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Iranian Sanctions Look Like They're Biting Hard
So how are those Iranian oil sanctions going? Stuart Staniford took a crack at figuring it out yesterday, but luckily for me I got busy with other stuff and didn't link to his post. "Luckily" because he's now spent several hours obsessing even more over Iranian production data and has what he thinks is a more reliable look at how much oil Iran is producing. The chart is below. Stuart's conclusion:
My interpretation of the [data] is that Iran used to be able to produce about 4mbd of oil. They voluntarily reduced production following the 2001 recession (in line with the behavior of other OPEC nations at the time). However, while the reduction at the end of 2008 may also have been voluntary, the fact that they've made no increase in production in 2011 — the opposite in fact — suggests they've lost the capacity to produce (or at least export) that much oil. I assume this is due to western sanctions.
Whether the sanctions are "working" depends on whether you think we ought to be pressuring Iran over its nuclear program. But that's certainly what the Obama administration wants to do, and judged on their own terms it looks like the sanctions are working. If Iran really has been forced to reduce production by 400,000 bbd, that comes to about $40 million per day, or $14 billion per year. Depending on how you count, that amounts to about 2-3% of GDP.
UPDATE: But even if oil production is down, isn't that more than made up for by higher prices caused by the sanctions in the first place? Maybe. It depends on how much oil Iran sells on the spot market and how much is tied up in long-term contracts. I'm not sure if anyone really knows that, and I don't know what the terms of Iran's long-term contracts are anyway. So this is, admittedly, a bit of a crapshoot. Either way, though, Iran certainly seems to be selling less than they could if the sanctions didn't exist.


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Washington -- U.S. safety regulators on Friday opened a preliminary investigation into more than 100,000 Chevrolet Corvette sports cars after complaints that headlights suddenly died.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it is investigating 103,374 2005-07 Corvettes after receiving 30 complaints from owners reporting a loss of both low-beam headlights while driving at night without warning.
In one of the 30 reports, a driver ran over a discarded tire while attempting to pull off the road, NHTSA said. Some complaints said the problem is intermittent and some reported that low-beam function returned after a period of time, typically after the vehicle has been parked. The high-beam headlights and fog lights remain operational, NHTSA said.
Some complaints and enthusiast forums suggest the problem is related to a fuse block under the hood.
One Arizona owner in 2011 reported to NHTSA that he was driving down a highway "at night when my low-beams disengaged, placing me in the dark and almost caused a wreck. I drove the rest of the way with my high beams," he wrote.
The next day the low beams worked but stopped after five minutes. A Corvette mechanic said the owner needed to replace the fuse block, but he declined because it was too expensive. Instead, fellow Corvette owners suggested he let the car run until the lights failed and then to place a bag of ice on the fuse block.
"I did and within 10 minutes the lights came back on."
The Corvettes under investigation are the sixth generation of the iconic vehicle. GM is launching its seventh-generation Corvette this year.
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Salah Abdl-Azim AL-Esh - Sakaran village, Egypt
Q How long have you been growing tea?
A"3 years."
Q What got you started in the Tea industry?
A"My parents own a small piece land and all the village is professional in growing Chamomile. It is part of our life in winter."
Q Can you describe a typical day out in the field. How many hours would that be?
A"During the Chamomile harvest season, I go pick flowers either before school or after school hours; sometimes I do both before and after. As you know, EL SHEIH (a local word for Chamomile in Arabic) can only be collected in the early hours of the day or late in the afternoon (after Asr prayer); otherwise, it breaks and, as my father always say, we loose the good looks of the intact whole flower. It takes me 2 hours in the morning or 3 hours in the afternoon to collect a plot this size (about 1/20 an acre) and I would collect about 20kilos."
Q What is your favorite part of growing tea? What inspires you to keep going?
A"My favorite part of growing and collecting Chamomile is the nice beautiful looking fields in the winter. I really like going up in the morning to see our land covered with bright white color from a distance, and the closer I get from it, the yellow and green colors make a divine mix; something from God. Secondly, the village is in a good mood and people are usually happy, I don't know why. Maybe because most marriages and celebrations happen after the Chamomile crop. Finally, I earn some nice pocket money for myself and to help my family a little bit."
Q Conversely, what is the hardest part of your job?
A"The hardest part of my job is when my father decides to dry ourselves our Chamomile and not sell it fresh to the bigger dryer facility in our village. Then, all the problems may start and our risk is bigger."
Q How has tea farming changed over the years?
A"It is now full of instructions from Mr Mahmoud, the person who buys fresh Chamomile flowers from us. My father tells me that before it was quite much simpler. Now he has to watch the pesticides use, the collection basket and our personal cleanness. Also, my father says that the land is not producing as much any more. He thinks there must be a better way for our small piece of land productivity but he is not sure what to do. On the positive side, the wages paid for labor is now better."
Q What do you think makes your tea more unique or better than others?
A"Because we love our crop and our land."
Q What makes the difference between a successful and unsuccessful harvest?
A"The more effort, time and money we put into our harvest, the more successful it becomes. Also, it depends if God is happy from us."
Q Do you exchange growing secrets with other local farmers?
A"There are no secrets any more. Everybody with a long experience in Chamomile knows everything about the growing. But, here in our village, if one tries some new method and it shows success, we try imitate him. If he doesn't tell us, we will still know as people here like to talk. Sometimes, people from other villages that do not grow Chamomile come here to ask questions about Chamomile. We, my father and others, answer them all. But they will still need to learn from their experience by trial and error, because they will need to teach their workers on collection and skills. We just make the road shorter."
Q Are there any tips you can give on how to best brew your tea?
A"Am not sure about brewing. I don't drink Chamomile except when I am sick. My mother do it, maybe like she does black tea."
Q What is your favorite tea to drink and why?
A"Black tea with a fresh Spearmint leaves. All the village drinks black tea, but very few like me add the Spearmint leaves. It makes all the difference."
Q If you had any advice to give western tea drinkers, what would it be?
A"Drink a lot of Chamomile. It is good for you."
Q What does this project & contribution mean to you?
A"Am very happy that somebody from the buyers side is interested in taking our opinion and will be listening to what we have to say about the Chamomile."
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Mass Effect 2 - Xbox 360
Mass Effect was a triumph on so many levels that it's almost churlish to point at the few areas where it fell short. Bioware took a major risk in trying to fuse its classic RPG style with a more action-oriented experience, yet for the most part the gamble paid off. The storyline was huge, epic and incredibly involving. The gleaming space-opera visuals are still unmatched by an RPG on any platform, and it's only when you go back to, well, just about any other game in the genre that you realise how groundbreaking its simple, intuitive conversation system and detailed close-up animation were.
Yet Mass Effect wasn't perfect. Bioware did an excellent job of making RPG-style party mechanics work hand-in-hand with cover-based, third-person shooter combat, but the actual fighting was - if we're honest - only adequate. Vehicle-based exploration was a mess. Whole chunks of the galaxy felt underdeveloped, and nobody can forget the elevators, or the slightly tedious wandering around The Citadel. Mass Effect's rich cast, its narrative strengths and its streamlined RPG character progression compensated for these minor weaknesses and turned a decent game into a great one, but even those of us who loved it will have a handful of reservations looking back.
With the sequel, those reservations are gone. Mass Effect 2 is an awesome achievement, and arguably the best RPG of this generation.
