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Off-the-Field Losses Crimp Team Owners
Prestige of Owning Sports Franchise Is Lost When a Principal Business Struggles Along With Athletes
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For all the talk of slumping ticket sales and sponsorships, the most troubling scenario for the sports industry is the growing trend of team owners beset by financial problems in their principal businesses.
The issue crystallized last month when Tribune Co., owner of the Chicago Cubs, filed for bankruptcy-court protection. The problems have been spreading as the souring economy diminishes the fortunes of team owners. That jeopardizes the essential ingredient of the sports business: rich people who can afford a really expensive hobby.
"The willingness or tolerance for future losses is very, very low," says Allen and Co.'s Steve Greenberg, an investment banker to the sports industry and former deputy commissioner of Major League Baseball. "More owners are looking to operate at break-even or better. The problem is, it's hard to turn a $15 million to $25 million loss into break-even in a short period of time."
Unlike other recessions, this one threatens to wipe out sports owners who were recently willing and able to put up with meager profits or annual losses because of rising team values and the perks of the investment, such as the celebrity status.
Consider the National Hockey League's Phoenix Coyotes. Owner Jerry Moyes controls trucking company Swift Transportation Co. SWFT 0.32 % and is coping with a severe downturn in the U.S. shipping industry a year after taking on $2.5 billion in debt to take the company he founded private.
The Coyotes are expected to incur a loss of as much as $25 million this season, despite modest growth in attendance, say people familiar with the matter.
Bill Daly, deputy commissioner of the NHL, says the league is monitoring the situation with Swift. "If it is a sale that has to happen, we'll work with him on that," Mr. Daly says.
Few financial details about Swift are available, and Mr. Moyes declined to comment, but Swift debt in December traded between 38 and 57 cents on the dollar, an indication the company is distressed, according to Scott Anderson, analyst at Robert W. Baird & Co.
Many owners' primary businesses incurred deep losses in 2008. As a result, league officials and investment bankers fear a market flooded with teams for sale at a time when potential buyers are few and credit for acquiring sports teams is difficult to secure, which would lead to shrinking team values.
New York Mets owner Fred Wilpon has incurred substantial losses from his investments with Bernard Madoff, though the Wilpon family has insisted those losses won't affect the team.
"The whole world has flipped," says Bob DuPuy, president and chief operating officer of MLB, referring to the fact that in some cases the sports team may be the healthiest part of an owner's portfolio.
Tribune, which is controlled by real-estate developer Sam Zell, plans to sell the Cubs, their ballpark and a stake in a local sports network to generate as much as $1 billion. Meanwhile, fellow publisher New York Times Co. NYT -0.17 % is looking to raise cash by selling its 17.5% stake in the parent company of the Boston Red Sox and related assets.
The Cubs and Red Sox are profitable. For owners of franchises that are unprofitable, slumping team revenue and the recession are a discouraging combination.
"The 401(k)s and their equivalents that belong to these owners are cut in half like everyone else's," says David Carter, director of the sports-business program at the University of Southern California. "Their ability to secure financing and continue operating is going to get hurt."
Also feeling the crunch is Forest City Enterprises Inc., FCE.A -0.04 % the real-estate developer behind Bruce Ratner, principal owner of the National Basketball Association's New Jersey Nets. The company said last month it was ceasing all development projects, after its stock price fell from $60 in 2007 to under $6.
Forest City, which owns 23% of the Nets, pegged losses for the team at $30 million through the first nine months of 2008. The Nets have lost more than $100 million since Mr. Ratner acquired the team in 2004, forcing him to slash payroll.
Forest City still wants to develop a $950 million arena in Brooklyn for the Nets, but the project is stalled amid legal wrangling and financing problems.
NBA Commissioner David Stern says Forest City's ability to secure financing for the arena is hampered now, adding: "Our hope is that will improve in 2009."
Only in the National Football League do owners appear somewhat insulated. While certain NFL owners have seen their primary business portfolios devalued, the league has a strict limit on player salaries and a revenue system where lucrative national television contracts allow many teams practically to break even before they sell their first ticket.
That makes hanging onto NFL teams easier, and as a result, the Detroit Lions, which Sunday became the first NFL team to finish the regular season 0-16, shouldn't be affected by the downturn in owner William Clay Ford Sr.'s family car business, nor should the playoff-bound Miami Dolphins suffer because co-owner Stephen M. Ross, founder and chief executive of Related AXP 0.44 % Cos., has seen the commercial real-estate business get sacked.
Some hard-hit owners maintain they are well-positioned to weather the storm.
Houston Rockets owner Leslie Alexander has seen his 20% stake in First Marblehead Corp., once valued at nearly $1 billion, plunge to about $15 million. The company, which packages student loans and sells them to investors, saw its business evaporate in 2008. Its shares fell more than 90% last year to about $1.
Mr. Alexander says he isn't worried. His original investment in the company was $4 million and he cashed out more than $250 million before 2008. He also has a diversified portfolio that includes real estate, a vineyard and an online clothing store. He says the key to his strategy was avoiding substantial debt.
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Scalability of Two Reliable Multicast Protocols
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Ozkasap, Oznur; Xiao, Zhen; Birman, Kenneth P.
Growing demand for multicast commun-ication in large network settings has focused attention on the scalability of reliable multicast protocols. Our paper uses both simulation tools and experiments to compare two scalable protocols, focusing on an aspect not often studied: we emphasize stability of latency distributions as these protocols scale, although also considering overhead and link utilization. These properties are considered in a variety of network topologies and with several levels of packet loss. Our findings confirm that SRM scales poorly under some conditions: to obtain reliability, the protocol incurs overhead linear in group size and throughput fluctuates erratically. We also show that SRM latencies can be very large and that latency distributions are unstable as a function of group size and network topology. Our own protocol, Bimodal Multicast, also exhibits overhead growth, but the rate of growth is slow, and latency distributions and delivery throughput rates are stable.
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These occasional briefs are designed to provide a quick overview and analysis of important events as they happen. Written by USC KSI faculty and fellows, the briefs are distributed by e-mail and are available on the KSI website, /ksi. All media are free to quote from this briefing, provided reference is made to the author(s) and the USC Korean Studies Institute.
