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EVENT: 2015 TCS New York City Marathon
EVENT DATE: Nov 01, 2015
OXFAM wrote -
Oxfam is on a mission to create lasting solutions to poverty, hunger, and social injustice. And we need your help: join our 2015 NYC Marathon team or support our team!
Right now, Oxfam has guaranteed entries into the 2015 TCS New York City Marathonhttp://www.tcsnycmarathon.org/. We're looking for enthusiastic and dedicated runners to carry our colors across the finish line while raising money to help right the wrongs of poverty, hunger, and injustice. Apply for one of our spots today!
Oxfam's approach is about tackling the conditions that cause poverty in the first place, rather than the distribution of material goods. We start by asking questions and challenging assumptions. What are the root causes of poverty? What can we do to change the power dynamics that keep people poor? These questions inform the four categories into which our work falls:
Saving lives: Oxfam assists the poorest communities when disaster strikes, but is also working to ensure greater local resilience and the capacity of local responders and governments to deliver disaster response.
Programs to overcome poverty and injustice: Oxfam invests in programs to help people assert their rights so that they can improve their lives.
Campaigning for social justice: Oxfam works to change the laws and practices that keep people trapped in poverty.
Public education: As part of our efforts to overcome poverty, Oxfam works to change the way people think about poverty and its causes.
Nearly one out of every three of us lives in poverty.
But we see a future in which no one does.
The way we see it, poverty is solvable—
A problem rooted in injustice.
Eliminate injustice and you can eliminate poverty.
We're not saying it will be quick or easy,
but it can be done.
We won't patch a problem and then disappear.
We won't stand by silently and watch others suffer.
Instead, we stand together against injustice.
We recognize our responsibility to hold the
powerful accountable.
We see people's power to change their lives.
It disturbs us that in a world as rich as ours,
many of us go hungry or don't have clean water.
Many of us can't claim our human rights.
It's wrong.
And together we aim to do what's right.
Oxfam. Right the wrong.

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Persada Johor International Convention Centre
The architecture of the Persada Johor International Convention Centre is a clear acknowledgement of Johor's rich cultural heritage. The exterior is embellished with "Khat" Islamic writings, while its unique roof is shaped after the state ruler's official hat, a symbol of creativity, practicality and nobility.
The Convention Centre complex sits on a 2.43 ha (6 acres) site with a built-up area of 1.69 ha (4.2 acres) and 29 function rooms totalling 8,296 sq. metres (89,292 sq.ft.) for both Persada Johor International Convention Centre and The Puteri Pacific Johor Bahru. There is also provision for a total of 9 retail shops and food & beverage outlets. The remaining land area features a multi-level parking complex accommodating 1,600 car-park spaces and 80 bus bays.
The complex comprises two main levels and two intermediate floors. The upper level houses the Convention Hall while the lower level is designated for the Exhibition Centre.


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Hebridean Hopscotch
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Ruari Cumming ARPS was our guest speaker this evening when he presented the final instalment of his trilogy (that's a set of three) in which he has studied and photographed the Inner and Outer Hebrides.
Ruari gave a highly personal and emotional evening with flowery and flowing commentary accompanied by some of the finest photographs I have seen for a long time. Ruari has a special affinity with these islands and the people who live there and we were treated to many aspects of island life interspersed with movie footage.
Throughout the evening, we enjoyed moving music which accompanied his sequences and were treated to some amazing special effects portraying movement as well as complicated dissolve programmes between images.
We all agreed that this final chapter of the story was, by far, the best so far and I hope it won't be too long before we can invite him back with another selection of superb images, possibly taken in a different part of the world.


