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Paratrooper Battalion 261 (Germany)
The Paratrooper Battalion 261 (Fallschirmjägerbataillon 261) is one of the three combat battalions of the German Army's Airborne Brigade 26, which is a part of the Special Operations Division. Paratrooper Battalion 261 is fully airmobile and can act both as air assault infantry or be dropped by parachute into the area of operations.
Evening Reading: Goodbye Original Xbox Live
Microsoft wrote a fitting coda to its first game console today. On April 15 they plan to turn off Live access for the original Xbox . New games stopped coming to the system a long while ago but the persistence of online play stands as probably the strongest indication of just how well the service ultimately hit the mark.
Crafting Light-Sensing Cells from Human Skin
Think twice the next time you wipe a few flecks of dandruff from your shoulder. You might be shedding cells that may someday restore human vision. Thomas Reh and colleagues at the University of Washington, in Seattle, have generated light-sensing retinal cells, called photoreceptors, from adult human skin cells.
Engineering a new way to study hepatitis C
Hepatitis C, a virus that can cause liver failure or cancer, infects about 200 million people worldwide. Existing drugs are not always effective, so many patients end up on long liver-transplant waiting lists.
'Grammar of 3D' Presents a QA Hurdle for Stereoscopic Games
It seems that Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata isn't the only one who's skeptical about 3D-tech making a significant impact in the world of gaming any time soon.
Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres
The Men's 1500 m speed skating competition for the 2002 Winter Olympics was held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
Classic and Commercial English Castles at Kenilworth and Warwick
Whether you studied English literature or did not, it's a thrill to visit the real castles which featured in 19th-century novels -- if only to see how the 21st century has made them different.
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The Good Guy (film)
The Good Guy is a 2009 romantic-comedy film directed by Julio DePietro and starring Alexis Bledel, Scott Porter and October Road star Bryan Greenberg.
Tahir Ah
Hailey Tahiera "Tahir Ah" Miller (born May 19, 1991) is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist currently based in Denver, Colorado. Miller, who is known for her close collaboration with singer, songwriter, and Revolution Art recording artist, Jade Harrell >, began a music career co-composing and programming a single called "Broken" off of Harrell's debut album (Class Reject) >,and later played electric guitar for Harrell during Revolution Art's two month-long Art Attack Tour which also featured Hearts of Saints >(formerly Special D), Multiple Dove Award winning hip hop group, GRITS, and Sestor.
Tahir Ah plays her electric guitar "Deception" at a 2009 concert in Texas
Bawal (Yano album)
Bawal, is the second album of the now defunct Filipino rock band, Yano. It has 10 tracks and released under Alpha Records in 1996.
Neville Shelmerdine
Neville Shelmerdine was a first class cricketer >. He neither batted or bowled in his only first class appearance, for the R.A.F.
Helmuth Orthner
Dr. Helmuth F. "Helly" Orthner (March 27, 1941 - March 16, 2009) was a pioneering American scientist in the field of medical informatics. He was one of the founders of the Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care (SCAMC), which later grew into the American Medical Informatics Association. He was a Fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics.
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Weekend Discussion: Not Right Now You Don't
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Quadratic Lie algebras
A quadratic Lie algebra is a Lie algebra together with a compatible symmetric bilinear form. Compatibility means that it is invariant under the adjoint representation. Examples of such are semisimple Lie algebras, such as the su(n) and sl(n,R).
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A quadratic Lie algebra is a Lie algebra (g,[.,.]) together with an inner product that is invariant under the adjoint action, i.e.- ([X,Y],Z)+(Y,[X,Z])=0
The Release List of 2/7 - 2/13: Return to Rapture
The Super Bowl isn't the only big game this week, what with BioShock 2 and Dante's Inferno arriving alongside the likes of Scene It? Twilight DS and Percy Jackson.
New Rotherham United Stadium
Rotherham United are proposing a new 12,000-seater stadium in Rotherham town centre, after the chairman Tony Stewart bought the former Guest and Chrimes foundry site.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/south_yorkshire/8484735.stm The stadium is planned to be opened in the next two years. Rotherham United currently play at the Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield. The Millers have been given until 2013 to move back into Rotherham by the Football Association.http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/sheffield/low/people_and_places/newsid_8236000/8236836.stm