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With Inflation Set to Rise, a Fresh Look at Active TIPS Strategies
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In recent years, many investors have become complacent about inflation risk on the back of falling commodity prices and slack in the economy. Now inflation fears have reemerged as commodity prices recover and the labor market tightens, while the Trump administration's proposed policies – many of which are perceived to be inflationary – fan the flames. We at PIMCO agree that inflation risk has risen and see potential for a transition to a higher inflation regime. With this in mind, it's important for investors to contemplate how best to prepare their portfolios.
Real assets, including Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS), can play an important role by aiming to mitigate the risks of higher inflation while also seeking to provide a portfolio with a key source of diversification relative to traditional stocks and bonds. Given their explicit link to inflation, TIPS are core to constructing inflation-fighting portfolios, in our view. The question becomes how investors can best harness the potential benefits of these securities.
When considering an allocation to TIPS, the natural first step is to weigh the pros and cons of allocating to an active versus a passive manager. Both approaches offer potential benefits, costs and risks. That said, we believe PIMCO's track record of actively managing TIPS portfolios demonstrates the potential value added by pursuing an active approach – and much of our success has resulted from capitalizing on market inefficiencies in ways that passive managers can't.
Understanding inefficiencies in the TIPS market
The TIPS market is characterized by a number of inefficiencies that present potential hidden costs to passive indexers and concurrent opportunities to add value for skillful active TIPS managers. As a result, investors in passively managed TIPS products may pay more in total execution costs than the fees their passive managers charge imply. And this potential lost wealth may be transferred to more flexible active market participants (including hedge funds and market makers), who may then profit at the passive investor's expense. Below we summarize some of the inefficiencies that may allow this to happen:
On-the-run/off-the-run relative value trading. A TIPS index includes all TIPS, both recently issued (on-the-run) securities and existing (off-the-run) securities. As a result, an index may hold two or more securities with very similar maturities: one that was just issued and an existing one with roughly the same time to maturity. A purely passive manager will replicate the index and hold both issues at index-specified weights. However, there may be a pricing advantage in holding a higher exposure to one of the securities and a lower exposure to the other while still maintaining the same overall duration and curve exposure as the index.
These possible mispricing scenarios between on-the-run and off-the-run TIPS create opportunities for active managers to express relative value views while still maintaining the same key rate and overall duration as the TIPS index (see Figure 1).
Index rebalancing. When new TIPS issues are added to the index post-auction, or when existing issues drop from the index as they near maturity, the composition and duration of the index change. Per index rules, these changes take effect at the end of the month and are predictable far in advance. Knowing that rule-following indexers will be buying or selling certain bonds at month-end, active managers may buy or sell TIPS in advance and reverse the trade to the indexers at month-end. Thus the passive investor may end up buying at elevated prices or selling at depressed prices while still exactly matching the index's performance. This presents another potential hidden cost that passive TIPS investors may repeatedly pay to more active participants in the market.
Owing to this trading dynamic, TIPS have historically outperformed nominal Treasuries (richened) in the week preceding a month-end duration extension of the index (see Figure 2). For active investors, this recurring structural inefficiency presents an attractive risk-adjusted opportunity to add value relative to the passive index.
TIPS auction dynamics. TIPS are issued by the U.S. Treasury at recurring auctions as part of the government's overall funding program. Currently the Treasury conducts monthly TIPS auctions: three per year for five-year TIPS, six for 10-year TIPS and three for 30-year TIPS. In 2015, approximately $155 billion of new TIPS were issued through Treasury auctions.
Auctions are key liquidity events for market participants and consequently tend to create temporary structural distortions in TIPS valuations. Specifically, TIPS show a recurring pattern of cheapening in the weeks preceding a TIPS auction and richening post-auction as the market corrects (see Figure 3). Active TIPS managers looking to make portfolio adjustments will typically sell in the weeks before the auction so as not to compete with the auction supply, thereby driving down TIPS prices pre-auction; post-auction, the reverse effect occurs. An active TIPS manager can seek to exploit this recurring structural inefficiency, thereby adding value versus the passive index.
Funding and liquidation costs. Though often overlooked, one component of the TIPS market structure that may be particularly costly to passive indexers is the market on close (MOC) trade order used by passive managers. TIPS indexes use market close prices to compute their index levels and daily returns, and MOC orders provide trade executions that nearly always match these prices. While this benefits passive managers or Wall Street dealers by reducing their risk of deviating from the client-specified index, it can be costly for the TIPS investor. Knowing that passive indexers require end-of-day pricing to track the TIPS index – which means they will effectively act as price-indiscriminate buyers or sellers at or near market close – active market participants will typically richen/cheapen the TIPS market into the close in order to profit at the indexers' expense. This can be a significant cost to the passive investor upon both funding and liquidating TIPS positions.
By contrast, active managers have a strong incentive to navigate around the adverse pricing dynamics that tend to occur near the market close; they instead look for the best intraday execution by continually assessing liquidity within the TIPS market. In this way, active managers may potentially provide more cost-efficient TIPS exposure to their clients, even after factoring in management fees.
Expanding active management to further enhance potential return
Taking advantage of the market's structural inefficiencies is not the only way active managers can seek to enhance returns after fees in TIPS allocations. Active managers of strategies focused on returns above inflation can also use various means to express top-down macroeconomic views and bottom-up views specific to the TIPS and other inflation-linked bond markets.
Top-down strategies include:
• Duration positioning
• Positioning based on views of yield curve steepening/flattening
• Assessing TIPS' relative value versus nominal Treasuries, based on shifts in inflation expectations
• Country rotation among inflation-linked bond issuers
• Limited sector rotation among high quality non-government sectors
Bottom-up strategies include:
• Positioning to exploit seasonal consumer price inflation (CPI) patterns, which present a recurring opportunity to capture attractive risk-adjusted incremental return
• "Inflation capture," or managing the mix of short and long TIPS to express an active view that CPI will print higher than the market expects
• Targeted issue selection
• Relative value trading based on the implied option value of receiving at least the original principal value upon maturity (i.e., the embedded deflation put)
To further enhance potential returns, active managers who are willing to assume more risk can utilize alternative means to gain exposure, including the use of inflation swaps. Over recent history, the inflation swap market has become an efficient alternative to other transactions for gaining exposure to TIPS while also providing direct access to trading inflation.
PIMCO applies a broad set of active strategies in an effort to closely track but consistently outperform the index, as well as maximize risk-adjusted real returns.
Going active
With U.S. inflation fears likely to mount in the coming years, investors may contemplate increasing their TIPS allocations – and a key decision will be how best to obtain that exposure. Allocating to a skilled active manager with a comprehensive set of TIPS strategies may enable investors to benefit from structural inefficiencies in the market and offer fertile ground for generating after-fee alpha.
Learn More About Why Bonds Are Different: Access a wealth of thought leadership and investor resources on why active management makes sense for bonds at PIMCO.com/bondsaredifferent.
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Past performance is not a guarantee or a reliable indicator of future results.
A word about risk:
Investing in the bond market is subject to risks, including market, interest rate, issuer, credit, inflation risk, and liquidity risk. The value of most bonds and bond strategies are impacted by changes in interest rates. Bonds and bond strategies with longer durations tend to be more sensitive and volatile than those with shorter durations; bond prices generally fall as interest rates rise, and the current low interest rate environment increases this risk. Current reductions in bond counterparty capacity may contribute to decreased market liquidity and increased price volatility. Bond investments may be worth more or less than the original cost when redeemed. Inflation-linked bonds (ILBs) issued by a government are fixed income securities whose principal value is periodically adjusted according to the rate of inflation; ILBs decline in value when real interest rates rise. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) are ILBs issued by the U.S. government. Sovereign securities are generally backed by the issuing government, obligations of U.S. Government agencies and authorities are supported by varying degrees but are generally not backed by the full faith of the U.S. Government; portfolios that invest in such securities are not guaranteed and will fluctuate in value. Investing in foreign denominated and/or domiciled securities may involve heightened risk due to currency fluctuations, and economic and political risks, which may be enhanced in emerging markets. Mortgage and asset-backed securities may be sensitive to changes in interest rates, subject to early repayment risk, and their value may fluctuate in response to the market's perception of issuer creditworthiness; while generally supported by some form of government or private guarantee there is no assurance that private guarantors will meet their obligations. High-yield, lower-rated, securities involve greater risk than higher-rated securities; portfolios that invest in them may be subject to greater levels of credit and liquidity risk than portfolios that do not. Equities may decline in value due to both real and perceived general market, economic, and industry conditions. Derivatives may involve certain costs and risks such as liquidity, interest rate, market, credit, management and the risk that a position could not be closed when most advantageous. Investing in derivatives could lose more than the amount invested. Management risk is the risk that the investment techniques and risk analyses applied by PIMCO will not produce the desired results, and that certain policies or developments may affect the investment techniques available to PIMCO in connection with managing the strategy. Diversification does not ensure against loss.
Statements concerning financial market trends are based on current market conditions, which will fluctuate. There is no guarantee that these investment strategies will work under all market conditions or are suitable for all investors and each investor should evaluate their ability to invest long-term, especially during periods of downturn in the market. No representation is being made that any account, product, or strategy will or is likely to achieve profits, losses, or results similar to those shown. Investors should consult their investment professional prior to making an investment decision.
This material contains the opinions of the manager but not necessarily those of PIMCO and such opinions are subject to change without notice. This material has been distributed for informational purposes only and should not be considered as investment advice or a recommendation of any particular security, strategy or investment product. Information contained herein has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable, but not guaranteed. No part of this material may be reproduced in any form, or referred to in any other publication, without express written permission. PIMCO is a trademark of Allianz Asset Management of America L.P. in the United States and throughout the world. ©2017, PIMCO.
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I will start off by saying that the heart condition characterized by extrasystoles (premature heart beats) is not dangerous and is highly unlikely to pose any serious health problems. In simple words, an extrasystole is a premature or faster heart beat occurring in many absolutely healthy individuals. It is estimated that 1 in 2 people will experience the condition at one point in their lifetime. Extrasystoles improve and disappear completely with vitamin and mineral supplementation and lifestyle changes.
Extrasystoles may affect perfectly healthy children, adolescents, adults and older people without posing any health risks whatsoever. I first experienced extrasystoles about 15 years ago and, as you can see, I am still alive and happy today. I started noticing some irregularities in my heart beat when I was alone at home, laying in my bed. I also noticed that when I was in the company of other people, having a pleasant time, they disappeared like magic.
When you are laying in bed, just before falling asleep, and you feel like your heart is either skipping a beat or going a heartbeat too fast, it is natural to feel scared and think that maybe something is wrong. At first I was scared too and sought medical advice to calm my fears down. But the extrasystoles did not stop even after getting reassurance from my doctor that my heart was perfectly healthy. Eventually, I learnt how to manage them. Here is my personal experience about how I successfully dealt with extrasystoles.
What I learnt causes my extrasystoles: I noticed that hearing sudden, loud noises or being woken up unexpectedly from my sleep not only made me anxious, frightened or stressed, but also triggered my extrasystoles. When I would calm down, my heartbeat got back to normal. A scientific explanation for this is that the body, believing it is in imminent danger, reacts instinctively by increasing anxiety and stress levels, to prepare for an attack. Stress, anxiety, fear are emotions that may trigger extrasystoles by the negative impact they have on our body. But as soon as we calm down, extrasystoles stop too.
The causes for my extrasystoles were almost always stress and anxiety. For example, my favorite thing to do is go for a bike ride in the countryside where I live. Breathing fresh air and feeling the warm sun rays on my skin fully relaxes me. And although I sometimes rode my bike for miles, I never experienced extrasystoles. But when I started worrying about having to get up in the middle of the night to work, or stressing about how to pay my bills, the condition started bothering me again.
Since I had went to my doctor for a thorough checkup, including an EKG (electrocardiogram), and found out I was perfectly healthy, I knew there couldn't be something physically wrong with me. Almost 95% of extrasystoles cases occur as a result of stress and anxiety and are not caused by a physical problem of the heart.
Another cause for extrasystoles is smoking. According to statistics, smoking is the number 1 cause of cardiovascular disease, especially in men. Smoking also causes extrasystoles so giving up cigarettes will certainly improve the quality of your life. An excessive intake of sugar, honey and other similar sweeteners can cause heart rhythm abnormalities as well. Coffee drinkers are also at risk of experiencing extrasystoles as a result of the caffeine in coffee.
For some people, eating too much dark chocolate or cocoa or drinking excessive amounts of tea also causes extrasystoles. Dark chocolate, black coffee and green and black tea are powerful stimulants and some people are simply much too sensitive to them. Everyday tea and coffee contain stimulants such as theine and caffeine which excite the cardiovascular system and cause extrasystoles so drastically reducing your intake of coffee and tea will help you immensely. Also see which is better, coffee or tea in the morning?
You might find this funny, but sometimes, when I feel the urge to pee and still hold it in a little bit more, I get extrasystoles. Moreover, not getting enough sleep might put your body into overdrive and cause extrasystoles, or even low blood pressure. So make sure you are not sleep-deprived.
Because I went through the same thing some of you are going through now, I wholeheartedly recommend that you go see your doctor and ask for an ECG or EKG test (an electrocardiogram). What happens during an EKG or ECG? A family doctor or cardiologist will place some small metal discs called electrodes on your chest, arms and legs (usually wrists and ankles). You just have to lie still on a bed for several minutes (5-10) while the machine to which the electrodes are attached measures your heart's electrical activity. An EKG will simply confirm that your extrasystoles, and possibly other symptoms, are no reason for concern.
How I take care of my extrasystoles: Because extrasystoles are not an indication of any heart problem, I am against taking any medication. After all, I have a healthy heart. But I do have some tips to make extrasystoles more manageable so the condition doesn't interfere with daily life. In the evening, before going to sleep, I like to drink a cup of herbal tea. My favorites are hawthorn, sea buckthorn tea, lemon balm, chamomile, passionflower because they relax me and the warmth of the tea makes me sleepy. These herbal teas are also natural herbal remedies for anxiety.
Keeping stress levels low is also very important for managing extrasystoles so make sure you do something you enjoy every now and then. Some people like cleaning the house when they are alone, others would enjoy a good comedy movie or listening to their favorite music. I like riding my bike in solitary places, where I am surrounded by trees, maybe lie down by the bed of a river and watch ducks or seagulls. Always keep in mind that life is beautiful and that you deserve to enjoy it and you will have no more troubles with extrasystoles.
This post was updated on Friday / July 3rd, 2020 at 11:23 PM

