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(CNN) -- After nearly going to war last year over a Colombian military raid inside Ecuador, the two nations seemed to be patching relations when their foreign ministers met a few weeks ago.

Then an Ecuadorian judge issued an arrest warrant this week for the head of the Colombian armed forces, pushing relations back one giant step.

Colombian Gen. Freddy Padilla, the armed forces chief whose arrest is sought, canceled a meeting scheduled for Friday with Ecuadorian Gen. Fabian Varela. Padilla thought he might be arrested if he traveled to Ecuador.

It's not the first pothole on the path to normalization. Ecuador previously issued an arrest warrant for former Colombian Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos, who held the post during last year's raid.

Colombia has dismissed both warrants, saying Ecuador has no jurisdiction to investigate and judge Colombian officials.

Analyst Patrick Esteruelas of the Eurasia Group consulting firm calls Ecuador's actions "schizophrenic."

Two former U.S. ambassadors to the area agree this is par for Ecuadorian foreign policy.

"That's the history of Ecuador, unfortunately," said Peter Romero, ambassador to that nation from 1993 to 1996. "One step forward, two steps back."

Myles Frechette, U.S. ambassador to Colombia from 1994 to 1997, said Friday that "Ecuador is a specialist in bonehead plays. It has been for years. Nothing's changed much."

Former Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Heinz Moeller, who served from 2000 to 2003, called the arrest warrant "lamentable."

"It's absurd that these things happen," he said Friday.

Tension between the two nations has existed for years. The latest enmity started in March 2008, when Colombia bombed a guerrilla base inside Ecuador. The raid killed a top leader for the Revolutionary Armed Force of Colombia, commonly known as the FARC. The Marxist guerrilla group has been waging war on Colombia since the 1960s and often takes refuge on the Ecuadorian side of the border.

At least 25 people were killed, most of them said to be FARC guerrillas.

Colombian President Alvaro Uribe hailed the attack, saying "terrorism ... does not respect borders."

Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa called the attack "aggression" and a "massacre" and severed diplomatic relations with Colombia.

Both nations went on war footing but stopped short of military action.

Over time, tensions seemed to dissipate and Colombian Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez and his Ecuadorian counterpart, Fander Falconi, met last month. After the meeting, Colombia signed a statement saying it would never attack inside Ecuador again.

Friday's meeting between the two nations' top generals was supposed to further repair the damage.

Then came the arrest warrant.

What happened? Perhaps politics. Definitely one branch of the government acting without the consent of the other.

Falconi quickly pointed out that the nation's judicial branch, not Correa's administration, decided to issue the warrant.

Analysts agree that it wasn't Correa's doing.

"That's not a very coordinated government," said Frechette, the former envoy to Colombia. "The executive branch didn't issue that order."

Moeller, the former Ecuadorian foreign minister, said the judge who issued the arrest warrant is "motivated by political criteria."

"I don't have another explanation," said Moeller, who also served as president of the Ecuadorian Congress three times.

Normalization of relations will be a slow process, Eurasia analyst Esteruelas said.

"We're going to see a lot of stops and starts," he said.

Alejandro Santos, editorial director of La Semana weekly news magazine in Colombia, said relations will not improve until the two countries "can close the chapter" on last year's bombing raid.

"That chapter can be closed when the Colombian government promises not to do that. They have done that (promise)," Santos said. "Now Ecuador needs to start avoiding those types of judicial measures against Colombian officials."

Esteruelas said Ecuador felt justifiably aggrieved over the attack and wants to make sure it never happens again. But he also sees another issue at play: Ecuadorian President Correa's plummeting poll numbers and domestic problems with indigenous movements and other political issues.

"It's usually convenient to remind everyone that Correa is fighting for Ecuadorian sovereignty," Esteruelas said, adding that such nationalism "resonates very broadly" across the political spectrum.

But Frechette said, "Correa really does want to reach some kind of agreement."

The problems between the two nations are long-standing and have a lot to do with the 45-year-old war between Colombia and the FARC.

