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“I am a believer in free will. If my dog chooses to hate the whole human race except myself, it must be free to do so.”
“Take it from me, Fate doesn't care most of the time.”
“I can't abide people who go soft over animals and then cheat every human they come across!”
“Nobody gets praised for the right reasons.”
“Tell me about this Wizard Howl of yours."
"He's the best wizard in Ingary or anywhere else. If he'd only had time, he would have defeated that djinn. And he's sly and selfish and vain as a peacock and cowardly, and you can't pin him down to anything."
"Indeed? Strange that you should speak so proudly such a list of vices, most loving of ladies."
"What do you mean, vices? I was just describing Howl. He comes from another world entirely, you know, called Wales, and I refuse to believe he's dead!”
“You cannot rob robbers with a kitten in your hat!”
“If you must know, I-I had never in my life kissed a young lady, and you are far too beautiful to me to want to get it wrong!”
“The soldier was like that. He was an expert in getting other people to do what he wanted. The only creature that could make the soldier do something he did not want was Midnight, and Midnight did things she did not want only when Whippersnapper wanted something. That put the kitten right at the top of the pecking order. A kitten!”
“Pray use both cats as sponges if it pleases you, infatuated infantryman.”
“A garden should be natural-seeming, with wild sections, including a large area of bluebells.”
“Tell me of this Wizard Howl of yours". Sophie's teeth chattered but she said proudly, "He's the best wizard in Ingary or anywhere else. If he'd only had time, he would have defeated that djinn. And he's sly and selfish and vain as a peacock and cowardly, and you can't pin him down to anything.”
“It's just as I thought," she said. "I prefer you to every single one of these. Some of these look far too proud of themselves, and some look selfish and cruel. You are unassuming and kind. I intend to ask my father to marry me to you, instead of to the Prince in Ochinstan. Would you mind?”
“Tell me of this wizard Howl of yours."
Sophie's teeth chattered, but she said proudly, "He's the best wizard in Ingary or anywhere else. If he'd only had time, he would have defeated that djinn. And he's sly and selfish and vain as a peacock and cowardly, and you can't pin him down to do anything."
"Indded?" asked Abdullah. "Strange that you should speak so proudly such a list of vices, most loving of ladies."
"What do you mean, vices?" Sophie asked angrily. "I was just describing Howl!”
“Jamal stared at the dog in his arms. "Why I am I holding a dog full of angels?”
“It was time for a strong-minded woman to take charge. Abdullah was quite glad that Sophie was one.”
“A very short burst of thought was enough to convince Abdullah that his situation, despite the chains, would be very much worse if he became a toad.”
“I am a believer in free will. If my dog chooses to hate the whole human race except myself, it must be free to do so.” After”
“Sophie and Howl were living - somewhat quarrelsomely it must be confessed, although they were said to be happiest that way - in the moving castle again”
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“Demond’s family history wasn’t so different from my own, did that mean we were living the same story over and over again, down through the generations? That the young and Black had always been dying, until all that was left were children and the few old, as in war?”
“I know that there's a customary cliche about librarians being what crass people might call "hard-asses".”
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I fill the whiter space with this: I never got to tell you how beautiful you are.
And then I return the frame to its place on the wall and go back out into the night.”
“You were in the city," Rice explained, "High concentraition of Floraes, hardly any post-aps. In other areas, where there was less population density, children were the ones more likely to survive. Adults probably kept them concealed, took extra measures to protect them. And of course children are good at hiding. Once their instinctual survival skills kick in, they know how to be quiet."
"They believed in monsters before the monsters showed up," I wispered.”
“Einen Rumo zu spielen, bedeutete einerseits, das Schicksal herauszufordern und alles - wirklich alles - zu riskieren. Andererseits versprach es die Möglichkeit eines haushohen Sieges. So kam Rumo zu seinem Namen. (Rumo & Die Wunder im Dunkeln, S. 39)”
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More history will be made tomorrow night when TRUK United Football Club returns to action.
Last year, TRUK United fielded the world’s first ever football team composed solely of trans women in a friendly against Dulwich Hamlet. Tomorrow, the rematch takes place – alongside a similar men’s fixture between the same clubs.
Created in January 2021 with the aim to play fun, friendly and inclusive football across the UK and beyond, one of the founders was referee Lucy Clark.
Clark has been in the news many times since coming out as the world’s first transgender referee in 2018, and that proved to be a pivotal moment for many other people too.
In fact, it was the reaction to her story that led to the creation of TRUK United, which was named grassroots club of the year at the 2023 Football v Homophobia Awards.
“TRUK United came about because when my story broke about being a referee, loads of people got in touch with me to say they wished there was a team for them, but there wasn’t,” Clark recalled.
“I tried to tell people that there were loads of teams out there they could join, but they would usually say they didn’t think they would be accepted.
“Football is for everyone, so I thought I’d set a team up and then nobody could say there wasn’t a football team for them – the same way nobody could say there wasn’t a radio station or a helpline for them because I set those up.
“I knew a couple of trans players beforehand – Natalie Washington, who was playing in the lower leagues of women’s football; and Blair Hamilton who has moved up a couple of levels since then but she’s still not playing at the level she should be playing at.
“There was a trans man that I had refereed too, because they were still playing in women’s football at that point at a fairly high level, but I obviously knew that lots and lots of others wanted to play football.
“It’s the world’s game, right? There are thousands, if not tens of thousands, who want to be able to play football, so we thought we would create the opportunity and see who actually was interested.
“We’ve had over 100 people playing for us now, and last March we fielded the first ever team solely of transgender women, which had never been done before in the world. We lost 7–0.
“We’re replaying that match this year alongside our first ever team of transgender men. That has actually been done in India before, but it will be the first time a team solely of trans men have played outside of India.
“For those, and for our fully inclusive team, people travel from all over the UK to play for TRUK. We’ve got four coming down from Scotland for Friday, and we’ve got players coming up from Dorset and Devon – people are literally coming from all four corners of the UK to play for TRUK United. That’s how much the football team has become a community.”
Chosen football family
That community atmosphere TRUK United has was evident from the very first time people got together to play football.
Even outside of the team itself, people have fond memories of the first TRUK matches, and Clark is in no doubt that similarly lasting moments will be created tomorrow night.
Interest has certainly not been the issue, with far more players keen to take part – which Clark believes to be proof of the value of the club.
“To get everyone together and in one place, particularly for the first couple, people were travelling all over the country to come and play which made it all worthwhile,” Clark said.
“Everyone was buzzing, and people still talk about the first couple of matches now, even at the ground where we played the first match.
“They say it was the friendliest and most fulfilling day of football that they’ve ever had at Leatherhead, and they’ve been there for over 100 years, so it has seen some big matches. They’ve had some good FA Cup runs, and they’re a good non-league team, so for people to say that and still talk about it is amazing.
“It was just nice to put names to faces as well, because we had been talking to these people and it was a chance to actually meet them. Every time we get together, it’s amazing.
“Most of us travel longer than the actual games take, but we all love getting together and going down the pub for a drink afterwards.
“The spirit of the club – win, lose or draw – is second to none I think. It’s us getting together to show that trans people belong in sport, and should be playing sport.
“It’s a community, especially these teams. We’re all absolutely buzzing about the matches on Friday, they can’t come quickly enough.
“My favourite part of the night will be when we get a photo of the trans women’s team and the trans men’s team together – it will be about 40 or 50 people who have come from all over the country to represent TRUK, the trans community and themselves.
