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The European Medicines Evaluation Agency Recommends Astion Pharma's Drug Candidate ASF-1096 for Orphan Drug Status
Published: Aug 01, 2007
COPENHAGEN, August 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Following a meeting in the COMP Committee, the EMEA, the European health authorities, have recommended that ASF-1096 be granted orphan drug status for the treatment of "Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus". Orphan drug status is granted to drug candidates that are developed for severe, disabling diseases for which there are currently no satisfactory products on the market. Moreover, a condition for granting orphan drug status is that the disease is rare and exists in less than five out of 10,000 citizens in the EU.
Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus (CLE) is a chronic and severe skin disease that shows by way of severe, inflamed lesions in the skin. These lesions may be active for several months or years and in some cases leave significant scarring and/or pigmentary changes and permanent hair loss. CLE is currently mainly treated with strong steroids, possibly in combination with anti-malaria products, but many patients cannot be treated sufficiently, do not achieve a satisfactory effect or suffer substantial adverse side effects from the treatment.
Orphan drug status for ASF-1096 may involve major benefits to Astion:
- Reduced costs in connection with EMEA filings
- Easier and cheaper access to regulatory assistance in connection with the future development progress
- Ten-year market exclusivity to Astion Pharma
- Opportunity of faster and more flexible processing of application for marketing approval.
"With the orphan drug status we have taken an important step towards bringing ASF-1096 into an optimal development process towards commercialisation", said Lars Smedegaard Andersen, CEO.
ASF-1096 is in clinical Phase II, and Astion Pharma expects to bring the drug candidate into Phase III within 6-12 months. Astion Pharma expects to file an application for orphan drug status with the US authorities (FDA) in August 2007.
Astion Pharma A/S develops pharmaceutical products for the treatment of skin diseases. It is estimated that one person in four worldwide will suffer from a skin diseases sometime in life, causing a deterioration of their quality of life. It is the Company's goal to become a leading player in the treatment of skin diseases for which there is currently a major need for new and better therapies. Astion Pharma has a strong platform of proprietary technologies for the development of new and innovative products. The Company pursues development activities through a strong international network of scientific partners and leading contract research organisations. The Company currently has three development projects in Phase II clinical studies in seborrheic dermatitis, itching and cutaneous lupus in addition to a large portfolio of product candidates and research projects in earlier phases. For additional information please visit our web site: http://www.astion.com.Astion Pharma A/S
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Iran is a right old sorry state (of affairs). Plunged into recession, inflationary pressure that Abenomics wouldn't mind having a bit of and Bernanke might just be getting if he carries on printing the greenbacks at the rate they are churning out of the Federal Reserve faster than a Ford-T in 1908.
Anyone standing from the outside world looking in on Iran would have probably thought that elected President Hassan Rohani, the moderate cleric, would be a blessing for the country that has just decided to make a move away from the sorry state in which President Ahmadinejad has left the country. But is that possible? Can the country be turned around?
Rohani won in a landslide victory on Saturday 14th June 2013. Outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was legally prevented from holding a third-term of office after the last fiasco in election rigging in 2009 (he was elected with 63% of the votes). He probably didn't act quickly enough or have access to international television; otherwise he might have taken a leaf out of the book of the Medvedev-Putin / Putin-Medvedev confidence trick of musical chairs.
Rohani gave his first press conference today after being elected on Saturday. He will take office at the start of August 2013.he has promised to answer the people's call for wide-ranging reforms.
Ahmadinejad is the leader of the 'Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran'. But, it looks like he forgot one or two essential things to the building trade though. He forgot the bricks. He forgot the mortar. He forgot to build anything except inflation and recession, despite the wealth that the nation possesses. The US and the EU hot the country hard with economic sanctions, isolating them as they bid to become nuclear-active.
- Inflation reached the dizzy heights of sometimes 30%. It is currently at over 23.6% today.
- The Iranian currency (IRR) lost almost 70% of its value at its worst.
- In 2005, when Ahmadinejad took power, the exchange rate was 9, 000 Iranian Rials to the Dollar.
- In 2012 it was over 12, 200 Rials to the Dollar.
- Unemployment currently stands at 15.5% (2012) in a country which has a population of 75 million people (last census taken in 2011).
- It has a GDP of $483 billion. GDP is predicted to increase to $598 billion (2014) and $676 billion (2015). Between now and 2016 it is estimated that it will rocket by $308 billion in total and reach $779 billion.
- Health expenditure represents roughly 3.9% of GDP (since 2009). The USA spent 18% of its GDP (2011) on healthcare costs. Although money doesn't always equate with quality, does it?
- Education is roughly 4.7% of GDP (since 2009). In the UK and the USA that figure is just over 5.5% of GDP.
- It has a labor force of 27 million people but 25% of them work in agriculture.
- Approximately 20% of the population lives below the poverty line.
Will the changes that Rohani wants to bring in mean that the situation will be reversed for the Iranian people? Some experts believe that Iran is ready to shock the world. But transformations are not quick. Turning a dying economy on its head after years of pummeling it into the ground means that Rohani will have difficulty bringing about changes as rapidly as the people might expect. But, the oil reserves in Iran are estimated to be the third largest in the world (150 million barrels), although it is only the fourth largest producer in the world at the moment, with a total oil production of over 4 million barrels per day in 2011 falling to just 209 million in 2012. They certainly have the potential. They certainly have the population waiting to arm themselves with wealth from that petrol.
It's doubtful if Rohani, despite his moderation (although let's be honest, with the full-in-your-face competition from Mahmoud Ahmadinejad everybody would look moderate, even the world's worst), will manage to draw Iran closer to the Western world. The Iranians are not going to go from Ahmadinejad to buddy-buddy relations with the west in one swoop. They are not going to hop off the roller-coaster to nuclear power acquisition and they are hardly likely to stop supporting Syria's President, Bachar Al-Assad (for the moment). The Supreme Leader is still the Ayatollah Ali-Khamenei and that means national security and international relations are (in theory) still his domain. But the economy is that of the President. Bye, Bye, Ahmadi! Hello capitalism in Iran?
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Cons: forgettable romance, overly goofy at times
Ive been taking full advantage of Netflix this month as I master the art of long-distance synchronized movie viewing. Two people with Netflix Instant Viewing accounts have a wealth of movies available to them at their fingertips, and while weve mostly switched off watching movies as least one of us has seen before, Morning Glory was entirely new to both of us. In fact, Id never even heard of it before. While theres nothing terribly noteworthy or groundbreaking about it, this is a fun flick anchored by Harrison Fords performance as a grave, gravelly newsman who has been relegated to the role of frothy morning anchor.
Rachel McAdams stars as plucky producer Becky Fuller, who is hired to reverse the flagging fortunes of the titular news program. She knows she is going to have to make dramatic changes if she is to beat the odds, which are heavily stacked against her, and one of her first moves is to axe sleazy, self-absorbed anchor Paul McVee, played by Ty Burrell. Because Im used to him as goofy, ingratiating dad Phil on Modern Family, it surprised me to see him in such a distasteful role, but he certainly comes across as sufficiently obnoxious.
With Paul out the door, Becky must scramble to find someone else to cohost alongside Colleen Peck, the rather divaish anchor zestily played by Diane Keaton. Everyone, particularly her resigned boss, Jerry Barnes, portrayed by a deadpan Jeff Goldblum, pooh-poohs the idea of bringing in veteran talking head Mike Pomeroy, who has won numerous awards for his journalistic prowess but is now considered all washed up. Hes none too enthusiastic about the prospect either, but contractual obligations compel him to comply with Beckys request. Will he be just what the network needs to turn the show around, or is she biting off more than she can chew with this surly senior?