From Ecuador's perspective, the war has displaced about 250,000 Colombians who have sought refuge in Ecuador. Those refugees need services and jobs, further straining a poor area that's already on the brink. Ecuador also resents that the FARC have set up camps inside the country, causing security problems for a nation that is not technically at war with the guerrillas.

From Colombia's point of view, Ecuador is not doing enough to combat the FARC and is allowing the guerrillas to have a sanctuary that Colombian troops cannot reach.

Further complicating the relationship, Ecuador's Correa is politically aligned with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who is no friend of Colombia and its leader, Uribe. Chavez threatened to attack neighboring Colombia after the military raid in Ecuador.

"This has been developing for many years," Moeller said.

But there are great advantages to normalizing relations, most of them economic.

Ecuador, for example, is Colombia's third-largest export market.

Walter Spurrier, president of Grupo Spurrier and director of Weekly Analysis in Guayaquil, Ecuador, and Maria Velez de Berliner, president of the Latin Intelligence Corp. in Alexandria, Virginia, talked with the Inter-American Dialog policy institute last month about Colombia-Ecuador economic activity.

"Re-establishing relations could lead Ecuador to lift sanctions against Colombian products, which forced many small- and medium-sized businesses to collapse on both sides of the border," Velez told the Washington-based think tank.

Said Spurrier, "For Colombia, Ecuador is an important market. Not so the other way around. But the goods Ecuador sells Colombia are difficult to relocate to other markets. Ecuador now attempts to sell Libya and Iran the rice it would have otherwise sold Colombia. Also, Ecuadorian importers have to look for other sources."

Moeller, the former foreign minister, wants normalization to get back on track.

"We have to close the parenthesis," he said. "I hope this passes ... and that they start talking again."

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question: Who did the Ecuadorian judge issue an arrest warrant for?

answer: Gen. Freddy Padilla,

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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- U.S. Army ground commanders in Afghanistan say they need help, fast. That's not a request for more troops, but a request from commanders who say the current camouflage uniform is not blending well in the diverse countryside.

U.S. Army commanders in Afghanistan say the current uniform does not blend well in the countryside.

In response, the Army later this month will field-test two new camouflage color schemes and patterns on about 1,000 soldiers in Afghanistan, where the terrain is extremely varied.

Commanders have had problems there because of the numerous changes in environments a soldier can move in and out of in a short period of time -- from woodland to desert to alpine, and to rocky and snowy mountain tops.

The current uniform, known as the Army Combat Uniform or ACU, has lighter shades of green and tan, which some commanders have complained does not blend well if soldiers need to stay motionless on a mission, as snipers or reconnaissance troops must.

The effort by the Army was recently accelerated, according to Army officials, after U.S. Rep. John Murtha, D-Pennsylvania, told the Army he had a number of complaints from soldiers in Afghanistan who said the current camouflage pattern was not effective in the mountainous regions.

Two yet-to-be-identified battalions -- a battalion has about 500 troops -- will test the two patterns, with initial results being turned into Army researchers by the end of October.

While deployed, all 1,000 soldiers will have their regularly issued ACUs. In addition, one battalion will also get one of the new camouflage uniforms with a test pattern known as "MultiCam." The pattern is made up of numerous blobs of white, brown, tan, black and greens for a more woodland look, and is already being worn by snipers and special operations forces.

The other brigade will test a similar pattern to the ACU, called the Universal Cammo Pattern-Delta or "UCP-Delta." While the pattern is the same, a series of "digitized" blocks of green and tan, the test uniform adds what he Army calls "coyote brown" and a slight color darkening all around to the greens and tans. The look is also designed to blend in the woods.

Both battalions will be based in eastern Afghanistan where the terrain is the most rugged and diverse, Army officials said.

The Army hopes to have the field input and a decision on what pattern is best by the end of January 2010 and the fielding of the new uniform as early as June 2010.

Troops will still keep the existing ACU, and commanders will be able to decide mission by mission what the soldiers should wear, according to Army officials.

