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ADTRAN Introduces CPE Option - Analyst Blog
A leading provider of network solutions, ADTRAN Inc. ( ADTN ) introduced a technology solution associated with its Bluesocket virtual Wireless LAN (vWLAN). ADTRAN's latest offering for its enterprise customer involves multiple customer-premise equipment (CPE) deployment options including cloud-hosted services.
Unlike other service providers that offer a managed WLAN service through premise-based hardware controller, ADTRAN's CPE deployment using Bluesocket vWLAN would not require placing of any hardware controller. Therefore, this new solution leverages the versatile control capabilities of ADTRAN's vWLAN solution. With the new Multiple CPE deployment option customers can create new cloud-based Wi-Fi services and support hundreds of WLAN users at a lower cost.
ADTRAN's vWLAN solution bodes well for wireless service providers because it provides centrally located virtual control and management. ADTRAN made its foray into vWLAN solutions with the incorporation of the Bluesocket technology in 2011.
We believe that the rise in global broadband deployment, intensive upgrade of mobile infrastructure and channel expansion in the Enterprise segment are the key factors driving ADTRAN's innovative and diverse product portfolio. The company has already benefited from its three main growth products, namely Broadband Access, Optical Access and Internetworking that represent approximately 84% of its total revenue.
Further, we expect broadband stimulus, Total Access 5000, fiber-to-the-node platforms, incremental international sales, growing professional-services in domestic and overseas markets, as well as mobile broadband infrastructure upgrades to offset gradual declines in the company's traditional products like HDSL.
ADTRAN continues to grow on Ethernet access networks and other bandwidth enhancement technologies for fiber-based networks. As a result, the company enjoys an industry leading profile with approximately 15.0% market share in Ethernet over bonded copper network solutions.
Additionally, the company also registered significant growth in its professional service activities that provide deployment of Total Access System components in telecommunication companies. ADTRAN projects that professional service capabilities will remain accretive as both domestic and international carriers seek cost-effective methods to accelerate network deployment.
However, we believe that the acquisition of Nokia Siemens Networks' fixed-line Broadband Access business will continue to weigh on ADTRAN's earnings performance this year given its weaker market shares. Further, muted performance by the company's traditional product line - HDSL, lower spending by Tier 1 carriers and heavy reliance on key customers - AT&T Inc . ( T ) and Verizon Communications Inc . ( VZ ) - along with regulatory issues in the telecommunication industry keep us on the side lines.
Currently, we have a long-term Underperform recommendation on ADTRAN. For the short term, the stock has a Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell).
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How to Cope With Having an Autistic Sibling
It is very difficult sometimes, but at the end of the day, you always love your sibling, no matter what disability they have. Here is how to cope with an autistic sibling.
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1Try to reason with him/her. Understand where they are coming from, and what there thoughts are when talking to them. Make sure they understand what you are saying, so try to re-phrase something if you know they won't get it. For example, use cartoons or celebrities as examples when telling a story, because they use there imaginations as a key source, and they imagine things.
2Remember that they can probably understand you. Plenty of nonverbal children have an excellent understanding of language, and may be listening even though it doesn't look like it. Assume that they can understand you, and don't say things that would hurt their feelings.
3Accommodate their sensory needs. While it seems strange, what feels like a soft touch or a louder-than-usual voice could feel extremely painful to them. If they ask you to stop doing something, or become upset whenever you do a particular thing, honor that. Here are some ways to help:
- Don't come up unexpectedly from behind.
- If they look upset, figure what's wrong. "Is my music bothering you? Would you like me to turn it down?"
- Avoid talking loudly close to their ears.
4Tell your parents if your sibling is in pain. Autistic children can be hurt by things that don't hurt other people. If your sibling has a meltdown, starts acting out, or withdraws, then that means something is wrong. Let an adult handle the problem.
- Get an adult if you see them beginning to act abnormally.
- If you notice that they seem upset by something (e.g. they keep tugging at their sweater), tell a parent. Removing an itchy or painful sweater could spare everyone a meltdown.
- If you see your parents doing something that makes your sibling cry, voice your discomfort. Sometimes, therapists (particularly in ABA) will recommend things that hurt the children, and dismiss their pain or fear as "just a tantrum." You may have to act as the voice of reason: "Please stop holding her down like that; you're scaring her" or "I think he's afraid of his therapist. Can't we find someone he likes?"
5Don't baby them. They are NOT stupid. They just view the world from a different perspective. Make them feel smart by complimenting them, "You are so smart" or, "You are really good at this, can you teach me?" This will make them feel important and confident in themselves.
6Encourage your sibling's self-esteem. A lot of autistic children feel ashamed of their disability, and feel like they're a burden or a freak. If you value them, you can help them realize that they are okay.
- Compliment them. "You're such a hard worker! Good job on your math test."
- Treat them like an individual, not a list of problem behaviors.
- If you give them presents, try to relate them to their special interests. For example, write a story about a T. Rex for your dinosaur-loving sister's birthday.
- Have fun together.
7Find ways to hang out with your sibling.
8Never taunt or hurt your sibling. Autistic children have feelings just like anyone else does, and it will hurt them deeply. If you treat them violently, they will learn that it is okay to be violent. Remember, you can model good behavior.
- It's natural to feel frustrated with your sibling at times. If you do, take a deep breath and say "I need some alone time" or "I need to take a break." They are likely to honor this (since they can usually relate), but if not, ask your parents for help.
9Make them feel special. Bring them to the mall, or the movies. Take them to the park, or play a game. Don't just leave them out of everything, because that is wrong, and rude.
10Engage in their special interests with them. Autistic people usually have a few specific interests that they feel incredibly passionate about. This interest can be a fantastic way to bond with them. For example, if your sibling loves to paint, try doing art projects together. If they love robots, try showing them how to use a remote control car.
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- Don't let them abuse you, even if you accept it at the point and time, this could lead to problems like depression down the road (especially if you are a younger sibling)
- Don't be afraid of being seen with them. It may feel embarrassing initially having people ask "Why does your brother/sister act like that?", but after some time, you'll learn to deal with it.
- Understand where they are coming from.
- Don't turn to abuse (verbal OR physical)in ANY situation.
- Don't try to deal with them if they get violent. Consult a parent, caretaker, or teacher if they become a problem.
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twitter & tumblr fanart dump // will move to scraps later!!
includes Shingeki no Kyojin, Kuroko no Basuke, Kill la Kill, Kyokai no Kanata & Magi
heyo watchers! do you watch the same shows as me? ; O ;
come chat with me on these places! I kinda doodle non-stop there ahaha OTL
hnng kuroko no basuke ftw man~ ive also just finished watching snk (including the ova) and now i'm just waiting for kyoukai to finish so i can watch it marathon style~ (hehe i never sleep!)
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woohoo yeah kurobasu! I love my sports anime ahahaha OTL
I actually haven't watched the snk ova yet! and I'm watching knk right now and it's good hnnnnghhh sobssss but marathon style is a good idea, it's anguish waiting on the next episodes T - T
Oh my you have the cutest art style!! I absolutely adore it!! UwU
I'm a big fan of your inumuta and mirai kuriyama ^u^
aaah thank you so much! I have a friend who really likes inumuta so I drew him a lot for her XDDD
Heehee you are more than welcome dear uwu
Well I'm glad you did because there is never enough inumuta in my opinion! X3
( hope that didnt sound too weird. how to compliment and thank for amazing art?? )
oh no it didn't sound weird! don't worry about it > 7 <
yeah! inumuta's fight was a bit disappointing in my opinion sighs and it was really short! ;; - ;;
Haha good. I always over worry about little stuff like that.
