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At this year's ESMO conference, during an educational session, Professor Paolo Ghiaof the Vita-Salute San Raffaele Universityin Milan gave a presentation entitled "CLL: Moving towards chemotherapy-free approaches."
Professor Ghia started the presentation by commenting on the marked evolution of treatments for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) over the last five decades; from single alkylating agents to more complex chemoimmunotherapies using bendamustine and rituximab (BR) and fludarabine/cyclophosphamide/rituximab (FCR) regimens.
Given the increased range of treatment choices in CLL, finding the best treatment option can be challenging. Ghia then presented the ESMO 2015 treatment guidelines for first line CLLby B. Eichhorst et al.on the parameters that should be considered for each treatment scenario, these include:
- Whether it is early stage with or without active disease
- The type of mutation 17del or TP53
- The fitness of the patient
Note: In September 2016, ESMO published an eUpdateon their CLL recommendations.
Professor Ghia then discussed data which he had published in 2012 at ASHon the role of Minimal Residual Disease (MRD) in guiding therapy and predicting prognosis. According to Ghia, over the last 20 years the efficacy of therapies for CLL has increased dramatically, leading to progressively higher percentages of clinical Complete Remissions (CR). As such, this has led to debates regarding the importance of MRD. In this publication, Ghia affirms that MRD is a strong predictor for clinical outcome and states that emerging data indicate that MRD status during and at the end of treatment is one of the most powerful predictors of Progression Free and Overall Survival (PFS; OS). Moreover, data from Thompson et al . suggests that achieving bone marrow MRD-negative CR is associated with superior PFS and OS; MRD status is the single best post-treatment predictor of long-term outcomes after chemoimmunotherapy.
Ghia then went on to explain the rationale for moving away from chemoimmunotherapy despite the reported efficacy rates. According to Brown et al., the side effects of chemoimmunotherapy are serious, ranging from myelosuppression to the development of other myeloid malignancies such as Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). There have been reports of 2.39 times increased episodes of secondary cancers following treatment with FCR regimens. In particular, Adverse Events (AEs) are at a higher frequency in elderly patients. Elderly patients still remain a challenging patient group to treat. In particular, elderly patients are prone to more grade 3–4 AEs ( Hallek et al. Lancet. 2010).
However, Ghia presented data from Goede et al. who published a phase 3, randomized trial in the New England Journal of Medicine, which analyzed whether anti-CD20 antibody-based chemoimmunotherapy (with chlorambucil as the chemotherapy backbone) would be beneficial in patients with CLL and co-existing conditions and whether targeting of the CD20 antigen by obinutuzumab could improve outcomes as compared with rituximab. Goede et al.reported that obinutuzumab-chlorambucil, as compared with rituximab-chlorambucil, resulted in higher rates of overall, complete, and molecular responses. Professor Ghia concluded from this data that MRD-negative status could be achieved in elderly patients.
The role of emerging novel therapeutic agents was then explored. More recently, there has been increased development in targeted therapy, contrary to chemotherapy which work by attacking rapidly growing cells in general (including cancer cells), these agents attack one or more specific targets on or in cancer cells. These novel molecules in CLL include the following: Bruton's Tyrosine Kinase (BTK) inhibitors, PI3K inhibitors and BCL-2 inhibitors:
- Ibrutinib (Imbruvica)
- Idelalisib (Zydelig)
- ABT-199 (venetoclax)
Ibrutinib was the first-in-class BTK inhibitor. Ghia shared data on the efficacy of ibrutinib versuschemoimmunotherapy. Burger et al. in 2015 published an international, open-label, randomized phase 3 trial to compare two oral agents, ibrutinib and chlorambucil, in previously untreated older patients with CLL or small lymphocytic lymphoma (RESONATE-2 ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT01722487). Ghia highlighted the differences in Overall Response Rate (ORR) for patients treated with ibrutinib versuschlorambucil at 8 months. However, Burger et al. reported that the estimated ORR at 24 months was 98% with ibrutinib versus85% with chlorambucil. The results of this study led to ibrutinib being granted FDA approvalfor use in patients with previously untreated CLL.
Ghia also presented efficacy data of ibrutinib compared to other chemoimmunotherapy in terms of PFS.
Idelalisib is a PI3K inhibitor that has been approved by the FDAfor use in CLL. Brown et al. published findings of their phase 1 trial of idelalisib in patients with relapsed CLL in Bloodin 2014. Those treated with idelalisib had a 72% ORR and the median PFS for all patient cohorts in the study was 15.8 months.
Then, attention was turned to another novel agent, venetoclax (ABT199). The BCL-2 inhibitor is expected to receive its FDA approval this year. The data to date has demonstrated increased efficacy and fewer episodes of thrombocytopenia. Data on the efficacy of ABT199 in comparison to ibrutinib and idelalisib were presented ( Coutre et al.EHA 2016; poster 599).
Professor Ghia also presented data by Roberts et al.who published in the New England Journal of Medicine, 2016, the results of a phase 2 trial on the use of ABT-199 as monotherapy in R/R CLL. They reported a PFS at 12 months of 72% and an estimated OS of 87%.
Then Professor Ghia presented data from a ground-breaking study of rituximab in combination with ABT-199.This data taken from a phase 1b, open-label, dose-escalation, multicenter, international study which assessed the maximum tolerated dose and safety of venetoclax combined with rituximab in patients with Relapsed/Refractory (R/R) CLL or Small Lymphocytic Leukemia (SLL). An abstract on this was presented at EHA 2015 (abstract number S431). Of the 49 patients evaluated, the ORR was 86% and CR was 47%. In addition, MRD-negative status in the bone marrow was reported in 13 of the 20 (65%) patients who achieved CR/CRi and in 24 out of 49 (49%) patients overall.
These data provide a starting point on the discussion of treatment cessation in CLL with novel targeted therapy. Although, a recent publication from Brown et al.states that more information is still required before this can become a routine practice and they pose the following questions:
- Is there a clinical marker such as the absence of MRD that would suggest appropriate discontinuation?
- How long should patients remain on a kinase or BCL-2 inhibitor?
- For patients with low risk disease receiving single therapy, should you stop treatment and observe at some point?
This educational session was concluded on the thought of whether these advancements have led to the end of chemotherapy? We await the results of a planned phase 3multicenter, randomized, prospective, open-label trial of standard chemoimmunotherapy (FCR/BR) versusrituximab plus venetoclax (RVe) versusobinutuzumab (GA101) plus venetoclax (GVe) versusobinutuzumab plus ibrutinib plus venetoclax (GIVe) in fit patients with previously untreated CLL without del (17p) or TP53 mutation.


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Opening up to the wider world
The external dimension of the Bologna Process
Hamburg, 17-19 October 2004
In collaboration with the University of Hamburg
The Academic Cooperation Association organised the two-day conference "Opening up to the Wider World: The External Dimension of the Bologna Process", on 18 and 19 October 2004 at the University of Hamburg, in Germany. The conference hosted ca. 200 participants: representatives from higher education institutions, national rectors' conferences; national/regional governments and European institutions; European and international intergovernmental organisations and higher education associations.
