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Human Resources/Sales and Marketing - At Job World, Inc, I provide customer service to both clients and employees. I reach out to new industries and companies to build relationships and help them recognize how our services can aid in increasing their profitability. Job World, Inc. helps bridge the gap for our employees to obtain full-time employment. Job World, Inc. provides long and short term staffing needs as well as comprehensive drug screening and breath alcohol testing.
"My 3 children keep me pretty busy outside of work whether it is going to the park, baseball games or gymnastics. Outside of that I enjoy just about any outdoor or water activity.
"Why did you join the Chamber?"
I believe it is important to be involved in the community you work in and to give back. The chamber is always eager to help any way they can. The chamber provides great opportunities to promote and to encourage business in Obion County and gives opportunity for networking for all its' members.
"Why do you serve as an Ambassador?"
I am not originally from this area and knew that serving as an ambassador would help me be involved in the community and also be able to network with other people and businesses. It also allows me to be able to give back and provide support at events in the community. I always look forward to meeting new individuals and encouraging new business in Obion County.
"What is the Chamber's role in the business community?"
The chamber's role is to help promote Obion County and to act as a support to local businesses. The chamber is also beneficial in helping businesses network with other businesses and individuals in the community."


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Position: WR
Team: CAR
Draft Year: 2021
Round: 2 (pick: 27)
College: LSU
Terrace Marshall Suffers A Concussion
rsh/yds
rec/yds
FSV
2022 14 87 0/0 0.0 0 28/490 17.5 1 83
2021 13 150 0/0 0.0 0 17/138 8.1 0 31
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2022 Stats | CAR Week
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 TOT
TM Snap % - 10% - - 38% 45% 86% 92% 92% 89% 93% 62% - 85% 89% 93% 88% 93% 76%
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UK & Finland. Trail, Ultra & Mountain Running. Nordic & Alpine Skiing.
A test to see how I felt after last weeks race and to test my back. Some good climbing so overall it was a good test; back felt ok but legs a bit tired especially as I had not run all week because of my back. Trails very muddy and snow when I got higher.
A long classic in beautiful conditions. Pulled my back before I went out but still managed almost 10k/hr average so pretty pleased with that.
Watch was playing up and kept losing the signal and getting confused!! Transvulcania completed and over the moon!! A brutal race to say the least!!
Ultimate trail 110km; time and speed need adjusted once the results are in as I forgot to stop my watch and ended up driving with it still recording!! A tough and great event which I thoroughly enjoyed. Had a hard fall at 20km which did my hip, knee and wrist in so speed was a bit slower than planned. A great feeling when crossing that finish line.
CTS Northumberland Coastal Ultra; first race since September! Felt good up to the marathon distance but lost a little on the later section. Broke my Marathon PB by 37 minutes (4:58) so very happy with that. Overall a good race with a lot of running on sand.
Ashmei 29km trail race which turned out to be 32km due to going off route at one point!! Started in horrendous weather with really heavy rain but got better. Trails were very wet underfoot but that was to be expected. This is the longest run so far and I really enjoyed it although I did suffer somewhat towards the end. Really pleased with coming 31st out of 88.
Kentmere 17k (although my Ambit measured 18!!), a hot day with a nice breeze blowing. As can be seen from the graph there was a lot of climbing. Seemed to be a very fast paced race. Trails were a little wet but generally OK. This race does have a 'sting in the tail' which is a climb about 1.5kms from home. For the first time ever I got cramp in both calfs about 500m from the finish but that was probably caused by the fact I only landed back in the UK late on Thursday night. Happy enough with my time but sure I will go quicker at Grasmere next week!
The first ever Grasmere Gallop 17km race; certainly through stunning scenery with several hills to climb! Weather was very hot which made it even more challenging. I took almost 10 minutes off my time from last week although it was 1km shorter; certainly happier than last week. Waiting for my race position as I type!
Borrowdale 13km trail run. Weather conditions were ideal however after the torrential rain on Saturday the trails were wet which made it interesting to say least! Once again I was taken with the pack and went too fast too early and paid for it later. The hill into the forest was a real killer! Have to be pleased with 34th out of over 90 starters. Best result so far but still have work to do especially on my hills.
First time on this route; ground was so wet that at points I was up to my knees in peat! Very hard running due to the conditions hence the slow average speed. Overall it was very enjoyable and will help towards training for 2013 Chevy Chase :) Paused my Ambit and forgot to restart at one point so missed off about 1km which was a bit annoying!!
Felt great tonight although very hot; a good workout after a day of meetings.


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Frontiers in Plant Science
Biogenesis of the oxidative phosphorylation machinery in plants. From gene expression to complex assembly View all 11 Articles
Most E Domain PPR Editing Proteins are Fully Functional with a C-Terminal GFP Extension
DYW Domain PPR Editing Proteins can also Tolerate a C-Terminally Attached GFP
Biochemical Application of Functional E and DYW PPR Editing Proteins with a C-Terminal GFP Tag
The Conserved Terminal Amino Acids can be Extended in Some, but not All DYW PPR Editing Proteins
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Front. Plant Sci., 03 April 2014 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2014.00127
Mitochondrial RNA editing PPR proteins can tolerate protein tags at E as well as at DYW domain termini
Nadja Brehme, Anja Zehrmann, Daniil Verbitskiy, Barbara Härtel and Mizuki Takenaka*
Molekulare Botanik, Universität Ulm, Ulm, Germany
In plastids and mitochondria of plants, RNA editing changes numerous cytidines to uridines. The nucleotides to be edited are selected by trans-acting proteins which are structurally characterized as pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) proteins (Kotera et al., 2005; Schmitz-Linneweber and Small, 2008; Takenaka et al., 2013b). The approximately 35 amino acids long elements each attach to a specific nucleotide moiety and several tandemly arranged elements establish selective contact to a unique RNA sequence pattern. The PPR parameters defining the nucleotide specificity were identified by computational analysis and confirmed by experimental retargeting and by crystal structures (Barkan et al., 2012; Ke et al., 2013; Takenaka et al., 2013a; Yagi et al., 2013; Yin et al., 2013). Half of the PPR family of about 450 proteins in flowering plants consists only of these repeats and few further domains if any. This group of PPR proteins is involved in RNA processing events other than RNA editing (Schmitz-Linneweber and Small, 2008). The about 200 PPR proteins associated with RNA editing are C-terminally extended by the so-called E domains, the function of which is so far unknown. About half of these proteins contain an additional C-terminal domain with key features of deaminases in the form of characteristic amino acids which may bind an essential zinc atom (Hayes et al., 2013). However, so far no deaminase activity has been found, one of these domains rather shows an RNase activity (Nakamura and Sugita, 2008). This domain terminates in most instances with the name giving amino acid triplet DYW. In several such PPR RNA editing factors in plastids and mitochondria, the DYW domain can be deleted without compromising the function of the protein in editing (Okuda et al., 2009), while in others the DYW domain is required (Zehrmann et al., 2010). In some of the E class PPR RNA editing factors, addition of a DYW domain does not affect their competence in editing (Verbitskiy et al., 2012a). So far the functional parameters are unclear which distinguish those protein factors that require the C-terminal DYW extension beyond the E domain from those that do not. The E domain is in all of these RNA editing PPR proteins essential and cannot be removed.
