In Mollendo—an old-world Peruvian beach town where rocky cliffs cascade into the sapphire Pacific Ocean and ancient, primary-hued buildings line streets—young Pablo Zeballos would gather with his three brothers and the entirety of his large, extended family come summertime.

Launched in 2012, the latest iteration of the solar shingle has a coating technology that blends better with asphalt shingles and reflects more infrared light as opposed to absorbing it and converting it to heat.

Yes. We saw great performance in areas that had good weather. I must say the weather was across the country but you can find pockets of relative outperformance. And if you look at the housing-related markets, let’s take Seattle as an example. Seattle is talked about a lot as a place where there’s been huge home price appreciation. The comp in Seattle for the fourth quarter was at 6.3%. Let’s take Dallas. Dallas is another area of the country where home prices have seen significant home price appreciation. The comp in Dallas was in line with the company average. So, we’re not seeing any impact to our performance in a negative way because of the housing environment.

Through the lens of IDEO’s project work over the past decade, we can identify a cluster of dilemmas for which design has begun to chart promising solutions, even at this vast and open-ended scale.

Well, you do live in that world — because that is exactly what CNN, the New York Times, and Fox Business did with the Google Tape.

Nappi’s / $$$ Nappi’s began as a butcher shop and Italian market and slowly transformed into a sandwich shop. About six years ago, it became a full-service restaurant, featuring traditional Italian entrees and appetizers. There’s no formal dinner menu (though there’s a printed lunch menu). Instead, helpful waitresses recite what’s up, and customers choose from pastas, meats, fish, sauces, and vegetables. Nappi’s accepts cash only and does not serve liquor; customers can bring their own. 370 Salem Street, Medford, 781-391-7900, nappirestaurant.com — Stephanie Schorow

Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the prevention and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, such Alzheimer’s disease, that are caused by misfolding, aggregating proteins. The compositions and methods of the present invention comprise a vaccine formulation comprising an antigen selected from the group consisting of i) amyloid- or a peptide that has in its amino acid sequence part of the amyloid- amino acid sequence, ii) hyperphosphorylated tau protein or one of its hyperphoshorylated peptides, or iii) a combination of antigens derived from groups i) and ii) and that are formulated with a non-acylated or deacylated, natural or synthetic, bidesmosidic triterpene glycoside carrying an aldehyde or ketone group, which acts as an adjuvant or immune agonist. These vaccine formulations are capable of stimulating a Th2 immunity or antibody response against antigens such as amyloid- and tau derived antigens, but not a Th1 immune response.

Product innovation is resonating with our customers, as we see them trade up to new features and innovation across the store. One example where we are seeing this is with Traeger in our grill category. Traeger is one of the fastest growing brands in the grilling category. In their innovative pellet grills, Traeger offers the versatility and convenience of being able to grill, smoke, bake, roast, braise, or barbecue all on the same grill. Given the strong sales, we are introducing Traeger’s new lineup of WiFIRE grills. This technology connects the grill directly to your smartphone so you can monitor your grill or adjust the temperature remotely. We are excited to be Traeger’s exclusive partner in the big box home improvement channel.

Inventor(s): Jafar Sadique Kaviladath (Kozhikode, , IN), Neeraj Shrivastava (Bangalore, , IN) Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX) Law Firm: No Counsel Application No., Date, Speed: 15859437 on 12/30/2017 (402 days app to issue)

Two more comments for your models. First, when you are thinking about the shape of the year, we would expect the comps for the first half of 2019 to be about 250 basis points lower than the second half of the year because of the hurricane-related sales overlap. On a two-year stack basis, we expect that our first half and second half comp will be relatively similar. Second, because of the shift in the year and the seasonality of our business, our 2019 comp sales will not match our sales growth rates in three of four quarters.

Yeah. I mean, generally, as Ted mentioned, we felt very positive about our paint business. And so customers have a tendency to focus inside when they can’t do work outside. And that is something that happens in the business overall. So, we felt good about the interior side of the business.

The most popular roofing materials in North America are the asphalt shingles because they are affordable and offer the best value. The advantages of asphalt shingles include the fact that they are affordable, effective, easy to install, and are available in a range of colors and styles. The disadvantages include the fact that extreme temperature variations can cause them to crack, they may not hold up well in extreme heat, and they can get damaged if installed when the temperature is sub-zero.