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Posted by: 727Sky - 01-20-2017, 03:30 PM - Forum: The Rogue's Music and Media Room - Replies (6)

She has many many songs on youtube. She is from Malaysia and has a range that is awesome.. She sings in English, Malay, and Chinese
This is just one of her songs. If she were prettier I would like a date but would probably be killed by one of her relatives or my lovely wife.

 Love her voice and stage presence







In the raw without all the head gear and makeup.. Humble beginnings

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  Car attacks crowd Australia
Posted by: 727Sky - 01-20-2017, 11:08 AM - Forum: Australia - Replies (1)

A few more of these and the driverless cars will be on the front burner.. Ban all cars except for the driverless type will be the new law. At least 3 dead unfortunately children included.. Conflicting reports between the official speak and twitter where one witness said this little darling was screaming Allah Akbar
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...police-say

Quote:The 26-year-old man arrested after allegedly running over and killing three pedestrians in Melbourne’s CBD and injuring more than 20 others has a history of family violence and may have stabbed his brother hours earlier, Victoria’s police chief has said.
The man was arrested at about 2pm on Thursday after driving through the pedestrian-only Bourke Street mall and hitting several people.
He was shot by police after crossing the intersection with Elizabeth Street and taken into custody, where he has received treatment for a bullet wound to the arm.
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At a press conference in
Melbourne on Thursday afternoon, police chief Graham Ashton said that a woman, a man and a young child had died after being struck by the car and that the death toll could rise.
“Currently five people are critically injured,” Ashton said. “At the moment, we could expect numbers to rise.”
Among the critically injured is a three-month-old baby, who was undergoing surgery on Thursday afternoon at Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital.
Ashton said police took the baby to hospital themselves.
“Police ended up taking that child to hospital in the police car because we couldn’t wait for the ambulance to arrive, such was the condition of the child and that child is currently, that infant child is currently in a critical condition at hospital at the moment,” he said.
In total, 18 people are confirmed to have been hit by the car, Ashton said. Others are receiving treatment after witnessing and assisting with the incident, with 24 people hospitalised in total.
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Among the injured are children aged two, nine and 12, who are receiving treatment at the Royal Melbourne Children’s Hospital.
Ashton said the man was not associated to any terrorism-related activities but was known to police.
“What we do know of the person is there is an extensive family violence history involved,” he said. “He has come to our attention on many occasions in the past. We have mental health and drug-related issues in the background of this particular person. He has been coming to our attention more recently over recent days in relation to assaults, family violence-related assaults.”
The Victorian premier, Daniel Andrews, stressed that the absence of a terrorism or organised crime connection meant that the city was safe now the alleged driver of the car was in custody.
Andrews also praised the work of emergency services, particularly police and paramedics.

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“Our hearts are breaking this afternoon that a number of people have died,” he said. “Others remain in a critical condition, very, very seriously ill, gravely ill, in hospitals around our city.
“But we are stronger than this ... we are stronger than this evil, criminal act.”
The incident appears to have begun at 2am, with the alleged stabbing of a man in his 20s, which police say was the suspect’s brother, in the suburb of Windsor.
A few hours later, police attempted to intercept a car, allegedly driven by the suspect, which was driving in a “very erratic” manner. They gave chase but the pursuit was called off, Ashton said, because of the actions of the driver and concerns for the community in the area.
They began tracking the car by air instead, following the car from Yarraville, in the western suburbs, into the city, crossing the Bolte Bridge.
Melbourne: young child among three dead after car ploughs into pedestrians in Bourke Street – as it happened
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After crossing the bridge, the suspect drove into the city about 1.45pm. Bystanders videoed a maroon Holden Commodore doing burnouts at the intersection of Flinders Street and Swanston Street, out the front of Flinders Street train station.
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Swanston and Bourke Streets are among the busiest in the city, particularly around lunch time. Ashton said police believed there were hundreds of witnesses and had called in extra detectives to take statements. [url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/victoria]Victoria police has also set up a new function on its Facebook page to accept submissions of videos and photos.
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Bourke Street and Swanston Street were cordoned off soon after the incident and are expected to remain closed until Saturday, affecting a number of tram services in the city.
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Lightbulb State ofthe Art Novel InFlowTech 1Gearturbine RotaryTurbo 2Imploturbocompressor 1Comp
Posted by: retrodynamic - 01-20-2017, 04:05 AM - Forum: Off Topic - Replies (6)

State of the Art - Novel InFlow Tech - Featured Project Development; 1-Gearturbine, 2-Imploturbocompressor:

