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QuickSpark Financial specializes in equipment lease-to-own financing for companies of all sizes. We provide our partners with more capital flexibility to help ensure their success in the demanding world of business.
Financing Helps Your Business Grow
GENERATE REVENUE AS YOU PAY Financing affords you the option of getting new equipment now and paying for it in small, manageable payments. You can start earning money with your new equipment before your first payment is even due!
LOW MONTHLY PAYMENTS QuickSpark offers monthly payments that range from 12 to 60 months and ensure the best fit for your business. We also offer Variable Payments upon request that can be matched to seasonal cash flow variations.
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Styling Chairs: $30 per chair
Dryer Chairs: $30 per chair
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Marilyn & Me: A Photographer's Memories
This slim memoir about one of the great stars of cinema is a quick and easy read. As you might guess, it provides some really fine images of the star that you might not have seen. Yet because of the book's small format, the photographs are not as big as you might hope.
The photographer, memoirist Lawrence Schiller, was only 23 years old when he first got the opportunity to photograph the actress. What I like especially in this book, is how he humanizes Marilyn, shows how uncertain she was, longing yet afraid to have a child; Schiller started his family over the couple year-span of the memoir and they often talked about his wife and family.
Marilyn & Me shows the actress to be incredibly smart. Also, Schiller reveals her skills at conversation--when she was in the right mood--she could really draw people out. On the day she met the author, she discovered that he had blindness in one eye caused by a childhood accident. This fact she never forgot.
Schiller talks about how Marilyn often complained to him about being undervalued. She was acutely aware of how much other famous stars of the day, such as Frank Sinatra and Rosalind Russell, were paid. But, speaking of business people, Schiller reveals his own talent for securing lucrative deals for selling photographs especially those of Marilyn's. Also, Marilyn was incredibly gifted at quickly scanning hundreds of contact prints and selecting the best photos of herself. The ones she did not like she Xed off so they were unusable.
One day he chats with Robert Kennedy in Marilyn's backyard, and there's an intriguing description of her swimming toward Kennedy in a white bathing suit, that suggests closer ties with him, but Schiller does not broach any theories.
News of her death reached Schiller while he is on vacation. He returned quickly to LA for some last shots of her house. He strongly believed that her death was not a purposeful suicide. Schiller conceded that she could have accidentally taken more pills by forgetting that she had imbibed some earlier.
This is a gentle memoir that you can read in an hour or two over the holiday season.
For a photo biography of another actress who also came to a tragic end, try the Grace Kelly Years: Princess of Monaco published in 2007 on the twenty-fifth anniversary of her death.

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Florida has a lot to offer: beautiful beaches, warm weather, and magical places like The Wizarding World of Harry Potter and Disney World. But the reason I'm there so often is because I'm a big time family girl, and I can't be away for too long without getting a little homesick. I also really like The Wizarding World of Harry Potter and Disney World - I'm not going to lie - but being that my family lives in South Florida, I spend most of my time there. The little ones: Roxy Mae (pictured), Jackson, Ryder, and Tessa (you're 17, Tessa, so you still count as a little one to me) grow up so quickly, and I hate missing out on milestones. Do you know that Tessa Marie is driving, now? Jackson and Roxy are growing like weeds, and Ryder is already running around and climbing everything in sight. I'm so lucky that I'm able to make the quick flight down so often, because I really do get to spend a lot more time with my family than most people I know. But still, I can't help but wish these kids would slow down the whole growing up thing. Can you just press pause until I come back down in March? I'd really appreciate it.
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Red Sox - 010 101 000 - 3 11 0The sixth spot in the order scored all three runs tonight as Buchholz went six innings (6-5-1-3-1, 95). The Red Sox have a 6.5-game lead in the wild card and a Yankees loss would bring Boston to within six in the East. (The Joy of Six?)
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Casey Kotchman went 3-for-4, singling in Jason Bay with the first Boston run. After the Orioles tied the game on a Luke Scott dong, Bay went deep to start the fourth. Josh Reddick replaced Bay in left in the fifth. He singled to start the sixth and scored on Jacoby Ellsbury's single.
LBJ had two opposite field hits and stolen base #62. Victor Martinez also had two hits. ... The bullpen trio of Daniel Bard, Hideki Ojakima and Jonathan Papelbon put up a 3-0-0-1-3 line. The one baserunner was a one-out walk by Bard, who then struck out the next two hitters.
Ichiro Suzuki hit a two-run home run off Mariano Rivera with two outs in the bottom of the ninth -- his fourth hit of the night -- to give the Mariners a 3-2 win over the Yankees. The Angels shut out the Rangers 2-0. Boston is 6 GB in the East and 7 GA in the WC.
The Red Sox -- 52-22 at home but only 34-37 away from Fenway -- hit the road for their final trip of the season: three in Baltimore, four in Kansas City, and three in New York. (After that, it's back home for three against Toronto and four against Cleveland. Then it's playoff time!)
Boston starters have allowed three runs or fewer in 10 consecutive games -- 1.79 ERA in 65.1 innings. ... Victor Martinez has a 16-game hitting streak (.357, 20-for-56) and Jacoby Ellsbury has hit in nine of his last ten games (.400, 14-for-35_.
Guthrie leads the AL in losses (14) earned runs allowed (97) and home runs allowed (30). However, he has allowed only one dong in his last four starts and only four in eight starts since July 31. ... Joey Gathright is 4-for-4 against Guthrie and Jason Bay is 5-for-10 (more; and here are the Birds vs Laptop).
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To claim to know the five best beachfront eateries in the Florida Keys betrays the typical arrogance of a travel writer. The Keys -- from Mile Marker 110 at the top all the way to Mile Marker 0 in Key West -- are a series of islands; makes sense that you'll find a full menu of bistros on the water. But -- arrogance at the ready -- here are five not to be missed:
1. Marker 88 Restaurant: This bistro on Islamorada offers gourmet dining, with seafood the speciality and tables on the sand. It's popular with higher-end guests, an occasional dining spot for the presidents Bush (Sr. and Jr.). The romantic setting is highlighted with live music on the beach.
