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Agency Response Letter GRAS Notice No. GRN 000464
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CFSAN/Office of Food Additive Safety
February 18, 2014
Claire L. Kruger, Ph.D., D.A.B.T.
Spherix Consulting, a division of ChromaDex, Inc.
11900 Parklawn Drive, Suite 200
Rockville, MD 20852
Re: GRAS Notice No. GRN 000464
Dear Dr. Kruger
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is responding to the notice, dated March 1, 2013, that you submitted on behalf of Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd. (Morinaga) in accordance with the agency's proposed regulation, proposed 21 CFR 170.36 (62 FR 18938; April 17, 1997; Substances Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS); the GRAS proposal). FDA received the notice on March 4, 2013, filed it on March 22, 2013, and designated it as GRAS Notice No. GRN 000464. Additional clarifying information was provided on September 4, October 22, November 6, and November 25, 2013.
The subject of the notice is cow's milk-derived lactoferrin (cMDLf). The notice informs FDA of the view of Morinaga that cMDLf is GRAS, through scientific procedures, for use as an ingredient in cow's milk-based products [yogurts (100 milligrams (mg) per 100 grams (g)), powdered milk (400 mg/100 g), and milk-based frozen desserts (200 mg/100 g)] and in chewing gum (30 mg/g).
As part of its notice, Morinaga includes the report of a panel of individuals (Morinaga's GRAS panel) that evaluated the data and information that are the basis for Morinaga's GRAS determination. Morinaga considers the members of its GRAS panel to be qualified by scientific training and experience to evaluate the safety of substances added to food. Morinaga's GRAS panel evaluated estimates of dietary exposure, product specifications as well as published studies. Based on this review, Morinaga's GRAS panel concluded that cMDLf is GRAS under the conditions of its intended use.
Morinaga describes cMDLf as an iron-binding glycoprotein that has been characterized in the published literature as a single polypeptide chain of approximately 700 amino acids, with a molecular weight of approximately 75-80 kilodaltons. cMDLf can exist in an iron-free or iron-saturated state; and, in the iron-saturated form, the glycoprotein is more resistant to proteolysis and thermal denaturation. cMDLf contains four N-linked glycans, which are composed of varying amounts of N-acetyllactosaminic acid, galactose, mannose, fucose, N-acetylglucosamine, and N-acetylneuraminic acid residues.
Morinaga describes the production of cMDLf. The notifier states that cMDLf can be produced from two possible starting materials: sweet whey (a byproduct of cheese production) or unpasteurized skim milk. Morinaga notes that the resulting cMDLf is produced similarly to published methods used for the purification of whey proteins and in accordance with current good manufacturing practices. Briefly, production starts by chilling the starting material below 8 degrees Celsius (°C) to minimize microbial growth, followed by microfilteration to remove fat and other insoluble material. The filtrate is bound to a column or resin; and, the cMDLf is eluted with sodium chloride, desalted, ultrafiltered, and pasteurized at 75 °C for at least 15 seconds.1 The pasteurized cMDLf solution is further concentrated by ultrafiltration and then freeze-dried and pulverized before packaging. Morinaga describes cMDLf as a pink, odorless powder. Further, the notifier notes that cMDLf is stable for up to 96 months when stored in polyethylene bags and up to 102 months when stored in aluminum bags.
Morinaga states that cMDLf complies with established food grade specifications and utilizes only food grade raw materials and processing aids. Morinaga further states that cow's milk used to obtain lactoferrin is produced in accordance with good agricultural practices and in compliance with U.S. regulations, including applicable regulations for use of agricultural pesticides and veterinary drugs. Skim milk and sweet whey are produced from food-grade cow's milk in accordance with current good manufacturing practices.
Morinaga provides specifications for cMDLf. cMDLf contains ≥94.5% protein (of which ≥96% is lactoferrin), iron (≤35 mg/100 grams (g)), 4.2% moisture, 1.3% ash, and 0.5% fat. Specifications also include limits for lead (≤1 mg/kilogram (kg)), arsenic (≤1 mg/kg), Cronobacter sakazakii (negative/333g), Salmonella (negative/25g), polychlorinated biphenyls, pesticides, certain veterinary drugs, and aflatoxin M1. Morinaga also provides batch analyses for non-consecutive lots of cMDLf.
Morinaga estimates dietary exposure for consumers of milk-based products and chewing gums containing cMDLf at the intended use levels using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data from 2007-2008. Morinaga estimates that, for all ages, the mean and 90th dietary exposures are 142 mg per person per day (mg/p/d) or 2.7 mg/kg body weight per day (mg/kg bw/d) and 273 mg/p/d or 5.7 mg/kg bw/d, respectively, for consumers-only. Morinaga includes an estimate of background dietary exposure to cMDLf and considers that the intended uses would result approximately in a two- to four-fold increase above average background cMDLf intakes from milk products for all ages. Further, Morinaga considers that dietary exposure to lactoferrin from other uses (e.g., antimicrobial in meat products and as an ingredient in meal replacement and supplement drinks) is small, particularly given low percent consumers of these products, and does not meaningfully contribute to cumulative dietary exposure.
Morinaga discusses published information in support of the safe use of cMDLf. As part of its discussion, Morinaga considers the absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination of cMDLf. The notifier examines a published Ames assay indicating that cMDLf was not genotoxic. In addition, the notifier reviews a published 13 week study in male and female rats exposed to cMDLf (200, 600 and 2000 mg/kg bw/d) in which no toxicologically significant treatment-related changes were observed by the study authors at any exposure level. Also, the notifier communicates a published study in which male rats (for 60 weeks) and female rats (for 65 weeks) received up to 5% cMDLf (equivalent to approximately 2,000 mg/kg bw/d) in the diet with no adverse effects noted by the study authors. Furthermore, multiple published human clinical studies in children (consuming 100 mg to 1 g/d cMDLf for up to 9 months) and adults (consuming 100 mg to 7.2 g/d cMDLf for up to 12 months) are evaluated by the notifier noting no significant adverse effects. Finally, the notifier discusses published information about immunomodulation, allergenicity, hypersensitivity and oral tolerance as it relates to cMDLf. Morinaga states that no evidence exists to conclude that cMDLf is a clinically relevant allergen or has the ability to promote the development of, or exacerbate allergenicity, hypersensitivity, immunomodulation or develop an oral tolerance.
Morinaga also cites findings from the European Food Safety Authority Expert Panel that evaluated bovine lactoferrin and determined that use in general foods is safe at levels ranging from 60 to 100 mg/serving and in infant formulas at levels ranging from 40 to 1000 mg/liter.2 Based on the totality of the data and information described above, Morinaga concludes that cMDLf is well tolerated and is GRAS for its intended use in term infant formula.
Potential Labeling Issues
In describing data and information on clinical studies that Morinaga relies on to conclude that cMDLf is GRAS under the conditions of its intended use, Morinaga raises a potential issue under the labeling provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act). Under section 403(a) of the FD&C Act, a food is misbranded if its labeling is false or misleading in any particular. Section 403(r) of the FD&C Act lays out the statutory framework for the use of labeling claims that characterize the level of a nutrient in a food or that characterize the relationship of a nutrient to a disease or health-related condition. If products that contain cMDLf bear any claims on the label or in labeling, such claims are the purview of the Office of Nutrition, Labeling, and Dietary Supplements (ONLDS) in the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. The Office of Food Additive Safety (OFAS) neither consulted with ONLDS on this labeling issue nor evaluated the information in your notice to determine whether it would support any claims made about cMDLf on the label or in labeling. Potential Requirement for a Color Additive Petition
Potential Requirement for a Color Additive Petition
In its notice, Morinaga describes cMDLf as a pink powder. As such, the use of cMDLf in food products may constitute the use of a color additive under section 201(t)(1) of the FD&C Act and FDA's implementing regulations in 21 CFR Part 70. Under section 201(t)(1) and 21 CFR 70.3(f), the term color additive means a material that is a dye, pigment, or other substance made by a process of synthesis or similar artifice, or extracted, isolated, or otherwise derived from a vegetable, animal, mineral, or other source, and that is capable (alone or through reaction with another substance) of imparting color when added or applied to a food; except that such term does not include any material which the Secretary,3 by regulation, determines is used (or intended to be used) solely for a purpose or purposes other than coloring. Under 21 CFR 70.3(g), a material that otherwise meets the definition of color additive can be exempt from that definition on the basis that it is used or intended to be used solely for a purpose or purposes other than coloring, as long as the material is used in a way that any color imparted is clearly unimportant insofar as the appearance, value, marketability, or consumer acceptability is concerned. Given the construct of section 201(t)(1) of the FD&C Act and 21 CFR 70.3(f) and (g), the use of a substance that is capable of imparting color may constitute use as a color additive in addition to use as a food additive or GRAS substance. For example, ß-carotene is both approved for use as a color additive (21 CFR 73.95) and affirmed as GRAS for use as a nutrient supplement (21 CFR 184.1245); in some food products, ß-carotene is used for both purposes. Importantly, if the use of cMDLf constitutes use as a color additive within the meaning of section 201(t)(1) of the FD&C Act and FDA's implementing regulations in 21 CFR 70.3(f) and (g), section 721(a) of the FD&C Act requires premarket review and approval of that use by FDA. Under section 402(c) of the FD&C Act, a food product that contains an unapproved color additive would be deemed adulterated.4
In its notice, Morinaga considers that the addition of cMDLf would be at sufficiently low levels that it will not impart significant color to the resulting food products and that cMDLf is not intended to function as a color additive. Importantly, FDA's response to GRN 000465 does not include any comment by FDA about Morinaga's view of this issue. If, after receipt of this letter, Morinaga has any specific questions about this issue, we recommend that Morinaga contact the Division of Petition Review in OFAS.
Allergen Labeling
The Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act of 2004 (FALCPA) amends the FD&C Act to require that the label of a food that is or contains an ingredient that bears or contains a "major food allergen" declare the presence of the allergen (section 403(w)). FALCPA defines a "major food allergen" as one of eight foods or food groups (i.e., milk, eggs, fish, Crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, and soybeans) or a food ingredient that contains protein derived from one of those foods. cMDLf is a milk-based ingredient that requires labeling under FALCPA, because it contains protein derived from milk. Although issues associated with labeling food are the responsibility of ONLDS, issues associated with FALCPA exemptions are the responsibility of the Food Allergen Coordinator in OFAS.
Section 301(ll) of the FD&C Act
The Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007, which was signed into law on September 27, 2007, amends the FD&C Act to, among other things, add section 301(ll). Section 301(ll) of the FD&C Act prohibits the introduction or delivery for introduction into interstate commerce of any food that contains a drug approved under section 505 of the FD&C Act, a biological product licensed under section 351 of the Public Health Service Act, or a drug or a biological product for which substantial clinical investigations have been instituted and their existence made public, unless one of the exemptions in section 301(ll)(1)-(4) applies. In its review of Morinaga's notice that cMDLf is GRAS for the intended use, FDA did not consider whether section 301(ll) or any of its exemptions apply to foods containing cMDLf. Accordingly, this response should not be construed to be a statement that foods that contain cMDLf, if introduced or delivered for introduction into interstate commerce, would not violate section 301(ll).
Based on the information provided by Morinaga, as well as other information available to FDA, the agency has no questions at this time regarding Morinaga's conclusion that cMDLf is GRAS under the intended conditions of use. The agency has not, however, made its own determination regarding the GRAS status of the subject use of cMDLf. As always, it is the continuing responsibility of Morinaga to ensure that food ingredients that the firm markets are safe, and are otherwise in compliance with all applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
In accordance with proposed 21 CFR 170.36(f), a copy of the text of this letter responding to GRN 000464, as well as a copy of the information in this notice that conforms to the information in the GRAS exemption claim (proposed 21 CFR 170.36(c)(1)), is available for public review and copying at www.fda.gov/grasnoticeinventory.
Dennis M. Keefe, Ph.D.
Office of Food Additive Safety
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
1Per Morinaga, the pasteurization conditions exceed the requirements for pasteurization of milk as described in the FDA's Grade "A" Pasteurized Milk Ordinance (revised 2009).
2ESFA Scientific panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies (2012).
3The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
4We note that section 721(b)(4) of the FD&C Act provides that a color additive shall be deemed to be safe and suitable for the purpose of listing under section 721(b) of the FD&C Act while there is in effect a published finding of the Secretary declaring that the substance is exempt from the definition of "food additive" because of its being generally recognized by qualified experts as safe for its intended use as provided in section 201(s) of the FD&C Act. Importantly, FDA's response to GRN 000464 does not constitute a "finding of the Secretary" within the meaning of section 721(b)(4) of the FD&C Act.