This is a cute, lightweight movie about a career-driven young woman and a sterling broadcaster learning from each other. While there is a romantic component to the film, that relationship never feels as compelling as the peculiar bond that Becky and Mike share. Once a heroic figure to her, Mike now is the source of most of her frustration, to say nothing of Colleens. Their testy banter is the source of much mirth, and Ford in particular can be counted upon for humor just about every time he opens his mouth to say something ornery, though there is a heartwarming element to his performance too as he gradually lets his guard down. Its a little strange to see him playing such an elderly character, but while Mikes actions may be more sedate than blasting Imperial starships or dodging snakes en route to ancient treasures, his mind is as sharp as Indiana Jones whip.
While McAdams is likable, albeit a bit exhausting, as this blazing ball of ambition, the most amusing character after Mike is Ernie Appleby, the hapless weatherman played by Matt Malloy. As Becky seeks to punch up the morning programming, poor Ernie is called upon to do ever more absurd tasks, and one wonders how far his geniality can stretch when he clearly is not particularly thrilled with these assignments.
This isnt the sort of movie that people are likely to be talking about much in 20 years. Nobody seemed to be talking about it when it came out two years ago. Still, its got a strong leading trio and lots of zingy dialogue, and it shines an amusing light on the tug-of-war between hard news and entertainment that all morning shows must deal with. I wouldnt call it glorious, but Morning Glory is a fun diversion.
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Uh, riiiiiiight …
If the decision was truly medical, it certainly surprised Hoag medical practitioners. Gynecologists and obstetricians are expressing outrage over the policy change, saying they were led to believe the new affiliation with St. Joseph would not alter the nature of care they offer.
So here's Braithwaite's "medical" justification: Hoag performs fewer than 100 such abortions a year, and low volume can mean low quality of care.
That's good to know for anyone who suffers from a rare injury, disease or other malady. According to Hoag Memorial Hospital CEO Robert Braithwaite, his Hoag Memorial Hospital is incompetent when it comes to treating anything it does not treat often. Good to know where NOT to go in such instances (while also knowing where Braithwaite SHOULD go).
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Gluten-Free Chard – Steamed, Sauteed or Stewed with Soup
We rediscovered chard this summer. My husband and I think that it really tastes good the way I'm now making it!
We had eaten it before, once every year or two, but I didn't remember it being as good as it has been this summer. We're making up for lost time. I've served it every couple of weeks lately.
Chard, also called Swiss chard, is so full of nutrition! There are several different varieties of chard, but all of them are good for you. It's a very good source of vitamins A and C, and fiber.
The easiest way to cook some is to steam it, so I did that first. With the next batch I was a little more innovative so I sautéed the chard with bacon and onion. After that, I added some chard to my Multibean-Tomato Soup to stew it.
After washing the chard, I spun it in my salad spinner (or you can pat it dry with towels instead). Usually I remove the stems first, cutting a "V" up into the leaf. I cut the chard stems into pieces and then slice the leaves crosswise into strips about a half inch wide. That's our personal preference, but you can chop it narrow or wide or however you like. I stack several leaves together to slice or chop them and the job is done in no time.
The first batch of chard I steamed. Chard, like many other greens, can be steamed with a small amount of water on the stovetop or in the oven or even in the microwave. You start off with what looks like enough for an army, but it cooks down to a more reasonable amount…and then you wish you had more.
Sauteed Chard and Onion, Gluten-Free
1/4 Pound Chard, washed, drained and chopped
1/2 Cup Diced Onion
1 Tablespoon Oil
In a large skillet with a lid, saute the onion and the chard stems in a little oil over medium-low heat, stirring frequently, until just beginning to become tender. Stir the rest of the chard into the skillet with the stems and onion and cover, cooking for a few minutes until tender.
If you have some of this left over, you can stir a little chard and onion into each bowl of the following soup, like a garnish, or stir it all into the pot of soup at once.
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8 Ounces Diced Tomatoes, canned, with liquid, or fresh peeled and diced
Chard and Onions:
1/4 Pound Chard, washed, drained and chopped
1/2 Cup Diced Onion
1 Tablespoon Oil
Pick through 1 pound of mixed beans to remove stones or discolored beans. Rinse in colander.
Combine with 2 quarts of cold water (or, 3 times as much water as beans) and soak overnight. Drain. Cover with cold water in cooking pot.
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HOLIDAY DISASTERS:A well-planned trip to Mount Kilimanjaro turns sour when my luggage fails to arrive in Nairobi, writes MEADHBH MCHUGH
I AM NOT usually an organised packer. In fact, I'm ridiculously disorganised, usually packing with mere hours to departure. I ignore the advice of experts to forward-plan, although I have taken their tip on "rolling" clothes, which is far easier than folding.
However, for a trip to Mount Kilimanjaro in 2010, I discover a new side to my packing psyche. Faced with the size of the task, I suddenly embody organisation. I am a walking to-do list, an Excel document of items checked once and twice again; I am a dozen photocopies of my passport.
I decide that I will never make it to Uhuru Peak unless everything is perfect. Weeks of planning ensue; I look so far forward I could give Psychic Wayne a run for his money.
I purchase various pairs of specialist socks with a range of aerodynamic features that will allow my feet to be perfectly aired, heated, protected and padded at every stage of the trek, from jungle to snowy peak. I then arrange the socks in order of temperature so that there will be no confusion on the mountain. I cannot risk accidentally wearing my below-freezing, tough-terrain socks on day one in the humid rainforest.
Sweets are also a major consideration. My sugar levels are crucial to summiting success. I awake from nightmares of a scene where – hours from the top – I run out of Mars bars. On the day of departure, my friend Georgie, our group leader, is in Dublin Airport sorting out visas and missing passports. I am in a supermarket furiously texting her about the sweets. What type? How many? I empty the shop of Mars bars.
We arrive in Nairobi airport. Spirits are high. We get through immigration. Then we head to baggage pick-up, a small area with a creaky conveyor belt. I don't know if it actually creaked, but in this memory it does. It goes round. And round. It goes round again. It's been 10 minutes since the last rucksack bulged on to the belt. Mine's not there.
It transpires that my bag, along with two others, is still in London. My carefully selected layers of mountain gear are neatly rolled in the UK. My extensive selection of plasters is hanging out in Heathrow.
I barely suppress the rising panic. We have to leave on the eight-hour bus journey to Moshi, Tanzania, to arrive before dark. I try to express the urgency of getting the bags back, miming trekking moves to amused officials.
The next day we are visiting the local area. I pester the poor rep about my bag. It is supposed to follow the route we took the previous day, arriving the night before we commence. That night someone drives to the bus station to collect the missing bags. They return empty-handed.
Kilimanjaro figuratively crumbles in my mind. My dreams are dashed before me. I imagine a mob of disapprovers as I return home a failure: I didn't do it.
They say I can borrow or rent stuff. They can give me an old jacket and woolly hat. What about the socks? They can't possibly have the right socks. I cleaned out my Communion account for those socks. And do they have a platypus hydration kit, tried and tested walking the fields of Galway? Theirs might leak. Without phone or internet, I am powerless.
It's no good, I'll never make it now, I think, despairing. In a sock-induced-delirium, I throw the only tantrum I've had since age two.
I take myself off privately to the bathroom and kick the bath (I apologise to the guesthouse in Moshi, if reading). Then it dawns on me: the only person who can help me now, the old failsafe when everything goes wrong: my mother. In tears, I use a borrowed phone to call home, babbling incoherently down the fuzzy line. A frightening phone bill later – calling Kenya from Ireland is even more expensive than calling Psychic Wayne – it is arranged for my bag to fly to Moshi airport the next morning. I daren't believe it until I see it.