2. Key Fisheries: In Marathon, it ain't much to look at -- but it's your other senses, taste and smell, that are important here. Superb seafood ordered at a rustic window beside a handwritten menu -- stone-crab soup, key-lime scallops, whisky-peppercorn snapper, about 60 items -- including their famous "Lobster Reuben." Tried the Reuben. Instant addiction.
3. The Morada Bay Beach Café: At Mile Marker 81.6, this is an exquisitely romantic setting. The menu is wide-ranging and inventive, including but not exclusively seafood (most entrées in the mid-$20 range). There's a lovely selection of tapas, superb service, and the setting -- on the sand, gazing over the bay ... well, if you're not in love during the appetizers, you will be by dessert.
4. Sunset Pier: You must have at least one meal -- or even just a drink -- in a waterfront eatery adjacent to Key West's Mallory Square. Our choice would be Ocean Key Resort's Sunset Pier (Zero Duval St.), on the boardwalk facing the iconic sunset. Surprisingly, the menu is not pricey, and the view at sundown -- when everything stops for a moment -- is unparalleled.
5. Little Palm Island (by boat from Little Torch Key, Mile Marker 28.5): High end? Heck, if you get to High End, you can just glimpse Little Palm Island. This is luxury at its finest, and the food (served in a restaurant, or on a deck with a 180-degree view of the ocean, or on the sandy beaches, and always on linen) is fabulous. You can stay over (at a grand and up per night), or arrive just for lunch or their famous Sunday brunch. Do.
-- Paul Knowles, a travel writer based in New Hamburg, Ont., is a sucker for seafood, seafront and sensational service.


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Among recent enforcement actions by the SEC were sanctions by the SEC imposed on an audit firm and four accountants for failed audits; the findings by an administrative law judge that three former brokers were guilty of churning and their supervisor at the time of failing to supervise them.
FINRA took action on a firm's misuse of escrow funds and fines a firm over failure to respond to red flags.
FINRA Fines Firm for Ignoring Red Flags
FINRA censured CFD Investments Inc., of Kokomo, Ind., and fined it $100,000 for failing to respond to red flags relating to a former registered representative. Had it responded and investigated the situation, it could have discovered that the representative had converted a trust's assets.
The firm was already aware that the representative was serving as both trustee and broker to the trust, a potential conflict of interest that allowed him to be the only one receiving statements — a perfect cover for any potential wrongdoing. He took advantage of the fact to hide his activities from the trust beneficiary and anyone else associated with the trust.
As soon as six months after purchase, the representative began to liquidate mutual funds held by the trust, and within about five years the accounts were essentially worthless — something the firm could have stopped, since it had access to the account activity. But it did nothing to investigate, despite numerous red flags, including the facts that the representative made very little money — in one year as little as $5,600 — from the firm during the time he was draining the trust, and that he also repeatedly violated firm procedures.
The firm neither admitted nor denied FINRA's findings, but consented to the sanctions.
Audit Firm, Four Accountants Sanctioned by SEC
New York-based audit firm Sherb & Co. LLP, its founder, two other partners and an audit manager were sanctioned by the SEC for their roles in the failed audits of three China-based companies publicly traded in the U.S.
The SEC found in an investigation that the firm and its auditors, far from conducting audits in accordance with U.S. standards, were so far off the mark that one of the companies they audited, China Sky One Medical Inc., has been charged by the agency with financial fraud.
The flawed audits involved China Sky One Medical, China Education Alliance Inc. and Wowjoint Holdings Ltd. Those responsible for the audits were Steven Sherb, the audit firm's founder; partners Christopher Valleau and Mark Mycio; and audit manager Steven Epstein. They four did not properly plan and execute the audits, nor did they get adequate documentation concerning sales, revenue or bank balances. In addition, they ignored red flags and failed to maintain complete audit work papers.
To settle the proceeding, the firm and the four auditors agreed to be barred from practicing as accountants on behalf of any publicly traded company or other entity regulated by the SEC; in addition, the firm agreed to pay a $75,000 penalty.
Brokers Churned, Supervisor Failed, Says Judge in SEC Case
Three former brokers from Atlanta-based brokerage firm J.P. Turner & Co., charged last year for churning, were found on Wednesday by an administrative law judge to have done so.
As reported by ThinkAdvisor, the SEC filed charges last year against the brokers, Ralph Calabro, Jason Konner and Dimitrios Koutsoubos, and their supervisor, Michael Bresner, as well as the firm's president and the firm itself. The brokers were charged with churning the accounts of customers with conservative investment objectives, causing the customers to lose $2.7 million.
In his decision, the judge found that the three had indeed churned accounts, and ordered them to collectively pay disgorgement and prejudgment interest of more than $400,000 and penalties totaling $435,000.
In addition, the judge's decision included finding that Bresner, who had been charged with compliance failures, had failed to supervise two of the brokers, Konner and Koutsoubos. At the time of the charges, Bresner was the firm's head supervisor.
The firm and its president, William Mello, settled the charges against them last year without admitting or denying them. The firm paid $200,000 in disgorgement (J.P. Turner's approximate share of the commissions and fees generated by the fraudulent churning) plus $16,051 in prejudgment interest and a $200,000 penalty, and agreed to hire an independent consultant to review the firm's supervisory procedures in order to prevent future violations.
Mello was ordered to pay a $45,000 penalty, and in addition was suspended from association in a supervisory capacity with a broker, dealer, or investment advisor for five months. FINRA Censures, Fines Firm and Principal for Misuse of Escrow Funds
Weybridge, Vt.-based Middlebury Securities LLC and its registered principal James Baldwin Robinson were censured and fined by FINRA after the agency found that the firm, acting through a registered representative, took $200,000 in escrowed customer funds given to the firm for investment in issuers' offerings and used it instead to make payments to, or on behalf of another issuer, when this issuer had no authority to receive funds from the others under the terms of each of these offerings.
The registered representative raised approximately $5.09 million from investors through the sale of issuers' offerings, lying or omitting material facts in connection with them. Investors never got any interest payments from the issures, and only a few were lucky enough even to get back their principal.