Insights on the Rising Number of North Korean Defectors in South Korea
Sandra Fahy, Sejong Society Postdoctoral Fellow, USC Korean Studies Institute
The number of North Korean defectors has reach 21,000 in the ROK, what insights can you provide on this?
Since 2000, the number of North Koreans in the south has steadily increased. These individuals are living in a society that systemically disenfranchises them socially, economically and politically. Their numbers have grown, yet full integration remains merely aspirational. According to a 2011 report by Crisis International, "refugees from the North almost all fail to integrate or thrive." The reasons for this failure are complex. The make-up of contemporary refugee populations means they are deemed less valuable to the ROK intelligence community. Gone are the days of high-ranking leaders and MiG pilots, now is the time of "ordinary" North Koreans whose swelling numbers cause economic strain to the South. The result is diminished resettlement packages and greater need for training so that they can contribute to society in some meager way. Empathy toward North Koreans in the South is on the decline. Young South Koreans face their own legitimate hurdles: a floundering global economy, exceeding competitiveness in the job market and at schools, along with increased cost of living. This climate of scarcity is unlikely to motivate a generous economic or social spirit towards defectors.
What other factors, whether life in the North, or en route out, hinder adjustment to the South?
Many factors contribute incidences of stress long before they arrive in the South. There is the difficulty of life prior to leaving, the horrendous journey out, the complexity of life in foreign countries such as China and elsewhere, and then – if they manage it – there is arrival in South Korea, a veritable parallel universe where everyone kind of looks and talks like them, but is alarmingly Other. According to the North Koreans I met in Seoul, South Koreans, with their seeming worldliness, use of English, and style of dress was very different for them, not to mention the way women behaved on TV and in the streets which was remarked as pitiable and embarrassing. The struggle with depression, crime, drug and alcohol abuse, domestic violence and other psychological issues among the defector community are the symptoms of a much larger social anguish. In fact, these anti-social symptoms were present in North Korean society too and repeatedly identified as signs of the failure of the North's socialism: singled out as evidence that society had become "beastly" and corrupt as a result of the tremendous economic and agricultural stresses of the 1990s. These behaviors should more rightly be viewed as individually manifested symptoms of social, economic and political failures.
Do you think South Korean society is ready for mass migration of North Korean refugees in the event of regime collapse?
Anything above 10,000 is defined as "mass" in refugee studies circles. South Korea has already experienced this at a slow pace and still failed refugees socio-economically. If the ROK received 10,000 defectors in one year alone it certainly couldn't handle sheltering, processing, housing or training this number. The question of refugees is often phrased in terms of its impact on the ROK, and by default the US. This is emblematic of a US-ROK-centric view of things. The South is not ready, nor is any other country in the region, but that is not going to be the peninsula's biggest problem. By far the greatest humanitarian crisis will be within North Korea itself: internally displaced people (IDPs). This will generate a hot-bed of problems: lawlessness and abuse of military/police power; illness and communicable disease; orphaned, abandoned or lost children, increased violent and economic crimes, sexual exploitation of women and children, unreliable access to food, water and other vital necessities of life. Pre-existing inequalities will exacerbate.
There are geographic bottle-necks for passage out of the North which will continue to stem the flow, ensuring the IDP problem is not easily ameliorated. The Sino-DPRK border is unlikely to liberalize, would-be defectors, in the case of liberalized DPRK-ROK relations, are unlikely to pass single-file across the most heavily mined tract of land on earth, the DMZ. Sea-passage may be possible, but again, it will curtail the flow. These geo-political limitations will lead to chaotic internal migration. We saw this during the Korean War and we will see it again, regardless of whether the regime collapses, war breaks out or the North muddles through, leading to an internal humanitarian crisis on a huge scale. The international community, particularly the US and the ROK, need to turn their attention towards the inevitability of internal social, economic and political disaster inside the North, rather than merely exploring the knock-on effect of refugees in the ROK or China.
What is the best way to ameliorate an IDP crisis?
The strategy must be for conflict and post-conflict situations. There is no international treaty for protecting IDPs. Legal responsibility rests with national authorities; we need to imagine what this would look like under a unified Korea, or a defunct-but-sovereign DPRK. The following minimums must be accessible to all: essential food and potable water; basic shelter and housing; appropriate clothing; essential medial services and sanitation. Through government and non-governmental bodies, use of efficient and effective logistics, emergency telecommunications, camp coordination, management and emergency shelters will ameliorate problems. Full participation of women in the planning and distribution of these is essential. Lastly, and most importantly, we must ensure that trained military and civilian Korean-speaking aid groups (of foreign, South Korean and defector origin) working on-the-ground in the DPRK have a profound knowledge of North Korean culture.
Sandra Fahy is a post-doctoral research associate at the Korean Studies Institute, University of Southern California. She is currently completing a book manuscript about her research with North Korean refugees. Fahy can be reached at email@example.com


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Lacey Acker and Kami Rundell have won doubles championships. Just not with each other as partners.
Rundell and Acker will get a chance at another trip to Austin when they team up in girls doubles in the Region I-1A tennis tournament next week. The top two finishers at the regional tournament qualify for the state tennis tournament in two weeks in Austin.
In 2006, Acker and partner Holly Kleman won their second straight state championship in their junior seasons. Also in 2006, Rundell, now a sophomore, teamed with her brother, Charlie Rundell, to win the mixed doubles state title.
As the two-time defending state champions, Acker and Kleman looked like heavy favorites to take a third straight state title. But Kleman lost her tennis season when a knee injury knocked her out during the basketball playoffs. Rundell's brother graduated last spring so she also was in search of a partner. Coach Brenda Schulte paired Acker and Rundell.
That partnership yielded a 14-1 record and the probable No. 1 girls doubles seed at regionals. The Region I-1A tournament is April 25-26 at South Plains Community College in Levelland.
"Lacey would be my No. 1 player and Kami would be either No. 1 or No. 2," Schulte said. "Either way they're both pretty good and they've won state championships, so it seemed pretty logical."
Rundell and Acker bring different skills to the team. Acker is a heavy hitter who uses strong hitting to finish points. Rundell is tall (5-foot-11) with a long reach and can run down shots.
"It's a little different because we play different games," Acker said. "Kami is really good at keeping balls in play. She moves really well and is really consistent. I'm more of a power hitter."
Rundell and Acker also have similarities. Both have effective serves.
