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Things I liked:I got mine as a kit with the entry level Walther green dot sight. Now, generally I don't like "all metal" airsoft guns because parts that would be precisely machined in the "real steel" are cast or machined to much lower tolerances, resulting in a product with lots of loose fitting clunky parts, and they end up being very heavy. However, I really like this pistol. Yes, it has some instances of floppy fitting parts, but only the cosmetic parts suffer. The action itself is very solid and the barrel stays coaxial with the dot sight. In fact, I find that the one I got is one of the most accurate airsoft guns I've ever seen! (cans at 25 yd NP) Additionally, their version of the hop up system is very precise. The blowback is quite sharp and consistent & CO2 consumption is quite reasonable for a blowback. I've gotten as many as 5 full magazines out of a single 12 g. cartridge, as long as I allow sufficient time for the CO2 to warm up , (particularly on the last 2 mags)
Things I would have changed:Some of the cosmetic barrel extension parts could fit a little tighter. A little dab of thread lock on the pre-installed sight mount system would have been worthwhile. The magazine would benefit from some kind of locking system for the spring loaded bb follower. It would be easier to load that way. Better still, would be a configuration where the bb slot widens at the bottom so bb's could be loaded from the bottom as is done frequently with gas airsoft magazines. As much as I like this pistol I wish there was an all ABS version. It would be better for skirmishing. That said , this is a very realistic feeling rendition of the subject pistol.
What others should know:It's really quite heavy. With the dot sight installed you'd need a specialized holster. That and the fiddly nature of loading the magazine would make this a little challenging to use for skirmishing, but not impossible. The accuracy might outweigh the inconvenience. You will almost certainly need to thread lock the screws connecting the sight rail to the adapter and the adapter to the pistol's upper frame. Mine was coming loose quite frequently. This is to be expected when you screw two metal parts together in a heavy vibration environment. Thread lock is used universally in other hobbies under similar conditions. Once thread locked, the problem is solved completely . I would recommend using BLUE thread lock ONLY . red is too strong and you may have trouble getting it apart later if you need to.
Things I liked:To start off I have not shot the Sig P226 X5 yet. But when I receive it a couple of days earlier then I though, what a suprise how well the P226 X5 is made and tight the slide is to the frame in battery. Just alittle of wigle in the barrel to slide and should not make too many flyer when shooting pie pans in the back yard.
Things I would have changed:The only thing is would change is the getting the barrel a little tighter in the slide when in battery.
What others should know:By two and have one for fun and one to collect because if it was not for the orange tip on the barrel you could say it was a real Sig P226 X5 Gold Custom. Get the Pyramyd Air test before shipped it is well worth it. Have FUN, be safe in the backyard, shotting plates.
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Things I would have changed:Some grip panel with make perfect. Attention needed to zero in a scope with the standard scope mount. The short range of the pellets plus the relatively tall scope mount make elevation compensation hard. Retain the rear sight from the non race gun.
What others should know:Great product, no if, but or may be. An almost perfect replica of the real steel in every sense, looks, feel, weight and operation. Strong kick back, just about as hard as one can reasonably get with CO2. A pair of grip panel will be great, as is, the grip just dont feel comfortable. I made my own from some scrap thick Poly Urethene sheet. The recessed area on the grip makes it easy to fit. A must have for softair fan. Not recommended for "battles". Too heavy and bulky .
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77-year-old Golden Gate resident, Morris E. Burkett died at 10 p.m. Monday, May 19 at his home. He was an instructor at Wabash Valley College in Mount Carmel. A veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard, he had also served as a Christian Church minister for 50 years in Central and Southern Illinois.
Survivors include his mother, LaVera Moore of Fairfield; his wife, Maxine Burkett of Golden Gate; three sons, Steve (Peggy) Burkett of Jonesboro, Arkansas, David (Sheryl) Burkett of San Angelo, TX and Mark Burkett of Golden Gate; two daughters, Susan Cooper of Evansville and Elaine (Michael) Lacy of Seneads Ferry, NC; a sister, Linda (Phillip) Johnson of Patoka, IN; a brother, Delbert Burkett (Ruth) of Ellery; 6 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.
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The mildest of the contrast filters for black and white photography, yellows produce the most natural tonal range.
By absorbing ultra-violet, violet and blue it moderatly increases contrast in sky, foliage and architecture photography.
It's natural tone reproduction in landscapes, cityscapes and portraits make it very useful for all daylight exposures.
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Dairylea 'squigglywigglyness' by BMB
Dairylea is launching a TV campaign, by Beattie McGuinness Bungay London, to support its products' new, natural recipe.
It builds on outdoor and press work released in June. There are three 20-second executions: "squigglywigglyness", "shovelability" and "putbackableness".
The work was created by Simon Bere, Jay Pond-Jones and Jade Trott, and directed by MJ Delaney through Moxie Pictures.


