European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 23, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 o stars and strip Friday March 23 2007 math team brings Puzzle full Circle group solves mystery of 248dimension spherical object the associated press Palo Alto inter National team of mathematicians says it has cracked a 120yearold Puzzle that researchers say is so complicated that its Handwritten solution would cover the Island of Manhattan the 18member group of mathematicians and com Puter scientists was convened by the Ameri can Institute of mathematics in Palo Alto to map a theoretical object known As the lie group e8 lie pronounced Lee groups were invented by 19thcentury norwegian mathematician Sophus lie in his study of sym metrical objects especially spheres and differential calculus the e8 group which dates to 1887 is the most complicated lie group with 248 dimensions and was Long considered impossible to solve John Stembridge University of a computer illustration shows e8 Root system related to the lie group e8 which is 248 dimensions to say what precisely it is is something even Many mathematicians cant understand said Jef Frey Adams the projects Leader and a math professor at the University of Maryland the problems proof announced monday at the Massachusetts Institute of technology took the research ers four years to find it involves about 60 times As much data As the human genome project when stored in highly com pressed form on a computer hard drive the solution takes up As much space As 45 Days of continuous music in mp3 for mat its like a mount Everest of mathematical structures Treyve climbed now said Brian Conrey director of the Institute the calculation does not have any obvious practical applications but could help Advance theoretical physics and geometry re searchers said Richard Ambo the Honolulu japanese real estate investor Genshiro Kawamoto has selected the first four of eight families that will each rent one of his multimillion Dollar Homes in the exclusive Oceanside Kahala area for a month billionaire to rent Homes to poor for a month the associated press billion Aire Genshiro Kawamoto has selected the first four of eight native hawaiian families that will each rent one of his multimillion Dollar Homes in the exclusive Oceanside Kahala area for a month the Low income families could move into the furnished Kahala Avenue Homes purchased in 2005 for million to million each As soon As this weekend they will be living in heaven now said Kawamoto a 75yearold real estate tycoon among Kawamoto four rental Homes is one with five bedrooms and bathrooms the 6489squarefoot Home was built in 1989 and is More than three times larger than the average House on Oahu it was purchased by Kawamoto in August 2005 for million the families were selected from 3000 people who wrote him in response to his plan announced in october to rent to Low income hawaiians Kawamoto said it was difficult to choose families because there was so much interest he also expects to select four More tenant families As Early As next month Kawamoto spent about million to Purchase 20 Homes on Kahala Avenue since 2002 he plans to convert four to Public museums displaying his collection of Western and Oriental Art the plan Hast been welcomed by everyone including some of his neighbors who have complained about the Upkeep of the Homes and the possibility of the area losing value ant Clinton 1984 and Steps up guerrilla web Campaign War by Jim Kuhnhenn the associated press Washington its guerrilla politics at its Clev Erest the mysterious internet video that compares sen Hillary Rodham Clinton to big brother is the boffo hit of the youtube web site the 74second clip a copy of a 1984 Apple and for its macintosh computer has recorded More than 1 million views with an enormous surge in the past two Days while the videos final image reads Brackob Macom the Campaign of the Illinois senator has denied being behind it its creator remains Anonymous but for political strategists and experts even journalists the and presents a series of other fundamental unknowns How will web Content outside the control of campaigns affect voters How should campaigns react to Anonymous but highly viewed attacks when is web Content no matter How provocative newsworthy As the internet looks More and More like an electronic Community politicians Are increasingly devoting resources to the web with some exceptions however what draws viewers is Content that politicians dont control a clip of Clinton singing a slightly of key version of the Star spangled ban Ner has drawn More than 1 million views whats More internet Content does not have to meet the strict reporting standards that television and radio ads must observe that makes the web the medium of Choice for Stealthy tactics by partisans operating outside the campaigns for candidates caught in the crosshair one Way to Obama respond is to Brush it off preferably with humor asked about the macintosh video on tuesday Clin ton said in just Happy if its taking attention away from my singing the and portrays Clinton on a huge television screen addressing robotic humans in a Stark futuristic Hall a female athlete tosses a Hammer at the screen destroying Clinton image with an explosive Flash then this text on january 14th the demo cratic primary will begin and you will see Why 2008 int going to be like 1984 but the web is also a vast repository for imitation a video posted two Days ago cop ies the same macintosh and used against Clinton to target Obama Obama appearing on inns Larry King live monday night said his Campaign knew nothing about the origins of the ant Clinton and Evan Tracey chief operating officer at Media analysis group a com Pany that tracks political advertising said a television and watched by 500000 View ers could be Worth up to Mil lion but he added the disclaimer is that its 500000 people on youtube which Means that they Are generally Young and there not All in Iowa or new Hamp Shire which is what matters sen Hillary Clinton a Cheney Back to Hospital with More leg problems Washington vice presi Dent Dick Cheney went to the hos Pital after experiencing disco Lort in his left lower leg where a blood clot was recently discovered after consulting with his Doc tors Cheney was asked on tues Day to return to George washing ton University Hospital for repeat ultrasound imaging of the deep venous thrombosis or clot in that leg said spokeswoman Megan Mcginn the ultrasound revealed no Extension or complication of the clot she said his blood thin Ning medication was found to be therapeutic these results Are expected and reassuring and the current course of treatment will continue just Over two weeks ago Doc tors discovered a blood clot in the vice presidents leg they said at the time that he Likely would have to be treated with blood thinning medication for several months entrepreneur Calls rocket launch Success los Angeles a new com Mercial rocket developed by millionaire entrepreneur Elan Musk was launched from a Pacific atoll and reached space but probably reentered the atmosphere after half an orbit because of a prob Lem during the second stage Burn Musk said he nonetheless called it a pretty Good test during a pos flight teleconference space exploration technologies Falcon 1 which launched tuesday is planned to be the first in a family of competitively priced launch vehicles from the Californi abased company which is trying to break into the Orbital space launch Market Excog Hurt in Mideast settles suit with City Keller Texas Keller City Council members on tuesday night unanimously approved a out court settlement with a former police officer who sued to get his Job Back after he was permanently injured in Iraq Charles Eric Richardson fed eral trial was to begin monday in fort Worth before us District judge John Mcbryde dismissed the Case last week an alternative dispute Resolution summary filed in Federal court last week said the Case was settled after mediation nearly two weeks ago in the settlement there is no admission of liability on the part of the City or its employees City at Torney Stan Lowry said tuesday night after the meeting it also stipulates that Richardson jul not work again for Keller he said neither Richardson nor his at Torney Dan Hargrove of san an Tonio returned Calls seeking com ment tuesday Richardson 40 sued the City last year for about seek ing his Job Back pay reinstate ment of health benefits and compensation for mental anguish and attorney fees Richardson volunteered for the air Force Reserve in 2001 and was deployed to Kuwait that fall in 2002 he suffered a traumatic in jury to the nerves in his feet be cause his assigned boots were too Small he was later Dis honorable discharged from the associated press