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...excavations in Jerusalem are overseen by the IAA, and its director, ex-General Shuka Dorfman explained to TIME that while Elad manages and funds more than a dozen digs around Jerusalem, an IAA archaeologist is always on-site to analyze findings. Dorfman concedes that the settler organization's interpretation of its findings in Silwan "is different from ours." He adds: "They emphasize only the Jewish heritage." Sometimes, according to archaeologist Mizrahi, the Elad-sponsored digs ignore other strata of Jerusalem's multi-cultural history. "They're only focusing on one tradition - the Jewish one," he says...
...Yemen is the U.S.'s "most fragile ally." But our country does a good job on its own of keeping terrorists busy there and all around the world. We invade countries to spread our form of government, then we fail to comprehend their ancient tribal systems, their religious systems and their views about marriage and family structure. The rise of terrorist activity over the past decade should at last lead us to look more carefully at ourselves, not the people chewing khat in Yemen. Tom Edgar Boise, Idaho...
...Baidu's flaws would mean more if Google were sticking around. If it's not, Baidu will have the world's most populous country almost to itself. And that won't be a good thing for anybody. "The lack of a strong second player may unmotivate Baidu to improve" is how JPMorgan's Wei puts it. The company has gone from a Silicon Valley start-up, in a field that didn't then exist in China, to a nimble competitor that was challenged by the global king - and won. The risk that one day it could turn into a hoary...
...Hollywood's anxiety about the movie's supposedly limited appeal to both sexes was needless. Indeed, Avatar's closest kin among current hits may be The Blind Side, the female-skewing sports film. Both tell stories of strong women who find rootless young men and give them a purpose around which they can build their lives...
...extinguishing fires under various combinations of temperature and wind. For most of years since it's been used, an FDI warning of 50 out of 100 points indicated that an area was at extreme risk. But in recent years, there have been many days where the index has hovered around the 100 mark, a shift some attribute to climate change. On Feb. 7, when the FDI reached an unprecedented high of 150, most people interpreted that number as just another dry, windy day when the FDI was high again. "Victoria was prepared for a really hot day, but nothing more...