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Very possible. I would not use this in anything more than a controller manager. This is not something that any other type of application should be doing anyway. Windows 7 ships with 4 versions of the XInput.dll though. I expect that Windows 8 will ship with the exact same XInput1_3.dll, and a new XInput1_4.dll.
Glad that you got it working MemphiZ, this is basically the only thread that I could find that was discussing this issue. Here is some sample code on how to do this. AutoIT: [code]$nController = 1 $XInputDLL = DllOpen("xinput1_3.dll") DllCall($XInputDLL, "long", 103, "int", $nController) [/code] C++: [code] #include <windows.h> #include <iostream> #include "C:/Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft DirectX SDK (June 2010)\\Include\\XInput.h" #pragma comment(lib, "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft DirectX SDK (June 2010)\\Lib\\x64\\XInput.lib") using namespace std; typedef int (*FnOff)(int); int wmain() { HINSTANCE hXInputDLL = LoadLibraryA("XInput1_3.dll"); if (hXInputDLL == NULL) { cout << "ERROR: Unable to load XInput1_3.dll!" << endl; fgetc(stdin); return 1; } unsigned result; for (short i = 0; i < XUSER_MAX_COUNT; ++i) { XINPUT_STATE state; memset(&state, 0, sizeof(XINPUT_STATE)); result = XInputGetState(i, &state); if(result == ERROR_SUCCESS) { FnOff pOff; pOff = FnOff(GetProcAddress(hXInputDLL, reinterpret_cast<char*>(103))); pOff(i); } } FreeLibrary(hXInputDLL); return 0; }[/code] This C++ Code simply turns off all connected XInput devices. You can probably safely skip the XInputGetState stuff though I have not tried calling XInput1_3.dll#103 on a device that is not connected. I'm sure it will be fine.


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While everyone around me is enjoying the relative calm after the holidays, I am frantically preparing to attend the larger of the semi-annual Craft & Hobby Association trade shows in my role as the editor of the trade journal Scrapbook Update.
For a long time I thought of trade shows as specialized shopping malls, with dealers in booths trying to sell their wares to a sea of customers. But recent experiences have taught me that trade shows aren't just shopping malls.They are the business equivalent of speed dating.
Technology has changed what most businesses need to get out of a trade show. Thanks to the ability of the web to spread information, a trade show isn't a customer's only way to learn about products that they need. Vendors can educate customers via the web, and make sales contacts via email.
That almost sounds like there isn't a need for trade shows any more. But on a day-to-day level, for many of the things that we do conducting business, we don't do business with companies. We do business with people. That is where the real value still is in trade shows. "Networking" is a buzzword we hear all the time, but at trade shows it really has become the primary value. It just isn't worth it to go to most shows anymore only to do a "look-see". You only get true value if you go with the intent of interacting, meeting people and furthering relationships.
That is why it's a good way to think about trade shows as speed dating. In speed dating, you rotate around a room and spend a few minutes each with different people before deciding if you connected with any of them and want a more extended interaction. At a trade show, you run around a trade show floor chatting for a few minutes at a time with a variety of people, trading business cards and then extending an invitation to follow-up with someone you think you might be able to establish a relationship with. Both are about spending a few minutes to get a first impression and decide whether there might be anything in a future relationship between you.
So how do you succeed at trade show speed dating?
- Make a good first impression. Pay attention to the details, just like you would if you were trying to impress someone to get a date. What you wear, how you carry yourself, and what you say all contribute to that first impression. Make sure you correctly gauge the vibe of the event. Over-dressing can be just as bad as under-dressing.
- Think outside the box. Don't dismiss someone as a business connection because it seems like what they do isn't useful to you. Talk to everyone. If you meet someone you find yourself feeling in step with professionally, don't walk away from that. Maybe one or both of you will change positions at a future point. Or maybe you can work together in some ground-breaking new way.
- Have good radar. This takes practice. It really is an art. But learning how to spot the people who are fake, or putting on a show, will save you a lot of trouble down the line. And it will save you networking time because you can move on to the next prospect faster, and maybe find that next fabulous business connection all the sooner.
What is your best trade show networking tip?

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Making surf movies is a thankless, expensive, all-consuming, full-time kick in the nuts.
And yet somehow, they keep coming. Passionate young artists carving up poetic odes to the hell-man and twinkle-toes who ride waves…while they stand on the beach getting sunburned.
"You better not have missed that clip," the surfers thank them for their efforts.
The following three films are all from new surf filmmakers breaking their cherry with the talent, passion and drive to bring their films to life. They've done this on their own time, their own dime and their own lost surf sessions. And they're all worth checking out.
Let's say thank you. — Nathan Myers
DIRECTOR: Loic Wirth (Brazil)
RELEASE: May 2012 on DVD and iTunes
KEY SURFERS: Marco Giorgi, Craig Anderson, Jean da Silva
KEY LOCATIONS: Indonesia, New Zealand, Europe
FILMMAKER'S SYNOPSIS: A moment to breathe and think… and ask questions about the world we live in, and the way we live in it. Intentio intends to spread a positive energy with subjective messages, to be interpreted in different ways from different persons, having the ocean and the surfers as a platform to do so.
YAH TRANSLATION: Loic is a poet with his camera. His film is beautiful like Steele's Castles in the Sky, with a carefully curated soundtrack and some extremely beautiful cinematography. "When I first started editing," says Loic. "I would steal shots from my favorite movies and edit in my own way. So when I started filming Intentio, I already knew what I was aiming for. Now I can't hide the smile on my face when I realize it finally took shape into a film."
DIRECTOR: Jack Coleman (California)
RELEASED: January 2012, DVD, and digital upload
SURFER: Alex Knost
LOCATIONS: Mainland Mexico, California, Baja California, Mexico
FILMMAKER'S SYNOPSIS: Visual expression meets the artistry of surfing. The film features the surfing life of California's Alex Knost, captured all 'in camera' with no digital imagery or after effects. (The supporting cast of surfers in POLYESTER includes: Ford Archbold, Tanner Prairie, & Jared Mell.)