“It’s everyone standing up and saying ‘I’m just a human being who loves playing football’. Regardless of what’s said in the papers, or by people like JK Rowling or Posie Parker, we’re just living our lives.
“I’ll feel like a proud parent on Friday night with everyone there in our kit. I’m really looking forward to it.
“I’m not going to lie, we could have fielded two teams of each gender this Friday night. We’ve had so much interest from players that want to come and play for us.
“We could quite easily have fielded two teams, which is just totally amazing. It shows how much people are buying into our team.”
The increasing importance of visibility
It is no mistake that the matches against Dulwich Hamlet are taking place on international Trans Day of Visibility, which also marks the last day of the Football v Transphobia campaign.
Both occasions – the day of celebration and awareness and the football matches – take up ever more significance given the seemingly constant attacks on the trans community around the world.
What Clark wants to do (and what Trans Day of Visibility is designed for in many way), then, is to show that the detractors will not get the better of trans people, whether in everyday life or in sport.
“We’re getting banned from playing sports now, and we’re getting told that we can’t play sport,” she explained.
“These moments are occasions that show trans people love sport, and if you could put a bet on the matches on Friday we would be long outsiders to win either match.
“We’re not taking over sport, but we love it, and especially this year with the hate we’re getting and the bans in sports, it’s a good way to show the joy that we get from sport.
“There will be loads of people coming to support the matches that are cisgender, and to support trans people playing. The problem we have is that those who are against trans people, the noisy people, are low on numbers but they’re very noisy with it.
“It’s like putting a bunch of screaming babies in a room – you don’t need many of them to make a racket.
“That’s what these people are like, there are not many of them but they make lots and lots of noise to shout about their hate and make it a tough place for trans people, which is not how the world should be.
“Anyone that actually comes along or watches the highlights will just see people having a good time. There will be lots of smiling faces, lots of laughter, and there will be tears but they will generally be happy tears.
“We’ve got people who will be playing their first match of football for years. There will be some people playing that thought they would never play football again, and now they’re going to be playing in front of hundreds of people.
“The whole occasion, for them, will be amazing. So people will see us enjoying the beautiful game with a smile on our faces, which is how it should be played.
“I know last year’s match is ingrained on people’s memories forever, and I think this year’s matches will be even more so. We’re creating that moment again with the men’s team, and it will be amazing to see all the guys out there.
“Hopefully, like the women’s team, it will give them the impetus to go out and play more football and be involved in sport, so that they can play week in and week out. It’s going to be an amazing evening, I can’t wait.”
The weight of representation
Being subject to a barrage of abuse under the guise of “debate” would be enough to wear anyone down.
Clark, though, uses that as motivation to keep fighting and make sure that the future for trans people is a bright one.
Indeed, while being something of an activist was not a role she had particularly planned for, it is a cross she will happily bear as long as she can.
“We’ve obviously got Trans Radio and TRUK FC, and we’ve also got an activist account that I occasionally jump on, LGBwiththeT,” she reasoned.
“I’ve fallen into that category unintentionally I guess, but I also understand the perils that people in our community go through.
“Until I take my last breath, I’m going to be fighting for our community and to try and make the world a better place for trans, non-binary and non-gender conforming people.
“You get one life, so go and do what you want to do and don’t let anybody stop you from doing something you want to do and have a passion for.
“I’m living mine to try and make sure I do everything I want to do. I very nearly didn’t, I very nearly quit refereeing because I didn’t think the football world would accept me.
“I look back on that now and think how stupid I was to have that mentality, because I nearly let being trans stop me from doing something that I love.
“The world is a horrible place at times, but I’m a referee and I’m transgender, so I’ve got thick skin. If I can take the bullies to stop them going after other people, I’m prepared to do that.
“It very rarely gets to me to be honest. I’ve done a few interviews about Friday’s matches, and that attracts loads of hate, but if I can help educate some people, or make someone more understanding and accepting, then it’s all worthwhile.
“It’s not always easy, and it’s not nice to see some of the comments, but they’re just keyboard warriors. The real world is not as bad.
“Again, if I can take a bullet or a bit of hate, and that prevents them going after someone else or helps educate someone that could potentially hate, then it’s all worthwhile.”
While Friday night’s matches will be a momentous occasion, Clark is already planning for what could come next.
A call was recently put out to trans rugby players with a view to starting up TRUK Barbarians in response to bans on trans women participating in the sport across the UK and beyond.
Even in football, Clark feels there are more steps to be taken. She would love to see TRUK going back out around the country more often, and there could even be a third match to add to the calendar for Trans Day of Visibility 2024.
“We’ve played in various locations already, but we’re going to try and get TRUK moving around the country,” Clark added.
“It’s a bit like an international team, because there aren’t enough people for a trans league. I wouldn’t want to play in a trans league and be excluded anyway, because that’s not what it’s about – we should be able to play sport in our correct genders.
“We’re a bit of a representative team, going around the country and showing people that we are a team of transgender players who all love football.
“We’re not stopping with Friday’s matches – next year I’m going for a team of solely non-binary people!
“We’ve got some non-binary people who are playing this week, representing the gender they feel most aligned in. One person did say they would wait until the next game, because they are 50/50, but they were excited to know that there are plans for next year.
“We will do it, we will get a squad of non-binary people who can go out and have a match, and thoroughly enjoy it.
“As for the rugby, it’s not a game I’m a particularly big fan of and I’ve never played it. I’ve watched the odd game, I just much prefer football, but I’ve got lots of friends who are big rugby fans.
“I feel for my trans siblings who have been banned from playing the game they love. I’m going to try and set up a Barbarians team for them, where trans people will be able to play rugby again.
“I’m going to be looking my hardest for a team for us to play, even if that means we get a team of rebels or a team of people who have retired.
“I will get them playing matches, and I will stick two fingers up to the RFU for stopping trans people playing rugby.
“I’m also going to call out all of the big rugby clubs who have stuck their heads underneath the blanket and kept quiet. I’ve been told by some people that this person or that person supports us, but they can’t say anything because it doesn’t align with their club’s stance on the situation.
“From my research, and what I’ve been told by people, there is only one team out of all the big clubs that have got an LGBT+ group. That is ridiculous.
“I’m going to call out teams live Gloucester and Bath, Widnes and all these other teams to ask why they haven’t got LGBT groups. Do they not support LGBT+ people? Why?
“I’m going to call out Saracens and teams like that, because it’s totally wrong. Stand by for a big old wave from me to try and crash down the barriers in rugby.
“We’ve got nothing to lose – I certainly haven’t – and we’ve got everything to gain. If we can get trans people playing rugby again at some sort of level, then we’ll be on to a winner.”
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Personal problems at work are never easy to deal with.
You are expected to be ‘professional’… but how does one be professional in the face of personal difficulties?
When you’re sobbing at home, receiving difficult messages from your child’s school, and then … expected to be this calm, rational, decision-maker at work?
I may not fully understand where you’re at.
Nor do I know the scale of the difficulties you’re facing.
But I wanted to share about my personal story, and how we can overcome personal problems at work to still perform at work.
I’m walking back to work after lunch with my colleagues. As I walk back talking to my boss about what his wife does, he shares about how his wife works in the sector as well.
Then it hits me.
It’s a deep pang. It’s a sickening heart drop, and I almost lurch from the suddenness of it all. I don’t know what triggers it. Maybe it’s how my boss has been sharing about how they moved from another country to this place.
And how I relate to that, because I’ve just moved back from England.
Grieving the loss of England.
Whenever the plane swept over the grassy squares of England after the summer holidays, I would sink back into my seat and sigh,
Ah, I’m back home.
