FPGA with CPU bus clock speed (100MHz)
- Software-assisted resynchronization
- No functional interruption in case of an SEU inside the CPU
- Chipset
- North- and Southbridge realized in FPGA
- 2x 32 kB L1 cache, 1MB L2 cache integrated in each CPU
- 3 independent ranks of 512MB DDR SDRAM system memory, FPGA-controlled
- 100MHz memory bus frequency (32 bit)
- Up to 800 MB/s
- 2-out-of-3 voting in FPGA
- Scrubbing to prevent accumulation of SEU
- No functional interruption in case of an SEU inside the memory
- 2 independent ranks of 256MB Flash, FPGA-controlled
- Primary and backup Flash ranks contain the same data, auto-selection by boot loader
- ECC protection
- ECC protection
- 4KB serial EEPROM for production data (serial number etc.)
- All I/O realized in FPGA and available at rear I/O
- Sextuple UART
- E.g., for communication with other D602
- Data rates up to 460,800 Baud for each channel
- Handshake lines: none
- Data rates up to 460,800 Baud
- 2x 256 Byte transmit/receive buffer
- Handshake lines: none
- PCI bus
- I²C bus
- 32 bit/33 MHz, 3.3V V(I/O)
- PMC slot 1 with rear I/O (revisions -02 and later)
- Voltage monitoring
- Temperature monitoring
- Watchdog
- Reset signal control
- Control of redundant power supplies
- Sleep mode
- Lowers power consumption in case of primary power supply interruption
- Power failure indicated through signals from backplane
- Supports power interruptions specified in Airbus directive ABD0100.1.9
- CPUs and memory can be put into sleep mode
- Redundant clock generation
- Connection with second D602 possible (with special backplane)
- Control of shared outputs
- Exchange of state information
- BMC and 6x UART link
- Compliance with CompactPCI Core Specification PICMG 2.0 R3.0
- System slot
- 32-bit/33-MHz PCI-to-PCI bridge
- Dual power input from CompactPCI bus, uninterrupted (EN 50155, Class S1)
- Standard backplane supplies both input rails with power
- Continued operation if one power input fails (or is not present)
- Separate power supplies for the three CPUs and the three main memory ranks
- Supply voltage/power consumption:
- 15W in sleep mode
- Dimensions: conforming to CompactPCI specification for 6U boards
- Front panel: 4HP with ejector
- Weight: 640g (with heat sink)
- Temperature range (operation):
- 1-slot models: -40..+55°C, temperature classes T1, T2, and TX inside buildings, or in containers with temperature control for signalling equipment, according to EN 50125-3, table 2
- 2-slot models: -40..+70°C, temperature classes T1, T2, and T3 for equipment onboard rolling stock, according to EN 50125-1, table 2
- Airflow: min. 2 m/s
- Temperature range (storage): -40..+85°C
- Relative humidity (operation): max. 95% non-condensing
- Relative humidity (storage): max. 95% non-condensing
- Altitude: -300m to +2,000m (EN50124, Class AX)
- Compliant to EN50125-1, meeting requirements of EN61373, Cat. 1, Class B and Classes GTX, GL3 for rolling stock
- Shock: 50 m/s², 30 ms (EN 61373)
- Vibration (function): 1 m/s², 5 Hz - 150 Hz (EN 61373)
- Vibration (lifetime): 7.9 m/s², 5 Hz - 150 Hz (EN 61373)
- For signalling equipment, a distance of 3m from the track bed is required
- Protection class IP00 (EN50124, Category PD1)
- All components soldered
- 46 000 h @ 40°C according to MIL.HDBK-217FN2 with modifications.
- Weighted mean figure for 65% operation in AIC (air inhabited cargo) and 35% operation in GF (ground fixed) conditions
- 312 437 h @ 40°C according to IEC/TR 62380 (RDF 2000)
- 430 705 h for continuous operation @ 25°C according to IEC/TR 62380 (RDF 2000)
- Erroneous behavior of CPU/memory subsystem < 1E-8 / h
- Considering hardware failures and worst-case SEU environment
- PCB manufactured with a flammability rating of 94V-0 by UL recognized manufacturers
- EN55011 (radiated emission disturbances - rolling stock)
- EN 61000-6-4 (radiated emission disturbances - signalling equipment)
- EN 61000-4-3 (electromagnetic field immunity)
- EN61000-4-2 (electrostatic discharge immunity)
- EN61000-4-8 (power - frequency magnetic field)
- EN61000-4-9 (pulsed magnetic field)
- VxWorks, VxWorks/Cert
- PikeOS
- See also Application Note Recommendations for a Robust Software Setup
- -40..+70°C (8HP front panel with convection cooling or 4HP front panel with conduction cooling)
Ordering Information
3x PowerPC 750CL, 1 GHz, 3x 512 MB DRAM, 2x 256 MB Flash, 1 MB FRAM, 2 standard PMC slots, 4 HP board, convection cooling (airflow 2 m/s), -40 to +50°C with qualified components
SIL 4 railway certification package according to EN 5012x for A602/D602
This product is designed to work under PikeOS by SYSGO. The PikeOS BSP has been certified according to DO-178B DAL-B and EN 50128 SIL 4 together with the D602. PikeOS is a real-time operating system for use in safety and mission-critical systems. For more information please contact www.sysgo.com.
