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calleo-bricriu · 5 years

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@aconxtum In case you were wondering why I wanted to know.

March 10.

Sun: Pisces Decanate: Cancer/Moon Mode: Mutable Element: Water

Fixed Stars:

Although your Sun's degree is not linked to a fixed star, some of your other planets' degrees certainly will be. By having an astrological chart calculated, you can find the exact position of the planets on your date of birth. This will tell you which fixed stars listed in this book are relevant to you.

The mixture of ambition and idealism suggested by your birthday indicates that you are a perceptive Piscean with a pragmatic approach. You are a gifted and versatile individual, and when you become inspired you often take the leading role, showing others your originality and administrative skills.

The added influence of your Sun in the decanate of Cancer brings imagination to your natural intuitive abilities. Although independent, you have a strong desire for security, so your home and family are especially important parts of your life. Endowed with psychic or mediumistic talents, you need to trust your inner feelings. When you have premonitions, events usually come about just as you knew they would. Although your warmth and sympathetic nature imply that you can be tolerant and compassionate, your pride and sensitivity indicate that you can get easily hurt and are prone to moodiness.

Although you are capable of hard work and blessed with good business sense, you need to express yourself by doing something unconventional and creative, Receptive to new ideas and experiences, you desire room to maneuver freely; although you are materially aware, you dislike a mundane routine. You desire freedom, but your easy charm and warm and friendly manner can make you popular with others. Subtle and with the gift of diplomacy, you can be direct without being offensive. An attraction for beauty suggests you can be stylish and have a love of the creative arts.

Until you reach the age of ten your progressed Sun moves through Pisces, highlighting issues regarding your emotional sensitivity and dreams for the future. While you are between the ages of eleven and forty, your progressed Sun moves through Aries. This influence suggests that you gradually develop your confidence and assertiveness, with a desire to be more active and adventurous. This is a good time to take the initiative and learn to be more straightforward. After the age of forty-one, when your progressed sun moves into Taurus, you enter a new phase. This emphasises an increased need to be solidly established and financially secure as well as to be nourished by beauty and nature. At the age of seventy-one your progressed Sun moves into Gemini, emphasising communication and desire for new interests.

Your Secret Self

Naturally dramatic and sociable, you usually appear self-assured. If on an inner level you lack the self confidence to strike out on your own, however, you may end up in situations that do not utilise your full capabilities and talents. Although you usually have a wide range of interests, by focusing on one particular idea or project you are more able to fully express your strong creativity.

Bright and adaptable, you have a quick understanding of people. This insight helps you to achieve in life and ensures your success in social situations. Generous and understanding, you often attempt to keep the peace by using your diplomacy and natural charm. Although friendly, you do not reveal all of yourself to others and often need periods of being alone to reflect and find your center of stillness. Developing your strong intuition allows you to have faith in your own abilities and avoid worry and indecision.

Work & Vocation

People related occupations are likely to bring you the most satisfaction. Your natural psychological skills could also prove helpful in sales, advertising, or counseling work. Although you can collaborate and work well in a team situation, you usually do no tlike to take orders from others. This suggests that you are better in a leadership position or working for yourself. Your natural dramatic sense and strong imagination may find release through music, art, dance, or drama. Writing can prove to be an equally positive outlet for the creative side of your nature. Sympathetic and intuitive, you may also become involved in businesses that deal with foreign countries. Others will appreciate your ability to bring new and original ideas to your work.

Famous people who share your birthday include actress Sharon Stone, jazz composer Bix Beiderbecke, actor Chuck Norris, U.S. abolitionist Harriet Tubman, and British royal family member Prince Edward.

Numerology

Like those with a number 1 birthday, you are ambitious and independent. Although you may have to overcome challenges before you achieve your goals, with determination you often accomplish your objectives. Your pironeering spirit frequently encourages you to travel far afield or strike out on your own. With a number 10 birthday, you may also need to learn that the world does not revolve around you and that you should guard against being domineering. The subinfluence of the number 3 month indicates that you need to find ways to express yourself. Amiable and friendly, you enjoy social activities and usually have many interests. Versatile with a restless streak, you run the risk of becoming bored too easily or spreading yourself too thin, unless you are self-disciplined. Although you can be enthusiastic, with a good sense of humour, you may have to develop self-esteem in order to guard against worry.

