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In the words of the immortal David Bowie: "TO BE PLAYED AT MAXIMUM VOLUME."
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Mt. Baldy? Pretty work, terrible title. That's why I'm opening this work up for a title contest for IPA members. This is a view of (ugh!) Mt. Baldy taken from my sister Susan's home in Riverside, California, USA. Can you think of a good title for this work? One which expresses how it makes you feel? If so, suggest it below or in the new group I'll create. Winner gets... well... bragging rights is all. I'm waiting to post it on other sites until YOU give it a better title than I can come up with. Suggestions close Tuesday, 2/28/12 23:59 Central USA time. Winner Announced Wednesday, February 29, 2012 (Leap Day, no less)
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Freshwater - Drivers and pressures (Slovenia)
- Topic
- Freshwater
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- Organisation name
- Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia
- Reporting country
- Slovenia
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Key message
Except the impact of climate changes, significant rise of environmental pressures is not expected.
Agriculture, energy sector and partly tourism remain the key driving forces of pressures to the environment.
Figure 9: Tourist overnights in coastal areas, by month, 2007-2009
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Population trends
The density and total number of inhabitants in Slovenia are gently rising, mainly through immigration but also, once again, from positive natural growth. The number of households is growing, owing to a reduction in the number of household members. Smaller households have higher environmental costs. Growth is being seen primarily in small settlements close to the larger cities, where major investments are needed for the adequate provision of municipal services and infrastructure. Pressure for new construction is greatest in areas of high-quality soil in lowland areas intended for farming (KM17).
Water exploitation
In 2006 groundwater bodies held a total of 922 million m3 of available groundwater, or 759 m3 per inhabitant. Use of water in industry has been reduced considerably. By far the greatest use, 99 %, has been for electricity generation. In 2008 more than 82,000 million m3 of water ran through turbines, and was then fully returned to the stream.
Primary importance in drinking water supply in Slovenia is held by the quality of groundwater, since this resource supplies as much as 97 % of the population (VD01).
Water abstraction
Data on water abstraction in Slovenia have been reliable since 2002, when the Waters Act laid down the acquisition of water rights for any special use of water. By 2008 around 40,400 legal entities and individuals had acquired rights for special use of water (VD14).
Of the remaining percentage of non-hydroelectric use of water, the major portion – 60-70 % or 800 million m3 – is for electricity generation in thermal power stations. Since 2002 water use for technological purposes has been declining, and accounted for just 4 % in 2007. Other uses – irrigation, snowmaking, beverage production, etc. – represent a small proportion of consumption, but they are growing.
Water demand, Households, Industrial production
Statistics on the quantity of water pumped into the mains water system for use in households and manufacturing indicate a reduction in the last decade, primarily due to more efficient use of water in industry – thanks to the impact of taxes payable for burdening water – and farming. Household consumption of water has not changed significantly.
Land use
More than half of Slovenia's land surface is covered with forest, other mainly natural growth, including natural grassland, wetlands, aquatic, slightly or non-overgrown surfaces, covers 4 %, 35 % is mainly used for farming, while just under 3 % is artificial surfaces (CLC2006,TP01).
Data from the more detailed land use database (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food of the Republic of Slovenia) indicate that between 2002 and 2007 the total extent of cultivated fields and gardens declined by 15.4 %, hop gardens by 16.3 %, land left to overgrow by 12.9 %, vineyards by 12.4 % and other uses by 20 %. The total extent of forests in this period increased by 1.5 %, olive groves by 41.7 %, grasslands by 6.9 % and extensive orchards by 2.2 % (KM10).
Agriculture is a relatively small sector of the Slovenian economy. Its share in GDP declined to 1.7 % in 2006, and its labour productivity is below the all-economy average.
Mineral fertiliser consumption decreased by 22.8 % between 1992 and 2006, which can be explained by stricter implementation of the principles of good agricultural practice that includes fertilization plans based on soil analyses. There was a downward trend in pesticides in most groundwater bodies between 1993 and 2005. Due to their persistence, atrazine and desethylatrazine are still among the substances that most often exceed the threshold values for individual pesticides in groundwater bodies comprising alluvial aquifers (KM19).
Slovenia derives a major part of its tourism potential from its aquatic wealth. All the natural attractions, whose visitor numbers (TU02) are monitored by Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia (SORS), are associated with water. Most important among these are the two biggest Alpine lakes, Bled and Bohinj, and the karst caves of Postojna and Škocjan. Another important element is health spa tourism. With the proper provision of municipal services in growing coastal settlements, the direct input of pollutants into water from tourism has been reduced in recent years, although the need is still growing for the supply of tourist facilities with drinking water. There has also been an increase in maritime traffic and nautical tourism, and consequently a decline in the condition of all environmental components along the coast (TU01).
In recent years, with the increasingly persistent awareness of the possibility of climate change, pressure on water has also been growing in the mountainous areas of Slovenia as, in winter, there is a growing demand for snow-making on ski slopes (VD14).
Key message
Except the impact of climate changes, significant rise of environmental pressures is not expected.
Agriculture, energy sector and partly tourism remain the key driving forces of pressures to the environment.
Figure 10: Natural resources: Large and small hydroelectric stations
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Energy sector
In 2007, electricity from the big hydroelectric stations, >10 MW, accounted for 19 % of electricity generated, and 84.6 % of electricity produced from renewable energy sources. This is followed by small-scale hydroelectric stations, with 3 % and 12 % respectively (EN17).
The estimated economic exploitation potential amounts to between 7,000 and 8,500 GWh a year, and in 2007 generation amounted to 3,265 GWh. From 2000 to 2007 the actual capacity of hydroelectric stations increased by 18.4 %, a result of refurbishing and was supplemented in 2007 by new small hydroelectric stations, whose total combined generation was 409 GWh in 2007 (EN19).
Further exploitation of water potential for generating electricity is problematic primarily in terms of preserving the vulnerable natural environment. There is discussion of exploiting the hydroelectric potential of the River Mura.
Impact of climate change
Analyses of the hydrological state in Slovenia indicate that the available quantities of water are diminishing and that the distribution of precipitation is changing in terms of time and space. Greater regional difficulties are anticipated due to the following effects of climate change: greater frequency and strength of hydrological, meteorological and geomorphological natural threats, droughts, heat waves, storms, high winds, frosts, hail and fires in the natural environment due to temperature extremes, a change in precipitation and flow regimes and a deterioration in the ecological and chemical quality of water.
