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Generational Group is proud to announce its title sponsorship of Here's Life Africa's Global Golf Gala. This fundraiser will be hosted at the Cowboys Golf Club in Grapevine, TX, on May 14, 2019, from noon to 6 p.m.
The golf tournament will celebrate and support the vital ministry of Here's Life Africa (HLA), which impacts thousands of lives each year. HLA is a Christian ministry sharing the story of Jesus, discipling villagers, and planting churches in Africa.
The tournament will pit the kings (businesses) against the priests (churches) in The Commissioner's Cup. Each team of four will help provide for the salvation, discipleship, and pastor training that this ministry supports.
A second golf gala will take place on July 15, 2019, at Reunion Golf Course in Madison, Mississippi.
"We're honored and blessed to be able to support such a great cause," said Generational Group president and CEO Ryan Binkley. "As newly planted churches take root thanks to HLA, true hope arrives and lives are changed forever."
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Being summer outside now and bright colors are in play in the fashion industry why not choose a bold vintage inspired frame to compliment all the lively colors of Summer 2014. If you follow my blog you know that I am all about Nike frames recently. I always thought that Nike style frames were more for the sporty active individual but I was so wrong. I am recently attracted to the Nike 7202 Eyeglasses. I love that they come in variety of colors:
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Whether you are planning to visit downtown Berlin or if you are looking to spend time in Pergamon Museum or Potsdamer Platz, when you plan a trip to Berlin saving your memories with photos will help you to remember your stay forever.
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"In that sense, then, building your personal brand is about understanding how you want your professional life to be seen by others, and then managing your presence in both the offline and online worlds towards that end.
Good Evening Folks,
"Building your personal brand" might strike you as a funny way of thinking about your career, but the idea has been around for centuries.
The ancient Greeks called it areté, and it meant being the best you can be. During the time of knights and castles, it was called "honor", and you were expected to defend it to the death.
George Washington and men of his era were extremely concerned about maintaining and protecting their reputation. And in the 20th century, it might have been referred to as your standing in your community or your industry.
So "personal brand" is simply a new phrase for an old concept — how you present yourself to others. You see, you know all the wonderful experiences you've had, and you're intimately familiar with all the capabilities you've developed as you've made your way through your career. That's always been an integral part of personal success.
Throughout history, it's also been important for men and women to understand how others perceive them, to manage that perception, and to guide it so that all of their other goals can be achieved.
It's the recognition that living in society with people, your success is as dependent on what others think about what you can do as it is on what you can actually do.
The big change in modern times is scale.
The Greeks had only to be concerned with people living in their city, knights with their honor within the kingdom, Washington with his reputation within the colonies, and in the 20th century your standing was dependent on your community and your industry.
What's changed is the modern economy. Companies can vaporize overnight. Whole industries can be upended by a change in technology, regulation, or globalization.
So what's important now is that your brand be known and available not only to the people of your city, state, country or industry, but to any professional at any time. You never know when you'll be tossed into a new industry, a new city, or a new company, so it's important for you to consider how you'll be perceived and how your background and skills will be interpreted by others.
Adding to the tumultuousness of the modern economy, modern technology has bestowed upon us Google, social networks, blogs, and a host of other means for others to learn about your "areté," your honor, your reputation, your standing, in ways other than speaking directly with you.
In that sense, then, building your personal brand is about understanding how you want your professional life to be seen by others, and then managing your presence in both the offline and online worlds towards that end.
So while it's a new phrase, it's an old concept, and we've spent a lot of time and resources on getting you the best advice for building your personal brand. Here are some of the best articles on the subject from MarketingLadders.com (free membership may be required to access):
==> 5 Ways to Reboot Your Personal Brand as the Economy Rebounds http://www.MktgLadder.com/career-advice/5-ways-reboot-personal-brand-as-economy-rebounds
For those of you trying to take advantage of a rebounding economy, branding matters now more than ever. It's time to rebuild your professional brand to its full strength.
==> Don't Replace the Job You Had
Take it from successful job seeker Mark Alcaide: Limiting your job search to your last role shortchanges all you've done.
==> Rebuilding Your Network
As the economy warms up, more of your contacts are on the move -- and going places that could be right for you. How do you tighten a network that's gone slack?
==> 10 Ways to Wreck Your Personal Brand
The Web makes it easy to spread your message. But if you make these errors, exposure can hurt you professionally.
==> Communicate Like a Billion-Dollar Entrepreneur
These six tips from Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff can help you communicate the vision behind the ultimate brand of all — yourself.
And of course, you can always find advice on Personal Branding http://www.MktgLadder.com/career-advice/personal-branding, and a host of other topics, in our News & Advice http://www.MktgLadder.com/career-advice/articles
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While doing an article for my Bounty profile I decided to investigate the history of "The Law of Attraction" and that led me to a man named Andrew Carnegie (you know of him - Carnegie Hall, Mellon Carnegie University etc.) - which ultimately led me to a man by the name of Napoleon Hill who was challenged by Carnegie to discover "the secret" at work in the lives of 500 of the wealthiest people in America at the time of his research and ultimately led him to write this particular book. His work spanned over 20 years and his book has remained as a best seller since coming out initially in 1938, selling over 30, 000, 000 (that's thirty million) copies!
The premise of "the secret" according to both Carnegie and Hill was to do what you could with the wealth you were bestowed - paying it forward so to speak. The book passes along a challenge to the reader - to determine exactly where in the book your own ultimate recognition is achieved that makes you realize that you also know "the secret" and simply need to put it to work in your own life.
Reading the stories of each of the people that Hill interviewed over the course of the 20 plus years makes for interesting reading. The book, initially written just shortly after the Great Depression is still as timeless and intriguing as I'm sure it must have been when it first hit bookstore shelves. Oddly enough even though this book was written in the 1930's it still holds a lot of great information that is still quite relevent for today.
According to Hill "the secret" was used by Edison and by a man who left everything behind to become a business partner with Edison - the one thing that is revealed early on is that every person, man, woman, child - who has gone on to be a success has had one thing in common - a Burning Desire. You know the kind. The one that takes hold of you and doesn't let go, it drives you to toss and turn at night as you try to formulate ways to make it come about, to happen the way you know that it can. It could be a business desire, a job desire, a life desire - whatever it is, it takes over your life with a passion and a grasp that doesn't want to leave until you have attained what it is you desire most.
This particular book is now currently a part of the Guttenberg Project, a Public Domain publication that anyone is free to locate and put to work in their own lives. It is also a book that is still for sale through sites like Amazon.com. As I've read through this publication I've found that "the secret" is an accumulation of sequenced events that if drawn on effectively enough, can drive anyone to obtain just about anything they wish - the key is that you have to have the drive.
I think the one thing that has really held my interest throughout this book is learning about the many wealthy people Hill initially interviewed while he was putting this book together - and interestingly enough about the one man whom he spoke to during a Graduation ceremony but didn't realize would be the driving force behind Hill eventually publishing this book - a student who had graduated and who years later impressed upon Hill that the world needed to know the "secret".
If you obtain this book for nothing more than to achieve a history lesson, it will have done a good job of that but the information it holds is such that honestly, I don't think anyone would be able to read through it without coming away with a little more drive than when they entered reading it on the first page for the first time. Hill is a powerful and persuasive author and his style is such that before I got to the 2nd chapter, I was already aware of "the secret" and how it was already working in my life and in people's lives around me. I know several wealthy individuals and it was actually interesting to be able to pin point the characteristics Hill describes as being an essential part of "the secret" and realizing each of these people possess those qualities.
Of course I have a pretty hefty dose of the "Burning desire" which is a key ingredient and as I moved further into the book I could see exactly how this particular quality worked in each of the individuals lives Hill wrote about - it was overall a very, very interesting read and one that perhaps if I'd grabbed this book in my teens, would have awakened me to "the secret" that much earlier - as it is though, I'm just happy to see that without even realizing it - I've not been doing too badly with it so far but except for this book and a few others I've read in the past - I'd probably still be thinking I was just doing everything instinctively - but then, maybe that's what the "secret" is suppose to be - an instinct that leads you or it doesn't - depending on just how aware you are of it working in your life to begin with.