Avoid being bossy or too critical in personal relationships. A loving atmosphere is of prime importance to you, as it fills you with hope and inspiration.

Positive: Leadership, creative, progressive, forceful, optimistic, strong convictions, competitive, independent, gregarious.

Negative: Overbearing, jealous, egotistical, pride, selfish, impatient.

Love & Relationships

As you have a wonderfully friendly charm that can attract friends and admierers, you are sure have an active social life and enjoy entertaining. You usually enjoy the company of intelligent people who can introduct you to new ideas or you may like to join groups where you can gain information and learn practical skills. Your need for balance and harmony implies that you achieve more by using diplomatic methods and interpersonal skills with your partner or associates rather than being dogmatic.

Your Special Someone

For security, mental stimulation, and love, you might want to begin looking for those born among the following dates.

Love & Friendship: Jan. 4, 11, 12, 16, 26, 28, 30. Feb. 2, 9, 10, 24, 26, 38. Mar. 7, 8, 22, 24, 26. Apr. 5, 6, 20, 22, 28, 31. May 3, 4, 8, 18, 20, 22, 28, 31. June 1, 2, 16, 18, 20, 26, 29. July 4, 14, 16, 18, 24, 27. Aug. 12, 14, 16, 22, 25. Sept. 10, 12, 14, 20, 23. Oct. 8, 10, 12, 18, 21. Nov. 6, 8, 10, 16, 19. Dec. 4, 6, 8, 14, 17.

Beneficial: Jan. 3, 10, 29, 31. Feb. 1, 8, 27, 29. Mar. 5, 25, 27. Apr. 4, 23, 25. May 2, 21, 23. June 19, 21. July 17, 19, 30. Aug. 15, 17, 28. Sept. 13, 15, 26. Oct. 11, 13, 24. Nov. 9, 11, 22. Dec. 7, 9, 20

Fatal attractions: Jan 11. Feb. 9. Mar. 7. Apr. 5. May 3. June 1. Sept. 10, 11, 12, 13.

Challenging: Jan 9. Feb. 7. Mar. 5, 28. Apr. 3, 26. May 1, 24. June 22. July 20. Aug. 18. Sept. 16. Oct. 14, 30, 31. Nov. 12, 28, 29. Dec. 10, 26, 27.

Soulmates: Jan 7. Feb. 5. Mar. 3. Apr. 1. May 29. June 27. July 25. Aug. 23. Sept. 21. Oct. 19. Nov. 17. Dec. 15.

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bountyofbeads · 5 years

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Government Shutdown May Turn a Day in Court Into a Four-Year Wait https://nyti.ms/2Rztass

Government shutdowns are STUPID, EXPENSIVE and make government LESS EFFICIENT. Trump filed for bankruptcy 6 or more times and now you know why. #MAGA voters you were warned but didn't listen, so when your benefits and tax refunds are delayed don't blame the #Democrats. All this for your #fuckingwall. #ImpeachTrump #ImpeachTrumpNow #ImpeachTheMF #Cult45 #trumpshutdown #TrumpShitShow #25thAmendmentNow

Government Shutdown May Turn a Day in Court Into a Four-Year Wait

By Richard A. Oppel Jr. and Christina Goldbaum | Jan. 4, 2019 | New York Times | Posted January 4, 2019 |

A 61-year-old man from the Dominican Republic has been waiting for his day in federal immigration court since the 1980s, unable to visit his dying mother back home or, in recent years, legally hold a job. His trial was finally to come next week. But because of the federal government shutdown, he stands to lose his precious court date.

In the backlogged immigration courts, that is likely to mean not just a few more weeks of waiting, but a few more years. Migrants like this man — who asked to be identified only by his first name, Jose, for fear of repercussions in court — are being sent to the back of the line, with their new court dates coming as late as 2022.

From furloughs at the Justice Department to confusion in the courts, to prison officers working without a paycheck, the shutdown has challenged the nation’s courts and criminal justice system and those whose livelihoods depend on them, slowing some cases while throwing others into disarray.

