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Hello Good People who surprise me by still reading this blog during my long absences.
This post was originally half written over four weeks ago and was never finished, I was interrupted by the 'flu,the Cultural Revolution and Revolutionary Operas and then had to recover from the exhaustion of all three!
Anyway, I am now myself again and am greatly excited at the prospect of seeing the Steve Hillage Band and Gong live at The Forum in London, this Friday (on the 27/11/2009 in case you read this at some point in the future).
Talking about some point in the future, before the Cultural Revolution, or sleeping or reading about East Asian pop music compulsively once again, I will get straight to the point and illustrate Gong's new album entitled 2032 with a short clip. I have to admit that I think this music video is amazing. It was made by the Japanese animator team Mu-0C Magic , who I believe are Hibari Hoya,Haruka Sakota, and Akira Watanabe.
Gong- How to Stay Alive ( 2009)
Is the album entitled 2032 because an asteroid is due to hit Earth in that year?
Answers in the comments section please, the song is certainly cheerfully apocalyptic. But then the first ever song by Gong that hit me lyrically in the centre of my brain was You Can't Kill Me, a song about killing off the rest of the family, symbolic and psychologically strange.
( preceded appropriately by Radio Gnome Prediction) released in 1971 from the album Camembert Electrique:
The tracks on the new album 2032 sound definitely like the old Gong, although on occasion I can hear a bit of old Hawkwind and The Ozric Tentacles too. However considering that without both Hawkwind and Gong , there wouldn't be any Ozric Tentacles ..I'll let you do the maths…
Here is Pinkle Ponkle from the new Gong album, starting off sounding a bit techno, then a bit middle-Eastern but then definitely just like Gong's unique style with echo unit orgasmic sighs by Gilli Smyth , Daevid Allen's poetry, psychedelic spacy effects by Miquette Giraudy, Steve Hillage's uniquely wonderful guitar sound ,with Mike Howlett on bass,Chris Taylor on drums and Theo Travis on flute and sax.
See the Gong website (http://www.planetgong.co.uk/) for further guest players on the album including the original Didier Malherbe.
Gong and Steve Hillage surreptitiously introduced me to Gamelan, free form jazz , Middle-Eastern and Indian classical music and musical concepts like drones on Miquette's synth,and modes from the East on Steve's guitar, when I was only fourteen and "World Music" was not generally heard in London's mainstream media, apart from a bit of Indian Classical music.
In recent years of course, Steve Hillage has been creating music with Miquette as System7, but even with dance/trance/techno music he was still playing his guitar live.
Now with the reemergence of The Steve Hillage Band , he is playing his old stuff again, something many of us had wished and prayed for during the past two and a half decades and never dared to hope would come true.
I will end with some video clips as it's late and I need to go to bed! One last piece of info, I phoned up a ticket agency today ( Keith Prowse) and there are still tickets available for this Friday (tomorrow) at the Forum in Kentish Town…
but only because every Steve Hillage fan in London does not realise he is playing yet. If you are one of them, get yourself a ticket by whatever means , it's not too late. Or you could go and see The Steve Hillage Band and Gong , on Saturday the 28th at The O2 Academy in Oxford, and Sunday the 29th of November at The Corn Exchange in Brighton.
I have already put up so many of my favourite Steve Hillage tracks up on this blog along with my favourite youtube video clips so forgive me if I am repeating myself .
Om Nama Shivaya from the album "L" (1976)
Salmon Song ,this is a clip from the fantastic video of Steve Hillage playing in Canterbury from the truly excellent DVD Steve Hillage LIVE in England 1979.
and from the same DVD here he is with Hurdy Gurdy Man
and here they are in 2009 in Bonn playing Searching for The Spark ..they need a bigger audience to bounce their musical vibes off, so get down there , if you are in London, Oxford, or Brighton and dance your hippie dance.
See you all on Friday or online sometime.
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I am not doing well. It is the end of March and like every year around this time i have crashed into a deep depression. It always happens. The inside people get much louder and the spiral downward sweeps me away into my own personal hell. The physical pain has not helped either. It always brings my mood down when the physical pain gets as bad as it has been.
I have things going for me that should keep me out of the depression but they just don't.
I have friends. Friends that care far more than I deserve. Friends that put up with far too much. Today was a bad day. Very bad. And when John and Danielle realized it and I refused to talk on the phone they showed up at my door to make sure i would be okay.
I have a new friend too. Phillip. A patient man. A religious man, or spiritual. He's both. He's Catholic. In the last couple of weeks he has taken me out three times. They were fun nights. The first time he had me meet him at one of his favorite Mexican resturants. After we ate w went to Coldstones for ice cream and then since we were next to the theater we went and saw the film "This Means War" which is a romantic comedy/action film. The following week he came and got me and we went to Northwood's Inn. He has expensive taste. Much higher class than me. I prefer things like McDonald's or a cheap pasta place. So does my uncooperative tummy. After we ate we went to Dave and Busters to play arcade games for a while. We then came back to my apartment for a while and listened to songs on youtube and looked through old yearbooks. He was in the class ahead of me at the same high school but I never knew him. He's lived right next door to Danielle for pretty much forever yet I'd only ever seen him in passing. But he and I both now play Bunco with John's family once a month and got to talking from there and he asked if I would want to hang out some time. I warned him up front that I can not afford to do anything. I have no money. And then once we went to dinner I warned him that I have issues. I tried to ease him into that but since in the two weeks or so since we first went to dinner I've gone from hypomanic to deep depression easing him into is difficult. He didn't completely run away though, even after today. He came over here and we talked.
There are things I wish I could say, both to him and to others but have a hard time forming into speech. I get to tangled in thought and to confused and do not speak well.
My pain level is really high. Like so high that I am considering taking every pill I could find in hopes of some relief. I cut myself earlier which I know is something that I should not do and it makes people freak out but it helps me in a few ways. The inside people settle down a bit when I bleed. Plus it releases endorphins which help with the physical pain. But the effects do not last very long.
I did not cut alot and I did not bleed a lot and it was not deep. Barely more than scratches with the stupid blade that is not sharp enough. I want to cut more but I try not to. I have too many scars already.
When John and Danielle came over she asked me if I had cut recently and I reluctantly admitted I had. She asked if I had cut today and I even more reluctantly admitted that I had. I was actually still bleeding. I had been cutting my leg when they arrived and had to quickly stash the blade out of sight and cover my leg and hope the blood didn't show through and that the pants leg did not crawl up enough to reveal the fresh blood. No one should see that. It makes them worry and upset.
There are so many things I wish I could say and I am going to try to write some of them since I can't actually speak them aloud.
One thing is I do not or cannot really talk about the inside people. It makes it worse. And I do not want to hear things like "Tell them be gone demons!" They are not demons. They are people and they live in this body with me, they share my brain with me. There are some that are bad and some that are not. Some are just small children. They mean no harm. And they have helped and protected me at times.
I appreciate that my friends acknowledge that because of my pain it can hurt to be hugged. But I want to be hugged anyways. Even if it hurts it is still something I crave. I miss physical contact. I grew up in a family that ALWAYS hugs and kisses. I was raised with that kind of physical contact and now I rarely get it but it is something that even when it might hurt some to be touched it is still a craving. I do not at all crave sexual contact. I never have had a real desire for any kind of sexual contact but I do want to be held sometimes. To be touched by someone who cares about me.
I think I forgot to write about the third dinner with Phillip. He was in Anaheim the whole weekend for some kind of religious conference and since his parents had dinner plans he invited me to meet up with him on I think it was friday evening. We went to Downtown Disney and had dinner at the Rainforrest Cafe and looked around the shops down there and then got funnel cakes for dessert.
I feel guilty when I let people pay for stuff for me. I do not feel as if I deserve it. It makes me feel like a burden. But I have let him pay for my meals. It is hard for me to let people do things for me. I want to do for others but I have nothing to offer.
I know this is a mess and not organized but if I scroll up and read what I have written to try to make it make sense I would most likely delete it completely.
Always the closer it gets to the dreaded third day of april the worse it gets. The inside people get so loud. The depression gets so deep. The thoughts go into hyperdrive in a very bad way. I do not know why or how but some how we have always known that birthday and the day of my death will be the same. And the inside people remind me aobut it. On nights like tonight when the thoughts go to suicide it does keep me from trying because "you would fail, you have to die on the third of april". None of us know what year. It could be this year, it could be next year, it could be several years from now. And I know this makes me sound completley loony. I am loony. I do not deny it. but its a strong belief I have had for many years. i believe this as much as i believe in Jesus. I think I might even be a tab more sure about this than i am about Christianity. But I'm not completely sure about anything. Ever.
I hate the confusion.
And each year when I have not died on that day it does not make me feel better. It makes me sad that I have to get through another year at least. Another long year of pain. Another long year of confusion. Another long year of being useless. Another long year of wasting space, time, resources, etc. that others could be using.