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5 bedroom terraced house for saleCawsand, Torpoint, Cornwall
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Tenure: Freehold
This spacious five double bedroom Grade II listed property is situated in the heart of the village and benefits from an enclosed rear garden and partial sea views. Retaining much of its period charm although is in need of refreshment.
Accommodation In Detail (all measurements are approximate)
. The property is approached via a bespoke wooden door into:-
Entrance Porch Tiled flooring. Glazed opaque window off to side. Access to fuse box. Wooden door with multiple opaque glazed inserts to:-
Lounge 23'1" (7.04m) x 15'11" (4.85m) into alcoves and window bays. Two sash windows to the front elevation, one with window seat. Multi fuel burner sat on a slate hearth with mantle surround. Storage to alcoves. Further built in storage with glazed panel doors. Two double radiators. Period coved ceiling. Dado rail. Wooden door to:-
Dining Room 22'1" (6.73m) x 11'6" (3.5m) to furthest points. Dog legged stairs with open spindle balustrade to first floor with storage under. Glazed door to rear courtyard. Sash window to the rear courtyard. Two single radiators. Built in storage. Boiler housed in inglenook. Access to fuse box. Shelving to alcove. Door to:-
Kitchen 9'5" x 8'1" (2.87m x 2.46m). Range of base units with roll edge work surface housing sink with drainer to side and mixer tap over. Sliding cutlery drawers. Space for dishwasher, fridge and washing machine. Double radiator. Matching wall mounted units. Tiled splash backs. Electric extractor fan. Ceiling light. Window to rear courtyard. Quarry effect tiled flooring.
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Bedroom Five 10'4" x 8'10" (3.15m x 2.7m). Single radiator. Two built in storage cupboards. Sash window to rear overlooking the courtyard.
Bedroom Three 12'7" x 11'2" (3.84m x 3.4m). Sash windows to front elevation. Double radiator. Two built in storage spaces. Built in wardrobes with centre vanity unit.
Bedroom Four 14'2" x 8'4" (4.32m x 2.54m). Sash window to front with partial sea views. Double radiator. Cast iron fireplace with wooden mantle over. Storage to alcoves.
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Bedroom Two 14'1" (4.3m) x 10'7" (3.23m) into alcoves. Sash window to front elevation. Double radiator. Exposed wooden floor. Built in storage to alcove.
Outside There is a door from the dining room providing access to the rear courtyard. Steps rise to a seating area and further again to a lawned area at the rear with partial views of Cawsand. Access to a brick built shed.
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Icy Galilean Satellites: Radar Echoes Due to a Coherent Backscatter Effect
G. J. Black, D. B. Campbell, P. D. Nicholson (Cornell University)
We have modeled the radar scattering properties of Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto using a vector formulation of the coherent backscatter effect [1]. At wavelengths of 3.5 cm and 12.6 cm, the specific radar cross sections [2] of the icy Galilean satellites are not only an order of magnitude larger than those of typical inner Solar System targets, but also greater than unity, indicating that these icy surfaces preferentially backscatter. Even more unusual is that the icy surface reflection mechanism largely preserves the incident polarization. At 70 cm wavelength the cross sections of Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto are lower than those measured at the shorter wavelengths by factors of 4-10, while the polarization ratios appear to remain at high values [3].
In order to explain the radar data several possible mechanisms have been proposed by various workers, all of which are based on the fact that the surfaces and upper layers of these moons are mainly water ice. Water ice at the low temperatures found on these objects is a poor absorber of radio-wavelength radiation, permitting the radar signal to penetrate more efficiently into the surface than is possible with silicate compositions. We have adapted a model of the coherent backscatter effect [1] to explain the observed wavelength dependence of the radar cross sections. Since the subsurface attenuation coefficient can be quite small, the presence of embedded wavelength-scale scatterers may result in this particular multiple-scattering process, thus enhancing the echo near exact backscatter as well as preserving the incident polarization. By assuming Mie scatterers that are distributed in size as a power law, we fit the observed wavelength variations in cross section and polarization properties. Model parameters that best reproduce the data indicate that the scattering layers are on the order of ten meters thick. The scatterer size distributions follow fairly steep power laws, with the maximum scatterer sizes falling between the two longest wavelengths. The absorption lengths in the media are not well constrained but must be longer than the depth of the respective layer.
[1] Peters, K. (1992). Phys. Rev. B 46, 801. [2] Ostro, S. J., et al. (1992). JGR 97, 18227. [3] Black, G. J., et al. (1996). LPSC XXVII 1, 143.