Robinson, meanwhile, was supposed to supervise the representative, and should have made sure he complied with applicable securities laws and the firm's WSPs. Instead, he and the firm failed to review the rep's selling activity and the way he handled customer funds via the escrow accounts, and disregarded red flags that should have alerted him to inappropriate actions. Because Robinson failed to keep an eye on the rep's release of funds from those accounts, the rep was able to have access to the money and convert it on behalf of the other issuer.
Without admitting or denying the findings, the firm accepted a fine of $325,000 and Robinson $45,000; in addition, Robinson was suspended for a year and required to requalify as a general securities principal prior to the suspension being lifted.
Check out SEC Enforcement: RBS Securities to Pay $150M for Misleading Investors on ThinkAdvisor.


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Coping as the Parent of a Child with Pulmonary Hypertension
"This hurts as a parent. I am supposed to make the hurt go away. I am supposed to make it all better but I can't."
"I want to yell and scream that my child is not even two years old. How dare she be diagnosed with PH. I feel confused, depressed, hurting, almost … grieving? I don't know why I'd be grieving. She's not dead."
"Some days I'm fine, others I feel like my child has been handed a death sentence. I know that she hasn't, not really — that there are treatments, and life expectancy has been extended — but it still just bashes me over the head occasionally. I wonder what kind of life to expect for her."
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A child's diagnosis with PH is a life-changing event for both the child and the child's parents. On the heels of the uncertainty, tests and appointments leading up to the diagnosis, some of these changes are positive steps forward. A PH diagnosis can bring answers, explaining symptoms that a child has been experiencing, and treatment, giving a child's medical team the information necessary to introduce medication to relieve symptoms and slow disease progression. Yet PH is a serious illness that can also introduce many difficult changes and challenges. If your child has been diagnosed with PH, it's important to remember that there are no right or wrong reactions. Give yourself the space to feel and respond to this news without judgment so you and your entire family can begin to move forward.
Families of children with PH may encounter a range of daily life challenges. Parents need to cope with the expansion of their parenting roles to include significant health-related responsibilities, including learning new medical terms, coordinating and taking their child to doctors' visits, managing complex medications that require constant monitoring, helping their child through medical procedures, and explaining PH to family, friends, colleagues and teachers. The entire family may face disruptions to daily schedules to accommodate medical appointments and hospitalizations. The child with PH may be suffering physically and emotionally, taking a toll on parents and healthy siblings, who might feel helpless or guilty. One parent shared, "I wish I could make it all better."
PH may also introduce far-reaching challenges that can alter the fundamental structures of a family's life. In some families, a parent needs to become a stay-at-home caregiver. Some families are forced to move to be at a lower altitude or to be near the child's PH clinic. For others, health care costs and job changes can lead to major financial difficulties. The family may need to make lifestyle changes to accommodate financial need or the child's physical ability. This may mean forfeiting cherished, "normal" activities, like vacations. Stress and shifting roles may also affect the nature of relationships and social interactions within and outside the family. Co-parents may find that worry and stress change their romantic relationship. Children may experience stress in response to disrupted schedules and activities, changes to school and teachers, or frustration with friends or teachers who don't "get it."
Studies have documented the tremendous stress that affects the child, parents, and entire family when a child is diagnosed with PH. Life changes ranging from small inconveniences to major shifts in a family's organization to profound worries about the future can be scary and overwhelming, especially for parents who feel pressure to remain in control at all times. All the stress can build up and, if left unaddressed, may lead to caregiver burnout, chronic anxiety, or other mental health challenges. While it requires time and commitment, prioritizing your own emotional health as you face PH can make you more capable of moving forward and beginning to help the rest of your family cope.Indeed, coping with stress, uncertainty and anxiety can take a toll on the entire family. While as a parent it may feel unnatural to prioritize your own needs, it's important to stay attentive to all the personal and emotional challenges you're up against. Parents may be anxious about the future in the short-term, worrying about upcoming tests and procedures, and the long-term, fearing for what the future holds for their child with PH. Some parents experience a looming fear of illness and death even when their child is doing well. The losses associated with PH, from the loss of family activities to the loss of professional or community roles, can send parents into a prolonged grieving process. While this is normal, many parents struggle with acknowledging and coping with their grief. One parent spoke to the difficulty of putting on a brave face day-in and day-out. She said, "I have days where I am dealing with everything one minute, and then suddenly, with no trigger, I want to lash out at the world for my child having pulmonary hypertension."
Adapting and Moving Forward
PH is a serious illness that many parents find overwhelming, especially in the year following a child's diagnosis. It can be helpful to know that there are hundreds of other families in the PH community who have developed coping strategies that have helped them adapt to PH-related changes and move forward. As a parent, your first priority during this transitional period may be to focus attention on your child. Remember that while this is an important instinct, it's also crucial that you take the time to acknowledge and reflect upon the ways in which this news affects you. Staying attentive to your own feelings and needs will make you more capable of tending to your child's needs going forward. Here are a few ideas for coping as a parent of a child with PH:
Know that your child's PH is not your fault. Parents sometimes blame themselves for their child's diagnosis. You might feel guilty that you didn't notice the symptoms or take your child to a specialist sooner. Give yourself permission to feel angry, sad, afraid, confused, or whatever you need to feel, but try not to dwell on "what ifs" and "if onlys." These are very common responses to a child's illness but the fact of the matter is that you are not to blame.
Take care of yourself. Data from limited studies suggest that better parental quality of life can directly enhance the quality of life of children with PH. In other words, if you want care for your child well, you need to care for yourself first. Parents who get enough sleep, exercise, and eat balanced, nutritious meals are in a better position to cope with the stress and demands of PH. Schedule in social time with friends, activities that you find fun and relaxing, and time away from your children to give yourself time to recharge. One mother recommended, "Yoga, church, quiet walks outdoors, journals, candles, music … explore all the resources to keep yourself mentally, spiritually and physically sound. Start with yourself and the rest will fall into place."
Ask for and accept help. Parents often want to do everything for a sick child. But the demands of PH can be so profound that it's crucial that you allow others to help from time to time. In most cases, friends and family are eager to pitch in, but they might not know how to go about it. Here are a few guidelines to help you ask for assistance:
- Consider the other person's abilities, interests and availability.