Elsewhere, Justice Department lawyers have begged to delay civil cases in which the government — or even President Trump — is being sued, saying they are now prohibited from working on these cases except in emergencies and other very limited circumstances. They have met with mixed success. In a lawsuit alleging that Mr. Trump used his Washington hotel to illegally profit from business with foreign countries, a delay has been granted.

But in a case that seeks to block the Trump administration from questioning people about their citizenship in the 2020 census — a measure that critics say is devised to suppress responses from migrants — the judge, Richard Seeborg of Federal District Court in San Francisco, denied a request to delay and ordered the trial to begin Monday. The Justice Department says it will comply. Judges will have significant latitude to determine which cases go forward and which are delayed, once the court fees and other revenue are depleted.

“Judges are in the best position to determine what cases have an urgency,” said David Sellers, the spokesman for the Administrative Office of the United States Courts.

Mr. Sellers said judges will continue to appoint defense lawyers to represent criminal defendants too poor to pay for one, and jurors will continue to be empaneled. They will get paid, he said, once money is appropriated.

Advocates for prisoners and their families fear that the shutdown could delay the implementation of a new criminal justice bill that promised to shorten sentences for some federal inmates by recalculating the amount of good time credit they have earned, because the Justice Department must create new tools and protocols first.

The deadlines for those “were already pretty ambitious, even when the department was fully staffed and appropriated,” said Kevin Ring, president of FAMM, a nonprofit group that was founded to oppose mandatory minimum sentences. “We’re watching that closely.”

But probably no system is feeling the shutdown as much as the already overburdened immigration courts, where there are more than 800,000 cases pending. Most of these courts, except those that hear the cases of those currently in detention, are now closed because of the shutdown.

As a result, the impasse over the Trump administration’s demand for a border wall to halt illegal immigration will result in long delays in deportations for those who are already here but ultimately lose their cases.

“That is the irony of this shutdown,” said Judge Amiena Khan, the executive vice president of the National Association of Immigration Judges, the judges’ union. “The impact is most acutely felt in immigration courts and proceedings where cases will not be going forward.”

Because of the volume of trials from the past two weeks that now must be rescheduled, the affected cases are likely to be pushed to the end of the judges’ dockets rather than squeezed into their schedules once the shutdown ends.

In New York, home to one of the busiest immigration courts in the country, those whose trials have been postponed will have to wait until the end of 2022 and 2023 at the earliest before their cases are heard because of the backlog, Judge Khan said.

“I was very nervous because we were so close, and this is just making me even more nervous,” Jose said. “Every day I hope the government reopens.”

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N.B.A. Midseason Power Rankings: The Clippers Have Room to Improve

Halfway through what was ambitiously billed as a wide-open season featuring more potential champions than usual in the N.B.A., three teams have separated themselves.

The Milwaukee Bucks and the co-tenants of the Staples Center in Los Angeles — LeBron James’s Lakers and Kawhi Leonard’s Clippers — are in a tier of their own at the top. That’s the more realistic way to look at the league after it passed the 615-game mark on Thursday on a regular-season schedule that features 1,230.

To fully sort out the N.B.A.’s 1-to-30 landscape, as is customary here at this juncture, I have reconvened what is known as the Committee (of One) to assemble a team-by-team progress report in the form of N.B.A. Power Rankings.

What used to be a weekly endeavor for me is only a once-a-season undertaking every January now. But the committee’s mission is the same as it has been since it was founded for the 2002-3 season.

The aim is to produce a more up-to-date and detailed assessment than the standings do, measuring what is happening in the present against each team’s big-picture outlook — with dollops of subjectivity and whimsy thrown in.

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Statistics were current through Friday’s games.

1. Milwaukee Bucks

So much for the notion that this team can’t prove anything to its critics until the postseason. Milwaukee has managed to stay uber-focused anyway, riding its No. 2 offense and No. 1 defense to establish a 70-win pace and, more important, hush much of the speculation about Giannis Antetokounmpo’s future. The Bucks are an obvious No. 1, while a better-than-ever Antetokounmpo closes in on a second consecutive Most Valuable Player Award despite playing only 30.8 minutes per game.