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The brother of Princess Diana's former butler will not face charges over items allegedly stolen from the Royal Family.
Graham Burrell, 36, younger brother of Paul, was on police bail since being arrested last October, and was due to be questioned again by detectives on Thursday.
But Scotland Yard said Graham, from Grassmoor in Derbyshire, was not asked to attend.
Paul Burrell, 43, still faces trial at the Old Bailey in October accused of stealing 320 items from Diana, Prince William and the Prince of Wales.
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The former butler, who Diana once called "my rock" denies the charges.
The Daily Mirror on Wednesday reports Graham saying: "It is one hell of a relief.
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Schwarzsee - SchönbielhütteHiking trail
The trail to the Schönbiel hut is full of variety; the view from the hut of the north face of the Matterhorn is breathtaking.
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- Clothing suitable for the weather (always carry a waterproof)
Additional information and recommendations are available from the guest information centre on Bahnhofplatz (by the railway station).
- Plan every mountain tour carefully and adapt to participants' fitness level as well as the weather and season.
- Weather conditions can change quickly in the mountains. Appropriate clothing is therefore essential, along with adequate supplies of food and water. In uncertain weather, turn back in good time.
- Inform others of planned route, and whenever possible avoid going alone.
- Do not leave the marked routes; do not venture onto glaciers without a mountain guide.
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Justin Dockswell, Ed.M. 2000 & B.S. 1998, is working with Southwoods, a four-week camp for children ages 7-15 in the Adirondack Mountains. He helps to plan, organize and run Southwoods daily operations, responsibilities he has held since October 2003. Dockswell is a member of the American Camping Association and also helps recruit students to UB by working as an alumni ambassador. He lives in Nesconset, NY.
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Pradeep Gowda, M.S. 2001, is a senior engineer at Qualcomm Incorporated, where he works on system design and testing of the latest developments in the features of wireless phones. This includes everything apart from making calls, such as using the phone as a digital camera, camcorder, MP3 player and to play CMX audio files. Gowda was also a participant in the 49th Dave Freeman Open Badminton USA Badminton Classic Series Tournament. He resides in San Diego, CA.
Barbara E. Ochterski, Ph.D. 2001, has been named head of the Buffalo Academy of the Sacred Heart, a Catholic all-girls high school in suburban Eggertsville, NY. Previously the schools interim principal, she was chosen for her more than 25 years in educational administration, as well as for her success as interim principal. Ochterskis appointment makes her the first layperson to lead the school in its 127-year history; a member of the Sisters of St. Francis has traditionally headed the academy. Ochterski resides in East Aurora, NY.
John W. Andrews, J.D. 2002 & B.A. 1999, was named an assistant district attorney for the Niagara County District Attorneys Office. In the past, he has been a substitute teacher in special education classes and was a staff member at the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station. He lives in Grand Island, NY.
Jason Ascher, B.A. 2002, is the deputy finance director for Jeff Steinbergs campaign for the U.S. Congress in the second congressional district in New Mexico. He was formerly the regional field director for the Joe Lieberman presidential campaign during the New Hampshire and Delaware primaries. Ascher resides in Staten Island, NY.
Phillip Dabney, J.D. 2002, was named an assistant district attorney for the Niagara County District Attorneys Office. He has held past positions in real estate and as a part-time assistant professor at Erie Community College, teaching paralegal courses. He resides in Lockport, NY.
Stephanie L. Guerriero, J.D. 2003 & B.A. 2000, has joined the firm of Chelus, Herdzik, Speyer, Monte & Pajak as an associate. She will be working with other members of the firm in handling litigation files, as well as other general practice matters. She will work at the firms downtown office, as well as at a branch office in Cheektowaga, NY. Guerriero resides in East Aurora, NY.
Meaghan Maul, B.A. 2003, is working in human resources for OSI Pharmaceuticals, a biotech company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of high-quality oncology products that will both extend and improve the quality of life for cancer patients. She is the coach of an Olympic Develop-ment soccer team and volunteers for the Make-A-Wish Foundation, and as a Relay for Life Midnight Madness committee member. Maul resides in Dix Hills, NY.
Cynthia Collado, B.S. 2004, is an engineer for Merck & Companys manufacturing division, and is also a board member for the companys Hispanic organization. She lives in Lansdale, PA.
Aimee Paolo, B.A. 2004, is the first Hudson Valley program coordinator for the National MS (multiple sclerosis) Societys upstate New York chapter. In this position, she will be able to develop programs and activities to meet the needs of affected families residing in the Hudson Valley, while working in collaboration with community members. Paolo resides in Wallkill, NY.
Wendy Park, B.S. 2004, is attending the State University of New Yorks College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse as a Ph.D. student in environmental physiology. She is focusing her research on Macrotermes michaelseni termites in Namibia, Africa. Park resides in Lewiston, NY.
Michael F. Ziolkowski, Ph.D. 2004, M.A. 1997 & B.A. 1991, is a program manager at Ingram Micro in Williamsville, NY, where he has worked since 1995. He resides in Grand Island, NY.