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LR couple create religious series for kids
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Toshiba Portege Z30-A-12N
SpecificationsNotebook: Toshiba Portege Z30-A-12N (Portege Z30 Series)
Processor: Intel Core i5 4200U
Graphics Adapter: Intel HD Graphics 4400
Display: 13.0 inch, 16:9, 1366x768 pixels, glossy: yes
Weight: 1.2kg
Price: euro
Reviews for the Toshiba Portege Z30-A-12N
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Positive: Full equipment including dock; light; long battery life. Negative: Poor image quality of the display; noisy fan.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 02/04/2014
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The configuration is based on a 1.6GHz Intel Core i5-4200U dual-core processor, 4GB RAM (one free slot, expandable up to 16GB), it is offering the integrated Intel HD 4400 graphics and a 128GB Toshiba SSD (mSATA version, so the upgrade will be easy). This is sufficient for good performance in all segments except the graphical subsystem that is good enough for watching movies, but not for demanding applications and games that use graphics. This is a good business laptop; the only objection relates to the screen - for this price, it would have to be much better. At the price higher than 1000 Euros, we expect an IPS screen and a higher resolution, while everything else, from the build quality and used materials up to the autonomy and performance, is beyond reproach.
Positive: Extremely high-quality magnesium alloy case; very light; good autonomy; excellent configuration. Negative: Relatively low resolution of the screen.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 05/14/2014
Intel HD Graphics 4400:
ULV integrated GPU (GT2) with 20 EUs found on certain Haswell CPU models.
Modern games should be playable with these graphics cards at low settings and resolutions. Casual gamers may be happy with these cards.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Haswell-based ULV dual-core processor clocked at 1.6 GHz with Turbo Boost support up to 2.6 GHz. Offers an integrated HD Graphics 4400 and a dual-channel DDR3 memory controller.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
13.0": This is a common display format for subnotebooks. Netbooks, UMPC and some subnotebooks have tinier displays. Nevertheless, the majority of standard laptops has a higher format. The advantage of a small display is, that the subnotebook can be small dimensioned and can be carried easily. Further the small display needs few energy, which improves the battery runtime and in consequence the mobility. The disadvantage is that the reading of texts is a bit exhausting for the eyes, especially with high resolutions.» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
1.2 kg: This subnotebook is one of the most lightweight of all notebooks and can be carried very easily. There exist hardly any models in this extreme class of weight. 7-9 inch displays are normal for this class of weight.
Toshiba: Toshiba Corporation is a multinational conglomerate manufacturing company, headquartered in Japan. The company's main business is in Infrastructure, Consumer Products, and Electronic devices and components. Toshiba-made Semiconductors are among the Worldwide Top 20 Semiconductor Sales Leaders. Toshiba is one of the biggest international notebook-manufacturer. There exist many reviews for Toshiba models.
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Summer 2012 Movies
This year is a big one for blockbuster films, and with so many sequels and popular films hitting screens around the country, there is truly something for everyone. This week's big release is Ice Age 4: Continental Drift, which opened Friday, July 13 2012. This week, the film's stars shared their thoughts about working on the film, making it one of the hottest topics on daytime TV. You can also check out what Matt Bomer had to say about his work in this summer's Magic Mike.
Ray Romano as Manny the Mammoth: Ice Age Continental Drift
We remember Ray Romano as the star of Everybody Loves Raymond, and he told Kelly Ripa about how he is keeping in touch with his fictional family since the show ended years ago. He's also back for the fourth installment of the Ice Age movies, and he said that the plot of this movie actually paralleled a parenting problem he has dealt with offscreen.
Live With Kelly: Ray Romano "Ice Age 4″ Interview
Ice Age 4: Wanda Sykes is Granny
Though comedian and actress Wanda Sykes isn't in a hurry to do more international traveling, she was happy to chat with her friend Ellen DeGeneres about her work on Ice Age 4: Continental Drift. She voices a new character in this movie, Sid's Granny. But she told Ellen that if her mother had her way, she wouldn't have such a distinctive and recognizable voice.
Ellen: Wanda Sykes Ice Age: Continental Drift & Hot Flashes Movie
John Leguizamo: Sid the Sloth Returns
John Leguizamo is back in the fourth Ice Age film, which is coming out in the middle of a busy summer for the actor. He talked about co-hosting the Puerto Rican Day Parade and how he mastered Sid the Sloth's lisp in a chat with Kelly Ripa and guest co-host Seth Meyers. Later, he spoke with Kathie Lee and Hoda about the family-oriented plot of this fourth movie and even taught them the moves to a dance called The Sid Shuffle.
- Live With Kelly: John Leguizamo "Ice Age 4″ Interview
- Kathie Lee & Hoda: John Leguizamo Ice Age 4: Continental Drift Review
Summer Movies 2012: Matt Bomer in Magic Mike
You might recognize Matt Bomer from the USA Network drama White Collar. But this summer, he's getting recognized more without his clothes on thanks to his role as a male stripper in the ensemble film Magic Mike, with a cast that includes Channing Tatum. He talked with Kelly Ripa about how he and his co-stars got ready for the film's most revealing moments.
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How People Grill Around the World Infographic
While as die-hard BBQers grill and smoke year 'round, many people kick off grilling season around Memorial Day weekend. Now's the time to wipe off the grill, refresh your favorite dry rub recipe and invite the neighborhood over. While dogs, burgers, steaks and chicken on the grill reign supreme in the U.S., perhaps this year you'll want to add some different flair to your fire. That got us thinking – how do people grill around the world?
We researched 10 of the most popular grilling methods around the globe, as well as what different countries love to grill most. So for your next block party, instead of buying grocery store franks, consider making your own custom recipe to invoke the flavors of Japanese yakitori or Mexican carne asada. Your barbecue will be out of this world – and have neighbors lining up for seconds.