Inumuta deserves such a better and cooler battle!! But satsuki said something about improving the uniforms in the newest episode so maybe he will have a grander battle later on! ^^
SO MANY !!!! Seriously I admire you in the time you put in for drawing orz I should be doing this .......
I haven't lined or colored anything properly in a long long time; but I think I've sketches something everyday for at least the past 3 weeks AHAHAH ORZ it's amazing that I still keep my grades up LOL
gaaahhhhh i miss first year university orzzzzzz ahahahaha at least your drawing i am stuck in a drawing block orzzz
aha I dunno I feel like I drew a lot before anyway even in high school but it was more in sketchbooks rather than digitally~
also I think that's one of the problems with studying art is that you're given stuff to draw, I kinda just draw whatever I want when I want without worrying about the quality LOL
LOL that's very true, i feel like the older i get the time i have for drawing is very limited..... I mean even in university they are still very selective in the types of things your allowed to draw like what you said ahahahah..... i dunno for my units I was able to do anything for it....but i still never felt like i was improving either only when i can draw by myself.


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A family of nice ghosts protects a British orphan from the diabolical plans of his evil guardians.
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Tapped from the oral traditions of American folklore, these ghost stories and tales of weird happenings, witches, and graveyards have startling, funny, or surprising endings.
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A ghost father tells his children three frightening stories to help them go to sleep at night.
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Lucy is sure there are wolves living in the walls of her house, although others in her family disagree, and when the wolves come out, the adventure begins.
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This book's "not too scary" ghost host tells five spooky stories.
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"My friend Hercule Poirat and I were called to investigate mysterious events at the famouse Grand Hotel in New Mouse City. There was a ghost haunting the hotel and scaring guests! It was wearing clanking armor and carrying a ball and chain. I know that ghosts don't exist, but this was pretty spooky. Would Poirat and I be able to solve the mystery of the haunted hotel?"
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The nation's state colleges and universities finally are getting some relief from declining taxpayer support, which has driven a steady increase in student costs.
The economic crisis that began in 2008 was brutal; collectively, state funding for higher ed dropped from almost $81 billion in the 2007-08 academic year to $72 billion during the 2012-13 year, according to the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association.
Many major institutions receive less than 10 percent of their annual budgets from state legislatures, which has driven yearly boosts in tuition and almost a double standard in admission policies favoring nonresidents who pay far more.
But, with tax revenues rising, many states have begun helping their higher-learning institutions fulfill their claims as "public." As The Wall Street Journal reported this week, 32 states increased their level of support in the most recent academic year, though the growth usually has been moderate.
Indiana recently approved $500 million more for its public schools, following four years of cuts that have forced them to up the charges to state residents as well as those from out of state.
Florida lawmakers are increasing higher-education funding by $314 million, an increase of more than 8 percent. In California, the newly found budget surplus means that as much as $2,500 more will be spent on each student.
The amount of increases as a whole are expected to rise as tax revenues fill up depleted treasuries in an improving economy.
It's about time.
Most public schools were built with the objective of providing the state's inhabitants with an opportunity for higher education at a
reasonable cost. They frequently had open-admission policies that gave every resident a chance to enroll.
By building and funding schools, states significantly improved the cultural, economic and scientific benefits of not only their own residents but Americans generally. Public colleges and universities continue to make enormous contributions to the nation through research.
Although the states in many ways still claim control of their schools through their legislatures and state boards of higher education, many public colleges' funding comes from outside sources: private and federal research grants, foundations and higher tuition. Wealthy alums and other benefactors have helped endowments reach billions of dollars at some public institutions.
The University of Virginia's state support is around 10 percent, though its endowment — at $5.9 billion as of March 31 — is the envy of even the best private schools. There has been talk of privatizing it, although that seems unlikely.
Open-enrollment policies have been altered dramatically — out of financial necessity and a desire to improve overall academic ratings. As state contributions declined, schools sought higher-paying out-of-state and foreign students.
As a result, many residents have found it difficult to gain admittance to their own state's flagship institutions, which favor those from outside who can pay more — in many cases, twice as much.
It is not unusual for an applicant with lower grades and test scores to find admission in elite out-of-state schools, which accept them solely for their ability to pay higher tuition.
One granddaughter with quite decent but not superlative high-school grades and test results was admitted to an out-of-state school that would not accept its own residents with a similar academic record. She just graduated.
On the other hand, another granddaughter with an outstanding high-school academic record was admitted to five highly ranked "national" schools and opted for the in-state school, saying it would be silly to spend $50,000 a year when she could get the same education for $25,000.
It seems doubtful most states will return to the level of state funding they once provided. But any increase could relieve the pressure on general tuition and provide funds for maintenance and capital projects put off because of the recession.
Indiana's lawmakers informed the schools that they would expect no more than a 2 percent increase in tuition for the coming academic year, with a sizable portion of the increase going for infrastructure needs. Part of a $250 million increase in Minnesota's contribution to its public colleges and universities will be dedicated to a two-year tuition freeze.
It is heartening that state legislatures realize the benefits of these great schools, which in most cases still offer the best return on the buck for education.
Dan K. Thomasson, a Hoosier native and Franklin College trustee, is former editor of the Scripps Howard News Service.


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Chapter 6: Erca
'Wait... Ramos is dead?'
Raskalov and Hermes gazed at Chantalai, who returned their look with a serious expression, his red eyes glowing in the dark of the night. They were standing in the middle of the South Camp, next to the bonfires, with every soldier listening intently - they had not removed their armours yet. Chantalai's tristanite chestguard had gotten bloodied without him noticing, but it was barely noticeable under the scarlet light of Karnos.
'Ramos won't be giving us trouble anymore.'
The two leaders seemed stunned, Chantalai could tell from their faces. He felt satisfied now that he had killed his target; he was slowly transforming into a dedicated, methodical killer.
'.. How? How?'
'I sneaked inside their camp and killed him while he was giving a speech to his remaining army.'
'How did you kill him? He's a Gengar! And how did you get out of there?'
The Zoroark smirked. All these questions begun to bother him. Right now, he wanted to be alone to plan his next move. However, he answered patiently.
'Night daze, the force of the nether plane. Dark powers suck ghost types in the void. As for how I got out..' he paused, enjoying the moment, 'I deceived them with more dark powers.'
Everyone was clearly impressed, but Chantalai preferred to go unnoticed. He noted that next time he did something for the Frontier, he would request secrecy. A spy working in the public like this was no spy at all - but then again, he did not spy. He took on the task of eliminating a crucial for the battle Pokemon. Thinking deeply about this, he turned his back to the commanders.
'Now let me get some sleep. I'll be leaving for Erca early tomorrow.'
Early the next morning, Chantalai was outside his tent, stretching out his body and feeling the morning breeze through his dirty black fur. He picked up his armour, which he had taken off last night, and went over to the bonfires in search for some water to clean the bloodied chestguard. Nobody was up yet - except Raskalov. He happened to be holding a wooden bucket full of water; the Weavile seemed less threatening without his golden chestguard on. The two Pokemon greeted each other with a handshake, Chantalai slightly smiling in response to Raskalov's heart smile.
'What are you gonna do with this?'
Chantalai asked, looking at the bucket. Raskalov placed it on the ground and splashed his hands inside, then bringing them to his face. The Zoroark laughed stiffly, like he hadn't laugh in a while. He did the same, trying to scratch the blood off from his claws; then he did the same with the chestguard - the tristanite did not have a single flaw on its surface, once it was cleared. Chantalai wore it proudly; Raskalov patted him on his shoulderpads once he had wore those as well. He looked him in the eye.
'What are you going to do in Erca, Chantalai?'
'I hear the merchants are having trouble over there. Lumos told me a Baron is bribed by the Dark Cult... I'm going to silence him, once and for all.'
