"Every generation has been growing weaker, and disease of every form visits the human race."
A recent Swedish study published in Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain showed that exercise does not seem to increase migraines. In fact, regular activity can reduce the number of migraines, the intensity of migraines and the need for pain medication.
Chronic stress from growing up poor appears to have a direct impact on the brain, leaving children with impairment in at least one key area — working memory.
"It's critical for learning," said Gary W. Evans, a professor of human ecology at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. "If you don't have good working memory, you can't do things like hold a phone number in your head or develop a vocabulary."
Living near power lines may significantly increase a person's risk of death from Alzheimer's disease or senile dementia, according to a new study conducted by researchers from the University of Bern, Switzerland. The study is the first to definitively link exposure to low-frequency electromagnetic fields to elevated mortality from dementia.
Getting back to the relatively slim, trim days of the 1970s would help to tackle climate change, researchers say. The rising numbers of people who are overweight and obese in the UK means the nation uses 19% more food energy than 40 years ago, a study suggests.
A "normal" adult population, where only 3.5% are classed as obese, was compared with a population where 40% are obese.
In a recent article given me, I read with concern the heading "Kidney Stones in American Kids a Painful Trend." Kidney stones in children!? I then observed how recent this article was and it is dated 29 March 2009.
In my childhood in the 60's and early 70's kidney stones were only heard of in people of later years — and not too many cases either. Sure, it seemed that it was somewhat related to lifestyle and diet, but to now hear and read of this problem in children is indeed disturbing.
A look at the figures.
In 2005, about 10 children each year were treated for kidney stones at Philadelphia's Children's hospital. Now about five are diagnosed each week!!!
Referrals regarding children with kidney stones has grown at Baltimore's John Hopkins Children Center from one or two a year 15 years ago, to new cases every week.
The number of children treated for kidney stones at the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Medical Center grew by 500% between 1994 and 2005, when 61 children were treated.
One pediatrician at Loyola University Medical Center near Chicago treated an 8-month-old girl after her mother found a pea-sized stone in her diaper.
Well, what are these dreaded kidney stones. Firstly they well known for producing excruciating pain, and as a rule they form as a result of excess calcium in the urine.
What's one method of helping this problem? "Parents have reported improvements in their children's health when salty foods such as cheeseburgers, fries, sausages, ramen noodles, canned goods, chicken nuggets, and pickles were removed from the diet" Dr. David Hatch, the pediatrician at Loyola who treated the 8-month-old baby recommends at least four cups of water every day for the average 10 year old, with the amount adjusted according the child's size. He also stresses water means water, not any other beverages a child may consume in addition to adequate water intake. But sometimes, there may be need for more serious measures to remove or dislodge the troublesome stones such a diuretics or even surgery.
Drink up friends. Drink up, it certainly is a good place to start to prevent a whole lot of trouble and pain.
"Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink." Remember this old adage that many of us grew up with. In New Zealand we have been blessed with good water to consume — as is with most other nations of the world. Yet how lightly we treat this absolutely essential ingredient for our existence.
Most of us blush when asked how much water we drink. We all know the 6-8 glasses a day recommendation, but how many of us adhere to it. Yes, we do have water, water everywhere; just in our taps within arms reach, but not a drop to drink. We just don't get around in our busy day to put that glass under the tap.
So often when we feel thirst come upon us, we think we need food, but no, just give the body some tepid fresh water. It will invigorate the body and maintain buoyant health.
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A complete loss of subjective self-identity. Well, that sounds like a bushel of fucking sunshine, doesn't it? Sonically, it's "Mr. Sun (Miss Da Sun)" by Greetea Peng. The thing is you're doing fine, right? That's when you pipe in Tierra Whack's "Pretty Ugly" until you're left off imagining Daft Punk's "Something About Us" and you realize the soundtrack to your life is more of something songs cannot sing a paeon unto. Though, if vengeance had a theme song, I would think this diamond needle on the mindfuckery finale of I May Destroy You (HBO) titled "Ego Death" would play just fine, Hi-Fidelity.
We open up just where we left off: outside of the Ego Death Bar. This is where Arabella's (Michaela Coel) mind puzzle is taking shape. She stares through to her goal, not at it.
In the women's bathroom, Bella's shocked and shook. Terry (Weruche Opia) is standing by on their next move. Escaping into the next stall, her girl Bells is already two steps ahead, instructing Terry to put on a disguise. Now, T's already thinking her girl is bonkers for surveilling the bar for so long, but Arabella knows that a criminal always returns to the scene of the crime. Her take on recidivism is a big risk, but Terry is down for the alliance as it is "spicy, blud." They're one out though. If Arabella's the hook and Terry's the line, who is the Sink Him?
Theo (Harriet Webb) makes the trio and now they wait for the rat to chase the cheese. In a white bob wig and a vinyl ensemble that would have Grace Jones envious, Bella sidles up to the bar and to David (Lewis Reeves). Terry wants to help and Theo knows exactly where thee actress can play her part.
At the bar, Arabella meets her assailant in the flesh and they lock eyes for the first time since that January 22nd night a year prior. He introduces himself as 'Patrick' and orders her a Gin and Tonic. As Terry is grinding up on his mate Tariq (Chin Nyenwe), David turns to slip something in Arabella's drink. This is Theo's time to shine.
As 'Patrick' blathers on about nothing of consequence to Arabella as she takes a few sips before tossing the drink, Theo snatches his drug and decamps to the Gentlemans' room. Searching the stalls, she finds one, extracts a syringe, and takes this game to a whole new level, sucking his drug into it and not a moment too soon. Why? A 'groggy' Arabella enters with David. He kicks open each stall to make sure no one is present, but the present has yet to be delivered.
As if acting out a play, Arabella goes limp on the toilet, only to have him pick her up, slam her against the stall, cracking the glass, slipping off her knickers and putting them in his pocket as a keepsake. He proceeds to place her back on the toilet, facing him, and just as he's about to undo his zipper, she tells him that a criminal always returns to the scene of their crime and asking him if the true criminal is he or she. Theo proceeds to stab him in the foot with his own medicine. She forces a kiss on him and though he begs for an exit, she holds the door shut until she lets him escape. Only now have they been formally introduced.
A scared and drugged David stumbles through the club and onto the street as Tariq follows him. The trio yuck it up in the stall, but that immediately turns to worry, as if he's had too much, he's a goner and if he's had too little, he can go to the cops. Either way, Arabella's drawers are filed in his jacket.
On the street, Tariq follows a very drugged and emasculated David. Tariq is worried, but David shoos him off. However, Three the Hard Way is on his fucking tail. All the way. Until he… fucking… drops. Even though Bella takes the evidence, she wants to see his dick. Terry thinks she's out of her gourd, but she pulls it out and holds it. He wakes up and what proceeds is Arabella's darkest desire. As Theo strangles him, Bells punches the fuck out of him until he chokes on his own blood (and the lack of oxygen.) PHEW! What. A. Rush!
Arabella takes the corpse with her on the train home and proceeds to put him under her bed. It may be a monster under her bed, but the hunt was good and well earned. She proceeds to write and post the last notes of her story on the wall, but she realizes they are stained with blood and her area rug ain't getting any fucking cleaner.