The conference reviewed the core elements of the Bologna reforms (BMD-structure, ECTS, QA, etc.), guided by the overarching question in which way exactly these reforms would help to improve the reputation and attractiveness of European higher education in the world. In a second step, the conference looked at additional measures, e.g. European-level information and marketing measures in non-European countries, the creation of more internationally attractive programmes, ways to increase mobility into Europe, and the "export" of European higher education "products". Finally, it took up points raised in the Prague and Berlin Communiqués, such as the role of a common framework of qualifications. "Regional sessions" with experts from non-European countries clarified the impact of the Bologna reforms in other world regions.

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There's an FAR 109, 109 states that a freight forwarder must have a standard security plan and be able to screen those packages going into the belly. And I am almost a person of positive feeling that if an explosive device is going to be implemented it's such an easy way to do it, not by some martyr getting on an aircraft. Now since this has been in existence since 1979, I don't think the FAA has been held accountable with freight forwarders and asking them, what is their security plan. If we're going to do something in the United States and internationally by freight forwarding, I think that it should be taken care of as a top priority by the FAA today. And every piece of freight should be examined. And I think the method right now, until it's implemented, should be by x-ray. I think that they should be held accountable, not that we're going to put it off on some planning in the near future. I want accountability today. Mr. OBERSTAR. I fully agree with that. I had written a note to myself when the FAA was testifying earlier. I just wrote the word Combi, question mark. Combi aircraft are in high use by European carriers. For those who aren't familiar with the term, it simply means aircraft that are combination. They carry passengers and a high percentage of freight. And the European carriers have learned that there is big money to be made in carrying both passengers and freight, and those Combi aircraft are in increasingly greater use by our European carriers, and are therefore very vulnerable. It's ver easy, it seems to me, to plant a device in that freight, and that isn't going through these extensive checks, as we've been discussing today with passenger luggage. Mr. GARDELLA. That's correct, sir. There was a comment made by a well known New York attorney, that came out in the law journal that really bothers me and I wanted to say it maybe 22 times when I heard all this testimony. And he states, he doesn't have to have the gift of proving negligence, it's always there. Now, if we're operating with negligence every day and making these attorneys rich, I think it's about high time we stop it and put them out of work, in getting to do our job, number one, by being smarter and being productive. And there are §. to do it without having big cost overruns and doing a lot of things. One of the things that the FAA needs today, and I shared it with Monte Belger because at least he listens to me, he don't answer my letters, he don't answer any telegrams, but least we had some dialogue out here. And they need consultants. There is no substitute for experience. You've got people on the outside that were with the airlines that have retired that are just biting at the bit to come in to help in every respect, that have handled the situations before, not a hypothetical situation, not an armchair quarterback. It's time to use the consultants. Big corporations use them. In fact, I do very well being a consultant. The other thing that's needed immediately is certification of the pre-board screener. About two years ago in your office, I think we brought it up that we should have an academy. Dick Lally took hours and hours, and hours, while I was with the airlines and put a program together for this type of certification. And there were other people on his task force that assisted him, and it wasn't even accepted. And the work that Dick Lally did for the industry to implement this certification, because in my private sector, as you well know, I do the security for the San Diego Chargers, professional golf tournaments. But we implement a training program to address those systems. So I think definitely that that has to be on the forefront. My other big beef, using my vernacular, that I think should be implemented right away, and I brought it to your attention once before, and I just brought it to Monte Belger's attention here. Every air carrier servicing the United States, a domestic carrier, should have a professional security officer with them. If the railroads are doing it, why in the hell aren't we doing it here today? ATA only represents, I think 23, maybe 28 air carriers. Today, I think the count is right, that we have 160 certified passenger carriers. And I think the FAA could do some exact figures on that. One of the final things that I'd like to bring to the committee's attention is the fast packages. And through Astrophysics Research, they loaned me an x-ray, and through the cooperation of U.S. Air, and I hope maybe Congressman Oberstar, you call up Colodny and tell him thank you for at least doing this experiment in Los Angeles. We are taking packages from curbside check-ins on fast packaging and running them through an x-ray. You have no idea what is coming through there. Now, from the freight, from Lieutenant Lang of the Bomb Squad, of L.A., not too long ago, they got 36 hand grenades coming through the freight end of it. Now what does that tell you? It tells us a lot, that we're not looking where we should be looking. We know that that freight was destined for Philippine, and the bomb people that support the airlines should be here testifying here also. But from that project, from 90 days, I hope we will get such a learning curve, and I shared that with Monte. And I think that he's going to address that situation. One of the other things that happens to a person like myself after you leave the airlines and you do consulting work, I have been contacted by CBS, NBC, ABC, and all the affiliates to them, to reveal inadequacies to assist them. And if you did that, and if I would have gone along with that, it would have just created a disaster. But let me tell you, right today, even what happened in Burbank, California two weeks ago, where there was no one on duty, and everybody walked to the aircraft, it created havoc. Now those people are out here searching today, for some loophole to find that. And I think that is grossly wrong. And Dick Lally has addressed that in many situations, to stop it. Also, in the law journal, which I became a reader of, not because I'm an attorney, but another comment was made, and I've got a copy of that law journal where there's 27 distinguished attorneys now in the aviation law business. And I can show you their pictures here if you'd like it. One of the attorneys had come up and said, now, we may be not looking at the Warsaw Convention like we did years ago, because it's outdated. But now he's looking for an aircraft to be bomb worthiness. And he proposes, by the same token, by putting x-rays in the hold of the aircraft, so the pilot can see what's going on in the bottom. I imagine that's for heavy 747s.
There are a lot of things you can do, and I will say right now there would be no expense to the Government, and I don't think it would be too much expense.
Homer Boynton mentioned to me, and I kind of listened, because operationally that's his responsibility. You can bring in all kinds of technology today, but there are unproven situations come operationally. So when you do things of this nature, you want to be able to give it a test before you go out and spend $10 million on something.
But let me recommend to you what I feel could be implemented right today. And I've talked to the FAA about it, and like I say, I don't know what they've thought about it. In the pre-board screening process, every x-ray should have a video camera on it. Videoing what that comes through on the x-ray, looking at that package, looking at that person, looking at that cassette. And I've recommended it on explosive detection, that they do the same thing. When every bag is inspected, they should videotape that. After the flight is terminated, and you could throw the tape away, or either use it for a training purpose, but if they had that from Pan Am 103, you might have got some part, and I refer to the Congressman's law enforcement background—a part of the corpus delicti, you've got intelligence and you've got something to start working on that you can make an immediate change. And when you start that, I feel it would maybe cost in our domestic system, about $30,000 to $50,000 to video everything. At least now, the way our social system is dictating to us, when you make a police arrest for a drunk, you've got to video it. You're going to see more things happening and give you more intelligence where you've got the productivity.
And I would say in my closing comment, that from my perception, being a consultant, being from the airlines business and being retired three times, the airlines are doing the best they possibly can. And by the way, I'm still a marlin fisherman, and I'm back in the tournament in Hawaii May 10th. [Laughter.]
But there are a lot of things you could do right now. And when you sit here all day long and listen to this, I see too many excuses. And there's no sense for an excuse any more. And if I was at the helm—and you don't win by a war by excuses either. And if I was at the helm, I would start, number one, videoing everything that comes through, examining that freight forwarder where they could hold it a day if they don't know what's coming through, and at least you've done something that the public knows that you've gotten productivity and you're starting to create that safe environment which you need to do like yesterday.