YAH_TRANSLATION: Dane Reynolds claims Jack Coleman is an artist – and that he has dreadlocks. He even let him edit a section on Marinelayerproductions. The film is very arty – shot on film and then have that film painted and teased. It's an ambient and retro-ish vibe, like nothing else out there really. The furthest thing from high-action brand-posts — refreshingly so — and also borderline unbearable by time it reaches its 35-minute conclusion. Don't overthink this film. Don't focus on it too hard. Jack's creativity should just wash over you, like some cosmic sensation. "I wanted to make an experimental surf film that was performance based, yet art driven," says Coleman. Knost and Coleman make a truly unique team.
If you like this, then definitely check out Coleman's TRANSPARENT PLEASURES here, which is an experiment from the experiment, and even more experimental.
…And finally.
DIRECTED BY: Jeremy Rumas
RELEASE: 2013 film fest, indie tour, digital download
KEY SURFERS: Mikala Jones, Daniel Jones, Darmaputra Tonjo and twin brother Darmayasa Bleronk
FILMMAKER SYNOPSIS: A film about experiencing life on earth.
YAH TRANSLATION: "I wanted to make a film about what the whole experience of living and traveling as a surfer feels like," says Jeremy Rumas. "I went out with a 16mm camera, met surfers along the way, and documented their lives and adventures."
Jeremy Rumas is as hand-made as a Christmas sweater. Shot entirely on 16mm film. Drawing his own cover art. Performing all his own music. Paying his own way. He's been chipping away at this project for several years now, so when we saw this trailer we thought: "Nice, it's finally happening." Ummm, well, almost. This one's slated for 2013 still, so you'll just have to, you know, hangs.
[Stay tuned for Part II when You Are Here gives behind the scenes info on this year's big-leagues productions. Who, what and when…it's like a freaking gossip zine in here.]


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Reyes possess five-tools and bats leadoff for a solid lineup, meaning that he is sure to get on base and score plenty of runs with David Wright and company knocking him in. THe biggest advantage Reyes gives fantasy owners is with his feet, as he will likely steal more bases than either J-Ro or HanRam in 2008.
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The Rockies have agreed to a three-year free agent deal with outfielder Michael Cuddyer.
The deal is worth in the range of $31 million, according to The Denver Post and CBSSports.com.
Cuddyer, 32, is a .272 lifetime hitter over all or parts of 11 major league seasons. He has a 162-game average of 20 homers and 82 RBI over his career, and his 54 career assists from right field rank eighth on the active list. Cuddyer, who has played 210 career games at first base and everywhere else (including a game as a pitcher) on the field except catcher and shortstop, is expected to play right in Colorado. He can also give Todd Helton occasional breathers at first.
Cuddyer, a former first round draft pick of the Twins in 1997, had spent his entire career in Minnesota, but the Twins appeared to move on from him by signing Josh Willingham to a three-year, $21 million deal.
For Colorado, the move makes Seth Smith a fourth outfielder, or possibly expendable. The Rockies cleared salary this offseason by trading Huston Street and Ian Stewart to make what is being reported as potentially the team's biggest free agent splash since 2000. That was the year Colorado landed pitchers Mike Hampton ($121 million) and Denny Neagle ($51 million). Both fared poorly with the Rockies.
As a hitter in Colorado's thin air, Cuddyer is not only a safer signing but one, according to Rockies general manager Dan O'Dowd, who will help change the clubhouse culture. Cuddyer has been part of six Twins teams that made the playoffs.
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On Sat, 2 Oct 2004 12:06:42 -0700 (PDT), K <sfpdswat at yahoo dot com> wrote:
> During the initial bootup of m0n0wall, there are 5
> console options (set WAN/LAN interface, reboot, etc).
> One of them is for setting the "block size", and is
> defaulted at 4096.
Where do you see that? My menu shows the following 5 options:
1. Interfaces
2. Set LAN IP
3. Reset webGUI password
4. Reset to factory defaults
5. Reboot
What's the type of installation? The system I'm referencing is a
CD/floppy setup, don't have a console cable handy at the moment to
check my Soekris (CF install).
> P.S. I tried searching / reading the FAQ/document on
> m0n0wall homepage, but both URLs returned 403 access
> error.
That's my fault. I fat fingered something on a commit and the build
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Sol Y Luna is an airy, three story luxury residence that sits on one of the loveliest beaches in the Mayan Riviera. The villa is located along Playa del Secreto, or Secret Beach, a gated community with a handful of private ocean front homes on one of the most pristine white sand beaches in the world. Sheltered by a row of palms, Sol Y Luna is the perfect hidden getaway for families, friends or corporate retreats.
The swimming pool with built-in Jacuzzi is flanked by palapas and parasols. Little could beat the sheer relaxation of taking a nap in a seaside hammock. Entertainment options include beach volleyball, boogie boards, snorkeling, and kayaks. A large terrace equipped with a sofa set and a ping pong table faces the ocean and provides shade. A ramp and pathways provide wheelchair access to the exteriors, including the beach and pool. Indoors, the family/game room has been equipped with a billiards table, forty-five inch flat screen TV, stereo sound system and wet bar. Sol Y Luna also provides Wi-Fi access, satellite TV with movie channels, video games and a DVD library. Your staff services include housekeeping and management.
The rooftop terrace features lounge furniture that can be assembled into a comfortable bed and offers an intimate atmosphere to enjoy panoramas of the aquamarine waters and the poignant intensity of the Caribbean sunset. At night you may witness the full splendors of the moon reflected on the ocean. The dining room seats up to eighteen guests with two circular dining tables separated from the fully equipped gourmet kitchen by a counter.
Sol Y Luna can accommodate from twenty to twenty-six guests. There are two roller beds and twocribs for families with babies and toddlers. To accommodate larger groups, there is a side apartment with three bedrooms and one full bathroom. All of the seven bedrooms in the main house feature en-suite bathrooms.