The next morning, as Ben (Stephen Wight) tends to his trees, Bella stares off into the void. Upon being asked what is on the menu for the night, she asserts she'll be at the old haunt that haunts her, haunting it. She opens the invite to him to watch and wait, but he declines, as he's been doing. This time, it's different, however.
Has this all been a fantasy? A proposed resolution to Arabella's book? No, this can't be it. It just can't be.
That night at the bar, Bella notices Tariq and David palling it up. Heading into the Ladies' room this time with T, Bella is about to buzz the fuzz. Terry puts her bestie in a stall and has her think this over. The police need evidence which Arabella cannot materialize… but what best friend doesn't have an extra pin in their purse, an extra match for that cigarette, an extra plan for that man? The alliance in this scenario is still "spicy, blud."
This situation calls for a bit of the ole' charlie… and a good bit of it. It also helps that the Prodigy's "Firestarter" flares up just as Bella's nostrils do with a line… or several.
Arabella goes to David and is all in his face. She's slightly worse than a club kid but more annoying for good reason. He actually takes notice. The hook is on the fish. Terry is grinding up on Tariq, the line is set.
While David orders two drinks for him and Arabella, spiking one, Arabella is in control. She bugs him high on cocaine and she is truly a fire starter (Drew Barrymore, eat your heart out.) While Terry grinds up on Tariq, Bella puts the moves on David and not in a sexy way. She has her swerve on and David takes her to the bathroom as T stops the dance and gets on her cellular.
In the bathroom, the same scenario is played out until Bells is splayed out and calls him by his name. Not 'Patrick' but rather David and knowing that he spiked her Gin. This scares him but arouses interest in him, as he gets violent with his prey. He tests her. Does she want something stronger? Does she cry? These are all the things he wants as he smashes her head against the glass, causing a crack as he pins her down.
Arabella's eyes don't waver. They don't flinch. He spouts out some bullshite about how there are bigger problems in the world and an itty-bitty-wape isn't her concerned as she's one of the privileged. I believe the term he uses is "dumb, little whore." She doesn't flinch. She doesn't waver. Staring a demon in the face is easier when you've already flagellated yourself for it. He means nothing to her. She's bulletproof. Threats run off of her like raindrops.
This takes an interesting turn, as David now projects his violence and vitriol. He addresses 'David' (Arabella) as worthless and stupid and even swears to kill anybody that leaks that information out, even as he has her pinned. Though suddenly, he falls into her, sobbing. Though the police at Terry's instance go into the bathroom, nobody is found.
Instead, David is in Arabella's room. With Arabella. On her bed. Why would she let a rapist into her sanctum? Well, for very good reason. Everybody has a story.
It turns out David's been in the clink for rape and every type you can think of. Rape is compulsory for him and Bella is basically taming a dragon. He feels that even being on her bed with her isn't right. Arabella is titanium now and he's scared because she isn't. She wrested his power. Even when the cops knock on her door, she gives him a warm embrace before she breaks down… and breaks out her pad as she writes the final notes to post on her wall on how to finish her book.
Next morning.
Arabella is staring into the vacuity of space and listens to the one bird chirp as Ben tends to his garden. As per usual in this time-loop, he complains about it. He asks what's on the menu for the night and Bella is still scouting out the Ego Death Bar, putting out a standing invitation to him, to which he declines. This has been done time and again.
That night, as Arabella stares through the depths of Hell through one plate of glass, she heads into the bathroom with Terry. Only this time, Terry admits that her time in Italy with her two 'suitors' was a goddamned setup. This is Terry accepting her fate due to decisions made.
Arabella kicks open each stall and sees something different. And what's behind stall number one? She envisions the rape victim from episode two. Another? The teenage versions of her, Terry and Theo being giddy about fucking over a rapist. This leads her into walking hand in hand with Terry into the Ego Death Bar again. Except it's vacant. It's the day, not night.
The roles are changed and Arabella is now plying David with a good time as Tariq is dancing for Terry.
In that same stall, which is now kind of patched up due to the broken glass, Arabella makes out with David… and they proceed into her bedroom.
What follows next isn't a fallowed type of sex, but rather something different. They are a homunculus. They fall together in ecstasy as their times cum.
This prompts the next morning when Arabella is once again hearing the loud chirp of Ben's hated bird. Bella looks at David with sleepy eyes and isn't afraid of waking up next to him. He's now a proper gentleman and when she asks his naked ass to leave, he does. As does his bloody corpse underneath her bed, carrying her abortion bag as well.
Arabella proceeds to write and post the last few notes on her wall before going off to the sweetest scene of the crime again… Ben. When he again complains about the bird she can only muster the patented "Hmm."
What's on the menu tonight?
Bella is on her bed with a parcel, but she's afraid to open it. T jumps on it and does the honors of peeling back the packaging. Bella instructs her to flip to the dedication page.
Your Birth Is My Birth
Your Death Is My Death
This Is Dedicated To
Terry, My Best Friend
EPILOGUE:
In the comfort of their own space, Terry, Arabella, Kai (Tyler Luke Cunningham), Theo, Kwame (Paapa Essidue) and Ben peep Terry's new on-screen acting job for a mobile commercial and cheer her on. All is right with the world. Speaking of which…
Arabella is later speaking at a book store, which Sion (Ellie James) is moderating. It's independently published and it's called January 22nd, with which Arabella starts with a sigh… the same sigh of contentment she had on that beach in Italy.
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The Digital Humanities conference in 2013 will be hosted by the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
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Cultura project, a 36 months EU project funded under Seventh Framework Programme, has answered to the Call, submitting an abstract. The abstract called "An Evaluation of the Involvement of General Users in a Cultural Heritage Collection" by Agosti, Benfante, Manfioletti, Orio, Ponchia has been accepted.
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Clostridium botulinum, group II
Causes hemolysis; spore forming; notifiable diseases and bacteria
Referensstammar: Typ E: ATCC 9564. Sackarolytiska typ B: ATCC 25765. Sackarolytiska typ F: ATCC 27321.
Large greyish white colonies (5 mm in diameter) with very irregular edges. Gives β-hemolysis on blood agar.
Large motile, spore forming rods (0.8-1.6 x 1.7 -15.7 µm).
Esculinase -, lecithinase -, tryptophanase -.
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? (-) - (+) v
Other carbohydrates: Fructose +, galactose v, mannose +, ribose v, xylose -.
Saccharolytic bacteria can hydrolyze di-, tri- and polysaccharides to monosaccharides, which are then fermented.
Meat, fish, dead invertebrates, canned products, sludge from ponds.
Toxin type E: humans, fish eating waterfowl, farmed fish.