I do not work. I live off of other people's hard earned tax money and then I have the nerve to complain that its not enough money. People are always telling me I should get a job at Disneyland and i often wish i could. i have such a hard time just keeping up with the volunteer position i have at the library. i spend 2 hours a week at the library. Each wednesday i sit for an hour each with Erick and his brother Jeffrey and get them to do some of their homework for about half of that time and then read a book to/with me for the other half. I usually meet with Erick the first hour and then Jeffrey the second hour. sometimes it is switched. I have not given Jeffrey any homework yet but each week I do give Erick writing prompts and he has to bring back five pages based on the prompts the following week. I do not know why I bother. I have such a hard time coming up with these stupid prompts. And i hardly read anything he turns into me. i always end up waiting until the night before to even write up the stupid assignments. i procrastinate too much.
I hate that my apartment is so filthy and so unorganized. I try to clean it but I never accomplish anything. I am not good at anything. I can never do anything good enough. I can't clean enough to make it clean. No matter what i do everything is still dirty and messy and i feel hopeless. the more i try to do anythig the more hopeless i feel.
"It's only money" isn't funny. "You only live once" sure but money is so hard to come by for some of us that wasting it just to have a brand name or going to high class places seems stupid to me. i'm sorry but i am someone who has never been able to afford anything. so that kind of attitude frustrates me.
I have trained myself to only eat about four meals a week because that's how I make the groceries last long enough so I don't have to go weeks at a time with nothing at all in the freezer. That's life.
It doesn't matter that I do not eat much since food, like all food, just hurts my stomach eeven with the stupid pill. the pill i take for my stomach does seem to help some but i still always feel icky after i eat. stomach hurts and often the food does not get to stick around very long.
I hate when my brain goes into spirals. it is hard to think straight. it is hard to focus.
I tend to be more honest in my twitter posts than in my facebook posts. None of my family reads my twitter posts. Twitter limits how much i can say at once to 140 characters which is a bit too short. so i dont use it much but when i go through twitter spurts it feels safer to post there than to facebook.
if i'm not on facebook at all, not even playing farmville i'm probably hiding and if i'm hiding i am probbably not doing well at all.
i don't answer the phone if i am crying to hard to speak.
i work extremely hard to hide how bad i hurt and how i feel. i try so hard to hide that i'm near tears. i try to keep people from knowing im a mess physically and or emotionally because its easier for other people to be around me if they don't know. and since no one can do anything to make it better why should they have to know. what good with that do anyone? so i spend a lot of energy being "fine" even when i'm not. thats what others need. it is not acceptable when i' not "fine" so i'm "fine" even when i'm really not, which is most of the time.
i know i talk to much and i know i often do not make sense but i can not seem to stop myself from talking. i hate that i talk to much. i just dont know when to shut up. i ramble too much.
i am not a good writer. i know it.
i am very picky eater and i know that makes it difficult and i'm sorry. i have a hard time eating most foods mostly due to smell.
i get very paranoid. i know i'm paranoid but it wont go away. i feel like i'm being watched. all the time. even when i'm at home. i feel like when i close my eyes they come closer and take my picture with a camera that isn't a normal camera. i dont know what that camera does.
i break technology just by looking at it. and then i end up dropping it. i think i put off some kind of rays or something that makes technology go haywire.
i am useless. i am hopeless. i know my friends keep standing by me but they really shouldn't. i'm not deserving of anyone caring. i'm not worth the time and even tho they say i'm not a burden i know i am. thats all i've ever really been. i'm a pity case. i'm an extra thing to worry about. i dont want to be that and thats one of the many reasons i wish i would hurry up and die.
There is much more in my head but its all a mess and i dont know what i've said and what i haven't so i'm done. for now at least.
i'm sorry. but this is me.

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Automate Pen Testing with Fast-Track Client-Side Attacks
If you've got a browser and a spare computer, you can run penetration tests using Fast-Track's mass client-side attacks in no time.
In the first piece in this series we looked at installing the Metasploit framework and Fast-Track, and using it to carry out an automated penetration test on all the machines on a network using Metasploit's db_autopwn feature. In this piece we'll be taking a look at how to use another feature: Fast-Track's Mass Client-Side Attack.
An important question to answer is what the difference is between the two types of test. Db_auto-pwn starts by port scanning all the hosts that it finds in a given IP range. It then assumes that any ports it finds open have been opened to allow the services that use those ports as their default ports to run: If it finds a port 25 open, it assumes that there must be an SMTP server running on that host using that port. It then launches all the SMTP exploits it has at that port, and other exploits at other ports as appropriate.
The Mass Client-Side Attack is different in that it uses browser-side exploits. To do this is starts a Web server on the penetration testing machine running Fast-Track, and imports all of Metasploit's client-side attacks (as well as Fast-Track's own). What happens next? "As soon as someone connects to us, all mayhem is started and massive amounts of exploits (are) launched at the connecting systems," is how Fast-Track author David Kennedy described it at a security conference in February.
To run a Mass Client-Side Attack, the first step is to navigate to the directory in which Fast-Track is installed, and start it. This time, rather than run it in menu mode, we'll be using Fast-Track's web GUI, which is accessed using the –g option.
As root, or using sudo, enter:
python fast-track.py –g
and then start a Web browser and navigate to 127.0.0.1:44444
After a few seconds, you'll see the main Fast-Track GUI displayed.
At this stage it's a good idea to choose the Fast-Track Updates option in the left hand sidebar and update everything.
Once this has completed (and it can take as long as 15 minutes) choose Mass Client-Side Attack from the sidebar. Under Main Interface enter the IP address of your pen testing machine, and then choose a payload: In the screenshot below, Meterpreter Reverse TCP Shell has been selected.
For this penetration test to work, machines on the network being tested need to access the Web server running on the pen testing machine, and the simple way to do this is simply to start a browser on a given machine, and point it at the IP address of the pen testing machine.
Fast-Track automates this by using a program called Ettercap to carry out an automated ARP cache poisoning attack on the machine to be tested. The result of this is that the browser on that machine requests any Web page anywhere on the Internet, the request will be diverted to the pen testing machine.
Setting up ARP poisoning (if you wish to use it) is supposed to be as simple as choosing "Ettercap Enabled" from the Ettercap Options box, and supplying the IP address of the machine to be tested, although it failed to work in my tests. You can set up ARP poisoning and filtering manually using Ettercap (for instructions follow the Ettercap link above.)
Finally, to launch the attack, click "Launch" at the bottom of the page.
At this point several windows will open, including one to stop the Mass Client Attack, and one showing Fast-Track's progress.
Now head for the machine being tested, and either enter any Web address (if you're using the Ettercap option) or the IP address of the pen testing machine. In a few seconds, if any of the attacks are successful, the browser will freeze, or you'll get a message in the browser saying the site is currently down.
Either way, you'll be able to list any sessions using
sessions –l
and find out which exploits have been successful with
sessions –v
Finally, connect if you wish using a Meterpreter prompt, as described in the first piece in this series, using:
sessions –i n
Where n is the session number you want to connect with.
From there, the machine is pretty much at your mercy – until you carry out the remediation work necessary.
What's surprising is that thanks to the work carried out by Kennedy (aka ReL1K) and the rest of the Fast-Track development team, you can carry out this test with just a few clicks. It also makes it easy for anyone else to compromise any exploitable systems, which is why – as ever – it's important that it's you that does it first.
There's much more to Fast-Track than is covered here, including testing MS SQL servers using SQL injection and password brute-forcing, and using other exploits that come to light from time to time. For more information on Fast-Track, visit Fast-Track at www.thepentest.com.


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No Batusi?: 10 Crazy Moments In Batman History
This is a fun little list (in video form!) compiled by Looper about the 10 craziest things that have happened to Batman throughout his existence. The craziest thing in my opinion is that he and Superman never got it on. I know what you are thinking, wouldn't he and Robin bang first? No, that's too easy, but the sexual tension between Bruce and Clark is so thick you could cut it with a knife! Enjoy the video. and for those who thought The Batusi would be on the list, enjoy!


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Royals looking to get quick fix against Tigers
Steals leader Dyson says speed element crucial to offensive success
DETROIT -- Stop the Royals' speed game and you can beat them. That seems to be the Tigers' plan and it certainly helped in their 6-3 victory on Friday night.
The Tigers were ecstatic about catcher Alex Avila's throw-out of Emilio Bonifacio at second base and pitcher Justin Verlander's pickoff of Jarrod Dyson at first base in the game.
Speed is one of the most important weapons of the Royals. They lead the American League in stolen bases -- 141 through Friday -- and are last in home runs (103).
