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Investors did a strange thing in 2012, according to a survey sponsored last year by Natixis Global Asset Management: 57% said they wouldn't cut their cash holdings—and this was during a period when interest rates were reaching historic lows and the stock market was zooming upward.
For advisors in 2013, the challenge will be guiding investors to use strategies that go beyond cash to benefit them in the long term, says Robert Hussey (left), an executive vice president for NGAM, which oversees $700 billion in assets. Hussey leads NGAM's relationships with investment consultants, independent financial advisors and wealth management firms.
"Investors are a bit scared. I don't know that they've recovered fully from the experience of 2008," Hussey said in a recent interview with AdvisorOne. "Market volatility over the last three to four years has increased, and for high-net-worth individuals, not losing what they've built up over the last few years is important. Capital preservation and not chasing returns is a much more prevalent notion in the investor mind than it was five years ago, but folks still have an investment goal to achieve and they need a strategy that delivers a return."
Wilmington Trust, on the other hand, reminds advisors that studying irrational investor preferences can actually help them with client portfolio construction.
"While valuations matter, they are not the only important variable in investing. Trends in investor preferences matter, too," wrote Wilmington Trust Investment Advisors in its December Capital Markets Forecast. "Consider the December 1996 warning from then-Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan of 'irrational exuberance' in the markets. The shakeout in share prices did not commence until March 2000. In the intervening years, many observed that technology, media, and telecommunications stocks appeared to be in a bubble, but their prices, and those of most stocks, continued to climb. For years investors' preferences mattered more than valuations."
In short, advisors who keep an eye on the curious and sometimes counterproductive behavior of investors can discover strategies for combating lackluster returns in their own clients' portfolios.
Despite retail investors' current preference for cash and low-yielding bonds, Wilmington Trust urges advisors to stay away from core bonds, including U.S. Treasuries as well as investment-grade corporate and municipal bonds and mortgage-backed securities. The firm is neutral on cash equivalents, but it also discourages investment in inflation hedges such as inflation-linked bonds and commodity and real estate securities along with growth stocks and mid- and small-cap U.S. stocks.
So what does Wilmington Trust see as a good value? Noncore fixed income, such as emerging-market debt and speculative-grade municipal bonds; value stocks and large-cap U.S. stocks; developed international equity markets, particularly large-cap value stocks; and emerging equity markets.
When clients pressure advisors to make preference-driven investments, Hussey offers these three tips to help manage those fears of risk and volatility:
- Reduce emotions in investment decisions: Advisors can start by helping investors understand risk and prompt investors to think about how much downside risk they're willing to take before setting return objectives. When clients discover their risk tolerance, they're less likely to make impulsive decisions. (The good news for advisors is that clients want to talk about risk, Hussey says. A recent Natixis survey shows that 62% of investors said they're interested in discussing the topic with their advisors.)
- Stop thinking of asset classes as "good" or "bad": Investors need reminding that markets are dynamic, and while some asset categories are cheap and others are expensive, conditions are never permanent, Hussey said.
- Avoid analyzing investments in a vacuum: Every investment carries some risk. That risk should be measured by how it affects the entire portfolio. Advisors can educate clients that the right risky assets can actually bring down overall portfolio risk if their correlations are low enough.
"The durable portfolio construction message that we deliver to clients is to view an investment product as either a risk reducer to the portfolio or a return enhancer," Hussey said. "By identifying the sources of risk, that's the first step for the advisor toward building a portfolio that offers a smooth ride in this environment of higher volatility."


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Musial was quite The Man on, off the field
No matter which way you looked at him, Stan "The Man" Musial was an outstanding example of what an individual could achieve and could become.
With his passing on Saturday at age 92, baseball has been diminished. But there was so much to celebrate in Musial's life, and so much for the rest of us to appreciate. We should do some of both, now.
There are many examples of players who are respected, admired, revered. Stan The Man was all of that, but he was also beloved. That status originated with fans of the St. Louis Cardinals, who had the privilege of being on Musial's side for more than two decades of his magnificent career. But eventually the broader public also caught on to what The Man was all about.
Swinging a bat, playing his harmonica, doing his bit and more for charities, Musial was the genuine article. He was greatness personified on the field, but he was also unfailingly, truly modest.
When Ty Cobb said in 1952 that Musial was the greatest player in the contemporary game, Musial said that he did not want to contradict Cobb, but that Joe DiMaggio was the best player.
Musial's worth, though, was beyond the reach of his own modesty. He was unique. Yes, he hit out of that contorted crouch that seemed impossible as a starting point for big league hitting, much less Hall of Fame hitting. But when The Man uncoiled, in the next instant there was the ball rocketing off a distant wall.
Seven National League batting championships, three Most Valuable Player awards. Musial led the league in doubles eight times, in triples five times, and it wasn't as though he was taking scores of extra bases with blinding speed. He made 24 All-Star Game appearances, For his career, he was ninth all-time among position players in Wins Above Replacement.
"How good was Stan Musial? He was good enough to take your breath away," said legendary Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully.
"He could have hit .300 with a fountain pen," said catcher, broadcaster and all-purpose St. Louis humorist Joe Garagiola.
Musial had the ultimate respect of the best pitchers of his time.
"I've had pretty good success with Stan by throwing him my best pitch and backing up third," said former Dodgers pitcher Carl Erskine.
"Once Musial timed your fastball, your infielders were in jeopardy," said Hall of Fame Braves pitcher Warren Spahn.
The quotes are from the Baseball Almanac. There was never a shortage of people, even among the opposition, to sing The Man's praises. His performance was unmistakable in its greatness. But then there was the fact that he carried himself with dignity and grace.
His feats on the field were legendary, but his style was understated. It was a wonderful combination. He was a great baseball player, but then he became a great retired baseball player. A lot of great baseball players never achieve that second status. But there are meeting rooms all over this country that became better places with the arrival of Stan Musial and his harmonica.
And there was the humor, especially the dry humor. "When a pitcher's throwing a spitball, don't worry and don't complain, just hit the dry side," Musial famously said.
He came from Donora, a small town in western Pennsylvania. He also found a residence in Cooperstown at the National Baseball Hall of Fame, being elected on his first ballot in 1969. But the honors continued, as they should have, in his retirement.
Musial, of Polish descent on his father's side of the family, was awarded the Polish government's highest civilian honor -- the Cavalier Cross of the Order of Merit -- in 1999. And in February 2011, there was the highest award that can be given to an American civilian, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, bestowed upon Musial by President Obama.
"His brilliance could come in blinding bursts," Obama said. "Stan Musial made that brilliance burn for two decades."
And fortunately for all of us, Stan Musial stuck around for nearly five decades after his retirement as a player. From his multitude of accomplishments on the field to his lasting, fundamental decency as a human being, he was truly, in the best possible sense of the term, The Man.
Mike Bauman is a national columnist for MLB.com.

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If you love to see young players handed an opportunity at the highest level, look no further than the forthcoming EuroLeague Women season which seems destined to be a breakthrough for a host of rising stars.
For sure, we will be able to savour the usual array of world-class names from around the globe but, on paper at least, there seems to be an indication that a fresh batch of young players could potentially make their mark.
Whether it's those who have already dipped their toes into the water or one of the many new faces to possibly step out during 2012-13, there's plenty to watch out for during the forthcoming campaign and especially during future seasons.
|Three of the five players on the U20 European Championship Women All Tournament Team will play in the EuroLeague Women this season: (from far right) MVP Ksenia Tikhonenko, Olcay Cakir and Queralt Casas
If there's one player I truly can't wait to see, it's Queralt Casas. She is such a multi-skilled, smart and decisive player that it looks almost impossible she won't be a huge success in Madrid.
She led Spain to back to back gold medals at the U20 European Championship Women, being named MVP in Novi Sad during 2011 and with her former national team coach Miguel Mendez to look after her progress at Rivas Ecopolis, it looks a match made in heaven.
Naturally, her first season may see limited results but in the long term, Casas will surely be one of the biggest names in European basketball. She has the class and temperament to reach the very highest level and to stay there.
It was a truly incredible moment when 1993-born Olcay Cakir stepped out as a member of the starting five for Fenerbahce at the 2012 Final Eight and it will be intriguing to see whether new head coach, Roberto Iniguez, has as much faith in her as his predecessor, George Dikeoulakos.