Playa del Secreto is a sanctuary where you can find a beautiful residential community where villa owners are committed to preserving the area as an exclusive and immaculate location. Nearby activities include deep sea fishing, cave diving, Mayan ruins, jungle and canopy tours and horseback riding. Sol Y Luna is a unique oasis that offers seclusion in a postcard perfect tropical ocean setting.
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Pool Dimensions 45' in length / 4.2' in depth
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7 miles to Restaurants
12 miles to clinic, hospital and grocery store
18.5 miles to Airport
Maximum 20 guests
Children welcome
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Voltage: 120V
Wedding/Social events accepted maximum 150 guests
Security deposit is required
Check in: 3:00 PM
Check out: 11:00 AM
Advertised rates may vary according to the season and duration of stay
Service was excellent! Amenities and accommodations great.cHome was fully equipped and very comfortable.cChef/beverage services and food was amazing. Gorgeous grounds and setting with the best portion of Playa Secreto. Beach and water was gorgeous!
The staff was just great. Their main concern was for our relaxing away from home. The chefs were just great and cooked whatever we asked for. Never a bad meal! I believe they went out of their way to make our trip memorable. Pedro was always there to help with any needs we needed, especially given us his Mayan remedy for curing our sickness. The only negative was the disposal of toilet paper. But once we were told what to do it was no problem. All in all the house was beautiful, clean and the kayaks, surf boards and all sport activities was all good.
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Our week was a celebration of my husband's 80th birthday. We gathered children and grandchildren from all over the country. The spaces at the villa allowed 19 people their own beds, places to read, talk, relax or swim, play pool, ping pong, run around, anything. Don Pedro seemed to anticipate when the kids needed boogie boards or to try coconuts. Ishmael, Norma and Luisa prepared the best, most creative food we've had but always had something simple for our 11 year old. Every brunch, every dinner was special and delicious. Loiida and Alba kept the house spotless for 19 people, no small feat. We can't say enough, every single member of our family declared it the best vacation ever!!
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"If you want to be spectacularly
misinformed," said writer Henry Miller, "buy a newspaper."
That�s something I discovered at the
age of 18, while working as a grocery store clerk.
One Tuesday, my day off, I happened by
the store in which I worked. My co-workers were milling about the parking
lot, chatting animatedly. There were police cars pulled up in front of the
store, and a fire truck.
As I approached, an older man named
Frank who worked as a butcher, called out, "You left your cigars on the
"What?" I replied, bemused.
"Your cigars. What�s the idea of hiding
your cigars behind the fireworks?"
"What are you talking about, Frank?"
"Jody" -- he was one of my fellow
clerks -- "Well, he found two sticks of dynamite, attached to a timer,
hidden behind the fireworks in aisle three."
A bomb? I couldn�t take it in. Things
like this didn�t really happen, not to ordinary people.
They do. Something the local newspaper
was to remind to me of in the coming days. Of course, we snapped up the
newspapers every day as soon as they hit the streets, poring over the
stories, as otherwise anonymous people do whenever they find themselves in
the centre of a news story. And what we discovered came as a shock. They
got the story wrong. The names were wrong. The ages wrong. The sequence of
events wrong. The dates wrong. "If they can get this so screwed up," we
complained, "how screwed up is everything else we�re reading about?"
Fast forward a few years.
Having given up on the grocery
business, I found myself wearing the handle of a coffee mug -- the
graduate student�s ring, we called it. Graduate students, I now recognize,
are a supercilious lot, much attached to any sign of ascendance over mere
undergraduates. Like med students, who make a point of walking around with
stethoscopes slung across their shoulders like a rich matron�s mink stole,
graduate students go out of their way to avoid being mistaken for their
junior peers. With no reason to wear stethoscopes (we would have if we
could have), we embraced coffee mugs. Index fingers wedged firmly in
coffee mug handles, we graduate students would regularly meet to mouth
egocentric and pompous twaddle, much of it beginning with: "It�s scary
what people out there don�t know," "out there" referring to the great
unwashed masses upon whom the gods of wisdom had not smiled.
"Out there" also included the press,
for however blinkered we were to expect ordinary people to have even a
basic grasp of what we spent our days studying, it wasn�t asking too much
to expect that at the very least journalists who took it upon themselves
to report on our subject could do a little research. Instead, reporters
showed a dismaying lack of knowledge, and a voracious appetite for
And so it was that I felt the same
dismay again. If the press was so far off on the subjects I knew something
of, wasn�t it fair to assume they were equally far off on the subjects I
knew nothing about. And didn�t that mean that on most matters, I was
spectacularly misinformed?
For a few years I was gripped by a kind
of epistemological paralysis. If I knew I couldn�t rely on the media to
get the story right, what could I do? I couldn�t possibly research every
story myself. So mostly I threw up my hands and said, "Who knows what�s
going on?" And went about my life, trying to concentrate on areas that
were illuminated by personal insight, avoiding the great darkness, which
was much of the rest of the world, outside the narrow orbit of my own
But one thing I was sure of: There were
a lot of words in newspapers, many of them the words of presidents and
prime ministers, Secretaries of State and generals, CEOs and PR hacks, all
of whom, most of the time, had reasons to mislead. Newspapers are filled
with self-serving fictions.
Skip forward a few more years.
Slobodan Milosevic is being demonized
in the Western press. Brute, murderer, monster, ethnic cleanser, dictator,
strongman, warlord, demagogue. You can�t stoop too low, exaggerate too
much, denounce him profoundly enough. Call him a Hitler and nobody bats an
In the official Milosevic demonology,
the former Yugoslav president�s 1989 speech at Kosovo Field becomes the
signal event in Milosevic�s transformation from communist party
apparatchik, to virulent Serb nationalist, intent on building a "Greater
On June 3rd 1999, with large parts of
Serbia laying in ruins after being targeted by NATO warplanes, The
Economist says,
"But it is primitive nationalism, egged
on by the self-deluding myth of Serbs as perennial victims, that has
become both Mr Milosevic�s rescuer (when communism collapsed with the
Soviet Union) and his nemesis. It was a
stirringly virulent nationalist speech he made in Kosovo, in 1989, harking
back to the Serb Prince Lazar�s suicidally brave battle against the Turks
a mere six centuries ago, that saved his leadership when the Serbian old
guard looked in danger of ejection. Now he may have become a victim of his
own propaganda."
