worked five furlongs in 1:02 1/5 for trainer Michael McCarthy Raging Torrent worked for the third time since returning from Dubai where he won the Godolphin Mile (G2) April 5 Raging Torrent worked five furlongs in 1:01 4/5 Also working for McCarthy was Liguria  winner of the Buena Vista (G2) on March 1 at Santa Anita Motorious worked four furlongs on the training track in :47 3/5 The 7-year-old hasn't started since winning the Joe Hernandez (G2T) on Dec Motorious finished second in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1T) at Del Mar Nov Vodka With a Twist worked five furlongs in :59 3/5 which tied for the fastest of 58 works at the distance Last year's Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) runner-up Vodka With a Twist most recently finished third in the Santa Anita Oaks (G2) April 5 when making her sophomore debut Sign up for BloodHorse Daily Graded winner Spirit of Makena  also worked five furlongs in :59 4/5 Spirit of Makena returned from an 18-month layoff March 29 with a promising third-place finish in the San Carlos (G3) at Santa Anita Air Force Red  who earned his third stakes win in the San Simeon (G3T) March 8 at Santa Anita worked four furlongs on the training track in :52 4/5 seconds for trainer Leonard Powell Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Simon Migliano is a recognized world expert in VPNs. 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Read full bio Fact-checked by JP Jones Surfshark is a secure torrenting VPN due to its P2P-optimized servers To torrent safely with Surfshark: enable the kill switch and only disconnect once you’ve finished file-sharing A secure VPN is essential to protect your identity when you are torrenting files The best VPNs for torrenting mask your IP address and encrypt your traffic so that your ISP and other users in the peer-to-peer (P2P) network cannot record your activity or trace your downloads to target you with malware or copyright claims not every VPN service supports P2P traffic and many services simply do not offer the level of security necessary for safe and anonymous torrenting We ran Surfshark through our stringent testing methodology to determine how well it performs for torrenting and compared it to other leading VPN services Why Trust Us?We’re fully independent and have been reviewing VPNs since 2016. Our advice is based on our own testing results and is unaffected by financial incentives. Learn who we are and how we test VPNs Using a VPN for torrenting requires more steps than just connecting to a VPN server If you don’t configure Surfshark correctly you run the risk of revealing your real IP address and torrent downloads We’ve covered how to download torrents safely with Surfshark in the video below: Here’s how to torrent safely using Surfshark VPN: Surfshark is a great VPN for torrenting and can be trusted to keep your downloads hidden to protect your torrenting traffic and its private logging policy assures us that very little of your online activity is recorded Surfshark downloads torrents fast and securely While its bitrate isn’t the fastest we’ve recorded it’s still fast enough for regular P2P file-sharing To match our highest-rated torrenting VPNs we’d like to see Surfshark reduce the amount of data it logs and add port forwarding support Here’s an in-depth look at torrenting with Surfshark: Most torrent sites distribute content types with large file sizes like TV series or movies a fast VPN can substantially minimize the waiting time for a file to download we registered an average bitrate of 8.7MiB/s with Surfshark while downloading a variety of file sizes but compares poorly to top-rated torrenting VPNs such as PIA or ExpressVPN we’ve shown how long it takes Surfshark to torrent a 50GB torrent file compared to other VPNs: Surfshark is slightly slower than the very best torrenting VPNs It’s still fast enough for regular file-sharing but if you tend to frequently download large file sizes then consider switching to a faster VPN service Surfshark has more than 3,200 servers in 100 countries servers that are specifically-optimized for P2P activity are only available in certain locations We found that our torrenting speeds were much faster using these servers — sometimes by as much as 20% — than with a standard VPN server its torrenting servers aren’t labelled so you’ll have to type “p2p” into the server list to find them We’d like to see Surfshark re-add its P2P tab for easier navigation It’s much harder to find Surfshark’s P2P servers than before Here’s Surfshark’s full P2P-optimized server list Surfshark doesn’t log any identifying data. It does collect which VPN server you connect to and connection timestamps but these are deleted within 15 minutes of disconnecting your VPN. All of this has been verified by an independent audit from Deloitte which means no user data is ever stored on hard drives or SSDs This ensures that even if the VPN server was seized or hacked your torrenting activity cannot be extracted we’d like Surfshark to start publishing transparency reports to confirm that no user data is handed over in response to DMCA requests Surfshark is private enough for torrenting Surfshark hides your IP address and protects your activity with secure encryption ciphers and tunnels your traffic with open-source VPN protocols It offers AES-256 encryption with OpenVPN or ChaCha20 with WireGuard both of which are secure and trusted configurations we ran our traffic through a packet analyzer while torrenting with Surfshark: Our network traffic was displayed as incoherent symbols As seen above, Surfshark successfully encrypted our torrenting traffic with WireGuard. We also used our custom leak test tool and found that Surfshark didn’t leak IPv4 However, we’ve found that Surfshark occassionaly leaks IPv6 addresses. If you’re on an IPv6 network (you can check by using Test IPv6) we strongly recommend disabling IPv6 or choosing a compatible VPN EXPERT TIP: Surfshark offers browser extensions but they only encrypt your activity within the web browser That means you’ll need the full desktop VPN application to protect your torrenting activity Port forwarding enables other torrent users to connect to your computer to download files you’re seeding you can only seed to peers you connect to first Some torrent clients will also slow down your downloads if you’re not seeding enough Surfshark doesn’t support port forwarding due to apparent security risks which means it isn’t as effective at seeding torrenting files as other top VPNs there are some anecdotal reports suggesting that Surfshark doesn’t allow seeding at all If you’re looking for a VPN that supports port forwarding, we recommend AirVPN or PIA VPN Port forwarding does enable external connections to bypass the firewall Surfshark includes several additional security features that are useful for torrenting We’ve listed some of the most important ones and how they benefit P2P file-sharing These security features can be found on all of Surfshark’s apps for Windows The Amazon Fire TV Stick app can also be used to stream Kodi extensions that use P2P sharing If you want the best possible torrenting experience then consider using a top-rated VPN like ExpressVPN or AirVPN Here’s a table comparing Surfshark to its top torrenting competitors: ExpressVPN is one of the best VPNs for torrenting we’ve used It’s apps are beginner-friendly and quick to set up and we never experienced any issues using them alongside torrent clients ExpressVPN is also much quicker than Surfshark with an average bitrate of 9.4MiB/s and provides P2P-optimized servers in 106 locations ExpressVPN’s subscriptions cost far more than Surfshark’s and it lacks the same torrenting features like port forwarding You can start torrenting with ExpressVPN almost immediately ExpressVPN is slightly faster than Surfshark for torrenting with an average bitrate of 9.4MiB/s This was particularly noticeable when we downloaded a 20GB torrent file with both VPNs and ExpressVPN was over 6 minutes faster ExpressVPN also includes P2P-optimized servers in 57 more countries than Surfshark This guarantees that you’ll always have a nearby P2P server for the best possible speeds ExpressVPN is one of the most beginner-friendly VPNs for torrenting instead of separating them from its standard server list Its kill switch and Lightway protocol are also enabled by default you simply connect to a server and begin your download ExpressVPN does not log enough data to identify you, as proven by multiple independent audits It’s also based in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) This makes it impossible for anyone to record your torrenting activity ExpressVPN encrypts your torrenting traffic with AES-256 encryption and tunnels it with its proprietary Lightway protocol we’d like ExpressVPN to add a customizable kill switch This would allow you to cut your internet off at an app-level specifically targeting your torrent client We’d also appreciate the introduction of a port forwarding tool to optimize torrenting performance IPVanish has the fastest average bitrate of any no-logs VPN it includes IPv6 leak protection and doesn’t log any user data whatsoever IPVanish doesn’t operate diskless servers and fails to provide P2P-optimized servers in any locations IPVanish is much faster for torrenting than Surfshark We recorded an average bitrate of 9.9MiB/s with IPVanish IPvanish does not slow down your P2P download speeds at all We used IPVanish to quickly download large content files This was especially noticeable over long periods of testing where our torrent downloads with IPVanish were often finished several minutes before Surfshark’s While Surfshark collects some logs temporarily IPVanish does not log any of your internet activity your torrent downloads cannot be linked to your real online identity This was confirmed in an independent audit by Leviathan Security Group however we’d like IPVanish to publish transparency reports for further reassurance IPVanish lacks port forwarding and P2P-optimized servers — essential torrenting features We’d like to see both added to allow users to optimize IPVanish’s already fast torrenting speeds AirVPN is the best alternative to Surfshark if you need port forwarding for torrenting it’s substantially more complicated to use and performs poorly in other VPN use cases like streaming We’d only suggest using AirVPN if you’re tech savvy and only interested in using a VPN for P2P file-sharing AirVPN priorities P2P performance over user experience AirVPN’s are some of the worst we’ve reviewed and include far too many advanced features and settings AirVPN includes an exceptional port forwarding tool which allows you to forward 20 ports simultaneously This isn’t matched by any other VPN service and ensures your torrenting speeds are as fast as possible We’d only suggest using this VPN if port forwarding is your priority AirVPN does not collect any identifying user data which means your torrenting activity can’t be linked to you Its no-logs policy hasn’t been proven by an audit or real-world event It has never faced a security scandal and it is operated by a team of internet privacy activists We’re also reassured by AirVPN’s use of diskless servers which ensure your data can’t be extracted or recorded How to Torrent Safely and Anonymously The Best Free VPNs for Anonymous Torrenting How to Use Private Internet Access for Torrenting We've been testing and reviewing VPN services since 2016 We also publish VPN research and advice to help protect your internet privacy and security the 62-year-old Spanish coach has entered negotiations with the Guadalajara-based club Was Pep Guardiola’s assistant at several stops Torrent Capital Ltd., (TSXV: TORR) ("Torrent") announces it has acquired an additional 13,657 Solana (SOL) tokens since March 4 when it provided its previous update on its Solana holdings which are generating a yield from staking rewards Torrent plans to increase its investment and participation in the Solana ecosystem by accumulating SOL tokens and staking them to earn rewards. More details of Torrent's Solana thesis and digital asset strategy can be found on the Torrent website: https://torrentcapital.ca/crypto-and-blockchain/ About Torrent Capital Ltd. Torrent Capital is a publicly traded Investment Issuer that actively manages a portfolio of public equities The Company invests in companies and other investment opportunities that are due to experience accelerated growth or are trading at a discount to their intrinsic value Torrent offers investors the potential to earn above-market returns while providing transparency daily liquidity and a modest fee profile compared with competing investment products Contact:Wade DaweChief Executive OfficerPhone: 1 902 536 1976 CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION: This press release includes certain "forward-looking statements" under applicable Canadian securities legislation Forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon a number of estimates and assumptions that and other factors which may cause the actual results and future events to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements Torrent disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements The reader is referred the Company's annual financial