Oct 17, 2015, Zhuhai – Entering the competitive, global, printer hardware market has meant that Pantum has had to develop and deliver faster, more efficient, encrypting printers—or risk becoming obsolete.
To this end, Pantum has just rolled out its new series of all-in-one printers. The unique double-engine, scanning drive in the M6500/ 6550/ 6600 range, Pantum claims, will help to drastically boost work efficiency for businesses. Pantum says it can easily prove that scanned documents can be produced faster than most all-in-one device.
MPS users who print high volumes can efficiently reduce their cost-per-page (CPP) with the new high speed duplex printer P3500DN, Pantum claims. The printer has a monthly duty cycle up to 80,000 pages.
As part of its core printer technology, Pantum is able to customize printers guaranteeing information security for users demanding higher levels of confidentiality.
With a 30-year history, the desktop printer industry has matured despite users demanding a more relaxed, simpler and yet more intelligent hardware solution. Prior to the advent of Pantum, printer manufacturing was monopolized by a few giant corporations in the U.S., Japan and Korea. As a Chinese printer manufacturer, Pantum has the blended advantage of being part of a giant group of companies which develop the printer, print consumables, print chip and other technologies. This gives the company a competitive edge over its competitors in the market. In just a few years, the Pantum brand has emerged in 42 countries and regions, including the Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific and China. Pantum is geared to fast track its stable developments in speed, cost-per-page and security.
Most hardware resellers can only manage to gain profits from the downstream of the value chain. It is out of the question to meet consumers' needs and guarantee business interests where monopolies are allowed to rule. However, when competition enters a market there can be more opportunities to deliver better products with increased cost savings. Pantum believes access to new markets will also provide new opportunities for its partners as well, enabling them to enter the mainstream printer industry.
Pantum says it will continue to explore new markets and deliver faster, more efficient and encrypting products at business level, to meet market needs.


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CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWD) Shares Sold by OneAscent Financial Services LLC
Posted by Linda Flegge on Jan 14th, 2021
OneAscent Financial Services LLC decreased its holdings in CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWD) by 28.1% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 1,784 shares of the company's stock after selling 698 shares during the period. OneAscent Financial Services LLC's holdings in CrowdStrike were worth $378,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
A number of other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in CRWD. Prudential Financial Inc. acquired a new stake in CrowdStrike in the 2nd quarter valued at about $297,000. American International Group Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $271,000. Bank of Montreal Can grew its stake in shares of CrowdStrike by 28.6% in the 2nd quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 11,066 shares of the company's stock valued at $1,299,000 after buying an additional 2,462 shares during the period. FMR LLC grew its stake in shares of CrowdStrike by 6.4% in the 2nd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 1,307,235 shares of the company's stock valued at $131,102,000 after buying an additional 78,251 shares during the period. Finally, Baird Financial Group Inc. grew its stake in shares of CrowdStrike by 30.6% in the 2nd quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. now owns 12,133 shares of the company's stock valued at $789,000 after buying an additional 2,845 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 60.00% of the company's stock.
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In other news, insider Michael J. Carpenter sold 100,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, November 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $143.28, for a total value of $14,328,000.00. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, CFO Burt W. Podbere sold 320,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $201.48, for a total transaction of $64,473,600.00. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders sold 1,123,119 shares of company stock valued at $202,534,978. Company insiders own 11.32% of the company's stock.
Shares of CRWD opened at $226.42 on Thursday. CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. has a twelve month low of $31.95 and a twelve month high of $238.54. The firm's fifty day simple moving average is $192.72 and its 200-day simple moving average is $141.08. The firm has a market capitalization of $50.10 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -471.70 and a beta of 1.32.
CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, December 2nd. The company reported $0.08 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of ($0.15) by $0.23. The business had revenue of $232.50 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $214.36 million. CrowdStrike had a negative net margin of 13.40% and a negative return on equity of 12.79%. The company's revenue was up 85.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned ($0.07) EPS. Equities research analysts expect that CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. will post -0.37 EPS for the current year.
CRWD has been the subject of several analyst reports. Zacks Investment Research cut shares of CrowdStrike from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating and set a $221.00 price target for the company. in a research note on Tuesday, December 22nd. DA Davidson increased their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $160.00 to $185.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, December 3rd. The Goldman Sachs Group increased their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $186.00 to $240.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday, January 8th. BidaskClub raised shares of CrowdStrike from a "buy" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 23rd. Finally, Needham & Company LLC increased their price objective on shares of CrowdStrike from $170.00 to $190.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Monday, November 30th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eighteen have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company's stock. The company presently has an average rating of "Buy" and a consensus price target of $182.96.
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CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc provides cloud-delivered solutions for next-generation endpoint protection in the United States, Australia, Germany, India, Romania, and the United Kingdom. It offers 11 cloud modules on its Falcon platform through a software as a service subscription-based model that covers various security markets, such as endpoint security, security and IT operations, and threat intelligence to deliver comprehensive breach protection even against today's most sophisticated attacks.
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Greenest Way to Drink Coffee?
how to balance a caffeine addiction with a concern about responsible consumption [?]… You'll have a hard time finding a more eco-unfriendly product than the material most of us call Styrofoam… Still, it may not always be the right move to switch over to ceramic or stainless-steel mugs. It all comes down to which aspects of the environment you care about most.
I was discussing this issue with a friend recently. I am fond of my reusable coffee mugs. I joined The Mug Project, which advocates the use of mugs to reduce waste caused by single serve beverage containers.
But is the per-use waste of paper and styrofoam cups really worse than the energy used to produce reusable mugs from plastic or other durable material? That's the question raised in the Slate article. I'd like to see that question analyzed as well as raised (and sort of addressed), but I consider the article a good enough start to upmod it at Reddit, where I found it.