*Introduction; State of the Art - Novel InFlow Tech - Featured Project Development; |/ ·1; Rotary-Turbo-InFlow Tech / - GEARTURBINE PROJECT Have the similar basic system of the Aeolipilie Heron Steam Turbine device from Alexandria 10-70 AD * With Retrodynamic = DextroRPM VS LevoInFlow + Ying Yang Way Power Type - Non Waste Looses *8X/Y Thermodynamic CYCLE Way Steps. 4 Turbos, Higher efficient percent. No blade erosion by sand & very low heat target signature Pat:197187IMPI MX Dic1991 Atypical Motor Engine Type. |/·2; Imploturbocompressor; One Moving Part System Excellence Design - The InFlow Interaction comes from Macro-Flow and goes to Micro-Flow by Implossion - Only One Compression Step; Inflow, Compression and outflow at one simple circular dynamic motion / New Concept. To see a Imploturbocompressor animation, is possible on a simple way, just to check an Hurricane Satellite view, and is the same implo inflow way nature. 

Wordpress Blog State of the Art Novel InFlow Gearturbine Imploturbocompressor

*Abstract; *State of the Art - Novel InFlow Tech - Featured Project Development; 
1-Gearturbine, 2-Imploturbocompressor:


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*1-GEARTURBINE PROJECT, 
Rotary-Turbo-InFlow Tech, 
Atypical InFlow Thermodynamic, 
Technology Proposal Submission, 
Novel Fueled Motor Engine Type:

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·State of the art Innovative concept Top system Higher efficient percent.*Power by bar, for Air-Planes, Sea-Boats, Land-Transport & Dynamic Power-Plant Generation.
-Have similar system of the Aeolipile Heron Steam device from Alexandria 10-70 AD. -New Form-Function Motor-Engine Device. Next Step, Epic Design Change, Broken-Seal Revelation. -Desirable Power-Plant Innovation.

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-YouTube; * Atypical New • GEARTURBINE / Retrodynamic = DextroRPM VS LevoInFlow + Ying Yang Thrust Way Type - Non Waste Looses



The present invention relates to a compression and pushing motor characterized in that it is composed of a housing, said housing accommodates a rotor rotating in its internal space supported by a pair of gears whose passage coincides with the inner surface of the rotor; A rotor (or core) that internally has flow ducts presented one in reverse of another, balanced these, begin at the point where they end; Has several cavity points for reaction turbines, as well as two combustion chambers isolated by means of a system of nozzles and presented in the manner of poles, that is on opposite sides of one another, but their flow with the same circular direction of the rotor when It rotates; The rotor also has several fluid conduits radially presented; A hollow power transmission rod arranged and traversing in the center of the rotor, which in its interior flows the lubricant and fuel with movement of the ends towards the center, at this point by means of the centrifugal force of the rotor reaches the required parts; In the bar is arranged an air intake fan which by rotating the rotor suction air and introduces it to the internal ducts of the rotor with an initial compression, next to this fan is a current collector that generates the necessary electricity and Together with a coil, activates the current necessary for combustion; A center of the nucleus in which the formation of the internal ducts of the rotor begins and ends (in and out); Said center of the core has arranged a pair of semi-cylindrical cavities housing two pairs of turbochargers said core of the core is diagonally traversed by fluid conduits exiting from the bar to the combustion bed and lubrication points and by the centrifugal force of the rotation Of the rotor sends the fluids to the required points due to their radial direction; Exhaust blades are the point of exit of the exhaust gases that leave the internal ducts of the rotor and contrareaccionan with the fixed blade in the last point of use of propulsion of the motor; Two combustion chambers contained in the rotor's strong ducts when the parts forming it are joined, said chambers have their flame in front of the thrust blade, which is connected by a common shaft to a gear located on the outside of the rotor and Coincides with the internal gear of the housing; A starter motor which by means of a gear engages the starter gear attached to the bar.

-This  innovative concept consists of hull and core where are held all 8 Steps of the work-flow which make the concept functional. The core has several gears and turbines which are responsible for these 8 steps (5 of them are dedicated to the turbo stages). The first step is fuel compression, followed by 2 cold turbo levels. The fourth step is where the fuel starts burning – combustion stage, which creates thrust for the next, 5th step – thrust step, which provides power to the planetary gears and turbines and moves the system. This step is followed by two hot turbo steps and the circle is enclosed by the final 8th step – bigger turbine. All this motion in a retrodynamic circumstance effect, wich is plus higher RPM speed by self motion. The Reaction at front of the action.