Thank you very much, and I stand ready to answer any questions after my learned colleague here from another perception can give it to you.
Mr. OBERSTAR. Thank you very much, Steve. That's most helpful testimony, and very valuable insight into the testimony we've received today, and into the problem that we're confronting. We appreciate that very, very greatly.
Mr. Arad.
Mr. ARAD. Chairman Oberstar.
Mr. OBERSTAR. Thank you again for being with us, and look forward to your testimony. Mr. ARAD. Thank you very much for inviting me. Good evening. I'll try to make it as short as possible. I was formerly the El Al Director of Security in Canada, and Director of El Al Security at Israeli's International Airport. I'm currently the Managing Director of ICTS (U.S.A.), Inc., a security consulting firm. We design and implement aviation security programs for several major U.S. carriers, among other services we provide. I'd first like to distinguish between international and domestic airports and flights. There is a difference, and therefore, the level of security should be addressed differently. While international flights are of great concern, governments, in my opinion, should not ignore domestic issues. With regard to international flights to the States: I believe that all carriers, both U.S. and foreign, should be required to implement laws and standards established by the U.S. government. Since U.S. passengers are the target, and since U.S. passengers fly all carriers, security and safety standards should be the same. I've heard today references to R&D and better technological equipment in production. In my personal opinion, equipment and technology under discussion here today would not detect or stop terrorists. Aviation security must rely on the human factor, and complemented by equipment. We have to remember, terrorists are always a step ahead of us. Further, one needs highly qualified personnel to operate those machines. A good comprehensive aviation security program should cover all the different potential options the terrorists could use: handbags, suitcases, commercial cargo, mail, maintenance, catering and other services used at airports and by airlines, as well as other ways of direct attacks. To achieve this, we should apply the following: proper transfer of information and intelligence to the proper security coordinators. We need qualified security personnel with proper in-depth training covering a wide variety of security issues, trained according to preset requirements that have to be established by the U.S. Government. We need to introduce better salaries and incentives to security personnel; pre-employment screening of all airline employees and airport employees with access to the aircraft; to introduce the El Al concept or the ICTS concept based on the El Al principles known as the profile system (which checks all passengers and all items prior to loading aircraft, including commercial cargo, mail, catering and all other maintenance, fuel, water, food, et cetera). The profile method allows us to classify and categorize both passengers and other items. The last thing is to have proper procedures for interaction with all related authorities at the airport, so that in case of information or event all parties act accordingly. With regard to domestic, it is essential, in my opinion, simultaneous with all measures taken in the international arena, to carry out an in-depth security study of several U.S. airports with the objective of establishing nationwide security procedures and determine ways and means of operating the present security system. It's important to establish airport security mechanism at airports now as preventive measures, not wait for an accident to occur, and then react. Last remark about El Al. I've heard today, here, remarks that El Al has only 20 airplanes, and that it is a national carrier. It is true. However, it has got nothing to do with what we're talking today. I emphasize that the company I'm directing today has applied the El Al concept and principles to several major U.S. carriers and I can assure you that both passengers and the airline welcome and appreciate the system. On the other hand, it is important to emphasize that all the various security consultants that are suggesting that the Pan Am Airline should have adopted the El Al security system, as it is exactly, are totally wrong. It is impossible. Each airline, each airport should be analyzed individually, and according to the specific evaluation, then establish a security program. Thank you. Mr. OBERSTAR. Thank you very, very much. I think your recommendations are right on target. I appreciate, particularly, your perspective and your insights on El Al. I think that's very helpful to have those insights, and as you said, in effect, to set the record straight, the El Al security system is certainly held as the example, the ultimate in security for the modern day threats that air travel faces. And your example and your experience have been very, very instructive, and we appreciate that immensely. Mr. ARAD. Mr. Chairman, can I just make one statement please? Mr. OBERSTAR. Yes. Mr. ARAD. The El Al system applies to Israel and El Al. I've heard so many people trying to say that maybe we, U.S.A., should adopt the El Al methods. It's impossible. It cannot do exactly what you do for El Al. It's not worth it, it's not visible, it's not logical, it's unrealistic. I suggest the company I'm directing has taken the principles and the concept from what El Al is trying to accomplish, and adapted it for the past year and a half for major U.S. carriers. It works perfectly as far as those airlines and myself are concerned. Mr. OBERSTAR. I think that is most helpful as we proceed through this whole process. It's a very helpful insight. Thank you. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Iowa, Mr. Lightfoot. Mr. LIGHTFOOT. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And thank you, gentlemen, for staying with us this late. Either you're dedicated, or somebody up here owes you money. I don't know which. Mr. GARDELLA. Dedicated. Mr. LIGHTFoot. Dedicated. That's good. One thought, Mr. Gardella, you were talking about video taping all of the baggage as it goes through. One thought occurred to me, you probably could sell those to Ted Turner, and he'd colorize them and then we'd get Merv Griffin and start a new show called name that bag or something. Someone would find some use for it, I'm sure. [Laughter.] Is maybe the key to a lot of this security situation, what Mr. Arad was just referring to, that each airport is different, and each airport offers a different set of circumstances, different physical plant, location, all those things that are involved, and historically Federal legislation has a problem in dealing with anything that's


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The May 17, 2013 Edition of Smackdown is a Professional wrestling television show of the WWE's Smackdown brand, which took place on May 14, 2013 at the Intrust Bank Arena in Wichita, Kansas.
With Extreme Rules just two days away, a massive six-man SmackDown main event battle put teamwork on full display as the WWE Universe prepares for a series of collision courses at Sunday's pay-per-view.
The Awesome One kicked off the last SmackDown before Extreme Rules with another unpredictable episode of "Miz TV," welcoming special guests Randy Orton and Big Show — as they prepared to square off in an Extreme Rules Match at Sunday's pay-per-view.
The volatile situation soon turned downright explosive, however, when Jack Swagger and his "founding father" Zeb Colter, Alberto Del Rio, Mark Henry and eventually a strap-carrying Sheamus all crashed the party to deliver a respective message to their imminent Extreme Rules opponents. The Celtic Warrior would ultimately break the tension, diving into the ring and scattering Swagger, Big Show, Colter and Henry.
Soon after, Senior Advisor to the SmackDown General Manager Theodore Long used the incident to schedule a huge pre–Extreme Rules Six-Man Tag Team Match, pitting Sheamus, Orton & Del Rio against Big Show, Swagger & Henry!
Wednesday on WWE Main Event, The Shield once again seized the numbers advantage, descending upon WWE Tag Team Champion Kane during his one-on-one match against Seth Rollins just four days before Rollins and Roman Reigns will challenge Team Hell No for the titles at Extreme Rules. When The Usos ran out to lend a helping hand, chaos ensued and a tag match between the two teams was made for SmackDown.
The Shield members made quick work of the brothers, though, and — joined by Dean Ambrose after Reigns scored the pinfall win — "The Hounds of Injustice" looked to lay waste to the young tag team. But Kofi Kingston arrived in the nick of time and, brandishing a steel chair as an equalizer, the United States Champion sent the treacherous trio scurrying.
