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Dead Man Rising
The Society had come to hurt her. Planted a bomb
They failed.
He'd saved her and died doing so. Or so they thought.
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Disclaimer: I don't own any part of GW, nor profit from anything I write.
Warnings: fluff
School Daze - A Compliation of Short Stories
Story 5 - The Gift
Duo's Friendship Arc 14
by Dyna Dee
During the short time he'd been planet side, Heero Yuy had discovered that his education was not as complete as he had once thought. The people he'd encountered during his mission to Earth as a gundam pilot seemed to bring, along with their acquaintance, challenges to his training and, slowly, his perceptions and limited understanding of humanity was changing. He was forced to re-evaluate what he had been taught and how he interacted with those people he'd met.
The first person he'd come face to face with when he came to earth was a girl, Relena Dorilan, and she confused him. He couldn't understand at first why he didn't eliminate her when she discovered what he was. At their first meeting and those few short interludes in which they socially mingled, he'd evaluated her as being a mixture of softness and compassion, things so foreign to his life and training, and yet, she had a spark of stubborn determination that was both irritating and admirable. He was somehow drawn to her, yet at the same time, he was somewhat fearful of her. Not that she posed any danger to him physically, but she was an unknown factor that distracted him, and he couldn't afford to be distracted any further than he was.
He'd had similar conflicting emotions regarding the other gundam pilots. Duo baffled him the most with his humor, his ever-changing moods, and his general upbeat attitude. Though their personalities differed greatly, he found a need for this other boy in his life. He'd rationalized that they both needed a friend....and more than that, a connection had been made between them similar to that of brothers.
The Wing pilot felt an affinity for the other pilots as well. Friendship had grown as their acceptance and faith in each other was built from the ground up. He knew he could rely on them, and they on him. And at the moment, he was relying on two of his friends to help him through another situation for which he'd had no training whatsoever.
He looked up at the long and large brick building in front of him. His eyes narrowed as he took in the perimeter and various doors leading into the building that would provide a quick escape route if the mission went badly. He rubbed his palms against the black dress slacks, designated as part of the school uniforms they all wore as they hadn't had time to change out of them before leaving on this mission. He had been informed that the time needed to accomplish their task was limited. He also realized with a bit of a start that he was nervous, or maybe it was just apprehension. Two emotions he wasn't familiar or comfortable with. With trepidation, he'd accepted the need for the task that had been set out for him to be accomplish. He straightened his spine with determination, his fists clenched resolutely at his side, and his eyes bore into the building as if his will alone would fulfill his mission.
"Man, Heero, chill out." Duo chided as he slapped his best friend on the back. "How are ya ever gonna live to be an old man when you freak out about something like this?" he asked with incredulous amusement.
"I am not freaking out." the Wing pilot replied in a dangerous tone, his eyes shooting daggers at his best friend.
Duo Maxwell rolled his eyes in disbelief and looked to the other side of the stoic pilot to their other friend. "What do you think, Quatre?" Is he freaking?"
"Definitely freaking." the blonde answered with a humorous grin refusing to be squelched on his face.
"Listen, Heero," the braided boy placed his forearm across his friend's tense shoulder and casually leaned against him. "This is not a freakin mission, Heero. You don't have to maim or kill anyone here, self destruct, or blow up anything."
"I know that." the Japanese boy replied through gritted teeth as he gave his friend his best warning glare.
"Then why so tense?" Quatre answered. "We've got everything we need for this venture to be successful." he patted his hip pocket.
The Wing pilot hesitated a moment as he tried to think of words to explain his feelings and actions. "This is....unchartered territory for me." he admitted to the two standing close to him. Both sets of eyes widened slightly before a look of understanding passed between them.
"Wasn't exactly in the training, was it?" Duo guessed.
Heero nodded. "Only when I practiced search and destroy scenarios. Dr. J would set me loose in such a place and I had to find a particular target in order for my practice mission to succeed."
Quatre's eyes lit up with inspiration. "Can't you see, Heero, that this is exactly the same as your practice drills. We need to search and identify, not a particular person, but an item within specified perimeters."
Heero's intense eyes relaxed slightly at the Sandrock pilot's use of language in redefining his objective. He nodded his head. "Got it." His two companions smiled, showing a measure of relief at his more relaxed stance and attitude. His eyes were less intense, but still held the look of determined purpose, his hands had unclenched and now relaxed by his side.
Duo clapped him on the back once again. "Well, alllllllrighty then." he beamed. "Our objective is something meaningful, yet not extravagant; thoughtful, but not showy."
Heero tensed again. "I have no idea what that is." he admitted a look of near panic reflected in his blue eyes.
"That's why we're here, Heero. We won't let you down at a time like this." Quatre assured him with mock seriousness and a grin as he took hold of the Wing pilot's arm and Duo took hold of the other. Together the two boys moved him forward towards the large glass doors leading into the building.
"You're sure we have to do this?" Heero asked uncertain as the feeling of dread came back to him.
"Yes!" both boys flanking him replied simultaneously.
"Very well." he acquiesced glumly. "Let's just get this over with."
"Geeze, Heero. You act like we're taking you to face a firing squad or something." Duo said with a huff. He looked up to exchange a puzzled look with Quatre as they almost literally dragged the perfect soldier through the doors of the Brussels' Megamall.
The pilot of Wing knew he was in way over his head only moments after they'd entered the building. Why he chose these two particular boys to help him caused him to question his powers of reasoning. Duo, he had rationalized, loved any kind of shopping establishment. He decided that this was most likely due to his spartan childhood. He always bought items that were unique and interesting, and brought them out to show his friends. His purchases were objects that were fascinating or sentimental. A story of those purchases always followed an explanation of why he'd purchased it and the telling always unveiled another part of Duo's past to him, helping him to understand his friend better. He didn't purchase furiously, but with practiced frugality, giving way extravagance only when need or sentiment prevailed. Heero had thought that surely his friend would be helpful to him on this assignment.
Quatre, on the other hand, had unlimited purchasing power. He was more familiar with this territory than any of the pilots and he'd estimated he would also be valuable on this mission. 'How could I have miscalculated so badly?' he asked himself.
Their objective had been to find a gift for their dates. Relena was once again in attendance at the school they'd been hiding in for the last few weeks. The school's spring social activities included an annual boxed lunch picnic. The girls prepared a special picnic lunch and invited a boy to attend the event with her. The boy, in return, was to present a small gift to his hostess. Evidently, it was a well attended and very popular school event to which Relena had promptly invited him to on the day it had been announced.
He'd had no experience in purchasing a gift for a female, which led him to his present dilemma. Without any knowledge as to what a fifteen year old girl would like to receive as a gift from a boy, he'd turned to the person he thought would be most helpful, Duo. His best friend had, in turn, gone to Quatre, and the two planned this excursion to the mall. Wufei and Trowa had declined accompanying them to the enormous shopping establishment, having managed to dodge any approaching female with a glint of hope in her eyes. He assumed the two had as little experience in this kind of purchasing as he had, so he didn't insist they participate in this torturous excursion.
His two companions had pushed and pulled his reluctant body from one store to another, looking for the perfect gift. Never had he met two people who had such opposite tastes. Duo suggested a music C.D., but no one knew what kind of music Relena liked. Quatre dragged them to a jewelry store only to have Duo's eyes threaten to pop out of his head in horror at the prices. "Too extravagant!" he insisted. Heero knew his face must have shown a blush as the two practiced shoppers led him into an expensive women's lingerie shop. Full-figured manikins were dressed in scanty silk underwear, and racks of multi-colored and printed bras and matching panties crowded the interior of the store. Duo insisted they had nice scented hand lotion there, yet no one was surprised when he didn't pass up the chance to hand Heero a silk lacy thong as a suggestion. The clerks ushered them out quickly as Heero reached forward and wrapped the tiny article of clothing around Duo's neck.
