New photos show Vegas shooter's dead body on the floor of his hotel room after he committed suicide
In the photo, Stephen Paddock wears a brown long-sleeved top, black slacks, loafers, and black gloves
Next to his body are two assault rifles with bi-pods; one has a 'bump stock', making it effectively full-auto
Dozens of spent shells litter the floor and in one corner magazines sit in neat stacks
A hammer is also seen, which Paddock presumably used to smash open two windows in his suite
An investigation is underway to find out who leaked the photographs
It was from both of those vantage points that Paddock fired on a crowd of 22,000 attending a music festival
He fired on the crowd for 9 minutes, killing at least 59 and injuring 527 - the deadliest attack in U.S. history
Video from outside the hotel room shows bullets piercing the front door, from when Paddock shot at cops
He set up a camera on a room service cart outside the room to warn him when police were arriving
By the time a SWAT team blew open the door to the suite, Paddock had shot himself dead
Investigators are struggling to find a reason for why the millionaire retiree carried out the massacre
He had no criminal record, and his brother says he wasn't religious or political
He did, however, like gambling and in the two weeks prior had carried out several large figure bets
In the week before he died, he also wired $100,000 to an account in his girlfriend's native Philippines
Girlfriend Marilou Danley is back to being a person of interest and is en route back to the U.S. for questioning
On Tuesday, Las Vegas authorities say they had identified all but three of the 59 victims
Paddock may have previously planned to attack another open-air music festival, held from September 22-24
He had attempted to book specific suites at the Ogden, a luxury condo tower that overlooked the festival, as well as a hotel with festival views, but moved on when he discovered they were booked
Update from the Daily Mail article at 1:00 p.m. ET:
In a Tuesday night press conference, Undersheriff Kevin McMahill defended police for taking 72 minutes to breach the room where Paddock was holed up after first shots were reported at 10:08pm on Sunday.
McMahill said that patrol officers who had been managing the music festival quickly entered the hotel and began working their way up to the 32nd floor, where Paddock was located, evacuating each floor as they went - but that police couldn't act until the SWAT team arrived.
He also said that Paddock's gunfire ceased at around 10:19pm - 59 minutes before his room was breached. At that point, he said, SWAT stopped regarding Paddock as an active shooter and treated him as a less urgent barricade situation, since he was isolated in the room.
McMahill didn't make it clear exactly when the SWAT team was in place, but said that at 10:38pm, a security guard approaching Paddock's room was non-fatally shot. The guard, who is still in hospital, sent 'digital information' to cops, McMahill said.
Details of that incident have not yet been released, but it seems likely that Paddock spotted the guard approaching using the cameras he installed in the door's peephole and in a room service cart he'd left in the hallway.
SWAT raided the room at 11:20pm - something the McMahill said was acceptable because Paddock was no longer shooting and was barricaded in. He said the SWAT team was 'unconventional,' being made up of SWAT members, patrol cops and a K-9 unit.
Elsewher it was revealed that Paddock was prescribed anti-anxiety medication Valium back in June, which has been linked to increased aggressive behavior in multiple studies.
Paddock was taking 10 milligram tablets at the time of the massacre, though it is not known why he was prescribed them or whether he had underlying behavioral issues.
Speaking at the same press conference, Jill Sneider of the ATF said that no less than 12 of the rifles found in the room had bump-stock modifications. In total, there were 23 firearms in the hotel room, including an AK-47, an AR-15-type gun, and a handgun.
But Paddock had still more guns stored in his two houses in Verdi, outside Reno, and Mesquite, bringing the total across all thee locations to 47, she said. They included rifles, shotguns and handguns bought from Nevada, Texas, Utah and California. All had been bought - legally - over the course of more than 20 years.
is a sedative-hypnotic drug in the class of drugs known as benzodiazepines, which studies have shown can trigger aggressive behavior. Chronic use or abuse of sedatives such as diazepam can also trigger psychotic experiences, according to drugabuse.com.