To learn more about the function and structural features of these extension domains, we probed the importance of native C-termini of several PPR proteins in mitochondria by adding an additional protein domain. These chimeric proteins were assayed for their in vivo RNA editing competence to complement respective Arabidopsis thaliana mutants.
As representatives for the PPR type site-specific mitochondrial RNA editing factors (MEF) terminating with an E domain, we selected MEF9, MEF18, MEF19, MEF20, and MEF21 (Takenaka, 2010; Takenaka et al., 2010). Their respective open reading frames were extended by adding a C-terminal GFP coding sequence (260 amino acids) in frame and cloned under control of the 35S promoter. The chimeric proteins were analyzed in Arabidopsis thaliana plants for their competence to complement respective mutants. Fusion proteins of MEF9, MEF18, MEF19, and MEF20 with GFP all showed full competence in RNA editing at their respective target sites and gave transformants fully recovered to wild type level editing (Figure 1). For MEF9 and MEF19, all twelve, and for MEF18 all 11 regenerated mutant plants complemented with the respective C-terminal GFP fusion protein regained wild type RNA editing levels. The MEF20-GFP chimera complemented fully in 1 of 12 stably transformed plants, more than 90% editing levels were seen in another five plants, and between 50 and 90% editing were recovered in another four plants. Two plants did not show any alteration of the absence of editing. Nine of the MEF21-GFP transformed mutant plants regained the ability for RNA editing which increased from 0 to 21–84%, 2 of 12 plants complemented with MEF21-GFP showed no editing, none of them fully recovered the apparently complete nucleotide conversion of the wild type. The variation of editing recovery between individual transformants can most likely be attributed to varying cosuppression effects and/or the individually differing nuclear integration locus of the transgene, which is known to strongly influence transgene expression levels. In addition, in vivo editing levels sustained by introduced PPR proteins have been found to correlate unpredictably with their RNA levels (Okuda et al., 2008) probably due to further posttranslational regulation, wherefore we did not analyze mRNA levels generated off the transgenes.
Figure 1. RNA editing specific PPR-proteins terminating with E- or DYW-domains tolerate an additional protein tag. (A) Analysis of MEF9 is shown as a representative example. The single target site of MEF9 in the mitochondrial mRNA coding for subunit 7 of the respiratory chain complex I is nearly completely edited to U in wild type Arabidopsis thaliana plants of the Columbia ecotype (Col; Takenaka, 2010). In the mef9-2 mutant plant, RNA editing at nucleotide nad7-200 (counted from the A in the AUG translational start codon) is below the background threshold of 10%. The chimeric protein of MEF9 with GFP attached to the C-terminus of the E domain fully recovers editing at this site (Plants 1 and 2). Color traces are: G, black; A, green; T, red; C, blue. (B) Structure of the PPR RNA editing proteins analyzed as chimeric MEF-GFP proteins. The number of the PPR elements are given and the approximate lengths of the E domains are depicted. Several proteins contain an additional extension termed E+. The white box in MEF21 indicates an extension of the open reading frame beyond the E/E+ domains but without similarity to the DYW region. (C) Bar graph of the complementation levels achieved at respective target sites in mutant plant lines transformed with the corresponding chimeric MEF-GFP proteins. Shown are the maximal editing levels observed in at least 1 of the 11 or 12 transgenic plant lines analyzed for each mutant. Arabidopsis thaliana plants were grown, transformed and analyzed as described (Zehrmann et al., 2009; Verbitskiy et al., 2012a). Chimeric gene constructs were cloned under control of the 35S promoter. Individual transformants were selected and propagated independently. RNA editing was verified by cDNA sequence analysis in each transgenic plant line, percentages of editing were calculated by relative peak heights of C and T sequence signals, respectively (Zehrmann et al., 2009).
Of the PPR type site-specific mitochondrial RNA editing factors terminating with a DYW domain, we tested MEF14 (Verbitskiy et al., 2011) and the rather short MEF8 protein (Verbitskiy et al., 2012b). With MEF14-GFP fusion proteins, 3 of 12 regenerants recovered the editing level of wild type plants, showing that a GFP can be tolerated at the C-terminus. A further four plants showed 80–90% recovery, up from no discernible editing in the mutant, another four regained 30–80% and one showed no recovery beyond the background of the sequence analysis.
The MEF8 protein contains only five recognizable PPR elements, which would hardly be sufficient for sequence-specificity, yet does affect unique sites when mutated (Verbitskiy et al., 2012b). In mef8-2 mutant plants, site nad5-676 is edited to only about 40% compared to the 100% of the wild type, and site nad6-96 is reduced to about 50% from about 95% editing. In 10 of 11 regenerated complemented plants the MEF8-GFP chimera raised the editing levels at both sites by 10–40%, indicating that the recombinant protein is functional in editing.
The PPR type site-specific mitochondrial RNA editing factors are required for editing at one, or at most few, specific sites. It is presently not clear whether some of them are sufficient for editing their target site(s), since so far no successful in vitro editing assays with a clean full length PPR protein and its target RNA have been reported. So far, only in vitro assays showing the RNA-PPR protein connection (Okuda et al., 2009) and the nuclease activity of a partial PPR protein containing the DYW domain have been published (Nakamura and Sugita, 2008). It is more likely that at least in vivo a more complex editosome performs the editing reaction since a number of additional proteins are required for or at least influence RNA editing in either or both plant organelles. Foremost are the MORF proteins whose major function in the cell may be in RNA editing and which can directly contact specific editing PPR proteins (Bentolila et al., 2012; Takenaka et al., 2012). Other RNA binding proteins have been found to influence RNA editing such as ORRM and other RRM binding domain containing organellar proteins (Tillich et al., 2009; Sun et al., 2013). Recently, an enzyme of the tetrapyrrole biosynthesis pathway has been found to be required for RNA editing at selected sites in the chloroplast transcriptome (Zhang et al., 2014).
The here evaluated construction of MEF-GFP fusion proteins from two sub-groups of PPR proteins, those terminating with the E and those with an additional DYW domain, will allow to detect interactions with other proteins. These transgenic mutant plants can be used for pull-down experiments to identify associated proteins. The confirmed functionality of the fusion proteins suggests that the added GFP moieties do not inhibit necessary interactions with other protein molecules. It seems prudent to first establish the functionality of PPR proteins modified by comparatively large tags as the entire GFP protein which may distort the in vivo relevance of protein-RNA or protein-protein interactions. The major obstacle hindering biochemical investigations, the very low abundance of the editing PPR proteins, can possibly be circumvented or alleviated by selecting transgenic plant lines with elevated MEF-GFP expression levels.