Tenacious and gutsy, in perpetual motion, Cakir has just helped Turkey claim their first ever women's youth medal when they grabbed bronze at the recent U20 European Championship Women in Debrecen.
She also made the All Tournament Team and if she can make smart decisions with the ball and deal with defensive pressure that teams will inevitably try to place on her, she can continue her progression.
Whilst Nika Baric is no secret or surprise any longer, having played her rookie year with Sparta&K M.R. Vidnoje including some very decent court time at the Final Eight, it's also important not to forget just how young she still is and also how important this season will be for her.
|Sparta&K M.R. Vidnoje's Nika Baric prepares for her second EuroLeague Women season and expectations are high for the 2010 FIBA Europe Young Women's Player of the Year
To learn from Becky Hammon and now Spanish veteran Elisa Aguilar, who replaces Jelena Skerovic, is an education beyond belief for the stellar-talented Baric.
She's in a lucky position and I am backing her to take the opportunity with both hands and continue to evolve, one day becoming a true star of the women's game.
But, point guard is arguably the toughest position for any young player so she must keep working hard and listening to coach Pokey Chatman and her team-mates.
Ksenia Tikhonenko also stepped out at the Final Eight earlier this year with Sparta&K M.R. Vidnoje but this season she is will be on loan to Municipal Targoviste.
It looks to be a pretty smart move by the Russian club - that is, if she settles and, she is given the court-time and support she needs to continue with her development.
She will certainly head into the new season full of confidence having been crowned MVP at the recent U20 European Championship Women in Debrecen where she was the marquee player for a Russian team which made it to the Final and won silver.
It's going to be interesting to see if she can follow the highly successful method which reaped dividends for all three parties last season, when Sparta&K team-mate Natalia Vieru was loaned to Good Angels Kosice.
Tikhonenko can go as high as she wants if she keeps working hard and shows the kind of infectious enthusiasm and determination to help her team, especially when the chips are down.
I was thrilled to see Ozge Yavas handed a chance to shine with Galatasaray after she penned a deal with them earlier in the summer and this is just the kind of profile her talent deserves although she will have to fight for minutes.
However, she can help provide a really solid Turkish backbone to the team which is essential in any recipe for success at Gala to support the glittering arrival of import stars.
|18-year-old Polish international Dominika Owczarzak could make her EuroLeague Women debut already this season with CCC Polkowice
CCC Polkowice are certainly looking to the future and they are to be congratulated after acquiring the services of a trio of prospects all at different stages.
Nnemkadi Ogwumike is of course already a bona-fide College star having also stepped out this summer in the WNBA with Los Angeles Sparks and so she should have a major impact on her arrival in Europe.
Slovenian prospect Teja Oblak meanwhile is sadly injured and so may not get to realise her dream, which is a real shame since she has great experience with her national team but would have had to test herself at club level in what is the first major move of her career and a significant step up.
Dominika Owczarzak is a super Polish prospect who is probably more about being blooded into the first team for the season after next.
Although CCC Polkowice may take a look at the way young players excelled for Lotos Gdynia last season, including the likes of Magdalena Zietara, and decide to give Owczarzak some minutes.
Astan Dabo is one player who everybody has been talking about this calendar year after she was drafted by Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.
A real powerhouse in the paint, the player sadly didn't give the world a glance of her talent when she failed to make it to the Olympic Qualifying Tournament with Mali.
But, she should take her place on the Arras bench this season after moving up to the first division in France having played last season with Reims Basket.
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Diabetes is the most common cause of chronic kidney disease. It occurs when the body doesn't process the sugar in the blood well. The amount of blood sugar—also called blood glucose—increases. High blood glucose damages the kidneys, as well as the heart, blood vessels, and eyes. The two most common types of diabetes are type 1 and type 2 .
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A heart attack, or myocardial infarction, occurs when one or more regions of the heart muscle experience a severe or prolonged lack of oxygen caused by blocked blood flow to the heart muscle.
The blockage is often a result of atherosclerosis—a buildup of plaque composed of fat deposits, cholesterol, and other substances. Plaque ruptures and eventually a blood clot forms. The actual cause of a heart attack is a blood clot that forms within the plaque-obstructed area.
If the blood and oxygen supply is cut off severely or for a long period of time, muscle cells of the heart suffer damage and die. The result is dysfunction of the muscle of the heart in the area affected by the lack of oxygen.
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A heart attack can happen to anyone—it is only when we take the time to learn which of the risk factors apply to us, specifically, can we then take steps to eliminate or reduce them.
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The following are the most common symptoms of a heart attack. However, each individual may experience symptoms differently. Symptoms may include:
Indigestion, also known as upset stomach or dyspepsia, is a painful or burning feeling in the upper abdomen that may be accompanied by nausea; abdominal bloating; belching; vomiting; severe pain in the upper right abdomen; discomfort unrelated to eating; or indigestion accompanied by shortness of breath, sweating, or pain radiating to the jaw, neck, or arm.
The symptoms of indigestion may resemble other medical conditions, such as chest pain. Always consult your doctor for a diagnosis.
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The symptoms of a heart attack may resemble other medical conditions or problems. Always consult your doctor for a diagnosis.
If you or someone you know exhibits any of the above warning signs, act immediately. Call 911, or your local emergency number.
The goal of treatment for a heart attack is to relieve pain, preserve the heart muscle function, and prevent death.
Treatment in the emergency department may include:
Once the condition has been diagnosed and the patient stabilized, additional procedures to restore coronary blood flow may be utilized. Those procedures include:
Coronary angioplasty. With this procedure, a balloon is used to create a bigger opening in the vessel to increase blood flow. Although angioplasty is performed in other blood vessels elsewhere in the body, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) refers to angioplasty in the coronary arteries to permit more blood flow into the heart. PCI is also called percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). There are several types of PTCA procedures, including:
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The Palestinian "street" of late has become a more violent and volatile place. After prayers last Friday, Palestinians, mostly youth, hurled rocks at Israeli troops in Jerusalem's Old City. The rock-throwing, of course, led to a more violent exchange with the Israeli soldiers.
While Palestinians were throwing rocks at Jews from the sanctuary of the Temple Mount, others took to the streets and did the same in Hebron and outside Ofer Prison near Jerusalem.
The ostensible cause of the protests was the re-detention of four Palestinians who had been freed for Gilad Schalit. Another prisoner died in jail, apparently of a heart attack. The cause of his death was being investigated as of this writing. His death sparked even more protest and violence in the streets. The real cause of the protests, however, is the plotting of the Palestinian Authority. The PA has decided to foment an atmosphere of crisis ahead of the upcoming visit to Israel, Jordan and the West Bank by U.S. President Barack Obama.
Of course, there is no surer indicator of crisis in relations between Israel and the Palestinians than violence and possibly even death and "martyrdom" on the streets of the West Bank and Israel. And there has been no surer response to such crisis in the past than pressure by the American administration upon the government of Israel.
Seeing his popularity wane while Hamas popularity rises, and hearing no mention of his cause in the American president's recent State of the Union address, PA President Mahmoud Abbas has decided to stoke the flames of urgency in Obama's Mideast policy. Urgency in Mideast matters has usually translated into the need for Israel to come forward with "confidence-building measures."
Writing for the Gatestone Institute last week, Abu Khaled Toameh, the noted Israeli analyst, quite explicitly defined the PA's goals.
"Palestinian Authority leadership has been encouraging its constituents lately to wage a 'popular intifadah' against Israel, each time finding another excuse to initiate confrontation. Now the Palestinian Authority is using the issue of Palestinian prisoners who are on hunger strike in Israeli prisons as an excuse to call for street protests and clashes with the Israel Defense Forces. The belief in the Palestinian Authority is that the violence on the ground will push Obama to exert pressure on the Israeli government to comply with the Palestinian conditions for resuming the peace process, namely a full cessation of settlement construction and the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails."
As Toameh also noted, the violence has thus far remained on "a low flame." But as all observers will attest, Abbas' tactic of directed confrontation is very dangerous.
There is very little trust between the two peoples and their respective leaderships. Trust and mutual respect have been unnourished for years, like very dry brush, where all is brittle, spindly and quite without life. The spark that Abbas has thrown onto the brush could start a conflagration.