On July 9th, the international edition
of Time reports,
"It was St. Vitus' Day, a date steeped
in Serbian history, myth and eerie coincidence: on June 28, 1389, Ottoman
invaders defeated the Serbs at the battle of Kosovo; 525 years later, a
young Serbian nationalist assassinated Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz
Ferdinand, lighting the fuse for World War I. And it was on St. Vitus'
Day, 1989, that Milosevic whipped a million Serbs into a nationalist
frenzy in the speech that capped his ascent to power."
And on July 28th, as questions are
being asked about NATO�s 78-day bombardment, the New York Times weighs in:
"In 1989 the Serbian strongman,
Slobodan Milosevic, swooped down in a helicopter onto the field where 600
years earlier the Turks had defeated the Serbs at the Battle of Kosovo. In a fervent speech before a million Serbs, he
galvanized the nationalist passions that two years later fuelled the
Balkan conflict."
Certainly, it seemed that, regrettable
bombing errors aside, the destruction of Yugoslavia was necessary to stop
Milosevic�s raging nationalist ambitions, ambitions it was said that
fuelled a campaign of murder, mass deportation, and genocide. Except, like
the story of the dynamite planted in the grocery store, this story was all
screwed up.
Gregory Elich, a researcher and writer,
decided to check out whether what the media said about Milosevic�s speech
was truth or fiction. Tracking down a US government translation of the
address, Elich discovered the media had the story all wrong. Not only had
Milosevic not whipped up nationalist fervor, he�d tried to do the very
Jared Israel, who had been dissecting
media coverage of the Balkans, posted the speech on his Web site, Emperors
Clothes, http://emperors-clothes.com
Wrote Israel, "It is impossible for a
society to engage in genocide unless the population is won to hate the
target group. This has to be done in a systematic way. That is, political
leaders must support hate in deeds but also in words."
Israel continued:
"We are told that this happened in
Serbia. We are told that Slobodan Milosevic and other Serbian leaders
indoctrinated the Serbian people to hate non-Serbs, especially ethnic
Albanians in Kosovo province. We are told that Milosevic launched this
racist campaign in a speech at Kosovo Field in 1989."
Except if you read what Milosevic said
-- something the media obviously hadn�t done -- you�d see the claims that
the speech "did not differ greatly from the anti-Semitic diatribes of the
Nazis" was all dross. Milosevic had said none of it.
Francisco Gil-White, an Assistant
Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania and a Fellow at
the Solomon Asch Center for Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict, happened
upon the Emperor�s Clothes site. "I noticed their startling claim that we
have been systematically lied to about Yugoslavia," recalled Gil-White. "
Since their views entirely contradicted my own, I started systematically
checking their references by obtaining the relevant original documents."
Startled by the transcript of the
Kosovo Field speech-- "according to what I had read," Gil-White observed,
"this was supposed to be an inflammatory ultranationalist diatribe" -- the
University of Pennsylvania academic tracked down a BBC translation of the
speech to check against the version Israel had posted on his Web site.
"They matched almost exactly except for very minor variations in wording
due to the fact that they used different translators," Gil-White remarked.
An expert in ethnopolitical conflict,
Gil-White decided to delve deeper. How had academics and the media got it
so wrong, he wondered.
Going back to press reports filed in
1989, days after the speech was given, and a decade before Milosevic was
to fall within the cross-hairs of a NATO eager to oust the Yugoslav
leader, Gil-White discovered that a very different story was being told,
far closer to the truth.
June 29th of that year, the day after
the speech, The Independent reported:
'There is no more appropriate place
than this field of Kosovo to say that accord and harmony in Serbia are
vital to the prosperity of the Serbs and of all other citizens living in
Serbia, regardless of their nationality or religion,' he said. Mutual
tolerance and co- operation were also sine qua non for Yugoslavia:
'Harmony and relations on the basis of equality among Yugoslavia's people
are a precondition for its existence, for overcoming the crisis.' The
cries of 'Slobo, Slobo' which greeted his arrival on the vast monument to
the heroes of 1389 soon gave way to a numb silence. 'I think people were a
little disappointed, it became very quiet after the beginning,' an
educated-looking woman from Belgrade said"
Milosevic "talked of mutual tolerance,"
the Independent added, "'building a rich and democratic society' and
ending the discord which had, he said, led to Serbia's defeat here by the
Turks six centuries ago."
The same day, the BBC reported,
"Addressing the crowd, Milosevic said that whenever they were able to the
Serbs had helped others to liberate themselves, and they had never used
the advantage of their being a large nation against others or for
"He added that Yugoslavia was a
multi-national community," the BBC continued, "which could survive
providing there was full equality for all the nations living in it."
Twelve years later, on April 1, 2001,
the BBC would change its story, claiming Milosevic had "gathered a million
Serbs at the site of the battle to tell them to prepare for a new
Milosevic�s words that day were
patently pacific. "Serbia has never had only Serbs living in it. Today,
more than in the past, members of other peoples and nationalities also
live in it. This is not a disadvantage for Serbia. I am truly convinced
that it is its advantage. National composition of almost all countries in
the world today, particularly developed ones, has also been changing in
this direction. Citizens of different nationalities, religions, and races
have been living together more and more frequently and more and more
Hardly an appeal to hate filled
Milosevic continued:
"Equal and harmonious relations among
Yugoslav peoples are a necessary condition for the existence of Yugoslavia
and for it to find its way out of the crisis and, in particular, they are
a necessary condition for its economic and social prosperity. In this
respect Yugoslavia does not stand out from the social milieu of the
contemporary, particularly the developed, world. This world is more and
more marked by national tolerance, national co-operation, and even
national equality. The modern economic and technological, as well as
political and cultural development, has guided various peoples toward each
other, has made them interdependent and increasingly has made them equal
as well [medjusobno ravnopravni]. Equal and united people can above all
become a part of the civilization toward which mankind is moving. If we
cannot be at the head of the column leading to such a civilization, there
is certainly no need for us to be at is tail."