The DYW amino acid triplet is generally at the very C-terminus of this domain. However, several PPR mitochondrial RNA editing factors show variations of the DYW triplet to other triplets such as DFW in MEF7, DSW in OTP86, or EYW in MEF8S. Altogether, about a third of the mitochondrial and plastid "DYW" editing factors contain triplets other than DYW. Nevertheless, the C-terminal amino acid triplet being conserved in so many proteins implies a functional constraint. Similarly, some of the His and Cys residues implicated in the potential deaminase activity (Salone et al., 2007) are not found in all DYW domains. However, these variants may be explained if not all DYW domains are actually functional as suggested by the distinct requirement for this domain in individual PPR proteins.
In this context, the MEF11 mutant mef11-2 shows that in this PPR protein, the DYW domain is essential for some targets, but not for all (Verbitskiy et al., 2010). The T-DNA insertion removes half of the domain, the DYW triplet and 56 upstream amino acids, but leaves the amino acid pattern of the potential deaminase intact. Surprisingly, deletion and complementation assays showed that this entire domain is not required and can be removed from the MEF11 protein (Zehrmann et al., 2011). Conversely, the DYW domain is essential in the MEF1 protein, truncated versions ending with the E domain cannot recover editing in the respective mutant. Concomitantly, the MEF1 protein does not tolerate a C-terminal extension by a His-tag, suggesting that some essential DYW termini have to be free and are not functional when extended (Zehrmann et al., 2010). The here observed partial complementation of the tagged MEF8 protein may also indicate that masking of the C-terminus by the GFP moiety does inhibit the activity and function of this DYW PPR protein. Similar differential results for several plastid editing PPR proteins support the inference that the DYW is essential in only some PPR proteins. The likely explanation is that the DYW function can be substituted by another protein containing this region. Prominent support for this surmise comes from the instance of the DYW1 and the CRR4 proteins, these proteins can be present in trans or can be linked into a single amino acid chain to edit a plastid site (Boussardon et al., 2012). By analogy, absent or non-functional DYW domains will be supplied by additional PPR proteins interacting with the site specific PPR protein possibly as a direct heteromer or with the support of one or more of the other factors contributing to the editosome complex. Evidence for direct dimer formation of PPR proteins has come from crystallization studies, in which the PPR10 protein forms a dimer, with or without bound target RNA (Ke et al., 2013; Yin et al., 2013).
In plant organellar RNA editing, specific sites are addressed by PPR proteins which all contain C-terminal extension domains. We here report that in Arabidopsis thaliana, several PPR editing proteins terminating with an E or with an additional DYW domain tolerate the addition of a GFP moiety. Since the DYW motif marks the C-terminus of the respective domain, it is surprising that a GFP protein can be added in frame to some DYW proteins without disturbing their apparent functionality.
We thank Dagmar Pruchner, Angelika Müller and Bianca Wolf for excellent experimental help. This work was supported by grants from the Deutsche For-schungsgemeinschaft. Mizuki Takenaka is a Heisenberg fellow.
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Zehrmann, A., Verbitskiy, D., van der Merwe, J. A., Brennicke, A., and Takenaka, M. (2009). A DYW domain containing pentatricopeptide repeat protein is required for RNA editing at multiple sites in mitochondria of Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell 21, 558–567. doi: 10.1105/tpc.108.064535
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Keywords: RNA editing, plant organelles, PPR protein, E domain, DYW domain
Citation: Brehme N, Zehrmann A, Verbitskiy D, Härtel B and Takenaka M (2014) Mitochondrial RNA editing PPR proteins can tolerate protein tags at E as well as at DYW domain termini. Front. Plant Sci. 5:127. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00127
Received: 12 February 2014; Paper pending published: 26 February 2014;
Accepted: 17 March 2014; Published online: 03 April 2014.
Philippe Giegé, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France
Mareike Schallenberg-Rüdinger, Philipps-University of Marburg, Germany
Copyright © 2014 Brehme, Zehrmann, Verbitskiy, Härtel and Takenaka. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
*Correspondence: mizuki.takenaka@uni-ulm.de


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Commentary iMGP High Income Alternatives Fund First Quarter 2022 Commentary
The iMGP High Income Alternatives Fund declined 2.44% in the first quarter, outperforming both the Bloomberg Aggregate Bond Index (Agg), which fell 5.93%, and high-yield bonds (BofA Merrill Lynch US High-Yield Cash Pay Index), which posted a 4.51% loss. The fund also outperformed its Morningstar Nontraditional Bond category peer group, which fell 2.55%.
Performance quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance of the funds may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. To obtain standardized performance of the funds, and performance as of the most recently completed calendar month, please visit www.imgpfunds.com.
Over the past four decades, investors have benefited from the tailwind of falling interest rates, tame inflation, globalization, and for the most part, peace among world superpowers. In 2022, these trends reversed and suddenly markets were faced with rising rates, surging inflation, supply chain pressures, and war. In this environment, both stocks and bonds declined.
In prior commentaries, we noted that some investors may be unprepared for losses that could occur in asset classes that have traditionally been perceived as 'safe.' Indeed, the first quarter was historically bad for the bond market. In the month of March alone, U.S. Treasuries suffered their worst monthly performance since 2003 with the 10-year Treasury yield touching a three-year high of 2.49%. The increase was in part due to an increasingly hawkish Fed, which made its first interest-rate hike since 2018 and stated its commitment to fighting inflation. Headline inflation rose to 8.5% year over year in March, the highest level since 1982. Looking ahead, futures markets are now forecasting a fed funds rate of 2.75% or higher by year-end.
Indeed, there is much uncertainty in the world, and of course in financial markets. We believe this environment plays well for our two credit managers who have wide opportunity sets and flexible mandates, enabling them to better navigate interest-rate and credit cycles. The recent pullback is creating higher-yielding opportunities for our managers, who are selectively taking advantage of more attractive yields, while still maintaining caution. Both credit managers were yielding close to 5.5% at the end of the quarter with a low duration of approximately 2. We believe this higher yield, shorter duration combination is attractive relative to most fixed-income asset classes, especially given where we are in the interest-rate cycle. We would remind investors that our credit managers focus on identifying attractive and durable, higher-yielding securities, often in niche, off-benchmark segments of the credit universe such as asset-backed securities (ABS).
The benefit of our flexible credit managers, combined with the option income strategy, becomes apparent when we look at the portfolio's characteristics. At the end of the first quarter, the High Income Alternatives fund had a 12-month distribution yield of 5.8% with a sub-2 duration. Specific to Neuberger Berman's option strategy, it continues to play an important, complementary role in the fund. Currently, it's providing high option income from still-elevated implied equity market volatility. The annualized yield can change fairly quickly due to the Neuberger's laddered approach to portfolio construction, and was in the low to mid-teens (before any potential losses due to sharp, short-term index declines) at the end of the quarter. Additionally, materially higher yields on short-term Treasuries (the 1-Year Treasury yield increased by over 120bps during the quarter), while painful during the quarter, will provide a longer-term benefit to the option sleeve's collateral return.