VxWorks BSP (MEN) for A602 and D602
In addition, this product is supported by Wind River's market-specific OS products VxWorks 653, VxWorks DO-178B and VxWorks 61508. These are certifiable platforms for use in safety and mission-critical systems. For more information and product support please contact MEN or Wind River.
This product is designed to work under PikeOS by SYSGO. The PikeOS BSP has been certified according to DO-178B DAL-B and EN 50128 SIL 4 together with the D602. PikeOS is a real-time operating system for use in safety and mission-critical systems. For more information please contact www.sysgo.com.
MENMON (Firmware) for D602 (object code)
Application Examples
ATMS is designed to support the objectives of the Australian Rail Track Corporation, improving rail network capacity, operational flexibility, train service availability, transit times, rail safety and system reliability.
The mission-critical control computer of the cargo load system, called loadmaster workstation, is built with double Eurocard boards.
ATO (Automatic Train Operation) and ATP (Automatic Train Protection) minimize accidents caused by human error, increase the train frequency on the tracks, or avoid overspeed and overrunning red signals.


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 44 diseños de 5 diseñadores freelance.
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Four year old Debt Settlement Company is looking to do a nationwide PR campaign which will include appearances on major TV networks and top publishing companies. We are in need of a strong logo to represent our company (slogan can be used to). We have a website http://www.eagleonedebtsolutions.com that has info (and existing logo) about our company. Please reference that. We need to create a positive image that we can use in our marketing campaign.
This logo will target both consumers as well as potential satellite offices. Our typical consumer is someone who can no longer afford to pay their monthly payments to credit card companies and are looking for alternative ways to become debt free. We are a bankruptcy alternative company. Our goal is to help fellow Americans to become debt free in the shortest possible time by spending as little as possible money while enrolled into our program.
Please reference our website to see our existing logo. IIt's been designed four years ago and now it has to be refreshed/changed/updated to reflect a stronger, more experienced company. We want to be proud of our logo which we will use on all our business cards, website, PR/Marketing material. We would prefer either red, blue or white colors (or a combination of them). It should not be stretching through half of the page but rather something we can put on the corner of the page. Not to say that you can't get creative and submit other logos' for our review but it has to be professional. Think that you are creating a logo for a fortune 500 company if you don't think it's good enough to be represented on that level please do not waste your time. This is an excellent opportunity to get your logo be used in 32 states nationwide and Canada. Great Opportunity. If we like your work we might ask you to be our marketing consultant so please spend as much time as needed when creating a logo. One last thing, in addition to color logo please submit a regular black and white to see how it would look on a letterhead. Thank you
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February 19, 2020, 8:06 pmAron BaynesC, Phoenix Suns
Aron Baynes (left hip soreness) participated in practice on Wednesday.
Coach Monty Williams said he's hopeful Baynes will return on Friday vs. the Raptors. Baynes is unlikely to get back to producing standard-league value with Deandre Ayton in the lineup, who is also expected to return on Friday. Baynes could carve out late-round value in 14-team leagues for big-man stats.
Source: Gina Mizell on Twitter
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April 4, 2020, 9:49 pmZach LaVinePG, Chicago Bulls
Pacers GM Chad Buchanan declined to interview for the Bulls' top basketball operations position.
Buchanan said he and his family are happy in Indianapolis and he is not interested in leaving. The Bulls are clearly moving fast with building their new front office after the announcement that GM Gar Forman and VP of Basketball Ops John Paxson are expected to move to different roles in the organization. A change in the front office and coaching staff could only be positive for fantasy purposes as the Bulls rank 29th in offensive rating this season. Hopefully a change would bring a more fantasy-friendly system with an emphasis on developing the younger talent on the roster.
Source: Shams Charania on Twitter
April 4, 2020, 9:09 pmLeBron JamesSF, Los Angeles Lakers
The NBA and ESPN are working together to televise a H-O-R-S-E competition with several high-profile players.
Woj reported that the details of this competition are still being finalized, but it sounds like players will shoot in isolation, most likely in their home gyms. This would be a much needed source of entertainment for everyone who loves the NBA and, with bragging rights on the line, we would likely see some stellar performances from the NBA's best players.
Source: Adrian Wojnarowski on Twitter
April 4, 2020, 8:51 pmLauri MarkkanenPF, Chicago Bulls
According to Joe Cowley of the Chicago Sun-Times, Lauri Markkanen had been unhappy with the direction of the Bulls organization even before the league went on hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Markkanen was so displeased, in fact, that he went on to state that if the situation were to remain unchanged, he'd prefer to be elsewhere. The Bulls power forward was a fantasy mess in 2019-20 and some of that could be attributed to the coach and some of it, to his injuries. Still, his statements put the team in a rough spot. considering Markkanen has been widely regarded as a core piece of their future plans. The Bulls are already shaking things up though, making moves towards freshening things up in the front office. The Markkanen-Bulls relationship is a must-watch storyline, especially given his potential in fantasy hoops.