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The genetic basis of prostate cancer has become clearer thanks to increasingly affordable genome sequencing technologies, and studies in monkeys have shed new light on fetal development and what it means -- or doesn't mean -- to be human.
Plus, animals' hibernation strategies and a yellow spice could offer new treatments for ischemic stroke, all in this week's edition of Lab Notes.
The Prostate Cancer Shuffle
The abnormalities that underlie prostate cancer are not simple genetic misspellings, researchers are reporting in Nature. Instead they are wholesale shuffles of DNA from one spot to another, equivalent to shifting paragraphs or even whole chapters of a novel.
The findings come from what is called whole-genome analysis -- sequencing all of the DNA, rather than selected regions -- in seven prostate tumors. The researchers, led by Levi Garraway, MD, PhD, of Boston's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, found complex chains of rearrangements in and around regions where known cancer genes are found.
In the long run, the researchers argued, the findings will shine a clearer light on how prostate cancer starts and may find new targets for therapy.
Leveling the Primate Playing Field
Yet again, we humans find that we're not as superior to other creatures as we thought.
Although many studies have shown that humans are better at certain tasks than, say, chimpanzees, the tests could have been biased by verbal instructions that Homo sapiens but not, say, chimpanzees can understand.
To evaluate such biases, Sarah Brosnan, PhD, of Georgia State University, and colleagues had three species -- capuchin monkeys, chimpanzees, and humans -- perform a task on a level playing field.
All three were made to play a game with no verbal instructions, thus diminishing any headstart for the hairless primates. Pairs of each species had to figure out how to cooperate in devising a strategy to obtain a reward. For humans this was money; for monkeys and chimps, it was fruit.
Brosnan and colleagues found that humans were the most adept at cooperating for rewards -- but not to the extent expected. A specific game strategy was developed by only 16% of the six monkey pairs and 27% of the 18 chimp pairs, but no more than 58% of the 26 human pairs tested.
Tellingly, about the same percentage of humans (31%) and chimps (27%) failed to perform better than chance.
"The species were more similar than might be expected," the researchers wrote in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. They suggested that researchers work harder to eliminate subtle biases that favor some species over others.
Vitamin C Offsets Some Effects of Mom's Smoking
Could good old orange juice protect the developing fetus from untoward hemodynamic effects of prenatal nicotine exposure? That seems to be the take-home message of another study in monkeys.
Researchers from Oregon Health and Science University in Portland led by Antonio Frias, PhD, had previously found that prenatal nicotine exposure was associated with decreased pulmonary function in newborn monkeys, and that vitamin C given to the mothers helped offset it.
To test whether exposure to nicotine would adversely affect the placental vascular network -- and that vitamin C could be of benefit -- they administered nicotine, 2 mg/kg/day at 30 days of gestation in a group of rhesus macaques.
Vitamin C also was given to the nicotine-exposed monkeys and to a group of control animals not exposed to nicotine.
Uterine artery volume blood flow was significantly reduced only among the nicotine-exposed macaques, and not among the exposed monkeys that were given vitamin C, the researchers reported at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting.
The decrease in uterine artery volume blood flow may represent a detrimental increase in resistance in the placental vasculature, but this was mitigated by vitamin C supplements, the researchers concluded.
Compound Spices Up Stroke Neuroprotection
A novel spice-derived drug may protect the brain from the ravaging effects of stroke when given soon after onset, researchers from UCLA and the Salk Institute found in a series of animal experiments reported at the American Stroke Association's annual meeting.
The researchers developed a hybrid form of curcumin -- a component of the Indian flavor staple turmeric that has shown promise in protecting against brain damage -- to waft it past the brain's security barrier toward at-risk brain cells.
Behavioral impairments in rabbits treated with this compound, called CNB-001, were significantly reduced compared with controls. Several different signaling pathways implicated in stroke appeared normalized by the spicy compound.
Since the compound appeared safe in experiments with rodents, testing in humans may be next, according to the researchers.
Stroke Clues from a Long Winter's Nap
Also reported at the American Stroke Association meeting was a potential treatment approach based on a natural hibernation response.
Researchers from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke in Bethesda, Md., had previously shown an increase in a neuroprotective process called SUMOylation during hibernation in ground squirrels. (SUMO is a small ubiquitin-like modifier protein, not the fat Japanese guys in diapers.)
Without this process, triggered by an enzyme called Ubc9, animals in hibernation would suffer brain damage from glucose and oxygen deprivation.
To see whether it would be possible to induce SUMOylation and protect against ischemic damage in the brain, the NINDS group created transgenic mice that strongly expressed Ubc9.
Mice that expressed greater levels of Ubc9 had greater resistance to induced ischemic damage -- resulting in significantly smaller infarctions -- compared with normal mice.
As global SUMOylation increased, infarction volumes shrank in a linear fashion.
However, the group's ability to bump up SUMOylation with extra Ubc9 was limited and may need to be increased in other ways to be useful as a stroke treatment, they suggested.