'Be careful. Baron Necro has an army of two thousand mercenaries, all for himself - he basically runs the city and owns the council of the merchants. Getting near to him won't be easy, and killing him... nearly impossible.'
'I can compromise with possibilities. Manipulate them, to be precise.'
There was something in Chantalai's tone and grin that convinced Raskalov he was not a normal Pokemon, and that he was being serious.
'... Lumos will be waiting for you at the depot.'
Chantalai nodded and run his claws through his red mane to straighten it up. He wondered how the depot would look like. It was in the middle of the great grasslands, the southern part of the Wastelands. He stared at Raskalov as he turned to leave, speaking once again.
'Follow me.'
Ordered the Weavile, and the Zoroark paced behind him as they walked outside the camp. The two guards were sleeping next to the camp's entrance. They stopped, looking at them. Raskalov smirked.
'There's nothing to worry about now that Ramos is gone. We went ahead and destroyed their camp last night - the army had already gone.'
They left the soldiers to sleep and turned to the right. Chantalai noticed some enormous Dodrios standing next to a small hole in the ground which had water in it.
'What are these?'
Chantalai asked, full of curiosity. He examined the closest Dodrio from where he was standing. It did not appear to be intelligent, but it was trained to stay on the spot, somehow. Raskalov explained.
'These Dodrios are our quickest method to travel. They don't speak, as they were once wild, but you can direct them easily. Pick one, as a reward for the services you offered to the Frontier.'
The Zoroark stared at the Weavile, who stared back at him.
'I'm not getting on top of any of these.'
'They travel real fast, you'll need one - you can reach Erca in just two days.'
'Two days!'
Chantalai hopped onto the biggest Dodrio he could find. He wasn't especially heavy, and the Dodrio responded to him right away; he turned its head and looked at him with its sharp eyes, staying on the spot. Chantalai realized that if he turned the Dodrio's head, it would start running. He looked at the compass that was tied to his arm like a watch, then at Raskalov. The Weavile looked quite sad.
'We'll see each other again, Raskalov.'
The Zoroark said, turned the Dodrio's head towards the west and poked its belly with the claws of his foot. The bird started running until it was lost from sight.
They were travelling for hours. Once they had gotten off the forest, they moved towards the south with incredible speed. Chantalai hadn't missed the dust of the Wastelands at all, but it was all better now that he hung from the neck of the huge bird Pokemon. His mane was racing with the wind as they both ran through the rugged lands. One day of travelling had passed; the Dodrio was now running on lush green grass, sign that they had entered the flat grasslands. They reached the depot by the night. It was a small wooden kiosk with no more than five Pokemon under it; the two Kecleon salesmen, a Chatot apparently keeping them company, a Houndoom that appeared as if he was hiding in the shadows and the Zangoose Chantalai expected to see. Although he recognized him at once, Lumos was wearing a white cloak and a hood that covered his face and body.
Chantalai ordered the Dodrio to wait outside the kiosk (without being sure it could understand him) and he jumped on the ground, Lumos walking towards him while looking around, like they were being watched. The Zoroark noticed that and he mimicked the Merchant King, but the dusk the grasslands were engulfed in did not allow him to see farther than ten meters away. The only source of light was the depot, which had a huge candle hanging from the ceiling, with a flame brimming brightly.
Lumos and Chantalai shook hands; Lumos started speaking fast and with a low voice.
'I heard about what happened in the east, good job. I kept thinking of how you were able to fool them with the sound of the entire Stygian army...'
Chantalai looked over Lumos' shoulder at the Kiosk, the Houndoom had raised his head and perked up his ears towards their direction. He spoke in a low voice as well, slightly grinning.
'I have my own ways. Now be quick, and tell me about Baron Necro.'
'This Baron, you see, has taken over the merchant council after they forced me out of the city - he has immense power under his command, with all these mercenaries. Now he's not only the Merchant King, he's the King of the city in general. Worst of all, he asks that we pay him to move our forces through the city to attack the Dark Cult.'
The Zoroark was looking at the ground, nodding whenever Lumos stopped. He seemed lost in thought, and seemed like he wasn't paying attention. On the contrary, the information was invaluable and another plan formed in his mind. It was like the chess he once played with his father - all about tactics. Lumos continued speaking, now with a more desperate tone.
'Chantalai, I received a letter.'
Chantalai raised his head and looked inside the hood, but he could not see any of the Zangoose's expression; he was most puzzled by it, and his curiosity abotu the content of the letter bursted up like magma.
'Who was it from? What did it say?'
'It was a warning... my daughter is in danger.'
Lumos's voice cracked up. After a pause, Chantalai bulked up and pumped his fists, having lost his strange grin now.
'They won't harm her, and they'll never get a chance to. The first thing I'll do when I reach Erca is find her and bring her to safety.'
The Pokemon under the hood sighed; a movement behind him caught Chantalai's attention. The Houndoom had gotten up and was paying the Kecleon for the food he had ordered. Chantalai turned back to Lumos and spoke even hastier.
'Do you have anything else for me?'
'.. search for Conrad the Tailor. He's one of us.'
Chantalai nodded firmly. Seeing the Houndoom exiting the wooden kiosk, preparing towards the south, Chantalai's assumptions were confirmed; he ran up to the Dodrio and jumped on its back. He turned its head towards the direction the Houndoom had bolted to. The Dodrio started running at full speed, closing in on the fleeing Pokemon.
'Who do you work for?'
Chantalai shouted, the Houndoom turned his head, glancing at the Dodrio and the Zoroark. He ran faster, outspeeding them.
Enough of this,
Chantalai thought. A stream of green flames appeared from the sky, lighting the whole area up - it hit the Houndoom who flinched in fear. The next moment, Chantalai had launched himself from the Dodrio, landing on the Houndoum and throwing him on the ground.
'Who do you work for?'
He repeated, holding his opponent down on the ground by stepping on his belly and gripping his neck in case he spat flames. The Houndoom's claws were scratching Chantalai's armour without causing any damage. Chantalai thought it was pointless trying to get a word out of the Houndoom; Baron Necro had sent him, it was obvious. His claws ripped through the spy's neck, leaving him struggling on the ground.
'If I just killed an innocent, it was for a good reason.'
Chantalai got up, thinking his meeting with Lumos would stay secret. Every one who stood in his way would meet the same fate.
Erca was a huge city on the tip of the grasslands. Two cliffs facing the north, where Chantalai was coming from, held wooden and stone houses. In the middle of them, more of those houses were built; the biggest district dwelled there, containing the biggest trading stores of Stygia. The city was a convoy between Hesperia and Stygia, as the Trade District in the middle was the only way from the south to the north. Passengers in the past years left a great deal of money in this city-state, which was now purely controlled by merchants and their so called 'King'. Chantalai had never been in Erca, not even in the Wastelands he just got through, but the Dodrio seemed to know the way. It ran tirelessly, leading Chantalai towards the city. Multiple guards were standing firm just outside the great walls.
Chantalai got off the Dodrio and closely examined the city's walls from afar. His red eyes fell on the two cliffs, then on the guards. Which was the best way in? He could not get passed the guards with the Dodrio, and if he climbed up the cliffs he would have to leave it behind, too. As the wind blew through the Zoroark's mane, he patted the Dodrio on its ribs, wondering how to explain to it that it was free now. The bird stood where he left it, staring at him; he started climbing the cliff to the east. The rainclouds that were drifting in the sky had now descended on the ground, blocking all view - the Zoroark went unnoticed. He stuck his tough claws into the black rock, pulling himself up, and repeating until he reached the top.
The wind was fiercing on the top of cliff. Chantalai's mane was swishing around as he looked over Erca; the city unfolded in front of him, a majestic sight. Chantalai was routed on the soft grass for a second, admiring the large city, thinking the world he lived in was full of many more wonders like this.
