Once you understand the economics of the Austrian School and the philosophy of liberty in the tradition of Rothbard, you never look at anything – not the state, the media, the central bank, the political class, nothing – the same way again. - Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.
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Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it.... While it lies there, it needs no constitution, no law, no court to save it.
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1 in custody after person found dead in Independence home
Police called at 12:53 p.m. to 9500 East 14th Street
Updated: 6:56 PM CDT Aug 26, 2019
KMBC 9 News Staff
Police in Independence said one person is in custody after someone on was found dead in a home Monday afternoon.Authorities said officers were called at 12:53 p.m. to the 9500 block of East 14th Street on a nature unknown call.When police arrived, they found an adult dead inside the home.The death is being investigated as a homicide, police said.
Police in Independence said one person is in custody after someone on was found dead in a home Monday afternoon.
Authorities said officers were called at 12:53 p.m. to the 9500 block of East 14th Street on a nature unknown call.
When police arrived, they found an adult dead inside the home.
The death is being investigated as a homicide, police said.

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Vacuum concentration and freeze drying are related methods used for the gentle drying or preservation of thermally sensitive materials. This often involves the removal of aqueous media. As can be seen from the state diagram of water, which can also serve as an example for other solvents, above a certain process pressure (in this case 6.1 hPa for H2O) drying occurs from the liquid phase. At pressures below this level, the water temperature drops below 0 °C.
Drying occurs directly from the frozen state, bypassing the liquid phase.
The triple point (in this case p = 6.1 hPa and T = 0 °C for H2O) can be regarded as a sort of boundary between vacuum concentration (or drying) and freeze drying. Ice, water and vapour can be observed simultaneously in the chamber. The key features of the two methods are listed in the following table.
Christ systems also allow the two methods to be combined in a Rotational Vacuum Concentrator (RVC). Starting at a relatively high pressure (e.g. 20 hPa) and then reducing it to a lower pressure (e.g. 1 hPa) concentrates an aqueous DNA solution to a small residual volume, which then freezes in the device at the lower pressure. Final drying occurs by sublimation.
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The title is from the opening pages of the Cleveland Clinic's Annual Report, which quotes Dr. Rene Favaloro: "the patient is not only an illness, he has a soul." I came across the quote as I watched my colleague, Ananth Raman, teach a class in our Achieving Breakthrough Service executive education program at HBS. Ananth took the class through an incredible discussion of why a healthcare provider would need to remind employees that a patient has a soul. His larger point was that we can get so lost in the quest for operational excellence that we lose sight of the humanity of the people we're serving.
Ananth titled his talk "Empathy and Execution." One of the reasons it resonated so deeply with me is that it intersects with what I've been stressing in my work with executives, which is the need to set high standards for their people, but to do so with high empathy. Getting one right with out the other is much easier than getting both right, as I explored in a previous post.
Ananth convinced me that this frame is important for customers, too. In fact, I'm increasingly persuaded that one of the secrets to healthy organizations is a culture of compassion and excellence around all human interactions. These values benefit everyone in the system — managers, staff, suppliers, investors and, yes, customers. I'm finding they work for my toddler, too.
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…being good to them doesn't mean you pay them more or you're more liberal, or you let them get away with things. Most people, what they want is to be better.
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In contrast, a crisis tempts some of us to become overly sympathetic and lower our standards. When people you care about are going through a tough time, it can feel reasonable to compromise and let them off the hook a bit. But there are two significant costs to that choice. First, it denies your team the opportunity to learn. People, like muscles, need to push themselves beyond their comfort zone to grow. They need to bump up against their perceived limits in order to break through them, and protecting them from reality disrupts that growth process. Second, lowering standards signals your hidden belief that maybe they're not up for it after all. It reveals a lack of confidence in your people when the stakes really matter. They will internalize the message. Their performance will rise only to the level of your diminished expectations, and everyone will conclude that you were right. It is hard for organizations to recover from those dynamics.
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The NYT Magazine recently did a terrific story on Suze Orman, increasingly known for the tongue-lashing she's willing to give viewers who aren't taking full responsibility for their financial lives. Or as Oprah calls these very public rebukes, "Suze smackdowns." Suze — she's achieved first-name-only status — is a worldwide phenomenon, and I think it has as much to do with how she communicates as what she communicates.
I also think there's a leadership lesson in her success. Suze doesn't let empathy get in the way of enforcing high standards. Nor does she let high standards get in the way of empathy. If there's any secret sauce to leadership, I think it's this. I think it's learning how to deliver both simultaneously. A default assumption for most of us is that these positions tradeoff on each other, that you can be supportive or hold people accountable, but not both. The exceptional leaders I know are defying this tradeoff everyday. They are demanding excellence from the people around them, while helping them achieve it with relentless support.