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The spring edition of the Rhythm of the Home online magazine has officially launched. You can find the new issue here.
There is a brief piece on Alphabet Glue included this time around; a reflection on why I think that bookmaking projects can be valuable tools for helping kids to see themselves as writers and artists from an early age. The piece is accompanied by a couple of projects from issues of Alphabet Glue that I thought went nicely with the ideas that I was trying to express.
You can find my piece by visiting here. But make sure to stay and take a look at some of the other great stuff in the spring edition of ROTH while you're over there!


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I wasn't able to figure out how to rename columns. Would be great to be able to do just by doubleclicking the column header
Can you specify your use case. Renaming columns can be a very serious event. Imagine trying to do:
in the sql world. Every single stored procedure and SQL query can break, when you innocently rename a column.
Hence renaming has to go through audit.
It would be good to know your detailed use case.
Xcalar has a very comprehensive strategy to handle Data and Metadata lineage. Columns never change. With new operations, you could get new columns, but every update is a move forward update. This way, the entire history is preserved. With this sound policy of Data Lineage, it's possible to track the versioning.
Use case: I use the Split Column function on MonthDayYear column (Xcalar Adventure exercise) and columns MonthDayYear-split-1, MonthDayYear-split-2, and MonthDayYear-split-3 are created. I'd like to rename them to Month, Day, Year. This is a pretty simple example, but if it was a delimited file with 50 columns, I'd definitely want to ability rename them.
Also in this use case, the table is independent, i.e., no queries are dependent on it as it can be considered as being in a staging area or a user-temp table. In this stage, seems like columns and other attributes should still be easily modifiable by the user.
Use a MAP operation and then the "exists" function. Specify the column you want to rename for both the true/false conditions.
Dear Superuser,
Xcalar column names are immutable today, as my colleague pointed out.
What you can do is create a new column with the desired name, populate it with the contents of the old column, then hide the old column. When exporting that table later, you have the ability to pick the columns to retain. If it is important to trim columns in the Xcalar table, use the Project operator to remove unwanted columns.
How do you create a new named column and populate it with values from an existing column? Assume the column is named "MonthDayYear-split-1" and you want it to say "Month".
Now you can hide the old column by choosing Hide column from the column pulldown menu
You can also project out the unwanted columns if hiding is not good enough:
Double-click on any row in DATA column, usually the last column (with green rows)Click on the Toggle mode pulldown, next to the Search icon in the top rightChoose Project modeSelect only the columns you want in the tableClick on Submit Projection icon at the top center
What we have done here is use a dummy map function that does not change the data in any way to effectively rename a column.


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Morning Commentary
Dec corn down 3 ¾ at $3.705
Nov beans down 9 ¾ at $8.76
The DOW is down
USD is stronger
Crude oil down $1.01 at $68.74
Good morning,
Corn bulls are hoping they will soon see continued gains. Technically, the market seems as if it has stalled out just ahead of heavier nearby resistance up between $3.80 and $3.90 per bushel. Bulls argue that extremely wet fields and significant delays in the harvest, certainly places the crop in greater risk of yield drag associated with stalk diseases, rot, lodging, breakage, ear and root complications, etc. The further the harvest drags on, the more yield loss potential is left in the field. Lets also keep in mind, generally after October 15th, the soil in the fields will take much longer to dry out.
Soybean traders continue to debate strong harvest delays in portions of the U.S. Nearby weather forecasts are showing a window of opportunity to get the beans out of the fields, but for areas that have seen massive amounts of rainfall, there's some question if things will dry out enough before the next wave of moisture arrives?
Fertilizer consumption in Brazil is expected to grow by +2.8% in 2018, to a record of just over 35 million tonnes, with demand from soy producers, in particular, offsetting rising freight costs and the impact of the strike of truckers, projected consultancy FCStone. The estimate comes one day after the National Association for Fertilizer Diffusion (Anda) shows that fertilizer deliveries in the accumulated 2018 through September were more than 4% higher compared to the same period of the previous year. The high expected by FCStone reverses a forecast of fall of 3.7% made by the consultancy itself in July, shortly after the entry into force of the minimum price table for freight, one of the measures taken by the government to end the stoppage of truck drivers May. (Source: Reuters Global)
A coalition of consumer advocates and environmental groups want hamburger chains to crack down on excessive use of antibiotics among certain beef suppliers. The report graded the 25 biggest hamburger chains on their antibiotic use, only two chains had an "A" grade. This report is being taken quite seriously and being passed all around mass media. (Source: Politico)


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Spin magazine has become a front runner of insightful, entertaining and informative music and entertainment magazines. It has become tight and valid competition with Rolling Stone the original music mag. I always enjoy their reviews, articles, fantastic pictures, interviews and movie news (although I wish it was a bit more thorough).
They have always given strong support to indie bands and one of my favorites Radiohead. Their Best of issues are always the best and their illustrations and cover art are second to none.
I have loved their 40 best albums, 40 best bands, 40 most influential bands issues as well as an article on Saddle Creek records...


