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Donald Trump's Advice for Charlie Sheen: Relax and Stay Clean
Everyone has an opinion about the ongoing Charlie Sheen saga, but who cares about random tweets and well-wishes when PopEater can bring you straight talk from the king of telling it like it is -- Donald Trump. A personal friend of Sheen's, Trump, of course, has some to-the-point advice for the 'Two and a Half Men' star.
Would Trump have Sheen on 'Celebrity Apprentice'? PopEater sat down with the business tycoon for an exclusive interview to find out. Hear Trump's advice for Sheen after the jump!
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- Wednesday 02 MarchBy GINA
I like Charlie Sheen as an actor, right but right now he needs our prayers. But what in the world makes Donald Trump thimk he can advise anyone, he should mind his buiness and take care of his own weird puffed up life,
- Wednesday 02 MarchBy tony
your right,and we shall pray.
- Wednesday 02 MarchBy Jim
Trump should worry about that animal on his head
- Wednesday 02 MarchBy SusanHighest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
And Sheen should worry about the animal IN his head.
- Wednesday 02 MarchBy joey d
The Donald should worry about his daughter being knocked up by some skeeve.
- Wednesday 02 MarchBy the_fool
Glad Donald Trump took the time to say these words for Charlie -
now we can all sit back and relax knowing Charlie has listened to these words and is going to stop this lifestyle and be clean.
- Friday 04 March
trump u suck , never like a ashol_ like u , Charlie clean ur shi_ up man so u can get ur kids back . them pothead love ur money n them 2 girls do too , they don't gave a shi_ about ur faimly , it's the money they want , if u die ur kids don't get the money back from them pothead , think about ur kids first ? if u don't care then gave them back to ur exwife , she know how to care for them . u r great , but get off the shi_ or u will lose the kids for good , n that hurt more then life went u can't see ur kids man ........
- Wednesday 02 MarchBy zygi & paris
I have some advice for Donald Trump. GET A NEW HAIR PIECE. WITH ALL THE MONEY YOU HAVE, YOU GO AROUND LOOKING LIKE THAT?
- Wednesday 02 MarchBy copperhead
Trump for president......
- Friday 04 MarchBy Angeleyes52
Who really gives a flying pig what Trump thinks? Like he or I can give any good advice to Sheen. Neither of us know the schmuck. He does, however, need prayer. Chicken blood sprinkled, whatever one does for loss souls.
- Friday 04 March
you had a licence to print money in Atlantic with your casino's and lost most of it to the banks. Why should he take you advice
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Welcome to your top closet organizer source online! Take a moment to look around and find out why!
How to Install a Laminate Closet Organizer - Do It Yourself
If you open that closet door, and things are falling to the floor, or if you open that closet door and canít seem to find anything in there that you were looking for without having to move five other things, you need a closet organizer. A closet organizer is going to make your closet seem bigger, because you are then putting things away in a more organized manner. You are putting things away in a way that is in a manner of how you use them.
The organized closet
The closet that is organized will stay that way if you continually put things back where they belong. A closet with just a shelf is going to be able to hold just so many things, but if you add boxes, and more shelving, and you add racks and hangers, you are going to be able to put so much more in that space. The closet organizer is going to allow you to put more in the closet, but still be able to find all those things at the same time.
On the top of the closet
On the very top of the closet is where the items will go that you donít use that often. The items for winter, or the items for summer, the items you use only when you go out on vacation perhaps.
The clothes you wear the most
The jackets and clothes you wear often will be kept in the center of the closet where you can see them easily. The clothes you wear only occasionally, such as when you go skiing or roller blading or to the horseback riding trails will go in the back of the closet. You know you have them, you can find them easily but they are out of your way. You can find what you need and when you need it.
Hooks and racks. Additional hooks and racks are used to put special things in the closet such as ties, belts, kites, skates and so much more can be hung from pegs like those. You can create hanging hooks or you can leave them out of your organized space.