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WASHINGTON, Oct. 21, 2011-Members of the International Franchise Association joined Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) for a press conference yesterday to discuss burdens that policies being pushed by some Democrats and the administration are placing on franchise businesses' ability to sell more franchises, hire workers and grow the economy.
"Franchise small businesses need government to get out of the way in order to continue creating jobs at the rate they have historically," said IFA President & CEO Steve Caldeira. "We applaud Senate Minority Leader McConnell for echoing that message and urge the administration and all members of Congress to develop bipartisan, pro-growth solutions that help franchise businesses to create jobs."
"The government itself is the problem now," said McConnell. "We have to allow the private sector to do what it does best which is to to grow, expand, and create jobs."
"In recent years, one of the reasons I have not sought to grow is uncertainty surrounding the health care laws," said David Barr, Chairman of PMTD Restaurants LLC and its affiliates (a franchisee of KFC and Taco Bell) and Rita Restaurant Corp. (the owner and operator of Don Pablo's Mexican Restaurants). "Obamacare will force me to either decrease employees or move workers from full-time to part-time employees to avoid paying penalties."
Unless Congress repeals or significantly changes the health care law, 3.2 million full-time employees and tens of thousands of franchise businesses will be at risk of losing their jobs, according to a recent report prepared by Hudson Institute for the International Franchise Association.
"All of my business income is needed to continue to grow and create jobs," said Gail Johnson, CEO of Rainbow Station, which is a franchise that offers nationally accredited early childhood education and school age recreation programs. "Taking away income from small business owners like myself through a tax increase is quite simply a job smasher."
IFA has urged Congress to consider permanent, comprehensive tax reforms that encourage job creation by franchise businesses, but that also do not hurt small businesses and franchises that file as individuals. Click here to view IFA's recent letter to Senators.
"Small businesses that want to grow and have a track record of success should be able to get loans from lenders, said Bob Dorfman, a Five Guys multi-unit franchisee with 9 stores in Tampa, Fla., 10 stores in Columbus, Ohio, 14 stores open in Houston and South Texas, and a commitment with Five Guys to open and operate 103 total stores. "Lenders should be free from overregulation and scrutiny that's unnecessarily holding back job creation.
Over 82,000 new jobs and over $10 billion in economic output will be lost in 2011 as a result of lack of credit flow to franchised small businesses, according to the IFA Small Business Lending Matrix & Analysis, Vol. 3.
"We have heard today that the rules and the regulations coming out of Washington are making it harder and more expensive for the private sector to create jobs," said Barrasso.
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"Sail Sheet Music" by Awolnation, " Sail Sheet Music" for Piano / Vocal/ Chords , Original key: D Minor, number of pages sheet music PDF: 4, Video and Lyrics song Sail Sheet Music.
"Sail'" is a song by American electronic rock band Awolnation. It was released as a single on January 4, 2011.
- Sheet Music Title: Sail Sheet Music Awolnation
- Instrument: Piano Sheet Music / Chords / vocal /
- Original Published Key: D Minor
- Metronome: 120
- Author: Awolnation
- Album: Megalithic Symphony
- Year: 2011
- Genre: electronic rock
- Sheet Music Format: PDF
- Piano Sheet Music
- Pages pdf file: 4
- Sail Sheet Music Awolnation.
Lyrics Sail Sheet Music Awolnation
"Sail Lyrics Awolnation"
This is how I show my love
I made it in my mind because
Blame it on my ADD baby
This is how an angel dies
Blame it on my own sick pride
Blame it on my ADD baby
Sail, sail
Sail, sail, sail
Maybe I should cry for help
Maybe I should kill myself (myself)
Blame it on my ADD baby
Maybe I'm a different breed
Maybe I'm not listening
So blame it on my ADD baby
Sail, sail
Sail, sail, sail
La la la la la la, la la la la la la
la la la la la la, la la la la la la
Sail, sail
Sail, sail
Sail, sail
Sail, sail, sail
Sail Sheet Music Awolnation
The song was first featured on the band's debut extended play Back from Earth (2010) and was later featured on their debut album Megalithic Symphony (2011). The song was written and produced in Venice, California by group member Aaron Bruno, with Kenny Carkeet performing the audio engineering.
"Sail" is the band's most commercially successful song to date. It debuted at number 89 on the United States Billboard Hot 100 chart in September 2011, spending 20 weeks on the chart before dropping out. The single re-entered the Hot 100 a year later, becoming a massive sleeper hit and reaching a new peak of number 17. It has spent the second longest time inside the Billboard Hot 100 chart, with 79 weeks, only surpassed by Imagine Dragons' "Radioactive".