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This hotel is clean, convenient, the staff is very friendly, the rooms are great and the price is fair. Great location and value for your money.
I liked that our room had a sitting room
The staff was excellent.
Apparently Kayak.com didn't forward my room preference for a king bed and when we arrived they only had two doubles available.
Restaurant very good food and service.
We could not get a room with a bathtub for the price of $---a night. The hotel was not full and they gave us a room facing the highway which was very noisy.
The beds are amazing.
Someone was playing music until 3AM. I called the front desk and we tried to find where the noise was coming from and couldn't figure it out. Not the hotel's fault though.
tvs and beds old
Location, very clean, staff very friendly and helpful.
Fridge was plugged into wall attached to light switch so if you turned light off to sleep the refrigerator turned off. As soon as we came into room and opened fridge to put out stuff in water came pouring out all over.
Room was not very clean and actually smelt musty.
Fridge was warm and leaked water. Room not very clean. Continental breakfast was stale cereal, stale bread, just not fresh even fruit has seen better days. Bed must have been broken it was so soft and bowed in the middle roughest nights sleep.
You get what you pay for, I guess.
The "breakfast" is pretty bad. You're getting coffee, yogurt, bagels, OJ, milk, and cereal.
Some of the staff can be rude, honestly. I went to the front desk to inquire about getting reimbursed for a brand new bag of clothes that the cleaner threw away (and no it wasn't near the trash) and the lady there basically told me I was screwed. Thankfully the manager fixed that.
The beds aren't very comfortable and the AC has two settings...too hot and too cold.
staff was very helpful and everything was clean and smelled clean, we were left alone when we wanted and had al the help we needed when we asked for it. Breakfast was very good. The rooms were very good for insulation and was very quiet. We liked the pet friendly rooms and plan to travel with our cat next time. i was very pleased with the internet that was available and used it every day. I liked how we could come and go any time of the day or night, without causing everyone there to know when we left and came back. Did not use the laundry but looked in and it looked good and clean. I will use the next time we are there.
The travel time to get there. But will be back.
the shower had hot water and the bedding was clean
the floors gross the rugs need to be shampooed and there is a musty smell inside the halls. staff did not clean the room on one day and the shower head was very low I am 5ft 4inch and had to bend down to get my head under the water
Location was good. Staff were polite and helpful. Outdoor pool area was nice.
Beds are not very comfortable.
The staff was very accommodating!
Since there was a pool, a hot tub would have been nice!
The location and the price
They put us in a handicap room Was a little bit different
Hotel was very clean,excellent,knowledgable staff. Good breakfast.
Lighting was not very bright in rooms
Shower was okay.
TV remote didn't even work. Walls must be paper thin. LOL. Room service lady was annoying early in the morning. Then 10am there was someone drilling in the hallway??? Wtf is that. Probably won't stay there again.
It was in a great location
It smells like cleaners and cigarettes
Clean rooms, staff were great, even lent us their coffee maker.
Walls are thin... looks like they are new and trying to make a go of it. I wish them luck they were great.
I loved the marketplace, prices were very reasonable. I loved the fact that I could borrow whatever, I needed to make a meal. I loved the fact there were BBQs on premises.
Kids wished that there was a swimming pool at this facility. The fridge door seemed awkward to open since it was so close to the door of the room.
Proximity to our destination.
Poor use of kitchen space. Hotel entrance is not user friendly in inclement weather. No roof or portico to protect guests from rain or snow when one first enters to register or bring in luggage. Staff is lackadaisical.
Stores were very close !! The rooms were clean And relaxing. Breakfast was delicious and well served.
Me and my friends weren't on the same floor and we would have appreciate to have a jacuzzi In the pool area.
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Picture Show: Dark Star Orchestra @ Brooklyn Bowl
Check out Andrew Blackstein's photos of Dark Star Orchestra recreating the Dead's June 15th, 1976 show at the Beacon
Review: Dark Star Orchestra Does Acoustic/Electric Cap At The Capitol Theatre In Port Chester
Dark Star Orchestra brought a new bassist to The Capitol Theatre for a performance of a classic Grateful Dead show
HT Giveaway: Signed Umphrey's McGee / Dweezil Zappa / Dark Star Orchestra CDs Via MusicMasters Camps
Win an autographed CD from one of three HT faves
Exclusive: Dark Star Orchestra Bassist Kevin Rosen To Exit
Kevin Rosen, Dark Star Orchestra's "Phil Lesh," is leaving the band. We've got the scoop.
Phil Lesh Jams With Dark Star Orchestra @ Terrapin Crossroads
DSO jammed with Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh last night for the second time in six months
DSO High School @ Music Masters Camp
Classes including Touring With The Dead, Grateful Dead Pianists and Tapers 101? This ain't like my high school
Baltimore's The Bridge Are Really Bad At Breaking Up
The Bridge will team up with Dark Star Orchestra for a special benefit in Baltimore this August
HT Interview: Rob Barraco Pt. 2 – Dark Star Orchestra
Rob Barraco tells us all about how he became a member of Dark Star Orchestra and more.
HT Interview: Rob Barraco Pt. 1 – Return & Future of The "Q"
Keyboardist Rob Barraco tells us about reuniting with Phil Lesh and the rest of his "Q" band mates.