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Exercise, such as running, may trigger an asthma attack in the majority of children with asthma. However, with proper management of the child's asthma, a child with asthma can maintain full participation in most sports. Aerobic exercise actually improves airway function by strengthening breathing muscles. Some tips for exercising with asthma include the following:
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Oklahoma Christian University announced today that it has received a $500 CVS Caremark Community Grant.
The grant from CVS Caremark will help purchase iPads that students from OC's School of Education will use to help tutor children from Edmond Public Schools.
OC's education majors conduct a weekly reading clinic for students in second through fifth grades. As part of this free tutoring initiative, OC's students use iPad applications to help get the children up to the reading levels for their respective grades.
"We need to do anything we can to encourage students to read and be successful. A lot of these children have struggled with reading for so long that they're not confident in themselves," said OC associate professor of education Dr. Rhonda Morris, who leads the program. "The iPad apps give the students immediate feedback, which really helps them, and they're finding apps on their own afterward to duplicate the experience."
The clinic is part of the last literacy class OC's students take before they begin their student teaching. Oklahoma Christian has the second-highest state education certification exam pass rate in Oklahoma.
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"We are committed to making a positive impact in the communities where we live and work and the CVS Caremark Community grants program does just that by supporting organizations that truly make a difference in the lives of children and families," said Dennis Palmer, senior vice president of CVS/pharmacy West Division Operations. "We are proud to support the work that Oklahoma Christian does in the community."
Oklahoma Christian has raised $10,500 to date for the iPad tutoring program. Dr. Morris started the project last year as a pilot program, and a $5,000 challenge grant from the Kerr Foundation, this CVS Caremark grant, and gifts from private donors are helping OC expand the initiative.
Oklahoma Christian is recognized as one of the best universities in the western United States by U.S. News and World Report and The Princeton Review.
OC is nationally accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools and has discipline-specific accreditations from ABET (computer engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering), the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs, the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Accreditation, the Council for Interior Design Accreditation, the National Association of Schools of Music, and the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education.
The university offers undergraduate programs in more than 60 fields of study and graduate programs in business administration, engineering, ministry, and divinity. OC's MBA program is offered both on-site and online.
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Starting to get a bit excited about this weekend's Frisco/Dallas Shackmeet of laser tag, bowling, gelato and doom. Maarten and I are both flying in tomorrow afternoon, as to not miss a moment of the Saturday hijinks. It's my first Shackmeet. Please, be gentle.
In unrelated news, you can now snag Duke Nukem 3D on PC for a paltry $6.


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hamsterdb Embedded Storage is an embedded database engine for C/C++, including wrappers for Java, .NET, and Erlang. It supports in-memory databases, very fast database cursors, "record number" databases, ACID transactions, and duplicate keys. hamsterdb is very fast and highly configurable. It compiles and runs on Unix platforms, Linux, Microsoft Windows, and embedded platforms.
The 3Gdb Home Subscriber Server implements the HSS network element within an IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) core network (CN). An IMS CN is a collection of SIP proxies, registrars, and servers used for the provision of services in a 3GPP all-IP mobile network. The HSS provides a centralized data base for subscriber records and generates authentication vectors.
Tsung is a distributed load testing tool. It is protocol-independent and can currently be used to stress HTTP, WebDAV, PostgreSQL, MySQL, LDAP, AMQP, and XMPP/Jabber servers. It simulates user behavior using an XML description file, reports many measurements in real time (statistics can be customized with transactions, and graphics generated using gnuplot). For HTTP, it supports 1.0 and 1.1, has a proxy mode to record sessions, supports GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE methods, cookies, and basic/digest authentication. It also has support for SSL, WebSocket, and BOSH.
teeterl is a lean, portable implementation of Erlang. teeterl starts from a single executable file without any additional harness. teeterl is built using Apache Portable Runtime, a library tested on dozens of OSes and their flavors. teeterl borrows from industry-standard Erlang/OTP, especially when it comes to compiler front-end. teeterl provides the concurrency power of Erlang without any telecom cruft.
Jingle Nodes is a relay auto-discovery service that provides Jingle Relay Type Candidates that can be used in ICE-UDP and also on RAW-UDP Jingle sessions. Relay candidates can provide NAT traversal for users who don't have STUN/TURN Support, but also for users with STUN/TURN support for whom negotiation failed. It is designed to allow you to communicate freely with your friends without being attached to closed service providers like Skype or telecommunications carriers.
VoltDB is a blazingly fast relational database system. It is specifically designed to run on modern scale-out architectures: fast, inexpensive servers connected via high-speed data networks. It is aimed at a new generation of database applications - real-time feeds, sensor-driven data streams, micro-transactions, low-latency trading systems - requiring database throughput that can reach millions of operations per second. What's more, the applications that use this data must scale on demand, provide flawless fault tolerance, and enable real-time visibility into the data that drives business value. It includes client application drivers for applications written in Java, C++, C#, PHP, and Python. VoltDB community members have also authored client libraries for Erlang, Ruby and Node.js. There are streaming export capabilities for leading analytic database environments, including Apache Hadoop.
epers stands for "Erlang persistence". As the name suggests, it tries to make it easy to use databases in Erlang programs, to make the language a little more agile, and (humbly) offer a nice adapter for several databases, hiding their implementation details (and the API of the library/framework/driver used to communicate with them). To achieve this, it aims to offer a somewhat consistent API to define and work with your model, while at the same not coupling your code too tightly to it.
Ybot is erlang bot software inspired by Github hubot. It supports IRC and XMPP transports and is extensible with plugins. Plugins can be written with Python, Ruby, or shell. It supports IRC chat, XMPP multi user chat, and 37 signals Campfire chat. It can simultaneously run any number of bots on different transports.
A cloud storage toolkit.
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The stock market has risen 5% year to date, and that helps drive philanthropic giving than fears over ending the charitable deduction discourage it, a U.S. Trust wealth strategies advisor told AdvisorOne.
With a slew of tax law changes taking effect in the new year, and lingering questions about ending tax expenditures like the charitable deduction as Washington comes to grips with its fiscal difficulties, many discussions about philanthropy focus on the tax angle.
But U.S. Trust managing director Ramsay Slugg (left) says tax matters are subordinate to the performance of stocks and the health of the overall economy.
"Charitable giving is not as tax-motivated as we conventionally think it is," Slugg says. "We know that 65% of Americans give to charity each year, which is a lot more people than pay taxes or itemize deductions.
"Of people who make a half-million dollars on average or above, 95% of that group give to charity each year," he continued. "Not all of them take itemized deductions or pay taxes.
"For people who don't itemize, they don't get any tax benefit for giving. Even for people who do itemize, it makes it a little cheaper, but you don't come out with more money in the end.
"People give because they're charitable first," Slugg says.
The motivation for giving has policy implications, of course, but it also may serve as a signal of investor sentiment about the economy.
Slugg cites a biannual survey that Bank of America (owner of U.S. Trust) conducts with Indiana University's Center on Philanthropy. The 2012 survey, released in November, suggested bullishness about the economy, since 76% of high-net-worth investors intended to maintain or increase their charitable giving through 2016.
"These [high-net-worth] people drive charitable giving. They feel bullish about the economy overall," Slugg says.
Just under a third of the 700 wealthy donors surveyed viewed the favorable tax treatment of donations as a primary motivator for giving, and 50% said they would maintain or increase their donations if tax deductions were eliminated.
While the U.S. Trust executive sees the stock market and economy as having more impact than taxes on high-net-worth giving, he says increased taxes—not the tax deduction—have a large impact on middle-class donors.
Slugg says the restoration of the Social Security payroll tax, which is now taking 6.2% of workers' paychecks, up two percentage points from last year, will likely have a negative impact on charities.
"Not all deductions are created the same," he says. "Practically speaking, mortgage interest or real estate taxes have to be paid or a bad thing is going to happen to you. But charitable donations, if you don't make them, nobody's going to kick you out of your house."
Nevertheless, he adds, "if we see market growth and economic growth, that will more than offset the tax hit" of diminished middle-class discretionary spending.
Slugg observes that many financial advisors don't pay as much attention to their clients' charitable giving as they might.
"They shy away from it because they feel it's too personal," he says. "But clients want to talk about their philanthropic giving."
Advisors "ought to be having philanthropic conversations with their clients. If advisors themselves are not conversant, they should encourage their clients to talk with someone who is—whether it's a community foundation or a friendly trust group who have philanthropic experts, so they can [give] in the best way."