Teddy Long may have been happy to welcome The Miz back to SmackDown, but Damien Sandow certainly didn't share the excitement, proposing "The Damien Sandow Show" as a substitute to "Miz TV." Teddy answered by making a match between The Intellectual Savior of the Masses and The Miz on SmackDown!
Tons of Funk journeyed to SmackDown looking for a little payback after The Prime Time Players "picked" up a victory Monday night on Raw. And Brodus Clay & Tensai were all business on Friday night, taking the fight directly to Titus O'Neil & Darren Young and picking up the crushing blue brand win courtesy of a devastating double splash.
While Fandango and Summer Rae danced the night away backstage on the WWE App, it was an international affair inside the squared circle as Chris Jericho locked up with Antonio Cesaro. The two talented Superstars engaged in all-out ring warfare from start to finish, digging deep into their respective bags of tricks.
And in the final moments, Jericho rose about, countering off a gut-wrench throw to lock The Swiss Superman into the Walls of Jericho and force his opponent to tap out. But Y2J wasn't afforded time to celebrate, as Fandango attempted a post-match ambush. When The Ayatollah of Rock 'n' Rolla put up a fight, though, his Extreme Rules opponent took off down the ramp.
Jericho then added insult to Cesaro's injury, hitting him with the Codebreaker and looking in top form heading into Sunday's pay-per-view.
In another incendiary YouTube video, Jack Swagger and Zeb Colter delivered a meandering message. From defending their own extremism to calling World Champion Dolph Ziggler's injury into question, Colter also promised that, while "real Americans never quit," Alberto Del Rio will do just that on Sunday when he faces Swagger in an "I Quit" Match to determine the No. 1 contender to the World Title.
With his Extreme Rules Pre-Show opponent, Cody Rhodes, sitting in on commentary, The Awesome One looked to follow up his high-octane Raw return with a "W" on the blue brand. And despite a spirited effort by Damien Sandow and an attempted distraction by Rhodes, The Miz locked in the Figure-Four and forced The Intellectual Savior of the Masses to tap out in a tune-up to face Sandow's best friend this Sunday.
With her secret admirer still a mystery, Divas Champion Kaitlyn took care of business against an increasingly aggressive Aksana on SmackDown. Although the match swung back and forth between the two beautiful and dangerous Divas, Kaitlyn planted her opponent with a devastating spear en route to victory.
As the clock continued to click down closer and closer to Extreme Rules, a main event for the ages raged on SmackDown in the form of a Six-Man Tag Team Match between imminent pay-per-view adversaries. With Sheamus, Randy Orton & Alberto Del Rio in one corner and Mark Henry, Big Show & Jack Swagger in the other, tensions and emotions ran high as the two powerhouse teams looked to gain momentum heading into Sunday.
Despite early dominance by Big Show's team, the action soon broke down into chaos as the six competitors started an all-out brawl. But a ringside Brogue Kick to The World's Largest Athlete and an in-ring RKO to Swagger ensured a hard-fought victory for Sheamus, Orton & Del Rio, putting their teamwork on full display and sending the WWE Universe home happy as Extreme Rules approaches.
- Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
- (c) refers to the champion(s) heading into the match.
- The Shield (Roman Reigns & Seth Rollins) (w/ Dean Ambrose) defeated The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) (1:45)
- Tons of Funk (Brodus Clay & Tensai) (w/ Cameron & Naomi) defeated Prime Time Players (Darren Young & Titus O'Neil) (2:48)
- Chris Jericho defeated Antonio Cesaro (8:28)
- The Miz defeated Damien Sandow (4:52)
- Kaitlyn defeated Aksana (3:34)
- Alberto Del Rio (w/ Ricardo Rodriguez), Randy Orton & Sheamus defeated Jack Swagger (w/ Zeb Colter), Big Show & Mark Henry (12:05)
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Newsosaur: Why Newspapers Can't Stop The Presses
By: Alan Mutter
With newspaper ad sales falling at an unexpectedly abrupt rate, many publishers at mid-year were laying off staff, requiring unpaid furloughs, consolidating plants and taking other measures to buttress their bottom lines.
Although some analysts have interpreted these expense-cutting tactics as a repudiation of the print newspaper business by publishing companies, they are anything but. Publishers have undertaken these measures in an effort to keep their traditional businesses as strong as possible to fund the transition to digital publishing.
But they have a long way to go. Fifteen years after the commercial debut of the Internet, publishers on average still depend on print advertising and circulation for 90% of their revenues. Stop the presses and newspaper companies are out of business. It's just that simple.


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It was the first time in my life that I finally went to Barrymore's Music Hall. When I went inside, I was stunned to see how decorative the building is like.
Friday, November 16, 2007 was The Acorn's concert and it was live to tape for CBC Radio One (Bandwidth) and Two (Canada Live). All I can say that the concert was great but the sound level was way too loud. My ears is somewhat at 80% in hearing range.
It was also convenient to see Amanda Putz at the concert. I told her I wished I went to the Fuse taping with The Sadies and Gord Downie of The Tragically Hip. She told me it was packed. I mentioned about how she talked about growing up liking New Kids on the Block on her web radio show. Why I find it funny? It was because she mentioned it back on April 30th's edition of The Morning Brew with Alyson Hau as fill-in hosts on RTHK.
Overall, The Acorn with Bruce Peninsula & Male Nurse concert was excellent. Another funny story, when The Acorn sang the second song, someone tapped me in the back. 'lo and behold! It was Amanda Putz and she was taking pics. I was surprised to see a former student from Bell High School.
Photos of the concert are up on my Flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/lenny-wu/sets/72157603220359179/
I am trying to get used to the MacBook styled Apple Wireless Keyboard. I like the small and thin look. I need to get used to the buttons on the keyboard. I am typing fast at times and feel like I am making mistypes along the way.
If you are having web browser crashes getting to my blog due to the CBC Radio 3 Miniplayer playing Stars, leave a comment and I will take it out.


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Sock weight sweaters are extremely versatile. They can be worn alone in warmer weather or layered in the colder months. I wanted to create a simple yet elegant look for a children's garment. The colors of the Malabrigo sock make the cabled front of this sweater pop. The wash-ability yarn keeps it a functional sweater for the little ones. The base sweater is a tunic style girls sweater. Mods are included to make this a non-tunic or "boy" version.
I had a hard time coming up with a name that fit this wonderful knit. Someone suggested that I let my 17 month-old name it. So, I did.
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Unit 1i is a beautiful first floor 4BR/3BA. This unit is a bright sunny, west end unit, and is one of the premier units in Marbella with stunning views of the Destin Harbor and East Pass. Two parking spaces in covered garage and an additional storage room convey. Marbella Condominium sits on a 35 ft. bluff and is in the heart of the Destin lifestyle of boating, golfing, dining, shopping, and the beautiful white sand beaches of Destin. Amenities include fitness room, clubhouse, pool, and access to professional managed 56-slip Marina. All dimensions and square footage to be verified by Buyer.