Source: Chicago Sun-Times.
April 4, 2020, 4:45 pmLeBron JamesSF, Los Angeles Lakers
Speaking on ESPN on Friday, Brian Windhorst said that there has been increasing pessimism about the NBA season resuming.
Windhorst noted that the league has begun to discuss the financial ramifications of shutting the league down, and we've seen reports about the league looking for players to take paycuts as a result of the season's uncertain future. The fact that the CBA in China was set to resume and then delayed again is an ominous sign with NBA markets nowhere near the apex of COVID-19.
Source: ESPN
April 3, 2020, 7:57 pmKobe BryantSG, Los Angeles Lakers
According to Shams Charania of The Athletic, Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett will be inducted into the 2020 Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.
Formal announcements will be made on Saturday, but it appears to be a done deal. The three aforementioned players helped define and then redefine the sport during their primes, making the 2020 class one of the most star-studded since Michael Jordan was inducted. Bryant, especially, who was often compared to his "Airness" will be a bittersweet entrant as the NBA and the world is still dealing with his sudden passing.
Source: Shams Charania on Twitter
April 3, 2020, 1:44 pmZach LaVinePG, Chicago Bulls
Adrian Wojnarowski is reporting that the Bulls have begun their search for a top executive who will have full authority on basketball decisions.
Interviews will begin next week, with Toronto GM Bobby Webster and Denver GM Arturas Karnisovas on Chicago's wish list. Ownership will have discussions with current GM Gar Forman about his place in the organization moving forward, whlie VP of Basketball Ops John Paxson is expected to move to an advisory role with the franchise. The Bulls have been lost in the wilderness for some time now, and it's mildly surprising that it's taken them this long to hunt for someone to take the power out of GarPax's collective hands.
Source: ESPN
April 3, 2020, 12:57 pmMichael Porter Jr.PF, Denver Nuggets
Michael Porter Jr. said that his right ankle is now properly healed.
Porter missed six games with a right ankle injury, and though he was able to play in nine of Denver's last 10 games (the absence was a DNP-CD) before the hiatus, he admitted that his ankle was still bothering him and he was playing through pain. MPJ flashed tremendous potential when given the appropriate minutes but it's going to be hard for him to hold fantasy value outside of deeper formats when the Nuggets are fully healthy — he topped 15 minutes just three times in those nine games. The silver lining of the league's suspension is that hurt and injured players are getting the chance to heal up, Porter included.
Source: Denver Post
April 2, 2020, 2:40 pmKemba WalkerPG, Boston Celtics
Kemba Walker has been rehabbing his left knee while in quarantine, and says that it's "doing well."
Walker actually played in the Celtics' last three games before the season was shut down but has missed a total of eight games this season (plus one in preseason) due to left knee soreness. It's clearly a chronic issue at this point, and fantasy GMs just have to hope that this lengthy layoff will help Walker get back to full strength if and when the season resumes.
Source: MassLive.com
April 2, 2020, 2:32 pmMeyers LeonardC, Miami Heat
Meyers Leonard is still rehabbing his sprained left ankle and estimates that his recovery is at about 90%.
Leonard shed his walking boot at the end of February but it's been slow going, as he's still not recovered despite getting hurt on February 3. The NBA hiatus might've saved Leonard's season, but even when healthy there won't be any fantasy appeal here despite some strong runs earlier in the campaign.
Source: Anthony Chiang on Twitter
April 2, 2020, 2:28 pmNikola JokicC, Denver Nuggets
The Nuggets have announced that the person who tested positive for COVID-19 is now symptom-free.
The team never said who tested positive, only that it was a member of the organization. The Nuggets have completed their 14-day quarantine, so hopefully all involved are able to remain healthy moving forward.
Source: Mark Medina on Twitter


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Rapids goalkeeper Joe Cannon made five saves to help stop the Dynamo's unbeaten streak, and Nicolas Hernandez scored a first-half goal to give Colorado a 1-0 win.
Houston Dynamo (8-4-7) vs. Colorado Rapids (8-6-4)
July 26, 2006 -- INVESCO Field at Mile High, Denver CO
Scoring Summary:
COL -- Nicolas Hernandez 5 (Thiago Martins 2) 35
Houston Dynamo -- Pat Onstad, Kelly Gray (Kevin Goldthwaite 80), Eddie Robinson, Craig Waibel (Stuart Holden 80), Ricardo Clark, Brad Davis, Dwayne De Rosario, Brian Mullan, Brian Ching, Alejandro Moreno.
Substitutes Not Used: Zach Wells, Chris Aloisi, Ronald Cerritos, Patrick Ianni, Chris Wondolowski.