Slugg says his own U.S. Trust serves as a trustee and offers credit, banking and alternative investment services to which many independent brokers lack access. "There are a lot of different ways to go that an independent investment advisor's not going to spend time on that they may want to partner with somebody,"
He cites as one key concern a client's desire to give efficiently. Writing a check to a charity, for example, "is the easiest way but not the most tax-efficient way." Slugg says a qualified charitable distribution from an IRA to a charity or the presale of a business or other asset are among the many possible ways clients can execute their desire to maximize the efficiency of their giving.
The level of charitable giving is currently estimated at $300 billion a year. Slugg, who works on the biannual Bank of America high-net-worth survey, says any reduction in that level of giving as a result of ending the tax subsidy would not likely be as significant as conventional wisdom suggests.


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During the off-season, Looking Ahead gives a snapshot of where drivers finished in 2012 and what's ahead for them in 2013. We will look at drivers who scored at least 250 points in the Cup Series and those who earned at least 200 points in the Nationwide and Camping World Truck Series.With 29 days to go until the 2013 season-opening Daytona 500, here are some driver recaps followed by a tentative list of 2013 Sprint Cup Driver/Team lineups.NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS):Tony Stewart finished ninth in the standings and earned 2311 points.2012: Drove his Stewart Haas Racing No. 14 Chevrolet. In the 36 races, he led 420 laps, scored one pole, three victories, 12 top five and 16 top 10 finishes. He had an average start of 18.3 and a 13.6 average finish. In addition, he drove Richard Childress Racing's No. 33 Chevrolet in the Nationwide Series season opener at Daytona (finished eighth). Best NSCS start: 1 - Atlanta 09/02/12Best NSCS finishes: 1 - Las Vegas 03/11/12, Auto Club 03/25/12 and Daytona 07/07/12Last NSCS Win: Daytona 07/07/12.2013: Stewart returns in the No. 14 with sponsorship from Mobil 1 in 11 races. He secured Bass Pro Shops as primary sponsor on 18 races. Steve Addington will be back as crew chief for the team.Kevin Harvick finished eighth in the standings and earned 2321 points.2012: Drove the No. 29 Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing. In the 36 starts, he led 256 laps, scored one victory, five top five and 14 top 10 finishes. He had an average start of 14.6 and a 12.1 average finish. In addition, he drove RCR's No. 33 Chevrolet in 13 NNS races. He scored one pole, two wins, had 10 top 10 finishes and earned a 7.5 average finish. Over in the Truck Series, Harvick started three races in RCR's No. 2 Chevrolet Silverado. Two starts were from the pole and one from second place. His 5.3 average finish included a win, a third and a 12th place.Best NSCS starts: 2 - Martinsville 04/01/12, Kansas 04/22/12 and Michigan 06/17/12Best NSCS finish: 1 - Phoenix 11/11/12Last NSCS Win: Phoenix 11/11/12.2013: It was confirmed that this will be Harvick's last season with RCR (moves to Stewart Haas Racing in 2014). This year the team stays intact with sponsors Budweiser, Rheem and Jimmy Johns. Gil Martin returns as crew chief on the No. 29 as well.Matt Kenseth finished seventh in the standings and earned 2324 points.2012: Drove the No. 17 Ford for Roush Fenway Racing. In the 36 starts, he led 480 laps, scored one pole, three victories, 13 top five and 19 top 10 finishes. He had an average start of 13.3 and an 11.1 average finish.Best NSCS start: 1 - Daytona 07/07/12Best NSCS finishes: 1 - Daytona 02/27/12, Talladega 10/07/12 and Kansas 10/21/12Last NSCS Win: Kansas 10/21/12.2013: Kenseth moved to Joe Gibbs Racing at the end of 2012. He will pilot the No. 20 Toyota (replacing Joey Logano who moved to Penske Racing). Home Depot and Dollar General will sponsor the team. Jason Ratcliff will remain as crew chief. Kenseth will also ride-share JGR's No. 18 Toyota in some Nationwide Series races.NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS):Brian Scott finished ninth in the standings and earned 853 points.2012: Drove the No. 11 Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing. In the 33 races, he led 11 laps, had two top five and 11 top 10 finishes, an average start of 11.4 and an 18.2 average finish. Scott also drove Kyle Busch Motorsports No. 18 Toyota Tundra in five NCWTS races. He carried a 9.2 average finish which included a win at Phoenix.Best NNS starts: 3 - Bristol 08/24/12 and Kansas 10/20/12Best NNS finish: 3 - Dover 06/02/12Last NNS Win: None so far.2013: Richard Childress Racing signed Scott for multiple years to drive their No. 2 Shore Lodge Chevrolet. Phil Gould will act as crew chief.Mike Bliss finished eighth in the standings and earned 902 points.2012: Drove TriStar Motorsports' Nos. 44 (mainly), 10 and 19 Toyotas. In the 33 races, he led 12 laps, had one top 10 finish, an average start of 15.8 and a 16.8 average finish. Bliss also made one Sprint Cup start in FAS Lane Racing's No. 32 Ford (finished 24th). He also qualified for 18 Cup races in Humphrey Smith Racing's No. 19 Toyota (all start-and-park entries).Best NNS start: 7 - Chicago 07/22/12Best NNS finish: 8 - Daytona 07/06/12Last NNS Win: Charlotte 05/23/09.2013: No firm plans at this time but it appears he will return for another season with TriStar Motorsports in their No. 19 Toyota. Hal Martin has been hired to drive the No. 44.Cole Whitt finished seventh in the standings and earned 994 points.2012: Drove JR Motorsports' No. 88 Chevrolet. In the 33 races, he led 22 laps, had four top five and 14 top 10 finishes, an average start of 13.3 and a 14.0 average finish. He also made five start-and-park Sprint Cup entries; three in Turn One Racing's No. 74 and two in Joe Falk Racing's No. 33 Chevrolets. He piloted Hillman Racing's No. 27 Chevrolet Silverado truck in one race at Talladega and and earned a 13th place finish.Best NNS starts: 2 - Michigan 06/16/12 and Daytona 07/06/12Best NNS finishes: 4 - Talladega 05/05/12, Daytona 02/25/12 and Michigan 06/16/12Last NNS Win: None so far.2013: Whitt will not return to JRM's No. 88. No firm plans at this time.NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS):Johnny Sauter finished ninth in the standings and earned 678 points.2012: Drove ThorSport Racing's No. 13 Toyota Tundra in 22 races. He led 11 laps, scored two wins, six top five and nine top 10 finishes and had an average start of 11.0 and a 13.8 average finish. Sauter also made one Sprint Cup start-and-park entry in NEMCO Motorsports No. 97 Toyota.Best NCWTS start: 2 - Kentucky 09/21/12Best NCWTS finishes: 1 - Texas 11/02/12 and Texas 06/08/12Last NCWTS Win: Texas 11/02/12.2013: Sauter will return with Curb Records sponsoring the No. 13 Toyota. Joe Shear Jr. will also be back as crew chief.Justin Lofton finished eighth in the standings and earned 710 points.2012: Drove Eddie Sharp Racing's No. 6 Chevrolet Silverado in 22 races. He led 183 laps, scored one pole, one win, four top five and 13 top 10 finishes and had an average start of 13.5 and a 12.3 average finish.Best NCWTS starts: 1 - Texas 06/08/12 and Chicago 07/21/12Best NCWTS finish: 1 - Charlotte 05/18/12Last NCWTS Win: Charlotte 05/18/12.2013: Lofton will return to ESR's No. 6 Chevrolet with Lofton Cattle as sponsor but will not run a full season. He is also attempting to go for the championship in Robby Gordon's newly formed Stadium Super Truck Series.Nelson Piquet, Jr. finished seventh in the standings and earned 747 points.2012: Drove Turner Motorsports' No. 30 Chevrolet Silverado in 22 races. He led 317 laps, scored four poles, two wins, nine top five and 15 top 10 finishes and had an average start of 6.6 and a 10.8 average finish. Piquet entered two NASCAR K&N Pro Series East races in 2012; won at Bristol from the pole and finished 17th at Richmond. Turner put him in their No. 30 Chevrolet in two NNS races; he won the Elkhart Lake road race from the pole and finished 21st at Bristol.Best NCWTS starts: 1 - Rockingham 04/15/12, Pocono 08/04/12, Texas 11/02/12 and Phoenix 11/09/12Best NCWTS finishes: 1 - Michigan 08/18/12 and Las Vegas 09/29/12Last NCWTS Win: Las Vegas 09/29/12.2013: Piquet will not return to the No. 30 truck but will move up to the Nationwide Series. It is not firm but it looks like he will be in Turner Scott Motorsports No. 30 Chevrolet Camaro.