An organized closet is well prepared
To start organizing any closet space you need to sit down with a paper and pencil. You will draw out what you have in the closet now, and then erase and change as you see what you have in the closet already needs to be changed to fit. For example, if you need to store a few chairs in that closet, you should make a space on the one side for folding chairs to hide nicely in the closet.
If you need four racks for shoes, you can put all the shoes going up the wall, or you can have them all stacked at the bottom of the closet. The choices are yours, but be sure to plan out your needs, and the rest will flow easily as you head off to the store to purchase what you need.
what are some things i can make with a box?
i have many boxes laying around. what are some fun things i make outtta them? i've already made a planter, a closet organizer, and a funny lil cardboard robot.
Since you ask for it here it is:
Drawers, jewerly boxes, organizers, tents, doll houses, Real houses ( yes- they did that a while ago) desks, beds, Book shelves,Cd holders,Carosel horses- (Merry go round) braclets, car ramps. stencils, art easels, tote bags,bookcovers,journals, chairs, sofas, tables, wall covering , music instruments, cardboard flowers, planting pots, Kithen caddys. ,baskets, A child play house, Pop bottle carriers, envolope pattern, pattern for crafts ,photo alblems, castles, dishes, scale models of things Rocking horse, dart board. Did I forget any thing?
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By Randy Sly
6/19/2011 (4 years ago)
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)
In addition to his writing, Anthony is a successful businessman and serves as Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors for Priests for Life, the largest pro-life/pro-family organization in the world. In his latest book, "The Invisible World," he covers a massive subject, the realm of the invisible - the world of angels and other heavenly creatures as well as Satan and his demons; the realm where the Holy Spirit carries out His mission.
By Randy Sly
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)
6/19/2011 (4 years ago)
Published in U.S.
Keywords: invisible world, Anthony, DeStefano, heaven, angels, Holy Spirit, demons
WASHINGTON, DC (Catholic Online) - After three adult books and two children's books, Anthony DeStefano has gained the reputation for being a writer who can take the complex and express it in simple, clear and understandable language that inspires.
Following "A Travel Guide to Heaven" and "Ten Prayers God Always Says Yes To," he now tackles the world of invisible, where angels, demons, and the Holy Spirit are at work. Through Scripture, personal anecdotes and clear explanations, "The Invisible World" reminds the reader that there is much more beyond the realm of the five senses.
Released by Doubleday in March of this year, "The Invisible World: Understanding Angels, Demons, and the Spiritual Realities That Surround Us" has already charted at the number one best selling hardcover for the Summer 2011 according to the Association of Catholic Publishers.
In addition to his writing, DeStefano is a successful businessman and serves as Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors for Priests for Life, the largest pro-life/pro-family organization in the world.
His goal has always been to communicate in clear terms about complex subjects. A fan of authors like Tolstoy and Hemmingway, he had always been impressed with the way they could address profound ideas in more fundamental ways.
"It's difficult to write simply," he mentioned in a recent interview. "It is much easier to write mysteriously and obscurely. A lot times, however, it's merely a mask or camouflage for a lack of talent or just laziness, when you don't want to take the effort to make things really clear."
When writing about theology and spirituality, he immerses himself in the subject through a comprehensive reading list and then distills what he discovers into reasonable portions, finding ways to explain and describe it to the ordinary person in the pew.
"The key is to keep the truth in but at the same time make it clear,' he explained. "That's always been my goal. Whether or not I've always been successful, who knows. sometimes more than others."
In developing his down-to-earth writing style, he had great help along the way. He was a student at Stuyvesant High School in New York City, where his English teacher was Frank McCourt, the noted author of "Angela's Ashes."
"He wanted to break us out of writing elaborately, as high school students tend to do; we were learning how to write more simply. One way he did this was to make us write a children's book. It was at that time I wrote 'Little Star.'"
"Little Star" was published 30 years later and is considered by many to be destined as a Christmas classic.
In his latest book, "The Invisible World," DeStefano covers a massive subject, the realm of the invisible - the world of angels and other heavenly creatures as well as Satan and his demons. The realm where the Holy Spirit carries out His mission.