"We both really like to attack the net," Rundell said. "When the other team serves, we're both right there to poach at the net. Our points don't last very long most of the time."
Regional Sites
Class 5A: Friday, Saturday, McLeod Tennis Center, Lubbock.
Class 4A: Monday, Tuesday, Bentwood Country Club, San Angelo.
Class 3A: Wednesday, Thursday, Ratliff Complex, Odessa.
Class 2A: Wednesday, Thursday, Abilene Christian Tennis Center, Abilene.
Class 1A: Wednesday, Thursday, South Plains Tennis Center, Levelland.
Acker serves a hard ball that is difficult for opponents to return with any strength. Rundell has a slicing serve that makes opponents chase the ball.
"Our serves is what sets up the rest of the game," Acker said.
Acker and Rundell have already won a recent championship in Austin. Last month they started for the Swiftettes as Nazareth won its record 18th state basketball title.
"It gives us a lot of confidence. We know what it takes to win," Acker said. "Success breeds success. Since we've had a lot of success around here, we get to see how what the others did to get there and it gives you a lot of confidence that you can do it, too."
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Roland Henkel quit smoking in September and has been doing the math ever since: a week added to his life. More than 2,100 Marlboro Lights...
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — Roland Henkel quit smoking in September and has been doing the math ever since: a week added to his life. More than 2,100 Marlboro Lights he hasn't smoked. And more than $400 he didn't spend on cigarettes.
"It does add up," said Henkel, 53. "You don't think about it when you're smoking so much."
The state of Minnesota has been doing the math, too, and isn't quite as delighted.
Because of quitters like Henkel, Minnesota's tobacco tax revenue is expected to go into a gradual slide later this year — a drop that may grow even steeper with the expected passage of a statewide smoking ban.
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Across the country, states are putting their treasuries under pressure by adopting smoking restrictions as well as higher cigarette taxes, which appear to be discouraging people from lighting up, as many health activists had hoped would happen.
State Sen. David Tomassoni, a Democrat who opposes a statewide smoking ban, said he worries about the lost tax dollars.
"The taxes on smoking are being used to fund education, they're being used to fund health care, they're being used to fund real things. Now, if we eliminate smoking, does it mean that those things go away?" Tomassoni said.
Opponents of smoking don't mind if the take from smokers falls.
"The wonderful thing about tobacco revenues is when they go down, there's less smoking," said Eric Lindblom at the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids in Washington.
It is clear that states could see some medical savings from reduced smoking, but it is difficult to say how much, and whether those savings might offset the lost tax revenue. Minnesota's Department of Human Services estimates it spends $295 million a year to treat smoking-related illnesses for 647,000 people on public assistance.
The downturn in revenue won't necessarily cause states any immediate major hardship, since the decline is slow and cigarette taxes represent only a small portion of state budgets.
But up to now, they have been a reliable and politically expedient way of raising revenue to solve budget problems. Sin taxes on things such as cigarettes are "the most socially acceptable form of taxes you can raise," said Bob Kurtter, a state budget watcher at Moody's Investors Service.
Just over a fifth of U.S. adults smoked in 2005, down from about one-fourth a decade ago. Because of the downturn, states levied taxes on 2.8 billion fewer packs in 2005 than they did just five years earlier.
In 2005, tobacco taxes contributed $13 billion to state budgets. But cigarette-tax collections that year were down in 15 states compared with the year or years before, according to a study backed by the tobacco industry. States such as New York, Massachusetts and Illinois are all forecasting a drop in revenue.
Similarly, the federal cigarette tax has been bringing in less money each year since 2002. The amount dropped from $8.1 billion in 2002 to $7.7 billion in 2005, according to the same study.
Cigarette taxes are now "a lousy way to fund your government," said David Brunori, who teaches tax policy at George Washington University. "The government is not letting you smoke anywhere."


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Summer is the season of the barbecue...which is really irritating when you live in an apartment and don't have any outdoor space!! Sure, the George Foreman was great in college, but we feel we need a step up, and we're pretty sure the friends we've been mooching off of for grill use agree. The DeLonghi Healthy Indoor Grill with Cast Iron Grill Plate ($144) is just right for us grillin' girls that are apartment bound. The cast iron grill plate treats our meat and veggies right, and the removable, dishwasher safe tray below the grill makes cleanup a snap.
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Ready for a fresh taste? Try out this citrus infused cucumber mint cocktail for immediate rejuvenation.
Pair with Lilibet for maximum satisfaction.
2 English cucumbers
1 cup fresh mint leaves
2 teaspoons sugar
4 oz vodka
2 oz Limoncello
Ice cubes
Cut 4 thin spears from 1 cucumber, and set aside for garnish. Peel remaining cucumbers, cut lengthwise, and scrape out and discard seeds with a spoon. Chop cucumbers and puree in a food processor until smooth. Strain through a sieve and extract as much liquid as possible.
Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add mint, sugar, and limoncello, and shake. Add 1 cup cucumber juice and vodka, and shake. Strain into 4 glasses filled with ice. Garnish each with a cucumber spear.
Now sit back and get rejuvenated.
Fashion and beauty expert Nicole Pearl takes her chic approach of patriotic fashion to the set of Access Hollywood Live to get us all ready for the 4th. With bold stripes, popping prints, and subtle whites our fashion woes are settled for every possible fete.
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Tuesday was made for groovin'. We pointed our ears towards the King of Pop, and we were compelled to make this playlist of musical faves from the King himself, along with tunes from today's contemporaries. Press play and enjoy your Grooves-day.
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Update on Gertrudis De JesusGertrudis has opted for another loan to finish planting millet and harvesting tobacco, beans, and corn. She will invest in labor costs and paying for manure to treat her different crops and guarantee a good harvest.
With the last loan Gertrudis was able to buy supplies she needed to prepare the land for cultivation and improve her production. She increased the size of her crops, her income grew, and she was able to pay off her debts.
Con el crédito anterior Gertrudis pudo comprar los insumos necesarios para preparar el terreno donde cultiva, mejoro su producción, ha aumentado su área de cultivo, sus ingresos han mejorado y ha podido cancelar sus deudas.