2013 Sprint Cup Lineup - Full-time teams(Tentative)
Jamie McMurray
Cessna/McDonald's/Bass Pro Shops/LiftMaster/Banana Boat
Earnhardt Ganassi Racing
Brad Keselowski
Miller Lite
Penske Racing
Kasey Kahne
Farmers Insurance/Quaker State/Great Clips/Time Warner Cable
Hendrick Motorsports
Dave Blaney
Tommy Baldwin Racing
Marcos Ambrose
DeWalt/Stanley Tools/Black & Decker
Richard Petty Motorsports
Danica Patrick
Stewart Haas Racing
Denny Hamlin
Joe Gibbs Racing
Casey Mears
Germain Racing
Tony Stewart
Bass Pro Shops/Mobil 1
Stewart Haas Racing
Clint Bowyer
5-Hour Energy/Peak Motor Oil
Michael_Waltrip Racing
Greg Biffle
Roush Fenway Racing
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
Best Buy/Zest/First Third Bank
Kyle Busch
M&M's/Snickers/Double Mint/Interstate Batteries
Matt Kenseth
Home Depot/Dollar General
Joey Logano
Jeff Gordon
Drive to End Hunger/DuPont/Pepsi
Josh Wise
MDS Transport
Front Row Motorsports
Paul Menard
Richard Childress Racing
Kevin Harvick
Budweiser/Rheem/Jimmy Johns
Michael Waltrip
(Daytona 500 only)
Swan Racing
David Stremme
Swan Energy
Jeff Burton
Ken Schrader
Federated Auto Parts (10 races)
FAS Lane Racing
Terry Labonte
C&J Energy (4 races)
David Ragan
Peanut Patch (4 races)
J.J. Yeley
Max Q Motorsports
David Gilliland
Ryan Newman
Quicken Loans/Haas Automation/Outback Steakhouse
Juan Pablo Montoya
Aric Almirola
Smithfield Foods/STP/U.S. Air Force/Medallion Financial
Bobby Labonte
Kroger/Kingsford/Kimberly-Clark/Herr's/BUBBA Burger
JTG Daugherty Racing
Jimmie Johnson
Lowe's/Kobalt Tools
Regan Smith
Guy Roofing (only the Daytona 500)
Phoenix Racing
AJ Allmendinger
?? (4 races)
Austin Dillon
TAG Heuer (Las Vegas only)
Mark Martin
Aaron's (24 races)
Aaron's (3 races)
Brian Vickers
Aaron's (9 races)
Martin Truex Jr.
NAPA Auto Parts
Kurt Busch
Furniture Row
Furniture Row Racing
David Reutimann
Burger King/Dr. Pepper
BK Racing
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Army National Guard/Diet Mountain Dew/AMP Energy
Travis Kvapil
Michael McDowell
K-LOVE Radio, Curb Records
Phil Parsons Racing
Carl Edwards
Fastenal/UPS/Kellogg's/Best Buy/Subway/Aflac
2013 Sprint Cup Lineup - Part-time/Questionable teams
Sam Hornish Jr.
Trevor Bayne
Motorcraft/Quick Lane
Wood Brothers Racing
Honey Nut Cheerios
Joe Falk Motorsports
Hamilton Means Racing
Go Green Racing
Joe Nemechek
AM FM Energy LLC
NEMCO Motorsports
Brian Keselowski
(Daytona 500 and possibly others)
Brian Keselowski Racing
Scott Speed
?? (20 races)
Leavine Family Racing


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Indians, D-backs talk Asdrubal-for-Bauer swap
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Indians and D-backs have discussed the framework of a deal that centers around Tribe shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera and Arizona right-hander Trevor Bauer, an industry source said early Wednesday. The two clubs have been in talks about the potential deal for two weeks, and it appears those talks have escalated at the Winter Meetings, though the source did not say whether a deal is near completion. If the trade comes to fruition, it would fulfill an obvious need for each side. In a thin free-agent shortstop market, Cabrera, a two-time All-Star, is an attractive trade option. And for an Indians club potentially in a rebuild-type situation, a young pitcher with upside like Bauer would fit the framework. Cabrera, 27, hit .270 with a .762 OPS, 16 homers and 68 RBIs in 143 games last season. His OPS ranked fourth among all Major League shortstops, trailing only the Nationals' Ian Desmond (.845), the Yankees' Derek Jeter (.791) and the Marlins' Jose Reyes (.765). But Cabrera's production was actually a dip from his career year in 2011, when he belted 25 homers and drove in 92 runs. Though the D-backs acquired Cliff Pennington from the A's early in the offseason, they have been in the hunt for more of an everyday shortstop. They have been linked to the likes of Jurickson Profar and Andrelton Simmons -- the young commodities possessed by the Rangers and Braves, respectively -- in the Justin Upton rumor mill. But the Cabrera discussions seem to have reached a more substantive stage. ESPN.com reported Tuesday night that the D-backs-Indians talks could involve as many as two other teams, and FoxSports.com reported that the Indians are interested in Arizona left-hander Tyler Skaggs, who made his Major League debut in August and went 1-3 with a 5.83 ERA in six starts. But the industry source confirmed that Bauer has been a key piece in the Cabrera discussions. The 21-year-old Bauer was the third overall selection in the 2011 First-Year Player Draft. He went 1-2 with a 6.06 ERA in four Major League starts this past season, and he went a combined 12-2 with a 2.42 ERA and 11.2 strikeouts-per-nine innings ratio in 22 starts for Triple-A Reno and Double-A Mobile. Bauer has attracted particular attention with his unique workout and warmup routines, to say nothing of his moonlighting as a would-be rapper. ESPN.com has reported that Bauer has "fallen out of favor with some people in the [D-backs] organization." But because of his deep arsenal of pitches and strikeout ability, his ceiling is generally considered to be high. And for an Indians team that has struggled to draft and develop impact pitchers, he could be an intriguing addition.


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Editor's note: On Jan. 21, Herald columnist Juergen Kneifel wrote of the passing of his friend Ken Hopen, who many times has been identified as the founder of Glas-Ply boats. Hopen became a partner in the venture and eventually owned the company outright, but the actual founder was Ken Smith. Our January story prompted Smith's daughter to go to work documenting the company's early history. The Herald has examined her evidence, and we believe this is the true story of the origins of the legendary fiberglass boats built in Marysville.
MARYSVILLE — I read an article in The Herald in January about Glas-Ply, a Northwest icon in fiberglass boats. Glas-Ply was founded by my late father, Ken Smith, but the article failed to even mention him. This stunned and saddened me, and it launched me on a journey to document my father's business history and to set the record straight.
Ken Smith was born in Grand Junction, Colo., in 1928. He joined the Navy at the end of World War II and was stationed in Bremerton, aboard the Lexington. After meeting my mother on a blind date and marrying her in 1946, they made Marysville their home. A daughter and son soon completed the family.
Fiberglass fascination
Smith held various jobs after the Navy. Among other things, he was a salesman at JC Penney and worked at Weiser's mill in Marysville. He also worked at Dean Nichols, a car body repair shop. During this time, the use of fiberglass for the restoration of Corvettes grabbed Smith's interest. His fascination with fiberglass set him on a course that propelled him into the boat-building industry. He would eventually set standards for quality, durability and design.
Smith founded Glas-Ply Industries in the mid-1950s in a rented building on old Highway 99. He started by manufacturing fiberglass laundry tubs, which were sold at Pay 'n Pak, Thurmond's plumbing supply and Sears in Everett. He also made chairs, tables, buoys and fish tanks. He repaired fiberglass car parts and made cabin tops for Reinell boats, when the hulls were still made of wood. Smith employed one of his friends, Milo Jensen, and a couple of recent Marysville High School graduates to cut the glass, do the lamination and spray molds to apply color.