We three bag-less head off early the next morning via the airport, and there in the morning sunlight, three rucksacks appear on a creak-less conveyor belt with less than half an hour left on the clock. The boys are relatively pleased to have theirs back. I am ecstatic. My sub-zero, but still breathable sleeping bag is attached. I'm ready for the mountain.
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so like many mages i've read yesterday the hotfix, expecting nothing special when WOOT? O.O
I admit, as a fire mage i did a lot of dmg in some fight comparde to other classes even when i was lower ilvl.
Since i have missed the start of MoP i struggled gehind on gear since then. So i pushed really hard to gear up.
I did all the dailies every day, i farmed hcs and ofc lfr and Sha every week. So now after i hit ilvl 480 (im not very lucky with loot...)
and i have spent shitloads of vps for my crit gear and i finally feel like my gear is getting somewhere, i see this hotfix.
So there is 3 options:
1.I did that all for nothing, fire will be way more RNG, boring and do not competitive dps
2.Fire will be still competitive, but more RNG and boring
3.I have to go frost what destroys all my efforts im putting into the game for the last weeks/months
I mean maybe i missed something, i read blueposts every day. I didnt see that comming at all.
Did Blizzard made any comment on this "In your face-Ninja-Nerf" yet?
We all pay for the game so i expect some information and fairness
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An Egyptian veteran blogger.Global VoicesLingua manager.
An Egyptian veteran blogger.Global VoicesLingua manager.
Last week I was added to a Yahoo group on my Gmail, that seemed of a spammy nature, not to mention the action itself is considered spam. I reported the group to Yahoo and this is what I got in reponse:
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For the first time I just listened to a blog post, a podcast, narrated by a dear friend. A warm voice, emotional music, giving me so much nostalgia about so many chances I missed, skills I could have developed, people I could have made friends, places I wanted to be attached to. How I thought of many things so lightly and how I realize now how important they really are. Read More…
I'm been a big fan of Youtube autoshare option for a long time now, it saves me all the fuss of sharing Youtube videos to my networks (Mainly Google Reader, Facebook, Twitter). Recently YouTube-Twitter auth just suddently stopped working. I keep re-entering the password and it just returns a 500 error with a warning message: "It appears twitter is not accepting requests".
Then I found this: http://bit.ly/eW7dYB
Why Google doesn't respond to issues like this? This is NOT the first time Google leaves clients (who do not pay for their services, coughJAIKUcough). Does anyone has a solution for that?
Wael Ghonim, a fine young Egyptian, who works as a Google executive went missing on January 27, then he was freed yesterday. Here were his first words when he reached home.
Afterwards, he appeared on the Egyptian TV channel, DreamTV for a long interview about what happened to him:
Mona ElShazly:
I will tell you a short story about what happened Thursday, 27 January, before the bloody Friday 28th. Let me begin with Wednesday. In that Wednesday, we thought that episode to be the last one, for some conditions which some viewers know, or don't know. We were talking about what was happening in Egypt, about 25th January demos, the Internet blockade, Facebook and the anger of youth.
We made a telephone interview, with a genius geek young man about Facebook and the youth strong feeling of hate towards what happened in Tuesday, and that what brings life to them was cut off. This young man is called Wael Ghonim.
He called us and talked about some technical issues. He was emotional because he is one of many who use the Internet and who goes to demonstrations, and this is not something shameful, and it didn't prevent us from talking to him on air.
After the air interview, the day after, he sent me an SMS on my personal mobile phone, he was apologizing that he was too excited in the episode, and I replied: Never mind, Wael. Good luck.
At Thursday, the 27th, we talked on the phone, because the day after was expected to be a big day with major demonstrations. I was checking on him, and we talked about that the Internet was cut off, and there is a public unrest for that. The call ended with me wishing him "Good luck, and take care of yourself, Wael."
All of this is very normal and it happens among all people. In Friday, all means of communications was down. So no one was talking to anybody. It became very logical to find many people who don't know their friends' and loved ones' whereabouts, and this closure of communication is the main reason that they can't reach them.
Friday passed, along with Saturday and Sunday, and Monday, then I was surprised to find a call with a unknown number, a number not from Egypt. He said: "Mrs. Mona, I'm Naguib, I'm Wael's colleague in Google, and Wael is missing since Friday." I said: "How did you know my number, Mr. Naguib?" He responded: "I'm his best friend, and I know he called you last Thursday 1 or 2 am. So I didn't only think you might know anything about him, but I thought you might help me finding him." Of course I was skeptic because I don't know Naguib and I don't know where is Wael, and I was surprised he was missing.
He said: "I was able to enter his personal account, because I'm a close friend and I have his password, and I got your number hoping that you might help me."
I got Wael's full name, but Naguib asked me to, he is Syrian by the way, "please don't mention this to the media because we don't know where is Wael yet. We are afraid that talking to the media might hurt him in a way or another." I said "Ok I won't say anything".
I tried to call everybody I know who can help this missing young man. The answers were always we are not detaining anybody in the first place, we don't have this name. I said: "Please search his name, there should be some names you forgot, specially with all the chaos happened Friday made some people forgot somewhere. Maybe there were in some place they can't eat or drink. Maybe you are putting them under custody."
We seek in all means possible and I know I was not alone in this search. Actually there were a lot of people, not only Wael's friends, but people who are online on Facebook, his friends and respectful colleagues in Google, until it was officially proved that Wael Ghonim is missing, and since that moment we began to discuss the matter publicly, and demanding the release of not just Wael, but all the detainees. Those people who didn't have any special desires but just going to demonstrations calling for dignity for Egypt.
Yesterday we knew that there is a promise to release Wael and the detainees with him. I didn't believe that, because till today morning, I was talking to important people, who are supposed to know many things happening in this country. I was asking them about Wael, and they said this name is not in our records. But it was not appropriate to spread this frustration in yesterday's episode, and not even today.
Until 7 pm, my mobile rang, and the name appeared on the screen, Wael Google. He talked very quickly. I asked him, "Are you Wael or are you someone who took his phone?" He said "No this is Wael."
I asked him "What happened, what did they do to you?" I don't know anything, what I know is that Wael will be with us after a couple of minutes, telling us what happened since Friday till now. From the moment he was detained till the moment he was released today from State Security.
Wael Ghonim or Wael Google, as I'm saving in my mobile contact list, will be with us after a couple of minutes, and I don't know what will he say. What is important is that he is released, and we will listen, whatever he will say.
P.S. He was in the car with Dr. Hossam Badrawy, who is the Secretary General of the National Democratic Party, who seems to be the man responsible for Wael's release after exceeding the announced deadline for his release, be with us.
This is one of the episodes mixing personal and professional aspects.
Wael Said Abbas Ghonim, I memorized the name for the so many times I mentioned it while asking for him, while trying to know if he is alive or dead, he is detained or missing, I knew his family suffered a lot searching for him in hospitals and asking everybody. Suddenly, today, Wael was released from State Security, after being in custody in very vague conditions. Since Friday the 28th of Jan, till now (Feb the 7th).
Thanks God for your safety Wael.
Wael Ghonim:
Thank you
The first thing I want to say to all people, to the mothers and fathers of those who were dead (in the demonstrations): My condolences, and may God accept them (in Heaven), be it they are normal citizens, officers, solders. Anyone who died, he is a martyr.