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Korean pop icon G-Dragon's studio recording Kwon Ji Yong (his real name) was released in the form of a USB flash drive recently. However, it was rejected by South Korea's Goan Music Chart as "an album". The star fired back on Instagram, saying: "What's the problem?"
The singer-rapper always has something different to offer – not only in the way in which he publishes his music, but also the way he dresses and his ever-changing hairstyle.
The BigBang leader and producer, who is currently on his solo world tour, is dubbed "a natural style chameleon" by fans for his flamboyant, androgynous and somewhat experimental fashion. Some find his style hip and inspiring, while others say it's quirky and far too OTT.
Whatever you call it, here are some of the most talked about hairstyles throughout his career:
Heartbreaker blonde
To go with the concept of his debut solo album Heartbreaker, released in 2009, G-Dragon transformed his boyish look to a brand new futuristic look, sporting blonde hair, heavy black eyeliner, vampire-white skin, sci-fi sunglasses and unisex outfits.
The record, which sold 200,000 copies, is the best-selling by a South Korean solo artist. It also won the musician Album of the Year at the Mnet Asian Music Awards and the Melon Music Awards. His blonde look was one of the most popular hairstyles of the year in South Korea.
One Of A Kind dreadlocks
In 2012, G-Dragon released his critically acclaimed second solo record One Of A Kind. The single of the same title is heavily influenced by hip-hop culture.
In the music video, as well as his live performance, the singer sports a head wrap, baseball cap, oversized logo T-shirt, tiger print pants, Chrome Hearts jewellery and studded accessories – but it's the golden yellow dreadlocks that made the entire look one of a kind.
In the kaleidoscopic music video of the single Crayon, also from the One of a Kind album, the star plays around with striking colours, from shocking pink, to pop orange and neon yellow in larger-than-life outfits from designers like Raf Simons and Thom Browne. The most head-turning feature is his multicoloured "cotton candy" hair.
Fantastic Baby "seaweed"
This has become one of the most iconic looks from the fashionista, which first appeared in Big Bang's Fantastic Baby music video in 2012. Some people named this asymmetrical, half-shaved, half-long and dyed hairstyle "seaweed".
In live shows where he performed the song, the star dyed his "seaweed" hair into a variety of colours, such as blue, green and pink. Many Korean variety shows mocked the hairstyle.
At the 2013 Mnet Asian Music Awards held in Hong Kong, G-Dragon shocked everyone with a centre part blonde short haircut.
It was widely recognised as the worst hairstyle the star ever had. Fans named it "sushi hair" as it looks like a piece of tamagoyaki sushi.
Cruella de Vil
G-Dragon sported black and white long hair at the Gaon Music Awards in 2013. It was probably inspired by Cruella de Vil, an evil character in Disney's 101 Dalmatians.
The star later tried a shorter version, which was much funkier than the long creepy one, and experimented with colour combinations like green and red, and black and pink.
Michi-Go wigs
Michi-Go means "Go Crazy" in Korean and is Kwon's single released in 2013. He wears wigs from frizzy, to afro and bowl cut for several looks in the playful video.
In the schoolboy look, the singer dressed up in a brown frizzy wig, paired with a baseball cap, nerdy black frame glasses, sweater and school backpack. What do you think? – South China Morning Post/Style/Lee Wing-Sze


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World TB Day: Reach the 3 Million
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Monday, 24 March 2014 at 09:00 (GMT)
Event Details
LSHTM: John Snow Lecture Theatre, Keppel Street
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine's TB Centre along with UCL and its Grand Challenges for Global Health program are marking this year's World TB day with an event around the theme of reaching 3 million people a year who get sick with TB but are usually missed by healthcare systems.
Join us for a full day of talks from UCL and LSHTM academics as well as other experts in the field around some of the leading issues and research in TB.
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The Global Consumer Electronic Sensors Market is expected to reach USD 34.57 billion by 2022, according to a new study by Grand View Research, Inc. Increasing Proliferation of smartphones and tablets on a global level is expected to drive demand over the forecast period. Preference for smart devices and increasing disposable income may further fuel the consumer electronic sensors market. High performance cameras in high-end smartphones along with newer applications such as restore recognition, 3D mapping, eye tracking, etc. is expected to favor revenue growth.
Browse full research report with TOC on "Consumer Electronic Sensors Market Analysis By Product (Image Sensors, Motion Sensors, Temperature Sensors, Pressure Sensors, Touch Sensors, Position Sensors), By Application (Communication, Entertainment, Home Appliances, IT) And Segment Forecasts To 2022" at: http://www.grandviewresearch.com/industry-analysis/consumer-electronic-sensors-market
Increasing trend of two cameras per device and need for high-end cameras in gaming consoles has added to product demand. Surveillance applications are also expected to show growth opportunities owing to increasing implementation worldwide in traffic management. Increased R&D has enabled cheaper, miniaturized, and efficient products, which serves as an attractive opportunity for industry participants. Continuous technology advancements such as increasing use of Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) products owing to benefits such as low power consumption and cost, miniaturization, easy integration, and high performance may provide positive avenues to overall demand.
Further key findings from the study suggest:
- Image sensors are increasingly used in cameras, camcorders, multimedia mobile phones, and security cameras. Motion sensing is expected to continue gaining significant ground in consumer applications. Developments in MEMS technology have reduced the size, cost, and power consumption, which enable use of motion sensors in handheld devices. They are being used in laptops, digital cameras, MP3 players, TV remote controls, mobile phones, and game controllers to enable enhanced operation.
- Communication application primarily includes mobile phones, PDA, tablets and is expected to be the key application segment over the forecast period. The entertainment segment is expected to grow considerably due to escalating demand for smart gaming solutions and televisions. The use of smart devices for health monitoring, indoor navigation and related niche applications is expected to offer significant growth opportunity over the forecast period. Additionally, they are also widely used for security surveillance in government and commercial sectors.
- Countries such as India and China are expected to contribute considerably to regional growth over the forecast period. The Asia Pacific consumer electronics sensors market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 10.4% over the forecast period, owing to surging demand for smartphones and smart TVs. The Indian government has also allowed 100% FDI in the hardware-manufacturing sector through the automatic route.
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Zone Magazine Issue 002, Febuary 2015 [PDF]
Zone Magazine Issue 002, Febuary 2015 [PDF]
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]t's here peeps, our 2nd issue of the Zone magazine fresh of the press, and what a cracker of an issue it is, jam packed to the gills with quality content as usual. Paul is delighted to have gracing the front page none other than Techno producer & DJ god father in waiting David Meiser, who has a full feature interview.
We also have a feature and in-depth interview expose on the biggest specialised music college in Ireland – Pulse College and a few words with an x Alumni student of theirs. Followed on by feature interviews with Dublin duo 'The Dirty Dubsters', Ciaran McCarthy's 'Suburban Dream' outfit, and Chris Geka, Woody Van Eyden, Jordan Suckley.