reporting for a discussion of risks and uncertainties NEITHER THE TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE NOR ITS REGULATION SERVICES PROVIDER (AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN THE POLICIES OF THE TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE) ACCEPTS RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS RELEASE To view the source version of this press release, please visit https://www.newsfilecorp.com/release/250114 ("Torrent") announces it has acquired an additional 8,651 Solana (SOL) tokens since February 20 when it provided its previous update on Solana holdings Torrent holds a total of 26,382 SOL tokens Torrent plans to increase its investment and participation in the Solana ecosystem by accumulating SOL tokens and staking them to earn rewards the President of the United States announced that his executive order on digital assets will move forward on a strategic cryptocurrency reserve that includes Solana among other leading cryptocurrencies Torrent welcomes Solana's inclusion in the reserve and remains confident that Solana will become a leading blockchain for decentralized applications The Company invests in companies that are due to experience accelerated growth or are trading at a discount to their intrinsic value To view the source version of this press release, please visit https://www.newsfilecorp.com/release/243248 Torrent Capital Ltd. (TSXV: TORR) (the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has granted 455,000 incentive stock options under the Company's Stock Option Plan ("Option Plan") of which 295,000 have been granted to Directors and Officers and 160,000 options to consultants Each option is exercisable into one common share at a price of $0.75 per share and will vest at the rate of 50% on each of the six and twelve month anniversary of the grant date The options will expire five years from the date of grant All other terms and conditions of the options are in accordance with the terms of the Company's Option Plan The Company has also issued 90,000 restricted share units ("RSU") of which 70,000 have been issued to a Director and Officer and 20,000 RSUs to a consultant under the Company's Restricted Share Unit Plan ("RSU Plan") All other terms and conditions of the RSUs are in accordance with the terms of the Company's RSU Plan Torrent is a publicly traded Investment Issuer that actively manages a portfolio of public equities Torrent offers investors the potential to earn above market returns while providing transparency daily liquidity and a modest fee profile compared to competing investment products Torrent Capital Ltd.Rob RandallChief Financial Officer(902) 442-7187 To view the source version of this press release, please visit https://www.newsfilecorp.com/release/241769 Torrent Capital Ltd., (TSXV: TORR) ("Torrent") announces it has acquired an additional 10,776 Solana (SOL) tokens since February 12 About Torrent Capital Ltd Torrent Capital is a publicly traded Investment Issuer that actively manages a portfolio of public equities To view the source version of this press release, please visit https://www.newsfilecorp.com/release/241700 Brossard (Québec) TheNewswire - le 1 er mai 2025 - CORPORATION CHARBONE HYDROGÈNE (TSXV: CH OTCQB: CHHYF FSE: K47 ) (« Charbone » ou la « Société ») la seule compagnie d'Amérique du Nord cotée en bourse spécialisée dans la production et la distribution d'hydrogène vert d'une convention non contraignante portant sur un financement de construction d'un montant maximal de 50 millions de dollars US avec un gestionnaire international de fonds d'infrastructures spécialisé dans les énergies renouvelables De plus amples détails sur ce financement de projet seront communiqués dans les 30 prochains jours " La signature de cette entente de conditions pour une facilité de crédit de construction de 50 millions USD est un moment déterminant pour Charbone et toutes ses parties prenantes Président et chef de la direction de Charbone Charbone prévoit d'ajouter ce financement de construction à ses autres sources de financement pour mieux soutenir l'ensemble de sa stratégie de déploiement À propos de Charbone Hydrogène Corporation Le présent communiqué de presse contient des énoncés qui constituent de « l'information prospective » au sens des lois canadiennes sur les valeurs mobilières (« déclarations prospectives ») Ces déclarations prospectives sont souvent identifiées par des mots tels que « a l'intention » Les déclarations prospectives reflètent les attentes estimations ou projections respectives de la direction de Charbone concernant les résultats ou événements futurs hypothèses et estimations considérées comme raisonnables par la direction à la date à laquelle les déclarations sont faites Bien que Charbone estime que les attentes exprimées dans les déclarations prospectives sont raisonnables les déclarations prospectives comportent des risques et des incertitudes et il ne faut pas se fier indûment aux déclarations prospectives car des facteurs inconnus ou imprévisibles pourraient faire en sorte que les résultats réels soient sensiblement différents de ceux exprimés dans les déclarations prospectives Des risques et des incertitudes liés aux activités de Charbone peuvent avoir une incidence sur les déclarations prospectives ceux décrits à la rubrique « Facteurs de risque » dans la déclaration de changement à l'inscription de la Société datée du 31 mars 2022 qui peut être consultée sur SEDAR à l'adresse www.sedar.com; ils pourraient faire en sorte que les événements ou les résultats réels diffèrent sensiblement de ceux prévus dans les déclarations prospectives Sauf si les lois sur les valeurs mobilières applicables l'exigent Charbone ne s'engage pas à mettre à jour ni à réviser les déclarations prospectives Ni la Bourse de croissance TSX ni son fournisseur de services de réglementation (tel que ce terme est défini dans les politiques de la Bourse de croissance TSX) n'acceptent de responsabilité quant à la pertinence ou à l'exactitude du présent communiqué Pour contacter Corporation Charbone Hydrogène : Courriel: ir@charbone.com Copyright (c) 2025 TheNewswire - All rights reserved News Provided by TheNewsWire via QuoteMedia On March 31, 2025 Westport announced it had entered into a binding agreement (the " Agreement ") to sell its interest in Westport Fuel Systems Italia S.r.l. to a wholly-owned investment vehicle of Heliaca Investments Coöperatief U.A a Netherlands based investment firm supported by Ramphastos Investments Management B.V a prominent Dutch venture capital and private equity firm (the " Transaction ") The Transaction provides for a base purchase price of $73.1 million (€67.7 million) and potential earnouts of up to an estimated $6.5 million (€6.0 million) if certain conditions are achieved in accordance with the terms of the Agreement Heliaca Investments through its subsidiary will acquire Westport's Light-Duty segment including its related assets and customer contracts The Transaction is subject to shareholder approval and other customary closing conditions and is expected to close in late Q2 of 2025 The proceeds from the proposed Transaction are expected to enable Westport to significantly improve its financial stability while also supporting key growth initiatives focused on providing solutions for hard-to-decarbonize mobility and industrial applications Westport intends to align its cost structure to be more reflective of a smaller while also seeking further opportunities for efficiency gains About Westport Fuel Systems Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements including statements regarding the closing of the anticipated benefits of the Transaction the ability to strengthen our balance sheet and   align our cost structure   the ability to capitalize on   growth initiatives   more efficient organization and our expectations regarding the future success of our business   Other forward-looking statements included in the release include those relating to Westport's future strategic plans business opportunities and use of the Transaction proceeds These statements are neither promises nor guarantees but involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties and are based on both the views of management and assumptions that may cause our actual results or achievements to be materially different from any future results or achievements expressed in or implied by these forward-looking statements and assumptions include those related to completion and satisfaction of all conditions to closing of the Transaction set out in the Agreement the achievement of the performance criteria required for the earn out described above purchase price adjustments contained in the Agreement as well as other risk factors and assumptions that may affect our actual results as discussed in our most recent Annual Information Form and other filings with securities regulators Readers should not place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements which speak only as of the date they were made We disclaim any obligation to publicly update or revise such statements to reflect any change in our expectations or in events or circumstances on which any such statements may be based or that may affect the likelihood that actual results will differ from those set forth in these forward-looking statements except as required by National Instrument 51-102 The contents of any website referenced in this press release are not incorporated by reference herein   Investor Inquiries: Investor Relations T: +1 604-718-2046 E: invest@wfsinc.com News Provided by GlobeNewswire via QuoteMedia Brossard, Quebec TheNewswire - April 30, 2025 Charbone Hydrogen Corporation (TSXV: CH; OTCQB: CHHYF; FSE: K47) (the "Company" or "CHARBONE") North America's sole publicly traded pure-play company specialized in green hydrogen production and distribution today announces its financial and operating results for the year ending December 31 highlighted by a 15% year-over-year revenue increase and critical progress toward commencing green hydrogen production at its Sorel-Tracy facility in 2025 All necessary permits for the Sorel-Tracy facility have been obtained keeping the project on track for 2025 production Charbone's disciplined financial management and strategic partnerships position the company to realize its vision of creating a North American green hydrogen network These advancements underscore its commitment to becoming a leader in the energy transition "Management's efforts to shore up and strengthen our balance sheet have been focused and deliberate," said Benoit Veilleux Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of CHARBONE "Ongoing talks with strategic partners are advancing well to support and execute CHARBONE's growth potential with our financial partners and investors." About Charbone Hydrogen Corporation This news release contains statements that are "forward-looking information" as defined under Canadian securities laws ("forward-looking statements") These forward-looking statements are often identified by words such as "intends" The forward-looking statements reflect management's expectations or projections concerning future results or events assumptions and estimates considered reasonable by management at the date the statements are made Although Charbone believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties and undue reliance should not be placed on forward-looking statements as unknown or unpredictable factors could cause actual results to be materially different from those reflected in the forward-looking statements The forward-looking statements may be affected by risks and uncertainties in the business of Charbone those described under "Risk Factors" in the Corporation's Filing Statement dated March 31 which is available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com; they could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those projected in any forward-looking statements Except as required under applicable securities legislation Charbone undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise forward-looking information Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release Contact Charbone Hydrogen Corporation Brossard (Québec) TheNewswire - le 30 avril 2025 - CORPORATION CHARBONE HYDROGÈNE (TSXV: CH OTCQB: CHHYF a annoncé aujourd'hui ses résultats financiers et opérationnels pour l'exercice se terminant le 31 décembre 2024 marqués par une augmentation de 15 % des revenus sur l'année précédente ainsi que des progrès essentiels vers le démarrage de la production d'hydrogène vert à son usine de Sorel-Tracy en 2025 Tous les permis nécessaires pour l'usine de Sorel-Tracy ont été obtenus et Hydro-Québec la société du réseau électrique provinciale maintenant le projet sur la bonne voie pour la production de 2025 La gestion financière rigoureuse de Charbone et ses partenariats stratégiques permettent à l'entreprise de réaliser sa vision de créer un réseau nord-américain d'hydrogène vert Ces avancées soulignent son engagement à devenir un leader de la transition énergétique " Les efforts de la direction pour consolider et renforcer notre bilan ont été bien ciblés et délibérés Chef de la direction financière et secrétaire corporatif de Charbone " Les discussions en cours avec des partenaires stratégiques progressent positivement pour supporter et concrétiser le potentiel de croissance de Charbone avec nos partenaires financiers et investisseurs." 