2. Los Angeles Lakers

Apart from a four-game losing streak in December and some Kyle Kuzma trade speculation, Lakerland has largely been devoid of drama for as long as the committee can remember. The worry, of course, is that the Lakers are relying too heavily on two players, but LeBron James and Anthony Davis look every ounce the dream pairing they appeared to be on paper — while Frank Vogel has stepped into a coaching caldron as gracefully as he could have hoped.

3. Los Angeles Clippers

The Clippers are one of just five teams that rank in the top 10 in both offensive and defensive efficiency (alongside Milwaukee, Boston, Utah and the Lakers) despite the fact that Kawhi Leonard and Paul George have together played in just 18 games (14-4). As sluggish as the Clippers have looked since their impressive second-half comeback against the Lakers on Christmas, their considerable room for improvement before the playoffs begin on April 18 makes them scary.

4. Denver Nuggets

The committee has been pushing for the ever-deliberate Nuggets to liven up a sleepy trade season by trying to swing a splashy deal for a difference-maker like New Orleans guard Jrue Holiday. The counter to such requests: Denver believes Michael Porter Jr., who finally appears healthy enough to take on a regular role, may provide the jolt the Nuggets need to threaten the Lakers and Clippers — even with Nikola Jokic gradually emerging from his slow start.

5. Toronto Raptors

The N.B.A.’s defending champions rank among this season’s leaders in games lost to injury. Toronto also happens to be on a 54-win pace despite its injury issues and the departures of Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green to Los Angeles, which have only enhanced the reputations of Pascal Siakam, Kyle Lowry and Coach Nick Nurse. Although the Raptors would surely take it as disrespect in the wake of their title run, Canada’s team is on this season’s list of pleasant surprise teams.

6. Boston Celtics

Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown have overcome the disappointment of a humbling seventh-place finish with U.S.A. Basketball at the FIBA World Cup in China last summer to play their way into All-Star contention. And Kemba Walker has allowed Boston to smoothly move on from the messy end of the Kyrie Irving era. In few corners, though, are the Celtics considered a legitimate title threat. Thus, it’ll be interesting to watch how (Trader) Danny Ainge proceeds.

7. Miami Heat

Jimmy Butler and the Heat were right: He has been a perfect fit on South Beach. Butler, who described himself in an October interview as “a little extra at times,” has given Miami a true foundational player alongside the surprise All-Star candidate Bam Adebayo. The Heat still have roster holes — and some of their success owes to a fortuitous 6-0 record in overtime games — but they’re making a bid for the East’s No. 2 seed that no one saw coming.

8. Utah Jazz

The Jazz are 10-1 since trading for Jordan Clarkson and have picked up the pace after a 12-10 start largely because Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert have been playing at an All-Star level. The problem: Mike Conley (hamstring) missed 19 of 20 games before returning Saturday against the Sacramento Kings and was struggling to adapt to his new surroundings when he did play. Is Salt Lake City, specifically the Jazz offense, big enough for Conley and Joe Ingles? Utah’s postseason success may ride on the answer.

9. Indiana Pacers

Nate McMillan must figure prominently in any coach of the year discussion for helping steer the Pacers into a 53-win pace without Victor Oladipo, his All-Star guard, who is finally scheduled to return on Jan. 29 after needing more than a year to recover from a torn quad tendon in his right knee. Indiana should get at least one All-Star — Malcolm Brogdon or Domantas Sabonis — as a reward for being so good without Oladipo.

10. Dallas Mavericks

The (theoretical) rules of stardom say we can’t call Luka Doncic a true superstar until we see him in the playoffs. The reality is that Doncic, in his second season, has consistently been one of the league’s six best players alongside Giannis Antetokounmpo, James Harden, LeBron James, Anthony Davis and Kawhi Leonard. The 20-year-old has revitalized the Mavericks, who have done the same for the Knicks castoff Tim Hardaway Jr. while trying to nurse Kristaps Porzingis back to top form.

11. Houston Rockets

Admit it: James Harden and Russell Westbrook, as collaborators for the league’s No. 2 offense, have meshed better than expected in their reunion on the Rockets. That hasn’t been enough, mind you, to prevent the sort of regression that Rockets fans feared was coming after the Chris Paul-for-Westbrook deal. Houston’s problems are depth, defense and age — with little for an ever-aggressive front office to peddle in search of trade upgrades.

