Directly from the hotel above the snow-covered forest way you can reach Maria Weissenstein, the known place of pilgrimage. From there you walk easily uphill by woods to Lerch (faction of Aldein) and than downhill about pastures, meadows and larch woods to the Spögler hut. Than you go to the Schmieder alp and to the Schönrast alp, back to Maria Weissenstein and to the Hotel Pfösl.
The Weißhorn lures with his fantastic view about the snow-covered Brenta Paganella, the high Ortlermassiv, the Texel with Meran and of course into the Dolomites. From Lavazè you reach in only 320 metres height the Siei. summit. The way back leads you about the Gurndin alp (stop possibility).
From the hotel about the Moser farm to the Bühlhof. From there you trudge by the snowy footpath to the Laabalm. Here the alp invites in nice, quiet position to the stop!


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Magnesium intake and mortality due to liver diseases: Results from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Cohort
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Shunming Zhang, Ge Meng, … Kaijun Niu
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Boya Zhang, Haoyu Dong, … Liyuan Han
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Dan Han, Xuexian Fang, … Ronghua Zhang
Alcohol intake and the risk of chronic kidney disease: results from a systematic review and dose–response meta-analysis
H. C. Yuan, Q. T. Yu, … L. Y. Chen
Effect of body mass index on the association between alcohol consumption and the development of chronic kidney disease
Yusaku Hashimoto, Takahiro Imaizumi, … Shoichi Maruyama
Potential role of inflammation in relation to dietary sodium and β-carotene with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: a mediation analysis
Yang Chen, Min Wu, … Long Zhou
Higher intake of whole grains and dietary fiber are associated with lower risk of liver cancer and chronic liver disease mortality
Xing Liu, Wanshui Yang, … Xuehong Zhang
Serum iron and risk of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and advanced hepatic fibrosis in US adults
Huan-Huan Yang, Guo-Chong Chen, … Li-Qiang Qin
Associations between serum lipophilic antioxidants levels and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease are moderated by adiposity
Mohsen Mazidi, Inge Huybrechts & Andre Pascal Kengne
Lijun Wu1,
Xiangzhu Zhu2,3,
Lei Fan4,
Edmond K. Kabagambe ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-8993-31862,
Yiqing Song5,
Menghua Tao6,
Xiaosong Zhong7,
Lifang Hou8,
Martha J. Shrubsole ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-5591-75752,3,
Jie Liu1 &
Qi Dai2,3
Scientific Reports volume 7, Article number: 17913 (2017) Cite this article
An Author Correction to this article was published on 01 May 2019
People with fatty liver disease are at high risk of magnesium deficiency. Meanwhile, low magnesium status is linked to both chronic inflammation and insulin resistance. However, no study has investigated the association between intake of magnesium and risk of mortality due to liver diseases. We evaluated the association between total magnesium intake and mortality due to liver diseases in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Study (NHANES III) cohort, which included 13,504 participants who completed liver ultrasound examination for hepatic steatosis. Overall magnesium intake was associated with a reduced risk of mortality due to liver disease at borderline significance (P = 0.05). In fully-adjusted analyses, every 100 mg increase in intake of magnesium was associated with a 49% reduction in the risk for mortality due to liver diseases. Although interactions between magnesium intake and alcohol use and hepatic steatosis at baseline were not significant (P > 0.05), inverse associations between magnesium intake and liver disease mortality were stronger among alcohol drinkers and those with hepatic steatosis. Our findings suggest higher intakes of magnesium may be associated with a reduced risk of mortality due to liver disease particularly among alcohol drinkers and those with hepatic steatosis. Further studies are warranted to confirm the findings.
All-cause cirrhosis and liver cancer are two of the four top leading causes of death from gastrointestinal and liver disease in United States1 and globally, the mortality rate due to liver cirrhosis has increased over the past 35 years2. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), alcoholic liver disease, and hepatitis B and C infection are the major causes for liver cirrhosis and cancer3. NAFLD is the most common liver disease in the world4, which includes a spectrum of liver injury ranging from steatosis to severe steatohepatitis that can progress to fibrosis, cirrhosis, liver failure, or even liver cancer5. Unlike alcoholic liver disease and viral infections, the etiology of NAFLD remains poorly understood and effective interventions are scant. However, NAFLD is considered a feature of metabolic syndrome6. Inflammation7 and insulin resistance8,9 play critical roles in the progression of NAFLD. Likewise, inflammation and insulin resistance also may occur and aggravate alcoholic liver disease10,11 and hepatitis C and B infection12,13.
One previous study found that serum magnesium levels were significantly lower in patients with either alcoholic or non-alcoholic liver steatosis14. People who chronically drink alcohol are at high risk of magnesium deficiency15,16,17. It has been found that prolonged exposure to alcohol leads to a substantially altered homeostasis of magnesium in the liver18. In addition to alchol drinkers, as much as 50% of type 2 diabetic patients had low serum magnesium levels19. Magnesium deficiency causes inflammation20,21, while randomized trials conducted among those at high risk of inflammation (i.e. obese women22, heart failure patients23 or those with high-sensivity C-reactive protein >3 mg/l24) found magnesium treatments reduced hs-CRP concentrations. Moreover, a meta-analysis of randomized trials indicates magnesium supplementation improves insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes patients25.
Thus, we hypothesized that higher intakes of magnesium will be associated with a reduced risk of mortality due to liver disease regardless of alcohol use or hepatic steatosis at baseline. To test this novel hypothesis, we analyzed the data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) follow-up cohort.
The individuls with fatty liver at baseline were more like to be older, physically active, men, non-Hispanic black, obese, former smokers, and former alcohol drinkers, and to have lower educational chievement and annual household income in comparison to those without fatty liver disease (Table 1). There were no significant differences in intakes of of total energy, total magnesium, and total calcium between individuals with and without fatty liver disease.
Table 1 Baseline demographic and selected risk factors by the status of hepatic steatosis, the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III)a.
We observed that high total intake of magnesium was significantly associated with a reduced risk of mortality due to liver disease in models 1 although the association became of borderline significance (p = 0.05) after further adjusting for other potential confounders. There was a 49% reduction in risk of death from liver disease for every 100 mg increase in magnesium intake. Tests for interactions between magnesium intake and potential effect modifiers namely fatty liver status (p = 0.84) and alcohol drinking status (p = 0.86) were not significant. However, the inverse associations between magnesium and death from liver disease were significant among those with fatty liver disease (HR = 0.35, 95% CI = 0.14–0.89) and of borderline significance among alcohol drinkers (HR = 0.46, 95% CI = 0.22–0.99) (Table 2). Similar findings were found in analyses by quantiles (including tertiles and quartiles). We did not find calcium intake was significantly related to the risk of mortality due to liver disease.
Table 2 Magnesium intake and hazard ratios (95% CIs) for mortality due to liver disease stratified by status of hepatic steatosis or alcohol drinking at baseline, Third National health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1988–1994a,b,c.
Consistent with our hypothesis, we observed that high intake of magnesium was associated with a reduced risk of mortality due to liver disease in this NHANES III cohort, a nationally representative sample of the U.S. general population that included participants from all across the US. This observed inverse association was more apparent in those with fatty liver disease and among alcohol drinkers at baseline although the test for the interactions was not statistically significant. To our knowledge, this is the first study to investigate the association between magnesium intake and mortality due to liver disease.
Our finding that high magnesium intake was associated with a reduced risk of mortality due to liver disease is promising. The underlying mechanism is not entirely clear. However, the finding has very significant public health and clinical significace because it was reported in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 1999–2000, that 79% of US adults do not meet the Recommended Dietary Allowance for magnesium26. One study observed that serum concentrations of magnesium were significantly reduced in patients with either alcoholic or non-alcoholic liver steatosis14. The findings are not surprising because of previous studies that found that people who regularly drink alcohol and those with type 2 diabetes are at high risk of magnesium deficiency15,16,17. For instance, 50% of people with type 2 diabetes had hypomagnesemia19. Studies conducted in the US and other Western populations show that low magnesium intake is associated with an elevated risk of insulin resistance27,28, systemic inflammation29,30, metabolic syndrome31,32,33, subclinical atherosclerosis and type 2 diabetes34,35,36,37. Since NAFLD is considered a characteristic of metabolic syndrome6, there is preliminary evidence indicating magnesium does have a role in liver disease despite an unclear mechanism.