Wastewater treatment
The proportion of the population whose wastewater is treated in municipal or communal treatment facilities, rose from barely a fifth in 1998 to almost half in 2007. Sixty-five per cent of a total of 111 million m³ of treated wastewater attained a secondary level of treatment in these facilities in 2007. Compared to other European countries, the proportion of inhabitants connected to the wastewater drainage system is low, largely a consequence of the scattered settlement of Slovenia (VD02).
Emissions to water
Point sources of water pollution cause problems chiefly during periods of low flow of watercourses and when legally established emission values are exceeded. However, it is harder to exercise control over diffuse sources of emissions into surface and groundwater. There are difficulties in removing wastewater from settlements where sewers and treatment facilities are not yet properly in place, and these are compounded by nutrients from plant protection agents used in agriculture. In the Danube drainage area the calculated total annual emissions in 2003/2004 amounted to 6,339 t/year of nitrogen and 27 t/year of phosphorus, while in the Adriatic drainage area in the same period annual emissions were 641 t/year of nitrogen and 3 t/year of phosphorus (VD10).
For references, please go to www.eea.europa.eu/soer or scan the QR code.
This briefing is part of the EEA's report The European Environment - State and Outlook 2015. The EEA is an official agency of the EU, tasked with providing information on Europe's environment.
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Read Sunday Square Off transcripts referenced in article below.
We are entering the sweaty tumult of an election season, and the records of office-holders are fair game for their opponents.
All the votes of incumbents, their spending habits and their pet issues - they're all legitimate grist for the rough, grinding mill of politics and campaigning.
But since when did the serial attackers preying on Phoenix become a political issue?
Politics may be an unseemly business at campaign time, but there are limits. And the sudden burst of opportunism from political aspirants and other activists linking the spate of despicable shootings and sexual attacks in Phoenix to the presumed priorities of officeholders is well beyond the limits of decency.
On the Channel 12 (KPNX-TV) roundtable talk-show Sunday Square Off on July 23, Republican gubernatorial candidate Don Goldwater explicitly tied the serial attackers to the record of Gov. Janet Napolitano, a Democrat. She is unwilling to fund local police departments adequately, he charged.
On an earlier Sunday Square Off, Darcy Olsen, president and CEO of the Goldwater Institute think tank, hammered Phoenix officials for what she deemed misplaced spending priorities - habits that she specifically linked to "this particular crime spree."
Most recently, at a press conference last week, two other GOP candidates played the same unseemly game of alluding to the serial attackers to score points against their Democratic opponents.
Like Goldwater, Republican gubernatorial candidate Len Munsil has attempted to lay the blame card at Napolitano's feet: "Tragically, it has taken the presence of serial murderers and rapists in our community to draw public attention to our state's serious crime problems," he said.
Munsil was joined at his Napolitano-blaming press conference by Bill Montgomery, a GOP candidate for attorney general, who leveled similarly loaded accusations at Attorney General Terry Goddard, a Democrat.
Politically convenient answers
It is one matter for political candidates to attack incumbents on issues of law and order. Crime rates nationally are on the rise. According to a 2005 analysis by the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission, violent crime in this state reached a 10-year nadir in 2004. Just a year later, it soared to its highest number in that 10-year period.
Why? The director of the ACJC, Phillip Stevenson, could not provide a simple answer for The Republic's Amanda Lee Myers. "To try to pin anything on a single person to me absolutely seems like a stretch," he said. Politicians, on the other hand, seem to have all the easy - and politically convenient - answers.
Debating crime trends - and the records of sitting politicians regarding those trends - is political fair game, certainly.
That which is not fair game - indeed, that which is contemptible in its outlandish callousness - is to suggest that one officeholder or another should be held personally responsible for a sudden, brutal spate of serial murders and rapes by a pair of psychotic miscreants.
The Goldwater Institute's CEO did so twice - also during appearances on Channel 12's Sunday Square Off, once on June 4 and again on July 16.
Much of Olsen's commentary involved classic apples-and-oranges fiscal nonsense - suggesting that Phoenix could put hundreds of additional police on the streets if resources had not been diverted to financing a new convention center and other downtown improvements. Never mind that many of those projects were approved by voters and are financed by funding streams that could never be directed into the salaries of police officers.
Oh, that she had stopped there: "This is a problem. We are not prioritizing. And it's not just - this particular crime spree has brought attention to this issue, but Phoenix has higher, more violent crime per capita than New York City."
This particular crime spree.
Given an opportunity by another panelist to retreat from the absurd implication that the 136 Phoenix officers assigned to tracking the serial attackers are insufficient, Olsen declined.
In response to the panelist's plea that "you have to let the police do their job," Olsen retorted: "I don't necessarily think we do."
Let police officers do their jobs
Well. Not only do we believe that second-guessers on the sidelines should let the police do their job, we also take issue with Olsen's understanding of how city projects are financed, and how that financing relates to the number of cops on the street. The short answer? It doesn't.
The convention hotel now under construction in downtown Phoenix, for example, is financed through revenues to be generated by the hotel. Terms of the arrangement forbid General Fund money - that is, money that might be available to enhance police and fire departments - from being used toward the hotel.
Likewise, the convention-center expansion is financed through a dedicated source of funding. None of those dollars, dedicated to infrastructure, could be magically transferred to police-officer salaries. The expansion plan was approved by Phoenix voters in November, 2001. Does Olsen also take issue with the priorities of Phoenix voters?
Further, when Phoenix has had the opportunity to expand public-safety resources, it has done so. Phoenix has added 290 police officers and 210 firefighters since January 2004.
And while sluggish revenues have forced Phoenix to cut its plans for General Fund spending for four of the last five years, none of those cuts has come at the expense of the police or fire departments.
For that matter, if GOP lawmakers were that concerned about the economic health of Phoenix and other cities, they wouldn't have structured income-tax cuts last session in a way that will end up shrinking the local share of state revenues in the future.
As to crime, Phoenix has experienced an uptick since 2004. So has nearly every other major American city. Phoenix nevertheless remains third-safest among the nation's 10 largest cities, according to the federal Uniform Crime Reporting statistics. And even now violent crime rates remain more than 40 percent lower than in 1993, when violence first began ebbing nationally.
Are sitting officeholders who object to the implications of these political aspirants overly sensitive to such criticism?
Perhaps. Most Valley citizens will remain on edge until the attackers are caught, and that includes politicians.
But irresponsible, opportunistic claims such as these should not escape scrutiny. The cops have a tough enough job as it is.