Intermezzo: Dark Star Jubilee Artist Announcement
7 Walkers, the Mickey Hart Band and PGroove are among those joining Dark Star Orchestra at their inaugural Dark Star Jubilee festival.
Jam In The Dam 2012 Diary: Day Two
Report from Amsterdam on Day Two of Jam In The Dam featuring moe., Mike Gordon and more.
Dark Star Orchestra's NYE Show Spans Three Decades of Dead
Dark Star Orchestra "spanned the decades" on New Year's Eve.
Senator Al Franken Introduces Dark Star Orchestra in D.C.
Senator Al Franken threw in plenty of jokes when he introduced Dark Star Orchestra in Washington, D.C.
HT Interview: Jeff Mattson
If you've been nose-to-grindstone in the music industry for decades, you hope to stay busy. And now, more than ever, it seems, Jeff Mattson's cup runneth over.
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TWENTIETH century medicine was phenomenally successful at developing vaccines and antibiotics to fight infectious diseases, taming ancient scourges such as smallpox, tuberculosis and typhoid. In the 1960s and 70s, the prevailing view was that all diseases caused by microorganisms would soon be conquered, leaving only those caused by genetics, unhealthy lifestyles or ageing.
That idea now seems naive, not least because of the rise in antibiotic resistance. And there's another reason that no one even considered back then. A growing number of diseases that were thought to be down to genetics or lifestyle turn out to have an infectious origin.
Take stomach ulcers. Long thought to be triggered by stress, it emerged in the 1980s that many cases are caused by a bacterium called Helicobacter pylori. Now a short course of antibiotics is all that's needed to cure the condition, and in the west stomach ulcers are on the decline. ...
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TurboGears 2.0 presentation video
June 15th, 2009 by Florent Aide
In the last post I said we presented TurboGears 2.0 at the Pycon FR event. We have received the video feeds from the organization. This is a French presentation, sorry for the non-french speakers.
As a reminder the code of application we presented is available on bitbucket.


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3 Running For Winona County Sheriff
Looks like a summer primary is coming to folks in Winona County. A third
candidate is now in the race for Winona County sheriff. Sheriff's Criminal Investigator Kraig Glover is the latest to announce a run. Glover has been in the sheriff's department for 14 years now. Also in the running, Winona County sheriff's investigator Rob Averbeck and Deputy Bill Spitzer. Current Sheriff Dave Brand has not announced if he will seek re-election but is giving it some consideration.


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Some browsers (Mozilla for sure) will let you limit the
lifetime of a cookie to the duration of the current session.
That's probably the best setting for most of us. In which
case you should also exit and restart the browser between
Having done that, I still didn't see an obvious reference to
the report on the site, and am not about to spend any more
time hunting for it. Screw 'em.
-- Rod
On Tuesday 10 December 2002 01:03 pm, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&ncid=&e=5&u=/nf/20021210/tc_nf
> summary:
> In a prediction almost too unbelievable to imagine, Meta Group on Monday
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> and offer Linux for Web services and server software by the end of 2004.
> pete
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> guess the economic slowdown hasn't touched these people yet. imagine
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This is the "X-Men 3 meets Ultraviolet" of the Underworld series. By the time I caught up with all the madness going on, the movie was over.
While it's good to see Kate Beckinsale back in the series, the new male lead was definitely not an improvement over the other guy.
Awww, come on. You're taking Blu-ray too literally, movie. Why not try some other colors for a change? Other than that, those Lycans get doofier and doofier looking with each new installment.
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Ollie is usually pretty sneaky about his snack stealing, but he just couldn't resist the butter at the bottom of this bowl of popcorn, so he dove in head first.
And don't think for a second that I didn't finish that popcorn just because Ollie was ears deep in the bowl.


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Coagulation is highly conserved throughout biology; in all mammals, coagulation involves both a cellular (platelet) and a protein (coagulation factor) component. The system in humans has been the most extensively researched and therefore is the best understood.
Coagulation begins almost instantly after an injury to the blood vessel has damaged the endothelium (lining of the vessel). Platelets immediately form a plug at the site of injury; this is called primary hemostasis. Secondary hemostasis occurs simultaneously: proteins in the blood plasma, called coagulation factors or clotting factors, respond in a complex cascade to form fibrin strands which strengthen the platelet plug.
Activated platelets release the contents of stored granules into the blood plasma. The granules include ADP, serotonin, platelet activating factor (PAF), vWF, platelet factor 4 and thromboxane A2 (TXA2) which in turn activate additional platelets. The granules' contents activate a Gq-linked protein receptor cascade resulting in increased calcium concentration in the platelets' cytosol. The calcium activates protein kinase C which in turn activates phospholipase A2 (PLA2). PLA2 then modifies the integrin membrane glycoprotein IIb/IIIa, increasing its affinity to bind fibrinogen. The activated platelets changed shape from spherical to stellate and the fibrinogen cross-links with glycoprotein IIb/IIIa aid in aggregation of adjacent platelets.