Previous Loan DetailsGertrudis needs another loan in order to continue planting of basic grains and to prepare the land. The loan will allow her to purchase fertilizer, herbicides, insecticides, and other items. Her previous loan helped her to harvest her last crop and with it bring in greater income. Her economi... More from Gertrudis De Jesus's previous loan »
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This borrower has been listed on Kiva before, so you'll see an updated loan description, as well as excerpts of the original descriptions from earlier loans. Most borrowers take out loans consecutively, meaning that they receive a second loan after having repaid the first. However, sometimes our Field Partners give out concurrent loans, allowing borrowers to take out one primary loan and a secondary "add-on" loan along with it. These "add-on" loans are typically smaller than the borrower's primary loan and serve a different purpose. Because Field Partners can now post loans as successive and concurrent loans, you will be able to track borrower progress over time and see the various ways a borrower is working with our Field Partners through funds from Kiva's lenders.
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26th Annual (2016) GO 4TH ON THE RIVER
A community project produced by the Riverfront Marketing Group.*
*Audubon Aquarium of the Americas, Hilton New Orleans Riverside, JAX Brewery Parking Lots, The Marketplace at JAX Brewery, N.O. Paddlewheels- CREOLE QUEEN, The Outlet Collection at Riverwalk, Pat O'Brien's Bar, The Shops and Garage at Canal Place, Steamboat NATCHEZ/Gray Line Tours, The Westin New Orleans Canal Place
With support from French Quarter Festivals, the Greater New Orleans Hotel Lodging Association, New Orleans Convention & Visitors Bureau, French Quarter Business Association, Lawrence & Associates Law Firm, Brent A. Silva, CPA, APAC, Gulf Coast Air Photo, The Victory Belles representing The National World War II Museum and our appreciation to the City of New Orleans.
To commemorate last year's 25th anniversary, the Port of New Orleans brought out the General Roy S. Kelley fireboat and made a return appearance along the river, with its famed water show with plumes of red, white, and blue fountains beginning at 6:00 p.m. and leading up to the 9:00 p.m. fireworks show. The Gen. Kelley was used by the Port of New Orleans to fight fires, give tours, and conduct search-and-rescue missions on the Mississippi River. Built in 1994, the Gen. Kelley is 95 ft. long and 16 ft. wide with a 7 ft. draft. It seats 24 and typically has a crew of three.
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The trustees of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill voted to approve a proposal that would raise in-state tuition by $2,800 over the next five years.
Students who attended the board meeting urged the trustees to delay the vote, but Chancellor Holden Thorp said it was "imperative" to vote Thursday. Some students carried signs urging board members to vote against an increase.
The vote would raise tuition for in-state undergraduates by $800 in the 2012-2013 year, with the rest of the increase rolling out over the following four years.
Before the increase takes effect, it has to be approved by the UNC system Board of Governors and state lawmakers.
Trustees said the increases will help keep faculty members from leaving and maintain the quality of education at UNC.
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A cold hater's winter survival guide
Another deep freeze is settling over Chicago this week. It seems like this winter will last forever – especially to a cold hater like me. You'd think I'd be able to handle the frigid temps and drifting snow; I had a very outdoorsy Michigan childhood. I skiied, I iceboated – I had my own snowmobile suit for god's sake. But a few winters back I started breaking out in itchy hives whenever I went outside.
At first I thought it was a bad case of fleas, but a trip to the doctor revealed I had a cold allergy. Really. It's an actual medical condition. Unfortunately, other than benedryl and long underwear, there's no real cure.
So, while my North Shore neighbors make the best of the winter by building backyard skating rinks, hiking the icy shores of Lake Michigan, playing paddle tennis, and even surfing - I survive the season by staying indoors as much as possible. For all my fellow cold haters out there, here's my guide for making it through a long, freezing winter.
#1 – Stay Home
Why go out? With the wind chill and icy roads, it's dangerous out there. Work from home, order your groceries through Peapod, build a fire and hunker down. Catch up with friends over the phone or video chat. If you absolutely must leave the house, put on a full length puffy coat and RUN to your next interior destination.
#2 – Dress hot
No need to worry about style since you'll be home most of the time. Your winter wardrobe needs to deliver warmth and comfort. My favorite outfit is pull-on exercise pants (no zippers), a fleece sweatshirt, and my much beloved Ugg sheepskin slippers (every member of my family has a pair.) This unisex ensemble doubles perfectly as pajamas which is great, because changing clothes is chilly. Optional accessory - a colorful scarf.
#3 – Get your own blankie
Everyone deserves an amazing plush throw from Restoration Hardware. Mine is so luxuriously cozy, I drag it around with me from room to room like a little kid. It comes in an variety of colors and is on sale right now for $39.00.
#4 – Learn something new
Now's the time to refine your skills in an area you wouldn't make time for in warmer months. Get a book on meditation, etiquette, handwriting analysis, or my pick, The Art of Conversation by Catherine Blyth. When you reconnect with friends in the Spring, you'll dazzle them with your new accomplishments.
#5 – Watch old seasons of TV shows on dvd
And by this I mean: watch Lost! I don't know what desert island I've been on for the last five years, but now that I found Lost, I'm obsessed. My kids and I are gobbling up the first season on dvd. Without commercials we can watch two or three episodes a night. And hel-lo Josh Halloway.
#6 – Exercise at home
As much as I like to conserve my energy in the winter, a new study has found that too much sitting around is bad for your health. An exercise video is the perfect way to exercise without leaving home. I've been working out to Biggest Loser trainer Jillian Michael's Banish Fat, Boost Metabolism dvd and i'm telling you – the workout kicks my butt. You can order it online for under $10, it's easy to follow, and you don't need any equipment.
#7 – Experiment with beauty treatments
Long hours at home provide ample time for playing around with cosmetics. As I type, I'm deep conditioning my hair, whitening my teeth, and wearing a moisturizing face mask. My current appearance might frighten small children, but in the Spring I will emerge like a butterfly with silky locks, dazzling teeth and supple skin. (Not to mention my stimulating conversation skills.)
So, my fellow cold weather sufferers, thus concludes my personal tips for surviving a long, cold Chicago winter. As an additional resource, I canvassed my North Shore Facebook friends for their ideas and have listed them below. You might note a theme.
Chris – Date a wine guy! (Chris is a wine guy)
Meg – Bake, and then eat what you bake along with a complementary warm drink. Homemade food is the balm for long cold winters!