One of the graduates, Larry Forsman, remembers bringing in a friend, Glen Carlson. They were paid a dollar an hour! He said that Smith was a good boss and recalled a bit of advice from him: "Make sure you don't wear any rings when working." That stemmed from an accident in high school, when Smith lost part of his right ring finger in a mishap at school.
The first boats
In 1956, the Marysville Globe ran a photo and caption announcing the expansion of Glas-Ply to a new building. There Smith produced his first boats. They were light enough to carry on the top of a car, enabling recreational fisherman to enjoy their sport anywhere a car could go. There were eight-, 10- and 12-foot models, all with V-shaped hulls. The boats, which weighed from 90 to 150 pounds, proved popular.
The business grew rapidly, and so did Smith's reputation for building a quality product. When Pacific Marine Supply of Seattle decided to manufacture its own line of pleasure craft, they asked a rep from Rycol Chemical, a distributor of plastic resin, who would be a good choice to oversee the project. He told them, "Ken Smith."
A deal with Pacific Marine
In 1958, Robert Ladd, then vice president of Pacific Marine Supply, approached Smith about purchasing the boat portion of Smith's enterprise and wanted him to stay on to manage the plant — and develop larger models, too. The deal was announced in Pacific Marine's holiday newsletter. Ladd rebranded the boats Pacific Mariner. More than 1,000 boats a year rolled off the line in Marysille. The name Glas-Ply and the laundry-tub molds were sold to a third party who wanted to continue manufacturing the tubs.
Don Aaland, manager of boat and trailer sales for Pacific Marine during this time, told me that in the early going a marine architect was hired to design the boats. But Smith made the wooden "plugs" from which the molds were made.
Testing was done on Lake Goodwin or on Ebey Slough. The sea trials helped Smith make adjustments to the design so the boats handled better. Later, he would do the design work, as well.
Aaland recalls a day at the slough when they needed to know if a boat could make a hard turn. Ken throttled up and turned sharply, not anticipating that the wake would slam the boat into a log boom and stall the engine. "Well, we made it," Smith said with a laugh as he re-started it. But the craft wouldn't move! The boat and the men survived, but it took quite a while to dislodge the propeller from a log and paddle back to Geddes Marina.
I remember a time when two naval engineers came to our home and presented a new design to my dad. He looked over the plans for a few minutes, then said, "Fellas, this is a beautiful boat, but how are you going to get it out of the mold?" Dad proceeded to mark up the blueprints, simplifying the pattern.
At the World's Fair
In 1962, the Seattle World's Fair opened. Through the efforts of Ladd and others, Tommy Bartlett's Water Ski Show was hired to perform in a giant moat erected in Memorial Stadium. More than 20 skiers were towed behind two 18-foot, stock-model Pacific Mariner boats. Smith had redesigned them so that the throttle controls, steering wheel and the helmsman's seat were centered in the boat for balance, according to an article in a 1962 issue of American Yachtsman.
Aaland told me that he, a Pacific Mariner exec named Art Bauer and Smith — over lunch — designed the 14-foot Dagger model used by the jumpers. The craft, however, was unstable in landings. So Smith devised a solution: reinforce the bottom of the boat, remove the keel and add two three-inch parallel oak runners. That did the trick.
The water-skiing troupe gave Smith an engraved silver box to thank him for his help.
The owner of Pacific Marine Supply, Ed Cunningham, died in 1960, and the company was placed in a trust managed by the Bank of California. A few years later, Smith designed a 21-foot cabin cruiser, but the Marysville building couldn't accommodate the new model, and there wasn't enough land on which to expand. The bankers thought investing in a new location and structure was too risky and wouldn't back expansion. Smith's tenure at Pacific Mariner ended, and the company was eventually sold. Smith wanted his molds and had to buy them back.
Around 1966-67, Orin Edson of Advanced Outboard Motors had purchased the Bayliner name and was looking for someone to build boats for him. Smith signed on to make fiberglass boats for two years. Once again, Smith was designing boats and making molds. The boats were sold at Advanced Outboard stores and Cortz Battery in Arlington, among other places. Realizing the profitability of Edson's venture, Smith decided to set out on his own. At the end of the contract, he re-acquired the Glas-Ply name and again began manufacturing his own boats.
Smith eventually built a new shop for the Glas-Ply production line, in the Smokey Point area. He started with a 16-footer and eventually added a 17-foot hard-top model with an inboard or outboard motor. Later came 19-, 21- and 28-footers.
Names behind the brand
The business prospered because of his attention to good design, materials — and employees. Dad mentored many men throughout his boat-building career. Others went on to Bayliner and other companies in the area. Among those that I remember: Ted Pederson, Glen and Dick Carlson, the three McKay brothers, Adrian Vandenbosch, Frank Stone, Don Thompson, Jack Parker, Bob and Dennis Dahlberg, Ralph Nelson, Ralph Rhode, Bob Anderson and Ron Thomas. Their skills were valued in the fiberglass industry.
Running the production line, designing boats, managing the office and selling vessels was too much work for one person. Smith needed help, and in 1967 he contacted a former Pacific Marine Supply salesman by the name of Ken Hopen. Hopen worked for Chrysler Outboard Motors. He accepted a position with Glas-Ply to establish dealerships and solicit sales. He proved to be an excellent promoter, and a few years later Hopen was made an equal partner in Glas-Ply.
During this time, many government agencies awarded Glas-Ply contracts for work boats, including the state of Washington, the city of Seattle, the state of Alaska and the U.S. Department of the Interior.
Office manager Jane Wagner was hired in 1969 and promoted to vice president when Glas-Ply was incorporated around 1970. Smith and Hopen shared the presidency.
Jane wrote me, "Ken Smith was a very intense, artistic, hardworking person. When things were running smoothly he was bored." He liked to brainstorm. "It was like his job was done and he couldn't sit around and do nothing."
Smith sells to Hopen
Smith sold his interest in Glas-Ply to partner Hopen around 1971 or 1972 and moved to Kawela, Hawaii, and began building boats there under the name Glas-Pro. Producing boats in Hawaii proved to be too expensive, though, and Smith returned to the mainland.
From 1975 to 1993, Smith lived in Kansas City, Mo., Pagosa Springs, Colo., and Vernal, Utah. He started a small gem shop in Kansas City and built houses.
Ken Smith was a dreamer and a gifted man. He said boat designs came to him while he was asleep. He'd awaken with a vivid idea and hurry to sketch it out. He was also able to size up a problem and come up with an innovative solution. To the end, he kept devising businesses. Could thermal energy be used to heat homes? Why not bury people upright to save space? Shocking, perhaps, but practical!
His most prized accomplishment, however, was building boats that still ply Northwest waters. Those who own or have owned an early Glas-Ply or Pacific Mariner craft know they were well-made, well-designed products. The names live on in the boating world.
Ken Smith died May 30, 2010, at 82. I am proud to have called him Dad.
Katherine Smith Alderman is the daughter of Glas-Ply founder Ken Smith. She is a former Miss Marysville and still lives there. She would love to hear from people who worked at Glas-Ply via email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Glas-Ply boats rendezvous
Glas-Ply boating enthusiasts will meet Aug. 9-11 at the Cap Sante Marina in Anacortes for their yearly Rendezvous. For more information, go to GlasPly.net.


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Ideas for Creative Stair Risers
Looking for a way to add visual pop to your house? Stair risers are often ignored, but they are the perfect canvas for a style statement. Whether you paint the risers, or cover them with found objects, or if you tile or carpet them, you can enhance the style of your house. Whatever style you're going for, whether it is classic, farmhouse, or industrial chic, decorating your staircase's risers will reinforce the style. It's also an awesome way to add harmonizing colors to your design scheme.
Oak stained wood stair treads and slate tile risers: The coordinating colors of this beautiful staircase design, tiled by DIY Atlanta tile installer Ana M., give an earthy edge to a classic interior. It took Ana two weeks to stain and tile her stairs, and the results are impeccable. Dark slate contrasts with light stained treads. Try a look like this if you want a classic staircase with a little bit of flavor.
Sisal stair runner: The sisal stair runner is straight out of Martha Stewart Living. Perfect for seaside or preppy decor, the sisal stair runner is an alternative to decorating each riser. The light, natural color of sisal evokes sea reeds and sailing. Relatively inexpensive, the toughest part of this project is installation. It's worth hiring a flooring carpenter to do a neat, polished job of installing the carpet. The lasting impact of a durable sisal stair runner is worth the cost of labor.
