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BEIRUT: French and Lebanese military officials met Friday to discuss bilateral military cooperation.
Army Commander General Jean Kahwagi received Gen. Bertrand Ract-Madoux, the commander of his country?s ground forces, and Brig. Gen. Olivier Pougin de la Maisonneuve, the chief of staff of UNIFIL peacekeeping forces in Yarze in Baabda.
The military leaders discussed the ways of increasing cooperation between the French and Lebanese militaries, as well as the role of the French in UNIFIL.
The French have decided to keep their force of around 1,300 UNIFIL troops in the country after a recent bombing that targeted French peacekeepers.?
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As the Republican primary heats up, that can only mean more ads. Which ones succeed? Which fail? We'll be reviewing them as they come out. Today, Rick Santorum makes a timely VH1 reference and Mitt Romney says happy totally normal Christmas.
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The Ad: Rick Santorum, "Pop Up"
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The Issues: Family life, the approval of Mike Huckabee and Sarah Palin, firm anti-choice stance
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The Message: See? Rick Santorum isn't the slightly creepy guy everyone seems to think he is! He's normal and coaches little league and likes to pass footballs... and legislation. Also he knows what television is, as evidenced by this timely Pop-Up Video reference.
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Who It's For: Someone, anyone, who might still consider voting for Rick Santorum.
What Everyone Else Sees: Wasn't Pop-Up Video like fifteen years ago? How many kids does he have? He's still running for this thing? Weird.
The Effect: This feels a bit like kicking a frothy mixture when it's down, but this is an embarrassing little ad. It doesn't say anything substantial and it appears bizarrely dated. D
The Ad: Mitt Romney, "Merry Christmas"
The Issues: Christmas, Religion, New Hampshire, the Troops
The Message: Hey New Hampshire, don't forget that Mitt Romney is running for a primary in your state, why look there he is right there. And in case you, or anyone really, was concerned about that Mormon stuff, have no fear, Mormons love Christmas just like you! So, Merry Christmas: It's a happy holiday but also a somber one as we Americanly shout out to the troops.
Who It's For: Values votes scared of Mormonism, Granite State dwellers, military families.
What Everyone Else Sees: Yeah, yeah, sure, just a normal Christmas for you Smithites, huh? When do the seeing stones come out? And the golden books? And all the other wives?? Also Iowans might be thinking: "Why isn't he here?"
The Effect:?A pretty basic video greeting, this does little but remind everyone of Mitt's Christianity (no Happy Holidays here) and that, y'know, he'd like you to vote for him in primaries. Blah. C.
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By Craig Berman, TODAY.com contributor
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Melanie Amaro was crowned the first "X Factor" champ on Thursday night.
Melanie Amaro was crowned the winner of ?X Factor? on Thursday, surprising almost nobody and completing the journey that nearly ended before it began.
Amaro famously wasn?t one of judge Simon Cowell?s original four female finalists, but got called back into the competition when he either changed his mind or decided that the charade had gone on long enough, depending on how cynical you are. Once she got that second chance, she immediately became the favorite among the women, sailing through the competition and earning the $5 million recording contract.
She fell to her knees in prayer after hearing the news, overwhelmed enough to resist host Steve Jones? numerous attempts to get something resembling a sound bite out of her. She choked up several times during her show-closing number, but presumably will recover in time to record what everyone at Fox hopes?will be?a monster album that sells millions of downloads.
Josh Krajcik, the former burrito maker and champion of the 30-somethings, came in second, with Chris Rene having been eliminated earlier in the evening as the third-place finisher.
The result capped an evening that was more of a holiday special than a coronation. The three finalists all sang Christmas tunes, as did Justin Bieber in a duet with Stevie Wonder. Bieber than sang a few notes with Drew, the teenager eliminated earlier in the competition who auditioned with Bieber?s ?Baby? and seemed as overwhelmed by the opportunity as any girl her age would.
?She is a very special girl and she will go far,? Bieber said, though he did not indicate that he was prepared to fulfill Drew?s fantasy of a date with him at the beach.
The show also featured the snippets of interviews with friends and family members that tug at the heartstrings and are a staple of all reality competitions, or so it seems.
?We used to complain about you singing all the time, and now look at you singing in front of millions of people,? Amaro?s brothers said.
?I?m not really surprised we?re here right now. I want you to know that I love you so much, and I don?t think I say that enough,? said Krajcik?s daughter.
The night also saw the rivalry between Simon and judge?L.A. Reid depicted as a battle of heavyweights, while judges Nicole Scherzinger and Paula Adbul had the ?Cry-Off? clip show instead. This concept was brought to you by the 1950s, which wants its gender roles back.
Rachel Crow made her return, two weeks after her elimination in what was called the most shocking moment of the season. She didn?t seem to have any lingering scars from that experience.
?I?m gonna steal your job,? she told Steve.
It was a tough night for the host in general, who was often stymied in his attempts to talk with the contestants and had Nicole whiff on a punchline several times before he finally threw up his hands and gave up.
Other acts included 50 Cent, who tested the Fox censors and was accompanied by some of the less-heralded members of the Los Angeles Lakers, as well as Ne-Yo and Pitbull. Also singing was Leona Lewis, who won the British version of the show and is what the folks at Fox are desperately hoping that Amaro becomes. That, as much as anything else, will determine whether this becomes the next ?American Idol? or just one of the countless shows stuck in its wake.
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Apple has bought Anobit, a maker of flash storage technology based in Israel, for a reported $500 million, according to the Calcalist financial daily.
The?acquisition?was welcomed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who tweeted: "Welcome to Israel, Apple Inc. on your 1st acquisition here. I'm certain that you'll benefit from the fruit of the Israeli knowledge."
