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KABUL: The Taliban called on Afghans to expel the United States from Afghanistan on Saturday just as they said Afghan mujahideen fighters had done to Soviet forces 25 years ago to the day.
In a statement issued on the 25th anniversary of the final Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, a national holiday for Afghans, the Taliban sought to conne
t the steady departure of U.S. and NATO troops ahead of a year-end deadline to the end of the decade-long Soviet occupation.
"Today America is facing the same fate as the former Soviets and trying to escape from our country," the Taliban said in a statement emailed to reporters by Qari Yousef Ahmadi, a spokesman for the group.
"The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is calling on its people to deal with today's invaders the same they did with the yesterday's invaders," he said, using the name the Taliban government used during its repressive 1996-2001 rule.
In line with the so-called Geneva accords, a last convoy of Soviet soldiers crossed a bridge connecting northern Afghanistan with the then-Soviet Union on February 15, 1989.
"We want to remind the Americans that we did not accept invaders with their sweet and nice slogans in the past. We eliminated them from the world map. God willing, your destiny will be the same," the statement said.
While U.S. and NATO forces in recent years have pushed Taliban militants out of many areas of their southern homeland, they appear to be dug in across remote areas along the rugged Afghanistan- Pakistan border and insurgent violence continues.
The United Nations said last week that civilian deaths rose in 2013 as fighting intensifies between Taliban militants and government forces that are taking over from foreign troops.
Uncertainty about whether a modest force of foreign troops will stay beyond a year-end deadline continues due to Afghan President Hamid Karzai's refusal to sign a security deal with the United States that would permit some troops to stay.


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Her sporting expertise helped her to steer the Olympic ship through a myriad of real and potential crisis points to emerge triumphant on the other side, having delivered an almost universally hailed Games.
Her ability to retain a laser-sharp focus in the face of the sheer scale of the event is impressive – the whole comms strategy for London 2012 could fit on one A4 page.
She first started working on London 2012 in 2003, when she took on the head of media and PR role for the bid, before making the transition into comms director for the event.
Brock-Doyle had built up valuable sporting experience in her previous role as director at Capital Public Relations. She created and directed comms campaigns for the Sydney 2000 Games, including the torch relay, the ticket marketing programme and the volunteer recruitment programme. She also directed the comms, marketing and media relations programmes for the Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games.
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The Maikop parallels with northern Mesopotamia or, more broadly, with the ancient Near East, and the seemingly consistent and growing number of calibrated radiocarbon determinations (currently more than 40 such dates; E. N. Chernykh personal communication) not only date the Maikop phenomenon more securely but also suggest some connections -albeit hard to specify- with larger historical processes, such as the north Mesopotamian, and later Uruk expansion into eastern Anatolia. The calibrated radiocarbon dates suggest that the Maikop culture seems to have had a formative influence on kurgan burial rituals and what now appears to be the later Pit-Grave (Yamnaya) culture on the Eurasian steppe (Chernykh and Orlovskaya 2004a: 97).
In other words, the fact that such a symbolic Mesopotamian practice is attested in the richest known "royal," or chiefly, Maikop burial must have significance not only for the earlier dating of the Maikop culture, but also for determining aspects of its cultural affiliation and formation.
Other scholars have focused on the northern steppe component of the Maikop culture. ... V. A. Trifonov (2004: 58-60) in a reappraisal and comparison of the so-called royal tomb at Arslantepe with the Novosvobodnaya-phase Maikop burials, reverses the arrow of cultural transmission and borrowing and argues for an eastern Anatolian Chalcolithic origin of the Novosvobodnaya tombs, such as documented at Korucutepe. Thus, if Trifonov is correct, and if the calibrated radiocarbon dates securely place Maikop chronologically before the emergence of the Pit-Grave (Yamnaya) horizon, then somewhat counterintuitively, the origins of raising large barrows or kurgans above the broad, flat expanse of the steppes may not have been indigenous but may have been derived from eastern Anatolia or the northern periphery of the greater ancient Near East.
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Engineers often refer to a flickering waveform on their oscilloscope's display as a "waveform ghost". A waveform ghost is basically an intermittent signal. Sometimes it's there… sometimes it's not. Intermittent signals can be spooky.
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Many Taiwanese companies have factories in mainland China, usually because of cheap labour. More advanced technology and R&D remain in Taiwan, however. Taiwan is now investing heavily in China.
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The total value of exports amounted to $ 306 billion in 2013. The main export products are electronics, displays, machinery and chemicals. China, Hong Kong, the United States and Japan are the main export partners. The total value of imports amounted to $268 billion in 2013. The main import products are electronics, machinery, oil and metals. Japan, China and the United States are the most important import partners.
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New insight into how nature handles some fundamental processes is guiding researchers in the design of tailor-made proteins for applications such as artificial photosynthetic centers, long-range electron transfers, and fuel-cell catalysts for energy conversion.
From rusting iron to forest fires to the beating of a human heart, oxidation-reduction reactions, which transfer electrons from one atom to another, are at the heart of many chemical and biological processes. Each process requires a particular redox potential, just as different electronic devices can require their own special battery.
How nature fine-tunes these potentials over a broad range with little change to the protein's electron-transfer properties or efficiency has largely remained a mystery.
Now, a team led by University of Illinois chemistry professor Yi Lu has unearthed nature's secret, and has utilized it to their advantage. The researchers describe their work in a paper to appear in the Nov. 5 issue of the journal Nature. "We show that two important interactions, hydrophobicity (water repelling) and hydrogen bonding, are capable of fine-tuning the reduction potential of a particular class of copper-containing proteins called cupredoxins," Lu said. "We extended the range both above and below what had previously been found in nature."