Toxin type F: humans
C. botulinum strains within group II produce botulinum toxin type B, E or F
The different toxin types have the same basic structure and mechanism of action, but are serologically distinct. Botulinum toxin is a neurotoxin, which is similar to tetanospasmin in structure and mode of action, but they act on different parts of the nervous system. Botulinum toxin is (like tetanospasmin) composed of two protein subunits and one is a protease that destroys the fusion protein to which vesicles containing acetylcholine should bind. Thereby inhibiting the signal transduction between the efferent (= motoric) nerve and muscle cells by preventing vesicles from anchoring to the membrane to release acetylcholine. This results in a flaccid paralysis. C.f. Clostridium tetani.
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Minst två stammar av toxintyp E har sekvenserats och 0-1 plasmid har rapporterats.
L37592 ATCC 9564 1463 11
About 180 differens species have been descibed within genus Clostridium. C. botulinum can be classified into four different phenotypic groups: I-IV. C. botulinum-strains within group III are most closely related to Clostridium butyricum, Clostridium beijerinckii and Clostridium uliginosum and not to any of the other three phenotypic groups of C. botulinum.
Clostridium botulinum actually represents four different species (phenotypic groups), all of which have at least one of the botulinum toxin genes. In the case of C. botulinum, you can really say that taxonomy is not consistent with phylogeny.
The type strain is of toxin type A.


Western Cape High Court Judge Dennis Davis handed down judgment on the matter on Friday amid a legal challenge from opposition party the Democratic Alliance (DA).
The DA launched its court case against Muthambi regarding Motsoeneng's appointment as chief operating officer following a report from Public Protector Thuli Madonsela that said Motsoeneng must be disciplined for falsely claiming to have a matric certificate.
"(The) Minister has noted the judgment of the court and is going to appeal the judgment," ministry spokesperson Mish Molakeng said in an emailed statement.
The judgment from Davis came amid the second part of the DA's court case.
Earlier this year, in the first interim part of the case, the Western Cape High Court ordered that Motsoeneng be suspended and that a disciplinary hearing against him should go ahead.
This decision followed an appeal from Motsoeneng and Muthambi. However, the appeal court dismissed the appeal in October.
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Abraham Kiptum will race the inaugural Abu Dhabi Marathon on December 7 + his hardest workout prior to Valencia WR!
Lower mileage runners racing just as well.
December 2: Ten Sub-2:10 Japanese Men Lead Field For Fukuoka Marathon The field includes Yuki Kawauchi, half-marathon national record holder Yuta Shitara(2:06:11 PB), 2015 World Champion Ghirmay Ghebreslassie, 2011 World silver medalist Vincent Kipruto and GB's Callum Hawkins.
Meijo University Wins Second-Straight National University Women's Ekiden The team ran 2:05:26 to win by 34-seconds.


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Basketball, Main Slider, National Games, Tournaments
35th National Games 2015: In a battle of heavyweights, Tamil Nadu men and women beat reigning national champions Uttarakhand and Chhattisgarh respectively
Yadwinder Singh of Uttarakhand attempts a jumpshot against Tamil Nadu's Arvind.
Kannur: In an exciting first day of basketball action at the 35th National Games at Mundayad Indoor Stadium in Kannur, Kerala, Tamil Nadu men exacted revenge over reigning senior national champions Uttarakhand. With Amjyot Singh back in the lineup, this was a different Tamil Nadu team than the one which fell to Uttarakhand in the finals of last month's 65th Senior National Basketball Championship.
Following in the men's footsteps, Tamil Nadu's women team too upset reigning senior national champions Chhattisgarh. Marking her return to competitive play, veteran international Anitha Pauldurai showed why she is the difference maker and premier playmaker for India in the last decade. Pauldurai had 10 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 steals in her side's 67-56 win.
Hosts Kerala men and women got off to winning starts against Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh respectively, while Delhi women fell tamely to Punjab. A depleted Delhi side was missing the services of its entire starting five: the three Singh sisters apart from junior international Preeti Kumari and senior International Raspreet Sidhu.
Maharashtra forced Karnataka into numerous turnovers in the third quarter to race away to a 72-51 win after the scores were neck and neck 30-27 at halftime. Karnataka men too suffered a similar fate against a rampaging Services side that nearly scored in triple digits in their 97-77 win.
Continuing with the day's trend of revenge wins, Punjab men put behind their loss to Haryana in the quarterfinals of the 65th Senior Nationals by beating the same opponents 89-82.
The last edition of the national games was held in Jharkhand in 2011 with Punjab and Tamil Nadu were the winners in the men and women sections respectively. This edition, the top eight men's and women's teams from the 64th Senior National Basketball Championship held in New Delhi, are taking part.
Results for 9/2/15
Kerala (Subash Shenoy 14 pts & 11 rbs, Ajeeth Sugunan 12, Basil Philip 11, Ashin Xavier 11, Robin S 11) bt Chhattisgarh (Ajay Pratap Singh 22, Kiranpal Singh 17 pts & 12 rbs, Shiv Kumar 10) 79-57 [22-12, 15-10, 20-13, 22-22]
Services (Jairam Jat 23 pts & 10 rbs, Narender Grewal 20, Joginder Singh 18) bt Karnataka (A Arvind 26 pts & 17 rbs, Rajesh Uppar 16 pts, 9 asts & 8 rbs) 97-77 [24-25, 24-19, 27-14, 22-19]
Tamil Nadu (Prasanna Venkatesh 15, Pratham Singh 13, Siva Balan 12, Aravind 12) bt Uttarakhand (Yadwinder Singh 17 pts & 10 rbs, Vishesh Bhriguvanshi 11, Arjun Singh 10) 66-60 [19-12, 10-11, 11-24, 26-13]
Punjab (Harmandeep Singh 23, Amritpal Singh 22, Palpreet Singh 13 pts & 16 rbs, Gurvinder Singh Gill 17) bt Haryana (Vikas 22, Deepak Rathee 18, Himanshu Sharma 16) 89-82 [23-21, 19-18, 25-22, 22-21]
Punjab (Nirmal Kaur 22, Gagandeep 17 pts & 15 rbs, Samriti 14) bt Delhi (Shivangi Sakda 10, Jasmine Singh 6, Monica V 6) 77-39 [8-7, 24-12, 25-12, 20-8]
Tamil Nadu (Rajapriyadarshini 28 pts & 12 rbs, Alagu Tamil Mozhi 11, Anitha Pauldurai 10) bt Chhattisgarh (Anju Lakra 14, Sharanjeet Kaur 14, Seema Singh 11 pts & 11 rbs) 67-56 [17-13, 12-13, 13-15, 25-15]
Maharashtra (Kenny Susan 21, Sruthi Menon 13, Renu 11, Ranjeeta 11) bt Karnataka (Navaneeta 16 pts & 21 rbs, Savitha 11, Roshini 10) 72-51 [18-14, 12-13, 22-11, 20-13]
Kerala (Athira Makkoottan 16, Lijimol P 15, Jeena PS 14) bt Andhra Pradesh (Hafijunnisha SK 10, Jyothi CH 9) 88-39 [29-8, 30-5, 18-6, 11-20]
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LDdriver is a pseudo device driver for the OpenVMS platform which allows any file to be treated as a disk.