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Another advised her to "swallow a shotgun." she wanted to ignore her trolls and deny them the oxygen of publicity but after a difficult weekend on the track at Rockingham she decided to speak out Speaking exclusively to CNN about the abuse Legge says that while she welcomes fan engagement online the amount of vitriol is only getting worse "Online bullying is getting more toxic and I think that somebody needs to call it out," she said "It's shocking to read some of the vile things that people write there just seems to be this whole online movement where people think that it's OK to say these things that they would never have the courage to say to people in real life; or absolutely shouldn't." Female athletes have recently spoken out about the threats they have received online the basketball star Angel Reese said tearfully WNBA star Breanna Stewart said that police were investigating homophobic death threats that had been sent to her wife and the French tennis player Caroline Garcia reported comments on X that told her to consider suicide and Legge has observed the abuse that athletes endure in other sports and even some of the invective that is aimed at male drivers in NASCAR she is currently the only female driver on the circuit "I think it's more prevalent with women in sports especially with women in male dominated sports There is the opinion that we are a gimmick or we shouldn't be there because we're DEI hires and we haven't earned our spot," she told CNN CNN has seen many of the X posts in which Legge has been targeted for abuse online ranging from "Please get the (expletive) out of NASCAR" and "I hope you wreck every car you drive in." Her team say that many more toxic messages have been posted on YouTube and Facebook "It's just noise," she explained I can honestly say it doesn't phase me one way or the other because they are people who I would not ask an opinion of "It's just mind-blowing to me because I would never do it I would ever go online and try and bring somebody else down to raise myself up and so I feel sorry for them Legge says she doesn't think that any of the death threats would seriously be carried out but NASCAR is providing a security detail for her upcoming races and the sport's head of security has alerted law enforcement in her hometown of the situation "I want to be crystal clear about this or the world," NASCAR Commissioner Steve Phelps said Phelps also defended Legge against any of her critics who thinks she is somehow undeserving of her place on the track "This is a woman who has competed very successfully in all forms of motorsports and we want her here at NASCAR They can take their opinions and their hate right out of NASCAR because there's just no place for it," he said I've driven it," she told CNN earlier this year – but she admits she is relatively inexperienced in NASCAR She's been contracted for 11 more races in the Xfinity and Cup series driving for the Chevrolet-backed teams Jordan Anderson and Live Fast "I'm having a great time on these awesome tracks driving these beasts," she said with a smile "I'm hoping to get some results towards the end of the year Beyond hoping that being a more successful competitor will dampen the online abuse Legge said the only way to truly extinguish it in society is to make it socially unacceptable "The reasonable people in the population think that it's unacceptable It's something that you're taught as a child isn't cool," she said "I didn't set out to be a role model," she added "I just set out be a racing driver and with that comes a responsibility." Events beyond her control have now forced her to further embrace that responsibility and she hopes her example will inspire others to speak up or "I tried to be the best role model that I could be for like act as a beacon of light and maybe somebody being bullied somewhere I'm gonna ignore it,' then it's been worth it," she said This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page JP Jones is our CTO. He has over 25 years of software engineering and networking experience, and oversees all technical aspects of our VPN testing process. Read full bio but you can avoid them by taking appropriate security measures The best way to torrent safely is to use a secure VPN to hide your IP address You also need to make sure you only download and open torrent files you trust Torrenting is a great way to share and download movies downloading torrents comes with a number of risks you could accidentally download files containing viruses anyone in the ‘torrent swarm’ can see your IP address and identity In this guide we’ll explain exactly how to torrent safely and anonymously largely eliminating the risks associated with Peer-to-Peer (P2P) file-sharing The best way to torrent safely is to use a secure VPN A safe VPN hides your IP address and doesn’t keep logs of your file-sharing activity The best way to torrent safely and anonymously is to use a virtual private network (VPN) A good VPN hides your true IP address which stops copyright trolls from identifying you VPN software also hides your torrenting traffic from your internet service provider (ISP) and network administrator (at school or work) You must only use a VPN optimized for secure and private downloads, though. We recommend secure VPNs for torrenting later in this guide ExpressVPN is fully compatible with BitTorrent clients A P2P-specialized VPN service, like ExpressVPN doesn’t keep internet logs and never leaks your IP address In our ExpressVPN P2P tests the VPN’s high-speed and IP leak-proof servers always masked our identity Another reason for using a VPN is to bypass internet blocks imposed by your school or ISP on file-sharing websites and trackers for torrents A VPN bypasses content filters by routing your connection via a secure server You’ll have to connect to a different country to bypass geo-blocks Many people get caught out when torrenting by not keeping their VPN running when the torrent client is active Torrent clients can start seeding as soon as you launch them your real IP address is exposed when this happens you must have your VPN on before you launch torrent client and after you close the program When you exit from within the client’s menu make sure the program isn’t still running in your device’s systems tray Only disconnect from your VPN when you are absolutely certain that the torrent client has stopped It’s essential you configure your VPN correctly ensure your VPN’s kill switch function is enabled to prevent unexpected IP exposures Some torrenters choose to use proxy services when torrenting, such as the Shadowsocks SOCKS5 proxy A proxy is similar to a VPN in that it changes your IP address but it doesn’t encrypt your torrenting traffic We strongly recommend you use a secure torrenting VPN rather than a proxy There are many popular torrent clients available but not all of them are equally secure and private It’s important to use a torrent client that is not only easy to use but doesn’t contain viruses and protects your privacy the popular uTorrent is full of invasive adverts A properly configured torrent client can maximize your security and privacy while leeching and seeding files It lets you whitelist IP addresses to torrent from that it will block your connection if your VPN IP address changes See detailed instructions for configuring your torrent client later in this article There a thousands of websites hosting torrent links around the world many file-sharing websites host fake links and sometimes links to virus-ridden files It’s always best to stick to trusted sources, like the Internet Archive read through comments to make sure nobody has had a bad experience with a file Make sure you have your antivirus is always running Our Malwarebytes software blocked a malicious website Torrents can contain dangerous contents such as malware It’s really important you only download torrents you trust Some torrent sites have trusted user icons to mark regular contributors who only post safe torrent and magnet links This is useful tool to find virus-free torrents Look for files with a good number of seeders and leechers, too. Having said that, we generally advise on avoiding the most popular torrents, since these attract copyright trolls Always double-check the contents of a downloaded file If you expected a video file and you get a .exe program be wary of file extensions you don’t recognize look it up on a search engine before opening it you must scan every single file you download using effective antivirus software There are several good free antivirus applications however at Top10VPN.com we primarily use Malwarebytes The premium version of Malwarebytes features real-time monitoring and protection Antivirus software (free or premium) is vital for torrenters We recommend you do three things with your antivirus software: Torrenting with a VPN is essential for secure torrenting not all VPNs are suitable for anonymous file-sharing A safe torrenting VPN must have the following features: These features are the bare minimum a safe torrenting VPN must include If a VPN doesn’t cover all three requirements Some VPNs also include port forwarding, which speeds up P2P connections. This setting is sometimes necessary to seed torrents effectively. We tested Windscribe for torrenting and found that its download bitrates were still average As for free torrenting VPNs unlimited bandwidth are necessary to download larger files The table below compares the three best VPNs for torrenting we’ve selected from thousands of P2P-specific tests Based on these tests, the top P2P VPN right now is Private Internet Access (PIA) VPN Installing a secure torrenting VPN isn’t enough to maximize the protection it offers You must also adjust its settings accordingly Here’s how to configure your VPN for safe torrenting: you need to configure your torrent client to further safeguard your security and anonymity Here’s how to configure your torrent client for safe downloads: The above instructions are written for qBittorent but you can follow them for other torrent clients A .torrent file doesn’t actually contain the files you want to download It is used as a guide by your torrent client to connect to other users who are uploading (or ‘seeding’) whatever it is you want to download .torrent files will open in your default torrent client In order to open a .torrent file you need to download a torrent client When this is installed you just have to double click or open the .torrent file for your client to begin torrenting To be as safe as possible, we recommend always using a VPN when you torrent and following the rest of the advice on this page Torrenting isn’t always safe. We’ve listed the main risks of torrenting below, which you can mostly eliminate by following our safe torrenting advice Torrent files and magnet links themselves aren’t dangerous They do not contain viruses as they just configure your torrent client to upload and download whatever it is you’re torrenting The risk is that the actual files you download might contain malware It’s therefore extremely important you trust the source of files you torrent The risk of downloading dangerous files is always there when torrenting but being cautious and running virus scans greatly reduces risks Torrenting copyrighted content is illegal The biggest risk associated with torrenting is the legal consequences you may face if you do so it involves both downloading and uploading the file which is a more serious offence than downloading a file alone the punishment for breaking copyright laws can be up to five years in jail and a $250,000 fine ISPs can throttle and even disconnect internet connections Some companies (copyright trolls) know about these penalties and use the threat of legal action to get paid – even against users that haven’t even shared copyrighted material Copyright trolls watch public torrents and collect lists of IP addresses. Then, they send legal letters to the ISPs those IP addresses belong to. ISPs can then forward the legal threats to their customers. You can find out who your ISP is using our ISP checking tool DMCA notices will normally come directly from your ISP This practice tends to target vulnerable or less tech-savvy people Copyright trolls are looking for an easy payday not to protect their intellectual property so they only target people that don’t know any better Using a no-logs VPN that doesn’t leak your true IP address virtually eliminates the legal risk of torrenting EXPERT ADVICE: The best way to avoid legal trouble when torrenting is to never download an illegal torrent or visit an illegal torrenting site Being targeted by hackers while torrenting is very unlikely A hacker could use your publicly visible information (e.g using a VPN virtually eliminates the risk of this since it masks your true IP address in the torrent swarm Hackers can also use malware and ransomware to target you which is why you must also have malware protection (antivirus) running on your device ISP throttling is less serious than the risks above If your ISP can see you’re torrenting a