Colorado Rapids -- Joe Cannon, Dan Gargan, Aitor Karanka, Pablo Mastroeni (Chris Wingert 76, Hunter Freeman 95+), Kyle Beckerman, Terry Cooke, Eric Denton, Clint Mathis, Daniel Wasson, Nicolas Hernandez, Thiago Martins (Jacob Peterson 85).
Substitutes Not Used: Bouna Coundoul, Dedi Ben Dayan, Colin Clark, Fabrice Noel.
Misconduct Summary:
COL -- Thiago Martins (caution; Reckless Foul) 12
HOU -- Dwayne De Rosario (caution; Delay of Game) 38
COL -- Pablo Mastroeni (caution; Game Disrepute) 56
HOU -- Brad Davis (caution; Reckless Foul) 74
HOU -- Kevin Goldthwaite (caution; Tackle from Behind) 93+
Referee: Terry Vaughn
Referee's Assistants: Kermit Quisenberry; Jose Corro
4th official: Scott McCaslin
Attendance: 4,220
Weather: Partly cloudy-and-84 degrees
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PORTLAND, Ore. -- An Iraq war contractor that lost an $85 million verdict to a group of sickened U.S. soldiers has filed a lawsuit seeking to force the federal government to pay the soldiers' damages.
In early November, 12 Oregon National Guard soldiers won the verdict against Kellogg Brown and Root, an engineering and construction firm that helped lead the reconstruction work in post-war Iraq. The soldiers were exposed to a toxin while guarding an Iraqi water plant.
In the new lawsuit, KBR also demands that the government pay more than $15 million in its attorneys' fees.
At the heart of the suit is a so-called indemnification clause that KBR alleges it agreed to with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in March 2003. The clause was designed to protect KBR against "unusually hazardous risks" in its work in Iraq.
In a Nov. 16 filing in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, KBR argues the clause makes the government responsible for the results of its actions in Iraq, including the Oregon verdict.
"Based upon an erroneous legal and factual analysis of the terms of the indemnification agreement, (the Army Corps) has refused to indemnify (KBR) for the costs of defending against the various third-party lawsuits," KBR attorneys wrote, "and has refused to participate or assume direct responsibility in defending (KBR) in the underlying tort litigations."
KBR said in the suit that it had no insurance to cover its wartime work, and the government's refusal to involve itself in lawsuits constitutes a breach of the indemnification agreement.
A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers spokesman declined to comment on Tuesday, citing the ongoing litigation. Emails and messages to KBR were not immediately returned Tuesday afternoon, and KBR's attorneys declined to comment.
At least another 130 lawsuits are pending from soldiers in England, Texas, Indiana and West Virginia, as well as other Oregon soldiers who were present at the Iraqi water plant, called Qarmat Ali.
A jury found the company guilty of negligence for illnesses the soldiers who guarded Qarmat Ali, an oilfield water plant.
The three-week trial ended after just two days of deliberation by the jury. The suit was the first concerning soldiers' exposure to a toxin the plant.
The soldiers said they suffer from respiratory ailments after their exposure to sodium dichromate, and they fear that a carcinogen the toxin contains, hexavalent chromium, could cause cancer later in life.


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Page 1: Biography
Te Rangihiwinui, Te Keepa
Muaupoko leader, military leader, assessor, land purchase officer
This biography, written by Anthony Dreaver, was first published in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography in 1990.
Te Rangihiwinui, also known as Taitoko and later as Te Keepa, or Major Kemp, is thought to have been born in the first half of the 1820s at Tuwhakatupua, on the Manawatu River, near Opiki. His mother was Rere-o-maki, the sister of Ngati Ruaka leader Te Anaua. Her major tribal affiliations were Ngati Ruaka and Ngati Tupoho of Te Ati Haunui-a-Paparangi, and through her mother, Te Arawa. His father, Mahuera Paki Tanguru-o-te-rangi, was a major leader of Muaupoko. Te Rangihiwinui is thought to have had three wives. The first, Makere or Makareta, was a close relative of Te Anaua. His third wife, who survived him, was named Te Mata Kaihoe.
In the period of Te Rangihiwinui's birth and early childhood, the west coast tribes, Ngati Apa, Rangitane and Muaupoko, were under severe pressure from Ngati Toa and their allies, Ngati Raukawa and Te Ati Awa, who were migrating into the area from the north. There is a story told that when Te Rauparaha attacked the Muaupoko island pa at Lake Horowhenua, Rere-o-maki swam across the lake to safety with her child on her back. Muaupoko survivors existed for many years under the protection of Ngati Raukawa, but Rere-o-maki, Tanguru and Te Rangihiwinui found refuge with Rere-o-maki's people at Putiki Wharanui, near the mouth of the Wanganui River.