"It's real important to this team, because we've got a bunch of guys that really don't hit the long ball so we've got to take advantage of every bag we can get, every base we can get," said Dyson, the team leader with 31 steals. "It isn't really important to too many teams. Like Detroit doesn't lean on stolen bases, they lean on guys getting on so their power hitters can get up and do what they're paid to do."
The Tigers offer a stark contrast -- they ranked last in stolen bases (32) and were fourth in home runs (165).
Speed is crucial, though, for the Royals who led the season series against the Tigers, 9-8, entering Saturday night's game.
"It's an advantage for us, but clubs have done a good job here lately of really focusing on it," manager Ned Yost said. "But the more you focus on that, it takes away your focus from other things, too."
The Royals had far more steals -- 24 in 29 attempts -- against the Tigers than any other opponent so there's no doubt that Verlander was focusing on Dyson after he bunted his way on base with two outs.
"Verlander's very quick. It all predicates on the pitcher. The catcher's the one that gets all the stats, but if the pitcher is quick to the plate and has a quick move to first, you can stop it," Yost said. "He's extremely quick. He's like James Shields-quick over there."
The Royals' Shields, who strikes like a rattlesnake, has the most pickoffs (27) of any right-handed pitcher since 2006. Verlander emulated him with a snap throw to catch Dyson when the Tigers' lead was just 3-1.
"They can be game-changers, because they know if we get to second, we're scoring on almost any base hit so their main job is to control our running game," Dyson said. "Our job is to take advantage of it."
Later in the game, Alcides Escobar and Dyson each pulled off a stolen base, but neither resulted in a run so Tigers manager Jim Leyland was satisfied with his club's effort.
"We finally were able to stop some of it," Leyland said. "I'm proud of them because for one night at least, we shut it down pretty good."
Don't look for the Royals to be slowing down, though.
"We're mostly gap-to-gap guys. We hit a lot of singles and doubles and we take extra bases. That's what we do," Dyson said. "You love to see the long ball because the guys on the bases don't have to do anything but jog. But if you don't have the long ball, you've got to go to your next tool and that's taking advantage on the bases."


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Fat lessons: Learn from pregnancy plan
"I don't mean to be harsh," my agent said three days after I delivered my baby, "but you look terrible." The fact that good-looking people make more money is more true for women than men, which is especially unfair, because it's very hard to not gain a million pounds when you're pregnant. I gained 60. This column is about my two-month quest to lose that weight, and the importance of making a plan for any large and difficult goal.
I have a book deal that's predicated on a grand speaking tour, and the speaking tour is predicated on my not being overweight. The bookings start in September. If I can't line up speaking gigs, I can 't promote my book, and if I don't promote my book, it won't sell and I won't get another contract. So losing weight became my number-one job.
My husband said, "The stress of you having to lose so much weight so quickly will kill us both. Give back the money you got for the book."
But I ignored him and did what works best for me when I'm in trouble: I made lists. I scheduled two visits a day to the gym and wrote lists for what I would do there. I wrote a schedule for the babysitter. I wrote a list of food– what to carry with me each day, and when to go shopping, because if I'm starving in front of a bakery with no food in my backpack, I'll do the bakery. Finally, I scheduled the date I would go to my agent's office to show her my progress.
It worked. I lost 20 pounds just by delivering the baby. But I lost 40 more pounds in two months. People are shocked, and they ask how I did it. First I tell them that if you had to lose weight in order to earn a living, you'd be able to do it, too. I gained insight into ultra-thin Hollywood: not being able to work if you take too many bites of cookie gives you a lot of self-discipline.
But the bigger factor is that I came up with a schedule and followed it, and I realized I could do it for any goal.
Many times we're filled with self-doubt and inaction about meeting our goals. But meticulous scheduling and a belief in your abilities will allow you to relax, tune out worries, and follow the plan.
You can't take this advice for everything in life. But making an extremely detailed, well-thought-out schedule to support an ambitious plan is a great way to ensure you meet the goals that will make or break your career.
Some people's careers are stalled because their weight makes them look out of control. For most, though, weight loss isn't all that important. They might have other goals they worry they won't achieve, such as switching careers, going back to school, or starting their consulting business.
Make a commitment to yourself and to your most important goals by reserving time in your day and space in your head to meet your goals. Great ambitions are not met haphazardly, and many times are not met at all. You can increase your odds tremendously by planning meticulously.
My next step is finding good places to book my speaking tour. I had been worried that this wouldn't work out. But now I feel more confident. I'm making a plan, as detailed as I made for the weight loss. And I know if I execute the plan on a daily basis, I'll end up with a speaking tour I like.


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One of the recipes I've been wanting to share is below. It's really incredible, super easy, and a must-try. Let me know if you throw it together. I'm munching on these delectable nuts as I write this post.
(makes 10-12 servings)
- 1/4 cup raw unsalted walnuts
- 1/4 cup raw unsalted pecans
- 1/4 cup raw unsalted cashews
- 1/4 cup unsalted macadamia nuts (**NOTE: I get all these nuts at Trader Joe's.)
- 1/4 cup coconut oil
- 2 teaspoons vanilla bean
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/4 cup pure maple syrup
- 1/4 cup dairy free chocolate chips (Thank goodness for Enjoy Life Foods.)
- Sea salt to taste
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. (I used the convection-roast setting.)
- Mix all ingredients except the chocolate and sea salt in a baking pan. Toss and coat so everything is evenly distributed.
- Roast in the oven for 10 minutes. Remove and stir. Then bake for an additional 10-15 more minutes. Watch closely at the end to avoid burning!
- Once removed from oven, mix in the chocolate chips. They will melt because the nuts are warm. Sprinkle with sea salt, and allow to sit until cooled. Your kitchen will smell like heaven, and the nuts will taste the same. So good and so simple. Just perfect :D


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Bryan Hughes
|Douglas Bryan Hughes
Texas State Senate for District 1 (Bowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison, Lamar, Marion, Morris, Panola, Red River, Rusk, Titus, Upshur, Wood and Smith counties)
|Assumed office
January 10, 2017
|Preceded by
|Kevin Eltife
Texas State Representative for
District 5 (Camp, Harrison, Upshur, and Wood counties)
|In office
January 14, 2003 – January 9, 2017
|Preceded by
|Bob D. Glaze
|Succeeded by
|Cole Hefner
| July 21, 1969
Quitman, Wood County
Texas, USA
|Political party
|Mineola, Wood County
|Alma mater
| Tyler Junior College
University of Texas at Tyler
Baylor University Law School
|Non-denominational Christian
Douglas Bryan Hughes, known as Bryan Hughes (born July 21, 1969),[1] is an attorney in Mineola, Texas, who is a Republican member of the Texas State Senate. From 2003 to 2017, he was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 5, which includes Camp, Harrison, Upshur, and Wood counties in the northeastern section of his state.[2][3] He is among the strongest conservatives in the Texas legislature. Hughes did not seek reelection to the House in 2016 and instead moved up to the Senate.