lot it may decide to throttle your entire internet connection ISP throttling is more common in some countries than in others It is especially an issue in South East Asian countries A VPN prevents your ISP from monitoring your internet activity and reduces the risk of them throttling your connection Yes, torrenting itself is legal and any laws that apply to sharing material in general also apply to torrenting sharing copyrighted material without permission is illegal in many countries and these laws still apply if you are torrenting when you download a torrent you are also sharing that torrent with other users (peers) in the torrent swarm From a legal perspective this means that torrenting isn’t just downloading If you try to torrent from another IP address it will block your connection If you enable IP Binding and your VPN or proxy disconnects the torrent client will block the connection from your true IP address This stops the torrent and prevents your IP address from being exposed to the swarm In qBittorrent this feature is called IP Filtering and is found under Options > Connection How to Safely Torrent with ExpressVPN Is It Safe to Use Private Internet Access (PIA) for Torrenting? How to Torrent Safely with Surfshark Mullvad is a secure and trustworthy VPN you can use to hide your torrenting activity from your ISP You can torrent on all 674 of its P2P-friendly servers and traffic is encrypted using the AES-256 or ChaCha20 cipher The only major downside of torrenting with Mullvad is the slow and inconsistent torrenting speeds on several servers anyone can see the files you’ve been downloading from your IP address To torrent safely you’ll share an IP address with hundreds of other users This prevents your P2P activity from being linked to you Mullvad is a good VPN service that secures your traffic using trusted encryption ciphers We found that Mullvad is a particularly good for torrenting It comes with a kill switch to protect your personal data a private logging policy to anonymize your activity and a malware blocker to protect you on unsafe torrent sites That said, Mullvad is not one of our preferred VPNs for torrenting Its speeds can be slow on selected servers and some of its advanced features are difficult to set up In this guide, we’ll show you exactly how to use Mullvad for torrenting and how to configure the VPN for improved security and speed Setting up a VPN for torrenting involves more than just a standard server connection you still risk leaking your IP and revealing your P2P activity we’ll tell you exactly how to configure Mullvad to maximize the VPN’s speed Quick Guide: How To Use Mullvad for Torrenting No operating system comes with a built-in P2P client You’ll have to install third party software We strongly recommend qBittorrent as the best torrent client make sure to download it from its official website Download Mullvad on the device you’ll be torrenting on you can subscribe to Mullvad for $5.50 a month Mullvad doesn’t offer any discounts for longer-term plans we suggest paying via cash or cryptocurrency it’s not possible to link your Mullvad account back to you make sure Mullvad is set up with maximum security Mullvad doesn’t allow the kill switch to be turned off A kill switch is the most important security feature for torrenting but there are still some essential features that are not enabled by default open the Mullvad app and click the settings cog icon in the top right We recommend you enable the following Mullvad security settings: Mullvad includes many security settings well-suited for torrenting torrent files will only download when you’re connected to a Mullvad VPN server If the connection to the VPN drops or you accidentally disconnect your torrent file will stop downloading and your true IP address will remain hidden Watch the video below to see how we set this up but the process is the same for most popular torrenting clients Here’s how to bind Mullvad to your torrenting client: The final step is to ensure your VPN and torrent client is set up correctly To do this, use our torrent IP leak test tool It’ll check that you’re not accidentally leaking any IP or DNS information through the VPN tunnel you’re ready to download torrent files as you usually do we rank Mullvad as the sixth-best for safe torrenting Mullvad uses strong AES-256 or ChaCha20 encryption it doesn’t collect any user or activity logs and it downloads torrent files extremely fast To compete with the very best torrenting VPNs Mullvad needs to improve the reliability of its speeds Here’s a summary of Mullvad’s strengths and weaknesses at torrenting: Mullvad downloads torrent files fast and safely we’ll explain in-depth the features that make Mullvad good and bad for P2P file-sharing Most popular torrent sites distribute content with extremely large file sizes A fast VPN can make the difference between waiting minutes or hours for a file to download Speed is the main area where Mullvad excels we could download torrent files almost as quickly as with no VPN our speed dropped from 10MiB/s to 9.8MiB/s This is one of the fastest results we’ve ever recorded The only issue is that Mullvad’s torrent speeds change depending on the server you use This meant our files took almost five times as long to download Here are our results when testing Mullvad’s torrenting bitrate when connected to nearby servers: we strongly recommend trying multiple Mullvad servers and sticking to the one that gives you the fastest speeds you might be waiting longer than you need for your files to download Mullvad’s speed performance is very impressive on the vast majority of servers It’s even faster than most top torrenting VPNs Mullvad can be trusted to keep your torrenting activity hidden from your ISP and other third parties Here’s what makes Mullvad one of the most private VPNs for torrenting: The one downside is Mullvad’s base in Sweden Sweden is part of the 14 Eyes intelligence sharing alliance Sweden shares surveillance data with other countries this isn’t a major concern as Mullvad doesn’t log personally-identifiable data Mullvad doesn’t have any information to provide if it’s ever requested Mullvad’s privacy protections are so strong that it has not been able to provide any user data when requested by a court of law a representative from Mullvad told us that “since we do not have any VPN activity logs […] we have no information that could help their investigation.” Real-world tests like this are the best way to assess a VPN’s trustworthiness You can be sure that Mullvad will protect your sensitive P2P activity Mullvad includes all the security settings you’d expect from a top torrenting VPN It supports the AES-256 and ChaCha20 encryption ciphers, depending on whether you use OpenVPN or WireGuard. The app also includes a system-wide kill switch, IP leak protection, and a malware blocker. We explain the necessity of these in the instructions section of this page Mullvad’s server infrastructure and apps have also been audited by a third party No privacy-compromising information was discovered during the audit To check how well Mullvad encrypts traffic We inspected packets of data to ensure nothing was viewable in plain text All information within the VPN tunnel was obfuscated Mullvad encrypted all of our internet traffic Mullvad allows you to torrent on all 674 of its servers All of its servers are optimized for P2P file-sharing and have unlimited bandwidth Torrenting is supported on every Mullvad server Mullvad is also impressively transparent with its server network. For added security, you can view its server list to make sure you’re connected to a server wholly owned by Mullvad Mullvad no longer supports port forwarding on any of its apps The VPN service announced the removal of port forwarding on its website explaining that some users had abused the feature to host malicious and illegal content This led to Mullvad receiving law enforcement enquiries as well as several of their IP addresses becoming blocked you can no longer use port forwarding to improve Mullvad’s torrenting speeds If you need a VPN for port forwarding, we recommend using one of our top-rated VPNs with port forwarding support Although Mullvad performed well in our torrenting tests Other VPN services, like PIA VPN allow you to download torrent files faster Here’s Mullvad’s torrenting performance compared to the best paid and free VPNs for torrenting: Mullvad is a great VPN for torrenting but PIA’s no-logs policy and simpler apps make it the better option for most users Windscribe is a serviceable free alternative This includes a faster bitrate than Windscribe and unlimited data compared to Windscribe’s 10GB We’ve evaluated both alternatives in greater depth below: Private Internet Access is an excellent VPN for torrenting and it’s available for cheap on long-term plans Though it requires an initial learning curve PIA VPN is much easier to use than Mullvad Its features are clearly labeled and its apps use an attractive user interface PIA performed best in our torrenting tests PIA also allows P2P traffic on all 18,651 servers across 91 countries compared to just 674 servers in 44 countries with Mullvad you’re more likely to find a close-by server with PIA Both of these factors contribute to faster and more reliable torrenting downloads PIA doesn’t allow you to port forward on any US servers In short, Private Internet Access is our favorite VPN for torrenting but Mullvad is still a good choice if you want to pay monthly Windscribe is a great alternative to Mullvad if you don’t want to pay for a VPN subscription You can torrent safely with Windscribe thanks to its AES-256 encryption and advanced ‘Firewall’ kill switch It’s also free to use and won’t require your payment details at any point this often wasn’t enough to download a movie in high resolution It’s only usable for torrenting movies in a lower resolution This result is acceptable for a free service but it doesn’t come close to Mullvad or PIA’s file-sharing speeds there’s no reason to choose Windscribe over Mullvad unless you prioritize value above all else How to Torrent Anonymously with ExpressVPN Is Proton VPN Good for Torrenting? ExpressVPN is a great VPN for anonymous torrenting thanks to its fast P2P speeds ExpressVPN is one of the best VPNs we’ve tested for file sharing although its lack of port forwarding isn’t ideal for seeders Torrenting without masking your IP address puts your internet privacy and security at risk anyone on the peer-to-peer (P2P) network can see your IP address and track your activity You could face financial or legal penalties if you are caught downloading copyrighted material However, not all VPNs are suitable for torrenting. Some throttle P2P traffic speeds or even block it altogether. Others lack the security and privacy features needed to download torrents anonymously After testing over 61 services, we can safely say that ExpressVPN remains one of the best VPNs for torrenting Summary: How to Use ExpressVPN for Torrenting ExpressVPN allows P2P traffic on all its servers This guide covers all there is to know about torrenting safely with ExpressVPN To quickly see how to torrent safely with ExpressVPN scroll down and see our step-by-step instructions Demonstration video showing how to use ExpressVPN for torrenting Torrenting with ExpressVPN is very easy and requires no special skills You can connect to any of the service’s 3,000 servers and start downloading torrents securely from a client of your choice The most important thing to do is make sure your VPN is running before you start torrenting Your computer cannot use torrent files on its own Be sure to download your chosen client from its official website as other download websites could contain malware It’s crucial that you don’t start torrenting until your VPN is up and running Visit ExpressVPN.com and click the ‘Get ExpressVPN’ button on the homepage Choose your preferred subscription plan, and enter a payment method. Once you’ve signed up, you’ll receive an activation code by email. You can also get ExpressVPN free for 30 days using its refund guarantee Open the ExpressVPN app and enter your activation code click on the hamburger menu in the app and select ‘Preferences’ In the ‘Protocol’ tab, select either TCP or UDP. Then, look for the ‘Network Lock’ section in the ‘General’ tab and tick both check boxes make sure DNS and IPv6 leak protection are turned on These settings should be enabled by default but it’s always a good idea to double-check ExpressVPN allows unrestricted torrenting on all its servers but you still need to connect to a server before you start torrenting The app’s ‘Smart Location’ feature offers the easiest and most efficient way to connect It selects the nearest fastest server based on your physical location and server load EXPERT ADVICE: If possible, connect to a server in a privacy-friendly country for P2P activity be aware that the further away the VPN server is from your physical location the slower your connection speeds are likely to be verify you’re properly connected to the VPN by checking your IP address is hidden Use our free torrent IP leak test tool to ensure you’re not leaking any IP or DNS information that may expose your identity you’re ready to start downloading torrents safely and securely With P2P