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Posted on Thursday, October 3, 2019 - 12:03
A more critical period for the industry cannot be recalled, but the current upheaval creates not just a disruption of traditional comms, it provides a welter of opportunities, says Gamma CEO Andrew Taylor.
From the moment Taylor took over from former Gamma CEO Bob Falconer in May last year he began to prepare the business for the next phase of its development on a number of fronts, with plans for product and service development, more comprehensive partner support programmes and a push on European expansion. Indeed, analysis of Taylor's discourse shows a near obsession with the channel as an engine of growth, and he lauds its capacity to be the driving power of digital transformation.
"The channel has disrupted the market, taken significant share from the incumbents and driven technological change in our industry," he stated. "Take the move to VoIP and cloud – UK penetration levels are the highest in Europe. The channel is the driving force behind a market shift towards SIP and cloud telephony, with 10 per cent and 20 per cent annualised growth respectively."
According to Taylor, BT's ISDN switch off is both an opportunity and a threat, and on this he issued a word to the wise. "Partners should remain vigilant about their existing base, ensuring they are moving their customers onto next generation solutions," he urged. "I am convinced that the channel will be a driving force. This transformation will not be easy, but once on the journey it radically changes a channel partners' business model and significantly enhances the value of their organisation."
On UCaaS, Taylor envisages another new dawn of opportunity. "UCaaS has become a key component in the digital journeys organisations have embarked on as they seek to gain a competitive advantage in their own markets," he stated. "The channel, which has largely secured the SIP market, is primed to lead the UCaaS charge over the next five years, providing a network enabled service to business customers. This gives partners a competitive edge against the over-the-top players."
Partner business models have dramatically changed with recurring revenues and the move to SaaS
In the context of mobile and data markets it is true that the overall growth for data is flat, and that the national upgrade to new fibre-based broadband services is having a negative impact on revenues and margins across the industry, observed Taylor. "That said, it's encouraging to see that the channel continues to outperform and remain competitive when selling data products, regardless of their similar feature set and purchasing decisions being heavily influenced by price," added Taylor. "We would advise caution on the opportunity in the data market as it becomes a race to the floor on price, ultimately adding no value."
As with portfolio development, Taylor's overall handling of opportunities for Gamma and its partners has been deft and also displays optimism in the face of market challenges. "Differentiation and a strong value proposition are essential to overcoming the threats faced by the channel," he stated. "Customers can buy almost all services digitally, so partners need to scope out where their value lies to remain relevant, looking beyond products to the experience provided to a user, team, business and customer. Furthermore, with new entrants to the market, including the larger US players, it's essential to choose partnerships carefully by asking the key question, 'will they add or destroy the value of my business?'. For these new entrants their opportunity is the channel's margin, and over time they will look to marginalise channel partners and go direct."
It cannot be too much to imagine the channel stepping up its challenge to the incumbents and winning, claims Taylor, who explained how Gamma has been ratcheting up its own mechanisms to prepare partners for their market campaigns. "We have worked hard to meet our short-term commitments while planning for the longer-term strategy," commented Taylor. "Gamma has a clear set of objectives and priorities to support the channel.
"Personally, I have spent much time with channel partners to understand where we should be placing our efforts. This approach, for example, has enabled us to address our deliverables on Horizon while ensuring that we launched Collaborate, our first step in becoming a full UCaaS provider and a significant milestone. We also introduced our subscription management service and will shortly roll out a new Horizon voice recording platform and cloud contact centre solution, which will be fully integrated into Horizon and is being provided by our partner Cirrus."
Taylor's tactics are clear – to change up a gear not only on home turf but also abroad. "We are on plan with our international expansion strategy and have already made a couple of acquisitions in the Netherlands," he explained. "Our long-term focus is to develop a presence in key European markets where cloud penetration is low – under five per cent compared to 24 per cent in the UK – and we have ring fenced a dedicated team focused on our European business so there is no distraction from the important work we are doing in the UK."
As we have seen, Taylor's broader UK channel plan involves a heavy investment into products and services which comes with a strong emphasis on ensuring the integrity of Gamma's network and application platforms via a governance structure which is audited by external specialists. Another core message is that Gamma's focus is not particularly around increasing the partner base but more around strengthening current partner relationships.
"We have invested heavily in the Gamma Academy and the Gamma Accelerate digital marketing platform with a view to better enabling our partners," said Taylor. "During the last 18 months we have also augmented the sales, marketing and commercial support. During the last six months, for example, we ran almost 12,000 training courses, an increase from 8,000 in the same period in 2018, and we are running over 350 marketing campaigns a month with partners. We have also increased the size of our channel sales team and structured it geographically to provide better and more local support to our partners."
Taylor, like his predecessor, has shown himself to be a chief champion of the UK channel, for good reason. "Despite Brexit I continue to be positive about the communications sector and our ability as an industry and a channel to show resilience during a period of economic uncertainty where business confidence is low," stated Taylor. "Historically, our industry has shown robustness and is well placed to ride out any eventualities, especially when you consider that the overall financial performance and business model of our partners has dramatically changed in the last 10 years with recurring revenues and the move to SaaS. I believe they are best in class when compared to other European countries. As well as working hard and being commercial in their dealings, the channel also finds time to have fun."
Andrew Taylor in profile...
Taylor has over 22 years experience in the telecoms sector and a strong track record of achievement in previous roles, both in the UK and internationally. From 2013 to 2017 Taylor was Chief Executive Officer of Nomad Digital, a provider of IP connectivity and digital solutions to the global transportation industry. He was responsible for establishing Nomad as a major player in the sector, and when acquired by Alstom in 2017 it served over 50 global customers from 20 offices.
Before joining Nomad, Taylor was Digicel's Regional Chief Executive Officer (2012-2013) with responsibility for fixed and mobile operations across the Northern Caribbean. His remit included all fixed network services and business/ICT solutions within 26 international markets. Taylor is credited with driving significant growth in both Digicel's revenues and profitability.
From 2008 to 2010 Taylor was Chief Executive of Intec Telecom, a provider of software solutions with over 400 customers located in 120 countries, and served by over 1,700 employees. After a period of significant growth and business improvement Intec was acquired by CSG in 2010.
In the period before 2008 Taylor held a number of management and operational roles across the telecoms industry including senior positions at Alcatel-Lucent and British Telecom.
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An eyelid's flutter from home.
I found this in a compilation called Soho Square Six the first time I went to Ireland. I was a college student, and I was achingly homesick and very very happy by turns. Bolger's words comforted me in exactly the moment I needed them, and I managed to scrounge up enough cash to buy another large book I'd have to tote around and squeeze into my luggage.
Ondine, in Morrison's masterful Tar Baby, one of my favorite examples of Magical Realism.
At some point, as a strange child who decided to write the Great American Novel (whatever the hell that even means), I stumbled across the concept of a "Commonplace Book." And I started sort of keeping one. The things I would include in my Commonplace book pop up in my journals, in notebooks, on slips of paper and via highlighted sections in text books. Many people encourage hand-written Commonplace Books for a myriad of excellent reasons. But my journals have no concordance, and that is unlikely to change. So it's time to start building a digital one here. Hence the new category and the browsing of countless pages of my own messy scrawl. And now to begin . . .
Some friends have asked questions about my favorite loom recently, so I figured an explanatory post was due. I have a Gilmore Big Wave loom, which I bought several years ago.
It was significantly more expensive than my previous inkle loom, but in has a number of features that make weaving much easier on my poor achy hands, so I think it was worth every penny. It is structured much like many floor looms, which makes it stronger than most open-sided inkle looms. It has a warp beam and a cloth beam, and both are tensioned via those self-braking gears. It holds beautifully even tention.
Those texsolv heddles seem to last forever, but I have extras if they wear out. Using this method to change sheds is much, much easier on my hands than any similar loom I've worked on in the past.
This loom obviously isn't set up for a continuous warp, so I have to warp on a warping board and transfer the warp to the loom to weave. That allows for a much longer and/or wider warp, so it opens up a lot of possibilities my old loom didn't offer.
To begin a project, I gather supplies and review some notes so I can begin plotting a draft.
I'm making a tone on tone white belt for a friend, so I plot out some color options in the best light available to me, and then design a warp on the board. Rather than tying the warp, I secure it with some clips. I am going to transfer it to the loom immediately, so I don't bother chaining the warp. You can see I have the cross clipped in two spots, just in case. This warp will make a band that's about three inches wide.
My current habit is to load the warp onto the warp beam and then sley the heddles as if they were a reed, but I am sure you could dress it the opposite way.
I've pulled the warp off the board and just draped it over the heddle tower, separating out the two arms of the warp cross. The loom came with two maple dowels to help dress the warp and cloth beams in whichever way you prefer. It also comes with two lease sticks and has holes drilled to use them or store them–I generally only bother with one for these bands.
Here, I've begun winding the warp onto the warp beam. The loom also comes with these pins that help keep the warp from spreading out too far on the beam and generally allow you to wind on neatly. I'm using some scrap cardboard as warp separators. I wind on carefully, combing the warp with my fingers and attempting to maintain even tension as I go.
Once the warp beam is dressed, I move to the front of the loom, trim the ends of the warp even, and dress the heddles in whatever pattern I've come up with. When I do these patterned white on white bands, good lighting is vital for this task. I thread the heddles and tie off using larks head knots, which is pretty standard.
And then I weave until I get too close to the end of the warp for things to work happily.
I came across Postcards from Sweden a few years ago, and loved it, and promptly forgot about it. But then a friend made one, and I gave some thought to the ludicrous piles of linen scraps in my studio, and jumped in. I will end up with a different palette, because my scraps tend to be darker or sadder than the colors in the original, but I can accept that. I also reached out to friends to see if they had scraps they wanted to part with, and a couple of people were very generous. I have enough to piece the top without cutting into yardage.
I opted to start with 6″ squares and cut those into half-square triangles, knowing I'd wind up with much smaller blocks once seam allowances and the difficulties of working with linen came into play.
Using linen for quilts requires a lot of seam finishing, so I tend to piece with my serger to keep the whole thing from disintegrating. I build in big seam allowances as well, and try to make up for an increased risk of biasing and stretching when I use garment fabrics. You can see that the serged seam is larger than the standard scant 1/4 inch most quilters use when piecing. That is all damage control, so I work with it. As I piece and press, I am careful not to stretch that biased edge I'm joining. Linen quilts call for lots of pressing, of course, so I tend to save them for the winter when my studio is otherwise cold. I do sometimes also starch or use some other sort of pressing spray to try to make up for the stretch and give of garment fabrics.
Once I had the fabrics all cut, I set up the stacks and did my best to select pairings randomly. I had to coerce myself to put some colors together that I normally wouldn't.
And then, the trimming. I kid you not about linen's tricksie ways. That is a relatively well pieced block, but the looser weave, the biased edges, and the serged seam all come together to cause some oddities.
Aggressive trimming is necessary. I opt to do most things as if I'm on a production line, so I turned to a good ruler with a 45 degree mark and a rotating mat. I'm trimming batches of four at a time. If I didn't plan to start joining blocks soon, I would wait on this. Trimming is taking off those chains of stitches that help make serged seams last, so the trimmed squares are fragile.
Now, to play with layout options. I still need to piece 100 or so squares, but I want time to mull over setting in the meantime. I have a lot of deep blues and reds, so I can rely on them for structure if I want it, or I can fight that urge and lean on improvisation for movement. I'm not liking diagonal striping.
I will likely haul out the design wall.
This was my challenge for the Celtic component of the Bardic Quest at War of the Wings, 2017. Boasts have a particular prominence in Celtic mythology: the most famous is the Song of Amergin, but the boasts in Mac Datho's Pig are also notable.
My Mother Tongue gave it breath.
And know what heights I reach.
To tear my foes asunder.
And rob sleep from his home with a quip.
Laughter from your belly on a whim.
My knife is sharp–my tongue much sharper.
My wits keen and true.
My lips speak a spell to capture multitudes.
Or a woman's unbreakable strength.
To supplant their masters in the minds of men.
Prove your worth. Speak your power.
If Bright Brigid blesses you, take your place at my side.
And speak not of yourself as "Bard" henceforth.
It dawned on me I had never translated this most famous passage from Irish mythology, so I set to work. From Lebor gabála Érenn: The book of the Invasions of Ireland. I worked from the text here.
Am gáeth i mmuir. ar domni.
Am tond trethan i tír.
Am gai i fodb. feras feochtu.
Am dé delbas do chind codnu.
Coiche nod gleith clochur slébe.
Cia dú i llaig funiud grene.
Cia beir búar o thig Temrach.
Cia dé delbas faebru. a ndind ailsiu.
Cáinté im gaí cainte gaithe. Am.
I am the wind on the sea–the depths.
I am a wave storming the land.
I am the roar of the Ocean.
Mine are the seven antlers.
I am a falcon on a cliff.
I am the Sun's own tear.
I am a boar of fury.
I am a salmon in a pool.
I am a lake in a meadow.
I am the Pinnacle of Poetry.
I am the flaming word.
I am the spear of the spoils– War's work.
I stoke the fire in the head.
Who marks the path to the mountain's peak?
Who invokes the ages of the Moon?
Who guides the setting sun?
Who leads the cattle from Temrach's abode?
Who do Tethra's Sparkling kine adore?
Who hones the sharpest edges, the fortress fosters?
Who sings the Spear-Song, the Wind-Song, but I?
Mine is the penultimate piece.
It was interesting to be recorded. Like many people, I had a hard time getting used to the sound of myself, but I think I've now messed with recordings enough now that I do indeed recognize my own voice at a remove. Everyone involved with this project has been an absolute joy to work with. I can't really fathom how much time and energy Gideon/Steve puts into this project of his, but I'm grateful for the podcast. I love that my poem is included with Bryce's and Lasair's.
The Fyrdraca is a reproduction ship built in 1979 by the venerable Longship Company and sold to some intrepid kooks in 2003–it made its way to my friend Richard, and he still keeps her afloat after all this time. I'm busy and happy and writing, and hoping some day soon to see her in person again after so many years.
No cry pulled me from sleep.
then borne beyond foot's reach.
with simpler dreams and stronger hands.
What value dappled eyes and nimble hands?
to and from my tribes and back again.
Cradling them between the two.
to call me to the beach.
loud enough to know each throat's own pitch.
Krupnik is a Polish spiced honey cordial, which my friend Scot introduced to be ten or fifteen years ago. I learned to make it from my friend Jenny and took to altering the recipe to fit my palate. The method I've devised is far from traditional at this point, but produces something less sweet and with a deeper flavor than many krupniks I've sampled over the years. The recipe can easily be scaled up or down–we tend to make one huge batch every winter and decant it from an infusion jar as needed. For that reason, we attempt to limit options for mold growth–honey itself does not generally mold–nor does vodka or other high proof liquor. Water and fresh fruit can introduce possibilities for mold growth, so I avoid using them in most instances. I also don't add the liquor to hot honey, because I don't want to catch the liquor on fire or aerosolize it.
6-8 1.75 liter bottles of vodka. You could also use white rum or grain alcohol if you prefer.
Add the honey to the stock pot and rinse out the honey jars with a small amount of hot water. You want to waste as little honey as possible while also adding as little water as possible to the Krupnik base.
Slowly bring the honey mixture up to a simmer, stirring regularly.
Continue simmering and stirring the honey mixture until it thickens as the water evaporates and the honey starts to darken. I like to thoroughly caramelize the honey so the finished Krupnik has a deep flavor.
Do not allow the honey mixture to boil over. Making honey candy on your stove burners is not ideal. I've done it several times, and I do not find the experience enjoyable.
Spoon out a small sample of the honey, allow it to cool, and taste it. Adjust your spice mixture if necessary. The hot honey will draw flavors out of the spices quickly, so this is the best time to adjust things.
Once you are happy with the amount of caramelization and spice in the honey, remove the pot from the heat, put a lid on it, and allow it to cool completely.
Select a good spot to store your krupnik for at least a month. You want it to be out of direct sunlight and kept at a moderate temperature, but you will also want to stir and sample the krupnik regularly while it mellows.
When the honey mixture is completely cool, sterilize your infusion jar using your preferred method.
Pour the honey mixture from the stock pot into the sterilized infusion jar, using a rubber spatula to get every bit of honey you can into the infusion jar. This will make everything near you sticky unless you are far more dexterous than the average person.
Add vodka to the honey, stirring gently to avoid splashing stickiness any further than you already have. Because I made such a large batch, I moved the infusion jar to its storage location before adding the vodka. I don't start with the full 6-8 large bottles of vodka. For this batch, I added four bottles and let it sit to mellow and will add more later once I get a sense of how the batch is tasting. I don't want the final product to be too sweet or too thick, but I also don't want the honey and spices to be overpowered by the vodka.
Allow the krupnik to mellow for at least a month, checking it frequently for flavor. If it seems too sweet or thick, add more vodka. If the Krupnik reaches a point where you have enough of a particular flavor, feel free to remove that spice. I've strained out cloves after a week or two, removed orange peels after a month, etc.
Once the krupnik has the flavor you want, decant it into sterilized swing top bottles and enjoy.
This is just the caramelized honey and spices–you can see how dark the honey is.
Crazy Lanea Copyright © 2019. All Rights Reserved.