Born in Quitman, the county seat of Wood County, Hughes was reared in a blue collar family in nearby Mineola. He graduated in 1987 from Mineola High School and thereafter enrolled at Tyler Junior College. In 1992, he earned his undergraduate degree in economics from the University of Texas at Tyler. A fifth-generation Texan, Hughes was the first member of his family to receive a college education.[4]
In 1995, Hughes completed his Juris Doctor degree from Baptist-affiliated Baylor Law School in Waco, Texas. For the next two years, Hughes was a law clerk and briefing attorney for the late U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas William M. Steger of Texas, a pioneer in the Republican Party who was his party's 1960 gubernatorial nominee against Governor Price Daniel. The federal courthouse in Tyler, the county seat of Smith County is named for Judge Steger. For a time Hughes practiced law in Marshall in Harrison County,[4] but in 2003, he joined the Lanier law firm in Mineola. He describes his practice as one dedicated to "representing working families and small businesses."[5]
Hughes is an active member of the nondenominational Golden Bible Chapel in Golden in Wood County.[4] Among his other affiliations are the Christian Trial Lawyers Association, several bar associations, the American Red Cross,[5] the National Rifle Association, Mineola Rotary,[4] and the Stewards Foundation, a non-profit organization set up to aid churches and their employees financially.[5]
Legislative service
Hughes was elected to the legislature in 2002, when he upset the incumbent Democratic Representative Bob D. Glaze (1927–2010) of Gilmer in Upshur County. Hughes polled 20,286 votes (52.4 percent) to Glaze's 18,451 (47.6 percent).[6] In the 2004 general election, Glaze sought a rematch with Hughes but lost, 23,029 votes (38 percent) to the Republican's 37,529 (62 percent).[7]
In 2006, no Democrat filed against Hughes, as he defeated the Libertarian Timothy J. Carmichael, 26,286 (81.9 percent) to 5,795 (18.1 percent).[8]
Hughes was unopposed in the 2010 general election, when Republicans carried 101 of the 150 seats in the state House.[9]
In 2011, Hughes served on the House Agriculture and Livestock and the Human Services committees though his committee assignments have varied during his House tenure.[3] Strongly pro-life, Hughes worked to secure passage in 2011 of the state law which requires women procuring abortions to undergo a sonogram to witness the development of the child prior to termination.[10]
On March 19, 2011, Hughes dedicated the Mineola Nature Preserve, a conservation project which began in 2002, the year he was first elected to the state House. The preserve includes nearly three thousand acres along the Sabine River, which are inhabited by almost two hundred animal species; the preserve also includes trails for visitors, an area of wetland, and locations for birdwatchers. The two-acre Pullen Pond is funded by Ozarka Brand Spring Water.[11]
On September 13, 2011, Hughes called upon Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, later the governor, to investigate a new air pollution rule of the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Abbott indicated that he is already checking into the issue raised by Hughes. According to Hughes, the rule if implemented had the potential of producing blackouts, increasing costs to consumers, and creating job losses.[12] Hughes added that the directive would cause the Luminant utility company to shut down operations in his own district as well as across the state. Hughes continued, "I don't know what's going on in Washington, but here in the real world, money is tight, and families are struggling. ... As if the job losses weren't enough, these new rules will also raise electric rates – in the middle of a recession."[12]
Dispute with Speaker Straus
Hughes was initially pledged to support a second term for moderate Republican Joe Straus of San Antonio as Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives. However, after the 2010 elections, Hughes withdrew his support for Straus, who nevertheless retained the Speakership, on the grounds that Straus had punished intraparty conservative opponents with redistricting. Hughes based his charge on a conversation with one of Straus' staffers, who allegedly notified Hughes that plans were already being laid to alter Straus' opponents' districts. Hughes said that he was informed that efforts were especially aimed at two East Texas members, then Representative-elect Erwin Cain of Sulphur Springs and Dan Flynn of Van in Van Zandt County, Texas. Representative Chuck Hopson of Jacksonville, a Democrat-turned-Republican and chairman of the House Ethics Committee, called upon Hughes to reveal the name of the informant.[13] Hopson had received $42,000 in contributions from Straus.[14]
Chuck Hopson identified the informant as District 62 Representative Larry Phillips, an attorney from Sherman in north Texas and a member of the Ethics Committee. Phillips removed himself as a committee member for the hearing and denied Hughes's accusation. The phone conservation between the two lawmakers was not recorded. The committee did not reach a judgment because of the lack of corroborating witnesses.[15][16]
In 2012, Hughes was easily renominated in the Republican primary held on May 29. He spent some six months seeking support from colleagues to challenge Speaker Straus in January 2013. However, Hughes withdrew from the race for Speaker in December and instead threw his backing to a neighboring conservative lawmaker seeking to oust Straus, David Simpson of Longview.
To win the state Senate head which he has held since January 2017, Hughes coincidentally defeated David Simpson in the 2016 Republican primary election.
- ↑ "Representative Bryan Hughes". votesmart.org. http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=50173. Retrieved September 26, 2011.
- ↑ "Bryan Hughes". lrl.state.tx.us. http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=5544&searchparams=chamber=~city=~countyID=0~district=5~first=Bryan~gender=~last=Hughes~leaderNote=~leg=~party=~roleDesc=~Committee=. Retrieved September 26, 2011
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Rep. Hughes, Bryan". house.state.tx.us. http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/member-page/?district=5 Retrieved September 26, 2011
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Bryan Hughes biography". house.state.tx.us. http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/member-page/?district=5#member-biography. Retrieved September 26, 2011
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 D. Bryan Hughes. mesotheliomalawfirm.com. Retrieved on September 26, 2011.
- ↑ "Texas general election returns, November 5, 2002". elections.sos.state.tx.us. http://elections
- ↑ "Texas general election returns, November 2, 2004". elections.sos.state.tx.us. http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe. Retrieved September 26, 2011
- ↑ "Texas general election returns, November 7, 2006". elections.sos.state.tx.us. http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe. Retrieved September 27, 2011
- ↑ "Texas general election returns, November 2, 2010". elections.sos.state.tx.us. http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe. Retrieved September 26, 2011
- ↑ "House passes sonogram bill". texasrighttolife.com. http://www.texasrighttolife.com/photos/655/Images-State-House-Passes-Sonogram-Bill. Retrieved September 26, 2011
- ↑ "State Representative Bryan Hughes to Dedicate Mineola Nature Preserve Project on Saturday, March 19, 2011". libertylinked.com. http://libertylinked.com/posts/6921/state-representative-bryan/View.aspx. Retrieved September 26, 2011
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Representative Bryan Hughes Decries EPA Attack on Texas Jobs". new.bryanhughes.com. http://new.bryanhughes.com/2011/09/representative-bryan-hughes-decries-epa-attack-on-texas-jobs/. Retrieved September 26, 2011
- ↑ "Elise Hu, "Bryan Hughes Withdraws Support for Straus," November 10, 2010". texastribune.org. http://www.texastribune.org/texas-house-of-representatives/speaker-of-the-house/bryan-hughes-withdraws-support-for-straus/. Retrieved September 26, 2011
- ↑ "Rep. Chuck Hopson, Who Chairs Ethics Panel Investigating Allegation Against Texas House Speaker Joe Straus, Received $42K," Texas Watchdog, November 22, 2010
- ↑ "Texas House committee won't act on Rep. Phillips' alleged threats, November 23, 2010". KXII-TV.com. http://www.kxii.com/news/headlines/Texas_House_committee_wont_act_on_Rep_Phillips_alleged_threats__110251099.html. Retrieved September 27, 2011
- ↑ "Patrick Brendel, "Texas House Ethics Panel Takes No Action on Alleged Redistricting Threats by Vice-Chair Phillips," November 23, 2010". americanindependent.com. http://www.americanindependent.com/158065/texas-house-ethics-panel-takes-no-action-on-alleged-redistricting-threats-by-vice-chair-phillips. Retrieved September 28, 2011


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I have made great friends
Tara is beautiful! I just swoon over a ruby puppy.
How is the kitty doing with a new pup in the house?
Mom to Pixie - DOB 5/27/04
And rescue kitties Max and Sophie
OMG!! What a cutie! Keep those pics coming.
Mary-owned by Maya, Scout, Jazz and Sassy
Annie at the bridge 3/13
Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here we should dance......
Oh Oh somebody is looking pretty spoiled already.
She is adorable, I would'nt mind knowing how she is getting along with the cat too.
She's is so cute. Her kong looks bigger than she is!
Loving mom to Jake, Shelby and Micah
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Jen, Abbey (Tri Cavalier) & Gus (White Min. Schnauzer)
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You want to back up the configurations of your non-global zones as well as the application data.
Your primary concern is the ability to recover from a disaster. If you need to restore everything or almost everything on your system, including the root file systems of your zones and their configuration data as well as the data in your global zone, backups should take place in the global zone.
You want to use the ufsdump command to perform a data backup. Because importing a physical disk device into a non-global zone would change the security profile of the zone, ufsdump should only be used from the global zone.
You have commercial network backup software.
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CALGARY, Alberta, April 13 (UPI) -- Mark Giordano scored with 23.1 seconds left in overtime Friday, giving Calgary a 3-2 win over Phoenix.
Giordano took a one-touch pass from Curtis Glencross and beat Mike Smith with a wrist shot.
Calgary, which has fallen out of playoff contention, cost the Coyotes a crucial point as they try to earn a post-season spot.
The night ended with Phoenix, Dallas and Columbus all with 43 points -- two behind Detroit for the final playoff berth in the Western Conference.
Lee Stempniak and Jiri Hudler both scored for Calgary and Joey MacDonald had 29 saves. The Flames have won two out of three.
The Phoenix goals came from Keith Yandle and Antoine Vermette. Smith stopped 22 shots.


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NBA Daily: What's Next for Isaiah Thomas?
Shane Rhodes breaks down the situation Isaiah Thomas faces as he is no longer in the Denver Nuggets' rotation.
"That Slow Grind" seems to have ground to a halt.
Always a fighter, the former "Mr. Irrelevant" battled through stints with the Sacramento Kings and Phoenix Suns before he ended up in the ideal situation with the Boston Celtics. As he came into his own, the diminutive Isaiah Thomas positioned himself for an enormous payday. But it never came.
In the midst of a, to say the least, gutsy 2017 postseason performance, Thomas aggravated a hip injury that ended his season and has continued to affect him to this day.
The Celtics traded Thomas that summer to the Cleveland Cavaliers in exchange for Kyrie Irving (as part of a larger trade). Unable to carve out a consistent role, Thomas was then traded to the Los Angeles Lakers. There, he flashed that burst that enabled one of the most prolific offensive seasons in NBA history, but his season ended as it started; Thomas again found himself under the knife, forced to undergo surgery on his deteriorating hip.