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|I definitely want to see what mischief Fabius commits in his next outing with the lead he gets. I think few chaotic characters has been so gleefully endearing as dear Fabius.
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Read clonelord yet, LoTN?
Also loved all of Fabius's conversations with the Dreadnought, an unwilling traitor given up on life made for a very interesting character.
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I would strongly endorse reading the book first. The spoiler is something you'll never believe.
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I so wanna read the spoiler but at the same time I wanna read the book first. I really liked the 1st one.
|I so wanna read the spoiler but at the same time I wanna read the book first. I really liked the 1st one.
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Clonelord by Josh Reynolds
Fabius Bile: Clonelord
Fabius Bile Book 2
Drawn back into the deadly machinations of his former Legion, Fabius Bile finds his destiny lies in a forgotten world on the Eastern Fringe a world called Solemnace.
It's another outing for everyone's favourite mad scientist Space Marine, as he gets mixed back up with the Emperor's Children, and something altogether deadlier.
Once a loyal son of the Emperors Children, Fabius Bile now loathes those he once called brother. But when a former comrade requests his aid on a mission he cannot refuse, Bile is drawn once more into the sinister machinations of his former Legion. Now, accompanied by new allies and old enemies alike, Fabius Bile must travel deep into the wilds of the Eastern Fringe, in search of a world unlike any other. A world which might hold the key to his very survival. A world called Solemnace
Written by Josh Reynolds.
Read it earlier today, a very much worthy sequel to the first book. Kept me hooked from end to end. Even more links to the Talon of Horus.
Seems a bit uncertain to when the book is set in the timeline in relation to m40, seemed like centuries after the first book initially. But also noticed a comment of working for ten thousand years, which mightve been a slip? Who knows.
I rate the book as a solid 9/10, engaging characters and a twisted storyline with twists and suprises.
The big macguffin for the story is the lost geneseed tithe from the creation of the 3rd legion, which have ended up on Sollemnace.
On the trip they encounter a black hole like celestial object, and an offhand comment is made about how one of the forgotten legions had sent an expedition there.
Yes, they meet Trazyn and he is quite a delightful creature, the dialogue between him and Fabius is epic indeed.
However Fabius also ends up on Harmony and facing the ruins of his great work in Canticle city, where Abbadon's sword had struck. But..
One of his incubation tanks had survived, kept powered by minions worshipping Fabius.
It turns out to contain.
A clone of Fulgrim, and Fabius is startled to discover that the clone is pure and uncorrupt. And against his better judgment, he frees the unmatured primarch before the incubation pod could break down. As a sideplot we see Fabius rearing Fulgrim, and comming to deal with a rebellious primarch that soon doesnt listen to him, and..
Starts to remember himself, weeping at the thought of what he had done to Ferrus and wanting to reforge his legion with the aid of the geneseed tithe and paying for his crimes. Fabius had discovered that the Primarchs stored their memmories in their blood and bone, and why it was possible to recreate them. Even Horus. He had spent a lot of time aquiring genesamples from all of the Emperor's sons.
It is a dream to not come to be, such failed potential of what which could have been. Thanks to a bargain with Trazyn, Fabius avoids becomming part of his collection and even recovering the geneseed tithe. He asks Trazyn to take the primarch instead, the necron commenting he had come close to capture one many centuries ago, and absconds with Fulgrim 2.0. Fabius feared slipping back into the role of the legion of old, all his work comming undone with his new men kneeling before the reborn Fulgrim.
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When I showed you this bowl last week, a couple of people commented that it would look better with more flowers. I whole heartedly agreed, so set about making a few more adornments. They're super quick and easy to make … Continue reading
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Perhaps some of you have already seen this awesome new blog? It's the brain child of the fabulous Hannah from Made With Hugs and Kisses and is destined to be an excellent one-stop shop for all your crafting needs and tutorials.
And guess who she has asked to be a regular contributor? Little old me…and some other fantastic bloggers who you should definitely check out! I'll be adding posts on many crafts from sewing, painting, jewellery making – and pretty much anything else I can try my hand at. Plus the other ladies will be sharing all of their skills too.
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Now that the rights to the DL Chronicles are now back in the hands of the creators, they are launching a campaign to relaunch this great show for 2012. Below is a video which they explain what happened, whats' going on now and what they are planning for the future. It would be awesome if you can lend your financial support to them so we can see more great programs as the DL Chronicles.
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1 Starter Every NBA Team Must Replace This SummerApril 18, 2019
1 Starter Every NBA Team Must Replace This Summer
The NBA playoffs are great, but have you tried an NBA offseason?
Player movement is all the rage these days, and this summer promises more of the same. The 14 teams already at home watching the postseason have already begun a detailed roster evaluation.
Rosters will change dramatically over the coming months, with teams moving on from starters and even star players for a variety of reasons. There's reason to replace at least one starter on every NBA roster, even one as seemingly perfect as the Golden State Warriors.
Franchises should be looking to replace a starter for six different reasons:
Failure to Launch: These are the young or youngish players that have either been given a chance to perform and failed or aren't quite ready for a full-time starting role.
Crippling Contracts: Salaries that are taking up valuable cap space and players not living up to their deals.
Better as a Backup: Fine players, but ones that would be better off as reserves.
No Longer Fit the Plan: Players that were brought in under different coaches, general managers or when the franchise had different goals (competing vs. rebuilding).
Looking to Upgrade: Playoff teams (or ones eyeing the 2020 postseason) with a weak link in their starting unit.
Buyer Beware: Great players, but also ones scheduled to hit free agency this summer who could demand far more money than their current teams can or should offer.
No matter which category your favorite team falls under, all have at least one starter in need of replacing.
Failure to Launch
Dallas Mavericks: PG Jalen Brunson
Brunson took over starting duties midseason after the Mavericks sent former starting point guard Dennis Smith Jr. to the New York Knicks in the package for Kristaps Porzingis.
Brunson, a second-round pick out of Villanova, held his own while Luka Doncic (deservedly) grabbed most of the fanfare. However, Dallas was 2.2 points per 100 possessions better with Brunson on the bench.
If the Mavs plan to make a serious run at the Western Conference playoffs next season, Brunson should not yet be a full-time starter.
Detroit Pistons: G/F Bruce Brown
The fact that Brown, the 42nd overall pick in the 2018 draft, started 56 games for Detroit this season says more about the team's lack of wings rather than his play.
The 22-year-old's production this season (4.3 points, 2.5 rebounds, 1.2 assists, .398/.258/.750 shooting line) barely merits a rotation spot. His scoring, rebounding, passing and outside shooting all went down after the All-Star break as well.
To build on their playoff berth, the Pistons need to address everything outside of power forward and center this summer.
New Orleans Pelicans: SF Kenrich Williams
Give credit to Williams, who went from not hearing his name called on draft night to playing his way into the Pelicans starting lineup 29 times this season.
His hustle and defensive versatility can help him carve out a long career on an NBA bench. But unless he refines his offensive repertoire, he shouldn't be a starting small forward.
With new general manager David Griffin in town and an Anthony Davis trade on the horizon, New Orleans should prioritize upgrading the small forward position. Williams, 24, has plenty of time to develop on the team's second unit.
Phoenix Suns: F/C Dragan Bender
The No. 4 overall pick of the 2016 draft has likely played his last game in Phoenix.
In three seasons with the Suns, Bender has never averaged more than 6.5 points or 25.2 minutes per game. His career shooting marks of 39.4 percent from the field and 32.1 percent from three are gruesome, especially for someone who splits his time between power forward and center.
In perhaps his last chance to show out, Bender started the final 20 games of the season for Phoenix, but he averaged a measly 6.8 points and 5.4 rebounds. The 21-year-old needs a fresh start elsewhere.
Portland Trail Blazers: SF Maurice Harkless
Although he won't turn 26 until mid-May, Harkless has already spent seven years in the NBA, including the past three as the primary starting small forward in Portland.
While he's been on some successful teams, he's more of a benefactor than a contributor. Since joining the league, he's made no major leaps in scoring, rebounding, defending, three-point shooting or passing.
The 15th overall pick in the 2012 draft should no longer be a starter on a championship-hopeful team.
The Crippling Contracts
Charlotte Hornets: C Cody Zeller
The Hornets are a financial mess, and Zeller shares a large portion of the blame.
Due nearly $30 million over the next two seasons, the No. 4 overall pick of the 2013 NBA draft is veering dangerously close to bust status. In six seasons, he owns career averages of only 8.2 points and 5.8 rebounds and has failed to develop a reliable jump shot outside of 10 feet.
The 7-footer's 6'10¾" wingspan is a hindrance defensively, as evidenced by his career average of 0.8 blocks. While he isn't the only Hornet who has yet to live up to his contract, Zeller has done nothing to justify his draft position or a full-time starting job.
Los Angeles Clippers: F Danilo Gallinari
Gallinari is coming off the best season of his career at age 30. He posted career highs in scoring (19.8 points per game), rebounds (6.1) and field-goal percentage (46.3 percent) while drilling 43.3 percent of his three-pointers.
However, the Clippers haven't been shy about trading players on big contracts they don't see fitting into their long-term plans. (Just ask Blake Griffin and Tobias Harris.) Gallinari is due a team-high $22.6 million next season, which means he'll be consuming valuable cap space in a summer loaded with stars.
His redemption story in L.A. has been fun, but the Clippers would assuredly try to move his salary if they're in line to sign a pair of superstars.
Miami Heat: SG Dion Waiters
After a breakout first year in Miami in 2016-17, injuries and inconsistent play have plagued Waiters.
The No. 4 overall pick in 2012 no longer carries the star potential he once had. Waiters struggles with decision-making and shot selection, and the Heat were 2.2 points per 100 possessions better with him on the bench.
Goran Dragic, Josh Richardson and Justise Winslow are all superior options to Waiters, who will turn 28 in December. The two years and $24.75 million remaining on his contract have become more of a burden than a bargain on Miami's books.
Minnesota Timberwolves: G/F Andrew Wiggins
Wiggins has one of the NBA's worst contracts, with more than $120 million still coming his way over the next four seasons.
In the first season of his five-year max deal, Wiggins shot a career-low 41.2 percent overall and posted the worst on/off rating (plus-1.9) since his rookie season. Minnesota is paying him like a franchise player, yet he barely makes the team better.
The Timberwolves need to cut their losses and offer Wiggins and draft picks to anyone who will take him. Minnesota must build around Karl-Anthony Towns, so escaping from Wiggins' onerous contract would help open financial flexibility to round out the supporting cast moving forward.
Sacramento Kings: F Harrison Barnes
The Kings could be a dark-horse free agent destination this summer thanks to their young core, new head coach Luke Walton and wealth of salary-cap space. If Harrison Barnes declines his $25.1 million player option to become an unrestricted free agent, Sacramento could carve out enough cap space for two max contracts.
"The front office, they've been transparent the whole time, the team has been great," Barnes said, via The Athletic's Jason Jones. "After the season, I'll take some time, spend some time with my wife, relax a little bit and look at the future after that."
If Barnes declines his option, Sacramento will have less than $50 million in committed salary for 2019-20. If he returns, the Kings could try to trade him for a nonguaranteed contract (such as JR Smith's) to free up cap space as well.
While Barnes may be a welcome presence in a young locker room, the Kings should dump him if big-name free agents express interest in joining them.