Lu, graduate student and lead author Nicholas M. Marshall, and their collaborators also show that the effects of hydrophobicity and hydrogen bonding are additive, which offers additional control and extends the range of redox (short for oxidation-reduction reaction) potentials beyond what nature, by itself, provides.
Previously, to cover a wide potential range, scientists had to use several different redox agents in conjunction. This made it difficult, if not impossible, to tune the redox potentials without changing other electron transfer properties or the efficiency.
Also, stable, water-soluble redox agents are rare, Lu said, and those that are available have a limited potential range. "Consequently, there is a huge demand for efficient, water-soluble redox agents with a wide potential range for environmentally friendly aqueous or biochemical studies," he said.
To unlock nature's secret, Lu's team studied the behavior of the cupredoxin, azurin. Cupredoxins are redox-active copper proteins that play crucial roles in many important processes, such as photosynthesis and cell signaling. Cupredoxins use a single redox-active center, whose reduction potential is tunable without compromising the structure and electron transfer properties of the protein.
The researchers found that two interactions -- hydrophobicity and hydrogen bonding -- can selectively raise or lower azurin's redox potential. The interactions occur not in the metalloprotein's innermost, primary core, but in a secondary sphere that surrounds the primary core.
Increasing the hydrophobicity in the secondary sphere can significantly increase the redox potential, the researchers report. The more this secondary region repels water, the more the overall charge on the copper ion becomes destabilized and the higher the potential becomes.
The effect of the hydrogen bonding interaction is subtler than the effect of hydrophobicity, Lu said. Hydrogen bonding can either increase or decrease electron densities around a residue that binds the copper ion in azurin, making the copper ion either easier or harder to reduce and thus slightly changing the redox potential.
"This was nature's secret," Lu said. "That by adjusting the hydrophobicity and the hydrogen bonding, we can raise or lower the redox potential, without changing the protein's electron-transfer properties or decreasing the protein's efficiency."
The result is a tailor-made redox agent that can be set with a very high potential, a very low potential, or with a potential somewhere in between.
"This unprecedented level of control over an electron-transfer protein was achieved by mapping out the major interactions," Lu said, "an approach that may apply to other redox proteins of interest, as well."
Lu is affiliated with the university's Beckman Institute, the departments of biochemistry, bioengineering, and materials science and engineering, the Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory, and the Center of Biophysics and Computational Biology. The National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health funded the work.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Is the electron a wave or a particle? Physicists had to conduct thousands of experiments to arrive at the definitive answer, which is that it's both. In other words, the solution to one of the fundamental questions about the nature of reality is a paradox. I think this strongly suggests that the correct response to many other riddles about the ultimate truth might be two seemingly opposing explanations. Could the Unitarians and Buddhists both be right? Socialists and capitalists? Mystics and scientists? In the upcoming days, Aries, you will be offered lots of practice in adopting this approach as you deal with a personal dilemma that's very much akin to "Is the electron a wave or a particle?" TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Have you ever mused on the fact that your body is actually a kind of furnace? And that your whole life depends upon it? Food and oxygen are constantly combusting inside you, generating fiery energy that fuels your every movement, thought and feeling. This awareness of fire as a source of vitality, not a destroyer, would be valuable for you to cultivate in the coming days. Your steady, earthy rhythm needs a shot of radiance and luminosity and fervor. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Several couples I know keep lists of the five celebrities they'd be allowed to boink if the chance ever presented itself. My friend Jim, for instance, will incur no karmic repercussions with his girlfriend Alicia if he ever spends a night of carnal delight with the following people: Lady Gaga, Sarah Silverman, Karen O, Shakira or Halle Berry. Alicia's permitted to enjoy liaisons with Johnny Depp, Chris Rock, Marilyn Manson, Jimmy Fallon and Portia de Rossi. I bring this up, Gemini, because I believe you'll soon be the beneficiary of some extravagant cosmic luck that could offer you a close brush with an exotic form of pleasure. This might not exactly take the form of a one-night stand with a famous fox, but it could be almost as extraordinary. CANCER (June 21-July 22): I'm happy you're getting back to fundamentals and shedding pretensions and nourishing your roots, but I also want to make sure that you don't get too funky and lowdown. I'd hate to have to be hoisting you up out of the gutter next week, or counseling you on how to cover for the fact that you've compromised your own highest standards. So please resist any temptations you might feel to descend toward the lowest common denominator, Cancerian. As you deepen your center of gravity, make sure you keep your attitude elevated. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): "I may not love you," wrote R. R. Doister, "but I can certainly love my fantasy about you." Personally, I've been guilty of embodying that attitude toward certain people in my life. There have also been allies to whom I could have said, "I do love you, although I love my fantasy about you a little more." And it has even been the case on numerous occasions that I've been proud to declare, "I love you even more than I love my fantasy about you." What about you, Leo? Where do you stand on the issue? This is an excellent time to get on the righteous side of the great divide, which is to say: Adore your special people for who they really are more than for your fantasies about them. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In a puckish fantasy, the poet Linh Dinh imagined a hypothetical scenario in which it would be uncool to be too cool. "In an effort to inject more pep and resolve into its lethargic citizens," he waxed with prophetic longing, "the government is mandating the use of an exclamation mark at the end of each sentence, spoken or written. 'It looks like rain!' for example, or 'I must sleep!'" I suggest that you take his vision, Virgo, and turn it into reality for the immediate future! You would really benefit from getting more excited than usual! Who knows, maybe a simple thing like imagining every one of your sentences ending with an exclamation mark could make your whole being more thrillable! LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Is there a big difference between your current job and your beloved career? Do you suffer from the unsettling feeling that your calling hasn't called you yet? Are you under the impression that your main reason for being here on Earth may reveal itself at some unknown time in the future, but not anytime soon? If you answered no to all those questions, congrats! You are more than halfway toward living a victorious life. But if you answered yes to at least one question, it's high time to take action. Start by formulating an intention to find out what you need to know in order to deal with the problem more aggressively. The cosmic forces are arrayed in such a way as to reward you for doing so. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The Indian guru known as Amma has hugged more than 30 million people during her three-decades career. I've known people who've received blessings from her, and they tell me that she can magically undo your karmic knots with her spiritual power, freeing you from having to suffer indefinitely for the bad decisions you made in the past. Amma rarely does a complete unraveling of all karmic knots in one sitting, however. Your negative conditioning might be holding you together, after all, and a sudden super-fix could cause you to fall apart. That's the situation I suspect is true for you right now, Scorpio: You'll be wise to undo some, but not all, of your karmic knots. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The coming week will have something to offend and agitate everyone—except you. Whines and moans and yelps will ring out across the land, even as you're emanating poise and aplomb. You may be tempted to brazenly exploit everyone's vulnerability and seize control of your corner of the world, but I think that would be shortsighted of you. A better strategy for capitalizing on your advantage would be to dole out large doses of mercy, making sure that the people who will be important to your future don't lose their way. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): "The bear must deal with 20 obstacles, and each one of them involves pears," says the Sufi proverb, "because the bear adores pears." That's a twisty truth worth meditating on, Capricorn. I suspect that the gifts coming your way will bring their own unique problems; the dreams you're in love with will generate new dilemmas to solve. By no means does this imply that you should avoid accepting the gifts or pursuing your dreams. Part of the fun of doing great things is dealing with the changes they generate! AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): On behalf of all us non-Aquarians, I'd like to express our appreciation for the experiments you've been performing. Please don't be discouraged just because the results thus far have been inconclusive and left you feeling a trifle rudderless. We feel confident that sooner or later you'll come up with discoveries that will have bottom-line value to both you and the rest of us. We'd also like to apologize for the shortsighted and timid types among us who are accusing you of being unrealistic or overly optimistic. Please keep trying those novel approaches and making those imaginative forays. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): While reviewing the work of Angelina Jolie in the film Taking Lives, A. O. Scott called her "the flesh-and-blood actress most likely to be mistaken for a computer-generated special effect." I don't expect you to rival Jolie's odd talent anytime soon, but I wonder if maybe you'll be seeing a lot of that kind of stuff in the world around you. Some of the characters who will be advancing the plotlines in your life story may seem to be able to breathe fire, walk through walls, or change the weather at will. At the very least, you'll witness phenomena that resemble optical illusions. My advice: Try to get these exotic outbreaks to work for you rather than against you. Embrace them, don't fear them. Homework: Are you doing anything in particular to kill the apocalypse and usher in the Great Awakening? Testify at FreeWillAstrology.com.


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May 4, 1991 — Turku, Finland
Mats Sundin, only 20 at that time, scored what many consider as the "best goal in the history of the IIHF World Championship" when he single-handedly gave Sweden gold in 1991 in Turku. But it isn't only the exceptional end-to-end rush that counts into the overall verdict. The performance capped a season which began with Sundin escaping his country as villain – in what also was the last hockey game ever to be played by the Soviet Union national team. Sundin became the first European to be picked first overall in the NHL Draft when the Quebec Nordiques secured his rights in 1989. When Sundin joined the NHL-club one year later, he did it amid controversy which divided the Swedish sports community. After allegedly leaving his club Djurgarden Stockholm while still under contract, the Swedish Ice Hockey Association declared him as "persona non grata". The association's president Rickard Fagerlund vowed that Sundin would never dress up in a Tre Kronor jersey.But things change fast in sport. Less than 10 months after the threat, Sundin was named to the Swedish team for the 1991 event in Finland. Despite his young age, the big and incredibly gifted centre, who had 59 points in 80 games in his rookie season with Quebec, immediately became his team's best offensive threat. He led Team Sweden with six goals and five assists in nine games prior to the final.
As the medal round began, Sweden was part of a four-team medal race which also included the Soviet Union, Canada and USA, in the last World Championship that was not decided with a winner-takes-all gold medal game. Prior to the final game between Sweden and the Soviets, these were the preconditions: Whoever won the game would claim first place. A tie would send the gold medals to Canada. With then minutes left of the final game between Sweden and the Soviets, the Canadians were world champions in civvies. The 1-1 score had both Canada and Sweden on top with four points but the Canadians had a one-goal advantage in the goals differential tie-breaker. If anyone scored a winner with time running out in Turku's Elysee Areena, that team would win gold.
With the Canadian players in the stands counting down every second, Mats Sundin decided to take the things into his own hands. The clock showed ten minutes left when Sundin took the puck behind his own net and started to charge towards the Soviet end on the right side. He weaved off two Soviet players in the neutral zone and he was not aware that the last red clad player waiting for him inside the blue line was Vyacheslav Fetisov, arguably the best defencemen in international hockey ever.At 20, one isn't impressed with nobility and Sundin put on an amazing outside-and-in move that left the Soviet veteran flatfooted. Alone with goaltender Andrei Trefilov, Sundin released a low shot from seven meters and the puck hit the back of the net. Led by legendary coach Viktor Tikhonov, the CCCP squad couldn't find any power to strike back. Tikhonov didn't attempt the common practice to pull the goalie for an extra attacker with slightly more than one minute to go. His team needed two goals for gold. Had they merely tied the game, Canada would become world champion. Helping historic rival Canada to a gold medal, was not a Soviet priority. It was a peculiar ending to a game which did not in any way take away anything from the incredible performance by the youngest player on the ice. Mats Sundin, who started the season as a "traitor", ended it as a national hero. And the very last medal that the Soviet national team won was a bronze. The next season the team was known as Russia.