As they visited every store within the unbelievably large complex, the two accompanying him insisted he enjoy the delectable delights a mall like this provided. Within the three hours of their hunting, they eaten hot dogs on a stick with lemonade, pieces of chocolate, ice cream on a stick dipped in chocolate and rolled in roasted nuts, soft buttery pretzels, and large gooey cinnamon rolls along with milk.
"I want go back to the dorms now." Heero moaned after three grueling hours passed. His stomach was filled, miserably so, with foods he was unaccustomed to eating, his feet were sore, and his patience was spent. He looked down at the packages they all held. Duo managed to talk Quatre into buying each of them some clothes and "necessities." The Winner heir, as generous as always, was only too happy to comply. Though how CD's, a back massager, and posters were considered a "necessity" he'd never know.
"You have to make a decision before we leave here, Heero." Quatre explained calmly with seemingly infinite patience. "Tomorrow is the picnic and you need a gift."
"What are you giving your date?" he asked the blonde.
"A box of fine chocolates." Quatre answered.
"Then that's what I'll give." he said and felt like he should slap himself up along side the head for not asking sooner.
"No can do." Duo piped up, earning a glare.
For some reason unfathomable to the Wing pilot, his friend seemed even cheerier now than when they entered the mall. Heero quickly came to the conclusion that his friend was always happy when he was spending someone else's money.
"We might end up sitting with each other at the picnic and you can't give the same gift.....it'll appear....unoriginal." he explained with a shrug.
"What did you buy?" Heero asked and Duo smiled as he opened one of the three large bags he carried and rummaged around in the bottom for a few moments. His eyes lit up as his hand found what he was looking for. He pulled out a shiny red bag and opened it, taking out a two by five inch, green velvet covered box. Flipping the lid open, he proudly displayed the contents, a gold charm bracelet with a small picnic basket attached.
"Great idea!" Quatre commented, sounding impressed. He then frowned slightly thinking his friend's gift seemed more thoughtful than a box of chocolates. But Duo had insisted that you couldn't go wrong with a box of really good chocolate. By the colonies, they'd sampled enough of the sweet confection to pick out only the best pieces to be carefully placed in the gold box.
Heero's face was neutral as he considered his friends' purchases.
"See?" Duo pointed to the item in his hand. "It's not expensive, it's personal, and something that will evoke a memory of the day she got this long after we're gone." Duo could see the wheels turning in Heero's brain. "Think of what Relena might enjoy, that might help." he offered just before his eyes widened with excitement as he looked over Heero's shoulder. "Look, chocolate chip cookies. Ya gotta have one of those with walnuts." he told his friends, and quickly handed his packages to Quatre and literally bounce off towards the aromatic shop.
Heero took a deep breath and scratched the top of his head. What did he really know about Relena? His mind turned over different descriptions of her that he'd formed over the brief time they'd known of each other. She was smart, attractive, a politician's daughter, and she seemed to want to spend time with him. Heero's mind reviewed all that he'd seen in the many stores they visited in the last three hours when suddenly, an idea came to him.
"Here." he handed his packages to an already overburdened Arabian teen. "I'll be back in a few minutes."
"Oh,... okay." Quatre answered as he struggled to hold onto the six large packages added to his own three.
Ten minutes later, Heero returned with a plastic bag carefully hidden behind him. Duo handed him a large cookie. It appeared his and Quatre's had already been consumed.
"Whadja get?' he asked, trying to catch a glimpse of the stores name on the white bag hidden carefully behind Heero's back.
"I found something." he answered with no emotion or smile. The sign that a mission was accomplished and their excursion had now officially come to an end.
"Great!" Quatre beamed. "What did you decided on?"
"It's a surprise." Heero gave them a crooked smile.
Duo blinked in confusion. "We told you what we bought." he reminded his roommate, thinking it only fair his friend do the same.
Heero shrugged.
Duo pouted.
Quatre glanced at his watch. "We better get back if we're going to catch a late dinner.
Duo's eyes widened. "That's right, they're having stroganoff tonight. Let's go." He grabbed his three large bags from Quatre then turned to head towards the exit doors to the street.
Heero eyed his retreating friend with disbelief as he stumbled along. "How can you think of eating anything else after all the.......junk food we've just eaten?" he asked struggling to retrieve his shopping bags from Quatre while trying to keep hold of his cookie as both boys quickened their pace to keep up with the energetic American.
Duo looked back, his eyes radiating amazement. "But it's stroganoff, Heero. Beef stroganoff." He reached back to pull at the sleeves of the slower two behind him to hurry them along, his mouth already salivating at the thought of his favorite evening meal.
The day of the picnic dawned gloriously with a bright blue sky, warm temperatures, and an occasional wispy white cloud that slowly tracked its way across the sky. A perfect day for a picnic. Each pilot met his date at her dorm room and escorted her to the local park where the event was being held.
Heero's calm exterior belied the uneasy feeling he felt inside. He was actually feeling nervous, and on a date. An informal one but, nonetheless, a date. He almost flinched when Relena casually slipped her hand to rest on his upper arm as they strolled towards the park, unused to the feeling of pleasure it sent through him. She smiled warmly at him and carried on most of the one-sided and polite conversation. He wasn't use to talking with girls and was almost relieved when he spotted Duo amongst the crowd of students already gathered together.
Standing next to his friend, who was dressed similarly in casual clothing as he was, in jeans and a white oxford shirt, was a girl he knew had been actively pursuing Duo for the last few weeks. Annika was a petite, vivacious strawberry blonde, "perky" is how Duo described her. She was standing next to him now with her hands wrapped possessively around his arm and her eyes looking up in an adoring manner into his face. Duo, unlike everyone around them, seemed completely unaware of her blatant adoration, either that or he choose to ignore is as you'd have to be blind not to see it, was currently searching the large group of students until his eyes fell on he and Relena. His face nearly burst with a bright grin and motioned them over.
Relena followed Heero's line of sight and saw Duo's invitation. "Would you like to join them?" she asked.
Heero turned to her. "You wouldn't mind?"
She replied with a warm smile. "Not at all."
Returning the smile, Heero led Relena towards the two and noticed the unmistakable blonde hair on top of Quatre's head as he made his way through the crowd towards the same direction. "Just remember we're on a mission and to use our school names." he reminded her.
"Got it." she smiled. It was exciting to be the only person in school to know that the infamous Gundam pilots were right under their noses, and that they were her friends. "Odin, Parish, and Rocky, right?" she repeated their aliases.
Heero nodded.
"But why Rocky?" Relena asked quietly so that no one would hear but her date. "It seems so unlike Quatre. More like the name of a sports jock." she smiled with amusement.
Heero nodded returning the grin. "He wanted to try something new." he replied, sharing her amusement at the name so unlike the blonde Arabian.
Quatre and his date had met up with Duo and his girl just moments before Heero and Relena arrived. They had only a moment to greet each other and their dates before the Principle's voice cut loudly through the crowd with his use of a cheap sound system that squawked and buzzed as he spoke. He gave a short speech to officially start the annual picnic by welcoming the students and announcing that soft drinks could be found at the tables set up by the pond.
After his speech, the six agreed to picnic together and chose a spot far away from the inner circle of students that crowded together in clumps on the green.