Discovering the plot for yourself is part of the appeal, so all we'll say for now is that Commander Shepherd is back with a new boss, a new enemy and a new mission - to investigate and put a stop to whatever alien threat is liquidating human colonies on the fringes of the Milky Way. Parted from old allies, his initial objective is to recruit a new team capable of dealing with the threat, scouring the galaxy for a motley crew of warriors, scientists, assassins and feral psychic nutcases.
Cleverly, it's possible to import characters from the first game, but while it makes sense to have played Mass Effect before touching Mass Effect 2, the game doesn't penalise newcomers. While the sequel plays upon familiarity with its predecessor, introducing old faces and returning to a few old locations, it never alienates new players by expecting an encyclopaedic knowledge of the universe or the story so far. It also makes enough basic, sensible assumptions about your past actions and behaviour to make you feel that your Shepherd has a history, even if he/she doesn't.
All that was good about the first game remains good here, if not better. The conversation system, whereby you pick brief opening gambits and responses using the analogue stick and the game translates these into fleshed-out dialogue, still works brilliantly. The superb facial animation system gives you an instant, intuitive idea of how your words are going down, and there's a real sense that what you say matters, and that the choices you make will mean the difference between life and death for some of those involved, and push Shepherd further towards the path of hero or anti-hero as time goes on.
The camera is now more mobile, as are the characters themselves, giving chats a less static, more cinematic feel. We even get new opportunities where, with a click of the left or right trigger, you can interrupt cutscenes and boost your Paragon or Renegade status. The surprising thing is the subtlety. Rarely do you feel like you're being funnelled in a "white hat" or "black hat" direction. With the survival of galactic civilization at stake, it's all about the grey areas - about doing what needs to be done, but fighting to preserve whatever morality you adopt as you do it. It's sophisticated stuff.
There's still a surprising amount of depth and choice when it comes to character progression, plus a full weapons research and upgrade tree, but Mass Effect 2 brings a more flexible approach to skills, weapons and armour. And while the plotline initially feels a bit low-key after the big climaxes of Mass Effect, it grows and blooms into something that's every bit as dark and scary.
We now know that Mass Effect will be a trilogy, and the danger of any middle section is that it concentrates on extending the first part and setting up the third at the expense of providing anything satisfying in-between. Mass Effect 2 mostly avoids this trap, but in its references to the last game (where the game will recognise past choices if you use an old character) it leaves you in no doubt that you are taking part in a truly epic tale.
Most importantly, the sequel radically improves on the less magnificent parts of the original. Combat feels both streamlined and turbo-charged, replacing the existing health, shields and ammo systems with more conventional third-person shooter mechanics (though you can still use Unity and Medigel for a quick party-wide revive), and making the business of finding and firing from cover feel more fluid.
Enemy AI is more aggressive, and a string of expertly orchestrated firefights ensure that combat in Mass Effect 2 is something you can really sink your teeth into. Sure, it's no Gears of War or Uncharted 2, but this now feels like an excellent shooter within an excellent RPG, and there are some great, stand-out set-pieces to enjoy. Friendly AI also seems to have been polished. There's little need to micro-manage allies - they'll find cover, shoot and use abilities quite well without your help - though there are advantages to taking direct control when the situation demands it.
Above all else, Mass Effect 2 is an incredibly slick and well-polished slice of sci-fi. You'll still face some long loading times, but nearly anything else that might have annoyed you about the first game has gone (will anyone miss the M35 Mako? Thought not). There's some stunning alien scenery to explore, and a new resource harvesting mini-game which makes thrusting around the galaxy feel that little bit more worthwhile.
Meanwhile, Bioware continues to show that, when it comes to creating rich, interesting and rounded characters, it's pretty much out there on its own. Steadily, game by game, the developer is building a universe with its own history, mythology and wonders. It can be a cold, dark place, with only the barest glimmer of hope, but it's a universe you'll want to get lost in.
Whether you completed the first game or not, Mass Effect 2 is unmissable. By streamlining and polishing its RPG/shooter mechanics, Bioware has produced a game that will feel just as satisfying to the Gears of War crowd as it will to those who loved Baldur's Gate or Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, and the dialogue-driven story is superb. RPG purists might snort at the more action-friendly bias, but anyone with sense will realise that this is a magnificent effort that sees Bioware back at its best.
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#13310 closed bug (fixed)
hide() and fadein() corrupt the css display value
Reported by: | shayan2370@… | Owned by: | |
Priority: | high | Milestone: | 1.9.1 |
Component: | css | Version: | 1.9.0 |
Keywords: | Cc: | orkel, dmethvin | |
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In previos versions of jquery (1.8.3 or 1.7.2) when I set an element's display value to inline-block and hid and faded it in, the display value wasn't changed after. But In 1.9.0, jquery changes display value and after fading the element in, doesn't replace the previous display value.
This is with jquery 1.8.3 and it works fine. but if you change the framework to jquery 1.9.0 you'll see the problem.
Change History (6)
comment:1 Changed 4 years ago by mikesherov
- Component changed from unfiled to css
- Milestone changed from None to 1.9.1
- Priority changed from undecided to high
- Status changed from new to open
This bug was introduced by the fix for #10416, here: https://github.com/jquery/jquery/commit/bea5ecbba72f22e8924186d9b81839122ec86aef
It's because detached elements can have directly applied styles, which is what the author is intending. Detached elements are super annoying. The test case works if the user appends before hiding: http://jsfiddle.net/5MzSR/9/
orkel, dmethvin, thoughts? Marking as open until you guys respond.
comment:2 Changed 4 years ago by mikesherov
- Cc orkel dmethvin added
comment:3 Changed 4 years ago by dmethvin
@orkel, can you take a look at this?
comment:4 Changed 4 years ago by markelog
That's pretty weird use-case and it's not really a regression – this example will fail in 1.8.3 for FF as well, but yeah, jQuery should save the old display even if it defined this way.
comment:5 Changed 4 years ago by Oleg
- Resolution set to fixed
- Status changed from open to closed
Fix #13310. Get the right display value for disconnected nodes. Close gh-1155.
Changeset: 8226666b1344b27f22f3f0699586054a20718ad3
comment:6 Changed 4 years ago by Oleg
Fix #13310. Get the right display value for disconnected nodes. Close gh-1156.
Changeset: f3db084f7cc73379b0d6f5341c987e2a801ea032


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Mrs. Milman's Chocolate Frosting
This recipe for Mrs. Milman's Chocolate Frosting is one of our all-time favorites. Make it with our recipe for Moist Devil's Food Cake.
- Yield: Makes 6 cups
Source: Martha Stewart Living, May 1997
- 24 ounces Nestle semisweet chocolate morsels
- 4 cups whipping cream
- 1 teaspoon light corn syrup
Place chocolate morsels and cream in a heavy saucepan. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly with a rubber spatula, until combined and thickened, between 20 and 25 minutes. Increase the heat to medium low; cook, stirring, 3 minutes more. Remove pan from heat.
Stir in corn syrup. Transfer frosting to a large metal bowl. Chill until cool enough to spread, about 2 hours, checking and stirring every 15 to 20 minutes. Use immediately.


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We've all heard about Sergio Garcia's "fried chicken" comment by now, as well as Tiger Woods' response to his rival's controversial choice of words. But Steve Sands, who emceed the banquet in question, joined The Dan Patrick Show to explain the actual circumstances that led to Garcia's unfortunate comment.