12. Philadelphia 76ers

Remember when we were all so curious about which team would finish No. 3 in the East because Milwaukee and Philadelphia seemed so certain to occupy the top two spots? The Sixers’ road woes (7-14 before Saturday’s game against the Knicks) and lack of dependable perimeter shooting have consigned Joel Embiid and Co. to an underwhelming sixth seed. That has spawned a much more unflattering question: Will the Sixers even have home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs?

13. Oklahoma City Thunder

In a season filled with surprise teams, the Thunder are right up there with Miami, Indiana, Dallas and Memphis. With Chris Paul proving he remains an elite player and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander quickly moving toward that level, Oklahoma City’s season is reminiscent of its 47-35 campaign in 2016-17 after losing Kevin Durant in free agency. Maybe the Thunder will trade Steven Adams, Danilo Gallinari or Dennis Schroeder. Or maybe they won’t and will instead gear up for an unexpected playoff run.

14. Memphis Grizzlies

I said so the other day on Twitter and it bears repeating: Not a soul predicted, when Memphis allowed Andre Iguodala to wait at home while it tries to trade him to a contender, that the Grizzlies themselves would join the playoff race. Huge credit goes to Ja Morant, the runaway favorite for the Rookie of the Year Award, and Grizzlies Coach Taylor Jenkins, Morant’s fellow rookie, for considerably speeding up this historically plodding, Grit n’ Grind-minded team.

15. San Antonio Spurs

Just when it seemed safe to finally write off the Spurs, one playoff berth short of a record 23rd in a row, San Antonio turned its season around by persuading LaMarcus Aldridge to embrace the 3-pointer. The resultant uptick in Aldridge’s game, as well as in that of DeMar DeRozan, suddenly has the Spurs looking capable of rising out of the deepest plague of mediocrity to infect the Western Conference in more than 20 years and seizing the No. 8 seed.

16. Orlando Magic

It was inevitable that the Magic would have to deal with some injuries after enjoying near-flawless health last season, but the forgiving nature of the Eastern Conference beyond its top six should allow them to reach the playoffs again. The committee’s primary interest here continues to be the Markelle Fultz comeback; Orlando Coach Steve Clifford told us in mid-November that Fultz would be “at another level” after 30 more games. He appears to have nailed that prediction.

17. New Orleans Pelicans

Nothing illuminates the uncharacteristic shallowness in the West than the Pelicans’ ability to maintain playoff hope after a 6-22 start in which they were hit with the double whammy of a lengthy string of injuries and a difficult early schedule. Yet New Orleans suddenly becomes a must-watch team on Wednesday, when Zion Williamson is expected to make his regular-season debut after a knee injury that sidelined him for 13 weeks.

18. Nets

Misguided talk about how the Nets didn’t really miss Kyrie Irving faded by the end of their 26-game stretch without him. Going 13-13 was certainly passable, but the Nets lost seven of eight before Irving’s Jan. 12 return. With Kevin Durant still expected to miss the entire season after tearing his Achilles’ tendon last June, Nets officials know they have to keep Irving and Caris LeVert healthy alongside Spencer Dinwiddie to nab a second successive playoff berth.

19. Phoenix Suns

The Suns’ 7-4 start proved to be a desert mirage. The newcomers Ricky Rubio, Aron Baynes and Coach Monty Williams have injected some savvy and stability after Phoenix’s nine consecutive seasons out of the playoffs, but the Suns clearly need more (and a lot more from Deandre Ayton) to end that drought. Things could get worse before they get better, too, with a road-heavy remaining schedule and a talent-laden West impeding Devin Booker’s quest for his first All-Star nod.

20. Portland Trail Blazers

The heartwarming vibes generated by Carmelo Anthony’s successful comeback in the Pacific Northwest have been overshadowed by Portland’s precipitous fall to a sub-.500 enigma this season. In training camp, the Blazers talked up their chances of being true contenders after reaching the Western Conference finals last season. Injuries beyond the ongoing absences of Jusuf Nurkic and Zach Collins have been a factor, but no team, in truth, has fallen further short of expectations.