They sat with their dates on separate table cloths the girls provided and ate their lunch together, the boys making sure to flatter their hostess with praises for the wonderful meal they'd prepared. Duo was wiping off the remnants of his most delicious fried chicken on a napkin and watched Quatre, who had finished ahead of him and was pulling out the bag he'd carried and presented the box to his date, Jessica. The brunet gushed over the fine chocolates and after opening the box, shared a piece with each of them.
Duo brought forward his red bag that he'd been carrying. Annika squealed with delight as she opened the box and discovered what was inside. "Oh Parish, it's perfect." she gushed and held it up for everyone to see, then asked "Parish" to help her put it on. She admired it on her wrist for a moment then threw herself at the braided boy, knocking him back into the lush grass and landing on top of him in a lip lock, trying her best to find his tonsils.
Seeing that the boy on the ground didn't seem to mind the demonstrative act of gratitude, Heero brought forward the white paper bag that held his wrapped gift. He shyly handed it to his date.
Relena took out the light blue foil wrapped gift from the bag and verbally admired the beautiful paper and painstakingly loosened the tape as to not rip it. Setting the perfectly in-tact piece of wrapping paper aside, she held in her hand a wooden box with a checkerboard design on the top and bottom of it, the sides were hinged. She exchanged a curious look with Heero who leaned forward showing her a clasp on the other side. Opening it, she saw a variety or carved wooden pieces and instantly recognized them. "It's a chess set." she looked up slightly puzzled, but offered a gracious smile. "Thank you, Odin. It's very nice."
"Do you know how to play?" he asked.
Relena shook her head as she gazed down at the pieces within the box that she now realized opened up into a chess board. "My father tried to teach me once while we were on a shuttle trip to one of the colonies." she sighed deeply at the memory. "He was interrupted by a phone call and never finished." She picked up the white king and caressed it thoughtfully. "He loved the game," she said more quietly. "just never had time to play it."
Duo, hearing the change of tone in the conversation, sat up, though Annika was still doing her best to distract him. He gently pushed her to the side and put his arm around her shoulder to hold her in place to better observe what was going on between Heero and Relena.
"It's a game of strategy," Heero explained as he looked into her eyes to see the pain the memory had brought her. "and I thought that maybe I could teach you."
Relena's eyes lifted up from the box on her lap, her eyes were bright and her smile dazzling. "Really? You'd take the time to teach me?" she asked almost breathless.
Heero nodded and the two spent a few moments staring into each other's eyes, oblivious of their surroundings or companions.
"Good job with the gift, Odin." Duo's voice called out to end the gazing fest. "He picked that out all by himself Relena." he was happy to inform her.
"It's a wonderful, thoughtful gift." she answered sincerely, her eyes never straying from Heero's face.
The scratchy sound system was turned on once again, and the principal's voice announced the sack race that would begin shortly. Both boy and girl would climb into a large burlap sack and jump together to the finish line. The first couple to pass the line would win tickets to the local movie theater.
Duo's date jumped to her feet and grabbing hold of his hands and pulled him up. "Come on Parish. I know we can win." her green eyes glistened with mischief.
"Yeah right." the long haired boy laughed with his usual good nature as he brushed the grass from off his pants. "I know you just can't wait to get me in the sack."
The air around them froze for a moment at that statement, just before they all burst out into laughter. The girls and boys both blushing as memories were being forged in each of their minds of this day with friends, food, and a few moments when the war seemed to be another world away.
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We are having fun in Hawaii, of course. Adam came to Gas Chambers with us and took some family pictures. Zeke had just woken up and wasn't being his usual bubbly self and neither was Gio, but we got some good ones anyway. We longboarded at Pupukeas. Danny and I caught two waves tandem and I practiced my handstands. It was very small, but fun anyway.
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The stage was more than set for Phil Mickelson to win his first U.S. Open. It was Father's Day, his birthday and he led by one stroke entering the final round of the tournament. Unfortunately, Mickelson did what he does best and he finished in second place once again in the Open.
Mickelson is a class act and he deserved to win. However, no one told Justin Rose that, who ended up hoisting the trophy with a two-stroke victory.
Tiger Woods dominates the headlines of golf. That is how it has always been and that is how it will always be–as long as he is still on the Tour. However, Mickelson was in the spotlight today and all eyes were on him and then some. This is the sixth time that he has finished as the runner-up in the Open and he is not getting any younger. Although golf has no age limit, time is running out for Mickelson to win this tournament. His confidence will likely be hurting beyond today–as it should.
Despite a 74 on the day, Mickelson gave it his all. Don't mind the two double bogeys and three bogeys on the round. Being able to hit the ball a mile, have great approach shots and an impressive short game is key, but golf is a mental game and the mental side of the sport seemed to get the better of Mickelson on a day he should have won.
Mickelson is still a great golfer and finishing tied for second place will help him on the season, but "if you ain't first, you're last" could not be more true on this day.
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Slow Cooker Chicken Ropa Vieja
- 1.5 to 2 lb.s chicken pieces (boneless skinless) $3.41
- 4 cloves garlic $0.32
- ½ Tbsp oregano 0.15
- 1 tsp cumin $0.10
- ⅛ tsp red pepper flakes $0.02
- Freshly cracked black pepper $0.05
- 1 medium yellow onion $0.37
- 1 medium green bell pepper $0.69
- 1 medium red bell pepper $1.79
- 1 15oz. can diced tomatoes $0.75
- 3 Tbsp tomato paste $0.22
- Salt to taste (1/2 to 1 tsp) $0.02
- Trim the chicken pieces of excess fat, if desired. Place the chicken pieces in the bottom of the slow cooker (4qt. or larger). Mince the garlic and add it to the slow cooker. Sprinkle the oregano, cumin, red pepper flakes, and some freshly cracked pepper over the chicken.
- Slice the onion, green bell pepper, and red bell pepper into strips. Place the onion and bell peppers on top of the chicken in the slow cooker. Add the can of diced tomatoes (with juices) and tomato paste to the slow cooker. The tomato paste can be added in dollops and will be stirred in after cooking.
- Place the lid on the slow cooker and cook on high for four hours. After four hours, remove the lid and use tongs to stir the contents. Break the chicken into shreds as you stir the slow cooker. If the juices in the slow cooker are too thin, allow the pot to continue simmering on high without the lid for about 15 minutes to reduce the liquid. Taste and season with salt as needed (I added ½ tsp).
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well todays post will center around my experience of using an iPad in an enterprise / corporate / business environment. again this is a recount of my personal experience and attempt to use my iPad in my work world (ie Network Operations / Support realms, project management).
honestly, the iPad doesn't fare too well, at least when it comes to the straight productivity side of things for my needs/expectations. Keep on reading for the details, apps and end results.
Usage Scenarios/Notepad Killer?
When I first purchased my iPad, my intended use for it was more personal than business use (ie more consumption than creation). However, why would I not try to use it for business needs too? Its a great travel companion/entertainment package. Battery life is amazing for those long flights and if you have the 3G model, having internet built-in is ideal and a good deal versus paying for wifi at airports, etc.
One thing I personally was trying to replace in my analog world was paper notepads. I use notepads for everything since I'm more of a mind map type thinker. A touchscreen should be pretty good for this. I have now used several of the most popular iPad apps for this: Penultimate and PaperDesk being a few of the mainstream ones.
The apps themselves are good however the main problem is having to use touch, ie your finger or a proper pen/stylus.