"There are plenty of books out there," he stated, "dealing with the invisible realities. A lot of books on angels, books on grace. There are also many books on demons, the devil and exorcisms as well as those on suffering and the nature of God.
"The idea I had is to take all of these invisible realities and put them into one place to impart a vision. This is the basic contribution I've tried to make in this book."
He said his one fear was that people would get the disproportionate and somewhat erroneous idea that "if I'm guided in something, it must be my angel."
"It may be your guardian angel," he states, "but it very well could be the Holy Spirit Himself. The bottom line is that it all comes from the same place; it all comes from God, it all comes from the Holy Spirit but sometimes He chooses to use creatures."
"It's impossible for anyone to really know for sure the manner in which God is helping them at any particular moment, whether it is through a creature like a guardian angel or whether it is the direct action of the Holy Spirit. These things are invisible."
I asked if he saw a need for people to be more "heavenly minded." Are
we too caught up in the seen world?
"We live in a very secular age," he said, "which actually began over two centuries ago. We have what I call the 'superstition of materialism,' where we tend to think that everything in life - our ideas, our philosophies, our religions, our accomplishments; all the notions that we have of honor, love mercy and hope; all our art and our music; all the deepest mysteries of science and faith - that all this is simply the result of random dance of molecules in our brain. This is the disease of the age."
"But we also have to remember that there are those who are just the opposite in their mindset; who believe all that we have to do is lock ourselves in a room and pray. As vitally important as prayer is, there is also a time when you must get into the battle."
"We are called to live in a balance of body and spirit since we possess both. We must remember that in eternal life there is the resurrection of the body. There will be some similarities to life, as we know it. It's all a matter of balance."
In all of his writing, DeStefano wants to impart a vision. "There are two ways of coming to know something," he said. "One is by learning and the other is by catching a vision. They are equally valid but in these books I tend to aim for imparting a vision.
"In 'Travel Guide to Heaven,' for example, I wanted people to come away with the idea, once and for all, that heaven is real. It's not going to be less real than this world. In fact, it's going to be, if anything, more real. There's much more to life than this material universe."
So, what is Anthony DeStefano's next writing destination? "I want to continue writing books for both children and adults, I want to maintain the same approach, using simple and clear language to impart a profound orthodox vision of the world. They will be somewhat apologetic but not primarily apologetic.
"I also want them to be uplifting. I want to be sure that when someone closes the page of anything I write, they are uplifted but not by a phony-baloney personal development or self-help uplift. It needs to have real substance and hope. I want to portray the joyous aspects of Christianity while taking care never to compromise orthodox theology.
Anthony DeStefano has written three books for adults, "A Travel Guide to Heaven,"
"Ten Prayers God Always Says Yes To," and his latest, "The Invisible World."
He has also written two children's books, "This Little Prayer of Mine," and "Little Star."
For more information and to order books, you can visit his website at http://www.anthonydestefano.com/.
Randy Sly is the Associate Editor of Catholic Online and the CEO/Associate Publisher for the Northern Virginia Local Edition of Catholic Online (http://virginia.catholic.org). He is a former Archbishop of the Charismatic Episcopal Church who laid aside that ministry to enter into the full communion of the Catholic Church.
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Jets sign Enstrom to five-year extension
Jul 27, 2012, 2:05 PM EDT
The Winnipeg Jets made another offseason splash on Friday, signing defenseman Tobias Enstrom to a five-year contract extension that will take him through the 2017-18 season.
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Enstrom is the Atlanta/Winnipeg franchise leader amongst defensemen in games played, points and assists.
Enstrom signed the extension with one year left on his four-year, $15 million deal that paid $3.75 million annually. He was set to become a UFA next summer, but it's clear the Jets wanted no part of him flirting with free agency.
The signing is the latest in what's been a busy summer in the 'Peg:
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The Jets have also reportedly offered RFA forward Evander Kane a six year deal worth around $29 million.
- mclovinhockey - Jul 27, 2012 at 2:28 PM
Anyone else notice that more often than not, most photos of the player who signs is in Philly?