- Don't ask the same person for help repeatedly.
- Prepare a list of things that need to be done (driving kids to school or activities, making meals, babysitting, etc.) and let the other person choose what suits him or her best.
- Be prepared for a "no," or hesitation. Accept it, but if the person gives you an opening, ask another time.
- Don't weaken your request — be clear about what you need, including how important it is to you and the amount of time that help would be needed.
Reach out for support. Connecting with other families who have been living with PH for a long time can be a valuable source of information, support and strength. PHA offers email and telephone support groups for parents of children with PH, parent email mentors, and national and regional conferences where you can meet other families face-to-face (see Additional Resources). Many families also benefit from the emotional support of clergy, school teachers, primary care physicians, child-life services, social workers, and psychologists or psychotherapists.
Establish routines. Get in a routine at home to cut back on stress around the house. Having set times for cleaning, cooking and family time can cut back on indecision, disorder and parental guilt. Routines also allow you to identify high-stress times in your day and make small changes so those pockets of time become more manageable. If mornings are particularly busy or stressful, consider packing lunches and showering at night so you can focus on getting your children ready before school. You can also develop routines around hospital visits to reduce stress. Make plans for meals and snacks in advance, and arrange for visits from friends and family. Familiar faces can take some of the worry out of stressful experiences.
Get organized. You can also cut back on day-to-day stress by taking steps to reestablish influence over aspects of your life that are within your control. Get a detailed calendar or organizer to keep track of appointments, scheduled events, and changes to "normal" school or other activities. Use a journal, notebook or three-ring binder to keep track of medical contacts, instructions, medications, symptoms and other events in your life that are worth recording for your child's medical team. Visit PHA's Empowered Patient Online Toolkit to get started (see Additional Resources).
Try new things. Some families need to cut back on sports, travel and other activities made difficult by a PH patient's oxygen or medication delivery. But new, shared activities can bring families together and give the child with PH a new focus post-diagnosis. Replace biking trips with board game nights and football games with charades. Creative activities can build self-esteem and nurture life-long family interests. Consider arts and crafts, sewing, woodworking, gardening, collecting, bird watching, music lessons or foreign languages. You can also talk to your child's doctor about the possibility of introducing sports with lower cardiovascular demands such as golf, bowling, table tennis, or certain video games.
Tend to all your relationships. PH changes life for the child with PH, healthy siblings, parents, and even extended family. While it can be tempting to pour your mental and physical energy into the care of the child who's been diagnosed, it's important to pay attention to everyone in your family. Read on for more suggestions for helping your children cope, tending to your relationship with your partner, and communicating with your co-parent about PH. You can also visit www.PHAssociation.org/Parents for more information on coping as a family with PH.
Additional Resources
- Parent-to-parent email group, telephone support group and mentors
- PHA's regional and national education programs
- PHA's Empowered Patient Online Toolkit
- Information on managing caregiver stress
- "Stress Management for Parents" from the Child Development Institute
- More Than a Mom: Living a Full and Balanced Life When Your Child Has Special Needs, Amy Baskin and Heather Fawcett (Woodbine House, 2006)
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I would like to see what you have captured on film. Would be interesting to hear the feedback you get.
Good luck with your findings. I'll be looking for those pictures.
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My daughter had a crazy expierence. We always ask for suite 2044(it's next door to the King Ranch suite)anyway I was sitting outside our door and her and Shane went walking around. For those who have not been to the Meanger, in the old part of the hotel it built with a three story parlor that all the rooms come off of all the way up. So, if your looking down from the third floor balcony you can see to the bottom parlor floor. Well, I was sitting there and I heard the most God aweful scream, and wondered what in the heck. I stood up and here comes Krystal running full speed ahead. She hit that balcony and almost flipped over. (lost my heart and breath) I ran up the stairs (next to our room) ran over to her and she's completely out of breath. Finally, she says mom it got cold and a solider was coming at me. I was like what kind of solider? She kept saying I don't know I don't know.
She said she didn't feel any evil it just surprised her. Well, the next day in the Lobby we were looking at the civil war display, and she goes ballistic. She pointed to General Robert E. Lee and said mom there he is. I was dumbfounded. He has been seen there by many people.
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i wish i had pictures! but the guy my husband and i saw looked real--i could hardly snap a pic, since he kept staring at us!! another thing--everytime we're around the alamo, my batteries in my phones and cameras won't hold a charge. has anyone else had that happen there??
Sorry, but I have to echo everyone else here, and would love to see some pictures.
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As the exchange-traded fund industry matures, the company that invented the ETF, State Street Global Advisors, is looking to the future with more active management as well as portfolio construction that combines ETFs with mutual funds.
State Street's first ETF, the SPDR (SPY) pegged to the S&P 500 equity index, marked its 20th anniversary this year, and in the last two decades the ETF universe has grown into a vast marketplace that offers advisors many options for building client portfolios, according to David Mazza, State Street's head of ETF investment strategy.
"We focus a significant amount of resources on the advisor community," Mazza said Thursday at the Morningstar ETF Conference in Chicago, where State Street won nine awards in forty categories. (SPY was not one of the winners, but SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) won in the precious metals category.)
Active management has become a focus for State Street as the firm's ETF investment strategists work with advisors who are seeking income-producing portfolios yet are concerned about interest rate risk. The firm is finding solutions that combine both ETFs and mutual funds in client portfolios, Mazza said.
"For many years there seemed to be difficulty understanding how to use a passive ETF that trades all day versus an actively managed mutual fund that prices at its end-of-day net asset value," Mazza said. "What we're seeing as the ETF marketplace has evolved is many more offerings across asset classes. Advisors now view ETFs as a cost-efficient, liquid and transparent vehicle and not just a passive solution."