LDdriver was originally written for VAX/VMS around 1985 by a former colleague of mine, Adrie Sweep, a software engineer in The Netherlands. The basic principle worked fine, although it was very inflexible in configuring and usage. Some time later the driver was changed to use so called cloned devices to allow for a very flexible way of managing the virtual disks. Over the years a number of things have been added to allow for far greater versatility, and LD has obviously been ported to Alpha. LD has been a part of OpenVMS since VMS V7.3-1, used by CDRECORD. Beginning in V8.2 LD is fully integrated.
Although LDdriver is currently part of VMS, development by VMS engineering will probably not continue as I have left HP. The good thing is that I will continue to develop LDdriver in my spare time, making separate kits available over time.
LDdriver is, as its name implies, a Logical Disk driver running on OpenVMS. Its main use is to use a file on any type of hard disk as a disk. For example, we have a file called LDDISK:[VMS]DISK.DAT then we can use that file as a disk by using the command LD CONNECT LDDISK:[VMS]DISK.DAT LDA1:. After that we have a device LDA1: on the system which we can use as a disk.
To begin using LD its system startup procedure needs to run: SYS$STARTUP:LD$STARTUP, if needed it can be placed in SYS$SYSTEM:SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM. The normal way to use it is without any parameter, but if 9999 LD devices are not enough a parameter can be specified, and that is the controller letter to use for LD. If not specified then LDA will be used, but if one would like an additional controller like LDB then specifying B as the first parameter should do the trick.
If any help is needed, just remember the command LD HELP. Every command is described in detail, and a couple of examples are provided.
The major new feature in LD V9.0 is virtual tape support. This allows a file on disk to be used as a tape device, which can be very handy for testing. To use it substitute the LD command by LM, and create LM devices (Logical Magtape) instead of LD devices.
There has been an article for the OpenVMS technical journal which has been published in June 2005. You can find it here (pdf).
A presentation about new developments has been given at the OpenVMS Bootcamp in Nashua, NH (USA) in June 2006. You can find it here (ppt).
Another presentation has been given at the OpenVMS Technical Update Days in Nieuwegein (The Netherlands) on October 11, 2006. You can find it here (ppt).
The new presentation about virtual tape support given at the HP OpenVMS Advanced Technical Bootcamp can be found here (ppt).
LDdriver is freeware. It may be freely downloaded and used. The sources are available in the kit, and support is limited. In case of problems report them here and they may get fixed. We are not responsible for any malfunction or data loss caused by this software.
If a containerfile for a virtual tape resided on a disk controlled by SYS$DQDRIVER (IDE disk, Alpha only) then the system could hang when connecting the container file.
If the system has no allocation class specified, and the system name ended in LD then LD SHOW/ALL or LD DISCONNECT/ALL would give an error when it selected the wrong device.
On Ia64 the trace data was not properly displayed, the microseconds resolution field was invalid. This could only happen on OpenVMS V8.3 or above.
On all platforms the display of timing information with /TIMESTAMP=DELTA was incorrect. This could only happen on OpenVMS V8.3 or above.
If a container file does not have the NO_CACHING attribute set it will be set when the file is disconnected (provided that there is write access to the file). Not doing that may leave data in the XFC cache from operations like copy, unzip, etc. causing problems later on when reconnecting the container file.
LDdriver V9.5 has been released. A problem has been corrected which may cause applications to fail with floating point errors (like HPARITH faults) when LD tracing is active. The problem only occurred when LD was running on OpenVMS version V8.3 or higher.
LDdriver V9.4 has been released. The only change in this release is in the installer, so that it will now correctly install on OpenVMS E8.4 (fieldtest) and higher.
Volume status: no-unload on dismount, odd parity.
possible, like DUMP from tape may always give 512 byte blocks.
LDdriver V9.2 has been released. The major new feature is variable container file support for tape. This allows a file on disk to be used as a tape device, without having to preallocate a certain amount of blocks. This is enabled at CONNECT time with the qualifier /EXTEND. Also, a limit may be placed on the maximum container file size. The default is unlimited, which means that extending the file will stop as soon as the underlaying disk is full.
This will create a virtual tape of initially 0 blocks in size, and the extension of the container file will be done with 10000 blocks at a time. There's a limit of 5000000 blocks, if the file grows to that limit then the end of tape marker will be returned at 95% of the maximum capacity.
After writing the tape and dismounting it, excess blocks can be removed from the container file with LM DISCONNECT/TRUNCATE or LM UNLOAD/TRUNCATE. This will effectively truncate the container file to the maximum logical block where data has been written.
Specifying /LIMIT without /EXTEND on the CONNECT command is not allowed. The default extension limit for /EXTEND is 65536 blocks if not specified. Specifying /LIMIT=0 is the same as not specifying /LIMIT.
IO$_SETMODE to a tape device will now set the correct default device buffer size.
Under very specific circumstances a skip reverse operation to tape resulted in a read request from disk with a random number of bytes. Some controllers rejected the command with SS$_CTRLERR, other errors could be an SS$_BUGCHECK from the driver itself.
A system crash could occur when running LD$STARTUP.COM or LM$STARTUP on a system which was very low on nonpaged pool. Doing that right now will return an error.
The known issues for V9.2 are the same as for V9.0.
The kit may be installed on OpenVMS Alpha V7.3-2, V8.2, V8.3 and X8.4 (Pre-release), or on OpenVMS IA64 V8.2-1, V8.3, V8.3-1H1 and X8.4 (Pre-release).
The kit is located here.
LDdriver V9.1 is a bugfix for the installer. The only change is that V9.1 will allow installation on OpenVMS Integrity V8.3-1H1. Attempting to install V9.0 on VMS V8.3-1H1 will result in missing files like LM$STARTUP.COM, LM$UTILITY.EXE etc. If LD V9.0 was installed on OpenVMS Integrity V8.3, and the system has been updated to V8.3-1H1 everything will be fine and no reinstall of LD V9.1 will be needed.
If LD V9.0 has been installed and runs fine then there's NO need to install V9.1 as the images are the same.
The current version is V9.0 which runs on OpenVMS Alpha (V7.3-2, V8.2, V8.3), and OpenVMS Itanium (V8.2-1, V8.3). Older versions will probably work, but this has not been tested. This version is NOT supported on OpenVMS VAX, LD V8.3 is the last version to support VAX. The reason is that LD makes heavy use of 64-bit arithmetic and system services. For that reason it will for certain not work on Alpha VMS versions below V7.0.
You can download the LD V9.0 kit here.
Volume status:  no-unload on dismount, odd parity.
There are three commands for volume switch support: LM LOAD, UNLOAD and SWITCH. Initially an LM device can be created without a connected containerfile, with LM CONNECT/NOLOAD LMAx.
when it's accessed. LM LOAD and SWITCH can use the same qualifiers as CONNECT, UNLOAD can use the same qualifiers as DISCONNECT.
If a device is not connected to a container file it can simply be removed with LM DISCONNECT LMAx.
This command allows volume switching for backup. The existing virtual tapeunit is re-used with a new container file. If backup is at the end of a tape and issues an Opcom request this commands allows switching of the containerfile.
