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MIAMI -- Considering all the struggles the Marlins went through this past year, it is understandable why they eagerly await 2014.
Actually, there are 100 reasons the organization is ready to turn over the calendar. Miami lost 100 games in 2013.
MIAMI -- Considering all the struggles the Marlins went through this past year, it is understandable why they eagerly await 2014.
Actually, there are 100 reasons the organization is ready to turn over the calendar. Miami lost 100 games in 2013.
Calling the record "unacceptable," new president of baseball operations Michael Hill and his staff have spent the past few months formulating a plan to make improvements.
Thus far, we've seen some results. The Marlins were among the more active teams at the Winter Meetings, announcing the free-agent signing of first baseman Garrett Jones, while also completing two trades. Logan Morrison was sent to Seattle for reliever Carter Capps, and Justin Ruggiano was dealt to the Cubs for Brian Bogusevic.
In the days leading up to the Winter Meetings, Miami also signed free-agent catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia and former All-Star shortstop Rafael Furcal, who is converting to second base. And a week after the Meetings ended, the Marlins used free agency again to sign third baseman Casey McGehee, who belted 27 home runs while playing in Japan last season.
After finishing last in the Majors in runs scored, home runs and batting average, the Marlins focused on upgrading the offense.
"I think we've done a lot to reshape our roster and prepare us for 2014," Hill said. "Are we finished? No. But we've changed the look of this roster from 2013, and added pieces, we think, will help us win more games in 2014."
Pitching was the strength in 2013, and Miami's best chance to make steady improvement starts with the players who will take the mound.
In Jose Fernandez, the NL Rookie of the Year, the Marlins have one of the rising stars in the game. In Giancarlo Stanton, they have one of the most feared power threats around. And Steve Cishek has become a lock-down closer.
There are enough core pieces in place for optimism. Manager Mike Redmond, entering his second season, has more weapons and options to compete in the tough National League East.
"Improve our offense," Hill said. "That was our primary goal."
Have the Marlins done that?
The answer won't be entirely known until the Marlins report to Spring Training on Feb. 16 in Jupiter, Fla. Clearly, the organization feels it is moving in the right direction. Still, like all teams, Miami has some questions that need to be answered. Here are a few:
1. Will Stanton bounce back? Some new faces have been brought in, but the club maintains Stanton is the face of the franchise. Will he live up to the billing after a subpar 2013? Like the rest of the club, Stanton had a rough year. The slugger missed more than a month due to injuries, and he never got into a consistent groove. This is a big season for the 24-year-old, who saw a decline in his power numbers. The offseason moves should give Stanton more protection. It's also up to him to make the adjustments to become the threat everyone expects. If Stanton becomes a force in the middle of the order, chances are the Marlins will enjoy a bounceback season. If not, and the team flounders, look for the trade rumors to surface around the All-Star break.
2. What can fans expect from Fernandez? The reigning NL Rookie of the Year may have been a feel-good story in 2013. Next year, he won't be a secret. The league is well-aware of his talents. Now, it is up to the 21-year-old to take the necessary steps to avoid the dreaded "sophomore slump." There also is a question about how many innings Fernandez will throw. Although it is expected to go up from the 172 2/3 he threw as a rookie, it is unclear if he will be pushed to as many as 200 innings. Perhaps he will be, but the Marlins again will handle their young star with care.
3. Can Furcal play second base? Signing Furcal to a one-year, $3 million contract is a low-risk, potentially high-reward move. Furcal's track record speaks for itself. He's been in the big leagues 14 years, and he's been to the playoffs 12 times. But he's been a shortstop. He's agreed to switch to second base. Furcal also is bouncing back from Tommy John surgery on his right elbow, which forced him to miss all of last year. Miami is banking on Furcal being healthy and productive at the leadoff spot while handling a new position.
4. Is Garrett Jones ready to face lefties? During his years with the Pirates, the left-handed-hitting first baseman belted more than 20 home runs three times. Even in a platoon situation last year, the 32-year-old connected on 15 homers. The Pirates rarely used Jones against lefties in '13. The Marlins, at least for now, say they are willing to let Jones play every day, regardless of who is on the mound. So at least early on, Jones will get a chance to show what he can do against lefties on a regular basis. If he struggles, then a platoon situation becomes inevitable.
5. How will McGehee handle third? All offseason, third base was listed as the top priority. It was that way heading into the Winter Meetings and coming out of them. The club weighed a number of free-agent and trade options. Miami ended up rolling the dice by signing free agent Casey McGehee, the 31-year-old who spent 2013 playing for the Rakuten Golden Eagles in Japan. McGehee adjusted his swing and produced big power -- batting .289 with 27 home runs and 90 RBIs in 137 games. McGehee's best big league season came in 2010 with the Brewers, when he belted 23 homers and drove in 104 runs. But he tailed off in 2012, combining to bat .217 with nine homers for the Pirates and Yankees. McGehee appears to be a low-risk, high-reward signing.
6. How will Marcell Ozuna handle center? Full of energy and enthusiasm, Ozuna made an immediate impact after he was called up from Double-A in late April. Initially, he was brought in to take over in right field after Stanton hurt his hamstring. Like many rookies, Ozuna had his struggles. On the day he was set to be optioned back to Jacksonville, he sustained a left thumb injury that required season-ending surgery. Heading into Spring Training, Ozuna is the frontrunner to be the starting center fielder. Ideally, he may be suited to play a corner outfield spot. But he's been playing center in winter ball in the Dominican Republic, and his thumb seems to be fine.
7. Can Adeiny Hechavarria's offense improve? Defensively, the Marlins believe Hechavarria is a Gold Glove-caliber shortstop. Hitting remains a question. In time, the club feels its flashy shortstop will become productive at the plate. At some point in his career, he could fit the mold of a No. 2 hitter. That won't be the case until he gets better plate command. In the offseason, Hechavarria has been working on an up-the-middle approach the team hopes he carries over into next season.
8. How will the rotation shape up? Barring anything unforeseen, the top three starters are in place -- Fernandez, Nathan Eovaldi and Henderson Alvarez. Aside from Fernandez being the ace, the other two could flip-flop. The fourth and fifth spots are up for grabs. Jacob Turner and Tom Koehler are the incumbents, but they will have to earn their places. There are several promising prospects who are close to being big league ready. Andrew Heaney is one of the more highly touted lefty prospects in the game. Chances are he won't be ready until around mid-season. Brad Hand and Brian Flynn are two other left-handed candidates in the mix for rotation spots.
9. Will Capps lock down the eighth? Trading a popular player like Logan Morrison wasn't easy. In return, the Marlins are hopeful they've brought in a dominating reliever. Capps joins Miami after being part of the Mariners' bullpen the past two seasons. The 23-year-old was highly coveted. He boasts a fastball that has reached triple digits to go along with a deceptive delivery. If Capps becomes what the Marlins hope, the right-hander could handle the eighth inning, setting up Cishek in the ninth.
Joe Frisaro is a reporter for MLB.com. He writes a blog, called The Fish Pond. Follow him on Twitter @JoeFrisaro.


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Increasing regulation, the need to better manage risk and technology needs will make the global wealth industry more complex, says Bruce Holley, senior partner at the Boston Consulting Group. The needs of advisers' clients are also changing.
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Gunmen killed 16 people and wounded dozens when they opened fire and hurled grenades into two churches in the eastern Kenyan town of Garissa this morning, officials said, in the latest in a string of attacks.