For example, he said, advisors can pair alternative long/short go-anywhere mutual funds with three or four SPDR ETFs that focus on shorter-duration exposure, such as short-term corporate bonds, short-term high yield and bank loans. These include the following ETFs:
1) Passive SPDR Barclays Short Term Corporate Bond (SCPB)
2) Passive SPDR Barclays Short Term High Yield Bond (SJNK)
3) Actively managed SPDR Blackstone/GSO Senior Loan ETF (SRLN)
State Street SPDR ETFs now comprise 122 funds in the U.S. and $340 billion in assets under management. This year, State Street has seen eight of its ETFs each gain more than $1 billion in net inflows, and two of those are SCPB and SJNK, Mazza said.
He wasn't too concerned that none of those three funds were winners in the Morningstar 2013 ETF awards.
"Advisors are focused on not just the best-known ETF in a particular category, but the one that will meet the particular need of that client and their particular portfolio and financial goals," Mazza said.
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Apple announced Monday morning that AC/DC has made all of its 16 studio albums, four live records, and three compilations available on the iTunes Store. The long-time digital distribution holdouts have had an apparent change of heart, selling individual songs for $1.29 a piece and a complete collection of every available AC/DC recording for $149.99.
AC/DC was initially skeptical of the iTunes Store, going so far as to boycott digital downloads altogether. "Maybe I'm just being old-fashioned, but this iTunes, God bless 'em, it's going to kill music if they're not careful," lead singer Brian Johnson, then 61, told Reuters in 2008.
The band had refused to release its album Black Ice on iTunes, or any other download service, suggesting digital distribution was all about money and had little to do with art. "I'm sure they're just doing it all in the interest of making as much... cash as possible. Let's put it this way, it's certainly not for the... love, let's get that out of the way, right away," Johnson said.
That's an odd stance to take for a band that lamented in 1976 that it "ain't no fun waiting 'round to be a millionaire."
But the last five years of plummeting CD sales have apparently caused a change of heart for the aging Australian rockers. All 23 of their albums, including classics like Back in Black and Highway to Hell, 1992's Live, and newer albums like Black Ice and the compilation soundtrack for Iron Man 2, are available to anyone with the money, honey. You can even buy all 16 studio albums in one fell swoop for $99.99, or add all the compilations and live albums for $149.99.
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New London Mayor Daryl Justin Finizio has insisted he had no conversations with police the day of a rape that has caused controversy in the city. But a check of phone records shows the mayor used his city-owned cell phone to call Police Chief Margaret Ackley at 9:45 a.m. July 20, just a few hours after the alleged early-morning assault. The records show a three-minute exchange. A return call from the chief's number came at 9:49 a.m. for seven minutes. Editor's note. This corrects an earler version of this sentence.
July 20 was the mayor's 36th birthday.
Mayor Finizio said he has no recollection of the calls and that they are not found on his phone.
It took several days for the police administration to acknowledge the sexual assault that took place in an alley off Bank Street. Some have questioned whether the mayor, vulnerable on the public safety issue due to cuts in police staffing, tried to suppress information about the troubling incident.
The mayor has called the charge outrageous and unfounded. He said again Friday he did not learn of the incident until a couple of days later and is sure it was not the subject of his exchange with the chief.
News of the phone call also caused Chief Ackley to break her silence. She told me Friday that the mayor never instructed her or the department to withhold information about the incident.
"It did not happen," she said.
Chief Ackley could not recall the nature of the July 20 conversation, but said she will review her notes
There is an internal police investigation into the handling of the matter and whether communication to the press and public should have been handled differently, Finizio said. The review will also look at leaks to news sources, apparently coming from within the department, concerning the rape investigation, he said. He suspects the motivation for the leaks is political and to gain leverage in union negotiations.
Word of the phone call will likely only fuel criticism of the administration's handling of the matter and of public safety. Even though Mayor Finizio is not up for re-election this year, the Republican strategy is clear - attack him and damage the Democratic brand in hopes of winning council seats.
The ranks of the New London Police Department have seen a dramatic decrease in staffing from the high 90s a few years ago to the 60s today. The exodus appears driven by a combination of morale issues in the department and fears of layoffs generated by the city's fiscal problems.
In their crusade for beefed up public safety, the mayor's critics have a ready ally in the ranks of the union leadership, now in contract negotiations with the administration.
In an Aug. 15 letter to The Day, Councilor Marie Friess-McSparran contended "New London is in crisis" and "public safety is declining, promoting increased criminal activity." A Democrat, Friess-McSparran failed to win her party's nomination and is instead running for re-election on the Republican ticket.
Finizio fired back at his critics and accused them of putting politics above New London's welfare.
"The police union and some members of council, particularly Councilor Friess-McSparran, are politicizing public safety. They are actively working to spread untruths and to exacerbate any criminal incident that occurs in the city to create what the council member said in ... in her letter to The Day, 'We're in a crisis.' No we're not," Finizio said.
"I know they've got their political games that they're playing, but how is that helping New London when you're tearing down the public image of the city with no factual basis ..."
"They are harming all our small businesses, they're harming morale in the department, they are not making the situation better over there. To what end? You might get re-elected to the City Council. You might get a nickel's more advantage in a contract debate? I think it's shameful."
The mayor contends that criminal activity is down in the city.
"We're on track of having one of our safer years in New London in many, many years," Finizio said.
It appears New London is in for a tough local election. Raising concerns about public safety and police staffing are legitimate campaign tactics, using alarmism to gin up votes is not. On the other hand, denying phone calls and then having them show up in the record doesn't look well for the mayor.
Even as summer wanes, in New London politics I suspect things are only going to get hotter.
Paul Choiniere is the editorial page editor of The Day .
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Contrary to what you may believe, I do, every once in a while, make simple dinners and desserts. More often than you'd think, in fact. I've been trying my hand at a few classics. I mean, classics are classic for a reason. They're tried and true. Reliable. Foolproof. So it's high time I shared with you a few classic, good old standbys that I can throw together after a long day of work and know that they'll be good. This way, you can throw them together too.
This look into classic dishes was inspired by a slow food campaign at my company. Our café sold, for $10 (!!!), all the ingredients (except for a chicken) necessary for a hearty, healthy dinner for a family. They even provided recipes — chicken, salad, greens and pasta, and fresh fruit for dessert. This was too good to pass up. So I lugged home my bag of groceries and laminated recipe card.