The passage of time has allowed the fund to demonstrate its advantages, and we think it is poised to continue producing attractive risk-adjusted returns and income, while diversifying core bond exposure. Over the trailing one-, two-, and three-year periods, the fund is ahead of both the high-yield and Aggregate bond benchmarks and has earned four stars in Morningstar's Nontraditional bond category. We appreciate your continued confidence in the fund.
Quarterly Portfolio Commentary
Performance of Managers
During the quarter, the fund's two credit managers outperformed the Aggregate Bond (down 5.93%) and high-yield bond (down 4.53%) benchmarks. Brown Brothers Harriman declined 1.52% and Guggenheim declined 3.58%. Neuberger Berman fell 1.40% compared to a 4.08% gain for the CBOE S&P500 2% OTM PutWrite benchmark. Specific to Neuberger's recent underperformance, it is due to a combination of factors. First, the path dependency of the index worked largely in its favor relative to Neuberger's active, diversified approach, as the dates of the index rolls coincided with fairly high levels of implied volatility (generating good levels of option income) but not significant drawdowns from the last roll date. Over time, we believe Neuberger's approach of active diversification and risk management tend to work better and Neuberger has meaningfully outperformed since inception. But in any given month, quarter, or even year, a more concentrated, less-diversified, passive strategy can perform better. Additionally, despite maintaining a short duration of approximately one year, Neuberger's collateral portfolio was a noticeable drag on performance due to the sharp increase in short term Treasury yields. Meanwhile, the index has its collateral in one-month T-bills. (All sub-advisor returns are net of the management fees that each sub-advisor charges the fund.)
Manager Commentaries
Brown Brothers Harriman
The BBH sleeve reported a loss of 1.52% for the first quarter. We don't like reporting any period with negative performance. However, this was arguably the worst-performing quarter for bonds in over 40 years. When the sleeve's performance is viewed in this context, it becomes evident that our differentiated investment approach outperformed most fixed-income sectors or benchmarks.
Accelerating increases in U.S. interest rates, soaring energy prices, and the specter of a deepening global conflict weighed heavily on fixed-income returns in the first quarter. Turning to the credit markets, investment grade BBB-rated credit produced a 7.9% loss in the first quarter, while high-yield BB-rated credit produced a loss of 5.9%.
A large driving factor for the negative fixed-income performance this quarter was the sharp flattening of the yield curve as 2-Year and 10-Year Treasury bond yields rose 160bps and 83bps, respectively. Having just 2-years of duration in the sleeve was a significant buffer against this sharp rise in interest rates.
While interest rates were climbing, BBB- and BB-credit spreads also widened 26bps and 38ps, respectively. Credit spread widening was significantly greater mid-quarter before tightening towards the end of March.
During the quarter we continued to follow our time-tested investment process and leaned into the stress by slowly adding to both existing and new credits at these more attractive valuations. We expect these additions will be additive to future performance for the sleeve. It is during these extreme events that our disciplined bottom-up and valuation-focused credit process shines by producing this kind of differentiated performance result over credit cycles versus traditional fixed income benchmarks and our competitors.
Guggenheim Investments
Our U.S. economic outlook is for slower GDP growth in 2022, while inflation stays elevated. First quarter GDP is on track for a weak print due to temporary drags from trade and inventories. But underlying demand is growing at a solid pace; we expect 2.3% real GDP growth this year. While that rate is a step down from 2021, it is well above long-run potential growth of 1-1.5%, meaning the economy will continue to overheat.
Inflation has broadened out from goods impacted by supply chain snags to housing and other services. While inflation is near the peak on a year-over-year basis it will remain well above the Fed's comfort levels given supply shocks from the war in Ukraine and Covid lockdowns in China, as well as high wage costs keeping pressure on services inflation. High inflation is weighing on real incomes and causing a sharp drop in consumer sentiment, creating a more subdued outlook for real GDP growth.
The Fed is aggressively tightening policy to try to rein in inflation. Given the historically tight labor market, public angst over inflation, and the continuation of inflationary supply shocks, the Fed is now racing to get policy to a more appropriate setting. We see a high likelihood that the Fed will raise rates by 50bps at each of the next three meetings, as they have referenced their desire to get policy back to a neutral setting "rapidly." The Fed will also begin running off its balance sheet as soon as mid-May.
The Fed will need to keep hiking into restrictive territory, which means policy tightening to at least 3% (inclusive of balance sheet effects), if not higher. The Fed is aiming for a soft landing, where policy becomes restrictive to cool the economy and bring down inflation, followed by cutting rates back to a neutral stance to avoid cooling the economy too much.
Historically soft landings are rare, and the Fed's attempt in this cycle will be complicated by high inflation, volatile macro data, and uncertain impacts of balance sheet runoff. These dynamics raise the risk of policy miscalibration and an eventual recession, though that is more of a concern for late 2023 or early 2024.
Solid corporate fundamentals underpin credit demand, but some caution is warranted, as cost pressures and supply imbalances caused by the war in Ukraine will affect industries unevenly. Revenue exposures to Europe and Asia will be prudent to monitor as well, given downgrades to growth expectations in those regions. Although leverage remains high, we believe debt service is manageable given the trajectory for corporate earnings. Floating rate sectors have been less volatile than fixed rate this year as investors position for the Fed tightening cycle. We are finding attractive relative value in floating rate structured credit and leveraged loans.
Domestic equity markets managed to claw back a portion of their losses in the final month of the quarter but remained in negative territory on the year. The Federal Reserve has set a course for an aggressive rate policy to fight inflation levels that haven't been seen for a generation. Layer on low unemployment, large government deficits, a changing geopolitical landscape, shifting environmental and social priorities, and relatively high equity valuations and the odds of a 'soft landing' for equity markets seem incredibly low to us. In March, the S&P 500 Index ("S&P 500") gained 3.71%, the Cboe S&P 500 2% OTM PutWrite ("PUTY") was up 2.93%, and the Cboe Russell 2000 PutWrite ("PUTR") rose 3.54%. Over the first quarter, the S&P 500 lost -4.60%, the PUTY climbed 4.08%, and the PUTR gained 0.43%.
Index Option Implied Volatility
The events of the first quarter certainly caught markets off guard and drove realized volatility levels higher. Yet, implied volatility levels were enough to weather the storm and remained flat to slightly positive. Despite volatility falling during March, we believe that inflation, or the fight against inflation, will continue to promote elevated levels of equity market volatility. In support of our views, the VIX futures markets seem to have a reasonable amount of skepticism about the future state of market volatility. While not quite as high as a year ago, longer dated VIX futures remain at levels well above their long-term averages. For the month, the Cboe S&P 500 Volatility Index ("VIX") was down 9.6pts with an average 30-day implied volatility premium of 1.5. Similarly, the Cboe Russell 2000 Volatility Index ("RVX") was down 7.7pts with an average implied volatility premium of 3.5. For the quarter, VIX rose 3.3pts yielding an average 30-day implied volatility premium of 2.2. Meanwhile, RVX rose 3.4pts resulting in an average implied volatility premium of 3.9.