As part of the IIHF's 100th anniversary celebrations, www.IIHF.com is featuring the 100 top international hockey stories from the past century (1908-2008). Starting now and continuing through the 2008 IIHF World Championships in Canada, we will bring you approximately three stories a week counting down from Number 100 to Number 11.
The Final Top 10 Countdown will be one of the highlights of the IIHF's Centennial Gala Evening in Quebec City on May 17, the day prior to the Gold Medal Game of the 2008 World Championship.
These are the criteria for inclusion on this list: First, the story has to have had a considerable influence on international hockey. Second, it has to have had either a major immediate impact or a long-lasting significance on the game. Third, although it doesn't necessarily have to be about top players, the story does have to pertain to the highest level of play, notably Olympics, World Championships, and the like. The story can be about a single moment — a goal, a great save, a referee's call — or about an historic event of longer duration — a game, series, tournament, or rule change.
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October 2004: One of two RNs with the Bethel School District, Annemarie Hirsch divides her time between Danebo, Fairfield and Malabon Elementary, Cascade Middle, Willamette High and Calapooya Alternative High Schools. "I try to go to each school one day a week," she says. Hirsch grew up in Norway, then moved at age 18, to a commune near Crow. She got a nursing degree from LCC and worked at Sacred Heart before returning to school for a BS and certification as a school nurse. She started work for Bethel in 1998. "I work with students and families who have health issues," Hirsch says. "I'm an advocate for students in terms of getting medical care." She also trains school staff to care for students with health problems or disabilities. "Each year I do a public-health project," she adds. "This year it's the obesity epidemic."
2013 update: The obesity project turned into a five-year grant-funded study by the Oregon Research Institute. "I helped with data gathering," says Hirsch, who also won a state planning grant that led to founding of the Bethel Health Center, now a United Way-funded agency, offering care to district students, younger siblings and area Head Start kids. "No one is turned away for lack of ability to pay." Located in Cascade Middle School at 1525 Echo Hollow Road, BHC will celebrate its second anniversary with an open house from 4 to 6 pm Wednesday, May 15.


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The formal meeting between Mrs. Obama and Xi, in the company of Xi's wife, Peng Liyuan, and Mrs. Obama's two daughters and mother, took place in a state guesthouse after the first lady toured a Beijing high school and the former Imperial Palace.
"I cherish my sound working relationship and personal friendship I already established with your husband," Xi said. "We stay in close touch between phone conversations and correspondence."
Mrs. Obama thanked Xi for the warm reception for herself and her family. "We have had a wonderful first day here in China," she told Xi.
The meeting was not on the first lady's official itinerary but was expected. "It is only logical for President Xi to meet her, because it is a matter of etiquette for the head of the household to meet the guest of his wife," said Teng Jianqun, director of the American studies department at China Institute of International Studies. He added that Mrs. Obama likely served as a messenger on behalf of President Barack Obama.
Her visit to China is being viewed as a prelude to an upcoming meeting between Xi and President Obama at a nuclear security summit in The Hague, when more thorny issues will be raised.
Mrs. Obama also made history as the first U.S. first lady to visit China independently, Teng said.
The first lady told Xi she was focusing on education and student exchanges during her seven-day, three-city visit to China. Her aides have said the first lady plans to stay away from contentious issues.
Earlier on Friday, Mrs. Obama visited with excited students who were building robots and tried her hand at Chinese calligraphy at the Second High School Attached to Beijing Normal University in central Beijing. The elite school has 33 American exchange students, and some of its Chinese students aspire to study in the United States.
In a calligraphy class set up for Mrs. Obama's visit, the first lady practiced writing the Chinese character for "eternal" under the guidance of 16-year-old student Lu Yuhong.
"I'm nervous," Mrs. Obama said. "Don't be nervous," Peng replied in English.
Lu said he too was nervous, as well as "very excited."
"But the first lady was so amicable. She was very approachable," Lu said.
Peng also picked up a brush and wrote a four-character Chinese aphorism on virtues before presenting it to Mrs. Obama as a gift.
In another class, students showed the first lady small robots they had built, moving the devices with remote controls. One knee-high robot climbed over a pile of yellow plastic bricks.
"All the students that she met with, the Chinese students, spoke English and were able to explain to her in very fluent English what they were doing," said Tina Tchen, Mrs. Obama's chief of staff. "And I think she found that very impressive, because we know it's something that we struggle with in the United States, about having our kids be able to be fluent in a second language by the time they get to high school."
Lu, the student, said he had bonded with American friends over a shared love of U.S. television, including his favorite series, "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."
Among the six American exchange students attending the calligraphy class was Audrey Fritz, 17, at the exclusive Sidwell Friends School in Washington.
"It's been an amazing experience," Fritz said of her time in China. "I have learned to be much more independent."
Later in the morning, Peng went with Mrs. Obama to the former Imperial Palace in central Beijing. That was to be followed by a private dinner and a performance. On Saturday, the first lady was due to speak at Peking University and on Sunday visit the Great Wall.
At Peking University, Mrs. Obama plans to speak on the importance of free exchange of ideas, her aides said.
"I do think tomorrow she will talk about the value of the free exchange of ideas and the Internet, and how that, in her view, has made our country stronger; how even when you can be the object of criticism, as she and her husband have been, that that's not a system that she would change," Tchen said.
White House aides have said they hope Mrs. Obama traveling with her daughters and mother can resonate with Chinese families who value multigenerational activities.