I made the chicken with just a few modifications, using chicken cutlets instead of a whole chicken and a nice addition of lemon juice. I used chard to make a minestrone. And voilà – a few dinners and lunches for the week.
These recipes aren't rocket science, but they're great ones to have in your repertoire. They pretty much use ingredients that are probably already in your fridge and pantry. The most difficult step is rough chopping some vegetables. And then you leave the dish to cook while you write a blog post. You just need to check on the chicken or soup every once in a while. C'est tout. That's all there is, folks.
Chicken and root vegetables
This chicken takes about 45 minutes to an hour, from start to finish. Most of the time, the chicken is just baking in the oven and you need to check it every 10-15 minutes to mix and baste.
– 1+ pound of boneless skinless chicken breast (cutlets) – or you could use chicken parts, or boneless thighs
– 3 large carrots
– 3 large parsnips
– 4-5 celery stalks
– 1 onion
– several cloves of garlic
– 3-4 sprigs fresh rosemary
– olive oil
– 1/4 C lemon juice (to taste)
Prep. Preheat oven to 425ºF. Rinse chicken and pat dry. Rough chop all the vegetables – try to get them approximately the same size (except the garlic of course).
Fill. Scatter the vegetables in a pan large enough to fit them more or less in a single layer. Douse with olive oil (maybe 2T) and sprinkle generously with salt and freshly ground pepper. Season the chicken with salt and pepper too. Place the chicken on top of the vegetables and douse the chicken with a little more olive oil (another 1-2 T) – you can omit this if you are using chicken with skin. Pour in the lemon juice.
Bake. Bake the chicken for about 45 minutes, stirring and basting every 10-15 minutes. Add water or more lemon juice if you notice that there aren't many juices and the corners of your pan are starting to burn. The chicken is officially ready when it reaches an internal temperature of 160ºF. I generally take mine out at 155ºF, but I'm wild and crazy. If the vegetables don't cook as fast as the chicken, take the chicken out when it is ready and let the vegetables finish baking. Add the chicken back to the pan to warm back up for 5 minutes.
Eat. Take it out. Let the chicken rest for 5 minutes, and then serve it straight from the pan. You can even eat it out of the pan if no one is looking.
Chard minestrone
I found this recipe in the New York Times earlier this year. You can freeze the soup before you add the chickpeas and chard. When you want to eat, just re-heat and add in chickpeas and chard for about 10 minutes.
– olive oil
– 6 carrots
– 1 onion
– 1 T chopped garlic (yup, I use the stuff in the jar)
– several handfuls of chard – separate stems from leaves
– 1 6-ounce can tomato paste
– 7 C water
– 1 t dry thyme
– 2 bay leaves
– 1 parmesan rind
– 2 15-ounce cans garbanzo beans
– 1 C pasta
– extra parmesan
Prep. Rough chop the carrots and onions – try to get them approximately the same size chunks. Wash the chard really well. Remove the stems from the chard and rough chop as you would celery. Make a few lengthwise cuts in the chard leaves and then cut them widthwise into thin strips ("chiffonade" if you want to be all fancy about it).
Simmer. Pour enough olive oil to coat the bottom of your pot. Add all the vegetables except for the chard leaves. Saute until they start to soften, about 5 minutes. Add tomato paste, water, thyme, bay leaves, and parm. Cover and simmer for 30 minutes or until the vegetables are cooked through. Add salt and pepper to taste. Be careful not to set the heat too high because the soup will bubble over. Believe me – I know.
Store (optional). If you're going to eat the soup at a later time, you can freeze or refrigerate the soup at this point. When you want to serve, proceed with the rest of the steps.
Simmer again. Rinse the chickpeas and add along with the chard leaves. Simmer for another 5-10 minutes until the chickpeas heat through and the chard wilts but still keeps its color.
Boil. Don't boil the soup! Boil the pasta as directed, to just shy of al dente. Spoon into the soup right before serving (otherwise it will absorb the hot soup liquid and get overcooked and mushy).
Eat. Carefully. Let the soup cool off a bit before eating. I managed to burn my lip – and I was in pretty bad shape. Sprinkle with extra parm if you want.


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In what may be his most apocalyptic monthly letter in a series that for years now has been explicating the "new normal," PIMCO bond manager Bill Gross is warning investors that America's money economy is like a supernova—a bright shining star that suddenly burns out.
Titled "Credit Supernova!," Gross' February shareholder letter relies on the pioneering work of economist Hyman Minsky, who is credited nowadays for a model thought to have foreseen the recent financial crisis. Nearly 40 years ago, Minsky wrote about "Ponzi finance" that occurs when rapidly accelerating credit is needed just to finance interest payments on debt.
But Gross (left) notes that Minsky formulated his theory at a time when U.S. credit outstanding totaled $3 trillion.
"Today, at $56 trillion and counting," Gross writes, "it is a monster that requires perpetually increasing amounts of fuel, a supernova star that expands and expands, yet, in the process begins to consume itself."
As evidence that our credit supernova is burning out, Gross notes that "each additional dollar of credit seems to create less and less heat. In the 1980s, it took four dollars of new credit to generate $1 of real GDP. Over the last decade, it has taken $10, and since 2006, $20 to produce the same result."
The result is a new normal in which GDP growth has averaged around 2% annually rather than the 3.5% growth Americans have enjoyed over the previous 50 years.
A byproduct of the Ponzi-fueled financial instability of America's rapid credit creation is the near-zero rate policy, which Gross says "cripple savers and business models previously constructed on the basis of positive real yields and wider margins for loans."
Because bank lending is less profitable, there is less investment in the economy and an erosion of real growth. Gross cites the case of Japan as a laboratory example of what the U.S. is currently facing. Japan had a decade-long head start on near-zero interest rates, and Japanese investment as a percentage of GDP declined steadily. Gross shows that the same is currently taking place more precipitously in the U.S.
The investment implications of all this are quite ominous. In the current environment, Gross says "credit is now funneled increasingly into market speculation as opposed to productive innovation." The credit supernova is on track to burn out and he writes that "the countdown begins when investable assets pose too much risk for too little return."