This isn�t ultra-nationlism. This is
the opposite. It�s an appeal for harmony, for equality, for
interdependence. How could the story change so radically in the space of a
That�s what Gil-White vowed to find
out. His conclusion? "The problem is not merely that reporters and
academics are misinformed," he observes. "It appears to be a conscious
effort to misinform."
It�s curious, Gil-White notes, that
"the same source will report the facts accurately and then, in another
place, usually later, report them completely inaccurately. I have
difficulty explaining this as a result of ignorance, or chance, or
Not too long after Milosevic�s Kosovo
Field speech, the Soviet Union collapsed and the US, free to embark
largely unopposed on a program of establishing global primacy, began to
draw Eastern Europe and the Balkans into its orbit, economically,
politically, and militarily. Yugoslavia resisted, too fond of socialism
and public ownership for Washington�s liking, and uninterested in NATO
membership. Washington decided it was time for "a regime change."
The first step in justifying regime
change is to demonize the regime to be changed. Gil-White believes the
demonizing of Milosevic was "calculated to exploit the human tendency to
essentialize racial, national, and ethnic groups, in order to solidify the
prejudice that Serbs are virulent nationalists, which prejudice then
stably frames the conflict in Yugoslavia in such a way that the interests
of the powers which dismembered it might be served."
Did journalists deliberately lie, or
were they just lazy, relying on what someone else said about Milosevic�s
Kosovo Field address, not bothering to read the original transcript? The
University of Pennsylvania expert figures journalists parroted unreliable
sources, which happened to present Milosevic in a light that was
consistent with NATO�s propaganda aims.
The implications are far-reaching,
especially now that Milosevic�s trial at the Hague is underway. Newspapers
talk of Milosevic as a monster, of the tribunal as a step forward for
international justice, of horrific atrocities.
But Gil-White asks, "What can we
believe about what has been written about Milosevic in particular, and
Yugoslavia more generally? After all, the demonization of Milosevic, and
the Serbs more generally, perfectly fits with the propaganda aims of the
NATO powers that went to war against Yugoslavia, including the US and
Britain. Here we have seen that the media establishment in these two
countries has produced stories about Milosevic�s speech that are
consistent with such a deliberate propaganda campaign."
This wouldn�t be the first time NATO
pressure has led to spectacularly misleading claims by the media. Soon
after NATO began its assault on Yugoslavia in 1999, spokesman Jamie Shea
claimed 100,000 Kosovor Albanians were unaccounted for, a claim
uncritically accepted by the press.
Dr. Peter Markesteyn, a Winnipeg
forensic pathologist, was among the first war crimes investigators to
arrive in Kosovo after NATO ended its bombing campaign.
"We were told there were 100,000 bodies
everywhere," said Dr. Markesteyn. "We performed 1,800 autopsies -- that's
Fewer than 2,000 corpses. None found in
the Trepca mines. No remains in the vats of sulphuric acid. Most found in
isolated graves -- not in the mass graves NATO warned about. And no clue
as to whether the bodies were those of KLA fighters, civilians, even
whether they were Serbs or ethnic Albanians.
Not surprisingly then, when the Hague
Tribunal issued its first indictment against Milosevic, it said nothing of
100,000 dead, citing 391 deaths instead, all from incidents -- with the
exception of one now believed to have been faked -- that happened after
NATO�s bombing started. The media, scrupulously steering clear of asking
tough questions, didn�t wonder how a bombing campaign to stop a genocide
could be justified, if those who were doing the bombing had no evidence of
a genocide in the first place (and don�t now; the Tribunal has not brought
forth a genocide charge for Kosovo, despite the loud claims by NATO at the
time that a genocide was going on and needed to be stopped.) But by then,
the press was so firmly implicated in building the credibility of the
myth, they could hardly back off.
The one pre-bombing incident on which
Milosevic was indicted, the Racak massacre, is still treated as gospel
truth by the media, even though a number of questions had been raised
about the incident at the time, and have been raised since.
The French newspaper La Monde had some
trouble swallowing the story. It reported on Jan. 21, 1999, a few days
after the incident, that an Associated Press TV crew had filmed a gun
battle at Racak between Serb police and KLA guerillas. The crew was
present because the Serbs had tipped them off that they were going to
enter the village to arrest a man accused of shooting a police officer.
Also present were two teams of international monitors.
It seems unlikely that if you're about
to carry out a massacre you would invite the press -- and international
observers -- to watch.
The film showed that as the Serbs
entered Racak they came under heavy fire from KLA guerillas positioned in
the surrounding hills. The idea that the police could dig a trench and
then kill villagers at close range while under attack troubled La Monde.
So too did the fact that, entering the village after the fire fight to
assess the damage and interview the villagers, the observers saw no sign
of a massacre. What's more, the villagers said nothing about a massacre
It was only a day later, when
Washington�s man in Kosovo, William Walker, returned with the press in tow
-- at the KLA's invitation -- that a trench was found filled with bodies.
Adding to the implausibility of the
claim, a report last February by the Finnish forensic team that
investigated the incident on behalf of the European Union said none of the
bodies were mutilated, there was no evidence of torture, and only one was
shot at close range -- all at variance with the official story.
Thirty-seven of the corpses had
gunpowder residue on their hands, suggesting that they had been using
firearms, and only one of the corpses was a woman, and only one was under
15 years of age.