One thing to notice is that a tape containerfile must be at least 5000 blocks in size. The virtual end of tape is currently fixed at 95% of the containerfile size, after writing that amount of data the driver will return SS$_ENDOFTAPE after every write. This is a warning message only, the data will be written correctly. If the physical end of data is reached an SS$_DRVERR will be returned.
user lacks VOLPRO privilege to override that.
If creation of a containerfile is done on a disk with highwater marking enabled, a warning will be issued that it may take some time if the filesize is above 100000 blocks (VMS V8.2 and higher only).
This allows a logical name to be associated with the connected LD device.
This allows selection of absolute start and end time of trace data.
This will get the LD unit number in DCL symbol LD_UNIT, and the container file specification in the symbol LD_CONTAINER. For tape it will be LM_UNIT and LM_CONTAINER.
LD SHOW/TRACE can now show the contents of the LBN and BYTECOUNT fields in decimal and hex with /LBN=[HEX,DECIMAL] or /BYTECOUNT=[HEX,DECIMAL].
Trace data for the LM device will by default not contain the data to/from disk initiated by the driver (with a PID field of 0). To enable tracing of this data use /ALL with LD TRACE.
If an older version of LD was loaded when the new LD version is installed, the system has to be rebooted before LM can be used since LD and LM use the same driver.
LM SHOW/TRACE/CONTINOUS can not yet be trusted completely, it may cause invalid data to be written to tape if used on an LM device while writing to tape.
Switching volumes due to tape full on a Files-11 mounted tape may get errors.
The accurate timing measurements may be way off if a cpu is stopped and restarted. Disconnecting and reconnecting the LD device will fix it.
Copying .OBJ files (and possibly others) may give SS$_BADATTRIB errors. This is not stricktly an error since any copy of a file on a files-11 mounted tape may generate this error for records smaller than 14 bytes. These small records are rejected by the VMS I/O system as documented in the I/O User's reference manual. A real tape device will behave the same.
Issue with LDdriver on volumesets.
There is an issue when an LD containerfile is stored on a volumeset. Reads and writes to or from the file are always directed to the member where the container file is stored, which can result in disk corruption on that member, if the containerfile extends to other members of that volume set. This is fixed in LD V8.3 and the V9.0 kit.
This problem was introduced in LD V8.0, and is also present in LD V8.1 and V8.2. The native version of LD present in VMS V8.3 is also affected. This is for all supported architectures (Alpha, Ia64 and Vax).
The new kit can be found on the download page.
Get the new table definitions here.
A problem has been reported for LD which may cause applications to fail with floating point errors (like HPARITH faults) when LD tracing is active. The problem has been identified and a new driver and kit will be created soon. As a workaround, don't use I/O tracing.
The problem can happen in LD V9.0 through V9.4. LD V9.5 will have a solution.
For any requests of new functionality please drop me a mail. I will seriously consider all suggestions.


The study analysed fish catch efficiency of fishing households in Ogun-waterside of Ogun State, Nigeria. The data used for the analysis came from a sample survey of the area of study. Stochastic catch function was fitted to the data. Evidence from the estimated model indicated that fishing experience; capital asset, outboard engine, education and extension contact are significant factors influencing fish catch by the households. The households are all operating below the stochastic frontier. A minimum of 29.8 percent and a maximum of 84.3 percent technical efficiencies were estimated for the households. An average technical efficiency of 78.5 percent was obtained. There is a scope of 5.8 percent to increase fish catch if all the fishing households adopt the fishing method of the most efficient firm in the sample. Policy recommendations emanating from this study include over-hauling the extension delivery system in fisheries, provision of credit for the small scale fishing household, reduction in the prices of key fishing inputs like outboard engines, the provision of market outlets and storage facilities.


Bashar explores the concept and of what karma truly is and how to redefine our old, limiting concepts of karma, and use it as a tool to keep us in our preferred vibration.
How can I redefine the idea that painting and writing is not an occupation that can being me money?
Could you explain what the effect of Astrology is on our lives?
How do I use Karma as a tool to find out if I'm on the right path?
Last year you spoke of 2013 as the year that would "Shake us to our core". Are we still experiencing this?
Do some of the hybrid children now have children of their own?
Is there a specific way to know if you're channeling?
I feel like I'm dipping my toes in different dimensions, I'd like to be able to hear what these other beings are trying to tell me.
Why am I choosing things I don't prefer?
Is my relationship a gift?
How can I still follow my chosen career I if I do not have the proper credentials?
When will we get to meet our Hybrid Children?
What is my connection with The Einstein Crystal Skull?
Recently I've been experiencing a lot of extremes. What does that polarity mean?
I grew up thinking Karma was a punishment, and now I'm afraid of it. How can I redefine that belief?
How can I stay in sync with my core?


JAY-Z will earn more many than any other Hip Hop artist in 2018, ending Diddy's three-year reign atop Forbes Hip Hop Cash Kings list.
JAY-Z pulled in $76.5 million, mostly from touring and investments. Diddy was second with $64 million.
Rap vet Nas made his debut on the top 20 list at number 6. But it had nothing to do with the 44-year-old rapping. Almost all the $35 million Nas pulled in was for his venture capital activities.
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Canadians Not Telling Full Picture on Mental Health: CAMH
Joel Kranc
Most Canadians rely on shortcuts to describe their emotional state—even during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to new data released today by the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) in partnership with Maru/Matchbox, 77% of those asked "how are you?" rely on "I'm fine, thanks" to express how they're doing, despite the fact that Canadians are feeling more negative emotions than positive ones these days (63% negative vs. 37% positive). The data was released to mark Canada's 69th annual Mental Health Week, which runs May 4-10, 2020.
Despite a pandemic-driven growth in video-conferencing and social media usage, Canadians are feeling more isolated than ever (up 8 points from 39% to 47% in less than one month) and crave real, meaningful connections. In fact, two thirds of Canadians (67%) report they would like to experience more meaningful social interactions in their daily life.
"Most Canadians want more social connection, yet they're reluctant to have the kind of honest, open conversations that build the connection they crave," says Margaret Eaton, national CEO of CMHA. "In our society, it's a cultural norm to ask people how they're doing, but not to expect, nor provide, a truthful answer. This Mental Health Week, it's time to get real about how we feel. It's clear we need each other more than ever."
The focus of this year's Mental Health Week is to promote social connection and the role it plays in good mental health. To get involved, you can:
Learn more about your mental health and how to feel close even when we can't be at mentalhealthweek.ca/yourmentalhealth
Share your support on social media by downloading a toolkit at mentalhealthweek.ca/toolkit and using hashtags #GetReal #MentalHealthWeek and #TogetherApart
Donate to support CMHA mental health programs and services at cmha.ca/donate
If you or someone you love is struggling, please contact your local CMHA to find out about virtual and phone-based support services there to help you. Or, visit the Government of Canada's Wellness Together portal. If you are in crisis, please call 1-833-456-4566 toll free in Canada (1-866-277-3553 in Quebec).
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Thus spake one of my young charges yesterday morning. I was shocked. I know this girl to be extremely social. She gets along with everyone. One of the things I really like to see among ESL students is that they befriend others who are not of their language group. This girl actually sits with someone from the other side of the world, and as far as I can see they are best buds.
