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Pachucas Hector Herrera has given his word to Porto that he will join the club next season, according to an article in Portuguese publication O Jogo.

Herrera was believed to be close to signing in January as the transfer window slammed shut, but the deal appears to be back on.

Ive given my word to Porto, midfielder Herrera, 23, is quoted as saying.

I know that they compare me to Moutinho, he added in part of the interview.

Reports in the Mexican press suggest that a few loose ends still need to be tied up between the clubs for the player to officially make the move.

If El Zorrillo (The Skunk) does sign for the Portuguese giants, he will join fellow Olympic and national team player Diego Reyes, who announced his transfer from Club America to Porto over the past winter.

The Portuguese club is well known for buying Latin American talents, having signed Radamel Falcao, Jackson Martinez, Hulk, James Rodriguez and Nicolas Otamendi in recent years.

Herrera has had a mixed season this Clausura, opening up with a stunning solo goal in the first round of matches against Atlante, but not having the impact he wouldve like through the season, with Pachuca slipping from the playoff reckoning.

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The Boston marathon bombing has focused attention on the word "jihad."

Vice President Biden characterized the alleged bombers as knockoff jihadis." The Associated Press reported that the elder brother had "vaguely discussed jihad" with his mother over the phone in 2011.

"Jihad" is derived from the Arabic word juhd (meaning effort, exertion, or power) and literally translates to "struggle" or "resistance" for the sake of a goal. Used 30 times and in multiple contexts in the Koran, jihad most often denotes a struggle against external enemies, the devil, or one's self. One example from the Koran (49.15) is: "The believers are those who believe in Allah and His Messenger and jahadu (do jihad) with their properties and selves in the way of Allah."

Mark Wilks, an early 19th-century British author, introduced jihad into the English lexicon, defining it as a Muslim "holy war," in his Historical Sketches of the South of India. It's retained that meaning in English; the Oxford English Dictionary defines jihad as "a religious war of Muslims against unbelievers."

Because of its roots and context in the Koran, jihad has a positive meaning to Muslims. Whatever form jihad may take, the struggle is always noble. When the term is evoked against external enemies, it can be used only during just or defensive wars.

During the 20th century, certain Islamic thinkers expanded the concept, says Mary Habeck of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and began speaking of jihad as a revolutionary movement, a response to colonial occupation, or an effort to defeat all ideologies opposed to Islamic belief. The most radical definition came in 1980s Afghanistan: Abdullah Azzam preached that it was the duty of all Muslims to take up arms and fight non-Muslims invading or occupying Muslim lands. Islamic militants seized on this interpretation.

By claiming the title mujahid (the Arabic equivalent of the Anglicized "jihadist"), militants and terrorists asserted the legitimacy of their violent actions, even if they involved the killing of innocents, which is explicitly forbidden by the Koran.

Over the last 40 years, Westerners have come to see the term "jihad" as virtually synonymous with terrorist. Many Islamic scholars and activists have argued against Westerners using the term as a shorthand for Islamic militancy. "They are legitimizing the terrorists by calling them jihadis," said Nihad Awad, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. "The concept has been hijacked."

In February the Council on American-Islamic Relations launched a media campaign to "reclaim" the original meaning of the word and educate the public via bus-side ads in Chicago and San Francisco. But the misapplication of the term is confined to Westerners and Islamic fundamentalists alone, according to Awad and Habeck. The adoption of the term by Islamic militants has not added negative connotations to the concept within Muslim communities because, Awad noted, Muslim scholars and leaders have been able to push back against the word's corruption. "They will not allow jihad [to be tainted]. This will not fly in the Muslim world."

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --Love word games? Tired of waiting on your friends? String Theory: a Word Game challenges players to spell as many words as they can before time runs out. String Theory: a Word Game, created by Gecko, LLC, is available worldwide in the App Store starting today for all iOS devices.

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Players spell words on the game board using letters in order from the letter deck. Each time the string makes a complete pass across the board, all the words spelled during that pass get scored and cleared from the board. Players get a limited number of passes of the string with which to spell words, but can earn more during game play by activating specials.