Over the quarter, the sleeve posted a -1.48% return, which ended well below the PUTY's return of 4.08% but exceeded the BB US HY's return of -4.84%. The S&P 500 PutWrite component lost -1.38% and ended well below the PUTY return .of 4.08%, while Russell 2000 PutWrite component lost -1.74%, compared to the PUTR return of 0.43%.
Collateral Portfolio
At the end of last year, we suggested the real interest rate would be the most important stat of 2022, and inflation data and the US Fed's comments have not disappointed. During March, the Federal Reserve initiated a rate hike of 25bps, which is expected to be the first of many for the year. Global central banks are now faced with the dilemma of whether to combat inflation or support global growth as Russia's invasion of Ukraine intensifies and continues to have widespread effects. For now, inflation remains the priority. Over the month, short-term US Treasury rates (3M US T-Bill) rose 19bps while the long-term rates (10Y US Treasury) were up 51bps. Concurrently, on the quarter, short-term US rates were up 45bps and 10Y US rates gained 83bps. For the month, the Collateral Portfolio dropped -0.49%, lagging the ICE BofA 0-3M US T-Bill Index ("T-Bill Index") return of 0.02% by -51bps. Over the quarter, the Collateral Portfolio's -0.95% return lost more than the T-Bill Index return of 0.03% by -98bps.
Strategy Allocations
The fund's target allocations across the three managers are as follows: 40% each to Brown Brothers Harriman and Guggenheim Investments, and 20% to Neuberger Berman. We use the fund's daily cash flows to bring each manager's allocation toward their targeted allocation should differences in shorter-term relative performance cause divergences.
Sub-Advisor Portfolio Composition as of March 31, 2022
Brown Brothers Harriman Credit Value Strategy
ABS 17%
Bank Loans 29%
Corporate Bonds 46%
CMBS 2%
Cash 6%
Guggenheim Multi-Credit Strategy
CMBS (Non-Agency) 2%
Preferred Stock 4%
RMBS (Non-Agency) 3%
Neuberger Berman Option Income Strategy
Equity Index Put Writing 100%
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Dividends, if any, of net investment income are declared and paid monthly. The Fund intends to distribute capital gains, if any, to shareholders on a quarterly basis. There is no assurance that the funds will be able to maintain a certain level of distributions. Dividend yield is the weighted average dividend yield of the securities in the portfolio (including cash). The number is not intended to demonstrate income earned or distributions made by the Fund.
Though not an international fund, the fund may invest in foreign securities. Investing in foreign securities exposes investors to economic, political and market risks, and fluctuations in foreign currencies. Investments in debt securities typically decrease when interest rates rise. This risk is usually greater for longer-term debt securities. Investments in mortgage-backed securities include additional risks that investor should be aware of including credit risk, prepayment risk, possible illiquidity, and default, as well as increased susceptibility to adverse economic developments. Investments in lower-rated and non-rated securities present a greater risk of loss to principal and interest than higher-rated securities. 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. The fund may invest in master limited partnership units. Investing in MLP units may expose investors to additional liability and tax risks. Multi-investment management styles may lead to higher transaction expenses compared to single investment management styles. Outcomes depend on the skill of the sub-advisors and advisor and the allocation of assets amongst them. The fund may make short sales of securities, which involves the risk that losses may exceed the original amount invested. Merger arbitrage investments risk loss if a proposed reorganization in which the fund invests is renegotiated or terminated.
Diversification does not assure a profit nor protect against loss in a declining market.
The trailing twelve month (TTM) distribution yield is the sum of a fund's total trailing interest and dividend payments divided by the last month's ending share price (NAV) plus any capital gains distributed over the same period. 12-Month Yield gives you a good idea of the yield (interest and dividend payments) the fund is currently paying.
Asset-backed security (ABS) is a financial security collateralized by a pool of assets such as loans, leases, credit card debt, royalties or receivables.
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Collateralized Loan Obligation (CLO) is a security backed by a pool of debt, often low-rated corporate loans. Collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) are similar to collateralized mortgage obligations, except for the different type of underlying loan.
Collateralized put-write is an options trading strategy that involves short positions in put options and the use of the underlying stock as collateral.
A coupon or coupon payment is the annual interest rate paid on a bond, expressed as a percentage of the face value and paid from issue date until maturity.
Duration is a commonly used measure of the potential volatility of the price of a debt security, or the aggregate market value of a portfolio of debt securities, prior to maturity. Securities with a longer duration generally have more volatile prices than securities of comparable quality with a shorter duration.
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Investment grade bond is a bond with a rating of AAA to BBB
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Options are a financial derivative sold by an option writer to an option buyer. The contract offers the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to buy (call option) or sell (put option) the underlying asset at an agreed-upon price during a certain period of time or on a specific date.
The CBOE Russell 2000 PutWrite Index (PUTR) is designed to track the performance of a hypothetical strategy that sells a monthly at-the-money (ATM) Russell 2000 Index put option.
The CBOE Russell 2000 Volatility Index (RVX) is a key measure of market expectations of near-term volatility conveyed by Russell 2000® Index (RUT) option prices. The RVX Index measures the market's expectation of 30-day volatility implicit in the prices of near-term RUT options traded at CBOE.
The CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Index (ticker symbol PUT) is a benchmark index that measures the performance of a hypothetical portfolio that sells S&P 500 Index (SPX) put options against collateralized cash reserves held in a money market account.
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The Bloomberg Barclays Aggregate U.S. Bond Index is a market capitalization-weighted index, meaning the securities in the index are weighted according to the market size of each bond type. Most U.S. traded investment grade bonds are represented. The index includes US Treasury Securities (non-TIPS), Government agency bonds, Mortgage backed bonds, Corporate bonds, and a small amount of foreign bonds traded in U.S.The HFRX Fixed Income – Credit Index is an unmanaged index that includes strategies with exposure to credit across a broad continuum of credit sub-strategies, including Corporate, Sovereign, Distressed, Convertible, Asset Backed, Capital Structure Arbitrage, Multi-Strategy and other Relative Value and Event Driven sub-strategies.
ICE BofAML 0-3 Year U.S. Treasury Index tracks the performance of U.S. dollar denominated sovereign debt publicly issued by the U.S. government in its domestic market with maturities less than three years.
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The Russell 2000 Index measures the performance of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3,000 Index.
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This year's Worldwide Threat Assessment (published annually by the office of the Director of National Intelligence) begins its 32 pages addressing the subject of how our country is dealing with cyber threats. Director Daniel R. Coats immediately claims that discussing them first doesn't mean they are the most important of 9 threats named in the report. That said, it certainly does appear to be a 'grab your attention' intention.
