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POPSSecret Mission Rescues Yemen's Jews 
and travel to the capital 50 miles to the south. There, they met U.S. State Department officials conducting a clandestine operation to bring some of Yemen's last remaining Jews to America to escape rising anti-Semitic violence in his country. In all, about 60 Yemeni Jews have resettled in the U.S. since July; officials say another 100 could still come. There were an estimated 350 in Yemen before the operation began. Some of the remainder may go to Israel and some will stay behind, most in a government enclave. The secret evacuation of the Yemeni Jews -- considered by historians to be one of the oldest of the Jewish diaspora communities -- is a sign of America's growing concern about this Arabian Peninsula land of 23 million. The operation followed a year of mounting harassment, and was plotted with Jewish relief groups while Washington was signaling alarm about Yemen. In July, Gen. David Petraeus was dispatched to Yemen to encourage President Ali Abdullah Saleh to be
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POPS Iranian Opposition Calls for Rally therefore they can't trust their vote recounts, either," said cleric Ali Akbar Mohtashamipour, a spokesman for Mr. Mousavi's camp. The rallies in Tehran were mostly calm, following Monday's protest that left seven people dead. On Sunday, five students at Tehran University were reported killed, though that figure hasn't been confirmed by state media. On Tuesday, the two sides kept their distance from one another and the uniformed security forces stood at the sides of the rallies. Many opposition demonstrators said they had come out despite a government ban and warnings by Mr. Mousavi to avoid confrontation after Monday's bloody rally, to show they won't give in to pressure. "Now that our movement has started, it must continue. If they kill us, we will get more resolved,"said Mohamad Reza, a 24-year-old textile seller in Tehran's Grand Bazaar. "They just want Mousavi because he told them he will give them freedom," said one Ahmadinejad supporter.
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POPSWritten in Bone At no other time in our history have we had the technological capability or opportunity now available to help us tell this tale. Explore the history and science behind the investigation as we learn for the first time the intimate stories of America's early colonists.
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POPSQuick, free, online photo re-sizer Quickly changes photo dimensions or file size to optimize photos in seconds for your blog or application. Because it's so simple, I use this sooner or later every week. No registration, no software download.
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POPSNovel Tools for collaborative Data Visualizations “When analyzing information, no single person knows it all,” he said. “When you have a group look at data, you protect against bias. You get more perspectives, and this can lead to more reliable decisions.” Those who register at the site can comment on one another’s work, perhaps visualizing the same information with different tools and discovering unexpected patterns in the data.
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POPSHeritage computers facing scrap heap
April 1 is the deadline. Many of the computers may be useful for research or historical purposes, perhaps to help put into some context how far Moore's Law has got us over the last 50 to 100 years To think computers started with vacuum tubes, as transistors. These aren't that old but they do take up a lot of space. Often it is discovered something is needed just after it is thrown out. Perhaps throwing it out was a reminder that something still existed, but it's easy to forget how we got here if there's no hard copy. Human memories can be very subjective. Computer memories are much more logical. The way humanity works, if we bury them now in a few years well regret we didn't wait until we had at least generated a 3D Graphics program that contains all of the information, from hardware layout and format to programs, in the one folder. It will be too late then, we'll have to be content with b/w photos, and perhaps personal descriptions. Maybe Wikki will tell us what they were like.
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POPSUbuntu Ultimate 1.7 This video shows a few more examples of why Linux, Ubuntu, and Ubuntu Ultimate are becoming more popular. Linux is becoming more user friendly all of the time, with free Open Source programs designed and improved by the users. built by everyday users who know what they're looking for. Ubuntu Ultimate 1.7 was designed by Thee Mahn, but I have also included some links to The Ubuntu community home site where some of the many problems that are encountered by 'newbies ' such as myself, are solved with detailed explanations. Many questions have already been answered with new users striking the same glitches, but there is never any harm asking a new question. There will no doubt be someone else with the same problem. A 2.3 GB ultimate 1.7 DVD can be downloaded for free from a number of mirrors, or FTP, and HTTP sources, but there are also low priced DVD's available which can save time. One example was at OSdisc.com for about $6 but shop around
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POPSInside the MacBook Air On the site of the Mac+iPod do-it-yourself company iFixit we find a nice report about what's inside the MacBook Air. Some highlights:
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