The diocese of Garissa is led by Maltese Franciscan Bishop Paul Darmanin - who was away at the time - and newly-appointed Coadjutor Bishop Joseph Alessandro. No Maltese are believed to have been hurt.
In apparently coordinated attacks, they burst into churches targeting worshippers as they held Sunday prayer services in Garissa, some 140 kilometres (85 miles) from the border with war-torn Somalia. The attackers later escaped.
"At the AIC (Africa Inland Church) 10 people were shot dead within the church compound, and three were injured in a Catholic Church," said deputy regional police chief Philip Ndolo. "We condemn this act in the strongest of terms."
Kenyan Red Cross chief Abbas Gullet said others died on the way to hospital, taking the number killed to 16. At least 40 others were wounded, 10 of them critically, he added.
Police said up to seven men were involved in the attacks, which come two days after gunmen killed a Kenyan driver and abducted four foreign aid workers from the Dadaab refugee camp, some 80 kilometres (50 miles) northeast of Garissa.
"We have not arrested any suspects, but we have reports that five suspects were involved in the AIC attack in a combination of grenade and shooting, while two suspects were involved in the Catholic church attack," said Ndolo.
Witnesses said the bodies lay scattered in the blood spattered churches as scores of wounded were rushed to hospital.
"It is a horrible sight to see," said Hussein Abdi, a resident of Garissa.
"It is a terrible scene, you can see bodies lying in the churches," said regional police chief Leo Nyongesa, adding the attackers had killed two armed policemen who had been posted to guard the churches following previous attacks.
It was not clear who was behind the attacks, but Nairobi has blamed similar attacks on members or supporters of Somalia's Al-Qaeda linked Shebab insurgents.
Kenya has suffered a spate of grenade attacks, shootings and bomb blasts since sending troops into southern Somalia in October to crush Shebab bases, prompting warnings of revenge attacks by the Islamist fighters.
Last week a grenade blast in a bar in Kenya's main port of Mombasa killed three people, a day after the US embassy warned of the threat of attack.
The Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims condemned Sunday's church attacks, saying that "all places of worship must be respected."
"We want to send our condolences, and we are sad that no arrests have been made yet," said chairman Abdulghafur El-Busaidy.
The attacks come as search efforts continued for the abducted aid workers, two men and two women who work with the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), and who come from Canada, Norway, Pakistan and the Philippines, according to police.
But while Kenya's army scoured border areas for a third day, many fear the gunmen and their hostages crossed swiftly into Somalia, only some 100 kilometres from Dadaab where they were seized from the world's largest refugee camp.
Attacks and cross-border raids in the region blamed on the Shebab, including the kidnapping in October of two Spaniards working for Medecins sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders), were key to Kenya's decision to invade Somalia.
The Shebab still control large parts of southern Somalia, despite recent losses to African Union troops, government forces and Ethiopian soldiers, who have wrested several key bases from the insurgents.


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Cucumber and Yogurt Salad with Feta and Dill
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2 long European-style cucumbers (or use 4 regular cucumbers)
3/4 cup finely chopped fresh dill leaves (measure after chopping, can use more or less to taste)
1/2 cup fat-free Greek yogurt (I used Fage Total 0% Greek Yogurt)
1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese
salt to taste (I used Vege-Sal)
fresh ground black pepper to taste
Wash and dry fresh dill, then remove the thin stems with delicate leaves from the thicker main stems. Discard thick main stems and finely chop thin stems and leaves. Add dill to the cucumbers and stir to combine. Add yogurt to cucumber-dill mixture, stirring to coat all pieces of cucumber with yogurt. Gently fold in feta, being careful not to over-mix. Season to taste with salt and fresh ground black pepper and serve immediately.
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I just got into M&M for the first time when a classmate of mine recommended it to me (and sold me his second edition books). I'm looking at tinkering around with the rules, creating some of my old superhero characters, and I wanted to start with an energy controller/speedster mix to represent a character named Starstripe.
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Planning to change your primary GMail account on an older Android powered device? (having Android version 1.5 or below). I recently faced this scenario where i had to change my primary account on my Android handset and it wasn't a very user-friendly experience. So here, i am sharing some possible ways through which this can be achieved.
1. Hard-Reset and Start All-Over again:
Yes, that's right! And that was what I did after other solutions didn't work for me. In this case, there are two applications that did the trick for me to backup my otherwise non-backup-able data i.e. Text messages and Downloaded Apps. For backing up your applications, I recommend using ASTRO File Manager and for the SMS backup, you can use SMS Backup software. The SMS Backup software can also be downloaded from http://code.google.com/p/android-sms/ in case you have cleared your data and are not able to access the Market. Before downloading and installing the software from this link, you need to enable the Unknown Sources Check by going to Settings > Applications.
2. Clearing Google Apps Data and Logging Into Android Market
Another way that i found while researching over this matter is, clearing the Google Apps data through Android Application manager and then signing in to any Google application like GMail, GTalk and Market. You will see the same Account setup wizard where you can configure your new Google ID. In addition to this, some people posted that you would need to 'root' you device and then clear the contents of folder "data/data/com.android.providers.settings".


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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
We may well be living in the generation to witness Jesus' return, a pastor from Singapore told a conference in Jerusalem where Arab Christians and Jewish followers of Jesus have been embracing one another in love and unity.
And the 'Isaiah 19 highway' - which speaks of Egypt, Israel and Assyria (comprising much of the Arab Middle East) one day becoming a blessing to one another – would pave the way for that event just as John the Baptist had prepared the way for the Messiah's first coming.
Addressing the At the Crossroads gathering at Christ Church, within the walls of the Old City, Dr. George Annadorai spoke of the convergence of this road with another highway from the East, all the way to China and Japan, from whence the last major move of God would sweep all before it on the way back to Jerusalem.
The ancient religions of the world had all originated in the East, representing most of the world's population (five billion people) and where idol worship now predominates, whereas ideology had become the god of the West.
Annadorai said Israel has an association with the East going back 3,000 years to the time of King Solomon, for which there is strong evidence - and the Solomon Islands is just one example.
Ezekiel talks of the glory of God coming from the East in advance of the Messiah's return (chapter 43) and of course the wise men came from the East.
Citing the 'Back to Jerusalem' movement of Chinese Christians taking the message of Jesus back to where it all began, he said this was good, but God would not allow them to do it on their own.
"No one person is allowed to carry the ark (representing the presence of God)," he said.
Writer's footnote: As it happens, a new highway to Jerusalem is currently under construction at great expense as huge mechanical diggers cut their way through the steep slopes ascending Mount Zion.
Charles Gardner is author of Israel the Chosen. He has been reporting live from At the Crossroads in Jerusalem. His previous reports can be found here:
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Israel and Iran Pray for Each Other
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In search of a home-and-home football series for 2018-19 and/or 2020-21, Virginia Tech athletic director Jim Weaver called the colleagues he knows best from the major conferences he respects most.
Hence, the following list of initial possibilities from the Big Ten and Southeastern Conference that Weaver unveiled Monday afternoon during a phone interview and again that evening on the "Tech Talk Live" radio show.
PENN STATE: Acting athletic director Dave Joyner was a Nittany Lions offensive tackle from 1969-71, and Weaver, a former Penn State offensive lineman himself, was his position coach.