But nonetheless, her little cell phone is what it's all about. I said what about your friends? She said she could text them anytime, as long as she had her phone. I asked what she liked to do. She could play games and look at videos whenever she felt like it. She has everything right there in the phone, an entire world as far as she's concerned.
I've watched my own daughter sit with her cousin and their friends in a room, all on various devices texting one another. I ask them why they don't just talk and they look at me like I'd just fallen from the sky. Why would they talk when they can simply text?
The other day I was doing a demonstration to try to get my kids use present perfect. This entailed having them walk out. What are you going to do? I'm going to go out. Stop--what are you doing? I'm going out. What have you done? I've gone out. One girl who went out decided she would not come back. She sat by the side of the trailer stairs and started texting. She was pretty surprised when I called her father that evening, and was not at all happy about it the following day.
Apparently, the phone is a priority. I see that girl's phone almost every day. I can picture it right now. But since I called her dad the other day, I haven't seen it.
I don't confiscate phones unless kids do something outrageous. Once a kid started playing music in the trailer bathroom. His mom was disappointed when she had to pick it up later that week. Another kid pulled his phone out of his pocket and started speaking in a foreign language in my English class. The US may be a free country, but we only speak English in my classroom. That kid did without his phone for a while.
I usually just remind kids to put their phones away and that works. Sometimes I will take a phone and leave it on the teacher desk until the bell rings. I understand these are very important to the kids. I'm actually pretty well glued to my iPhone.
But I know it's neither my life, nor the most important thing in it.
I really hope my students learn that one way or another.


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Working capital refers to the business capital which is used by companies in their everyday operations. A working capital is obtained when the current liabilities are subtracted from current assets of a company. This article covers crucial things you may not know about working capital loans.
A short term working capital is essential for businesses no matter whatever industry you are in. For instance, retailers require working capital during holiday months in order to pay for seasonal inventory. A working capital may also be needed for updating outdated products, office space, recovering from natural disaster or keeping up with the competition. Businesses often hit a rocky patch when they don't have a working capital to prosper. Working capitals offer businesses the capital needed to keep the business running. These loans can keep businesses from shutting down and to keep them on their feet all the time.
Traditional banks may take weeks or even months in several cases to release finds. Working capital loans are processed quickly when you opt for procuring the loan from alternative lenders. Several banks these days process the entire amount quickly. The process of approval is quite efficient. It just requires a business day for the funding to take place from the day of approval of the loan.
You must be of the opinion that loan application process is full of hassles. However, the truth is that it is quite simple to apply for a working capital loan. The questions asked during the application process include the owner name, merchant type, money being requested, percent of ownership, and contact details of the business.
Collateral refers to a valuable asset that the borrower needs to promise the financial institution while applying for working capital loans. In this manner, the borrowing organization promises to repay back the loan amount. If you do not repay the loan, the possessions are put on the line. Collateral is not required when applying for a loan from non-banking institutions. The bank instead examines the expected and previous sales. The monthly cash flow is considered important in comparison to collateral.
Traditional loans taken from banks impose heavy restrictions. These can be used to pay bills, invoices and taxes. Working capital loans can be used to pay sales tax bills and unexpected payroll as well. This amount can as well be utilized for launching a marketing campaign and to seize new opportunities pertaining to businesses. You can even update your office with the use of working capital.
As working capital loans are used for getting quick capital, these also come with a short tenure of 6 to 18 months. In this manner you wouldn't be burdened with long term obligations and contracts. You wouldn't be stuck with long term loan payments. The qualification of a loan becomes easier when you apply for loans of shorter terms. This also implies that you will have to pay less interest on the amount borrowed.
It is great to have a good credit rating. Having a good credit rating works out in your favour while applying for a working capital loan. You don't have to fret if there is a flaw in your credit score. The qualification of a working capital loan is entirely dependent on your cash flow.


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Florida releasing genetically modified mosquitoes to prevent diseases like Zika
Hundreds of millions of genetically modified mosquitoes will soon be released in the Florida Keys island chain to wipe out local populations of disease-carrying mosquitoes, according to news reports.
The big questions are, will it work and will it have unintended effects on the environment?
The Florida Keys Mosquito Control District currently budgets about $1 million a year to combat the invasive Aedes aegypti mosquito, which can carry diseases like Zika virus and dengue fever and pass them on to humans, according to Gizmodo. In comparison to costly mosquito control tactics, such as aerial spraying of insecticides, the plan to release 750 million genetically modified mosquitoes to mate with local A. aegypti may be less expensive and more effective, according to the board.
"The science is there. This is something Monroe County needs," mosquito board member Jill Cranny-Gage told The Associated Press. "We're trying everything in our power, and we're running out of options." The board voted 4-1 in favor of the plan and will begin releasing the mosquitoes sometime next year.
But not everyone agrees that the science is up to snuff.
The biotech company Oxitec, which designed the modified pests, did so by introducing a "lethal gene" into male A. aegypti mosquitoes, Live Science previously reported. In theory, the modified males should mate with female mosquitoes and pass the lethal gene on to female offspring, causing the offspring to die before reaching maturity because they cannot properly build an essential protein. This same genetic change does not affect male survival, so the Oxitec mosquitoes survive to mate with females, according to Science Magazine.
Only female mosquitoes bite humans, as they need the blood to produce and mature their eggs, while male mosquitoes only drink nectar and therefore don't infect people with deadly diseases, Gizmodo reported. In lab studies, Oxitec found that about 3% of female offspring with the lethal gene survive to adulthood, but these survivors are too feeble to produce offspring, Live Science previously reported.
However, that trend may not hold true in the wild.
When Oxitec released millions of the mosquitoes in Jacobina, Brazil between 2013 and 2015, genes from the modified pests cropped up in local mosquito populations, indicating that some female offspring survived long enough to mate and pass on their genes, according to a 2019 study published in the journal Scientific Reports. These resulting hybrid mosquitoes did not carry the lethal gene introduced by Oxitec, but instead carried genes from the original Cuban and Mexian mosquito populations first used to create the genetically modified mosquitoes.
The study authors speculated that, due to the increase in genetic variation, this hybrid mosquito might be "more robust," meaning that the bug might be more resistant to insecticides compared with native populations. At the time, Oxitec requested that the authors' "misleading and speculative statements" be reviewed by the journal, Science Magazine reported.
At this point, scientists don't know how an influx of hybrid mosquitoes might affect humans or animals sharing an environment with the pests. Some argue that the Oxitec mosquitoes, themselves, may also harm local wildlife in unintended ways. "An ecosystem is so complicated and involves so many species, it would be almost impossible to test them all in advance in a lab," Max Moreno, an expert in mosquito-borne diseases at Indiana University who is not involved with Oxitec or the pilot project, told the AP.
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Oxitec has already released these genetically modified mosquitoes in the Cayman Islands, Panama and Malaysia, in addition to Brazil, and has reported that local A. aegypti populations fell by at least 90% in each location following their introduction, Gizmodo reported in 2016. The company also plans to release the mosquitoes in Harris County, Texas, where Houston is located, beginning in 2021, according to a statement.