Better as a Backup
Boston Celtics: PF Marcus Morris
Morris has been a solid contributor for Boston and will be an unrestricted free agent this summer. While he may end up getting paid like a starter somewhere, the Celtics shouldn't be the ones to do it.
The weak link of Boston's opening five, Morris made the Celtics 5.8 points per 100 possessions worse when on the floor. His 6'9", 235-pound frame isn't big enough to bully most starting power forwards, but he turns into an intimidating force when going up against other second units.
While bringing Morris back as a reserve would be fine, Boston should be doing everything it can to make Anthony Davis its starting power forward next season instead.
Denver Nuggets: G/F Will Barton
At 6'6" and 190 pounds, Barton is undersized for a small forward, which is what he's forced to play in the Nuggets starting five.
Denver has a dynamic backcourt of Jamal Murray and Gary Harris and should be grooming 2018 first-round pick Michael Porter Jr. as the future at small forward when he returns from a back injury. Barton is a perfect sixth man, able to play multiple positions off the bench while serving as both a scorer and a distributor.
Barton's on/off rating plummeted by five points per 100 possessions from last year, when he split time between sixth man and starter, to this year, when he began the season as the starting 3. The Nuggets should prioritize letting him come off the bench on a permanent basis next season.
Houston Rockets: G/F Eric Gordon
After losing Trevor Ariza in free agency last summer, the Rockets had little choice but to put Gordon in their starting unit.
While Gordon can match and exceed Ariza's scoring output, Houston needs long, defensive wings to play alongside James Harden and a quickly aging Chris Paul.
Gordon was the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year in 2016-17 when he averaged 16.2 points and 2.5 assists while knocking down 37.2 percent of his three-pointers. Houston should once again pursue a defensive wing this summer and move Gordon and his instant offense back to the bench.
Memphis Grizzlies: SF Kyle Anderson
Anderson's game is tailor-made to orchestrate a second unit.
Memphis got away with using him as a starter despite his poor outside shooting by playing two three-point-shooting big men in Marc Gasol and Jaren Jackson Jr. With Gasol now gone and more traditional center Jonas Valanciunas in the mix, that puts two players who failed to crack 28.0 percent shooting from three in the starting lineup together.
With Anderson serving as a ball-handler/creator in the second unit, the Grizzlies could get starting point guard Mike Conley more of a rest while increasing their overall pace to start the game. Memphis' pace was significantly slower with Anderson in the game last season.
Orlando Magic: PG DJ Augustin
While Augustin drilled the game-winning three-pointer to beat the Toronto Raptors in Game 1 of the Magic's opening-round playoff series, Orlando shouldn't let recency bias cloud its perception of him.
Augustin is a perfectly fine backup point guard. In a perfect world, Markelle Fultz would take over as the starting point guard and let the 31-year-old veteran play the back nine of his career in a lighter role.
Orlando has plenty of frontcourt depth with Aaron Gordon, Jonathan Isaac, Nikola Vucevic and Mo Bamba, but it won't make it past the first round without an upgrade at the point.
No Longer Fit the Plan
Atlanta Hawks: C Dewayne Dedmon
On the Hawks, one must either be in their early 20s or a 42-year-old living legend. Those are the rules.
Heading into the offseason, Miles Plumlee is Atlanta's only player in his 30s, although Kent Bazemore and Dedmon will join him this summer. The Hawks aren't quite good enough to make any major noise in the East yet, so one more trip to the lottery next season may be the goal.
Dedmon is one of the NBA's most underrated bigs and should be on a contender. With four positions already stocked with young talent, the Hawks should look at centers in the 2019 draft and mutually agree to part ways with Dedmon this summer.
Brooklyn Nets: SF DeMarre Carroll
Carroll originally came to Brooklyn as a salary dump by the Toronto Raptors, landing the Nets a 2018 first- and second-round pick.
Instead of benching him and letting his contract run out, the Nets have turned Carroll into a nice contributor on a team that's surged from the NBA basement to the No. 6 seed in the East playoffs.
With Carroll's four-year, $58 million contract expiring this summer, the Nets will be able to carve out significant salary-cap space. They're likely to go big-game hunting in free agency, which leaves no room for Carroll anymore.
Chicago Bulls: C Robin Lopez
Lopez's job this season was to keep the starting center seat warm for 2018 No. 7 overall pick Wendell Carter Jr.
Mission accomplished.
Before he suffered a season-ending thumb injury in mid-January, Carter averaged 10.3 points, 7.0 rebounds and 1.3 blocks in 25.2 minutes across 44 games. That output exceeded Lopez's production in nearly the same amount of floor time.
The 31-year-old Lopez is now shifting into the veteran-mentor stage of his career, while Carter is ready for the starting job.
Cleveland Cavaliers: SG Brandon Knight
After trading Kyle Korver and Rodney Hood and sending JR Smith home last season, Knight became the Cavs' starting shooting guard by default.
Knight, who missed the entire 2017-18 season following knee surgery, averaged 8.5 points and 2.3 assists while making 37.1 percent of his three-pointers with the Cavs.
The Cavs took on Knight's bloated contract so they could also acquire the Houston Rockets' 2019 first-round pick and 2022 second-round pick. In a guard-heavy draft, don't be surprised to see the Cavs open next season with RJ Barrett, Ja Morant or Jarrett Culver in their starting backcourt over Knight.
Utah Jazz: PF Derrick Favors
If this were 1998, the Jazz frontcourt would be unstoppable.
What? It's 2019? How is anyone still starting two non-shooting bigs at the same time?
During the regular season, Favors and Rudy Gobert and Favors combined for 17 total made threes on a 21.8 percent clip. This kind of paint-clogging does not bode well for downhill players like Donovan Mitchell, who could expand his game with more floor spacing.
When Favors shares the floor with the four other Jazz starters, Utah carries a net rating of plus-5.1. Remove Favors for the smaller, more mobile Jae Crowder, and that lineup has a net rating of plus-12.0 in similar minutes (501 to 478).
Favors is good enough to be a starting center in the NBA, but he'll have to develop his outside shooting if he wants to keep starting at power forward next to Gobert.
Looking to Upgrade
Indiana Pacers: PG Darren Collison
Indiana is facing a critical offseason.
The Pacers have only $57.9 million in committed salary for next season, as players like Collison, Thaddeus Young, Bojan Bogdanovic and Tyreke Evans will all be unrestricted free agents. With Victor Oladipo and Myles Turner locked in, it's imperative for the Pacers to push for a third star now while they still have available cap space.
That likely means parting ways with Collison, who's averaged 11.8 points and 5.7 assists over the past two years. He also led the NBA in three-point shooting percentage (46.8 percent) last season.
While Kyrie Irving likely isn't walking through that door, the Pacers could make an attractive pitch to someone like Kemba Walker, Ricky Rubio or Patrick Beverley. Collison is fine, but the Pacers should aim higher.
Los Angeles Lakers: C JaVale McGee
McGee had one of the best seasons of his career this past year with the Lakers, putting up 12.0 points, 7.5 rebounds and 2.0 blocks while starting 62 games
Despite the solid raw numbers, the Lakers were 4.6 points per 100 possessions better with him on the bench, which isn't a good sign for any starter.
To build a championship roster around LeBron James, the Lakers will need a center better than McGee.
Oklahoma City Thunder: SG Terrance Ferguson
Ferguson filled in as OKC's starting shooting guard this season with Andre Roberson still recovering from a ruptured patellar tendon. While he did about as a well as 20-year-old second-year wing could while surrounded by stars, the Thunder can do better.
Oklahoma City desperately needs more long-range shooting, but Ferguson connected on an underwhelming 36.6 percent of his threes. Given the amount of open looks someone can draw between Russell Westbrook and Paul George, that isn't good enough.
Getting Roberson back would improve the team's defense, but signing a sharpshooter like JJ Redick, Danny Green or Wayne Ellington in free agency should be the plan.
San Antonio Spurs: C Jakob Poeltl
Poeltl enjoyed a nice first season in San Antonio in limited minutes, starting 24 of his 77 games. However, his fit next to LaMarcus Aldridge doesn't seem sustainable.
Nearly all of Poeltl's offense comes in the paint, while Aldridge shot only 42 total three-pointers all season at a 23.8 percent clip. Considering DeMar DeRozan and Dejounte Murray are poor three-point shooters as well, that's far too much paint-clogging, even for San Antonio.
The Spurs need to insert a big with range next to Aldridge to maximize their offense. They're better off with Poeltl off the bench.
Washington Wizards: PG Tomas Satoransky
Satoransky is only starting because John Wall may miss the entire 2019-20 season with a ruptured left Achilles tendon.
While the 27-year-old point guard averaged 10.7 points and 6.2 assists in 54 games as a starter last season, Washington will need more to get back to the Eastern Conference playoffs.
Bringing the restricted free agent back on a reasonable deal as Wall's long-term backup would be smart, but the Wizards should also try to sign a veteran like Derrick Rose or Rajon Rondo to help bolster the point guard position for a year while Wall recovers.
Buyer Beware
Golden State Warriors: C DeMarcus Cousins
Even after tearing his quad, Cousins' career with the Warriors may not be over. If he's out for the rest of the playoffs, another one-year deal may be back on the table.
If Cousins can recover quickly from his latest setback, he's still in line for a big payday. His skills alone warrant that, despite his recent injuries.
If he agrees to come back on a team-friendly deal, great. If not, the Warriors could plug anyone into the rest of that starting lineup and still win 55 games. They need to focus on retaining Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson first, while Cousins is a distant third.
Milwaukee Bucks: C Brook Lopez
Lopez was one of the best free-agent signings of last summer, and he should be looking to cash in big this offseason.
Playing on a one-year, $3.4 million deal, the 31-year-old center averaged 12.5 points, 4.9 rebounds, 2.2 blocks and 2.3 three-pointers per game.
Milwaukee will assuredly want him back, but at what cost? Eric Bledsoe already got a $70 million extension, and the Bucks have to pony up for Khris Middleton, Malcolm Brogdon and Nikola Mirotic this summer as well. Giannis Antetokounmpo is headed toward a supermax contract in 2021, too.
That's a lot of money for a small-market team. As a result, the Bucks may have to let Lopez walk and look for their next bargain-bin center in free agency.
New York Knicks: C DeAndre Jordan
Jordan played well enough (10.9 points, 11.4 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 63.4 percent shooting) to warrant a second contract with the Knicks within reason.
Unless they whiff in free agency, the Knicks shouldn't offer Jordan anywhere near the $22.9 million he earned this season.
New York has the capability to sign two max free agents this summer, and no one should be considered off-limits. Even if Jordan walks while they try to woo bigger stars, the Knicks appear to have found a hidden second-round gem with rookie center Mitchell Robinson in this past draft.
Philadelphia 76ers: SF Jimmy Butler
With 60 percent of their starting lineup set to become unrestricted free agents this summer, Philly has some tough decisions to make.
One easy call? Don't re-sign Butler to a max deal.
The Sixers can offer Butler five years and approximately $190 million. That's too much of a financial risk for someone who's about to turn 30, has been on three teams in three years and has spent the majority of his career logging heavy minutes under head coach Tom Thibodeau.
Losing Butler for nothing would hurt, but Philadelphia should use that money to first chase Kawhi Leonard or Kevin Durant or split it between Tobias Harris and JJ Redick while saving for a Ben Simmons extension. Given his fallout in both Chicago and Minnesota, Butler isn't worth a near $200 million gamble.
Toronto Raptors: SG Danny Green
The Raptors have perhaps the best starting lineup of any team outside of Oakland, California. The primary goal is to bring back Kawhi Leonard on a max deal, even if it pushes the team payroll north of $140 million.
That'll be the case if Marc Gasol exercises his $25.6 million player option, as Kyle Lowry and Serge Ibaka will combine to make nearly $57 million next season.
That leaves Green as the odd man out.
While he's been great as a sharpshooting wing this season (he averaged 10.3 points and shot 45.5 percent from three), the Raptors would be hard-pressed to match even his current $10 million salary next year given all of their other financial commitments.
Re-signing Green will be tempting, but letting the 31-year-old shooting guard walk and searching for a cheaper option in free agency should be the play.
All stats via Basketball Reference or NBA.com, unless otherwise noted.
Greg Swartz covers the NBA for Bleacher Report. Follow him on Twitter.