file-sharing websites being monitored more closely than ever we strongly recommend connecting to a dependable VPN service before you begin torrenting After reviewing ExpressVPN we found that it’s one of the best VPNs for torrenting that we’ve tested It doesn’t throttle download speeds and you can torrent using any server in the network The only significant drawback we found was that it doesn’t allow port forwarding for faster P2P speeds uploading (or ‘seeding’) files is extremely slow unless the VPN is running at router level the VPN is otherwise very fast and has an impressive suite of security features including OpenVPN Here’s an in-depth look at torrenting with ExpressVPN: ExpressVPN allows unrestricted torrenting and P2P file-sharing across all of its servers You can connect to any server and download torrents without restrictions The company’s website openly endorses P2P activity however it recently took down a page giving users instructions on how to use a VPN with uTorrent We’ve seen no indication the company is moving away from supporting torrenting but we’ll update this page accordingly if anything changes ExpressVPN doesn’t offer any P2P-optimized servers ExpressVPN has over 3,000 servers in 106 countries and server congestion has never been a problem for us EXPERT ADVICE: Connect to the VPN server nearest to your location to enjoy the fastest download speeds ExpressVPN doesn’t impose a monthly data limit or restrict your bandwidth in any way we enjoyed unlimited torrenting with no limits on speed restrict the amount of data you can use each month This makes them unsuitable for torrenting since P2P traffic tends to require a lot of data usage Other VPNs will throttle their users’ speeds particularly if they are engaging in bandwidth-heavy activity like P2P file-sharing you need a VPN that offers unlimited bandwidth like ExpressVPN that your ISP might start asking questions if you’re downloading hundreds of gigabytes per month ExpressVPN uses its proprietary Lightway protocol and secure AES-256 or ChaCha20 encryption to protect your BitTorrent traffic we inspected our torrenting traffic using a packet analyzer while connected to ExpressVPN: ExpressVPN’s browser extensions encrypted all our network traffic ExpressVPN kept our torrenting traffic secure and WebRTC leaks and found that ExpressVPN kept our data secure in each instance As well as securely encrypting your data and hiding your IP address ExpressVPN provides an impressive suite of additional security and privacy features Below is a selection of ExpressVPN’s most useful features for torrenting: You can control security options from ExpressVPN’s advanced settings menu One downside to using ExpressVPN for torrenting is that it doesn’t have a port forwarding feature You need fast file-sharing speeds to quickly download large torrent files such as Full HD movies and video games we recorded an average bitrate of 9.4MiB/s using ExpressVPN This makes ExpressVPN one of the fastest torrenting VPNs on the market we’ve compared how long it takes ExpressVPN to download a 20GB file to other top-rated VPNs below: ExpressVPN is faster than the vast majority of paid torrenting VPNs The only major issue we found was that ExpressVPN does not support VPN port forwarding For a good-quality P2P VPN with the ability to port forward, read our PrivateVPN review or learn about using PIA for port forwarding The main reason for torrenting with a VPN is to protect your anonymity and conceal your downloads from third parties such as ISPs and copyright trolls some VPN services monitor and log your activity which defeats the purpose of using a VPN in the first place ExpressVPN’s privacy policy clearly lists what information it doesn’t collect from a user Thankfully, ExpressVPN has a private logging policy. It does not log enough data to identify you and this has been confirmed by multiple independent audits it’s based in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) which is a privacy haven due to its non-existent data laws ExpressVPN also uses a diskless server network which makes it near-impossible for anyone to see your torrenting activity It is much more secure and private to torrent with a VPN It protects your personal identity and torrenting activity from potential onlookers We’ve detailed the reasons for torrenting with a VPN You can see the IP addresses of other peers at all times while torrenting your IP address and online identity will be visible to everyone else in the torrent swarm a VPN hides your real IP address and replaces it with one belonging to the VPN server It also encrypts your traffic to stop third-parties from monitoring your downloads Many countries enforce copyright laws which can result in legal repercussions if you fail to adhere to them While we don’t condone copyright violations Using a VPN makes it significantly harder for authorities to track you down should you make this mistake Torrenting itself is not illegal as long as you download content available in the public domain such as classic novels we still recommend using a VPN to download this type of content as your real IP address is visible Using a VPN hides your traffic and online activity from your ISP Some ISPs may intentionally throttle your internet connection if they suspect you’re torrenting This is to limit your bandwidth consumption and prevent any potential illegal downloads Your ISP may also block the domain of a torrent website You can use a VPN to encrypt your traffic so that ISPs are unable to see that you’re torrenting. This stops ISP throttling and allows you to access torrent sites that may have been restricted in your region It’s a popular and legitimate way to share files downloading copyrighted material is illegal and penalties can be severe In most countries, governments and regulatory bodies collaborate with ISPs to catch people who distribute copyrighted content. That’s why many people choose to use a VPN to hide their torrenting activity and online identity It even has apps designed for use directly on the router which can be used to protect your entire home network there are browser extensions available for Chrome and Firefox but we don’t recommend using these for P2P traffic unless you’re using a browser-based torrent client How to Use Windscribe VPN for Torrenting A study of cells from 84 cadaver brains suggests that Alzheimer's has two distinct phases and that one type of neuron is especially vulnerable "There's an early phase where there's a very slow increase in the amount of pathology," says Ed Lein a senior investigator at the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle "then a more exponential phase where suddenly things get really bad." The study also found evidence that a small subset of neurons known as somatostatin inhibitory neurons begin to die off during the early phase of Alzheimer's, Lein and a team of nearly 100 other scientists report in the journal Nature Neuroscience because these neurons have received relatively little attention from Alzheimer's researchers The findings suggest that Alzheimer's treatments are most likely to help early in the disease and that one strategy might be to protect vulnerable inhibitory neurons The results also show how scientists' understanding of Alzheimer's is being changed by new tools and techniques that can reveal detailed information about millions of individual brain cells "They've produced a picture of what's going on that no one could have anticipated just a few years ago," says Dr. Richard Hodes who directs the National Institute on Aging which played a key role in funding the research The study looked at more than 3.4 million cells from the brains of people who died at age 65 or older while others were in various stages of Alzheimer's The team focused on an area called the middle temporal gyrus By comparing cells taken at different stages of Alzheimer's scientists were able to create a timeline showing how the disease alters the brain "We measure all the genes in each individual cell," Lien says "That allows you to not only identify those cells but look for changes in those cells as a result of disease." Some of the changes confirmed earlier research cells related to immune function in the brain became more active Lein says artificial intelligence and new imaging and genetic techniques allowed the team to search for other changes that previously would have gone undetected "We were looking for vulnerable cell populations for example particular types of neurons that might be specifically lost early in disease," Lein says The team had expected to find changes to excitatory neurons which form connections to distant areas of the brain and act like the accelerator in a car by encouraging other neurons to fire "But it turns out that the first cells lost are actually some of the inhibitory neurons," Lien says Inhibitory neurons act like the brake in a car by forming connections with nearby excitatory neurons and controlling their activity The specific type of inhibitory neurons that appear to die off early in Alzheimer's release a chemical messenger called somatostatin which is known to decline in Alzheimer's patients Somatostatin neurons help control the activity of brain networks involved in memory and thinking Any decline in these cells could upset the delicate balance between inhibitory and excitatory neurons in the brain Epilepsy and some other brain disorders are thought to be the result of an imbalance "It could be that the loss of these [somatostatin] inhibitory neurons is causing a hyper-excitatory state which may be contributing to disease," Hodes says treatment would need to start before too many inhibitory neurons are lost And the new study suggests that may be possible "The fact that there is a process early on that is slow is an inviting opportunity to intervene," he says Become an NPR sponsor Horse racing magazine for the training and development of the thoroughbred racehorse COMPLETE THE EUROPEAN TRAINERS' DAILY RATES 2017 SURVEY HERE We use cookies and similar technologies to run this website and help us understand how you use it. View our cookie policy here Trainer Magazine - the horse racing magazine for the training and development of the thoroughbred racehorse and president of an electric power company and a restaurant owner had lunch with horse-obsessed 14-year-old Gillian Guerra          His partner Craig Dado a long-time executive at Del Mar and Santa Anita before starting his own company tells the story of the lunch which got Davis into racing: “I got a call from Gillian’s dad          Dado went to trainer Doug O’Neil’s barn and ran into Steve Rothblum a former trainer who is now a bloodstock agent for O’Neil Dado takes up the story “Steve and I are tight will you have lunch with this girl?” He does and another gentleman is there `I want to buy a horse for her.’ They claimed a horse for Gillian The point is Mark loved what Steve did for her and said `I want to buy horses.’ Then he writes a big check Gillian is now a freshman at the University of Kentucky        Asked about paying Gillian’s college costs Davis described the concept of paying it forward being nice to someone because someone was nice to him; “When I was 16 She helped me with the horses five years ago          Gillian said          Davis does He didn’t let his allergy to horses stop him from having more than a dozen horses on his California farm including three Clydesdales: “We got the first Clydesdale Davis named the nine-month-old foal Pegi for his company          Davis’s love of Clydesdale is immense: “They are gorgeous          Thoroughbreds are too and Davis has more of them than he ever imagined: “It got a lot bigger than I thought it was getting We bought five horses at the Keeneland Sale Jeanie never owned a horse other than with her family.”          Davis’s horses have taken him to Dubai which is where he expects Raging Torrent to make a start and possibly South Korea: “I’m still learning because I’ve only been in racing for five years          Raging Torrent is why he upset likely Sprint Champion The Chosen Vron by a head in the Gr After finishing seventh from the rail in the Gr 1 Malibu by a length and a quarter on opening day at Santa Anita          The two victories were especially meaningful to Dado who was an executive at Santa Anita and Del Mar for 30 years: “It was pretty surreal to be in the winner’s circle for both the Pat O’Brien and the Malibu          Dado started working as an intern at Santa Anita in 1990 and worked his way up to executive roles there          Along the way he started Great Friends Stable in 2007: “I was Chief Marketing Officer at Del Mar and I wanted to bring fans into the game as new owners         He left Del Mar in 2021 to start his own company in San Diego it’s a media site helping gamblers and fantasy players with updated injury status and how it’s going to affect the outcome of games It’s very challenging but it’s a lot of fun watching the company grow We had 750,000 people come to the website.”          