We also have charts, reviews, top ten's, club listing and all things that beat. Paul is delighted to welcome and introduce our excellent new bi monthly feature writers; Spooky aka Declan McComiskey, who will be delivering on his 20 years' experience as a Mixing Engineer & Producer, on all things techy in the studio, with his A1-2 Audio Blog. Barry O'Brien aka OB who will be writing and vibing about the Irish and international bass heavy reggae vibrations, in his Bazza's 'Ragga Stack' column. Next on the list is top man 'Jenko' aka Steph Fagan who'll be covering all the 'proper' old school classics from the late 80s to the early ninety's on his Retro review, and last but not least the very talented journalist Adrienne Murphy who'll be delivering the hard hitting stories in her 'Real World' Column, welcome to the Zone crew folks. Also in this issue we have some fab comps for you lovely peeps to win: CD's from Perfecto Records on page 8, signed vinyl from David Meiser on page 17, Signed CDs from Chris Geka on page 21, and the biggy win a return flight, 3 nights Hotel, and free pass to the 2 day Heatwave Festival in Subic, Philippines, on page 12. Good Luck folks!
As usual we would like to thank all of our many talented contributors and friends who provide so much content, love and support for what we are doing, they are listed on the left hand column on this page if you want to contact them directly with the latest scoops. From Paul and myself and the whole Zone crew, we just wanted to say thanks again for your continued support, and nice one for reading and feeling our quality Mag.
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Stephen Everett is Head of Product and Propositions, Global Transaction Banking at Lloyds Banking Group
With the British summer upon us and the nation beginning to wind down for the summer holidays, one thing that businesses across the UK don't want to slow down is payments.
Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) struggle with slow or delayed payments all year round and, in the worst case, slow or late payments can drive an enterprise into bankruptcy.
The scale of the problem cannot be overstated – SMEs are owed nearly £500billion in outstanding invoices, while a third of businesses cite late payments as their biggest cause of cashflow problems, according to Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking's most recent Business in Britain report.
It's no different to your employer not delivering your salary on time. If you're saving for a summer trip and your pay packet is delayed indefinitely, then your plans are set back if not shelved.
Equally, any business that has staff to pay needs to know it has the cashflow to do that. Not being paid on time by a customer can therefore be debilitating.
The issue is particularly acute during the summer because finance departments across the country can find themselves short-staffed due to holiday leave. More than usual, businesses will experience delays.
If there's a time to face up to the late payments challenge, it's now.
So what do business owners need to do? The basics are a good place to start. Being familiar with your clients' payment processes, while using the right purchase order numbers in all correspondence will put you in good stead. A customer may look for any excuse to delay a payment so the best advice is not to give them any.
Cashflow forecasting is another must. Being on top of what money is coming in and what is going out will enable you to spot a late payment as soon as it occurs. Being able to promptly chase up a delayed invoice, there and then, is better than noticing it too late.
Yet even with the world's smoothest accounting procedures, a late payment can often be unavoidable. For ambitious businesses that do not want to be held back by arbitrary cashflow difficulties, or want the flexibility to deal with any short term spikes in late payments, lending options such as invoice finance can provide that cashflow boost.
Invoice finance works by effectively bringing in an intermediary to buy your unpaid client bills for a fee. This way, dormant cash on your balance sheet is unlocked and any late payments are effectively 'cashed-in'.
More businesses are finding it to be an effective way to navigate the cashflow minefield. The latest research released by industry body, the Asset Based Finance Association (ABFA), shows that invoice finance is more popular than it has ever been, with even the number of medium to larger businesses –those with annual turnovers of more than £50 million – using it jumping by 25 per cent in the past year a year.
As the spectre of late payments looms at this time of year, financial diligence and options such as invoice finance can ensure that SMEs enjoy summer, just like the rest of us.


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by Leslie J. Anderson on Feb 3, 2015 in Poetry | 0 comments
Before I met him I was a wolf.
With the sun he rolled me over,
his cool hands on my hot gut.
He said, Good morning.
I still love you.
I remember the moonlight like naked silver
through my skin, my muscles,
glinting off bone, but that's all.
I told him I'm afraid
I'll wake up one day and be my mother.
He rolled his eyes.
You can't just change like that.
I tried to leave but he held me. I said,
I'll bite you. I'll tear your collarbones out.
He said, No you won't.
I'll change. I'll make you hate me.
No. You won't.
I'm a wolf. I said. I'm a wolf. I'm a wolf!
No. He said. I will tell you what you are.
LESLIE J. ANDERSON specializes in urban fantasy, science fiction, and horror short stories and poetry. In her spare time she trains various animals. She has an unhealthy obsession with coffee.
Her collection of poetry, An Inheritance of Stone, was recently released form Alliteration Ink and her novel, The Cricket Prophecies, was released this year by Post Mortem Press. Her writing has appeared in Asimov's, Strange Horizons, Daily Science Fiction, and Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, to name a few.
Her poetry has been nominated for a Pushcart and a Rhysling Award.


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Top>Research>Will Japan implement a national certification system for psychologists?
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Akira Midorigawa
Professor, Faculty of Letters, Chuo University
Area of Specialization: Neuropsychology
Psychology is the science of human behavior and mental processes. The discipline encompasses a variety of fields such as developmental psychology, the study of age-related changes in behavior and mental processes, cognitive psychology, the study of vision, hearing, and other forms of cognitive function; and social psychology, which focuses on the social aspects of human behavior and generates theories of social behavior. Indeed, there are many subfields of psychology; however, most do not directly benefit the general population.
In contrast, clinical psychology has an impact on a wide range of people. Clinical psychologists who work as specialists at hospitals provide assessment and counseling services to individuals with psychological problems. The addition of counselors to schools in recent years has increased public awareness of clinical psychologists; in fact, a number of individuals studying to become psychologists were inspired by their experiences with school counselors. Moreover, clinical psychologists with an expertise in psychological trauma provide support following criminal acts or large-scale disasters.
Although psychologists are crucially involved in several aspects of society, many are not currently supported by the national government of Japan, resulting in an unsecure employment situation. For example, school counselors, who provide support to countless children, receive a high hourly wage; however, they are considered to be part-time employees and, as a result, many face an uncertain future.
The absence of national qualification for psychologists working in hospitals is problematic for patients and psychologists. Work at hospitals is assessed by the healthcare fees incurred; however, the services provided by the psychological staff are not covered by health insurance. Thus, although the patients and hospital need the services of psychologists, hospital managers have little incentive to hire them. As a result, few psychologists are employed by medical institutions. Moreover, a patient who wishes to receive psychological counseling at a medical institution must pay high fees due to the lack of coverage by public health insurance.
Psychologists and speech-language-hearing therapists held a similar position in Japan until a national qualification for speech-language-hearing therapists was established in 1997. Since then, the number of speech-language-hearing therapy training programs and graduates has increased along with a steady rise in employment opportunities. Moreover, in contrast to psychology, speech-language-hearing therapy has expanded beyond medical institutions and education into nursing care.
The current situation has not been passively accepted by psychology-related groups; however, several attempts to introduce a national qualification have been abandoned at the last minute in the face of a variety of conflicting interests in and outside the field of psychology. However, the situation changed early this year. Negotiation was conducted by related officials and a bill for the accreditation of psychologists was drafted on June 16, 2014. The bill is scheduled for deliberation during an extraordinary session of the Diet to be held this autumn. Article 2 of the drafted bill offers the following definition of an accredited psychologist.
Article 2 The term Accredited Psychologist as used in this bill refers to an individual who is registered as described in Article 28 and who uses their specialized psychological knowledge and skills to conduct one of the following professional activities in fields including health and medicine, social welfare, and education under the title of Accredited Psychologist.