The testing is part of the Army's long-term development of a permanent alternative to the current ACU, according to Army officials.

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question: What is wrong with the current uniform?

answer: is not blending well in the diverse countryside.

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question: What will the army field-test this month?

answer: two new camouflage color schemes and patterns

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question: How many new camouflage patterns are to be tested?

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question: Who says the current uniforms do not blend well?

answer: U.S. Army commanders in Afghanistan

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question: When will the decision on new pattern be made?

answer: by the end of January 2010

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question: How many new patterns will the army test in Afghanistan?

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(CNN) -- Antarctica is warming in line with the rest of the world, according to a new study on climate change in Antarctica.

Temperatures across Antarctica have traditionally varied between east and west, scientists say.

Rather than being the last bastion to resist global warming, U.S. research has found that for the past 50 years much of the continent of Antarctica has been getting warmer.

For years common belief among scientists studying climate change was that a large part of Antarctica, the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, has been getting colder while the rest of the world has warmed.

However the new research from the University of Washington has found that warming in West Antarctica exceeded one-tenth of a degree Celsius per decade for the past 50 years, which more than offsets the cooling in East Antarctica.

"West Antarctica is a very different place than East Antarctica, and there is a physical barrier, the Transantarctic Mountains, that separates the two," said Professor Eric Steig, lead author of the research paper.

The study's findings appeared in Thursday's issue of the scientific journal Nature.

At 6,000 feet (1,829 meters) above sea level the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is around 4,000 feet lower than East Antarctica and subject to warm, moist storms and more snowfall.

In gathering the data Steig and fellow researchers used information from satellites, which was crucial in providing new insight into patterns of temperature change across the continent.

Previous research on climate in Antarctica that relied solely on Antarctic weather stations, in place since 1957, could not get as much information about conditions on the interior of the continent as most are placed within a short distance of the coast.

"Simple explanations don't capture the complexity of climate," Steig said.

"The thing you hear all the time is that Antarctica is cooling and that's not the case. If anything it's the reverse, but it's more complex than that. Antarctica isn't warming at the same rate everywhere, and while some areas have been cooling for a long time the evidence shows the continent as a whole is getting warmer."

A major reason most of Antarctica was thought to be cooling was because of a hole in the ozone layer that appears during the spring months in the Southern Hemisphere's polar region.

Steig noted that it is well established that the ozone hole has contributed to cooling in East Antarctica.

"However, it seems to have been assumed that the ozone hole was affecting the entire continent when there wasn't any evidence to support that idea, or even any theory to support it," he said.

"In any case, efforts to repair the ozone layer eventually will begin taking effect and the hole could be eliminated by the middle of this century. If that happens, all of Antarctica could begin warming on a par with the rest of the world."

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(CNN) -- I've been a trend spotter for almost 20 years, and people have asked me -- some joking, some not -- if I foresaw that I'd be identifying cultural trends this long.

Trend spotting and ESP: not the same thing. Nobody can foresee something that precise that far ahead. But I love using my background in sociology, marketing and PR to dig deep, looking for social patterns. Plus, trend spotting is huge on so many levels, especially for anybody in any industry who needs to be thinking ahead. (And isn't that everyone today?)

So while other people make holiday wish lists, my tradition is making my annual trends list. While other people browse through malls, I sift through movements, mindsets and moods to come up with a rundown of what will be trending in the next 12 months.

What I find doesn't always make people happy. In 2008, for instance, a controversy erupted after I was accused of attacking baby boomers when I predicted the rise of the cuspers (the age group between Gen Xers and boomers).

This year, anger actually tops my list. There's plenty to be angry about in 2011; is overdosing on Sarah Palin what makes you full of rage? The economy? Airport frisking?

See if that trend and my 10 others for 2011 ring true throughout the coming year:

Mad as hell, and only getting madder In the U.S., expect the prevalent mood to grow angrier, with men at home angry at their wives and the economy, women at work angry that they're the sole breadwinners, and everyone angry about taxes, reforms, individual freedoms and more.