The pathologists say Walker was quick
to come to the conclusion a massacre had happened, even though the
evidence was weak.
And they point out that there is no
evidence the deceased were from Racak.
The first casualty of war is the
truth," says Paul Buteux, a political scientist at the University of
Manitoba, echoing a clich� that is sententiously uttered after every war,
but never learned from.
"It gets very murky. I have no doubt
that whoever was putting those intelligence reports together prior to the
NATO air campaign would be under pressure to put things in the worst
possible light. There was a point when the spin doctors came in."
Putting things in the worst possible
light? There's a big difference between putting things in the worst
possible light and turning 1,800 corpses into 100,000, between arguing
that a genocide had to be stopped by a bombing campaign, and being able to
adduce only one incident of a war crime -- and a doubtful one at that --
occurring before the bombing.
As for Jared Israel, he�s so certain
the depiction of Milosevic as a racist monster is baseless, he�s willing
to put his money where his mouth is. Israel says he�ll pay $500 to anyone
who can "show that Slobodan Milosevic made a racist statement in any
speech or interview at any time," a prize you would think the journalists
who have been writing about Milosevic whipping Serbs into an
ultranationalist frenzy would step forward to claim. Israel�s challenge,
posted at
http://www.icdsm.org/more/peaceintro.htm, was issued last
Slobodan Milosevic's speech at Kosovo
Field can be read at
Gil-White�s research can be read at
Mr. Steve Gowans is a
writer and political activist who lives in Ottawa, Canada.
by courtesy & � 2002 Steve
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A stronger dollar could push the index lower, but if that is accompanied by falling equity markets and continued strife in North Africa, it is uncertain where the index will go. Keep an eye on this commodities basket over the next few weeks to gauge how investors integrate the new outlook on monetary policy and their feelings on commodity market strength. At the time of publication, Sachais had no positions in securities mentioned. Follow @AndrewSachais This article is commentary by an independent contributor, separate from TheStreet's regular news coverage.


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"I leave my children at home, get on a plane, risk my life in dangerous areas for my job," Rivera once said.
Hurricanes would seem to be the most dangerous manifestation, right?
Iran is a dangerous country, but it is not an existential threat to either Israel or America.
Indeed, Mousavi already challenged this by saying that he would "never surrender to this dangerous charade."
I don't think Stephens has any real appreciation for how deep or dangerous these waters he is leaping into really are.
dangerous must have been your situation, Roger, whatever were your thoughts.
It would have been dangerous to let those desperate fellows get loose then.
Are there no other dangerous creatures infesting water, sir?
All the same he is one of the most dangerous men on the market at the present in town.
The situation was too dangerous to admit of further subterfuge.
early 13c., "difficult, arrogant, severe" (the opposite of affable), from Anglo-French dangerous, Old French dangeros (12c., Modern French dangereux), from danger (see danger).
In Chaucer, it means "hard to please, reluctant to give;" sense of "full of danger, risky" is from late 15c. Other words used in this sense included dangersome (1560s), dangerful (1540s). Related: Dangerously.


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Pat Quinn on Social Security
This is a choice about whether we'll make the tough decisions necessary to balance our budget by reforming our public pension systems, or whether we will let our jobs, our safety, and our schools be squeezed out by skyrocketing pension costs.
We have a tall task ahead of us. This is no small issue. And doing what's hard isn't always what's popular at the moment. But, we must remember that hard is not impossible.
We cannot allow our economic recovery to be held hostage by the pension crisis. We simply must act. Our vision for our Illinois cannot be fully realized without pension reform. This problem cannot be delayed, deferred, or delegated to the next session, or to the next generation.
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The mining services sector is under the pump and shareholders are putting pressure on management teams to consider ways to stop the rot.
It's understood besieged
While the company has plenty to talk about with its shareholders – it is searching for a new chief executive after
Potential buyers for this business, which generates most of its revenue in the United States, include NASDAQ-listed Layne Christensen and French drilling group Foraco International.
Revenue and earnings for the environmental drilling services division are not broken down in Boart Longyear's financial reports.
But it is understood the business has been operating at a loss for some time.
Since the company announced a strategic review two weeks ago, chairman and acting chief executive
Analysis by Goldman Sachs done in light of the review, estimates the drilling products business is worth more than $US600 million ($573 million) based on General Electric's purchase of Brisbane-based mining products company Industrea this month.
Goldman's valuation for the drilling products business is much the same as Boart's entire market capitalisation, which gives it room for thought.
Should the drilling products business go up for sale, expect equipment manufacturers Sandvik and Atlas Copco to take a look. These Scandinavian groups are Boart's main competitors in the drilling products arena; Sandvik bought the drilling products business of US company Major Drilling for $48 million in 2006.
GE could also have an interest given that the giant multinational has expressed a desire to grow its mining exposure in China and Australia.
Goldman Sachs projects that the drilling products business will report revenue of $US493 million and earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation of $US113 million for the calendar year.
Boart is just one mining services company whose shares are down more than 30 per cent in the past six months. Others include Macmahon, NRW, Ausdrill, Sedgman and Emeco.
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Try as he might to insist that he wouldn't negotiate over the debt ceiling,
The reason isn't hard to find. Obama negotiated over the debt ceiling in 2011. It wasn't pretty. It nearly ended in default, and it did end with a historic US government credit downgrade.
It also set the scene for 18 months of grinding trench warfare over deficits and debt, an election fought over the size of government, the recently averted fiscal cliff and the looming fight over the debt ceiling.
It promises to be a nervous couple of months for financial markets. The US Treasury is on track to run out of rope under the $US16.4 trillion debt ceiling in late February or early March. A moratorium on $US1.2 trillion in across-the-board spending cuts agreed as part of the fiscal-cliff deal expires on March 1. Budget spending authority expires on March 27.