“If somebody has an underlying aggression problem and you sedate them with that drug, they can become aggressive,” said Dr. Mel Pohl, chief medical officer of the Las Vegas Recovery Center. “It can disinhibit an underlying emotional state. … It is much like what happens when you give alcohol to some people … they become aggressive instead of going to sleep.”
Pohl, who spoke to the Review-Journal from the Netherlands, said the effects of the drug also can be magnified by alcohol.
A 2015 study published in World Psychiatry of 960 Finnish adults and teens convicted of homicide showed that their odds of killing were 45 percent higher during time periods when they were on benzodiazepines.
A year earlier, the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry published a study titled, “Benzodiazepine Use and Aggressive Behavior.” The authors wrote: “It appears that benzodiazepine use is moderately associated with subsequent aggressive behavior.”
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Considering there were an estimated 22,000 in attendance and they were packed in like sardines...
and assuming all 580+ injured/dead were from the gunman...
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As posted yesterday, two bedroom suite, two windows at far ends of the suite broken out, room service for two, long delay between initial 10-12 minutes of gunfire and SWAT entry, proximity to stairwell, Filipino girlfriend in Philippines (Mindinao perhaps) ISIS Vegas threat in June, twice ISIS claim of affiliation. And now LV sheriff wonders about radicalization while we learn about Filming in room (for a MartyrVideo?)
A lot Of threads and you begin to weave a carpet?
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527 injured is a lot. Was this only from the shots or does this include injuries from the stampede to get away.
There may have been some double counting by the hospitals, AlanC. And also, I've noticed that all brought to the emergency room are counted as injured in such situations, even though most of the bruises and skinned knees are quickly cleaned up and sent home. Big numbers sell newspapers, and stiff uppper lips are so old school.
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When they are talking casualties, all I have heard is the sum, so splits between those injured by stampede and those injured by shrapnel/fragments.
Considering the attendance and venue, I doubt there were any stampede deaths; injuries do occur such as getting ribs broken against a railing.
Getting hit by fragments doesn't mean your day didn't get sucky, it did, but I would put that in a different box than actually hit by a bullet.
I'd guess asphalt ZF; putting down carpet/astro turf creates tripping problems and clean-up problems, especially if the entire area isn't covered. Now, if there was a very controlled VIP in-front section, maybe so.
Pretty elaborate plan. As for the large bets, I'd guess this had been planned for a bit, especially if there was a scrubbed assault on the dates indicated, looks like a last night out deal like the 9/11 dudes hitting the titty bar for a couple brews.
I have never done a room service where I was asked how many were dining. Could be, an order large enough for two, which does not put it outside of last meal.
Firing from multiple positions is not a new thing, but outside the day to day Joe. Same with the cameras, as Tennessee noted that is not new but out of the usual for a day to day Joe.
A lot of ins and outs for a person with no background in this sort of thing to plan out of whole cloth.
I have been gaming 2+ people but Monty Norman always starts playing.
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I was just thinking (stop laughing, dammit)... Conspiracy and drug stuff aside, what might incline an obnoxious, left-leaning, high-living old middle-aged dude -- confirmed civilian from a family of bank robbers -- toward automatic weapons? Could it be... De Niro?
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Yahoo news (spit spit) is running a story about a woman's I-Phone that took a bullet and saved her life. No mention of the thousands of lives lost each year to I-Phone addicts plowing into Peterbilts and Kenworths.
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To follow up on that Plane report, I heard he had access to ammonium nitrate. If so, we might be lucky he didn't fill his damn plane up and fly into the crowd instead.
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One aspect I haven't seen discussed is that he was a compulsive gambler, and such people are as bad as drug addicts and will do almost anything for money.
Which suggests he could have been drawn into a plan where he was the patsy.
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Anyone know who the guy directing traffic was? Not by name, but was he retired military, a cop, off duty cop, a doc that on set fast? A hero for sure.
The shooter was active for approximately 10 minutes. Let's say 1 of the 10 was devoted to non-shooting activities (Eject and reload and surveillance.) = 9 minutes = 540 seconds.
Guessing that the guns shot 4 rounds per second * 540 seconds = 2,160 rounds fired.