Eclectic reclaimed stairs and risers: Gosh dang it, these reclaimed stairs and risers are some of the most inventive we've seen. Constructed by one of our favorite bloggers, Funky Junk Interiors, the stairs I've linked to are literally made of reclaimed vintage wooden crates, and found wood scraps like yard sticks. They look downright magical! Stairs, or just risers, made from reclaimed materials give the structure of the house (not just the furnishings) a rambling country vibe that can't be ignored. If you want to make your farmhouse style house look authentic, add a dimension of design with reclaimed stair risers and treads.
Custom stenciled risers: As everyone knows, stencils are a fun way to add personality to a wall without breaking the bank. Adding a fine detail stencil design to stair risers takes stair risers from ordinary to statement piece. Modern stencils are available for the mod set; or go classic for a classic or farmhouse look. Just be sure that the risers are in excellent condition before stenciling. It might be a good idea to sand, prime, and paint them before stenciling for the most polished result.
Tile and stain stair risers: Got an Earthship or a cob cottage? Do you have a ski house in Vermont? Tile and stain stair risers are the perfect earthy look for a rustic cottage. The combination of a reddish stain and neutral colored handmade tiles says Maine fishing house, Vermont ski house, or even New Mexico adobe. A combination of Central American or Mediterranean tile and a bright color of paint could work for a Spanish-style hacienda. One thing is for sure: Stair risers the feature a thoughtful color contrast of tile and paint or stain are high style, and low maintenance.
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Lyme disease (LD) is a multi-stage, multi-system bacterial infection caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, a spiral shaped bacterium that is most commonly transmitted by a tick bite. The disease takes its name from Lyme, Connecticut, where the illness was first identified in the United States in 1975.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Lyme disease continues to be a rapidly emerging infectious disease, and is the leading cause of all insect-borne illness in the U.S. According to the CDC, LD cases more than doubled during the surveillance period of 1992 to 2006. In 2010, there were nearly 23,000 confirmed cases and nearly 7,000 probable cases of LD.
Lyme disease is a year-round problem, although April through October is considered tick season. Cases of LD have been reported in nearly all states in this country, with most cases occurring in:
Many cases have also been identified in large areas of Asia and Europe.
The list of possible symptoms for Lyme disease is nonspecific, and symptoms can affect every part of the body. Symptoms usually appear within three to 30 days following a tick bite. The following are the most common symptoms of LD. However, each child may experience symptoms differently.
One of the primary symptoms is often a circular-shaped rash that can be pink in the center and a deeper red on the surrounding skin, resembling a bulls-eye pattern. The rash:
Several days or weeks after a bite from an infected tick, flu-like symptoms can appear, including the following:
After several months, painful and swollen joints may occur.
Other possible symptoms may include the following:
Symptoms of LD may resemble other conditions or medical problems. Always consult your child's doctor for a diagnosis.
LD may be difficult to diagnose because the symptoms may resemble other conditions. The primary symptom is a rash, but it may not be present in up to 20 percent of cases. Diagnosis is usually based on symptoms and a history of a tick bite.
Diagnosis of Lyme disease must be made by an experienced doctor. Blood and laboratory tests may be performed to help diagnose LD and to rule out other conditions.
Research is underway to develop and improve methods for diagnosing LD.
Your child's physician will determine the best treatment plan based on your child's individual situation. Lyme disease is usually treated with antibiotics.
Treatment will be considered based on these and other factors:
Check your family often for ticks, including:
All parts of the body that bend: behind the knees, between fingers and toes, underarms, and groin.
Other areas where ticks are commonly found: belly button, in and behind the ears, neck, hairline, and top of the head.
Areas of pressure points, including:
Where underwear elastic waist bands touch the skin.
Where bands from pants or skirts touch the skin.
Anywhere else where clothing presses on the skin.
Visually check all other areas of the body and hair, and run fingers gently over skin. Run a fine-toothed comb through your child's hair to check for ticks daily.
Other helpful measures include the following:
Walk on cleared paths and pavement through wooded areas and fields when possible. Shower after all outdoor activities are over for the day. It may take up to four to six hours for ticks to attach firmly to skin. Showering will help remove unattached ticks.
Use insect repellents safely:
Products that contain DEET are tick repellents, but do not always kill the tick and are not 100 percent effective. Use a children's insect repellent (10 to 30 percent (DEET) and check with your child's doctor if your child is younger than 2 years of age before using. Do not apply to the area around your child's nose, mouth, and eyes, and do not apply over any cuts or open sores.
Treat clothing with a product that contains permethrin, which is known to kill ticks on contact. Do not use permethrin on the skin.
Check pets for ticks and treat as needed.
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You've been sitting around the house, eating greasy pizza, watching the NFL Network and avoiding your annoying girlfriend or wife. You haven't moved off the couch in 48 hours and your phone died, rendering your Twitter account worthless. Meanwhile, sports smack-talking maniacs have been using social media and other outlets to vent on fellow combatants. Athletes are fighting writers. Writers are fighting writers. Athletes are fighting fans. This is where Busted Coverage steps in on a weekly basis. The gatekeepers. If someone is in a sports-related war, we're all ears. If you know of a sports-related beef, we want to hear about it. There are no sports beefs too small for The Schoolyard editors. Try us. firstname.lastname@example.com Manti Te'o vs. His Stupid Beyoncé Super Bowl Tweet Fight Combatants: Manti Te'o goes to war with Twitter villains Fight Details: You can see the tweet. Manti should know that he can't use CAPS and drop a "KILLED THAT" in the same tweet without taking heat from his haters. One thing led to another and the heat became so much that Manti deleted his account, claiming he needed to focus on the NFL draft. Fight Scorecard: Twitter villains in like an 8 round TKO. It took time for this moron to go away, but the public finally won the war. Dick Vitale's Nose vs. A Glass Door Fight Combatants: Dickie V's nose and a University of Michigan glass door Fight Details: See that cut on Dickie's nose? That's the result of the talking head running his nose into a glass door. Not kidding. Fight Scorecard: Dickie got knocked down early, but got up, called the UM-OSU game and has a sweet door wound. Dickie V. by decision. Ocho vs. Darnell Dockett Fight Combatants: Old friends Chad Johnson and Arizona Cardinals DT Darnell Dockett Fight Details: Ho-hum. These two are always beefing. What are they actually beefing about? Who the hell knows. It's Twitter. One guy rips on the other for being fat. One guy rips on the other for wearing skinny jeans. They're the Laurel & Hardy of black guys fighting on Twitter. Fight Scorecard: Draw. Both are 140 character professionals. Dana White vs. The Natural Fight Combatants: UFC commissioner Dana White and the UFC hall of famer Randy Couture Fight Details: Randy skipped town to join the Bellator camp. Dana accuses 'The Natural' of leaving before fulfilling his contract. Among White's comments were that Couture requested to appear on FOX as an analyst during UFC cards. After three broadcasts, he bailed with one event left on his contract to sign with Bellator and Spike. White also claimed Couture lied via text message about negotiating with the competition. "I'm happy he's gone forever and he's with them," White told a group of reporters following Saturday's UFC 156 post-fight press conference. "Couture, I don't respect him at all. However, Randy's fighter profile is still up on UFC.com. Fight Scorecard: Dana via quote choke. It appears Randy can forget about ever coming back to the UFC. Kristin Cavallari vs. Jay Cutler's Haters Fight Combatants: Kristin Cavallari going after sports blogs & people picking on Cuts Fight Details: Cavallari has an E! special coming out on March 10 so the reality bimbo needs to create headlines to ramp up ratings. So she tells E! that Jay proposed via text and mailed her an engagement ring. Not even 24 hours later, Cavs says she was misquoted. Stop bashing jay. He proposed in Cabo. Stop believing headlines…u have no clue. They take 1 piece of an interview to get ppl talking. Uh huh. You want us to stop picking on Cuts? Stop opening your stupid trap for E! specials. Deal? Fight Scorecard: The public via 1st round KO. Filed under: Schoolyard
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World Traveller Plus is our premium economy service, a more comfortable, relaxing experience on longer routes and proof that a premium service doesn't have to break the bank:
The World Traveller Plus features a smaller number of rows for a more intimate and exclusive experience but you'll find the small cabin big on space and big on features, including:
The World Traveller Plus experience is getting a makeover. We're giving the cabin an elegant new interior, luxurious seats with greater recline, 60% larger flat entertainment screen, personal in-seat power supply and more.