MICHIGAN: Weaver got to know Wolverines athletic director Dave Brandon when Tech and Michigan met in last season's Sugar Bowl.
MINNESOTA: Norwood Teague took over the Gophers program this spring after six years at VCU.
ILLINOIS: Illini AD Mike Thomas was at Akron when the Hokies played the Zips in 2000. He's also a former associate AD at Virginia.
ARKANSAS: Razorbacks AD Jeff Long worked briefly under Weaver at Virginia Tech and later served as AD at Pittsburgh, then among Tech's Big East colleagues.
AUBURN: Jay Jacobs became the Tigers' AD in 2004, the same season they met the Hokies in the Sugar Bowl.
"You're going to get a quicker response when you call someone you know," Weaver said, adding that he's talked specifics with none of the six.
With Ohio State on Tech's schedule for 2014 and '15, followed by Wisconsin in 2016 and '17, "I'd like to get one more (home-and-home series) on the books," Weaver said.
Correct me if I'm wrong, Tech faithful, but I'm guessing among those six y'all would prefer Michigan, Auburn or Penn State. That based on tradition and proximity: Each is within an eight-hour drive of Blacksburg and has won a national championship.
The question then becomes, who among the six might be available for 2018-19 or 2020-21?
According to fbschedules.com, Penn State is contracted with future ACC member Syracuse in 2020 and '21, but is open for 2018 and '19. Moreover, with $73 million in fines levied by the NCAA and Big Ten over the Sandusky scandal, the Nittany Lions may want to play as many lucrative, high-profile non-conference games as possible.
After a two-year hiatus in 2018 and '19, Michigan and Notre Dame are set to resume their storied rivalry in 2020 and beyond. Otherwise, the Wolverines might be amenable.
Auburn appears wide open, according to fbschedules.com., while Arkansas has former Southwest Conference rival Texas in 2021.
Perhaps the least likely opponent for Tech is Minnesota. The Gophers are set to play Oregon State in 2017 and '18, Colorado in 2021 and '22.
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Tech Chemistry Professor Earns Top International Honor, Oct. 30, 2008
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SOCORRO, N.M., Oct. 30, 2008 – Three New Mexico Tech professors presented their cancer research at an international assembly of scientists in Greece in mid-October and one came back with a prestigious award.
Dr. Severine Van slambrouck, the newest faculty member in the chemistry department, was one of 10 presenters to earn the Award for Outstanding Achievement. Her lecture on a new theory about the formation of cancer cells drew a standing-room-only crowd, with more than 100 researchers and oncologists.
She was the only award winner from an American institution. The other award winners hail from Canada, Taiwan, Brazil, Germany, Spain, Australia, Japan, Czech Republic, South Korea and a collaborative effort from Belgium, Croatia, Italy and Poland.
Tech chemistry professors Dr. Wim Steelant and Dr. Alexander Kornienko also were among the 368 presenters at the 13th World Congress on Advances in Oncology, held jointly with the 11th International Symposium on Molecular Medicine.
Steelant presented his research into non-invasive detection of lung cancer. Kornienko discussed his ongoing research into developing novel cancer drugs using natural products.
Van slambrouck, who earned her doctorate from New Mexico Tech in December 2006, is studying the mechanisms of cancer cell invasion – a complex multi-step process that leads to the spreading of tumors. Scientists generally agree that genetics play a part in the formation of tumors. She hypothesizes that cancerous malignancy – or the spreading of cancer from a tumor to other parts of the body – results from a chaotic reordering of molecules in the cell membrane and is not necessarily linked to genetics.
"It's not all about genetics," she said. "It's a complex interplay between proteins and lipids in the cell membrane. The correlation between an altered gene and the invasive behavior of cancer cells isn't always there. ... We want to find what exactly is responsible for that behavior and thus the spreading of tumors."
A significant difference between benign and malignant cancer cells is the aberrant clustering of molecules in the outer membrane. Inside the cell, more molecules cluster together, activating a downstream pathway that leads to cancer cell invasion, she said.
"I'm investigating how cells become invasive," she said. "I'm talking about: what is responsible for these pathways to become activated."
Dr. Wim Steelant, chemistry department chair, said Van slambrouck's work is groundbreaking work. Many researchers were interested in hearing her presentation, partly because Van slambrouck is the only researcher examining this model.
"This hypothesis is shaking the oncology world," Steelant said. "Most researchers in the past have looked at a gene that overexpresses, meaning it's more present. In gene therapy, they look at one alteration."
By examining cancer progression models, Van slambrouck has identified a series of alterations in cancer cells.
"A whole bunch of things are changing at the molecular level," she said. "We want to figure out completely what's going on in this model."
In her abstract, Van slambrouck wrote, "Cancer cell invasion is a highly complex and multistep process, that is characterized by altered expression levels of cell adhesion molecules and secretion of proteolytic enzymes, together with changes in expression or activities of a variety of cellular proteins in multiple branching signaling pathways."
In other words, alterations in a cell membrane seem to precede a complex, cascading series of alterations inside a cell, leading to the invasive behavior of cancer cells. She has found that the molecular changes are similar in three different types of cancer – breast, colon and prostate cancer.
"We keep seeing the same thing in different types of cancer," she said.
Van slambrouck has been studying the chemistry of cancer since her days as a student. She joined the Tech faculty as a research professor in January 2008. She uses confocal microscopy and fluorescent microscopy to examine cancer cells. From her investigations, she put together two elaborate posters to illustrate her full lecture at the conference.


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(TOTH to David Brazeal.)
David Meerman Scott provides some very useful advice to those of us who often find ourselves asked the Ultimate Question:
What's the ROI of social marketing?
It's worth watching. Check it out.
As he points out at the beginning, there are cynical ways to answer this question, and there are less cynical ways to answer it.
There's an argument to be made (non-cynical) that many things CAN be measured (and they should):
- How many people are exposed to your ideas
- How many have downloaded your content/videos/ebook/podcast
- How many times have they shared it?
- How many people are talking about our ideas, our company?
- Versus our competition? How much of it is positive? What's a useful benchmark?
And then there's the somewhat more cynical:
What's the ROI of putting on your pants this morning?
There's no doubt that there is one. I think you'd see an eventual loss of revenue if you stopped wearing pants to work. (Results may vary.)
Still: you can't measure everything in dollars and cents.
Some things you can. Not everything.
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You will need: honeycomb paper sheets, scissors, circle template, Glue Dots or double stick tape, bakers twine, metal hoop
Step One: Cut out three different circle templates by either tracing a small glass or by using circle punches to make them out of cardstock. Use your templates to cut out circles from the honeycomb paper. Fold each circle in half going towards you. Then fold on the same path going away from you. This will make a crease, perpendicular to the lines in the paper, on both of the flat sides of the paper. Starting on one side of the paper, place Glue Dots or double stick tape on the crease and one side of the circle. Fold in half around the twine and attach. Repeat on the open side and press closed gently with your fingers, making a ball. Continue down the twine, spacing the balls about 3 inches apart. Each strand should have about 5-6 various sized balls. Cut the twine, leaving excess length to attach to the metal hoop.
Step Two: Once you have at least three strands, it's time to hang your chandelier. See how the first few strands look next to each other before you are completely finished. It looks like the ball colors are random, but there is a little tweaking to make sure that you don't end up with all your reds on one side.