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for the robustness of S-boxes to \\emph{Differential Power Analysis} (DPA):lower \\emph{transparency order} implying more resistance. However most cryptographically strong Boolean functions have been found to have high \\emph{transparency order}. Also it is a difficult problem to search for Boolean functions which are strong cryptographically, and yet have low \\emph{transparency order}, the total search space for $(n,n)$-bit Boolean functions being as large as $n2^{2^n}$. In this paper we characterize \\emph{transparency order} for various classes of Boolean functions by computing the upper and lower bounds of \\emph{transparency order} for both
even and odd numbers of variables. The transparency order is defined in terms of \\emph{diffusion} properties of the structures of Boolean functions namely the number of bit flips in the output of the functions corresponding to the number of bit flips at the input of the function. The calculated bounds depend on the number of vectors flipping the input of S-box for which bias of probability of S-box output bit deviates from the value of 0.5. The \\emph{transparency order} is found to be high in the class of those Boolean functions which have larger cardinality of input differences for which the probability of output bit flip is 0.5. Also we find that instead of \\emph{propagation characteristics}, \\emph{autocorrelation
spectra} of the S-box function $F$ is a more qualifying candidate in deciding the characteristics of \\emph{transparency order}. The relations developed to characterize \\emph{transparency order} aid in our constrained random generation and search of a class of
balanced $8\\times8$ S-boxes with \\emph{transparency order} upper bounded by 7.8, \\emph{nonlinearity} in range $(104,110)$ and \\emph{absolute indicator values} of \\emph{GAC}
in range $(48,88)$.
Based on the new basic arguments, we propose a NIZK argument for subset sum. This seems to be the only known (direct) sublinear NIZK argument for some other NP-complete language than Circuit-SAT\\@. Moreover, it is significantly more efficient than the known sublinear Circuit-SAT arguments by Groth (Asiacrypt 2010) and Lipmaa. In addition, we show that the new arguments can be used to speed up the recent range argument by Chaabouni, Lipmaa and Zhang (FC 2012). Finally, we combine the subset sum argument and the range argument to propose a direct sublinear NIZK argument for another NP-complete language, decision knapsack.
Starting with the work of Juels and Kaliski (CCS \'07), all prior solutions to this problem crucially assume that the client data is static and do not allow it to be efficiently updated. Indeed, they all store a redundant encoding of the data on the server, so that the server must delete a large fraction of its storage to `lose\' any actual content. Unfortunately, this means that even a single bit modification to the original data will need to modify a large fraction of the server storage, which makes updates highly inefficient.
Overcoming this limitation was left as the main open problem by all prior works.
In this work, we give the first solution providing proofs of retrievability for dynamic storage, where the client can perform arbitrary reads/writes on any location within her data by running an efficient protocol with the server. At any point in time, the client can execute an efficient audit protocol to ensure that the server maintains the latest version of the client data. The computation and communication complexity of the server and client in our protocols is only polylogarithmic in the size of the client\'s data. The starting point of our solution is to split up the data into small blocks and redundantly encode each block of data individually, so that an update inside any data block only affects a few codeword symbols. The main difficulty is to prevent the server from identifying and deleting too many codeword symbols belonging to any single data block. We do so by hiding where the various codeword symbols for any individual data lock are stored on the server and when they are being accessed by the client, using the algorithmic techniques of oblivious RAM.
The algorithm performance information provided by this and the preceding paper is aimed at making practical comparisons possible. Comparisons that take both the cost of pre-computation and the efficiency of the online phase into account, at parameters that achieve a common success rate, can now be carried out with ease. Comparisons can be based on the expected execution complexities rather than the worst case complexities, and details such as the effects of false alarms and various storage optimization techniques need no longer be ignored.
A large portion of this paper is allocated to accurately analyzing the execution behavior of the perfect table distinguished point method. In particular, we obtain a closed-form formula for the average length of chains associated with a perfect distinguished point table.
evaluate a function of their joint inputs without revealing their inputs
to each other.
SFE has been the focus of active research and recent work suggests that it can
be made practical. Unfortunately, current protocols and implementations have
inherent limitations that are hard to overcome using standard and practical
techniques. Among them are: (1) requiring participants to do work linear in
the size of the circuit representation of the function; (2) requiring all
parties to do the same amount of work; and (3) not being able to provide
complete fairness.
A promising approach for overcoming these limitations is to augment the SFE
setting with a small set of untrusted servers that have no input to the
computation and that receive no output, but that make their computational
resources available to the parties. In this model, referred to as
server-aided SFE, the goal is to tradeoff the parties\' work at the
expense of the servers. Motivated by the emergence of public cloud services
such as Amazon EC2 and Microsoft Azure, recent work has explored the extent to
which server-aided SFE can be achieved with a single server.
In this work, we revisit the sever-aided setting from a practical perspective
and design single-server-aided SFE protocols that are considerably more
efficient than all previously-known protocols. We achieve this in part by
introducing several new techniques for garbled-circuit-based protocols,
including a new and efficient input-checking mechanism for cut-and-choose and a
new pipelining technique that works in the presence of malicious adversaries.
Furthermore, we extend the server-aided model to guarantee fairness which is an
important property to achieve in practice.
Finally, we implement and evaluate our constructions experimentally and show
that our protocols (regardless of the number of parties involved) yield implementations that are 4 and 6 times
faster than the most optimized two-party SFE implementation when the server is
assumed to be malicious and covert, respectively.


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By Mason Nesbitt, For TMC Sports Information
March 27, 2014
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. -- The Master's College baseball team moved up to number seven in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics baseball poll released Tuesday.
The ranking was five spots higher than the #12 ranking the NAIA gave TMC (26-8 overall, 16-8 in GSAC) in its preseason poll.
"The Lord is gracious. We're seventh in the country," said TMC head coach Monte Brooks. "What an honor."
Last season, the Mustangs jumped from unranked in the preseason to number five in the first NAIA poll with a record of 26-9. The Mustangs were number six in the postseason poll after making it to the NAIA World Series.
TMC senior Tommy Kister was the closer on that World Series team; he takes Brooks' sentiment a step further.
"We're honored to be ranked number seven," Kister said. "(But) our goal is to be the best team in the nation. We want to be top five and number one if possible."
One team that found itself in the top five Tuesday was San Diego Christian College, which beat TMC two out of three games last weekend. The NAIA ranked the Hawks fifth, up from their #22 ranking in the preseason poll.
Concordia University-Irvine and Vanguard University rounded out the GSAC teams in the top 25 at #12 and #25 respectively. Westmont College received votes.
The new poll means the Mustangs will finish their conference schedule with three out of four series against teams in the top 25 or receiving votes.
Notes: The GSAC posted the most top 25 teams in the poll (4)…TMC lost by one run each to NAIA #1 Faulkner (Ala.) and #3 Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) at the 2013 NAIA World Series…Former TMC outfielder James Sloan is a redshirt for #9 LSU Shreveport…TMC beat #14 Tabor 1-0 in their NAIA Opening Round tournament.
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text: Did you eat strawberry Pop Tarts every day before driving off to high school? Were you the last of your friends to start having sex? According to a study of 1,500 people in Japan, teenagers who skip breakfast are more likely to lose their virginity at a younger age. The average cherry-popping of a cereal-eater happened around age 19, while those who skipped the first (and arguably most important) meal of the day lost their V-card at 17.5. Scientists think this finding is related to family life, especially because teens who were annoyed by their mothers were also more likely to have sex at a younger age. But, maybe the study just explains why moms are always so adamant about making their kids put some food in their mouths in the morning. [Telegraph UK]