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Carrot cake isn't really a breakfast food, though it does contain a serving of veggies (well, sort of!), because it is usually fortified with quite a bit of sugar and topped with a generous layer of cream cheese frosting. If you're a fan of carrot cake but want a more breakfast-friendly format, give this Carrot Oatmeal Quick Bread a try! The bread has many of ... Read More »
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I made these Harvest Carrot and Zucchini Muffins to use up the last of the zucchini that was lurking in my fridge. Zucchini is one of those vegetables that grows quickly and easily during the warm summer months and, if you happen to put one plant in your garden, you'll soon have more zucchini than you know what to do with. I usually make a ... Read More »
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Adding vegetables to baked goods always makes them sound a little bit healthier. Zucchini bread and carrot cake, for instance, sound less indulgent than chocolate cake does, even though vegetables alone don't make a recipe healthier. But even though they're not turning your baked goods into health food, those veggies can put you on the right track to make a few other changes that actually ... Read More »
Carrot Muffins with Raisins
When life (or your garden) gives you carrots, you have a couple of options. You could roast them or prepare them in some savory way, you could make carrot cake or you could make a batch of Carrot Muffins with Raisins. I enjoy carrot cake, but I was looking to do something a little different with the carrots in my kitchen this time around and ... Read More »
Oatmeal Raisin Carrot Cookies
I like carrot cake enough to wonder why there aren't more carrot cake-like concoctions around. The cake is known for being moist and spicy – attributes that are prized in many baked goods, after all. In playing around with the idea, I decided to try carrot cake in combination with an oatmeal cookie and was really happy with the result. The cookies are your standard ... Read More »
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Some cakes are classically bundt cakes. Others are classically layer cakes. Carrot cake is one that I would put firmly in the latter category. The cake is usually made to be very moist and very dense – a combination that doesn't really make for an appetizing, tall cake. Shorter layers keep the cake from seeming too heavy and the addition of frosting to break up ... Read More »


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Hi Bob -
Good question.
I presume what you are experiencing is that the pressure applied with palm-pad at the base of the index finger feels less precarious than the pressure appplied with the thumb up away from the hand. However I would not recommend starting your learning curve with a finger on top (FOT) grip unless you are absolutely sure you will be fishing short casts with easy effort, and typically lighter weights.
My recommendation, FWIW, is to stick with a 'relaxed' thumbs up grip for at least your initial learning curve. For me, when the TU grip is not comfortable it meant I was not doing something right. Now it's perfectly comfortable.
When learning the objective is to hold and move the rod so that it can flex and recoil in the proper cadence, not much power and a lot of timing involved. Keep the wrist movement to a minimum; it should only bend 45 degrees from start to finish in either direction. Likewise your thumb should only swivel from a parallel to your arm to a 45 degree angle up thru the entire cast - the rest of the stroke comes from the elbow and arm.
The thumb provides a useful guidance device - like the sights of a gun, watching your thumbnail provides a good indication of the tracking and rotation of the rod. I provides a solid brace during the stroke, and is a great technique your casting career should not be without.
Just imagine yourself hammering nails with a FOT grip instead of a TU grip...
Common practices:
Most casters use the thumbs up grip, others a "V" grip, then a smaller percentage use the finger on top grip. There are a lot of in-betweens as well. An easy way to describe the V without pics is that the hand is rotated about the wrist from the thumbs up toward the finger up grip to allow the rod to nestle diagonally across the hand and relieve the thumb a bit.
I believe this adjustment can only provide benefits once the alignment and stroke power of the TU grip has been deeply embedded in the casters technique, so again everything begins with TU.
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Hair is beautiful when it is youthful. Youthful hair (and skin, and physique) signal vitality and reproductive fitness, which psychologists tell us is what people unconsciously look for and find attractive.
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What causes hair damage?
Various things can damage hair, like excessive coloring and chemicals, or bad diet and stress. But the most common damaged of hair, surprisingly, is water.
Hair is designed to be self-protective. With a layer of scales called cuticles. With oils. With natural elasticity to prevent breaking and snagging. Water though makes hair's inner core swollen and stretchy. When swollen and stretched it easy to damage the outer cuticle layer.
If you leave hair wet, the stretch in the hair itself can mess up cuticles, leaving them bent and raised. If you rub hair dry, you can damage the cuticles through friction. And if you blast it with too much heat this can damage them too. When cuticles are damaged the hair becomes frizzy.
What hair needs is a way to get dry quickly without stretch, rub or heat. Which is exactly what wrapping in AQUIS to wick water away will do. -
So should i just stop washing my hair?
Well yes you could. One of our AQUIS team members did this for three years in their early 20s, and their hair became so healthy that they were frequently accosted by strangers asking what their secret was!
A new trend in this direction is hair detox. Stopping the washing, treating, shampooing and letting it run wild. Often done while on a retreat or similar. At a time when you can let your hair go 'vagrant'.
But that's no solution for everyday lifestyles. Women want their hair to bloom with life and health, but they also want to style it to be fashionable or make a good impression. AQUIS gives you a way to avoid hair wash damage without going 'junglee' (as they say in Urdu). -
What makes my curly hair delicate?
You're not the first to find ringlets hard to handle. Recent studies in human hair evolution suggest our early ancestors all had curly hair, and straight hair only emerged 65,000 years ago. At this time populations were coming out of Africa and the two traits associated with straight hair which are thicker hair and increased oil production (in hair and skin glands) could both have helped our ancestors with the Ice Age climate.
It's the fineness of most curly hair (compared to thick straight hair) that makes it so delicate. This makes the dangers of wet hair damage greater. Our recommended towel for fine and curly hair is LISSE LUXE, because it is smooth enough to avoid snagging and minimize friction. -
Why is straight hair oily?
There are several theories about this. One is that oil travels more easily down straight hair. Another is that the same gene for hair thickness is also associated with skin and hair oil glands. Either way it is rare to have curly oily hair. Whereas Asian, Native American and Mediterranean types with thicker hair often do struggle with oiliness.
If your hair tends to be greasy the mistake many make is washing too often. While this strips the oil (or 'sebum') that's on the hair, it also stimulates greater oil production. Too much brushing and rubbing also stimulates sebum glands. The best thing is wash occasionally, dry and style gently and don't use too much product. With thick hair we recommend the WAFFLE LUXE towel with its greater absorbency, meaning your hair dries quicker. -
Why is afro caribbean hair so damage prone?
Afro Caribbean hair types look robust. However this hair type can tend to have thin layers of cuticles on the surface making the hair porous and damage prone. The hair shaft is elliptical and flat (not round) which makes for tight ringlets but easy to break, split and snag. And the curls make it harder for protective oils to travel through the hair.
Recommended ways to keep your hair lovely include a weekly hot oil treatment, gentle wide tooth combing and drying your hair - without rubbing – wrapped in an AQUIS WAFFLE LUXE towel that is gentle and absorbent enough to deal with the thickest yet most delicate curls. Some say silk pillows help too. And even if that wasn't true, what's not to like about a little luxury? -
How to care for super long hair?
Long hair needs to be in perfect condition to look its best. Waist length hair is such an attention getting feature after all. But it's much harder to tie up or style your way around it looking limp, stressed or straggly, Caring for long hair also takes longer. Just combing it can take hours. Caring for long hair involves good diet, good shampoos and combs, and protecting it from weathering whenever possible. Which is why quite a few Hollywood types are taking too wearing turbans.