Step Three: To hang your metal hoop, cut two pieces of twine, about 24" long. Tie each end on the hoop, on opposite sides, forming an X. Cut a third length of twine, double your desired length, for hanging and loop it under the point where the two pieces cross. Tie the ends of the third piece together and hang. You might need to adjust the pieces slightly to hang straight. Hang the hoop above your table.
Step Four: Finally, start attaching the remaining strands, varying the height and ball placement (this chandelier has 7 strands). Trim the extra twine to be flush with the bottom ball.
You can also use this same technique using only 2 inch circles to make the ball garland you can see in the background. Cheery little orbs are sure to set the New Year off in a colorful direction!


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2013 Holiday Gift Guide: Neatmo Weather Station
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If you want a better handle on the indoor conditions of your home, peep our next 2013 Holiday Gift Guide entry, the Neatmo Urban Weather Station. So, just how much damage did you do to your family's lungs with that batch of really burnt holiday cookies? The Neatmo weather station doesn't just assess the temperature outside your home, it also measures indoor air quality, humidity, and carbon dioxide level. A mobile app lets you monitor your house remotely and get alerts when something is amiss. Knowledge is power.
You can pick up the Neatmo Urban Weather Station now from Amazon for $179.
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2013 Holiday Gift Guide: Pro-Ject Debut III Turntable
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Up next in our 2013 Holiday Gift Guide: the Pro-Ject Debut III Turntable. Audiophiles know that vinyl offers up a richer, more nuanced sound than those cold digital tracks (or so they say.) They also know you dont have to shell out audiophile levels of money to get a decent turntable. The Pro-Ject Debut III is outfitted with high-grade components and doesn't make your living room look like a DJ booth. Double win.
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2013 Holiday Gift Guide: Kinto Pengy Teapot Mug
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It's the holiday season, and we know that sometimes you want to relax with a warm drink. That's why we're adding the Kinto Pengy Teapot Mug to our 2013 Holiday Gift Guide. It's a small teapot imported from Japan that is more than meets the eye. You see, the Kinto Pengy doesn't just make tea; you can remove the strainer and then use it as a mug. The lid becomes a handy place to hold your used tea leaves after brewing while you sit back and relax.
You can pick up the Kinto Pengy Teapot Mug now from Amazon for $43.
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2013 Holiday Gift Guide: Aquafarm
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We love finding quirky, cool things that are worthy of being featured in our 2013 Holiday Gift Guide, and the Aquafarm certainly fits the bill. You get a pet and some healthy food, all at the same time. You don't even have to clean up after it! Thanks to
magic aquaponics, the plants use the fish waste as food, keeping the water clean. Impressive, right?
You can pick up the Aquafarm from ThinkGeek for $59.99.
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Nest Protect: A sensor-packed smoke / carbon monoxide detector for $129
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Nest, makers of the massively popular learning thermostat, is getting into the smoke detector game with Protect. The Nest Protect is a sensor-packed smoke and carbon monoxide detector that aims to remove all the annoyances of the "modern" smoke detector, making it more helpful, more pleasing to use, and ultimately, safer. So, how does Nest aim to reach that goal?
Like the Nest Learning Thermostat, Protect is constantly connected to your Wi-Fi network. This allows you to set the device up with your iOS or Android device, and lets you use the Nest app to check things like battery life and other settings, while also receiving push notifications in the event of any emergencies. Even cooler, Nest devices can talk to each other. So, if the Protect senses a fire, it will let all the others know, and they will speak in a female voice alerting you to smoke detected in a particular room. If it senses a rise in carbon monoxide, it can let your Nest Thermostat know to switch off the heat.
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Hi-Reflective Umbrella keeps you safe in dark storms
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Walking around in the rain under an umbrella may seem pretty romantic, but getting hit by a motor vehicle while placing your sport coat over a puddle for your lady isn't. How can you avoid such an unfortunate mishap? You can start with the Hi-Reflective Umbrella. In bright hours, it serves as a dark gray mild-mannered umbrella, but when darkness falls, you get what is essentially a blinding spotlight-esque circle that shouts out "Don't hit me!" to the motorists of the world.
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Aquafarm is a self-sustaining aquaponics fish garden
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Tiny fish tanks can be boring, but the Aquafarm serves as both a home for your fish and an herb garden that provides you with delicious, fresh plants. Even better, all you need to do is remember to feed the fish to make everything happen. You see, through aquaponics, the plants use the nutrients from the fish poop to nourish themselves and keep on growing strong. In turn, the plants keep the water clean, so you don't have to. You get five planters, and seeds to grow wheat grass, lettuce mix, and basil from Seeds of Change. All this for $59.99 from ThinkGeek.
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Canary consumer home security device turns your house into a quantified home
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Here at Gear Live, we've advocated to our readers that they purchase an efficient video surveillance security systems for their home, and if you haven't yet, Canary looks like a great option. It's an affordable, unique, and effective take on home monitoring and security when compared to more expensive conventional alternatives. The very small, sleek product reminds us of the upcoming redesigned Mac Pro, and is packed with sensors that measure temperture, humidity, air quality, and motion, and protect you with a wide-angled HD camera that supports night vision, and microphones.
The iOS and Android app is free and includes all of the basic services, but customers may opt for more increased data storage for a fee. Canary is available by pre-order and is currently being crowfunded on Indiegogo. It goes for the initial price $199 and has surpassed its funding goal of $100K. Here's a video demo of the product.
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Scanadu Scout bringing to life the medical Tricorder
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Fans of the Star Trek franchise can totally appreciate the concept of the Tricorder. Now, what if I told you that it actually exists? Nelson De Brouwer founded Scanadu and actually went about inventing the Scanadu Scout. The Scout is round, small, and fits in one hand. It connects to a mobile app which stores your vital sign readings like temperature and oxygen levels in the blood. Scanadu also includes a plethora of heart readings like heart rate, ECG, HRV and PWTT (blood pressure.) It also has the ability for urine analysis or UA and, my personal favorites, reading test and stress levels. Scanadu Scout is being crowdsourced and sold for $199.99 on IndieGoGo. Check out the video that shows how it all works after the quick jump.
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Use the Kuro Cube to make your fridge smell great
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If you want a 21st century method of deodorizing your refrigerator, get ready to throw out that old box of baking soda and pick up the Kuro Cube. the Kuro Cube is a compressed block of white charcoal that specializes in absorbing the smells that you don't wanna smell, saving your nose from the horrid sensory attack you might get hit with whenever you open the fridge. It costs $25, and lasts a good five years, as long as you set it in the sun every now and then so it can get dried out. You can place these in other areas, too, if you want to purify the air in other rooms.
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This weekend I signed up for a hosting service with DreamHost. By the way, I used a promo code from dh.promo-codes.us.
Along with the hosting, I obtained a free domain, which allows me for a shorter blog name, which is: handyfloss.net.
I am in the process of moving my stuff there. Moving the posts and comments was easy. Probably statistics are not transferable (maybe it wouldn't make sense, anyway), and other things like widgets and the blogroll seem to have to be moved by hand. Oh, and obviously I have to work with the theme (the most important thing in any web :^)
I will not write here anymore (I'll leave it behind, as I left isilanes.blogspot.com), so you will be able to follow my new posts at handyfloss.net. Expect theme/widget/whatever changes there for a while, until I settle down a bit. It was fun to be here at WordPress.com, and I hope the fun goes on with the WordPress.org software (the one that powers my handyfloss.net blog) on DreamHost (or anywhere else).