21. Minnesota Timberwolves

Karl-Anthony Towns’s 15-game injury absence — ending with his return against Indiana on Friday — gives the Wolves a reasonable excuse for slumping after a 10-8 start. Yet the rush to trade the veteran guard Jeff Teague to Atlanta, along with their reported attempts to resume the pursuit of D’Angelo Russell via trade talks with Golden State, is a strong indication that Minnesota’s new front office team, headed by Gersson Rosas, is itching to change the cast around Towns.

22. Detroit Pistons

Blake Griffin is out indefinitely with continuing knee trouble that recently required yet another surgery. Andre Drummond is being shopped widely before the Feb. 6 trade deadline. And Reggie Jackson (back) still isn’t playing. The ongoing Derrick Rose renaissance and the fun development of the league’s youngest player, Sekou Doumbouya, cannot mask the reality that the Pistons, to their credit, have begun to embrace: It’s time to start over.

23. Chicago Bulls

The N.B.A. world will soon descend upon the Windy City for the league’s 69th All-Star Game. League observers will then resume trying to figure out what the Bulls’ plan is to get back to the playoffs amid what may be a third successive season with fewer than 30 wins. Once the All-Star party leaves town, Chicago will have nothing left to distract us from the curious struggles of Lauri Markkanen and lingering doubts about Jim Boylen’s fit as coach.

24. Sacramento Kings

For all the reasonable rationalizations that can be offered for the Kings’ plight, given their string of injuries (including health setbacks for De’Aaron Fox and Marvin Bagley) and the effects of an energy-sapping October trip to India, no one in Sacramento wants to hear any of that. Not after 13 consecutive nonplayoff seasons that, barring an unlikely second-half surge, will soon be 14. Pressure is undoubtedly mounting on General Manager Vlade Divac’s regime.

25. Charlotte Hornets

The Hornets were supposed to be much worse, but the combination of a soft first-half schedule, their league-leading eight victories in the crapshoot of one-possession games (8-6) — those decided by 3 points or fewer — and a wholly unexpected breakout for the unheralded Devonte’ Graham have enabled them to stay within range of a playoff spot. The reality, though, is that Charlotte took a six-game losing streak into the weekend — and that the top eight teams in the East are most likely set.

26. Knicks

The Knicks stand as the league’s only team to make an in-season coaching change after firing David Fizdale on Dec. 6. The players are indeed playing harder — and winning a bit more frequently — under their interim coach, Mike Miller. Unfortunately, incremental improvement can’t dilute the disappointment of RJ Barrett’s rookie struggles, Kevin Knox’s regression and Mitchell Robinson’s absence from the starting lineup. It has been an even colder winter than feared at Madison Square Garden.

27. Washington Wizards

The Wizards can’t trade their highly coveted shooting guard Bradley Beal until the off-season, and they insist they are unwilling to trade their highly coveted sharpshooter Davis Bertans before the Feb. 6 trade deadline. With the star guard John Wall still recovering from a torn Achilles’ tendon, that leaves little to discuss in the nation’s capital from a pro basketball perspective. That is, apart from Beal’s recent outburst in which he suggested he would “keep blowing up” unless Washington starts “changing our culture.”

28. Golden State Warriors

Jarring as it is to see Golden State down this far, after five consecutive trips to the N.B.A. finals, rival teams better enjoy it while they can. Stephen Curry (broken left hand) and Klay Thompson (knee surgery) will rejoin Draymond Green next season, with the Warriors happily focused now on developing prospects like Eric Paschall and Damion Lee while letting the new Chase Center serve as the star attraction — and waiting to see how high they finish in the draft lottery.

29. Cleveland Cavaliers

The Cavaliers gave Kevin Love a contract extension that makes him difficult to trade. Then they gave their new coach, John Beilein, an even longer contract that compels them to stick with the former Michigan man even though Beilein has predictably labored to connect with N.B.A. players after making the jump from college to the pros at age 66. There is some young talent here, but it’s difficult to get past the two major conundrums Cleveland faces.

30. Atlanta Hawks

Second-guessing is a daily way of life for teams that passed over Luka Doncic in the 2018 draft. In the Hawks’ case, however, it’s really Cam Reddish’s struggles that make this such a sore subject. For all his defensive deficiencies, Trae Young is in All-Star contention because of his offensive brilliance, even on team that is 10-33 after its loss against Detroit on Saturday. But Atlanta needed to hit on the extra pick it received from Dallas in the Doncic-Young swap. Reddish, to put it kindly, isn’t hitting.