One especial danger for long hair is that when wet it is so heavy that it can damage itself just by stretching under its own weight. To avoid this when you are done showering, wring it out gently and then immediately wrap it up, preferably in a long hair AQUIS towel or turban that will dry it gentle and fast with minimal friction. This avoids the need for elaborate rituals like laying flat on the floor while helping hands wrap your hair. -
What to do about hair loss after pregnancy?
Honesty this is nothing to worry about. Suppression of Androgens (male hormones) during pregnancy means hair growth is prolonged and hair oil production suppressed making hair seem full. Then after birth the hair that would have come out over the previous nine months comes out. Plus you are probably tired, stretched and short of time. At least with AQUIS while your hair dries your hands are free for feeding, changing or taking a well earned break with the iPad if baby sleeps.
What to do about aging hair?
Thinner hair, greying, lost shine… Aging is inevitable but you can still take steps to look your best. Avoid anything that weighs your hair down or could damage the roots; including making sure to wrap your hair up in AQUIS to dry. Avoid UV, too much heat or chemical treatments. If you are 50 and healthy as a woman you can expect to live to over 90 and while you aren't going to be wearing high heels for most of that time, you may well have your most fun, adventure and soulful years ahead of you. So enjoy.
Damaged hair?
The great news is your hair grows about an inch every month. So no matter what you have done to it, by way of heat, weathering, chemical treatment so long as the roots are intact then it could all be just a bad memory in a year's time. Meanwhile it's important to remember that damaged hair is fragile and prone to breaking and splitting. So to make it look its best, handle with care. Don't wash it too often. And wrap it up in AQUIS to dry to minimize any further friction and stretching damage.


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Las Vegas police are changing the way they investigate the deaths of inmates at Clark County jails, the Metropolitan Police Department announced Monday.
The department's Force Investigation Team will now investigate all in-custody deaths, even if the inmate had no contact with an officer, Las Vegas police said.
Previously, those cases were typically investigated by a unit at the jail, Las Vegas police spokeswoman Laura Meltzer said.
The Force Investigation Team is the same unit that investigates officer-involved shootings and all other use of force incidents within Metro.
The change is an effort to standardize the department's internal investigations, Meltzer said.
On the same day as the announcement, police said the Force Investigation Team is looking into two separate inmate deaths that happened over the weekend.
On Saturday, a 61-year-old man collapsed in his cell at the Clark County Detention Center and died shortly after, according to police.
The following day at the North Valley Complex, located at 5900 N. Sloan Lane, a 57-year-old man was involved in an argument with other inmates. Officers handcuffed the man and escorted him out of the unit. The North Valley Complex also holds Clark County Detention Center inmates.
After leaving the unit, the man collapsed and was transported to North Vista Hospital where he later died, police said.
The Force Investigation Team will release a report of its findings on the department's website at the conclusion of the investigation, police said.
The identities and causes of the death will be released by the Clark County coroner's office.
Contact reporter Colton Lochhead at clochhead@reviewjournal or 702-383-4638. Follow him on Twitter: @ColtonLochhead.


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Description | This interview with Rev. Hystad was conducted on August 3, 2006 at his office at the Second Baptist Church, 6400 Woodway Dr, Houston, Texas 77057. The pastors of the church selected Rev. Hystad to ascertain what assistance the church could offer the countywide effort that was being mobilized to assist the New Orleans evacuees. After several inquiries it was determined that there was a need to provide cooked meals for the people who were housed at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston. To successfully conduct this effort, Rev. Hystad called upon the Texas Baptist Men, which is a group that is experienced in providing hot meals in such times of disasters. However, this required the gathering and training of volunteers. Once the word went out, Second Baptist Church called upon all denominations to assist in this endeavor code named Operation Compassion. Over the three weeks of active relief work, a multi-denominational response to the call for help netted tens of thousands of trained volunteers who helped with all aspects of food reparation for the evacuees and the army of workers. The interview was conducted by Ernesto Valdés, Center for Public History, University of Houston where the tape is deposited in M.D. Anderson Library on the main campus of the university. |
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What are keyloggers and how to remove them
A keylogger is a computer program that logs each keystroke on a keyboard and saves this data into a file. Once it collects the needed amount of data, it transfers it via the Internet to a predetermined remote host. It also can capture screenshots and use other techniques for tracking user's activity. Keylogger can cause the loss of passwords, login data, and similar information.
There are two types of keyloggers: the hardware and the software. The hardware keylogger is a small physical device that can be dropped between the keyboard's plug and the computer's keyboard port. A hardware keylogger records all keystrokes and saves them into own memory. Such device does not rely on a particular software or a driver. Therefore, it can work under different environments. However, it does not take screenshots and can be easily found during a thorough computer inspection.Software keyloggers are divided into parasitical and legitimate applications.
Malicious keyloggers are very similar to viruses and trojans. They are used by hackers to violate user privacy. Legitimate keyloggers, also known as computer surveillance tools, are commercial products targeted mostly to parents, employers and teachers. They allow to find out what children or employees are doing online. However, even legal programs work without the monitored user's knowledge and consent. They can also be used by malicious persons and, therefore, are not classified as less harmful threats than the certain parasites.
Dangerous activities that can be initiated by the Keylogger
Practically all keyloggers seek to violate user's privacy. They can track their victims for months and even years until they are noticed. During all this time, a regular keylogger is capable of finding out as much information about the user as possible. Someone who controls a keylogger gets priceless information, including passwords, login names, credit card numbers, bank account details, contacts, interests, web browsing habits and much more. All this information can be used to steal victim's personal documents and the money.
To sum up, a regular keylogger is capable of initiating these activities:
- Logging keystrokes on the keyboard.
- Taking screenshots of user's activity on the Internet at predetermined time intervals.
- Tracking user's activity by logging window titles, names of launched applications, and other specific information.
- Monitoring user's online activity by recording addresses of visited websites, entered keywords and other similar data.
- Recording login names, details of various accounts, credit card numbers and passwords.
- Capturing online chat conversations on instant messengers.
- Making unauthorized copies of outgoing and incoming e-mail messages.
- Saving all collected information into a file on a hard disk, and then silently sending this file to a required e-mail address.
- Complicating its detection and removal.
Keyloggers cannot be compared with regular computer viruses. They do not spread themselves as these threats do and, in most of the cases, must be installed as any other software.
The major ways that are used by Keyloggers to infiltrate the system:
There are two methods that are used by the keystroke logging program to get into the system. Here are both of them:
- A legitimate keylogger can be manually installed on the system by its administrator or any other user who has needed privileges for this activity. A hacker can break into the system and setup his keylogger. In both cases, a privacy threat gets installed on the system without user's knowledge and consent.
- Malicious keyloggers can be installed on the system with the help of other parasites, such as viruses, trojans, backdoors or other malware. They get into the system without user's knowledge and affect everybody who uses a compromised computer. Such keyloggers do not have any uninstall functions and can be controlled only by their authors or attackers.
In most of the cases, keyloggers affect computers running Microsoft Windows operating system. However, all viruses are constantly updated, so there is no guarantee that they are not capable of hijacking other popular platforms.
The most dangerous threats of this type that are spreading online
There are lots of different keystroke logging applications, both commercial and parasitical. The following examples illustrate typical keylogger behavior.