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Missing SinceFeb 9, 2018
Missing FromSilver Spring, MD
DOBAug 13, 2006
Age Now11
Hair ColorBlack
Eye ColorBrown
Weight70 lbs
Natalie was last seen in Silver Spring, Montgomery County, Maryland on February 9, 2018. She was last seen wearing black long pants, a T-shirt with the "Adidas" logo, a grey winter style coat, a black backpack, and sneakers. She may frequent the Sligo Creek Park, and Sligo Trail areas.
"Call 911 or 1-800-843-5678 (1-800)-THE-LOST"
Montgomery County Police Dept/Special Victims Investigations Div 301-279-8000 or 911


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Q1. Is colitis hereditary? My son's father (who is not a part of our lives anymore) used to complain about colitis symptoms. Should I be worried for my son?
Yes, hereditary factors are likely to be associated with ulcerative colitis, but the specific gene mutations have not been fully identified. Still, only 1 percent of children of patients who have ulcerative colitis develop ulcerative colitis themselves. You and your son should only be worried if he develops diarrhea and rectal bleeding on a consistent basis (that is, for more than five days).
Visit the Ulcerative Colitis Center to find out more about what might cause ulcerative colitis and how colitis is diagnosed.
Q2. I recently returned from a trip to Peru and had what I thought was just an extended case of traveler's diarrhea. But it lingered for a while so I went to the doctor, who said I "seem to have colitis." She gave me an aminosalicylate to control symptoms. Will this eventually go away, or should I expect to have to deal with it for a while? Should the symptoms get a lot better with the drug? Are there foods I should avoid — or eat — to help my recovery?
At times, an infection picked up during travel can trigger the first flare-up of ulcerative colitis. While traveler's diarrhea is usually short-lived, ulcerative colitis is a lifelong condition.
Your doctor must have diagnosed you with ulcerative colitis because 5-aminosalicylic acid agents are the best and safest first-line treatments for this condition. These agents are not antibiotics and are not useful for traveler's diarrhea. It seems as though your trip to Peru allowed your underlying ulcerative colitis to finally become manifest.
There are no specific diets that will help your ulcerative colitis, but trial and error usually works. If you find that a certain food or food group leads to diarrhea, you should avoid it. Keeping a diary of what you eat, and any symptoms you experience, may help you figure out which foods are problematic.
Q3. My mother had colitis. Does that increase the odds that I will get it?
Ulcerative colitis runs in families, and there is a definite genetic component. We have not found the specific genes yet, but we are getting close.
Since your mother had ulcerative colitis, your lifetime risk is about 1 percent, which seems low, but is much higher than what is expected in the general population (about 0.001 percent). It's interesting to note that children of ulcerative colitis patients who get ulcerative colitis themselves usually do so at an earlier age than the parent got the disease. This is a phenomenon known as genetic anticipation.
Q4. I frequently travel for my job, and I have colitis. I've had problems with air travel when I'm not allowed to get out of my seat to use the restroom. Can you recommend a way to deal with airlines or ways to inform them of my disorder?
Because of security and safety reasons, no exceptions can be made regarding the rules for air travel and not leaving your seat at certain times. Many patients eat less, or not at all, for a few hours before air travel to minimize bowel movements. Depending on the severity of your symptoms, you will have to plan ahead.
When you book a plane ticket, you may want to ask for a seat near the restrooms so at least you'll be closer when you are allowed to get up.
Learn more in the Everyday Health Ulcerative Colitis Center.


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MO--Victims leaflet predator's neighbors in KC MO
NOTE – SNAP members went door-to-door yesterday (8/31) in the Brookside neighborhood handing out these fliers. (See media coverage on Channel 5 and KMBZ radio.)
Help us protect kids!
We were molested as kids by priests, nuns, seminarians and bishops. We belong to a support group called SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAPnetwork.org).
Fr. Michael Tierney lives around here. He has been accused repeatedly of abusing kids and giving them drugs, liquor, pornography and 'massages.' His Catholic supervisors won't let him work in a parish. Several child sex abuse lawsuits against him have been settled.
We want kids to be safe, victims to be healed, and people to be given the full truth about clergy sex crimes and cover ups in the Kansas City area.
--Please ask your neighbors or loved ones if they were hurt by Fr. Tierney (or by any of the other 25 publicly accused predator priests in KC Missouri or the 11 in KC Kansas).
--If they were, please urge them to get help (from independent sources) and call police, not priests.
--Please call/write Archbishop Naumann. Urge him, for the safety of children, to permanently post names of prove, admitted and credibly accused predator priests on his website (Roughly 30 other bishops have taken this step, which is a simple, inexpensive, common sense way to safeguard kids.)
Besides Fr. Tierney, the publicly accused KC MO area priests are: Fr. Thomas Reardon, Fr. John C. Baskett, Fr. Michael Brewer, Fr. Thomas J. Cronin, Fr. James H. Ford, Fr. Martin Froeschel, Fr. Richard Geimer, Bishop Joseph Hart, Fr. Mark Honhart, Fr. Sylvester Hoppe, Fr. Earl Johnson, Fr. James Lawbaugh, Fr. Francis E. McGlynn, Fr. Hugh F. Monahan, Fr. Stephen J. Muth, Fr. Thomas J. O'Brien, Fr. Thomas Parrott, Fr. Bede Parry, Fr. Shawn Ratigan, Fr. Isaac True, Fr. John Tulipana, Fr. James Urbanic, Fr. Thomas Ward, Fr. James Wegenek and Fr. Francis L. Wise.
The publicly accused KC KS area priests are: Fr. Thomas F. Cawley, Fr. Thomas A. Conway, Fr. William A. Finnerty, Fr. James A. Forsyth, Fr. William M. Haegelin, Fr. Finian Meis, Fr. Anthony Putti, Fr. Dennis E. Schmitz, Fr. John H. Wisner, Fr. Norman C. "Chuck" Wolfe and Fr. Camillus Wurtz.
David Clohessy 314-566-9790, firstname.lastname@example.com, SNAP, PO Box 6416, Chicago, IL 60680-6416
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Joseph LaBella commented 2015-09-02 09:05:04 -0500I would imagine that most of the people that I know in Kansas City went to Catholic grade schools in the area. Of those, I'll bet every one has come in contact with one or more of the priests on this list. The list of names at the bottom of this press release is scary in a couple ways. I have personally known several of them in my lifetime. I am 100% sure a couple have done the things that they are accused of and should be in jail. I also think there is one who I would not believe that of: Thomas Cronin. I've never seen his name in any other publication. I don't know what he was accused of or by whom. That is the danger in listing "accused" people indiscriminately.
@ tweeted this page. 2015-09-01 13:41:25 -0500MO--Victims leaflet predator's neighbors in KC MO http://www.snapnetwork.org/mo_victims_leaflet_predator_s_neighbors_in_kc_mo?recruiter_id=342