Read Sunday Square Off transcripts referenced in Republic article.


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noun \ˈpō-shən\: a drink that is meant to have a special or magical effect on someone
Full Definition of POTION
: a mixture of liquids (as liquor or medicine)
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Origin of POTION
Middle English pocioun, from Anglo-French poisun, pocioun drink, potion, from Latin potion-, potio, from potare to drink — more at potable
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The Four Seasons- a trip to Austin, Texas
In the middle of Texas sits a town that oozes a funky, cool vibe, houses an abundance of amazing eateries, and offers some unique activities and shopping for the traveling family. Austin, Texas is the place.
Its lively downtown area and highly regarded restaurants are just a short walk from the Four Season's Hotel and Resort. It was the perfect place to stop for a couple of nights on my family's cross country road trip. A little bit of luxury and pampering were just the thing we needed after two long days of driving from San Diego.
Upon arrival and check-in, my son was handed a Scavenger Hunt to complete. It was the tool to learning a little bit more about the resort, city and state. His eyes lit up when he was told there would be a prize for locating all of the items on the hunt.
We explored the large lobby, and began looking for scavenger hunt clues.
I eyed the cozy bar for future, relaxing happy-hour reference.
Awaiting us in our room was a much-needed sweet treat after such a long day of travel. This is the sort of thing The Four Seasons is known for… treating guests to small surprises such as this.
We stayed in a spacious suite with a pull-out sofa for the kiddo…
… and the most comfortable bed I've ever slept in.
We were lucky enough to have a gorgeous view of Lady Bird Lake, which sits directly behind the hotel.
Exploring the grounds, we took in the beauty of the landscape and flowers.
Chairs are set up everywhere, inviting you to relax and enjoy the peace and serenity of the resort.
This enormous hammock on the property is large enough for two. Snuggle up with a loved one, or hog it all to yourself. Snoozing is optional.
You'll see quite a few of these adorable squirrels scurrying up and around the trees.
And you may even wish to go jogging or walking along this path that hugs Lady Bird Lake.
A huge bonus of staying here: No Mosquitos! See that bridge? There are thousands of Mexican Free-Tailed bats sleeping under the bridge. Stand on this platform at dusk, and you'll observe the bats swooping out from underneath the bridge to gobble up their dinner (mosquitos). It's really fun for the kids to watch.
Kayak rentals are available directly behind the hotel ($10 per hour!) We paddled underneath the bridge and could hear the bats squeaking in their sleep!
For a tour of the city, drive or walk into town and hop on a Segue Tour around the capital. It's great fun to learn how to drive it, and it's a unique way to get around the city. Ages 11/12 and up are good to go on a Segue.
Head to the fitness center to get in a good workout and grab a piece of fruit.
Or you may wish to relax at the spa instead. Spa Happy Hour was offered when we were there- a discounted rate during certain hours.
Kids go bonkers over this pool area (at least mine did). We were only there two nights, yet we swam in the pool at least 4 times.
The pool area is full of floating noodles and other kid-friendly toys. Food and drink may be ordered from a pool attendant as you relax under a shady umbrella.
Our stay at Four Seasons- Austin was a happy and relaxing one. Scavenger hunt complete (with prize hat on head), we were ready to continue on our journey. Goodbye cozy bed, irresistible food, flying bats, refreshing pool and fun city.
For details on all of the FOOD we tried in Austin, please visit this post.
Disclosure: Four Seasons Hotel in Austin hosted me and my family as their guests. I was not paid to write this post. All opinions shared are my own.


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I've always loved applesauce. My Swedish family would tell me that my mom, who was my first and best inspiration for cooking, was a master of homemade applesauce. As I got older, she didn't have time to make it from scratch anymore, but we always had a big jar of it in the fridge at home, and usually little snack packs that she would pack in our lunches. My favorite way to eat applesauce was slightly warmed with a little bit of milk and cinnamon. I really don't know if that sounds like a weird combination or not, because to me that's always just how it was. I still eat it from time to time, but generally buy it these days to use in baking.
While I have recently acquired a food mill in hopes of starting homemade tempeh production, today I certainly didn't have enough time or apples to warrant breaking that piece of gadgetry in for applesauce. But it sounded so good! In an effort to increase my fruit and vegetable intake, especially in raw form, blending up a raw applesauce concoction sounded like the perfect solution.
I'm very picky about apples. I tend to favor the tarter side of the apple spectrum, and I only like crisp apples. (Red Delicious is probably the worst apple I know. That grainy mass of mush is something I just can't get behind.) Lucky for me I live in the home state, nearly the home city, of the Honeycrisp apple. It's a pricier apple, to be sure, but also one of the best apples you'll ever sink your teeth into. If you haven't had it, and you have access to it, I recommend it. It's a delicious blend of sweet and tart, with the most amazing crisp when you bite into it. Hence, I gather, Honeycrisp. When it's not in season, I like Pink Ladies, Fujis, Galas, and sometimes straight up Granny Smiths. The kind of apple you pick for raw applesauce will affect the final outcome since there's no added sugar in this recipe, but you can vary the spices to your liking as well. I went for a tangy, warmly-spiced version.
This recipe is partially a result of what I had on hand at home, as well as trying to incorporate some more healthy ingredients into my meals. This explains the kiwifruit, and the coconut butter. Kiwifruit adds vitamins C and E and added dietary fiber in addition to its wonderful flavor. Virgin coconut oil is a healthy fat with a variety of beneficial properties, and it also makes a really great (and comparatively cheap) moisturizer. I have plain coconut oil at home, but I did opt for Artisana Amazon Bliss here, which also contains acai, maca, goji berries and cacao nibs. I could go on and on about the healthy properties of all the ingredients, but let's just say this is both healthy AND delicious. By not cooking the apples, you are also preserving a lot of the nutrients, while leaving them unpeeled adds fiber and texture. (But if eating the peel weirds you out, or you don't think you have a strong enough blender/food processor, feel free to peel them.)
Spicy Raw Applesauce (makes two servings):
2 c apples, cored and chopped
1 kiwifruit, peeled and chopped
juice of half to one lemon
1 tbsp coconut oil*
1 tsp garam masala, or other spice combination
Place all ingredients in a blender or food processor and blend until desired consistency is reached, stopping to scrape down the sides as necessary. (If you can vary your speed, start with low and increase until the larger chunks of apples are incorporated.) This can take a few minutes depending on the strength of your blender.