·8-X/Y Thermodynamic CYCLE - Way Steps:
1)1-Compression / bigger
2)2-Turbo 1 cold
3)2-Turbo 2 cold
4)2-Combustion - circular motion flames / opposites
5)2-Thrust - single turbo & planetary gears / ying yang
6)2-Turbo 2 hot
7)2-Turbo 1 hot
8)1-Turbine / bigger

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-With Retrodynamic Dextrogiro vs Levogiro Phenomenon Effect. / Rotor-RPM VS InFlow / front to front; "Collision-Interaction Type" - inflow vs blades-gear-move. Technical unique dynamic innovative motion mode. [Retrodynamic Reaction = When the inflow have more velocity the rotor have more RPM Acceleration, with high (XY Position) Momentum] Which the internal flow (and rotor) duplicate its speed, when activated being in a rotor (and inflow) with [inverse] opposite Turns. The Reaction at front of the action. A very strong Novel torque power concept. 

-Non waste parasitic looses for; friction, cooling, lubrication & combustion.

-Shape-Mass + Rotary-Motion = Inertia-Dynamic / Form-Function Wide [Flat] Cylindrical shape + positive dynamic rotary mass = continue Inertia positive tendency motion. Kinetic Rotating Mass. Tendency of matter to continue to move. Like a Free-Wheel.

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-Combustion 2Two continue circular [Rockets] flames. [ying yang] opposite one to the other. – With 2TWO very long distance INFLOW [inside propulsion] CONDUITS. -4 TURBOS Rotary Total Thrust-Power Regeneration Power System. -Mechanical direct 2two [Small] Planetary Gears at polar position. -Like the Ying Yang Symbol/Concept.

-The Mechanical Gear Power Thrust Point Wide out the Rotor circumference were have much more lever [HIGH Torque] POWER THRUST. -No blade erosion by sand & very low heat target signature profile. -3 points of power thrust; 1-flow way, 2-gear, 3-turbine. *Patent; Dic. 1991 IMPI Mexico #197187 All Rights Reserved. Carlos Barrera.


*2 Imploturbocompressor One Moving Part System, One Compression Step Excellence Design, Similar to a Hurricane Satellite View:

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·2-IMPLOTURBOCOMPRESSOR; One Moving Part System Excellence Design - The InFlow Interaction comes from Macro-Flow and goes to Micro-Flow by Implossion - Only One Compression Step; Inflow, Compression and outflow at one simple circular dynamic motion Concept.

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*·“Excellence in Design" because is only one moving part. Only one unique compression step. Inflow and out flow at the same one system, This invention by its nature a logic and simple conception in the dynamics flow mechanics area. The invention is a wing made of one piece in a rotating motion, contained in a pair cavity system connected by implocavity, and interacting dynamically with a flow, that passes internally "Imploded" through its simple mechanism. This flow can be gas (air) or liquid (water). And have two different applications, in two different form-function; this one can be received (using the dynamic flow passage, as a receiver). Or it can be generated (with a power plant, generating a propulsion).

An example cut be, as a Bike needs a chain to work from motor to wheel. And for the Imploturbocompressor application, cut be as; in a circumstance at the engine, as an A-activate flow, and with a a tube flow conduit going to the wheel as a B-receiving-flow the work use.

To see a Imploturbocompressor animation, is posible on a simple way, just to check the Hurricane Satellite view, and is the same implo inflow way nature.

And when the flow that is received and that is intended to be used at best, must no necessarily by a exhausting or rejection gas, but must be a dynamic passing gas or liquid flow with the only intention to count it or to measure it. This could be possible at the passing and interacting period when it passes inside its simple mechanism. This can be in any point of the work flow trajectory.
In case the flow that is received is a water falling by gravity, the Imploturbocompressor can profit an be obtained by generating? electricity such as obtained by the pelton well, like I say before.                                       The "Imploturbocompressor", is a good option to pump water, or a gas flow, and all kinds of pipes lines dynamic moves. 

Or only receive the air-liquid flow, in order to measure its passage with a counter placed on the bar, because when this flow passes through the simple mechanism of a rotating wing made of only one piece it interacts within the implocavities system. And this flow can be air wind, with the difference of can have an horizontal work position, and that particle technical circumstances make an easy way for urban building work new use application, and have wind flow from all the sides 180 grades view. The aforementioned information about this invention refers to technical applications, such as a dynamic flow receiver. (whether being gas or liquid).