"China views Mrs. Obama's trip most positively," said Shen Dingli, professor of international relations at Fudan University in Shanghai. "If she is humble and respectful, she will win the support from the Chinese public for building good relationships with the United States under the leadership of her husband."
The Obama delegation is due to fly Monday to Xi'an, home to the famed Terra Cotta Warriors Museum, then visit a panda breeding facility outside Chengdu in the southwest.
This is the first lady's first trip to China.


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Perhaps a hundred or more al Qaeda men have fled to Egypt's Sinai desert, where a weak police presence and heavily armed smugglers (who move drugs and people into Israel) have created a refuge for all sorts of illegal groups. One thing al Qaeda men are fleeing is the growing number of U.S. UAV missile attacks, as well as the increase use of UAVs for surveillance. There were 53 such attacks last year (killing 193 terrorists and 35 civilians), compared to 18 (81 dead and no civilians) in 2011.
The use of UAVs continues to increase and al Qaeda is desperate to get the UAVs operations to stop. Many of the al Qaeda men in Yemen came from Pakistan, where UAVs have been diligently tracking and killing Islamic terrorists for years. Foreign terrorists in Pakistan have been fleeing this sort of attention, and now find themselves facing it again in Yemen. Al Qaeda has tried to use terror to get the UAVs to go away. Threats against the government have not worked because, unlike the previous Saleh government, the new one is not willing to make deals with al Qaeda. Threats to the Americans have not worked either, as the U.S. has been seeking a free hand to deal with Islamic terrorists in Yemen since an al Qaeda heavily damaged a U.S. warship in Aden harbor and killed 17 American sailors 13 years ago.
While al Qaeda has been defeated in the south, they are not eliminated. Hundreds of al Qaeda members have taken refuge in remote villages and they still seek to carry out bombing and shooting attacks. The southern tribes, even the pro-government ones, are still unhappy with the government. The post-Saleh rulers have not brought a lot of changes to the south (other than months of violence as the army eliminated al Qaeda rule in several cities and portions of the countryside.) The government has little money and that is largely because some southern tribes continue to attack oil installations. This oil, while a pittance compared to what is pumped by the Persian Gulf nations, provides most of the cash the government has to play with. Yemen still has enormous economic problems and the corruption is still there. This scares off a lot of foreign donors and investors.
January 10, 2013: In the south (Abyan province) al Qaeda gunmen killed a tribal chief, apparently because the man (Al Mullah Zabahra) was often called in to negotiate disputes between al Qaeda and local tribes or the government. Apparently al Qaeda felt Zabahra was not as pro-terrorist as he should be.
A pipeline near the Red Sea was bombed again, only ten days after it was restored to service after an earlier bomb attack. This is the main oil export pipeline to a Red Sea terminal. The government has lost over $4 billion from these attacks over the last two years. Local tribesmen responsible for the attacks want more money from the government in return for peace. Negotiations have failed to settle this matter and troops have been unsuccessful as well.
January 9, 2013: In Dubai (on the Red Sea coast) police arrested several Islamic terrorists and found they were in touch with al Qaeda in Yemen.
January 7, 2013: In and around the capital a three day police campaign to seize vehicles used in al Qaeda assassinations resulted in taking 500 unregistered motorbikes and 70 cars into custody. Also taken were more than fifty weapons (assault rifles and pistols.) Last year al Qaeda assassins on motorbikes killed 40 government officials (mainly intelligence experts) and four civilians. But there are over 200,000 motorbikes in Yemen, most of them unregistered.
January 3, 2013: An American UAV used missiles to kill three al Qaeda men in Al Bayda province. This is the fifth attack since December 24th, leaving at least 14 al Qaeda men dead and many more afraid to go out.
December 31, 2012: In the capital police found and disabled four bombs found in a large market.
December 29, 2012: Al Qaeda went on the Internet and offered large reward for anyone who can kill the U.S. ambassador to Yemen. The reward is to be paid in gold (three kilograms, worth $160,000 at current prices). Cash (type of currency not specified) rewards ($23,300) are being offered for each American soldier in Yemen who is killed. The U.S. responded by increasing security for the ambassador and U.S. troops in the country (training Yemeni security forces.)
An American UAV used missiles to kill three al Qaeda men in Al Bayda province.
December 28, 2012: An American UAV used missiles to kill six al Qaeda men in Hadramawt province.


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Of course, a lot of people already say that about ZEN Pinball – so just imagine that game with tables based on Iron Man, Spider-Man, Blade and Wolverine, and you've got a pretty good idea of what to expect.
I don't know about you, but all of my favorite actual pinball machines from the glory days of arcades were based around licenses (e.g., Jurassic Park, Star Wars, Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Addams Family, etc.); to that end, the Marvel flavor really takes these tables to the next level. And while ZEN Pinball demonstrates Zen Studios' immeasurable passion for making awesome pinball tables, Marvel Pinball enhances things with an equal passion for Marvel and its characters. These guys really get it.
Let's take a look at each table in the initial set, shall we? (Yes, I said "initial" – Marvel Pinball will regularly expand upon with new tables. More on that at the end.)
The Invincible Iron Man
With a couple of hit movies in the recent past, some might argue that Iron Man is the most popular hero at Marvel these days. (Who'da thunk that three years ago?…) As with all tables, Zen gives us a comics-based take on Tony Stark's heroics, including showdowns with the Mandarin, Whiplash (who at times actually destroys your ball if it crosses his path) and – if you're a real pinball wizard – Ultimo. And the table doesn't just stick to the "Iron Man" part of Tony's life – you'll also hit ramps and other targets to throw huge galas and boost Stark Industries' stock price. You even get 3D models of Tony and Iron Man, including the suit-up process whenever you start a mission.