I don't want to say I apologize, because nobody in the demonstrations ever thought of just destroying anything, not to mention kill a human being. We are all youth who love Egypt, and we did what we did because we love Egypt. The first thing we wrote: We have rights to call for. And our rights won't be earned via destroying others' property, public or private. Our rights will be earned when we demand it. Our hopes that all people will go to the streets and demand their rights, that's it. This condolences is a duty, because those people sacrificed their blood. I want to tell you that in Egypt we like to make heroes, but I'm not a hero, I just slept for 12 days, the real heroes are the ones in the streets. The heroes are those who went to demonstrations, those who sacrificed their lives, who were beaten, detained, and exposed to danger. I was not a hero, unfortunately, what happened made me regret I wasn't with the people. I came back from UAE for attending this demonstration. I even lied to people at work, and I told them there is something personal and urgent, something happened to my father, and I need 6 days off. I had many days off available. They accepted my request. And I came to Egypt because I had to be with all the people.
Before beginning this interview I wanted to correct some information you mentioned. First Naguib is my colleague in the UAE, secondly he is not a Syrian.
I'm sorry, his Levantine Arabic accent made me think that he is Syrian.
He is Jordanian. Do you know why I'm explaining this? Because we are not traitors, Mona. We are not traitors, we love Egypt.
We are not under anyone's agenda. There are very rich people among us, living in the best houses, riding the best cars. I don't NEED anything from anybody, and I didn't WANT anything from anybody. Everything done exposed everyone's life to danger, the kind of danger we can't imagine and don't know. We merely played our part. We will fight for our rights. This is our country. So everyone of us was exposed to danger. We didn't do what we did for some private agenda. Those who went to the streets and planned didn't want anything. I didn't want anything.
Do you know what was the thing hurting me most while I was detained? That the public will know that I'm the We Are All Khaled Said Facebook fan page admin. I really didn't want anyone to know I'm the admin, because I'm not the hero. I was just typing on the keyboard, Mona, just online. I wasn't exposing my life to danger. I don't want to mention any names now because I'm just released and I don't know where they are and if I will endanger them, but there are a lot of people, Mostafa ElNaggar whom you (Mona) met, those people were really endangered. While I was just typing on the keyboard. So please, there was no heroes, the heroes are the people on the streets, the heroes are each one of us. There is no knight now with a horse leading the crowds. Never let anyone fool you by this. This is a revolution, a revolution done by the Internet youth, which was transformed to the Egyptian youth revolution, and then transformed to the revolution of all Egyptians. There was no specific heroes in it who have all the credit, we were all heroes. This was firstly.
Wael, I know that you came here just after your release, but I want to tell you that the moment you want to breathe, just breathe. You can stop to think when you want, we are not pressuring you.
I spent the last 48 hours without sleeping, but this was a personal thing, I couldn't sleep.
Why was the first thing you said was: "We are not traitors", why? Where they accusing you of being so?
See, we are not listening to each other anymore. I want to say that the time we are living in is the season of treason accusation. This might accuse you, that might accuse you. Remember when I told you to say the truth, and you said that security is pressuring us, and we don't know what to do. This is the season of treason accusation. But I want to say that if I said I was tortured, hit, electrified and I took off my clothes with no marks all the people would have believed me, right? Because I have some credibility among the public. But actually this didn't happen to me. I wasn't exposed to any harm. I was stunned.
You went to the demonstrations.
I went to the 25th of Jan demonstration.
We talked 1 or 2 am, something like that.
I was kidnapped, I was dealt with in State Security in a very strange way, in a very respectful way. I talked to some highly intellectual people inside State Security. During the first interrogation they were 100% convinced that we were backed by foreigners. That someone is brainwashing us, or financing us to direct us for certain actions. Post this or post that. You know, I wasn't hurt by anything said, God was kind to my mom and dad (meaning that security, mainly soldiers, called his mom and dad names), but I wasn't hurt by that. I was really hurt when an officer in the beginning of the interrogation thought I was a traitor. This officer changed his opinion. We are not traitors, we love Egypt. If I was a traitor I would have lived in my villa with my pool in the UAE and enjoyed myself. I was paid well, the pay was increasing and enjoying my time. I would have thought like the rest: To hell with my country. I would have said: This is not our country, it is their country. This is if I was a traitor. We are not traitors. One of the things I'm proud of is that I went home after convincing them, and I know what I'm talking about, that they know we are not traitors, and that we don't have any private agendas, but just one agenda, our love for our country. They were skeptical, they didn't believe what does it mean that some youth on Facebook, I used to call them in the past Facebook kids. They used to call us during Khaled Said demonstrations, those kids on Facebook who make some noise. They didn't believe that those youth, went to demos in tens of thousands. In fact, WE believed that. We, the people who were involved in this. And by the way, I was just the spokesperson, I was just a horn calling for people to go to the streets. There are many people who did a lot. Those are the people who should be on your program telling you how did they think about everything, how was the decision making for demonstrations and protecting people, how to convince all the people to make it a peaceful demonstration. How to make people clean the streets, everything was thought of. What I wanted to say..
Wael, please take a breath. We are not interrogating you. You are not on auth. You don't have to repeat that you are not a traitor, and that you love this country.
Unfortunately, please let me explain. We are now in a time, when a person is a traitor for having good intentions, because people think that the natural thing, the most common side is the bad side. But this is not real. I was proud of being an Egyptian during the 25th. When there are thousands of girls and no single sexual harassment, when a very simple person is cleaning the streets without anyone asking him to do so. When there is a traffic light and no one is touching it or destroying it. When people see an armed person and people shouting at him to throw away what he was carrying. A brick fell on my leg because someone was trying to throw it. There were some ignorant people trying to attack violently. But when? When they were exposed to rubber bullets! There were people who was asking on the Khaled Said page: "why is that admin doing what he is doing?". Do you know that my personal life was nearly destroyed? And that my wife wanted to file a divorce because I stopped talking with her like before. And then some carefree person is accusing me of being a traitor, someone must be financing me. Many people supported those claims. What I want to say that we love our country, and I refuse any accusations.
I will remind you of something you forgot. We have some brains to think with. Not only security departments know everything. The youth who talked to me in the end of the last year, 2010, about a campaign to clean Egypt, to devise a map to locate garbage. Remember Wael? A map locating those places so officials have some kind of common-sense and clean them. I told you, Wael, that I'm supporting you, under the condition to locate clean places too to create some kind of motivation. A person who thinks that way can't be someone who wants to hurt his country.
I want to say that I wasn't optimistic as I was at the 25th, and today I'm stunned for what the people did. I told Dr. Hossam Badrawy, thanks to anyone who tried to helped my release, but in the same time, it is unbelievable that when my dad see with just one eye, and he may lose his other eye, and he doesn't know where his son is. Why? Why? You want to arrest me, there is a law, arrest me, accuse me. Interrogate me, this is your right. But call my family, tell them that I'm arrested. All what I want to say, that at least those interrogated me wanted the benefit of this country, and I'm talking only about the person who interrogated me, I can't judge intentions. I was blindfolded for 12 days, not hearing anything, not knowing anything.
From despair I was just singing. I didn't know what was happening in the streets. I didn't know if the people went to the demonstrations. I was thinking, did they step back? Was I forgotten? Is someone asking for my release? I didn't know anything and no one of course is telling anything. I don't know any single piece of news. Of course they have security measures, I don't know.
What I thought of was that my wife in UAE doesn't know where I am, my mother in Egypt doesn't know where I am, my dad in Saudi Arabia who has a sick eye doesn't know where I am, and they (State Security) knew where I am. The simplest thing was to tell them, no security threats will be done with just telling them.
Even if you suspected me, get all your evidences. And thanks God I said all the truth, I didn't know if they knew it but I just said the truth, because I'm proud of what I did, and I was ready to pay the price.