He called Raging Torrent’s victory in the Malibu “Amazing The MH Wilds Whiteflame Torrent is a skill tied to Zoh Shia and people can't work out if it's actually any good or not I've gone and tested the weapons of Zoh Shia to lay down the parameters of how Whiteflame Torrent works in Monster Hunter Wilds what the effect is and how it relates to the Scorcher skill the Whiteflame Torrent skill in Monster Hunter Wilds does an extra flat 50 damage on certain hits with your weapon So a 25 damage strike might become a 75 damage strike when it activates the actual pattern with which this extra damage occurs is fairly complicated To illustrate the odds of the extra damage a little more easily If you land the first attack (or open the first door) and there's no damage The community has been bewildered by the unclear abilities of Whiteflame Torrent since it was added to MH Wilds, but thanks to dreamingsuntide for being one of the first to decipher the mechanics of this ability and draw my attention to it Having tested the weapons in the game myself this does seem to fit the pattern of how they work The Whiteflame Torrent Skill is tied to all weapons crafted from fighting the Monster Hunter Wilds Zoh Shia hunt there's no other way to get this skill for yourself The other thing to keep in mind is the Scorcher ability, tied to some of the Monster Hunter Wilds best armor alongside the normal abilities of that skill also increases the flat damage dealt by the Whiteflame Torrent ability but turns it to Fire damage (so enemy resistances may kick in Joel FraneySocial Links NavigationGuides WriterJoel Franey is a writer podcaster and raconteur with a Masters from Sussex University none of which has actually equipped him for anything in real life As a result he chooses to spend most of his time playing video games reading old books and ingesting chemically-risky levels of caffeine He is a firm believer that the vast majority of games would be improved by adding a grappling hook they should probably add another just to be safe you will then be prompted to enter your display name We use cookies to analyze user behavior in order to constantly improve the website for you. Learn more ("Torrent") announces it has created a cryptocurrency investment portfolio and acquired 2,000 tokens of Solana (SOL) cryptocurrency The Solana tokens have been staked and are generating yield The cryptocurrency market has experienced remarkable growth over the past decade evolving from a niche asset class to a globally recognized financial ecosystem The total market capitalization of cryptocurrencies surged from under $1 billion in 2013 to around $3.6 trillion in 2024 Torrent forecasts that the adoption of decentralized applications and technologies will further accelerate in 2025 and plans to gain exposure by investing in leading crypto platforms and applications Decentralized blockchain platforms such as Solana enable developers to create applications that re-distribute control and decision-making away from central authorities into the hands of the network participants creating a new and secure form of openness and transparency "These innovative blockchain based platforms have the potential to disrupt the current monetary system and reshape the future of the economy." the crypto sector faced intense scrutiny from centralized authorities including governments that attempted to curb its adoption through restrictive regulations and bans the distributed nature of cryptocurrencies inherently resisted these attempts since they operate on a global network of nodes that continued to operate regardless of efforts to discourage adoption Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum remain dominant while emerging networks such as Solana have recently gained market share due to their improved scalability and lower transaction costs Why Solana?Torrent believes that a scalable layer-1 blockchain platform is required to enable mainstream adoption of blockchain applications and decentralization Although Ethereum has built a large ecosystem of developers and decentralized applications ("dApps") it incurs high transaction fees during peak times and has limited transaction capacity Ethereum currently relies on layer-2 solutions to attempt to resolve these problems "We are confident that Solana has potential to capture market share from Ethereum as a scalable layer-1 blockchain ecosystem," Evan commented High Throughput & Low Fees: the Solana blockchain can process over 65,000 transactions per second with low transaction costs Solana onboarded more new developers than any other blockchain ecosystem globally and other financial institutions are building on the Solana blockchain Potential for Solana ETFs in 2025: Although there are currently no Solana ETFs available asset managers such as Grayscale and Vaneck have recently submitted Solana ETF applications which are expected to be reviewed by the regulatory authorities in 2025 providing a potentially significant catalyst Why Now?The incoming US Administration has indicated that it will change the government's current stance on cryptocurrencies to welcome and encourage its adoption This shift could encourage strong growth and innovation in the sector by reducing legal hurdles that have previously inhibited crypto projects while crypto has been favoured among retail investors in recent years shifted their stance in 2024 and now manage successful ETFs focused on Bitcoin and Ethereum These new ETFs have accumulated over $100 billion in assets under management since their launch in early 2024 and have been supportive of crypto prices Torrent's strategy involves managing its cryptocurrency portfolio to maximize rewards and passive income while participating in select blockchain operating networks Torrent Capital is a publicly traded investment issuer that invests in private and publicly traded companies The company invests in companies that are due to experience accelerated growth or are trading at a discount to their intrinsic value Contacts:Wade DaweChief Executive OfficerPhone: 1 902 536 1976 CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION: This press release includes certain "forward-looking statements" under applicable Canadian securities legislation The reader is referred the Company's annual financial reporting for a discussion of risks and uncertainties NEITHER THE TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE NOR ITS REGULATION SERVICES PROVIDER (AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN THE POLICIES OF THE TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE) ACCEPTS RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS RELEASE To view the source version of this press release, please visit https://www.newsfilecorp.com/release/236223 SOURCE: Torrent Capital Ltd. Sign Up Company Profile Banking/Financial Services I wouldn't put that sort of thing in writing but I'm built different It was revealed via court documents last month that Meta had obtained AI training data from LibGen a large file sharing database that includes everything from paywalled news and academic articles The prosecution alleges that Meta downloaded over 80 terabytes from LibGen and another so-called "shadow library" by the name of Z-Library internet piracy on a scale that would make a Nintendo lawyer blush and the lawsuit alleges the emails put in writing "Meta’s decision to take and use copyrighted works without permission that it knew to be pirated One of the emails in evidence quotes an alleged Meta employee futilely advising that "using pirated material should be beyond our ethical threshold" before arguing that databases like LibGen "are basically like PirateBay or something like that they are distributing content that is protected by copyright and they're infringing it." There are repeated examples of emails ascribed to Meta employees flagging the use of LibGen as a concern either in failed "lone sane man fashion," or in the context of hiding the activity One researcher proposed only accessing LibGen through a VPN and later joked that "torrenting from a corporate laptop doesn't feel right 😂." Meta would ultimately operate in "stealth mode," to quote one AI researcher at the company concealing the activity by only downloading and seeding the torrents outside official Facebook servers As an aside: It was real neighborly of them to seed the torrents too The prosecution further argues that these discovery documents⁠ suggest that Meta executives up to and including Mark Zuckerberg were aware of the use of pirated material to train AI models at the company Another detail that stands out to me: The emails filed as evidence indicate that Meta employees believed OpenAI used LibGen for its own models framing the company's use of the database as a sort of arms race If the Internet Archive isn't allowed to loan books as a digital library I don't think companies like Meta should be allowed to swallow up terabytes of pirated material to train a chatbot that will lie to you about how many planets are in the solar system our international copyright regime looks to be one of the most sturdy bulwarks against an AI future I'm no fan of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals Associate EditorTed has been thinking about PC games and bothering anyone who would listen with his thoughts on them ever since he booted up his sister's copy of Neverwinter Nights on the family computer He is obsessed with all things CRPG and CRPG-adjacent When he's not playing or writing about games you can find Ted lifting weights on his back porch You may feel that we all have enough to worry about, and thus have no need for the spectre of zombie-like reanimated bacteria or viruses in thawing permafrost that set off a story straight out of a sci-fi flick it's a looming reality thanks to climate change.  scientists tell us that while it's high time we thought carefully about how we are going to manage the vast numbers of microbes being released along with equally vast quantities of melting ice and thawing permafrost as a result of global heating there is no need to panic nor to sensationalize the issue When Salon spoke with microbiologist Luis Andrés Yarzábal an associate professor at the Universidad Católica de Cuenca in Ecuador he was indeed careful to avoid sensationalizing the problem But he noted that we've been aware since the '80s of dramatic quantities of microbes found in even the most pristine of Antarctic ice sheets or on top of mountains some dead and some alive in suspended animation Yarzábal actually started studying the microbiology of the Andean glaciers because he and his team were interested in the biotechnological potential of cold-loving in mountainous regions." But the country's glaciers melted it revealed huge numbers of pathogens in the melting ice Some of these disease-causing bugs may be so old human immune systems are totally naïve to them which means unleashing them could infect millions The odds of such an event may be remote — we don't actually know how likely this all is — but we do know the likelihood isn't zero and it will increase as the world's ice retreats the world's glaciers lost some 275  gigatonnes with the rate of melting increasing substantially more recently Disrupting the ecological equilibrium always has the potential to cause hazards to human health directly There are still the thawing permafrost and melting ice sheets to take into account Worlds with between ten and 100 million microbes per milliliter of ice "We are talking [altogether] about an amount of microorganisms which has been estimated between 10^25 and 10^28 microorganisms enclosed So it's a huge amount of microorganisms .. Consider that there are 10^23 stars in the universe," Yarzábal told Salon while many of these captive microbes are dead "In this group of viable microorganisms there are some ancient ancestral pathogens and they can disseminate in different ecosystems and they can plants and other microbes," Yarzábal said whether it's because we're talking about a virus that is deadly for humans or to risk altering or damaging the environment we depend upon or merely appreciate for its intrinsic value.  "This is a fact," said Yarzábal and we can anticipate this problem by studying these pathogens or these microbes by studying the ecology of glaciers and permafrost so we must be prepared for what can happen." Already we've had a warning of what could happen: in 2016 exposing in the process the frozen carcasses of reindeer who had died an estimated 150 years before thanks to an epidemic of anthrax some of the bacteria in them had remained alive and when curious living reindeer came into contact with the remains of their frozen ancestors they became infected with the spore-forming bacteria almost 2,500 animals died and many hundreds of people (who relying on them as a source of protein for food and commerce) became infected with at least one small human child dying as a result Permafrost under the layer of soil (Getty Images/Stasz D Sirotkin)While Yarzábal is at work in the Southern hemisphere senior veterinarian at the Department for Veterinary Clinical Sciences at the University of Copenhagen has been studying Arctic pathogens that are zoonotic meaning they cause illnesses that can spread between animals and humans.  