Kristen – Guiness!
Joe – Get outside. Bundle up and learn how to ice skate, paddle tennis, cross country skiing,etc. The learn to make and love hot toddies and hearty soups. Enjoy it instead of being miserable about it. (Obviously, Joe does not suffer from my cold allergy.)
Debbie -Read, clean closets and discover the artistic side of yourself.
Bruce – ditto Kristin on the Guiness
Randy – When you're really cold, make a fire in the fireplace and sit as close as you can. Heats up every part of your body. Everything else can't be posted here
Caryn – Take some time to ponder. Busy isn't always the answer.
If you have any tips of your own, please share them here in the comments section. Stay warm!
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Pastor Matt Chandler is known for straightforward, Gospel-centered preaching, so it's no surprise that his latest book To Live Is Christ to Die Is Gain packs a powerful punch of biblical truth. But the real challenge comes in his willingness to confront the comfortable Christianity that plagues our generation. Using the book of Philippians as a guide, Matt paints a picture of a mature Christian and the discipline, humility — even suffering — that go into the making of a true follower of Christ.
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In Sean Baker's "Starlet," Dree Hemingway announces herself as a presence to watch in one of the year's more delicately balanced performances. It's her movie, and while she has a winning partner in Besedka Johnson (the older actress carrying a genuine sense of frustration, frailty and eventual compassion) in crafting the relationship that offers the true heart of the film, Hemingway must balance this complicated friendship with the sticky situations in her own personal life. As an often-idle porn actress in the wasteland of the San Fernando Valley, she perfectly portrays the boredom and listlessness of her everyday life that causes her to seek connection outside of her very small world. As a character whose defining characteristic is the slippage of her own identity, Hemingway brings natural intelligence and humanity to the role. It's really a performance within a performance, and it's also an incredibly brave one for a debut, particularly in the expertly edited scene of her on the job with a coworker. It's an interesting and deft little indie, anchored by the multi-layered performance of Hemingway, a feat she pulls off handily.
Talk about a piercing stare. Nina Hoss has been well represented in German cinema for a while now, but it's her lead role as the titular character in Christian Petzold's 1980s set drama "Barbara" that really showcases her power, causing audiences outside of her country to really take notice of her considerable skill. Hoss spends a good portion of the movie as a nurse wearing a chilly, borderline hostile disposition, only revealing true compassion to the various ailing hospital patients she tends to. But a potential romance and increased attention from the State Security begin to weigh on her, spidering a few cracks on her shielded ego, and eventually some warmth begins to leak out. The softening of Barbara is an organic transformation, a slow ripening of the soul that Hoss pulls off in spades. It's not the most unique character -- the standoff-ish person becomes lighter and brighter with love -- but the actress makes it feel fresh, and most importantly, tangible. Right now she's Petzold's muse, but we'd love to see what Michael Haneke would do with her, or better yet, how up and comers Ulrich Köhler or Markus Schleinzer would utilize her strengths.
We've discussed Scoot McNairy before. Most noticed him after "Monsters," the lo-fi indie picture about a journalist and a tourist walking to the safety of the American border after an alien invasion has hit Mexico. It's a good performance, and McNairy seemed to be up for all kinds of big parts after the film, and 2012 was his year when all these films hit seemingly at once. McNairy scored the second lead in "Killing Them Softly" opposite Brad Pitt, and he kills as the scared, stupid junkie who robbed a bookie and knows his time is running out. In "Argo," he shines as the one hostage in a group of many who doesn't have faith in Ben Affleck's plan. Distrustful, skeptical and concerned for the safety of his wife and his comrades, much of the fate of this group lies in his hands. And when he finally agrees to go with the almost-ludicrous plan to escape Iran, McNairy's character gives a silent, but piercing look to Affleck's CIA character that reads as "this better fucking work" and the moment when he buys into it, narrating the story of their science fiction movie to the Revolutionary Guard, subtly playing up the parallels to the revolution, is a great bit of payoff for the character. In "Promised Land," McNairy only has two scenes as a prideful farm worker that's not about to buy into Matt Damon's bullshit, but they are memorable. More importantly, like the junkie in 'Softly' or the Canadian consulate officer in "Argo," all these characters are completely different and show McNairy's range. This guy could play the hero, the sidekick, the goon, the everyman or the clerk. Amazing things are going to come out of this actor and we can't wait to see what he does next.
The moral morass of "Arbitrage" is a frightening and sickening one. Lies built upon lies that threaten to ruin more than just one man (a fraud of a hedge fund manager played by Richard Gere), but a family, a friend, and anyone within spitting distance of his circumference. One of the unfortunates in this story, about a troubled businessman who tries to cover up the accidental death of his mistress while he tried to complete the sale of his billion dollar empire, is Jimmy Grant (played by Nate Parker). The ugliness of the situation is exacerbated by race. Jimmy's father was Miller's faithful chauffeur for decades and so when the magnate gets in a quandry -- his mistress dies in a car accident with Miller asleep at the wheel -- he gets the African-American man to help him out. Soon a hounddog of a detective (played by a terrific Tim Roth) is circling and poor Jimmy, who is trying to leave New York to start a business in Atlanta, is at the center of this crime. Miller, who believes he can't possibly go away, expects Jimmy to take the fall if it comes to that and Jimmy, who puts loyalty and honor above snitching is put in the worst corner of his life thanks to the selfish and increasingly desperate financier. And of course Miller bribes him with the one thing he doesn't have -- money. The way Parker's character is exploited is base and vile, and throughout the actor deftly demonstrates an arresting spectrum of anger, concern and fear that gives him your full empathy. In a picture full of great performances, Parker manages to stand out as the outlier trying to survive. It doesn't hurt that in 2012, Parker played the exact opposite in Spike Lee's "Red Hook Summer" a tough street hustler who rules the local projects. There's contour and depth to this actor and it's only going to flourish from here on out.