Each of these deadlines is an opportunity for hardline Republicans to hold a gun to the head of the President and the US people, loaded with bullets marked "default", "arbitrary spending cuts" and "government shutdown". They can demand their price: fundamental reform of health care and social security, cuts to all other federal spending except for defence, and limited new taxes.
Adding to investors' nervousness, Politico reports that up to half of all Republican House members are ready to force the US government to default to extract big spending cuts and avoid further tax hikes. Imminent GDP data is expected to show the US economy growing at a sub-1 per cent annual rate, and a dull December quarter earnings season is under way.
Obama negotiated over the debt ceiling in 2011 because he had to.
The record doesn't inspire confidence that Obama will stick with his take-no-prisoners approach.
That doesn't mean he isn't right in much that he says. It would be irresponsible of Republicans to force a default, which would mean disaster for the US and the world economy. Today's Congressional Republicans are more extreme than past crops which did budget deals with presidents. And today's voters would probably blame Republicans more than Obama and his party for any default or shutdown.
Republicans need to recall that they didn't prosper electorally after the confrontations of 2011 and 1995, but they did in 2010 and 1994 without holding a gun to the president's head. Yet they are right to say that Obama hasn't shown he's serious about putting federal finances on a sustainable long-term footing. He keeps padding existing spending cuts with war and interest savings, while leaving entitlements and tax reform in the too-hard basket.
Such plans might get the US government through to the end of his second term, or even the end of the decade. But they won't ensure solvency through the 2020s, when the cost of caring for retired baby-boomers will really hit the budget, and today's sub-2 per cent yields on 10-year Treasuries could return to their Clinton era band of 6-8 per cent. That would throw the budget right out.
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PIERS Data Shows Recession's Impact on Furniture Import-Export Trade
NEWARK, N.J., July 28 /PRNewswire/ -- PIERS Global Intelligence Solutions, a division of UBM Global Trade, has released trade statistics that gauge the recession's impact on the top U.S. import commodity by volume, furniture.
In first-quarter 2009, inbound containerized shipments of furniture fell more than 87,000 TEUs (20-foot-equivalent units, the basic unit of container measure), for a 19.2% decline compared with the same period a year ago.
Based on first-quarter results, PIERS is forecasting a 16.52% decline in furniture imports for 2009 compared to 2008's shipments. This year's projected total TEUs for inbound furniture of 1,452,574 TEUs represents a 27% drop from the peak of 1,990,071 TEUs imported in 2005.
Overall, 2008 was a year in which furniture imports grew 73.55% -- but, against 2007's steep drop of 48.39% -- this is seen as regaining ground lost when the U.S. housing bubble went bust. Now global recession looks likely to reverse the recovery.
An analysis of 2008 trade data on source countries shows that China, accounting for 62.4% of total known value of imports, was the top supplier of furniture to the U.S. However, China's rate of growth in furniture imports -- 66.73% -- was surpassed by Vietnam, with a 154.93% growth rate, albeit from a lower volume base. As a result, China's share of the U.S. market for imports dropped 2.83%, while Vietnam gained 2.74%. This is evidence of the continued shift in production away from China to lower-cost countries, a trend that is expected to accelerate post-recession.
The global recession also slowed U.S. furniture exports. After positive growth of 7.05% in 2008, a 19.89% drop is forecast for 2009. While China is also the top market country for U.S. exports, its share was a modest 6.07% of total known value of exports last year. While China took in 8.95% more exports in 2008, Saudi Arabia, with a 4.76% share, led growth with a 58.06% surge.
In 2008, the top importer of furniture was Ikea, while Herman Miller was the leading exporter of furniture by volume. California led the states as an importer. North Carolina ranked as the number 2 importer, yet another indication of the furniture sector's globalization. Florida was the top furniture exporting state, followed by New Jersey.
These findings are based on trade data through first-quarter 2009 from PIERS Global Intelligence Solutions, the primary source of U.S. waterborne trade information. These and other findings are reported in the latest PIERS Sector SnapShot, a periodic summary of containerized import-export trade in bellwether commodities. The PIERS Furniture Sector SnapShot 1Q09 can be downloaded for free from the PIERS website at www.piers.com/furnituresnapshot.
A copy of the PIERS Furniture Sector Snapshot 1Q09 is included for reference and further details.
About PIERS Global Intelligence Solutions
PIERS is the primary source of U.S. waterborne trade information and a leader in global trade solutions. Launched over 30 years ago by The Journal of Commerce as the Port Import Export Reporting Service, its first venture in electronic information, PIERS quickly became the standard reference on container trade for the maritime industry.