What is important now, what I want to say, this is not the time to solve measures or to get even with somebody. There a lot of people whom I want to solve my measures with, even as a person. I want to take back a lot from a lot of people. But this is not the time. This is not the time for distributing the cake. Many politicians will understand what I mean, this is not the cake time for them. This is not the time to back certain ideologies.
What I say now reflects my personal views, I didn't talk yet with the rest of the page admins. Make sure I'm not a knight (hero), one of the success secrets of the page that all the decisions was put in surveys first and what the majority decides will happen.
I'm now the blindfolded Wael who is just released at 7 or 8 pm, and sat with the ministry of Interior. I can't say how much I'm proud of all of you. Of each one who went to the demonstrations, because the ministry of Interior is sitting in front of me face to face, man to man. Talking from the perspective that I'm strong and he is strong, not from the perspective that I'm an insignificant kid. You know the paternal definition. I respected that in him as a person, but I was proud of all those Egyptian youth. Dr Hossam Badrawy drove me because of those youth.
Wael we are going off for a while then we will come back, and please have a drink because you didn't eat since your release.
Wael didn't know where he was, he was somewhere, blindfolded. But today he understood that he was with the ministry of Interior.
Anyone who went to State Security will be familiar with what happened. What is usually done is a kidnap operation.
How? Tell me what happened Friday?
It wasn't Friday, it was Thursday night. At 1 am I was with a friend of mine, he is a colleague from Google visiting Egypt and I was with him, then I left looking for a taxi, and while I was walking four men surrounded me. I began shouting for help but I understood that those must be State Security, then they put me in a car putting my place to the ground, blindfolded me and took me to State Security HQ.
When I was posting in Khaled Said page I put my heart in all what I said, leaving the final judgment to the people. The kidnapping I faced was a crime, nothing justify this crime. This is something we fight. There should be a law, if you can't act by law try to change to the law. There is the parliament. I'm not a terrorist nor a drug dealer to be under emergency law with all my respect.
I want to say something though it might be used to accuse me of being a traitor but I must say it. But when I talked with the security officers, I felt that from their inside that they work for the benefit from Egypt. They are doing it their way, but I love Egypt too and I'm doing it my way. And unfortunately because of the current regime, the two ways look very opposite. We need to turn down this regime, this regime which is based on the idea that no one has the right to speak as one see fit.
The everyone should see matters from one perspective and any other way is wrong or want to turn down the political system.
Exactly, I have all the right to ask. You are a minister so you are hired in the government. With all my respect to you but I pay your salary from my own taxes. Most of the Egyptian government income comes from taxes and we pay the taxes. And not even us, it is the poor people who pay the taxes. This Sales Tax added to everything we buy, and everyone pay it, whether poor or rich. If you earn 500 LE (85 US$) a month, you have the right to question your minister because most of your income is spent as sales tax.
The slogan I liked most was: This country is OUR country, it is not just your (government) country, this is our country. You don't have the right to be my custodian. You only have the right if I didn't abide by the law, the law we all accepted, then you can punish me while also abiding by the law.
I was dealt with in a very respectable way from respectable people and I became a little calm thinking that those people are just searching for the benefit of the country, and that if the political system changed, those people will serve their country in a much better way like we all will serve this country in a better way. We are all in one boat. This is not the suitable time to solve measures, this is not the time to preach ideologies, this is Egypt time!
We should all sacrifice our private interests. I'm totally ready to lose all my money at the moment during we are talking now for my country, and if there is someone who is not capable of doing the same, please step down quickly. There are a lot of people who are ready to sacrifice and waiting for the chance.
A lot of the most respectable were humiliated and hit. You know the director Amr Salama, when I saw him in the High Judicial Court demonstration slapped many times and then took into a building hit by three men, kicked in his face and body. He was told you will be dead here, you will be killed here.
They think that this way they protect the country, Wael.
Now we all agree that this policy is wrong. Do we agree by force? I want to agree when I'm strong not to agree by force when I'm weak.
I'm not an icon, I'm just a normal human being, who is a fan le Al-Ahly, I don't want to be an icon. I'm not a hero. People are beginning to call me a traitor now. They just asked me why are you in the car with Hossam Badrawy?
I want to thank him for his efforts to release me, as well as anybody else who helped, although what happened to me was a crime, I'm not thanking him for his "service" because it was his duty to do so. I'm an Egyptian who love Egypt, I have a bachelor degree and a Master degree, an intellectual, and a respectful person and it is unimaginable to be humiliated that way. Dr. Hossam Badrawy talked with me, and told me they removed all those you call bad people from the party, and now the party will be reborn. You know what I told him? I told him I don't want to see the National Democratic Party logo in any street in Egypt. I don't want to see another NDP. This is my personal opinion. I don't know if it is all the people's opinion, but I think that this party destroyed our country. The members in this party are empty from inside. There are a lot of good people in this country. Maybe there are some good people in the NDP, they can get out of it and make another movement, another party, and a lot of people will respect that. This is what I said to Dr. Hossam. Resign and make something new and name it anything you want, present your ideology and let the people decide. Do you know what happened in the 25th? Something called the electronic committee in the NDP, some youth who share the same NDP ideology defending it I don't know how they knew I was a traitor and a Mossad agent -- registered 100s of fake Facebook accounts, 3 days before that day. Those fake accounts has a sole goal to direct the people to something specific. That the admin want to destroy the country, 6th of April wants to destroy everything, ElBaradei wants to blah blah blah, those are financed by the Mossad. They accused some girl of having 300 thousand dollars for this demonstration. Many rumors which are mere lies. All the admins spent their time on what they did.
I'm just a keyboard activist, without having paining your fingers. Many people spent their time and money on this, on their dreams. We are dreamers and now the dream is transforming to a reality. Please, dear officials, do not destroy this dream. Don't deal with us as if we are kids. We are adults, with brains. It is not easy to be brainwashed by anyone just like that.
One of the things which made me laugh: "The MBs are the ones who went to the 25th demonstration". I want to declare that coordinating the demonstration didn't have any single Muslim Brotherhood member. The coordinators were from different parties and in the same time they didn't represent their parties during organization. We are just a group or normal youth. The MBs didn't know anything before publishing the coordination on the Facebook page. The sharing decision is left to them, they are a political power and they have the right to share or not. All in all they will not hijack this work. It is all Egyptian youth who love Egypt and ready to die for Egypt. Please enough rumors.
For those who don't know Wael, the main reason I know Wael is that he is a very genius person in the Internet field. And that many important official institutions in Egypt ask his help in some technical issues. It is not just the company he works for (Google), and that he understand what is the Internet is about. I never knew he is a political activist. His talking was always general. He just loves Egypt.
The second thing: About Dr. Hossam Badrawy, is that gives you credit, that you are a respectful person.
I agree, and this is exactly what I said. The minister of Interior told me before my release that Dr. Hossam Badrawy, the General Secretary of the party, by himself will drive you. I told him I will be with him in the car because I respect Dr. Hossam as a person, but I don't want to see the NDP logo in the streets, with all my respect to the NDP.
I told Dr. Hossam this gives you personal credit, not political credit. Wael said enough. What you don't know Wael, is that many people in important institutions in Egypt, their sons and daughters go to demonstrations with their knowledge or without. I'm responsible for this fact, do you know how did Hossam Badrawy know about you? From his daughter.