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A few months ago, we noted the efforts by a coalition of advocates to get the federal government to commit to a broad effort to more thoroughly study the health effects of C8 and related chemicals.
There's been some progress on that front, with passage of a defense department funding bill that included language making at least $7 million available for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to "commence a study on the human health implications of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances … contamination in drinking water … and any other sources of water and relevant exposure pathways." Under the bill, the study must include an "exposure assessment" that must include at least 8 current or former domestic military installations known to have PFAS exposure pathways.
What's not clear is if this study is also going to include what advocates had requested in terms of study and testing of firefighters and emergency responders.
Rob Bilott, the crusading lawyer who has been working for so long on C8 issues, has been pressing the government on this, including in this letter dated Dec. 13. But so far, he's gotten no answer.


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There is this thing happening right now. I guess it is called an election.
Yes, this is exactly how I feel. In fact, at this point, when I hear people "passionately" talking about who they will vote for, or who they won't, or why this person is bad, or why this person is good, or how this and that; my eyes roll so far back, they literally do a 360° and tie my orbicularis oculi muscle in tiny bows.
Even, I, myself get caught up in these things. Truth be known though, I don't usually vote. Now, before you all start jumping down my throat, I have my reasons. Let me just say this: THIS ELECTION AND THESE TWO CANDIDATES ARE THE PERFECT ILLUSTRATION OF WHY I DON'T VOTE. People can ask me, "Benji, why don't you vote? Don't you know it's your duty as an American/Christian/Human/<insert other reason here>??" My response is always the same: "I don't vote." When I say that, it really makes people mad. I mean, really, really, really, mad. I am chuckling as I write this because it almost seems like these people are jealous they didn't think of it first. I'm half kidding.
We have two opponents:
Hillary Clinton: Lucifer's GF
Donald Trump: Lucifer's BFF
So. Yeah. Enjoy voting.
Okay, okay, I didn't come on here to mock your sad choices. I really didn't. So I will cut right to the chase. It's a good chase too because I think through all of this, we've begun to see what people are willing to sell their souls for in order to get what they want; which in this case, is a new leader.
One thing I have noticed in all of this is that there is vitriol undertone when people start discussing these candidates. What I don't think people realize yet, is they have whittled these candidates down to their moral standards. For good reason too: They both have very similar political views. There are slight differences, but really, not all that many if either of them took office. As a result: people begin taking these political arguments to a religious/moral level. It's become insane. People you thought had some sort of Christian values are choosing a candidate that proudly supports the rights for anyone to have an abortion – and they defend it. Then on the other hand, you have people who claim to be Christians voting for a candidate that thinks it's okay to grab a woman's woohoo while being married.
Some of us can agree to disagree on these things but believe it or not, there is something worse about all of this. I am seeing these candidates bring out the worst in people and it scares me to think about what it would be like if either of them were our leaders. How influenced all these sheepish people are. These people are not free thinkers, they rely on people like Trump, or Clinton, or their pastor, or their friends to dictate how they think. That is a good 80% of the people we know! You know the type right? Here let me give an example:
Sheep: "I am not voting for Trump because, he's a loose cannon. He shoots from the hip and he hates Mexicans."
Me: "Wow that is a very original reason you have there, friend."
Sheep: "I am not voting for Hillary because she's already been president."
Me: "Okay Rush."
I hear this all day long. This, regurgitation of redundant rhetoric (say that as fast as you can ten times).
So here I am watching these people wave pitch forks at each other not realizing the saddest part of this: these leaders are encouraging others to think the same way as them. But even more spine chilling are the people that go along with it. They sell their souls because their vote is going to be purely emotional – not logical. I've seen black pastors want Hillary Clinton for president: who vehemently supports the death of babies up 36 weeks in the womb and publicly states her disdain for people of religion. I've seen white pastors want Donald Trump for president: who has no racial filter and no moral standing or respect for the institute of marriage – the very institute that is a representation of Christ and his church.
I think I've said this before in another post, I've been listening to the book of Romans on the daily. Romans 1 is so powerful to me more than ever in this era we live in. Just the idea of God leaving us to our own depravity and seeing the western world trip down each step, one by one; as if Romans 1 was written for all of us right now. The verse that stuck out to me, the one that struck me the most is worse than any of the sins Romans 1 talks about and it says this:
"Though they know God's righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them."
-Romans 1:32 (ESV)
People encouraging others to vote for these people who, in turn, encourage others to sin. It's not that we don't all sin or have adultery or abortions. That's not the problem here. The problem is we have perspective leaders that want to continue the normalization of demoralization. Now, we see righteous men totally okay with it.
Anyway, I don't vote.