1The tuber of a tropical sedge that is widely used in Asian cooking, its white flesh remaining crisp after cooking.
2The sedge that yields the water chestnut, which is cultivated in flooded fields in Southeast Asia.
3An aquatic plant with small white flowers, producing an edible rounded seed with two large projecting horns.


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The 2014–15 Oklahoma City Thunder season was the 7th season of the franchise in Oklahoma City and the 48th in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
The Thunder would suffer from injuries, mainly to Kevin Durant, who underwent surgery and was shut down for the rest of the season. Despite this, the Thunder remained in playoff contention, but a four-game losing streak at the beginning of April cost them as they finished 45–37 tied with the New Orleans Pelicans and were eliminated on a head-to-head matchup tie breaker. The Thunder missed the playoffs for the first time since 2009, resulting in Scott Brooks's firing 1 week after the conclusion of the regular season.

Previous season
The Thunder finished the 2013–14 season 59–23 to finish in first place in the Northwest Division, second in the Western Conference and qualified for the playoffs. Last season featured Kevin Durant being named the 2013-14 NBA Most Valuable Player. Durant earned MVP honors after averaging a career-high 32.0 points, 7.4 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 1.3 steals leading the Thunder to a 59-23 record with Russell Westbrook missing most of the season playing just 46 games.

Offseason

Draft picks

The Thunder had two first-round picks entering the draft. The Thunder traded their 2014 second-round pick in the Ronnie Brewer trade from the New York Knicks back in 2013 which was later traded by the Knicks to the Toronto Raptors. The Thunder's other first-round pick was originally acquired from the Houston Rockets as a result of the James Harden trade in 2012.

On draft night, the Thunder traded cash considerations to the Charlotte Hornets in exchange for the draft rights to Semaj Christon, the fifty-fifth pick.

The Thunder ended 2014 NBA Draft night with Michigan center Mitch McGary, Stanford forward Josh Huestis and Xavier guard Semaj Christon.

Trades
On June 27, the Thunder traded cash considerations to the Charlotte Hornets in exchange for the draft rights to Semaj Christon, the fifty-fifth pick.