The Church Missionary Society mission station at Putiki, established in 1841, was to exert a strong influence on the lower Wanganui tribes. Te Rangihiwinui was possibly baptised at Putiki, taking the name Te Keepa (Kemp). Unlike his relatives Hoani Wiremu Hipango, Te Mawae and Te Anaua, however, he was less distinguished for his piety than for his fighting qualities. In the mid 1840s he was involved in fixing the boundaries of the Wanganui block, and received a £10 share of the payment when the purchase was completed in May 1848. About this time he was enrolled as a constable in the Armed Police Force of New Munster. He was probably stationed with Major D. S. Durie at Waikanae; he was serving under Durie when the latter was transferred to Wanganui as magistrate in April 1851. Besides police duties, Durie and his Maori constables, Te Keepa, Benjamin and Poutahi, were employed to carry mail along the coastal trail between Taranaki and Wellington.
By 1862 Te Keepa and Hipango were regarded as the leading pro-government Maori at Wanganui. The Taranaki war of 1860–61 had left considerable anxiety in the township, particularly about the attitude of the upper Wanganui tribes. Accordingly, Te Keepa and Hipango travelled to Wellington in 1862 to invite Governor George Grey to visit the settlement. Grey accepted their invitation, but gave offence to the Putiki Maori by refusing to go upriver, although he did appoint native magistrates.
War developed among the Wanganui tribes in 1864, when upper Wanganui Maori adopted the Pai Marire faith. The lower Wanganui tribes, who had prospered through the presence of the mission at Putiki and the trade generated by the European settlement, refused free passage to the Hauhau force for an attack on the town. Te Keepa fought at Moutoa, an island in the Wanganui River, on 14 May 1864, where, after a formal challenge, the Hauhau force was repulsed. He was among the force which subsequently captured the main Hauhau pa, Ohoutahi, below Pipiriki, in February 1865. In this engagement Hipango was killed. Wanganui honoured its Maori defenders with a ceremonial presentation of a Moutoa flag and the erection of a statue.
This was the beginning for Te Keepa of six years' military service in support of the government. He enlisted in the Native Contingent, and in April 1865 was sent to Wanganui, where he supervised the construction of one of three redoubts at Pipiriki. By this time Te Keepa was assembling a personal following of warriors. They fought first at Weraroa pa, on the Waitotara River, in July 1865, but were then recalled to Pipiriki as part of a large force to relieve the redoubt garrisons, now under siege. In September they were part of a punitive force sent to Opotiki to conduct operations against those who had killed the missionary C. S. Völkner six months earlier.
In December 1865 the provincial superintendent, Isaac Featherston, held a meeting at Putiki to recruit Maori warriors for the military effort. The value of the Native Contingent was clearly recognised, but payment thus far had been niggardly, and the response was reluctant. Nevertheless a force, fluctuating in number between 100 and 200, gathered around Te Keepa. As well as Wanganui men a contingent arrived from his ancestral territory, Horowhenua. In January–February 1866 they took part, under Captain Thomas McDonnell, in Major General Trevor Chute's campaign in South Taranaki. Most of the fighting was done by the Maori contingent, who in one day destroyed seven villages. Te Keepa distinguished himself in this campaign by his 'activity and dash'.
By the end of 1866 the leadership of the Hauhau forces had passed to Titokowaru, who, realising that they faced being starved into submission, declared 1867 to be 'the year of the lamb', a time of peace. By mid 1868, however, Titokowaru was again on the offensive from his base at Te Ngutu-o-te-manu, just north of the Waingongoro River. In all the major engagements of the following year, during which he gained control of the coastal lowlands almost to the Wanganui approaches, Titokowaru had the upper hand against large, mixed forces of regular troops, Forest Rangers, colonial volunteers and Maori troops. Of the government forces, only Te Keepa and his men won universal praise. Several times they acted as the rearguard as Pakeha troops retreated, under McDonnell at Pungarehu and Te Ngutu-o-te-manu in September 1868, and under Lieutenant Colonel G. S. Whitmore at Moturoa in November. The turning point in the campaign came unexpectedly in February 1869, when Titokowaru's forces abandoned their stronghold of Tauranga-ika.
Te Keepa was dispatched with a 'flying column' of volunteers in pursuit of Titokowaru. For the first time European officers and rank-and-file soldiers chose to serve under a Maori leader. It was a ruthless pursuit, for Te Keepa a personal vendetta. After many narrow escapes, however, Titokowaru and his remnant faded into the sanctuary of the upper Waitara area.
Te Keepa had been promoted to major in November 1868, and by now was generally known as Meiha Keepa, or Major Kemp. His Wanganui troops, like those of the East Coast Maori leader Rapata Wahawaha, were feared and revered. They were the colonial government's greatest military assets. In 1868–69 both forces were committed against Te Kooti on the East Coast. At Te Porere, south of Tokaanu, the last defence built by Te Kooti, the government troops which stormed the pa in October 1869, while nominally led by Lieutenant Colonel J. L. Herrick were based around Te Keepa and his men. His mana was such that on returning to Wanganui on a recruiting drive, he won the adherence of the upper Wanganui Hauhau leader Topia Turoa and 200 of his warriors. In the pursuit of Te Kooti in the Bay of Plenty, Rotorua and Urewera districts, the Armed Constabulary was increasingly withdrawn in favour of Maori troops, in a campaign in which frustration at Te Kooti's elusiveness was worked off in looting of Urewera villages.