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String Theory: a Word Game is developed by Gecko, LLC, a mobile app company founded in 2012.

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SALT LAKE CITY Residents were surprised to see the word imagine had been added to the large block U on the hillside above Salt Lake City this week.

The word has been added temporarily as part of the University of Utahs Commencement Week 2013 and in celebration of the schools new brand, according to a press release from the University of Utah.

Brian Rasmussen, marketing director at the U of U, said the addition was suggested by students.

The block U is a landmark seen across the valley, he said. When a group of students suggested the idea, we agreed it was the perfect way to share our message and honor this years graduates.

According to the press release, The Imagine U campaign is part of the universitys new marketing strategy, which seeks to define the school as a tier-one teaching and research institution. Click here for more information about the campaign.

The banner will be displayed until May 6.

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Integration process and clearly defined strategy put the leading vendor of network infrastructures on track for its next phase of growth

Frankfurt, April 2013 - In the past fiscal year 2012, euromicron embarked on the 2- to 3-year build and integrate phase as part of its 15-year strategy, the final stage of which is to be achieved in 2015 with annualized sales of EUR500 million. The initial integration measures, which were launched in 2009/2010, were interrupted after reaching the EUR200 million sales mark by the early possibility of acquiring telent GmbH for the euromicron Group in 2011 and were then continued and stepped up on a broad scale in 2012. The extensive integration measures were implemented in 2012 as planned in the first stage, the growth targets of at least EUR330 million in sales were achieved.

Unique market positioning with enormous growth potential The company's positioning, which is largely unique in Germany and Europe, was created as part of a corporate strategy that is geared to a timeframe of 15 years and is now entering its final phase of implementation. 'The focus on network infrastructures - as a manufacturer, system integrator and in distribution - is proactive and forward-looking. According to a study*, global IP traffic has grown 8-fold in the past 5 years and will triple again in the next 5,' says Thomas Hoffmann from euromicron's Executive Board. Demand for euromicron's products, solutions and services is driven by this trend.

After telent GmbH, a system house for WAN services that strategically complements euromicron's portfolio, was acquired earlier than planned, integration was carried out on a broad scale in fiscal 2012. The large number of measures range from location optimization, reorganization of management structures at the operating companies, expansion and modernization of the IT landscape to investment in product developments. Professionalization of the sales team, initiation of Competence Centers, the setup of operational controlling units to establishment of a compliance organization round out the structural and integration measures.

'We did not slacken our pace in implementing the planned integration measures despite the negative impact on earnings in the course of the year and will continue them in 2013 with undiminished purpose so as to prepare our company for further growth, the Agenda 500' says Executive Board member Thomas Hoffmann.

Sights set on growth to EUR500 million in sales in 2015 euromicron has come to terms well with the structural and integration measures implemented as planned in 2012 and posted respectable figures. 'We are thus investing in the company's sustainable development and - as in the first 10 years of building the company - will benefit from that long term,' affirms Dr. Willibald Spth, Chairman of the Executive Board of euromicron. Under the Agenda 500, the company is pursuing its goal of achieving annualized sales of EUR500 million in 2015.

Further key figures: http://www.euromicron.net/finanzberichte

euromicron AG (www.euromicron.de) is an all-round solution provider for communications, transport, data and security networks. euromicron's network infrastructures integrate voice, video and data transport wirelessly, via copper cable and by means of fiber-optic technologies. euromicron builds its leading applications, such as security, control, healthcare or surveillance systems, on the basis of these cutting-edge network infrastructures. Founded on its expertise as a developer and producer of fiber-optic components, euromicron AG is a strongly growing, highly profitable group that is listed on the stock market, has a medium-sized character and focuses on operational growth, integration and further market penetration, internationalization and expansion.

If you have any more questions, please contact: euromicron AG Zum Laurenburger Hof 76 60594 Frankfurt/Main Germany Public Relations Jrg Peter Phone: +49 (0) 173 / 66 060 31 peter@euromicron.com http://www.euromicron.com

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