On July 15, the Thunder signed-and-trade Thabo Sefolosha and the draft rights to Georgios Printezis to the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for the draft rights to Sofoklis Schortsanitis. The Thunder also generated a trade exception worth $4 million. On August 26, the Thunder traded Hasheem Thabeet and cash considerations to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for a 2015 protected second-round pick while also generating another trade exception worth $1.25 million.

Free agency

For this offseason, free agency began on July 1st, 2014 while the July moratorium ended on July 10. Caron Butler, Derek Fisher and Thabo Sefolosha were set to hit unrestricted free agency while Grant Jerrett was set to hit restricted free agency. Before the start of the 2013-14 season, Fisher announced his plans to retire following the season after 3 seasons with the Thunder. On July 3, it was reported that Thabo Sefolosha agreed to a three-year, $12 million deal with the Atlanta Hawks, which he later signed on July 15. That same day, Caron Butler signed a deal with the Detroit Pistons. On July 16, Grant Jerrett agreed to a deal to stay with the Thunder.

On July 15, Sebastian Telfair signed a deal with the Thunder. Telfair spent nine seasons in the NBA before playing interntionally with the Tianjin Ronggang in the CBA. On July 12, it was reported that Anthony Morrow agreed to a three-year, $10 million deal with the Thunder, which he later signed on July 16. Morrow spent the 2013-14 season with the New Orleans Pelicans. On August 14, Lance Thomas signed a deal with the Thunder. Thomas spent three seasons in the NBA, splitting time with the New Orleans Pelicans and the Foshan Dralions in the CBA during the 2013-14 season.

Front office and coaching changes
On July 5, the Thunder announced Darko Rajaković as an assistant coach. Rajaković joins the Thunder after serving as the head coach of the Oklahoma City Thunder for the last two seasons.

Season synopsis

Regular season
On October 12, 2014, Kevin Durant was diagnosed with a fractured right foot after feeling discomfort the day before and was ruled out for 6 to 8 weeks. He went on to miss the first 17 games of the season, and with Russell Westbrook also out for 14 of those 17 games with a fractured hand, the Thunder dropped to a 4-12 record prior to Westbrook's return on November 28 against the New York Knicks. Following Westbrook's return, Durant returned to action the following game on December 2 as he scored 27 points on 9-of-18 shooting in the 104-112 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans. With the duo back to full health, they went on to lead the Thunder on a seven-game winning streak to bring the Thunder back into playoff contention. On December 18, Durant injured his ankle during the second quarter of the streak-breaking 109–114 loss to the Golden State Warriors. Durant scored 30 points on 10-of-13 shooting in the 18 minutes he was on the court before exiting the game with the injury. He subsequently missed the following game the next night against the Los Angeles Lakers. Durant returned on December 31 versus the Phoenix Suns, and played 12 games before spraining the big toe on his left foot versus the Cleveland Cavaliers on January 25. He would play only six more games the rest of the season, having a procedure on February 22 to replace a screw that was causing soreness in his surgically repaired right foot. It was announced on March 21 that the Thunder might be without Durant for the rest of the season. The team then decided to shut down Durant for the remainder of the season after determining that he would need a third surgery on his right foot. Without Durant, the Thunder finished the season just missing the playoffs, missing the 8th seed by tiebreaker to the New Orleans Pelicans.

Roster

Staff

Standings

Conference

Division

Game log

Preseason

|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 1
| October 8
|@ Denver
|
| Steven Adams (15)
| Adams, Roberson & Zanna (7)
| Reggie Jackson (6)
| Pepsi Center12,081
| 0–1
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 2
| October 10
| @Dallas
|
| Anthony Morrow (21)
| Jeremy Lamb (11)
| Michael Jenkins (5)
| American Airlines Center18,397
| 1–1
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 3
| October 14
| Memphis
|
| Jeremy Lamb (23)
| Thomas, Adams & Lamb (6)
| Russell Westbrook (12)
| Chesapeake Energy ArenaN/A
| 2–1
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 4
| October 16
| @New Orleans
|
| Jeremy Lamb (20)
| Steven Adams (8)
| Telfair & Roberson (3)
| Smoothie King Center12,202
| 2–2
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 5
| October 17
| Toronto
|
| Russell Westbrook (16)
| Andre Roberson (10)
| Russell Westbrook (8)
| Intrust Bank Arena13,161
| 2–3
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 6
| October 19
| Minnesota
|
| Perry Jones (21)
| Jones & Thomas (8)
| Adams, Jenkins & Talfair (3)
| BOK Center16,901
| 2–4
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 7
| October 21
| Utah
|
| Perry Jones (20)
| Steven Adams (8)
| Russell Westbrook (11)
| Chesapeake Energy ArenaN/A
|2–5

Regular season

|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 1
| October 29
| @ Portland
|
| Russell Westbrook (38)
| Ibaka & Perkins (8)
| Russell Westbrook (6)
| Moda Center  19,411
| 0–1
|-style="background:#fcc;"
|2
|October 30
| @ L.A.Clippers
|
| Perry Jones (32)
| Steven Adams (7)
| Sebastian Telfair (7)
| Staples Center 19,060
| 0–2

|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 3
| November 1
| Denver
|
| Jones & Ibaka (23)
| Roberson & Thomas (8)
| Sebastian Telfair (9)
| Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203
| 1–2
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 4
| November 3
| @ Brooklyn
|
| Reggie Jackson (23)
| Ibaka & Adams (9)
| Sebastian Telfair (6)
| Barclays Center17,732
| 1–3
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 5
| November 4
| @ Toronto
|
| Serge Ibaka (25)
| Serge Ibaka (11)
| Reggie Jackson (14)
| Air Canada Centre18,877
| 1–4
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 6
| November 7
| Memphis
|
| Reggie Jackson (22)
| Steven Adams (11)
| Reggie Jackson (8)
| Chesapeake Energy Arena18,203
| 1–5
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 7
| November 9
| Sacramento
|
| Reggie Jackson (22)
| Ibaka & Lamb (9)
| Reggie Jackson (6)
| Chesapeake Energy Arena18,203
| 2–5
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 8
| November 11
| @ Milwaukee
|
| Reggie Jackson (29)
| Steven Adams (10)
| Reggie Jackson (4)
| BMO Harris Bradley Center12,390
| 2–6
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 9
| November 12
| @ Boston
|
| Jackson & Morrow (28)
| Lance Thomas (13)
| Reggie Jackson (8)
| TD Garden17,043
| 3–6
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 10
| November 14
| Detroit
|
| Jeremy Lamb (24)
| Ibaka & Lamb (10)
| Reggie Jackson (12)
| Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203
| 3–7
|- style="background:#fcc;"
|11
| November 16
| Houston
|
| Thomas & Jackson (15)
| Reggie Jackson (11)
| Reggie Jackson (4)
| Chesapeake Energy Arena18,203
| 3–8
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 12
| November 18
| @ Utah
|
| Jeremy Lamb (19)
| Thomas & Adams (8)
| Reggie Jackson (7)
| Energy Solutions Arena17,190
| 3–9
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 13
| November 19
| @ Denver
|
| Serge Ibaka (22)
| Serge Ibaka (13)
| Reggie Jackson (9)
| Pepsi Center14,140
| 3–10
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 14
| November 21
| Brooklyn
|
| Reggie Jackson (21)
| Serge Ibaka (10)
| Reggie Jackson (8)
| Chesapeake Energy Arena18,203
| 3–11
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 15
| November 23
| Golden State
|
| Reggie Jackson (22)
| Anthony Morrow (12)
| Reggie Jackson (8)
| Chesapeake Energy Arena18,203
| 3–12
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 16
| November 26
| Utah
|
| Reggie Jackson (22)
| Steven Adams (11)
| Reggie Jackson (8)
| Chesapeake Energy Arena18,203
| 4–12
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 17
| November 28
| New York
|
| Russell Westbrook (32)
| Steven Adams (13)
| Russell Westbrook (8)
| Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203
| 5–12