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Lockin' 'em down, one by one. Kane's next. Way to go Chevy.
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This episode: Hoopoes inoculate their eggs with protective bacteria!
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Welcome, Racing Enthusiasts!
BMW CCA F1 outdoors tournament
Jack Meeker is going to provide the details for the race and method of payment. Usually there will be three qualifying races and a final. Learn more
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Limerock Park 6 hour endurance race
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…Selfie. The seemingly addictive trend of taking self-portraits with mobile technology seems to be showing no signs of abating. In fact, such is the lure of this global fashion to share one's blackheads with the rest of humanity that its influence has even crept in to the land of make believe. Here, in her 3rd year film made at CalArts,
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- The Celtics are unlikely to use their $2.814MM room exception, according to Gary Washburn of the Boston Globe (Twitter link). That's not surprising, since the C's already have 17 fully guaranteed contracts, including Zoran Dragic, whom the team is expected to either waive or trade.
- Ryan Boatright's minimum salary deal with the Nets is already partially guaranteed for $75K this season, according to NetsDaily (Twitter link). A previous report indicated that guarantee wouldn't kick in until August 1st. Boatright will lock in $200K if he sticks on the roster for the regular season, NetsDaily adds. However, Eric Pincus of Basketball Insiders shows Boatright only with a $75K guarantee until November 15th, when that guarantee would increase to $125K.
- The Knicks are letting go of interim D-League head coach Craig Hodges, reports Marc Berman of the New York Post. Hodges had reportedly been expected to remain as a D-League assistant.
Arron Afflalo is excited to be a member of the Knicks, and said the lure of playing in New York, as well as the team's emerging culture, were the main reasons why he signed with the organization, Alex Kennedy of Basketball Insiders writes. "It was just the fan base, the environment, the chance to play with Carmelo Anthony again, the chance to play with other great players, the mutual interest from the coaching staff and [front office], and the culture they're trying to build," Afflalo said. "I just thought it was a good fit for me." The veteran guard believes he can thrive in the triangle offense, Kennedy adds. "I'll fit well," Afflalo said. "I'm pretty versatile with my game, being able to post up or shoot threes to create small pockets of space or get my teammates some shots. I think I'll fit fine."
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- The first year of Pierre Jackson's four-year deal with the Sixers carries a guarantee of $750K, tweets Keith Pompey of the Philadelphia Inquirer.
- Alexey Shved's contract with Khimki Moscow will pay him a total of $10.2MM, making him the highest paid player in Europe, David Pick of Eurobasket.com relays (Twitter link). The 26-year-old had reportedly turned down a contract offer to return to the Knicks.
- Sixers second-rounder J.P. Tokoto understands he's unlikely to see regular minutes this season, but is willing to do whatever the team asks of him, Pompey writes in a separate piece.
"I know what it is," the No. 58 overall pick said of his role. "I'm a realist. I know what it is coming into it. Being a defensive guy coming in, whether it's garbage minutes or giving the vet, you know the guy playing more minutes than me, giving him a breather, coming in disrupting the other team's offense."
Amir Johnson signed a two-year, $24MM deal with the Celtics because Boston president of basketball operations Danny Ainge was the first person to phone him at midnight on July 1st. Johnson also was lured because he learned how much of a good fit the team believes he will be in the offense, Chris Forsberg of ESPNBoston.com writes.
"I love the way they approached me during [free agency]," Johnson said. "Nine o'clock, Pacific Time, Boston was the first one to call. Danny Ainge called me first then coach [Brad] Stevens. They approached me well. They respect the type of player I am. And they gave me a number and it was a no-brainer from there."
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- Johnson also told Forsberg how much he liked the idea of the Celtics adding David Lee, who the team is set to acquire. "Very versatile big, kind of like me, runs the floor, great pick-and-roll guy," said Johnson. "I definitely think he'll fit into the system, just like me. I think it'll be a more fast-paced team."