Signs of the credit supernova flaming out would include low bond yields relative to duration risk, tight credit spreads relative to default risk and P/E ratios that are high relative to growth risks. People stuffing their mattresses with cash and turning to real assets like gold and diamonds would also be symptoms.
With somewhat shocking frankness, Gross, manager of the world's largest bond fund, writes:
"One of our Investment Committee members swears he would buy land in New Zealand and set sail. Most of us can't do that, nor can you. The fact is that PIMCO and almost all professional investors are in many cases index constrained, and thus duration and risk constrained."
While PIMCO can't buy land around Auckland that is not represented in an index, with seeming pathos, he writes that as investors increase their real assets at the margin they should "think of PIMCO in this transition. We hope to be 'Your Global Investment Authority.' We have a product menu to assist."
He also counsels investors to buy inflation protection through TIPS, shorten durations and expect lower future returns on bonds, stocks, real estate and derivative strategies.
While the Fed is behind the zero-rate policy he decries, Gross helpfully warns investors not to fight the U.S. or other nations' central banks, but rather "anticipate them by buying what they buy first." He also recommends foreign sovereign bonds with positive real interest rates like those of Mexico, Italy and Brazil.
Finally, as if his letter were not sufficiently frightening, Gross ominously warns: "Be cognizant of property rights and confiscatory policies in all governments."
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What do holiday parties, trips, family gatherings, decorating and shopping have in common this time of year? Next months paycheck!
Being out and about while shopping and feeling the mood, its easy to lose sight of goals, and stores are banking on that impulse to overspend. Congrats to those who have this under control. Through the years, holidays get bigger and better, and people spend more to have a happy holiday. That becomes more and more burdensome afterward.
In 2011, the average holiday shopper spent $398.62 during Black Friday weekend according to the National Retail Federation. Imagine that you met that expenditure of $398.62, but lets round it up to $400 for this example.
For this year, 2012, you reduce that amount by half you invest $200 and spend the other $200 on gifts and commit to this plan with an increase for inflation. So if the rate of inflation is 2.5 percent, then this years Black Friday Investment Fund would be $205 and 2014 would be $210. Commit to this for 20 years and that hardly missed $200 becomes $8,117.45 (based on 5 percent return). AmericaSaves.org certainly has given us an interesting example to ponder.
Consumer spending indications are that this year, holiday spending will increase 3 to 4 percent. Many of you are tired of holding tight and want to let out the strings a bit. Dont do it. Stick to your plan. For last-minute shopping, here are a few thoughts.
Why? As you prepare for parties, outfits to wear, celebrations or gifts is it because you always have? This time, examine each item on your list and ask yourself, Does it earn its place in our celebration this year? How much are you doing out of habit or perceived expectation?
Are you following a list? Keep the list as specific as you can and stick to it.
Comparison shop online, smartphones, shopping local. This makes shopping faster, less travel, smarter, competitive and less expensive. Figure in the tax, shipping costs and service needs into your final, smart decision-making process. This year, two of the items I compared were distinctly different items. I compared local and online pricing. For these two items, buying locally was not only less expensive, but the large item was gift-wrapped at no additional cost.
Check your supplies for mailing and gift-wrapping before you buy more.
Pay with cash: Youre less likely to overspend if you pay in cash. If you do use a credit card, use one with low interest and only charge the amount that will be paid off within one month.
Return policy. Be sure to check this out when you make a purchase. Can it be returned? Who pays shipping or restocking fees? Is there a time limit? Do you get store credit, or is your money returned? There may be other factors that may affect your recipient.
Whatever you are doing for the holiday season, I hope you do it with special friends and family, have fun and make memories. Best to you and yours.
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On the very edge of the Alps in Bavaria there lies a holiday region bursting with a charm: the Tegernsee Valley. Bad Wiessee, located right at its heart, offers top-rate medical care drawing on the natural iodine-sulphur springs.
You and your well-being benefit from optimum natural conditions and the latest research into health and wellness. Visitors to the resort can make the most of an array of health treatment facilities, sanatoria and internationally renowned clinics staffed by expert doctors and therapists.
Therapeutic benefits of iodine and sulphur baths
Bad Wiessee's pride and joy – the iodine-sulphur spring – works its natural healing magic in a number of ways: in the circulation tub or the spray pool, through inhalation or by bathing one's eyes. Whatever the application, patients with rheumatism, respiratory and circulatory diseases as well as skin and eye complaints can find relief. Visitors seeking specific help or just relaxation can experience the preventative effects – not to mention the sheer release of tension – brought about by bathing in the iodine-sulphur baths. Bade Park Bad Wiessee, the resort's huge sauna and bathing complex with its four inside and outside pools, is the perfect place for young and old to relax and enjoy themselves. It offers everything from a waterfall pool and springwater whirpool to Kneipp hydrotherapy.
Healthy mountain air of Lake Tegernsee
For health-conscious holidaymakers, the mountain air of Lake Tegernsee is the icing on the cake, with the region's therapeutic climatic conditions providing particular relief to those suffering from allergies or sensitivities to pollen and dust mites. Visitors to the resort's golf club will be thrilled by one of the most challenging courses in Upper Bavaria.
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Geometric Multi Color Kilim Pillow Cover 16x16 3135
- Hand woven kilim pillow cover .Size is 16x16 .
- Fashioned (cutted and stitched), from 30-40 years old hand woven unused anatolian kilims.
- Kilim is a kind of flat woven rug. Colored with natural dyes.
- Material is wool.Back side is cotton fabric and with hidden zipper.
- Listing is for one pillow without insert/filler.
- If you purchase this pillow cover you will get exact product at the listing.Pictures at this listing are exact photos of the pillow.Photos are taken in daylight, but on the screens of different computers the colors of pillow photos can be a little different than the original.
- Each pillow cover is unique.But above link you can find similar covers in my shop cutted from same kilims.
- We ship worldwide, on all orders.