Previous studies indicate that inflammation and insulin resistance play important roles in the progression of NAFLD6,7,8,9,alcoholic liver disease10,11 and hepatitis C and B12,13. Furthermore, randomized trials found magnesium treatment improved both inflammation and insulin resistance in participants at high risks of inflammation, insulin resistance, particularly those at high risk of magnesium deficiency. Therefore, supplements or high intakes of magnesium may prevent the progression of liver disease in those at high risk of magnesium deficiency, especially if they also have elevated inflammation levels and insulin resistance22,23,24,25. In this regard, it is plausible that adequate magnesium intake, which is related to improved insulin senstivity and inflammation, may slow development and progression of steatohepatitis and steatosis and in turn reduce the risk of mortality due to liver disease. This may provide a possible explanantion for the observation of an inverse association between magnesium and death from liver disease in the current study.
A strength of our study is that it is based on NHANES, a population-based study with a nationally representative sample. Although multiple 24-hour dietary recalls are used as a gold standard measure in nutritional epidemiologic studies, a one-time 24-hour dietary recall used in the current study may not have adequately captured long-term dietary intake of magnesium. Since inter-day variation in magnesium intake is random, any residual inter-day variation in the current study would lead to non-differential misclassification, which usually biases the result to the null. Thus, the true association between magnesium intake and mortality due to liver disease may be stronger than what we have observed. We cannot eliminate the possibility that the inverse associations with magnesium intake are due to redusidual confounding factors or healthy lifestyle in general. However, we have adjusted for physical activity and intake of calcium in all our analyses. Furthermore, in the same analysis, we did not find total intake of calcium to be related to the risk of death from liver disease. Thus, our finding for magnesium is unlikely to be due to confounding by healthy lifestyle in general because we have adjusted for physical activity and those who possess healthy behaviors are much more like to consume calcium supplementation with or without vitamin D than magnesium supplementation. We additionally adjusted for the intake of fiber in the model and found similar results (data not shown). We did not find any significant associations between the Ca:Mg intake ratio and risk of mortality due to liver disease. The association per se may not be accurate. For example, a high ratio could mean a high intake of calcium or low intake of magnesium. In our previous studies, we used the joint associations of Ca:Mg ratios with intakes of calcium or magnesium38. However, the power is not enough for this analysis in the current study. We also conducted an analysis and found that Mg/calories was not significantly related to the risk (data not shown). A nutrient density approach was proposed for energy-dense macronutrients, such as protein, carbohydrates and fats39. One possible explanation for the non-significant association could be that magnesium is not an energy dense macro-nutrient. Future studies are needed to confirm our findings. One weakness is that no additional assessments were conducted after the baseline evaluation of magnesium intake level. Also, since we used 24-hour dietary recall data instead of food frequency questionnaire data, we were not able to analyze the associations between specific foods rich in magnesium and calcium in relation to risk of mortality due to liver disease. In addition, the intake of magnesium and calcium from water has not been considered and this may lead to non-differential misclassification, which usually biases the results the null. Future studies are needed to investigate these associations.
In stratified analyses, we found the inverse associations seemed only of borderline significance among those with fatty liver or those who were alcohol drinkers at baseline. These findings are plausible because those with fatty liver at baseline are less likely to be alcohol drinkers as shown in Table 1. The interactions of magnesium intake with both fatty liver status and alcohol drinking status are not statistically significant. However, the non-significant interactions could, in part, be due to the small sample sizes in subgroup analyses. Future studies with larger sample sizes are needed to replicate the findings.
In conclusion, our findings suggest that high intake of magnesium may be associated with a reduced risk of mortality due to liver disease. However, further studies, including randomized trials, are warranted to confirm the findings.
Study Population and Outcomes
The NHANES III was conducted in the United States from 1988 through 1994 by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)40. The survey was approved by the institutional review board of the CDC, and all participants provided written informed consent to participate. Publically available data without personal identifiable information were used for the current study. All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations. It consisted of interview, medical examination, and laboratory data collected from a complex multistage, stratified, clustered probability sample representative of the civilian, noninstitutionalized population. In total, 33,994 persons aged 2 months and older participated in the survey. Participants were excluded if they were aged younger than 20 years old (15,169), with missing hepatic steatosis status data (4,969). We also excluded those with missing data on magnesium intake (352). Finally we included 13,504 participants in our study cohort. These participants were followed for mortality status from baseline until December 31, 2006. The median follow-up time was 14.6 years. Mortality outcomes were determined by using probabilistic linkage with the National Death Index (NDI). Cause of death coding for all U.S. deaths occurring prior to 1999 follows the 9th revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Injuries and Causes of Death (ICD-9) guidelines, while all deaths after 1998 follows the 10th revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Injuries and Causes of Death (ICD-10) guidenlines. Mortality due to liver disease included participants who died of malignant neoplasms of liver and intrahepatic bile ducts, chronic liver disease and cirrhosis.
Nutrient Intake Assessments
Daily dietary intake data were obtained from one 24-hour dietary recall and 30-day supplement interviews, which were obtained at the baseline and were described in detail elsewhere41. Only dietary recall data with a status of 'reliable' were used in the analysis. Supplemental intake of magnesium was obtained from the response to a dietary supplement questionnaire. Total intake of magnesium was calculated by summing intakes from diet and supplements.
Hepatic Steatosis
The ultrasound examination was recorded using a Toshiba Sonolayer SSA-90A and Toshiba video recorder among participants aged 20 to 74 years in NHANES III between 1988 and 1994. In 2009–2010, archived gall bladder ultrasound video images were reviewed to assess the presence of fat within the hepatic parenchyma using standard criteria. Using five criteria (liver to kidney contrast; brightness of the liver parenchyma; deep beam attenuation; echogenic walls in the small intrahepatic vessels; and the definition of the gallbladder walls), hepatic steatosis was categorized as normal, mild, moderate, or severe. In order to avoid potential overlap between mild and moderate hepatic steatosis, a categorization of hepatic steatosis as "yes" or "no" was generally used. "Yes" indicates moderate or severe hepatic steatosis, while "No" indicates the liver was normal or had mild hepatic steatosis42.
We considered a number of factors as potential confounding factors, including sex (male, female); race and ethnicity (non-Hispanic whites, non-Hispanic blacks, and other race); education (lower than high school education, high school diploma, and college graduate or above); ratio of poverty to income (PIR: ≤1, 1–3, >3); cigarette smoking status (never, former, current); alcohol drinking status (never, former, current); exercise (compared with most men or women of your age, you are less active, about the same, more active). Age, daily intakes of total energy (kcal), calcium (mg), magnesium (mg), body mass index (BMI) were included as continuous variables for adjustment in models.