But this is not home. I’m not British. I’m here for university.
It gets worse. To fill the physical emptiness of it all, I end up turning to food to fill the emptiness. I find myself stuffing myself with cookies, chocolates and cakes to distract myself from the pain within. I know it’s not the best way. But I don’t seem to have a choice.
It affects my work. Instead of concentrating on work, I find myself turning to the office pantry to find the tastiest calories I can get on hand.
Eventually, after gaining 8kg in a month, I realise this must stop, before I end up dropping dead.
How did I deal with this? How can you deal with it?
Adjust your own expectations of yourself
I walked into the psychiatrist clinic. Against my own judgement, I followed the advice of my therapist to see a psychiatrist. For months, I had thought to myself:
All I need is another self help book.
Another self-help technique.
To me, approaching the psychiatrist for medication was a clear sign of weakness. I didn’t want to depend on medication to be happy. I didn’t want happy pills at all!
The first time I saw the psychiatrist, he prescribed me antidepressants. I said,
“NO thank you. I think I can try on my own first.”
My therapist convinced me that the best way of recovery was a combination of medication and therapy, rather than just depending on therapy alone.
When I eventually popped the medication of myself, it was a big step.
For the first time, I realised I couldn’t do this on my own. 6 months ago, I had been speaking at conferences in front of hundreds, writing a book, and discussing multimillion dollar budgets as a board director.
But now…. Seeking therapy and taking antidepressants? How embarrassing was that?!
- Today, what are your expectations of yourself?
You may be this high-powered person in the corporate sector. But if you’re facing certain problems, is it time to adjust the expectations of yourself?
Don’t see it as ‘lowering’ your expectations of yourself.
Rather, it’s about setting reasonable expectations of yourself. When you’re facing problems, see them as another work commitment. Rather than taking on more and more at work, to drown your personal problems, give space to resolve your personal problems.
Don’t run away from your personal problems.
It’s tempting. Trust me. Drown yourself in your work, and expect time to heal your personal problems.
It doesn’t work. Running from what you feel isn’t the best way to resolve them. Emotions have their place.
It’s not time that heals all wounds. It’s treatment that heals wounds. Yes, you can expect a cut to heal on its own if you leave it there. But if you’ve ever noticed what goes on beneath the surface, your white blood cells are treating the cut. They are fighting viruses and bacteria that come.
Your fibrin is slowly patching up the wound, clotting it so that it forms a temporal closure to prevent further infection.
Treatment heals all wounds.
If I look back at my recovery, and the resolution of my personal problems, the solution started when I sought the solution. Rather than trying to do it on my own, I sought help. Professional help.
Many times, it’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking that you can resolve this on your own.
Or to think that talking to your friends will resolve things. But they aren’t professional. Nor are you the most detached from your problem, allowing you to resolve it effectively. So give it to someone else to do it.
You don’t have to do it all on your own.
Be honest with supervisors
I opened up to my supervisor about what I was facing. I didn’t hide the fact that I was taking antidepressants.
Often, you may think that you should hide what you’re going through, because you’re afraid they would sack you for having problems. It’s more likely they would be compassionate to what you’re going through.
Finding a suitable way to manage the problems you’re facing, whether that be:
- Giving you the flexibility to work from home
- Giving you time off
- Allowing you the time to take personal calls
- Giving you a month off
- Giving you advance pay
No one can help you if you don’t tell them how they can help.
Be clear about what you need help with.
I remember the time my colleague put his hand around me and said,
Yes, I can only imagine how lonely that is.
Earlier on, I shared with him about how each day, I saw colleagues eating together.
Laughing together. Going for lunches together, and not asking me about how I would settle my lunch.
Or how they would have hotpots together, and I would walk past the window, wondering when I would ever be invited.
Or when I walked in, thick-skinned, I felt like I was simply an intruder.
Not an invitee.
I used to think that I had to put on a brave front whenever I went to work.
But then I realised I didn’t have to. As Brene Brown says in her book, Braving the Wilderness, it’s entirely possible to have a soft front and a hard back.
Personal problems happen whilst you’re working. It will happen. It’s unavoidable.
It’s how you deal with it.
Be soft on the inside. Allow people in.
Have a brave back. Know that whatever happens, you’re going to walk through this, with a straight back, beaten down, and never beaten out.

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Adrian Howansky, a PhD student in biomedical engineering and medical physics, won the Robert F. Wagner All-Conference Student Paper Award at the SPIE Medical Imaging Conference held in Orlando, Florida, in February. At the conference, leading physicists, researchers and scientists present the latest in image processing, perception, registration informatics and segmentation, as well as digital pathology, tomography, computer-aided diagnosis and ultrasound.
Howansky, who was recognized for his paper, “Direct measurement of Lubberts effect in CsI:Tl scintillators using single x-ray photon imaging,” works in the lab of Wei Zhao, a professor of radiology and biomedical engineering at Stony Brook. Zhao’s Digital Radiological Imaging Laboratory in the Health Sciences Center is working to develop new detector technologies for medical imaging and to investigate their performance in advanced clinical applications.
Howansky’s research investigated the physics of scintillators, which are a class of materials that convert x-rays into visible light to form images in medical x-ray imaging. His experiment used ultra-high sensitivity imaging to study variations in the response of scintillators to individual x-rays. His paper marks the first direct measurement of Lubberts’ effect, which is a fundamental source of noise in all scintillating x-ray detectors. Insight provided by this work will guide development of future detectors, which will provide higher quality images for doctors while reducing radiation dose to patients.
Howansky received his undergraduate degree in physics from Rutgers University in 2013 and his MS in biomedical engineering from Stony Brook University in 2015. After completing his doctorate, he plans to pursue clinical training through a medical physics residency while continuing research in imaging physics for diagnostic and radiotherapy applications.


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ATLANTA, Dec. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Encouraging safety and efficacy data on novel and emerging therapies presented at the 54th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) signal an important step forward in the development of treatment strategies for patients with hard-to-treat leukemia, myeloma, and myelofibrosis.
Ongoing discoveries of critical molecular markers, pathways, and other drivers of some of the most difficult-to-treat forms of blood cancer have provided unprecedented opportunities for the development of new targeted therapies that attack, block, and silence the deadly genetic mutations that cause these disorders. These insights are revolutionizing how hematologists treat patients with resistant disease who otherwise had few options. Data presented today provide several examples of new targeted cancer therapies that have great potential to turn currently fatal disease subtypes into chronic conditions manageable with regular treatment.
"The significant drug discovery advances presented today represent our continued progress in fighting resistant disease, identifying and disabling cancer gene signaling, and improving outcomes in patients who struggle with poor prognoses and few treatment options," said Aaron Schimmer, MD, PhD, moderator of the press conference and Clinician Scientist at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network in Toronto. "Considering the incredible progress we have made over just a few years, I am encouraged and excited to see what the next decade has in store, and how the next generation of therapies will further help us conquer blood cancers and save lives."
This press conference will take place on Sunday, December 9, 2012, at 8:00 a.m. EST.
Final Results of a Phase II Open-Label, Monotherapy Efficacy and Safety Study of Quizartinib (AC220) in Patients with FLT3-ITD Positive or Negative Relapsed/Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia After Second-Line Chemotherapy or Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Research suggests that a new targeted therapy, quizartinib, may be a safe and effective option to treat a subset of patients with treatment-resistant acute myeloid leukemia (AML).