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Amherst College
> Jeffs Drop NESCAC Tournament Opener at Tufts, 4-1
Jeffs Drop NESCAC Tournament Opener at Tufts, 4-1
May 4, 2001
Second baseman Carline Kelly '01
scored the Jeffs' lone run
after leading off
the game with a double
MEDFORD, MA - Junior pitcher Jodie Moreau (Clarksburg, MA) went the distance for her tenth straight win and the Tufts University offense took advantage of four Amherst College errors, as the Jumbos posted a 4-1 victory over the Jeffs in the first round of the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Softball Championship Tournament on Friday.
Visiting Amherst scored right away after senior second baseman Carline Kelly (South Dartmouth, MA) led off the game with a double and sophomore third baseman Missy Mordy (Issaquah, WA) followed with a single. Mordy then stole second to put two runners in scoring position for the Jeffs. Moreau struck out the next two hitters, but Kelly scored on an errant pick-off throw to second base.
Tufts took advantage of an Amherst error to take the lead for good in the third. Amherst starter Lauren Peloquin (Berkley, MA) walked junior second baseman Emily Ferrazza (Westminster, MA) to start the inning, then hit junior shortstop Jen Mackey (Swampscott, MA) with a pitch. Both Jumbos scored when senior center fielder Randee McArdle's (East Nassau, NY) grounder to first was not fielded cleanly.
The Jumbos added two more runs in the fourth, sparked by a leadoff double by freshman third baseman Deana Davidian (Pelham, NY). She stole third, then scored on a single by sophomore right fielder Nikki Blotner (San Diego, CA). A passed ball and another Amherst error brought in Blotner.
Moreau settled down after the first, allowing just two hits the rest of the way. Blotner had two hits and two stolen bases for Tufts. Kelly went two for three for the Jeffs.
Meanwhile, Williams College also advanced in the winner's bracket with a 9-0 victory over Bowdoin College as the Ephs rolled to their 14th consecutive win behind the shutout pitching of sophomore Katherine Baldwin (Yantic, CT) and an opportunistic offense. They jumped to a 2-0 lead in the second inning on a two-out RBI single by sophomore center fielder Courtney Hunter (Ridgefield, CT), who then stole second and eventually scored by taking home on a double steal.
The game was tightly contested until the bottom of the fifth, when five Williams hits and two Bowdoin errors led the way to a 7-0 advantage for the Ephs. Hunter again was at the center of the action. She led off the inning with a single, then stole second and advanced to third when the throw rolled into center field. A single by junior second baseman Gisele Pinck (Luzerene, SWITZERLAND) brought her home. After Pinck later scored on a Bowdoin error, sophomore third baseman Kristen Massimiano (Pittsfield, MA) broke the game open by plating two more runs with a long fly triple that was over the head and off the glove of a leaping Bowdoin outfielder.
Baldwin worked out of a two-on, no-out jam in the top of the sixth that included one of Bowdoin freshman designated hitter Hillary Smith's (Denver, CO) team-high two hits. Williams ended the game in the sixth by loading the bases and getting a two-out infield single by Baldwin. Hunter had three hits and scored two runs to lead Williams, which also got two hits from Pinck and junior first baseman Karen McCloskey (Verona, NJ).
Tufts and Williams will meet on Saturday at 12:30 p.m. after Amherst and Bowdoin play in the loser's bracket at 10 a.m.
*Bowdoin vs. Amherst, 10 a.m.
*Tufts vs. Williams, 12:30 p.m.
*Bowdoin/Amherst Winner vs. Tufts/Williams Loser, 3 p.m.
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Sometimes they find themselves in agreement with conservative arguments and say so aloud.
That line so outraged the dad at E-Z Car Rental that he repeated it aloud on Wednesday afternoon.
Even China," she says with amazement, "We were not expecting China to say that aloud.
Instead, he picked up the Bible on the nightstand and began "reading passages from Scripture aloud to them."
Did you know Jane Austen loved Pride and Prejudice as her 'own darling child' and read it aloud at home?
She read it aloud: it asked for the pleasure of their company at luncheon.
Then aloud he demanded, with hauteur: "Who do you wish to see, lady?"
"This is an unexpected obstacle," says he, aloud, but to himself.
He said aloud, 'Never mind, Uncle, if it makes you feel bad.'
Mary obeyed, and taking out a much soiled, blotted letter, Mrs. Campbell asked her to read it aloud.


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** Drugmaker's shares down 33.4 pct at $17.79 premarket; set to open at near 7-year low
** Multiple brokerages cut PT and rating after company slashes 2016 revenue and profit forecast to reflect operating challenges in its legacy generic business and pressures on a few of its core brand products
** Leerink cuts Endo's rating to "market perform" from "outperform", Mizuho to "underperform" from "neutral", Piper Jaffray to "neutral" from "overweight"
** Mizuho analysts say they view stock as "toxic," while RBC analysts say they think Endo needs to look at strategic alternatives at this point
** Lowering of guidance was not the surprise, but the magnitude was, Cowen & Co analysts write. "The question remains whether Endo can stabilize its core operations and begin to generate meaningful cash yield."
** Other specialty drugmakers such as Horizon Pharma Plc and Mallinckrodt Plc and Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc also fall
** Capital Research Global Investors is top shareholder, was buying in, owned 23 million shares as of March 31. That's about 10 pct of the company's shares outstanding
** 10 out of 20 brokerages, rate stock "buy" or higher, remaining "hold"; median PT $45
** Up to Thursday's close, stock had lost more than half of its value this year


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Jessica Simpson Isn't Even Hiding It (UPDATE: And Now We Know Why)
Ah, the "wear huge chunky boots because everything above is big & chunky too" tactic. I know it well.
It helps if the boots aren't ugly as sin though.
Great now she is going to have dumb ass babies like her. We need to keep these people sterile.


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March, 2011
Jacob Captures Life in Black and White
Jacob is a 20-year-old photographer who was inspired to pick up a camera while witnessing a natural disaster on a school trip abroad. His passion for travel photography has grown and he recently travelled across the United States for three months and came back with thousands of seemingly banal, candid black and white images that perfectly capture the essence of Americana.
The images now hang at his first solo exhibition in Tavistock Place, London. His approach to photography is not one of styling and altering images in editing programs, but of capturing everything as is, while it's moving and alive.
When did you start taking photos?
I started taking photos when I was 14. I went on a photography trip to Sri Lanka with the intention to document the atmosphere, colours and culture. The day I arrived, however, the tsunami hit. I turned to photography as a means of processing my terrifying experience and feelings. I was also aware of communication; if I could capture what was happening there then those at home could understand it.
Why did you decide to take photos of people in America for your latest project?
After shooting music events for a few years, I was starting to understand a new opportunity with reportage photography. This was the ability not only to document but to comment. With a fascination of a Photographer with a photo essay, The Americans, I saw how he captured not only the people of America, but the landscape and the environment. He showed me how people are a product of their environment and how, especially with the use of a wide-angle lens, a photographer can show in a frozen moment the persona of a place. This gives contextual underpinning when the photo has a simple caption of where and when it was taken. Who are these people? Who are their friends, their family? The curiosity of the photography in turn provokes questions from the viewer, which can be answered in one of many ways.
I wanted to take photos of people in America to see what he saw. Fifty years after his images were captured, I was curious to revisit and explore my own journey, in turn bringing back images that could be compared to his. In no way saying that my images achieve the funny, tragic, haunting images of my hero, but it felt good to pay homage to someone who has inspired me so much.
How do you decide what you take a picture of?
I try to enter a situation without an intention to comment. This allows me to respond truthfully and with a fresh eye. But I'm always drawn to something when I get there. I may become obsessed. Spend an hour following someone without them knowing. I guess in that sense the randomness of crossing paths takes me on an unexpected journey; I'm just there to be inspired and jump on-board the ride.
Do you think people with expensive cameras take better photos?
The best camera is the one you have on you.
What will your next project be about?
Since my exhibition showcasing my project from America, 88 days, I've had a few projects on the go. Continuing to work for the NME, I'll be covering Glastonbury. I've just finished a music video and am in preproduction stages of my next music video. Over the summer, I'm going to India for a couple of months, but whether a project emerges from it I can't say. Then it's back to film school for my final year where I'll be making a few shorts with the intention to enter them into festivals.


text: Inoki Genome Federation 25 View: Inoki Genome Federation 25 - Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Event on March 20, 2013 in Fukuoka, Fukuoka JPN Share: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google Plus Post a Comment Fight Winner Loser Method Round Time 1 Satoshi Ishii Kerry Schall Submission 1 2:43 Satoshi Ishii vs. Kerry Schall Satoshi Ishii 12-8-1 5′ 11″ 225 lbs. WINNER Kerry Schall 23-13-0 6′ 2″ 265 lbs. Submission (Arm Bar) in the 1st round Fight was scheduled for 3 rounds (5x5x5)


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Low Calorie Cranberry Juice Cocktail
February 4, 2013—Fearlessly Archived—Still a fun read, price & availability may have changed.
Is it possible to make a great tasting, low calorie juice cocktail without resorting to the inclusion of artificial sweeteners? Yes, it is. We know this because we've developed Trader Joe's Low Calorie Cranberry Juice Cocktail, which is the pudding supplying the proof.
The secret to our low-cal success is no secret at all. We use fruit juice concentrate, sweetened with a blend of sugar and stevia extract—a natural, calorie-free sweetener—to keep the tart-to-sweet ratio to our liking, while simultaneously reducing the calorie count to a mere 40 calories in each eight ounce serving. Most importantly, it's good. With less sugar, and significantly fewer calories than you'll find in most juice. Sweet. It's also a sweet deal, at $3.99 for each 64 ounce bottle, plus deposit where required. You'll find Trader Joe's Low Calorie Cranberry Juice Cocktail on the shelves with our other bottled juices and teas.
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A 20 year-old man has been charged with importing 4.6 kilograms of methamphetamines hidden inside dozens of shampoo bottles.
Hong Kong national Chi Chang faced the Magistrates Court on Saturday morning, charged with the import and attempt to posses the street drugs.
The case was adjourned for Tuesday. No application for bail was made and Mr Chang will remain in custody at least until the file hearing.
His solicitor said her client spoke very little English and that his language barrier needed to be addressed while he remanded in custody.
Australian Federal Police arrested Mr Chang in Melbourne CBD on April 3 after he allegedly imported the drugs.
An AFP federal agent said the arrest was part of a larger operation, adding that the quantity of drugs seized was "significant".
The street value is not yet known but the agent said the cost of manufacturing the methamphetamines would have cost about $190,000.
The charges carry a total maximum penalty of up to 25 years in prison.