We performed statistical analyses using the "Survey" procedure in SAS 9.4 software (SAS Institute, Cary, NC, USA) to estimate variance after incorporating the weights for the sample population in NHANES III cohort. For individuals who were not known to be deceased or who died from other causes, observations were censored at the date of death or December 31, 2011, whichever was earlier. Covariates were compared among the normal or mild hepatic steatosis group and the moderate to severe hepatic steatosis group to evaluate potential confounding factors using Rao-Scott chi-square test for categorical data and survey regression model for continuous variables. In addition to examining calcium as a potential confounding factor, we also examined whether intake of calcium was related to risk of mortality due to liver disease. Hazard ratios (HR) and (95% CIs) for the association between magnesium intake and mortality due to liver diease were estimated from Cox proportional hazard regression models fitted using PROC SURVEYPHREG procedure in SAS. HRs for mortality due to liver disease were estimated per every 100 mg increase in magnesium or calcium intake. Additionally we performed analyses stratified by hepatic steatosis and alcohol drinking status at baseline. P values are two-sided and were considered significant at P ≤ 0.05 in all analyses.
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X.Z. and Q.D. were partially supported by R01 CA202936 (to Q.D.) from the National Cancer Institute, Department of Health and Human Services.
Department of Digestive Diseases of Huashan Hosptial, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China
Lijun Wu & Jie Liu
Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37203, USA
Xiangzhu Zhu, Edmond K. Kabagambe, Martha J. Shrubsole & Qi Dai
Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
Xiangzhu Zhu, Martha J. Shrubsole & Qi Dai
Department of Oncology, Longhua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 200437, China
Lei Fan
Department of Epidemiology, Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA
Yiqing Song
Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, 76107, United States
Menghua Tao
Cancer Center, Beijing Shiji Tan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Bejing, 100038, China
Xiaosong Zhong
Department of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 680 N. Lake Shore Drive, Suite 1400, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA
Lifang Hou
Lijun Wu
Xiangzhu Zhu
Edmond K. Kabagambe
Martha J. Shrubsole
Jie Liu
Qi Dai
The efforts for Q.D. (Qi Dai) and X.Z. (Xiangzhu Zhu) were supported by NIH grants R01 CA202936 (to Q.D.). Q.D. was responsible for manuscript preparation and contributed to study design. L.W. contributed to the manuscript preparation. X.Z. is responsible for the data analysis and contributed to manuscript revision. L.F. (Lei Fan), E.K.K. (Edmond K. Kabagambe), Y.S. (Yiqing Song), M.T. (Menghua Tao), X.S.Z. (Xiaosong Zhong), L.H. (Lifang H), M.J.S. (Martha J. Shrubsole) and J.L. (Jie Liu) contributed to the data interpretation and manuscript revision. L.W., X.Z., L.F., E.K.K., Y.S., M.T., X.S.Z., L.H., M.J.S., J.L. and Q.D. approved the final version of this manuscript.
Correspondence to Jie Liu or Qi Dai.
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The Best American Funds for 401(k) Retirement Savers
American Funds has 14 actively managed mutual funds among the 100 most popular 401(k) offerings. We look at the Best American Funds in that group, and the laggards.
by: Nellie S. Huang
Some of the biggest funds in the country, as measured by assets, are from American Funds, but do-it-yourself investors probably aren't familiar with the firm. That's because, for a long time, these funds were only available for purchase through an adviser. (Today, some online brokers offer a no-load share class of these funds to regular investors.)
Even so, American Funds are popular choices in workplace retirement savings plans. Eight of the firm's stock funds and six of its target-date series portfolios land among the 100 most popular 401(k) funds. The list of popular 401(k) funds comes courtesy of BrightScope, a financial data firm that rates workplace retirement plans.
Capital Group, the firm that manages American Funds, has a particular approach. Each fund is run by multiple managers, from as few as two to more than a dozen. A well-crafted group of managers, the thinking goes, can produce good results with less volatility. But each manager runs his or her slice of the fund's assets independently, using their own investment approach within the confines of the fund's directive. And they each have a chunk of their own money in the fund, in step with the company's culture. Many American Funds have at least one manager with more than $1 million of his or her own money invested in the portfolio.
Here's our take on American Funds' most popular funds in 401(k) plans. We'll review all 14 – the eight actively managed funds independently, as well as the target-date funds as a whole – rating each Buy, Sell or Hold.
The 25 Best Low-Fee Mutual Funds You Can Buy
Returns and data are as of Nov. 26, unless otherwise noted, and are gathered for the share class with the lowest required minimum initial investment – typically the investor share class or A share class. The share class available in your 401(k) plan may be different.
American Funds AMCAP: SELL
Symbol: AMCPX
One-year return: 20.6%
Three-year annualized return: 13.6%
Five-year annualized return: 13.7%
10-year annualized return: 9.6%
Rank among the top 401(k) funds: #86
Best for: Nervous stock investors looking for a stable ride
American Funds AMCAP Fund's top holdings include Netflix (NFLX), Microsoft (MSFT), Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL) and Facebook (FB) – the usual suspects for funds that invest in large, growing companies. But AMCAP has lagged its peers over the past one-, three-, five- and 10-year periods, on an annualized return basis.
Eight managers run the fund, investing in companies of any size with sustainable competitive advantages, identifiable long-term opportunities and a reasonable stock price. AMCAP holds nearly 200 stocks, with a tilt toward healthcare, technology and communications services firms.
AMCAP's heftier weighting in midsize company stocks relative to peers (22% compared with 14%) and its sizable cash position – typically in the double-digits, according to Morningstar – have been a drag in recent years. But things can change: When smaller stocks rallied in late 2020, the fund did, too.
Investors should view AMCAP as a moderate growth portfolio, best for risk-averse investors who want some growth-stock exposure but want to avoid the volatility of an aggressive growth fund. The fund fared slightly better than the broad market during the March selloff in 2020, for instance, albeit only by a bit.
Recent changes to the management team are worth noting. Two longtime managers, Claudia Huntington and Eric Richter, retired in late 2020, and two new managers, Cheryl Frank and Jessica Spaly joined the fund. Frank and Spaly, however, both have 20-plus years of experience in the investment world; most of those have been at Capital Group.
Learn more about AMCPX at the American Funds provider site.
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American Funds American Balanced: BUY
Symbol: ABALX
Three-year annualized return: 8.7%
Five-year annualized return: 9.2%
10-year annualized return: 10.1%
Best for: Moderate-risk investors in search of a fund that holds stocks and bonds
American Funds American Balanced is one of Capital Group's most reliable performers. As its name implies, American Balanced holds roughly 60% of its assets in stocks and 40% in bonds. In 10 of the past 11 calendar years, the fund has outpaced its peers, the group that Morningstar awkwardly dubs "Allocation, 50% to 70% Equity."
The stock side of ABALX holds a mix of dividend-paying and growth-oriented large-company shares. Microsoft, UnitedHealth Group (UNH) and Broadcom (AVGO) were the fund's biggest stock holdings at last report. The bond side holds a mix of high-quality corporate and government and government-backed debt.
A dozen managers have a hand in American Balanced; five have been in place for a decade or more.
Learn more about ABALX at the American Funds provider site.
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American Funds Capital World Growth and Income: HOLD
Symbol: CWGIX
Best for: Low-risk investors in search of a one-stop foreign and U.S. stock fund
Global funds, which invest in stocks of companies all over the world, haven't had a good run lately because foreign markets have lagged U.S. stocks. American Funds Capital World Growth and Income, which holds half of its assets in foreign stocks and the rest in U.S. shares, has returned 9.9% annualized over the past five years, for instance. That lags the S&P 500 by a whopping average of 4 percentage points per year.
But the fund's performance relative to its peer group is what gives us reason for pause. Annualized returns over the past three, five and 10 years rank in the middle of the pack of world stock funds that invest in large companies.
CWGIX's nine managers look to balance income and growth by investing in established companies around the world. Many are well-known names – Microsoft, Broadcom and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) were the fund's top holdings at last report – that have a history of paying regular dividends. The fund yields 2.1%.
Despite the average-ish track record, CWGIX rarely ranks among the bottom of the pile, which is why we rate Capital World Growth and Income a Hold. What's more, the fund has earned that record with below-average volatility. That might appeal to low-risk investors looking for a foreign-stock fund.
Learn more about CWGIX at the American Funds provider site.
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American Funds EuroPacific Growth: HOLD
Symbol: AEPGX
Rank among the top 401(k) funds: #3