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Welcome to the first entry in our annual Look Back/Look Ahead Series for 2016-17. Just as we have done the last three years, these stories will be a comprehensive reflection on the year gone by for each of our breweries, while also taking a look at their plans for the coming year.
Just as it was in 2015-16, my first stop was La Cumbre, where I sat down with owner Jeff Erway to discuss how his last year went and what plans he has for the coming year. The good news was his office has been repaired after a mishap with a truck had damaged the outer wall. Or, as Jeff put it best, "Oh, my god, that scared the fucking shit out of me. I was next door. Scot (Nelson) and I looked at each other, 'What the fuck was that?' The whole building shook."
While workers were outside putting up a new barrier to protect the building, Jeff started off by recounting the high points of 2016, which also included a gold medal for BEER at the World Beer Cup in April and a bronze medal for Siberian Silk at the Great American Beer Festival in October.
"It was really cool getting BEER into cans," he said. "We thought long and hard about what our next can release was going to be. Several of us wanted to see South Peak Pilsner go into cans, but we looked at the sales release data and the movement in our taproom, and for run reason or another it was not moving nearly like BEER does when it was on tap before as a special. Then, to kind of have some affirmation, when we sent it to the World Beer Cup and got a gold medal for it, that was pretty good high point."
Anyone visiting Denver for GABF who stopped at a local liquor store could also find La Cumbre on the shelves.
"Opening up the rest of Colorado for distribution was definitely a big plus for us," Jeff said. "We were pretty stoked to do that. We were pretty stoked to find a partner in Crooked Stave Artisan (Ales) that has a real similar outlook on beer in the beer world, building brands, not jumping at sales, but truly building a brand."
With more beer being sent out, it has in turn created more jobs at La Cumbre.
"We've definitely added quite a bit to distribution side," Jeff said. "On the brewing side, there's been some movement. We've definitely lost some people. We're about to lose Dave Kimball, he's about to open his own brewery. … He's been very, very professional about leaving, gave us plenty of notice. He asked us if he could work some nights and off hours. We said absolutely. He certainly asked me for some advice, but he also clearly doesn't want to burden me with the issues he's having. Which I'm sure are numerous right now.
"We've added several staff (members), we've added several people to the packaging line. Opening up Colorado, we're definitely doing a lot more packaging than we were a year ago. Definitely a lot of new faces in the taproom, which is good. And we added our marketing director (Cory Campbell)."
There was also one key promotion within the brewing staff that happened just at the end of 2015. Alan Skinner took over the position of head brewer as Daniel Jaramillo transitioned to director of brewing operations. So far, that move has gone "Smashingly!" as Jeff put it.
"Alan was named head brewer a little less than a year ago," Jeff said. "I always thought that when Alan came on, this was two-and-a-half years ago, (he) was a home brewer and was heading up beer at a local Sprouts and had a degree in biology. I was like, sweet, maybe you can help us with some of our lab stuff. Daniel and I have pretty limited (hard science) backgrounds. I know what all the equipment does, but it's not like I'm versed in setting up a QAQC program. As soon as we hired him, he doesn't just have a degree in biology, he's worked in labs extensively. We'd always kind of just pictured him becoming the QAQC director/lab tech.
"As we lost a few really key brewers, Alan kept on stepping up more and more. Daniel and I started to realize maybe this was what he wanted to do. We had to convince him you're still going to be heading up the QAQC stuff, you're still going to be able to oversee the lab procedures, but you can get a lab tech to do all that and you can remain a brewer. Luckily for us, he wanted to do that."
Alan has managed to remain relatively anonymous in the local scene, which seems just fine for him and Jeff.
"He's one of the least visible people in the brewing industry right now," Jeff said. "But, I can't think of anybody I know of that's become such a ridiculously expert person in all things brewing in such a quick amount of time. It's incredible, he's a sponge."
As Alan has found his niche at the brewery, Jeff said he feels La Cumbre has formally found its niche in the local scene as well.
"Just speaking for me personally, I feel like I've become a little more comfortable with the idea of who we truly are in the market and what our future holds," he said. "The funny thing is kind of like becoming a little more self-aware and self-reflective, the fact is I like running a production brewery, I like running a wholesaling business. I really enjoy that. I like having this one taproom. We've had plenty of opportunities to jump at taproom locations in Albuquerque."
While a second La Cumbre location is off the table, for now, at least, having the entire market round into form has been a plus for everyone.
"I think the highlight for the brewing industry overall this year in Albuquerque is just a tightening of the local market and breweries trying to figure out where they fit in that local market," Jeff said. "Marble certainly has figured out where it wants to be in that local market. Bosque certainly has, La Cumbre has. The question is, with all of these new breweries entering, all these new taprooms, where is their business going to fit into that local market?"
Not every brewery will survive, as the recent closing of Firkin BrewHouse shows, and Broken Bottle before that.
"The two breweries in the last few years that have gone out of business, I don't think anybody was surprised," Jeff said. "I think there are going to be a couple more this (coming) year, but I don't think anybody is going to be surprised. I know of five or six new breweries that are supposedly going to be opening in the next year. Is there enough business for them to survive? That's one of the major reasons we haven't opened up a taproom. We're not going to do what Marble did. It worked for Marble to go and spend an enormous amount of money on a new taproom. It looks great. I'm sure it's doing great business. That's not what we're going to do. The new taprooms that are opening up, a lot of them are fighting over $4,000 or $5,000 a week. You're like, that's not really a sustainable business.
"A lot of it's also going to be how are you diversifying your business? I think when Tractor opened in Nob Hill they showed everybody that, first of all, they were reinventing themselves as a business. They were coming in with different beer than they had before, but they showed everybody that, hey, atmosphere in these places really does matter. I haven't been down to Bow & Arrow or Dialogue, but I've heard good things about what they've done atmosphere-wise. It will be interesting to see is that (enough)."
More distribution, more space, new beers on tap for 2017
While La Cumbre may not be looking to open a taproom this coming year, there are still plenty of areas for figurative and actual growth.
"For us, we're going to do our best to continue to be the go-to brand for bars and restaurants in the area," Jeff said. "We're really hoping that they fully recognize we are the brewery that's not actively competing with them. In Colorado, our goal is to hopefully by the end of 2017 to have hired a brand rep, a full-time brand representative."
Sales in Colorado are solid, which certainly leads to the question of what other states La Cumbre has targeted. There are a couple, though much will depend on finding the type of distribution partners Jeff wants for his brewery.
"And then, we're going to slowly but surely add markets as we find the distribution partners that we want, that we think are of the same mind as us," he said. "This has been the biggest challenge to me, finding market (partners). I had always kind of approached like, 'Of course we're going to go to Arizona next, why wouldn't we go to Arizona next? They're right next door.' What we never realized was we had no interest in becoming a partner with a distributor who is kind of, of the mind that today's sale is all that matters. I don't want to be in a house with 120 other craft breweries. It just doesn't appeal to me at all. We want to find business partners that are really of the same mind that not all sales are good sales, that old beer is going to ruin our industry, let alone our brand. Really, getting the best beer into the consumer's hand is the single best way to build both of our companies."
That is a major part of the reason La Cumbre has paired up with Crooked Stave in Central Colorado and Ska Brewing in Southwest Colorado, rather than a more traditional distributor.
"It's hard," Jeff said of finding a partner. "I don't think it's a mystery why it is that we signed distribution agreements in Colorado with two different craft breweries (Ska and Crooked Stave). From that end, kind of continuing on from there, we have every intention of starting to bring on new brands into New Mexico that are like-minded, but also are complimentary to our own brand. I wouldn't count on us pulling in any big breweries. I wouldn't count on us pulling in too many breweries that are going to be selling six-packs in the $8 to $12 range. We want to find specialty brewers that want to do business with another like-minded brewery that's going to be a good partner, who's going to care about the beer."
As for developments closer to home, the ongoing remodeling of the existing brewery taproom could continue if a real estate deal goes through.
"For the taproom, it's possible we'll open up a little more indoor space with a couple of the offices upstairs," Jeff said. "We're in negotiations to take over a property very close to here which will house a lot more of our distribution staff. I might end up moving my office there, I don't know. It will either be Scot or me, we'll draw straws."
This in turn could lead to more beers, the kind of beers that get the Dark Side Brew Crew excited.
"If we can close on that, we will be adding a 2,500-square-foot cold room in the very near future," Jeff said. "That will be mostly for distribution, but that will open up our 1,000-square-foot cold room out back for a lot more barrel aging. What we realize in the past few years, this has been kind of a learning process for Daniel and I, we really don't like barrel-aged beers, specifically whiskey barrel-aged beers, that have been aged warm in any way. If they're going to be above 60 degrees, we really don't like the results. That being said, long, slow cold-aging in a cold room, we like that a lot. So, you could see quite a bit more barrel-aged beers coming out of our place. A few more specialty releases in that vein."
La Cumbre also quietly added a three-barrel pilot system this year, one that has already produced a small number of beers, including Caber Tosser (Scotch Ale), Can You Drive a Sticke?, and a revamped version of the old favorite South Peak Pilsner.
"We'll probably add a couple fermenters to the pilot system," Jeff said. "The cool thing about the pilot system is I think it feeds well into the ADD psyche of many of the craft beer drinkers nowadays. The whole, 'What's new, what's new, what's new?' That will mean that we can kick out of a lot of stuff that's new often, which is fun."
As if Jeff wanted to ensure that I, in particular, will be spending the winter at La Cumbre, he also added this: "It's a direct-fire kettle, so this winter you can look forward to some really, really big stouts."
Then he recalled a recent trip to Bavaria (so jealous), which included a stop in a famous German beer city, and how that has inspired him as well.
"I was in Bamberg, we were staying at Brauerei Fassla when they tapped their doppelbock," Jeff said. "Fassla is right across the street from Brauerei Spezial, which is one of the oldest breweries, along with Schlenkerla, which we also visited. Yeah, we're going to brew a smoked bock, it's going to be out soon."
So, yes, new beers are coming, some via the pilot system, some via the main brewhouse.
"We're also looking at new and interesting beers to possibly release as year-round offerings," he added. "We'll see."
Fine, Jeff, just take our money. TAKE IT.
To wrap things up, Jeff offered up some positive thoughts on our local beer scene, where it has been, and where it has headed.
"It is such an interesting time to be in the brewing industry," he said. "For the first time, it truly is in every way competitive. What I am really happy to say is the people that were my dear friends three or four years ago are still my dear friends today. We just might talk a little less shop than we used to. The breweries making great beer three or four years ago are still making great beer today. It's just competitive, you're fighting for every handle and for every allocation on the shelf.
"Every year, I believe it today and I think I will always believe it, I hope I will always believe it, good beer will triumph. Bad beer is not going to find too many spots on shelves, it's going to find less and less on shelves, and good beer will continue to thrive. Luckily for all of you, there's a lot more of it!"
We are lucky beer drinkers, indeed. Thank you to Jeff for taking the time to chat, as always. We all look forward to the many, many great beers in store for us all in 2017.
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Thomas M. "Tom" Engelhardt (born 1944) is an American writer and editor. He is the creator of The Nation Institute's tomdispatch.com, an online blog. He is also the co-founder of the American Empire Project and the author of the 1998 book, The End of Victory Culture: Cold War America and the Disillusioning of a Generation.[1]
Engelhardt graduated from Yale University and then completed a master's degree in East Asian Studies from Harvard University.[2] As an undergraduate he was attracted to the study of Chinese history by Mary C. Wright, and was a research assistant for Jonathan Spence. At Harvard he was a founding member of the Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars and became involved in a draft resistance movement in opposition to the American war in Vietnam. As part of these activities, he became a printer and moved to Berkeley, California. There he began to write about the resistance to the war, and, as he later put it, "the next thing I knew I was a journalist and an editor."[3]
Engelhardt has been an editor for more than 30 years, working in book and news publishing. He was a senior editor at Pantheon Books where he edited such books as Maus by Art Spiegelman. Currently he is a consulting editor at Metropolitan Books. He also teaches at the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley, where he is a teaching fellow.[4] In 1991, he received a Guggenheim Fellowship [5]
He once described the editing process as:
...more like a craft, that's right, because there isn't as much of a preset pattern for it. There's a word I often think about because it's such a negative in our society, which is 'used.' You say a 'used' car—something previously owned and not particularly good, or 'I've been used, I've been exploited.' But the most beautiful feeling about editing for an editor is that feeling of being used and subsumed.[6]
Engelhardt created TomDispatch in November 2001, and in 2002, it received support from The Nation Institute.[7] He has described the site as the "sideline that ate his life". Contributors have included Rebecca Solnit, Bill McKibben, Jonathan Schell, Fatima Bhutto, Nick Turse, Pepe Escobar, Noam Chomsky, and Andrew Bacevich.[7][8] He has written many articles and books including The American Way of War: How Bush's Wars Became Obama's.
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- The End of Victory Culture: Cold War America and the Disillusioning of a Generation (Basic Books, 1995)
- The World According to Tomdispatch: America In The New Age of Empire (Verso, 2008)
- The American Way of War: How Bush's Wars Became Obama's (Haymarket, 2010)
- The United States of Fear (Haymarket, 2011)
- Shadow Government: Surveillance, Secret Wars, and a Global Security State in a Single Superpower World. (Haymarket, 2014)
- A Nation Unmade by War. (Haymarket Books, 2018)
- ^ Engelhardt, Tom (September 15, 2005). "The reconstruction of New Iraq". Asia Times. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
- ^ Thomas Engelhardt profile, myheritage.com; accessed August 19, 2016
- ^ Kreisler, Henry (2004), "Taking Back the World: Conversation with Tom Englehardt", Conversations with History, Institute of International StudiesCS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- ^ Official website; accessed November 11, 2015.
- ^ Thomas M. Engelhardt profile, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation website; accessed November 11, 2015.
- ^ Commentary, berkeley.edu; accessed November 11, 2015.
- ^ a b TomDispatch blogsite, tomdispatch.com; accessed November 11, 2015.
- ^ Nick Turse. "The Pivot to Africa:The Startling Size, Scope, and Growth of U.S. Military Operations on the African Continent", TomDispatch.com, September 5, 2013; retrieved October 11, 2013.