Going toe to toe with Oscar winner and acting powerhouse Marion Cotillard takes some chops, but Belgian actor Matthias Schoenaerts made it look easy in Jacques Audiard's compelling "Rust and Bone." After breaking out on the arthouse scene with "Bullhead," Schoenaerts took the huge leap to costarring with Cotillard in the emotionally and physically brutal tale of two broken people, Stephanie and Alain, finding strength in each other. His Alain is a feral animal at times and disarmingly sensitive and perceptive at others. In many ways, he is all id, reacting to things in a purely physical way that cuts through the doubts and anxiety in Stephanie's head when she becomes trapped in her chair and in her house. Schoenaerts brings a soulful quality to this character, a man whose exterior doesn't always betray his simmering emotions underneath, but when they explode out of him, it's a truly mesmerizing to behold. Even when getting his face bashed in during an illegal bare-knuckles fight, he manages to find a single expression that communicates so much about who this person is and what drives him. He's an actor who brings physicality to his role, much like Tom Hardy, but as we said in our review from Cannes, "he's the rare breed with acting chops to spare, finding the vulnerability beneath his character's exterior." With his recent casting in "Suite Francaise" opposite Michelle Williams, Schoenaerts is here to stay as an international star.
Ang Lee faced the biggest challenge of his career with the magical-realist "Life Of Pi." It's a film that piles on all kinds of obstacles, with a story that involves children, animals, shooting on water, myriad effects and the extra hurdle of shooting in 3D. And while there are a few iterations of the boy Pi Patel in the picture, Lee pins pretty much the entire film on the teenage version of the adolescent played by Suraj Sharma. Possessing expressive eyes and an innocent appearance, one must remember that for half of "Life of Pi" -- essentially about a boy stranded at sea in the Pacific Ocean with only a tiger aboard his lifeboat -- Sharma is playing opposite nothing but green screens, soundstages with water being thrown at him and a CGI tiger that isn't there. While 'Pi' has its flashback sequences of an older Pi (played by Irrfan Khan), the picture is a mostly solo venture for Sharma, next to the digital Bengal tiger Richard Parker. And so while the effects and dazzling imagery of "Life Of Pi" steal the show -- Parker is a beautiful digital creation, and every seafaring disaster in the picture looks like it's made from "Avatar" on steroids -- the picture is deeply moving, spiritual and hopeful. It's a film about belief, survival, compassion and the endurance of the human spirit and without Sharma to shepherd each one of these emotions, there's no movie. The young actor -- in his first ever performance -- is the centerpiece that anchors this triumphant visual tale beyond its beautiful aesthetics.


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Cook 35 mins
I adapted this from a recipe I found in a Marie Claire cookbook. It is dead simple, but does need a little careful watching towards the end to prevent it from getting too dry.
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- 473.18 ml arborio rice
- 700 g diced sweet potatoes
- 1182.95 ml chicken stock
- 29.58 ml butter
- 473.18 ml diced cooked chicken
- 118.29 ml grated parmesan cheese
- 9.85 ml chopped fresh thyme
- salt and pepper
- Preheat oven 190°C.
- Put rice, sweet potato, stock and butter in oven proof dish. Seal with foil or place on a well fitting lid.
- Cook for 30 minutes, then check and stir. Cook further 5 minutes.
- Remove, add chicken, cheese, thyme, salt and pepper and stir until creamy.
- Serve immediately.
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We liked this, but the texture didn't seem like risotto--it was too sticky. I've had much better results cooking risotto in the microwave. The sweet potato was great, but next time I'd use ham or bacon instead of chicken. I subbed 1/2 teaspoon of dried thyme for the fresh thyme.
I baked this tonight with pumpkin instead of sweet potato and a touch of cumin. It was delicious. Thanks so much for the recipe! I'll be making this one again.
This was the easiest risotto meal that I have ever made. So simple to just place everything in a baking dish and stir after 30 minutes. We really enjoyed the flavours in this dish. It did take about 15 minutes longer in the oven than stated-but all ovens cook a little differently. The rice was very creamy, in fact tasted as though some cream had been added during the cooking. I used gluten-free chicken stock and this meal was suitable for GF diet. Thanks for a great recipe. Photo also being posted


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Girls basketball: Edmond Santa Fe routs Anadarko
EDMOND — Defending 4A state champion Anadarko had no trouble handling 6A schools Edmond North and Edmond Memorial in the first two rounds of the Edmond Open basketball tournament.
The Lady Warriors ran into a different beast in Saturday night's championship game against two-time defending 6A champ Edmond Santa Fe.
The Lady Wolves defeated Anadarko, 59-35, in a contest where the outcome was decided by halftime.
Playing in their home gym, the Lady Wolves went on a 15-0 run as Anadarko did not score for more than seven minutes during a stretch that overlapped the first and second periods.
Santa Fe outscored Anadarko 15-2 in the second quarter as the Lady Warriors could not match the Lady Wolves speed, quickness and depth.
"Every class has their elite," Anadarko coach Jeff Zinn said. "I think Santa Fe is the elite."
Junior guard Tamara Lee scored 15 points to lead the Lady Wolves while 5-3 senior point guard Cameerah Graves, the only starter back from last year's state title team, added 12 points.
"Tonight, you got to see some outstanding team defense," Santa Fe coach Paul Bass said. "That was a great performance right there. We just haven't been playing good defense and these young girls are starting to understand what it takes."
Anadarko star Lakota Beatty, who has committed to Oklahoma State, led the Lady Warriors with 16 points. She hit three early three-pointers then Santa Fe made a defensive adjustment.
"We tried a little junk defense at the first and obviously it didn't work real well," Bass said. "We just went right back to our man and our spread which is what we hang our hat on.
"When she has the ball, she is a threat to shoot even if you are standing next to her. We made sure we got into her grill and her face.
"It's easy to sit back and let three-point shooters shoot, but if you make them have to drive all the time and run and move to get shots, they are going to get tired and that's what we saw."
Santa Fe led 31-15 at halftime and 47-23 after the third quarter. Even though Santa Fe lost seven seniors to graduation last season, it doesn't appear the Lady Wolves (5-1) have fallen far.
"We just got athletes that know how to play the style we like, the run and gun and pressure defense," Bass said. "We want steals so we can go score."
Meanwhile, Zinn said the loss will benefit Anadarko (3-1) down the road.
"We lost to Shawnee last year in the finals of the Mid-America Tournament by about 20 and after that we started developing as a team. We didn't lose after that.
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Each year we take to the road to promote opportunities for 50+ adults to get moving and to participate in local, state and national senior games. We introduce Personal Best Award athletes who are examples of healthy aging on and off the field. Our goal is to inspire others to action and show that "It's Never Too Late to Get in the Game."