The Trade District proved to be far more big than Chantalai imagined. He was thinking it was surely one of the wonders of the world he was living in. The streets and the stores brimmed with activity unknown and unwelcomed by Chantalai, who tried to avoid the crowds as much as possible. He wandered in the streets for hours, searching for Conrad the Tailor. Every time he would ask for directions, the citizens would cower in fear then set off, looking at the Zoroark like he was mad. They had not seen his species again, obviously, and they were intimidated by his appearance.
Once Chantalai passed a particularly dark and small alley, a voice whispered to him to come over. His hand was instanly veiled by liquid darkness as he approached the two bright green eyes that shone in the alley. His curiosity was tingling. When he got close enough, he could recognize a figure in a white cloak and hood. The figure laughed.
'No need for violence, Chantalai.'
'Who are you?'
The hoodied Pokemon removed his hood. He was a Zangoose with emerald-like eyes and a scratch on his cheek. The Pokemon looked exactly like Lumos. Chantalai examined him closely without showing his surprise.
'I am Conrad, the Tailor, Lumos's brother.'
Chantalai lowered his guard, letting the darkness vanish from his hand. He stared intently at the Zangoose before him.
'So you are his brother.'
'Indeed, I am. I was expecting you... come in, come in.'
He said, his tone being intimate, guiding Chantalai into the back of the alley, where a hidden door dwelled. The door led them into a dark corridor and from there into a square room with no apparent exits or windows. The room contained tailoring supplies and tools; Chantalai was not surprised in the slightest, but he was fascinated by Conrad's resourcefulness.
'Are you hiding from the authorities?'
He asked him while taking a look around. Tailoring was a newly found art to the Pokemon. Conrad had to be one of the first ones practicing it. He took off his white cloak and sat on a chair.
'Yes, I am hiding from that filth, Necro and his mercenaries. Have a seat.'
Chantalai quietly sat opposing to him. The iron table was rusty beyond belief, and so he did not touch it. He crossed his arms, staring at Conrad who was now examining his claws. The Zangoose did not look like a tailor, Chantalai reckoned, more like a hired killer. But most Pokemon would say the same about Chantalai, too, so he avoided to point it out.
'Want anything to drink?'
Chantalai nodded negatively.
'Did Lumos inform you about the situation in this blasted city?'
'Yes - Baron Necro has gathered a small army of mercenaries and the rest of the merchants of the city have been forced to declare him the Merchant King; granting him control all of the whole city.'
'Great. And what are you doing here?'
He had a stern look on his face, like he was dealing with a child. Chantalai took offense in that, but he did not speak of it. Only actions truly speak, like his father was saying; he was determined to kill Baron Necro, and he was always devoted to his cause. Adalbert was serving the Frontier with danger of his life, and so Chantalai would do.
'First, I'm going to track my enemy down, see what he's upto. I'll then decide when the right time is to hit him.'
The Zangoose seemed skeptical for a moment, scratching his chin and staring at the surface of the old table. His green eyes flashed peculiarly, him now looking at Chantalai.
'Maybe you do have a plan. I suggest you begin your search from the Trade Square - Necro's men hang out there. But, you will have to be careful. Do not reveal yourself or your species... they apparently have the authority to kill whoever seems suspicious in the slightest.'
Chantalai thought of what Conrad had just said. Then he glanced at the white cloak which hung down from Conrad's chair. It was a menacing cloak, a possibly bad omen to anyone who looked at it.
'You have my thanks. The information you've given me will be put to good use... do you have anything for me that would aid me?'
The Tailor noticed Chantalai glanced at his cloak. He laughed, but the Zoroark kept a straight, serious face.
'You will not go unnoticed with one of these. People are afraid... besides, it doesn't quite fit you.'
'I can use my powers if I want to sneak around in stealth,' said Chantalai coldly. Then, he added, 'the cloak would certainly help me keep anonymity. Whatever reasons do you have for using it, then?'
'I am the sibling of the former Merchant King - Lumos and everyone connected to him is unwanted in this town. Like you said, the cloak keeps me anonymous. I still have business here, you know.'
'And what kind of business would an exile, like you, would have?'
Chantalai noticed Conrad had not mentioned Lumos's daughter in captivity. Did he not know? Did he not care?
'I am simply working as a spy for the Frontier, like you are.'
'That is reasonable,' said Chantalai quietly, proud that he was helping the Frontier as something more than a spy. He ran his hand through the huge mane that was falling onto the floor, behind the back of the chair. The moment of silence was broken by Chantalai.
'And what about Lumos's daughter?'
'You mean his step daughter, Alinthea.'
'Daughter or step daughter, I'll make sure she is safe and sound before I do anything else.'
Conrad gave him a disturbed look. He did not seem to appreciate what Chantalai had just said.
'You're wasting your time. If you go directly to the Baron, he will not have a chance to harm Alinthea. She is right now sleeping peacefully in her house, I assure you of that.'
Chantalai could feel it was dark outside; he was tired from his journey through the grasslands. Conrad seemed to notice; he got up, leaving the cloak behind him.
'I have a place for you to stay. As for the cloak... I can modify my own cloak to fit your body's structure.'
The Zoroark nodded, silently thanking him. He closed his eyelids, thinking about tomorrow. Tomorrow, Erca would start to change.
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How high do we want to turn up the heat? Where's the line between "justifiable and productive" and "we'll be sorry"?
Not questions that are easy to answer, but they deserve very serious thought, especially as the state budget process heats up. The questions involve money, of course, but they also involve the huge amount of change that is going on within schools - the pressure for better results, major changes in learning standards and teaching styles, and new approaches to evaluating teachers and principals that could carry big career implications.
I've visited several schools lately, both city and suburban, and I've seen some really big changes in what is going on, much of it appealing and promising when it comes to how students get engaged in their learning and what is expected of them. Cool stuff.
But I've also talked to teachers who went from describing great work with their students, and, within seconds, have tears in their eyes when talking about how things are going for them personally and for their schools. These are people - some of the best we have in classrooms - working under enormous stress. It is in everyone's long-term interest for teaching to be good and ultimately doable work. Negative forces can - and are - putting that at risk.
For the moment, let's focus on how much money public schools will get for the next two years, to be determined by the state budget to be set this spring.
Two years ago, school spending was cut significantly, teachers and others statewide were required to start paying more (if they were paying anything before) for health insurance and retirement benefits and the power of teachers' unions was pretty much wiped out. A lot of that fell within the "justifiable and productive" category in the eyes of school leaders statewide, not to mention the general public.
But this is now.
The issue to focus on is the state's "revenue cap" for general operations of schools - the amount that schools can collect in state aid and local property taxes combined. That amount went up by $250 or more per student per year for much of the decade leading up to 2009. In 2009, under then-Gov. Jim Doyle, the cap increase was limited to $200 for the next two school years.
In 2011, under Gov. Scott Walker, the cap was reduced about $550 per student. Much of that was offset by increased employee benefit payments and other changes.
Walker proposed in February that the revenue cap be kept flat for the next two years. He proposed state school aid go up, but that would reduce property taxes, not increase school spending.
But even if you hold teachers' salaries flat, other expenses - health insurance, transportation, utilities, etc. - are rising. If revenue doesn't increase along with expenses, more cuts result.
I assume there are still cuts that schools can make that aren't really harmful, but the easy stuff is close to gone now. How far can we go in cutting teacher pay and benefits or increasing workloads without really harming quality? How many programs and positions can schools cut or how much can class sizes increase without giving kids a genuinely worse deal?
Two influential Republican state senators, Mike Ellis and Luther Olsen, are advocating increasing the revenue cap by $150 in each of the next two years. That may pick up traction, given what Republicans, who will determine the outcome, are hearing from their own districts.