AllInOne Keylogger is a malicious program targeted at PC users and their personal information. Typically, people who work behind it, seek to steal as much information as possible. AllInOne KeyLogger is designed to record all user's keystrokes, take the screenshots and initiate other activities. You can hardly notice this threat on your computer as it hides deep inside the system.
Invisible Stealth Keylogger is the harmful trojan horse with keystroke-logging functions. This parasite not only records every user's keystroke but also gives the opportunity for the remote attacker to have unauthorized access to a compromised computer. He or she can easily download and execute arbitrary code, steal user's vital information (passwords, e-mail messages or bank account details). Once it collects needed amount of data, this threat sends it to the attacker through a background Internet connection. Moreover, they can cause general system instability and even corrupt files or installed applications.
Perfect Keylogger is a complex computer surveillance tool with rich functionality. It records all user keystrokes and passwords, takes screenshots, tracks user activity on the Internet, captures chat conversations and e-mail messages. Perfect Keylogger can be remotely controlled. It can send gathered data to a configurable e-mail address or upload it to a predefined FTP server. Although it is a commercial product, it's even more dangerous than most parasitical keyloggers.
How to remove keylogger and fix the affected PC system
Unfortunately, but there is no method for retrieving stolen data. That's why you should remove the keylogger from your computer as soon as possible. This can be done using a reliable anti-spyware. In order to avoid the loss of legitimate programs that are important for stable PC's functionality, we recommend using one of these programs: Reimage, Malwarebytes Anti Malware. Each of them was tested by our security experts and have been approved to have an extensive parasite signature database. If you have any question related to Keylogger removal, you can share your question with us using the Ask Us page. We will be glad to help you solve your problems.
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'These are not grandma's quilts'
WENATCHEE — Anyone who wandered around the Town Toyota Center on Friday or Saturday to look at some of the 270 quilts filling the walls around the ice arena would know that quilting has come a long way.
The beautiful patterns that our grandmothers lovingly stitched are still here. But a lot more has happened since quilting made a comeback over the last few decades.
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UPDATED: Market Garden Brewery in Cleveland has finalized the lineup for its first Pumpkin Beer Fest, which begins at 4 p.m. Oct. 3. The brewery will have 12 guest taps dedicated to pumpkin beers, as well as a real pumpkin -- a pumpkin firkin -- filled with Market Garden's Franklin Castle Pumpkin Ale.
The lineup also features: Hoppin' Frog Frog's Hollow Double Pumpkin, The Brew Kettle Strangeville Pumpkin Ale, Thirsty Dog Barrel Aged Pumpkin, Fat Head's Spooky Tooth, Timmerman's Pumpkin Lambic, Ace Pumpkin Cider, Shipyard Pumpkinhead Pumpkin Ale, Crooked River Pumpkin Harvest, Buckeye Brewing Pumpkin, New Holland Ichabod Pumpkin, Southern Tier Pumking and Weyerbacher Imperial Pumpkin. The brewpub also will have pumpkin-themed foods and cocktails.
The event is free. You just pay for the beer you drink. Six five-ounce samples will sell for $19, and 12 five-ounce samples will be $35.


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UE40KU6400 40" 4K HDR Ultra HD UHD TV
Featuring Active Colour and an edge-led with localised dimming, the Samsung UE40KU6400 is the next generation edge LED television from Samsung serving as replacement for the popular J6300.
SAMSUNG UE40KU6400 40" 4K HDR Ultra HD UHD TV
Featuring Active Colour and an edge-led with localised dimming, the Samsung UE40KU6400 is the next generation edge LED television from Samsung serving as replacement for the popular J6300.
Samsung UE40KU6400 4K HDR UHD TV
The Samsung UE40KU6400 is Samsung's fourth generation UHD television. Bringing a quad-core processor to provide one of the fastest Smart TV platforms available. Tizen is the all new smart platform providing full access to Catch-Up TV services and provides an intuitive interactive interface to the television.
The design is focused on the premium and luxury - featuring a brushed metallic silver bezel and chassis design. Sitting this television on pedestal stand reveals a beautiful crafted stand - again in the same brushed metallic finish.
Samsung UHD TV
This UHD television features Active Colour taking colour reproduction to a whole new level providing new colour permutations that deliver a breathtaking picture.
The Samsung UE40KU6400 is the forth generation television that has an enhanced Auto Depth Enhancer.
Everything that is fed to the television is independently analysed and up-scaled to UHD 4K resolution with the help of the UHD Localised Dimming. Furthermore the Samsung UE40KU6400 features the Pro Colour Panel the best LED TV produced yet from Samsung.
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Monday, November 14, 2011
In genealogy, all roads are good.
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Sometimes I tell people I'm a writer who specializes in family history. When I get the occasional opportunity to work on my own family, I've been known to scrapbook, write a family newsletter, send data to a first cousin once removed who posts it on Geni, and enter data into TMG. All of these are different from what I do as a professional genealogist. Hmmm, another blog posting topic coming to mind...
BarbaraI am so glad you have expressed it this way - I think inclusion and education are the way to go, and that everyone has something to contribute. I have a number of cousins who don't do the full "genealogy geek" thing, but are very interested in our family history, have shared many family stories, and have encouraged me in my research.


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Our community sits in the center of LA, with Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, Downtown LA all within easy grasp. Step outside and walk to work, shopping, dining, and nightlife. You will never be wanting for something to do when you live in our downtown Los Angeles apartments! With highways 101, 110, 10 and 405 a short ride away and the metro down the road, you can easily get around town.
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Take I-10 West (Rosa Parks Fwy) to exit 8.
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I have a Streamium MC-i250 that refuses to connect to the internet.
I was finally able to configure my desktop computer to act as a wired ethernet
internet provider to the streamier. I ran wireshark to capture what is happening.
The MC-i250 does receive an IP address. Then it establishes a TCP session
to a Phillips IP address of 18.104.22.168 and it is trying to access a resource
called /perl/ecdaudio but 126.96.36.199 replies back with a resource not available.
What can I do? It sounds ilke my streamium is out of date and has old IP address
for servers its trying to connect to. Is there a way I can download a mc-i250 firmware
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Q&A: Stephin Merritt On His Favorite Gear, His Reasons For The No-Synth Trilogy, And Being Scooped By Trent Reznor
The Magnetic Fields' new album Love At The Bottom Of The Sea (Merge) is the first in more than a decade to feature the shimmering synthesizer lines for which the endlessly malleable indiepop icons first became known. As I learned when writing this week's Voice profile of Magnetic Fields songwriter Stephin Merritt, he loves talking about the gear that helps him command those soundshe gets downright giddy, which is both unexpected (given his cantankerous reputation) and endearing.
Below is a gear-centric excerpt from our conversation, which took place at an old-timey Greenwich Village restaurant that uses real anchovies in its Caesar salad, and where the waitress brought him his pasta before he even cracked open a menu.
How did the no-synth trilogy come about?
I was bored with the use of synthesizers. I grew up with synthesizers denoting futurism and an either dystopian or utopian worldview, and it seemed like by the end of the 20th century synthesizers sounded retro and actually denoted the early '80s. Because nothing happened in synthesizers in the intervening time, so they were being used, essentially, as electric organs. (Pause) And often, actually, instead of using actual synthesizers people were using samples of synthesizers, which just made it sound the same, only more boring. I think samples are useful, but terribly, terribly overused right now. And, certainly in 1999 they were. So I wanted to wait until something new happened in the technology. And as it turns out, a lot new has happened, fortunately for me. Buchla, the manufacturer, has come out with a module called The Source of Uncertainty which allows you to control the randomness of voltages in several different, entertaining ways. And there's the Dewantron instruments made by Brian Dewan and his cousin, Leon. They make a beautiful machine that allows you to dial knobs and flick switches and such with no interface that you would play in real time, figuratively. And the Melody Gin. You tell it how to behave and it sort behaves for you, but you can't tell it to play a particular note.