- Arron Afflalo made it clear to the Nuggets at the trade deadline that he preferred to play with the Knicks and is very happy to be with New York now, Marc Berman of the New York Post writes. Despite his preference, Afflalo was dealt to the Blazers. He opted out from the Blazers in June and later signed a two-year, $16MM deal with the Knicks. "We told Denver the Knicks were where he wanted to be,'' said Afflalo's agent Sam Goldfeder. "Portland was never mentioned.''
- Deron Williams leaves the Nets as perhaps the single-most forgettable would-be superstar in the history of New York sports, Mike Vaccaro of The New York Post opines. Brooklyn waived the former All-Star Saturday after years of declining performance. Williams differs from other failed stars, Vaccaro writes, because it seemed like the Dallas-native never truly wanted to play for the Nets, even when the team signed him to a $99MM max extension in July 2012.
- Nets guard Jarrett Jack told reporters, including Mitch Abramson of the New York Daily News, that he is ready to step in and start at point guard in place of Williams. "If that's the position they want me to fill, I'm definitely very ready to do so," Jack said. "It's not my first rodeo as far as being thrust into the [starter's] role if that were to be the case. So it's something that's not foreign to me and [I'm] definitely ready for the challenge."
JULY 9TH, 12:43pm: The deal is official, the team announced (on Twitter).
JULY 2ND, 8:01am: The Knicks will sign Arron Afflalo to a two-year deal worth $16MM with a player option on the final season, reports Ramona Shelburne of ESPN.com. The agreement gives the Sam Goldfeder client slightly more in average annual value than he would have made had he picked up his $7.75MM player option with the Blazers.
The deal comes as no surprise, as Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports on Monday identified the Knicks as the front-runners for the shooting guard who turns 30 in October, and Chris Mannix of SI.com reported Tuesday that Afflalo was open to a deal that allowed him to hit free agency again in a year or two. The Knicks were to meet with Afflalo today, and it sounds like they either met early this morning or reached agreement before having a sitdown.
New York will use part of its nearly $30MM in cap flexibility on the eight-year veteran, but plenty of room is left over to sign Greg Monroe to a max contract. Monroe is reportedly meeting with the Knicks and three other teams, including Portland.
WEDNESDAY, 4:24pm: The Knicks and Afflalo have a meeting scheduled for Thursday, Frank Isola of The New York Daily News tweets.
TUESDAY, 12:28pm: Afflalo is open to signing a short-term deal that allows him to become a free agent again in a year or two, and he may ultimately seek such an arrangement, tweets Chris Mannix of SI.com.
MONDAY, 2:03pm: The Knicks are the front-runners for Arron Afflalo, who opted out of his deal with the Blazers last week, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports (on Twitter). The same is true of the Knicks and Greg Monroe, though New York will take meetings with LaMarcus Aldridge, DeAndre Jordan and others. Carmelo Anthony has put in a recruiting call to Afflalo and others, as ESPN's Chris Broussard reported minutes earlier.
League sources who spoke with Wojnarowski estimate that Afflalo's next deal will be for $36-38MM over three years. The Knicks have only about $31MM in guaranteed salaries for next season, not counting a $3,443,100 cap hold for Kristaps Porzingis and a $1,310,300 cap hold for Jerian Grant, the two players New York wound up with from the first round of Friday's draft. That, combined with minimum-salary roster charges for open spots, would still likely leave about enough room against the cap, projected at $67.1MM, for a max deal for Monroe and a contract for Afflalo starting around $12MM a year.
The Nets will be looking to add depth through free agency and trades and Thomas Robinson, Wesley Johnson and Sasha Kaun are players they will target, Tim Bontemps of the New York Post reports. Robinson could provide some rebounding and energy off the bench and Johnson would give them an athletic wing who can shoot 3-pointers, Bontemps continues. Both are unrestricted free agents. Kaun, a Russian center whose rights are owned by the Cavaliers, would be an ideal backup if they can re-sign Brook Lopez and work out a deal with Cleveland, Bontemps adds.