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"Staying Present in Action" Parshat Terumah
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This week's Torah reading is Parshat Terumah. Terumah means an offering, or a contribution. It begins with God telling Moses to say to the children of Israel:
"Yik'khu li trumah me'eit kol ish asher yidveinu libo-
"Take for me an offering from every person whose heart is motivated to give…"
The offerings that they're talking about range from precious metals, to animal skins, to incense spices, to pieces of wood- all things that will be used to build the mishkan- the portable temple that the Israelites carried with them as they travelled through the wilderness. The word mishkan comes from the root which means to dwell or be present, as in the word Shekhinah which means, Divine Presence. So in the opening of this parshah, we're hearing about all the different ways the Israelites contribute toward the Sanctuary of Presence. But if we look more deeply, this opening verse gives us three hints about how we can be more present in our own actions.
The first and most important hint is in the name of the parshah- Terumah, which means, "offering." If you want to be present in the busyness of daily life and overcome that tendency to see this moment merely as a means to get to some future moment, then let your actions be offerings. Whenever you do something, and you can do this many times a day, bring to mind that your actions are for the sake of serving something. Since most of what we do is often serving some purpose for others, this isn't so difficult. But even when you do things for yourself like eating or resting, you can still offer it as a gift, because of course you have to keep yourself healthy in order to be of service to others.
And, the more you think of your actions as offerings, you might even get inspired to change the way you do things for the better, or even take on some new positive actions, or get rid of some not so positive ones. The point here to bring more consciousness into whatever you're doing by acting with a loving spirit.
The second hint is implied in the words, kol ish- every person. In other words, every person has their own unique path. If you go around wishing you were someone else, or wishing you were in a different situation, you devalue your own path, and create an inner feeling of separation. But if you constantly take to heart that this moment is the moment to offer what only you can offer, regardless of whether it seems impressive in the external sense, then you can really inhabit your body and inhabit your actions. Furthermore, the words kol ish, every person, can also mean "all of the person." In other words, put all of yourself into whatever you happen to be doing.
And that brings us to the third hint that's implied in the words, "…asher yidveinu libo- whose heart is motivated to give…" This means, you can learn how to be present from whatever you're really motivated to do. Notice how it feels when you're doing things that you love, how you're fully engaged and doing for its own sake, and bring that degree of presence to all your actions, even when you're doing things you don't necessarily want to do. In that way, everything you do becomes a kind of devotion or prayer.
There's a story that the Baal Shem Tov was once smoking his pipe by the window, when he was taken aback by the sight of a man walking by, who glowed with the most beautiful holy Presence and joyful radiance. The Baal Shem asked a disciple who the man was, and his disciple told him that the man was a hose-maker.
So, the Baal Shem sent the man a message to please bring four pairs of hose. Soon after, the hose maker appeared before the Baal Shem, displaying his wares, light shining from his face. The hose were well made of good sheep's wool.
The Baal Shem asked him, "How do you spend your days?" The man answered, "I ply my trade."
"And how do you ply it?" asked the Baal Shem.
"I work every day until I have forty or fifty pairs of hose, then I put them into a mold with hot water and press them until they're as they should be."
"And do you do any special prayers or meditations?" asked the Baal Shem.
"I just recite the psalms that I know by heart, all day long as I work."
After the Baal Shem had purchased the hose and the man left, the Baal Shem turned to his disciple and said, "Today you have seen the cornerstone which will uphold the temple until the coming of the Messiah."
So what does the Baal Shem Tov mean when he says that this hose maker is the cornerstone of the temple until the Messiah? The temple, as we've seen, represents intensification of Presence. The Messiah means the end of exile, because the traditional belief is that when Moshiakh comes, all the Jews scattered throughout the world will be gathered in, and everyone will commune with the Divine in the temple once again.
But on a deeper level, exile isn't only about being separated from your native land. Exile is what happens within when you don't fully inhabit who you are and what you're doing in the present moment. When that happens, your consciousness pulls away from itself, creating the experience of incompleteness. And in that inner exile, nothing is all that satisfying. But when you're gathered in, so to speak, when you connect deeply with your actions, there's a deep satisfaction even if you're doing things that aren't particularly exciting.
So as approach Shabbat Terumah, the Sabbath of Offering, let's practice making all our actions offerings, gathering ourselves back into the fullness of who we are and opening to the healing and wholeness that flows from that.
Good Shabbos!!!
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Ignatian spirituality speaks of finding God in all things, and St. Paul says that in God we live, and move, and have our being. Isn't this awareness the goal for all of us? Not just finding God in all things intellectually, but truly feeling his presence all around us, all the time.Thanks for this posting!
Brian Schachter
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Nuclear War, Trump, and My Mental Health
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A few days ago, I read that the Berlin Wall has been gone for as long as it existed (28 years, two months and 27 days). In a similar vein, give or take a few years, I spent half of my life living in a world where the possibility of an atomic holocaust was a daily reality and half of my life breathing the massive, collective sigh of relief that came when the USSR collapsed and the imminent, looming threat of nuclear war faded into the distance – or so we thought.
In the years since the end of the Cold War, nuclear weapons occasionally figured into public consciousness – think of the threat of terrorists getting their hands on a "dirty bomb" or the standoff between India and Pakistan in the months after the 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States – but for the most part, since the collapse of the Soviet Union on Christmas Day in 1991, we have largely forgotten that we are, at any given moment, some 30 minutes (the approximate time it would take a ballistic missile to fly from the United States to Russia or the other way around) removed from a civilization-ending catastrophe.
North Korea staged its first nuclear bomb test in 2008, adding a new variable to the planet's nuclear calculus. But while no reasonable person could be comfortable with the idea of another murderous, totalitarian regime having nuclear weapons, I had a certain confidence that some combination of diplomacy and deterrence would ensure that the North Korean nuclear arsenal would remain unused.
Then the unthinkable happened. In 2016, the world's largest nuclear power and the only nation to ever use atomic weapons elected a man with no political or military experience and a demonstrated ignorance of the fundamentals of nuclear doctrine to be the person with the sole authority to launch nuclear weapons. Donald Trump has repeatedly demonstrated that he is completely unfit to bear responsibility for the American nuclear arsenal. During his campaign for the presidency, Donald Trump revealed that he had no idea what the nuclear triad is, and asked a foreign policy advisor why the United States couldn't use nuclear weapons. At a July 2017 meeting with advisors Trump reportedly expressed his desire for the United States to raise its current nuclear weapons stockpiles by a factor of ten, a move that would reverse decades of American nuclear policy and violate international treaties.
A statement by the president of the United States
While Trump denies reports about him wanting more nuclear weapons and the freedom to use them, his public statements about nuclear weapons, specifically how he intends to deal with the North Korean threat, are no less frightening. From his threats to "totally destroy" North Korea (delivered from the podium of the United Nations General Assembly) and to inflict "fire and fury" on the North Korean people, to his tweet about the size of his "nuclear button", Trump has frequently engaged in careless rhetoric that has played a major role in reanimating the nuclear anxiety that defined much of my life as a child and teenager. That renewed anxiety came into sharp focus on 13 January 2018, when officials in Hawai'i mistakenly triggered the state's civil defence warning system, causing many residents to believe that they were moments away from certain death.