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text: [Federal Register: September 13, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 176)] [Notices] [Page 55163-55164] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr13se04-48] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Food and Drug Administration [Docket No. 2004D-0377] International Conference on Harmonisation; Draft Guidance on E14 Clinical Evaluation of QT/QTc Interval Prolongation and Proarrhythmic Potential for Non-Antiarrhythmic Drugs; Availability AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance entitled ``E14 Clinical Evaluation of QT/QTc Interval Prolongation and Proarrhythmic Potential for Non- Antiarrhythmic Drugs.'' The draft guidance was prepared under the auspices of the International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH). The draft guidance provides recommendations to sponsors concerning clinical studies to assess the potential of a new drug to cause cardiac arrhythmias, focusing on the assessment of changes in the QT/QTc interval on the electrocardiogram as a predictor of risk. The draft guidance is intended to encourage the assessment of drug effects on the QT/QTc interval as a standard part of drug development and to encourage the early discussion of this assessment with FDA. DATES: Submit written or electronic comments on the draft guidance by December 13, 2004. ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the draft guidance to the Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305), Food and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852. Submit electronic comments to http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://www.fda.gov/dockets/ecomments. Submit written requests for single copies of the draft guidance to the Division of Drug Information (HFD-240), Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857; or the Office of Communication, Training and Manufacturers Assistance (HFM-40), Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), Food and Drug Administration, 1401 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852-1448. The guidance may also be obtained by mail by calling the CBER Voice Information System at 1-800-835-4709 or 301-827- [[Page 55164]] 1800. Send two self-addressed adhesive labels to assist the office in processing your requests. See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for electronic access to the draft guidance document. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Regarding the guidance: Douglas C. Throckmorton, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (HFD-1), Food and Drug Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Regarding the ICH: Michelle Limoli, Office of International Programs (HFG-1), Food and Drug Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, 301-827-4480. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background In recent years, many important initiatives have been undertaken by regulatory authorities and industry associations to promote international harmonization of regulatory requirements. FDA has participated in many meetings designed to enhance harmonization and is committed to seeking scientifically based harmonized technical procedures for pharmaceutical development. One of the goals of harmonization is to identify and then reduce differences in technical requirements for drug development among regulatory agencies. ICH was organized to provide an opportunity for tripartite harmonization initiatives to be developed with input from both regulatory and industry representatives. FDA also seeks input from consumer representatives and others. ICH is concerned with harmonization of technical requirements for the registration of pharmaceutical products among three regions: The European Union, Japan, and the United States. The six ICH sponsors are the European Commission, the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries Associations, the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare, the Japanese Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association, the Centers for Drug Evaluation and Research and Biologics Evaluation and Research, FDA, and the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America. The ICH Secretariat, which coordinates the preparation of documentation, is provided by the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Associations (IFPMA). The ICH Steering Committee includes representatives from each of the ICH sponsors and the IFPMA, as well as observers from the World Health Organization, Health Canada, and the European Free Trade Area. In June 2004, the ICH Steering Committee agreed that a draft guidance entitled ``E14 Clinical Evaluation of QT/QTc Interval Prolongation and Proarrhythmic Potential for Non-Antiarrhythmic Drugs'' should be made available for public comment. The draft guidance is the product of the Efficacy Expert Working Group of the ICH. Comments about this draft will be considered by FDA and the the Efficacy Expert Working Group. The draft guidance provides guidance on the design, conduct, analysis and interpretation of clinical studies to assess the potential of a new drug to cause cardiac arrhythmias, focusing on the assessment of changes in the QT/QTc interval on the electrocardiogram as a predictor of risk. The draft guidance is intended to encourage the assessment of drug effects on the QT/QTc interval, along with the collection of adverse cardiac events related to arrhythmias, as a standard part of drug development, and to encourage the early discussion of this assessment with the FDA. The goal of such discussions is to reach a common understanding of the effects as early in development as practical, with the goal of enhancing the efficiency of data collection later in drug development. This draft guidance, when finalized, will represent the agency's current thinking on this topic. It does not create or confer any rights for or on any person and does not operate to bind FDA or the public. An alternative approach may be used if such approach satisfies the requirements of the applicable statutes and regulations. II. Comments Interested persons may submit to the Division of Dockets Management (see ADDRESSES) written or electronic comments on the draft guidance. Submit a single copy of electronic comments or two paper copies of any mailed comments, except that individuals may submit one paper copy. Comments are to be identified with the docket number found in brackets in the heading of this document. The draft guidance and received comments may be seen in the Division of Dockets Management between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. III. Electronic Access Persons with access to the Internet may obtain the document at http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/default.htm, http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://www.fda.gov/cder/guidance/index.htm, or http://www.fda.gov/cber/publications.htm. Dated: September 3, 2004. William K. Hubbard, Associate Commissioner for Policy and Planning. [FR Doc. 04-20565 Filed 9-10-04; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4160-01-S


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By William Patrick | Florida Watchdog
TALLAHASSEE — Sometimes it takes a large net to catch a few wrong-doers. And that's one of the concerns when it comes to large government databases that are searched to find smelly fish.
But that's exactly what happened when 3,300 Floridians recently had their private prescription-drug information turn up in the hands of Volusia County criminal attorneys.
Florida Watchdog reported the leak earlier this month.
Instead of providing answers as to how the breach occurred, the Florida Department of Health is offering a workshop on July 8, for the public to express their privacy concerns.
In a statement, DOH praised the prescription-drug monitoring program that requires health care providers to report sensitive recipient information each time certain prescriptions are filled — anything from pain killers to cough syrup with codeine. DOH also says it is enhancing its privacy safeguards.
But that's not going to cut it, according to the Florida chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.
"Thousands of Floridians have had personal information — including their names, their addresses, the medications they take, their dosages, the names of their physicians, and the names of the pharmacies that dispensed the medication — distributed to people who never should have had them," Maria Kayanan, associate legal director of the ACLU of Florida, said in a news release.
"This is yet another experience showing that when government is collecting personal information about the activities of law-abiding individuals, that information is rarely as 'secure' as it is claimed to be," she said.
Six of the 3,300 individuals whose records were release are subject of criminal investigations. None of the 3,300 people were notified their records were released, nor did they give their consent.
The civil libertarian group submitted a public-records request to DOH earlier this month to find out how, and why, the department released the records. DOH denied the request, saying it conflicted with active investigations.
The ACLU said it simply is wanting to know how confidential records were obtained regarding those not suspected of crimes.
In a brief phone interview, the ACLU of Florida confirmed to Florida Watchdog that they have not received a substantive response to their latest records request, but they are reaching out to the feds for help
In a letter dated June 22, the ACLU petitioned the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to investigate the alleged privacy violations and levy sanctions against those involved.
According to state law, it is a felony to knowingly distribute to unauthorized individuals confidential information from the Electronic Online Reporting of Controlled Substances Evaluation, or E-FORCSE, database.
The leak came to light when a criminal defense attorney involved in one of the prescription drug abuse cases recognized the name of an associate, attorney Michael Lambert, on a discovery disc issued by the Office of the State Attorney for the Seventh Judicial Circuit.
The defense attorney then notified Lambert that his private medical and prescription drug information had been released to third parties.
A statement from the Department of Health last week said it is "collaborating with law enforcement agencies and the Attorney General's office to strengthen existing policies established to protect health information."
Contact William Patrick at [email protected]