AML is a fast-growing blood cancer in which patients produce an excessive amount of abnormal, immature white blood cells that are unable to adequately fight infection. Following AML diagnosis, leukemia cells from patients undergo genetic testing to identify the mutation driving the disease, which helps determine the appropriate treatment protocol. Of the many types of genetic mutations that can occur in AML, one of the most threatening is the FLT3-ITD (internal tandem duplication), which makes the leukemia even more aggressive and typically leads to failure of standard chemotherapy treatment response.
"The FLT3 mutation is essentially a power switch that leukemia cells use to spread more aggressively, which helps them to grow back immediately after chemotherapy," said Mark J. Levis, MD, PhD, lead author and Associate Professor of Oncology, Pharmacology, and Medicine at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore. "The only way to treat this type of mutation is to find a way to turn the switch off — a feat that has eluded researchers for far too long."
Patients with the FLT3-ITD mutation can achieve remission with standard chemotherapy but tend to relapse very quickly. An important treatment option is a stem cell transplant, but only if the patient is in some form of remission; otherwise, transplant failure rates are high. Given the barriers to treatment in this patient population, researchers have been examining the efficacy of the investigational oral agent quizartinib, which is designed to "turn off" the mutated FLT3 enzyme, thus forcing the immature cancer cells to either die immediately or undergo maturation (and eventually die). This eliminates enough leukemia cells to make it possible for patients to undergo stem cell transplants that can cure their disease.
In order to assess the efficacy and safety of quizartinib as a single agent (drug used alone in treatment) in AML patients with the FLT3-ITD mutation, researchers conducted a Phase II study among 333 patients that were divided into two treatment cohorts. Cohort 1 consisted of patients age 60 or over with the FLT3-ITD mutation who failed to achieve remission with standard chemotherapy, or who had recently relapsed for the first time. Cohort 2 consisted of patients over age 18 with the FLT3-ITD mutation who presented with relapsed or refractory AML and had been administered salvage chemotherapy after failing to respond to prior treatment, or had relapsed after a stem cell transplant. Most patients in this study had the FLT3-ITD mutation, but a small number in each cohort lacked the mutation.
Study results from Cohort 2 were based on an analysis of 137 patients (99 with mutation and 38 without) who received continuous treatment with quizartinib at a fixed dose during 28-day cycles. The primary endpoint of the study was the composite complete remission rate (CRc) of all patients, which includes complete remission (CR; no active disease), complete remission with incomplete platelet recovery (CRp, no active disease but abnormal platelet count), and complete remission with incomplete hematologic recovery (CRi, no active disease but abnormal red and white blood cell counts) of the patients following treatment with quizartinib.
Following one to three cycles of quizartinib treatment, researchers observed a CRc rate of 44 percent (4% CR, 0 CRp, and 40% CRi) in patients with the FLT3-ITD mutation with a median duration of response of 11.3 weeks and median overall survival of 23.1 weeks. In patients without the mutation, researchers observed a 34 percent CRc rate (3% CR, 3% CRp, and 29% CRi) with a median duration of response of five weeks and median overall survival of 25.6 weeks. Of those patients in both cohorts who did not respond to their last AML therapy, 47 percent of those with FLT3-ITD and 31 percent of those without achieved a CRc with quizartinib. In both cohorts, 34 percent of patients were successfully bridged to a potentially curative allogeneic transplant.
Common adverse effects of treatment with quizartinib (observed in more than 20% of patients) included QT prolongation (26%), a heart complication associated with some medications and managed by reducing dosage, as well as nausea (38%), vomiting (26%), anemia (29%), fever (25%), diarrhea (20%), and fatigue (20%). These results demonstrate that quizartinib can produce a high treatment response rate in a group of very poor-prognosis AML patients with the FLT3-ITD mutation with manageable toxicity.
"Quizartinib is the first and only single-agent drug that has produced a clinical benefit in AML patients with this deadly mutation who have failed previous therapy," said Dr. Levis. "The number of patients bridged to a stem cell transplant was very significant. We plan on using these encouraging results to design and conduct additional randomized trials that will hopefully lead to the approval of quizartinib to make it accessible to those patients who previously had no hope for a cure."
Dr. Levis will present this study in an oral presentation on Monday, December 10, at 4:30 p.m. EST at the Georgia World Congress Center in Room A101, Level 1, Building A.
Combination Therapy Using JAK2 and HSP90 Inhibitors Increased Efficacy in Myelofibrosis in Vivo [Abstract 805]
Researchers have demonstrated that combination therapy with PU-H71 and ruxolitinib increases the durability and effectiveness of a treatment that had previously shown limited utility for patients with myelofibrosis.
Myelofibrosis is a chronic malignant blood disorder commonly caused by mutations in the JAK2 pathway (which normally signals the body to create blood cells), including most commonly the JAK2 V617F mutation. This mutation leads to the overproduction of scar tissue in the bone marrow and shifts red and white blood cells and platelets from the bone marrow into the spleen and liver, enlarging the organs and leading to anemia, infection, inflammation, and easy bleeding and bruising.
The first approved treatment for myelofibrosis is ruxolitinib, a therapy that targets the JAK2 mutation by blocking the action of all JAK-related genes in the body, including those from both healthy and diseased cells. However, clinical results have been modest to date. In particular, resistance to JAK inhibitors has been associated with an increase in JAK2 levels, which leads to continued JAK2 activity despite ruxolitinib treatment. This resistance can be reversed by inhibiting heat shock protein 90 (HSP 90), which destabilizes JAK2 and reduces JAK2 protein levels. Since cancer cells are continually dividing, they constantly burden the cell system and depend on HSP90 function to allow the JAK2 protein to maintain cancer cells' function and growth.
Recognizing HSPs as a potential target for treatment, researchers have recently explored the possibility of blocking HSP90 to treat blood cancers. Unlike ruxolitinib, which blocks the function of the abnormal JAK2 protein that maintains the function of the cancerous cell, HSP90 inhibitors block the function of HSP90 in the cells. This allows for the breakdown of the JAK2 protein and weakens the cell's ability to grow and divide, allowing it to become sensitive to treatment. PU-H71, a HSP90 inhibitor, previously shown to have efficacy in different cancer cells and animal models including myelofibrosis, is currently undergoing Phase I clinical trials.
One emerging hypothesis is that combining the JAK2 inhibitor ruxolitinib with HSP90 inhibitors may increase the efficacy of myelofibrosis treatment. To test this hypothesis, a team of investigators treated mice that had myelofibrosis with the investigational combination therapy, comparing their results to control groups treated with ruxolitinib alone or PU-H71 alone. They also assessed the effects of adding PU-H71 treatment as a second therapy to mice already being treated with ruxolitinib. Study endpoints included reduction in white blood cell count, platelet count, and spleen weight; reduction in JAK2 protein levels in the blood, spleen, and bone marrow; and presence of scar tissue in the bone marrow.
In this study, researchers observed that mice that had been treated with the combination therapy had a more significant reduction in white blood cell count, platelet count, and spleen weight after 14 days of therapy. The benefits of combination therapy versus ruxolitinib alone were even more significant after 29 days of treatment. The combination therapy was also associated with a reduction in bone marrow scar tissue and a reduction in the activity of the JAK2 pathway. Comparable effects were also observed in mice that were treated with PU-H71 plus ruxolitinib after initial monotherapy with ruxolitinib, further demonstrating the efficacy of combination treatment. Most importantly, in those mice treated with combination ruxolitinib and PU-H71 therapy, investigators observed a decrease in JAK2 levels, revealing that PU-H71 may prevent or reverse the increases in JAK2 protein levels seen with chronic ruxolitinib therapy. Of note, combination treatment was well tolerated and not associated with increased side effects compared to either therapy alone.