(1) Observing the mental state of individuals requiring psychological support and analyzing those results.
(2) Providing counseling, advice, and guidance for individuals requiring psychological support.
(3) Providing counseling, advice, and guidance to persons related to individuals requiring psychological support.
(4) Providing education and information intended to disseminate knowledge related to emotional health.
Enactment of this bill is expected to enable psychologists to provide support from a more secure position in the healthcare and educational arenas and to increase awareness of psychology professionals among the general population. I hope this bill will receive continued support.
Our laboratory conducts research in neuropsychology, the area of psychology that has a neuroscience perspective. Although neuroscience is based on the physical and biological aspects of the brain and nervous system, the focus of neuropsychology is on the individuals who suffer from brain injuries or disorders and their families and, as such, the clinical psychology perspective is essential.
For example, neuropsychologists working in the field of rehabilitation assess, train, and consult with individuals who have acquired brain damage resulting from traffic accidents, stroke, or other medical conditions. In addition to facilitating functional recovery of the damaged brain, the neuropsychologist helps the patient understand his or her condition. Neuropsychologists specializing in neurology often work with patients suffering from dementia. In this role, supporting the families and helping them understand the patient's condition is as important as evaluating the patients themselves.
We are currently conducting neuropsychological assessments in patients undergoing awake craniotomies for the resection of brain tumors with the cooperation of the Department of Neurosurgery at Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital. The patient is awake during this procedure allowing brain functions such as language and movement to be monitored. Awake craniotomy is thought to be the best method for preserving brain function during extirpative surgery. In addition to monitoring the patient, the neuropsychologist performs the vital role of providing emotional support to help the patient comfortably endure the lengthy procedure.
Thus, the contribution of neuropsychologists is not limited to the conventional role of rehabilitation but, rather, extends to involvement during medical interventions.
The brain gives rise to our mental processes; thus, brain damage may disturb a wide range of daily activities. For example, damage to the frontal lobe, which lies behind the forehead, interferes with concentration and the ability to follow a logical sequence. Damage to the parietal lobe, located behind the frontal lobe, affects the ability to read and write and impairs one's sense of direction.
Furthermore, we often find that, despite never having suffered obvious brain damage, individuals who have had life-long problems concentrating or difficulties with reading and writing, no matter how hard they have studied, have frontal or parietal lobe deficits. Moreover, neurological examinations often reveal a decline in brain function in elderly individuals who have difficulty following a logical sequence or who have lost their sense of direction.
Thus, brain damage, developmental disorders, dementia, schizophrenia, and other brain disorders can be linked to human behavior and perception when considered through the brain. Moreover, neuropsychology plays an important role in translating our knowledge of the brain and mind into effective treatment protocols and helping patients and their families understand and cope with the brain disorders affecting them.
Despite the fact that neuropsychology plays a vital role in explaining the link between the brain and human behavior, no national qualification exists for clinical psychologists in Japan, and neuropsychologists do not receive sufficient recognition. In the United States, psychologists receive a PhD following a course of study, and they are able to obtain certification (state license) and the higher position of clinical neuropsychologist through continuing education and research activities. Moreover, American clinical neuropsychologists can start their own practice. These goals are not possible for Japanese neuropsychologists at present; thus, I hope the government will establish a national qualification of Accredited Psychologist and that neuropsychologists in Japan will gain increased recognition.


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I decided to try to take a photo a day with my DSLR for 100 days. Here's this week's batch!
My heart wasn't in it this week. Too much sickness and exhaustion.
Day 77/March 24: Whirlwind evening. Didn't pick up the camera until I was on my way to the couch, and I had no interest in doing anything but this.
Day 78/March 25: The first hint of sickness. She put her head down and said, "Night night."
Day 79/March 26: No clue what's going on here. It's the only picture I took that day.
Day 80/March 27: We've been trying to get her to float on her back in the pool, so she's teaching Abby how to float.
Day 81/March 28: The morning was ROUGH, but by late afternoon she was feeling well enough for some play time outside. Poor kid has some serious cabin fever.
Day 82/March 29: FaceTime with her auntie & uncle in Colorado while she splashed in the tub put a smile on her face for a while.
Day 83/March 30: Every Thursday morning, my dad brings her a donut. I fought it for a while, but I've given up. It's their thing. Raspberry jelly today. Mornings have been hard for her this week because she wakes up feeling so lousy, so it was nice to see her happy even if it was sugar-induced.


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The way a walkway is designed can have a large effect on your landscape. Walkways are an integral portion of just about any landscape. Walkways can be a foundation for an entire landscape design.


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|Stormhaven Lore
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|This lorebook is located in vicinity of Traveler's Rest (Area of Interest POI). Northwestern central Stormhaven.
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They lair in holes. They breed in huge numbers, and smell of rotted meat. I speak not of skeevers, gentle reader, but of Orcs. The threat on the horizon, the unrelenting horde. "But Sorick," I hear you saying, "are they not our allies now?" It's good that you want to believe in the leadership of King Emeric. It's good that you want to believe in this Covenant that now binds us to the beastmen of Orsinium.
But in truth, your belief is foolish. Your trust in the king is misplaced. For these subhumans have a cruel and vicious cunning. Like a hunting wolf pack, the Orcs lie still in the tall grass. They wait for us to let down our guard. Even great men like His Majesty can be misled by this simple tactic.
They now walk among us. They serve in the honored Lion Guard. They take work as sellswords, protecting our wealthiest merchants. They infiltrate our temples as bodyguards for holy men. Gentle reader, do you not see? Can't you see how every luxury we give these animals only encourages them? Every opportunity is just another opening in our armor for their rough-hewn blades to pierce!
With their unnatural strength, they take up work that should be borne by Breton shoulders. The thickness of their stinking hides gives them a defense that no Redguard man can stand against. In cities across Covenant lands, stories grow of Orcs defiling our women and siring unnatural half-breeds!
How long will you let this stand, reader? How long will you bend a knee to these filthy animals? I say, no more! Join with like-minded people in your village today, and rise up against these beasts. These scum. These … Orcs.


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Two Seattle dads tackle the universal balancing act
Photo: Joshua Huston
The first week they started dating, Christopher Peguero and Anthony Potter talked about kids. Both came from large families, and they definitely knew they wanted children someday. How that would happen, though, was much less clear.
The Seattle men met at a party the night President Obama was first elected. They met again at a Thanksgiving gathering and started going out.
As Peguero and Potter tell their story on a recent sunny Sunday in their modern, two-bedroom Beacon Hill home, they're occasionally interrupted by a small, happy voice and tiny hands offering crackers, blocks and stickers.
Just 2½ years after same-sex marriage was legalized in Washington state, and not quite two years since they tied the knot in the spring of 2013, Potter and Peguero are now Father and Daddy, respectively, to Adela, 21 months, and Alexander, 10 months.
The dads expect to see more LGBTQ families learning to juggle work and kids, as they are. About 116,000 households across the country are like theirs, with same-sex partners and children at home, according to the 2013 American Community Survey. That same year, 8,429 same-sex marriages were performed in Washington state.