Also, I was tagged by Krista and Lisa to tell you seven random things about myself. I've seen this meme a lot while reading my blogroll, so I'm going to cheat and not tag anyone to avoid double tagging. Here goes:
1) In the winter, my hands get really really dry from a combination of frigid Minnesota weather and the sanitizer solution we use at work. So dry they practically form scales and often crack and bleed on the knuckles…it's really gross. I've begun combatting this by putting lotion on and wearing gloves whenever I can at work, and coming home and slathering lotion or coconut oil on my hands and slipping them into these little cotton gloves I have. They're really snug-fitting, and make my hands feel weird, but it keeps the moisture in.
2) I stopped reading for pleasure once I finished college, especially fiction. (Novels that is, I read blogs for pleasure all the time!) I used to read all the time, several books a month, but now I'm not sure I've read any more books cover to cover than I can count on one hand. The most recent book I actually finished was Cherrie Moraga's Loving in the War Years (which was really amazing).
3) I've never broken or sprained a bone (speedy recovery shellyfish!) or had surgery. Maybe I'm cursing myself my revealing this publicly, but there you have it.
4) Once I "snogged" a hairy coo on the Isle of Skye. This means that a highland cow ate a digestive biscuit that I was holding in my mouth. It wasn't really as gross as it sounds, he was very considerate about neatly extracting this morsel without touching me with his slobber. Somewhere I have soundless video footage of this recorded with my first digital camera from 2001.
5) I've seen an elf owl, the second-smallest known owl in the world. We came upon it coming back to our campsite late at night in Bentsen-Rio Grande Park in southern Texas. Along with coming within ten feet of a ruffed grouse in a thicket along a northwestern Minnesota logging road, and finally spotting the very small and fast black-throated blue warbler, this is one of my favorite bird sightings.
6) My girlfriend and I can share most of our clothes, despite our height and leg-length differences. Shoes are another story. You know how lots of people who have been together for a long time start to look like each other in small, subtle ways? I think we're morphing into the same person. Or at least, two people with one wardrobe.
7) I've sang karaoke twice in my life (I'm a shy person with terrible performance anxiety), the second time being last week at the only lesbian bar in town (which is now closed). My friend and I sang Pat Benatar's "Love is a Battlefield." I don't know if people were more excited about the song itself or that we were singing it not-too-horribly, but there were people dancing wildly.
I feel the same way about apples. It's usually straight-up Granny Smiths or Fujis and nothing else! I've never seen a Honeycrisp, but I will keep an eye out.
Honeycrips are AMAZING!!!! I'm so jealous that you can get them locally!
Thank you Sweet Pea.
I love the spicy applesauce – and I used to eat applesauce with milk & honey when I was little. Yum. I should do it again with soy & agave. Loved reading more about you, too.
I am the same way about apples–my family calls me an "apple snob" ) I think red delicious apples should be called red disgusting apples…they are seriously a waste of an apple!
I love apple sauce (I have made apple sauce and apple butter a few times already this season!) and will have to give your raw version a try. Thanks!
Honeycrisps are my favorite apple! Oh, and the Pink Ladies too! This looks delicious and perfect alongside my dinner planned for tonight! Thanks!
Ooh, yummy! I'm a Fuji girl & they have to be red & firm! I'm also an Artisana spread girl, yum!
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Technology Showcase: Fiber Routers and Matrix Switchers
Mar 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Bennett Liles
Fiber takes signal switching further.
The new Grass Valley Optical Switch Router (OSR) is the newest member of the Acappella family of small routers. The OSR can be configured either symmetrically or asymmetrically, with port counts in multiples of four from 8×8 to 32×32. Physically, the OSR is packaged in a 19in. frame — either 1RU (up to 16×16) or 3RU (port counts greater than 16×16) — and 14.7in. deep. Two connector types can be provisioned, either LC or FC/APC with redundant AC powering. The OSR's photonic switch core is both format/protocol- and data-rate-independent. Any signal that can be transmitted over a fiber can be switched — RF, SD/HD, Ethernet, serial in either single-mode or multimode (including CWDM), and bidirectional traffic. Performance is enhanced because there is no signal conversion from electrical to optical. The OSR can be operated as a standalone or a network element within the Encore platform via Ethernet or serial communication. The OSR's impressive specs include less than 1dB of optical attenuation, greater than -70dB crosstalk, and a 10-millisecond switching time.
For direct fiber I/O connectivity, Harris offers the Platinum Opto+ modules, the PT-OXS-IB+ and the PT-OXS-OB+, for its large and medium-sized Platinum routers. This teams the processing power of the Platinum line with the capability to handle longer HD-SDI signal transmission with a 3Gbps (1080p) infrastructure. The Platinum Opto+ modules use standard small-form-factor (SFP) connectors, and they support FP or DFB lasers in the transmitters (PT-XOS-OB+) and PIN or APD receivers (PT-OXB-IB+) for pricing to suit the transmission distances required. The Opto-equipped Harris Platinum routers may use either single- or multimode fiber. The Platinum MX can scale up to a 128×128 switching matrix in a 9RU frame for HD-SDI, SDI, ASI, and analog video with AES and analog audio. The modules are front-loading and hot-swappable, scalable in groups of eight inputs or eight outputs with redundant controllers and cross-points, along with load-sharing power supplies. In a 5RU frame, the unit can scale up to 72×64 and up to 144×128 discrete audio channels. Automatic format conversion allows a complete variety of any input signal type to any output format. Hardware and software provide a number of control solutions.
In sizes from 1RU to 9RU, the MultiDyne EOS-4000 fiber-optic switcher is scalable in matrix sizes from 32×32 up to 288×288 for video signals up to 4.25Gbps. With SFP transceivers on all ports, the unit has hot-swappable port cards, power supplies, and fans. Accepting up to three modular port cards, each with up to 48 SFP transceiver modules, the EOS-4000 groups the physical ports on each card as input/output pairs for 850nm, 1300nm, and 1550nm optical media. Also swappable is the CompactFlash card that acts as the CPU hard drive for storing the controlling software and non-volatile configuration data. Configuration commands are received on a 10/100 Ethernet connection, and they enable the unit to emulate optical power break with and without path failures; make topology changes; and reroute point-to-point, loop, or multicast connections. Also available is dynamic device testing to simulate faults and identify improperly operating devices. The EOSXplorer software interface provides graphical displays with the EOS physical view, logical view, chassis health monitor, and port card health monitor. The user can simply click on any port and drag it to any other available port — or, in logical view, the user can employ a drag-and-drop technique in a Windows Explorer-style display. The health-monitoring displays use gauges and graphs.