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It's not too precise.
Mmmm, yeah, the idea of precision doesn't even come into play. It's...it's very organic in the sense that it tends to sound like crowds of animals or plants doing something. Or, or a Cy Twombly painting rendered into sound.
Are you the type of person who really gets into the gear and figures out what it does, or is it something you use but don't really obsess over?
I try not to be an obsessive collector. I have three Dewanatron instruments, but there's a fourth one that I don't have, and it is replicated by one that I do have. So I go out of my way to remember not to buy the one that doesn't do anything I can't already do with the other three. But it's very pretty and would look really great in my living room. So I'm in between. I have hundreds of instruments at this point.
Many of them are very small. Percussion instruments and such. But of instruments that play notes, I don't know, I probably have under a hundred, but a lot. So I don't know how I could possibly move my studio back to Manhattan. I don't really spend any money except on instruments, so. (Extended pause) I do use them all.
How many ukuleles do you own?
About ten or so.
So, in about ten years you say
but they all sound different and they all do different things.
The Magnetic Fields, "Andrew In Drag"How was it kind of diving back into this synthesizer arena and discovering what they can do now?
A great deal of fun, since they all do different things. They... they're all surprising, y'know? And I miss being surprised. In the '70s, every new record had a new sound on it that you'd never heard before. And now it's very difficult to find new sounds. Even, um, Bjork or a Matmos recordseveral songs can go by without there being something you recognize as a sound you haven't heard before. It's just not presented that way. They... they try to integrate their new instruments into existing structures. I guess I miss the excitement when if there was a new Human League record, you'd never heard half the sounds on it before.
Were there times making the last three albums where you kind of missed it? Where you thought, "I'd really love to put something right here, but we have this rule"?
Well, I did use Farfisa organs on Distortion. So there were electric keyboards. That's about it. No, I like the challenge of having to find another way of making an unusual sound.
So you say there's no real plan or overworking theme going on for this one.
Only the inherent plan in knowing that it was after the no-synth trilogy, so it had to prominently feature synthizers. So almost all the percussion is done either with existing rhythm units or with the imaginary rhythm units that I set up by recording percussive sounds on stereo synthesizers. I don't know how much real rhythm unit actually ended up on the album. I think it's mostly percussive sounds played on existing synthesizers. A lot of the electronic sounds on the album are not synthesizers proper, or not traditional ones where you play a C on a keyboard and it goes through a filter and an envelope generator and a ring modulator. This is more either modular synthesizers, or things that aren't really a synthesis approach to an oscillator. Like, one of the instrumentsI think the one you hear on "God Wants Us to Wait"is a CrackleBox, which is a little box that you play by connecting two circuits together with your thumbs and the more your thumbs touch the contacts... the wilder the static gets. (Merritt proceeds to mime playing the box with his thumbs.)
You just kind of make static?
Yeah, like (makes static noises with mouth) wwwwrrrrrrr...
Where do you find stuff like that?
Very fun music stores. Like Big City Music in L.A. Or there's one on Haight Street in San Francisco that I'm forgetting the name of right now. Or Noisebug in Pomona. And a few things from East Village Musicthere's a nifty little percussion synthesizer, a standalone percussion synthesizer that, literally, you hit it and it goes "ping," that I got at East Village Music.
Do you have music store owners calling you up and saying, "I got this new thing in; I don't even know what it does, you'll love it."
Yes. (Pause) And I'm getting very tired of hearing, "You can't have this oneTrent Reznor got it." Because apparently we have the same tastes in, uh, instruments... only he's faster than I am.
He's a big fan of yours, so if you yell at him for taking your stuff, he'd feel pretty bad.
Well... I love his use of the Swarmatron on The Social Network soundtrack. Swarmatron is a Dewanatron instrument that not a lot of people ownme and Mr. Reznor, and I don't know who else. It's really not all that clear what you're supposed to do with it. It's a very, um, unique instrument. There's a YouTube video of someone doing the THX theme; it sounds like a gigantic orchestra slowly going from chaos gradually coalescing into one big note. Or chordnot even a chord, a big note. That's the Swarmatron: a great and beautiful instrument... with no keyboard. It would be very difficult to play in tune, like the Theremin was difficult to play in tune. I guess it helps to have great gear or be a trained violinist or cellist, which I am not.
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Pashtun people
Pashtuns, sometimes spelled Pushtuns, or Pakhtuns, or Pukhtuns, (Urdu: Pathan, Persian: Afghan), are the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan and the second largest in Pakistan. Their mother language is Pashto but many of them also speak neighboring Urdu, Hindko and Dari languages. They are the original or native people of the area south of the Hindu Kush in Afghanistan and west of the Indus River in Pakistan. However, in modern period they have spread to cities outside their native land. According to researchers, the total population of the group is estimated to be around 50 million.[1]
Origins[change | change source]
Some Pashtuns believe that their ancestors were ancient Hebrews who arrived to what is now Afghanistan over 2,000 years ago and setteled there. However, scholars believe that the Pashtuns are of mixed origins, intermingling of ancient Aryans from the north with subsequent migrants, travellers or invaders.[2] They were first mentioned by a Greek historian in 500 BC, then by Alexander the Great, and in the 3rd century they are called "Abgans" ("Afghans") by the Persian rulers. In the army of the Ghaznavids and Ghurids, thousands of Afghans were reported to be serving.[3] They ruled Delhi Sultanate in the past and also Persia between 1725 to 1729 until they established the last Afghan empire that became to what is now Afghanistan.
Tribal code[change | change source]
The Pashtun people follow a strict code of honor, known as Pakhtunwali, that requires them to support the poor, the weak, and the challenged; to fight evil; to provide shelter to anyone who needs it and many more. Pashtun are also strict with obedience with in their families and society. They are also known as the best at welcoming guests and taking good care of them. They really love to see respectful people around the society with great manners and obedience. [4]
Occupations[change | change source]
The Pashtuns are mostly farmers, herdsmen, and warriors but many of them are also businessmen and politicians. Most tribesmen are sedentary farmers, combining cultivation with animal husbandry; some are migratory herdsmen and caravaners. Large numbers of them have always been attracted to military service.
Populations in Afghanistan[change | change source]
In Afghanistan, Pashtun make up around 50% of the total population.[5] They form about 60 tribes of different size and importance, each of which occupies a different territory. In Afghanistan, where Pashtun are the major ethnic group, the main tribes are the Durrani who mostly live in the south and west, and the Ghilzai live in northern and eastern parts of the country.
Populations in Pakistan[change | change source]
They are over 15% of Pakistan's population,[6] with Peshawar and Quetta being their principal cities. They predominate north of Quetta between the Sulaiman Range and the Indus River. Significant number of Pashtuns also live in most other major Pakistani cities, particularly Karachi, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, and Lahore. In the hill areas the main tribes are, from south to north: the Tarin, Kakaṛ, Sherani, and Ustarana south of the Gumal River; the Maḥsud, Darwesh Khel, Waziri, and Biṭani between the Gumal River and Thal; the Turi, Bangash, Orakzay, Afridi, and Shinwari from Thal to the Khyber Pass; and the Mahmand, Utman Khel, Tarklani, and Yusufzay north and northeast of the Khyber.