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MotoLease LLC plans to use a newly acquired 12,000-square-foot office for quarterly, two-day dealer training seminars beginning in the first quarter of 2017, said Managing Partner Emre Ucer.
The subprime leasing provider will maintain its current 10,000-square-foot office space but house the seminars in the new building, Ucer said. Even dealers not partnered with MotoLease can attend, and MotoLease will cover their hotel accommodations and dinners.
"We absolutely agree that dealers need more training and better understanding of the [finance] processes," Ucer said. "I think the problem is that everybody is bombarding the dealer with too many documents, so the dealer is tired of receiving more documents and more paperwork, but they don't have the time to go over and read everything in detail."
Not many lenders take the time to go over the paperwork and explain the process to their dealers, Ucer added. "The industry needs more of that [training]," he said. "We are not just doing this to help the industry, we are hoping this is going to help us create some brand loyalty."
The first day of seminars focuses on the MotoLease financing process and the second day us centered around service providers, who will also attend. "These are verticals that have nothing to do with us, but we want to make those part of the training as well because dealers don't have the time to go to each of those separately," Ucer added.
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After company owners successfully file their Articles of Incorporation paperwork with their state and become a corporation, they must hold regular shareholder and director meetings and record any resolutions or decisions made in a company meeting minutes book.
The first shareholder and director meetings that take place after the Articles of Incorporation documents have been filed should be recorded using Shareholders' Organizational Meeting and Directors' Organizational Meeting documents respectively.
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With regards to taxes, a corporation is taxed depending on what type of corporation it is. For instance, a subchapter c corporation (often referred to as simply a "corporation") is the most common corporation model and is used by most companies in the United States.
With this model, the corporation must pay taxes on its profits, while shareholders are responsible for paying personal income tax on salaries, bonuses, and/or dividends that are paid to them.
An incorporated business can also issue or sell stock (sometimes called "shares") to employees and investors as the company owners see fit. This may be done to give employees incentive to work there or to raise funds for the company.
Incorporating a Business
Incorporating a business offers many different benefits to the owners of the company, including the ability to split personal and business financial liability. Incorporation is a popular choice with business owners who want to grow their business while limiting personal financial risk.