The OptiLinx OLX-3000 from Opticomm can switch digital video up to 4.25Gbps on any of its 144 ports (4RU model) or 288 ports (8RU model). Available link rates include 1.0625Gbps, 1.25Gbps, 2.125Gbps, 2.5Gbps, and 4.25Gbps. Full-duplex switching capacity extends up to 612Gbps. The chassis accepts a variety of modular port cards with SFP transceiver modules for specific network configurations. These can include point-to-point, multiple loops, and multicast topologies simultaneously. Each of the transceivers presents a physical connection for an optical input-and-output pair. The port cards are hot-swappable, as are the fans and power supplies. Any wavelength — standard 850nm, 1310nm, 1550nm, multimode or single mode, or CWDM and DWDM — is supported with complete optical transparency in links up to half a mile. Remote monitoring and control is facilitated with a drag-and-drop graphical interface using Opticomm LinxView software. Configuration and out-of-band control options include the ability to quickly isolate interconnect problems, evaluate the reliability of network data transfer, test hardware configurations, and simulate faults. All of these operations are done through 10/100 Ethernet and RS-232 ports using simple, intuitive command sets to establish links, change topologies, and emulate optical power breaks with and without path failures.
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Girl adopted from China hears parents' voices for 1st time thanks to cochlear implant
5-year-old will learn to speak
TULSA, Okla. - A 5-year-old girl heard her parents' voices for the first time Tuesday in a first-of-its-kind cochlear implant .
Jayde, who was born deaf, was recently adopted from China by Dr. Jacque Scholl, who runs the The Scholl Center for Communications Disorders in Tulsa, Okla.
After arriving in the United States late last year, Jayde underwent surgery to implant the internal device last month, becoming the first pediatric patient to receive a cochlear implant.
When the device was activated Tuesday, Jayde was able to hear and respond to the first real sound she has ever heard.
"We are ready for her to start working toward listening and speaking," Scholl said. "It's going to be a long journey, but one we are all ready to begin. Jayde is a blessing to our family, and we can't wait to start this next chapter in our lives."
Next month, Jayde will once again be a part of medical history when she receives a new processor, which is expected to revolutionize how the word will view and wear cochlear implants, doctors said.
Jayde will be one of three in the country and the first child to receive the processor.


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Hello! My problem is sort of two-fold. I rode Soarin' for the first time the day before yesterday, and I heard some music in the queue that I KNOW. (I'm a music major, this sort of thing drives me insane.) I know it wasn't ET, because I heard that, or Patton, or any of the other movies I've been able to find mentioned concerning Soarin'... but I know it IS a movie. Thus:
a) Does anyone know where I can find a comprehensive list of movie soundtracks used in the Soarin' queue?
b) Does anyone happen to know where I can obtain an mp3 of the queue music?


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The Carolina Hurricanes are in town tonight to face off against the Leafs in the first meeting between the two clubs this season. So it's rather fitting that today's throwback photo is one that features the Leafs and Hartford Whalers. After the 1996-97 season the Whalers relocated to North Carolina and became the Carolina Hurricanes.
This picture was taken sometime during the 1986-87 season in Hartford, Connecticut. Wendel Clark can be seen moving in on a Whaler who is missing his stick. And if you look closely, adorned just under Wendel's left shoulder is a patch honouring King Clancy after his passing during the 86/87 season.
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I've had my hens for 18months now and have until recently enjoyed lots of eggs from them. I understand that during the moult they do produce fewer eggs, but one of my hens has really confused me. For the last 5 days she has laid quail sized eggs and previously we have had beautiful large white eggs from her. Has anyone else seen this happen? And do you think she will revert back to large eggs at some point??
Sudden onset of small eggs
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Posted 26 August 2011 - 07:06 AM
Posted 26 August 2011 - 08:41 AM
As you mention moulting, is she in moult or showing signs of moult? Egg sizes do fluctuate throughout their egg laying, do you know what the weights actually were?
Posted 26 August 2011 - 11:03 AM
She's obviously coming to the end of her lay, and the small eggs are the last in her ovaries ready to lay, until she has moulted and rested and will then begin to lay again. When she does she will again lay small eggs until in full lay and the eggs will return to normal size.
Perfectly normal behaviour and nothing to worry about.
Perfectly normal behaviour and nothing to worry about.
Posted 28 August 2011 - 06:25 AM
Thanks for the comments and sorry I don't know the weight of the eggs. Hopefully she is has possibly stopped for moult now as we've not had any for the last couple of days. We've also got a chicken who lays eggs with crinckly shells - has anyone seen that at all?? Thanks.
Posted 28 August 2011 - 02:27 PM
If she is just 18 months old she certainly shouldn't be coming to the end of laying. She may well be about to moult and if they don't actually stop laying, they do then tend to lay a smaller egg. This will continue whilst they refeather, its a good time to supplement their feed with something like Poultry Spice sprinkled onto their pellets, just giving them an added boost.
Posted 28 August 2011 - 06:18 PM
have these small eggs got a yolk or just albumen? One of mine has done this in the past, laying a "wind egg", just releasing white, this is coated with a shell and externally resembles a small egg
Posted 30 August 2011 - 06:52 PM
Thanks for all of the advice. I've cracked all of the "wind eggs" and they all have no yolk at all.
Posted 31 August 2011 - 07:31 AM
Are the chickens overweight? Do you give them daily treats of mixed corn? Laying hens shouldn't have more than an eggcupful of mixed corn per day, as it does tend to fatten them up and then laying becomes less or non existant.