- Dispatch time is NEXT FRIDAY after your purchase using our shipping partner, UPS
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I've had many people in the shop ask me how to clean their kilim cushion covers and similarly how to spot clean their kilim if something should get spilt on it. So I thought I would dedicate this post to a simple step by step demonstration of how you can do this cleaning yourself at home. This is more of a light surface clean but it does generate life back into your cover and is good for spot cleaning.
So you will need: 1 bucket, 1 eye dropper, small white cloth and some baby shampoo
STEP 1: Check for colour fastness! Probably the most important step so don't skip it, particularly if you don't want your beautiful kilim or cover to resemble a kids water painting. Most kilim cushions are made from old or antique kilims that have already been washed countless times but it still worth checking.
Grab an eye dropper with HOT water, this will allow you to get a quicker reaction. A few drops of water and press firmly with a white cloth. Hold for while to see if any colour transfers. My cover is VERY old so I am pretty certain their will be no colour run. I also tested another cushion cover hoping it would cause colour transfer so I could show you but that one also didn't run. The colours to watch out for most are deep reds and blues, these tend to run the most so be extra cautious when testing these.
At this stage also give the cushion a good beating! Get some of that dust out.
STEP: 2: Cleaning solution. I use baby shampoo for the cleaning solution. It's cheap, its gentle, usually contains no chemicals so a winner all round. I have had people try wool wash as well with similar results. You don't want to use anything too harsh as most covers (at least the good quality ones) will have been woven using hand spun wool which retains the natural lanolin extending the life of the kilim and acting as a natural scotchquard, so you don't want to strip it of those qualities. So, some shampoo in a bucket, add COLD water and froth up the mixture as much as you can.
STEP 3: cleaning the cover. Collect some foam in your hand and wipe it across the cover, continue until your cleaned the whole cover. Don't be worried if you are getting some water with the foam but do try not to get it sopping wet.
STEP 4: Spot cleaning/marks. For more stubborn marks that need some extra attention. Put a small dollop of shampoo in your hand mixing fast with couple of drops of water and make a concentrated foam mix and apply this to the mark.
STEP 5: Drying. Cleaning done time to dry the cover (or kilim patch). A little trick I was told was the always dry them on grass in the sun (as the air can circulate from underneath as well). Also it saves your piece being pulled out of shape with (ie. with pegs)
If your garden is anything like mine at the moment, grass isn't so readily available…so i used a bush
Once dried, you have a clean refreshed kilim cushion cover ready to look gorgeous again.
At this point I should put a disclaimer. If you aren't confident with any of the above processes, do not continue. If your piece is very valuable to you, either monetarily or otherwise, please do not clean it yourself but rather take it to a professional.
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In case you missed it, on March 11, the Financial Planning Coalition announced the results of its recent survey of financial consumers about their attitudes toward advisor regulation. The results of this rather truncated poll—which included three questions asked of 1,030 Americans with investible assets ranging from 0 (27%), to less than $250,000 (61%) to over $250,000 (13%)—were admittedly striking:
- 80% agreed that "laws currently in place do not do enough to protect consumers from being taken advantage of by financial advisers."
- 93% agreed that "when you receive investment advice from a financial adviser, the person providing the advice should put your interests ahead of theirs and should have to tell you up front about any conflicts of interest that could potentially influence that advice."
- 84% agreed that "financial advisers should be regulated by the federal government to protect investors and build consumer confidence in financial services."
What's more, these impressive numbers were sufficiently striking for the Coalition (comprising the CFP Board, the FPA and NAPFA) to issue a call to action to Washington: "These results should serve as another wake-up call for the SEC, Congress and the Administration to protect American investors who continue to be vulnerable to fraud and abuse while key Dodd-Frank investor-protection reforms are mired in rulemakings or need follow-up congressional action."
As an advocate for at least two of the three ideas put forward by this survey (I tend to believe that a dedicated RIA SRO overseen by a government agency would result in better investor protection) I am encouraged by these results, as I suspect most advisors would be. Yet, perhaps due to some personality quirk, I tend to read surveys with an eye toward what messages the dissenters may have to tell us as well.
In this survey, for example, there were actually four possible answers to each of those four statements: Strongly agree, Somewhat agree, Somewhat disagree, and Strongly disagree. The above figures for agreement were the combination of those who strongly and somewhat agreed with the statements.
However, when we drill down a little farther by separating those who "strongly" agreed from those who only agreed "somewhat," we get a more troubling picture. For instance, while 80% agreed that "laws don't do enough to protect consumers…," nearly half of those responding only agreed "somewhat." To my mind, this seems a rather curious answer, as laws either "do enough" or they don't.
So it's not clear to me what essentially half the respondees (or nearly two-thirds if we count the additional 16% who "somewhat disagreed") are communicating. Perhaps it is the feeling that financial consumers do indeed need better protections, but they have little confidence that more laws would be likely to solve the problem.
This speculation seems to be supported when we drill down into the answers behind the 84% who agree that the federal government should regulate financial advisors. Of that 84%, more than half (43 percentage points) only agreed "somewhat." If we add in the other 12% who "somewhat disagreed," 55% of respondees appear to have no strong feelings on the subject, one way or the other. Is this another indication of ambivalence about the involvement of the federal government?
Finally, and most baffling to me, we have the results of the final statement: that financial advisors should put their clients' interests ahead of their own when giving financial advice. While 93% "agreed," 26 points of respondents only "somewhat agreed." Another 4% of total respondents "somewhat disagreeing" means 30% of respondees are apparently not sure.
How can people not be sure they want an advisor who puts their interests first? I can only guess that perhaps that they are thinking of order placing, where they only want a broker to execute their purchases? Or maybe they don't believe an advisor will really put their clients' interests first?
It seems to me that despite the glowing support the Coalition's survey responses seems to give to stronger fiduciary laws and regulations for all retail "advisors," the deeper message is that the independent advisory profession—and the media—need to do a much better job of educating people about the benefits of independent, fiduciary advice, and how to identify advisors who truly provide it.
So how do advisors themselves feel about a stronger fiduciary standard for all advisors, and how are they "putting clients first" absent a single standard? We invite you to participate in the third annual fiduciary survey sponsored by AdvisorOne and Fi360.—Ed.