Talk to the hands In today's rebooting world, people are re-evaluating what jobs and activities are worth something deeper than the next bonus, promotion, gadget or status symbol. It grows from a yearning for an era when ordinary Americans were practical people who looked after themselves with their own hands.

Net gain People worldwide are losing faith. Many Americans, for example, have lost trust in their politicians, their institutions, their media and the direction of the nation. To compensate (because they haven't lost trust in self-reliance and faith in technology), they are looking to their networks, turbocharged by computers and the internet.

Public mycasting system In the emerging world of mycasting (individually curated interactive content), each individual expresses his or her worldview through what they write, the images they upload, the "share this" links they create, the tweets they retweet.

Booting up Watch out for the return of boot camps to toughen up kids and employees for the rigors of the 21st century. Imagine manners classes and empathy workshops being replaced by emotional-resilience-conditioning workouts.

Yes, we can -- reinvent ourselves "Change" has faded as a political slogan, but it's becoming a way of life for many. Some people are volunteering for a change in their lives; others are being forced into it. Whether the changes are voluntary or mandatory, it's time to tap into that legendary can-do spirit and remember that America is the land of second chances.

Reinvention, Part II The fires of public anger burn very intensely but then hop to the next tinder. With the right timing, the right words, the right attitudes and behavior, and enough money to pay for top-class professional advocacy, even the most egregious corporate and celebrity wrongdoers might get a second chance.

Separated at worth In a world where pay and compensation have become confused, and big money has begun to smell rotten, emotional wealth -- the love and respect of others -- looks like a much better bet. The extreme-cash bling of luxury objects will be overtaken by the extreme emo bling of adoring friends going the extra 10 miles.

Gender bender Women are growing into new roles, and men are growing out of the traditional male roles that gave them their top-class swagger; no longer are they automatically the head of household, the sexual initiator, the protector, provider and decision maker.

Who's in control? The demand for greater control is a trend that unites Americans of all persuasions. What divides them -- and what will raise passions in the near future -- is what should be controlled, how and by whom. One of the fault lines is between those who demand more self-control and those who demand more regulatory control.

Tapping minitrends Some trends start small and inevitably grow huge with their own momentum; others spell opportunity for innovators. Next year, the latter includes the rise of African consumers, small-scale solar energy, mobile money-transfer services and mobile health care.

The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Marian Salzman.

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(CNN) -- Cameroon's high rate of teenage pregnancy is being blamed for driving mothers to use harmful traditions on their daughters -- including the unspeakable practice of breast ironing.

Some mothers "iron" their daughters' breasts with a hot pestle to make them less desirable to men. It's a practice that's meant to stop them getting pregnant at a young age, but it leaves many girls physically and emotionally scarred.

A study in 2006 found nearly one in four Cameroonian girls have been affected. But a new generation of Cameroonian women are on a mission to eradicate the practice.

Among them is Georgette Taku. She believes better sex education is the key to reducing teenage pregnancy and changing attitudes to breast ironing.

"What is killing the Cameroonian girl in society is that mothers don't communicate with their daughters, they don't talk," said Taku.

Taku works for the Association of Aunties, a national network that promotes sexual dialogue. It was her own pregnancy and the birth of her son that pushed her into a life of activism.

"They (mothers) only resort to some actions, some practices to try to help the girl," said Taku. "It's better to talk to your daughter -- that's why we teach the mothers even things like puberty."

"The mothers are ignorant, they don't know how to approach their daughters," she added.

With the help of sponsors, the association produces television and print campaigns urging Cameroonian girls to find their voice and confront their mothers.

Malawi's 'Florence Nightingale' saving babies and mothers

Workshops are also held to educate women about reproductive health. The idea is that when they graduate they'll become trusted sources of information for other Cameroonian girls.

One workshop participant, Terisia, became pregnant aged 15. Her mother ironed her breasts when she was just nine years old.

Terisia believes she might not have become pregnant so young if her mother had talked to her about sex instead.

"The advice could have worked better than pressing the breasts," Terisia said. "Sitting with the child, giving the child advice, telling her to prevent sexual intercourse, or if you want to have (sex) you should protect yourself."