Best for: Foreign-stock investors
American EuroPacific Growth is the most popular foreign-stock fund in 401(k) plans, as well as the company's most popular fund overall, according to BrightScope. EuroPacific Growth, which opened in 1984, is one of the oldest and largest foreign stocks funds, with more than a $180 billion in assets, in the country.
It's been on a roll recently, thanks to a late-2020 rebound in foreign shares. Over the past 12 months, EuroPacific Growth gained nearly 21%, which outpaces all but about a third of its peers: funds that invest in large, growing foreign companies. AEPGX beats the MSCI EAFE index of foreign stocks in developed countries, too.
But over the long haul, the fund has been just average relative to its peers. Its 10-year annualized return ranks right in the middle of stock funds that invest in growing companies. Even worse, over that stretch, AEPGX was more volatile than the typical foreign large-growth stock fund.
Nearly half the fund's assets are invested in Asian companies (particularly in Japan, China and India), 40% of the fund is in European stocks and 7% in Latin America. Reliance Industries, an Indian conglomerate, Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba Group (BABA) and Dutch tech company ASML Holding (ASML) are among the fund's top three holdings.
Occasional slumps are to be expected with any fund, of course. And going further back, the fund shines. Over the past 15 years, EuroPacific Growth handily outpaces the MSCI EAFE index of stocks in developed countries as well as its peer funds. Even so, consider pairing an investment in AEPGX with an index fund, or another actively managed fund in your plan if one is available.
Learn more about AEPGX at the American Funds provider site.
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American Funds Fundamental Investors: HOLD
Symbol: ANCFX
Best for: Investors looking for a more value-oriented fund
American Funds Fundamental Investors was a star in the aughts. But these days, performance has been lumpy.
In six of the past 11 calendar years (including nearly all of 2020), Fundamental Investors has delivered below-average annual returns for its peer group: funds that invest in large-company stocks with a mix of growth and value characteristics. And over the past decade, the ANCFX's 12.6% annualized return trails the S&P 500 by an average of 1.5 percentage points per year. That's why we rate the fund a Hold.
To be fair, a 12.3% annualized 10-year return, in the grand scheme of things, is pretty good. But with a roster of top 10 stocks that includes Amazon.com (AMZN), Facebook and Netflix, it's a wonder the fund hasn't done better.
It might have to do with the fund's broad mandate.
For starters, almost 20% of the assets in Fundamental Investors is invested in foreign stocks – way above the typical 2% of its peers. The fund can invest up to 35% of its assets in non-U.S. companies. And the strategy has a contrarian tilt. The fund's six managers look for undervalued large-company stocks with underappreciated potential for growth in sales, earnings and dividends. Investment approaches like that can take patience as investment theories might take time to play out.
Learn more about ANCFX at the American Funds provider site.
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American Funds The Growth Fund of America: HOLD
Symbol: AGTHX
Best for: Timid investors seeking a stock fund with a smoother ride
American Funds The Growth Fund of America is the most popular U.S. stock fund from American Funds in 401(k) plans. It's also a $235 billion behemoth, making it the biggest actively managed fund in the country by assets.
The 13 managers who run the 47-year-old fund have a broad view of what qualifies as a growth company. For instance, some of the fund's 361 stocks are companies that are turning around. Others are out-of-favor firms, and still others are classic growth businesses with the potential to generate rising earnings and revenue.
Facebook, Netflix and Amazon.com are the fund's top holdings. But despite the "of America" part of its name, 10% of its assets are invested abroad, in Europe and Asia.
On an annualized basis, Growth Fund of America doesn't stand out. But it's not a stinky fund either. It has beaten its typical peers in seven of the past 11 calendar years, for instance. And its risk-adjusted return is head and shoulders above its peers and the S&P 500. All told, we rate AGTHX a Hold.
Learn more about AGTHX at the American Funds provider site.
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American Funds New Perspective: BUY
Symbol: ANWPX
Best for: Investors in search of growth across the globe
Only a handful of foreign stock funds land among the roster of top 100 401(k) funds, and three of them are from American Funds. Of those, American Funds New Perspective is its best foreign-stock fund offering.
Its mandate is to invest in multinational firms with strong growth prospects that are poised to benefit from "changing global trading patterns." Seven managers roam developed and emerging countries looking for growing companies that generate at least 25% of their revenues abroad and have $3 billion in market value at the time of purchase.
The managers focus on companies, not countries or regions. But in the end, more than half of ANWPX's assets are invested in U.S. firms. In fact, eight of the fund's top 10 holdings – including electric-vehicle maker Tesla (TSLA), Mastercard (MA) and JPMorgan Chase (JPM) – are American firms. European firms comprise about a quarter of the fund's assets; Asian companies in developed and emerging countries make up roughly 15%.
New Perspectives has served its shareholders well. Over the past 10 years, the fund's 12.4% annualized return beats 91% of its peers: funds that invest in large companies all over the world.
Learn more about ANWPX at the American Funds provider site.
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American Funds Washington Mutual Investors: HOLD
Symbol: AWSHX
One-year return: 7.6%
Best for: Conservative investors who want a low-volatility stock fund
When this fund launched in 1952, many investors were nervous about getting back into the stock market. To appeal to these conservative investors, Capital Group created a set of strict eligibility rules for the kinds of stocks that American Funds Washington Mutual could own. Those rules, combined with AWSHX's income-first, growth-second objectives, favor large companies with strong balance sheets and a history of paying dividends.
But next to its peers – funds that invest in large companies with a mix of either value or growth characteristics – Washington Mutual looks a little dull. No matter how you slice it, whether it's on a long-term annualized return basis or measuring year-by-year returns, the fund's performance is mediocre.
In exchange for its tepid returns, however, AWSHX has been consistently less volatile than its peers and the broad market, and that may be a draw for some investors. Over the past 10 years, Washington Mutual has been 10% less volatile than the broad market (as measured by the S&P 500).
What's more, an economic recovery could bode well for the kinds of companies that Washington Mutual favors. More than 25% of the fund's assets are invested in industrial and financial services firms. As the market shifts from a focus on growth to a focus on more economically sensitive stocks, Washington Mutual could see a rebound in returns. For these reasons, we rate the fund a Hold.
Learn more about AWSHX at the American Funds provider site.
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American Funds Target Date Retirement Series: BUY
Rank among the top 401(k) funds: #77 (AACTX, 2020) #63 (AADTX, 2025); #49 (AAETX, 2030); #68 (AAFTX, 2035); #72 (AAGTX, 2040); #99 (AAHTX, 2045)
Best for: Best for savers who want to put their investments on auto-pilot
Target-date funds are a fine choice for investors who want an expert to handle their retirement investments. You choose the fund with the year that's closest to when you plan to retire and let American Funds handle the rest.
The series' glide path starts conservatively, relative to other target-date series peers. Investors with 45 years in the workforce to go hold roughly 85% in stocks (mostly in large, growing U.S. firms) and the rest in bonds and cash. Over time, as retirement nears, the stock exposure shrinks and tilts toward funds that invest in steadier, slower-growth companies, rather than more volatile, growthier fare. After retirement, the glide path continues to shift for another 30 years (until roughly age 95), when it ends with roughly 30% of assets in mostly dividend-paying stocks and the rest in bonds and cash.
American Funds 2030 Target Date Retirement, the most popular of the firm's target funds in 401(k) plans, holds roughly 65% of its assets in stocks and 35% in bonds and cash. Its top holdings are two growth-and-income-oriented funds, Washington Mutual and Investment Company of America (AIVSX), and the bond fund U.S. Government Securities (AMUSX), all from American Funds.
In early 2020, American Funds restructured and beefed up the group that manages these funds. That may have little impact the series' performance, but any change like that is always worth noting.
Learn more about American Funds' target-date retirement series at the American Funds provider site.
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Tacker Monitoring Framework
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This section will introduce tacker monitoring framework and describes the
various actions that a user can take when a specific event occurs.