The Amazing Spider-Man
The Spider-Man table is all about the special touches. First of all, just check out the zoomed-out view: Though it seems a bit odd that Peter Parker would ever have a pinball machine in his apartment based around his everyday life, you have to love the setup there. And then, once you play, you get things like J. Jonah Jameson yelling at you, Mysterio reversing your controls, a "clone" multiball mode, a ramp that leads to Spidey's hand shooting out a web and, my personal favorite…
…PLAYABLE PUMPKIN BOMBS! I mean, how cool is that?! You hit them with your flippers, and they explode after a certain amount of time and everything.
I know what you're thinking, 'cause it's the same thing I thought at first: "Blade? In the first batch of tables? Really?" But then you play it and you know why. In fact, this might be my favorite table of the bunch, with all sorts of perfectly placed ramps and minigames. I especially like its day/night cycle, wherein you gather resources by day and fight vampires such as Dracula and Deacon Frost alongside Hannibal King (Ryan Reynolds' first onscreen comic book character) by night. Just like the 1998 movie, the fun everyone has with this table is really going to surprise some people.
And here's the final table in this first batch, bub. At first we at Marvel wondered why Zen didn't want to just do an X-Men table to start things out, but then they showed us just how packed with Wolverine's history they could get – we were convinced. The table does an excellent job of showcasing Wolvie's annual "birthday present" from Sabretooth – which, if you don't know, is a yearly fight to the death. Plus, we get to take part in his rivalry with the Silver Samurai, scrappin' with some Sentinels and Hand ninjas, tapping into his volatile memory, and even reliving the Weapon X experiment that infused him with adamantium. It's also awesome when Logan's hand bursts through the back to feed you a new ball, and I'm pretty proud of a personal contribution: to activate a ballsaver, spell out SNIKT.
And That's Not All!
As I've mentioned, the four debut tables seen here are only the beginning. Marvel Pinball isn't just a set of four tables – it's a platform for many Marvel-related pinball tables to come. What's next? Well, that's something Zen wants you to help them decide between Captain America, Hulk, Fantastic Four and Ghost Rider. Go to MarvelPinball.com and cast your vote! Then, let us know which tables you want to see in the comments below…


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Weezer's Rivers Cuomo broke a ukulele on stage at Bonnaroo last June. Now, that's true metal! © Tim Mosenfelder/Corbis
Weezer's Rivers Cuomo says that turning 40 earlier this year, along with the band's "growing canon of material" both played into his decision to go retrospective with the continuation of his Alone series of recordings, next month's long-waited Pinkerton Deluxe Edition, a compilation called Death To False Metal and the upcoming Memories Tour.
"It does feel as we get older we have this growing canon of material, and it's part of our lives," Cuomo said during a recent interview. "There's no getting away from it. It's hard to add to it because it just becomes more impressive as time goes on...and I guess naturally we find that we spend more of our time and energy doing retrospective projects. Luckily, I'm a very open-minded artist, and I like to go with the flow and really go with what our audience wants to hear."
And what the audience wants to hear, in increasing numbers, is Weezer's second album, Pinkerton, which the band will dish out in its entirety on their Memories Tour. The run begins 26 November in Universal City, California, and will feature two-night residencies during which Cuomo and co will play the first Weezer record (aka the Blue album) and Pinkerton from beginning to end, along with other material.
"Our core audience is always clamoring for more Pinkerton and more Blue album," Cuomo explained, "so why not do a handful of these shows in select markets? A lot of them weren't old enough to see those songs when we were originally playing them in the mid-'90s, so we think it'll be a real exciting event for them."
Pinkerton dissed upon its initial release
Though now regarded as one of Weezer's finest hours, Cuomo recalls that the critical reaction to Pinkerton, released in 1996, was anything but pretty. "We put out Pinkerton, and it seemed like what I was hearing at that point was, 'What happened to our fun band? They're catchy and poppy and fun and energetic, and now they're...bizarre, grotesque, obscene, noisy...' And at the same time, it was such a personal record for me. I felt like I was saying, 'OK, world! Here's the truth. Here's what I'm really like.'
"I guess part of me assumed that it was going to be very successful, and I'd become like this superstar, because the record was so focused on me. And it came out and sold a tenth of the Blue Album...That was just crushing for me - all of that together - and it took a while to build up the confidence to even step back in the spotlight again."
Stepping back into the spotlight took some time, but now there's no stopping Cuomo. Along with the reissue of Pinkerton, which features 25 demos, outtakes and live tracks (check out Getting Up And Leaving, above), there will be a third Alone CD - which Cuomo said will include tracks from the 'lost' album, Songs From the Black Hole - and the publication of what he terms The Pinkerton Diaries, a collection of Cuomo's journals, e-mails, letters and Harvard papers from 1994-97 ("so you can get an inside look at exactly what I was thinking"). And if that weren't enough, there's a new compilation called Death To False Metal. (Check out one of the album's tracks, Blowin' My Stack, below.)
Although there is a fair amount of crunchy guitar on Death To False Metal, it's a decidedly pop affair. When asked if the album's title was intended to be ironic, Cuomo told MusicRadar, "I was very much into Slayer as a teenager, and Metallica, and what I would have thought of as the real metal. And that was an expression we used to kick around - "Death to false metal" - because it seemed like there were so many bands coming up that didn't have that; the integrity of the bands that we loved, my brother and I and our friends.
"And so I had just been talking to my brother a few months ago, and we were reminiscing about those times, and he reminded me of that expression - "Death to false metal." And it just gave me such a warm feeling of a time in my life when I took musical style so seriously."