At the moment I there really are not many options for stylus since its a capacitive screen. Accuracy using your finger is not very good and really inhibits the ability to take fast notes and thus replace the paper notepad. Some say that the Pogo Stylus works pretty well but I have yet to try it so I can not say; however I have tried several cheaper, ebay stylus (came in a bundled set) and not had much luck in the writing, drawing area (too sticky of material).
Once a decent stylus is released, I could see the iPad replacing my notepads. But until then, not quite there yet.
The iPad however does thrive on the consumption side of things. If you need something to read notes from or use as a reference guide, the iPad does this very nicely. GoodReader is a must for those with tons of document types. It also syncs to google docs and a few other cloud services.
Also, for basic Remote Desktop needs, the iPad does a decent job with it too. I personally have used iTap RDP (retail) and it works really well. One thing most people do not know is that if your running Windows 7 Prof or Ultimate, you can get a hacked dll file that lets you do concurrent RDP sessions. What does that mean? It means you can have a remote desktop session connected and working and still be logged on locally and working on a different account. :) Here's a link to the proper dlls for 32bit and 64bit. I setup a seperate remote account w/a limited resolution for the ipad and also use a basic theme. This way my current/local account settings aren't affected by the connection and I can still maintain some security w/the remote account (since I access it over the internet).
Media Center content will not play over RDP (i wish!).
Evernote is a very nice tool too if you have multiple devices and like to sync across them. I used Evernote for tracking my time recently. Yes, it was a more manual way by just writing down my hours but still useful since I could do it from my Nexus One or iPad or desktop PC. Cross-platform syncing is a key feature for me.
Conclusions Thus Far...
The iPad is a great consumption device but still not quite an ideal input / creation device. Notetaking apps such as Penultimate and PaperDesk are useful to a degree but the bottom line is that a finger is not a pen and a pen-like stylus still needs to come to the iPad (PoGo is close but still not like a tablet windows pc's pen is in terms of accuracy and feel).
Its a great PDF / documentation reading device and entertainment system. It has kept me busy on all of my trips this year and has replaced my mbp13 i used to take for my entertainment needs. However, if you need to do some major crunching / computing, bring your laptop to save you some time and productivity.
Multimedia and social media-wise, well thats a whole different post. :)


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An agreement was found with the European Parliament and the Council, following final negotiations between the three institutions (so-‐called 'trilogue' meetings). The reform aims to both empower individuals with more control over their personal data and stimulate economic growth by cutting costs and red tape for European business.
On December 15, 2015, an agreement was finally found with the European Parliament and the Council, following the negotiations between the three institutions involved (so-‐called "trilogue" meetings).
The new and long-‐awaited legislation will put an end to the patchwork of data protection rules that currently exists in the EU, enhancing the citizens' confidence in the processing of their personal data.
At the same time modernized and unified rules will allow businesses to make the most of the opportunities of the Digital Single Market by cutting red tape and benefiting from reinforced consumers' trust.
Following political agreement reached in trilogue, the final text will be formally adopted by the European Parliament and Council at the beginning 2016. The new rules will become applicable two years thereafter.
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Introducing the 2018 Native Slayer Propel 13
New for 2018 - Slayer Propel comes with front bow hatch cover and 2 flush rod holders behind seat, stand assist strap and tool management kit.
$60 shipping most of the USA
1. Hands free fishing just got better with the Slayer 13 Propel. This model has the same open deck layout and fast stable hull as our popular Slayer series plus, an extra large rudder for quick maneuverability. Our unique Propel system is the only pedal drive system that can be pedaled in reverse, an essential capability when battling the catch of the day.
Length:13' 2"
Weight:101 lbs total (82 lbs without the seat and propel)
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I have owned a Mariner Propel since 2012 and have enjoyed every minute spent on the water fishing, touring, cruising, camping....etc.
It was such a stable platform that I was able to place both of my daughters and myself on the kayak for fishing adventures in Florida. one on the back and one on the front. My daughter on the front closed out an inshore Grand Slam last summer on the flats. Redfish, Seatrout, Flounder and Snook all in one afternoon on the front of my Mariner Propel. These have been great trips and great memories. I was convinced the MAriner Propel was the best thing on the water. I also owned another kayak (hobie Outback Hank Parker) and used it quite often when friends and my wife came along. The Outback is a quality kayak equipped with the Turbo fins....but everyone wanted to use the Mariner after they compared the two during usage. I eventually sold the Hobie and ordered another Native. I got the new Slayer propel....... WOW!
I spent over 6 hours on the Slayer my forst trip and caught 10 different species of fish off of Tampa Florida!! What a day and what a Kayak! I never thought I would look at my Mariner as an inferior fishing machine.... Hands down the absolute best! The Slayer is everything you want in a fishing kayak. I even put my 120 pound wife in the back and she was incredibly comfortable and the kayak was even more stable than the Mariner.
I will be replacing my Mariner soon for another Slayer from the guys at Delaware Paddlesports. They were awesome to work with when I purchased my first Slayer this past February. I will definitely get the next one from them.


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CloudBudget improves the way small and medium size organizations manage the budgeting ... More
CloudBudget improves the way small and medium size organizations manage the budgeting process.
CloudBudget is a pay-as-you-go SaaS budgeting solution focused on solving the budgeting problems experienced by small and mid-size businesses and corporate divisions operating multiple offices.
CloudBudget's target customers are the over 90,000 SMBs and countless corporate divisions seeking to avoid the high cost of implementing and maintaining enterprise systems and the limitations of budgeting via Excel spreadsheets.
Compatibility with Salesforce products (CloudBudget is built upon the force.com platform) and a flexible design make CloudBudget particularly attractive to the rapidly growing Salesforce user base.
CloudBudget runs on salesforce.com servers and infrastructure, giving users uninterrupted system availability, fast response times, and the highest possible data security.
Service Innovation:
The CloudBudget service presents users with a sophisticated, online, data engine called the Cloud Consultant.
The Cloud Consultant makes it possible to easily and rapidly establish a precise budgeting workflow across numerous departments, offices, and subsidiaries.
Via the Cloud Consultant organizations can remove the need to engage internal IT resources or engage outside consultants.
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CloudBudget target users are small and medium organizations with annual revenue between 2 and 250 million USD and multiple office and/or subsidiary locations, distributed either domestically or internationally. Users fall into two main categories:
· Organizations hanging onto error ridden excel-based budgeting systems that they have outgrown
· Organizations unsatisfied with the value / price of existing budgeting systems and approaches
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If you've ever looked up from your desk and thought that the office seemed to have more consultants in it than staff on the payroll then there's probably a logical answer. The answer usually comes in two parts, firstly you're not dreaming and secondly there's obviously a major IT project going on.
This scenario has been played out in countless small and medium sized businesses and is often the result of business growth. This growth will have accelerated the need to ditch the unreliable spreadsheet based budgeting system that could just about cope when the business started but is struggling to keep up with the vertical numbers and the multi-location enterprise it has now become.
Step forward the gang of consultants and their game changing budgeting software. The paradox here is that if you'd had game changing budgeting software at the outset it would have told you that you probably couldn't afford them.
CloudBudget aims to remove both the need to install software and pay consultancy fees in one hit and if it's as good as it looks at first sight will no doubt succeed.
Based on the Force.com platform the application gives management all the tools needed to generate accurate budgets based on the answers given in an extensive online survey called Cloud Consultant (OK so you need one consultant!). This is no brief business outline though and will take some time to complete so preparation is key. Having said that, it doesn't charge an hourly rate...


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The Patriots are 5-0 all-time against the Ravens, including a win this season. Tom Brady is 8-0 at home in the postseason. The Patriots haven't lost a home playoff game since Pete Carroll was at the helm. So what's with the ominous cloud hovering over Foxborough?