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Is this what you see flashing?
That symbol is for the tire pressure monitor. If this light is on then you may have low tire pressure in one or more tires, if the tire pressures are normal then you may have a bad sensor.
The p0463 is for a bad fuel level sensor, you will need to have it replaced. The sensor is located on the fuel pump but it can be replaced with out replacing the pump. The fuel tank needs to be removed to make this repair.
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Cher Lloyd Talks Vera Wang Wedding Wishes at Y100's Jingle Ball
Bringing her music-making mojo to the States, the lovely Cher Lloyd joined the roster of acts featured in Y100's Jingle Ball 2012 concert lineup on Saturday night (December 8).
The 19-year-old brunette beauty graciously posed with a few young fans during a meet 'n' greet at Sunrise, Florida's BB&C Center before taking the stage for her Jingle Ball performance.
Partaking in a pre-show interview, the soon-to-be bride took a moment to talk about her upcoming nuptials, saying her trip down the aisle will be "whenever we get the time from my crazy busy schedule."
When asked if she thinks she'll cry during her wedding, the "Superhero" songstress said, "Probably," admitting, "I cry over the most ridiculous things."
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Source: ONE News
Published: 7:59AM Saturday September 04, 2010
Source: ONE News
ONE News is broadcasting live from Christchurch throughout the day following the magnitude 7.1 earthquake which struck Canterbury early this morning.
Reporters Vicky Wilkinson Baker, Hannah Ockelford, Joy Reid and Catherine Wedd are live from the South Island and will be updating the situation.
Normal programming has been cancelled for the day.
Tonight, an extended One News special, led by Simon Dallow from Christchurch, will bring comprehensive coverage from TVNZ's team of reporters and cameramen across the region from 6pm-7.30pm.
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Options + Chin Surgery
Chin Dimple Surgery - Options for Permanent Chin Dimple Removal?
I have a pretty deep chin dimple that I don't like much. What would be the most permanent, least invasive and economical way to remove the dimple? Thanks! READ MORE
Can a Long Face Be Fixed with Plastic Surgery?
My face is very long, I have both a large forehead and a larger chin. I would not be interested in fillers to make it wider because I feel it would... READ MORE
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I have very noticable asymmetry in my jaw. The right side is much larger than the left side, which looks like a large chunk is missing from my face.... READ MORE
What is This Crease Called Inbetween my Chin and Bottom Lip? What Kind of Surgery Can I Get to Remove the Crease? (photo)
I feel like this crease is not feminine and I don't see much people with a deep crease like mine. Is there anyway to get rid of it? READ MORE
My chin wrinkles up when I close my mouth! Help? (Photo)
Hello! Whenever I close my mouth, my chin wrinkles up. The only time my chin is relaxed is when my mouth is hanging slightly open. I find it annoying... READ MORE
How to get a super sharp jawline like you see on Angelina Jolie?
I had chin augmentation twice currently have 2 implants stacked on top each other and lipo of submental area twice in the past. i love how chin makes... READ MORE
Underbite: Moving Upper Jaw Forward or Lower Jaw Back?
My surgeon said there were 2 options for correcting an underbite. Should I let my lower jaw moved back or my upper jaw moved forward? what's the... READ MORE
The End of my Chin is Very Fleshy and Sticks Out. Is It Possible to Reduce This?
It makes my jaw look like it is too far forward but it is just too much fat on the end. My teeth are aligned correctly. Thankyou. READ MORE
Cosmetic Chin Surgery - What Are my Options?
I had Rhinoplasty last year, but the doctor recommended that I get a chin implant as well. I opted not to. I do love the outcome of my new nose,... READ MORE
What is the Best Surgery to Correct an Asymmetrical Chin?
I am getting a rhinoplasty this month, but I just recently started to consider surgery for my chin. I had braces when I was younger for a few years,... READ MORE
Is Chin Reduction Possible Without Touching the Bone- Tissue Only?
I do not like my chin at all. It sticks out and when I smile it makes me look like a whitch. By playing with the skin it seems as if if the skin/chin... READ MORE
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About 1 and a half years ago I underwent a sliding genioplasty and had my chin advanced 10mm. I am unhappy with the results as I feel my chin looks... READ MORE
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|Re: SCTP path mtu support needs some ip layer support.
|Sridhar Samudrala <sri@xxxxxxxxxx>
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|Sridhar Samudrala <sri@xxxxxxxxxx>, <jgrimm2@xxxxxxxxxx>, <davem@xxxxxxxxxx>, <netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
On Tue, 14 Jan 2003 kuznet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hello! > > > I am not clear on your other alternative of adding a socket flag. Could you > > please elaborate on it? > > Not to add any arguments just to help a broken protocol. > Simply to behave like UDP, i.e. to fragment all the oversized frames. > Probably, even new flag is not required, just check for > sk->protocol == IPPROTO_SCTP can be enough. > > It is almost equivalent, it also send fragmented crap only when > mtu decreases. But this variant is _formally_ prohibited with: > > > fragmented. Transmissions of new IP datagrams MUST have DF set. > > BTW this MUST is even more ridiculous, you have to change ip_queue_xmit() > to do this, we disable pmtu discovery sometimes. > > > > I guess SCTP desginers have thought of this and explicitly indicate that we > > I am afraid SCTP designers thought with their spinal chrod. :-) > Relying on IP fragmentation promotes all the protocol to the status > of utter crap. So, long live TCP! :-) Any record based protocol that supports path mtu discovery needs to rely on ip fragmentation when pmtu is lowered and a packet needs to be re-fragmented. In fact, both ipv4 and ipv6 path mtu discovery RFCs have a section that talks about other transport protocols that have this behavior. RFC1191 6.5. Issues for other transport protocols Some transport protocols (such as ISO TP4 [3]) are not allowed to repacketize when doing a retransmission. That is, once an attempt is made to transmit a datagram of a certain size, its contents cannot be split into smaller datagrams for retransmission. In such a case, the original datagram should be retransmitted without the DF bit set, allowing it to be fragmented as necessary to reach its destination. Subsequent datagrams, when transmitted for the first time, should be no larger than allowed by the Path MTU, and should have the DF bit set. SCTP falls into the above category of transport protocols and basically needs a mechanism that is mid-way between TCP and UDP. Set DF bit most of the time, and unset DF bit only for messages that need to be refragmented. I can think of another solution which does not add any overhead to TCP. Add a second argument to ip_queue_xmit() to pass the value that will be set to IP_DF bit. TCP calls this routine with htons(IP_DF) as the 2nd argument always. ip_queue_xmit(skb, htons(IP_DF)) SCTP calls this routine with htons(IP_DF) as the 2nd argument most of the time, but with 0 as the 2nd argument when a packet needs to be re-fragmented. --- ip_output.c Mon Jan 13 16:43:10 2003 +++ ip_output.c.new Mon Jan 13 16:43:13 2003 @@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ return ip_finish_output(skb); } -int ip_queue_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb) +int ip_queue_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, __u16 ip_df) { struct sock *sk = skb->sk; struct inet_opt *inet = inet_sk(sk); @@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ *((__u16 *)iph) = htons((4 << 12) | (5 << 8) | (inet->tos & 0xff)); iph->tot_len = htons(skb->len); if (ip_dont_fragment(sk, &rt->u.dst)) - iph->frag_off = htons(IP_DF); + iph->frag_off = ip_df; else iph->frag_off = 0; iph->ttl = inet->ttl; Is this more agreeable? If not, do you prefer SCTP having its own ip_xmit routine that fills in its own ip header and calls dst->output. Only requirement is that ip_options_build() is exported. Thanks Sridhar
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Do You Have a Rocking Chair on Your Porch?
Rocking chairs aren't just for grannies. Even on a cool Autumn night, rocking on the porch is a great way to relax and enjoy the evening. Just add a wool throw and a cup of herbal tea, and you've got a perfect way to enjoy the changing leaves and crisp air. Are you a rocker?