Posted 01 September 2011 - 06:32 AM
one of mine has been laying them on and off for a few months, think it may be lainey, my old girl, shes coming up to 4 now and lays few and far between, but i have a couple of youngsters who should start laying very soon, theyre about 20 weeks now, one of my wind eggs had a partial yolk , but didnt look right so the dogs have them now, waste not want not
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Things I might make someday
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Cookbook creator says: still chocolate, still pretty fattening, but might do it once I've lost a LOT more weight, and can go back to eating yummy things again Submitted by STEPFANIER Carbs: 8.5g | Fat: 7.5g | Fiber: 1.7g | Protein: 2.3g | Calories: 101.3
Cookbook creator says: this uses Splenda, which I have, (or equivalent) so I might give this one a go soon Submitted by SLOWSET Carbs: 23.1g | Fat: 0.3g | Fiber: 1.5g | Protein: 2.8g | Calories: 104
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mmm...mmm... good Submitted by LEPRECHAUN0610 Carbs: 15.9g | Fat: 0.3g | Fiber: 2.4g | Protein: 2.8g | Calories: 71.1
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Great smoothe derived from several recipes Submitted by JIMPRYDE Carbs: 30g | Fat: 0.5g | Fiber: 2.1g | Protein: 8.3g | Calories: 162.9
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My nutritian coach Kayla gave me this recipe and it is really good. For @100 cal - it's hard to beat the flavor! Submitted by ELIZA1MOORE Carbs: 14.9g | Fat: 1.1g | Fiber: 1.9g | Protein: 10.4g | Calories: 107
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perfect choice for a "pick me up" morning dessert ~ rich in dietary fiber and promotes digestive health~sure you'll love it Submitted by SUSHIBABY~ Carbs: 36.6g | Fat: 3.9g | Fiber: 3.6g | Protein: 10.1g | Calories: 210.1
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During the week, my morning time is very limited and I used to skip breakfast. After refocusing to ensure I ate something filling, healthy and quick EVERY morning, I started to make these. Usually, I make two at a time, one for my wife as well and we will drink it before heading out to our work outs. Submitted by DREAMGURU Carbs: 25.7g | Fat: 2.1g | Fiber: 2.5g | Protein: 22g | Calories: 205.7
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Cookbook creator says: leave out choc chips and lose 32 cals over all Submitted by KARENSALO Carbs: 24.3g | Fat: 2.4g | Fiber: 4.4g | Protein: 2g | Calories: 106.6
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Classic chocolate chip cookies with slightly modified ingredients to make them healthier, yet just as tasty as the original. Submitted by GINNYPENNY Carbs: 17.5g | Fat: 8.9g | Fiber: 1.3g | Protein: 1.7g | Calories: 148.7
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These muffins are sweet and chocolatey; you'd never guess they're low fat Submitted by SBMMYERS Carbs: 38.9g | Fat: 6.9g | Fiber: 4g | Protein: 3.9g | Calories: 216.9
Very Good 4.0/5
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super fast and easy [and low cal!] Submitted by ANNIBEE Carbs: 24.5g | Fat: 4.7g | Fiber: 0.9g | Protein: 1.6g | Calories: 142.7
Cookbook creator says: Assuming you could add some other flavouring than chilli. Look for sweet potato in Tesco, or ethnic grocers Submitted by CHEF_MEG Carbs: 7.9g | Fat: 0.1g | Fiber: 1g | Protein: 0.5g | Calories: 34.4
Cookbook creator says: have to check for no sugar jelly, but otherwise, looks good! Submitted by GLITTERFLOOZY Carbs: 0.8g | Fat: 0g | Fiber: 0.2g | Protein: 0.3g | Calories: 5.3
Adapted from the Dove's Nest's version. Not like any tomato soup you'll ever have! Submitted by KRAVMAGAGIRL Carbs: 11.6g | Fat: 6.2g | Fiber: 2.4g | Protein: 2.4g | Calories: 104.2
A yummy way to start the day with very little fat and lots of flavor! Submitted by JOJOMKE Carbs: 23.6g | Fat: 0.5g | Fiber: 1.7g | Protein: 3g | Calories: 93.2
Cookbook creator says: Def need to try this, especially as its one at a time, therefore no leftovers to tempt me later Submitted by SLOWSET Carbs: 22.1g | Fat: 1.1g | Fiber: 2.7g | Protein: 2.6g | Calories: 94.5
Like eating apple pie Submitted by SHRINKINGHIPS Carbs: 21.6g | Fat: 0.5g | Fiber: 3.9g | Protein: 0.3g | Calories: 82.9


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Showtime for Cushe Ambassador - Matthias Giraud
Matthias, the self-proclaimed "Super Frenchie", was born for adventure, and never refuses an opportunity to find the edges of his limits; which, we don't think he's even seen yet. First to ski BASE jump off Mississippi Head at Mt Hood, Oregon, and last to leave the party — Matthias' latest stunt features a paraglide rope swing that is exactly as dangerous and as it sounds.
Matthias has been with Cushe since 2012 — we're smitten with his charismatic mug and wild-man antics, and we're not the only ones to have taken notice. "60 Minutes Sports" examines the wild mind of the creative thrill seeker who calls ski base jumping "his calling" this week!
The 13-minute segment airs Tuesday, February 3rd at 10 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME.
See a short preview of the segment courtesy CBS News HERE.
Tune in or visit the cushe.com blog next week for an update including the full video from SHOWTIME — stay up-to-date with Matthias on his website.


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Jennifer Darling (born June 19, 1946) is an American actress and voice actress. While her body of work as a voiceover artist greatly eclipses that of her on-stage career, she is, perhaps, nevertheless known best to most people as Peggy Callahan, the secretary to Oscar Goldman in the television series The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman.
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Industrialist Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.)—who in the first film develops the jet-propelled battle-suit that makes him Iron Man, and announces that the superhero-cum-deterrent is he—has become, six months later, the biggest celebrity on Earth. "I've successfully privatized world peace!" he crows, only half tongue-in-cheek, at the start of Stark Expo, a yearlong scientific world's fair at the site of the 1964-65 World's Fair in Flushing, New York. "What more do you want?"
It turns out what we want isn't what we thought we wanted. Stark is, if anything, more of who he was in the first film—his idiosyncrasies deeper, his self-indulgences greater, his insouciance thankfully trumping any hint of piousness. While there's nobility in the greater outlines, becoming Iron Man hasn't made his details any more serious or his person any more reliable—and that's refreshing. Much as we all love Superman or Spider-Man, who when given great power took on great responsibility, it's nice to see that great power doesn't necessarily make you a choir boy—not even a brooding, self-tortured Bat-choir-boy.
Stark's hubris before a Senate committee, led by an aptly grandstanding Garry Shandling, is all fun and games until somebody gets hurt. His showboating fuels the rage of revenge-minded Ivan Vanko (Mickey Rourke), who updates technology jointly developed by his own castoff father and Stark's late dad (John Slattery, reprising his "Mad Men" look in a 1974 industrial film). He creates a bare-bones battle-suit with the addition of metal-rending electrical "whips," and eventually gets recruited by defense contractor Justin Hammer (Sam Rockwell). With head-to-toe Russian prison tattoos and as bad a badass as can be, Vanko remotely attacks Stark with a couple dozen battle-suit drones while taking the controls of a Mark II Iron Man suit piloted by Stark's friend Col. James Rhodes (Don Cheadle, succeeding Terrence Howard). The long-ensuing battle fully and satisfyingly exploits the oversized visual possibilities of comic books, turning those Ben-Day dot newsprint images into flesh, as it were, and failing only in the truncated climactic battle with Vanko himself, over far too soon and simply.