Their path to diaper changes and bottles was surprisingly direct.
"One of our strategies around having kids was to tell everyone we knew that we were ready to have kids, but not sure how that would happen," says Peguero, 40.
When Potter's niece became pregnant but wasn't ready to raise a child, the pair gladly agreed to adopt the baby. Both dads were at the hospital to welcome Adela into the world.
And when some friends who had offered to have a baby for the men called to say they were unexpectedly pregnant, the men again said yes, and Alexander joined their family.
Adopting as a gay couple was a rigorous process with extra scrutiny and financial costs, Peguero acknowledged, "but worth it 100 percent."
While their family may be nontraditional, their biggest challenges as working parents are universal.
"Time. Finding time to do everything you want to do," says Potter, 46, who manages the IT service desk for Delta Dental of Washington.
"Not being home. I wish I could be home more," adds Peguero, who is the first to leave for work in the morning, walking to his job as a division administrator for Seattle City Light.
Midway through their conversation, Adela has a pink snowflake sticker pasted in the middle of her forehead. Their dog, an affectionate, tan pit bull named Ruby, is slurping up some stray crackers.
As it is for many working parents, good childcare is a cornerstone to keeping the household running smoothly. The pair heaps praise on their nanny, whom they found through their PEPS (Program for Early Parenting Support) group.
"She is the best thing that ever happened to us," Potter says. She cares for the children from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on weekdays and is even teaching them Spanish.
Being efficient also helps. Potter squeezes in his workout at lunchtime, while Peguero's walk to work doubles as his. And Potter no longer gets irritated by his commute to and from Northgate. "Now I don't mind it, because it's my only alone time."
Life isn't all just work and kids. The two still find time for community connections — Peguero had plans to travel out of the country for volunteer work in March and May, and they belong to the PEPS parenting group as well as Feather Boa Fathers, a Facebook group of other gay dads. Pre-fatherhood, Peguero also started SEqual, the city of Seattle's Employees for Equality, an LGBTQ employee resource group.
Asked what their key is to a successful work-life balance, Potter replies, "Being with someone who contributes to the whole thing equally."
That can mean swapping tasks — after dinner, one will bathe the kids while the other cleans up — or taking turns for a solo break to get out for a beer.
"It's pretty even," Peguero says.
Read more articles on work/life balance from the April 2015 print edition of Seattle's Child.


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Valentijn van Nieuwenhuijzen, head of Strategy at ING Investment Management, has warned that increasing risk surrounds emerging markets investments, and that the poor outlook could result in a downgrade for the asset class.
Valentijn van Nieuwenhuijzen, head of Strategy at ING Investment Management, has warned that increasing risk surrounds emerging markets investments, and that the poor outlook could result in a downgrade for the asset class.
The manager said it has cut its exposure to EM assets. Reasons include macro policies not improving in countries with current account challenges; equity fund flows turning negative; surveys pointing to investor overweights in EMs; and a widening risk gap between the BRIC countries and the US.
Cyclical trends are struggling to keep up with signs of improvement in markets such as the US, Japan and Germany, while the depreciation of the yen makes it harder for EM exporters such as South Korea and Taiwan.
Trends are also developing that could put pressure on flows to emerging market debt markets – the so-called search for yield.
Van Nieuwenhuijzen (pictured) said: "So far, the rising external financing requirements of emerging markets have been met by strong portfolio investment flows into debt instruments. With foreign direct investment and equity flows clearly lower than the averages of the past five or ten years, the financing of the larger emerging market current account deficits has relied primarily on debt flows. We are getting increasingly worried about this because the improving situation in the developed world will have a negative impact on flows from developed into emerging markets, and also because of poor macro policies in some of the key emerging market countries. We are particularly concerned about India, Indonesia, South Africa and Turkey."
ING IM said that India, Indonesia, South Africa and Turkey are the countries where the dependence on foreign capital has been the highest recently. Their current account deficits have been either high or rapidly increasing towards uncomfortable levels.
In Indonesia, the deterioration has see the country move from a small surplus in 2011 to a deficit of 3% in 2012. In Turkey, there has been an improvement from 10% in 2011 to 6% last year. In India, the deficit has not changed much in recent years, but a 5% current account deficit in combination with a structurally high fiscal deficit of 6% remains a concern. South Africa probably has the most negative picture, with a rapidly widening current account deficit (by 3 percentage points in the past year to 7%) and a 'sticky' budget deficit of 5%, ING IM said.
Van Nieuwenhuijzen said: "Given their large macro imbalances, the currencies of these four markets remain vulnerable to a sharp correction. All four countries rely heavily on speculative inflows. India and South Africa have large structural deficits and need a political breakthrough to tighten economic policies and carry out structural reforms. At this point, it is difficult to see much progress in the coming years. Turkey looks better, because the fiscal accounts are in good shape, and the current account deficit has been narrowing. Here, it is the large energy import bill that keeps pressure on the balance of payments."
ING IM believes Indonesia is the country with the best macro fundamentals: a low external debt ratio and both fiscal and current account deficit still at a reasonable 3% of GDP. Also, foreign direct investment represents 60% of the current account deficit, which makes the country less dependent on portfolio inflows than the other three. But the rapid widening of the deficit and a lack of willingness to tighten policies ahead of next year's elections make Indonesia more vulnerable.
ING IM has downgraded emerging markets from a small overweight to neutral, citing a number of reasons. These include relative fundamentals against other asset classes, earnings momentum data lagging developed markets, and CDS data suggesting a growing gap between the BRICs and the US.
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While it was a three-hour tour, it didn't turn into a fateful trip for the 30-some people who took part in the Ashland Soil and Water Conservation District Summer Officials Tour Tuesday morning.
Unlike the group that ended up on Gilligan's Island when its ship ran into a storm on sea, this group had nice weather most of the tour and traveled safely by bus throughout Ashland County.
The tour showed county officials a couple places where ASWCD employees have helped people with some conservation practices, as well as a tour of Savannah's waste treatment system.
Wendell Swartzentruber, local district conservationist for USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, talked about the practices, too, since he often works with ASWCD.
The first stop was at father and son Dick and Marty Wesner's farm to view their new chemical containment facility they had built in the fall.
At the stop, Swartzentruber explained how the Ohio Department of Agriculture made it a requirement Jan. 1 for any farmers who store more than 5,000 gallons of chemicals on their farm to have a chemical containment facility.
After about a half hour of listening to Swartzentruber and the Wesners, who farm just north of Ashland, the bus headed to Savannah to take a look at the village's lagoon-style waste treatment system.
Savannah Mayor Tom Kruse talked about how the village's 10-year system the Environmental Protection Agency mandated Savannah built worked. Other Ashland County villages have built sewer systems since and others are in the process.
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Other than pumps going out from time to time and things like towels and bacon grease getting into the system, Kruse said it has worked well.
The tour wrapped up with a stop at a farm near Polk that has a few horses. Owner Bruce Corrigan and Swartzentruber talked about several of the things they did the past few years to clean up the former dairy farm, which had been a muddy mess, through a government program called EQUIP.
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Other than a little rain on the bus trip back to the Ashland Agricultural Center, the three-hour tour didn't run into any problems.
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