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Before I started this blog, PZ Myers had been critical of "dictionary atheism", for example:
Why are you an atheist? (2011-02-01)
You don't really want to be like Ray Comfort, do you? (2011-02-06)
Oh, no, not that annoying dictionary atheist argument again! (2011-04-14)
Although I have sometimes commented at (old) Pharyngula, I kept out of that discussion. Things sometimes got heated.
Could it be that PZ Myers, outspoken advocate for clarity of thought, speech, and writing, communicator par excellence, has finally flipped, and forgotten how important it is to speak in a language that the audience can be expected to understand? Hasn't he been getting enough bacon?
Now that I have my own blog I can express my own views without constraints on size or format. Then go on to see if they are in any way compatible with what PZ Myers or others say.
Things I have said
I say a number of times on my personal website (to which this blog is an adjunct):
"The only safe generalisation about atheists is "we do not believe that gods exist".
(Plus logical consequences of this)".
That sounds like a "Dictionary atheist" position, and I certainly derived that statement from a dictionary. I also say there:
""Atheist" is a word that summarises my beliefs about gods. It doesn't dictate my beliefs.
I don't get my beliefs from a dictionary or from anyone else".
Types of atheist
There are hundreds of millions of people in the world who don't believe gods exist. (I won't include children. We are not entitled to make claims about their beliefs, and any claims of their own are provisional). We can validly call these people "atheists", just as we can validly call people without hair on their heads "bald". It is a descriptive, non-judgmental word, and this use is compatible with dictionaries. Dictionaries don't define words, they identify their use.
But if we stick a microphone under their noses, and ask them "do you believe in any god?", we will get a vast range of answers. In order to make progress, I'll identify two stereotypical answers:
- "Er, no, but I don't spend time thinking about this, and I haven't much to say".
- "No – I'm an atheist!"
There is little we can say about the first person, other than "The only safe conclusion is: "they do not believe that gods exist". (Plus logical consequences of this)"". This person is a genuine "Dictionary atheist", and we have no justification in drawing further conclusions. Neither should we criticise that person. We all let some things slip below our horizon: how many of us spend lots of time each day addressing the fact that 18 children die every minute?
There is a lot we can suspect about the second person! That is an answer from someone who has thought it through, and placed themselves into a clear category. And when an intelligent person places themselves into a category, they will probably have considered the consequences, and analysed their relationship with people outside that category. They are likely to have views about the relative privileges of their category and the rest.
With a high probability, that person is something like a secular humanist: unwilling to let people outside that category have political privileges, and living according to principles and values that are derived from being a human being, not from reading ancient texts. (I'm largely taking about myself, of course!)
Now we can express preferences about people who self-define as atheists. We can expect them to think things through, and if they haven't, tell them to do so.
I think that PZ Myers was only addressing the second person. The sort of person who comments on Pharyngula; the sort of person who attends an atheist conference. In particular, self-identifying atheists, as in his following statements:
[my emphasis throughout] "Everyone who is an atheist is so because of other, prior ideas. I'm not saying that there is one set of ideas that make for a True Atheist™, but rather that if you claim there are not, if you pose as someone who is an atheist simply because you don't believe in gods, you are failing to consider your own philosophical foundations. Calling yourself a Dictionary Atheist is like taking pride in living an unexamined life. That's it. And that's what really annoys me, people who can't recognize that there's more to their atheism than blind acceptance of what a dictionary says."
I empathise with Scote, here and here and here and here and here. Scote got flak for those statements, but was one of the few to get back to basics. We do need to distinguish between the different sorts of people who don't believe in gods. And, (having spent much of my career reading and writing technical specifications), I believe we need to be clear about how we are using words and terms. Diplomats want to be able to give the illusion of more agreement than there actually is, in order to make progress. Politicians often hide behind ambiguity. But the rest of us don't have to take these as precedents.
I think Skatje Myers had a pretty good position; I am registered as a Bright, and I am a paid-up member of the British Humanist Association and the National Secular Society. Some people are in danger of overloading the word "atheist" with things we want to be true about atheists. But if atheists overload the word, this gives theists an excuse to overload the word too.
There is no particular reason why an atheist should know a lot about science, or even take much interest in it. I have a degree in Mathematical Physics, and science books and magazines and websites and blogs provide much of my reading. But why should every other atheist share this passion? We are talking about non-belief in gods, not talking about all aspects of the nature of the universe. There are lots of reasons why people don't believe, and they are not all driven by (say) evolution.
Some conclusions
Keep the dictionary to hand! But distinguish between what we can say about someone who we simply know is an atheist according to the dictionary, and what we want to be true about someone who self-identifies as an atheist. We can hold the latter to a higher standard.
That doesn't mean we should be trying to expand the meaning of the word "atheist". It currently has a pretty useful meaning. Instead, it means that we want self-identifying atheists to be more than "just" atheists. I suggest that target should not simply be an enhanced form of atheism, but "enlightenment".


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Hi Bloggers,
Today I decided to cainrow my hair going back like Ciara's. I have been told that braids suit me, so I chose to do my hair like Ciara's. I braided my hair myself but sadly, my hair does not hold plaits after getting a trim. Next time I might put elastic bands in at the ends of my plaits.
I also did my eye make-up too and wanted to share it with you bloggers. I attempted doing a smokey eye look. Enjoy the pictures below.
Me trying to model with my eyes.
I used purples and black for this smokey eye effect. It took me forever to achieve this look.
I hope you enjoyed this post.
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SANTA FE — A proposal to toughen penalties for a variety of crimes against children cleared its first Senate committee this week, but without an endorsement.
The "no recommendation" motion means Senate Bill 96 can keep moving through the Legislature. Its next stop is the Senate Judiciary Committee — one of two remaining committees it must clear to reach the Senate floor.
Sen. Greg Baca, a Belen Republican and sponsor of the bill, said the proposal would fix "gaping holes" in the New Mexico laws prohibiting graphic communications with children and the sentencing structure for harming kids.
The bill is one of Republican Gov. Susana Martinez's priorities this session.
Opponents of the proposal say imposing tougher penalties won't actually deter crime.
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Each year, thousands of Canada Safeway Limited employees like Don McNeill, store manager at the Sunshine Hills Safeway, volunteer in an effort to better the communities that they live and work in.
"Volunteerism is an important part of Safeway's culture and as a company we believe in fostering this commitment to bettering the lives of others," said Mary D'Astolfo, public affairs manager, Canada Safeway.
Last year British Columbia Safeway employees donated over 48,000 volunteer hours in communities they serve.
Canada Safeway employees that volunteer more than 20 hours in the month are entered into a draw for a chance to award a $1,000 Safeway donation to a charity of their choice. McNeill is the company's May 2013 recipient.
"Don is making a big difference to our organization and we're so pleased that he's being recognized by Canada Safeway and that we're the beneficiary of his passion and donation," said Marilynn Hermann, executive director the Surrey Food Bank.


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Yesterday as I was speaking to a friend on the phone she told me that her browser says "delete recent history". Not knowing much about computers she then asked me "Should I delete my recent history? As soon as she said that, the Lord quickened this word to me. He wants us to remove anything from the past that is holding us back from receiving all that He has for us, especially our "recent history." When we do this we will be prepared for the New wine that He is about to be pour out.
The Lord says I am about to pour out my new wine in abundance. There will be a great acceleration in the days ahead. Many of you will advance expeditiously in to what you were called to do. Do not fear moving forward at an accelerated pace but as you do, allow Me to prepare the new wineskin to receive the new wine. As the new wine skin is fashioned, it will be able to contain the new wine with ease. Do away with all hindrances in your life. Leave behind religious mindsets that are holding you back from receiving and allow Me to renew your mind with My word. Walk in humility and throw off any pride and arrogance that is harnessing you. Be willing to release anything that would keep you from receiving all that I've called you to be. Guard your heart from the subtle entrapment of the enemy.
Many of you have cried out to hear My voice, and as you refuse defiling thoughts and line your thoughts up with My will, then you will learn how to hear My voice with clarity. As you are observant of My leading I will guide you in your decisions. As you discard of your old nature you will be more aware and attune to My voice in the daytime as well as during the night. You will recognize when I speak to you in dreams as I reveal My plans and purposes to you. Don't go back to your old ways but look ahead to the future that I have for you. Stay in that intimate communion with Me so that your conscience will not be seared and the process of acceleration will not be hindered. Learn how to deal with every opposition that arises and every challenge that comes your way. In this season of the new wine being poured out, I will bring you in to the place that has been assigned to you as you move forth into the plans that I have for you says the Lord.
Mark 2:22
And no one puts new wine into old wineskins, or else the new wine busts the wineskings, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But new wine must be put into new wineskins.
Ephesians 4: 20- 24
And no one puts new wine into old wineskins, or else the new wine busts the wineskings, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But new wine must be put into new wineskins.
Ephesians 4: 20- 24
But you have not so learned Christ, if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus: that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.
Hebrews 12:1Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith.