A wise voice on all this is Bob Borch, a longtime school business official who now works on school spending analysis for PMA Financial Network, a private firm with an office in Milwaukee. He developed a sophisticated financial forecast for a middle of the road, hypothetical district he calls Fairly Normal.
Tough road ahead
Things are not looking good for Fairly Normal. With no increase in the revenue cap and with a pretty tightfisted approach to spending (although 1% raises are included), Fairly Normal goes from a small deficit this year to a huge deficit by three years from now.
With a $150 revenue cap increase, Fairly Normal does better, of course, but still not well. It runs deficits in every year after 2013-'14 and it has used all its reserve funds by 2016-'17.
I spent a recent afternoon with school leaders in Menomonee Falls, which has some similarities to Fairly Normal. Even with the $150 increase, they envision needing to cut $1.8 million from what it would take to do next year pretty much just what they're doing this year. Could it be done? Yes, with steps including teacher cuts, increased workloads for most teachers at the high school and reductions in busing.
I toured two Menomonee Falls schools where teachers are making major changes in how their classrooms operate, driven in large part by the new nationwide "common core" standards. They also are adjusting to the stresses of factors such as having their jobs or assignments on the line every year. From the standpoint of quality work, the changes have upsides - people are motivated to work harder and (one hopes) better. But they have downsides when it comes to stress and uncertainty.
Menomonee Falls is a community with high performing schools and a commitment to doing better. But so much is changing. Looking across the six schools she oversees, Superintendent Pat Greco says, "This is the best work I've seen in my career - and the hardest context."
Corey Golla, principal of the high school, says, "It's not good to go through change in fear. It's extremely draining. . . . It feels like you're in a building of first-year teachers. It's that level of stress." He adds, "We might have turned the heat up a bit too much."
So where's the line between wise and unwise when it comes to setting the thermostat on money and stress in schools? We can argue about the specific place. We will make a huge mistake if that place doesn't allow for healthy, energizing, positive environments for our children and their teachers.
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Two weeks ago Amber Riley who plays Mercedes Jones on Glee caused an uproar when she tweeted:
Just closed a chapter in my life, the only thing I've known day in and day out for three years. I'm going to miss the whole Glee family, seeing them everyday! I have so many brothers and sisters now 🙂 But I am looking forward to a much needed and deserved summer vacation!" she wrote. "SCHOOL'S OUT Glee Kids! Let's play!
She later retracted her statement but from the looks of things, she may not be returning to Glee next season after all.
Fox's Glee wrapped its third and emotional season as many of the original New Directions graduated from high school only to venture out on their own and follow their dreams.
Although Kurt wasn't accepted to NYADA, Rachel was so she will be heading to New York. Finn (Rachel's beau) had plans of heading to New York with her but when his audition for the New York-based Actors Studio didn't go as planned he decides to enlist in the Army.
Resident bad girl Santana has dreams of superstardom. With her mother's blessing Santana is headed to New York along with Rachel so where does that leave Mercedes?
Thanks to that video that Sam recorded and put on Youtube, Mercedes gets a recording contract as a backup singer and is headed to L.A. It would be great if Puck joined her so she would not be alone.
As of right now it's been rumored that season four would be divided between New York and Ohio since that's where the majority of the seniors would be.
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Seattle Symphony Pops review by Tom Keogh: Marvin Hamlisch made his debut as the Symphony's new Pops Conductor in a rousing program full of tight solos by students from the area's high-school jazz programs and the electrifying U.S. Army Jazz Ambassadors.
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With that bit of borscht belt ribbing, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Marvin Hamlisch made his debut Thursday as Seattle Symphony Orchestra's Principal Pops Conductor.
It would not be the last time Hamlisch punctuated the evening's program of outstanding jazz with his familiar wit. When he asked members of the electrifying U.S. Army Jazz Ambassadors (among the show's guest artists) to introduce themselves, he insisted they call him "sir." When Garfield High School clarinetist Carl Majeau — winner of the Ella Fitzgerald Outstanding Soloist Award — tried to make a shy exit after a crisp solo on "Ain't Misbehavin,' " Hamlisch dragged him back and showed him how to bow like a major artist.
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Hamlisch's buoyancy furthered the excitement of hearing the Seattle Symphony Orchestra and the 19-member Ambassadors make big-band music, ranging from the elegant to the ecstatic. Opening with an Irving Berlin medley, Hamlisch established the night's sound: an irresistible collision of grace and sass, humming strings pushing against jumpy brass, and impassioned drumming made sharp and clear in the superb acoustics of Benaroya Hall.
Hamlisch's luxurious arrangements on Berlin's "Let's Face the Music and Dance" and "Cheek to Cheek" were full of sweet touches and velvety textures. But the performances hopped, too, creating, altogether, an urbane sexiness that made me sorry I'm not Fred Astaire.
Hamlisch next ushered in a tribute to Louis Armstrong that featured the Ambassadors' Sgt. Paul Stephens on a trumpet solo, evoking the drawling, warm personality of Satchmo in sauntering-blues mode.
A big part of the show reflected Hamlisch's strong interest in instilling love for jazz and other orchestral music in kids. He hosted not only Majeau but the remarkable quartet Four to the Floor, a Seattle high-school jazz supergroup including pianist Julian Garvue (Garfield), drummer Thomas Campbell (Nathan Hale), saxophone player Xavier Del Castillo (Roosevelt) and bassist Nick Bissiri (Ingraham).
Canadian jazz prodigy Nikki Yanofsky, 14, wowed the house with impressive pipes and the mature phrasing of a much older adult. Her take on "God Bless the Child" and "The Way You Look Tonight" were refreshingly devoid of contemporary diva mannerisms. If the willowy Yanofsky isn't exactly channeling Ella Fitzgerald, she is clearly influenced by the jazz icon — and can scat-sing like a champion.
After a satisfying salute to Duke Ellington, Hamlisch unleashed Louis Prima's wild and epic big-band classic "Sing, Sing, Sing," a nod to the tune's lengthy workout 70 years ago at Benny Goodman's legendary, 1938 Carnegie Hall concert. The Orchestra and Ambassadors captured "Sing, Sing, Sing's" barely contained delirium, alternating crashing waves of rhythm with small solos to sustain a delicious tension.
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The things we think we know, but don't. Actually.
If you say something often enough, even if it's bollocks, eventually the world will come round to your point of view. TV presenters, politicians and bike journalists have been using this fact for years. Like I just did then.
Here are the top 10 biggest biking myths, in no particular order other than the order I thought of them in. Feel free to add your own, and disabuse me of mine.
No, you'll fall off. Especially if you're on the road. Race tyres are built to shed heat very quickly because they get very hot when Marc Marquez is using them. So if a race tyre can get cold on one side because the circuit has fewer rights than lefts, or because that backmarker CRT just held you up for half a lap, imagine how stone cold they'll be at the traffic lights in town?
Some of the stickiest road rubber available is next to useless unless you stick them in tyre warmers. You might fit slicks to your trackbike, but what you gain in outright grip, you'll more than lose in feedback and you won't know where the limit is and the result is, you'll lap slower than if you were on the right tyre. Look how quick some of the Superstock classes go on road rubber, they don't need slicks. You don't either.
Use road tyres on the road, every time (unless you make like Michael Dunlop when you nip to the shops).