One odd (but entirely sublime) addition to Death To False Metal is the band's cover of Toni Braxton's R&B power ballad Unbreak My Heart. Here, too, Cuomo denied any trace of irony: "I loved that song. It was actually Rick Rubin's suggestion. We both loved that song, and we both thought it would be great for Weezer and for my voice, and it'd be great to do like a rock version of it with more of an alternative aesthetic. And you know, just the way I would sing it versus in the way Toni Braxton would sing it.
"I love the way it came out, and I think probably the rest of the band really does not like it, and that's probably why it didn't make our fifth record, in 2005, when we were recording it."


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The Dove Of Dacca
The freed dove flew to the Rajah's tower-- Fled from the slaughter of Moslem kings-- And the thorns have covered the city of Guar. Dove--dove--oh, homing dove! Little white traitor, with woe on thy wings! The Rajah of Dacca rode under the wall; He set in his bosom a dove of flight-- "If she return, be sure that I fall." Dove--dove--oh, homing dove! Pressed to his heart in the thick of the fight. " Fire the palace, the fort, and the keep-- Leave to the foeman no spoil at all. In the flame of the palace lie down and sleep If the dove--if the dove -- if the homing dove Come and alone to the palace wall." The Kings of the North they were scattered abroad-- The Rajah of Dacca he slew them all. Hot from slaughter he stooped at the ford, And the dove--the dove--oh, the homing dove! She thought of her cote on the palace-wall. She opened her wings and she flew away-- Fluttered away beyond recall; She came to the palace at break of day. Dove--dove--oh, homing dove, Flying so fast for a kingdom's fall! The Queens of Dacca they slept in flame Slept in the flame of the palace old-- To save their honour from Moslem shame. And the dove--the dove--oh, the homing dove, She cooed to her young where the smoke-cloud rolled! The Rajah of Dacca rode far and fleet, Followed as fast as a horse could fly, He came and the palace was black at his feet; And the dove--the dove--the homing dove, Circled alone in the stainless sky. So the dove flew to the Rajah's tower-- Fled from the slaughter of Moslem kings; So the thorns covered the city of Gaur, And Dacca was lost for a white dove's wings. Dove--dove--oh, homing dove, Dacca is lost from the Roll of the Kings!


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- The Magic Store from The Muppet Movie
It started with a decision in the spring of 1990. He asked her if their first date should be an afternoon at the Art Institute or a double-header at Wrigley Field."How is that even a call?" she replied.
The sun gleamed, the grass glowed underneath the ballplayers and the magical afternoon was made more so because he thought it was probably their last date as well; neither was from Chicago.
But he was wrong. Both traveled enough to occasionally gain discounted tickets and the 1000 miles between Minneapolis and Philadelphia wasn't as isolating as they both thought it would be. Or at least not initially.
Two years later, it was. So with $1000 shoved into his pocket and all his worldly possessions crammed in an '84 Honda Prelude, he moved to Philadelphia to court her. The courtship was fun, but not especially easy. First he had to find work during a recession, then she was assigned to a project out of town. And when the business world stopped conspiring to keep them apart, the tougher questions began. "Will he ever marry me? What's he waiting for?" "Is she really the one? How do I know?" The questions were more destructive than geographic distance ever had a chance to be.
On a summer trip out west, his questions were answered in the Black Hills. And on August 13th, when they were supposed to go to a Phillies game, he showed up with flowers, acted all goofy and suggested they go for a walk. And she knew her questions were about to be answered too.
Unaccustomed to being nervous, the proposal was awkward but genuine, and the response was delayed but jubilant. Standing together in the park, their future felt too large. Neither knew what to do, where to go, who to see.
"So do you still want to go the Phillies game?", he asked.
"How is that even a call?"
It wasn't a call, because the one place in Philadelphia where they both knew there was some magic that year was at the Vet. The '93 Phils, lead by blue-collar rejects like John Kruk, "Dutch" Daulton, "Nails" Dykstra and closer Mitch "Wild Thing" Williams had somehow claimed 1st place in the NL East. They'd won games at Veteran's Stadium in every conceivable manner, including one in which Williams got the winning hit in the bottom of the 10th - at 4:30 AM. Tonight they were playing the hated Mets and it seemed like as good a place as any to look for magic.
The electricity they felt made the game a secondary concern. She'll readily admit that she spent most of the game looking at the back of her hand. But the game slowly became the focal point when the Phillies lost their early lead in the top of the eighth. They scratched in a run in the bottom half, but were still down 5-4 heading into the bottom of the ninth.
But there was a reason this hard-nosed city loved this team. They used a crucial error by the Mets to score one run and loaded the bases with two outs. Kim Batiste, a light-hitting 25-year-old utility infielder who seemed to have a special gift for striking out, came to the plate, and.......
Grand Slam.
Tonight they'll go to a game, like they have every August 13th for the last 18 years. But for the first time since that first one, tonight's will be at a home outdoor ballpark. They've waited years for this opportunity - and the weatherman says oppressive heat and rain will be tonight's reward.
So be it. After 20 years together, they understand all too well what comes with the commitment. It isn't always fair and sunny. They've weathered quick-forming storms and stifling pressure, clinging to each other and to the magic, even when they weren't sure why.
(Check that - especially when they weren't sure why.)
The storms pass. The pressure breaks. The magic endures. Tonight they'll celebrate that, and see if they can't find it, in the place where they both know there is plenty to be found.