But like other mothers, Terisia's mother Grace says she ironed her daughter's breasts to stop boys looking at her.

"If you ask mothers who are doing breast ironing on their daughters, they will tell you that, 'no I'm doing it because I want to help her, I want to protect her from men,'" said Taku.

Among those working for the Association of Aunties is a former victim of breast ironing who says she regrets not speaking out about what was happening to her.

Cathy Aba now hopes to save other girls by confronting mothers about the effects of their actions.

"It's not easy to approach mothers who are involved in the practice of breast ironing," she said. "They consider it a cultural practice. 'My grandmother did it to me,' they tell us."

The 23-year-old still has painful scars, 14 years after her breasts were ironed. Her doctor says surgery is no longer an option.

"When you finally pass the message to them, they finally accept and decide to never do it again," Aba added.

The campaign group says former victims like Aba really drive home its message.

"Our victims help us a lot because they talk to mothers; they make the mothers understand that they suffered from this practice," Taku said.

"Even though they had the breasts ironed they grew up ignorant when it came to pregnancy, HIV and other sexual diseases because the mothers were not talking with them."

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(CNN) -- Barcelona and Real Madrid have roared back to form ahead of next week's Champions League challenges, with the Spanish giants recording comfortable victories in La Liga on Saturday.

Barca's title defense has been uncharactistically unconvincing so far, with last Tuesday's 2-2 draw with Valencia their second dropped points in four outings.

But Pep Guardiola's team responded by crushing Atletico Madrid 5-0 on the day the club confirmed a historic five-year shirt sponsorship with a Qatari group and also banned smoking at the Camp Nou stadium.

The Catalan club's financial problems have led members to accept 171 million euros ($230 million) from Qatar Sports Investment, with 697 out of 809 delegates voting to end a longstanding tradition of no commercial shirt endorsements.

Having reported a loss of 9.3 million euros ($12 million) in 2010-11, the board has projected a 20.1 million euros ($27 million) profit for this season.

Guardiola started with key defenders Carles Puyol and Gerard Pique on the bench against Atletico, ahead of Wednesday's Champions League trip to BATE Borisov of Belarus.

The visitors' five-goal new striker Falcao was unable to take advantage -- but at the other end Argentine scoring machine Lionel Messi took his league tally to eight this season with a superb hat-trick.

Tiago Mendes crashed an early shot off the Barca crossbar, but David Villa settled home nerves in the ninth minute and it was 2-0 six minutes later when Joao Miranda unluckily ricocheted a blocked shot from Messi into his own net.

With rain pouring down, Messi notched his first of the night in typical style as he jinked into the box from the right flank and curled home at the near post in the 26th minute for his 190th goal in 278 games for Barca.

Atletico held out until the final 12 minutes when Messi provided two more moments of solo artistry as Barca moved up to second in the table -- a point behind Real Betis, who travel to Getafe on Monday.

The two-time world player of the year matched the efforts of Real Madrid rival Cristiano Ronaldo, who also netted a treble in the earlier 6-2 thrashing of Rayo Vallecano.

Real's title challenge has also faltered, first with a 1-0 defeat by Levante and then the midweek 0-0 draw with Racing Santander, and Jose Mourinho's team suffered a horror start at home when Michu scored after just 14 seconds.

Ronaldo leveled seven minutes before halftime after being set free on the counterattack by Kaka, and Gonzalo Higuain put Real ahead in injury-time with a simple finish after Sergio Ramos headed Xabi Alonso's freekick across the goal.

Ronaldo made it 3-1 from the penalty spot when Kaka was fouled five minutes after the break, but Real were then reduced to 10 men when winger Angel Di Maria was sent off after being booked a second time for handball.

Michu capitalized in the 54th minute with his second from a corner, stabbing a shot across the line despite keeper Iker Casillas' best efforts to drag it back out.

Teenage defender Raphael Varane made it 4-2 in the 67th minute, with the 18-year-old Frenchman somehow volleying in a corner with the back of his foot.