We all went to the demonstrations to demand our rights in our country. If you are asking me what do you want at the moment, I want the poor people in this country to have dignity, to be not humiliated, to have all their rights. What hurts me the most is that we have systematic way to destroy the Egyptian dignity. When you humiliate a poor Egyptian because you are just more powerful than him, you are executing him. Transforming him into a person without dignity, without a value, who is capable of stealing and murder. But when he is dealt with in a respectful way, he learns that he won't steal because he is Egyptian, I won't be a traitor because I'm Egyptian. I'm proud of being Egyptian. During the interrogations while talking about this treason issue, there is a personal detail in my life, my wife is an American Muslim, and since 2001 I could have applied for a US passport, but I didn't even file an application. I told the interrogator do you know how many Egyptians apply for the green card lottery each year? Hundreds of thousands annually want to be Americans. What we want today:
1. We want to return the dignity to every Egyptian
2. How to fight all kinds of corruption. How to prevent systematic corruption.
3. We want to return the sense of belonging to the youth.
The people who went to the streets of course have this sense, but it is just many youth now don't care. Though they are still so kind. I'm not saying that the Egyptian kid is the smartest kid in the world, but during hardships the true meaning of Egyptians appear, that in the middle of crisis we have this feeling of satisfaction. We deserve much more better than what is happening to us. And please, please, please, this is not the time for solving measures. This is the time of demanding rights, all rights. How to build our country. To leave the past behind and decide what will the future look like and think well about that.
I want to tell you that I don't know what is happening currently in Egypt.
You said you didn't know if there were demonstrations. Did you know from the interrogators? Did they accuse you of destroying the country?
Till a day before my release I didn't know anything. All the interrogations were about me and about the Facebook page. I respected the interrogators very much when their only concern if the Facebook fan page was controlled from outsiders or is it by spontaneous Egyptian hands. I didn't give any evidence but I can assure that they are now convinced that it is all by Egyptian hands.
Were you released because there was major pressure pushing for your release, or were they convinced that you are just an Egyptian who loves his country in his own way? Because there is a huge difference.
The treatment became much better when they were convinced that I'm an Egyptian who love his country.
You felt that in their eyes
I didn't see their eyes
They didn't remove the blindfold?
For 12 days, this is because you are not supposed to know where they are. The last day was of course much better.
They tone changed in the ending than in the beginning?
No, the it was the same respectful tone from the beginning to the ending. They told me that they know I'm a respectful person and all what they want is some details. He just want to know if there were non-Egyptians in the demonstrations. I mentioned all the people who contributed in the coordination then I found out that they mentioned the names as well.
You are not a secret organization.
We didn't do anything wrong. We did what our conscious ordered us to do. In the 25th night I posted a call for Mr. President. We acted according to a very simple plan modeled by the following.
In the beginning it was a very slight knock, then it became stronger, then more stronger. Wake up government, hey people. Then we knocked harder and louder, then we screamed, nobody was moving. They don't give a damn, I don't know how he thinks. I don't know how the policy maker thinks. Is he thinking that those demanding their rights are a minority and the rest are satisfied with their lives and everything is ok?
I know I interrupted you a lot and that you didn't talk much
No please, go on, you are here to talk.
When the ministry of Interior asked me what is the problem? I told him we suffer two main problems. The first problem is that we don't communicate with each other. I'm not talking about the MOI specifically, I'm talking about the regime in general. There is this fatherly view that we (the government) know what we are doing and you just don't realize our efforts. So please eat bread (go to work), eat a hamburger and step down for us to do our work. So he (the policy maker) is talking somewhere and I'm somewhere else. Then it becomes natural that I'm a traitor and you become a protector of the regime, the survival for the strongest and that's it.
The second problem is the no-trust state. We suffered the existence of many people whose job was producing a propaganda, thinking that people are some kind of a cattle. When a person publishes news that he knows it is entirely false to the public. I don't to give examples..
I will tell you one example, the demonstrations numbers. In a major newspaper they mentioned that it was only 50 people in Mansoura, 14 protestor.
Security demanded us to announce that there are only tens of protestors although without our own eyes we were seeing hundreds of thousands of protestors in the streets. You have all the right in what you are saying.
The state of no-trust. I told the minister of Interior, if I stripped naked publicly and there was no marks on my body, and told them I was tortured, my skull was broken, and electrified all the people will believe me.
Though if I took off my clothes now and said nothing happened, a lot of people will say I was pressured to state that nothing happened to him. And this state of no-trust they are the main reason for it. The theory that the citizen shouldn't know everything, and that he should be told that everything is ok. To hide this, hide that, don't put this. Did you know the responsible for the Mercedes bribe? We don't know yet, we want to know who. We need to get rid of the idea that the people are still kids. And please all the propaganda people return to their yards. Those people who said that foreign TV channels are leading the demonstrations, why does the Egyptian watch these channels in the first place? Because his own Egyptian channel always states that everything is ok, it is just some looters are in the streets who belong to certain groups. The Egyptian television has no credibility, I don't blame any foreign television covering the incidents. I blame the Egyptian television for NOT covering. You are an Egyptian you should cover what is really happening in Egypt, and NOT direct people to certain ideas as you just said: To spread the truth, whatever this truth was. Enough defecation, enough with corrupting the common-sense of people. We want to make a legal structure, agreed by all Egyptians. There are a lot of Egyptians who love this country and want to serve this country but afraid. I hope today that will change and be fixed.
What did the ministry of Interior tell you? You told me you talked with him man to man.
There were several men actually.
There was some kind of equality in your situation. An Egyptian in front of an Egyptian. A ministry of Interior with a detainee, what did he tell you?
Yes of course there was some kind of equality. I asked him if our talk is on the records or off the records. He told me as you like. Then he told me he became a minister for only 7 or 8 days, and you (the youth) earned a lot of achievements and no one knows how did you do all this. Everybody inside the party were stunned, astonished, in a state of un-belief. The change is irreversible. All of us care for this country. We served the country in a certain way, and this way is changing. All what he cared about that no opportunist would hijack what happened. I agreed with that even before hearing that from him. What really hurts me is that there is sacrificed blood and some people just care about the cake, this part or that part. If someone think that way please step down quickly, because the people who went to the streets to say No to the government will say No to you too.
In the very quick call between me and Wael after his release, one of the first things he asked about: what will we do for those who died. Wael, did you know that anyone died?
Yes they told me in the interrogations, not after my release, I knew before in the last interrogation, they told me everything that happened.
This was the first thing Wael asked about. There are respectful and famous people in Egypt who think it is inappropriate to talk about the following. At the moment they knew about the dead people and that they can contribute something not for calming things down, nor for sweet talk towards certain people against others, they just felt it is their duty for those who died, they are our brothers and sisters, our children. The photos we shown yesterday mentions that. I don't know if you saw them Wael
No I didn't, didn't see anyone.
Those on the screen are fine youth. Those are our roses. Who went to the streets just like Wael said, they don't want anything. Please don't cry, Wael. Wael, please don't cry. Those people didn't want to be a leader of some party, those people were affected by poverty, and life was too tough for them. They only went to the streets for Egypt only. They succeeded in doing what we, past generations, were not able to do. Those people were not activists. No one financed them, they just wanted to say they love this country. And unless I'm not able to announce the names, I could have said that there is one person is ready for compensating their families.
I want to say to each mother, and to each father who lost their child…it is not our fault, I swear it is not our fault. It is the responsibility of each person who was too attached to power. I want to leave.