Andersen-Ranberg and a host of co-authors describe zoonotic viruses bacteria and parasites of concern in the Arctic arguing that "the Arctic represents a changing world where pollution and maritime activity are likely driving forward occurrence of infectious diseases" with thawing permafrost being one factor among many How concerned should we really be about thawing zoonotic infections Andersen-Ranberg told Salon that's not exactly clear "There is not necessarily grounds to fear that the viruses in the frozen environment are more pathogenic." a clear theoretical risk since glaciers and permafrost are melting and they store millennia old microbes and some of these organisms have been found to revive and re-function after thawing," she said a wide array of both RNA and DNA viruses have been detected in thawing permafrost and have been able to re-activate [such as] RNA viruses that are highly similar to viruses that today infect mammals we are constantly exposed to potentially pathogenic viruses from various natural sources and there is not necessarily grounds to fear that the viruses in the frozen environment are more pathogenic." that thawing permafrost could re-introduce ancient pathogenic viruses that are now extinct or where today's strains have evolved to have such a different genetic makeup that our (or other mammals') immune systems are less able to detect and fight off the ancient strains Such pathogens would be unknown to our immune systems, as smallpox was to the immune systems of the Indigenous people who encountered it as a result of European colonizers who brought the virus to the Americas leading to mass deaths from succeeding waves of the disease As it's common for hosts like humans or other animals to harbor more than one infection at once there can be plenty of opportunities for gene transfer to occur infectious agents released from melting ice "represents an even greater pool of genetic viral diversity to be introduced in already circulating viral populations," Andersen-Ranberg explained "This for example means more potential ways to avoid the immune system of the host or an increased ability to infect a variety of hosts," Andersen-Ranberg added. "Moreover this melt-induced introduction of potential pathogens occurs simultaneously with other great changes to disease dynamics worldwide currently occurring due to climate change and changing human activities it's a lot happening all at once."  Want more health and science stories in your inbox? Subscribe to Salon's weekly newsletter Lab Notes So what can or should we be doing about it "I don't know," Yarzábal acknowledged soberly beyond what he already recommended — we must do far more to anticipate potential disease outbreaks or reoccurrences and to understand the specific pathogens we're likely to encounter The microbiologist is not sure what other action we might take as vast areas of ice and permafrost unleash the microorganisms they've been hanging onto all these years Unless we reduce emissions enough to keep some of those frozen pathogens in ice EASAC along with the US National Academies of Sciences and Medicine (NASEM) and InterAcademy Partnership brought researchers and public health officials together from North America the European Union and Russia to assess the current state of knowledge and gaps in knowledge relating to the risks similarly posed by infectious agents in thawing Arctic permafrost and ice.  and different nations' territorial ambitions there is a mind-blowing gap between the knowledge and worries of scientists and the opinions and aims of decision makers an incongruent relationship between knowledge and political realities," Andersen-Ranberg told Salon because there is such relatively little emphasis on and monitoring of zoonoses as well as emerging/reemerging disease in the Arctic — an area subjected to the greatest degree of climate change in the world which currently drastically changes disease dynamics." Carlyn Zwarenstein writes about science for Salon She's also the author of a book about drugs Reproduction of material from any Salon pages without written permission is strictly prohibited Patent and Trademark Office as a trademark of Salon.com Associated Press articles: Copyright © 2016 The Associated Press An on the ground photographic account of a Trans Day of Visibility protest in Chicago There’s no such thing as an easy choice these days I bought myself a micro-four-thirds Olympus body which I named Chase (after Chase Strangio) to commemorate the occasion I sat on the couch in my friends’ north side pad with Chase in one hand and a massive Nikon telephoto in the other I bring a full pack to these types of things–dual-wielding my full-frame Nikon bodies Frank and Miranda with two weather-sealed Nikkor f/2.8 beater-lenses my reporter’s notebook and a field recorder I could stick with that; my Nikons are weather-sealed and a look out the window at the weather told me it’d be a great day to be a duck toss the Olympus OM-D E-M10 with its pancake zoom and a Panasonic variable-aperture telephoto in my purse give myself a full kit at an eighth of the weight and roll the dice and pray for dry weather and clear skies and hopped onto the Brown Line towards downtown Chicago’s own Trans Up Front IL put on the rally celebrating Trans Day of Visibility right in the heart of downtown The org–the only trans and deaf-lead organization in the state as executive director Asher McMaher pointed out during their opening address–partnered with Trans Chicago Empowerment Center and Life Is Work to take over Federal Plaza for the afternoon commissioner at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago proclaiming “Let me tell you…we are a resilient people….We belong in every sect of society “I have news for President Donald Trump…we aren’t going anywhere.” emcee Lluvia Ramirez passed the mic to Tichike Tumalan the program coordinator of the Trans Chicago Empowerment Center in Humbolt Park and for this whole year and for the rest of your life Now is a time when we need to rely on each other.” led the crowd in a chant: “We will not be silenced!” “We will not let Christian nationalism and white supremacy bring us back to the shadows of this society a member of Illinois Parents and Caregivers of Transgender & Gender Expansive Individuals opened by telling the crowd “I gotta say; I’m one helluva proud parent.” seeing your child want to die under the weight of rejection and cruelty is the hardest thing in the world…and yet my son would still rather be him than conform to what others try to demand he should be…I’m grateful to be able to say my son is still here.” Chief Executive Director of trans-led outreach org Life Is Work demanded more from the crowd; “This is a wonderful crowd…but the next march that I see the LGBTQIA+ Community Chair of the Chicago’s Teachers Union–shown here with one of the ASL interpreters one of which accompanied every speaker and all of whom were so emotive that I genuinely wish I had the space for a gallery of just them–took the mic stating that she was “here on behalf of every trans kid who ever needed a teacher to fight for them.” I was constantly forced to erase or bury any femininity that I expressed…I didn’t have trans visibility because the only trans people I saw in the media were the punchlines of a joke.” “Since coming out as trans as the age of 30 I am happier and healthier than I have ever been…Our queer and trans students deserve to have visibly queer and trans teachers and all of us deserve to live freely and openly as the best versions of ourselves that we can be.” Cheve Executive Officer of Brave Space Alliance (shown here with another fantastic member of the ASL interpreter team) began with a song – Bob Dylan’s The Times They Are A’Changin– saying that “The times have changed “There was a time in my life when I thought my compliance and following the rules would save me…and if you are out there holding onto the ideal that these things will save you: I am telling you today to wake up.” And–as in DC as it is in Chicago–the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence were once again among us with Sister Lucy Goosy bestowing a blessing unto the crowd before the march began non-binary-gender-conforming siblings…we see you and this blessing asks for no bowed heads–but if you feel moved I bless this gift you have given today–the gift of your presence be bolstered by the righteousness of our cause…I bless your courage to stand firm in a life with our benediction ringing in our ears and conviction in our hearts led by banners and signs held by leather bears and skate-punks mesh-topped ravers and denim-clad academics–our trans and queer siblings It seems the crowd heard Zahara Bassett’s earlier request and despite the growing soreness in my left shoulder I instantly knew I had made the right choice three hours earlier It came down in sheets as the march soldiered on with protesters using their signs as makeshift shields against the onslaught I kept firing frames as I ran shot-put up and down the street holding my pack in one arm and my D600 in the other running ahead to get a visual and falling behind as I held down the shutter And, as the marched looped past the looming shadow of Trump Tower and back towards the cover of the Calder Flamingo welcoming us back with the warm rays of the sun as we all checked in with our travelling companions and went our separate ways I found the Sisters again to ask for a group shot wanting to thank them for their work…and promptly busted out laughing as my lens was soaked and was not having it as I checked in with the group I had traveled in with “There’s worse things than bein’ a little wet,” “Any day you wake up suckin’ air is a good day,” one protester laughed I looked up at the city and the sky behind him but if there’s one choice I’d take again in a heartbeat by those metrics,” I said with a toothy grin and I stumbled up the CTA stairs and hopped back on the Brown Line towards Kimball still loaded for bear and ready for everything Happy Trans Day of Visibility everyone–and hey if you happen to know anyone who wants to snag me a pair of used OM-D E-M5s and a pair of weather-sealed Olympus f/2 PRO zooms for my birthday in a few months enter your email for a weekly update on our work BLUESKY: @assignedmedia.org market access topics like price and demand come up for discussion the supply chain is seen overcoming shortages a Norstella company Pharma Intelligence UK Limited is a company registered in England and Wales with company number 13787459 whose registered Here’s how we break down the shoe in every review We use cookies to provide the best experience on our website. Read our Cookie Policy We independently review everything we recommend Available now for $130 It quickly filled the void left by the discontinuation of the Speed Instinct earning a cherished spot in my shoe rotation I was naturally apprehensive about the complete redesign of a shoe that had become a personal favorite Would the updates live up to the high bar set by its predecessors One of the shoe’s most attractive qualities is its competitive price point offering outstanding value without sacrificing quality or performance even during long runs in the heat of summer — a critical feature for any runner (or maybe I’m biased being in Georgia) The lower stack height promotes a more grounded feel and reduces the risk of ankle rolls making it a great option for technical terrain or for runners like me who tend to be a bit clumsy The plush tongue offers a level of comfort that even the Speedgoat series could benefit from the Torrent 4 has been upgraded with more cushioning and support than its predecessor offering enhanced protection and long-lasting comfort without feeling overly bulky ALLISON: While the Hoka Torrent 4 has many strengths there are a couple of drawbacks worth mentioning despite the addition of slightly larger lugs the shoe doesn’t offer as much grip as one might hope on loose or slippery surfaces This can be a concern for trail runners who frequently tackle challenging terrain in which a Vibram outsole would be better suited while the Torrent 4 provides a decent level of cushioning I found the midsole could benefit from additional softness More cushioning would enhance overall comfort and better absorb the impact on longer runs or uneven trails the Hoka Torrent 4 mixes several positive notes from its predecessors that make it an excellent option for trail running It feels light on the foot yet offers reliable protection with a secure lacing system and a breathable upper Hoka even managed to keep its Torrent 4 at just $130 a price we don’t often see these days If you’re after a trail shoe with a mix of agility You can pick up the Hoka Torrent 4 for $130 from Hoka by using the buttons below and website in this browser for the next time I comment Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" Allison is a die-hard sports enthusiast and long distance runner As co-leader of Trail Sisters and FKT manager she’s dedicated to fostering community and empowerment in the outdoors Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value" Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_3" ).setAttribute( "value" A large wave of redemptions can be a challenge for fund managers but the pain is particularly acute among those who invest in less-liquid stocks Let’s take a closer look at funds that have lost a high percentage of their assets to net outflows over the past year Brown Capital Management Small Company BCSIX stashes most of its assets in