Shows how little leverage the ABA had at the time.) My biggest issue was the NBA excluding ABA teams from a deep '76 rookie draft in which Johnny Davis (number twenty-two), Alex English (number twenty-three), Lonnie Shelton (number twenty-five) and Dennis Johnson (number twenty-nine) dropped to Round 2. (My thoughts: A bit of a raping so far, although it's nice that the Knicks got even more money to throw away at bad players. The Nets also had to pay the Knicks $4.8 million over ten years for violating their territory rights. Those teams would not receive TV money for three years, could not take part in the '76 college draft and would be called "expansion teams," but they were allowed to keep their players. Denver, New York, San Antonio and Indiana joined for a cost of $3.2 million per team. David Stern! 68 Here's what they settled, with my comments in parentheses:ġ. Named Fred Fruth, who had some world-class negotiating sessions with the NBA's bright assistant commissioner - wait for it wait for it - Mr. The merger process was given a jolt when the ABA hired an antitrust attorney This gets my Greatest Summer Ever vote: our two hundredth Independence Day, the release of Jaws, the Montreal Olympics, the fictional graduation of Randy "Pink" Floyd's class at Lee High School and the ABA-NBA merger in the span of three months? Come on. This excerpt is from a chapter called "How The Hell Did We Get Here?" It's a breakdown of the ABA/NBA merger - not just why it happened, but why some of the wrinkles remain ridiculous to this day.
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We’ve toppled forests, lopped off mountaintops and changed the course of rivers. We’ve altered the climate, pushed countless species to extinction and countless more to the brink. Our world-shaping power extends across the two-thirds of the planet covered by the global ocean, right up to and including the largest animals that have ever lived. We live in a world in which microscopic bits of plastic have found their way onto the highest mountain peaks and deepest ocean trenches. The signs of human impact seem to exist just about everywhere we look.
to be trained and developed through the Fellowship Memphis’ Pastoral Residency Program. After pursuing a call to church planting and pastoral ministry, he and his family moved to Memphis, TN. Every ministry that he and his family serve in reflect that passion. Thurman’s theology of radical nonviolence influenced and shaped a generation of civil rights activists, and he was a key mentor to leaders within the civil rights movement, including Martin Luther King Jr.īyron Cogdell is passionate about Jesus and His Mission. As a prominent religious figure, he played a leading role in many social justice movements and organizations of the twentieth century. Howard Thurman was an African-American author, philosopher, theologian, educator, and civil rights leader. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | iTunes Download file | Play in new window | Speaker: Byron Cogdell Yet the government did not pass this legislation for the good of the peasants but to preserve its tax base as the states main concern in taking this course was, naturally, to safeguard its own fiscal revenues. As a result of this land situation, the government decided to order that peasants stop selling to land anyone besides other peasants. This was done in order to avoid paying excessive taxation. Psellus highlights the troubling phenomenon beginning in the 10th century that peasants started to sell their land holdings to the noble families, in the process becoming Serfs. When seeking to understand the economic issues facing the Empire, the most overt manifestation of theses issues can be seen in the land reform situation. By understanding the nature of Byzantine collapse, the modern scholar can gain new insight into macro-political transformations and gain new understanding into modern political issues confronting the modern American hegemony (C D). However it is more likely that the increase in military and political strength of its neighbors, such as the Persians, Turks and Arabs was the reason for its eventual collapse, and not its own weaknesses. As it relied heavily on diplomacy instead of fighting in times of military threat it had to have skilful diplomats and efficient administrators. Suzume (see top 100 anime movies of all time), Evil Dead Rise(see best horror movies of 2023). Recently added: Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. Notably, no wide release in February went Certified Fresh, plus we saw misfires from the normally reliable Steven Soderbergh ( Magic Mike’s Last Dance) and Marvel Studios ( Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania).īy contrast, almost every week in March saw a new major release hit the Certified Fresh mark, including John Wick: Chapter 4(starring Keanu Reeves), Creed III, and Scream VI.