The coagulation cascade of secondary hemostasis has two pathways, the contact activation pathway (formerly known as the intrinsic pathway) and the tissue factor pathway (formerly known as the extrinsic pathway) that lead to fibrin formation. It was previously thought that the coagulation cascade consisted of two pathways of equal importance joined to a common pathway. It is now known that the primary pathway for the initiation of blood coagulation is the tissue factor pathway. The pathways are a series of reactions, in which a zymogen (inactive enzyme precursor) of a serine protease and its glycoprotein co-factor are activated to become active components that then catalyze the next reaction in the cascade, ultimately resulting in cross-linked fibrin. Coagulation factors are generally indicated by Roman numerals, with a lowercase a appended to indicate an active form.
The coagulation factors are generally serine proteases (enzymes). There are some exceptions. For example, FVIII and FV are glycoproteins and Factor XIII is a transglutaminase. Serine proteases act by cleaving other proteins at specific sites. The coagulation factors circulate as inactive zymogens.
The coagulation cascade is classically divided into three pathways. The tissue factor and contact activation pathways both activate the "final common pathway" of factor X, thrombin and fibrin.
Following activation by the contact factor or tissue factor pathways the coagulation cascade is maintained in a prothrombotic state by the continued activation of FVIII and FIX to form the tenase complex, until it is down-regulated by the anticoagulant pathways.
The contact factor pathway is initiated by activation of the "contact factors" of plasma, and can be measured by the activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) test.
The tissue factor pathway is initiated by release of tissue factor (a specific cellular lipoprotein), and can be measured by the prothrombin time (PT) test. PT results are often reported as ratio (INR value) to monitor dosing of oral anticoagulants such as warfarin.
The quantitative and qualitative screening of fibrinogen is measured by the thrombin clotting time (TCT). Measurement of the exact amount of fibrinogen present in the blood is generally done using the Clauss method for fibrinogen testing. Many analysers are capable of measuring a "derived fibrinogen" level from the graph of the Prothrombin time clot.
If a coagulation factor is part of the contact or tissue factor pathway, a deficiency of that factor will affect only one of the tests: thus hemophilia A, a deficiency of factor VIII, which is part of the contact factor pathway, results in an abnormally prolonged aPTT test but a normal PT test. The exceptions are prothrombin, fibrinogen and some variants of FX which can only be detected by either aPTT or PT. If an abnormal PT or aPTT is present additional testing will occur to determine which (if any) factor is present as aberrant concentrations.
Deficiencies of fibrinogen (quantitative or qualitative) will affect all screening tests.
Decreased platelet numbers may be due to various causes, including insufficient production (e.g. in myelodysplastic syndrome or other bone marrow disorders), destruction by the immune system (immune thrombocytopenic purpura/ITP), and consumption due to various causes (thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura/TTP, hemolytic-uremic syndrome/HUS, paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria/PNH, disseminated intravascular coagulation/DIC, heparin-induced thrombocytopenia/HIT). Most consumptive conditions lead to platelet activation, and some are associated with thrombosis.
von Willebrand disease (which behaves more like a platelet disorder except in severe cases), is the most common hereditary bleeding disorder and is characterized as being inherited autosomal recessive or dominant. In this disease there is a defect in von Willebrand factor (vWF) which mediates the binding of glycoprotein Ib (GPIb) to collagen. This binding helps mediate the activation of platelets and formation of primary hemostasis.
Bernard-Soulier syndrome there is a defect or deficiency in GPIb. GPIb, the receptor for vWF, can be defective and lead to lack of primary clot formation (primary hemostasis) and increased bleeding tendency. This is an autosomal recessive inherited disorder.
Thrombasthenia of Glanzman and Naegeli (Glanzmann thrombasthenia) is extremely rare. It is characterized by a defect in GPIIb/IIIa fibrinogen receptor complex. When GPIIb/IIIa receptor is dysfunctional fibrinogen cannot cross-link platelets which inhibits primary hemostasis. This is an autosomal recessive inherited disorder. In liver failure (acute and chronic forms) there is insufficient production of coagulation factors by the liver; this may increase bleeding risk.
Deficiency of Vitamin K may also contribute to bleeding disorders because clotting factor maturation depends on Vitamin K.
Thrombosis is the pathological development of blood clots. These clots may break free and become mobile forming an embolus or grow to such a size that occludes the vessel in which it developed. An embolism is said to occur when the thrombus (blood clot) becomes a mobile embolus and migrates to another part of the body, interfering with blood circulation and hence impairing organ function downstream of the occlusion. This causes ischemia and often leasds to ischemic necrosis of tissue. Most cases of thrombosis are due to acquired extrinsic problems (surgery, cancer, immobility, obesity, economy class syndrome), but a small proportion of people harbor predisposing conditions known collectively as thrombophilia (e.g. antiphospholipid syndrome, factor V Leiden and various other rarer genetic disorders).
Mutations in factor XII have been associated with an asymptomatic prolongation in the clotting time and possibly a tendency towards thrombophlebitis. Other mutations have been linked with a rare form of hereditary angioedema (type III).
Desmopressin is used to improve platelet function by activating arginine vasopressin receptor 1A.
Coagulation factor concentrates are used to treat hemophilia, to reverse the effects of anticoagulants, and to treat bleeding in patients with impaired coagulation factor synthesis or increased consumption. Prothrombin complex concentrate, cryoprecipitate and fresh frozen plasma are commonly-used coagulation factor products. Recombinant activated human factor VII is are increasingly popular in the treatment of major bleeding.