Firstly, I'd like to give me condolences to the families of the Egyptians who died, I can't say that I apologize because no protester broke anything, all protests were peaceful and out slogan was Peaceful Demonstrations. I want to say please don't make a hero out of me, I'm a person who was sleeping for 12 days. The real heros are those people on the ground, please direct the camera and give the attention to those people. And God willing we will change this country. All the bad (dirty) things in this country should be fixed, and we will fix it. *applause*
So when TE Data both filters and rate limits, we have an artificially slow and essentially broken network that discourages use #egypt 9 minutes ago
What is clear is that in practice there is a behavioral impact -- connections may fail, users are discouraged, they may be unprotected #egypt 12 minutes ago
Is filtering censorship? I think this is unquestionably and obviously true. #egypt 12 minutes ago
@eclip5e I refused to answer their questions. about 4 hours ago in reply to eclip5e
Discouraging uploading and actively blocking access to sites is clearly politically motivated to create a limited
subset of the net #egypt 22 minutes ago
It does not appear that servers or other hosted systems are rate limited -- rate limiting is only for home/business end users #egypt 22 minutes ago
This kind of rate limiting practically discourages video/photo participation but gives the illusion of *full* connectivity #egypt #jan25 30 minutes ago Retweeted by you and 8 others
People in #egypt don't have the ability to simply call up another ISP and wait 7-14 days for a new DSL provider who will also cripple them 33 minutes ago
- They were quite surprised to learn that Iceland had computers and that I didn't have to bring my own. about 11 hours ago
- All in all, the detainment was around thirty minutes long. They all seemed quite distressed that I had no computer and no phone. about 11 hours ago
The CBP agent asked if the ACLU was really waiting. I confirmed the ACLU was waiting and they again denied me contact with legal help. about 11 hours ago
The CBP agents in Seattle were nicer than ones in Newark. None of them implied I would be raped in prison for the rest of my life this time. about 11 hours ago
- During the search, I made it quite clear that I had no laptop and no cell phone. Only USB drives with the Bill of Rights. about 11 hours ago
- Only US customs has random number generator worse than a mid-2007 Debian random number generator. Random? Hardly. about 11 hours ago
While waiting for my baggage, I noticed the CBP agent watching me and of course after my bag arrived, I was "randomly" selected for search. about 11 hours ago
- She attempted to trick me by putting words into my mouth. She marked my card with a large box with the number 1 inside, sent me on my way. about 11 hours ago
- The CBP (U.S. Customs and Border Protection) agent was waiting for me at the exit gate. Remember when it was our family and loved ones? about 11 hours ago
- I requested access my lawyer and was again denied. They stated I was I wasn't under arrest and so I was not able to contact my lawyer. about 11 hours ago
- The forensic specialist (who was friendly) explained that EnCase and FTK, with a write-blocker inline were unable to see the Bill of Rights. about 12 hours ago
- I did however have a few USB thumb drives with a copy of the Bill of Rights encoded into the block device. They were unable to copy it. about 12 hours ago
- Max Forte 06 Feb 11 07:54:57Sorry for the poor formatting…the key point is that I observed three different Egyptian websites I consult frequently, including 3arabawy, responding very slowly. At first I thought this was due to high traffic, given increased interest in the sites. However, here we have Jacob Appelbaum, a noted American hacker, affiliated with Wikileaks, and an expert in his field, who says repeatedly that his research shows continued Egyptian state censorship…in throttling traffic from activist websites in Egypt, to limit their presence as much as possible. A few minutes ago, 3arabawy did not load at all in my broswer, except for the black background…and I have a cable connection.
I wonder why do I waste so many chances on people I used to care for, realizing that I need the courage to have enough force to cut it off and move on. I have to keep reminding myself that those you are care for must also care for you, it is a give and take, you can't be such a fool to give for always (a friend is never a mother), and of course, a selfish person who always take, is never worth it.
This should be obvious, but it is amazing how a human being is so blind even with the most powerful eye, even with the best powers of observation. There will be always a missed hint, a missed shot, a misunderstanding.
It is so hard to be clear to a friend, or an ex-friend, who decides not to be clear to you. A friend like that should be wasted off your life as soon as possible.
Couples are young so they screw up a lot, their families are too old so they try to make their youngster do what they didn't succeed in in their youth.
Sometimes you are so alone, so you go to a big tea party to be more lonely, so you try to get out to get back to yourself. It is like you are the box itself, you can't go in, you can't think out of it. You are stuck. The only solution is to burst yourself to survive.
Sometimes you try to mingle with the right people in the wrong time, sometimes with the wrong people in the right time, though both are always better than meeting the wrong people in the wrong time. This worst scenario must be experienced, but must be experienced once, and try as much as you can, never get into this again, and instead, wait, like a hunter, and just shoot. The right people..the right time, just be sure of being right and never care about what others think of. Did someone say that hell is the others?
All the talks, all the hypocrisy, you think someone cares, but the thing is, who cares, no body cares until you "earn" the attention. You can't just get something because you deserve, you need to do the extra mile and earn it.
I just need to realize that no matter how less I sometimes do, that I should know when does less means less and when does less means more.
I need to practice to write myself out more often, to free myself of all the negativity filling my veins, all the negativity that I'm trying to bury for years and years.
I need to thank God for the gift of life, and all the other gifts I'm blessed with.
As a part of Rasha's Good Old Blogging Days, I just miss those days, where the blogs were your own kingdom, before Social Networks came to steal this genuine spirit.
People shared their very fine personal details to people they don't even know. Online people knew each other for long, just for the heck of friendship. Looking for truth and warmth they didn't find in the real world. Expressing their views to people who are like-minded, or who are open-minded, or both.
Blogging was a place of acceptance, a place they can be free and wild, were they can virtually dance with the whole world watching, a place where all their dreams come true. A Utopia where every one believed in. I once read, maybe it was in the Bible, that the Kingdom of Christ is not on this land, it is in Heaven. So is blogging, our Kingdom was on the virgin Internet.
I wish I can express myself more in blogging, I miss those old days, I miss the friends I made through blogging. I miss much of the warm feelings I felt before.
I want to thank everyone who made me happy for even once, thank you very much.


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Winnipeg still clings to the title of car theft capital of Canada, but has seen a dramatic drop in the number of vehicle thefts in the past couple of years.
Winnipeg's rate of vehicle theft in 2007 was 25 per cent higher than a decade ago, Statistics Canada reports, despite declines in two of the past three years. The overall national rate of vehicle theft dropped nine per cent in 2007, according to a report issued Monday by Statistics Canada.
University of Manitoba sociologist Rick Linden said the Statistics Canada figures are potentially misleading because they include incidents of attempted theft as well as actual auto thefts. He said if the report showed only actual thefts Winnipeg would be shown in an entirely better light because efforts by police and auto insurers to curb auto theft have been working.
"In completed thefts we're actually down 27 per cent," Linden said of the 2007 Winnipeg figures. "And in 2008 we're down 44 per cent in both completed and attempted thefts."
Statistics Canada said Manitoba's overall auto theft rate dropped 10 per cent in 2007. Manitoba still has the highest per capita rate of stolen vehicles, almost double that of the next highest province, Alberta.
Brian Smiley of Manitoba Public Insurance Corp. echoed Linden's view.
"As of today Winnipeg wouldn't be the car theft capital of Canada," Smiley said. "In fact, Abbotsford, B.C., and Edmonton, Alta., are probably the auto theft capital of Canada."
Sgt. Kevin Kavitch of Winnipeg's stolen auto unit said at one time there were as many as 18 vehicles stolen each day in Winnipeg. Now, he said, it's fewer than eight.
Winnipeg police have said that about 2,300 cars had been stolen in the city between January and October. That's down by 1,500 over the same period in 2007.
Cities in western Canada led the country in vehicle thefts and while Winnipeg led the pack, the city was closely followed by Abbotsford, B.C., Edmonton and Regina. Linden said those numbers could change in 2008.
The report said teenagers aged 15 to 18 accounted for three of every 10 vehicle thefts.
"From what we gather we're going to be fairly similar to Abbotsford," Linden said, adding the auto theft rate will be similar among Winnipeg, Edmonton, Regina, and perhaps Calgary, for 2008.
He said it's possible Edmonton could usurp Winnipeg as the city with the dubious label of car-theft capital in 2008.