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Adversity spurred Flyers' Cousins to best seasonby Adam Kimelman
Nick Cousins always enjoyed playing hockey, but during the 2012-13 season the rink also provided refuge for him.
Cousins, a 2011 third-round pick (No. 68) of the Philadelphia Flyers, threw himself into the game, and the payoff was a breakout season when he almost led the Ontario Hockey League in scoring.
"With all the off-ice issues it was tough mentally, emotionally, physically even," Cousins told NHL.com. "It was tough, but going to the rink every day, it was my escape from all that other stuff, all the other distractions. … It helped my game, and my play sort of shows with that."
Cousins and two teammates from the Ontario Hockey League's Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds were arrested in August 2012 and charged with sexual assault. The charges were dropped in April 2013 when the prosecution asked that the charges be withdrawn, citing "no reasonable prospect of conviction."
"It was a big eye-opener for me and a reality check," Cousins said. "No player wants to go through that sort of stuff. It's how you deal with it. It's what makes you a better person. I'm going to learn from it. I'm going to learn from my mistakes. If you want to be a professional, you have to act like a professional, and I'm going to try to do that for the rest of my career."
Cousins, a 19-year-old center, started the season with points in his first nine games and hit the end of the calendar year with 56 in 38 games. He continued to roll through the 2013 portion of the schedule and had a league-high 98 points in 58 games when he was suspended for four games following a checking-from-behind incident against the London Knights on Feb. 22.
He had five points in six games after his return to finish third in the league with 103, six behind the leader (Vincent Trocheck of the Plymouth Whalers). Cousins' 76 assists were second (Charles Sarault of the Sarnia Sting had 86), and his 27 goals were tied for second on his team (Brandon Alderson, 28).
"I was fortunate to play with really good linemates and they gave me the opportunity to put the puck in the net," Cousins said. "If I set them up, it was in the back of the net. I was fortunate to play with very good players [and] playing with them, on the power play, it almost comes easy. I had a really good season from start to finish and I'm very happy with it."
"Last year he had a great year," Flyers development coach Ian Laperriere told NHL.com. "He got suspended at the end of the year, and if it wasn't for that he would have won the scoring title."
The 2012-13 season marked the third straight time Cousins raised his point total from the previous season. One number that held steady, though, was his penalty minute total of 83, down a bit from 88 he had in 2011-12. At 5-foot-10, 169 pounds, Cousins isn't going to intimidate anyone physically, but is known for playing an aggressive, abrasive style reminiscent of Boston Bruins forward Brad Marchand.
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"He gets under people's skin with his mouth," Laperriere said, "[but] he had two majors in his junior career, didn't fight much, but he's got a lot of [penalty minutes] because he talks a lot out there and he takes penalties like that. But he's all skills."
As any player who enjoys stirring things up on the ice learns, there's a fine line between using that skill in a positive way and taking unnecessary penalties.
"Every team loves to have that guy on their team," Cousins said. "I want to help my team as much as I can rather than hurt them. I think I know where that line is. I think you can't cross that line, [and] you have to be extra careful if you want to play at the next level. You have to play with that fine line and if you cross it you're not going to play. I'm well aware of that and it's just a matter of keeping my emotions in check and going out there and playing my game."
Cousins made the trip to Flyers development camp in early July, using it as a first step to jumping into the NHL in 2013-14. Even though the Flyers have Claude Giroux, Vincent Lecavalier and Sean Couturier penciled in to center the top three lines, Cousins will be bringing an eraser to training camp in September.
"I'm a real competitive guy," Cousins said. "I'm not going to come into training camp expecting to get cut. I'm going to try and steal a job or open up some eyes, get them talking about me. I'm going to come into camp in the best shape of my life. Anything can happen in camp. I'm going to come into camp, work my hardest and we'll see what happens."


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Governor Pat McCrory said Tuesday that a state run health exchange, and Medicaid expansion "are not in the best interest of North Carolina."
Faced with a Friday deadline to announce the state's intentions, the governor released the following statement:
"Throughout our first few weeks in office, we have done a thorough review of the advantages and disadvantages of expanding Medicaid in North Carolina and determining the right exchange option for our state. Headed up by our Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, this review included discussions with other governors, the White House, health care providers and N.C. legislative leaders.
"This assessment included our existing systems, operations, potential new administrative costs and barriers, and the amount of control and flexibility North Carolina will have to reform the system. The results of our findings make it abundantly clear that North Carolina is not ready to expand the Medicaid system and that we should utilize a federal exchange. Our findings include:
1) In light of recent Medicaid audits, the current system in North Carolina is broken and not ready to expand without great risk to the taxpayers and to the delivery of existing services to those in need. We must first fix and reform the current system.
2) The potential long-term cost to the North Carolina taxpayer and needed flexibility for reform cannot be determined based upon the information and details provided to us by the federal government.
3) There has been a lack of preparation within state government during the past year to build necessary and reliable systems to implement a state exchange.
4) Due to the ongoing political uncertainty of the federal budget deficit, there is long-term concern regarding the federal government's continuing of its obligation for matching funds under the terms of the Medicaid expansion.
"We are currently working with the General Assembly on technical language revisions to Senate Bill 4 to ensure full and timely funding for NC FAST. This information technology system must be implemented for existing Medicaid services. In addition, this technology also will help reduce fraud and waste.
"If it becomes clear that the current course of action is not in the best interest of North Carolina, our health care system and our citizens, we will work with the General Assembly to pursue other options in the future."


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Top 100 Financial Advisors for 2010
You can be forgiven for viewing the stock-market rally of the past six months with a measure of foreboding. Time and again over the past few years, stocks have first rewarded faith with attractive returns, then snatched the gains back in another downturn. What unknown force might rob you of your profits this time, and what should you do about it? Stand pat, if this year's crop of top advisors has any say.
The 100 advisors, (click here to see complete list), have generally been urging clients to refrain from thinking like traders. Instead, they say, keep an eye on the horizon and a level head through the market swings. It's not an easy sell: "It can take years to get our clients to think as investors," says Gregory Vaughan of Morgan Stanley, who tops the list for the second year in a row. "Like everyone else in the world, they have short memories, and they are focused on a particular set of experiences; those are what shape their thinking about the markets." And that is where folks go wrong, Vaughan argues; the more your emotions get tangled up in temporary price gyrations, the greater the likelihood that your portfolio will suffer.
VAUGHAN, LIKE MANY of the top advisors, remains bullish on stocks, even after the Standard & Poor's 500 has run up 27% since early October of 2011.
The index "has been flat for 10 years, during which time earnings have doubled, so we're probably in a better place than we were 10 years ago," Vaughan says. "You can buy really great companies that are doing business around the world, have solid balance sheets, are growing dividends, and aren't too expensive."
There's less of a consensus on the bond markets. With interest rates at rock-bottom levels, advisors often differ on where to find income (see story, "The Great Bond Conundrum").
The ranking -- based on assets under management, revenue generated for the advisors' firms and the quality of advisors' practices -- features 24 pros who weren't on the list last year. Some repeaters have made big moves up. Martin Bicknell of Kansas-based Mariner Wealth Advisors shot up to No. 4 from No. 17. Lyon Polk of Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management jumped to No. 11 from No. 25. Eric Gray of Merrill Lynch went to No. 50 from No. 79. (Gray is one of five advisors profiled below.)