For the record, Vanko here is never called Whiplash, after the character on which he's based, and neither is Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson) called the Black Widow nor Rhodes dubbed War Machine. Yet even without those comic-book code names, Iron Man 2 furthers the comics' mythos while leaving the cinematic Stark almost but not quite the same. As in films about men in submarines and tanks, man-in-a-can movies like RoboCop, Steel and this one use the metaphor of metal as something that hides humanity and emotion. The people inside a U-boat or the Iron Man armor may be flesh-and-blood and foible-filled, but the exterior, whether slicing through seas or roaring across the heavens, is intimidating and implacable. The tension and the drama come from where those counterpoints intersect. And in that respect, Iron Man 2 is fully fleshed-out, warts and all. It's the most slam-bang fun you can have while pondering the nature of identity, and whether we can ever really change who we are.
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Are Pandora and Spotify Scrimping on Music to Attract 'Speculative Capital'?
Earlier today, the Verge reported that Spotify, the music player that ratted you out to Facebook that one time you listened to Kenny G holiday hits, is rolling out a beta version of a browser-based web app. The feature was in high demand and should give the company a boost against competitors like Rdio.
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Never heard of Women Centered Art? Youre not alone. Tucked away in a 60s-era business park off South Tryon Street, this exhibition and gathering space has been under the radar since its founding several years ago. But that is about to change.
Earlier this month, WCA kicked off its first full exhibition season in its rechristened gallery, Artist Space 711. Between now and next spring, the gallery will present shows that reflect WCAs beginnings as a place for women artists, as well as its evolving mission to serve a greater range of artists.
A space for artists
Shane Agostinelli and Brooke Hofsess founded WCA in 2010.
Agostinelli and Hofsess, both from Charlotte, met in a low-residency graduate program at Columbia University. There, they hatched the idea for WCA, realizing that they shared a desire to create a space to work and a place for nonjudgmental and open dialogue about the creative process, Agostinelli said.
They leased the low-slung brick building at 711 Pressley Road, where they conducted workshops, hosted events and mounted the occasional show.
When Hofsess left to pursue a doctorate at the University of Georgia, Diana Arvanites stepped into a co-leader role.
I began to take on more responsibility when I saw that WCA might go away, Arvanites said. To see this wonderful space disappear left me empty. So I took an active role by designing new programs, refocusing on exhibitions, creating components that strengthened our exhibitions and pushing through with our nonprofit status.
Arvanites grew up in New England and earned a Master of Fine Arts at the University of Massachusetts. Prior to moving here from Providence, R.I., in 2006 with her husband and son, she worked at the Attleboro Arts Museum in Massachusetts, an intimate place where classes and workshops often happened right in the middle of the gallery. That experience inspired her to become involved with WCA and continue promoting the idea that art is for everyone.
This summer, to prepare for this seasons full slate of exhibitions, the gallery was spruced up with a new wall and track lighting. Arvanites and Agostinelli are now working to secure the donation of wood flooring, which they will install.
Most of the 2012-13 exhibitions reflect WCAs original mission: Carmen Neeleys Illusions and Realities, paintings about perceptions of the female body; Lori Espositos Reach, a live drawing performance in which the artist will record her own movements; Allison Luces The Serpent Tree, ceramic sculptures and monoprints that use the story of the Garden of Eden to explore fragility; and Feminine Focused, a group photography exhibition.
But the season is bookended by exhibitions that address WCAs newer, more inclusive, mission: the current show, Invisible Cities and, in the spring, The Man Show.
Cities of the imagination
Invisible Cities, curated by Arvanites, is a dreamy, literate show. It is inspired by Italo Calvinos book of the same name, a work of fiction in which the explorer Marco Polo, addressing the Emperor Kublai Khan, describes 55 cities within the aging Khans empire.
There are 11 participating artists; all but two created art specifically for the show. Some of the works are inspired by chapters or passages in Calvinos book, while others respond to its overall spirit and mood. While the works on display reveal different levels of accomplishment, all reflect the spare intensity of Calvinos slim book.
Arvanites created an entryway for the show a walk-through installation that is a misty assortment of cool-hued tissues hanging like clouds from the ceiling, with cords that descend to a patch of floor covered in small mirrors and mounds of clay soil.
Appropriately for such a book-driven show, several of the artists are also writers. Jeff Jackson is among other things a playwright. (He co-wrote Botanica, which debuted off-Broadway in New York City earlier this year.) For Invisible Cities, he created a set of satirical pieces made from random materials including wads of cat hair and a bar of soap with a bite taken out of it that seem to be the relics of a faded, irrelevant aristocracy.
Amy Bagwell, who describes her work as poem-centered mixed media, is represented by the introspective Echo, a poem mounted inside a wooden peep box. Looking through a lens to read the poem, the viewer also encounters a mini cabinet of curiosities, including vacuum tubes, dried vegetation and the image of a swallow.
Two artists were inspired by Calvinos city of Maurilia, which Marco Polo describes in his own time and as it is remembered in postcards. Molly Wilbanks books and postcards combine text from the book and her own responses. Agostinellis digital prints, which document her interactions with fiber pieces repurposed from previous installations, represent the phases of life.
Although Phillip Larrimores Sea of Stairs was not done exclusively for the show, it captures the mystery of Calvinos book with its depiction of unreachable spaces that exist only in the imagination. Composed of layered aluminum screening painted with enamel, it is dark in color but shimmering.
In the animation The Queens Mirror, Daniel Allegrucci gets in some pointed local commentary, creating his own mythical city of Carlotta, the site of apocalyptic events involving mega banks, mega churches and mega fast food.
Janet Lashers Towers Tall, a castle-like structure constructed of handmade paper, hangs from the ceiling. On the floor, Lasher has made an outline/shadow of copper dust that heightens the sense of an ethereal, floating city.
Rounding out the exhibition are a mixed media painting by Taryn Rubin, a tender drawing by Rae LaGrone and a film-based installation by Ross Wilbanks.
Because the artworks in this exhibition address a single theme and tend to be monochromatic most are executed in black, white or neutral tones the gallery has a visual unity that allows the viewer to stay with each work and appreciate it on its own terms.