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(1) An award in an arbitration proceeding shall be in writing and, at the discretion of the arbitrator or panel of arbitrators, may state the reasons or otherwise explain the nature or amount of the award.
(2) The award shall be final and enforceable as any other judgment in a civil action, unless:
(a) within 30 days after the filing of the award with the clerk of the court any party files with the clerk of court a demand for a trial de novo upon which the case shall be returned to the trial calendar; or
(b) any party files with the arbitrator or panel of arbitrators and serves a copy on all other parties a written request to modify the award on the grounds:
(i) there is an evident miscalculation of figures or description of persons or property referred to in the award;
(ii) the award does not dispose of all the issues presented to the arbitrator or panel of arbitrators for resolution; or
(iii) the award purports to resolve issues not submitted for resolution in the arbitration process.
(c) The period for filing a demand for trial de novo is tolled until the arbitrator or panel of arbitrators have acted on the request to modify the award, which must be completed within 30 days of the filing.
(3) The parties to an arbitration procedure may stipulate that:
(a) an award need not be filed with the court, except in those cases where the rights of third parties may be affected by the provisions of the award; and
(b) the case is dismissed in which the award was made.
(4) (a) At any time the parties may enter into a written agreement for referral of the case or of issues in the case to arbitration pursuant to Title 78, Chapter 31a, Utah Uniform Arbitration Act, or the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. Sec. 1 et seq., as the parties shall specify.
(b) The court may dismiss the case, or if less than all the issues are referred to arbitration, stay the case for a reasonable period for the parties to complete a private arbitration proceeding.
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I dream about my very best girl since I am single, but houses no. I will never own one nor have I ever wanted to. If I had been going to dream it, would be more than one, like a cottage in New England only for fall colours. Arthur Charles Clement, businessman and son of prominent businessman of a dried items operation, built this house whereas dwelling on the east aspect of Joliet for his household. The house was listed for the discount price of $159,000 and thanks to social media efforts, the sale bought national attention. That sort of inflation tells me that either the purchase-to-letters have moved in to the market in enormous numbers, or else people are waking up to the fact that it is higher to purchase than to hire in such low-cost areas.
My good friend had an agency put a dehumidifier in his room for a week in a special house with less severe stain and moulding, but then he had his partitions ripped and reinstalled anyway! Jo Jo's Seasonal Selections will here Saturday & Sunday 10am to 3pm with an awesome choice of recent greens and exquisite mums. Rightmove is the largest UK homes for sale web site – with over ninety% of all homes for sale being listed, it's the one place where most people are almost certainly to be trying.
When I was a girl growing up in the late Nineteen Fifties, my Auntie's row home still had a coal bin and a basement kitchen that was warm in the winter and cool in the summer. His mom was out of state along with his dying father, and he instructed me that she agreed i might reside at the house (he was watching it for them) and was alleged to be residing out of state even after the father handed away.
Yet Milton is one in all several designated zones for elevated improvement, including new plans for top-rise residential towers. This data has but to be disclosed, but Mattel brought 4 designers on board to figure it out: Jonathan Adler (remember his real-life 3,500 s.f. Dream House in 2009?), Lulu de Kwiatkowski, Celerie Kemble and Trina Turk.
This was a change from the original Dream House in several ways – not solely was it considerably bigger, however one might set up the house itself in numerous methods, not just the furniture inside. Love shouldn't be based mostly on shopping sprees, purchases that costs more than the down fee on a home (owning not renting/pretending), and tons of cash. They could also be scrap wood from around the house, in that case the dog house could or might not come out too attractive relying upon the pieces you will have accessible and you will have to cobble together a plan for constructing the canine house because the pieces aren't more likely to match what would be required for the plans out there. The house is believed to have been remodeled in 1850, when the second story was added over the primary part of the house and a room was added to the primary ground. I was slightly disappointed as a result of the house (which was gray and white with a pink door within the present) is now painted purple.


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Quicksilver: The Great Airship Race
Top 10 Board Games of 2013 - The Dice Tower
Best Board Games of 2013 - Wired Magazine
Quicksilver is an airship racing game for 2-6 adventurous pilots. Race through the open countryside of Paradise Falls or the tight city landscape of New Covington. Choose the proper balance between speed and safety, avoiding man-made and natural obstacles (and the dastardly attacks of your opponents) as you round the checkpoints and rush toward the finish line. Fortune favors the bold, so fly with grace and win the Queen's favor!
Game Features
- Easy ruleset to learn, with emerging tactical gameplay
- Two racecourses with two different play styles
- Customizable racecourses for shorter or longer games
- Additional obstacles for added challenges
- Beautiful and immersive artwork
Praise for Quicksilver
"There is one (game) that is definitely my pick of (Origins 2013), and that is a brand-new, post-Kickstarter game called Quicksilver. It's a game about zeppelin racing… It has that 'je ne sais quoi', that unknowable element that makes it really click and come together for me. I really enjoyed Quicksilver. It's my favorite of the show." (Eric Summerer of The Dice Tower, Ep. 311, 48:50.)
"Jolly good show, old chap! A fairly simple set of rules makes for a fun game about racing airships... The artwork on everything is great, and I really like the style... The board, with its checkpoints built-in obstacles, is laid out really well." (Jonathan Liu of Wired's GeekDad)
"Quicksilver is an interesting design that combines features from boardgames, war-games, and even collectible card games to create a unique racing game. More importantly, this game is fun to play!" (PlayUnplugged)
"In the end, we love (Quicksilver). Plain and simple." (Slamfist Media)


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Some jokes are possible only in a medium that blends words and pictures. Take these strips for instance.
In Jerry Scott and Jim BorgmanÔÇÖs Zits, the arrangement of the teacherÔÇÖs verbal compliment, first horizontal then vertical, impaling Pierce like a spear, is possible only in a medium in which words are a visual component. It is the "picturing" of the words, and their effect on Pierce, that makes the joke.
In Pearls Before Swine, Stephan Pastis resorts to a relatively old device among comic strippersÔÇötreating his strip as part of the visual landscape and letting a presumably neighboring strip invade the precincts. The laugh here is as much the allusion to CathyÔÇÖs weight fixation as it is to her presence.
Our next slide is not about artistry peculiar to the medium. ItÔÇÖs just some routine stuff.
Once again, in his Non Sequitur Wiley Miller takes up the political cartoonists cudgel, or something akin to it, in commenting on the easy access our government grants lobbyists as opposed to the maze it constructs for ordinary citizens to get in to bend the ear of their congressman.
Chad CarpenterÔÇÖs Tundra is here because of its use of rabbits and the "out of the hat" maneuver. Since I have a kinship with rabbits….
Then we have a dollop of wisdom served up in the next two strips.
SallyÔÇÖs logic in Peanuts is irrefutable. How can we fault it? CanÔÇÖt.
In Frazz, Jef Mallett often comes up with word games that soar into the rafters of the mental attic and hang there, defying all attempts to explain how we never thought of that before.
Next, leaving wisdumb behind in a cloud of confusion, we come upon two manifestations of the strange and wonderful in comics.
I didnÔÇÖt know Mooch in Patrick McDonnellÔÇÖs Mutts had an automobile, even so obviously a "toy" as this. Has McDonnell cruised by in this device before? Maybe I just havenÔÇÖt been paying attention.
I guess since Snoopy can have a Sopwith Camel, Mooch can have a car. Makes sense to me.
And in Blondie, another instance (of which there have been several in the last year or so) of the gag-writer playing with the time-honored heraldry of the strip. Lately, itÔÇÖs been DagwoodÔÇÖs hair. Now, that single button in the middle of his shirt.
With the publication a couple weeks ago of IDWÔÇÖs Chic YoungÔÇÖs Blondie, the first volume in what promises to be a fairly extensive reprinting of the classic, we can see Dagwood without the shirt button occasionally. And sometimes, even wearing a four-in-hand tie rather than a bow tie. Still, itÔÇÖs a fair guess that the button, which became more and more ubiquitous as the strip moved into its second and third years, is a remnant of formal attire: when Dagwood is wearing a tuxedo, which, as the scion of a wealthy family, he does often, he is also wearing a starched shirt-front, in which is embedded, in the middle, a stud, or button.
Habits die hard, and Young kept putting in the button more-or-less as a knee-jerk, or wrist-wrenching, habit, even when Dagwood gave up the tux for a working manÔÇÖs suit.
By the way, harkening back to the Blondie mystery we mentioned a few weeks ago, now that we have the IDW volume and the first week of Blondie before us, we know Blondie began September 8, not September 15 as once alleged by Jeff Lindenblatt.