Things still haven't gotten better for him. With the Denver Nuggets, Thomas' has hit the latest roadblock in what has been an uphill battle back to relevancy.
On February 13, 2019, Thomas debuted for the Nuggets to a standing ovation. From there, it took just nine games for Head Coach Mike Malone to remove him from the rotation. Now, the once great Thomas has been relegated to that of a veteran locker room presence and source of postseason experience. To his credit, Thomas has taken the change in stride, but his future NBA prospects continue to darken.
There are a number of different routes Thomas' career could take out of Denver this offseason, but what exactly could be next for "The Little Guy?"
As he has become accustomed to, Thomas must persevere in order to continue his NBA dream and he'll arguably have to do it somewhere other than Denver; the two just aren't compatible. Thomas, at his best, dominated the ball while Denver, led by Malone and Nikola Jokic, run an offense based on fluidity and movement. If Thomas' eventual goal is a return to form, or something close to it, he must find a team with an abundance of available guard minutes and one that can take the time to allow Thomas to find his footing again, a team desperate for the scoring punch that Thomas could provide once his feet are under him.
Multiple teams seem to fit that description, including the Phoenix Suns, Orlando Magic and others that lack an effective weapon off the bench.
Thomas could also, as it were, steer into the skid. His career would take a form far different than what he had always envisioned, but it may be the best and most meaningful way for Thomas to remain connected to the NBA. Were he to come to the conclusion that he may not be able to get back to the player he used to be, Thomas could embrace the role that he has found for himself and look to continue in it in the future, either in Denver or elsewhere. The wealth of experience Thomas could provide a team — both from a personal and NBA perspective — could prove invaluable to a young team faced with hardship, mounting expectations or a number of other potential problems.
Likewise, Thomas' veteran presence and knowledge of the postseason could provide an edge to almost any contender — anything Thomas contributed outside of the locker room would be a bonus.
Thomas could also forgo both of those options and look to rebuild his value in Europe or China before coming back to the NBA as well. Assuming he can maintain his health, Thomas would almost certainly flourish overseas, as many NBA players do, and parlay that into a potential NBA contract.
Thomas, never one to back away from a challenge, would almost certainly look for an NBA opportunity before making a decision that could drastically alter his future. Since he was drafted, the 5'9 point guard has been told that he couldn't make it in the NBA and, while the circumstances have changed, it would seem out of character for Thomas to just give in to the doubters.
Whatever he does in the end, expect basketball to be in Thomas' future, in some way, shape or form. Through it all, his passion for the game has never wavered and, while some may see this as the beginning of the end, it would seem foolish to doubt Thomas now.
He certainly won't be doubting himself.
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NBA Daily: Why Boston Rebuffed Indiana
Many reports have come out explaining why Boston didn't trade Gordon Hayward to Indiana when they had the chance. Matt John provides an alternative theory for why Danny Ainge didn't take Indy's offer.
Let's be clear on this: There is some valid intrigue to one Myles Turner.
He is one of the rare hybrid bigs who can block shots (at a high clip) and shoot threes (at an average clip) – and all in a league that values that sort of skillset in bigs now more than ever. He's a seven-foot rim-runner that jumps like his legs are made out of pogo sticks with arms long enough to make Mr. Fantastic jealous.
Although he hasn't grown much as a player over the last three years, you can make the case that none of that is on him. The Indiana Pacers outgrew him for reasons out of his control, which, in turn, has limited his effectiveness and made him a little underrated.
And best of all, had the Celtics acquired him for Gordon Hayward, Turner would have strengthened their frontcourt on depth alone. Their frontcourt weaknesses definitely showed itself in the postseason when it mattered the most. Turner was attainable, is a better fit in Boston than he currently is in Indiana and he fits with Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown's timeline, so why didn't the Celtics agree to take him from Indiana when they had the chance?
At first glance, the simple answer is that they just didn't want him that badly. More and more details have come out saying that the Celtics gauged trade interest around the league for Turner and didn't really get anywhere, so they wanted more from Indiana.
Not too long after the Hayward debacle, it was announced that the Celtics were bringing in Tristan Thompson – a starting-caliber big who rebounds better, costs half as much as Turner and has championship experience – further reinforcing that Boston just wasn't that into the center.
That sadly doesn't really answer the question, since, all things considered, getting someone like Turner surely would have been a better alternative than letting Hayward walk for nothing. Even if the Celtics didn't have much interest in Turner to begin with, why this route?
Well, maybe it wasn't about the prospect of getting Myles Turner. Maybe it was more about what kind of asset they were letting go of. Maybe, just maybe, Boston didn't want to make an Eastern Conference rival potentially stronger than them.
If everything went Boston's way, Gordon Hayward would still be suiting up for the Celtics. They were willing to pay Hayward upwards of nine figures to keep him as the fourth guy in their pecking order. Evidently, Hayward didn't want that, and it's not hard to see why.
Besides getting a bag so expensive that pretty much everyone unanimously agrees that it was a gross overpay, Hayward's injuries combined with the unexpectedly rapid growth spurts of Tatum and Brown greatly diminished his role in Boston since first joining back in 2017. Remember that when Gordon Hayward signed a max contract with the Celtics, nobody second-guessed it from either side because he was supposed to be a featured player on a team aiming for a title. Subsequently, that went *poof* just six minutes into his first season in Boston.
You know the rest.
Fast forward to the end of this season and it was clear that Hayward wasn't a featured player anymore and just part of the supporting cast. Being the fourth option has its perks, like not having the pressure to be the guy night-in and night-out. Especially when you're being paid $30 million to do it. Alas, no player signs a max contract intending to be a complementary piece on a contender. Hayward wanted a bigger role and that wasn't happening in Boston.
He's going to get just that in Charlotte, probably would have gotten that in Indiana, and Myles Turner, Doug McDermott and a first-rounder isn't the worst return for someone who was leaving anyway.
But know why the Gordon Hayward era in Boston turned out to be a dud? Hayward never quite figured out what he was supposed to be on the team. He was the most overqualified fourth option in the league and, yet, never quite ran with that role. Hayward brought more good than bad, but the inconsistency was maddening.
There were moments where the Celtics saw the Hayward of old, but they were flashes in a pan. Upon further inspection, there was a pattern. Almost every time Hayward put on a retro performance, someone else on the team happened to not be playing.
The first one of these performances came during the comedy of errors that was Boston's 2018-19 season. His first season post-leg injury, Hayward wasn't exactly the bucket-getter he was during his Utah days. He managed to eclipse the 20-point mark only seven times in the 81 games he played for the Celtics that season – and that included the postseason. So, whenever he had it going, it was safe to say that it was a rare occasion. Such an occasion happened on Jan. 2, 2019.
Hayward's 35 points off the bench helped the Celtics rout the Minnesota Timberwolves, 115-102. This wasn't Hayward's first 30-point performance of the season. Hell, it wasn't even his first 30-point performance against the Timberwolves that season. What made this even more surreal was that Hayward managed to do this without mercurial star Kyrie Irving. Well, it wasn't like Minnesota was exactly the team to beat so there wasn't too much to take from it. But then, on Feb. 12, it happened again.
Gordon Hayward put up yet another excellent performance – and this time against the twice revamped and very legitimate Philadelphia 76ers with Tobias Harris and Jimmy Butler. Yet again, no Kyrie, no problem. The Celtics won 112-109 going away, and they wouldn't have done it without Hayward.
Any Celtics fan would tell you that it was a Kyrie thing seeing how badly that relationship ended. In fact, he had his best performance as a Celtic against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Nov. 5, 2019, where he hung a career-high 39 points on them.
This time though, there was no Jaylen Brown. Huh. So maybe it didn't have much to do with Kyrie. Maybe Hayward played better when more touches were available. Hayward never put up a performance quite as strong as that one again – but anytime he had a standout performance, it usually fell under the exact same conditions. If Hayward had a great game it was because a vital player on the Celtics had been absent, and he was good enough to make up the difference.
For instance, on Jan. 28, Boston faced off against their future conference finals opponent Miami HEAT without the blossoming Jayson Tatum – moreover, it was in South Beach, where the home team had lost on their home floor only twice beforehand. Boston prevailed 109-101. How did they do it?
A month later, it happened again. This time against old friend Minnesota and this time without Kemba Walker. It didn't matter then either. Hayward looked like himself.
Sure, Hayward had some fantastic games when the squad was at full strength and had some not-so-fantastic games when featured players were out, but this didn't feel like a string of coincidences. At that time, it didn't seem as evident, but in light of his departure, it stands out more now: The bigger role Gordon Hayward had in the offense, the likelier he was to perform better.