|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 18
| December 2
| @ New Orleans
|
| Kevin Durant (27)
| Andre Roberson (9)
| Russell Westbrook (7)
| Smoothie King Center13,903
| 5–13
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 19
| December 5
| @ Philadelphia
|
| Russell Westbrook (27)
| Kendrick Perkins (9)
| Russell Westbrook (7)
| Wells Fargo Center 15,092
| 6–13
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 20
| December 7
| @ Detroit
|
| Kevin Durant (28)
| Serge Ibaka (13)
| Russell Westbrook (7)
| Palace of Auburn Hills13,090
| 7–13
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 21
| December 9
| Milwaukee
|
| Russell Westbrook (28)
| Durant & Perkins (9)
| Durant & Westbrook (7)
| Chesapeake Energy Arena18,203
| 8–13
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 22
| December 11
| Cleveland
|
| Russell Westbrook (26)
| Steven Adams (10)
| Russell Westbrook (8)
| Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203
| 9–13
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 23
| December 12
| @ Minnesota
|
| Russell Westbrook (34)
| Steven Adams (11)
| Russell Westbrook (6)
| Target Center13,557
| 10–13
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 24
| December 14
| Phoenix
|
| Russell Westbrook (28)
| Kendrick Perkins (10)
| Russell Westbrook (8)
| Chesapeake Energy Arena18,203
| 11–13
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 25
| December 16
| @ Sacramento
|
| Russell Westbrook (32)
| Steven Adams (10)
| Russell Westbrook (7)
| Sleep Train Arena17,317
| 12–13
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 26
| December 18
| @ Golden State
|
| Russell Westbrook (33)
| Andre Roberson (12)
| Russell Westbrook (8)
| Oracle Arena19,596
| 12–14
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 27
| December 19
| @ L.A.Lakers
|
| Russell Westbrook (31)
| Steven Adams (10)
| Russell Westbrook (10)
| Staples Center18,997
| 13–14
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 28
| December 21
| New Orleans
|
| Russell Westbrook (29)
| Steven Adams (10)
| Russell Westbrook (8)
| Chesapeake Energy Arena18,203
| 13–15
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 29
| December 23
| Portland
|
| Russell Westbrook (40)
| Steven Adams (11)
| Russell Westbrook (6)
| Chesapeake Energy Arena18,203
| 13–16
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 30
| December 25
| @ San Antonio
|
| Russell Westbrook (34)
| Steven Adams (15)
| Russell Westbrook (11)
| AT&T Center18,581
| 14–16
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 31
| December 26
| Charlotte
|
| Russell Westbrook (29)
| Serge Ibaka (14)
| Russell Westbrook (5)
| Chesapeake Energy Arena18,203
| 15–16
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 32
| December 28
| @ Dallas
|
| Serge Ibaka (26)
| Serge Ibaka (10)
| Russell Westbrook (9)
| American Airlines Center20,417
| 15–17
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 33
| December 31
| Phoenix
|
| Kevin Durant (44)
| Kevin Durant (10)
| Kevin Durant (7)
| Chesapeake Energy Arena18,203
| 16–17

|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 34
| January 2
| Washington
|
| Kevin Durant (34)
| Kevin Durant (8)
| Reggie Jackson (8)
| Chesapeake Energy Arena18,203
| 17–17
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 35
| January 5
| @ Golden State
|
| Russell Westbrook (22)
| Durant & Morrow(10)
| Russell Westbrook (5)
| Oracle Arena19,596
| 17–18
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 36
| January 7
| @ Sacramento
|
| Kevin Durant (24)
| Serge Ibaka (10)
| Westbrook & Jackson (4)
| Sleep Train Arena16,037
| 17–19
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 37
| January 9
| Utah
|
| Kevin Durant (32)
| Ibaka & Perkins (7)
| Russell Westbrook (12)
| Chesapeake Energy Arena18,203
| 18–19
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 38
| January 15
| @ Houston
|
| Kevin Durant (24)
| Kevin Durant (10)
| Russell Westbrook (8)
| Toyota Center18,315
| 18–20
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 39
| January 16
| Golden State
|
| Kevin Durant (36)
| Russell Westbrook (15)
| Russell Westbrook (17)
| Chesapeake Energy Arena18,203
| 19–20
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 40
| January 18
| @ Orlando
|
| Kevin Durant (21)
| Kevin Durant (11)
| Kevin Durant (8)
| Amway Center16,128
| 20–20
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 41
| January 20
| @ Miami
|
| Durant & Westbrook (19)
| Russell Westbrook (10)
| Kevin Durant (8)
| American Airlines Arena19,735
| 21–20
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 42
| January 21
| @ Washington
|
| Kevin Durant (34)
| Steven Adams (20)
| Russell Westbrook (8)
| Verizon Center20,356
| 22–20
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 43
| January 23
| @ Atlanta
|
| Russell Westbrook (22)
| Serge Ibaka (10)
| Russell Westbrook (11)
| Philips Arena19,203
| 22–21
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 44
| January 25
| @ Cleveland
|
| Kevin Durant (32)
| Serge Ibaka (10)
| Russell Westbrook (11)
| Quicken Loans Arena20,562
| 22–22
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 45
| January 26
| Minnesota
|
| Russell Westbrook (18)
| Serge Ibaka (19)
| Westbrook & Waiters (5)
| Chesapeake Energy Arena18,203
| 23–22
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 46
| January 28
| @ New York
|
| Russell Westbrook (40)
| Serge Ibaka (10)
| Westbrook & Jackson (4)
| Madison Square Garden19,812
|23–23
|-style="background:#fcc;"
|47
|January 31
|@ Memphis
|
| Kevin Durant (15)
| Serge Ibaka (10)
| Russell Westbrook (5)
| FedEx Forum 18,119
|23–24

|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 48
| February 2
| Orlando
|
| Russell Westbrook (25)
| Russell Westbrook (11)
| Russell Westbrook (14)
| Chesapeake Energy Arena18,203
| 24–24
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 49
| February 4
| @ New Orleans
|
| Russell Westbrook (45)
| Steven Adams (9)
| Russell Westbrook (6)
| Smoothie King Center17,156
| 25–24
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 50
| February 6
| New Orleans
|
| Russell Westbrook (48)
| Russell Westbrook (9)
| Russell Westbrook (11)
| Chesapeake Energy Arena18,203
| 25–25
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 51
| February 8
| L.A.Clippers
|
| Kevin Durant (29)
| Russell Westbrook (11)
| Durant & Jackson (6)
| Chesapeake Energy Arena18,203
| 26–25
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 52
| February 9
| @ Denver
|
| Kevin Durant (40)
| Mitch McGary (10)
| Russell Westbrook (9)
| Pepsi Center16,511
| 27–25
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 53
| February 11
| Memphis
|
| Kevin Durant (26)
| Kevin Durant (10)
| Russell Westbrook (9)
| Chesapeake Energy Arena18,203
| 28–25
|- align="center"
|colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 54
| February 19
| Dallas
|
| Russell Westbrook (34)
| Serge Ibaka (22)
| Russell Westbrook (10)
| Chesapeake Energy Arena18,203
| 29–25
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 55
| February 21
| @ Charlotte
|
| Russell Westbrook (33)
| Enes Kanter (13)
| Russell Westbrook (10)
| Time Warner Cable Arena19,303
| 30–25
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 56
| February 22
| Denver
|
| Russell Westbrook (21)
| Enes Kanter (12)
| Russell Westbrook (17)
| Chesapeake Energy Arena18,203
| 31–25
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 57
| February 24
| Indiana
|
| Serge Ibaka (23)
| Russell Westbrook (11)
| Russell Westbrook (10)
| Chesapeake Energy Arena18,203
| 32–25
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 58
| February 26
| @ Phoenix
|
| Russell Westbrook (39)
| Russell Westbrook (13)
| Russell Westbrook (11)
| US Airways Center17,514
| 32–26
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 59
| February 27
| @ Portland
|
| Russell Westbrook (40)
| Russell Westbrook (13)
| Russell Westbrook (11)
| Moda Center19,962
| 32–27