By 1871 Te Keepa had returned to Wanganui with a formidable reputation, a personal bodyguard of some 100 warriors, and the government's gratitude. Praise by Whitmore and Grey brought inquiries from the secretary of state for the colonies, Earl Granville, about a suitable reward. Te Keepa was presented with the Queen's sword of honour in June 1870, and was awarded the New Zealand Cross in 1874 and the New Zealand War Medal in 1876. Despite the Pakeha honours heaped on him, however, Te Keepa's real power base was in Maoridom; respect for his military skill had demonstrably unified traditional rivals. In peace as in war, he sought to be his own master.
In June 1865 he had been made a Native Land Court assessor, and he also held assessorships under the Native Circuit Courts Act 1858 and the Resident Magistrates' Court Act 1858. In 1871 he was appointed a land purchase officer at Wanganui, with a salary of £300; yet two years later he put this position in jeopardy by using his reputation and military force to reverse the humiliations suffered by his tribe during his childhood. Many Ngati Raukawa had chosen to support Titokowaru in 1868–69, or had joined related tribes in the Waikato war, but the original people of Manawatu and Horowhenua had on the whole supported the government. For Rangitane and Muaupoko the war provided an opportunity to seize back from Ngati Raukawa the land they had lost by conquest in the 1820s. The situation developed into a contest of mana between Te Keepa as leader of Muaupoko, and Kawana Hunia Te Hakeke, the Ngati Apa leader, at Parewanui, near Bulls. An attempt by Ngati Raukawa at Horowhenua to fix tribal boundaries by law in 1871 led Hunia to call a conference of Wanganui, Manawatu and Wairarapa tribes at Lake Horowhenua that year. For his part Te Keepa brought his battle-hardened Muaupoko troops to Horowhenua to erect a fighting pa, which he named Pipiriki, by the lake. Although war was averted, there were violent clashes. The native minister, Donald McLean, intervened in haste and the issue was submitted to the Native Land Court at Foxton in 1873. The judge's decision was powerfully assisted by Te Keepa's threat to bring 400 of his force from Wanganui if Muaupoko territory was not extended; their land was more than doubled. In punishment for these proceedings Te Keepa was deprived of his office as assessor, but reappointed the following year.
Although support for the government during the war had led to demoralisation of some tribes, Te Keepa had developed an independent power base at his own command. In the decades following he drew his mana not only from his inherited leadership of Muaupoko, but from the tribal cohesion and power built up in war. In 1876 he stood unsuccessfully against Hoani Nahe for the Western Maori seat in Parliament. In the 1880s he used his authority to pursue means of increasing Maori control of their land. His vision focused not on economic development of land, but on autonomous control and Maori involvement in decision-making in areas which affected them. 'If you sell your land,' he said, 'you will become slaves'.
In September 1880 he organised a Maori land trust at Wanganui. A large tract of inland Wanganui land was declared off limits to European buyers, its four corners marked by huge carved poles. The territory was to be administered by a Maori committee on behalf of all those with ancestral rights within it, and was committed to Te Keepa's care under a trust deed. A similar arrangement had been made for the Horowhenua block, of which he was known as 'Kaitiaki', caretaker. The first pole was set up with a great ceremony of flags, gunfire and feasting. European settlers and authorities were provoked at this exercise of autonomy, especially when he declared the river upstream of the pole at Kauarapaoa closed to all Europeans travelling without his permission. His personal warrior force was a powerful inducement to caution, but following this and other incidents, including a tribal dispute over land at Murimotu, near Waiouru, in which Muaupoko took up arms and occupied the disputed block, he lost his position as land purchase officer and found his assessorship again revoked.
Te Keepa's vision of Maori development commended itself to many, however, including the Wanganui newspaper editor and politican, John Ballance. In 1884 Ballance became native minister in the Stout–Vogel government, proposing greater Maori control over their land by reintroducing the Crown's pre-emptive right, but with Maori control. Ballance, who had played a minor role in the Wanganui volunteers during Titokowaru's invasion, had considerable respect for Te Keepa, and reinstated him in his official positions.
In 1882 Te Keepa had granted a nine mile strip of land through the Horowhenua block for the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company's line, and a few years later he gave his consent to the North Island main trunk project. By the late 1880s he was as autocratic as ever, but increasingly subject to illness. His complicated land dealings had also piled up debts to lawyers. In 1886 he was approached by the government to sell 4,000 acres of the Horowhenua block. The land was ideally suited to the village settlement scheme promoted by Ballance. Te Keepa agreed to sell, but laid down specifications for a market town in the block, to be known by his sobriquet, Taitoko. It was a vision of a multiracial urban community, with a 10 acre park on the lakeside, 10 acres of school grounds for both Maori and Pakeha, a central square, and every 10th section returned under Crown grant to Maori named by himself. The lake and streams were to be preserved for the Maori in perpetuity. Subdivision of the block, however, proved an exceedingly complex process, and Ballance, for his own purposes, dragged out the negotiations for the sale, causing Te Keepa anxiety over his legal debts. When at last the deal was completed in July 1887, the price had been held down to the government offer, and Te Keepa's proposal was scrapped in favour of Ballance's village of smallholders.