As a group, the top 100 increased their assets under management by 12% during 2011, the result of both investment gains and new business. By contrast, the S&P 500 was just about flat for the year. We don't break out the performance of the individual advisors because their clients have a variety goals, complicating comparisons. But as a rule, the top advisors have strong investment records, which is how they win client recommendations and grow their businesses.
The clients are unquestionably wealthy, with an average net worth of $178 million. The typical account size is $77 million. That's why many of the advisors, backed by 20 or so teammates, wind up managing billions.
This ranking differs from the Top 1,000 Advisors listing we ran in February; we assembled that one by identifying the leading advisors in each state and combining those lists. This ranking disregards the advisors' locations. Later this year, as in the past, we'll publish Top Women Advisors (in June) and Top Independent Advisors (in August).
AS THE STORIES in the rest of this special report make clear, each advisor brings his or her own style to bear on the business. While most favor a clear long-term focus, some have begun recommending that at a small portion of an investor's portfolio be earmarked for short-term "tactical" moves, to take advantage of the market swings. (See story, "Time for Some Trading.") While many take a wary view of initial public offerings, they aren't above indulging clients' fervor for particular companies. "There is room for my clients to buy stocks in companies they are particularly fond of," says John Goldstein of Constellation Wealth Advisors, who is No. 20 on the list.
And what should clients do with their growing riches? In the story, "Gift of Giving," advisors point to some smart ways to pass money along to future generations. That, of course, is the ultimate in long-term thinking.
Eric Gray
: $5 billion
: 50
Gray was just starting out in life when he got his first lesson in sizing up risk and return. After attending the New England Conservatory of Music to study drums and other percussion, he came across some hard data about his chances for employment: "When an orchestra held an audition for the job of sixth percussionist," he recalls, "1,200 qualified candidates showed up and competed for the chance to essentially play the triangle and not much more."
So Gray took his know-how elsewhere -- to the tech industry. He joined a company that was developing music-related software and hardware for the likes of Michael Jackson, Sting and George Lucas. That got him interested in business, which in turn got him hooked on finance. He earned his chops at Goldman Sachs' private-banking unit and eventually made his way to Bank of America, Merrill Lynch's parent.
"If you look at this company -- wow, half of all Americans have an account at B of A," says Gray, 50. "The infrastructure of branch offices, the investment in computers and technology are tremendous barriers to entry on the part of potential rivals -- it would be impossible to replicate or recreate this overnight."
That market clout enables Gray to tap into a vast array of investment products on behalf of his clients, who typically have accounts of $50 million and a net worth of $75 million. He sees his first job as preserving their wealth, and second, protecting their purchasing power from any revival of inflation or rising interest rates.
Bonds remain a key part of any portfolio, Gray says, even though the Federal Reserve is trying to force investors into riskier investments by keeping yields on short-term Treasury securities at all-time lows. "Clients aren't comfortable earning zero, so the challenge becomes finding a way to earn in a comfortable and safe manner."
Though stocks can be a volatile asset class, Gray thinks they ultimately play a defensive position in client portfolios. "The default position or viewpoint is that all equities are risky and that alternatives are risky," he says. "In fact, we own gold and commodities to offset inflation, foreign bonds to offset the risk of a decline in the U.S. dollar, some real estate, some floating-rate debt and market-neutral strategies to offset volatility."
Gray takes a long-term view of the stock market, believing that despite the recent rally, valuations remain reasonable, with the Standard & Poor's 500 index trading at about 13 times prospective 2012 earnings. When it comes to selecting the managers to whom he is willing to entrust client assets, Gray looks for those who break out from the traditional style boxes and who are willing to act as global asset allocators. For instance, that could mean selling U.S. stocks if the S&P 500 creeps into overvalued territory. "Investing opportunities exist all over the world, and we like managers who recognize that, who have the flexibility to take money off the table and deploy it in a defensive strategy. These managers tend to be value-oriented."
Jon Goldstein
$5.3 billion
There's independent, and there's seriously independent. Goldstein falls into the second camp. When he and Paul Tramantano founded their Menlo Park, Calif.-based advisory firm in 2007, they resolved to change something they believe is fundamentally flawed in the way the wealth-advisory business has traditionally been run. While other firms turn to outside concerns to run funds of hedge funds, Constellation created and now runs its own fund of funds.
"We wanted to consolidate the best ideas in the hedge-fund space for our clients, and to disintermediate or do away with a whole layer of fees," he says. Those costs could have added up quickly had Constellation opted to work with one of hundreds of funds of hedge funds already in existence.
"We were able to take on the role of general partner," Goldstein says, "and I took the lead doing the work to get it structured, to figure out how we'd do the due diligence and monitor the individual hedge funds that ended up in the portfolio."
Goldstein, who learned the business as a wealth advisor at Citigroup, says investors appreciate the efforts. "My clients know that I sweat the details as much as, or even more than, they do -- and that helps them relax."
In another case of Constellation charting its own course, the firm has an in-house chief investment officer, a post usually seen only at large firms. CIO Sam Katzman, Goldstein says, is invaluable because he is able to sift through the vast amounts of information generated both on and off Wall Street and boil it down to the most relevant insights or analyses. The result is a reading packet of 50 to 100 pages for the investment-policy committee meetings. "He helps guide us in setting the asset allocation; it's up to us to execute on that by selecting the right investment products," Goldstein explains.
Wealth preservation is at the heart of Goldstein's efforts, as it is with most advisors working with the ultra-wealthy. "We are worried about the impact of the large structural problems in the economy on client wealth, such as the erosion of purchasing power through inflation or currency movements," Goldstein says. "I am trying to anticipate the consequences of those policies."
What already seems clear to Goldstein is that the bond market's role as the chief way to preserve wealth is no longer intact. Instead, he thinks that stocks do better in the kind of environment that exists today, particularly for a client with a time horizon of 10 to 15 years. "And alternative investments offer flexibility that everyone needs to have in their portfolio," he adds. For instance, Goldstein has guided clients into direct ownership of multi-family residential properties that generate income for their owners. "This way, you can control the leverage and the location," he points out.
But for all his innovations, Goldstein does one thing the old-fashioned way: He meets regularly with clients and keeps them up do date. That's crucial right now. "We have gone through a number of cycles -- I've been working in Silicon Valley since 1982," he says. "We have learned that you hear the same talk at the peak and trough of each of those cycles. But for many of our clients, this is the first cycle they have navigated, so we need to be by their sides."
Steve Levine
$4 billion
: 31
As Levine sees it, one of the biggest enemies of sensible investing is computerized trading.
"That's nothing more than gambling," says the 48-year-old wealth advisor, of the rise of moment-to-moment automated trading. "It certainly adds a tremendous amount of risk to whoever partakes of it, and increases the number of people who focus too much on the news and emotions that are short-term in nature."
Levine urges his clients to take a more measured view of the markets. "We take a disciplined approach, using asset allocation to take advantage of market dislocations" on a systematized basis, he explains. "The markets will do what they will do, and we will rebalance portfolios accordingly."
To keep his clients comfortable with this approach, he tries to get them to understand the difference between volatility risk and "absolute risk" -- or the distinction between a temporary erosion in wealth that is caused by market gyrations that no one can avoid altogether, and a permanent loss of capital. "Once clients understand that, they are more comfortable with our process."