"Now that we have found a way to combat the treatment resistance commonly seen in myelofibrosis, we are continuing these trials with the hope that these results will one day provide a treatment option superior to what is currently available for these patients," said Priya Koppikar, PhD, second author and research scholar in the Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program (HOPP) at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York.
"We believe these results provide the impetus for the first studies combining ruxolitinib with HSP90 inhibitors in myelofibrosis patients, and we are working to begin these trials as soon as possible to improve their outcomes," added Ross Levine, MD, lead author and Associate Attending Physician in the HOPP and Leukemia Service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York.
Dr. Koppikar will present this study in an oral presentation on Monday, December 10, at 6:15 p.m. EST at the Georgia World Congress Center in Room B216-B217, Level 2, Building B.
A Pivotal Phase II Trial of Ponatinib in Patients with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) and Philadelphia Chromosome-Positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (Ph+ALL) Resistant or Intolerant to Dasatinib or Nilotinib, or with the T315I BCR-ABL Mutation: 12-Month Follow-up of the PACE Trial [Abstract 163]
Researchers have discovered that ponatinib, a new oral tyrosine-kinase inhibitor (TKI), can silence a deadly mutation in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) and Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphocytic leukemia (Ph+ALL).
CML and Ph+ALL are leukemias caused by an abnormality known as the Philadelphia chromosome that produces the cancer-causing gene BCR-ABL. This gene provides the DNA code to produce the BCR-ABL tyrosine-kinase, a protein found on the leukemia cell surface critical to its development. TKIs such as imatinib, dasatinib, and nilotinib, which bind to the protein and "turn off" its signal, have been revolutionary in the treatment of leukemia and have quickly become standard first-line therapies for CML and Ph+ALL.
Despite this success, no targeted treatment option exists for approximately5 to 20 percent of CML and Ph+ALL patients with the "gatekeeper" T3151 BCR-ABL mutation, which makes them resistant to available TKIs. The only treatment alternative is a hematopoietic stem cell transplant which has toxic side effects. Ponatinib, the first targeted therapy that has emerged for these hard-to-treat patients, has demonstrated excellent activity against the T3151 mutation in early clinical trials. High levels of response have also been observed in patients with other mutations or with no mutations who have experienced resistance or intolerance to two or all three available TKIs. Given these promising results, researchers conducted a pivotal Phase II trial assessing the drug.
A team of researchers from the United States and Europe enrolled 449 patients with CML and Ph+ALL who were either resistant or intolerant (R/I) to dasatinib or nilotinib or had the T3151 mutation. Patients were assigned into six cohorts based on their disease resistance or genetic profile and then treated with ponatinib. Nearly all of the patients were previously treated with two of the available TKIs (imatinib, dasatinib, and/or nilotinib) or with all three TKIs. The primary endpoint of the study was major cytogenetic response (>65% of cells are normal) within 12 months of treatment for those with chronic phase CML and major hematologic response (normal white blood cell counts) within six months after treatment for those with advanced-phase CML or Ph+ALL.
Major cytogenetic response was observed in 55 percent of all chronic-phase CML patients (50% of R/I patients and 70% with T3151 mutation), and major hematologic response was observed in 58 percent of patients with accelerated-phase CML (57% of R/I patients and 50% with T3151 mutation) and 34 percent of those with blast-phase CML/ Ph+ALL (35% of R/I patients and 33% with T3151 mutation). The similar response rates observed in patients with and without the T3151 mutation build on previous evidence and imply that ponatinib is a TKI that may work across a wide range of mutations associated with TKI resistance and also in instances where mutations are not detected.
Remarkably, complete cytogenetic response (no Ph+ cells measured in the body) was achieved in 46 percent of patients with chronic phase CML, with higher response rates observed in patients who were exposed to fewer prior TKIs and those with shorter disease duration. The therapy was also well tolerated in all cohorts, as evidenced by the minimal toxicities observed. The most common adverse events observed were skin toxicity (including rash or dry skin), elevation of pancreatic enzymes and/or pancreatitis, and myelosuppression (a side effect of cancer treatment that lowers blood cell count). At the time of analysis, 52 percent of patients remained on the therapy. These results demonstrate ponatinib's efficacy in CML and Ph+ALL patients with no other viable treatment options.
"This therapy may be able to transform highly fatal forms of leukemia into a curable disease in these patients – we have simply never had any treatment produce such high rates of durable response in such a heavily treated group of patients," said Jorge Cortes, MD, lead author, Professor of Medicine, Deputy Chair of the Department of Leukemia, and Chief of the CML and AML Sections at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. "Our next step is to test ponatinib's potential as an initial therapy in an attempt to prevent the occurrence of relapse that may decrease the prospects of a normal lifespan for patients."
Dr. Cortes will present this study in an oral presentation on Sunday, December 9, at 4:30 p.m. EST at the Georgia World Congress Center in Room A411-A412, Level 4, Building A.
Phase I/II Study of Weekly MLN9708, an Investigational Oral Proteasome Inhibitor, in Combination with Lenalidomide and Dexamethasone in Patients with Previously Untreated Multiple Myeloma (MM) [Abstract 332]
Early-stage research suggests that when added to standard multiple myeloma therapy, an investigational oral proteasome inhibitor known as MLN9708 increases the efficacy of treatment with few side effects.
The last decade has seen an explosion of new therapies for myeloma, a disease that causes the plasma cells found in the bone marrow to grow uncontrollably and form tumors. These tumor cells can destroy bones, damage kidneys, and make it difficult for the bone marrow to produce healthy blood cells and platelets, which puts patients at higher risk of infection and abnormal bleeding. One therapy for myeloma is bortezomib, a drug classified as a proteasome inhibitor for its activity blocking the proteasome (a cell structure that regulates the proteins involved in cell replication and survival), which prevents the function of proteins essential for myeloma cell survival. Another myeloma treatment strategy involves immunomodulatory agents, such as lenalidomide, which bolster the immune system's response to myeloma and alter the tumor microenvironment that sustains cancer cell growth. While each therapy is individually effective, when combined they offer improved response rates and lead to longer duration of response.
While immunomodulatory agents are produced in convenient oral pill form, bortezomib must be administered via injection and carries a risk of nerve damage, which can deter patient adherence to treatment regimens. MLN9708, the first oral proteasome inhibitor to enter clinical trials for the treatment of myeloma, may offer a more convenient and tolerable form of treatment that limits the risk of nerve damage.
In order to assess the efficacy, safety, and proper dose of MLN9708 in previously untreated myeloma patients, researchers enrolled 65 patients in a Phase I/II study and administered an oral dose of the proteasome inhibitor combined with lenalidomide and dexamethasone for up to 12, 28-day cycles, followed by maintenance therapy with MLN9708 every 28 days until disease progression. Primary objectives in Phase I included safety, maximum tolerated dose, and recommended Phase II dose. In Phase II, primary objectives included complete remission and very good partial response (VGPR, measured by a 90% or greater reduction in abnormal myeloma proteins in the blood).
In Phase I, the maximum tolerated dose was determined as 2.97 mg/m2 and recommended Phase II dose was selected as 2.23 mg/m2, which was later converted to a 4.0 mg/m2 dose based on encouraging results related to the body's ability to tolerate the drug. In Phase II, the investigators observed an overall response rate of 92 percent with 55 percent of patients reaching VGPR or better, including 23 percent with a complete remission. As the treatment cycles progressed, the rate and depth of response increased.