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N.B.A. Midseason Power Rankings: The Clippers Have Room to Improve

Halfway through what was ambitiously billed as a wide-open season featuring more potential champions than usual in the N.B.A., three teams have separated themselves.

What used to be a weekly endeavor for me is only a once-a-season undertaking every January now. But the committee’s mission is the same as it has been since it was founded for the 2002-3 season.

Want more basketball in your inbox? Sign up for Marc Stein’s weekly N.B.A. newsletter here.

Statistics were current through Friday’s games.

1. Milwaukee Bucks

2. Los Angeles Lakers

3. Los Angeles Clippers

4. Denver Nuggets

5. Toronto Raptors

6. Boston Celtics

7. Miami Heat

8. Utah Jazz

9. Indiana Pacers

10. Dallas Mavericks

11. Houston Rockets

12. Philadelphia 76ers

13. Oklahoma City Thunder

14. Memphis Grizzlies

15. San Antonio Spurs

16. Orlando Magic

17. New Orleans Pelicans

18. Nets

19. Phoenix Suns

20. Portland Trail Blazers

21. Minnesota Timberwolves

22. Detroit Pistons

23. Chicago Bulls

24. Sacramento Kings

25. Charlotte Hornets

26. Knicks

27. Washington Wizards

28. Golden State Warriors

29. Cleveland Cavaliers

30. Atlanta Hawks

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Year-end round-up—Vancouver albums you might have missed part I

Chamber-pop band Gentle Party released Jouska in March.

In what has become an annual tradition, Inside Vancouver has tried to dig up as many below-the-radar releases from Vancouver artists as possible. We found quite a few—so many that we’re dividing this post into two parts. Tthe first, this one, covers albums released between January and June of this year. The second, which goes live Dec. 29, covers the second half of the year.

The list skews heavily towards rock, pop, country and folk. There are probably many electronica, hip-hop and metal records that we’ve missed. If you know of any, please let us know in the comments section.

The main qualification for making this list, besides relative obscurity and a release date between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31 2017, is length. The release must be either at least 10 songs or over 30 minutes. Otherwise, the list would be overrun with EPs, which are more plentiful than full-length albums. Thanks to all who suggested albums, including Mark Bignall, Ford Pier, Nancy Lanthier, and David Rust.

We have however included a few EPs, mostly based on the fact that we were already aware of them. We’ve also included a list of higher-profile reissues, as well as a couple of re-releases. We hope you enjoy the list and discover some new Vancouver talent.

Louise Burns, Young Mopes (Feb. 3)—Although Burns is an established artist, Young Mopes hasn’t received the attention it deserves. The Vancouver-based singer/songwriter/producer’s third full-length is unfashionably catchy, jangle-y indie-pop. Visit Light Organ Records for more info.

Louise Burns covers the Blue Nile’s “Downtown Lights” on her 2017 album Young Mopes.

Viper Central, The Spirit of God and Madness—Bluegrass with nods to country, Western Swing, and modern Canadian folk.

Gentle Party, Jouska (March 4)—According to Gentle Party’s bandcamp page: “Cello, violin, harp and a voice collaborating on original music and pushing the traditional boundaries of each instrument, individually and as a collective.” Local music scribe Alexander Varty called this debut “incredibly self-assured.”

Rodney DeCroo, Old Tenement Man (May 3)—Old Tenement Man is the latest from Vancouver singer/songwriter, poet and playwright Rodney DeCroo. It includes perhaps his most commercial song yet, “Lou Reed On The Radio“.

The Judys, The Very Best of the Judys (April 11)—Formed in 2014, The Judys are comprised of musicians from Vancouver bands such as Jazzmanian Devils, The Roswells, The Living Deadbeats, The b-sides, and Bug House Five. The album’s quirky rock draws on disparate influences.