That said, what appear to be short-term disruptions in the financial markets can sometimes offer long-term investment opportunities. A case in point is Europe. Although the region's financial crisis is out of the headlines in the wake of Greece's successful completion of its debt refinancing and the European Central Bank's supportive actions, Levine still thinks Europe's finances represent "the biggest single risk out there" for investors today. "It has been mitigated to some degree," he says, "and the can has been kicked down the road for a few years, but it's a long-term concern."
That's why he has invested in a fund established specifically to buy up distressed credit assets that have been mispriced as a result of the crisis. "Banks are being forced to delever and sell off assets, whether they want to or not," he says. "As things normalize, values should recover." But that, he argues, will be a long-term process, taking years rather than months.
Levine's three core portfolio strategies reflect an interest in containing risk, maximizing yield, and tapping into growth and market-beating returns.
The first calls for investment in large multinational companies that have powerful balance sheets and a history of increasing dividend payments. A 3.5% yield today that can become 7% or 8% in a year or two's time (based on current stock prices) is worth buying and holding, he argues–and is likely to generate an increase in market value as well.
The second strategy involves using exchange-traded funds to replicate the MSCI World Index, then selling covered calls to increase returns and hedge downside risk.
The third piece of Levine's approach focuses on dividends and income, and includes investments in master limited partnerships. He concentrates on those formed by pipeline companies that will benefit as "toll roads" for supplies of oil and natural gas but aren't vulnerable to the volatility in commodity prices.
Levine's aversion to excessive risk dates back to his first Wall Street internship, during his years at UCLA. He worked at Drexel Burnham Lambert's Los Angeles office during the heyday of Michael Milken's junk-bond empire, although Levine himself worked for the firm's private-wealth division. "I learned a lot about how taking on too much risk can end very badly, and that it's important to maintain a client's trust and to be confident that common sense and good judgment ultimately succeed," he says.
"This process is a marathon, not a sprint."
Mark Orgel
$3.3 billion
Anyone who thinks a top financial advisor deals only with money should listen to this story from Orgel. Early in his career he worked with a couple in their 70s who traveled extensively, and right before one trip the husband developed heart problems. His doctor advised against traveling, but the client insisted on going, saying the trip had been a longtime dream for him and his wife. The man did take one precaution: He asked Orgel to lend a hand if his health took a turn for the worse. As soon as the couple arrived in Europe, the husband died. Orgel took over all the responsibility for bringing the body home and helping the wife finish the dream trip on her own, as the husband had requested.
"You become a broker, and you become a cross between a mother and a confessor, as someone told me when I got into the business," says the wealth advisor, 51.
Orgel frequently helps clients with tasks ranging from picking a new car to crafting an estate plan to investing. He is less choosy about his customers than many of his peers, who prefer to serve only the very rich. His 19-person group handles some 1,500 client relationships.
The clients have typical accounts of $5 million and typical net worth of $7 million. "We are interested in relationships, and having a philosophical fit with our clients," Orgel explains. "Without that, regardless of how much money they have, that money and our wisdom won't fit together."
These days, building investment portfolios requires being able to respond to frequent and rapid changes in the direction of the market. "We have to be able to recognize and react to tactical opportunities faster than I have ever had to do in the history of this practice," says Orgel. "We're doing more data analysis, trying to identify the drivers of market outcomes."
As a result, Orgel has recently pared back his clients' exposure to the stock market, believing that returns for the rest of the year will be meager. Still, however, he is intent on identifying opportunities in stocks as they arise, in areas such as energy and agricultural companies. "There are only a few things that we need from cradle to grave, and two of those are energy and food."
While he has kept his clients completely out of Treasuries for the past year, Orgel is keeping an eye out for managers who have an ability to identify opportunities in other parts of the fixed-income markets. "We think that there are some prospects to put money to work in global bonds, and that high-grade muni bonds, at the shorter end of the yield curve, are still attractive."
While trying to carry out the last wishes of a deceased client may look difficult, Orgel believes that the biggest challenge he and his team must confront involves "policy risk," ranging from the unintended consequences of the Fed's quantitative easing on financial markets to uncertainty about tax laws. "I have always said I don't want to get bored during my day, and that's one reason this job is ideal for me," Orgel says, "but there's something to be said for living in slightly less exciting times."
Troy Griepp
$6 billion
Once a year for the last decade, Troy Griepp and one of his partners have set out from their home base in Silicon Valley and, with a small collection of clients in tow, headed for a research trip to China. He warns them not to expect a vacation: The trip is packed with meetings from morning to night with Chinese companies and entrepreneurs. Each offers well-informed views of an economy that Griepp figures will be increasingly important to clients' returns in the coming years. The idea is for them to "understand for themselves the opportunity that we see in this region."
As those field trips demonstrate, Griepp is completely hands-on when it comes to building portfolios for his clients, most of whom are entrepreneurs who have generated their wealth by building businesses in Silicon Valley or elsewhere.
While many of his peers outsource the active management to hand-picked managers, Griepp prefers to build global stock and bond portfolios himself, handing off the management of assets only in areas where he and his team don't have the necessary expertise, such as distressed credit.
"It is going to take many years to unwind this crisis, and that will create very interesting investment opportunities," Griepp says, calculating that since the collapse of Bear Stearns four years ago, only about a third of the $3 trillion or so of corporate, individual, and sovereign debt that needed to be restructured has been dealt with successfully. "There's still a lot of wood to chop."
Griepp's entrepreneurial clients may be willing to run risks to build up their businesses, but they are far less enthralled about risking their newfound wealth in the financial markets. That means that he has to construct notably safe portfolios, stuffed with securities like Treasury bonds. In recent years, however, Griepp has sought out alternatives to these U.S. government securities, given the prospect that rock-bottom interest rates will rise in the coming years, cutting the value of bonds. Instead, he's been guiding clients into bonds issued by countries like Canada, Norway, Australia, and Singapore. "When we first developed this approach in 2001, we thought it would be a good strategy for the next three to five years, but we're still doing it," he says. These nations, Griepp points out, all have achieved solid fiscal positions, boast budget surpluses, and generate a higher-than-average portion of their GDP from natural resources.
He freely admits, however, that his approach isn't foolproof. "This is a very humbling business, and even the smartest and brightest among us are humbled on a regular basis."
Growing up in Minneapolis, Griepp first developed an interest in investment in high school, where he took a class called "Facing your Future," which required him to complete a project focusing on a specific career. He selected the brokerage business, and interviewed a family friend in the field. That project "turned out to be one of the most fascinating things that I did during high school," Griepp recalls.
He also learned a thing a two working for his father's construction company, particularly in the interaction with clients. In Griepp's first job on Wall Street, as a buy-side investment analyst, he realized that any dissatisfaction with Wall Street stemmed from the lack of skills in working with clients.
When he discovered the business of wealth management, where productive interaction with investors is a key to success, he decided instantly that that was where he belonged, and he hasn't budged since. In the last 21 years with Morgan Stanley, Griepp points out, the markets have swung wildly, but his phone number has never once changed.
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I like the warlord because what can be more fun than not letting monsters having the fun of killing you?
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Warrens Theatre
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Opened as the second Pantages Theatre in downtown Los Angeles (the Arcade Theatre was the first) on August 16, 1920 with vaudeville and a movie "The Courage of Marge O'Doone". This B. Marcus Priteca designed theatre included Greek treatments for owner Alexander Pantages. The theatre's exterior was coated in white terra cotta. Pantages ran the theatre for nine years.