Minor adverse events, such as fatigue, nausea, and rash, were noted in approximately 40 percent of patients. Serious adverse events were minimal and primarily consisted of decreased blood counts, nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, rash, and electrolyte disturbances. One patient died from pneumonia while on treatment, and seven patients discontinued treatment due to different side effects.
"As targeted therapies continue to evolve, we are now shifting our efforts to focus on making them safer and producing them in more convenient forms for patients. MLN9708 is a great example of how to accomplish this goal," said Shaji K. Kumar, MD, lead author and Professor of Medicine and Consultant in Hematology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. "We are now planning ongoing studies to examine this drug in combination with other myeloma drugs in Phase II and Phase III clinical trials. Once approved for treatment of myeloma, this drug will allow patients the convenience of a completely oral, highly effective regimen for treatment of multiple myeloma."
Dr. Kumar will present this study in an oral presentation on Monday, December 10, at 7:15 a.m. EST at the Georgia World Congress Center in the Thomas Murphy Ballroom 2-3, Level 5, Building B.
Pomalidomide in Combination with Low-Dose Dexamethasone: Demonstrates a Significant Progression Free Survival and Overall Survival Advantage, in Relapsed/Refractory MM: A Phase III, Multicenter, Randomized, Open-Label Study [LBA 6]
An advanced trial comparing therapeutic options for refractory multiple myeloma finds that combination treatment with pomalidomide and low-dose dexamethasone may be superior to high-dose dexamethasone alone for patients with resistant and relapsed disease.
Multiple myeloma (MM) causes abnormal plasma cells to accumulate in the bone marrow, interfering with normal blood cell production and increasing the risk of infection and abnormal bleeding. Current treatments include combinations of steroid therapies like dexamethasone, which reduces inflammation and manages the immune response with targeted therapies like bortezomib and lenalidomide that inhibit tumor growth and reproduction. However, many patients eventually become resistant to these standard therapies and therefore have a poor prognosis. Since there are few treatment options available for these difficult-to-treat patients, research has aimed to identify new therapy combinations and disease targets that may lead to better results.
Early trials of a novel immunomodulatory drug called pomalidomide have shown some evidence of activity in these relapsed and treatment-resistant patients. Pomalidomide offers an effective mechanism against resistant myeloma because it directly targets the disease in multiple ways. It not only encourages the immune system to attack and destroy myeloma cells, but also prevents the growth of new blood vessels and inhibits myeloma cell growth by reducing the supply of oxygen and nutrients to the myeloma cells. To evaluate whether a combination regimen with pomalidomide plus low-dose dexamethasone therapy might offer relapsed multiple myeloma patients better progression-free and overall survival than high-dose dexamethasone alone, researchers conducted a study in a population of patients with refractory or relapsed and refractory disease.
The open-label, multicenter, Phase III trial evaluated the safety and efficacy of pomalidomide and low-dose dexamethasone (LoDEX) combination as compared to high-dose dexamethasone (HiDEX) alone. A total of 455 patients were enrolled and randomized to receive regimens of either pomalidomide with LoDEX (Arm A, 302 patients) or HiDEX (Arm B, 153 patients) in a 28-day cycle until disease progression or severe toxicity. The primary endpoint was progression-free survival (PFS), while secondary endpoints included measures of safety, overall survival, and quality of life.
After a median follow-up of 18 weeks, patients who received the pomalidomide and LoDEX combination experienced significantly longer PFS compared with those who received HiDEX alone (15.7 vs. 8 weeks), and overall survival was also longer in the combination treatment arm. After an independent review committee concluded that the combination regimen offered survival advantage, the study's Data Safety Monitoring Board recommended that patients from Arm B be switched to Arm A to receive the combination treatment.
The combination regimen was well tolerated among the study participants, although some expected toxicities were reported in both groups, including low neutrophil count (42% in Arm A vs. 15% in Arm B), low platelet count (21% vs. 24%), and fever (7% vs. 0%). At the time of analysis, 45 percent of patients in Arm A and 25 percent of patients in Arm B remained in the study. The primary reason cited for discontinuation was progressive disease, which occurred in 35 percent of patients in Arm A and 49 percent in Arm B. One-fourth (25%) of patients in Arm A and 38 percent in Arm B died during the study, primarily from advanced disease and infections.
"We are excited about these results, as they show that a combination approach with pomalidomide and low-dose dexamethasone offers superior results than current treatment options for hard-to-treat myeloma patients," said Meletios Dimopoulos, MD, lead author and Professor and Chairman of the Department of Clinical Therapeutics at Alexandra Hospital in Athens, Greece. "We believe this study provides the basis to consider this combination as a new standard of care for patients who have exhausted most standard treatments to treat their refractory disease and may even offer greater benefit if studied among less heavily treated patients as a first-line therapy for the disease."
Dr. Dimopoulos will present this study during the Late Breaking Abstracts session on Tuesday, December 11, at 7:30 a.m. EST at the Georgia World Congress Center in Hall B5, Level 1, Building B.
American Society of Hematology 54th Annual Meeting
The study authors and moderator will be available for interviews after the press conference or by telephone. Additional press briefings will take place throughout the meeting on new targeted treatment for chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), efforts to reduce toxicity and improve survival for blood cancer therapy, strategies to increase the efficacy and safety of treatments for clotting disorders, and advances in stem cell technology and transplant strategies. For the complete annual meeting program and abstracts, visit www.hematology.org/2012abstracts. Follow ASH (@ASH_hematology) on Twitter (use the hashtag #ASH12 when posting tweets about the meeting) and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/AmericanSocietyofHematology for the most up-to-date information about the 2012 ASH Annual Meeting.
The American Society of Hematology (ASH) (www.hematology.org) is the world's largest professional society of hematologists dedicated to furthering the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disorders affecting the blood. For more than 50 years, the Society has led the development of hematology as a discipline by promoting research, patient care, education, training, and advocacy in hematology. The official journal of ASH is Blood (www.bloodjournal.org), the most cited peer-reviewed publication in the field, which is available weekly in print and online.
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Every innovation or invention was originally a daydream. You like to imagine a “what-if” scenario. And with all the attention being paid to the so-called Internet of Things (IoT) you don’t have to stretch the imagination too much to see how this may impact commercial and homeowners insurance. We’re beyond the point of accepting this as a leap of faith. The groundwork is laid. Now it’s just a matter of time. We can thank the inventors of smart thermostats for developing a practical business application that everyone can relate to. Gone are the salad days of smart home apps, the early chalkb...
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Cloud data governance was previously an avoided function when cloud deployments were relatively small. With the rapid adoption in public cloud – both rogue and sanctioned, it’s not uncommon to find regulated data dumped into public cloud and unprotected. This is why enterprises and cloud providers alike need to embrace a cloud data governance function and map policies, processes and technology controls accordingly. In her session at 15th Cloud Expo, Evelyn de Souza, Data Privacy and Compliance Strategy Leader at Cisco Systems, will focus on how to set up a cloud data governance program and s...
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Roberto Medrano, Executive Vice President at SOA Software, had reached 30,000 page views on his home page - http://RobertoMedrano.SYS-CON.com/ - on the SYS-CON family of online magazines, which includes Cloud Computing Journal, Internet of Things Journal, Big Data Journal, and SOA World Magazine. He is a recognized executive in the information technology fields of SOA, internet security, governance, and compliance. He has extensive experience with both start-ups and large companies, having been involved at the beginning of four IT industries: EDA, Open Systems, Computer Security and now SOA.