The more expensive it is, the better it'll be at whatever it's supposed to be good at. Usually right. But with bikes?Wrong.Or rather, wrong with Italian bikes. The nicest bike to ride in Ducati's range is the Monster 696. It's also the cheapest. The worst? Panigale R: built to win races (er…), it makes oodles of grunt, looks simply amazing and ought to be a dream to ride.It isn't. It's a demanding, finicky, lumpy-bumpy, awkward ride and it costs £26,550. Still, cheaper than the £42,500 Desmosedici on eBay. Because that's really nasty.It's not just Ducati. MV Agusta's £8999 Brutale 920 is more fun and nicer than a Fazer 1000. But the £18,499 F4-RR is a cruel, hard-ass bike which looks fantastic but rides like it's got its thumb up its ass.And don't even mention Bimotas. Or 'classic' bikes. If you think you have to pay a lot for an uncomfortable, unrideable modern Italian bike, wait til you see how much you have to pay for a bike that wasn't that great back then, is even worse twenty years later and comes with a guaranteed oil leak…
While most car drivers are dozy, slow-witted, ignorant and myopic, they at least tend to follow predictable patterns of behaviour. Called 'The Highway Code'. In fact most car drivers follow it unwaveringly, so plotting a route round them on your nimble bike is a doddle. Only problem is when they stop behaving in an orderly fashion and go rogue. It makes them hard to predict.But most bike accidents don't involve cars. They involve other bikes. Police accident statistics show by far the most dangerous thing you can do on a bike is ride in a group (although, to be fair, seeing as most bikes travel in a group, that's what they would show). Accidents involving cars also come behind solo accidents, in which no other vehicle is involved.It's us goddammit and the sooner we admit it, the safer we'll be.
No, they're annoyed by the way you've appeared out of nowhere to sit millimetres off their rear bumper with a headlight burning out their retinas at eye level.
When they pull over and put a pair of wheels in the kerb to let you pass, it's not because they love you and respect you. It's because they want you to piss off. Which makes a friendly wave as you pass all the more important.Do you need to sit a foot off their bumper at 40mph to prove to them how slow the're going? No.
Do they? Do they really? It depends who you ask. If you ask the bloke on the GSX-R1000 who's just been tonked by the dude on the Panigale, then yes, they do.But 'experts' have long been divided over the idea that big gaps in firing intervals give the rear tyre more time to 'recover' grip between power pulses. Some say it's significant, some smile like Jerry Burgess and do the whole gimlet eyes thing.The idea first cropped up in the early 90s when Ducatis were romping away with World Superbike titles and in Grand Prix V4 two stroke 500s were mucking about with a Big Bang firing order. But Ducati had a capacity advantage and Honda had Mick Doohan, so it was hard to know for sure.It's easy to believe both sides – a long recovery time between pulses would allow for unmolested grip, but you'd be more likely to lose it come the time for the power pulses. A steady stream of power would spread the load on the rubber, giving a more consistent level of grip.What's probably more important is the way the combustion torque is applied to the tyre, and the tyre to the track. If the combustion torque could be 'smoothed out', the tyre would have an easier time. Sounds like what we really need is a crossplane crank inline four, or an inline triple, or even a pentagram crank in an inline five…
Sorry, but it will. There aren't many riders who hang up their boots for good without taking one for the team at some point. It's just a matter of time and luck, no matter how many advanced riding badges you carry. Good luck.
Better in what sense? Faster or more powerful or cheaper to run or more technically advanced? Sometimes, yes. But better to ride and own? Not often.There are a couple of things going on here: the maturing of the European market, the impact of emissions legislation, and... we're all getting older.When a company loses confidence in a market to provide revenue through growth, it starts to cut costs instead. And when it does that, it inevitably focuses less on what the customer wants and shifts focus to the process of making the product. Because making it more cheaply is now where the money is coming from.That's where the European bike market is now. Bike manufacturers know they aren't going to get a return on investment by growing the market because the market is shrinking and there's not much chance of getting it back. So they're unlikely to bombard the market with high risk, high investment new models. The best they can hope for is stealing a bite of someone else's dinner (BMW with the S1000RR), making whatever it is they make even cheaper (Suzuki GSR750), or looking for new, different or growing markets elsewhere and starting all over again (like India, China and Brazil).That's why the best year for new bikes was 1998 – ZX-9R, R1, RSV Mille, GSX-R750, Fazer 600 etc – and this year the best Suzuki could manage was a scooter, a cruiser and I've forgotten what the last bike was. And while Honda make noises about a new prestige superbike, their cheap-as-chips, fairly unsexy CB and NC runarounds… run around.Emissions haven't helped make bikes better. In 2007 they all got heavier as catalytic converters demanded by Euro 3 regulations bulked out exhaust systems – have you seen the plumbing on a Kawasaki Z1000SX? – and anyone who thinks a modern, lean-running, gravelly, snatchy fuel-injected throttle system is nicer to use than a 20 year-old bank of CV carbs is deluded.Me? I'll stick to my 1996 VFR750, thanks. It's still shiny, it's got gear-driven cams, fuels as smoothly as butter, and does 160 miles on a tank.
Not necessarily. For traction control to make you faster it has to give you the confidence to go faster. For many people who are already as fast as they feel comfortable, the acronym on a fairing isn't going to persuade them to get on the gas harder coming out of Clearways at Brands. Nothing will.And for guys at the other end of the spectrum – top end club racers – then traction control will already be starting to get in the way, slowing them down by cutting in even on its least intervening setting.If, however, you're in the sweet spot of riders who are averagely quick track day jockeys – top end intermediate to fast group – then having a safety net to scoop you up as you tap it on harder than you dare at the apex is definitely a good thing.And, more importantly than quicker lap times, it's fun but it's not a guaranteed way of going faster.
Have you ridden an ABS CBR600 or Blade, or ZX-6R or 10R? If you can outbrake them – in fact if you can even tell when the ABS is working – you'll get a lifetime supply of Visordown cup cakes..
Unless you're the shape of a sponge, they shouldn't be. Sitting upright in a classic schoolroom position, hands in front and legs at 90° then bent again at the knee at 90°, places upper bodyweight squarely through your bum. Try sitting like that in the comfiest chair in your house, and you'll be shifting about and slumping your back in no time.The most natural position is loosely foetal – as if you're curled up in bed. The natural angle for your legs is slightly to the rear, lending support to your body. Your torso should slope forward, with a straight back, letting your arms also take some of the weight.And, of course, you need to be doing around 80mph to let the wind blast also support you.This the exactly the riding position that most popular long distance bikes don't have – Goldwings and other grand tourers, and most adventure sportsbikes. They all flatter to deceive – they look comfy, they might even feel it for a few miles. But after a day in the saddle, you'll be crying out for a Honda VFR800, Triumph Sprint ST, BMW K1300S or Yamaha's Fazer 1000. Fact.
The bonus myth. You know that bit when you've stopped sliding and you're lying under your bike looking up at the sky? It's a bit late to be blaming other people then.
No matter what the scenario or whether it was diesel in the road, or a massive pile-up, you can never walk away and say: 'I couldn't have done anything better'.
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Lowering the Bar
Financial advisers 'reprogram' boomer clients with big portfolios to emphasize 'need, not greed'
When Subramaniam Palanisamy retired as a cardiac surgeon four years ago, he was confident that his $3 million-plus nest egg was more than enough to cover his and his wife's expenses in their home in Pittsburgh, as long as the market cooperated.
What worried Dr. Palanisamy, however, was a rerun of his experience in the bear market of 2000 to 2002, when his then-financial manager encouraged him to invest big amounts of money in a few high-technology areas.
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"I took a big beating," he recalls. "I knew I couldn't afford to have that happen again."
Today, even with the stock market in the midst of another wrenching period of losses and volatility, the 55-year-old Dr. Palanisamy is calm. Thanks to a new financial adviser, his portfolio is a blend of U.S. Treasurys, high-quality corporate bonds, high-yield debt securities, diversified blue-chip stocks and customized contracts that promise him at least part of the increases in specified stock-market indexes while limiting the losses he will have to absorb.
"My portfolio is down a bit, but not nearly as much as the market is down," he says. "I'm happy because I'm avoiding the unnecessary risks I don't need to take."