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The night basketball program has returned to Area IV, it is now called the Sion Chambers Memorial, Area IV Late-Night Basketball program. The program runs on Friday and Saturday nights from 9pm – 1am through October 1st at the Boys and Girls Club at 119 Windsor Street and is an open-court pickup game which is open to anyone.
The program is staffed by employees from the Boys and Girls Club and Cambridge Police Officers and is only possible due to generous donations from the Pentecostal Tabernacle Church and The Boston Foundation.
One of the goals of the program is to provide opportunities for neighborhood teens to have positive interactions with the police and other adults and professionals. The city's Emergency Medical Services provider, Pro EMS, will have a crew on hand periodically to speak with kids about a career in EMS. Staff from the Pentecostal Tabernacle Church will also drop in on the program occasionally. Local leaders and businesses are encouraged to stop by.
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So much depends on how we perceive things:
The old have no opportunities, no possibilities in the future. But they have more than that. Instead of possibilities in the future, they have realities in the past—the potentialities they have actualized, the meanings they have fulfilled, the values they have realized—and nothing and nobody can ever remove these assets from the past.
The pessimist resembles a man who observes with fear and sadness that his wall calendar, from which he daily tears a sheet, grows thinner with each passing day. On the other hand, the person who attacks the problems of life actively is like a man who removes each successive leaf from his calendar and files it neatly and carefully away with its predecessors, after first having jotted down a few diary notes on the back. He can reflect with pride and joy on all the richness set down in these notes, on all the life he has already lived to the fullest. What will it matter to him if he notices that he is growing old? Has he any reason to envy the young people whom he sees, or wax nostalgic over his own lost youth? What reasons has he to envy a young person? For the possibilities that a young person has, the future which is in store for him? "No, thank you," he will think. "Instead of possibilities, I have realities in my past, not only the reality of work done and of love loved, but of sufferings bravely suffered. These sufferings are even the things of which I am most proud, though these are things which cannot inspire envy.
Viktor E Frankl, Man's Search For Meaning: The classic tribute to hope from the Holocaust
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What a fun summer it's been! Hot (and sweaty at times), but I've enjoyed every moment of it – and this final Summer Adventure session was no different! Continue reading
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Welcoming Baby Jamison
This #WeddingWednesday we're going to be taking a peek at some baby shower invitations!! I had the pleasure of designing a friend's baby shower invitation and I LOVED it. Watercolor + peaches + babies? SIGN ME UP!
Hand painted watercolor, this invitation design features a baby monogram matching the peach themed shower along with neutral florals to accommodate a neutral-loving mama! Each invitation was addressed with a touch of greenery watercolor to coordinate with the invite and a pearl-finish peach wax seal designed for baby Jamison and created by Artisaire!
I'm so excited to share these invitations, but even more excited to welcome baby Jamison when she arrives!!
Tea Party Adventure Session
Let's talk life goals/bucket lists. Like, sky diving or riding a camel (?) or photographing someone famous.
Well, folks, this summer my secret goal of photographing a celeb came true. I was invited to photograph a very formal afternoon tea with two Mermaid-Princess-Acrobat-Cowgirls (they told me so themselves).
Baby Swimmer Adventure Session
Sweet friends of ours had the nerve to move away right when having a baby, depriving us of their sweet baby amazingness. Can you believe that??? When I posted about a mini session I genuinely hoped they'd bring sweet Hudson back to town and join in on the fun – and, behold, baby swimmer session was born.
I seriously considered scheduling swimming lessons for Jack this summer. One, I was late to the game, so next year will have to do. Two, I thought the whole time "do under-one-year-olds even learn how to swim, really?" The answer to that was clearly yes. Hudson is seven months and held his breath under water – WHAT? He was kicking and playing and splashing – totally comfortable in the water!
Little man is in his ELEMENT in the water. Like, little mer-man level. Splashing, giggles and baby smiles, this session was the stuff of Summer dreams.


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The story: De Beers has announced plans to distribute its Forevermark diamond brand to a select group of retailers and diamontaires in Hong Kong, China and Macau in the fourth quarter of 2008.
The latest branded diamond company to hit the market, Forevermark diamonds must be at least 0.18-carats with SI2 clarity, J-colour and a "good" cut rating.
The stones have a unique identification number and icon inscribed on the facet that is invisible to the naked eye. This concept represents the first branded diamond for De Beers.
The story: Gabi Tolkowsky, arguably the most famous diamond cutter in the world, will be attending the JAA Australian Jewellery Fair in September this year. Visiting as a guest of Nationwide Jewellers, Tolkowsky will conduct seminars on how to sell diamonds, as well as launch his latest fancy cut.
"Many of our members have been privileged to meet Gabi on our Antwerp trips, and are looking forward to his presentations at the fair," Nationwide Jewellers managing director Colin Pocklington said. "He is without doubt one of the most inspirational speakers in the world when it comes to diamonds."
Among other achievements, Tolkowsky is best-known for cutting three of history's most famous diamonds: the Pink Sun Rise; the Golden Jubilee; and, the Centenary – a 273-carat D flawless stone.
The story: The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is to appeal parts of the Federal Court's was/now advertising ruling over the Prouds jewellery chain. According to a release from the ACCC, the court ordered Prouds to undertake corrective advertising after the consumer watchdog successfully alleged misleading advertising in some Prouds' catalogues.
The ACCC had alleged that the advertising of certain jewellery items in Prouds' mass-distribution catalogues published to coincide with Valentine's Day and Mother's Day in 2006 contravened the Trade Practices Act (1974).
On 15 February 2008, the court found that was/now discount advertising by Prouds contravened the act and ordered Prouds to place an A3-sized corrective notice at the point of sale of every Prouds store in Australia for a period of no less than three months, place corrective advertisements in national and local newspapers, and pay a proportion of the ACCC's costs.
The story: Black Opal is now the official gemstone of New South Wales after NSW premier Morris Iemma bestowed the title in recognition of the importance of the commercial production of the gem to the state. The Jewellers Association of Australia is pleased with the additional prestige that the honour will bring to this uniquely Australian gemstone.
"We hope that the Premier's announcement will bring the attention of both jewellers and jewellery purchasers to the diversity of stunning black opals available within Australia," JAA CEO Ian Hadassin said.
"Member for Barwon, Kevin Humphries, instigated the move a year ago.
"With the Lightning Ridge community so passionate about its mining industry and the black opal, the decision seemed only natural," Humphries said, stating the move to formally recognise the black opal would be "a boost" to the Australian opal mining industry. Black opal is the rarest and most valuable type of opal, ranking with diamonds, emeralds, rubies and sapphires as the most sought after gemstones in the world.


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We found 1 episode of The Back of the Range Golf Podcast with the tag "webb simpson".
Paul Tesori - PGA Tour Caddy for 2018 Players Champion, Webb Simpson
March 13th, 2019 | 1 hr 45 mins
fsga, paul tesori, pga tour, players championship, tiger who, tiger woods, tpc sawgrass, uf golf, usga, vijay singh, webb simpson
While everyone is getting ready to watch THE PLAYERS this week, there is only one man on the bag for the PLAYERS Champion, Webb Simpson. Our guest this week is that man: Paul Tesori. This is an amazing episode where we talk about his twenty years of caddying on the PGA Tour, his days playing the tour, his All-American career at Central Alabama and UF, and most importantly....The Tesori Family Foundation.


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Server Security Policy Management Technical Reference
Applies To: Windows Server 2008
This technical reference describes what server security policy management includes in Windows Server 2008 and the tools you can use to help keep your servers secure. It contains information about how the security policy settings that you apply are processed. It also provides references for more information about the tools and security policy settings.