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First time trying something like this – a stream of consciousness post, where a thought has come to me and I try to follow it for a little while. I do not know how far it will go, or how often it may occur. Feedback or inspiration welcome. Thanks for humoring me. -Brett
"I start with the platitude that one cannot judge a performance in any given field (war, politics, medicine, investments) by the results, but by the costs of the alternative (i.e., if history played out in a different way)." Fooled by Randomness, Nasim Taleb, p22.
The hero ball shot. Thinking specifically of Kemba Walker dribbling out the clock, crossing his defender for a step-back jumper that goes in at the buzzer.
Don't just consider the make or the miss – what was given up to get to that position. Teams routinely receive the ball with 10 seconds on the clock, and the idea is to win or lose at the buzzer – don't give your opponent a chance to re-take the lead. Would it not be better to take the shot with 5 seconds with the opportunity for an offensive rebound? Or 4 or 3, need numbers to decide – how long does a specific type of shot take: A couple of seconds for a 3 to complete its arc, but what about a layup? Which has the better chance for an offensive rebound?
That chance for an offensive rebound: It depends on the strength of your own offensive rebounders, the opposition's rebounding, the type of shot that ultimately is taken, as well as the timeout situation of the opponent. If the opponent has no timeouts remaining, getting the ball back 94 feet from their basket and the clock ticking (in the case of a miss) has very little value. We see the heaves on Sportscenter when they go in, but not the numerous misses.
Could this be modeled as a decision tree? With expected values calculated for the various branches?
Shot with 5 seconds left – Two outcomes:
- Make –
- Other team gets ball (~3 seconds remaining)
- Opponents makes – you lose
- Opponent misses – you win
- Offensive rebound
- Last second shot off scramble goes in – you win
- Another miss and defeat is secured – you lose
- Defensive rebound – victory is theirs, with less drama since the final attempt came before the buzzer sounded
- Two outcomes
Miss –
- Two outcomes
There is more to it than this simple tree – as previously mentioned, timeouts must be considered, foul situations and the attractiveness of overtime, the likelihood of a whistle being blown, and the personnel in both uniforms and their relative merit in such a situation. And not whether or not they are "clutch", but their ability to impact substantially what is generally about a 70% probability of a defensive rebound. Shooting percentages are higher immediately following an offensive rebound (this counts as stream of consciousness, as I was recalling something 82games.com has published previously – The value of offensive rebounds).
Playing with this simple probability tree in excel has me leaning against eschewing traditional behavior. Does preferring overtime to defending the opposition for 2 seconds while you hold a lead make rational sense? The longer game and more possessions favors the better team, as it reduces the role of randomness in the outcome. But even this assumes that there is a clear better team in overtime, or that it has not changed as the game progressed, due to injuries or players dismissed due to fouls.
Again, I go back to Kemba's game winning shot against Minnesota last season. Perhaps the timing is not the issue I have with the process. It is the other part of the process, the execution – a midrange jumper off an isolation play, which is a low percentage, undesirable shot throughout the game, is celebrated as the source of victory. The Bobcats won in spite of this shot, not because of it?


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Hammonds has ramped up its Madrid office with the hire of former Garrigues vice-chairman Antonio Ortega.
Ortega became the vice-chair of Garrigues following its merger with his tax firm Anderson Group in 1997. He, together with Garrigues managing partner Antonio Garrigues, were the driving forces behind the merger, which created the biggest tax law firm in Spain.
Ortega was also instrumental in founding the Spanish Venture Capital Association, where he is now secretary, and is on the Spanish government's income tax reform committee.
Hammonds Madrid chief Francisco Guijarro said Ortega, in his role as business development consultant, will be focusing on growing the office's M&A, private equity and tax capabilities.
"Antonio's wide-ranging experience will help us continue to drive growth in Spain and we're delighted to welcome him to the firm," said Guijarro.
Ortega's appointment follows the hires of a string of lawyers at junior level. Most recently, M&A specialist Juan Romaní joined the firm from Albiñana & Suárez de Lezo, where he was a senior solicitor.
Madrid is Hammonds' only office in Spain, but after an increased workload from Catalonia the firm brought Miguel Angel from Barcelona firm Miguel A Pando & Asociados on board as a consultant.
The new appointments take the size of Hammonds' Madrid office – which was launched in 2003 – to six partners, together with a team of 24 lawyers and economists.


text: Paul Goyette wrote: > On Thu, 27 Nov 2008, Christoph Egger wrote: > >> >> This problem is known. See PR 32816. >> Workaround: move or rename /stand/amd64/5.99.03 to something else, >> so that no modules can be found. > > In this case, making the modules "not found" wouldn't work, since there > are no filesystems or anything else in the kernel itself; everything > _is_ a module. Without the ffs module I wouldn't even get my root > partition mounted. :) The amd64 kernel configs in the repository haven't been stripped down yet likewise to the i386 ones for exactly this reason. If you compile an amd64 GENERIC kernel, you still have everything builtin. Christoph >> Paul Goyette wrote: >>> I've built a amd64 kernel without any file systems or compat code in the >>> kernel itself; all of those options lines are commented out in the >>> config file. >>> >>> I've installed the new kernel and the 5.99.03/modules and the new /boot >>> (from /usr/mdec/boot). >>> >>> Shortly after booting, while the various /etc/rc.d/ stuff is still going >>> on, the system panics. Unfortunately, it seems to happen just as soon >>> as xdm takes over the console/display. >>> >>> So, I rebooted in single-user mode, and of course I needed to run fsck >>> on my root partition. During the fsck, I got the following panic: >>> >>> panic: kernel diagnostic assertion "end <= VM_MAX_KERNEL_ADDRESS" >>> failed: file "/build/netbsd-local/src/sys/uvm/uvm_km.c", line 473 >>> fatal breakpoint trap in supervisor mode >>> trap type 1 code 0 rip ffffffff80151565 cs 8 rflags 246 cr2 f0cbc9 cpl 0 >>> rsp ffff80004bedaa90 >>> Stopped in pid 0.8 (system) at netbsd:breakpoint+0x5: leave >>> 0x1 >>> >>> A backtrace produces >>> >>> breakpoint()+0x5 >>> panic()+0x260 >>> __kernassert()+0x2d >>> uvm_km_pgremove_intrsafe()+0x198 >>> uvm_km_free()+0xb5 >>> kobj_unload()+0x58 >>> module_do_unload()+0xcd >>> module_thread()+0xe9 >>> >>> The config file and dmesg output (from equivalent 5.99.02 boot) are >>> attached.


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In August of 2000, I finally discovered that the pictures in Barbara Ward's photo album were indeed those of my family as well. This was when I also discovered Mary Rasco, whose name in the album's index proved--at least for me--that Ezekiel Burdine Wilson and Nathaniel Burdine Wilson were brothers.
The Rasco name was new to me--I'd never seen it before this time--and so when school started later that month, I was quite startled to see that name on the student roster of one of my classes! As my student and I chatted about this coincidence over the next few weeks, I met one of my fifth cousins, James Ray Rasco, who is quite knowledgable concerning the Rasco genealogy. I mentioned him to my student, who then asked me to ask him if he knew of her line. He did! And as it turns out, my student and he are third cousins twice removed.
But I have have not been as stunned by the uncanny as I was last week when I finally learned how to download the scans of the photo album pages sent to me by Barbara Ward. As the scan of the picture of Mary Rasco and her son worked its way down the page, I had to look twice, then a third time, for there sat my student! Oh, for sure she was wearing no makeup, and she looked a few--not more than five or ten--years older than my student does, but the differences end there. They're related--there's no doubt!