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Personal Best Tour - Dec 5, 2015, Clearwater, Florida
The 2015 Florida Senior Games began with an awards ceremony to honor their 2014 Games Athletes of the Year, Walt Deal and Danuta Kubelik. Both are past National Senior Games competitors. Also at the ceremony was State Representative Kathleen Peters and City of Clearwater Government Mayor, George Cretekos. It was the first time in the event's 24 year history that the state games had been hosted in Pinellas county and Clearwater, which is celebrating its centennial this year.
The program, held outside of the Long Center that was the venue for swimming and other events, was the perfect opportunity for an NSGA Personal Best presentation. More than 100 athletes and others heard NSGA CEO Marc T. Riker honor 90-year-old swimmer and runner Ryan Beighley. In the photo above, Ryan displays his Personal Best certificate with his wife Marty by his side, with Riker (left) and Florida Sports Foundation Senior Vice President (and current NSGA Board Chair) Stephen Rodriguez congratulating him.
Ryan immediately cracked up the audience with his Irish wit in his brief remarks. "Isn't it customary that an award recipient gets a hug of congratulations?" he wondered, turning to look back at Rep. Peters. She gladly complied with a laugh and a hug.
Later the same day, NSGA and the Florida Senior Games hosted a bowling clinic for non-ambulatory veterans from the Bay Pines Veterans facility at Seminole Lanes, the bowling venue for the state games. US Dept. of Veterans Affairs Recreation Therapist Lin Hales recruited several vets from the facility, and the clinic was facilitated by Cory Krause, Seminole Lane's general manager. One of the veterans, 65-year-old John Starr (in chair on left) had not bowled in over 20 years and smiled from ear to ear as he scored two strikes and a finishing score of 141.
NSGA's Marc T. Riker, Becky Sewell and Del Moon were on hand to help and congratulate the vets. "We hope to work with our states to have many more clinics like this around the country next year to stimulate more participation," Riker said, noting that the 2017 Games in Birmingham will again offer non-ambulatory bowling, horseshoes and shuffleboard divisions.
The 2015 Florida Senior Games enjoyed robust athlete participation with more than 2,000 athletes in 24 sports over nine days of competition. We ran into many National Senior Games athletes, including two cycling gold medalists, Kathy Petrillo and Cheryl Cherry shown here. Cherry shattered the Florida games 5K time trial record. Moon also caught up with one of his 2015 Personal Best feature subjects, 94-year-old John C. Taylor from Atlanta, who was the eldest participant. And at archery, Sewell (left) and Riker presented the gold to Jack Cason, who also snagged the gold in men's 80-83 compound release in Minnesota.
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Artist: Wa Wa Nee
Album: Blush
Genre: Blues
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Can't Control Myself
Maybe your kiss is sweet enough
Maybe your skin is clear
Maybe my life is better off
Just from having you here
But baby I think of giving up whenever we're on the train
As long as my eyes are wandering it's only gonna make you frown
Somebody help me or the woman that I'm seeing
She can't understand it when I do the things I do
Somebody's got to stop me looking at other women
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Maybe I'm stepping outta line before my cover is cool
Maybe I keep on thinking about the single life I knew
Maybe the sun don't wanna shine on someone as mean as me
Or maybe I spell relationship C.H.O.K.E.
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St. Paul Cheese Shop introduces line of sandwich "melts"
Not just cheesy melts: Check out dessert renditions like this banana-chocolate combo
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St. Paul Cheese Shop is a cheese-lover's paradise, a distinction they're doubling down on with their recent menu addition.
Mozzarella and tomato-garlic confit melt
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The melts menu is varied, with options ranging from the breakfast-leaning prosciutto with slow-cooked egg to the peppery cheddar with harissa to the slightly sweet brie with cranberry chutney.
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The Nazis at the Heart of the Worst Drug Scandal of All Time
Williams, Roger, Stone, Jonathan, Newsweek
Byline: Roger Williams with Jonathan Stone
Revelations of their connections with the makers of a deadly drug.
The girl's head is flung back, her mouth open in a cry of pain. She doesn't feel anything. She is a bronze sculpture symbolizing the suffering of 10,000 or more children around the world born in the '50s and '60s who did suffer greatly, and still do, as adults. Because their mothers ingested the notorious drug thalidomide, they were born without legs or arms or with foreshortened limbs like The Sick Child cast in bronze. Some were born deaf and blind; some with curved spines, or with heart and brain damage.
The over-the-counter tranquilizer was hailed as a wonder drug when released in the late 1950s. Its maker, Chemie Grunenthal, a small German company relatively new to pharmacology, marketed it aggressively in 46 countries with the guarantee that it could be "given with complete safety to pregnant women and nursing mothers without any adverse effect on mother and child." During the four years it was on the market, doctors prescribed it as a nontoxic antidote to morning sickness and sleeplessness--and it sold by the millions.
For nearly half a century, the privately owned company was silent and secretive about the epic tragedy it created while earning a vast profit. Even before its release, the wife of an employee gave birth to a baby without ears, but Chemie Grunenthal ignored the warning. Within two years, an estimated million people in West Germany were taking the drug on a daily basis.
But by early 1959, reports started to surface that the drug was toxic, with scores of adults suffering from peripheral neuritis damaging the nervous system. As profits kept rolling in, however, Chemie Grunenthal suppressed that information, bribing doctors and pressuring critics and medical journals for years. Even after an Australian doctor connected thalidomide with deformed births in 1961, it took four months for the company to withdraw the drug. By then, it is estimated to have affected 100,000 pregnant women, causing at least 90,000 miscarriages and thousands of deformities to the babies who survived.
Despite the overwhelming evidence that thalidomide caused miscarriages and birth defects, Chemie Grunenthal for years fought to resist paying the necessary compensation required for a lifetime of care--and still does. Victims say the company's payments have been derisory and far from enough to pay for the expensive care needed by those severely deformed.
In 1970 the company agreed to pay about $28 million into a fund for the victims and was given permanent legal immunity in Germany in return. When money in the fund ran out, the German government made compensation payments, and in 2009 Grunenthal replenished the fund with a one-off endowment of ?50 million--about $63 million. (Elsewhere in the world, there are still pending claims and class-action suits.)