The Horowhenua subdivision was not the inter-racial partnership he had sought, but an agenda set at all points by Pakeha authority. Maori initiatives were seen as quaint anachronisms. Te Keepa had learned through experience that, even in the combined weight of the tribe, there was no equality in dealing with government. Out of this realisation, shared by other leaders, was born the movement known as Te Kotahitanga (unity of purpose). A large intertribal gathering at Putiki in 1888, one of four held that year, agreed to over-ride tribal differences and demanded the implementation of the partnership promised by the Treaty of Waitangi. Te Keepa was elected to an unofficial Maori council, with the purpose of scrutinising all legislation relative to Maori affairs, endeavouring to influence the government, and disseminating information back to tribal areas. The committee supported Ballance's scheme for committees to examine land deals, but rejected government representation. It also condemned the Native Land Act 1888 which had restored direct purchase of Maori land, halted by legislation in 1886.
In March 1889 a conference of Te Kotahitanga at Orakei was attended by some 500 Maori and a notable representation of Pakeha, including the premier, Harry Atkinson, and the attorney general, Frederick Whitaker. Te Keepa made an impressive speech. The aim of the movement, he declared, was to unify the races as one people, yet preserve unity of purpose among the Maori. The Treaty of Waitangi should be ratified on the basis of equality and a sharing of mana. This appeal for equality was rejected by the government.
In 1890 Te Keepa found himself embroiled with the sons of his old rival, Kawana Hunia, over control of and rents from Muaupoko land at Horowhenua in the aftermath of the 1886 subdivision. Te Keepa claimed that the land in question had been sold by himself and Hunia in trust for the Muaupoko tribe, and one of Hunia's sons, Warena Hunia, counter-claimed that it was a gift to them as rangatira. The protracted dispute was exacerbated by Pakeha interference: the minister of lands, John McKenzie, purchased a large section from Warena Hunia for a state farm, while Te Keepa's lawyer, the rapacious Walter Buller, took his fee in the form of a mortgage over a piece of land. Supreme Court hearings and rehearings, parliamentary committee hearings, debates, a parliamentary bill and finally a royal commission in 1896 wore down the physical, spiritual and financial resources of the ageing warrior.
Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui died at Putiki on 15 April 1898, and was buried there on 24 April. His last recorded words were: 'Sell no more land, keep the remainder you have as sustenance for the Maori people'. His leadership descended to his daughter, Wiki Taitoko.


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In Central America, Spanish colonial architecture prevails. But the creeping tide of modernism—represented here by the home of architect José Roberto Paredes—is signaling that change is afoot. Paredes gives us a tour of his house, set in the rain forest outside San Salvador, El Salvador.
I never imagined that I would live in a house like Casa Tuscania. In fact, it wasn't until I saw it for the first time, in the light of the morning, that I realized it was my dream house. Just a couple of years before, I had left my father and brother's firm to start my own more modern architecture practice in San Salvador. We have broken down walls, literally and figuratively, to create the Swiss Family Robinson–like tree house we call home. It's pretty isolated here, outside of San Salvador, and those factors were important in deciding where to build and how to raise our two daughters, Pilar, 15, and Jimena, 4, in a natural environment.
While studying architecture in Barcelona, I learned a lot about spatial efficiency because I lived in a tiny little flat—–well, it was more of a bachelor pad, but that's open to interpretation. We didn't want to build a huge house. We wanted it to be cozy but open, making sure every room used its space wisely. Few walls separate the rooms and our dining table doubles as a homework desk and venue for Scrabble games. We did something strange and installed a bathtub right in Jimena's bedroom. She loves splashing around in there and would spend hours on end in it if she could.
Throughout the house I used concrete for its cooling quality and easy maintenance. It works well in San Salvador's sun-drenched climate. Patty grew up in Sudan, and I grew up here; we know an awful lot about finding ways to cool off inside when it is sweltering outdoors. But we didn't want to sacrifice the sensation of being in a warm home for having all concrete walls, which is why we lined one of the walls with polycarbonate sheets. I've always found materials much more interesting than colors, and therefore I wanted to use wood, concrete, glass, and the polycarbonate, which offers us a bit of privacy and filters the light.
If we're at home on the weekends, we paint, read, or play games at the big dining table. It's strange hearing myself call it a dining table, though. The times that we formally dine at it are so few! The living area receives the best sunlight in the morning. It is definitely Jimena's favorite place to catnap on weekend afternoons with the gentle breeze flowing through the back patio area and up through the front entryway. It almost feels like a porch inside. On a typical weekend morning, I am usually the first to rise. I start the day by opening the big patio doors downstairs. One thing we never do is take fresh air for granted, especially since there is a huge air pollution problem in the city.