Wes Welker's season-ending knee injury derailed any late-season momentum. Suddenly, there are more question marks heading into Sunday than there have been for any game since Week 2 of 2008.
Just how valuable was Welker?
Before diving into how to replace Wes, let's appreciate what he meant to the Patriots. While playing just a shade more than 13 games, Welker hauled in 123 passes, tying Herman Moore for second most in NFL history behind only Marvin Harrison's 143 in 2002. Despite 20 fewer catches, Welker's 2009 campaign was arguably more prolific than Harrison's. Ignoring his abbreviated one-catch performance in Week 17, Welker averaged 9.4 receptions in 13 games. Multiplied over a full 16 games, Welker would have 150 receptions at that rate.
Welker's season is impressive when looking at his receptions total. It's historic when you consider the rate at which he was catching balls before the injury. Now factor in how often he was targeted, and Wes Welker's season is downright baffling.
Welker was targeted 162 times, a high number, but only the third most in the NFL in 2009, and the 35th most in the past decade. However, he hauled in 75.9 percent of the passes thrown his way. In the six seasons in which a receiver caught 122 or more passes, Welker was targeted by far the fewest times and easily had the highest catch percentage.
In fact, over the past decade, Welker's 2009 catch percentage was the second highest among all 352 players targeted at least 100 times in a season. The only one higher? Welker's 77.2 percent in 2007. His 2008 season ranks third. In short, Welker's productivity, reliability and efficiency over the past three seasons are unprecedented. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, his three-year total of 346 receptions has only been topped by Marvin Harrison's 354 catches from 2000 to 2002.
Can Edelman impersonate Welker?
According the Elias Sports Bureau, the last time the NFL's receptions leader missed a playoff game was Mac Speedie of the 1952 Browns. Before him, it was Red Badgro of the 1934 Giants. Sadly, neither is known as the Wally Pipp of the NFL, so history may not work in the Patriots' favor here.
If you had to pick one guy to fill in for a record-setting receiver, a rookie seventh-round pick might not be your first choice. Throw in the fact he was a college quarterback, and the prospect seems even more alarming. A year ago, Julian Edelman wasn't even among the 330 college players invited to the NFL combine.
Yet, Edelman is the Patriots' best hope for doing an imitation of Welker, who himself went undrafted. In the three games missed by Welker, Edelman averaged seven receptions per game. That would put him on pace for 112 catches over a 16-game season. Only Welker himself had more than that this season.
Edelman hauled in 68.5 percent of the passes thrown his way, an impressive rate if not quite on Welker's level. That percentage -- like Welker's -- is helped by the frequency with which he is the target of short passes. However, while Welker only dropped five of the 162 passes thrown his way, Edelman has just one fewer drop despite 108 fewer targets. His drop rate is more than double Welker's.
Even if Edelman replicates Welker's statistics, past games indicate that the Patriots' offense will still miss Welker's presence. Tom Brady had a 102.9 passer rating and 68.0 completion percentage with Welker healthy. Without him, Brady's rating plummets to 68.9 and his completion percentage slips to 56.3. Not surprisingly, Brady targeted Randy Moss more without Welker in the lineup, and even less surprisingly, defenses keyed on Moss. Of his 30 targets with Welker injured, Moss caught only 12. That 40.0 catch percentage is down from 59.6 percent with Welker in the lineup.
So all Edelman has to do is replace one the most prolific pass-catchers in NFL history, keep opposing defenses honest enough to free up Randy Moss and overcome the pressures of playing his first playoff game.
Can the running game help to replace Welker?
Could the ultimate solution not be a wide receiver at all? While logic points to Edelman, the Patriots could look to the running game in Welker's absence.
When healthy, Welker has in some ways been used as a surrogate running back. First down? Rather than picking up 4 yards on the ground, let Welker create a second-and-short. Short yardage? Rather than punch it up the middle, why not sling it to Welker, who inevitably had inside position on the cornerback. Quick shots to Welker were the bread-and-butter of the Patriots' offense.
The Patriots were one of only eight teams -- and the only AFC team -- that had more pass attempts than rushes on first down. Welker was the target on first down 63 times and had 52 receptions, most in the NFL.
He was also king of the quick-strike reception. His catches were an average of 5.0 yards from the line of scrimmage. For some perspective, Randy Moss' average catch was 11.2 yards downfield. Of the 47 wide receivers who caught 50 or more passes this season, no one's average yards at catch were lower than Welker's.
Welker was targeted behind the line of scrimmage 30 times. That ranks just 17th in the NFL. However, of the 16 players ahead of him on that list, 15 are running backs, with Miami's Davone Bess the lone exception.
So who might be the replacement in this aspect of the offense? Edelman is still the obvious answer. Of his 37 receptions, 12 came behind the line, as he was traditionally used in much the same way as Welker. But could the Patriots run the ball more without Welker?
Previous results on that are mixed. Including last week, when they had 19 rushes, the two games in which the Patriots had the fewest rushing attempts both came with Welker injured. However, the Patriots did turn to the run when Welker missed the Falcons game (39 rushes for 168 yards). In that game, the Patriots held nearly a two-to-one advantage in time of possession.
While some Patriots fans would love to see a renewed commitment to the run, most signs point the other way.
Bill Belichick seems to have soured on Laurence Maroney, who lost four fumbles in seven games before taking a seat early in the Jaguars game. Fred Taylor and Sammy Morris could be asked to carry the load, but they have one 20-carry game between them this season.
More significantly, the Ravens' rush defense is among the best in the business. They led the NFL in allowing only 3.4 yards per carry. Allowing only 93.3 rushing yards per game, Baltimore boasts the AFC's No. 2 rush defense. In their Week 4 win over the Ravens, the Patriots ran for only 85 yards on 30 carries, their worst yards per rush (2.8) all season.
Indeed, the best way to beat the Ravens appears to be through the passing game. In their nine wins, the Ravens have allowed only 183.8 yards per game through the air, a number that is hugely inflated by a 436-yard performance by Philip Rivers. However, in their seven losses, the Ravens have allowed 264.6 passing yards per game.
Jeremy Lundblad is a researcher with ESPN Stats & Information. He provides statistical analysis for ESPNBoston.com.


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IAS 39 is a standard currently under major revisions, or removal to be precise. It will be fully replaced by the new standard on financial instruments IFRS 9. If you would like to know more about this process, please read our article IAS 39 vs. IFRS 9: Clarifying the Confusion.
As a result of the replacement process, big parts of IAS 39 have already been removed and replaced by IFRS 9. Currently, companies can choose to continue reporting in line with "old" IAS 39. Therefore, this summary describes the standard IAS 39 in full, including parts replaced by IFRS 9.
IAS 39 prescribes rules for accounting and reporting of almost all types of financial instruments. Typical examples include cash, deposits, debt and equity securities (bonds, treasury bills, shares…), derivatives, loans and receivables and many others.
IAS 39 also explicitly lists what is outside its scope and thus you should look to other standards for guidance, for example interests in subsidiaries, associates etc.
Due to overall complexity of IAS 39, I decided to split this summary into several logical blocks. So let's proceed.