Beyond monetary restitution, victims and their families had to wait more than five decades for an apology. But on Aug. 31 this year, the company's new CEO, Harald Stock, stepped outside its headquarters in Stolberg to unveil the bronze sculpture of the suffering girl and to apologize to all the victims, heartbroken families, and survivors. His sincerity was manifest. "We ask for forgiveness that for nearly 50 years we didn't find a way of reaching out to you from human being to human being," Stock said. "We ask that you regard our long silence as a sign of the shock that your fate caused in us."
With a go-ahead smile and close-shaven head, the Freiburg-born executive had arrived in January 2009, following the retirement of Sebastian Wirtz, the sixth generation to head the family firm. The "we" in his plea for forgiveness referred to the company. But his announcement in Stolberg brought no message from the Wirtz family--or anybody else still living who presided over thalidomide's silent years. …


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Stop by the Peace Corps table at Bridgeday to speak with returned volunteers and recruiter Keely Hayes (Kyrgyz Republic, 2011 - 2013) to learn how you can make a difference working overseas.
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The Opel Astra is coming in his line in 2014, and with it a new diesel engine was introduced. It is a CDTI that had been launched in the Zafira Tourer, with 136 horsepower and 24 lb.-ft. of torque. With start / stop system, the average consumption of the Astra in 2014 with this engine is great 25.6 km / l, 7% better than the previous 1.7 engine, which had 130 horses.
The acceleration of 0-100 happens in 10.3 seconds and the maximum is 200 km / h. This new diesel engine can equip all versions of the Astra GTC least. Besides the new engine, the 2014 Opel Astra won the entertainment IntelliLink system, which was previously only available to Insignia.
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Kyoto National Museum
The Kyoto National Museum, located in Japan's ancient capital of Kyoto, collects and preserves venerable works of art and archaeological artifacts from Japan as well as other Asian countries. The primary focus of the museum collections is the millennium during which Kyoto was the capital of Japan, from 794 to 1868.The original museum building, known today as the Meiji Kotokan, is a red brick hall in the French Renaissance style, which opened in 1897. It was designed by the architect Katayama Tokuma, who contributed greatly to the introduction of Western architecture to Japan. The Meiji Kotokan, together with the red brick Main Gate and part of the surrounding wall, was designated an Important Cultural Property in 1969 by the Japanese government. Today it is used for special exhibitions in the spring and autumn and sometimes other parts of the year. In September 2014, the museum opened an elegant, contemporary new wing called the Heisei Chishinkan, designed by architect Taniguchi Yoshio. The new wing is used for regularly changing thematic exhibitions of the collections, which include both museum-owned works and works entrusted to the museum on long-term loan from temples and shrines in Kyoto, the Kansai region, and other parts of the country.
Address: 527 Chaya-cho, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
Hours open to visitors: 9:30 - 17:00 (last admission at 16:30)
Admission Fee: 520 yen (regular fee), Special exhibitions require a separate admission fee
Closed: Mondays (if the Monday is a national holiday, the following day), New Years holidays
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While Draft day represents a high water mark for NBA related hashtags on Twitter, many of which have involved the Lakers in one form or another, when the dust settles tonight, I'm not expecting to discover any fire behind the smoke. The core of this team will look like it does now. Kobe Bryant as the centerpiece, with Pau Gasol, Andrew Bynum, and Lamar Odom as the main supporting actors.John M. Heller/Getty Images
Anyone looking for these won't find them coming from El Segundo Thursday night.
Some of this is conditioning: Whether covering or following the NBA, it doesn't take long to no matter how many big rumors are circulating, no matter how deep talks between teams get, the odds are always strongly against a blockbuster deal. There are just too many complicating factors, from finances to fit. They are unquestionably the exception to the rule, and with the possible exception of a deal involving Odom- call something like that "blockbuster lite"- any trade involving the core qualifies. Add in the uncertainty of the NBA's labor situation the risk of adding salary when the new CBA might eventually force teams to shed payroll down the road, and it gets tougher.
The Lakers, still in "win now" mode, are in an even tougher bind. For all the concerns over their core, it's very difficult to make a trade involving Bynum or Gasol that would bring a net gain in return for L.A. They could move those guys for prospects, or for still-developing youth in moves perhaps setting them up well for the future, but none of that helps bring a title next season. While Odom is further down the list of the NBA's best, he does so many things for the Lakers trading him comes with real risk, as well. It could take two players to plug his role in the rotation.
I'm sure Mitch Kupchak has and will continue to dangle or accept calls on nearly everyone on the roster to and from different teams around the league. That's what teams do on Draft day, because you never know which rival G.M. is primed to do something stupid benefiting your team. In the end, though, the Lakers' good players are too good, and their lesser players too lesser (whether in talent or contract) to get much done on the trade front.


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Survey by Israeli institute also finds that 40 percent would back recognition of Israel if it signed agreement with Palestinians, withdrew from territory.
Latest Update: 06.07.14, 22:14 / Israel News
An Israeli poll of Iranians has found that more than half – 54 percent – would be willing to give up some or all aspects of the country's nuclear program, in return for an end to the crippling sanctions imposed by the international community.
The findings are part of a survey of public opinion in Iran conducted by phone by the Institute for Policy and Strategy
(IPS) at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya.
It was led by Professor Alex Mintz, the head of the IPS and dean of the IDC's Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy & Strategy. The poll was conducted ahead of the school's prestigious annual Herzliya Conference,
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The survey also showed that close to 40 percent of Iranians believe the Islamic Republic should recognize Israel if it signs a peace agreement with the Palestinian and withdraws from "Palestinian areas".
Furthermore, the survey showed, 70 percent of Iranians expressed some form of support for the ongoing talks between Tehran and the West over Iran's nuclear program. Conversely, just 11 percent of Iranians said they were against the talks.
The poll was conducted by questioners who made no mention of Israel.
"We said we were calling from a research center," Mintz told the New York Times. "Most didn't ask for details. To those who did, we said an institute for policy and strategy. Nobody imagined we were phoning from Israel."
The survey questioned 530 random Iranian civilians by phone in May, reportedly with the help of several Farsi-speaking Israelis with Iranian backgrounds.
"There is a lot of news in Israel about what the Iranians think and want, but nobody asked them," Mintz told the Times.