On 3 February 2018, WNYC's On the Media featured a number of segments that put our renewed nuclear anxiety in a larger cultural context. The first, "An Apocalyptic Tick-Tock," discussed the recent decision by the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists to advance the Doomsday Clock closer to midnight. The second, "The Day After, Today," recalls the effects that the 1983 made-for-television movie The Day After had on the collective mood at a particularly heightened moment of Cold War tension. The final segment, "What The Simpsons Can Teach Us About Nuclear Apocalypse," examines how popular culture could play a key role in rebuilding our collective sense of self after a civilization-ending nuclear holocaust.
On 25 January, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists moved the Doomsday Clock, a symbolic representation of how close we are to nuclear war, thirty seconds forward, setting it to two minutes to midnight, meaning that, in the estimation of the experts, we are as close to all-out nuclear war as we were in 1953, when the Soviet Union tested its first thermonuclear bomb. On the Media co-host Bob Garfield interviewed Lawrence Krauss, theoretical physicist and chair of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists' Board of Sponsors, who discussed how the scientists responsible for setting the clock do so in response to global events and rhetoric. In 2007 the clock moved forward by two minutes in reaction to the first North Korean nuke test and Iran's stated nuclear ambitions, among other things; last year, the clock inched forward by thirty seconds in large part because of the "incredibly dangerous statements made by candidate Trump about nuclear weapons."
Of particular concern to Krauss right now is the recently-released Nuclear Posture Review, a document that sets out America's "nuclear policy, strategy, capabilities and force posture for the next five to ten years." The emerging American nuclear policy broadens the range of circumstances in which the country might resort to using nuclear weapons "to include non-nuclear strategic attacks on civilian populations, infrastructure, and U.S. nuclear forces" and for increased capabilities in terms of small-scale tactical nuclear weapons. This second aspect is particularly troubling to Krauss because smaller weapons may be thought to be a class apart from strategic nukes, making their use more likely and thereby undermining the concept of deterrence.
Trump's erratic comments about nuclear weapons and the resulting decision to move the Doomsday Clock forward have led Marsha Gordon, Professor of Film Studies at North Carolina State, to ask if it isn't time for "a 21st-century version of The Day After," the controversial nuclear war drama that ABC aired in 1983. As Gordon points out in her discussion with On the Media's Brooke Gladstone, the airing of The Day After, which happened exactly thirty years after the famous broadcast of the "Iron Mike" thermonuclear test, came at a time of heightened tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union. That year, the Russians shot down a Korean airliner that had accidentally wandered into their airspace, a radar glitch made it appear that the USA was launching a nuclear attack on the Soviets, and NATO war games convinced some Russian military leaders that an attack on their country was imminent. The Day After brought those tensions into American living rooms. The movie focused national discussion on the threat of nuclear war: ABC even released a viewer's guide complete with questions to help people discuss what they had just seen.
Moreover, it had lasting effects on a generation of television viewers. Wayne, an On the Media listener who lives in Hawai'i and went through January's false alarm episode, wrote in to talk about how watching The Day After as a teenager shaped how he experienced being notified that a nuclear missile was potentially on its way. When the alarm went off, he didn't feel panic or fear. Rather, he felt resignation, telling himself "well, it finally happened." This sense of finally facing the inevitable grew out of the fact that he, like me, as part of "the last generation that grew up during the Cold War," knew that "nuclear annihilation was always a possibility…That anxiety was always there, and it never left us."
11 Steps to Survival
I remember watching The Day After, and I also remember watching the even-more-chilling Threads, a similarly-themed BBC film that came out the same year. These films were just a small part of the nuclear culture that permeated my youth. Knowing that it was only a matter of time before a nuclear war broke out, I prepared myself as best as my young mind would allow me to. For years I read, at least once a week, 11 Steps to Survival, a probably completely useless civil defence pamphlet published by the Canadian government, and I pored over books and encyclopedia articles about Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I can still recall the chilling fear that came over me every Saturday morning when my cartoons were interrupted by a test of the Emergency Broadcast System. I knew, even as a kid, that one day, I'd hear that buzzing sound for real and I, my family, and everything I knew would disappear in a flash.
A few months back, I wrote a piece in my Doonesbury blog about how the uncertainty created by Trump's presidency is feeding a generalized mental health crisis:
…there's plenty of anecdotal evidence to go around suggesting that we are having a collective mental breakdown caused by the Trump presidency, the fears and anxieties I'm talking about did not originate with the campaign and eventual election of Donald Trump; the optimism for the long-term well-being of humanity that bloomed with the end of the Cold War long ago died a death by a thousand cuts dealt by terrorist attacks, illegal wars, bloody occupations, and torture regimes, all unfolding on a planet getting too hot to sustain human beings. That said, the dawn of Trump's America has played a huge role in amplifying those feelings and intensifying their contagion.
I suffer from generalized anxiety disorder, a condition that makes it very difficult for me to live the life that I want to live, and that, at its worst, has led me to contemplate suicide. As I read the news now I realize the extent to which growing up in the Cold War had important effects on the mental health of individuals and, as Wayne points out, on collective generations of people. It's impossible to spend your life with the awareness that a nuclear war is possible and not, individually or collectively, be deeply scarred by that experience.
I'm fifty years old now, and I understand that what we thought was the end of the nuclear threat after the end of the Cold War was a lie. It is impossible for humankind to exist in a world where individual men have the power to unleash Armageddon; it's simply a matter of time before brinksmanship, failed diplomacy, fear, naked aggression, or a technical glitch leads to that buzzer interrupting whatever we're watching on television and putting us on a half-hour countdown to a brutal end. Trump's reckless words may accelerate the process, but it's going to happen one way or another. And like Wayne, I expect that I will not be panicked. I'll simply hold my wife close and wait for an end that I always knew would come.
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Hunter Killer Official Trailer (2018 Movie)
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Deep under the Arctic Ocean, American submarine Captain Joe Glass (Gerard Butler, Olympus Has Fallen, 300) is on the hunt for a U.S. sub in distress when he discovers a secret Russian coup is in the offing, threatening to dismantle the world order. With crew and country on the line, Captain Glass must now assemble an elite group of Navy SEALs to rescue the kidnapped Russian president and sneak through enemy waters to stop WWIII.
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Sunny Leone turns vegan
The Hans India
18 Oct 2016 12:58 AM GMT
Sunny was last seen in 'Beiimaan Love', directed by Rajeev Chaudhari. The film also featured Rajniesh Duggall.
Actress Sunny Leone, a vegetarian, says her doctor has told her to stay away from alcohol, dairy products and spicy food.
" I am not well and my blood needs to be purified from infection and there is too much heat in my body," Sunny, 35, shared on her social networking page. "So I'm drinking special bad tasting tea."
"Sad morning! My traditional Chinese medicine doctor has told me - no caffeine, no alcohol, no dairy, no meat (I'm veg so that's fine) and no spicy food.
"I believe in traditional Chinese medicine and I guess its God's way of telling me I'm turning into a vegan, no alcohol... Caffeine... No toxins," she added.