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The industrial software market has treated data with the mentality of “collect everything now, worry about how to use it later.” We now find ourselves buried in data, with the pervasive connectivity of the (Industrial) Internet of Things only piling on more numbers. There’s too much data and not enough information. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Bob Gates, Global Marketing Director, GE’s Intelligent Platforms business, to discuss how realizing the power of IoT, software developers are now focused on understanding how industrial data can create intelligence for industrial operations. Imagine ...
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How to Negotiate Everything
Lisa Lutz (Author) Jaime Temairik (Illustrator)
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DescriptionThere'll be no more hearing "no" after this clever picture book teaches you how to get everything you want. Have you ever wanted something and been told "No"? Then this is the book for you. Through several simple steps, you will learn the best way to ask for what you want, how to ask for more of what you want, and the importance of not overreaching. With helpful illustrations and a complete glossary, there is no end to what these skills can get you. Straight out of the pages of the New York Times bestselling Trail of the Spellmans, authors David Spellman and Lisa Lutz and illustrator Jaime Temairik show you that it is possible to negotiate for everything. Even an elephant!
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David Spellman is a lawyer, a stay-at-home dad, and a fictional character invented by Lisa Lutz. Lisa Lutz is the author of the Spellman series of comedic novels about a family of private investigators, beginning with The Spellman Files. She is a fictional character invented by Jaime Temairik. Jaime Temairik is an illustrator in Seattle. How to Negotiate Everything is her first picture book. She is a fictional character created by Sammy's elephant.

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Health officials in Los Angeles County said those living in lower income neighborhoods are three times more likely to die of COVID-19 than those who live in richer areas, according to a Sunday report.
The Los Angeles Times reported that black people in the county have seen the highest death rates, followed by Latino people. The report said 117,000 people in the county and about 14 percent tested positive.
KTLA reported that the county reported 18 new deaths on Sunday, which brings the total deaths there to 913. The number of infections approached 20,000.
“The most difficult part of the COVID-19 pandemic is losing people to the virus,” Dr. Barbara Ferrer, the L.A. County director of public health, said in a statement.
Her statement said of the 18 deaths on Sunday, 13 were over 65 years old, four were between 41 and 65, and one person was between 18 and 40. Fifteen had underlying conditions. The report said 93 percent of the deaths had an underlying health condition.
“As we have more information about who is dying, we are reminded that the work ahead requires that we address issues of disproportionality that result in higher rates of death among African Americans, Latinx and Asians as well as residents living in poverty,” Ferrer said.

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Wild Zambia on Foot
Game drives in the Luangwa National Park.
Dramatic sunsets and lush landscapes.
Few other visitors and off peak prices.
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On arrival in Lusaka you will be met and assisted through immigration and with your luggage. You will be shown to your internal flight to Mfuwe. Here you will meet your guide and will be driven through Mfuwe town to the South Luangwa National Park and your lodge.
Day 2 South Luangwa National Park
A full day of game viewing activities. The South Luangwa National Park is considered one of the finest safari destinations in Africa, where you can expect to see lion, giraffe, zebra, buffalo, elephant, hippo, hyena and more.
Day 3 South Luangwa National Park
Today you will have the option of taking both a morning and afternoon activity. Normally the activities will start at around 6am - you will then return mid morning for lunch and siesta before going out again in the afternoon.
Day 4 South Luangwa National Park
Day 5 South Luangwa National Park
This morning you will transfer by boat further north. This journey will take a few hours, depending on what you see along the way. On arrival you will be able to explore the area on foot to see what game you can find.
Day 6 South Luangwa National Park
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Day 8 South Luangwa National Park
This morning your guide will take you down river again by boat to Nkwali Camp on the banks of the Luangwa for your final few nights on safari. Here you will be able to enjoy some game drives and night drives.
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Did you know that plumbing waste pipes can last at least five decades? Likewise, water lines, including copper and plastic, can last 50 years or more.
However, those estimates still depend on proper plumbing maintenance. Without this, your residential plumbing system and its components can break down sooner.
To that end, we created this guide on the top plumbing maintenance mistakes you should avoid at all costs. Read on to discover what they are so you can steer clear of them.
1. Relying Too Much on Drain Cleaners
In 2019, U.S. poison centers received over 8,000 reports of caustic drain and toilet cleaner exposure. Unfortunately, many of these incidents resulted in severe injuries and poisoning.
After all, many drain and toilet cleaners use caustic agents and acids. These are very potent chemicals that break up organic matter. That’s how they can work against drain clogs, and is also why they can harm humans and animals.
Overusing such potent chemicals can also damage and corrode pipes.
So instead of using drain cleaners, use a plunger to unclog a sink or toilet. Alternatively, you can pour some baking soda and vinegar to address minor blockages.
If none of those safer methods do the trick, then it’s time to call a professional plumber for help.
2. Over-tightening Connections
A vital task to include in your plumbing maintenance routine is to check pipes for tightness. These include drain and supply pipes under sinks and those for your washing machine. You must then ensure they’re properly connected to prevent leaks.
At the same time, you should avoid over-tightening their connections. Otherwise, that can damage their fasteners and fittings. That can then make the pipe joints more prone to bursting.
You’ll face more expensive water damage if that happens. Indeed, just one inch of water in your home can leave you with $25,000 worth of damage. And if that water is full of sewage or waste, it’s also dangerous as it’s full of disease-causing germs.
3. Fixing Only Visible Leaks
Never ignore plumbing leaks; immediately fix them with some plumber’s tape. Make sure you turn off your main water supply valve before doing DIY pipe repairs.
However, just as crucial is never to assume that all plumbing leaks are easy to spot. Remember, most pipes are inside walls and ceilings and under the floors. So when they leak, you likely won’t notice them immediately.
Some signs of hidden pipe leaks are moldy smells, elevated indoor humidity, and stuffy air. If the leak is massive enough, you may experience reduced water pressure. Likewise, your water bills will increase significantly.
If you can’t determine the leak source, it’s best to call a local professional plumber.
4. Not Using or Cleaning Drain Screens
Drain screens can make plumbing maintenance easier since they help keep pipes clean. After all, they filter debris, such as food scraps, soap bits, hair, and items you may drop accidentally. You can then throw whatever they catch into the trash, rinse them, and put them back over the drain.
Thus, if you haven’t been using drain screens, get a few for your kitchen sink now. Do the same for your bathroom sink as well as your floor drains.
Avoid These Plumbing Maintenance Mistakes
As long-lasting as plumbing systems are, they can degrade sooner if not cared for properly. That’s enough reason to avoid committing the plumbing maintenance mistakes discussed above. Lastly, don’t forget to schedule annual professional plumbing inspections and servicing.
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SCAAK provides a wide range of courses related to accounting and audit that are recognized around the world for their excellence and relevance. At any stage of your finance, accounting and auditing career that you might be, be sure that SCAAK has a qualification that will suit you and your career.
SCAAK provides trainings for:
Certified Accounting Technicians, Certified Accountants and Auditors in private sector;
Accounting Technicians and Certified Auditors in public sector;
The Certified Accounting Technician level is a common path for certifications in both the private and public sector. Candidates can choose the given options if they want to be certified for the above-mentioned sectors.
SCAAK's program has been expanded in 2008 and again in 2015 to reflect changes in the International Education Standards, requirements of the Law on Legal Audit Enterprise 8th Directive and local legislative changes. This enables students to gain an equivalent qualification with the best available programs in EU and the world's most developed countries and to understand in detail the legal provisions of the country.
The program was developed in cooperation with EU experts and was supported by educational materials of a world top level.