Ĭheck back every week for the latest best new movies of 2023! - Alex Vo The year started off strong with successive surprise genre hits in January, like M3GAN (from Blumhouse), Plane (starring Gerard Butler), Missing, and Infinity Pool (see the best horror movies of 2023). But when a handsome young man comes to Kent County, Ruth starts to rethink. Still, sensible Ruth believes its Gods will that she stay home and help care for her younger sisters. Welcome to the best new movies of 2023, where you can discover the latest films championed by the critics community! Every movie on the list is Certified Fresh, meaning they held on to a Tomatometer score of at least 75% after a minimum number of critics review - 40 for limited or streaming releases, 80 for wide theatrical releases, with five of those reviews coming from Top Critics. Read a sample Read a sample Description Details Amish widow Hannah Yoder prays her daughters will each find a husband someday. (Photo by Amazon Studios) Best New Movies of 2023 Ranked The tax collector had ignored his tax evasion but acted when Henry publicly condemned the US invasion and occupation of Mexico.In July 1846, Thoreau was arrested for his tax delinquency. Thoreau had already stopped paying his taxes in protest against slavery. Thoreau and other northern critics of war viewed it as a plot by southerners to expand slavery into the Southwest. In 1846, the U.S declared war against Mexico. In 1845, he built a hut at Walden Pond on property owned by Emerson, he lived simply off the land, meditated and wrote about nature. Thoreau agreed with Emerson’s teaching that social reforms begins with the individual. The movement was led by Ralph Waldo Emerson, a writer and lecturer. Later, he joined Transcendentalism, a religious, philosophical and literary movement. Henry David Thoreau, graduated from Harvard in 1837 and worked for a short time as a schoolmaster before he began writing poetry. Not every child is so fortunate, especially nowadays.The librarians I met at the Missouri River Regional Library in Jefferson City while reporting today’s cover story are keenly aware of how difficult it can be for some families to access their stacks. (If you sense an animal theme, I’m guilty as charged.)The library visits sparked wonder and imagination – and were only made possible by a parent who could take us. It’s how I met the venerable Clifford, Arthur, and Berenstain Bears. But the real joy – and first taste of independence – came afterward when our mom would let us wander the aisles choosing new books to check out. What I do remember are regular trips to the public library in Merrillville, Indiana, with my mom and twin sister.We’d enter the book fortress and make a beeline for the children’s floor upstairs. I grew up in the era of Toys R Us, when Geoffrey the Giraffe beckoned kids from across the parking lot or through the television screen to a wonderland that seemed to offer every toy imaginable. Yet, other than a vague recollection of toy-filled aisles, I have no specific memory attached to that store. The Counterfeit Family Tree of Vee Crawford-Wong Book by L. Tam Holland - This first-rate, hysterically funny debut novel that belongs on every multicultural r. Tam Dewey number Index no index present Intended audience Ages 14 up LC call number PZ7. The Counterfeit Family Tree of Vee Crawford-Wong by L. Language eng Summary Vee's history assignment is to create a family tree, but he doesn't know anything about his family beyond his parents' generation Cataloging source DLC Holland, L. Label The counterfeit family tree of Vee Crawford-Wong Title The counterfeit family tree of Vee Crawford-Wong Statement of responsibility by L. Annabelle spirals downhill: her mental and physical health fade, she is overweight and overbuys, she hoards and is threatened with eviction. When his Japanese jazz musician father is hit by a truck and dies, his life with his mother Annabelle unravels. It seems despairing yet is an elating and highly memorable novel, with intriguing conceits and fascinating, unconventional characters and relationships. While not set in Japan, it has some Japanese content. Naturally I prioritised reading Ozeki’s new novel, The Book of Form and Emptiness (Text Publishing). I seek out novels by Japanese authors (Ozeki’s mother is Japanese) and beautifully conceived novels set in Japan such as A Tale for the Time Being by Ozeki, The Snow Kimono by Mark Henshaw (Text Publishing, which I have reviewed ), Dreams of Speaking by Gail Jones, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell, The Crane Wife by Patrick Ness and the novels of Liane Moriarty and Haruki Murakami. Lotz as one of five candidates for the unofficial national pulpit occupied over fifty years by her father. When The New York Times recently identified prospective heirs to Billy Graham's evangelical mantle in the United States, the article named Mrs. But like her father, she presides over a successful worldwide ministry she founded in 1988. Her fears evaporated, and she "just stepped aside and let God take over." The daughter of Rev. Lotz found herself ineluctably drawn into the stadium pulpit. Reviewed by Bridget Ford (Department of History, University of California, Davis)Īt a soccer stadium in India a few years ago, "Bible teacher" Ann Graham Lotz resisted speaking in front of the vast audience, protesting, "I'm an American housewife, I don't belong here." Yet Mrs. Strangers and Pilgrims: Female Preaching in America, 1740-1845.Ĭhapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, 1998. |