* Introduction
* How to write a new monitor driver
* Events
* Actions
* How to write TOSCA template to monitor VNF entities

Introduction
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Tacker monitoring framework provides the NFV operators and VNF vendors to
write a pluggable driver that monitors the various status coditions of the
VNF entities it deploys and manages.

How to write a new monitor driver
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A monitor driver for tacker is a python module which contains a class that
inherits from
"tacker.vm.monitor_drivers.abstract_driver.VNFMonitorAbstractDriver". If the
driver depends/imports more than one module, then create a new python package
under tacker/vm/monitor_drivers folder. After this we have to mention our
driver path in setup.cfg file in root directory.

For example:
::

  tacker.tacker.monitor_drivers =
      ping = tacker.vm.monitor_drivers.ping.ping:VNFMonitorPing

Following methods need to be overridden in the new driver:

``def get_type(self)``
    This method must return the type of driver. ex: ping

``def get_name(self)``
    This method must return the symbolic name of the device monitor plugin.

``def get_description(self)``
    This method must return the description for the monitor driver.

``def monitor_get_config(self, plugin, context, device)``
    This method must return dictionary of configuration data for the monitor
    driver.

``def monitor_url(self, plugin, context, device)``
    This method must return the url of device to monitor.

``def monitor_call(self, device, kwargs)``
    This method must either return boolean value 'True', if VNF is healthy.
    Otherwise it should return an event string like 'failure' or
    'calls-capacity-reached' based on specific VNF health condition. More
    details on these event is given in below section.

Custom events
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As mentioned in above section, if the return value of monitor_call method is
other than boolean value 'True', then we have to map those event to the
corresponding action as described below.

For example:

::

  vdu1:
    monitoring_policy:
      ping:
        actions:
          failure: respawn

In this  example, we have an event called 'failure'. So whenever monitor_call
returns 'failure' tacker will respawn the VNF.

Actions
--------
The available actions that a monitor driver can call when a particular event
occurs

#. respawn
#. log

How to write TOSCA template to monitor VNF entities
----------------------------------------------------

In the vdus section, under vdu you can specify the monitors details with
corresponding actions and parameters.The syntax for writing monitor policy
is as follows:

::

  vduN:
    monitoring_policy:
      <monitoring-driver-name>:
        monitoring_params:
          <param-name>: <param-value>
          ...
        actions:
          <event>: <action-name>
          ...
      ...

Example Template
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::

  vdu1:
    monitoring_policy:
      ping:
        actions:
          failure: respawn

  vdu2:
    monitoring_policy:
      http-ping:
        monitoring_params:
          port: 8080
          url: ping.cgi
        actions:
          failure: respawn

    acme_scaling_driver:
      monitoring_params:
        resource: cpu
        threshold: 10000
      actions:
        max_foo_reached: scale_up
        min_foo_reached: scale_down

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The Blue Dot Jawfish is a very beautiful showpiece jawfish. Blue Dot Jawfish have a mostly yellow body with strong metallic blue spots covering its entire body.
Blue Dot Jawfish reach a maximum adult size of around 4 inches and can be kept in tanks as small as 29 gallons. Blue Dot Jawfish also need to be kept in tanks with a tight fitting lid with no holes large enough for them to jump through. If a Blue Dot Jawfish get spooked, it will try to jump out of the tank. Blue Dot Jawfish are semi-aggressive fish and might become aggressive over its territory. Blue Dot Jawfish cannot defend themselves very well, so it is suggested that you keep them with no large aggressive fish.
Blue Dot Jawfish do best when they are kept in tanks with lots of live rock and a decent substrate for them to hide and burrow in. Blue Dot Jawfish will also pick at the sand to find small inverts to eat between feedings.
Blue Dot Jawfish are carnivores and require a diet that is rich in meaty foods. Foods like mysis and brine shrimp, pieces of fresh seafood and high quality meaty frozen foods will keep your Blue Dot Jawfish happy and healthy.
Please feel free to contact us at any time if you have any questions about the Blue Dot Jawfish and if it's the right fish for your tank.
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MEASURE THE LENGTH AND GIRTH OF YOUR FISH. ESTIMATE THE WEIGHT.
The built-in automatic weight estimator was based on the original OFAH weight calculator. This is an extremely handy feature that allows you to enter the length and girth measurements at the time you take a photo. This provides fishermen a math-based option for estimating fish weight versus guessing.
Planning a fishing tournament that involves catch-and-release? FISHBUOY Weight Estimator is a great option when running events that require fish to be quickly returned to the water. Musky for example are too sensitive to transport to weigh-in stations. This Weight Estsimator is a means to have all fishing participants use a single and consistent tool to measure fish.
Why not estimate fish weight using proven methods? Though most fishermen estimate fish weight within 1-2 pounds accuracy (wink wink), sometimes a more accurate approach is needed when comparing notes with fishing buddies. Bragging rights? Why not compare using a consistent method?


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L'Orient, anteriormente Dauphin Royal (1792) o Sans-Culotte (1795) fue un buque de línea de primer rango y 118 cañones de la clase Classe Commerce de Marseille, construido por Jacques-Noël Sané y botado en Toulon en 1791.

Se trataba del buque insignia de la flota francesa en el Mediterráneo. Participó con el nombre de Sans-Culotte en la Batalla de Génova que se libró el 14 de marzo de 1795 en las costas de la ciudad de Génova, frente al Cabo Noli. Esta batalla enfrentó los navíos de guerra franceses, comandados por el almirante Martin a los navíos británicos y napolitanos a las órdenes de almirante inglés Hotham. La batalla terminó con la victoria de la coalición británico-napolitana sobre los franceses.

Bajo el nombre de L'Orient, el navío sirvió como buque insignia de la flota francesa que transportó al ejército de Napoleón hasta Alejandría para la campaña de Egipto. En esta ocasión su almirante fue Brueys y su capitán Casablanca. La flota escapó de los británicos, refugiándose en Malta y a pesar del acoso de la flota británica del Mediterráneo del almirante Nelson consigue desembarcar a las tropas de Napoleón a principios de julio de 1798 y ocultarse hasta el primero de agosto del mismo año en una amplia bahía al este de Alejandría, donde es descubierta por la flota de Nelson que pasa inmediatamente al ataque. Durante la batalla del Nilo, el 2 de agosto de 1798, L'Orient es el objetivo final de Nelson, que acosando al buque con cinco naves consigue causarle fuego y la explosión final de L'Orient. La colosal explosión fue escuchada hasta el Cairo y se interrumpió la batalla. De los 850 marineros del navío, solo cerca de 100 consiguieron sobrevivir. La flota del almirante inglés destruyó siete buques franceses y capturó seis en esta batalla.

Referencias
 Michel Vergé-Franceschi, Dictionnaire d'Histoire maritime, éditions Robert Laffont, coll. « Bouquins », 2002
 Guy Le Moing, Les 600 plus grandes batailles navales de l'Histoire, Marines Éditions, mai 2011, 620 p. (ISBN 2357430778)
 Jean Meyer et Martine Acerra, Histoire de la marine française, Rennes, éditions Ouest-France, 1994

