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To: Clappy who wrote (21168)	1/16/2003 1:24:39 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 104155

Inspectors issue Iraq ultimatum Thursday, January 16, 2003 BRUSSELS, Belgium -- The top U.N. weapons inspectors have accused Iraq of not doing enough to help experts on the ground and warned Baghdad to cooperate or face war. Hans Blix, speaking in Brussels, and Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, who is in Russia, demanded more help from Baghdad -- a call supported by the European Union. Blix also accused Baghdad of illegally importing arms-related material to the country but added it was not yet clear whether the items were related to weapons of mass destruction. White House officials said they were pleased to hear Blix's remarks, noting that they are more consistent with what Washington has been saying -- only the pressure and threat of miiltary force will get Iraq's attention. Blix said: "Everyone wants to see a credible and verified disarmament of Iraq. "We feel Iraq must do more than it has so far in order to make inspections a credible avenue (to disarmament). "The other major avenue is in the form of armed action against Iraq. For my part we are trying our best to make inspections effective so we can have a peaceful solution." He added: "It's clear Iraq has violated the bans of the United Nations in terms of imports. We have found things that have been illegally imported, even in 2001 and 2002." After the talks in Brussels with Blix, the EU's foreign policy chief Javier Solana expressed his solidarity with the chief weapons inspector. Solana told reporters: "He (Blix) has conveyed to me his concern that the cooperation with Saddam Hussein, the cooperation with Iraq, is not sufficient. "We are demanding a more pro-active cooperation from the regime of Saddam Hussein so that the world, the Security Council, the inspectors, are convinced that he has disarmed from all weapons of mass destruction." ..... cnn.com

To: Clappy who wrote (21168)	1/16/2003 2:21:52 PM
From: Dalin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 104155

Subject: Engineering Student's Bonus Question Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)? Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas cools off when it expands and heats up when it is compressed) or some variant. One student, however, wrote the following: "First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need to know the rate that souls are moving into Hell and the rate they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving. As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in the world today. Most of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there is more than one of these religions, and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all soul go to Hell. With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell, because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are added. This gives two possibilities: 1) If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose. 2) If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over. So which is it? If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa Jones during my Freshman year, "...that it will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you", and take into account the fact that I still have not succeeded in having an affair with her, the #2 above cannot be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and will not freeze over." :o) Pi eyed square