Casualties:
Dead (RIP): 58 (shooter doesn't get a tally)
Wounded: 515
Total: 573
Approximately 0.26 casualties per round fired.
Approximately 1 casualty per second.
Assuming my math is correct, it could have been worse.
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KS, you've read the studies. Before the professionals arrive what's the ratio of active disaster responders to shell-shocked spectators in any large group?
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Bump stock is an inaccurate device and the sights are for close shooting.
A hasty op with two rooms, one to divert attention and one to shift fire to change the sound.
That Hotel Guard is Hero of the Hour.
A car loaded with Tannanerite, had he left, could have parked it anywhere and set it off.
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He had weapons enough to throw one away when it jammed. Kind of like learning to fly a plane but not land it. Two hyde positions, and hammer for the window. Camera in the cart, and in the door.
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A car loaded with Tannanerite, had he left, could have parked it anywhere and set it off.
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Yes, a possible diversion permitting escape. I'm not buying the girl friend's story. She said she was "fearful of a breakup." Who 'breaks up' with anyone and wires them $100k and tells them to "buy a house for the family."
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Skid, I start at about 1:20 in ideal situations, and the further rural to urban I get, I adjust down, adjust down again close to academic areas, again for entertainment venues, and down again depending upon that venue (example movie theatre showing military vs. kids or country vs. youth pop music). Middle age to older to younger.
Of those who respond, I start at about 9/10 being effective and drop again using above dynamics, say military town vs. academic town.
Now our little deal out here we got about 1:10 with a 100% effective. Compare to my deal in (university town), graduation weekend. Driver thought the best way to make a T-bone was to run a red light. I got out and immediately started traffic control. Did initial appraisal of Vehicle A, patient 2 in drivers side was banged up on the head. Had 3 aide-de-camps. First approached and I said, "Good day fine sir, thank you for your participation, looks like we will be working together, my name is x and I am volunteer fire in west Kansas, what is your name? Very good, your occupation?"
"Nurse at the local hospital."
Splendid I thought. Perhaps I am being a bit droll, but getting everyone calm and on the same page seemed a good idea."
"Excellent. Passenger has a head injury and is bleeding. Keep passenger in her seat until the paramedics arrive. They are coming, I hear the sirens."
Goes to check Vehicle 2. Occupants are dazed but functional. Tell them to hold tight, going to check on them (the priority patient, driver was shaken but functional considering). Look over and my nurse is helping patient out of the vehicle. Crap. Other two just standing about. Crap crap.
So, academic setting, somewhat urban environment, entertainment venue, youngsters. Out of say 40 I got three, one with credentials, and wasn't effective.
I look at this situation - youngsters having a good time in an urban environment. Did I mention the goopier it gets the less aides stick about?
I used to get mad watching replays at all the people standing about doing video, then realized they would just be standing around anyways.
Sherry is correct that the guy with the camera was an effective aide-de-camp, as was everyone else in the video. Except, maybe, the what I take as a police officer or security who was not taking in the situation and getting the fucking lights on. That happens too. I have seen good comrades-in-the-shit freeze especially in car wrecks. Whatever the background of our video producer is, my take is he has seen some shit, is well trained, and in good shape, young, as are all who are in the video.
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Not to stick a trumpet in my ass and solo Simple Gifts, but in reality of that car wreck I was aide-de-camp for when EMT/Rescue showed up, gave a quick assessment of the patients, made sure leaking fluid wasn't gasoline, traffic stayed put.
What I am getting at, is there are people who do go towards the fire for whatever their reason. And you don't have to be frikkin Bones or some crap, just directing traffic or even simply bringing coffee and snacks.
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My point is, he was not interested in escape. Went through great lengths to get enough throw away weapons to not care, and his job with his car to hit more people.
He never planned to actually leave alive.
His job was carnage. Not accuracy, not methodology, not effectiveness. Merely a suicide mission.
And wanted to take everyone he could with little care.
[Zero Hedge] Wealthy homeowners in one tiny Fort Worth suburb say their neighbor’s decision to park a World War II-era tank in front of his multimillion-dollar home is making them nervous.