In other news around the Eastern Conference:
- The Knicks have declined to extend the qualifying offer of $1.181MM to Quincy Acy, making the forward an unrestricted free agent, according to Marc J. Spears of Yahoo Sports. The Kings, Nuggets, Magic and Pelicans have expressed interest in Acy, a source told Spears (Twitter links).
- DeMarre Carroll, Arron Afflalo, Tobias Harris and Kosta Koufos are the free agents the Pistons will most likely court, Terry Foster of the Detroit News reports. The Pistons believe Carroll might be easier to sign than some other unrestricted free agents, Foster continues. Danny Green and Wesley Matthews are longshot possibilities to come to Detroit, Foster adds. The Knicks also want to be "in the mix" for Green, league sources told Ian Begley of ESPNNewYork.com (Twitter link). It's unclear if Green has any interest in the Knicks, Begley adds.
- Harris' pricetag will be at least $10MM annually in the eyes of several league executives, Chris Mannix of Sports Illustrated tweets. One of those executives believes Harris' value is in the $12-14MM range, Mannix adds. The Magic forward is a restricted free agent.
10:33pm: Aldridge is leaning toward signing with the Lakers, Ben Bolch of the Los Angeles Times tweets.
9:33pm: The Lakers will indeed be the first team to meet with Aldridge, followed by the Rockets, Spurs, Suns, Mavericks, Raptors and Knicks in that order, David Aldridge of NBA.com tweets. He does not need to meet with the Trail Blazers since he already knows their offer, Aldridge adds.
9:10pm: Coach Gregg Popovich and veteran stars Tim Duncan and Tony Parker will attend the Spurs' meeting with Aldridge, Marc J. Spears of Yahoo Sports tweets.
8:35pm: The Lakers' meeting with Aldridge will occur immediately after the free agency period begins at 12:01 AM Eastern Time on Wednesday, Mike Bresnahan of the Los Angeles Times tweets.
2:57pm: Aldridge will meet with the Raptors, too, reports Shams Charania of RealGM, and he'll think about a visit with the Rockets, Charania adds. Toronto has max-level cap room following its trade of Greivis Vasquez to Milwaukee, but Houston would have to clear salary.
1:54pm: LaMarcus Aldridge is almost certain to leave the Blazers and will meet with the Knicks, Spurs, Mavs and Lakers, reports Chris Broussard of ESPN.com. ESPN colleague Tim MacMahon first reported that Dallas would sit down with the big man. The Knicks are a long shot for him, just as is the case with DeAndre Jordan, according to Broussard.
Marc J. Spears of Yahoo! Sports reported Friday that the Spurs and Lakers were in the lead for Aldridge, a client of Arn Tellem and Thad Foucher, shortly after Blazers GM Neil Olshey denied a report that Aldridge has already told the Blazers he's leaving. Portland can offer Aldridge a five-year deal with 7.5% raises, somewhat better than the four years and 4.5% raises he can end up with elsewhere, though apparently that advantage may not be enough.
The Knicks, Lakers and Mavs should have plenty of cap room to chase Aldridge with a max offer that will likely start around $19MM a year. The Spurs are apparently confident they can find the same amount of room even if they re-sign Kawhi Leonard, Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili.
New York will also meet with Aldridge teammate and close friend Wesley Matthews, Broussard reports. Carmelo Anthony has reached out to Aldridge and Jordan as well as Greg Monroe and fellow Blazer free agent Arron Afflalo, sources tell Broussard.
The Thunder are reaching out to teams with the hope of unloading a contract to solidify their ability to re-sign Enes Kanter and Kyle Singler, both of whom are restricted free agents this summer, Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports tweets. OKC has reportedly dealt Jeremy Lamb and his $3,034,356 salary for 2015/16 to the Hornets, so it's unclear if further moves are in the works. The deal includes Matt Barnes and his $3.543MM salary for next season coming to Oklahoma City, though only $1MM of that amount is guaranteed unless he remains on the roster past July 1st, at which point the team would be on the hook for the entire amount. The Thunder aren't expected to keep Barnes, though it wasn't specified if a third team was involved, or if he would simply be released.