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Carol King Stars in Epic Adaptation, 'The Gods Are Still Not To Blame' | Watch The Trailer.
The Gods Are Still Not to Blame is a modern cinematic adaptation of a classical Greek play 'Oedipus Rex' and the famous Ola
Rotimi play,'The God's Are Not To Blame'.
The movie is a modern dramaturgical experiment about the classical philosophical discourse concerning the concept of destiny and fate element which was started by Sophillus Sophocles (c.496-406 BC) with Oedipus Rex around 430BC by Ola Rotimi (1938-1999) with a title, The Gods are not to Blame in 1968. It justifies the opinion that man is the architect of his own fortune and misfortune. It is a contemporary movie adaptation which the society, setting and language portrays a modernism and realism.
It tells the story of a queen mother (Carol King) who tries to save her new born from being killed as suggested by the diviner. The baby was discovered to have a bad destiny-to kill his father and marry his mother. Things however go awry when 28 years after, fate brings the child in contact with his destiny.
The movie was directed by Funke Fayoyin and parades quite a good number of stars such as Carol King, Bayo Alawiye, Seun Akindele, Gabriel Afolayan, Gloria Anozie-Young, Ireti Doyle, Kareem Adepoju, Akin Lewis, Bukky Ajayi, Moji Olaiya, Nobert Young, Omowunmi Dada amongst others.
The movie was written by Otun Rasheed; produced by Mohammed Ayoub and Byron Ene. Music by Femi Kuti and Mike Aremu.
'The Gods Are Still Not to Blame' movie is in Nigerian cinemas across the country after it premiered at Silverbird Galleria on Friday 19th April 2013.


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Small groups continue 'Shut It Down' protests in Miami over weekend
No roads were shut down by the "Shut It Down" protest Saturday morning in Miami.
Police had advised drivers that downtown traffic this weekend might again be disrupted by protests calling for justice in police-involved deaths — specifically, those of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, Eric Garner in New York and Israel "Reefa" Hernandez in Miami Beach. But traffic moved as usual at both of the demonstrations scheduled for Friday and Saturday.
Previous demonstrations, involving hundreds of people, had crippled the region for hours.
On Saturday morning, a smaller group of about two dozen protesters gathered outside the Freedom Tower on Biscayne Boulevard to share their message with passing commuters.
The demonstration, which was organized by Fountain of New Life church in Miami Gardens, briefly made its way over to AmericanAirlines Arena, but protesters stayed on the sidewalk and abided by traffic signals. During the two-hour protest, the group chanted "No justice, no peace" and held up signs for commuters to see.
Fountain of New Life Pastor Wayne Lomax said the protest was organized on social media. Facebook event postings also brought about the four other South Florida protests, all spearheaded by different organizations.
"We wanted to have a peaceful protest in solidarity with the cause against police brutality," Lomax said.
Lomax said they were protesting not only recent events but years of injustice and police brutality towards minorities.
"It is a long list of African Americans who have been killed by police officers unnecessarily," Lomax said.
Hallandale Beach resident Marlene Bryan said she was there protesting with her 23-year-old son, Tyree, in mind.
"He's a young black male, and even though he is doing all of the right things in his life, like many other young black men, he could be perceived as dangerous," said Bryan, who is a congregant at Fountain of New Life.
Bryan, 50, says it is her hope that protests will lead to different police training methods.
"Their training needs to be enhanced to be sensitive to the communities they serve," Bryan said.
While most of the protesters were from Fountain of New Life, some learned of the protests on social media. Miami Beach resident Andrew, who declined to give his last name, said he found out about the protests on Instagram and decided to drop by.
"I wanted to show people that I am listening as well," he said.
Before the group dispersed, Lomax told them that the next step would be planning a forum to discuss ways to work with law enforcement for change.