With the appropriate power plant and the appropriate dimensioning and number of RPM this invention is also feasible to generate an atmospheric air propulsion and the auto-propulsion of an aircraft. Being an effective and very simple system that implodes and compresses the atmospheric air permits the creation of a new concept of propulsion for aircrafts, due to its simple mechanism and innovative nature. At the place of the aircraft were the system appears and the manner how the propulsion direction can be oriented with a vectorial flow (no lobster tail) with I call "yo-yo system" (middle cut (at the shell) to move, one side loose), guided and balanced is feasible to create a new concept of TOVL-vertical take-off landing, Because the exhaust propulsion can going out radial in all the 360 vectorial positions, going out direct all the time in all the vectors direction. With his rotor cover for an better furtive fly, like going down of a bridge for example. Likewise, with the due form and dimensioning, and considering the liquid density and the due revolutions for this element there could be generated a propulsion (water) in order to move an aquatic ship, whether on surface or under water. Also can be a good option to pump liquid combustion for a rocket propulsion.

Making a metaphoric comparison with the intention to expose it more clearly for a better comprehension of this innovative technical detail, it would be similar to the trajectory and motion of a dynamic flow compared with a rope (extended) that passes through the system would have now a knot (without obstructing the flow), so the complete way of the flow at the imploturbocompresor system have three direct ways and between make two different turns; direct way (entrance) - turn - direct way (implocavity) - turn - direct way (exit), all this in a 1 simple circular move system concept.

Its prudent to mention that the curves and the inclinations of the blades of a rotating wing made of this invention, is conferred by its shape and function a structural rigidity allowing it to conduct and alter appropriately the dynamic flow passing through its system.

+PLUS; *State of the Art, Novel Technology, Featured Project Development / Space, Satellite and Habitat, Power-Plant, Generator, Self-Feed Unit; H2O=>HHO=>H2O=>HHO=>Etc... *4 Systems All in One Unit, One By One, Plus Four-4 Projects added One to Other; *·1-Gearturbine, ·2-Imploturbocompressor, ·3-Dynamic Generator, ·4-Electrolysis System:

·1-GEARTURBINE; Rotary-Turbo-InFlow Tech,Have the similar basic system of the Aeolipilie Heron Steam Turbine device from Alexandria 10-70 AD * With Retrodynamic = DextroRPM VS LevoInFlow + Ying Yang Way Power Type - Non Waste Looses *8X/Y Thermodynamic CYCLE Way Steps. 4 Turbos, Higher efficient percent.                            No blade erosion by sand & very low heat target signature Pat:197187IMPI MX Dic1991 Atypical Motor Engine Type. 

·2-IMPLOTURBOCOMPRESSOR; One Moving Part System Excellence Design - The InFlow Interaction comes from Macro-Flow and goes to Micro-Flow by Implossion - Only One Compression Step; Inflow, Compression and outflow at one simple circular dynamic motion / New Concept. To see a Imploturbocompressor animation, is possible on a simple way, just to check an Hurricane Satellite view, and is the same implo inflow way nature.

·Note;Plus-this-Two Projects to complete all the System Work/Self-Feed Unit Space Power-Plant-H2O=>HHO.
·3-Dynamic Generator/New Kind.
·4-Electrolysis System/BioDesign.
*(3&4-Hide-Cards-on-the-Hand).

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  Welcome retrodynamic
Posted by: guohua - 01-20-2017, 03:55 AM - Forum: The Welcome Mat - Replies (1)

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Hi and It's nice you've stopped by.

I really, really hope you enjoy yourself and if you have any questions, well feel free to ask me or anyone.

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  Brainwaves could act as your password – but not if you’re drunk
Posted by: 1984hasarrived - 01-20-2017, 01:19 AM - Forum: Computers, Internet and the Digital World - Replies (2)

Well that's me screwed then!

Quote:Getting drunk could make it harder to enter your password – even if your brainwaves are your login.

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Brainwave authentication is one of many biometric measures touted as an alternative to passwords. The idea is for a person to authenticate their identity with electroencephalogram (EEG) readings. For example, instead of demanding a passcode, a computer could display a series of words on a screen and measure the user’s response via an EEG headset. EEG signatures are unique and are more complex than a standard password, making them difficult to hack.

But while research suggests that EEG readings can authenticate someone’s identity with accuracy rates around 94 per cent, there could be confounding factors – including whether you’ve had a few too many drinks.

Tommy Chin, a security researcher at cybersecurity consultancy firm Grimm, and Peter Muller, a graduate student at the Rochester Institute of Technology, decided to test this theory experimentally, by analysing people’s brainwaves before and after drinking shots of Fireball, a cinnamon-flavoured whisky.