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Finish Provides Unique Look for Ted's New Restaurants
When Ted Turner and George McKerrow, CEO of Ted's Montana Grill,
first conceived of the new Buffalo or Bison meat restaurants they
are introducing around the country, they knew instinctively that
the buildings themselves would have to project a unique and high-quality
image to conform to the boldness and uniqueness of their menu offering.
Capitalizing on the many health benefits inherent
in Buffalo meat, including low fat, low cholesterol and great taste,
Ted's Montana Grills are attracting an upscale, savvy dining patron
who appreciate the alternative red meat and unique menu. The interior
design of the Grills is a blend of soft recessed lighting, rich
mahogany millwork, wide panel hardwood floors and a unique QuartzSilco
finish with a Rustic Stone texture from PermaTone.
"We were looking for a texture on the walls
that would create a unique, almost antique look but nothing that
would overpower the other interior elements," explained Jay
George of TVS Architects, Interiors of Atlanta, Georgia.
"The QuartzSilco finish hit the mark for us."
QuartzSilco from PermaTone is a water-based, acrylic
modified textured finish that is ideally suited for the restaurant
market. It is integrally colored with a soft and subtle texture.
QuartzSilco is an extremely durable, low maintenance finish and
is an excellent selection for high traffic areas. This is extremely
useful as QuartzSilco is seen throughout the hallways and dining
areas in the restaurants. This rich looking finish cleans up simply
with a damp cloth and Formula 409, adding significantly to the overall
value of the product.
During construction of the first of 60 planned stores technical
representatives from PermaTone were on hand to work with the crews
from Burris Contracting and to make sure the materials were applied
"Once we saw the application in process we
were able to move forward quickly and easily," said Eric Burris,
owner of Burris Contracting.
The finish specified at Ted's Montana Grill
was QuartzSilco with the Rustic Stone texture. It is applied with
a hopper gun and then knocked down with a blade to close the open
areas. As the finish begins to take up it is troweled down to smooth
and soften the texture. No sealer or after-coat is needed with QuartzSilco.
"We are very satisfied with the finishes we
have used from PermaTone and we continue to use them in our stores,"
offered George McKerrow, CEO of the restaurant chain.


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With finals quickly approaching, there is nothing more I want to do than sit in bed with a huge dinner of all my favorite foods while watching Gossip Girl on Netflix. Anything like that is way better than studying for finals. It's my lucky night tonight, because although this menu isn't my favorite food (sushi) I can still watch Netflix while eating it! On tap for tonight is Chicken Cacciatore Subs and Al Fredo's Popcorn. Let's get cooking!
This adventure started yesterday (Sunday) at the grocery store. Trader Joe's was the last place I wanted to be at 8pm on Sunday. I had a long weekend celebrating Ashley's 21st and all I wanted was to curl up in bed and sleep for at least 15 hours. But I still dragged my butt to the store. I was expecting the store to be overflowing with people, but I was pleasantly surprised to see that there was absolutely no line! This was one of the most bearable shopping trips of my life — until my Sherri Hill shopping bag broke. RIP to that bag, it had been with me since I moved to New York. I had to carry the bag like a baby the whole way home so it's contents wouldn't spill everywhere.
Fast forward to today (Monday). After my first round of classes I stopped by the Food Emporium to pick up my last two ingredients: rolls and diced tomatoes. I wasn't cooking until my last class was over at 6:30, but I texted Martina to remind her to bring the wine…she said she couldn't come anymore ): I thought I'd finally be cooking with friends after so long, but I guess not.
I was starving by the time class was over and ran home as quickly as I could to start cooking. I didn't have much to chop tonight which was a relief and the chicken cooked pretty quickly. All was going well until one of the chicken breasts literally flew over my counter and onto the floor. I just about had a heart attack. Luckily the chicken didn't get dirty (5-second rule) and I placed it back on the plate to be chopped.
While my veggies cooked I cut the chicken. I didn't have time to go out and buy more red wine, but I've had some sitting in my kitchen since January (I know gross) but I didn't have any other options so I used that and prayed my food would still turn out okay.
Once the sauce was complete and the chicken was submerged into it, I piled the concoction onto my rolls, topped it with some provolone, and put it under the broiler to melt.
I decided to clean up a bit while the cheese melted, but I took to long and burned it a bit, but no worries, it was still edible! So here comes the 1st moment of truth for the night. 3…2…1… Just what I needed! This sub was oh so delicious. The combination of my favorite veggies (mushrooms, bell peppers, & onions), and perfectly cooked chicken was stupendous! I made two since I was so hungry and I situated myself on the floor to watch Gossip Girl while I ate.
I was so full from my subs, so I waited until Ashley got home to make the popcorn. I realized last minute that we were out of Parmesan, so I ran over to Duane Reade in my apron to pick some up. The line at Duane Reade was worse than the line at Trader Joe's, I was there for a while before I finally made it home.
When I finally got home I topped my popcorn with garlic butter & Parmesan, then Ash and I had another moment of truth in front of the TV. 3…2…1…meh. This popcorn was so buttery and cheesy. I'm not much of a cheesy popcorn person — I prefer for my popcorn to be cooked in coconut oil and lightly topped with salt.
Now time for the ratings. The Chicken Cacciatore Subs receive ♥♥♥♥♥ (5) hearts. My dad always says that the bread makes a sandwich and I couldn't agree more. This bread held everything inside and never got soggy. The contents were also very flavorful and made for one of the best sandwiches I've had in a while. Bravo to these subs. Al Fredo's Popcorn receives ♥♥ (2) hearts. It doesn't take much to mess up popcorn, but Al Fredo must've been high when he made this recipe. Too much cheese, too buttery, too bleh. No thank you. I only ate it because it was in front of me but Ash and I threw half of it away.
All in all, you know it's a good night when you can sit on the bed and watch TV while you eat..but let's be real. When your apartment is the size of a shoe box, the only place there's room to eat is the bed…so a tv dinner is my dinner every night. Although I try to make it seem like I eat fancily…or at least cook fancily…okay whatever, goodbye ya'll!
Until next week!
-Mary Honkus


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For the first time ever, federal officials seized grenades, pipe bombs and material to make improvised explosive devices (IED's) in February this year in Laredo, Texas during border raids.
California Conservative has links to a disturbing news report on Terrorists Entering the US via the Border.
Among the items seized: Automatic rifles, pipe bombs, grenades and materials for homemade bombs. (Dallas Morning News)
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This is disturbing news from earlier this year about the weapons caches that border officials are seizing from border raids:
Julie Myers, head of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Bureau, said Friday that agents had seized "two improvised explosive devices and … materials designed to make 33 more."
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In a raid on a home in Laredo on Jan. 27, and another in Laredo on Thursday, agents found stacks of fully automatic rifles, military-style grenades, pipe bombs, gunpowder, drugs and homemade bombs similar to the IEDs used in Iraq. Some of the bombs were loaded with BBs and ball bearings.
Don Carter, special agent-in-charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms in Houston, said the investigation of who made the bombs and for what purpose is just getting started. He noted, however, that discovery of the improvised explosive devices marks a significant change in the picture of drug violence along the border.
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The government received warnings of possible Al Qaeda ties to drug and human smugglers working on the border:
The announcement Friday (back in February) comes on the same day that the Val Verde County chief deputy warned federal lawmakers meeting in Houston that drug traffickers are helping terrorists with possible al-Qaeda ties cross the Texas-Mexico border into the United States. An FBI spokeswoman in Houston could not immediately confirm his account.
Terry Simons, chief deputy in Val Verde County, is part of a group that has been pushing state and federal officials for more law enforcement funding on the border. And he mentioned the threat in a presentation to U.S. Reps. John Culberson, R-Houston, and James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis.
Ms. Myers' announcement also follows a week in which Mexican and U.S. officials have challenged each other over so-called Mexican military incursions into the United States at the border near El Paso. Officials in Mexico announced Friday that they had identified the men responsible, although they are not in custody.
This certainly isn't the first time we've heard about terrorists coming into the country illegally through our southern border.
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Congressman Jack Kingston in an interview at Right Wing News shares his thoughts on the Senate proposals on border security and immigration today.