|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 60
| March 1
| @ L.A. Lakers
|
| Ibaka & Augustin (18)
| Enes Kanter (15)
| Kanter & Augustin (5)
| Staples Center18,997
| 33–27
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 61
| March 4
| Philadelphia
|
| Russell Westbrook (49)
| Russell Westbrook (16)
| Russell Westbrook (10)
| Chesapeake Energy Arena18,203
| 34–27
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 62
| March 5
| @ Chicago
|
| Russell Westbrook (43)
| Serge Ibaka (9)
| Russell Westbrook (7)
| United Center21,696
| 34–28
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 63
| March 8
| Toronto
|
| Russell Westbrook (30)
| Enes Kanter (12)
| Russell Westbrook (17)
| Chesapeake Energy Arena18,203
| 35–28
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 64
| March 11
| L.A. Clippers
|
| Anthony Morrow (26)
| Russell Westbrook (9)
| Russell Westbrook (7)
| Chesapeake Energy Arena18,203
| 35–29
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 65
| March 13
| Minnesota
|
| Russell Westbrook (29)
| Enes Kanter (15)
| Russell Westbrook (12)
| Chesapeake Energy Arena18,203
| 36–29
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 66
| March 15
| Chicago
|
| Russell Westbrook (36)
| Enes Kanter (18)
| Russell Westbrook (6)
| Chesapeake Energy Arena18,203
| 37–29
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 67
| March 16
| @ Dallas
|
| Russell Westbrook (24)
| Kanter & McGary (13)
| Russell Westbrook (12)
| American Airlines Center20,231
| 37–30
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 68
| March 18
| Boston
|
| Russell Westbrook (36)
| Steven Adams (13)
| Russell Westbrook (10)
| Chesapeake Energy Arena18,203
| 38–30
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 69
| March 20
| Atlanta
|
| Russell Westbrook (36)
| Steven Adams (16)
| Russell Westbrook (14)
| Chesapeake Energy Arena18,203
| 39–30
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 70
| March 22
| Miami
|
| Enes Kanter (27)
| Enes Kanter (12)
| Russell Westbrook (17)
| Chesapeake Energy Arena18,203
| 40–30
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 71
| March 24
| L.A. Lakers
|
| Russell Westbrook (27)
| Enes Kanter (16)
| Russell Westbrook (11)
| Chesapeake Energy Arena18,203
| 41–30
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 72
| March 25
| @ San Antonio
|
| Kanter, Westbrook (16)
| Enes Kanter (10)
| Russell Westbrook (7)
| AT&T Center18,581
| 41–31
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 73
| March 28
| @ Utah
|
| Russell Westbrook (37)
| Steven Adams (14)
| Russell Westbrook (6)
| Energy Solutions Arena19,911
| 41–32
|-style="background:#cfc;"
|74
|March 29
| @ Phoenix
|
| Russell Westbrook (33)
| Steven Adams (16)
| Russell Westbrook (7)
| US Airways Center 17,538
| 42–32

|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 75
| April 1
| Dallas
|
| Anthony Morrow (32)
| Enes Kanter (16)
| Russell Westbrook (10)
| Chesapeake Energy Arena18,203
| 42–33
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 76
| April 3
| @ Memphis
|
| Enes Kanter (24)
| Enes Kanter (17)
| Russell Westbrook (7)
| FedExForum18,119
| 42–34
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 77
| April 5
| Houston
|
| Russell Westbrook (40)
| Enes Kanter (17)
| Russell Westbrook (13)
| Chesapeake Energy Arena18,203
| 42–35
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 78
| April 7
| San Antonio
|
| Russell Westbrook (17)
| Mitch McGary (9)
| DJ Augustin (4)
| Chesapeake Energy Arena18,203
| 42–36
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 79
| April 10
| Sacramento
|
| Russell Westbrook (27)
| Steven Adams (11)
| Russell Westbrook (10)
| Chesapeake Energy Arena18,203
| 43–36
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 80
| April 12
| @ Indiana
|
| Russell Westbrook (54)
| Steven Adams (10)
| Russell Westbrook (8)
| Bankers Life Fieldhouse18,165
| 43–37
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 81
| April 13
| Portland
|
| Russell Westbrook (36)
| Enes Kanter (13)
| Russell Westbrook (7)
| Chesapeake Energy Arena18,203
| 44–37
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 82
| April 15
| @ Minnesota
|
| Russell Westbrook (37)
| Enes Kanter (15)
| Russell Westbrook (7)
| Target Center18,250
| 45–37

Player statistics

Summer league

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|Marcus Lewis
|5
|0
|12.2
|.750
|.
|.
|1.2
|1.6
|1.2
|0.0
|3.8
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|Semaj Christon
|4
|4
|26.3
|.485
|.
|.
|2.3
|2.8
|1.3
|0.0
|11.3
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|Ron Anderson|| 5 ||5||9.6 || .000||.|| .|| 2.8 ||0.6|| 0.2|| 0.0 || 0.8
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|Mario Little|| 4||0|| 19.0 || .357 || . || . || 2.3 ||3.0|| 1.3|| 0.0 || 10.0
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|Steven Adams|| 3||0 ||9.7 ||.600|| .|| .|| 4.7 ||0.7|| 0.3 ||1.0 || 9.7
|-
|Andre Roberson|| 4 ||3 ||29.0 ||.483 ||.||.|| 8.3 ||2.0 ||2.3 ||0.8 || 9.5
|-
|Josh Huestis|| 4||0||19.8||.429|| .|| . || 2.3 ||1.0 ||0.3 ||0.5 ||8.0
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|Fuquan Edwin|| 3||0|| 7.3 || .250 || .||.|| 0.3|| 0.0 ||1.0|| 0.0 || 1.3
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|Mitch McGary|| 4||4||26.0 || .500 ||.|| .|| 5.8 ||1.3 ||0.8|| 1.8|| 14.8
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|Perry Jones|| 4|| 4||27.3|| .447|| .|| . || 5.3 ||0.5 ||0.8 ||1.0 ||12.3
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|Jeremy Lamb|| 3||3|| 31.3|| .320 || .|| .|| 5.3|| 2.7 ||1.3|| 0.7 ||17.3
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|Maurice Sutton|| 3 ||0||3.7|| .333||.|| .|| 1.0 ||0.0 ||0.0||0.0 || 1.7
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|Michael Stockton|| 3||0|| 10.0|| .600||.|| .|| 0.7||2.7 ||1.0 ||0.0 ||3.0
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Preseason

|-
|Russell Westbrook
|6
|5
|22.3
|.369
|.100
|.920
|6.2
|4.2
|1.8
|0.0
|12.0
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|Kevin Durant
|2
|2
|15.0
|.500
|.333
|1.000
|2.5
|2.5
|1.5
|0.0
|11.5
|-
|Serge Ibaka|| 3||3||23.9 || .469 ||.500 || .500 || 5.7 ||0.7|| 0.0|| 1.7 || 11.3
|-
|Reggie Jackson|| 2||0|| 20.1 || .412 || .429 || 1.000 || 2.5 ||4.5|| 0.5|| 0.0 || 11.0
|-
|Steven Adams|| 7 ||7 ||25.7 ||.684 || .000 || .500 || 6.9 ||1.0|| 1.1 ||1.3 || 12.7
|-
|Anthony Morrow||6||3|| 24.9 || .475 || .448 || .950 || 2.0|| 1.3 ||0.3 ||0.2 || 15.0
|-
|Lance Thomas||6||2||22.2 ||.333 || .000 || .917 || 4.5 ||0.2 ||0.3 ||0.3 || 4.8
|-
|Sebastian Telfair|| 5|| 1 ||22.9|| .261 || .222 || .100 || 2.0 ||3.0 ||0.3 ||0.7 || 4.
|-
|Andre Roberson|| 7 ||3 ||28.0 ||.441 ||.400 ||.467 || 6.1 ||2.3 ||1.1 ||0.9 || 5.6
|-
|Richard Soloman|| 3||0||11.9||.667|| .000|| .500 || 3.3 ||0.3 ||1.3 ||0.7 ||4.7
|-
|Nick Collison|| 1||0|| 11.1 || 1.000 || 1.000 ||.000 || 0.0|| 1.0 ||0.0|| 1.0 || 5.0
|-
|Mitch McGary|| 1||1||36.0 || .500 ||.000 || .000 || 2.0 ||4.0 ||2.0|| 0.0 || 14.0
|-
|Perry Jones|| 6|| 1||23.7|| .410|| .286|| .483 || 3.5 ||0.5 ||0.2 ||0.5 ||11.7
|-
|Jeremy Lamb|| 5||1|| 32.4|| .304 || .143 || .771 || 5.6|| 2.6 ||1.2|| 0.8 ||15.8
|-
|Talib Zanna|| 7 ||0||17.4|| .400 ||.000|| .682 || 5.0 ||0.3 ||0.4||0.4 || 4.4
|-
|Michael Jenkins|| 7||0|| 17.5|| .400||.320 || .600 || 1.7 ||2.0 ||0.4 ||0.0 || 6.0
|}