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If you are a fan of games, especially indie games, you are probably quite familiar with the "Humble Bundle" group. This is a group that does massive sales of games where you can pay your own price for the games with a portion split between a charity, the "Humble Bundle" group, and the developers. If you pay above the "average paid" price you get bonuses of some kind such as extra games, soundtracks, art, and more. This most recent bundle though breaks a trend of indie developers by hosting THQ.
THQ has been going through some financial difficulties recently and the sales from this bundle may go towards helping the beleaguered gaming company. If you pay below the "average amount paid" you get: Darksiders, Metro 2033, Red Faction: Armageddon, Company of Heroes, and both Company of Heroes expansions. If you pay above the "average price" you will also get Saint's Row 3! You also get the soundtracks for the games listed as well which is and added bonus as soundtracks for games can be hard to come by.
There has been some controversy surrounding THQ's entry into the "Humble Bundle" field. These games do have DRM which most "Humble Bundle" games do not and this is a major publisher whereas the usual group of people posting games are the indie developers. This has not deterred sales though as they have sold over 200K bundles as of this writing. If you are looking for great games on the cheap, I highly recommend checking out this "Humble Bundle" at www.humblebundle.com.


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Opportunities for Municipal Borrowers
Interest rates are historically low. The anticipated date for the eventual rise in rates has not been formally set by the Fed, and seems to be regularly postponed. Low interest rates present a challenging investment climate for municipalities, hospitals, school districts and colleges or universities. But it's not all gloom and doom. There are options in which these entities may meet the challenges and seize the opportunities that come from low interest rates when they issue municipal bonds‡.
The Challenges and Opportunities in the Current Marketplace
Let's say you are a university finance officer and you need to underwrite $10 million in order to build a new library. You raise the $10 million via a new bond issue but the project calls for the cash outflow for the new building construction to happen throughout the next 24 months. This means you have to invest the currently unspent balances in the meantime. Given the current low interest rate environment, the rate you receive on the invested balances will likely be lower than the rate you paid to raise the debt.
This situation, called negative cost of carry‡, occurs when an entity issues debt and then invests all or a part of the proceeds at a rate lower than the rate being paid on the debt issued. Examples of this would include: project construction funds, escrow funds to redeem refunded bonds and debt service reserve funds where not all of the proceeds are immediately used. The interest rate on the bonds, or the borrowing rate, may be substantially higher than the rate which may be earned on proceeds, resulting in a negative cost of carry. Like our library example, if you do an underwriting for $10 million and pay an average of 3 percent interest on those bonds, in many cases, all of your proceeds aren't put to use immediately for a building or project. Therefore, you would have $10 million in cash for a period of time. Rather than sitting on that cash and earning nothing, you'd probably invest the $10 million. However, since interest rates are so low, you wind up investing the cash you are paying 3 percent interest on into something yielding far less.
While the low return on invested proceeds can create a drag on the financing of the project as the current market provides a substantial tail wind with the low interest rate on the issued bonds. This opportunity is most apparent with refunding bonds. Unlike the corporate bond market‡, the municipal bond market typically allows issuers to embed the right to prepay without penalty on their long-term fixed rate bonds. Issuers can see substantial savings in interest costs by issuing new debt and using the proceeds to redeem, or prepay, the old, higher rate debt on the call date. In 2014, refunding bonds represented nearly 41 percent of all long term municipal issues, up from 33 percent in 2013. We believe this trend will continue in 2015.
Gain Better Timing and Rates through Private Placement
Private placements‡ can be another great alternative to traditional public issues, which might result in negative cost of carry.
Let's go back to our example of the new university library. Instead of the debt being sold in the public markets, it could be privately placed with one or a small accredited group of investors to allow for additional flexibility as it relates to the structure of the debt. Instead of the university having to deal with negative cost of carry for two years as indicated above, it could instead structure the debt so that it drew the cash in accordance with the construction timeline, potentially lessening the impact of negative cost of carry in a low interest rate environment.
A growing number of issuers have captured the low borrowing rates and then addressed the interest rate gap between the cost of issuance and rate they are able to invest at by structuring issues in the private placement market which offer more flexibility. As private placement purchasers appetite for debt has increased, the spread between publicly issued debt and privately placed debt has decreased, making it an attractive proposition. Here are other possible advantages to private placements:
- Private placement purchasers, frequently commercial banks, are currently offering attractive borrowing rates not far removed from rates bid for publicly-offered issues.
- Private sales avoid the time-consuming and costly work of preparing the disclosure documents required to publicly offer the bonds.
- Issuers will not be required to observe the continuing disclosure rules of 15(c)(2)12 of the Securities Act‡.
- Private placements are not registered with the SEC, so registration and disclosure requirements like the Municipalities Continuing Disclosure Cooperation Initiative‡ are not required.
- Credit ratings, bond insurance and printing costs can all be eliminated with private placements.
Another Advantage: The Draw Feature
In addition to the ease of issuance, only private placements can offer a valuable alternative called the draw feature. At settlement, the initial draw is used to pay cost of issuance, the remaining bond proceeds are paid to the issuer when needed rather than at settlement. Interest will not accrue on the bond until, and only to the extent that, proceeds are drawn. Construction project financings greatly benefit from the draw bond structure. For instance, a $10 million construction project that is financed at 4.00% over 20 years and takes two years to complete, would generate an estimated savings of $380,000 when financed with a draw bond. Interest would accrue on approximately $5 million on average over the two year construction period, or $400,000 of interest, instead of $800,000 of interest accruing on the full $10 million over the same period with a public sale. The public sale would permit approximately $20,000 of interest earnings on the project pending disbursement.
Draw bonds provide similar efficiencies for refunding bonds. For example, assume an outstanding $10 million bond yielding 4 percent which may be called in one year. The delayed draw refunding bond paying 2.50 percent will reduce the size of the escrow requirements and avoid the negative investment earnings in the escrow. These efficiencies result in over $300,000 or 2 percent of the bond size in additional estimated savings compared to a publicly-issued bond in which proceeds are held in escrow and invested during the one year escrow period.
However, what if the issuer has an outstanding bond which may not be called for several months, and has already been advance refunded? The delayed draw structure can be used effectively to lock in today's low rates on the refunding bonds and still comply with the restrictions on no more than one advance refunding. The privately placed, delayed draw bond simplifies what might be addressed in a public issuance with complicated and expensive swaps and derivatives.
Final Note
It is important to consider that while the new developments in the private placement of municipal bonds may provide the issuer with more flexible and efficient alternative financing options, current interest rates and uncertainties can be tough for institutions when managing these strategies.
Keep in mind, there are a number of sensible and intelligent ways to take advantage of any economic situation.
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Mr. Philip Richter is a Senior Vice President for UMB Bank. He is the Manager of the Public Finance Department in the Investment Banking Division. Phil joined UMB in 1997 and has over thirty years of experience in the municipal bond and financial services industry.