Navíos de línea de Francia
Navíos de línea
Buques de guerra de Francia

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The figure skating contingent from Canada, at 17 strong the largest of any nation, intends to lead its country into the Winter Olympics next week in ways both literal and figurative.
The literal: Two-time ice dance medalists Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, one of the favorites to win gold, will carry the maple leaf flag into Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium for the opening ceremony.
The figurative: With three ice dance couples, three pairs, three women and two men, the Canadians are podium threats in all four disciplines, not to mention heavy favorites in the team event.
"I'm so impressed by the depth of this team," said Isabelle Charest, the Canadian chef de mission and a three-time Olympic medalist in speed skating. "There are so many strong contenders and we have tremendous hope for them heading into the games."
The hope is grounded in some accomplished resumes.
Virtue and Moir, the reigning world champions, are a good place to start. The eight-time national champions were unbeaten all of last season and have put up huge marks to their Rolling Stones-inspired short program and their equally mesmerizing free dance set to music from "Moulin Rouge!"
They'll be joined in the ice dance competition by the teams of Piper Gilles-Paul Poirier and Kaitlyn Weaver-Andrew Poje, the latter two-time world championship medalists.
"We've grown up together," Moir said, "and it's going to be a special moment to take the ice with them and go for gold. We're looking forward to embracing the Olympic spirit."
Two-time world champions Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford, who took silver at last year's Four Continents on the same Olympic ice, give the Canadians a medal contender in the pairs event. The teams of Julianne Sequin-Charlie Bilodeau and Kirsten Moore-Towers-Michael Marino also will compete.
While all eyes in the women's event will be on Russian stars Evgenia Medvedeva and Alina Zagitova, Canadians Kaetlyn Osmond and Gabrielle Daleman are nearly as formidable. They finished second and third behind Medvedeva at last year's worlds in Finland.
And rising star Larkyn Austman will have her first Olympic experience.
"In 2014, Canada didn't have any medal contenders at the Olympics," Osmond said, "and you almost forget that Gabby and I finished second and third (at worlds) last year. "It's exciting that we're able to send three women to the Olympics, especially because we haven't done it in many years."
Olympic silver medalist Patrick Chan, a three-time world champion and two-time Grand Prix final champ, will be joined by Keegan Messing in a wide-open men's event.
"I feel really good about my confidence for the whole team," Chan said. "After seeing how my teammates have done during the Grand Prix season, talking to Eric and Scott, it's been great. We have really great team energy."
Figure skating historically has been an individual sport, even with the inclusion of a team event at the 2014 Sochi Olympics — where the Canadians finished second to Russia. But there is a strong sense of camaraderie within Team Canada, a close-knit feeling where everyone roots for everyone else.
Even if they happen to be skating against them.
Perhaps their nation's somewhat puzzling Olympic pedigree plays into it. Canada has won 25 medals in figure skating, one behind Russia for second most (the U.S. has 49). But only four of those have been gold, including the pairs medal that Jamie Sale and David Pelletier were forced to share with the Russian team after a scoring controversy at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics.
Virtue and Moir have two of Canada's three ice dance medals, Barbara Ann Scott won its only ladies gold at the 1948 St. Moritz Games and the men have won five silver and four bronze but no gold.
Chan was the latest, finishing behind Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu in Sochi.
This could be Canada's big chance, though. Its sizeable stable, deep experience and the fact that it has contenders in every event could make "O Canada!" the soundtrack of the Olympics.
It could also make its flag quite popular — especially after Virtue and Moir carry it for the opening ceremony.
"The figure skating team is something else," Virtue said, "but Team Canada across the board is something fierce. It's great to be part of that."


Seventeen-year-old Annie Armani's life has been a whirlwind since she won her first mixed martial arts title by knocking her opponent out in a single punch. Everyone now wants a chance to beat her for the title and prove what Annie has feared all along: that her victory was a fluke.
With her next title match upcoming, Annie finds herself the star of a half-documentary, half-reality show chronicling her journey. Annie struggles to comprehend the hoopla surrounding her title fight and instead of embracing her newfound celebrity status, she hides. While she may be a fighter in the ring, she's mentally closing herself off to the people around her, including Jake Duff, her new trainer. Scarred from her father's disappearance, disappointed with her mother's attachment to a jailbird boyfriend, and unaware of her half-sister's desire for her attention, Annie avoids any discussion about her family while TV producers and interviewers attempt to wrangle a sob-story out of her. The producers, however, aren't looking for confessions regarding her self-identified "daddy issues" or her trouble fitting in at her uppity private school. They want her to shed light on her older brother's recent death—who was also an MMA fighter, and Annie's idol.
As I walked into the convenience store, I immediately recognized the fight showing on the old TV hitched up in the corner. I pulled the hood of my sweatshirt over my head, my hands stuffed in the two pockets. I cursed the fact that the words "Donovan's Fight Club" adorned the back of the sweatshirt in big letters. I grabbed the milk I had come in for and scooped up a bag of Skittles for Margie. I walked up to the counter, pulling out a wad of bills from my back pocket. The attendant's eyes were glued to the TV. The fight reflected in eyes as I put my items on the counter.
Following the clerk's gaze, I looked over just in time to see the knock-out punch.
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Nice! I want to be in her head a bit more. She's hiding…from what? Why? I'd love a bit of detail, description to really put me there.
Thanks for sharing your words!
With her next title match upcoming, Annie finds herself the star of a half-[I'm too much in love with hyphens, but both of these aren't necessary] documentary, half reality show chronicling her journey. [I'd reword:] Annie struggles to comprehend [or accept, maybe?] the hoopla surrounding her title fight and her newfound celebrity status. She hides [what does this mean? Just that she's closing herself off? If that's what you mean, I'd take this out, because you're showing it in the next sentence]. While she may be a fighter in the ring, she's mentally closing herself off [I'd just say "shutting out the people around her"] to the people around her, including Jake Duff, her new trainer.
[New paragraph] Scarred from her father's disappearance, disappointed with her mother's attachment to a jailbird boyfriend, and unaware of her half-sister's desire for her attention [ok, all this comes out of left field. I'd find a new way of introducing it. Consider not giving so much away- just enough to hook us so we want to read. Maybe something like:]And then there's the problems at home. Annie avoids discussing her family with the TV producers and interviewers…no matter how hard they attempt to wrangle a sob-story out of her.
[Maybe new para? Not sure. Tighten the following:]The producers, however, aren't looking for confessions about her "daddy issues" or her trouble fitting in at her uppity private school [I think you can take the private school part out – you've already hooked us, and "daddy issues" is punchier (bad use of words maybe) if you let it sit alone]. They want her to shed light on her older brother's recent death—who was also an MMA fighter, and Annie's idol.
As I walked into the convenience store, I immediately recognized the fight showing on the old TV hitched up [I think I know what you mean by "hitched up"…] in the corner. I pulled the hood of my sweatshirt over my head, my hands stuffed in the two pockets [avoid passive here by saying, "stuffing my hands into the pockets."]. I cursed the fact that the words "Donovan's Fight Club" adorned the back of the sweatshirt in big letters [I don't have enough context to know why this is. Does it have something to do with the fight on TV? The way it's written I'm not entirely sure they're connected. Consider rewording to clarify slightly]. I grabbed the milk I had come in for and scooped up a bag of Skittles for Margie. I walked up to the counter, pulling out a wad of bills from my back pocket. The attendant's eyes were glued to the TV. The fight reflected in eyes as I put my items on the counter.
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Bode Miller has given his fans so many memorable Bode Moments in his career, he hardly owes them another. But what he's scheming now might be the best yet.
Miller, the winningest male U.S. Team racer ever, though oft-injured of late, not only appears to be serious about making a return to the World Cup speed-event circuit at age 39. He appears to be planning to do it on a boot that, as far as anyone can remember, hasn't seen a World Cup course in at least two decades.
When word leaked out last winter that Miller had visited a Vermont shop—Race Stock Sports, owned by former World Cup race tech PJ Dewey—to get his Full Tilt First Chair boots modified for racing, it sounded like an April Fool's joke. Then, sure enough, came pictures out of U.S. Ski Team training camp in Portillo in September, showing Miller training downhill on Full Tilt boots and Bomber skis.
Crazy? After all, Full Tilt is known as a freeride brand, longtime sponsor of guys like Seth Morrison and Tom Wallisch. Its boots come in boxes that are humorously styled to look like takeout pizza. Its cables-dangling-everywhere closure system is notoriously mad-scientist—or just plain maddening to skiers in a hurry.
But as legions of fans know, Full Tilts are built using the same injection molds as the old Raichle Flexon Comp, once the preferred boot of many downhillers. Its unique flex feel and three-piece shell design—consisting of a lower, a cuff, and flex-managing shell-tongue—made it a good fit for speed guys, who liked a soft-flexing boot that allowed the ski to glide and find its own path. The Raichle brand, once a major player, failed in 1999, but Bill Johnson used the Flexon to win his famous Sarajevo gold in 1984, and Austria's Patrick Ortlieb used it to win the Albertville downhill in 1992.
And consider this: If Miller thinks it'll work, no one is laughing. He's known in the race world for his equipment acumen—always thinking, always tinkering, and always uncharacteristically animated when talking gear.
Miller hasn't confirmed that he plans to race this year, but plenty of signs suggest that's his intention. His name is on the U.S. Ski Team roster for the coming season. He was training with the team in Chile. And in September he filed suit in California, seeking to be released from a non-compete clause in his contract with his former equipment supplier, Head, so that he could legally race on skis made by his own company, Bomber (which calls itself an Official Supplier of the U.S. Ski Team on its website). Then in October he hired his former World Cup serviceman, the highly regarded Chris Krause, away from Head.
Head, which paid Miller $1.15 million per year, plus bonuses tied to performance, to represent its brand, does not plan to release Miller. The Austrian brand filed for dismissal of his suit in California, saying Austrian law applies.
Daniel and others agree that compared to a traditional two-piece four-buckle overlap-shell boot, with its edge power and accuracy, the Full Tilt, which is less precise and offers less command of the ski's edges, will be a liability on the turnier, more technical sections of a track like the Hahnenkamm. (Miller has never won there, and has suggested in the past that if he did make a comeback, it'd be to cherry-pick the marquee events on the World Cup speed calendar.) But that very looseness on edge will be the Full Tilt's strength on the flat, straight sections.
Malczyk, who says Miller is "telling me stuff about my boot that I didn't even know," says Full Tilt is now working with Miller to help him get his boots dialed.
Here is Head's official statement regarding the Bode Miller lawsuit, released on September 19.
Rainer Salzgeber, director of the HEAD Ski Race Team added: 'Of course I would like to see Bode racing again, but it has to be on HEAD equipment.