Following a three weeks closure for refurbishment, which included the installation of 2,000 new seats, it reopened as the Warner Bros. Downtown Theatre on September 27, 1929 with Nancy Welford in "Gold Diggers of Broadway". Al Jolson was guest of honor for the evening. The theatre served as the downtown theatre for Warner Bros. until the mid-1960's. At that time, Metropolitan Theaters purchased the theatre and ran it for another twelve years, renamed Warrens Theatre.
After being sold by Metropolitan, the theatre became a church before becoming a retail outlet for the Jewelry Exchange. The original seats on the main floor of the auditorium have been removed to make way for retail stalls. The balcony is still intact and its seats have not been removed.
To see a little of the inside of this theatre, watch the Barbra Streisand film "Funny Girl" (note the exterior is from the backlot at the Burbank Studios).
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(Associated Press, August 10, 1929)
Alexander Pantages Involved with 16 Year-Old Dancer at Los Angeles.
Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 10.â€"
(AP)â€"Alexander Pantages, millionaire theatre magnate, today was charged with two offenses against a 16-year-old dancer, Eunice Prince, in a complaint issued by District Attorney Buron Fitts. Pantages' attorneys immediately announced they would
institute habeas corpus proceedings.
Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 10. â€" (AP) â€" Alexander Pantages, millionaire vaudeville theatre operator, was in the city jail today, charged with suspicion of committing a statutory offense against Eunice Pringle, 16-year-old dancer and daughter of a
Los Angeles physician.
Miss Pringle, who graduated from high school last year, the youngest in her class, and entered the University of Southern California, was placed in the custody o£ juvenile authorities after she had told the police that Pantages had attacked her.
Pantages was taken into custody yesterday when the girl ran out of his office screaming, her clothes disarranged.
One witness to the occurrence said Miss Pringle fell fainting out of the theatre magnate's office. Other witnesses declared the clothing of both Pantages and the girl
was torn and disarranged. Several persons reported hearing the girl's screams emanating from Pantages' office.
Denies Girl's Charges.
The theatre magnate denied the girl's charges and hinted that it was a "frameup." He told police he had booked Miss Pringle two weeks ago for a dancing act, but that she
had proved a failure. He said she had frequented his office for two days, begging for another chance.
Pantages declared Miss Pringle asked him for an interview yesterday afternoon. After a preliminary conversation he said, she leaned close to him and said, "I'll make you
take my act." Pantages asserted the girl then pushed him into another room and ran down the hall.
Fred Weise, who was in the hall, told officers he heard the girl screaming and saw Miss Pringle emerge from Pantages' office with the theatre magnate chasing her. Weise
said the clothing of both Pantages and Miss Pringle was in disarray.
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Chief of Detectives A. E. Taylor said Pantages told him that Miss Pringle, realizing she was not to be re-employed, forcibly removed his coat and then tried to tear the remainder of his clothing into a state of disarray.
District Attorney Buron Fitts said a formal complaint would be issued today, pending which the wealthy theatre operator was to be held in jail. Pantages recently sold six of his theatres to the Radio-Keith-Orpheum circuit for a reputed price of $12,000,000. This week he sold two others to a Hollywood corporation for $3,000,000. Pantages' wife, Mrs. Lois Pantages, is scheduled to go on trial here Sept. 2, on charges of second degree murder, resulting from the death of Joe Rokumoto, a Japanese, following the collision of their automobiles.
Warrens in 1963:
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You can see the former theatre's marquee in a current Fios / Verizon commercial. It's the one with people caught in traffic in large type phones and a faster drives by.
Yes indeed, that is the interior of the Warner Brothers Downtown theater in the opening scenes on 1968's "Funny Girl". While Barbra Streisand is sitting alone in an orchestra seat, shots are taken from the stage looking out and from an upper balcony looking down. Also, in the 1933 film "Lady Killer", James Cagney briefly plays a Warner Bros theater usher. There is a short sequence shot on the roof of the Warner Brothers Downtown theater (usher inspection). Also a quick view of the marquee – even though it says "Strand" -it is clearly the Warner Brothers Downtown in all its blazing glory
Here is a link to a view of the Warner Brothers Downtown Theater – seen from the Hill Street side in 1931. www.guidodeiro.com/vitaphone.html
This theatre has been a jewelry store since at least the late 1970's – they're maintaining the interior architecture beautifully – the auditorium is very ornate – white with lots of gold leaf. Design is similar to the State theatres in New York and St. Louis.
Not similar to the (Loew's) State in St. Louis, which was designed by Thomas Lamb. I saw many films at this theatre, from "Arena" to "Autopsy."
I feel it was a kind of an honor to go to the Warrens near it's demise, of course I did not know it at the time. It was the early 1970's and I saw "The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight" and "She Freaks" plus another I can't recall. The snack bar backing was glass and you could see the movie from the lobby. Beautiful and useful!
Warrens Theatre is seen a few times in this `60s Texaco commercial.
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A statewide search and rescue protocol inspired by an Addison County tragedy has passed the Vermont House and Senate and been sent to the Governor's office to be signed into law.
The effort to restructure the state's search and rescue practices was launched by Rep. Willem Jewett, D-Ripton, after the hypothermia death of Levi Duclos, a 19-year-old New Haven resident. Duclos died on a Ripton hiking trail after Vermont State Police failed to initiate a ground search for more than 12 hours after he was reported missing on a frigid night in January 2012.
ADDISON COUNTY — Will Stevens — a state representative and co-proprietor, with his wife Judy, of Golden Russet Farm — stands in the kitchen of his Shoreham farmhouse, talking to a customer on his landline wall phone. He confirms the produce pick-up schedule, then stops mid-sentence, frowning.
"Hello?" he says, then hangs up with a resigned shrug.
MONTPELIER — The Search and Rescue Strategic Plan Development Committee has completed its work, approving recommendations and proposed statutory changes to be presented to the upcoming Legislative session. Rep. Willem Jewett, D-Ripton, and former state police search and rescue team leader Jocelyn Stohl abstained from the vote taken at the Committee's fourth and final meeting in Montpelier Oct. 24.
MONTPELIER — Vermont Fish and Wildlife Commissioner Patrick Berry delivered a well-orchestrated message to the Legislature's Search and Rescue Strategic Plan Development Committee last week: The Shumlin administration has determined that search and rescue in Vermont will remain under the primary jurisdiction of the Vermont State Police.
MONTPELIER — The Search and Rescue Strategic Plan Committee pressed forward with its legislative mandate to restructure search and rescue management in Vermont at the second of its five scheduled meetings in Montpelier last Wednesday.
VERMONT — The culture of the Vermont State Police is the biggest obstacle to its effectiveness, the aunt of a teenager who died on a hiking trail in January told a Senate committee last week. Alternately defensive, accommodating and apologetic, state police and state officials also testified.
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Tricia is interning with Global Centurion, a nonprofit in Washington D.C. dedicated to researching the demand side of human trafficking.
I spend most of the typical day reading through sources in Spanish (or occasionally Portuguese!) to glean information about cases of trafficking that have been brought to court in Latin America, and building contacts with embassies and government agencies in Spanish-speaking countries. My Hispanic Studies major and language ability have been invaluable. After my time with Global Centurion, I plan on attending grad school, where I hope to continue to integrate my language skills and my passion for human rights and international development.