Tranexamic acid and aminocaproic acid inhibit fibrinolysis, and lead to a de facto reduced bleeding rate. Before its withdrawal, aprotinin was used in some forms of major surgery to decrease bleeding risk and need for blood products.
Anticoagulants and anti-platelet agents are amongst the most commonly used medicines. Anti-platelet agents include aspirin, clopidogrel, dipyridamole and ticlopidine; the parenteral glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors are used during angioplasty.
Of the anticoagulants, warfarin (and related coumarins) and heparin are the most commonly used. Warfarin affects the vitamin K dependent clotting factors (II, VII, IX,X) , while heparin and related compounds increase the action of antithrombin on thrombin and factor Xa. A newer class of drugs, the direct thrombin inhibitors, is under development; some members are already in clinical use (such as lepirudin). Also under development are other small molecular compounds that interfere directly with the enzymatic action of particular coagulation factors (e.g. rivaroxaban).
|Number and/or name
|I (fibrinogen)
|Forms clot (fibrin)
|II (prothrombin)
|Its active form (IIa) activates I, V, VIII, XI, XIII, protein C, platelets
|Tissue factor
|Co-factor of VIIa (formerly known as factor III)
|Required for coagulation factors to bind to phospholipid (formerly known as factor IV)
|V (proaccelerin, labile factor)
|Co-factor of X with which it forms the prothrombinase complex
|Unassigned – old name of Factor Va
|VII (stable factor)
|Activates IX, X
|VIII (antihemophilic factor)
|Co-factor of IX with which it forms the tenase complex
|IX (Christmas factor)
|Activates X: forms tenase complex with factor VIII
|X (Stuart-Prower factor)
|Activates II: forms prothrombinase complex with factor V
|XI (plasma thromboplastin antecedent)
|Activates IX
|XII (Hageman factor)
|Activates factor XI and prekallikrein
|XIII (fibrin-stabilizing factor)
|Crosslinks fibrin
|von Willebrand factor
|Binds to VIII, mediates platelet adhesion
|Activates XII and prekallikrein; cleaves HMWK
|high molecular weight kininogen (HMWK)
|Supports reciprocal activation of XII, XI, and prekallikrein
|Mediates cell adhesion
|antithrombin III
|Inhibits IIa, Xa, and other proteases;
|heparin cofactor II
|Inhibits IIa, cofactor for heparin and dermatan sulfate ("minor antithrombin")
|protein C
|Inactivates Va and VIIIa
|protein S
|Cofactor for activated protein C (APC, inactive when bound to C4b-binding protein)
|protein Z
|Mediates thrombin adhesion to phospholipids and stimulates degradation of factor X by ZPI
|Protein Z-related protease inhibitor (ZPI)
|Degrades factors X (in presence of protein Z) and XI (independently)
|Converts to plasmin, lyses fibrin and other proteins
|alpha 2-antiplasmin
|Inhibits plasmin
|tissue plasminogen activator (tPA)
|Activates plasminogen
|Activates plasminogen
|plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI1)
|Inactivates tPA & urokinase (endothelial PAI)
|plasminogen activator inhibitor-2 (PAI2)
|Inactivates tPA & urokinase (placental PAI)
|cancer procoagulant
|Pathological factor X activator linked to thrombosis in cancer
The theory that thrombin was generated by the presence of tissue factor was consolidated by Paul Morawitz in 1905. At this stage, it was known that thrombokinase/thromboplastin (factor III) was released by damaged tissues, reacting with prothrombin (II), which, together with calcium (IV), formed thrombin, which converted fibrinogen into fibrin (I).
A first clue as to the actual complexity of the system of coagulation was the discovery of proaccelerin (initially and later called Factor V) by Paul Owren (1905-1990) in 1947. He also postulated that its function was the generation of accelerin (Factor VI), which later turned out to be the activated form of V (or Va); hence, VI is not now in active use.
Factor VII (also known as serum prothrombin conversion accelerator or proconvertin, precipitated by barium sulfate) was discovered in a young female patient in 1949 and 1951 by different groups.
Factor VIII turned out to be deficient in the clinically recognised but etiologically elusive hemophilia A; it was identified in the 1950s and is alternatively called antihemophilic globulin due to its capability to correct hemophilia A.
Factor IX was discovered in 1952 in a young patient with hemophilia B named Stephen Christmas (1947-1993). His deficiency was described by Dr. Rosemary Biggs and Professor R.G. MacFarlane in Oxford, UK. The factor is hence called Christmas Factor or Christmas Eve Factor. Christmas lived in Canada, and campaigned for blood transfusion safety until succumbing to transfusion-related AIDS at age 46. An alternative name for the factor is plasma thromboplastin component, given by an independent group in California.
Hageman factor, now known as factor XII, was identified in 1955 in an asymptomatic patient with a prolonged bleeding time named of John Hageman. Factor X, or Stuart-Prower factor, followed, in 1956. This protein was identified in a Ms. Audrey Prower of London, who had a lifelong bleeding tendency. In 1957, an American group identified the same factor in a Mr. Rufus Stuart. Factors XI and XIII were identified in 1953 and 1961, respectively.
The view that the coagulation process was a "cascade" or "waterfall" was enunciated almost simultaneously by MacFarlane in the UK and by Davie and Ratnoff in the USA, respectively.