Broccoli - Riviera Produce, Cornwall's grower of choice.
About: The word broccoli, from the Italian plural of broccolo, refers to "the flowering top of a cabbage". Broccoli is classified in the Italica cultivar group of the species Brassica oleracea. Broccoli has large flower heads, usually green in color, arranged in a tree-like fashion on branches sprouting from a thick, edible stalk. The mass of flower heads is surrounded by leaves. Broccoli most closely resembles cauliflower, which is a different cultivar group of the same species.
How to Use: Broccoli can be served raw or cooked. Raw broccoli can be added to salads. Serve cooked broccoli as an accompanying vegetable it goes particularly well with chicken or fish dishes. Serve it simply steamed or dress with melted butter or olive oil and lemon juice. Broccoli can be added to stir-fry dishes and cooked florets make a tasty and colourful addition to pasta sauces or bakes.
How to Prepare: Broccoli is often sold ready-trimmed so there is very little wastage. Trim the stalk using a small sharp knife. Cut into even-sized florets and rinse in cold water.
How to Cook: Broccoli can be boiled, steamed or stir-fried. It is easy to overcook broccoli its beautiful vivid bright green colour turns to a dull greenish grey and it loses its crisp texture. To boil broccoli, place the florets in a pan of salted boiling water and cook for 6–8 minutes. To steam broccoli, place it in a steamer and cook for 6–8 minutes. To stir-fry broccoli, break it into bite-sized florets, heat 1 tbsp of olive oil in a frying pan and add the florets, cook for 4–5 minutes or until tender.
Broccoli is high in vitamin C, as well as dietary fibre; it also contains multiple nutrients with potent anti-cancer properties, such as diindolylmethane and small amounts of selenium. A single serving provides more than 30 mg of Vitamin C and a half-cup provides 52 mg of Vitamin C.
Broccoli also contains the compound glucoraphanin, which can be processed into an anti-cancer compound sulforaphane, though the benefits of broccoli are greatly reduced if the vegetable is boiled. Broccoli is also an excellent source of indole-3-carbinol, a chemical which boosts DNA repair in cells and appears to block the growth of cancer cells.
Steaming broccoli for 3–4 minutes is recommended to maximize potential anti-cancer compounds, such as sulforaphane.Boiling reduces the levels of suspected anti-carcinogenic compounds in broccoli, with losses of 20 – 30% after five minutes, 40 – 50% after ten minutes, and 77% after thirty minutes. However, other preparation methods such as steaming, microwaving, and stir frying had no significant effect on the compounds.Broccoli has the highest levels of carotenoids in the brassica family and a high intake of broccoli has been found to reduce the risk of aggressive prostate cancer.Broccoli consumption has also been shown to be beneficial in the prevention of heart disease.


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Per Arne Ferner (* 1985 in Oslo) ist ein norwegischer Jazz- und Fusionmusiker (Gitarre).

Leben und Wirken
Ferner lernte seit seinem zwölften Lebensjahr Gitarre und erkundete nacheinander verschiedene Genres; nach Ausflügen in den Blues, Rock und Progressive Metal kam er bei der klassischen Musik und dem Jazz an. Am Rytmisk Musikkonservatorium in Kopenhagen absolvierte er den Masterstudiengang Interpret/Jazzgitarre, um sich von 2010 bis 2012 im Solistenprogramm weiterzubilden. Auch nahm er an einem Workshop der Manhattan School of Music mit Ralph Alessi, Tyshawn Sorey und Andy Milne teil.

Ferner war mit der Fusionband Flux, zu der Mikkel Breck (Flöte), Simon Linnert (Piano), Marc Lohr (Perkussion) und Jesper Thorn (Bass) gehörten, beim Jazzwettbewerb in Hoeilaart 2007 erfolgreich und veröffentlichte 2010 das Album Peninsulator, für das er komponierte. 2008 bildete er gemeinsam mit dem Pianisten Per Gunnar Juliusson, den er beim Studium kennengelernt hatte, das Duo Ferner/Juliusson, das 2010 den Wettbewerb JazzIntro bei Moldejazz gewann. 2012 erschien ihr erstes Album Undertowed, das mit dem Klassiker Undercurrent verglichen wurde. Er ist seitdem als Begleiter von Karl Strømme hervorgetreten, zunächst 2018 in dessen Quintettalbum Dynalyd, 2022 im Trio mit Song Dust.

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Eastenders Episode Guide - Monday 4th September.
Linda and Fi come to a head over recent events and after Linda comes to an upsetting realisation,she finds herself confiding in Whitney about the situation. Linda is touched when Whitney assures her that she is the only person Mick loves, but as Linda later watches Mick and Whitney together,she makes a huge decision – is this the end of Mick and Linda?
Back in the Square, Walford in Bloom comes to an abrupt end when in fear for her safety, the Mayor flees. Disaster strikes when a gas explosion rips through The Square after a gas main explodes. C/H Honey throws a birthday party for Janet and Ricky but Billy is distracted when he confronts Phil about what he did to Jay. Ted and Joyce celebrate their anniversary.


Rubeena Singh is the CEO of iProspect India, which is part of the Dentsu Aegis Network. iProspect India is the country's premier and largest digital performance agency, driving business performance for blue chip clients. Rubeena brings with her a wide and deep industry experience of over 18 years across digital, print and broadcasting. Under her leadership, iProspect India has grown rapidly – it serves 100+ clients and employs 250 people. Rubeena's strength lies in building and scaling up businesses and managing them successfully on the back of strong, motivated teams, business relationships and efficient processes. Prior to this role, Rubeena was the Chief Operating Officer of moneycontrol.com, wherein she spearheaded business strategy, marketing, sales, operations and P&L. During her stint here, she launched their first chat bot in India, collaborated with Bosch for Jaguar's car app and launched the smartwatch app. As a result of her work, moneycontrol.com's mobile app won best app at the Mobile World Congress. In her 12-year stint with Network18, she has held various senior positions across its print and TV properties including Forbes India, CNBC TV18, CNBC Awaaz, CNN News 18 and News18 India. Before joining Network18, Rubeena spent four years at Star TV India, where she had the opportunity to work across brands of the STAR bouquet – STAR Plus, Star News, NGC, Channel V, which included re-launch of Channel-V and Star News Hindi. Rubeena has represented the business at various forums as a speaker and panelist. She is also a jury member for some of the most distinguished awards in the country. Under her leadership, iProspect India has won 35 industry awards in 2017 – 'Agency of the Year' at IAMAI Digital Awards and the Google Partner Award in the mobile category amongst many others. Apart from her work in the digital marketing space, Rubeena is known for her efforts to encourage women leadership – empower and encourage women to take on leadership roles and eventually break the glass ceiling. She was invited to speak at a conference hosted by Google in the United States on the subject. She has also initiated efforts for a DAN India and iProspect India Women Council to take this further. Rubeena has completed her Masters in Statistics from Mumbai University.