Classification of financial assets and financial liabilities
IAS 39 classifies financial assets into 4 main categories:
- Financial asset at fair value through profit or loss:a financial asset that is either
- classified as held for trading, or
- upon initial recognition it is designated by the entity as at fair value through profit or loss
- Held-to-maturity financial investments:non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments and fixed maturity that an entity has the positive intention to hold to maturity, other than:
- those designated at fair value through profit or loss upon initial recognition
- those designated as available for sale and
- those that meet the definition of loans and receivables
- Loans and receivables: non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in an active market other than:
- those that entity intends to sell immediately or in the near term (held for trading)
- those designated at fair value through profit or loss upon initial recognition
- those designated as available for sale
- those for which the holder may not recover substantially all of its investment, other than
because of credit deterioration (available for sale)
- Available-for-sale financial assets: non-derivative financial assets designated as available for sale
or are not classified in any other of 3 above categories.
Financial liabilities are classified into 2 main categories:
- Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss:a financial liability that is either
- classified as held for trading, or
- upon initial recognition it is designated by the entity as at fair value through profit or loss
- Other financial liabilities measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method
However, no matter how the financial instrument would be initially classified, IAS 39 permits entities to initially designate the instrument at fair value through profit or loss (but fair value must be reliably measured).
Initial classification of financial assets and financial liabilities is critical due to their subsequent measurement.
Embedded derivatives
Embedded derivatives became a big thing among all auditors and accountants several years ago as people started to realize that these can be found almost everywhere.
Embedded derivative is simply a component of a hybrid instrument that also includes a non-derivative host contract. Typical example is rental contract concluded for several years in advance with rental price adjustments according to inflation measured as consumer price index in European Union.
Non-derivative part in this case is a rent of some property or facility. An embedded derivative part is then forward contract indexed to the consumer price index in EU.
IAS 39 requires separation of embedded derivative from the host contract when the following conditions are fulfilled:
- the economic risks and characteristics of the embedded derivative are not closely related to the economic risks and characteristics of the host contract (here, you would assess whether rent of property is somehow dependent on changes in EU consumer price index)
- a separate instrument with the same terms as the embedded derivative would meet the definition of a derivative
- the hybrid instrument (whole rental contract in our example) is not measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognized in the income statement
Separation means that you account for embedded derivative separately in line with IAS 39 and the host contract (rent in this case) in line with other appropriate standard. If an entity is not able to do this, then the whole contract must be accounted for as a financial asset at fair value through profit or loss.
Initial recognition
IAS 39 requires recognizing a financial asset or a financial liability in the statement of financial position when the entity becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
It seems obvious, but the important thing is that also derivatives shall be recognized in the statement of financial position. I stress this point, because many countries do not require recognizing the derivatives as they usually have zero or very small initial costs. But—as the time passes, fair value of derivatives changes and this can have significant impact on the profit or loss and the statement of financial position, too.
Initial measurement
Financial asset or financial liability shall be initially measured at its fair value. When financial asset or financial liability are NOT measured at fair value through profit or loss, then directly attributable transaction costs shall be included in the initial measurement.
Subsequent measurement
As written above, subsequent measurement and the method of accounting for gains or losses from subsequent measurement strongly depend on the category of financial asset or financial liability. Subsequent measurement is summarized in the following table:
|Category – WHAT
|Subsequent measurement – HOW MUCH
|Gains and losses – WHERE
|Financial assets
|Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss
|Fair value
|Profit or loss
|Held-to-maturity financial investments
|Amortized cost using the effective interest method
|Profit or loss
|Loans and receivables
|Profit or loss
|Available-for-sale financial investments except below
|Fair value
|Other comprehensive income (except for impairment and foreign exchange gain/loss)
|Investments in equity instruments with no reliable fair value measurement and derivatives linked to them
|Impairment to profit or loss
|Financial assets designated as hedged items
|See Hedge Accounting
|See Hedge Accounting
|Derivative financial assets
|Fair value
|Profit or loss
|Financial liabilities
|Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss
|Fair value
|Profit or loss
|Other financial liabilites
|Amortized cost using the effective interest method
|Profit or loss
|Financial liabilities designated as hedged items
|See Hedge Accounting
|See Hedge Accounting
|Derivative financial liabilities
|Fair value
|Profit or loss
|Financial liabilities arising when transfer of financial asset does not qualify for derecognition or is accounted using continuing-involvement method
|Measured in line with specific IAS 39 provisions related to transfers / continuing involvement
|Profit or loss
In fact, derivative financial assets and liabilities belong to category "at fair value through profit or loss", but I show them separately for your convenience.
An entity shall assess at the end of each reporting period whether there is any objective evidence that a financial asset is impaired. If there is such evidence, then an entity must calculate the amount of impairment loss.
Impairment loss is calculated as a difference between asset's carrying amount and the present value of estimated cash flows discounted at the financial asset's original effective interest rate. Impairment loss shall be recognized to profit or loss account.
Reversal of the impairment loss is possible, but only if in a subsequent period the impairment loss decreases and the decrease directly relates to some event occurring after the recognition of impairment loss. Reversal shall be re recognized in profit or loss.
Derecognition of a financial asset
Standard IAS 39 provides extensive guidance on derecognition of a financial asset. Before deciding on derecognition, an entity must determine whether derecognition is related to:
- a financial asset (or a group of similar financial assets) in its entirety, or
- a part of a financial asset (or a part of a group of similar financial assets). The part must fulfill
the following conditions (if not, then asset is derecognized in its entirety):
- the part comprises only specifically defined cash flows from a financial asset (or group)
- the part comprises only a fully proportionate (pro rata) share of the cash flows from a financial asset (or group)
- the part comprises only a fully proportionate (pro rata) share of specifically identified cash flows from a financial asset (or group)
An entity shall derecognize the financial asset when:
- the contractual rights to the cash flows from the financial asset expire, or
- an entity transfers the financial asset and the transfer qualifies for the derecognition
Transfers of financial assets are discussed in more details. First of all, an entity must decide whether the asset was transferred or not. Then, if the financial asset was transferred, the entity must determine whether also risks and rewards from the financial asset were transferred.
Was the financial asset transferred?
An entity transfers a financial asset if either the entity transfers the contractual rights to receive the cash flows from a financial asset, or the entity retains the contractual rights to receive the cash flows from the asset, but assumes a contractual obligation to pass those cash flows on (or to pay these cash flows to one or more recipients) under an arrangement that meets the following conditions:
- the entity has no obligation to pay amounts to the eventual recipient unless it collects equivalent amounts on the original asset
- the entity is prohibited from selling or pledging the original asset (other than as security to the eventual recipient)
- the entity has an obligation to remit any cash flows it collects on behalf of eventual recipients without material delay
Were the risks and rewards from the financial assets transferred?
If substantially all the risks and rewards have been transferred, the asset is derecognized. If substantially all the risks and rewards have been retained, the entity must continue recognizing the asset in its financial statements.
If the entity has neither retained nor transferred substantially all of the risks and rewards of the asset, then the entity must assess whether it has retained control of the asset or not.
If the entity does not control the asset then it must derecognize the asset. But if the entity has retained control of the asset, then the entity continues to recognize the asset to the extent of its continuing involvement in the asset.
Transfers of financial assets are then discussed in much greater detail in IAS 39 and also, application guidance in paragraph 36 summarizes derecognition steps in a simple decision tree. You can familiarize yourself with the decision tree in the video below this summary.
Derecognition of a financial liability
An entity shall derecognize a financial liability when it is extinguished. It is when the obligation specified in the contract is discharged, cancelled or expires.
Hedge accounting
In this short summary I do not intend to explain what hedging is and how it works. But I can promise to do it with some good example in some future article. Here, I just want to sum up what IAS 39 says about hedging.