That was the conundrum with sending him to Indiana. Should he have been sent to the Pacers, there would have been more touches for him. Indiana already has some impressive offensive talent between All-Star center Domantas Sabonis and bubble-darling TJ Warren. Even with how good those two have been, theoretically, they wouldn't have demanded the ball enough to limit Hayward's role on the team like Boston inadvertently did with the Jays and Kemba.
With the ball in his hands more, the Hayward that showed up oh-so-sporadically in Boston may have been a mainstay in Indiana. That's not a sure thing, but Ainge may not have wanted to take that chance.
It's also worth mentioning that with the emergence of Sabonis, Indiana had less and less use for Turner. They've tried to make the pair work for the last three years. Their two-man net rating together is plus-2.1, which is fine, but it doesn't show much progress compared to the plus-2.8 the year prior. With Sabonis' emergence as their center of the future, it seems much more apparent that Turner is the odd man out.
So if the Celtics agreed to sign and trade Hayward for Turner among others, they'd be doing the Pacers potentially two favors:
1. Giving Indiana the better player and fit who would thrive in a bigger role.
2. Ridding Indiana of an already expendable player, talent and all.
Let's now point out the obvious. Of course Danny Ainge didn't want to lose Hayward for nothing. No one in his shoes would. But evidently, he didn't think acquiring Turner as the centerpiece was worth possibly making the Pacers, an Eastern Conference rival, not only better with Hayward, but potentially better than the Celtics too.
Indiana was a mere 3.5 games behind Boston for the third seed in the Eastern Conference playoff picture. Hayward, even with his injury history, could have conceivably raised their ceiling high enough to supplant Boston. If Boston believed he wasn't capable of that, then maybe they would have pulled the trigger on this deal – or more definitively, wouldn't have been offering him $100+ million to keep him around.
Here's a better way of putting it: The Celtics are much more likely to fear a team with Gordon Hayward if his supporting cast has the likes of Sabonis, Warren and Malcolm Brogdon than they are if his supporting cast has the likes of LaMelo Ball, Devonte' Graham and PJ Washington.
Optimistically, Hayward makes Charlotte a borderline playoff team. There's no telling what he could have done for Indiana if all they had to give up was Turner, McDermott and a first-rounder.
Ultimately, too, Hayward was moved by Charlotte's out-of-the-park mega-offer – and that's why he'll be donning a Hornets uniform next season.
In the end, Boston did get something out of Hayward. A league-record $28.5 million trade exception. One so big that it took forking over two second-round picks to get Charlotte to comply. It's hard to believe that Boston won't use an exception that large – look at what Golden State just did with the exception they got for Andre Iguodala – just like it's hard to believe that they'll get someone of Hayward's caliber on the trade market. A star is probably out of the question, but a young player with upside definitely isn't. Someone like Myles Turner comes to mind. As stated earlier, there's definitely some intrigue to Turner.
Just not enough intrigue to trade Gordon Hayward for – as Boston has made so abundantly clear.
2020 NBA Draft and Free Agency Roundable
Drew Maresca, Matt John and Steve Kyler discuss winners and losers of the NBA Draft and free agency.
ALERT. ALERT. ALERT. The NBA's 2020-21 season is scheduled to begin in less than a month.
If it feels like we just crowned the 2020 NBA Champions, that's because we did. The Los Angeles Lakers secured their 17th championship on October 11, just over a month ago. Still, the new season kicks off in less than a month, on December 22; and the preseason could start almost two weeks earlier (December 11). And while there is much to look forward to pertaining to the new season, there is also much to assess.
November brought us trade season, the 2020 NBA Draft and a flurry of free-agent moves – all of which kicked off within days of one another, beginning on November 16. Basketball Insiders begins its 2020-21 coverage with Drew Maresca, Matt John and Steve Kyler assessing the abbreviated 2020 offseason:
NBA Draft Winners:
The draft had its share of surprises, but nothing outdid Tyrese Haliburton slipping to 12th. Haliburton shot up draft boards since the NCAA season came to an abrupt stop in March. His size and versatility were highlighted over and over again, and he was billed as an ideal running mate to pair with a score-first point guard. It seemed all but certain that he'd be a top-6 pick, with the Pistons at 7 being his assumed floor.
Well, this one was a mind-bender. Not only did he fall past the Atlanta Hawks — who he was linked within the lead up to the draft surprisingly — he was passed up by Detroit (who took another point guard in Killian Hayes) AND New York (who selected the 2019-20 Naismith Player of the Year, Obi Toppin) — both of whom were in the market for a point guard of the future.
But while it's surprising that he fell to Sacramento, it's far from a bad thing for Haliburton. He'll line up next to point guard phenom De'Aaron Fox, who just inked a 5-year max extension. The Sacramento backcourt will look to move the ball up the court (FAST), and Sacramento could have found its backcourt of the future.
And it looks like Sacramento will give Haliburton more responsibility than originally assumed as they opted to pass on matching an offer sheet for shooting guard Bogdan Bogdanović (who will head to Atlanta). Further, guard Buddy Hield has a notoriously tumultuous relationship with head coach Luke Walton, making it look as though Haliburton can begin leaving his mark on the NBA immediately. Keep an eye on the rookie from Iowa State as a dark horse in the rookie of the year race.
- Drew Maresca, Staff Writer
If we're being completely honest, the fact that this draft wasn't renowned for its upfront talent and more renowned for its deep pool of solid players makes it difficult to determine who really are the big-time winners of this go-round. So for this year, I think I'll label the teams that usually get maligned for their draft decisions that definitely made the right choice.
Let's start with the Charlotte Hornets. Michael Jordan has been routinely made a laughingstock for the moves he's made for the Hornets, but instead of playing it safe, he went with the high upside pick. Out of all the prospects in this draft, LaMelo Ball arguably has the highest ceiling. There are definitely red flags to his game but the Hornets swung for the fences here because Ball may very well have the best chance at becoming a star. If he flops, he flops but that's not relevant here. For the Hornets, drafting him at the very least signifies that they really do want to change their fortunes.
Then there's the Cleveland Cavaliers. Cleveland has made some… interesting draft choices with their lottery picks over the past decade, most recently with their 2019 pick, Darius Garland. This time, however, they actually picked the guy who actually fit with what they needed. Cleveland's been sporting a piss poor defense over the last few years, so they brought in one of the draft's most talented defenders. Isaac Okoro's probably not going to be a star, but he definitely aids a big weakness of Cleveland's. There just might be a light at the end of the post-LeBron tunnel.
Finally, as Drew pointed out, the Sacramento Kings made the perfect selection with Tyrese Haliburton. The do-it-all guard should be an excellent backcourt partner with De'Aron Fox, and his selection eases the pain of the recently departed Bogdan Bogdanovic. No one exactly knows what to make of the Kings' current roster makeup with all the personnel and roster shakeups, but Haliburton should be another step in the right direction for them.
- Matt John, Staff Writer
They say the true test of an NBA Draft is not known for two maybe three years, and that likely will be true of the 2020 NBA Draft class. To that end, there were a couple of picks that jumped off the page, so let's start with LaMelo Ball to Charlotte.
From a talent perspective, Charlotte may have gotten one of the best players in the draft. When you combine Melo's natural ability with having Michael Jordan in his ear, the Hornets could end up with the top player in the class when it is said and done. The risk on Melo is two-part – first, durability, which we have seen with his brother Lonzo's NBA career. Melo has played a lot of high-level basketball and his body does not reflect high-level physical development, and that could catch up to him as it did with Lonzo.
There is also a side-show factor. There are enough things going on in an NBA season, but to have the sideshow that comes with the Ball family in Charlotte is a risk. James Borrego has built a strong foundation for Charlotte's youth — will the spotlight and the bully pulpit Melo's father Lavar Ball receives be a distraction? Time will tell, but the pick was an excellent one.
With the 15th pick, the Orlando Magic selected Cole Anthony, and while on the surface Anthony had an underwhelming season at North Carolina, its easy to forget he was one of the top scorers coming out of high school and was, by his own account, playing at 70 percent at UNC. If that's true and Anthony can rebound to his stature coming out of high school, Orlando may have nabbed exactly what they were looking for — namely, an impact scorer. Time will tell if Anthony can be that guy at the NBA level, but getting Anthony's offensive punch with the 15th represents incredible value.
With the 20th pick, the Miami HEAT selected Precious Achiuwa out of Memphis. Talk about the prototypical HEAT player. Achiuwa checks so many boxes for the HEAT; they now have interchangeability with Bam Adebayo, as they have similar physical styles of play. Achiuwa is a quality defensive presence that can guard four positions. To get such a perfect fit at 20 is uncommon and for Miami, it could be a nice selection.