At least that’s what attorney Tony Buzbee, a history buff who purchased the WWII tank for $600,000 earlier this year, learned when his neighborhood homeowners’ association sent him a letter saying the tank "impedes traffic" and causes a "safety issue" and "serious concerns for neighbors."
Buzbee says he’s temporarily storing the tank at his River Oaks, Texas home before moving it out to his ranch in East Texas later this year. But even though he’s made it clear that the tank’s presence is temporary, his neighbors are pressing him to remove the tank as soon as possible, according to Houston’s KHOU television station.
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I betcha its the neighbor across the street who sees the tank's gun barrel pointed at his front door every time he looks outside who can't seem to get used to the setup.
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"I betcha its the neighbor across the street who sees the tank's gun barrel pointed at his front door every time he looks outside who can't seem to get used to the setup"
Possibly by design.
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Obviously what is needed is desensitizing. This can be accomplished by encouraging more private tank ownership.
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Ok then. If you need a good lawyer I know an attorney down in Texas that owns a tank.
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Some of you Texicans need to introduce him to Fred and the Rantburg U. Having an attorney on staff along with someone who knows armor and can advise on changing road wheels and tracks, what's not to like? Good chance he's a conservative.
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Mr. B - I called a native Texan that once, and he was deeply offended. I do not recall the explanation, I have lived I the state for 20 years - off and on,
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It takes about 3 generations ("My granddaddy drove his herd to the rail head in Kansas City and got so drunk his horse had to find the way home!") to really be settled in. I'm still a newcomer going on 10 years now.
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I've often considered acquiring a decent surplus commuter tank. The pre WWII Czech 38(t) is attractive in that as a light tank it has the desired fuel economy but mostly, it's the American designed Christie suspension that proves the clincher as it provides unparalleled comfort and stability.
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Speaking of LVT-4's with a Canadian Ronson flamethrower, this is the amphib my dad used to commute to work with at Peleliu. Park that one on the front lawn, all gassed up.
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[Weather.com] The first blizzard of the season has resulted in widespread power outages and downed trees in parts of Montana. Treacherous travel conditions and additional power outages are possible through Tuesday, as this early-season snowstorm continues to sweep through the Rockies.
Unlike the snow the Rockies experienced in September, this storm is having a greater impact since valley locations are also being affected, in addition to typical mountain areas.
Interstate 70 was closed in Colorado between Vail and Copper Mountain for a time Monday morning due to accidents and vehicles sliding off the icy road. Shelters were opened to take in stranded travelers in the area.
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The resorts attract local day trippers with short vertical drop runs (200-300'), Procopius2k. See here. Here in Cincinnati we generally took the kids an hour away to a similar resort in the hils of Lawrenceburg, Indiana.
We used to ski down Mayfield Road to Euclid Avenue on homemade skis. Euclid Tavern was at the bottom of the run. Listened to Robert Jr. Lockwood there many times.
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] A young Egyptian man was caught wearing "niqab" as he went to his girlfriend's house to meet her, but the villagers beat him up and handed him over to security.
Major General Redha Tablia, head of security of al-Sharqeya governorate, received a report stating that a number of residents of the village of Sowada Abu Shalabi held a man wearing "niqab" to sneak into his girlfriend's home in the absence of her family.
The villagers noted the young man's way of walking and his shoes before stopping him and removing the veil.
They beat him up and took him on a humiliating tour around the village.
The young man, Ahmed, 22, said that after returning from a vacation outside Egypt, he went to see his friend in the absence of her family because he loves her and her father refused his marriage proposals many times.
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The villagers noted the young man's way of walking Before I got prescription eyeglasses at age 16, that was the only way I could recognize people from 20 feet away. There are gender-based, age-based, disease-based, etc. ways of walking that most people are unconscious of.
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] An imam in Egypt faces a disciplinary hearing over accusations that he married off 27 underage girls, the administrative prosecution authority which monitors civil servants including imams said on Monday.