In the last few months, a side-hustle of mine had a surge of revenue. The site made over $1,200 in a month. In the last 2 months it has made over $2,000. I know that isn't that impressive and it probably won't last, but it was more than where it had been trending and it gave me a taste of what an income-generating side-hustle feels like. It felt good... But now I want success to come faster. I want the markets to go up, I want my projects to take off, and I want to quit my job. I am getting restless and frustrated. I want to live the life that I hear and read about everyday in the FIRE community.
I have been building websites and apps for the last 10 years. Excluding the last two side-projects, the ideas are mediocre. I don't market them at all so no surprise, they aren't making money or gaining traffic, but at least the skills and experience are improving my odds of success. Now I can build things faster and avoid mistakes that have slowed me down in the past. I am still motivated to build ideas out, but I am getting more impatient. If I could have a few sites be as successful as the latest one I could be on to something. Once you have expectations, failure and lack of success hurts a bit more.
This latest project was created by myself and one other person two years ago. Traffic has been increasing steadily and has huge potential. But at the same time, traffic and revenue need to grow at least 10x before I could even consider quitting my job. But, I must admit, I fantasize about it. At first, we talked about how we wanted to build a site that generated enough income to pay for some small expenses like beer, hobbies, and other quilty pleasures. We did it. Now, we are talking about enough generated income to pay our mortgages or at least extra principle towards it. We are not there. The plan is to just keep building out our ideas and hopefully the combined income of all of them will be lucrative. That is the dream.
Am I crazy? I don't want a full-time job. I want to work 20-30 hours a week on around 5 different side-hustles. I want to work when I want and where I want. I love web and app development and I don't want to quit doing it. I just want more freedom. I want to be outside in the afternoon. I want to go for a walk. Mow the yard. Cook some BBQ. Play music. Go to my kid's baseball game. I don't want my universe to be limited by the location of my desk. I want to see and feel the sun at 2pm on a Tuesday.
I don't want my universe to be limited by the location of my desk.
The recent correction in the markets, hasn't helped with my fustration either. Last January, stocks were dangerously overvalued (and still are), but anyone checking their networth at that time was probably blindly excited about it, including myself. My FIRE date seemed to be approaching sooner than expected. We all knew that a correction was coming and we are still waiting for this whole recession to happen, but it didn't really matter then. I was watching the estimated 4% of my investments creep closer to my annual expenses.
So combine a previous artificial confidence in the stock market, its upcoming inevitable recession, a semi-profitable side-hustle, and over-exposure to FIRE success stories and you end with restlessness and frustration. I just keep telling myself to enjoy the journey, but damn it is hard sometimes.


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ICE enforcement surge sheds light on vulnerability of undocumented students
Current political climate, efforts to eliminate DACA have raised concerns for Madison's undocumented community
by Azul Kothari · Oct 16, 2018 Share Tweet
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Growing up, undocumented Edgewood College student Lupe Salmeron remembers how her family would cover up the living room window of their apartment with a blanket to stop deportation officers from Immigration and Customs Enforcement from looking inside their apartment during enforcement surges.
Their actions were based on a rumor that agents would go around looking into residences and arresting any undocumented individuals they could find.
"Now that I think about it, [the rumor] didn't make any kind of sense," Salmeron said. "But in the [undocumented] community, you just listen to everything you hear, because you don't know what to believe."
During the month of September, Wisconsin saw another enforcement surge. From Sept. 22 through Sept. 24, deportation officers from ICE arrested 83 individuals in a four-day immigration enforcement surge across Wisconsin, including 20 individuals from Dane County, according to an ICE press release.
More than half of those arrested had criminal histories, which included convictions for sexual assault, child abuse, domestic violence, driving under the influence, larceny, receiving stolen property, identity theft, obstructing police and weapon offenses. But 16 of those arrested had no criminal history and 21 of those arrested had illegally re-entered the U.S. following a prior deportation.
Ricardo Wong, Chicago field office director for ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations, defended the enforcement surge in the press release.
"This operation targeted criminal aliens, public safety threats and individuals who have violated our nation's immigration laws," Wong said. "Operations like this reflect the vital work our officers do every day to protect our communities, uphold public safety and protect the integrity of our immigration laws."
Nicole Alberico, a public affairs officer for ICE's Chicago field office, said ICE avoids conducting operations on college campuses because it considers them to be "sensitive locations." Other sensitive locations include places of worship and hospitals.
In addition, University of Wisconsin policy directs against cooperating with ICE's enforcement operations, unless required to do so under the law. The UW Police Department will not participate in immigration enforcement operations, and the university will not provide ICE with information on students, faculty or staff, according to Darcy Wittberger, director of communications at UW's Division of Student Life.
Should ICE wish to contact individual students about immigration enforcement issues, they must use appropriate legal processes. In most cases, ICE must obtain a warrant before entering a private, on-campus residence.
Despite currently having protection from deportation under President Barack Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival program, Salmeron said that the raids made her feel worried for other people she knew. Almost two decades ago, her parents settled in Madison because it was seen as "a very safe city."
"You think, 'Oh, we're not by the border, it's not like Arizona,'" Salmeron said. "So, for immigration raids to happen literally overnight with no warning — it's scary."
Created in 2012 through an executive action by Obama, DACA allows certain undocumented individuals who arrived in the U.S. before the age of 16 to receive a work permit, social security number, drivers' license and a renewable two-year protection against deportation. Program participants must pass a background check and have graduated high school or be enrolled in an academic institution, among other requirements.
In January 2017, a California district court order stalled President Donald Trump's attempts to scale back and terminate DACA. Until further notice, the program will continue accepting applications for renewals, although it is not currently accepting first-time applications, according to the National Immigration Law Center, an immigrant advocacy group
Wittberger encourages DACA students seeking resources and support to reach out to the Office of the Dean of Students. Students may also find resources through the Multicultural Student Center.
"The Division of Student Life wants all DACA students to know they are not alone," Wittberger said. "There are resources and support."
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Currently, it is unclear how many DACA students attend UW. According to Wittberger, the university does not track the number of DACA students as a way of protecting students' identities and information in the event they are targeted by immigration officials.
It is also unclear how DACA students pay tuition at UW. DACA students do not qualify for in-state tuition and are not eligible for federal financial aid or federal student loans. According to Wittberger, most DACA students pay for college using personal funds, scholarships, grants and private loans.
Salmeron said she wanted to attend UW, but found it to be prohibitively expensive.
"I was told to just keep my mind open," Salmeron said. "I knew I wouldn't be able to go to a lot of schools."
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Salmeron spent her early years in Mexico City. She was born there when her parents were 17 and 18 years old. Realizing it would be difficult to raise a child in Mexico, they made the decision to leave when Salmeron was two. Later, in the U.S., they had another child, her brother.
When she was six years old, Salmeron joined her parents in Madison. Some of her earliest memories are of getting to know her family again. While she barely remembers Mexico City, she said she has strong memories of the culture shock of moving to the U.S. and learning to speak English.
For the most part, Salmeron said she grew up like any other American adolescent, doing the same things as her peers and sharing their worries about high school, test scores and friends. She applied for and received protection under DACA when she was 15 years old, which allowed her to get a drivers' license, social security number and work permit.
"I'm just like everyone else, but I always have my [undocumented status] in the back of my mind," Salmeron said. "Especially when it came to applying to college and being able to afford college, that's when that part of my identity took over."
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During Salmeron's senior year of high school, teachers introduced her to undocumented college students who would give her advice on how to approach the college application process.
At the end of the application process, Salmeron chose to attend Edgewood College because they offered her the most aid. Through various scholarships and her job, she has been able to pay for college without taking out private loans.
Salmeron said she feels that the current political climate and Trump's efforts to eliminate DACA have fostered a lot of uncertainty for her and other DACA students.
"Before the election, people were coming out about being undocumented," Salmeron said. "With Trump, we've stepped a little bit back, with people being more hesitant about sharing their stories."
This article was published Oct 16, 2018 at 10:00 am and last updated Oct 14, 2018 at 7:17 pm
Tags: DACA, Dream act, Dreamers, ICE, Immigration