- Steve Kyler, Editor and Publisher
NBA Draft Losers:
Most teams drafted pretty well this year, or they strategically swapped their pick(s). But the Hawks' selection of Onyeka Okongwu was curious for a few reasons. Before I get into the downside of the pick, let's make one thing clear — this is no way means I think Okongwu wasn't deserving of the 6th pick. On the contrary, Okongwu is a long and athletic big man who will probably affect the NBA game beginning on Day 1. But the Hawks didn't need him. They just completed a trade for an athletic, shot-blocker in Clint Capela in February. Regardless of Okongwu's upside, the Hawks simply don't need another starting-caliber center. But they could have used a big, versatile forward like Deni Avdija.
The NBA is moving toward a positionless game. Avdija fits that mold to a T. He is a 6'9″ point forward who can score and create for others. Further, he's a high IQ player who competes hard, plays on and off the ball and possesses strong defensive fundamentals.
Ultimately, the Hawks set themselves up for the future in free agency, so a wonky – but still productive – draft pick won't set them back too much. But Avdinja's upside is substantial. And he could have been inserted into the rotation immediately without stealing too many minutes from major players (whereas Capela will obviously lose minutes to Okongwu).
- Drew Maresca, Staff Writer
As I said earlier, a draft like this makes it hard to decide who are the winners, and the same goes for the losers. For example, the Bulls definitely reached when they picked Patrick Williams, but a draft like this was the perfect time to reach for a prospect if you really liked him. In a case like this, if the other prospects aren't good enough to make you think they'll come back to haunt you, then go for the guy you like the most no matter what anyone else thinks.
In an offseason where pretty much everything uncharacteristically went their way, the Suns made an odd choice when they selected big Jalen Smith seeing how they already have a talented frontcourt and were perhaps better off with a guard like Kira Lewis or a swingman like Haliburton. However, if they think that developing DeAndre Ayton's backup is the way to go, then go right ahead! We also have to remember that everyone thought that the Cam Johnson pick was terrible last year, and he made the whole NBA world eat their words.
There are definitely guys picked later in this draft who might wind up being better overall than Aaron Nesmith, but the Boston Celtics needed someone who can help them now. The Celtics' second unit was desperate for a shooter and that's exactly what Nesmith brings to them. The guys who could wind up being better than Nesmith will need time to develop, and Boston's not waiting anymore. Maybe in previous years, but not now.
- Matt John, Staff Writer
There were not a lot of crazy questionable picks in the 2020 NBA Draft. Maybe we had too much time to micro analyze the class, or maybe teams just went more with popular opinion That said there was one pick that sort of stood out as something of a reach – Patrick Williams at four to the Chicago Bulls.
To be fair, Williams is a quality NBA prospect and he could go on to have a fruitful NBA career; but at four with Killian Hayes and Tyrese Haliburton still on the board (and able to solve more pressing needs), Williams seems to be a stretch.
Every year there is a pre-defined order that most believe the draft will go in, so Williams going several spots higher isn't out of the ordinary. The question is will Williams be a game-changer for a Bulls team desperate for a player in the draft that really moves the needle?
They say the draft should never be about solving positional needs, rather grabbing the best player available. I'm not sold on the idea that Williams was the best talent available at the four spot, so time will tell.
- Steve Kyler, Editor and Publisher
Free Agency Winners:
The rich seemed to get richer in the NBA this offseason. Very few elite teams lost marquee players, and many actually added one or more. But one outlier is the Atlanta Hawks.
Atlanta had an impressive offseason, first adding elite prospect Onyeka Okongwu in the draft, and then adding Danilo Gallinari, Bogdan Bogdanović, Kris Dunn and Rajon Rondon in free agency. That's an impressive haul for any team, but the Hawks just sped up their rebuild considerably, placing themselves squarely in the playoff discussion. Their new additions join an incredibly young core of Trae Young, Cam Reddish, Kevin Huerter, De'Andre Hunter, John Collins and Clint Capela. Rondo will be especially important for Young's development, as Rondo is known to be an incredibly high-IQ player and cut-throat competitor. Gallinari and Bogdanović add versatility and shooting to a team in need of it. The Hawks were probably going to take a step forward and fight for one of the final playoff spots in the East prior to these signings. They'll be even better now.
- Drew Maresca, Staff Writer
It's tough to decide who really are among the biggest winners in free agency because it depends on what the team sought out to do and also because this free agency class was so weak that it was seen as basically the calm before the storm that will be next year's class. If even. It honestly wasn't too impressive.
Keeping what goals they had in mind, more teams won than lost. Atlanta got the best pool of players in free agency by a landslide. Houston got the best economic value for the players they added in the offseason. Utah and Miami for the most part ran it back while adding some new faces that should serve to make them better. Those guys were among the biggest winners, but not the winner of free agency. That belongs to the reigning champion Los Angeles Lakers.
Not a lot of NBA champions can brag that they got better after winning a title, but the Lakers have definitely been the exception. While it was not perfect, the free agency period went as fantastically as they could have hoped. Signing Wes Matthews was their most key signing of the summer because a. the Dennis Schroder trade makes even more sense now and b. Matthews will do everything Danny Green did for the Lakers at basically 1/5th of the price. Coming in at a close second was re-signing Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, who was brought back at a reasonable deal after an awesome playoff performance.
Honestly, they didn't have to bring in Marc Gasol, but getting him for chump change, even on the back end of his career, was a steal. They were better off keeping Markieff Morris than letting him walk so they did just that. The one head-scratcher was giving Montrezl Harell the full mid-level exception. On the one hand, Harell's better than the no-show he put up for the Clippers when they got spanked by the Nuggets, so that might be a good value for the Sixth Man of the Year. On the other, it's hard to see Harell play in their closing lineups alongside LeBron and Anthony Davis. They learned that the more spacing they had during their title run, the better.
At best, Harell adds second unit scoring to a team that didn't exactly have a whole lot of that last season, and at worst, he's an expendable asset to dangle at the deadline. No matter what happens, the Lakers have had one of the best offseasons a reigning champion can have to the point where it's really not a hot take to say that they are a considerably better team now than they were back in October.
- Matt John, Staff Writer
Free agency winners? The Lakers.
Seriously, to see the 2020 NBA Champions deepen their roster with Dennis Schröder, Montrezl Harrell, and Marc Gasol without giving up anything that truly mattered to their core? That is incredible front office work.
Here are a couple of other situations worth mentioning:
The Atlanta Hawks have completely remade their team and did so without doing anything break the bank silly. The veteran additions of Danilo Gallinari, Rajon Rondo, Solomon Hill and Tony Snell are solid pick-ups and nabbing Bogdan Bogdanović will be a great get, maybe on the high side money-wise, but given his talent so far, it was a solid signing and what you have to do to steal another team's player.
The Miami HEAT running it back with functionally the same core is smart, too. The HEAT are just scratching the surface of their potential given how young so many of their core guys are. They wisely structured their deals to remain flexible, although the Bam Adebayo extension takes them out of the direct free agent market next summer, they won't be tied to long-term boat anchor type deals and could always trade into a free agent they covet because of how many great assets the HEAT have.
Overall, all three teams did a really good job in such a compressed chaotic timeframe.
- Steve Kyler, Editor and Publisher
Free Agency Losers:
To Matt's point above, winners are tough to crown without seeing a finished product on the hardwood. Losers are a little easier. And there are a few clear losers. But the team that hurt itself the most is the Charlotte Hornets. It's a weird pick because I do actually like their roster, and I think it's significantly improved from last year's team. And the guy that's most to blame for the Hornets' hate will probably be their best player in 2020-21, but the Hornets also grossly overpaid to get him.
The announcement that Gordon Hayward was signing with the Hornets took most of the NBA universe by surprise. Hayward waited until (essentially) the last minute to announce he would opt out of the final year of his contract, which would have paid him $34.2 million. It was widely assumed he did so to secure more long-term money, not to essentially duplicate his salary AND stretch it. But that's exactly what he did.
Hayward ultimately announced his intention to sign with the Hornets for 4 years/$120 million. Now, signing a 30-year-old, former all-star is usually celebrated, but Hayward hasn't been able to re-establish himself after suffering a brutal foot injury in the first game of the 2018-19 season. He did manage to 17.5 points per game last season, and he averaged a career-high in rebounds (6.7), but he averaged only 2.8 free throw attempts per game (down considerably from what he tallied in Utah). He also suffered more injuries last season, breaking a bone in his hand in November and suffering nerve pain in his foot during the playoffs. So exactly what player are the Hornets getting? And worse still, what will he be in 2023-24?
Numerous reports state that the Hornets and Boston Celtics are still working on a sign-and-trade deal, which could improve the Hornets' future cap situation. But either way, they're still on the hook to pay Hayward the entirety of this massive contract — and that's not ideal.
- Drew Maresca, Staff Writer
If they manage to win the championship anyway, then the following won't matter, but man oh man, the Bucks really missed out on such a golden opportunity when their sign-and-trade for Bogdan Bogdanovic fell through.