Egyptian law prohibits the registered marriage of men and women under 18, although it does not prohibit informal marriages that are not officially registered.
"The crime comes under the category of human trafficking cases," said Mohammed Samir, front man for the authority.
The imam was allegedly "implicated in the marriages of nearly 27 minor" females, Samir said.
The holy man presided over El-Arbaeen mosque in Meet Habeeb village in the Nile delta province of al-Gharbiya north of Cairo.
News of the case comes after President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi expressed shock at the number of minors being married, highlighted in official figures released on Saturday.
"I was surprised that the number of married 12-year-olds was not small," Sisi said.
"This is something that pains me and pains anyone with a real conscience who cares for their sons and daughters."
According to the 2017 census, up to 118,000 girls under the legal age of 18 were married, statistics bureau chief Abo Bakr el-Gendy said on Saturday.
The administrative prosecution began investigating the imam after a mother issued a complaint against him, it said.
The mother complained that he had "married off her daughter and many minor girls under the legal age in informal marriages," a statement from the authority said.
The ministry of religious endowments has decided to "prevent this preacher from ascending to the pulpit or leading people in mosques", ministry front man Gaber Tayea told AFP.
The ministry also "referred him to the ethics committee" in preparation for his possible dismissal if the allegations are proven, Tayea added.
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[DAWN] A Saudi was executed on Monday in Riyadh, the official SPA news agency reported, taking to 100 the number of people put to death in the kingdom so far this year.
The man was sentenced to death for murdering another Saudi man and an appeals court upheld the ruling, SPA said without elaborating.
Amnesia Amnesty International condemned what it called Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... 's "execution spree".
"This sets the country firmly on track to remain one of the most prolific executioners on the planet," said Lynn Maalouf, director of research for Amnesty in the Middle East.
"If the Saudi authorities are truly intent on making reforms, they must immediately establish an official moratorium on executions as a first step towards abolishing the death penalty completely," he remarked.
Ultra-conservative Saudi Arabia has one of the world's highest rates of execution, with suspects convicted of terrorism, homicide, rape, armed robbery and drug trafficking facing the death penalty.
The kingdom is governed under a strict form of Islamic law. Saudi Arabia reported 153 people executed last year, a number confirmed by Amnesia Amnesty International.
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suspects convicted of terrorism, homicide, rape, armed robbery and drug trafficking facing the death penalty.
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Catalonia’s leader Carles Puigdemont told the BBC that the region will declare independence in a matter of days in response to Spain’s King Felipe VI speech on Tuesday night, as thousands erupted into the streets to protest against a violent police crackdown.
King Feipe accused Catalan secessionist leaders who staged a banned independence referendum of shattering democratic principles and dividing Catalan society.
He said that he was committed to the unity of Spain and added that the "irresponsible behavior" of the Catalan leaders had undermined social harmony in Catalonia. "Today Catalan society is fractured and in conflict," he said.
Puigdemont said that his government would "act at the end of this week or the beginning of next", in his interview with the BBC.
When asked by the BBC what Puigdemont would do if the Spanish government were to intervene and take control of Catalonia's government, he said it would be "an error which changes everything".
The regional leader opened the door to a unilateral declaration of independence from Spain on Sunday after voters defied a violent police crackdown and, according to regional officials, voted 90 percent in favor of breaking away.
Tens of thousands of Catalans demonstrated in the streets of the northeastern region against action by the police, who tried to disrupt Sunday’s vote by firing rubber bullets and charging into crowds with truncheons.
Tuesday’s protests shut down road traffic, public transport and businesses.
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] A man from India’s lowest caste has been killed by a group of higher-caste men for attending a traditional Hindu dance performance, police said Monday.
Jayesh Solanki, 21, and his cousin Prakash were allegedly attacked late Sunday when they went to watch garba -- a folk dance performed during the nine-day Hindu festival of Navratri.
The alleged attack in the western state of Gujarat ...where rioting seems to be a traditional passtime... is the latest incident of violence against Dalits, who lie at the bottom of India's deeply entrenched social hierarchy system.