This implies that the program aims to ensure that Kosovo accountants and auditors have the appropriate skills and expertise that are essential to the development of the economy both in the private and public sector.
Society has a mutual recognition with the most renowned organizations in the world, therefore Society’s members could benefit international designations through SCAAK certification.
All Society’s certification programs are accredited by National Qualification Authority (NQA).
The Private Sector Certification Program
The Private Sector Certification Program involves three stages of certification through which the stakeholders, depending on the need for profiling in accounting or auditing and the level they need, may decide to pursue one or three stages, always considering the conditions to be met, to achieve the designation.
The Private Sector Certification Program Levels
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The Public Sector Certification Program
The Public Sector Certification Program includes two levels of certification, where the first level for Accounting Technician is the same as in the Private Sector, and at this level, members could be profiled for Certified Public Sector Auditors.
Up to date, SCAAK had a successful cooperation with the National Audit Office (NAO) by providing a certification scheme dedicated to auditors of this body in compliance with the International Standards on Supreme Audit Institutions (ISSAI). SCAAK has also implemented projects in cooperation with the Ministry of Finance on capacity building in public finance management for financial officers.
As the demand for specialization in the public sector has increased, SCAAK has started the new public sector certification scheme in cooperation with the UK Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) where the certification scheme for NAO’s auditors was merged.
Through this program, candidates will be members in both organizations and after the completion of the examinations in this scheme and the fulfillment of relevant practical experience will benefit the designation in Kosovo and UK. These certifications enable members to practice their profession anywhere in the world.
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Certification Program in Internal Audit
The Internal Audit certification program was established as internal audit is a key pillar of good governance, providing an independent perspective on entity management, either private or public, to all stakeholders, and it helps identify problems and areas for improvement.
The Internal Audit certification program includes three subjects, whereas first subject covers general topics from different areas necessary for an internal auditor. Subjects two and three are exclusively focused on the internal auditor work and appropriate implementation of internal audit standards.
Certification Program in Internal Audit Subjects
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Subject 1: Internal Audit Knowledge Elements
Subject 2: Internal Audit Basics
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Housing Development Corporation Ltd. (HDC) is a 100% state owned enterprise formed by a presidential decree, initially established in 2001.
HDC undertakes and manages the overall planning and building of the reclaimed city of Hulhumalé – the Maldives’ biggest and most ambitious urban development project. Currently working towards creating Hulhumalé to become the nation’s first sustainable city, the corporation undertakes projects of hospitality, industrial, recreational, commercial and residential in nature, while introducing new opportunities on a scale previously never seen before in the country.
HDC recorded a Net Profit of MVR 362M in 2020, a significant improvement after a MVR 62M Net Profit in 2019. HDC earned MVR 564M in Revenue in the first quarter, mainly from sale of land. The company recorded the second highest profit margin, 44% from among all the SOEs in 2020.


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Park Champions volunteers haven’t wasted any time getting to work this year. Despite stormy weather, they’ve had workdays at over 15 state parks so far in 2017! From habitat restoration in Southern California’s Border Field State Park to painting buildings at Candlestick Point State Recreation Area in the Bay Area, our volunteer teams are committed to giving back to the parks they love all year long.
Give yourself a reason to spend the day outdoors by getting involved with your local state parks. Learn new skills, connect with fellow park lovers and nurture a sense of stewardship for the treasured nature in your area. There are so many opportunities to get involved:
And that’s just in the next few weeks! Visit our website to see a map and descriptions of upcoming Park Champions projects near you, and check out the Flickr page to be inspired by the photos of volunteers’ recent accomplishments.


text: The real de a ocho was minted for the first time in 1497 in the course of the monetary reform of Medina del Campo in Spain. At that time, the Catholic Monarchs Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragón reigned over Spain. Under the rule of these two kings began the discovery and the conquest of the New World and therewith the advancement of the peso. Initially, the 8-reales pieces were rarely minted. In the 1540s, however, Emperor Charles V resumed the minting of the real de a ocho. At last Charles' son and successor Philip II (1556-1598) created the type of coin which was to become the archetype for all future pesos. His 8-reales coin bore the shield of Spain on the obverse and the coat of arms, divided by a cross, on the reverse.

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With grep if you know the number of lines you want you can use context option A to print lines after the pattern grep A 3 file that will give you the line with and the next 3 lines Grep a log file with current date. Ask Question. up vote 0 down vote favorite. I need to grep a log file with today's date.
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August 16, 2018
A great day for our nonprofits and a great day for the Corry Community Foundation,
April 04, 2018
Beginning with the spring grant cycle, two guest advisers will sit in on the grant presentations and offer their opinion about how available money should be delegated.
October 28, 2017
The Corry Community Foundation has matched $10,000 in funds raised from the 2017 Erie Gives campaign.

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Guy Turner is a partner at Hyde Park Venture Partners, an early-stage venture fund that focuses on software startups in the Midwest. He also is an investing member of the Hyde Park Angels.
Turner joined Hyde Park Venture Partners in 2012 after a stint in the Kauffman Fellows Program, a two-year leadership development program for venture capitalists. Before that, he was a consultant at the Boston Consulting Group.
Turner has led investments at a number of B2B software companies, including Geofeedia, InContext Solutions and Iris Mobile, serving on the board of directors at each company.
In March, Hyde Park Venture Partners expanded its regional reach, opening an office in Indianapolis after forays into Cincinnati, Ann Arbor, Mich., and Minneapolis.
Turner told Blue Sky that he sees other Midwestern cities as additional opportunities for venture capitalists.
“We’ve found as a fund that there is as much opportunity or more at times outside of Chicago as there is in Chicago, and so it’s something over time that we’re doubling down into,” he said.
Turner is a former mechanical engineer with Raytheon and General Electric and holds a bachelor’s of science in mechanical engineering from Cornell University and an MBA from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business.


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Here was the first city-stop of the bike tour, and a place where quite a lot of people arrived. The newcomers arrived after a long journey to a slightly confusing sight – a half demolished warehouse, with one wall and half a roof missing, and many bricks in little mounds dotted around, with tents in between. Welcome to Flyende By! (http://flydendeby.org/) Translated as the floating city, the the building is a workspace for building various boat projects. The place where we were staying is their warehouse, but they were in the process of moving –literally everything, which explained the dug-up floor brick piles.
They also had some other projects there were working on – such as renovating a sauna on wheels, built inside a trailer so that it could be moved with them.
Also on wheels was the small boat attached to the mobility scooter which was used to transport stuff between the old and new warehouses. The boat and mobility scooter were also later spotted on the Copenhagen page of trashwiki (http://trashwiki.org/en/Copenhagen) which our hosts had not seen before it was showed to them!
Another memory of Copenhagen was a private concert one night. Some of the bike tour had gone out to explore the city at night time, and had heard music coming from below the street. Following the source of the sound lead to some stairs going down, a heavy metal door which was opened, and what turned out to be a band practicing in an underground bunker. The bike tour (without the bikes!) squeezed into the tiny space and were treated to a private concert.
While in Copenhagen we were invited to visit a project from a group of people who had bought an old cargo ship for one euro and were restoring it! (http://www.hawilaproject.org/) The 27 metre ship had been uncared for and left to slowly decay in the water for many years, until a group of people bought it and decided to give it new life. They bought the ship a few years previously, and had fixed many of the holes in the hull and sealed the decking. They were hoping to open it up for projects to use, and eventually sail it around as a cargo ship. While we were visiting, a circus group arrived and set up hoops and ropes from the rigging!