text: Although I would agree that Ada makes it easy to partition code and hence responsibilities, I would also say that diagramming in UML, or Booch etc., is a necessary thing to do in order to model the system you are building before writing package specs. Of course this depends on the complexity level of what you are building. Forget about having a pissing contest on which diagram technique to use; the thing with UML is that it is a global standard, hence a language that all developers can use to communicate design ideas. The important thing is to utilize the diagrams to develop a design. You don't need fancy expensive tools for this; although at some point they might help you manage/maintain your designs. The essential thing is good old fashioned thinking and blueprinting, and any decent drawing tool will do. Bruce -----Original Message----- From: Team Ada: Ada Advocacy Issues (83 & 95) [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Wojtek Narczynski Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 4:58 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Designing for Ada 95? Steven Lim wrote: >I'm wondering if there's a preferred design template for Ada? > Well, design is in fact the work of dividing the task into smaller, manageable ones, and specifying how they interact. Ada aids this with the package system and spec files. So other languages need external tools for this while in Ada it is built-in. >UML is pretty much for OO designs and Ada 95 isn't exactly OO. > Ada 95 is exactly OO - there isn't any feature missing. Or can you name one? You can use UML with it, there are tools that support it, I can't recall the name but Google for UML and Ada and you will find it. But IMHO the whole UML is "The Emperor's New Suit" (by Hans Christian Andersen), if you know what I mean. Regards, Wojtek


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"Luddite photographer- only recently gone digital- keen on Classic Motocross [- never! ] As a teenager, I used a 35mm camera which cost £9 in 1963. For a couple of outings, I scrounged a Practika IVb off an uncle. In 1970 I bought a Practika L and then an LTL in 1977- which I dropped on a block of concrete in 2002. Even East German utility jobs don't survive that treatment! I disinterred the Practika L. then bought a Olympus OM10 second hand in 2005. Was given a second OM10 in 2008 by someone who'd just gone digital and couldn't bear to bin it. Was eventually arm-twisted into buying a Nikon D7000. Still think the best cautionary tale about cameras and what they do is that of Bert Hardy and the 'Blackpool' Picture Post cover... "
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I need correctly define covariant derivatives on the coset space $G/H$, where a group $G \equiv \{X_i, Y_a\}$ ($X$ and $Y$ are generators) have a subrgroup $H \equiv \{X_i\}$ Lie algebra of $G$ has the following structure: $$[X, X] \sim X, \quad [X, Y] \sim Y, \quad [Y, Y] \sim X + Y.$$ The coset space $G/H$ is parametrized by coordinates $\xi^a$ corresponding to the generators $Y_a$. In the exponential parametrization an element of this coset has the form $$G/H: \quad \Omega = exp\{i\xi^a Y_a\}$$ The ordinary derivatives $\frac{\partial}{\partial\xi^a}$ of $\psi(\xi)$ ($\psi(\xi)$ - field defined on $G/H$) do not transform covariantly.
I was told once that it is quite easy to define covariant derivatives using the Cartan form $\Omega^{-1}d\Omega$.
I looked through the bunch of the mathematical books about Lie groups and Lie algebras but I can't find a clear description of the procedure. Can anyone advise me a proper book (paper) or, if it's not take much time, tell it here?
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A little fanfare please...I've finished Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina! I feel like there should be fireworks or something as I've been working on this book for ages. I was sure I could fly through those last two hundred pages and would finish last Saturday, but no, and not even by the end of the weekend. Monday was out because of work, so I was determined to finish Tuesday night even if I had to stay up all night, which of course didn't happen. Instead, on my first day of vacation yesterday I got up early and read all through the morning, and then felt thoroughly overwhelmed by it all and then a huge sense of satisfaction for finishing what some say is the greatest novel ever written (though how many other books is that said about?).
Even though this is much shorter than War and Peace I feel like it took much longer to read. Anna Karenina is such a dense story--so filled with ideas on art, culture, society, politics and religion and many philosphical musings on human nature that I feel like my reading only barely scratched the surface. It definitely requires more than one reading, or a much closer reading than I gave it. It's really an amazing book, but I have to say I feel somewhat conflicted about it. Of course this is only a first impression and I need to mull things over and perhaps read a little criticism to work out how I feel beyond this first (no doubt faulty) impression.
The thing is, this isn't just Anna's story. As a matter of fact she really only plays a small (albeit very important) role. It seems as though Levin is the real star of the show. And perhaps at the root of my uncertain (and unhappy? feelings) is the fact that Anna finds no redemption--only a tragic ending, and one that she regretted the moment it happened and when it was too late, yet Levin finds meaning and contentment. Both characters were tormented and it was sometimes painful to listen to their thoughts and feelings of unhappiness. I realize that for Anna the choices she made were unacceptable to society. It's rather hypocritical as more than one character in this book was unfaithful, but the fact that Anna flaunted her unfaithfulness, and more her happiness in her love affair, made her such a wanton and immoral creature. So she pays the ultimate price and others go on their merry way. My first thought is that I feel slightly cheated. I'm happy for Levin as his struggles were almost harrowing, but well, there it is. I need to think about it all more and reconcile my feelings.
What I loved about this book were the descriptions. This was truly a panorama of nineteenth century Russian life. Much of it was quite vivid and very colorful. I read the translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, and while it did feel like it was a translation of a foreign work, it was very easy to read. It felt like I was reading a Russian work rather than an anglicized (or very clunky) one. I don't always like watching movies after reading a particularly good book, but in this case I want to see the clothes and the carriages and sleighs and the houses and the Russian landscape, which I bet translates beautifully into film. As Anna Karenina is a long book it's a story that I don't expect it to be told fully in a film version, so I have no great expectations in that matter. So far I have the Masterpiece Theater adaptation lined up and hope to see the version with Sophie Marceau as well.
Sorry, this isn't a proper post on the book (I hope to write something better later), only my initial impressions upon finishing, which I suspect will change with time. This is a book that wold be impossible to write about in only a few paragraphs, but I was so excited about finishing I had to mention it while I'm on my 'reading high'! Another contented sigh, but one entirely different than yesterday's!