"We have tossed in the slammer Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! eight persons for allegedly beating to death one Jayesh Solanki in Borsad town of the district," local police superintendent Anand Saurabh Singh told AFP.
Police said they had received a complaint from the victim's cousin Prakash, who said one of the men demanded to know why they were watching the dance performance.
Caste-based abuses
The accused "hurled caste-based abuses" before going away and returning with seven others who began beating the pair, police quoted Prakash as saying. The group first slapped Prakash and when Jayesh tried to stop the fight, he was shoved aside.
"They pushed him so hard that he banged his head on a wall and collapsed," the complaint added. Jayesh was rushed to hospital where he was declared dead, police said. The attackers said Dalits "do not have any right to watch garba", the Press Trust of India news agency reported.
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[PJ] Cancers associated with being overweight or obese account for 40% of all diagnoses of the disease in the United States, an increasing share of all cancer diagnoses nationwide.
Although new cases of cancer have fallen since the 1990s, diagnoses of overweight- and obesity-linked cancers increased between 2005 and 2014, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Being overweight is associated with increased risk for 13 types of cancer.
"When we step back and lump together all the types of cancer associated with overweight and obesity, we saw a direction upwards," said Anne Schuchat, deputy director of the CDC.
"That’s not a smoking gun, but it’s a note of caution for us."
Researchers at the CDC used data from the US Cancer Statistics database from 2005 to 2014, looking specifically at cancers the International Agency for Research on Cancer classifies as linked to being overweight.
The study looked at cancers more likely to occur in people who are overweight or obese. These cancers are linked to being overweight, but are not necessarily caused by being overweight.
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I'd blame chronic inflammation from excess sugar from the gut microbiome partying.
My recurring Basal Cell Carcinoma could be the result of the defiance of gaia and melanin challenged, global roaming. Perhaps Paul was correct when he said we are to "bloom where planted."
Women also faced a disproportionate risk of being diagnosed with such cancers. More than half (55%) of all cancers diagnosed in women are linked to being overweight, compared with a quarter (24%) in men.
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Mr B, spend some time learning and trying ketogenic eating. Would suit your outlook and disposition well and your carcinoma not all.
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And read "Undoctored" by William Davis, M.D. That's the full plan for health autonomy. "Why health care has failed you and how you can become smarter than your doctor."
[DAWN] Chinese scientists have made a breakthrough in creating full-color emissive carbon dots (F-CDs), which brings them one step closer to developing a faster wireless communication channel that could be available in just six years.
Light Fidelity, known as LiFi, uses visible light from LED bulbs to transfer data much faster than radio wave-based WiFi.
While most current research uses rare earth materials to provide the light for LiFi to transmit data, a team of Chinese scientists have created an alternative, F-CDs, a fluorescent carbon nanomaterial that proves to be safer and faster.
"Many researchers around the world are still working on this. We were the first to successfully create it using cost-effective raw materials such as urea with simple processing," said Qu Songnan, an associate researcher at Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, which leads the research.
Qu said rare earth has a long lifespan which reduces the speed of LiFi transmission. However, Switzerland makes more than cheese... F-CDs enjoy the advantage of faster data transmission speeds.
In previous studies, carbon dots were limited to the emission of lights such as blue and green. The new nanomaterial that Qu's team has developed can emit all light visible to the human eye, which is a breakthrough in the field of fluorescent carbon nanomaterial.
Qu said this is significant for the development of LiFi, which he expects to enter the market in just six years.
A 2015 test by a Chinese government ministry showed that LiFi can reach speeds of 50 gigabytes per second, at which a movie download can be completed in just 0.3 seconds.
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We were the first to successfully create it using cost-effective raw materials such as urea with simple processing
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Be another 30yrs. before the average person in the US will be a to is it regularly.
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uses visible light from LED bulbs
I think IBM started using multi-freq LED lasers @'94. Yes indeedy, optical is faster than RF. 'Speed-of-Light' and all that.
The new nanomaterial that Qu's team has developed can emit all light visible to the human eye
This is just poor spectrum management, unless it is strategically linked to other developments like printed mylar displays you can rollup and put in your pocket, or optical camo.