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The 23rd annual Palm Springs film fest kicked off this weekend and Hollywood's hottest leading ladies were there to represent. Come see what Olivia Wilde, Angelina Jolie, Michelle Williams and other screen sirens wore to the event and tell me which look really stole the show.
Olivia Wilde's Monique Lhuillier dress was sophisticated from the front and way sexy from the back. Her new midlength haircut gave the look a sweetness that was just right.
Michelle Williams stayed true to her signature girly style with a Prada frock and glam gold sandals. Is it just me, or is she actually glowing?
Jessica Chastain proved that redheads really know how to rock emerald green in this pretty Prabal Gurung dress. Posing with your hands in your pockets? In this case, it works.
Angelina Jolie loves a floaty maxi dress and this greige Elie Saab number was no exception. One detail to note: the low-cut back showed off all of Angelina's bad girl tats.
Newbie actress Shailene Woodley was downright adorable in this polka dot Stella McCartney look. I love how the super short hemline is balanced out by the long, voluminous sleeves.
Meanwhile, Charlize Theron was smokin' hot in a little black dress by Lanvin. A cutout slit at the thigh and padded shoulders had a powerful effect.
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Topic: An Overview History of the Relationship Between Ukraine and Russia—and the Relevance of This History to Their Relationship Today*
Speaker: Tom Shillinglaw
*By popular demand: the venue and format of this event have been changed to an EVENING LECTURE at the Santa Fe Woman's Club.
Location: Santa Fe Woman's Club, 1616 Old Pecos Trail
Time: Doors open and evening refreshments served at 5:00 p.m.; Lecture begins at 5:30 p.m.
Cost: $15 CIR Members; $20 Non-members and Guests
Whereas the events swirling around Crimea are gaining current attention, it is difficult to understand how Ukraine and Russia arrived at this point of confrontation without having at least a general knowledge of the history of the Russian / Ukraine relationship, including specifically the history of an independent Ukraine. At the end of the talk Tom will also touch briefly on how the U.S. and E.U. may have impacted the Russia-Ukraine relationship since the collapse of the USSR in 1991.
Tom Shillinglaw's Ukraine specific transactional legal experience was over three decades, each experience dealing with a different region of Ukraine and each with separate issues — (i) in '77 and '78 Allis-Chalmers constructed two large metallurgical plants on the Dnieper River near Kremenchug, (ii) in the mid '80's Corning negotiated two specialty glass turn key plant contracts in Kostopol and Vinnitsa, (iii) in the mid '90's Corning worked extensively with a cable company in Odessa (and with the relevant Ministry in Kiev), and (iv) in the late '90's the town of Corning became a sister city of Lvov. His work in Russia was, however, ongoing from '75 until he retired in 2006, and Ukraine was frequently a topic of relevance in his Russian work.
Tom retired in 2006 from Corning Inc., where he was Vice President and Assistant General Counsel. He joined Corning in 1983, and from then until his retirement, among his other responsibilities, he did the legal work for the company's business, primarily technology transfers and investments, in the USSR (and then in Russia and Ukraine). Tom majored in Russian at Cornell College (Iowa), where he graduated in 1967. He then studied at the Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade (then Yugoslavia) for two years—first on a Fulbright Scholarship before starting at Stanford Law School, and then on an IREX grant during law school. He received a JD from Stanford Law School and an MA in Russian and East European Studies from Stanford, both in 1971. Upon graduation, he spent three years as an attorney for the US House of Representatives (drafting legislation for the Foreign Affairs Committee), then joined Allis-Chalmers Corp. He lived in Moscow (with his wife Betsy and their older son) for two years ('77 and '78) as Allis-Chalmers' USSR representative.
Tom is on the list of arbitrators of the International Centre for Dispute Resolution of the American Arbitration Association and of the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission. He was a co-chairman of the Committee on Soviet and Eastern Europe Law of the American Bar Association, and a board member of the Russian/American Chamber of Commerce. He is a member of the Wisc., D.C. and N.Y. bars. Before his retirement he authored various articles on doing business in the USSR and was a speaker on numerous seminars concerning transferring technology to and doing business in the USSR, PR China and Eastern Europe. In 2009 he authored an article entitled "Technology and Corporate Law Developments in the USSR/Russia and China".
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Phantoms coach Slava Koulikov wants his players to start delivering 60-minute performances.
It has been a mixed start to the English Premier League campaign for the reigning play-off champions. Back-to-back wins in the opening weekend were followed by a pair of losses at the hands of Guildford and Milton Keynes last weekend.
And while Koulikov is taking many positives from the displays produced by his side so far, he believes extra consistency is required if they are to be successful on a regular basis.
He said: "There have been some really good spells in games and we have showed a really good attitude - such as when we fought back from 3-1 down to get back to 3-3 and take MK into overtime - but we have to find the necessary consistency.
"We've played well for 20 minutes here and 30 minutes there, but we need to do it for 60 minutes every night to put points on the board.
"We've had two good results so far and two disappointing ones so far.
"We scored early goals in the first weekend against Swindon and Basingstoke and went on to win those games.
"We then fell two goals behind in both games last weekend and ended up losing them, so it is clear that it is tough to have to fight back in this league.
"We have to be focused from start to finish."
This weekend Phantoms take on the teams who finished at opposite ends of the English Premier League table last season.
And Koulikov reckons at least one of them - reigning champions Telford, who Phantoms travel to face on Sunday (6pm) - will end up in the same position again even though they've already lost twice against Swindon and Basingstoke on home ice - a feat also achieved by Phantoms during last season.
But first up for Phantoms is the Saturday visit to Planet Ice (7pm) of a Bracknell side expected to leave the basement behind this term after being cast adrift in 2014/15.
The Bees have received investment from the big-spending Red Hockey outfit who also own Telford and roared into double-figures when thumping newboys Hull 10-3 last Sunday.
Koulikov added: "Bracknell have strengthened their Brits and improved their imports, and they are sure to be a threat.
"You only have to look at the results around the league in the opening couple of weeks of the season so see that no team can be taken lightly.
"I have said many times that I believe Telford will again be the top team as they were last year.
"They have lost a couple of times already, but we will have to be at our absolute best to compete against them."


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|ZTE Blade V8 Lite Receives WiFi Certification; To Run on Android 7.0 Nougat
The new Blade V8 Lite is coming with a more updated operating system like the Blade V8 than the Blade V8 Pro with Android 6.0 Marshmallow, which went on sale for about Php11,400 in the US last January 19.
See also: ZTE Blade V8 Pro with 13MP Dual Rear Camera Now on Sale for Php11.4K
The Blade V8 and V8 Pro were launched at CES 2017 in early January. The complete specs and availability of ZTE's latest smartphone, however, haven't been revealed yet, but we're expecting it to come with lower-end specs than the other two devices that were first released.
As of now, all we know is that it will support LTE connection and will run on the latest Android OS. Although we're wondering how ZTE will package the new Blade V8 Lite, since the regular V8 already has low-end specs. One thing is for sure, though. This one would definitely come at a cheaper price.
Customers looking for an affordable smartphone and are followers of the ZTE brand must watch out for this device.
Source: GSMArena


text: SAO PAULO, Sept 25 (Reuters) - The Argentine peso tumbled more than 4 percent on Tuesday in light trading, after the nation's central bank chief quit amid reports of disagreements with Economy Minister Nicolas Dujovne. The move by Luis Caputo to leave his post took the market by surprise, causing jitters as the central bank is trying to stem a rapid devaluation of the peso currency. While the government said his resignation was due to personal reasons, local media reported that it came amid policy disagreements. Caputo was the second central bank chief in Argentina to resign over the last four months. He had replaced former central bank head Federico Sturzenegger in July. The peso fell some 4.77 percent in midday trade, its biggest intraday loss since August, although low liquidity caused by a national strike protesting President Mauricio Macri's policies weighed on volume. Across Latin America, equities and currency markets were mixed. The other major loser in currency markets was Brazil's real currency, which was down 0.66 percent against the U.S. dollar after a key poll on Monday night showed leftists gaining ground in the nation's October presidential election. According to the poll, leftist Fernando Haddad gained 4 percentage points, while right-wing candidate Jair Bolsonaro's support remained steady. In a second round runoff, the poll showed Bolsonaro would lose to every potential challenger, except for center-left environmentalist Marina Silva, who is not expected to make it into the runoff. "The possibility of a Haddad victory is bringing caution to the market," said Vitor Miziara, a partner at investment advisor Criteria. "The dollar, which had taken profits after testing 4.20 reais (to the dollar), is again the election hedge for investors." The real was trading at about 4.13 to the dollar at mid-day. Key Latin American stock indexes and currencies at 1505 GMT: Stock indexes daily % YTD % Latest change change MSCI Emerging Markets 1042.35 -0.86 -10.02 MSCI LatAm 2527.19 -0.78 -10.64 Brazil Bovespa 77776.66 -0.27 1.80 Mexico IPC 49649.25 0.47 0.60 Argentina MerVal 34090.71 2.8 13.39 Colombia IGBC 12442.68 0.64 9.43 Venezuela IBC 309941.50 1.95 24437.38 Currencies daily % YTD % change change Latest Brazil real 4.1257 -0.95 -19.69 Mexico peso 19.0050 +0.19 Chile peso 667.8 0.67 -7.96 Colombia peso 2997.73 0.13 -0.52 Peru sol 3.306 -0.15 -2.09 Argentina peso 39.2000 -4.77 -52.55 (interbank) Argentina peso 38 0.66 -49.39 (parallel) (Reporting by Jorge Otaola and Gram Slattery; Additional reporting by Camila Moreira; Editing by Meredith Mazzilli)