technology and healthcare firms; those sectors recently made up 94% of its equity portfolio more than double the 44% small-growth Morningstar Category average performance can diverge dramatically from the norm the fund lagged 90% of category peers in both 2021 and 2022 and looked similarly bad in 2024 through November investors have pulled a net $2.3 billion over the past 12 months from what was a $3.3 billion asset base—70% of assets were lost to redemptions The team usually hangs on to its picks for many years so the strategy doesn’t require a lot of liquidity such as a more top-heavy portfolio or a sharply declining cash stake Defensive positioning in financially stable firms is a hallmark of Janus Henderson Small Cap Value JSCVX which has a Morningstar Medalist Rating of Bronze as was the case in 2020 and 2021 (the fund lagged more than 90% of small-value peers in both years) and in 2023 when the fund trailed 75% of peers That string of poor showings has led to substantial outflows from what had been a $2.3 billion fund in the 12 months through November 2024 the fund’s portfolio is diversified; individual holdings rarely constitute more than 3% of assets The managers tend to hold stocks for an average of three years But the fund does hold more micro-cap stocks Alger Small Cap Focus AOFAX has struggled mightily of late The Bronze-rated fund was on a hot streak after manager Amy Zhang took over in 2015 as her preference for fast-growing firms meshed well with the market environment of much of the ensuing six years such firms had a harder time driving growth upward the fund lagged more than 85% of its small-growth peers in 2021 in the past year from the then-$1.6 billion fund Some of the fund’s fast-growers have small market caps and Zhang will move on quickly at times—half the fund’s holdings were switched out over the past year—so these outflows could present a challenge and the fund’s cash stake is just a percentage point lower now Performance at Goldman Sachs Small Cap Value GSSMX can wax and wane based on style factors The fund resides in the small-blend category but has as much in common with small-value funds It struggled on a relative basis in three of the previous five calendar years and is again trailing in 2024 Couple that with the recent retirement of longtime comanager Sally Pope Davis and it’s not surprising that the fund has seen more than $600 million in net outflows (41% of assets) over the past year from an asset base that then stood at $1.46 billion This fund is broadly diversified—it recently held more than 180 stocks—and is run in distinct sleeves by different managers It’s not surprising that liquidity issues are not apparent This article first appeared in the November 2024 issue of Morningstar FundInvestor. 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Adrian Sainz in Memphis; Tennessee; Sarah Raza in Sioux Falls Tennessee; and Sophia Tareen in Chicago contributed to this report This website is not intended for users located within the European Economic Area Metrics details Debris-flow activity in the Alps is anticipated to undergo pronounced changes in response to a warming climate a fundamental challenge in comprehensively assessing changes in process activity is the systematic lack of long-term observational debris-flow records continuous time series (1626-2020) of debris flows at Multetta a supply-limited torrential system in the Eastern Swiss Alps Relying on growth-ring records of trees that were damaged by debris flows we do not detect significant changes in the frequency or magnitude over time This seeming absence of a direct climatic influence on debris-flow initiation aligns with the regular distribution of repose time patterns indicating a dependence of local process activity on sediment discharge and recharge This stark difference in process behavior between our supply-limited site and transport-limited catchments has implications for assessing torrential hazard and risk mitigation in a context of global warming A The Multetta catchment is located in the Eastern Swiss Alps and (B) characterized by a main and a small secondary fan The headwaters can be subdivided into four units of which only unit 2 is directly connected to the fan known as Vallun da Piz Daint (reaching an elevation of up to 2968 m asl red triangle) can be subdivided into 9 subunits most of which consist of bedrock from which limited sediment is supplied to the debris-flow system through freeze-thaw weathering a multi-centennial Swiss mountain pine (Pinus mugo ssp rotundata) stand is regularly affected by debris flows A total of 478 trees (colored dots) have been sampled here for dendrogeomorphic analyses along 4 transects E Growth disturbances in Swiss mountain pine include growth reductions as well as the formation of callus tissue and compression wood after debris-flow impact; these changes in growth can be used to date events retrospectively with annual precision A Overview of the upper reaches of the Multetta fan with old-growth Swiss mountain pine (Pinus mugo ssp rotundata) trees and debris-flow deposits (mostly levees in this case) and the poorly incised channels leading to frequent avulsions The headwater catchment (Vallun da Piz Daint) can be seen in the background B In the lower reaches of the Multetta fan the relatively fine debris-flow material injuries and buries the pine trees the forest stand growing on the fan is unusually old and thus allows the construction of a long debris-flow timeseries levees and poorly marked channels dominate the landscape B Reconstructed debris flows (circles) and their relative magnitude shown as XS XL and XXL (yellow-to-black color gradient) Completeness analyses suggest that the reconstruction is free of biases after 1687 or 1750 (vertical dotted lines) The black line depicts the cumulative number of debris flows; we do not find any breakpoint (see Methods) pointing to a change in debris-flow frequency over time This absence of anomalies is confirmed at decadal timescales (green bars) where the frequency of events ranges from 0 to 0.3 (mean = 0.16 No clear control of temperature fluctuations on debris-flow activity can be evidenced during the coldest period of the Little Ice Age (blue rectangles) or as a result of the ongoing and accelerating warming climate (red rectangle) The purple surface shows the period spanning from the 1860s to the 1910s during which changes in debris-flow activity are similar between the Multetta (this study) and the Ritigraben (Western Swiss Alps) catchments A XXL debris flows reconstructed in 1816 1978 and 1989 affected 50–75% of the fan analyzed Gray and red dots indicate living and impacted trees Brown areas in the inset figure point to the surface affected by a debris flow in any given year B XXL events also resulted in major avulsions thereby changing in pathways of debris flows from the eastern to the western margins of the fan and despite local warming already exceeding 2 °C since the late 19th century we cannot detect any changes of a possibly altered sediment availability on debris-flow activity so far To determine the functioning of the Multetta debris-flow system and the production/availability of sediment we realized a detailed mapping of active sediment sources for its headwaters Active sediment sources were defined here as unvegetated and steep hillslope surfaces where active geomorphic processes can be detected and where connectivity to the main channel arriving at the fan apex can be confirmed This was done by aerial photo interpretation of orthoimages (2022 resolution 10 cm) and the hillshade view of a Light Detection and Range (LiDAR) Digital Elevation Model (DEM; 2023 The high quality of these remote sensing data allowed manual extraction of bedrock and colluvium surfaces for the entire catchment and calculation of the relative surface of these geomorphic domains for each active sediment source Colluvial deposits in the catchment included scree slopes Cross sections were taken from dead trees and stumps Trees with growth disturbances (GDs) obviously unrelated to debris flows (e.g. injuries caused by a falling neighboring tree) due to their incoherent position on the stem were systematically excluded The position of each sampled tree positions was recorded with an accuracy of 1 m using a Trimble GPS device mugo trees were sampled during a field campaign in 2020 Only one core per tree was analyzed if the other one did not show obvious GDs mugo trees with 683 increment cores and 39 cross sections/wedges were proceeded to build the debris flow chronology These thalwegs distributed almost parallelly connect the proximal and the distal area of the fan in the southeastern part and initiate at ~1900 m asl on its northeastern part They delimit four sectors (SI-SIV) in which debris flows were reconstructed Wald–Wolowitz trends test and the Theil-Sen slope for assessing the presence of trends in the data set over the 1687–2020 and 1750–2020 periods we hypothesize that when events occur continuously and independently at a constant average rate repose times should be exponentially distributed debris flow event frequencies showing regular or rather irregular (clustered) repose time patterns indicating potential dependencies between events could be efficiently modeled with respect to a Weibull or a log-logistic distribution The three distributions were successively used to model the frequency of the repose times at the Multetta fan Distributions yielding a p-value larger than 0.05 were considered suitable and the best-suited distribution was chosen on the basis on the lowest Akaike information criterion (AIC) Distinguishing between debris flows and hyperconcentrated flows: an example from the eastern Swiss Alps: Bonaduz mass flow Avulsions and the spatio-temporal evolution of debris-flow fans Debris flows: behaviour and hazard assessment Debris flows and their toll on human life: a global analysis of debris-flow fatalities from 1950 to 2011 The rainfall intensity–duration control of shallow landslides and debris flows: an update Rainfall thresholds for the activation of shallow landslides in the Italian Alps: the role of environmental conditioning factors Debris flows recorded in the Moscardo catchment (Italian Alps) between 1990 and 2019 Application of physical modelling of debris flow triggering to field conditions: Limitations posed by boundary conditions Research Progress of Initial Mechanism on Debris Flow and Related Discrimination Methods: A Review Hydrogeomorphic processes in a steep debris flow initiation zone: HYDROGEOMORPHOLOGY OF DEBRIS FLOW SITES in IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (IPCC Evidence for enhanced debris-flow activity in the Northern Calcareous Alps since the 1980s (Plansee A 4000-year debris flow record based on amphibious investigations of fan delta activity in Plansee (Austria Stoffel, M. & Graf, C. 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Log in here was almost entirely underwater on Sunday after a nearby river overflowed following recent rainfall Many of the town’s 200 residents had evacuated at the request of the fire department The storm system resulted in at least 16 deaths by early Sunday with overnight tornado and flash flood warnings setting up more severe weather that forecasters say could cause rising waterways for days to come Drone footage showed the severe extent of the flooding in the Kentucky towns of New Haven and Dawson Springs A flooded downtown area is seen past a stack of sandbags on Sunday City workers and volunteers stack sandbags in preparation of rising floodwaters on Sunday Search and rescue firefighters conduct wellness checks in a neighborhood on Sunday the rising waters of Cedar Creek and the Kentucky River overflow their banks both with the Monterey Volunteer Fire Department walk in the rising waters of the Kentucky River near a flooded home in Monterey Abner Wagers walks in the rising waters of the Kentucky River on a flooded Monterey Pike in Monterey A group of people survey damage at Pounders Mobile Home Park following a strong line of storms in the area in Muscle Shoals Search and rescue firefighters speak to a resident in a flooded neighborhood on Sunday The flooded downtown area is seen on Sunday Abner Wagers stands near flooded homes in the rising waters of the Kentucky River in Monterey from a flooded home near the banks of the Kentucky River on Sunday CORRECTS TO MICHAEL NOT MICHALE Michael Scott Memering looks out of his trailer after evacuating the Licking River RV Campground that was flooded by the rising waters of the Licking River of downed trees that blocked the road following the severe weather that passed through the area Saturday night (Thomas Wells /The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal via AP) Search and rescue firefighters carry a boat to a flooded neighborhood on Sunday Carole Smith walks through her flooded home on Saturday AP correspondent Marcela Sanchez reports on the weekend’s heavy rains and floods across the U.S South and Midwest and what affected areas can expect for the rest of the week The river’s depth had risen above 47 feet Sunday and was expected to crest above 49 feet Monday morning to a potentially record-setting level The city’s flood wall system is designed to withstand 51 feet of water