Notes and references[change | change source]
- ↑ Lewis, Paul M. (2009). "Pashto, Northern". SIL International. Dallas, Texas: Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Sixteenth edition. http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=pbu. Retrieved 2012-06-30. "Ethnic population: 49,529,000 possibly total Pashto in all countries."
- ↑ "Pashtun." Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica Ultimate Reference Suite. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica, 2010.
- ↑ Houtsma, Martijn Theodoor (1987). E.J. Brill's first encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913–1936. 2. BRILL. p. 151. ISBN 90-04-08265-4. http://books.google.com/books?id=GEl6N2tQeawC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA151#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
- ↑ [National Geographic, Travel, Countries, Afghanistan Quiz http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/countries/afghanistan-quiz/]
- ↑ See:
- "The World Factbok – Afghanistan". The World Factbook/Central Intelligence Agency. University of Missouri. October 15, 1991. http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact90/world12.txt. Retrieved 2011-03-20. "_#_Ethnic divisions: Pashtun 50%..."
- "Ethnic groups". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/world/2001/war_on_terror/key_maps/ethnic_pashtun.stm. Retrieved 7 June 2013. "Pashtun: Estimated to comprise more than 45% of the population, the Pashtuns have been the dominant ethnic group in Afghanistan."
- "Afghan Population: 30,419,928 [Pashtun 42%"]. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The World Factbook. 2012. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2119.html?countryName=Afghanistan&countryCode=af®ionCode=sas&#af. Retrieved 2012-06-30.
- Janda, Kenneth; Jeffrey M. Berry and Jerry Goldman (2008). The Challenge of Democracy: Government in America (9 ed.). Cengage Learning. p. 46. ISBN 0-618-81017-X. http://books.google.com/books?id=_WlzlY9dv74C&lpg=PP1&pg=PA46#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 2010-08-22.
- "Afghanistan's complex ethnic patchwork". The Asian Wall Street Journal. Tehran Times. March 10, 2011. http://old.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=237210. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- "Pathans". Faqs.org. 2003. http://www.faqs.org/minorities/South-Asia/Pathans.html. Retrieved 2010-09-20.
- "About Afghanistan - Ethnic Divisions". http://www.afghanistans.com/Information/defaulf.htm. Retrieved 2010-09-24.
- Christensen, Asger (1995). Aiding Afghanistan: the background and prospects for reconstruction in a fragmented society. NIAS Press. p. 46. ISBN 87-87062-44-5. http://books.google.com/books?id=7LKS93lbSM0C&lpg=PP1&pg=PA46#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 2010-09-24.
- Congressional Record. Government Printing Office. p. 10088. http://books.google.com/books?id=qImZpu07_UEC&lpg=PA9979&pg=PA10088#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 2010-09-24.
- Taylor, William J. Jr.; Abraham Kim (2000). Asian Security to the Year 2000. DIANE Publishing. p. 58. ISBN 1-4289-1368-8. http://books.google.com/books?id=peTWtThUljQC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA58#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 2010-09-24.
- Brown, Keith; Sarah Ogilvie (2009). Concise encyclopedia of languages of the world. Elsevie. p. 845. ISBN 0-08-087774-5. http://books.google.com/books?id=F2SRqDzB50wC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA845#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 2010-09-24. "Pashto, which is mainly spoken south of the mountain range of the Hindu Kush, is reportedly the mother tongue of 60% of the Afghan population."
- Hawthorne, Susan; Bronwyn Winter (2002). 11 September 2001: feminist perspectives. Spinifex Press. p. 225. ISBN 1-876756-27-6. http://books.google.com/books?id=DwbfD_irV_AC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA225#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 2010-09-24. "Over 60 percent of the population in Afghanistan is Pashtun, known locally as Pathan, who by and large support the Taliban."
- "The ethnic composition of afghanistan in different sources". http://www.hewad.com/ethnic.htm. Retrieved April 22, 2012.
- ↑ "Pakistan". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/pk.html. Retrieved 2013-12-24.
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I am nothing but dust in the wind...the whisper in the silence of night...the troll of a thousand fanboys...the Master of Puppets...
Dance, little puppets, and feed me your lulz.
A soul that cannot be saved drifts and disappears,
In the instant it vanishes, it shines faintly,
Now, it creates a night with a full moon.
Well, compared to most Naruto Characters even Yamcha and Tien are power, Offcourse some in Naruto are very powerfull aswell. But consider a weak character like Nappa could blow up a city, I don't see Sakura do that :P Ofcouse Nagato pain showed he was able to do that, and I won't be supprised if the more super power charracters can. Still comparing it to Dragonball is a little over the top.
Spoiler:- My latest challenge:
The manga is getting a little ridiculous, but at least it's still enjoyable, at least in my opinion. I want to see more of the Kage's battle with Madara, which I think has been a mess so far since Kishi switched to Tobi's battle with Killer Bee and Naruto halfway through.
Power creep is a natural occurence in Shounen titles.
Without it, everyone would still be thrusting kunai and throwing shuriken.
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I'm not comparing it to DBZ in terms of the power of their characters.
I'm comparing it to how they start real weak and become monstrosities that can create worldwide chaos leaving some of the other characters to bite dust in the sidelines.
Tell me, what happened with Chiaotzu, Tien and Chamcha during the Majin Buu saga? They were worthless.
Or Krillin during the Cell Games?.
Same thing is gonna happen with the rest of the Naruto characters if the tiers keep growing by the tenfold.
You raise a good point. By the end of DBZ, the only characters who were super powerful were the Sayains, and by the end of DBGT it was only Goku and Vegeta who had SSJ4. What happened to characters who were once very highly respected like Piccolo? The same seems to be happening in Naruto except all the attention is on Sharingan/Rinnegan, Biijus, and Mokuton. What I feel is that since DBZ is so much older and more of a pioneer, people had lesser standards for it to be good. However, Naruto introduced so many different abilities which are just thrown in the garbage now. The mainish characters in DBZ were Sayains, Humans, and Namek which is only 3 compared to the huge list of different ability users in Naruto.
That was my major problem with DBZ. Everyone who wasn't a Super Saiyan was just worthless to the show after the Frieza saga. But anyway I hope Naruto doesn't get that bad. It's still enjoyable for me even though I complain about this or that. I am still entertained with the series. I do hope it does not go the route of DBZ.
RIP anime version of Glovehead. Pokemon Adventures will save you.
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Anyway, I'm interested in seeing how Itachi plans on stopping Kabuto's Edo Tensei. The obvious solution would be for him to use genjutsu and force Kabuto to end the technique, but I'm pretty sure that Kabuto is expecting that since he already knows the technique's weakness. Itachi will probably have to resort to using ninjutsu.
Yeah, seeing how Kabuto told Tobi all about that method, I'm expecting him to have some sort of counter specifically in place to avoid it. Also interested in seeing his other secret weapon he was planning on using against Tobi.
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In the instant it vanishes, it shines faintly,
Now, it creates a night with a full moon.