Regular season

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Individual game highs

Awards and records

Awards

Injuries

Transactions

Overview

Trades

Free agency

Re-signed

Additions

Subtractions

References

External links

 2014–15 Oklahoma City Thunder preseason at ESPN
 2014–15 Oklahoma City Thunder regular season at ESPN

Oklahoma City Thunder seasons
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2014 in sports in Oklahoma
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Home | News and Events | What is the impact of the Uber Tribunal decision on the employment status of delivery drivers?
Unless you have been hiding under a rock, it's unlikely you'll have missed the headline news that two Uber drivers were found by the Employment Tribunal to be workers and that they should receive the national living wage plus holiday pay and breaks.
Newspaper headlines have jumped on this case with exaggerated statements such as "landmark ruling". However, this is not 'new law'. The Employment Tribunal has simply applied the existing law to the Uber business model and the specific circumstances of the two individuals that brought the claims.
What is the difference between an employee and a worker?
An employee is an individual who works under a contract of employment.
So all employees are workers but not all workers are employees. This is sensible as employees have the same rights as workers and more.
Why is it plastered all across the news?
The real reason for this is that it makes for good headlines. Uber is well-known following its rapid rise as a tech company and has expanded outside London, including into Hampshire and Sussex. Uber has become a £50 billion company from starting only six years ago.
The development of technology has unlocked the potential for new takes on old business models. Fundamentally, companies like Uber, Deliveroo and Airbnb enable the average Joe to work in industries that would ordinarily be too costly and time-consuming to set up, manage and profit from as individuals.
There are four other cases involving companies with drivers, motorcyclists and/or cyclists facing claims regarding employment status: CitySprint, Addison Lee, eCourier and Excel. All of these cases are supported by the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain.
If I were a gambler, from the information I've gleaned form these cases, I'd bet on the drivers being found as workers too. Not off the back of the Uber case, but on the basis of the decades old case law.
For further information, please contact Amy Richardson, Associate Solicitor in our Employment team on amyrichardson@coffinmew.co.uk or 0333 000 0122.


So my dad and I were unsure how to spend our last day in Minnesota. The Twins had an afternoon game, so we decided to go downtown and eat and ask some ticket scalpers how much seats would cost for the sold out contest. Being so close to game time, we were able to score two seats down the right field line for $15 each, way less than the $34 face value. Little did we know that we were in the first row, since the tickets said row 11. I was so close to right fielder Tony Batista I could of spit sunflower seeds on him.
The other advantage of the tickets were that they were someones season ticket that they resold. That got us access into the Metropolitan Club upstairs on the right field line. For those of you familiar with Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati, it is very similar to what is there with a the buffet option for fans.
Since I was in a few new areas of Target Field today, I thought I would bring you just a couple more pictures. I board a plan tomorrow to come home and prepare for the National League Division Series. I know for sure I will be at all home games, and still trying my hardest to find a way to make the road contests. October baseball…I Live for This!


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Тавничко језеро се налази на Муртеници, односно на највећем масиву планине Златибор, који обухвата његов југоисточни део. Језеро је настало у окну некадашњег рудника и окружено је литицама и природом, што га чини атрактивним за све посетиоце. Вода у језеру је чиста. Литицама је заштићена од ветрова, што је чини идеалнијом за купање од вода свих осталих, околних језера. Налази се у Драглици, која припада територији општине Нова Варош,24 km од центра Златибора.

Географија
Језеро је настало у некадашњем копу магнезита. Када су пре тридесетак година рудари завршили са ископавањима, планински поток је врло брзо напунио окно, и створио ово тиркизно плаво ремек дело. Језеро је дугачко 70, а широко 40 метара и поседује 2 стална извора. Највећа дубина, која је измерена у језеру, износи 8 метара. Захваљујући свом природном окружењу, на језеру не постоје ветрови и таласи, па је тиркизно плава вода тавничког језера погоднија за купаче у односу на околна језера. Тавничко језеро се налази на надморској висини од 1000 метара. Терен око језера је каменовит. Језеро је порибљено, међутим, пецање је забрањено, јер се у језеру налази веома мали број риба. Због стрмих литица око самог језера,прилаз води је могућ само на неколико места.

Литература

 "Нова Варош Монографија", истаживачко-издавачки центар "Стари Влах", Београд-Нова Варош, 2022.

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Affirming that, if there's a bright center to the universe, TMZ is on the planet it's farthest from, the paparazzi battle station demonstrated its awesome power by leaking some 45 photos from the Tatooine set of the new Star Wars movie. Episode VII: Back To The Beach is currently deep into filming on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi, where its desert sands and no-questions-asked prostitution are making a fine stand-in for the hive of scum, villainy, and conveniently converging plot points of Tatooine. And now that filming has already been compromised by these leaked photos that you can go check out, if you're so inclined.
While they won't spoil anything major, looking at TMZ's heavily watermarked, definitely not reprintable pictures should at least reassure lingering skeptics that director J.J. Abrams is remaining committed to his edict of using mostly practical effects and natural landscapes—bringing in actual, physical buildings and vehicle-looking things for his actual, physical people to walk around, in the actual dirt. And perhaps most intriguing of all is the photo of a giant, definitely not CGI, pig-like alien that reportedly requires five men to operate (and just one special person to love). No doubt TMZ commenters have already called the alien "super fat" and told it to kill itself.


HOUSTON - The Houston Astros took care of business on the road in Boston to start the American League Championship Series, winning the first game and losing the second.
By splitting Games 1 and 2, Houston has now regained the home-field advantage and is set up to keep the wins coming in Games 3, 4 and 5 at Minute Maid Park.
Here are the keys to a Game 3 victory for the Astros against the Red Sox.
These are two obvious factors in any game of baseball, but especially with Dallas Kuechel on the mount. Kuechel leads baseball in hits allowed, which is not necessarily a bad thing if the defense is locked in. Kuechel's style of pitching does not lend itself to a huge strikeout performance, but he can be just as solid in holding off runs as we saw in Game 3 of the ALDS against the Indians.
Six of the Astros 12 runs scored in the first two games of the series have been home runs. If the Astros continue to go yard, that's never a bad thing. However, they can't always rely on that. The key will be getting guys on base, mixing in singles and doubles to get in scoring position.
In playoff baseball, when the two best teams in the majors are going head to head, it will often come down to who plays the cleanest game. The Astros had three errors in Game 3, which one could argue cost them the win. In order to beat a team with the best record in baseball -- the Red Sox -- mistakes just can't happen.