For a couple of days there, it really felt like Milwaukee had added the last piece of the puzzle. Bogdanovic's abilities as a combo guard felt like such a perfect fit for what the Bucks are all about. His abilities as a scorer would have taken more pressure off of Khris Middleton, and his abilities as a shooter should have complemented Giannis' game like a glove. As an added bonus, his 6'6" frame and his playmaking abilities would have further strengthened the Bucks' motion offense and positionless basketball. This was it. The Bucks were going to be better than ever.
Until the rug got pulled right out from underneath them. The tampering debacle canceled everything, and the Bucks at this point can only wonder what could have been. Failing to acquire a superstar is one thing. Having a superstar then failing to get the guy that definitely would have made your championship aspirations the strongest they've been in years is another. That's why they are my pick for the biggest loser in free agency.
In all fairness, their offseason wasn't a total failure for them. In fact, props to them for not stubbornly trying to run it back when it was clear that something had to be done. Jrue Holiday is definitely an upgrade over the likes of Eric Bledsoe and George Hill. Getting a haul of buy-low additions like DJ Augustin, Bobby Portis, Torrey Craig, and Bryn Forbes will help fill out the bench, but none of those guys compare to what Bogdanovic could have done for them. With what's at stake, it could very well haunt Milwaukee knowing that Bogdan Bogdanović slipped through their fingers.
- Matt John, Staff Writer
There were a few head-scratchers in free agency…
Not sure what the Detroit Pistons were thinking. They let their best free agent walk in Christian Woods, then turned around and gave a big deal to a slightly-average guy. Jerami Grant is a quality player, but three years and $60 million is a ton.
If the motivation was to go all in for one more run with Blake Griffin and Derrick Rose, mission accomplished; but I'm not sure that means anything, even in the East.
The Orlando Magic stayed largely quiet in free agency, which was surprising given that it seems the current squad has run its course. The Magic have long valued the idea of growing youth in an environment built around trying to win, but it's clear that Evan Fournier who opted in to a massive final contract year worth $17 million, is primed to be moved and looks to be in camp next week.
The Magic do have some injury concerns specifically Jonathan Isaac who is recovering from an ACL tear and the questionable outlook of Mo Bamba, who had to leave the Orlando bubble unexpectedly back in August, due to physical struggles related to the Coronavirus.
With so much uncertainty around the Magic's youth, their lack of movement in free agency was a surprise.
- Steve Kyler, Editor and Publisher
One Move We'd Like To See:
Kevin Love to the Portland Trail Blazers. Portland enters 2020-21 with a bit to be excited about. They're looking forward to a full season with Jusuf Nurkic in the middle, they re-signed Rodney Hood and they added a high-ceiling youngster in Harry Giles (as well as Derrick Jones Jr.). But even if they also bring back Carmelo Anthony, they'll still need help at the forward spot. Enter Kevin Love.
Love is badly mismatched with the rest of Cleveland's roster. He is 32, whereas nine of their players are 25 or younger. Further, Love is a five-time all-star and NBA champion, whereas the Cavaliers are in a full-on rebuild. It's not an ideal match, and the Cavs should cash Love in before it's too late.
Love to Portland makes perfect sense. He hasn't been seen as a primary option in a number of years, but he still adds incredible value as a scorer, rebounder and passer. And that works perfectly considering Damian Lillard and C.J. McCollum appears poised to stick in Portland for at least the next few seasons. Portland could sit tight, but adding Love would put them in the conversation with teams like the Nuggets and Clippers who hope to knock off the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers.
Even if Portland can't make a deal for Love, they should look to add a versatile power forward like Julius Randle. They can't rely on Anthony and Giles to hold down the four spot and expect to compete for a championship. But if they maneuver correctly, Dame-time could translate to championship time in the Rose City.
- Drew Maresca, Staff Writer
DeMar DeRozan/LaMarcus Aldridge to the Charlotte Hornets. By drafting LaMelo Ball and maxing out Gordon Hayward, the Charlotte Hornets are out to prove that they really want to be… not subpar! There will be no argument here that Charlotte paid above and beyond for Hayward's services, but his contract is in the same ballpark as Tim Hardaway Jr's- As overpaid as he is, he's not going to take the money and run. He'll do his best to live up to the deal Charlotte gave him even if it's not very likely.
Alas, adding Hayward and Ball only puts Charlotte in discussion for one of the lower playoff seeds, and in no way does it guarantee that they'll get one of them. If MJ and co. truly are serious about getting the Hornets back to the playoffs, what harm could it do to go all in and pry DeRozan and Aldridge from San Antonio? They have the expiring and near-expiring deals to make it work, like Nicolas Batum, Cody Zeller, and Terry Rozier, as well as appealing enough young talent without sacrificing the most appealing assets like Miles Bridges Malik Monk to pull it off. Aldridge's and DeRozan's names aren't as sexy as they were three years ago, and that, along with their contracts expiring, is what makes a possible trade for them feasible. All signs are pointing to San Antonio moving on from both of them, so Charlotte needs to strike while the iron is hot- er, lukewarm in their case if we're being really honest here.
Those two don't make Charlotte a contender in the east – again, if it was 2017, it would be a different story – but they do make the Hornets more formidable as a playoff team. If there aren't many better options for Charlotte, and from the look of things, there really aren't, acquiring those two at least puts Buzz City back in the postseason, and might just complete the most talented Hornets teams we've seen in ages.
- Matt John, Staff Writer
Let's go with Houston…
When Mike D'Antoni and Daryl Morey left the Rockets, you knew the clock was ticking. It really hasn't stopped, the question is when is Houston going to pull the trigger on a Russell Westbrook trade, and how soon after will James Harden follow?
The talk in NBA circles is Westbrook could be headed to Washington in a package for John Wall. Wizards president Tommy Sheppard has said that deal is not happening – that does not mean it couldn't resurface later.
There was talk of James Harden wanting to be in Brooklyn with Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, but Houston at this point seems set on waiting out the process and seeing if they can get both Harden and Westbrook back on board… How frequently has that worked out? Typically, when guys ask for the door, they usually get it, and the return usually goes down before it goes up.
Trying to move some $82 million in committed salary during the season is nearly impossible. This is why if Houston wants all the Nets' and Wizards' cookies, they need to make the move now or risk the offers or even the opportunity to dwindle away fast.
- Steve Kyler, Editor and Publisher
The 2020-21 NBA season could end up just as chaotic as last season; but looking past the many challenges facing the league's schedule, player movement has once again shifted the balance of power. There are new favorites this season, and more importantly, there will be surprise teams to look forward to, also. But regardless of which team you root for, NBA fans have much to be thankful for right this holiday season.
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Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc. is recalling more than 40 lots of atorvastatin pills -- the generic version of the popular statin Lipitor -- over possible glass contamination.
Statins, or lipid-lowering drugs, are among the most commonly prescribed medications in the United States. The drug Lipitor was hugely popular for Pfizer until the company's patent expired in November 2011.
A generic version of the drug is now being recalled by the India-based Ranbaxy because small glass particles approximately less than 1 millimeter in size may be in select batches, the company said on its U.S. website.
The company's voluntary recall affects certain lot numbers of 10 milligram, 20 milligram and 40 milligram dosage strengths of atorvastatin calcium pills that are packaged in 90- and 500-count bottles. Ranbaxy said the recall is being conducted with knowledge of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
A complete list of lot numbers, bottle sizes and dosages can be found on Ranbaxy's website. Patients taking these pills can contact their pharmacy to see if their pills were from affected lots.
- Statin-takers less likely to die from cancer, study finds
- Statins' heart benefits outweigh diabetes risk in pill-takers, study shows
- FDA adds diabetes, memory loss warnings to statin labels: Cause for concern?
Atorvastatin is prescribed along with diet, exercise, and weight loss to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke and other cardiovascular ailments in people who have heart disease or who are at risk of developing heart disease.
Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited is India's largest pharmaceutical company, according to its website, and is allied with pharmaceutical Daiichi Sankyo Company Ltd. of Japan.
Reuters reports the company was the first to launch generic Lipitor in the U.S. once Pfizer's patent expired.
"The development will impact the company's credibility to an extent," Bhagwan Singh Chaudhary, a research associate at the brokerage IndiaNivesh, told Reuters. "There have been issues in the past (about compliance) and a recall suggests, corrective measures suggested by the U.S. FDA are not being implemented."
Earlier this year, the FDA and Ranbaxy settled an ongoing legal battle over questionable manufacturing practices and "data integrity issues" at several of the company's Indian facilities and one located in New York State. A consent decree was filed by the U.S. Department of Justice on behalf of the FDA in which the drug manufacturer agreed to remedy these problems.
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I saw this yesterday too. So funny. Damn Jared is quite impressive with those kicks. Now if only the guys would get over the shirtoffaphobia.
That was awesome!
LOL. I would love to just sit on the side of the set one day and see what all kinds of goofy things these two pull.