Karim Benzema drove in Real's fifth on 73 after a square pass from fellow substitute Mesut Ozil, whose first-half introduction in place of Lassana Diarra swung the match in Madrid's favor.

Ronaldo completed his second hat-trick this season with six minutes to play, chipping in a penalty after being fouled.

Real's third win in five outings lifted Mourinho's men into fourth place ahead of Tuesday's Champions League visit by Dutch side Ajax.

In Saturday's other games, third-placed Sevilla joined Barcelona on 11 points with a 1-0 win at home to Valencia as striker Fredi Kanoute scored the only goal in the 18th minute.

Valencia dropped to fifth behind Real Madrid on goal difference.

Athletic Bilbao moved out of the bottom three with a 1-1 draw at home to Villarreal, with Brazilian striker Nilmar netting a second-half equalizer for the visitors.

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(CNN) -- Varsha Vinod's exceptional abilities are hard to spot at first. She's an adorably cute 5-year-old girl from southern India, small, pretty with big brown eyes.

To gain her black belt, Varsha had to learn up to 15 karate moves.

When we meet for our interview, her hair is tied up in two pigtails, with bright hair clips and a glittering headband. She is as shy as most kids her age would be when confronted by a strange man and a television crew.

Some child stars can be precocious but Varsha doesn't act like one. In fact, it would have been impossible to imagine her as a karate black belt if it wasn't for her white martial arts outfit and her actual black belt.

Like many young girls she would love to be a dancer and she smiles when I tell her that we are doing the interview in a dance studio. It's got varnished wooden floors and ceiling-high mirrors. The venue was chosen because it looks a bit like a dojo, or martial arts school.

I'm not sure Varsha understands what a dance studio is and it's hard to discover her thoughts on many things. She only speaks a few words of English and, even when we use an interpreter, she has to be prompted by her father before whispering short, quiet responses to my questions.

At first I was concerned her dad was feeding her the answers rather than helping her say what she really thinks. However, it soon becomes clear that this is a healthy father-daughter relationship instead of a case of "pushy parents."

Vishwas Vinod can be stern with his daughter but she clearly worships him, hanging on his every word and happy to follow his instructions. When the pair practice karate together their movements are surprisingly well synchronized despite the huge difference in size.

Varsha's father is her inspiration. He was India's karate champion for four successive years from 1999 to 2002. His daughter started watching him teach the sport and, at the age of 2, she asked to try. Vinod insists it was Varsha's idea not his.

Initially, he only gave her some small training and stretching exercises but Dad soon realized that his daughter possessed what he describes as a God-given talent. Vinod says what Varsha has done in 3Â½ years takes most people eight years to learn.

To gain her black belt, Varsha had to learn up to 15 katas. A kata is a sequence of complicated karate moves. Varsha can punch, kick and wield different weapons: the Chinese stick, which is almost as big as she is, and a nunchaku, two short sticks connected by a metal chain.

There is no doubt that Varsha's abilities are impressive. You only have to enter the phrase "nunchaku accidents" into YouTube to see how easily things can go wrong. However, she is no freak of nature. Her karate is a feat of memory and technique more than agility and power. To be frank, she couldn't beat me up -- although I was obviously far too proud to find out by taking her on in a sparring session.

Varsha trains for at least two hours every day but says she still has time for other games. As well as her dancing, she likes to play football and badminton. She tells me that her friends have all started taking up karate after seeing how good she has become.

Unlike her friends, Varsha's gift has given her the chance to see London. She was invited to England by a PR company to promote a new video game. Her trip appears to have been handled carefully, with as much time set aside for sightseeing as media work.

The day after we filmed with Varsha she was due to go on the London Eye and was very excited about it. Varsha says she would like to continue her karate in the years ahead.

She is a black belt first dan, or grade, and there are 10 grades in total. She is already a mini master but if she makes it to second dan she can start teaching -- just like her father.

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question: When is she especially shy?

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question: How many katas did she have to learn?

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