Factors III and VI are unassigned, as thromboplastin was never identified, and actually turned out to consist of ten further factors, and accelerin was found to be activated Factor V.


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Interactive Movies
Space Station Invaders
02 March 2012
Welcome to Space Station Invaders, a game that was designed especially for New Scientist by AI called Angelina. You play a scientist on board a space station where everything that could go wrong, has gone wrong. The robots have gained sentience, aliens have invaded, and that experimental virus you were working on has escaped.
Whoops. You have to find the terminals on each of the three levels to save the station. Good luck!
Parched future for the Southwest
27 October 2011
Climate models predict less rainfall in the US Southwest and Mexico over the coming decades.
Read more: "Dust bowl looms if US Southwest drought plans fail"
Roll over the dates to see the projected changes.
How warming affects quakes and volcanoes
05 October 2011
Melting ice sheets and rising sea levels can alter the existing stresses on faults and magma chambers, triggering earthquakes and eruptions. Global warming may mean such events occur sooner than they might otherwise have done, but there will not necessarily be more overall.
Click the text to see a photographic example of each earth-shattering event.
Mars 500: An interactive timeline
23 September 2011
Read more: 520 days: Surviving everyday life on a mission to Mars
What's in the pipeline?
23 September 2011
We've taken a peek at what products the big vaccine producers have up their sleeves. It's a varied bunch – from a vaccine to protect you against bird flu to one that will help you quit smoking
Twist on a tongue
15 April 2011
By mimicking a chameleon's tongue, a robotic manipulator could be used for delicate manufacturing, or even bug-catching.
In this animation, an inductive coil gun fires a magnetic "tongue tip", while the attached elastomer reduces impact force. The elastomer is attached to a string and is reeled back in by a motor controlled by the driver.
Ups and downs
10 March 2011
How pulses of extra hot rock produce giant ripples over periods as short as 1 to 2 million years
Stubborn US cities rated in personality test
11 November 2010
Cities have ingrained characters that are stubbornly hard to change – and New York, for one, is really quite average
Archimedes's steam cannon
13 July 2010
Read more: Reconstructed: Archimedes's flaming steam cannon
Did the ancient Greek inventor Archimedes build a solar-powered steam cannon that fired flaming projectiles? It's been suggested he did, and below is a graphical reconstruction of how it might of worked.
Illusions contest: Six ways to see two curves
14 May 2010
A simple animated graph can send your brain into a flurry of interpretation
Hey, green spender: Consumer perception vs environmental realities
02 March 2010
New Scientist's exclusive investigation reveals that there can be a massive gulf between how green the public believes a company to be and how green it actually is. You can explore the differences for yourself with our interactive graphic: choose a sector from the list at the top or click one of the dots to get started.
The graphic is based on the companies' Earthsense and Trucost scores. Earthsense asked 30,000 US consumers to rate companies' and products' greenness on a scale of 1 to 10 in a 2008 survey. A company's Trucost score is the estimated cost of its environmental impact under a "polluter pays" system, as a percentage of its annual revenue.
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Unplugged: Goodbye cables, hello energy beams
04 February 2010
New technologies to beam power to gadgets could end the days of ugly cables. Don't have Flash? See a standard image instead
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Destination Phobos: Missions to Mars' largest moon
28 January 2010
A host of space probes have investigated Phobos. Find out about them with this interactive graphic. Return to article
Appland: How smartphones are transforming our lives
19 August 2009
Explore the capabilities of smartphone apps with this animated graphic.
Hover over each of the apps to find out more. The top 8 look at what apps can do, and the bottom 8 explore the rise of apps.
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Gaia's evil twin: Is life its own worst enemy?
18 June 2009
Throughout its history, life on Earth has been beset by mass extinctions - and almost all of them were triggered by life itself. Explore life's attempts to self-destruct with our interactive timeline
Coloured dove
29 May 2009
If you stare for a long time at a large coloured image and then glance at a white background, you'll see the same image appear, but in its complementary colours. That's because the receptors in the eye that pick up the image's colour have become tired and surrounding receptors that haven't been used take over.
While this effect is well-known, Yuval Barkan and Hedva Spitzer from Tel-Aviv University recently demonstrated the first example of a related illusion that causes the background colour to linger in a different part of the image.
In the Coloured Dove illusion (see below), a white dove appears on a coloured background. When the background is switched to white, the dove takes on a paler version of the original surrounding colour.
The team hasn't yet figured out exactly why this happens. One theory is that the dove has actually taken on the background's complementary colour from the beginning, although we fail to perceive it until the background colour disappears.
29 May 2009
If you look directly at the "spinning" ball in this illusion by Arthur Shapiro, it appears to fall straight down. But if you look to one side, the ball appears to curve to one side.
The ball appears to swerve because our peripheral vision system cannot process all of its features independently. Instead, our brains combine the downward motion of the ball and its leftward spin to create the impression of a curve.
Line-of-sight (or foveal) vision, on the other hand, can extract all the information from the ball's movement, which is why the curve disappears when you view the ball dead-on.
Becoming human: A timeline of human evolution
21 April 2009
To scroll left and right along the timeline, hover your mouse over the left or right areas. Centring the mouse pointer will stop the timeline from moving. Click on any of the date points to find out more about them.