IAS 39 allows hedge accounting only if all the following conditions are met:
- hedging relationship is at its inception formally designated and documented, together with entity's risk management objective and strategy for undertaking the hedge
- the hedge is expected to be highly effective in achieving offsetting changes in fair value or cash flows attributable to the hedged risk (consistently with the documentation)
- for cash flow hedges: a forecast transaction must be highly probable and must present exposure to variations in cash flows (which can affect profit or loss)
- the effectiveness of the hedge can be reliably measured
- the hedge is assessed on an ongoing bases and determined actually to have been highly effective
IAS 39 then describes the rules for 3 types of hedging: fair value hedges, cash flow hedges and hedges of a net investment in a foreign operation.
A fair value hedge is a hedge of the exposure to changes in fair value of a recognized asset, liability or a previously unrecognized firm commitment that is attributable to particular risk and can affect profit or loss. The gain or loss from the change in fair value of the hedging instrument is recognized immediately in profit or loss. Also, an entity should adjust the carrying amount of the hedged item for corresponding gain or loss from the hedged risk—this adjustment shall be recognized to profit or loss, too.
A cash flow hedge is a hedge of the exposure to variability in cash flows that could affect profit or loss and is attributable to a particular risk associated with a recognized asset or liability or a highly probable forecast transaction. Here, that portion of the gain or loss on the hedging instrument that is determined to be an effective shall be recognized to other comprehensive income. Ineffective portion shall be recognized to profit or loss. IAS 39 then prescribes rules for accounting when a forecast transaction subsequently results in recognition of a financial or non-financial asset or liability.
A hedge of a net investment in a foreign operation is accounted in the similar way as a cash flow hedge.
IAS 39 also specifies when hedge accounting shall be discontinued prospectively:
- when the hedging instrument expires or is sold, terminated, or exercised, or
- when the hedge no longer meets the criteria for hedge accounting, or
- when the forecast transaction is no longer expected to occur, or
- when the entity revokes the hedge designation
Standard IAS 39 addresses all issues in a greater detail and contains application guidance, because it really is very complex and tough standard. I have summarized it also in the following video:
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Dr George Vassiliou
Leukaemic haemopoietic stem cells
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Laboratory: Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.
Departmental Affiliation: Haematology
George Vassiliou graduated from the Royal London Hospital Medical College in 1994, having obtained an intercalated BSc in Pharmacology with Basic Medical Sciences in 1991. He carried out his basic medical training in London and Cambridge and became a member of the Royal College of Physicians in 1997. He went on to train in Haematology at the Hammersmith and Great Ormond Street Hospitals, and received his PhD from the University of Cambridge in 2005. After completing his Haematology training in Cambridge, he became a Member of the Royal College of Pathologists in 2005 and from 2006-11 carried out a postdoctoral period in Allan Bradley's Laboratory at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, funded by a Cancer Research UK Clinician Scientist Fellowship. In 2011 he won a Wellcome Trust Senior Fellowship in Clinical Science and became a member of Faculty and Group Leader at the Sanger Institute. He joined the Faculty of the Cambridge Stem Cell Institute in 2015. Additionally, he has been an honorary Consultant Haematologist at Cambridge University Hospitals since 2006.
Wellcome Trust, Cancer Research UK, Bloodwise, Kay Kendal Leukaemia Fund, Addenbrooke's Charitable Trust
The Vassiliou Group seeks to understand the molecular mechanisms involved in transformation of normal to leukaemic haemopoietic stem cells and to identify their differential genetic vulnerabilities in order to develop novel anti-leukaemic therapies.
To achieve these aims the group uses three main approaches:
- Generation and study of bespoke mouse models of somatic mutation drivers of myeloid malignancies, in order to define their molecular, genomic and phenotypic effects on haemopoietic stem and progenitor cells
- Application of genetic screens to identify the molecular pathways involved in the transformation of HSCs (transposon mutagenesis) and the survival of leukaemic stem cells (genome-wide CRISP Cas9 screens)
- Sequencing-based approaches to detect and track the evolution of pre-clinical haemopoietic clones in haematologically normal individuals, in order to understand the factors involved in leukaemic progression.
Group Members
Vijay Baskar, Etienne De Braekeleer, Grace Collord, Jonathan Cooper, Joao Dias, Oliver Dovey, Monika Dudek, Dimitris Garyfallos, Gonia Gozdecka, Suruchi Pacharne, Konstantinos Tzelepis.
Plain English
Blood stem cells live in the bone marrow and are responsible for the production of the cells of the blood and the immune system. Like all cells, blood stem cells accumulate random DNA mutations with time in every one of us. In some unfortunate individuals these changes affect genes that make the stem cells grow uncontrollably leading to the development of Acute Myeloid Leukaemia or AML, an aggressive cancer that kills more than 7 out of 10 sufferers. Our group investigates many aspects of AML from how it develops, whether we can identify people who are at risk of developing it, how gene mutations make AML cells grow uncontrollably, how we detect the mutation in each individual AML and most importantly how to identify the "weaknesses" od AML in order to develop new treatments against this lethal cancer.
Key Publications
- Tzelepis, K., Koike-Yusa, H., De Braekeleer, E., Li, Y., Metzakopian, E., Dovey, O. M., Mupo, A., Grinkevich, V., Li, M., Mazan, M., Gozdecka, M., Ohnishi, S., Cooper, J., Patel, M., McKerrell, T., Chen, B., Domingues, A. F., Gallipoli, P., Teichmann, S., Ponstingl, H., McDermott, U., Saez-Rodriguez, J., Huntly, B. J., Iorio, F., Pina, C., Vassiliou, G. S. & Yusa, K. (2016) A CRISPR Dropout Screen Identifies Genetic Vulnerabilities and Therapeutic Targets in Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Cell Reports 17, 1193-1205, doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2016.09.079.
- Mupo, A., Seiler, M., Sathiaseelan, V., Pance, A., Yang, Y., Agrawal, A. A., Iorio, F., Bautista, R., Pacharne, S., Tzelepis, K., Manes, N., Wright, P., Papaemmanuil, E., Kent, D. G., Campbell, P. C., Buonamici, S., Bolli, N. & Vassiliou, G. S. Hemopoietic-specific Sf3b1-K700E knock-in mice display the splicing defect seen in human MDS but develop anemia without ring sideroblasts. Leukemia, doi:10.1038/leu.2016.251 (2016).
- McKerrell T, Vassiliou GS (2015) Aging as a driver of leukemogenesis. Science Translational Medicine 7, 306fs338. PMID:26400908
- McKerrell T, Park N, Moreno T, Grove CS, Ponstingl H, Stephens J, Understanding Society Scientific G, Crawley C, Craig J, Scott MA, Hodkinson C, Baxter J, Rad R, Forsyth DR, Quail MA, Zeggini E, Ouwehand W, Varela I, Vassiliou GS(2015) Leukemia-associated somatic mutations drive distinct patterns of age-related clonal hemopoiesis. Cell Reports 10, 1239-1245 PMCID:PMC4542313
- Vassiliou G*, Cooper JL, Li J, Rad R, Rice S, Uren A, Rad L, Ellis P, Andrews R, Grove C, Banerjee R, Wright P, Arends M, Bradley A*. Mutant nucleophosmin and cooperating pathways drive leukemia initiation and progression in mice. Nature Genetics, 2011, May;43(5):470-5. PMCID:PMC3084174


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The Fruit of the Holy Spirit is a biblical term that sums up the nine visible attributes of a true Christian life written of by Paul in his letter to the Galatians chapter 5. The 9 Fruits are coming from the Holy Spirit and not from the Christian. The word Spirit is a capital S which is referring to the Holy Spirit and not the human spirit. The Fruit of the Holy Spirit are God's divine personality and character traits that are worked in over time into the Christian human spirit.