The plan to release mosquitoes into the Florida Keys has now been approved by the state and the Environmental Protection Agency, but the Center for Food Safety and Florida Keys Environmental Coalition, among other groups, continue to push back against the decision, Gizmodo reported. An earlier plan to release Oxitec mosquitoes in the Keys was overturned in 2018, when local residents vehemently opposed the idea, WLRN reported.
Originally published on Live Science.
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Bug in French government's WhatsApp replacement let anyone join Élysée chats
Researcher found bug in email validation that let him log in and join "rooms" in Tchap app.
Sean Gallagher - Apr 22, 2019 9:55 pm UTC
Enlarge / Around the same time French President was greeting firefighters who saved Notre Dame Cathedral from fire, a security researcher was burning a new "secure" chat application for French government officials intended to keep them off WhatsApp and Telegram.
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On April 17, the French government introduced an Android application meant to be used by government employees as an internal secure channel for communications. Called Tchap, it was touted as a replacement for WhatsApp and Telegram, providing (in theory) both group and private messaging channels to which only people with government email addresses could join.
Tchap is not intended to be a classified communications system—it runs on regular Android phones and uses the public Internet. But as the DINSIC, the French inter-ministry directorate for information systems that runs Tchap put it, Tchap "is an instant messenger allowing government employees to exchange real-time information on everyday professional issues, ensuring that the conversations remain hosted on the national territory." In other words, it's to keep official government business off of Facebook's and Telegram's servers outside France.
Based on the Riot.im chat application from the open source project Matrix, Tchap is officially still in "beta," according to DINSIC. And that beta test is getting off to a rough start. Within two days, French security researcher Baptiste Robert—who goes by the Twitter handle @fs0c131y (aka Elliot Alderson)—had tapped into Tchap and subsequently viewed all of the internal "public" discussion channels hosted by the service.
On the bright side, DINSIC responded quickly, and the agency is now embracing input from security researchers to help make the application more secure. But as with many "digital transformation" projects, this one was done with perhaps a bit too little prior planning for security.
I'm the president!
The name servers set up by the departments and ministries of the French government running Matrix's code were parsing email addresses submitted for new accounts to check against existing email addresses within their directory services. After doing code analysis on the Tchap package posted to Google's Play store, Robert used the Frida proxy tool to alter a Web request for a new account from the app to pass a crafted email address value that grafted his own address onto a known account on the targeted directory server—presidence@elysee.fr, the official email address of the Élysée, the official residence of France's president. The value sent to the server used an @ symbol to separate the two addresses (anaddress@protonmail.com@presidence@elysee.fr).
Because of the way the directory service validated the email address, it matched the address in the second half of the pair with the known address. But the code that parsed the address for the validation email on the server side, which was built with the Python email.utils module, trimmed off everything after the first valid address. That means Robert got an email back for verification of the account, and the server thought the address was an official government account.
Within two hours of downloading the application, Robert had a validated account and appeared to the system to be an Élysée employee. Since all the accounts on the system are tied directly to the official email accounts of French government officials, he consequently had access to profile information about employees at multiple ministries.
Robert contacted the Élysée, which in turn contacted DINSIC. Within an hour, account creation had been suspended; a patch was deployed and service restored just over three hours later. DINSIC emphasized that Alderson only had access to public "lounges" visible to all messaging users and not to private chat areas or confidential information.
Robert notified the Matrix security team as well, and its network was taken down as developers rebuilt the authentication code. As of 4:00pm EST today, the Matrix website still reported parts of the network were down for "emergency maintenance."
Rebuild status: pretty much all the key systems for https://t.co/vidAnPoIo2 are back online. All integs now work again, almost all bridges are back; all new https://t.co/1bhym6Xh6K; new blog. Thanks for your patience & understanding whilst we do the last bits (eg fedtester).
— Matrix (@matrixdotorg) April 18, 2019
This is why they call it "beta"
This was just one of five flaws Robert found in a period of three days. But the biggest problem was that no work appears to have been done in advance of the beta release of Tchap to confirm the security of its architecture. The Matrix team, which is based in the United Kingdom, confirmed to Alderson by email that "there was no security audit on their solution"—fairly shocking for something that was being touted as a secure government communications tool intended to be safer than Telegram and WhatsApp.
In response to Robert's posts about additional Tchap flaws, DINSIC posted on Twitter:
Thank you for the report. After analysis, none of these elements is likely to compromise protected information. However, we intend to evolve Tchap to take into account a better management of avatars. We will answer you by email in detail.
Merci pour le signalement. Apres analyse aucun de ces éléments n'est de nature à compromettre des informations protégées. Nous comptons toutefois faire évoluer Tchap pour prendre en compte une meilleure gestion des avatars. Nous vous répondons par email en détail.
— Tchap (@tchap_dinsic) April 21, 2019
Since then, however, the French government has announced a bug bounty program for Tchap. In a press release, a DINSIC spokesperson said, "This beta version will be subject to continuous improvement, both in terms of usability and security. Thus, DINSIC will listen to the experts of the civil society and will take into account any return that they would go back to him to improve the application, as it was the case for a fault—of minor impact—detected on April 18 and corrected in a few hours."
Sean Gallagher Sean is Ars Technica's IT and National Security Editor. A former Navy officer, systems administrator, and network systems integrator with 20 years of IT journalism experience, he lives and works in Baltimore, Maryland.
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A new legal complaint filed with the Federal Election Commission accuses the Hillary Clinton campaign of money laundering, saying the doomed Democratic nominee violated federal guidelines to bypass campaign contribution laws during her 2016 race for the White House.
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Recently revealed evidence shows emails from the Democratic National Committee were not "hacked" by the Russians or other foreign agencies, but were most likely leaked from individuals inside the DNC who had access to local servers and equipment.
For over a year, democrats and liberal lawmakers have been blaming Russian hackers for leaking a treasure trove of internal emails between Debbie Wasserman Schultz, John Podesta, Clinton, and other senior aides that rocked Hillary's 2016 presidential election.
According to the Nation, computer scientists and experts have determined that the breach of security could not have been perpetrated from outside individuals, particularly international hackers, because of the high-data transfer rates used during the incident.
The breach occurred on July 5th at approximately 6:45 PM, with the stolen data being transferred at a rate of 22.7 megabytes per second; a download speed that is "simply unobtainable" using the internet, particularly overseas.
The forensics team now believes the emails were taken from someone inside the DNC, or an individual with access to facilities that house the Party's email servers, using a thumb-drive or other portable device capable of high-speed data transfers.
"A speed of 22.7 megabytes is simply unobtainable, especially if we are talking about a transoceanic data transfer," said one expert. "Based on the data we now have, what we've been calling a hack is impossible."
The new data raises serious questions over who stole the DNC emails and leaked them to the press, and if the Democratic Party intentionally tried to spin the breach as "Russian interference."
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Newly released emails between Hillary Clinton and top aide Huma Abedin appear to show the former Secretary of State's mishandling of classified material as well as numerous examples of her "pay-to-play" schemes with top Clinton Foundation donors.