In the final years of what has been one of the worst decades this century for stock-market investors, a growing number of baby boomers like Dr. Palanisamy have reshaped their attitudes about risk and return. The turmoil of the past 18 months, coming on the heels of the bear market of 2000 to 2002, has created a heightened sense of fear and uncertainty among these investors. Many of the 80 million boomers between the ages of 44 and 63 are retiring already, and they need to stretch their savings to cover the rest of their long life expectancies. Any dip in the value of those nest eggs could prove devastating. Even those still in the work force realize they have less tolerance for investment missteps and less time to regain lost ground with every year that passes.
What does this mean in practical terms? While some boomers still chase performance, a growing number are no longer demanding that their financial advisers trounce the broader stock market year after year. Instead, they say they will be satisfied with a modest single-digit return that matches what they need to earn to meet their retirement needs and keep pace with inflation.
The shift in attitude comes as boomers are reminded -- both by financial advisers and by the market volatility -- just how much they have to lose in the quest for a higher return. The average annual total return for the U.S. market was 10.3% from 1926 to 2007, according to Vanguard Group Inc. But the market, as measured by the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index, didn't provide an annual return within plus or minus four percentage points of that average in 72 of the 82 years that comprise it.
The mathematics are cruel: An investor who loses 15% in a single year, for instance, needs to make 18% the next year just to get back to the starting point. And if the retirement plan depends on earning an average of 10% a year, recouping those losses as well as the extra 10% would require a 29.4% one-year gain, or 13.8% in each of the next two years -- returns that many advisers agree can't be captured without taking on still more risk and volatility.
What is "crucial for these investors is not to lose the money in the first place by trying to maximize their returns in good times by focusing on what the Standard & Poor's 500 index is doing -- or the returns that their friends buzz about at cocktail parties or the golf course," says John Waldron, founder of Waldron Wealth Management LLC in Pittsburgh.
Need, Not Greed
"Reprogramming is one of the first things and most important things we have to do with our clients," says Mr. Waldron, whose firm helped reshape Dr. Palanisamy's attitudes to investment returns and risk in the four years since it was hired to oversee his portfolio. "We get them to the point that they recognize their investment strategy should be about need, not greed."
That, Mr. Waldron says, means using the growing array of analytical models and tools to calculate what size nest egg will generate the income clients need to accomplish their goals, whether it be paying for their grandchildren's education or just buying a new car every five years.
"Then we come up with an average annual return number that will get them there while taking as little risk as possible," he explains. "What the S&P is doing is completely irrelevant to any individual investor; it's esoteric, and yet so many people are fixated on beating it, regardless of their own personal needs or the risks they take in the process." Mr. Waldron's primary task, as he sees it, is to refocus his clients' attention on those risks.
Many of the portfolios that he oversees for boomers who have adopted this more-measured approach have 20% to 40% of the money invested in U.S. and foreign bonds. Anywhere from 10% to 35% is in alternative assets, ranging from relatively mainstream commodities funds to, for more affluent clients, hedge funds that adopt a "go anywhere" investment approach and aim to deliver returns not linked to stock- or bond-market returns, but that also emphasize risk control. Another 5% to 10% is in structured-note contracts that promise to deliver some, but not all, of a specified market's gain, in exchange for protection on the downside. In Dr. Palanisamy's portfolio, the goal is to capture anywhere from 60% to 80% of the upside in exchange for incurring about half of the losses. As little as 35% is in stocks, although the figure may climb as high as 50%.
Tug of War
It is far from simple to refocus clients. If there is one constant in the financial markets, it is the tug-of-war between fear and greed, advisers say. Many investors seem to feel as if they are entitled to at least 10% a year in market returns: To accept anything less from a financial adviser would seem to many to be leaving money on the table -- while still paying what feels like a hefty annual fee for advice.
"It's human nature that people think they ought to make 10% on the value of their house and 10% on their portfolio a year, every year," says Byron Wien, chief investment strategist at Pequot Capital Management in New York. Mr. Wien, during his many years at Morgan Stanley as an investment pundit, tried to devise a way to express mutual-fund returns in a way that would capture the amount of risk taken to achieve the return. "But that's a sophisticated approach that many investors aren't going to appreciate," he says. "Whether they can learn about it now [in the current bear market] and apply it in better times -- well, maybe."
Many financial advisers aren't that optimistic that the lessons will carry over once the doom and gloom lift: It is easier to be conservative when markets world-wide are sinking.
"A great investing strategy, like asset allocation, is about as exciting as watching grass grow," says Craig DuVarney a financial planner in Concord, Mass., who says his business has grown thanks to boomers seeking new strategies to cope with risk. "I hoped the impact of the last bear market would permanently change investor attitudes -- but they went back to taking unnecessary risks as soon as it was over. Now they are excessively fearful and they are being good, but I'm not convinced it's a complete conversion at heart."
Typically, one of the conversations that is most important between Mr. DuVarney and his boomer clients goes this way: "If the average annual return goes up a bit, and the average volatility goes up a lot, and you don't desperately need that extra return to meet your needs, you need to stop and ask yourself what you are doing."
It isn't easy to make the switch in thinking. The technicalities of computing an investor's needs and then devising the right kind of long-term portfolio can befuddle many nonprofessionals, says Jeff Colin, founder of Baker Street Advisors LLC in San Francisco. "These concepts, the details and ins and outs of modern portfolio theory, are kind of foreign to even many high-net worth investors," he says.
Steve Weinstein, founder of Altair Advisers LLC in Chicago, tries to redefine risk in terms his clients will understand. "I'll try to get a client to think about risk not as volatility or the probability of a loss, but as the chance that they won't achieve their portfolio objectives," he says. "That's the most important question on the mind of every client today: Will I end up with enough money to meet my needs and wants?"
Like many advisers, he says his client list has grown over the past two years as boomers have looked around for new approaches to wealth management in the wake of the second market slump in less than a decade. "They are highly motivated to rethink their traditional behavior patterns. That's for sure."
So how exactly to put the new caution into practice?
"It's more a matter of strategy and philosophy than products," says Leon Rousso, a financial planner in Ventura, Calif. "Right now, it's taking my clients away from chasing [top performing] mutual-fund managers -- a good thing all around -- and they are ending up with more exchange-traded funds in their portfolios." In general, ETFs track market benchmarks, so their holdings are published and always available for review. ETFs are a low-cost way to access a diversified group of stocks with specific risk and return characteristics that can be matched to a client's needs, Mr. Rousso says.
For investors under the age of 50, stocks still play a major role in a portfolio, representing as much as 70%, Mr. Rousso says. But that allocation is well-diversified by style and capitalization, with about a quarter of it reserved for non-U.S. equities. As clients approach 60 or cross the threshold into retirement, the weighting of stocks will diminish.
Like most advisers these days, Mr. Rousso turns to alternative-asset classes to diversify client portfolios. While there is a growing interest in everything from hedge funds for the affluent clients who can afford high minimum investments to private oil-well or farmland partnerships, Mr. Rousso directs about 10% of his clients' assets into one of the most traditional of alternatives, real-estate investment trusts, keeping an eye out for potential problems in the individual fund's specific strategy or geographic focus. He also will allocate as much as 10% of client assets to alternative-energy ETFs.
When it comes to average annual return, he says he aims to keep pace with inflation, while generating an extra three to four percentage points, typically a figure that would fall somewhere between 6% and 8%.
"That is what is achievable -- and the point at which investors can sleep at night," he says.
—Ms. McGee is a writer in New York City. She can be reached at email@example.com.


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The capacity spine is very helpful, even with a flat pocket. The pocket folder doesn't bow open and so sits better when full. Added bonus, each pocket can hold 20 sheets. So a 1 pocket folder would hold 20 sheets, a 2 pocket – 40 sheets.