Peregrine Falls, s/t (May 12)—From the Peregrine Falls bandcamp page: “Gordon Grdina and Kenton Loewen tease out the heavy-handed improv with sticks and guitar strings. Lacerating riffs curl out like black smoke, drums tumbling erratic like a head-on locomotive collision. Witness inspired expertise in form of mathy sludge.” This is the duo’s first full-length, following a 2014 EP.

Sick Boss, Sick Boss (May 26)—A sextet of Vancouver musicians contribute to this mix of composed and improv pieces that have been edited and experimented on. Debra-Jean Creelman and Molly Guldemond, known for their work with Mother Mother, contribute vocals to some of the tracks.

Buster Brown & the New Resolutions (June)—Vancouver studio vets record an album of guitar-based instrumentals ranging from hard-edged jazz-rock to Americana ballads. Led by guitarist Andreas Schuld (Long John Baldry, Schuld & Stamer), the band also features drummer Pat Steward (The Odds, Bryan Adams), bassist Norm Fisher (Jann Arden, Bryan Adams), and keyboardist Graeme Coleman (Skywalk). Find out more at brouhaharecords.com. (Note: the band plays Pat’s Pub 3-7 p.m. Dec. 30.)

The Circus in Flames, Outside America (June 2)—itunes link.

Ron Samworth, Dogs Do Dream (June 16 )—Composer/guitarist Ron Samworth’s latest is inspired by the dream life of dogs. According to beatroute.ca: “Combining spoken word narration and freeform jazz compositions, Dogs Do Dream is a suitably bizarre listening experience. The narration provided by Barbara Adler is vivid and at points uncompromising… The largely improvised interplay between Samworth and long-time collaborators including Peggy Lee (cello) and Dylan van der Schyff (drums/marimba) is commendably cohesive in terms of creating a mood and atmosphere to accompany the narration. Dogs Do Dream is a willfully difficult album but its creative premise is undeniably avant-garde.”

Tavis E. Triance & the Natural Way, A Brief Respite from the Terror of Dying—Solo singer/songwriter project from former member of the Royal Mountain Band and Spoon River. “It harnesses his (Triance’s) love of themes of darkness, absurdity and the unbridled madness of men, and imbues it with a lyricism and a swagger,” according to bio.

Needles//Pins, Good Night, Tomorrow (June 30)—Self-described “power-trash.” Good Night, Tomorrow is the band’s third full-length.

Coming soon: part II, July-December 2017.

Some notable EPs:

Ghost Thoughts, Purple Period (Feb. 10)—Each track is sung by a different female voice. The singers are from female-fronted Vancouver bands like Fake Tears and Supermoon.

Coalmont, The Hallowed Grey Vol 1. (March 13)—Husband/wife singer-songwriter duo playing Americana-folk.

Prairie Cat Is Cary Pratt (June 5)—An EP of seven songs from Vancouver singer/songwriter Cary Pratt.

Leah Abramson, Songs for a Lost Pod (Nov 3)—An ambitious project that comes with a graphic novel.

The Milk Crate Bandits, The View from Out Here (Nov. 7)—New Orleans-jazz influenced tunes. The View from Out Here follows an EP about East Vancouver from earlier in the year.

Sumner Brothers, In Remembrance of Wolf (Dec. 15)—An album of eight covers, dedicated to Vancouver musician Elliot C. Way and his deceased dog Wolf. Includes songs by Bruce Springsteen, The Tragically Hip and Warren Zevon.

Reissues:

Slow, Against the Glass—Re-release of eight-song album from influential ’80s band. Slow is best known for causing a scene at Expo 86 and for its song “Have Not Been the Same”.

Art Bergmann, Remember Her Name—Re-release of the third, 1991 album by Vancouver singer/songwriter Art Bergmann. The record features some of his best-loved songs, including “Message from Paul”, “Faithlessly Yours” (a MuchMusic hit in the early nineties) and “If She Could Sing”.

High-profile releases from Vancouver artists in 2017 included: Mother Mother’s No Culture; Destroyer’s Ken; The Courtneys II; Teen Daze (two albums, Themes for a Dying Earth and Themes for a New Earth), Pack A.D.’s Dollhouse; Belle Game’s Fear Nothing; The Harpoonist and the Axe Murderer’s Apocalipstick; Geoff Berner’s Canadiana Grotesquica; and Peach Pit’s debut, Being So Normal.

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