Anobit has developed a chip that boosts flash drive performance through data signal processing.
It is believed?that?Apple's acquisition is related to the iPhone 5, which?might get a third quarter of 2012 release date. The technology from Anobit can help Apple increase and enhance the memory volume and performance of the future smartphone.
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In addition, mobile products such as the iPhone need as much storage in as little space as possible, which is making flash?a necessity in mobile electronics.?Anobit's technology?will help?Apple?further improve flash, which in turn will allow the design to be slimmed down.
One of the most expensive pieces in Apple's products is the flash storage. By acquiring Anobit, Apple will be in a position to cut down this cost. Again Anobit specializes in Memory Signal Processing, which makes flash memory more reliable and efficient.
Anobit's technology also is expected?to improve?the media browsing experience for?users.
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ScienceDaily (Dec. 23, 2011) ? Every year for Christmas, the North American Air Defence Command NORAD posts an animation on their website, in which the exact flight path of Santa Claus' sled led by reindeer Rudolf is precisely located (http://www.noradsanta.org/en/). The path of navigation satellites, however, has to be determined much more accurately than Santa's flight path, when precise ground positioning is required. GPS is the best known system of this kind, the European system Galileo is planned to be decidedly more accurate.
On 10 December, seven weeks after the start of the first two Galileo navigation satellites, scientists at the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences received the first signals from one of the two satellites (GSAT101). Four days later, the signals could be successfully recorded on a second frequency with a worldwide network of 18 ground stations of the European Space Agency (ESA).
By analysing these first observational data, the GFZ scientists were able to determine the orbit of the satellites, which are flying at an altitude of 23222 km, for the first time to a few decimetres.
Besides the calculations of the highly accurate atomic clocks on board, this is a significant factor for the overall performance of the system and the satellites. The independent examination of the satellite orbit parameters undertaken at the GFZ is used for the precise determination of the orbit. This is ultimately of great importance to the end user, e.g. motorists, since the orbit is the basis for the highly accurate location determination on the ground. Additionally, the possible linkage with the U.S. GPS would improve this positioning, because more satellites are available -- an advantage for example in densely developed cities.
The GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam acts in the context of the Galileo project as an external service for the Galileo Ground Mission Segment (GMS), both in the operation of four ESA receiver stations as well as the scientific analysis of the data obtained. The currently still low number of available ground stations requires a decidedly more careful validation, as it is the case for the hundreds of receiver stations for GPS observations. Especially in this area, the GFZ has many years of experience in satellite orbit determination.
By analysing observational data, the GFZ scientists were able to determine the orbit of the satellites, which are flying at an altitude of 23222 km, for the first time to a few decimetres.
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A mother lode of bonding ? or a lack thereof ? between moms and young children can predict kids' behavior in romantic relationships decades later, a new study suggests.
Adding to evidence that even preverbal memories are firmly imprinted on young psyches, researchers found that children who had been more securely attached to their mothers, now grown, did better at resolving relationship conflicts, recovering from those conflicts and enjoying stable, satisfying ties with their romantic partners in early adulthood.
"It's often very difficult to find the lingering effects of early life being related to adult behavior, because life circumstances change," said study author Jeffry A. Simpson, a professor of psychology at the University of Minnesota. "People change, but there's a kernel of stability from early experience in a lot of people."
Simpson and his colleagues reviewed data from 75 children born in 1976 and 1977 as part of the Minnesota Longitudinal Study of Risk and Adaptation, whose mothers received free prenatal care. These firstborn children were assessed at regular intervals with interviews, questionnaires, teachers' and parents' ratings and other observations, culminating with their relationships with their romantic partners at ages 20 and 21.
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When the children were 12 and 18 months old, they were videotaped in a stressful lab procedure called "Strange Situation," in which the children were separated and reunited with their mothers. Those who were deemed to have an insecure attachment with their mothers ? meaning they remained distressed throughout the experiment ? reported more negative emotions when trying to resolve major relationship conflicts with their romantic partners two decades later.
Simpson noted, however, that these results were affected by factors such as the children's social skills in elementary school (as rated by teachers) and the strength of their relationships with their best friend at age 16, which had also been monitored.
"We also found that if you were insecurely attached to your mother as a child, but had a really committed partner as an adult, that partner basically protected you from showing dysfunctional behavior in your relationship 20 years later," Simpson said. "It's not like you're destined to be insecure your entire life."
For example, those who had been insecurely attached as infants were more likely to still be with their partners two years later, at age 23, if their partners displayed better "conflict recovery" at 20 or 21, the study said.
The finding that certain relationship patterns can be overcome under the right circumstances, such as with a well-adjusted partner, also depends on the degree of trauma suffered by the child, and his or her overall resilience, said Dr. Victor Fornari, director of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry for the North Shore-LIJ Health System in New Hyde Park, N.Y.
"It's not just the quality of caretaking and the child's innate temperament, as well as what his biological predispositions are," Fornari said. "Certainly all of this begins in early childhood, but it's not just the quality of the mother-infant relationship that determines the outcome."
Can patterns be changed?
Adults who remember having a poor relationship with their mothers early in life ? whether or not that pattern continued, may want to speak with a therapist to maximize their chances of happy, successful romantic relationships, Simpson suggested.
"Often, identifying the sorts of patterns you may not be able to articulate, can (help) you find someone who is not going to reinforce the way you used to be treated, or the way you used to view the world," Simpson said.
But he added, "It's really important not to blame parents. Usually when there's a negative pattern of behavior with a mother and child, the mother is under financial or emotional stress . . . They're often doing the best they can given their life circumstances."
The study is published in the December issue of the journal Current Directions in Psychological Science.
Pass it on: An infant's bond with mom may affect his relationships later in life, though other factors also have influence.
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