Here's more from the Northwest Division:
- The Blazers shouldn't prioritize re-signing unrestricted free agent Arron Afflalo this offseason, opines Joe Freeman of The Oregonian. Freeman notes that Afflalo and Portland were never a good match, with the swingman struggling to find his place and never looking completely comfortable in the Blazers' system. Couple that with the late-season emergence of C.J. McCollum, and Portland re-signing Afflalo becomes less of a need, regardless of what transpires with fellow unrestricted free agent Wesley Matthews, Freeman concludes.
- When asked what the Timberwolves would be targeting in the second round of the draft and in free agency this summer, coach/executive Flip Saunders said backcourt [depth], shooting and ball-handling, Jon Krawczynski of the Associated Press tweets. Saunders not mentioning a big man seemingly reinforces the opinion that the team will select Karl-Anthony Towns with the No. 1 overall pick, Krawczynski adds.
- The Timberwolves are expected to extend their lease on the Target Center with the city of Minneapolis through 2035, Charley Walters of The Pioneer Press relays (Twitter link).
JUNE 23RD: The deadline for Afflalo to opt in was Monday, and since that's lapsed, he has officially opted out, The Oregonian's Joe Freeman reports. Player options require players to say when they're opting in, but they don't have to give any notice if they're opting out.
JUNE 21ST: Afflalo is expected to opt out, tweets David Aldridge of TNT.
MAY 7TH: It's still too early to say definitively that Afflalo will opt out, sources tell The Oregonian's Joe Freeman, who writes in a roundtable report that examines the shooting guard's brief time with the Blazers and whether the team should bring him back for next season.
MAY 1ST: Arron Afflalo intends to turn down a $7.75MM player option for next season and become a free agent this summer, reports Marc Stein of ESPN.com. That's even though a shoulder injury forced him to miss the initial two games of Portland's first-round series against the Grizzlies and seemed to limit him the rest of the way. Afflalo went scoreless over about 29 minutes of play across the final two games of that series, which the Blazers lost 4-1. As the end of the regular season neared, he was reportedly ready to let his postseason performance dictate what he would do with the option, with the plan seemingly having been to opt in if he didn't play well, so it appears the Sam Goldfeder client has changed course.
The Blazers gave up a first-round pick, among other assets, to acquire Afflalo from the Nuggets at the deadline, but it looks like yet another key member of their team will hit free agency. Fellow shooting guard Wesley Matthews, LaMarcus Aldridge and Robin Lopez are also among the Blazers who can choose to leave this summer. GM Neil Olshey said Thursday that he has contingency plans for each in case they don't re-sign, and it seems increasingly likely that he'll have to employ his plan for Aldridge, who no longer appears the safe bet to re-sign that he once was. Portland only has about $23MM in guaranteed salary for next season against a projected $67.1MM cap, so the Blazers have no shortage of flexibility.
Portland has Afflalo's Bird rights, though unless the Blazers are willing to insert a fifth year in the 29-year-old's next contract, that will matter little, since he's not a contender for a maximum salary. The Blazers can offer 7.5% raises instead of 4.5% raises, but another team can offset that with a higher salary in the first year of the deal. Afflalo was the Magic's leading scorer in 2013/14 with 18.2 points per game, but his scoring was off significantly, from 18.2 points per game last year to 13.3 this season, despite a much less profound dip in the number of his field goal attempts. He was better defensively this season, as Basketball-Reference's Defensive Box Plus/Minus shows, but he had a woeful 8.2 PER in his 25 regular season games as a Blazer.
Mavs forward Al-Farouq Aminu has indicated that he'll turn down his minimum-salary player option with the team for next season, but both sides have indicated a willingness to rekindle their relationship next season. When discussing his feelings regarding returning to Dallas in a radio interview with KRLD-FM 105.3 (hat tip to the Dallas Morning News), Aminu said, "People are still playing now, so it's hard to tell, but I really want to. … Nobody likes moving and different things like that. I've been in L.A. then I went to New Orleans and now here. It's always better to stay where you're at but things happen. But it would be nice."