“Brainwaves can be easily manipulated by external influences such as drugs [like] opioids, caffeine, and alcohol,” Chin says. “This manipulation makes it a significant challenge to verify the authenticity of the user because they drank an immense amount of alcohol or caffeinated drink.”

Too drunk to log on
Chin and Muller presented their findings at security conference ShmooCon in Washington DC, last weekend, with initial results from a small number of tests indicating that brainwave authentication accuracy could fall to 33 per cent in inebriated users. They recruited more participants at SchmooCon to gather more data.

The problem is not confined to drink and drugs. John Chuang at the University of California, Berkeley, last year published research into the impact of exercise on EEG authentication and found that accuracy degrades immediately after a workout (though it quickly recovered). He suggests that other factors such as hunger, stress or fatigue could also reduce reliability.

“Depending on the application, it may be a wonderful feature that a drunk person cannot authenticate into a system after they have had too many drinks,” Chuang says.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/211...ure-drunk/

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  Deep Investigation Into the Pizzagate Conspiracy
Posted by: Mystic Wanderer - 01-19-2017, 06:18 PM - Forum: Hot Button Issues - Replies (138)

This mainstream news reporter, Ben Swann, finally investigates the Pizzagate pedophilia conspiracy theory — and breaks it down step-by-step.
No, this is not "fake news". 


https://youtu.be/hnLqQbHZbFc

Read more on this here:  Source
I like what this reporter said here, so I'm throwing it in as well. tinybiggrin


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  Dozens Missing at Hotel in Italy After 'Immense' Avalanche
Posted by: Mystic Wanderer - 01-19-2017, 05:58 PM - Forum: Forces of Nature - Replies (2)

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A handout picture provided by the Italian Fire Department shows an aerial view of hotel Rigopiano after it was hit by an avalanche in Farindola, in the Abruzzo region of Italy, early on January 19, 2017. According to an Italian mountain rescue team, several people have been killed in an avalanche that hit a hotel near the Gran Sasso mountain in Abruzzo region. Authorities believe that the avalanche was triggered by a series of earthquakes in central Italy on Wednesday. Photo by Italian Fire Department/European Pressphoto Agency

These people have been through it!  Several hours earlier, there were a series of earthquakes that closed schools, and could be responsible for setting off this avalanche that buried a hotel, possibly killing as many as 30 people inside.


Quote:The Hotel Rigopiano near the Gran Sasso mountain in central Italy was hit by an avalanche early Thursday, after four earthquakes shook the mountain region of the country the day before and a series of aftershocks was felt throughout the night.

There were at least 20 tourists and seven staff members inside the hotel when the avalanche hit, rescuers say. Though they were unsure when it buried the hotel, they said it is possible those inside were trapped by snow and rubble for as long as 24 hours.
"There are many deaths," said Antonio Crocetta, the head of the Abruzzi mountain rescue team.

The Abruzzo region of Italy, as well as Marche and Lazio, were pounded by several days of heavy snow which already had made it difficult for emergency personnel to get to villages.

The "immense" avalanche is thought to have happened sometime closer to the earthquakes, which caused schools and transit systems in Rome -- some 50 miles away -- to be evacuated and closed.

Witnesses said the avalanche took out a wooded area, as well as cars, animals and part of the hotel. Local residents in Farindola, where the hotel is located, called emergency officials because they could see the roof had collapsed.

Rescuers, who needed skis and a helicopter to reach the hotel because of more than two meters of snow on the ground, already reported one person found outside the hotel had died and another was taken to the hospital to be treated for hypothermia in serious condition but is expected to survive.

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This is a breaking story, so all the details are not out yet. I hope they find more survivors.
My thoughts and prayers go out to these people.

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  Pakistan will not free doctor who helped U.S. find bin Laden
Posted by: 727Sky - 01-19-2017, 04:48 AM - Forum: Daily Chit Chat - Replies (1)

http://newsletter.thaivisa.com/l/jzQgFpy...92fyKR9e8Q

Quote:Pakistan will not free doctor who helped U.S. find bin Laden
By Mehreen Zahra-Malik
REUTERS
 
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Newspaper headlines and clippings are posted on a wall inside a staff office at the White House in Washington May 2, 2011, the morning after U.S. President Barack Obama announced the death of Osama bin Laden. REUTERS/Jason Reed/Files
 
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A jailed Pakistani doctor believed to have helped the CIA hunt down al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden will be neither released nor handed to the United States, Pakistan's law minister has told legislators, media reported on Wednesday.
 