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Fox has made no official decision about Fringe's future, despite earlier rumours. But Joel Wyman expects news soon.
The showrunner tweeted early this morning:
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Fox has made no official decision about Fringe's future, despite earlier rumours. But Joel Wyman expects news soon.
The showrunner tweeted early this morning:
We'll keep you updated on any developments!
Fox has moved the third and final Maze Runner movie to 2018.
The cast and crew were only a few days into filming The Death Cure in March when Dylan O'Brien suffered serious injuries on set, prompting the production to be put on a break so he could recover. When his recovery ended up taking longer than expected, the production was put on an indefinite hold.
Now, a plan to resume the shoot seems to be in place. Fox announced Friday The Death Cure will be hitting theaters January 12, 2018, which is nearly a year later than the original February 2017 date. The last Maze Runner movie, The Scorch Trials, opened last September.
Production on The Maze Runner: The Death Cure likely won't resume until late this year or early next. Dylan O'Brien has already committed to another movie which is expected to shoot this summer.
Getting the rest of the cast and crew back together to shoot The Maze Runner finale may be a bit of a challenge since they may've committed to other projects that were supposed to be shooting after they finished The Maze Runner. However, the new Death Cure release date suggests Fox has found a time that'll work for everyone.
Tom Cavanagh will return to The Flash in season 3 as a series regular, though which character he'll be playing remains to be seen.
Cavanagh has had a unique acting challenge on The Flash, playing a different version of his character in each of the first two seasons — and now it looks like he'll be doing it for a third season in a row, as EW confirms that he will be a series regular in season 3.
In season 1, Cavanagh played Eobard Thawne, aka the Reverse Flash, in Harrison Wells' body. Thawne, after traveling back in time, killed the original Wells and took his form to expedite the development of the particle accelerator so he could return to his own time. Thawne was written out of existence in the season 1 finale, though, leaving fans curious about who Cavanagh would be playing in season 2.
This past season, Cavanagh played the Earth-2 version of Harrison Wells, nicknamed Harry, who was a significantly different character from the man we thought was Wells in season 1. However, in the season 2 finale, Harry and his daughter, Jesse, returned to Earth-2.
So, who does that leave for Cavanagh to play in the third season?
My guess would be the Earth-1 version of Harrison Wells, who we only briefly met in a flashback in season 1. Why the original Wells? Because in the final moments of the season 2 finale, Barry traveled back in time and stopped Thawne from killing his mother. This means the timeline in which Thawne killed Wells and took his form no longer exists, so Earth-1 Wells would be the version left alive.
Assuming he does play the original version of the character, the one who was killed and had his identity stolen, it will be interesting to see Cavanagh inhabit yet another version of the character. While we already met Wells briefly in the flashback to his death, that was a small sample size. I look forward to seeing him differentiate another Wells from those he's already played for entire seasons.
Following an arrest in December, Glee star Mark Salling (who played Puck on the Fox series) is now facing child pornography charges.
A federal grand jury has charged the 33-year-old actor with two counts of child pornography after a search of his home turned up "thousands" of images and videos involving children, TMZ reports. He will be arraigned in early June.
Salling's charges potentially come with big sentences: 5 to 20 years in prison for receiving child porn, and another 20 years for possessing it.
After Glee went off air last year, Salling has worked on only one project: The action movie Adi Shankar's Gods and Secrets which is slated to hit theaters later this year.
The actor has been in trouble with the law before — he was sued for sexual battery in 2013.


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Mexican Stuffed Peppers With Quinoa & Black Beans
Serving Size 5
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- 1 cup quinoa, uncooked
- 1.5 cup water
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 yellow onion, diced
- 1 jalapeño pepper, seeded and minced
- 4 cloves garlic, minced and peeled
- 2 tomatoes, diced
- 1 (19oz) can black beans, drained and rinsed
- 0.5 cup cilantro, minced + 1 Tbsp for garnish
- 0.5 tsp salt
- 0.5 tsp freshly ground black pepper
- 0.5 tsp ground cumin
- 0.5 tsp chili powder
- 0.25 cup water
- 5 bell peppers (any color), sliced in half from stem to tip, seeds and membranes removed
- Rinse quinoa well, then pour into a medium saucepan, with 1.5 cups of water and garlic powder. Stir, bring to a boil, then lower heat and cover, simmering for 15 minutes, or until all liquid is absorbed. Remove from heat and scoop into a large bowl.
- Add olive oil to a medium-sized skillet over medium heat. Add onion, jalapeño and garlic and sauté for 5 minutes, or until onion is translucent. Add tomatoes, black beans, cilantro, salt, pepper, cumin and chili powder. Stir, continue to cook for another 2-3 minutes. Remove from heat, and pour into the bowl of quinoa.
- Stir all ingredients well to combine.
- Pour ¼ cup water to the bottom of a 9 x 13" baking dish. Place your peppers, cut side up into the dish. Divide filling among the peppers. Cover the dish with foil, and bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. Remove the foil, then continue cooking for another 15 minutes.
- Serve peppers warm. You can drizzle them with hot sauce for some extra heat and sprinkle with fresh, chopped cilantro.
Notes: The bell peppers will be soft, but not too soft. If you would like very tender peppers, you can begin by boiling the peppers in a large pot for 5 minutes. Drain, and rinse with cold water.
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Free WI-FI
Parking spaces at the hotel
Bicycle hire
Hotel description Hotel-Restaurant Auerstein
The Auerstein Hotel & Restaurant was renovated in February 2014 after a change of the owner. Each of the 17 rooms established in a unique boutique style with an individual charme.
The Boutiquehotel offers everything you need for your stay in one of the most beautiful cities in Germany. Culinary pleasure is served in our restaurant with it's mediterranean cuisine, regional specialties and great wines. Enjoy our warmhearted service and comfortable atmosphere. We are looking forward to you visit.
Further information on the hotel
Enjoy traditional mediterranean cuisine in the Auerstein Restaurant with it's lovely garden patio. Parking is available nearby the hotel.
Reception hours
On business days from 7:00 AM to 10:00 PM
On the weekend from 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM
Check-in time:12:00
Check-out time:10:00
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Dossenheimer Landstr. 82, 69121 Heidelberg, Germany
Distances (km)
|Metro / suburban train
|Highway (A5)
|Congress center (Stadthalle Heidelberg)
|City district (Heidelberg)
|Station (Heidelberg Hbf)
|Airport (Frankfurt am Main International Airport (FRA))
|Airport (Karlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport (FKB))
|Airport (Stuttgart Airport (STR))
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Starting point:The Hotel & Restaurant Auerstein is located in the Heidelberg district Handschuhsheim. By car you can either take the exit Dossenheim on the Autobahn A5 or the exit Heidelberg at the... more
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Parking spaces at the hotel
Free WI-FI
Hotel features
- Single rooms: 4
- Double rooms: 13
- Triple rooms: 5
- Quadruple rooms: 2
- Junior suites: 2
- Mobile phone reception
- Quick check-out
- Wireless LAN in public areas
- Fire detector
- Pet friendly (15 EUR/night)
- Garden terrace
Room features
- Shower
- Wi-Fi
- Noise-protected windows
- Window that can be opened
- Non-smoking room
- Cable TV
- Trouser press
- Full-length mirror
- Telephone
- Hairdryer
- Restaurant
- Vegetarian meals
- Bar
- Café/Bistro
- Outdoor gastronomy
Sport/leisure activities
- Bicycle hire
- Walkways
Accepted credit card payments
- MasterCard
- Visa
Hotel location
|City district
|2.9 km/1.8 mi
|66.92 km/41.6 mi
|no details
|3.27 km/2 mi