I thought Madara was Kabuto's trump card. I couldn't imagine Kabuto having anything stronger than him. :x
And I think Sasuke would be able to handle Kabuto on his own; Kabuto may have the Edo Tensei, but Sasuke has the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and all its hax abilities.
Agreed. Sasuke's uber haxed Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan could probably spank Kabuto. I do think Kabuto would put up a decent fight though! Especially since he has Orochimaru's cells in him. I'm kinda surprised Kabuto has lasted this long in the series and yet I'm kinda not. He's always been a mysterious character that kept Naruto and crew guessing whenever they met him. I still prefer the old crafty Kabuto then clone Orochimaru Kabuto though, even if he is more powerful.
RIP anime version of Glovehead. Pokemon Adventures will save you.
I liked the original Kabuto a lot more as well. He was mysterious and that's probably what appealed to me the most. I hope that when Kabuto fights Itachi, he uses more than just snake techniques, though. Also, I don't want Kabuto to morph into Orochimaru or anything; I've had enough of Orochimaru to last me a lifetime.


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The Safety and Efficacy of Photodynamic Therapy for Femoral Artery Stenosis
This trial is active, not recruiting.
Conditions | atherosclerotic narrowing of the superficial femoral artery, atherosclerotic occlusion of the superficial femoral artery |
Treatment | delta amino leavulinic acid photodynamic therapy |
Phase | phase 2/phase 3 |
Sponsor | University College London Hospitals |
Collaborator | UCL/UCLH Clinical Research and Development Fund |
Start date | February 2001 |
End date | June 2006 |
Trial size | 120 participants |
Trial identifier | NCT00187811, 00/0139 |
Rstenosis is common after angioplasty of atherosclerotic disease of the femoral artery. Pilot study data suggests that adjuvant photodynamic therapy, using delta amino kleavulinic acid as a photosensitiserr is feasible and safe. This study will examine safety in a larger population and,if recruitment numbers allow, efficacy will be assessed.
ALA photodynamic therapy is safe and well tolerated as an adjuvant to angioplasty as a treatment for femoral artery atherosclerotic stenosis or occlusion. A secondary endpoint will be sought : hypothesis : PDT will reduce in restenosis rates following adjuvant photodynamic therapy compared with standard balloon angioplasty in the treatment of superficial femoral arterial disease.
Study Design
Allocation | randomized |
Endpoint classification | safety/efficacy study |
Intervention model | single group assignment |
Masking | single blind |
Primary purpose | treatment |
Primary Outcomes
Measure |
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Procedural complications (occlusion, haematoma)
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Arterial complications: aneursym, thrombus
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Surgical revascularisation (Emergency/Elective)
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Repeat PTA
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Limb loss
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Secondary Outcomes
Measure |
Reccurence of claudication
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> 50% loss of initial lumen gain on duplex scanning
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Fall in ABPI
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Measured Pre procedure, at 24h then at 1, 3 and 6 months.
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A final follow up is planned at 3-5 years
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Eligibility Criteria
Male or female participants of any age.
Inclusion Criteria: - Clinical diagnosis of claudication suggested by preliminary Duplex study to be due to superficial femoral artery stenosis or occlusion Exclusion Criteria: - Previous surgical graft to superficial femoral artery Known liver dysfunction Previous history of photosensitivity
Additional Information
Official title | Randomised Controlled Trial of Adjuvant Photodynamic Therapy to Reduce Restenosis After Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty to the Superficial Femoral Angioplasty |
Principal investigator | Jean R McEwan, MB ChB FRCP |
Description | Background: Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA) is well recognised as a treatment for obstructive vascular disease. Despite an initial high procedural success the technique is limited by the subsequent development of restenosis in up to 50% of patients between 3 and 6 months. , The pathological hallmark of restenosis has long been considered to be the development of neointimal hyperplasia consisting of smooth muscle cells and extracellular matrix. We now realise however that both elastic recoil of the vessel and the concept of remodelling are important in determining the overall response of the vessel to injury. Remodelling involves a geometric change in the vessel such that the maximum arterial dimension may increase (positive remodelling) or decrease (negative remodelling). , , Despite extensive research no pharmacological or interventional strategy has been shown to have an overwhelming effect on restenosis rates after angioplasty. Recently attention has been focused on the potential of intraluminal radiation therapy (Brachytherapy) and whilst this technique has shown considerable promise there are concerns regarding the long term complications and safety of the ionising radiation for non-malignant disease with reports of vessel wall damage after treatment. , Photodynamic therapy is a novel technique that involves the activation of a previously administered photosensitising agent by non thermal laser light. This results in the generation of reactive oxidative products with resulting tissue effects. It is a technique that has been used in the treatment of a variety of malignancies but the realisation that it may influence the response of the vessel wall after balloon injury has been particularly promising. 5 Aminolaevulinic acid (ALA) is a relatively new photosensitising agent which is converted to an active metabolite, Protoporphyrin IX (PPIX) in the biosynthesis of haem. In small animal models photodynamic therapy has been shown to cause medial smooth muscle cell depletion and to reduce the degree of neointimal hyperplasia after injury with no detrimental effects on the mechanical integrity of the vessel wall. , Large animal work using a swine model has confirmed these findings and has also demonstrated that favourable vessel wall remodelling occurs after PDT. Repopulation of the media with smooth muscle cells, after early depletion, has also been demonstrated which is likely to be important when we consider the long term effects of this treatment on the vessel wall. The use of a large animal model enabled the development of an endovascular system for the delivery of laser light. As a result, and in the light of the findings from large animal studies, it has now been possible to conduct a pilot clinical study looking at the safety and efficacy of adjuvant PDT in patients undergoing repeat PTA for superficial femoral artery (SFA) disease who had restenosed less than 6 months after an earlier angioplasty. In this study it was shown that all patients were asymptomatic 6 months after the procedure with adjuvant PDT there were no arterial or procedural complications. These findings were supported by improvements in non-invasive endpoints and the abscence of significant restenosis as assessed by digital subtraction angiography. These results were encouraging and we are now in a position to conduct a randomised clinical trial looking at standard balloon angioplasty with and without adjuvant photodynamic therapy in the treatment of peripheral vascular disease. |


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Prague - Czech it out
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Sep 07, 2013
Trip End
Feb 07, 2014
Started out with a walk to the Prague Castle. It was a nice uphill hike. The stairs almost killed me. How am I still out of shape? Anyway, this area has lots of old buildings worth visiting. I checked out the cathedral, old royal palace, St George's basilica, and the Golden Lane. Lots of history, lots of great photo opps, and great view of the city.
Next I took the "kings walk" into town. Walked down Nerudova street (super cute), visited St Nicholas Church, crossed Charles Bridge, down Karlova alley to old town square, and then on to the powder tower.
Walked past the Josefov cemetery but unfortunately it was closed. Next time I guess. Took a stroll back over the bridge to Kampa Island. Saw some creepy baby sculptures and lots of kids running around.
Decided to climb Petrin Hill before dark. As if I wasn't tired enough I punished my feet and legs with countless stairs and inclines. It was worth it though. I met a wonderful couple from Mexico. We finished the hike to the top together and climbed a tower. More stairs!!!! After that we walked through a mirror maze and visited a psychedelic art cavern. They invited me to hang with them so we hit the lounge in their hotel. It was really nice. Had dinner and Czech beer and called it a night.
I'm going to miss Prague. I think this has been my favorite stop so far. I will have to come back, if not on this trip some other time.


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