The emails, obtained by government watchdog group Judicial Watch, reveal private communications between Clinton, Abedin, and other senior staff; detailing several instances where the failed presidential nominee violated protocol –and possibly federal law- in mishandling classified material.
"Abedin tried to set up a secure call for Clinton with Dennis, but it didn't connect, and Clinton said, 'We've now tried twice to go secure and lost both calls.' After Abedin tells her she had tested the secure line, Clinton says, 'We finally gave up and talked in code nonsecure,'" said a statement from Judicial Watch.
Other emails show Hillary's willingness to engage in pay-to-play schemes, with one prominent Clinton donor requesting a change of appointment for the US ambassador to the Dominican Republic.
"On April 12, 2009, Miguel Lausell, a Puerto Rican telecom executive who reportedly donated $1 million to the Clinton Presidential Library and was a member of the Clinton Global Initiative, made a request of Abedin through Clinton Foundation executive Doug Band to push for the appointment of someone to become U.S. ambassador to the Dominican Republic," said the Watchdog agency.
Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton is calling for the Justice Department to re-open the investigation of Hillary Clinton; citing multiple examples of corruption, mishandling of top-secret intelligence, and pay-to-play schemes with foreign donors.
"These new emails show why the criminal investigation into Hillary Clinton's conduct must be resumed," said Fitton.
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Nothing seemed out of the ordinary on this particular ride home. The day had been relatively uneventful—until we went to turn off 113. In between the two flows of traffic, slow as they were at 9 o'clock, was a white blob. Initially it was hard to tell what it was through the rain, but sure enough, it was a chicken.
There was obviously some debate about what to do in this situation; did we leave it, did we get it, did we call someone? Eventually, driven by the idea that I couldn't just leave a chicken in the middle of the road—the pun wasn't lost on me, believe me—I convinced my mother that we needed to fetch the chicken. She took a leftover clothes bag and came back with a shivering chicken to drop in my lap.
My dad is probably jaded about being presented with animals that he gave no consent to own, but here we were. We set the chicken up with some newspaper, water, and a heat lamp in the bottom of a dog crate and hoped for the best.
Time saw the chicken warm up and start moving, despite missing some feathers. We transplanted the newly named Hei Hei to an old dog pen, complete with dog house. Eventually the chicken learned that it was warm in the house and found an odd fondness for pecking at clovers. Hei Hei also had a tendency to follow you around the pen.
Sadly, our story comes to an end a little over one month after the discovery of my chicken. Last week, March 13, an animal got into the pen and killed our chicken.
Hei Hei, you will be missed by many. I'm glad I could temporarily extend your lifespan. Rest in piece. We love you.


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Social Economy Action Plan – an opportunity for philanthropy
The publication of the action plan is a moment of celebration for the philanthropic and wider social economy sector, which has long advocated for such a policy. Philea is very pleased to see the Social Economy Action Plan bring the wider social economy to the next level. The new Action Plan sets out to overcome barriers to cross-border philanthropy/foundation action, as well as to stimulate an overall enabling environment for the sector and new collaboration opportunities with EU policy makers. In doing so, the Commission responds to several of the key recommendations of our sector contribution to the consultation.
With the action plan to support the social economy, the European Commission proposes a new set of measures aiming to create the enabling conditions for social economy, including foundations and philanthropy, to fulfil its potential to contribute to fair, sustainable and inclusive growth. It also delivers for the philanthropy and foundation sector the opportunity for a better enabling environment, as well as co-funding and co-investment opportunities and tools. The relevant measures include:
Publishing guidance clarification rules on the tax treatment of cross-border public benefit donations affecting foundations and associations and the improved implementation of the non-discrimination principle (page 7).
Launching a study on national social economy labels/certification schemes mapping those existing in Member States, identifying good practices and common features and criteria. This will also aim to provide a common approach and guidance to Member States and explore the possibility of mutual recognition (page7).
Performing a specific study on philanthropic donations in the EU (page 22)
Launching a study providing comparative analysis of the legal regimes and landscapes of associations in the EU (page 5).
Launching a new study to collect quantitative and qualitative information on the social economy covering all EU member States (page 22).
Proposing to the Council a recommendation to develop social economy framework conditions by 2023, by adapting legal frameworks to the needs of social economy entities, including philanthropic organisations.
Launching a dedicated co-investment mechanism with foundations and philanthropic organisations around target mission areas, with the aim of encouraging engagement around sustainability, inclusion, social innovation, housing and homelessness, media pluralism, and developing social impact ecosystems (page 16).
Creating a equity based pilot in the news media sector through Invest EU. Depending on Market interests, the Invest EU Advisory Hub may support the setting-up of cross-border investment platforms that would group together partners interested in investments in the social economy (page 16).
Launching transition pathway for the "proximity and social Economy" industrial ecosystems (page 17).
Launching an action on innovative financing in the New European Bauhaus Lab aiming at creating a pilot project for mobilising philanthropic contributions (page 18).
Enhancing collaboration between the public sector, philanthropic and social investment actors, to better catalyse available resources and enable the uptake and replication of social innovation (page 20).
Proposing in 2022 a European Social Innovation Catalyst Fund under Horizon Europe engaging citizens, academics, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, impact investors and public administrators, with the aim of supporting the replication and scaling of successful innovations to advance the objectives of the five EU Missions (page 21).
At the launch event of the Social Economy Action Plan at the end of last year, organised by European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights, Nicolas Schmit, Philea member, the Mozaik Foundation (Bosnia and Herzegovina), represented by Vesna Bajsanski-Agić, Executive Director, spoke along with other social economy entrepreneurs from across Europe. Vesna shared some of the Foundation's innovative efforts to promote the social economy and welcomed the action plan's recognition of philanthropy's increased relevance as a sector at the EU level. Social Economy Europe (SEE), of which Philea is a member, took the floor through its President Juan Antonio Pedreño, marking another moment of recognition for our collective advocacy work. Professor and Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhamad Yunus also joined the event and shared some reflections about the importance of social economy actors worldwide.
Hanna Surmatz, Philea, in her capacity as a member of the European Commission Expert group of Social Economy (GECES), had the opportunity to pose some follow-up questions to Commissioner Schmit and Director General at DG grow Kerstin Jorna, with regard to the SEAP and Transition Pathways at the January 25th GECES meeting. The European Commission acknowledges existing barriers to cross-border foundation/philanthropy action and issues with the tax treatment of cross border donations to public benefit organisations in other Member States and promises guidance on the matter as well as the launch of a specific study on philanthropic donations. Commissioner Schmit also mentioned that foundations play an important role in providing grant funding for the social economy, social innovation and other EU policy objectives and confirmed that the launch of dedicated co-investment mechanisms with foundations and philanthropic organisations around target mission areas is in the pipeline. Finally, Kerstin Jorna invited philanthropy and foundations to engage around the transition pathways including the "Proximity and social economy" ecosystem as well as other pathways.
The Philea team is engaging with different EU policy makers around the implementation of the SEAP.
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