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An application looking for a proper need?
If you need Line-Of-Sight with light then just use a cable. The advantage of using RF is the signal going around corners and through things.
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OOOhh, Hellspawn.
As last I can recall radio frequencies fall to the left of the visible frequencies on the energy spectrum. Longer wavelength means more 'distance' between bandpass detection peaks (-1, 0, +1). Visible spectrum has shorter wavelengths so less distance from peak-to-peak. Less distance means more peak-to-peak detections means more data within the same interval of 'time', ergo faster within this context.
How'd I do?
Wait, let me look it up!
[Free Beacon] As Congress takes up a bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks, a group of former clinic employees are speaking out against Planned Parenthood and the abortion industry.
Four former workers‐two managers and one health educator at Planned Parenthood and a former nurse at a Louisiana abortion clinic‐spoke out against what they say are common practices inside the industry. The group argued abortion providers are motivated by profit and lacked the counseling capacity to serve patients.
"If [a] pregnancy test was positive, the following morning she was scheduled to come in for counseling. We didn't tell her we were scheduling her in to come and get an abortion, but when she came in that morning, she was scheduled for an abortion," nurse Shelley Guillory says in the three-minute video. "The counseling was done by a phlebotomist‐it was never ever done by a licensed professional. Usually by the time myself or the doctor arrived, the counseling was already completed."
Former Planned Parenthood manager Annette Lancaster said the organization seeks to speed the process along, in order to build the momentum toward abortion, rather than adoption or other services.
[Breitbart] The NFL allowed players to use the league’s national stage to disgrace the flag and the anthem. The NFL also chose to take the players side against the leader of the free world, when he rightfully called those players out. As a result, it appears the league may have done irreparable harm to its brand.
The ratings for Monday Night Football on ESPN tanked hard in Week 4.
According to Yahoo! Entertainment, "Coming off last week’s Dallas Cowboys’ 28-17 win over the Arizona Cardinals, where the ratings actually went up for MNF, last night’s game was not a victory for the Disney-owned cable giant nor the NFL in the early numbers.
"Against a packed Big 4 primetime, MNF snared an 8.4 in metered market numbers. That’s down 10% from the Cowboys and Cardinals game of September 25. Year-to-year, the Chiefs’ fourth straight win this season dipped 8% in the early numbers from the comparable Minnesota Vikings’ 24-10 win over the New York Giant on October 3, 2016 ‐ a season of sliding ratings that the NFL wants to forget, but may repeat."
It can’t be understated how bad these numbers are for the NFL. But first, some will say that Kansas City is not a major-market team and that has something to do with the poor performance, especially coming off last week, which featured Dallas and Arizona.
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I'll peek tomorrow but I think they were fired on stupid Sunday when they showed their fake resolve for a fake premise to dis-respect Our National Ethos.
So, on Thursday, when they kneel, I will send out the final check.
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Part of it is the length even sole source contracts have got to go through. The withholding of info concerning their own breach would constitute 'bad faith' on the company's part in the contract process and be a basis for termination. From that point on, its the IRS as literally an 'independent' agency. They need to find 'independent' funding, but of course, Congress is just a useless ritual ceremonial process to keep the serfs mollified.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[Zero Hedge] Wealthy homeowners in one tiny Fort Worth suburb say their neighbor’s decision to park a World War II-era tank in front of his multimillion-dollar home is making them nervous.
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] A young Egyptian man was caught wearing "niqab" as he went to his girlfriend's house to meet her, but the villagers beat him up and handed him over to security.
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] An imam in Egypt faces a disciplinary hearing over accusations that he married off 27 underage girls, the administrative prosecution authority which monitors civil servants including imams said on Monday.
[PJ] Cancers associated with being overweight or obese account for 40% of all diagnoses of the disease in the United States, an increasing share of all cancer diagnoses nationwide.
[Free Beacon] As Congress takes up a bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks, a group of former clinic employees are speaking out against Planned Parenthood and the abortion industry.
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