With all the open doors we often get asked if we have trouble with bugs. I usually say that although we get the occasional visitor, only every now and again do dangerous forest friends, like venomous snakes, actually find their way in. It's a minor drawback to living in a tree house on the ground, but I don't think they like it as much as we do in here—–there aren't too many walls or hiding spaces.
The bathroom is one of Patty's favorite places in the whole house. It is like a little cabin retreat. To be completely honest, I don't know what women find to do in bathrooms, but I can understand why she likes it in there! The warm wood walls and the random patterns of light create a soothing effect.
The lofted mezzanine area inside was designed to be a lounging space. We strategically placed furniture atop a comfortable rug and expected the girls to do their homework up there. But the truth is we barely use it. I'd like to change that someday. If we made it more of an artist's studio, Patty could paint there and I could work from home on lazy Friday afternoons. We all seem to prefer revolving our lives around the kitchen anyway. It feels like we are constantly cooking something—–breakfast, lunch, dinner, and the snacks between.
We love the outdoors, but we don't have patio furniture, which forces us to redefine the terrace on a daily basis. Sometimes we host other families for a barbecue in the late afternoons over the weekends, open a bottle of wine, and let the kids watch a movie inside. But other times it's like an underappreciated empty platform that we use to look out into the trees from the kitchen when the warm sun bleeds into a dark, bedazzled sky.


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In the heart of the historic Old Town, the Obermarkt, surrounding the fountain memorial to Margrave Otto von Meißen, the Freiberger Christmarkt awaits in the middle of the Erzgebirge. A twinkling Christmas world, typical of the Erzgebirge with its mountain miners (Bergmann), opens its gates to let light and warmth flood the wintry Old Town, where the angel and Bergmann are waiting to greet you. Traditional carpentry such as Christmas pyramids, Schwibbogen (arched candle holders) and nutcrackers are nurtured in the silver city along with Bergmann traditions. Advent is brought to life like in no other place by numerous atmospheric Christmas concerts, the "Freiberger Weihnacht" – a nativity play in the Bergmann tradition, the "Kleine Bergwerkstadt" for children, and the famous Freiberg Mountain Parade.
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Webbing is a high strength textile material that cannot generally be gripped successfully with simple side-acting grips. Special grips based on the capstan principle minimize slippage and jaw breakage effects.
These webbing capstan grips incorporate an ingenious double capstan design which provides fast, easy loading with a gripping action that results in proper breaks in the full gauge length of the specimen.
The key to the ease of loading is the use of an inner and outer capstan.
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Gripping efficiency is also greatly increased because the surfaces of both capstans are utilized.
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A young cancer patient has turned his battle with leukemia into a heartfelt, inspirational video. Published to YouTube over the weekend, this moving tribute to young people fighting cancer has gone already gone viral with more than 250,000 views.
22-year-old cancer patient Chris Rumble spent last Saturday filming patients, doctors and nurses on the hematology/oncology unit at Seattle Children's Hospital, creating a stirring video set to Kelly Clarkson's anthem 'Stronger.'
"It was kind of like a party," said Rumble, who filmed the video in a day. "It wasn't a typical day at all."
In the clip, patients lip sync to Clarkson's song and hold signs reading "Fighter" and "Hope." Rumble himself appears singing and wearing an orange t-shirt.
Clarkson herself reportedly saw the video and tweeted the following:
Fortunately for Rumble, who plans to attend Canisius College in Buffalo, NY, on a hockey scholarship, his prognosis is good. Doctors told him that he suffers from an immature form of leukemia that should respond well to chemotherapy. On Friday, he learns whether his cancer has gone into remission. We're rooting for you, Chris!


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"This is a very complex issue, talks are still continuing," said Eri Kaneko, a spokesperson for UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon, on Monday without giving any details on why the proposed deal in the Ethiopian capital had stalled.
It had been hoped that leaders from Africa's Great Lakes region would sign an agreement aimed at ending recurrent unrest in volatile and mineral-rich eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where the M23 – a rebel group formed by army mutineers – briefly seized the key city of Goma in November.
Ban urged regional leaders at the African Union summit meeting on Sunday to "endorse a peace security and cooperation framework to address the structural causes of the recurring cycles of violence" in the region.
The content of the agreement had not been made public, but a signing ceremony with Ban and eight heads of state had been set for Monday morning.
The presidents of Rwanda and Uganda – which UN experts have accused of backing the M23, a charge both governments deny – as well as DRC, Angola, Burundi, Republic of Congo, South Africa and Tanzania had been expected to sign the deal.
The announcement of its cancellation was made about 30 minutes before the ceremony had been due to start at the AU headquarters.
Rwandan President Paul Kagame and his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni both refused to comment on the proposed deal Sunday.
The latest cycle of unrest in east DRC erupted last year when the rebels seized mining hub Goma before pulling out 12 days later. Peace talks have been held in Uganda, but have so far made little headway. – AFP