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Hi, I have came back to mudding randomly. I used to play back 2000-2003. Have like 18 characters none are past 25. Seems like the muds still doing okay, little easier tho, which is okay i guess hehe. I play as Dasar/vipabbiple/qipabbiple/pipabbiple/cerax/jorivh/yuxopeb/khailoc id love to group up with people anytime so hit me up
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...when the animation is done to have in the SU "normal screen" some starting animation object(s) like the Dynamic Components with the "white little hand" ?
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With the election less than a month away, Obamaniacs are eager to wear their hearts on their sleeves. But for fashion snobs, this can cause a dilemma: Just how to incorporate a bright blue Obama tee into one's fall wardrobe? Luckily, Bill Blass design director Prabal Gurung has whipped up a shirt that's chic enough to wear even outside the gym.
The shirts will be on on sale for $20 each at The Obama Party, a fundraiser in New York on October 18. You can email the organizers for further information.
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Volusia County, FL - Pill dealers and many of their regular customers are cooling their heels in the Volusia County Jail after a six-month investigation ended in a series of early-morning raids.
"Operation Pills N'Whips" resulted in more than a dozen arrests on Tuesday with VCSO Deputy Chief Eric Dietrich promising there are more arrests to come. Dietrich said that the dealers were moving 4,000 to 5,000 Oxycodone and Dilaudid pills per month.
One of the outstanding suspects is the group's reputed ringleader, 21-year-old Ra'Keem Thomas of DeLand, along with his main pill supplier, 28-year-old Jason Ashe of Maitland.
Agents have been working undercover since early November, putting many suspects under surveillance and following them to drug deals. Most of the defendants are from Volusia County but agents linked several members who live in Flagler, Orange, Seminole and St. Johns counties. A father-daughter duo, 52-year-old Stanley Vermillion and 26-year-old Kayle Vermillion, was also arrested in the operation.
Charges range from Conspiracy to Deliver, Possession with Intent to Sell or Deliver and use of a 2-way communication device to commit a felony.
List of suspects supplied by VCSO:
Dawn Marie Barton, age 32, Robert James Belling, Jr., age 58, Christopher Francis Ciullo, age 30, Ginger Morris Garren, age 50, Tyrone Henderson, age 37, Shaunna Lynn Jones, age 38, Travis Michael Lodato, age 25, Cassandra Jeanelle Marcus, age 24, Precious Ross, age 29, Robert Clyde Thomas, age 50, Kayla Rayne Vermillion, age 26, Stanley Michael Vermillion, age 52, Shane Leary Wahl, age 31, Robert John Zammit III, age 23 and a the last suspect arrested, Fredrick Roy McDaniel III, age 27.
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Tuesday, July 8, 2014
East End neighborhood groups are preparing for a potential legal battle against a developer who plans to build an AutoZone store at Penn and Negley Avenues — claiming the developer has refused to meet with residents.
"The onus was on the developer to contact the community," says Rick Swartz, executive director of the Bloomfield-Garfield Corporation. "We're marshaling community opposition."
The development is proposed by Lawrence Gumberg and LG Realty Advisors, which bought the property in 2012. LG Realty's plans call for a 6,787-square-foot store with 16 parking spaces — a proposal which the city planning department says will require five variances that can be granted by the Zoning Board of Adjustment.
So far, neighborhood opposition has taken the form of flyers that show the above-pictured rendering of what the site could look like and note the "vibrant, small-scale welcoming commercial district" at Penn and Negley Aves. would be marred by "a proposed big-box AutoZone store." (On Thursday, BGC handed out popsicles in exchange for taking a flyer).
The flyers also ask residents to support an Indiegogo campaign that would help fund a study of how the development would affect potential loading and traffic issues as well as legal fees in the event that the neighborhood groups appeal a decision from the Zoning Board of Adjustment.
The Zoning Board postponed a June 5 hearing precisely because community groups complained there had been no opportunity to hold community meetings — and none have yet been scheduled, according to Swartz.
Neither Gumberg nor his attorney returned calls seeking comment.
"We're going to prepare our case against it until we hear from them further," Swartz says.
And that's not the only dispute on that prominent corner making its way through the Zoning Board process. Across the street, Monroe Muffler is seeking a variance to allow the storage of "construction materials" on an adjacent lot, according to the planning department. The Zoning Board's decision on that variance is expected soon.
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Russia is problematic still. But the big problem for Americans, Europeans, and many others in this world is "the new world order." That neoimperialism, feeding us globalist, "communitarian" progressivism, itself being fed by the world's biggest central bankster financing while consuming our own tax money, is pretty much being conducted through NATO nations. Yeah. Parasitically that is, via our … [Read more...]
McCain Still Trying to Grow #NWO, America Leading from Behind Europe's 8-Ball
The War Bubbled-up thru MSNBC and Fox News Last Night
America exists in a state of semi-covert civil war. I believe it began in earnest with the "selection" as Jeremiah Wright put it, of globalist, collectivist Barack H. Obama to be U.S. President. The election and actions of our nationalist and to a significant degree, sovereigntist President Trump is a representation of the counterinsurgency. (Actually, "The Donald" is poignantly representative of currently prevalent … [Read more...]
Jay Sekulow Explained Obamunist Sabotage of Trump Mid February; Why Aren't Republicans Seizing Initiative?
Democrat forces are advancing in orchestrated conjunction with their legacy news media and globalist Republicans, to undermine if not destroy the Trump administration. They have planned it and are executing with precision. Barack Obama issued an executive order in the last days of his tenure which allowed his permanently embedded officials throughout the hydra-headed Intelligence Community … [Read more...]
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, the Joke
Hey, there's a new funny going around, very timely this July. Here's one version. Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton were invited on a Pacific cruise with wealthy donors. Mid-ocean, a terrible storm seemed to come from nowhere and they were shipwrecked. Hillary and the Donald found the same life raft, alone at sea. At one point he saved her life, at another, she saved his. They washed ashore on a … [Read more...]
Talking the Insanity of Hillary vs. Trump with Dan Lynch, KUBC
Are so many Americans so jaded, they can't see tyrants in front of their faces anymore? Or, that ignorant? Both, you say? Conservatives included? Yeah. I have tended to let others do the talking in Gulag Bound, lately. For example, Terresa Monroe-Hamilton is a much better news hound, with excellent perspective. Cream of the crop. And Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. is perhaps the world's most authoritative source on Donald … [Read more...]
Trump White House: Just How Bad a Narcissist, Really? Sam Vaknin Relates
AW: The Third of May was quite an auspicious day in American history. First, we had Donald Trump's freakish Lee Harvey Oswalding of Ted Cruz' father Rafael. It was as if he shouted at the top of his lungs, "America! Listen! I am not fit for the U.S. Presidency!" This brought Cruz' epic lambasting of Trump as the malignant narcissist he is (reader, catch it if you haven't). Then, of course Hoosiers deftly proceeded … [Read more...]
Ted Cruz: 1, Pro-Trump Protestors -1 Today in Marion, Indiana (video)
Got to be embarrassing for this demonstrator. It shows what begins to happen to people who make the critical error of believing Donald Trump. Ted Cruz presents his case, with his genuine policy commitments and consistent track record, contrasting Trump's self-contradictions and pervasively demonstrated lack of trustworthiness. Instead of listening to fact and reason, the blinkered Trumpkin demonstrates no … [Read more...]
Klavan: Voting for Trump Cuz 'I'm Angry!'
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Donald Trump & Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD): Sam Vaknin Interview, Expanded
Updated, below Expanded from American Thinker We may believe we know celebrities from the familiarity of their video appearances. But the persona we may get used to seeing is not necessarily the real, nor whole person. Some now see candidate Donald Trump's public behavior and are quite concerned. Is he merely the benign if very outspoken rogue, as so often depicted by grinning pundits? A known quantity? I … [Read more...]
Scott Ott Says Why Not Donald Trump, in 7 Minutes
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Request for Prayer, Reflection, and Sober Voting, by Dutch Sheets
A call to prayer and accordant action, from Christian intercessory leader, Dutch Sheets: … [Read more...]
John Oliver Takes Donald Trump Apart
This may get through to some people. Some people? It's gotten over two million views in the first day or so. Numerous laughs, at least if it weren't so gravely sober... some untoward comments... actually, many critically important facts and observations. Lemur gotta Drumpf. … [Read more...]
See What's Important: the Houston Republican Debate in its Entirety
In this last debate, Donald Trump became so exposed that on the next day he had to cover it up by changing the media narrative. His fig leaf? The endorsement of the governor who doesn't like staying in his state, Chris Christie, who earlier had chastised Trump for his ignorance and clownishness. An expansive fig leaf that is, to cover Trump's accumulated liberal iniquity where he would now bill himself a … [Read more...]
Open Letter to Christian Leaders: This is THE TIME to Support Ted Cruz
Very early this morning after the Houston GOP debate, I sent this note to three Evangelical leaders of national prominence. It is brief and self-explanatory. So far, it has been checked as read by one of them. Feel encouraged to forward to other Christians. Dear senior brothers, I was astounded to hear from Megyn Kelly on Fox News last night that certain Evangelical backers of Ted Cruz are considering shifting … [Read more...]
Playing Trump
This one is stinging. Trump supporters in social media are actually calling child abuse! ;-) WWSTS? (What would Shirley Temple say?) I don't think they want the showman candidate shown up. That's how it is for classic adulators of the "charismatic leader" strongman. NoisyRoom.net … [Read more...]
UPDATE: Paris Agreement Adopted | Pray the Paris Climate Conference Doesn't Spawn an Agreement
The instigators of this evil surely know it is extremely doubtful for the worldwide climate to increase by two degrees Celsius. That is a straw man. Thus, they will be able to say they are accomplishing their mission, as they take further steps of destroying national sovereignties and personal freedoms for the sake of their attempt to gain a global, thoroughly controlled empire. God is allowing the pythons to … [Read more...]
CMP's Full Video Released: Planned Parenthood's Sales of Baby Parts, for Experimentation in Mice
The video and excerpted text below comes through LifeNews.com and Steven Ertelt. Farrell made it clear that Planned Parenthood had been involved in the selling of aborted baby parts for some time and was very familiar with the use of fetal remains in the production of humanized mice. [...] She emphasized repeatedly that she creates a written line-item budget for compensation that effectively … [Read more...]
Sarah Palin Exposes Prog Hypocrisy: #DefundPlannedParenthood
Sarah Palin - Timeline Photos | Facebook Governor Palin is featuring this graphic, plus more associated with the hashtag #DefundPlannedParenthood, via her Facebook (and Twitter) accounts. This in turn is being featured in numerous sites. Here's one example: Sarah Palin's rebel flag scores direct hit on Planned Parenthood - BizPac Review We'll see who is getting the message as we keep delivering the … [Read more...]
Obama-Kerry's JV Plan, Enhancing Iran's Nuclear Destructiveness, Within the USA
Netanyahu was right. This perverse deal would virtually guarantee Iran's acquisition of nuclear weapons. But as Jim Kouri's Examiner.com article refers, it would also broaden their range, including their ability to plant bombs in the United States of America. How much more evidence is necessary, to recognize Barack Hussein Obama II as the mass saboteur of the United States of America … [Read more...]
Listen to Dick Morris. Really. '(Why) Bush Says Work More Hours'
Dick Morris' past is checkered. Not having scoured his autobiographical works, I would hope he's admitted that and, being a master at public relations, has not attempted to defend his former life as a chief political advisor to Bill Clinton. So... everybody past that? Good. Currently, he's not perfect, but I listen to him often for some of the most clear-eyed political analyses (and anti-globalist, … [Read more...]
Conserve What? Where's the Outreach? in Comics? Graphic Novels? at Comic-Con?
From Judson Phillips, Tea Party Nation: Do you wonder why conservatives are losing the culture wars as well as the political wars? Conservatives are losing wars on both fronts. Because conservatives lose the culture war, political wars are lost as a matter of course. The late Andrew Breitbart explained why this happened and what conservatives needed to do. What was Breitbart's advice and how is the left … [Read more...]
Officer Kerrie Orozco, Did Mom's Life Matter?
Kerry Wheeler's life mattered to many, especially her husband, step-children, and her newborn baby.? Question 1: Where is the most crime in America? Question 2: Where do police need to be busiest among the people, despite how many cops are murdered there, by morally demented thugs, year in and year out? Anyone reading this who doesn't see that "progressives" are neo-Marxists ginning up unrest among inner … [Read more...]
National Day of Prayer, May 7, 2015
The free and independent United States of America is becoming lost. It is overrun with truly evil, truly spiritual schemes involving government paternalism, globalism, and the perversion of what is deemed "liberal" in our society. Today, it is being intentionally destroyed and we, enslaved by a few, even by some Americans. What better day to pray for salvation than this day? National Day of … [Read more...]
What We Must Know about Freedom's Enemy is Shown in Frank Herbert's Dune
While it is unnecessary to know Frank Herbert's Dune series of science fantasy books to understand what is happening in the real world, it is critical to know the reality of what it depicts. In it, an order of being has assumed and been accredited the greatest of humanoid powers, the Spacing Guild. What makes them special? In the language of America's founders, the Spacing Guild controls the … [Read more...]
'Taxman,' Stevie Ray Vaughan & The Beatles
Despotism You get what you pay for Here's some taxation, With a representation, Of the ugly it gets, Throughout the nation. SRV crashed into Wisconsin and died. Sensible residents of the state empathize. … [Read more...]
Saturday Night Live's Kate McKinnon Captures Hillary Clinton's Essence
Please Kate, keep it. Don't release it upon us again. Now say to yourself: it's only a video... it's only a video... it's only a video... Oh wait, no. She's actually running. God save America from itself. … [Read more...]
Democrat Thought Police Confirm: Using 'LGBTQ+' for Totalitarian Revolution
Question 1: What is the most egregious policy proposed by the Obama regime and their fellow Democrats? Question 2: What is the worst of their many apparent scandals? Answer to both: This, in my humble opinion: Obama: Ban Parents from Having Children Counseled Not to be 'LGBTQ+' This is what totalitarian revolution looks like. The sexual revolution and specifically the militant homosexual political … [Read more...]
Michelle Obama Celebrates Iranian New Year like it's (not) 2009, No Neda Agha-Soltan There
From John Nolte at Breitbart, the following item includes the obnoxious video of America's First Lady partying like it's (not) 2009 with the Iranians, in front of the great gold Obama curtains, in the White House. That was on March 11 of this year. It is noteworthy that gold curtains are very significant in the Koran. It is depicted there that a special angel was encountered by Muhammad through a golden curtain, … [Read more...]
John Kerry's 'Nonbinding' Agreeability with Iran Demonstrates our Conspiracy-Incompetence Maxim
Never ascribe to only conspiracy, that which may also be incompetence, and vice versa. Or, said another way... Never presume that conspiracy and incompetence are mutually exclusive, without due evidence. DougRoss@Journal BECAUSE, CRUSADES: Kerry, State Department Agree That any Iran Deal Would Be "Non-Binding" By The Tower Over the past two days, both U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and State … [Read more...]