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"We are proud to recognize Colleen and Michael for their outstanding work, " says Tim Schroeder, CEO. "Their promotions reflect their work ethic and dedication to their roles as leaders within our team. As our business continues to expand, we anticipate them both continuing to play critical roles in the leadership and development of their respective departments."
Colleen joined CTI in July 2011. She was quickly promoted to roles leading to her most recent position, Associate Director Global QA, in which her role was expanded to include leadership of global activities. Colleen also supports CTI business development and client management at all stages. In her new role, Colleen will be instrumental in leading many initiatives and ensuring that quality remains at the forefront of all activities at CTI.
Mike started with CTI in 2003 as an Assistant Controller, and has steadily risen within the Finance department. Over his 15 years at CTI, Mike has assumed primary responsibility for CTI's global financial reporting, and also oversees the functions of accounts receivable, revenue recognition, and negotiation of payment schedules. In his new role, Mike will play an expanded role in the management and leadership of CTI's global financial functions.


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Székelyszentkirály (románul Sâncrai) falu Romániában, Erdélyben, Hargita megyében. Közigazgatásilag Oroszhegyhez tartozik.

Neve
1905-től hívják mai nevén, korábban Udvarhely-Szentkirály volt.

Fekvése
A falu a Bosnyák-patak mellett, a községközponttól, Oroszhegytől 4 km-re délkeletre fekszik.

Története és mai élete
Feltételezések szerint a falu alapítása – akárcsak a többi Szentkirály nevű településé – abban az időben történhetett, amikor még csak egyetlen magyar király volt szentté avatva, vagyis Szent István 1083-ban és Szent László 1192-ben történt szentté avatása között. Oklevélben először 1566-ban említik Szentkirályt. A falu eredetileg a maitól 2 km-re északabbra, a Bosnyák- és az Aklos-patak összefolyásánál feküdt, de kolera sújtotta, ezért lakói 1553 és 1566 között délebbre, a mai Balázsdomb környékére költöztek. A falu korábbi lakosságának 90–95%-a a kolera áldozatául esett. A 18. században a becslések szerint néhány száz lakosa volt, népessége folyamatosan növekedett. 1910-ben 1028-an lakták.  A trianoni békeszerződésig Udvarhely vármegye udvarhelyi járásához tartozott.

A 20. században – az 1960-as évek hullámvölgyétől eltekintve – népessége 1000 és 1100 fő között ingadozott. 1992-ben 1078 lakosából 1053 magyar és 25 cigány volt, a 2002-es adatok szerint 1096 fő a lakossága (1078 magyar, 5 román és 13 cigány).
A mai falu főbb részei az Alszeg, a Középszeg, a Felszeg és Tilaszó, a Telefalviak utcája, a Bálint utca és a Balázsdomb.

A község tagja a Szentkirályok Szövetségének, amely 21 települést számlál. Magyarországi testvértelepülése Győrzámoly.
A faluban a fő foglalkozás a növénytermesztés és az állattenyésztés volt és most is az. A nyilvántartások szerint 15 működő cég van bejegyezve, amelyek nagy része asztalosműhelyt működtet és a férfilakosság 40%-ának ad munkát, de a környező falvakból is szép számmal jönnek a faluba dolgozni. A lakosság egy része Székelyudvarhelyre ingázik.

Látnivalók
A templom, a falu és az iskola ugyanannak a védőszentnek, Szent István királynak a nevét viseli. Ez azt jelzi, hogy a település és egyháza egy időben alakult. A plébánia történetét 1875-ben állította össze a fennmaradt feljegyzések és a hagyományok alapján Balogh Ferenc lelkész. A falu iskolájának 1450-es létezésére vonatkozó dokumentum valószínűsíti, hogy ugyanekkor már a templom is létezett. A középkori eredetet valószínűsíti a templom kelet–nyugati tájolása.

A falu népe a 17. század elején rövid időre protestáns hitre tér, de 1630 körül a falu már ismét katolikus. Az oroszhegyi plébánia 1748-ban Szentkirálytól különválva önállósult, Fancsal viszont a mai napig Szentkirály filiája maradt. Egy 1848-as hiteles és hivatalos feljegyzés szerint Szentkirálynak 785 lakosa, Fancsalnak pedig 163 híve volt. 1882-ben Szentkirályon 900, Fancsalban 195 volt a hívek száma. A statisztikák az évek múltával további szaporulatot mutatnak. 1989-ben, Szentkirályon 1095, Fancsalban 145, és a már ugyancsak oda tartozó Üknyéd tanyán 45 a hívek száma, ami összesen 1285 római katolikus hívőt jelent.

A részlegesen elpusztult régi templomot 1796-ban lebontották. Mai római katolikus temploma 1796 és 1799 között épült a régebbi fatemplom helyére, az építési dátum a késő barokk és klasszicista stíluselemeket hordozó épület kőtemplom tornyának nyugati falán olvasható. A templomot Szent István király tiszteletére szentelték fel. A búcsújárás minden évben augusztus 20-án van.

A sekrestyében, a keleti falban esetleg másodlagosan elhelyezett késő gótikus és reneszánsz elemekkel díszített szentségtartófülke található. Alsó keretére rézsűs állású címerpajzs támaszkodik, rajta domborúan faragott kettős kereszt, a templom védőszentjének, Szent István királynak attribútuma. Ez a kőfaragvány a 15.-16. század fordulója táján készülhetett. A templomban egy gótikus 15. századi kő keresztelőmedencét is őriznek. Formája kehely alakú, nyolcszögű felső résszel és ennek megfelelő szárral, mely sarokprizmák közvetítésével támaszkodik a négyszögű talpra. Egyik lapján festett felszentelési kereszt nyoma látszik.

A gyulafehérvári püspöki levéltárban a közelmúltban talált dokumentum tanúsága szerint Szentkirály iskolájának az alapítási éve 1450. A falu egykori helyén működő iskola magyar tannyelvű volt 2 tanerővel. A tanulók 7 osztályt végeztek és két tanteremben tanultak. A tanulók száma 1450-ben 76 volt.

A mai 6 tantermes iskolában az 1969/1970-től kezdődött el a tanítás. Azóta az iskola névadója a falu védőszentje Szent István király. 2005 januártól a Szentkirályon található irányító iskolához tartoznak a közeli falvak: Szenttamás, Fancsal, Ülke, Tibód iskolái és óvodái. Az intézményekben együttesen jelenleg 283 tanuló és 25 pedagógus dolgozik. Az iskola testvérkapcsolatot tart fenn Kárász, Vékény, Győrzámoly és Csíkszentkirály iskoláival. Alapítványuk a Szent István Iskola Alapítvány

Az idegenforgalom céljait szolgálja a Katalin Vendégház és a Melánia Fogadó.

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