Beyond the gallery
While the gallery is its most visible aspect, WCA has other programming that directly engages individuals in the community, regardless of their art experience.
Circle, a hybrid artist talk/critique program, takes place the second Wednesday of the month. Each session opens with a brief presentation by a guest artist. After that, participants, who can bring up to three pieces, can talk about their work and receive supportive feedback. This program attracts about 12 people per night.
The Dear President Project is a collection of 250 postcards that advocate more art. Created by people Arvanites encountered while pushing a mobile art studio during visits to Cotswold, NoDa, South End, Concord and other places, they are on display in the WCA lobby. In conjunction with Autism of the Carolinas, this project will continue on Community Day at McColl Center for Visual Art on Oct. 13.
In addition, WCA recently acquired a printing press on long-term loan from Allegrucci. Artists can rent the print room, and there also will be occasional printmaking workshops and programs.
Womens issues will always be at the core of what we do, but we want to provide programming not just for women, but for all those who love women, Agostinelli wrote in an email.
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It's official.
We are now in the first days A.B. – After Bargnani – as the trade between the Raptors and Knicks that will send Andrea to New York is complete.
To recap, the Knicks receive Andrea Bargnani. The Raptors receive Steve Novak, Marcus Camby, Quentin Richardson (via sign-and-trade), a first round draft pick in 2016 and second round picks in 2014 and 2017.
Pinch yourself all you want. This is real.
"We collectively decided that a fresh start for both parties was the best way to move forward," Masai Ujiri said in a press release. "We wish Andrea all the best."
Novak will make $10,945,949 total over the next three years, Camby is set to earn $4,383,773 in 2013-14 with an unguaranteed potential salary of $4,177,208 in 2014-15 (only $1,025,889 of that money is guaranteed for Camby in 2014-15, and many still believe the Raptors will buy him out or flip him to a contender before the coming season even begins), while Richardson receives a three-year deal (likely for the veteran minimum of just under $1.4 million per year) where only the first season is guaranteed.
As for the draft picks, Ujiri actually (kind of) traded for the same Knicks' 2016 first-rounder as part of the Carmelo Anthony trade while he was running things in Denver. The original agreement was that the Nuggets have the right to swap first rounders with the Knicks in 2016, and that still holds true. So essentially, the Raptors will end up with the worse first round pick between New York and Denver in 2016. Still, a first rounder is a first rounder, and few people, if any, thought one would be in play for Bargnani.
In terms of the Raptors cap situation, the NBA set the 2013-14 salary cap at $58.679 million and the luxury tax threshold at $71.748 million. With Bargnani and John Lucas III out and Camby, Novak, Richardson, Tyler Hansbrough and Julyan Stone in, the Raptors will have approximately $74.1 million committed to a pretty mediocre team, so they should look to make a move to get out of tax territory. Amnestying Linas Kleiza and his $4.6 million cap-hit this season remains the most feasible option.
On one final, funny note. Last week when news of the trade first broke, theScore's Toby Fowlow and Kenny Norton tried to convince Spike Lee that Bargnani could be his new "main man."
Spike actually responded. With one word. "Nope."
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Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.), often hawkish on national security issues, is lining up with liberal Democrats against any further combat troop increases in Afghanistan.
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The Hurricanes' last loss to a currently unranked team was more than a month ago. Their last three wins are against Duke, N.C. State and Syracuse.
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Kansas picked up a huge road win against Texas, Kentucky stayed unbeaten, Georgetown hung on against Marquette, and Iowa may have lost Aaron White. It's been a busy Saturday, so come on in and see what's happening.
The second-leading scorer for the Wildcats suffered a meniscus injury last week.
Iowa State and Kansas are tied atop the league standings and both in the top 10 of the Top 25 (and one).
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Mohamed El-Erian's Departure Had Nothing To Do With Bill Gross's Habit Of Telling People To STFU With Just A Look
By Bess LevinGross, who manages the $232 billion Total Return Fund, said April 10 on a Bloomberg Television interview that El-Erian's resignation was a mystery to him and he may have been premature in anointing him as his sole successor…El-Erian said he now spends up to 50 percent of his time advising Pimco's parent Allianz and is occupied with what he called a "portfolio" of part-time activities. This includes writing a column for Bloomberg View, the opinion section of Bloomberg News, working on a book about central banks and doing a periodic column for the Financial Times. He's also spending more time with his daughter, whom he cited as a central reason for his exit from Pimco. "You realize there are special moments in your children's life," El-Erian said. "I was missing too many of these special moments. It is that simple."
Will Bill Gross break his long silence and go on CNBC later today to say something to the effect of "THAT'S NOT WHY HE LEFT. TELL THE TRUTH MO. TELL THE TRUTH!"? It would be out of character, but anything's possible.
El-Erian Says Gross Is One of World's Best Investors [Bloomberg]
Earlier: Bill Gross Wants El-Erian To Say It To His Face; Bill Gross Doesn't Understand Why El-Erian Won't Just Be A Man, Defend Himself, And Violate His NDA
Related: Mohammed El-Erian May Have Left Pimco Because Of A Chronic And Debilitating Condition That Caused Him To Regularly Look People In The Eye; Don't Get Caught On "His" Side: A Survival Guide For Pimco Employees; Pimco Investor Considering Pulling Out Over Secretariat's Erratic Behavior, Some Other Stuff; The New Bill Gross Doesn't Bite (And If He Does It's Only Because Old Habits Die Hard); Cheesecake And Kisses: Bill Gross Reflects
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El Erian = Matt Levine
El Erian 1 vs Gross -4
Yes. Will join you in the bet that Gross goes on CNBC today to have a hissy fit.
tough but fair.
-bob the cat
Translation: I will be trolling Gross full time for a while.
Missing too many of kids' special moments > [seeing a STFU face every day + $100mm p.a.]
Battle of the mustaches. Nobody wins.
-Freddie Mercury
Dealing with Bill Gross / mediocre returns < going to Chuck'e'Cheese / drug hab for kids
I wish I was wondering why Shazzy quit.
= 5% one month VaR of $13mm
Portfolio of personal activities= 3 days minimum at Rub and tug per week, the rest staring at imaginary triangles A Beautiful Mind style
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The picture itself says it all. El-Erian left because of that damn cheesy drop ceiling.
If I'm reading your comment correctly, have to conclude you are not old enough to have friends with lots of money but f'd up kids.
wait which one is taller?
I retired due to ill health. I was sick of Bill Gross.