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As a major supplier of cattle for live export, market access and product integrity are never far from Ivan Rogers' mind.
Mr Rogers is the principal of Kylagh, a 4200ha mixed farming enterprise based at Tammin in Western Australia's Western Wheatbelt, incorporating a feedlot which generates the majority of farm income. Making biosecurity central to all aspects of his cattle finishing business has seen him named as a finalist in the 2012 livestock Biosecurity Farmer of the Year Award.
Ivan Rogers says the company's biosecurity plan is integral to the supply of slaughter cattle to exporters and local WA processors, and gives his customers confidence that the cattle are being prepared at minimum risk of biosecurity breaches. "Consumer and customer confidence in the biosecurity of any food production system, especially livestock, is paramount," he says.
Kylagh was a registered AQIS export depot from 2004 to 2011, enforcing mandatory biosecurity measures such as visitor risk analysis, managing people and vehicle movements.
"That was the front door," Mr Rogers recalls. "The back door involves checking cattle on a regular basis to ensure any diseases could be detected. "We also conducted a thorough property risk assessment, focusing on chemical residues in particular to make sure that cattle do not have contact with any potentially contaminated land and taking action where necessary," he says.
Now focused on the domestic market, Kylagh's stringent biosecurity regime is linked with the Livestock Production Assurance Scheme, the National Feedlot Accreditation Scheme, animal welfare requirements and environmental stewardship.
Ivan Rogers sees bluetongue as a significant disease risk to his feedlot when sourcing rangeland cattle from Australia's northern bluetongue-declared zone. "It's a matter of moving those cattle from the north to the south and monitoring them for any signs of disease as part of export requirements," he says. "But I'm happy to report that we've never had a disease outbreak.
"With feed, we ensure it contains no restricted animal material (RAM). This is particularly important when purchasing vegetable oil – which we use as a feed supplement – this must come with a declaration that it contains no RAM."
Duncan Rowland, Executive Manager of Biosecurity Services at Animal Health Australia, said Kylagh has established clear guidelines on farm to enable the multitude of visitors and varied operations to continue while minimising risk.
"Ivan Rogers is an advocate for programs that allow clear traceability and adherence to biosecurity in order to protect regional and international trade," Mr Rowland said. "He is a strong contender for the award because of his determination to have clear requirements around production systems to protect market access and product integrity."
Ivan Rogers believes livestock production has become very holistic, with different aspects crossing all the time. "I think this is quite exciting actually," he adds. "Sometimes biosecurity can be seen as a separate part of a beef production scheme that people have to address, but in reality it actually links in with a whole lot of things.
"If we take the helicopter view, we need to look at not only protecting the industry from major diseases like FMD, screw worm fly or bluetongue – because an outbreak of any of those would have a devastating impact – but also at market access for export and the integrity of the product. "It's about meeting the client's requirements. I think food safety is right at the top of consumers' concerns, so we have to be able to demonstrate that we have a rigorous program to ensure biosecurity, animal welfare and freedom from chemical contamination."
Hosted by Kondinin Group and ABC Rural, and sponsored by Plant Health Australia and Animal Health Australia, the Biosecurity Farmer of the Year award is part of the Australian Farmer of the Year Awards. It recognises the efforts of producers dedicated to keeping their operations free of diseases, pests and weeds.
Winners of all categories in the Australian Farmer of the Year Awards will be announced at a ceremony in Melbourne on 12 September.


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Sustainable development is a complex task that put people right at the centre of attention. Their analyses, dialogue, images, competences, planning, investments and actions are to define a society's joint economic, social and ecological goals.
Communication and effective information dissemination in this context must be a pre-requisite and an instrument of effective policymaking and public participation.
Communication serves information exchange, establishing consensus among divergent opinions and interests, and facilitates the building of expertise, decision making and action capacities at the heart of the delicate cooperation between government, civil society groups and the private sector.
An effective strategy for sustainable development brings together the aspirations and capacities of government, civil society and the private sector to create a vision for the future, and to work tactically and progressively towards it.
Focusing on what is realistically achievable; an effective strategy will benefit from comprehensive understanding.
Bringing existing initiatives closer to an effective strategy for sustainable development might involve complementing them with a broad umbrella (a vision and set of co-coordinated mechanisms and processes to improve their complementarily, smooth out inconsistencies) and fill gaps when needed.
In practice, many countries have taken the approach, which include development plans, poverty reduction strategies or action plans, national green plans, decentralized planning and consultation processes.
Communicating sustainable development proved to be difficult.
Many decision makers did not know how to incorporate a communication strategy in their policy or project life cycles and, hence, are not willing to invest in this.
But there are some principles, which strategies should aspire and it encompass a set of desirable processes and outcomes that allow for local differences.
An effective strategy involves a people-centered approach, ensuring long-term favourable impacts on deprived and marginalized groups, such as the poor.
It also more likely to be successful when they have a long-term vision with a clear timeframe upon which stakeholders agree.
It needs diligent budget process to ensure that plans have the financial resources to achieve their objectives.
Strategies should seek to integrate, where possible, economic, social and environmental objectives and in some cases where integration cannot achieve, tradeoffs need to be negotiated.
Sustainable development is a complex goal and the development of a strategy for sustainable development is therefore a complex process.
Effective engagement of stakeholders depends to a great extent on their understanding of the goal and acceptance that involvement in the strategy process demands changes in attitudes, behaviour and institutions.
Developing a strategy demands two-way communication between policy-makers and the public.
It requires much more than public relations initiatives through information campaigns and the media.
It needs commitment to long-term social interaction to achieve a shared understanding of sustainable development and its implications, and promoting capacity building to find solutions to the challenges.