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RICHARD DOBSON The Big Taste (Sealed Limited Edition 1979 US-only privately pressed 10-track LP, housed in a unique pasted picture sleeve with lyric booklet. This collector's copy remains factory sealed from new in the original custom stickered shrink ['Austin Record Distributors'], the vinyl is mint & unplayed. Strictly limited to just 200 copies on release RCDR2001)
Tracklisting: A1 Coyote Waltz A2 Walkin' Blues A3 Hard By The Highway A4 Never Say Never A5 Jesus Take Me Fishin' B1 Salty Kisses B2 The Stranger B3 Over All Over B4 Foolin' Around B5 Lookin' Out
RICHARD DOBSON Save The World (1983 US 10-track vinyl LP with all songs written and sung by Richard Dobson in Nashville, Tennessee. The pasted picture sleeve remains in excellent condition with little sign of much wear and the vinyl appears seldom played RJD1003)
Tracklisting: A1 Roughneck Occupation (Redneck Way Of Life) A2 Loving Yolanda 4:45 A3 I Love You A4 Ballad Of Robin Winter-Smith A5 Song For Richard Mock B1 Turn In The Barrel B2 But For Mama B3 Sailing B4 Between Husbands And Wives B5 Save The World
RICHARD DOBSON The Big Taste (Limited Edition 1979 US-only privately pressed 10-track LP, housed in a unique pasted picture sleeve with lyric booklet. The sleeve is Excellent with a few small minor paper splits at the bottom. The vinyl is Excellent with few signs of play, strictly limited to just 200 copies on release RCDR2001)
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Az Equus lambei az emlősök (Mammalia) osztályának páratlanujjú patások (Perissodactyla) rendjébe, ezen belül a lófélék (Equidae) családjába tartozó fosszilis faj.

Leírása
Az Equus lambei 10 000 évvel ezelőtt élt Észak-Amerika területén. Yukon székhelyén, Whitehorse város Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre múzeumában egy nem teljes Equus lambei maradvány van kiállítva; ennek a példánynak bőre és néhány szőrszála is van. 2018 augusztusában, Jakutföldön felfedezték e faj egy csikóját; ez a 40 000 éves példány bizonyíték arra, hogy az Equus lambei Ázsiába is átjött.

Rendszerezése
Mivel nagyon közeli rokonságban áll a szamárral és a lóval, a tudósok sokszor azt hitték, hogy az Equus lambei valamelyik ezek közül:

Azonos a háziszamárral vagy a vadszamárral.
Az Asinus alnem egy külön faja.
Azonos a házilóval.

Környezete és maradványai
A sztyeppei bölénnyel (Bison priscus), a gyapjas mamuttal (Mammuthus primigenius) és a rénszarvassal (Rangifer tarandus) együtt, az Equus lambei Kelet-Bering-földhíd közönséges állata volt. Ezek az állatok a sztyeppi füves pusztákat kedvelték. Az állatot számos fognak és csontnak köszönhetően ismerünk. 1993-ban felfedeztek egy példányt, amelynek még megvolt bőrének nagy része, ezenkívül néhány farokcsont, egy alsó lábcsont és néhány bél. A bőrön néhány "szőke" szőrszál és farokszál található, a lábon a szőrök sötétbarnák. A szénizotópos kormeghatározás segítségével megállapították, hogy ez a példány körülbelül 26 280 évvel ezelőtt élt.

A környéken rengeteg Equus lambei fogat fedeztek fel.

Jegyzetek

Források
Ann Forstén, 1992. Mitochondrial-DNA timetable and the evolution of Equus: Comparison of molecular and paleontological evidence. Ann. Zool. Fennici 28: 301-309.
Ice Age Horse - Kantishna Wilderness Trails
Equus - Equine Guelph
New evidence rewrites time for American horse extinction

Lófélék
Emlősfajok
Észak-Amerika állatvilága a pleisztocénben
Ázsia állatvilága a pleisztocénben
A holocénban kihalt észak-amerikai állatok
A holocénban kihalt ázsiai állatok
Fosszilis páratlanujjú patások


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Lionfish May Be Here to Stay, But Hunting Them Helps
By Megan Gannon 23 January 2014
A popular aquarium fish and invasive predator, lionfish have a fan of soft, waving fins and venomous spines.
(Image: © Oregon State University)
The rapidly reproducing and notoriously hungry lionfish has pushed native creatures out of tropical reefs at an alarming rate in the western Atlantic, where the invasive species has no natural predators.
Even though it may be impossible to get rid of lionfish altogether in the Atlantic, measures to control their populations — even spearing them one at a time — seem to help native species recover, a new study in the Bahamas suggests.
The findings come as good news after years of discouraging discoveries about lionfish, which are native to tropical regions of the Pacific Ocean and were likely introduced to Atlantic waters in the 1990s. One study last year showed that not even sharks could help stem the spread of the species. Another investigation found that lionfish are thriving in even deeper waters off Florida than feared. In some spots in the Atlantic, it was estimated that lionfish, which are covered in venomous spines, had wiped out 95 percent of native fish.
Desperate to fight off the species, authorities in Florida and the Bahamas have organized fishing derbies. U.S. environmental officials even launched an "Eat Lionfish" campaign to stoke a market for this fish. But the rapid spread of lionfish has made eradication virtually impossible, the researchers of the new study said. [Alien Invaders: Photos of Destructive Invasive Species]
However, the prognosis for native species may not be so grim as long as lionfish are kept in check. The new investigation found that "by creating safe havens, small pockets of reef where lionfish numbers are kept low, we can help native species recover," Stephanie Green, a marine ecologist at Oregon State University who led the study, said in a statement. "And we don't have to catch every lionfish to do it."
Green and colleagues used ecological models to determine what percentage of lionfish would need to be caught at a certain location to help boost populations of native fish like Nassau grouper and yellowtail snapper. They tested out these models at 24 coral reefs near Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas, removing specific numbers of lionfish from each area.
The biomass of native fish climbed 50 to 70 percent at reefs where the percentage of lionfish was kept below the threshold, the researchers said. But in spots where the researchers did not intervene, the population of native species kept dropping.
The researchers say their results, which were published in the journal Ecological Applications, could help conservationists and marine wildlife managers choose which sites to target for lionfish removal. For example, it might be important to keep lionfish numbers low in areas that are hot spots for young fish, such as mangroves and shallow reefs.
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This week, we'll learn about biofuels, the complex task of balancing the many ethical issues they raise, and the role of synthetic biology in biofuels development. The work of the week includes lecture videos, one outside video, readings, and an interview with Deborah Scott about biofuels governance. The week will conclude with a quiz.
issues raised by Synbio based biofuels and biofuels more generally.
is not an ethical issue in itself.
and diverse applications of synthetic biology.
not the right people or in the room when decisions are being made.
videos with Lee Ray Walters in week one.
which might have been helpful expertise to have.
are there companies making decisions about biofuel production.
ecology or biosafety for example.
rich picture of the potential ethical issues associated with a technology.
I've split these up but there are a lot of overlaps, as you will see.
So again, back to the food versus fuel debate.
production capacity to fuel rather than food.
who are the losers in that decision.
you're decreasing food available and therefore, potentially increasing cost.
And again, who does that burden affect most?
Also, potential risks to food security in some regions.
Again, if you're diverting food to fuel production.
based biofuels but they're nonetheless very important.
are those that are focused on the new technology itself.
of the technology or in that field of study generally.
Second big issue is land use.
Again, lots of overlapping issues with food, and the food versus fuel debate.
So, arable land used for fuel rather than food crops.
going to have an effect on soil quality and erosion.
fuel use which I brought up in the case study, right?
but the fuel use is happening in the global north.
benefits from that fuel production?
Third big category, environmental risks and benefits.
So what are the byproducts of biofuels production and use.
What are the effects on biodiversity?
You'll hear quite a bit about that from Deborah Scott in the interview this week.
Potential benefit if it is you're decreasing fertilizer use.
production to a cellulosic biomass fuel when wherein you're using.
For example, wild grasses for your biomass.
which could have a number of benefits associated with it.
particular production of an algae based biofuel in an open pond.
It's an open pond it might be vulnerable to visits from other animals.
you're talking about a production platform that is an outside environment.
And a storm could disturb that pond.
that is in an outside environment.
You might be concerned about persistence of that organism in the environment.
related native organisms in the environment.
native populations or gene flow between those [INAUDIBLE].
the modified organism and other microorganisms in the environment.
alluded to in earlier videos as well.
So impacts on agricultural workers, right.
Who are the people that are producing the biomass.
the Northern hemisphere, Southern hemisphere concerns.
Biosafety which is an issue very familiar from weeks one and two.
we'll talk about this week.
in Synbio based bio fuels production.
around ownership and control of intellectual property.
the populations that might be affected for purposes of risk benefit analysis.
in the production of the biofuel.


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