Here's more from the NBA's Western Conference:
- When asked what positives he would pitch about playing in Dallas to prospective free agent targets, Aminu said, "I guess it's what I went through last year when I was coming to play here. It's a great city. It doesn't get that cold, which is nice. Also, the practice facility is in the arena is close, as well as the airport, so it's not a lot of long hours you have to drive back and forth to places. It does become a drag. You're going to play with great players. Obviously you're probably going to win and then you're going to have a chance at a championship."
- Nuggets 2014 second-round pick Nikola Jokic is seeking a long-term deal from Denver or else he'll remain overseas, a source tells David Pick of Eurobasket.com (via Twitter). There are reports that the Nuggets intend to ink the big man prior to the NBA summer league commencing.
- Blazers guard Arron Afflalo has to make a decision this offseason regarding his player option worth $7,750,000, and Sean Meagher of The Oregonian examines the pros and cons of the 29-year-old returning to Rip City in 2015/16.
- Sam Amick of USA Today looks at the path Warriors star Stephen Curry has taken from being the No. 7 overall selection in the 2009 NBA draft to winning the league's MVP award this season.


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By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)
4/27/2012 (3 years ago)
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)
A small town in the northeastern Brazilian state of Maranhăo, Piquiá de
Baixo, suffers from the ongoing pollution from all the nearby steel
mills. The 380 families living there that comprise the town say they
have grown weary about the ongoing contamination of their water, air and
soil. Ironically, the town takes its name from the piquiá tree that
became extinct after the five steel plants.
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)
4/27/2012 (3 years ago)
Published in Americas
Keywords: Brazil, steel mills. pollution, Piquiá de Baixo
LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Presently, 500,000 tons of pig iron, an intermediate product in the process of steel refining are produced every year in Piquiá de Baixo. Pig iron is produced in blast furnaces by smelting iron ore, using charcoal or coke as fuel and limestone as a purifying agent.
The steel industry depends on supplies from Vale's iron ore mines. The pig iron is then transported to Atlantic Ocean ports near Săo Luis, the state capital.
The families there live in modest dwellings with yards bordering on the grounds of the large steel plants. All are suffering health problems from pollution.
On account of the extremely poor quality of the air they breathe and the water they drink, more than 40 percent of the residents of the town suffer from respiratory illnesses, lung diseases and skin lesions.
Taking arms the families are now demanding a transfer to a clean, safe place far away from the steel plants. The majority are farmers, who now can only work land near their homes. In many of Brazil's mining towns and a number of them are also organizing protests.
The 68-year-old Edvard Dantas Cardeal is the president of the Piquiá de Baixo Residents' Association, whose members are affected by the smoke, soot and residues generated by the 70 smelting furnaces in the area.
"We are in danger, because we live next to five steel mills. In addition, Vale has a railway station just 300 meters from our homes, where every day hundreds of tons of iron ore are transported across our town, 24 hours a day," he says.
Andressa Caldas, head of Justiça Global (Global Justice), a non-governmental organization working for human rights, says the situation is emblematic, because the community which has been settled there for over 50 years "is asking to be transferred due to the degree of environmental degradation and toxic pollution it is suffering."
The lawyer for the Piquiá de Baixo residents, Danilo Chammas concurs. He pointed out that the town already existed when the steel plants arrived 25 years ago. Now, "coexistence has become impossible, as the local people are forced to breathe iron ore dust mixed with charcoal every day," he said.
"The families should have been relocated when the steelmaking complex was built; but a move is still the only alternative, and is urgently needed," he says.
Chammas said the residents are demanding "a greater commitment by Vale to the local people; and the company should contribute resources toward the building of a new settlement far away from the pollution."
According to the Report on Vale's Unsustainability, the company "refuses to make reparations for the harm caused these people, or to cover the cost of their resettlement."
Cardeal also said his community's demand is a matter of utmost urgency, as they cannot stay there any longer. "We cannot stand it any longer; the steel mills pollute the river that flows through the town, and all we can do is ask God to get us out of this place," he said.
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