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Missoula, Montana is a great little food town, with big flavors. When visitors arrive in Missoula, some may be surprised at the variety of local restaurants but Missoulians take pride in this mix dishes from around the world. From Indian dishes and sushi to bison burgers there is a bit of something for everyone. That includes visitors and Missoulians who have a gluten sensitivity. There are several places around town that offer gluten free items like baked goods and pasta.
Romaines Restaurant
Features fresh local ingredients in their restaurant. For their signature sandwiches, they do have gluten-free bread available.
Bernice's Bakery
Cookies, cakes and locally roasted coffee all come together in Missoula's Hip Strip, and they also offer gluten free goodies made fresh daily!
Caffe Dolce
Food, wine, and coffee come together in this unique informal setting. They have several gluten free alternatives in their restaurant, just let your server know your needs.
The Good Food Store
Local grocery store with a good selection of gluten free foods in stock. They also have an updated list on their website of items they carry.
Huckleberries Natural Market
Located inside Rosauers grocery store, they offer gluten free items as well.
Five on Black
A Brazilian grill featuring seasonal fresh foods. They serve up this cheesy gluten free Brazilian bread that is delicious!
The Bridge Pizza
Relaxed local pizzeria serving gourmet pies, pasta and sandwiches.
Missoula Fresh Market
The Missoula Fresh Market is a local grocery store with a selection of gluten free foods in stock as well as the bakery and deli featuring gluten free selections from other local shops.
The Top Hat
A Missoula favorite, with live musical performances as well as an interesting local menu featuring vegetarian and gluten free items as well house-made flatbreads.
Biga Pizza
Brick oven pizzeria in the heart of downtown Missoula.
Silk Road
A restaurant in downtown Missoula featuring dishes from around the world.
These are just a few of the options for gluten free foods, and restaurant around Missoula. If you are looking for more there is a app for smart phones called Find Me Gluten Free, or a great list on Urban Spoon as well. Since everyones' sensitivity to gluten is different and for that reason, we always suggest calling ahead and checking with locations ahead of time.
Have you eaten gluten free while in Missoula?
We would love to hear about your experience.
For more information about places to eat in Missoula be sure to check out our restaurants page.


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Inside the House
King Of Howard Street Highlights Affordable Housing Crisis In BaltimoreSubmitted by joann on July 26, 2017 - 1:50pm
"The King of Howard Street tells the real-life story of Anthony Williams, an amazingly resilient and talented individual who lived in abandoned buildings up and down Howard Street for over 20 years. Several years ago, Williams – who is recently no longer homeless and currently a housing rights advocate – began to chronicle his life story and the stories of the friends and family around him. A year ago, the Artistic Director of Annex Theatre, Evan Moritz, was approached outside of Annex Theater by Anthony and given three spiral-bound notebooks full of Anthony's fascinating real life story. Inspired by Anthony's story, Moritz commissioned playwright Ren Pepitone and director Roz Cauthen to bring this story to a wider audience." -Baltimore Annex Theater
We not only had the chance to witness this remarkable play that tells a very realistic and powerful tale of homelessness in Baltimore, the Women's Housing Coalition also was able to participate in a panel discussion afterwards on the affordable housing crisis in the city. Beth Benner (our executive director) together with Adriana Foster (Baltimore Housing Roundtable) and playwright Anthony Williams were extremely forthcoming in their concerns about homelessness and housing in the city and about what should be done to reduce this problem. Many of the audience stayed for this conversation that really helped further illuminate both the tragedies of being homeless and put a personal face on the plight of homelessness. Anthony was honest in both his past and the difficulties of maintaining affordable housing as he lives today. The audience that stayed was treated to a great discussion about the realities of our affordable housing crisis.
Homelessness and the lack of affordable housing in Baltimore is an ever-increasing problem. The importance of The King of Howard Street and panel discussions like the one we were able to participate in should not be overlooked. If we come together as a city on issues such as these, together we can make a difference in reducing chronic homelessness.
Click here to learn more about the play and Anthony Williams.


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README This directory contain additional files to accompany the publication of the Assemblathon 2 paper (Bradnam et al., 2013) Additional file 1 File format: PDF Title: Supplementary Data Description Description: Full details of the Illumina, Roche 454, and Pacific Biosciences sequencing data that were made available to participating teams. Additional file 2 File format: PDF Title: Supplementary Results Description: Additional figures and tables to accompany the main text. Additional file 3 File format: PDF Title: Assembly Instructions Description: Details provided by participating teams on how to use software to recreate their assemblies. All teams were asked to provide this information. Additional file 4 File format: Microsoft Excel (.xlsx) spreadsheet Title: Master spreadsheet containing all results Description: Details of 102 different metrics for every assembly. First sheet contains a detailed README explaining all columns. Second sheet contains the data. Third sheet shows z-score values for 10 key metrics for all assemblies. Fourth sheet shows average rankings for all 10 key metrics. Additional file 5 File format: comma-separated values (.csv) Title: All results Description: This file contains the same information as in sheet 2 of the master spreadsheet (Additional file 4), but in a format more suitable for parsing by computer scripts. Additional file 6 File format: PDF Title: Bird scaffolds mapped to bird Fosmids Description: Results of using BLAST to align 46 assembled Fosmid sequences to bird scaffold sequences. Each figure represents an assembled Fosmid sequence with tracks showing read coverage, presence of repeats, and alignments to each assembly. Additional file 7 File format: PDF Title: Snake scaffolds mapped to snake Fosmids Description: Results of using BLAST to align 24 assembled Fosmid sequences to snake scaffold sequences. Each figure represents an assembled Fosmid sequence with tracks showing read coverage, presence of repeats, and alignments to each assembly. Additional file 8 File format: tarred, gzipped archive Title: Bird and snake Validated Fosmid Region (VFR) data Description: The validated regions of the bird and snake Fosmids are available as FASTA-formatted files, as are files that represent the 100 nt 'tag' sequences that were extracted from the VFRs. Additional file 9 File format: Microsoft Excel (.xlsx) spreadsheet Title: Details of all SRA/ENA/DDBJ accessions for input read data Description: This spreadsheet contains identifiers for all Project, Study, Sample, Experiment, and Run accessions for bird, fish, and snake input read data


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The Wet Spot Awards 2009
I love awards.
I can't really explain it, it's just something I've always gotten excited about. The Oscars? Awesome. Grammys? Rad. Kids Choice Awards? Fantastic.
Which is why it's no surprise that I was super excited to pick up this week's special "Best of the Twin Cities" issue of City Pages. And it did not disappoint.
With literally hundreds of awards given out to the best restaurants, bars, media personalities and other pillars of awesomeness in our town, the "Best of" issue is an award lover's dream.
And then -- watch out -- I got inspired.
In the spirit of recognizing the best of the best (much like Top Gun) in the Twin Cities, I've decided to hand out a few awards of my own. I proudly bring you, the Wet Spot Awards.
That's right; I sat down this week with an expert panel of erotic consultants and selected the most erotic people and places around the Twin Cities in 10 separate categories, including the highly coveted, "Most Erotic Politician" and "Most Erotic Statue."
(Author's note: By "erotic consultants" I mean that I drank a bunch of Coors Light (official beer of the Wet Spot Awards) and watched an entire season of Family Ties on DVD. Then I said to myself, "What would Michael Gross do?" Not surprisingly, this is how I make most of my important life decisions.)
Whether you agree with these choices or not just remember - Steve Keaton was an intelligent, free-thinking individual and he would never steer you wrong. Sha-na-na-na.
The envelope please... (Click here for the abbreviated slideshow version).