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Megaconservation: Saving wildernesses on a giant scale
26 March 2009
Conservationists have unveiled plans for new protected areas of mind-boggling scale. Explore four of the proposed conservation areas with this interactive map: click the orange boxes to get started.
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Genetic link to IQ stronger than thought
11 March 2009
The first images of the quality of the brain's wiring reveal that more aspects of intelligence are inherited than previously known
Ten lessons of targeted cancer therapy
23 October 2009
Cancer treatments are notorious for their side effects, which occur because the treatments kill healthy cells as well as cancer cells. But a new generation of treatments causes much less collateral damage. Find out how they work with this interactive graphic
Oil: Danger zones
23 October 2009
A huge proportion of the world's oil supply flows through a handful of pipelines and shipping lanes. Knocking out just one of these could have dangerous consequences.
The history of motoring
18 June 2009
Down to the nanoscale
07 November 2008
Return of the space shuttle
07 November 2008
Brain storm
07 November 2008
The history of aviation
07 November 2008
How the human brain works
07 November 2008
The reign of the dinosaurs
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Delays in completing road projects have raised costs by Sh36 billion above the original estimates, an audit report shows.
"This money could be saved if road works were managed more efficiently and could be used to further invest in the road network," says the value for money performance audit report on road works by the National Audit Office of Tanzania (NAOT).
Seen by The Citizen ahead of the tabling of budget proposals for the ministry of Infrastructure Development in the National Assembly in Dodoma tomorrow, the document says out of 10 road works that were audited by NAOT, none was completed on time, resulting in a combined final cost of 57 per cent higher than the original budget.
In most cases the extension was for more than six months, revealed the report, indicating that the total original budget for10 road projects was Sh153.7 billion, but delays in construction pushed the cost to a whopping Sh241.3billion.
"Only three of the 10 roads audited were finished between one and five months after the initially agreed completion time," said the report, adding that the other seven took between eight months and two and a half years, beyond the initial work programme, to be completed.
"Such delays mean that the economic and social benefits from roads are also delayed," notes the report, pointing an accusing finger at the ministry of Infrastructure Development and the Tanzania National Roads Agency (Tanroads) for their laxity in overseeing the works.
For example, the report shows the project for the Kyabakari-Butiama road was planned to be completed in 16 months but it took 17 months. The Somanga-Matandu road which was to be completed in 30 months, took 32 months.
The Shelui-Nzega road which was supposed to be completed in 31 months saw the contractor extend the work to 36 months.
The Morogoro-Dodoma road took 32 months instead of 24 months.
According to the report, the Muhutwe-Kigoma road was to be completed in 12 months but it took 32 months. Whereas the Nzega-Tinde-Isaka road which was scheduled to be completed within 30 months took a year further.
Other roads that fell behind schedule included the Mutukula-Muhutwe road works, Songwe-Tunduma road works, Tinde-Shinyanga/Mwanza road works and various roads in Mwanza Region.
The report showed the design of any construction work included quantities required and the permissible costs which are mutually agreed between the ministry of Infrastructure Development, Tanroads and the contractors before the works start.
The audit observed that the management system for road works under the ministry of Infrastructure Development and Tanroads does not do well in ensuring economy, efficiency and effectiveness of the road works.
"This leads to poor quality, delays, cost overruns and, above all, reduced value for money by tax payers' resources," says the report.
It notes that quality control was not effective at the construction stage either, adding that inspections and monitoring were rarely conducted as planned and that documentation was inadequate.
It also shows that most delays in completing road works could be avoided, as they were within the control of the responsible ministry and Tanroads, and did not arise from uncontrollable circumstances such as earth quakes, wars and rains.
The audit also revealed that even after extensions were given, deadlines were not respected and contractors were left to determine their own work schedules.
"Neither Tanroads nor its consultants verify whether contractors' requests for extensions and cost overruns are justified before they are granted," it notes.
"Instead all requests (for extension) received blanket approvals. Still some contractors failed to complete the work within the granted time. Other works were completed before the extended deadline, suggesting they might not have needed the extension," said the audit.
It mentions the main reasons for delays and cost overruns as problems in planning, preparation and design, poor performance by contractors, and long delays before the start of construction, which made the original designs outdated.
Other reasons were changes in the scope of work (without redesigning) due to funding constraints, cost underestimations and inadequate coordination with local authorities and other government departments, in particular when works involved the relocation of existing utilities.
The audit revealed that in some instances funding constraints occurred because the ministry of Infrastructure Development and Tanroads had failed to secure financing before projects started.
It said that most of the road works were financed by donors and for funding to be released loan agreements and conditions for disbursement had to be met, adding that when this was not done properly, delays were likely to occur.
Uwazi, a non-governmental organisation that aims to improve access to information which enhances transparency and public accountability, says with nearly 13 per cent of the government budget spent on infrastructure each year, it is crucial that these issues are addressed.
It recommends that planning, design and preparation are carefully undertaken and that miscalculation of costs and inadequacies in design are avoided.
It calls for overseeing and quality control systems to be improved and for Tanroads to stop the practice of assigning consultants multiple tasks that could lead to conflict of interest.
In 2007/08, road works consumed Sh800 billion or an equivalent of 13 per cent of the government budget. In 2009/10 the government allocated Sh1.1 trillion for infrastructure development while in 2010/11 Sh1.5 trillion has been set aside to finance road construction activities.