Dr. Shakil Afridi, hailed as a hero by U.S. officials, was arrested after U.S. forces killed bin Laden in May 2011 in a secret raid in a northern Pakistani town that plunged relations between the uneasy strategic partners to a new low.
 
Pakistan has accused the doctor of running a fake vaccination campaign in which he collected DNA samples to help the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) confirm bin Laden's identity.
 
Afridi was arrested soon after the bin Laden raid and charged with having ties to militant Islamists, which he denied.
 
"The law is taking its course and Afridi is having full opportunity of a fair trial," the Daily Times newspaper quoted Law Minister Zahid Hamid as telling the upper house, in response to a lawmaker's query about reports of a possible release.
 
"Afridi worked against the law and our national interest, and the Pakistan government has repeatedly been telling the United States that under our law he committed a crime and was facing the law."
 
In 2012, Afridi was sentenced to 33 years in prison after being convicted of being a member of militant group Lashkar-e-Islam.
 
That conviction was overturned in 2013, but Afridi was then charged with murder, relating to the death of a patient eight years earlier. He remains in jail awaiting trial.
 
Many Pakistanis were infuriated by the U.S. raid to grab bin Laden in the military garrison town of Abbottabad, just a two-hour drive from Islamabad, the capital.
 
Pakistani officials describe bin Laden's long presence in Abbottabad as a security lapse and reject any suggestion that members of the military or intelligence services were complicit in hiding him.
 
Last May, Pakistan's foreign ministry angrily criticised U.S. President-elect Donald Trump for saying he could get Pakistan to free Afridi "within two minutes".
 
Pakistan joined the U.S. war on militancy after the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.
 
But U.S. officials often describe Islamabad as an unreliable partner that has sheltered the Afghan Taliban leadership and demand tougher action against militant groups based along its border with Afghanistan.
 
(Writing by Mehreen Zahra-Malik; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)
 
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This is not Mission Impossible.. A simple threat of cutting off foreign aide would probably get the Doctor released into USA custody. If he were released and free to walk out on his own accord I would bet he would not make it far until he had a life terminating event.

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  First baby born using 3-parent technique to treat infertility
Posted by: 1984hasarrived - 01-19-2017, 04:04 AM - Forum: Science and Space...the Other Final Frontiers - Replies (4)

This is just getting weird now - very Brave New World.  Society and what a "family" is seems to be changing - even the word "parents".


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This is the first baby to be born using a particular “3-parent-baby” technique to treat infertility.

The girl was born on 5 January in a fertility clinic in Kiev, Ukraine. “With the help of this method, a 34-year-old woman who had suffered from infertility for more than 15 years gave birth to a healthy baby that’s genetically her own,” said a statement from the Nadiya clinic.

The clinic’s director, Valery Zukin, and his team used a mitochondrial transfer technique that creates embryos that carry the chromosomes of two parents, but the mitochondrial DNA of a donor.


This technique has been approved in the UK as a way to bypass a baby inheriting harmful mitochondrial diseases, but Zukin’s team used the method to treat embryo arrest – a condition in which fertilised eggs stop growing after generating only a few cells.

The idea is that there are factors within a cell that can help or hinder fertility – such as enzymes that help cells grow and divide. By placing a pronucleus from the mother – which contains her chromosomal DNA plus that of the father – into the egg of a donor, the team may have found a way to get around whatever was causing the early arrest.

Testing has revealed that the baby does indeed have DNA from both her parents, and the donor egg, says the clinic.

“It’s good news the child seems healthy, and that the procedure in this case seems safe, at least until birth,” says Bert Smeets, a fertility expert at Maastricht University in the Netherlands. This may be a treatment that can treat various infertility problems caused by issues with an egg’s cytoplasm, but it won’t be the solution for all female fertility problems, he says.

But there are questions over whether it’s appropriate to use this technique – which carries unknown risks – to treat infertility, says Smeets.

The baby is the second born using this particular three-parent-baby technique. The first, born in Mexico last year, was made using this method to avoid it inheriting a serious hereditary disease called Leigh Syndrome.

While the UK was the first country to legally approve the use of this technique, it has not been tried in the UK yet. The Nadiya clinic is expecting a second baby in March.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/211...fertility/

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  Russophobia (video)
Posted by: 727Sky - 01-19-2017, 03:31 AM - Forum: Military Matters and Misteps - Replies (12)

Interesting video on Russiophobia

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