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Heavens! You know it must be an incredibly serious issue when Obama weighs in:
Who knew that adding peas to your guacamole would be such a big deal? And honestly, I can't say I wouldn't give it a go. I love guacamole but a bit like (another heresy coming up) adding stuff to the basic hummus recipe, I say why not?
It's not as though it often gets served without other flavours.I mean, once it's loaded with a load of sour cream and salsa, who's going to spot the peas? Or even the avocado, with some salsas I've tried.
A quick look on Pinterest (source of all recipe quirkiness) showed recipes that included tinned pineapple, an Italian guacamole with basil and even a broccomole. For now, I'll stick to my favourite version which comes from Mexican Food Made Simple.
To be honest, this week's was very simple, in that I left out the red onion and had very little coriander, but still darned tasty in my book. But next time…well, I may just give those peas a go. Sorry, Mr President, #peaswin.


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June 2nd is National Cancer Survivors Day
Today is national "Cancer Survivors Day." On this day, I'd like to honor my wife Deneen who is a 7 year breast cancer survivor.
We found out my wife had cancer when she went for her 6 week post partum exam after our children Lennon and Albert were born.
On December 28th 2006, after several weeks of testing and biopsies, she was given the diagnosis of invasive ductal Carcinoma.
In January she had a lumpectomy, and then a port for chemotherapy was implanted on February 13th, 2007. She began aggressive chemotherapy the next day, on Valentine's Day, which is also her birthday.
After chemotherapy, she needed a year and a half of a drug called Herceptin, which was given through the port. You may have heard of the drug, since it was subject of a movie on Lifetime called "Living Proof." Harry Connick Jr. played the role of Dr Dennis Slaman, the scientist who discovered the drug.
In September of 2007, she started a 5 year course of an oral drug called Tamoxifen. In June of 2008, on our 10th Wedding anniversary, the port was removed. After 5 years on the Tamoxifen, another oral drug was started, called Femera, which she takes daily and will for 5 years. We don't know what will happen next - it will depend on what the research shows.
Is there anyone special you'd like to honor for National Cancer Survivors Day?