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Thank goodness we have Mike Brown to clear these things up.
Here we all were, reading news about Kobe Bryant's strained right foot, when
the Lakers coach clarified just what is the issue that has kept Bryant out of
practice for six days.
"It's a medical issue," Brown told reporters on Sunday.
Ah, thanks Coach.
Bryant's gimpy foot is not the only "medical
issue" the Lakers have to contend with this season. Being old is also a
"medical issue," and it is one nobody ever recovers from. For all the
talk last season about the Celtics' age, the Lakers have built their team for
the upcoming season on an even more worrisome combination of aging veterans and ailing
stars. It is their one weakness, but it could keep them from winning the championship everyone assumes they will win.
This is the issue that some NBA observers just cannot get
past when evaluating the upcoming season. The star-studded lineup
appears to make Los Angeles the clear favorite for the 2013 NBA title,
but Bryant and Dwight Howard are far from 100 percent, Steve Nash will be 39
years old when the playoffs open and Pau Gasol and Metta World Peace have more
mileage on their legs than their 32-year-old ages suggest.
There appears to be a feeling in L.A. that Bryant missing
Tuesday's season opener against the Mavericks is a very realistic possibility. If so, it would fulfill many people's prediction that the Lakers would begin the
season without one of their All-Star starters — although most folks assumed
that would be Howard. In that case, this may be more than a one- or two-game blip before
the Lakers' stud lineup comes together to dominate the league. Howard's back
and Bryant's foot/wrist/knee will have to be watched throughout the season, and
every halfway reliable player on the roster (save Howard and maybe Jodie Meeks) celebrated his 30th birthday years ago.
The Lakers are not dead, of course. General manager Mitch Kupchak
clearly understood when he made his moves that his team would need a bit of
health-related luck, more so than most fellow contenders, to fulfill
expectations. The Howard trade in fact may have made the Lakers less
susceptible to losing games due to injuries at the five spot, since Howard has
been far more durable over the course of his NBA career than Andrew Bynum. The
Thunder helped out as well by dealing sixth man James Harden and dropping
themselves below L.A. in the Western Conference hierarchy in the process.
Worrying whether a veritable All-NBA team can stay healthy is a headache most
coaches envy Brown for having.
Age and injuries did not prevent the Mavs from winning the
title two years ago, and they did not keep the Celtics from making it to the
Eastern Conference Finals last year. (Those factors did contribute to keeping
the Celtics out of the Finals, though.) The Lakers are the unadulterated
favorite in the West, but the disparity is not as great as many fans seem to assume. Father
Time and the physical limitations of the human body will make sure of that, as
Bryant's uncertain condition reaffirms.
Have a question for
Ben Watanabe? Send it to him via Twitter at @BenjeeBallgame or send it here.
Photo via Facebook/Kobe Bryant – Our Legend


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I love animals because they help me realize how much God loves us. Every being on this Earth has a purpose of its own and each one of them can teach us something. Have you noticed how happy a child is when he plays with a puppy? How he smiles and how much love he offers to the puppy… this is nothing less than a gift from God meant to make us feel happy alongside His creation.
He wanted us not to be lonely, He gave us numerous friends but most of all He stands by us, He is our support when we cry, smiles when we laugh… rejoices when we offer love to our neighbor, He rejoices and comes closer to our soul.
The wonderful animals are also our 'neighbors'… A female wolf loves all its pups and nurtures them all, protects them at the expense of her life… she doesn't complain for having three, five or seven pups, she keeps quiet and feeds them all, she teaches them how to survive and offers them its love. When a woman becomes pregnant, due to the fact that either she already has a child, or she is not married or she is too young to have children or she has no financial means… she thinks whether to keep the baby or not… she considers her career, the money or her beauty.
In most cases many of them give up the little being inside them, some others keep it and find joy in watching them grow up. Animals don't do that… and they are God's creation just like we are. A bitch would give her life for its pup… the goose defends its goslings carefully, it even warns us from a distance to keep away from them.
Let us learn from them how wonderful children offered by God are. Let us learn how useful it is to remain silent sometimes, let us learn to be brave, let us learn to be friendly, let us learn to offer love, let us learn to play, let us learn to be gentle and pure…
There are many days in our lives when we get angry and lash out, let us learn from animals to keep silent. There are moments when we feel lonely, let us learn from worms that nobody is forgotten. There are days when we think that we are not free, let us learn from birds that we can fly, we can lift up, rise, hope through prayer.
Let us learn from flowers to always smile. Have you seen how happy a girl is when she receives flowers? Let us learn from trees to be wise, let us learn from bees to work with pleasure, let us learn from fish not to be caught in the 'net' of temptation… let us learn from the ladybug to be tolerant…
Let us give thanks to God for the wonderful gifts, let us thank Him for the sun which rises every morning, for the breathtaking nature, for faithful friends, for all of our dreams, for love, but most of all, for being beside us, close to us, all we need to do is call Him. If you don't find Him, look for Him among animals… kiss the flowers for they are made by Him, pet a puppy with love, take your friend's hand and tell them you've missed them… lie down in the grass and let yourselves caressed by the sun… that is where the kind Lord is!
(Oana Cristina)
Translated by Claudia
When I am asked: 'Who are you?' the first reply that comes to mind is: 'For whom?'
Compared to time, my life is not even a mere spark, to the world I am not even a mere grain of sand, to some I am a face, to few I have a name as well. To my dear ones, I am someone dear to them, but who am I to God?
In order to learn this, let us see what He has done for me. He has made the air I breathe, the earth with each blade of grass I tread on, the beauty hidden in each dewdrop, the wonderful people around me, my body which operates like an almost perfect machine, without my knowing at all how that happens, my soul which makes my flesh alive, my life itself which my mother and father, no matter how much they wanted, couldn't have given it to me without His will, He died and resurrected… all this for my sake.
Hence, my answer to the question: 'Who are you?' is: 'In all modesty, I am THE APPLE OF GOD'S EYE, like every other human being.'
If we saw every moment of our lives as a declaration of love on His part, we would stop humiliating ourselves by committing sin, and we would do everything in our power to humble ourselves by doing His will, even if in order to do that, perhaps we sometimes have to struggle with ourselves.
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