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Heat for teacher: St. Helens lifts bans on teachers carrying guns
ST. HELENS, Ore. – They're back.
Guns in the St. Helens school district, that is.
The school board this week repealed a ban on teachers and staff members carrying concealed weapons on campus.
The ban was put in place in March, but a new set of board members decided to set it aside. Board member Ray Biggs and chairman Marshall Porter, in particular, think teachers should be able to have guns in the event of a school shooting.
"I would say that the risk is more likely that somebody who isn't following the law is a higher risk to your child coming on to school property than the one that is going to do it legally," Porter said.
Guns in schools have been in the headlines this week.
On Thursday in Vancouver, an 11-year-old boy allegedly brought a handgun, 400 rounds of ammunition and several knives to school. Police said the told them a voice in his head told him to kill a fellow student who was bullying another boy.
On Wednesday, two students were accidentally shot when another student pulled the trigger on an assault rifle mounted to a police motorcycle on display at a school event in Chino, Calif.
And in Nevada, a 12-year-old killed a teacher and wounded two classmates before turning the gun on himself Monday.
Porter said he understands why the decision will be controversial, but said districts should decide the matter on their own.
"Having it at the school creates an issue," he said. "But I think our teachers are responsible, our community is pretty knowledgeable about guns."
"Our community is kind of rigged that way already. It's not like we're in downtown Portland, where we're different in that sense, or Beaverton."
District superintendent Mark Davalos wouldn't comment, referring questions back to the school board.
The South County Spotlight, the city of Scappoose's newspaper, quoted Davalos as saying he agreed with the ban.
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Beginning September 2018/2019 academic year, all Colleges of Education in the country will be upgraded to a University Status to run a 4-year Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) Degree Programme.
These Colleges, which will initially be affiliated to the University of Cape Coast and, subsequently, to other public universities, will ensure that a first degree was made the minimum requirement for teaching at any level of the country's education system.
Under the current dispensation, teachers who completed the three-year Diploma in Basic Education (DBE) at the Colleges of Education, have to do a two-year top-up, through distance learning, at the University of Cape Coast to attain their first degree
This means that, in addition to the extra amount of money spent on getting a degree, it took trainee teachers not less than five years to get a degree.
With the introduction of the 4-year Bachelor of Education Degree, teachers will now obtain a first degree at the end of their training, to ensure that they enter the teaching service as university graduates with an increment in their salaries.
The President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, who made these known in a keynote address at the 170th anniversary celebration of the Presbyterian College of Education, Akropong, in the Eastern Region on Saturday, indicated that the reforms formed part of Government's vision to transform the country's education delivery system to meet the needs of a 21st century economy and to produce a skilled and confident workforce to drive the nation's agenda for industrialization and modernization.
President Akufo-Addo noted that the success of all modern nations that had experienced extraordinary results in the formation of human capital and economic development, such as Singapore, Finland, Korea and Canada, had demonstrated that teacher-quality was the single most important determinant of their success.
He said for Ghana to be successful as a nation, it needed to prioritize the training of quality and motivated teachers, as it would only take a crop of well-trained and motivated teachers to deliver the educated and skilled workforce needed to transform the country's economy.
To that effect, he said, Government had taken a number of measures including an 11 percent increase in teachers' basic salaries and the clearing of all accrued arrears owed teachers between 2013 and 2016, with respect to travel allowances, transfer grants and overtime allowances, instituted an insurance package for teachers with SIC Life, which has been agreed on with the teacher unions and reinstituted teacher trainee allowances.
President Akufo-Addo said Government would restore the teaching profession to the status it once enjoyed and make it an attractive career choice.
With a focus on improving and strengthening the quality of technical and vocational education and training, he said Government had begun the supply of equipment to boost the capacity of the Colleges of Education that specialized in technical and vocational teacher training.
He mentioned Mampong Technical College of Education which, some four days ago, had benefitted from the equipment supply, having received two thousand, five hundred and eighty-six (2,586) pieces of assorted Science, ICT, Technical and Vocational equipment.
President Akufo-Addo gave the assurance that all other Technical Colleges of Education, including the Presbyterian College of Education, would, in the course of the year, receive their due share.


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The Allahabad High Court has directed the Principal Secretary (Panchayati Raj) to constitute a three-member committee to carry out on-the-spot inspection and find out the status of toilets being constructed in rural areas using central funds. The committee has been directed to submit the first report in two months and, thereafter, one every fortnight before the court.
A Division Bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice Dilip Gupta passed the order Friday while hearing a PIL filed by Aishwarya Gupta and five others, all law students, in which it was alleged that Rs 293 crore is lying with the state government unutilised in this connection.
The petitioners have claimed that absence of toilets at home have led to rise in crimes against women.
Passing the order, the court said: "The Principal Secretary, Panchayati Raj, shall constitute a committee which will include a judicial officer as a member, an officer from the Vigilance Department and one senior officer of Panchayati Raj, for the purposes of verifying construction of toilets in village panchayats by spot inspection. The committee shall be constituted within 15 days from the date of the receipt of this order."
The court added the committee would get FIRs registered and initiate recovery of money against erring officials if the implementation of the scheme was different from what was being claimed by the government.
During a previous hearing of the matter, the court had sought the status of toilet construction scheme in rural areas of the state.
The state had informed the court that under the NBA, a total of 7.47 lakh toilets were planned to be constructed in the year 2012-13 and 8.91 lakh toilets were planned for 2013-14. Against the total target of 16.39 lakh toilets, 9.94 lakh have been constructed. The achievement for 2012-13 was 82.79 per cent, while for 2013-14 the target met was 42.09 per cent.
However, the petitioners pointed out that the figures presented an incorrect picture when compared to the actual status on the ground.
The state government gets central funds for construction of toilets under three schemes — Indira Awas Yojana, NBA and Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. It was pointed out by the petitioners that out of Rs 543 crore released by the Centre, only 42 per cent funds have been utilised.
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As you step into City Winery, you leave the hustle and bustle of New York City behind and step into "Urban Wine Country." The space has been designed with a rustic interior, high vaulted ceilings and exposed wooden beams, all adding to the laid-back atmosphere that City Winery promotes.
Events include charity galas, press events, weddings, holiday celebrations, wine tastings & seminars, concerts & music events, meetings and luncheons.
Capacity: 250 seated / 500 standing
Cellar Private Dining Room
Located on the lower level, adjacent to our red wine barrel room, the Cellar Private Dining Room hosts up to 20 guests for a seated dinner or 25 guests for a cocktail style reception.
Events include bachelorette parties, bridal showers, wine tastings, rehearsal dinners, corporate dinners, meetings and presentations.
Capacity: 20 seated / 25 standing
Located on the main floor, adjacent to our main restaurant, the Winery is a fully functioning Winery by day and one of the most unique event spaces by night. With large stainless steel vats of wine as well as exposed wine making equipment, there is no other space like it in Manhattan.
Events include wine tastings & seminars, rehearsal dinners, wedding receptions, meetings & presentations, corporate teambuilding, and not-for-profit gatherings.
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There are literally dozens of online dating sites. If you've been single anytime in the past decade, you've probably even tried a few. Some even claim that they can match you up with your "perfect dream partner." Ladies, You Need To Watch Out For These Online Dating Red Flags
Guess what? I don't believe it can be done! Many sites, even those using fancy algorithms to match you with your soul mate can help you meet and date dozens of people, if that's all you want. They can even land you a warm body you may believe is your life partner but chances are, you still won't find the right person for you.
Why? Chances are if the right person was standing right next to you, you might not even notice them. Why, again, you ask? Simple. You may not know yourself well enough to know who you are let alone who you is right for you. Most people are too busy running around trying to be "the person they think everyone else wants them to be" to know who and what kind of relationship would work best for them. If You Do These 5 Things, You're Subtly Sabotaging All Your Relationships
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