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999: For Emergencies Only?
In America, we dial 911 in the event of an emergency. But as we've already observed, a few folks in the US have a tough time understanding the "emergency" concept. While these dimwits call in to score a date or request math tutoring, the truly urgent calls must wait their turns. The 999 emergency dispatch number in Britain has the same problem, but their callers can be even more inane. Don't know today's date? Hurry up! Call a paramedic!


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Start your American Sign Language training with our cost friendly various 4 DVD Sign Language Starter Kit. This kit will include 4 separate ASL training DVDs. This set will help you jump ahead in vocabulary skills, learn basic ASL grammar and sentence structures, understand Deaf culture and be able to start conversations using basic ASL sentences. This set is PERFECT for: New ASL students, Teachers, Instructors, Interpreter training, Adult education classes, Programs, Hospitals, EMTs, Law Enforcement Staff, Families, Study Groups, Home Schooling and more. Note that this kit is not intended to be used in a computer as a CD and DVD titles are subsequent to vary upon availability. Save plenty by buying this 4 DVD set today.
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(Pub. L. 106–310, div. A, title XIV, § 1401, Oct. 17, 2000, 114 Stat. 1143.)
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In one of our most recent white papers, the discussion includes the idea of five different trends in response management and customer engagement in social media. Each of these trends encompasses what it means to engage and interact with your customers through the social media realm. Below you will find a couple of the trends that I thought really stood out in creating your social strategy. Get my take on them below; you can also check out the rest of these at our white paper, Five Trends in Social Media for Response Management and Customer Engagement.
Get Responsiveness Right
As Leon mentioned in a previous post, you're not really engaging until you start responding to your customers. But how do you get this responsiveness right? A point that the white paper makes is that "businesses must be capable of hyper-responsiveness." This means that regardless of the message posted, your organization needs to be on top of a post/email/chat, etc., as soon as possible. Make sure you are aware of all your channels and are active in all of them at the same time. As soon as a customer writes to you, posts on your Facebook, Tweets something about your company, you want to be ready to respond and interact with them. This is especially important if you get a lot of traffic to your pages. Customers could be giving positive feedback, complaining about a product, writing an objective post, or simply asking a question-whichever it is, be prepared to answer their inquiry quickly and efficiently.
In addition to readiness to respond, you should also take into consideration the type of issue or question you're responding to, as well as the customer. If you are receiving negative feedback, you'll want to address it right away before the negative feedback spreads to potential and current clientele. Positive feedback is something you'll want to re-post or communicate to show that customers are having a good experience with your product. Emergency issues should be dealt with immediately; engage your support organization and ensure that your clients' issues are solved. Additionally, you may have some other posts that are not as pertinent; these should still be addressed, but the time period in which you have to respond is more flexible.
Deploying these key points and finely structuring your messages will help you to be successful in engaging through response.
Be Consistent Across Channels
Within your organization, products may be introduced, new features may be implemented, or your business practices may change-whatever it is, be consistent across each channel in which you are presenting this information. Typically, you have your self service content (Knowledgebase, Video Tutorials, User Guides, etc.), but now that there is a shift in social media, you may be sharing this information via this path as well. It is important to remember as information changes you will need to communicate and correct that everywhere.
The customer experience should be seamless, regardless of how they are navigating to your organization. As social media grows, surely there will be integrations made to improve CRM and social media working together. There is a great need to be consistent and present across all channels, so it is important to keep this in mind as you are responding to your customers and presenting information.
These are just a couple notes I wanted to share on responding and engaging in social media that I feel are important, but there are some great key points in the white paper that you can check out here!


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The clerk at the Gap smiled when asked if the Aspen store opens early on Black Friday, like the Gap stores in malls that have to open at midnight.
Nope, not here, said sales associate Cameron Stephens. Same hours as always.
The Friday after Thanksgiving is not the retail juggernaut here that it is in many parts of the country, where it is typically one of the top five largest grossing days of the year. Aspen's clientele just doesn't seem to be the type of crowd that spends all night in the Wal-Mart parking lot, breaking down the door at 5 a.m. in an effort to get to the deeply discounted sale items first.
But Black Friday is important to local retailers because Thanksgiving weekend kicks off the winter season and can be a forecaster for the rest of the holidays. While assessments of this year's business compared to last year's differed by retail establishment, one thing is certain: It's a lot busier than the last few weeks of a particularly off off-season.
The Gap is one of many national retailers that, in light of the economy, is hoping to entice customers with more and deeper discounts than typically seen during the holiday shopping season.
The Aspen Gap store doesn't necessarily employ the same price discounting strategies as more conventional locations, but there are more sale items than normal for Aspen at this time of year, sales associate Linda Cowling confirmed. Particularly popular on Friday was a buy-one-get-one-free sale on sweaters, a deal available for one day only. According to Cowling and Stephens, Friday was on track to meet or exceed the sales projection of $11,000 to $12,000. Last year's Black Friday was a $13,000 day, they said.
Leonard "Boogie" Weinglass, who owns five downtown retail establishments including his nick-namesake at Hunter and Cooper, said sales Friday were about 30 percent off from the same day last year across all his stores. This is despite the fact that Weinglass put more items on sale in his stores than he normally would this time of year.
"I don't know if they are bargain hunting or not, but my normal customer is not spending as much this year," he said.
Weinglass knew that Friday morning's fresh snow would eat into his business — as opposed to last year's snow-less Black Friday — but clearly the economic downturn plays a role, he said.
And while the Friday after Thanksgiving doesn't account for as much activity at Boogie's than at a typical suburban mall, it does tend to set a precedent for how the overall Christmas retail season will go, Weinglass said, which makes Friday's numbers "a little scary."
But he remains hopeful that a currently projected 25 percent drop in occupancy over the Christmas-New Year's week can still turn around. The stock market has perhaps bottomed out, and if it continues its upward trend through mid-December, many would-be Aspen visitors might decide to make the trip after all, he said. And all the better if the snow continues to fall, particularly this weekend as the world will see live pictures from the World Cup races.
Many stores, from Aspen Furs to the Ute Mountaineer, were not offering any special Black Friday sales.
"It was your typical day as opposed to your atypical day," Aspen Furs owner Mickey Alper said.
It's too early to judge the behavior of this season's customers versus last year's, he added, but so far Thanksgiving holiday visitation seems about on par with years past.
There certainly were more bag-toting shoppers wandering Aspen's downtown core on Friday than in weeks past, although it's difficult to judge the relative volume compared to those of prior Thanksgivings.
Jackie Westbrook of Pinehurst, N.C., was shopping on Friday with three other women from the East Coast. All are in town for a wedding. The day's shopping was mostly devoted to gifts for the wedding and not necessarily for Christmas.
"And a little for me," Westbrook said, sporting a just-purchased fur hat.
There were some sale items to be found, but there's no mistaking Aspen for a place to find deep discounts, Westbrook said.
"An Aspen sale is going from astronomic to ridiculous," she said with a laugh.


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Day Trader Watch Report Gold on continuing rise as choppy market worries investors. Hemisphere Gold Inc (HPGI) $1.14 "Given the trend of the current trend, we envisage further gains, with no serious reversal until $850 to $870 at the earliest," said analysts at Commerzbank. "However, if gold manages to hold on above the latter figure for any length of time, it could then overshoot and advance rapidly to as much as much as $1,000," Promising future for gold pushes investors to move to safer ground amid a falling dollar and negative corporate forecasts. In this growing market companies like Hemisphere Gold are showing a promising future due to there recent gold findings in South America. The last 30 days has seen an increase in share prices of over 115%. No is certainly the time to move on HPGI as they are launching a huge media campaign to investors next week and this along with the gold found in South America will push share prices to new heights. Move on HPGI.
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