The new cabin is available now on our newest aircraft; A380, Boeing 787, Boeing 777-300ER and we're busy refurbishing many Boeing 777-200 and 767 aircraft to the same standard.
There's plenty of 'plus' in your World Traveller Plus menu, featuring a delicious assortment of fine foods designed to keep your taste buds entertained throughout the flight:
A whole world of entertainment awaits you with:
With World Traveller Plus' generous and flexible baggage allowances, it doesn't matter if you're travelling light or packing for an extended stay.
You can take two bags with you on board - one full-sized cabin bag plus a laptop or handbag – and check up to two bags into the hold - double the allowance for most economy services.
Some routes and ticket types come with an even greater allowance, while extra baggage can be carried for a fee.
Let AirPortr pick up your bags from your London location and check them in for your flight with the AirPortr + Bag Check-In service, exclusive to British Airways customers. Available for the wider London area and flights departing from Heathrow and Gatwick, except flights within the UK.
Tour our World Traveller Plus and discover how we've enhanced every aspect to make you feel welcomed into a bright environment with a contemporary understated feel. Inspired by classic British textiles and architectural structures, the cabin is quieter and more spacious than economy, to make every trip that little bit more special.
Wherever and whenever you fly World Traveller Plus you can expect the same top quality food, drink and premium service by our attentive crew, but a few of the cabin design elements may vary by aircraft. See 'Style upgrade' above for more on our exciting new cabin design.


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Wandora is a general purpose data extraction, management, and publishing application based on Topic Maps and Java. Wandora has a graphical user interface, layered presentation of knowledge, several data storage options, rich data extraction, import and export capabilities, and an embedded HTTP server that enables dynamic publication of Topic Maps. Wandora is well suited for rapid ontology construction and knowledge mashups.
Goozzee allows you to easily create, browse, and share knowledge bases and documentation repositories using topic maps. It can be used standalone with an embedded database or in multi-user mode with a MySQL or MariaDB server to store its data. It can store notes and files of any type and size, create links between notes and files, browse through your knowledge base by following these links, or search notes using the fast and powerful full text search engine.
Ontopia is a set of tools for building applications driven by Topic Maps, such as Web portals. The main benefit of Topic Maps is that they provide a flexible and expressive data model supporting much better findability than traditional solutions, as well as advanced features like automated merging of datasets.
tmphoto is a Web photo gallery with a fairly advanced metadata structure, allowing photos to be described in terms of place, category, persons in the photo, and events. The places, categories, persons, and events can be further described. It offers a nice browsing interface based on the metadata.
TM++ is an embedded, portable, persistent Topic Maps engine. It is designed to work according to the ISO standards for TMDM 1.0 and XTM 1.0/2.0 on Windows and most POSIX-compliant operating systems like Unix and Linux. It has interfaces for C++, ALLEGROCL, CHICKEN, CLISP, CFFI, C#, Guile, Java, Lua, Modula 3, Mzscheme, Ocaml, Octave, Perl, PHP4, PHP5, Pike, Python, R (aka GNU S), Ruby, Lisp S-Expressions, Tcl, Common Lisp/UFFI, and XML.
An app lister for Android.
Encrypted email, chat, and file storage and sharing.


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George Osborne has set out plans to fix Britain's housing market with beefed-up powers for the Bank of England and "radical" planning reforms designed to help build up to 200,000 new homes.
In his annual Mansion House speech, the Chancellor set out how the Bank's Financial Policy Committee (FPC) would be able to order restrictions on the ratio of mortgage loans compared to borrowers' incomes, or to the value of their house.
He also announced proposals, likely to prove controversial, for an "urban planning revolution" which would see councils forced to pre-approve brownfield sites for housing developments.
The FPC already has powers to recommend measures including caps on mortgage loan-to-value (LTV) and loan-to-income (LTI) ratios to regulators, to head off the threat of a housing bubble.
Separate remarks from Bank of England governor Mark Carney signalled these were likely to be deployed within weeks, as he warned the property market was "showing the potential to overheat", with prices up 10 per cent in the last year.
But Mr Osborne said it was important that the Bank was able to act "independently of politics" and take action by itself. The new powers are expected to be in place by the end of the current Parliament next May.
"We saw from the last crisis the dangerous temptations for politicians to leave the punch bowl where it is and keep the party going on for too long," he said in last night's speech.
The Chancellor added: "I want to make sure that the Bank of England has all the weapons it needs to guard against risks in the housing market.
"I want to protect those who own homes, protect those who aspire to own a home, and protect the millions who suffer when boom turns to bust."
Mr Carney welcomed the measures as well as a separate part of the Chancellor's speech in which he set out plans to clean up London's vast foreign exchange market, with new criminal sanctions for traders who engage in abuse and malpractice.
But shadow chancellor Ed Balls said: "George Osborne is still failing to tackle the root cause of the housing crisis which is that we are not building enough homes to match rising demand."
Mr Osborne used his speech to highlight the strength of the recovery, with Britain growing faster than any other advanced economy, record numbers in work, stronger business investment and a lower budget deficit.
But he said the dangers facing the recovery including an "old and very familiar risk" from the housing market, with the need to build more homes and the cycle of financial instability caused by high household debt.
Mr Osborne said there was "no immediate cause for alarm" with house prices still lower in real terms than they were in 2007, and the rate of mortgage approvals slowing in the last couple of months.
"But we need to be vigilant for there are things on the horizon that should give us some causes for concern," he added.
He pointed to soaring prices in London, now starting to spread out of the capital, with mortgage loan to income ratios at new highs.
Mr Osborne said: "Does the housing market pose an immediate threat to financial stability today? No, it doesn't.
"Could it in the future? Yes, it could, especially if we don't learn the lessons of the past. So we act now to insure ourselves against future problems before they can materialise."
He reiterated that the Bank "should not hesitate" to act on the housing market "if they think it necessary to protect financial stability".
Mr Osborne's proposals will strengthen its power to act either by putting a cap on LTI or LTV ratios or put in place limits on the proportion of higher ratio, riskier home loans that lenders can offer.


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This band is an exotic melange of furry shorts, catch phrases, buzz words, sheer volume, tape loops, too many notes and WAY too many effects, with moronic lyrics about everyday occurences that never seem to happen. Their debut full length!
"Big Momma's secret Saturn's Flea Collar Recipe:
Combine 2 cups Brainiac, 1 cup Steel Pole Bathtub,1/2 tablespoon of Nomeansno bass (remove chunks first) and a pinch of eccentricity extracted from Tragic Mulatto. Shake well (do not stir) and serve chilled. Garnish with lime."- Wet Ink
"Featuring two members of the underappreciated Victims Family, Saturn's Flea Collar is a triumvirate that plays a hardcore motivated blend of Zappa (Frank, not Dweezil!), Minutemen, Naked City and Foghat, with its tongue firmly planted in cheek and a spectacularly proficient musicality. Thematically, Monosyllabic kicks the usual pricks: rock stars, corporate culture, the rich ("Jimi, Jim and Janis," Sugar Frosted Loopholes"), takes time to dole out some good advice ("Don't Fuck With the Guy Who Makes Your Food") and tells tales of ordinary madness ("Wall Impede My Progress," "My Plants Are Mad At Me"). Sonically, Monosyllabic is a sprawling tribute to the time change, as each song becomes a showcase for virtuoso one-upmanship. Not in the Yngvie Malmsteen "I-Can-Play-Faster-Than-I-Can-Think" sense - SFC have too many smarts and are far too terminally depraved for that - but in the "How-Can-We-Make-This-Song-Even-Weirder" sense, to the detriment, unfortunately of more than a few of the songs. In fact, the superior tracks "Free and Easy Wanderer," "Is In the Middle Of," "Frolic With the Hunchbacks," indicate that when SFC tempers their urge to go in seven directions at once, they can dance with the best of them."- Exclaim


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There's was some news conference yesterday that nobody told me about so oh well.
But find out all about it after the jump.
Now, which squad do you think will win on Saturday? The Bruins…
…or the Illini?
It's like $25 for a cheap seat – you can afford that, right?
See you there!