Galatians 5:22,23 "The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, self-control, against such there is no law."
Our behavior manifests itself either in the flesh or in the spirit. We are made of both. We have fleshy earthly desires. To be born again and have eternal life, we must die to the self. Those fleshy…
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Abu Dhabi Investment Authority Review
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (also known as ADIA), is a sovereign wealth fund. This sovereign wealth is owned by Emirate Of Abu Dhabi in the popular oil rich United Arab Emirate. And, The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority was said to be founded for the purpose of investing funds on behalf of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi's government.
The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority serves superb purposes. Amongst the numerous lots, the firm manages the Emirate's excess oil reserves (which are actually estimated to be as much as $500 billion). And yes, as expected, its portfolio grows at an annual rate of about 10% compounded.
However, The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority is said to have never published how much it has in assets. Nevertheless, estimates have been between $800 billion to approximately $875 billion USD. In fact, The Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute even put the figure at US$773 billion.
The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority: The History.
In year 1967, it was said that the popular Abu Dhabi emirate created the Financial Investments Board. This was said to operate within its Department of Finance (and was also responsible for managing the Emirate's excess oil revenue).
Nevertheless, in 1976, the founding President of the United Arab Emirate and leader of Abu Dhabi, Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, made the decision of creating the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority instead. He seeks separating it from the government as an arms-length organization with its own management.
The goal, however, is to invest the Abu Dhabi government's surpluses across various asset classes (and of course, with low risk). At the time it was actually novel for a government to invest its reserves in anything other than gold (or short-term) credit). And today, it is said and believed that investment in short-term paper remains the strategy for the vast majority of countries.
The Investments
Actually, the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority manages a substantial amount of capital. And, in fact, it is one of the world's largest investment funds. Now, due to its size, the fund has been influential in international finance.
The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority in 2008, co-chaired the International Working Group (of 26 superb sovereign wealth funds that actually produced what is known as the Generally Accepted Principles and Practices of Sovereign wealth funds). And in case you don't know, those principles were created to demonstrate to home and recipient countries and even the international financial markets that sovereign wealth funds had robust and large internal frameworks and governance practices (and also that their investments were made only on an economic and financial basis).
Then, 20-year and 30-year annualized rates of return for The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority portfolio were 7.6% and 8.1 respectively (that is as of 31 December 2010). And sure, this firm is really one of the largest sovereign wealth funds in the world as a whole. Yeah. That's the fact. Today, reports emerged that Abu Dhabi Investment Authority invests in all the international market (equities, infrastructure, real estate, fixed income and treasury, private equity and alternatives- hedge funds and commodity trading advisers).
ADIA is known to be a major purchaser of U.S institutional real estate through various sub-entities. And also, it often buys partial interest ownerships with leading real estate managers.
Then, on the 27th of May in 2013, the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority published it 2012 Review. It was with an overview of its activities during the past year and also an explanation of its approach to investing (strategy, governance, and risk management).
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority: Global Portfolio Broken Into Sub-funds
And in fact, the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority's global portfolio is even broken down into sub-funds that are said to be covering a specific asset class. Yeah, each assets class even has its own fund managers with in-house analysts covering it. Almost all asset class in managed both internally and externally.
Reports made us understand that, overall between 70% and 80% of the organization's assets are managed outside (and that over the last few year the funds has become more indexed which given its unique asset liability structure can be said to be perplexing. It is also known to often buy partial interest ownerships with different leading real estate managers.


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Persuasion is the art of getting others to want to do what you want them to do. Here's a quick review of some tips for getting this important buy-in from your employees:
Detail the benefits. Show your team member the personal upside of doing the task you're requesting. Emphasize such benefits as adding to his or her skills, building better contacts, and earning extra rewards.
Explain why. When dealing with dedicated team members, you can often increase their enthusiasm for a particular assignment by explaining why it's important to the team and the enterprise, or to the community in which you live.
Offer a challenge. Engage the other person's excitement and determination to accomplish what you want by making it a challenge. This works exceptionally well when the task lies outside the other person's daily routine.
Offer a sense of history. Help the other person understand the payoff that others have earned by doing the same kind of work in the past--promotional opportunities, new skills, connections with leaders within the enterprise or the community.
Work out a compromise. You might agree to let him or her do just half the work, or to do it in a different location, or get a day off next week in return for completing the assignment this week.


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Man thinks pizza has no toppings... Then he turns it the right way round
A TEENAGER has become an Internet sensation after participating in one of the most hilarious Twitter conversations of all time.
User @SadderDre couldn't believe his eyes when his Domino's pizza arrived and it had NO TOPPINGS on it.
As you do, the 19-year-old took to Twitter to complain to the pizza giant.
It soon turned out the teen had made a rather amateur error – he had opened the pizza upside down.
But @SadderDre has some way to go to top the weirdest complaint Domino's ever received.
Back in February a man known only as @LAD_VIGO demanded a refund from the American-owned chain after burning himself after making love to a pizza.
He tweeted: @Dominos_UK hello I've just made love to one of your pizzas and burnt my penis severely.
"Please advise on your terms for a refund. Thanks."
After Domino's refused to offer a refund or another pizza @LAD_VIGO continued to criticise the chain.
"I'm not happy about this, not happy at all, I have a multitude of pepperoni pieces stuck to my **** and my **** is scorched," he wrote.


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Hiring for Female Commercial Manager ( 10 yrs)
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I have a new Tumblr account. Check it out! I will be posting pictures of art, but not only. No blah, just a beautiful photo album:
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"Another Time, Another Place", oil and pastels on canvas, 48" x 60", 122cm x 152cm.
"The avant-Garde Ideal"
by Andrew McGinn
... "Veronique Le Merre makes choices that are meant to beautify criticism, particularly in the use of opulent, saturate color and coherent, figurative representation."
... "Le Merre turns escapism, long the pejorative title given to bourgeois works that lack relevance and utility, on its head. The inviting and super-saturate images project naiveté while the content is anything but innocent. To escape into Little Red Riding Hood's world is an irony because everything about the character herself has more depth and reality in relation to vital urges than popular discourse about Little Red Riding Hood, or pubescent children, allows. There is an escape to reality, and that is the radical enchantment of Le Merre's paintings. The palatable use of elements effects a harmonious relationship between the art and the audience, while the content effects a disunity with popular culture, and a laugh."
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Florida airport massacre – few basic questions being raised
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Polar bear mojo for Greenpeace captain's environmental thriller
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TPP pact signed amid huge protests – Asia Pacific Report
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New Zealand's Bunny McDiarmid has been named as one of two women to head the global environmental group Greenpeace International as co-executive directors in an innovative agenda setting move. Report from Pacific Media WatchRead More →
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BREAKING NEWS: Historic climate deal at COP21 but already it is being criticised by Pacific commentators as not enough. Pacific Media Watch and Pacnews: Makereta Komai reports earlier from Paris on how the three major oil and gas economies – Russia, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela – had emerged as the main stumbling block to the push by Pacific and Small Island Developing States to limit global temperature to 1.5C degrees.Read More →
Beirut and Paris: Two terror attacks with different tales
As for the clearly political repercussions of the Paris massacre, which French President François Hollande has blamed on the Islamic State group, persecuted refugees and minorities naturally stand to bear the brunt of the inevitable racist and xenophobic backlash — a godsend for right-wing European politicians and organisations. – Belen Fernandez (Green Left)Read More →
The digital media revolution, a free press and Pacific student journalism
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