There are other ways of answering the question in the title. For example, how much greener is it to get coffee from Costa Rica (fairly near, and certainly good) than from Sumatra (much further away from Boston, and my favorite coffee)? And what about buying one's coffee in the form of unroasted green beans, a la Sweet Maria's?
That article raises some interesting points. While I am no expert in this area, I would say that for my situation, the best way to drink coffee would be by making it at home and taking it to work in my Thermos. I live in an area where there are no shortages of water so water usage when washing my Thermos is not an immediate concern to me. I would say that using reusable plastic mugs can be a prudent solution as long as people are limiting themselves (having only 1-2 mugs vs. buying more mugs than they need in order to have some sort of collection).


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The shooting was apparently sparked by a domestic dispute between the 51-year-old employee and her husband.
The victim was working inside the Taco Bell / KFC eatery at 10765 NW 41st St. when she was confronted by her husband shortly after 11 a.m. Sunday, said police spokesman detective Alvaro Zabaleta in an email.
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Film Themes
The Dreaming (1988)
Australia. 1988.
Director – Mario Andreacchio, Screenplay – Mario Andreacchio, Rob George & Stephanie McCarthy, Story – Terry Jennings & Craig Lahiff, Producers – Wayne Groom & Craig Lahiff, Music – Frank Strangio, Production Design – Michael Ralph. Production Company – Genesis Films.
Penny Cook (Cathy Thornton), Arthur Dignam (Professor Bernard Thornton), Gary Sweet (Geoff Douglas), Kristina Nehm (Warinda), Laurence Clifford (Najira), Patrick Frost (Dr John Graham), John Noble (Dr Eric Richards)
Professor Bernard Thornton supervises an archaeological dig where they uncover a site where Aborigines were slaughtered by whalers back in the 18th Century. Nine months later, artifacts from the site are placed on display at the university museum. Young Aborigines break in to try and steal them back. An Aborigine girl is apprehended and taken to the hospital badly wounded. Thornton's daughter Cathy is an ER surgeon and tends the girl but she dies on the operating table. Afterwards, Cathy is haunted by images of the girl and the whalers. The bracelet taken from the museum leaves marks on her wrist. She sets out on a quest to find what happened to the Aborigines.
Peter Weir's The Last Wave (1977) was an Australian film that was released to arthouses but ventured over into horror territory in its story of a modern man (Richard Chamberlain) being haunted by an Aborigine prophecy of the end of the world. It brought to attention the fascinatingly complex mythology of Australia's native people The Aborigines. Unfortunately, few Australian films took up the reins offered by this and Aborigine mythology quickly became the stuff of tawdry horror films like Kadaicha (1988) and The Dreaming here.
The Dreaming starts in in some interesting ways that indicate that it is certainly going to be better than Kadaicha was. There are some interesting effects – Penny Cook seeing the Aborigine girl's skull contorting and moving on the x-ray screen; a scene where Penny is at home and the dead girl appears pressed up against the window. However, this soon dissipates into a series of random novelty deaths – Laurence Clifford running down an alley and being impaled by steel rods fallen from the back of a truck just like Patrick Troughton in The Omen (1976).
The main problem with The Dreaming is that as soon as the cursed bracelet and the past history of the atrocities conducted by the whalers is introduced, the film slows right down. It takes the least interesting path to getting anywhere – it focuses around Penny Cook having to go on a trip in search of clues about the past (it is never much clear what), before she arrives at the town of Innsmouth (a clear H.P. Lovecraft homage).
Certainly, the film seems to quickly lose all interest in any discussion about Aborigine culture. After the introduction of the bracelet, which may be of some cultural importance (we never find out) and the marks left on Penny Cook's wrist, any interest in the Aborigine artifacts drops off. The flashback scenes to the atrocities of the whalers keep getting replayed but the Aborigines could be replaced by 18th Century villagers or farm girls for all the difference they make. It is telling that despite being focused around Aborigine curses, the viewer learns nothing more about Aborigine culture after watching the film than they knew beforehand.
At times, it feels as though director Mario Andreacchio is determined to copy John Carpenter's The Fog (1980). There is a very similar plot of unanswered justice from a past slaughter crying out for retribution. Andreacchio even throws in a scene where Gary Sweet passes a ghost ship while rowing that directly copies that ghost galleon scene from The Fog.
There's a confusing ending where archaeologist Arthur Dignam becomes possessed and chases daughter Penny Cook around a lighthouse – how this relates to the bracelet and atrocities in the past is unclear. Moreover, he is treated as the one who deserves to be punished when in fact he did no more than uncover the dig in the first place. Equally random are the supplemental deaths of Laurence Clifford and Gary Sweet who are only peripherally connected to events. It seems a very random sense of justice being enacted – a problem The Fog also had.
Director Mario Andreacchio had previously made the Australian Backwoods Brutality film Fair Game (1986). Elsewhere, Andreacchio has made a variety of family, dramatic and historical films. His one other venture into genre material was the adventure film The Dragon Pearl (2011).
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Director: Mario Andreacchio
Actors: Penny Cook, Arthur Dignam, Gary Sweet, Patrick Frost, John Noble
Category: Horror
Themes: Aborigine Mythology, Cursed Objects, Supernatural Retribution, Australian Cinema, Films of 1988
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"We can either live in a paranoid politically correct world frantically trying not to offend the Hitlers and Mohammeds, and blaming their victims when they kill, or we can be free men and women who have chosen to take the power to defend our rights into our own hands.
While a thousand organizations use the Holocaust as a platform for speeches about tolerance, Children Of Jewish Holocaust Survivors [Jews Can Shoot] is conducting firearms training… Freedom is not defended with empty idealism easily perverted into appeasement of evil, but with the force of arms."
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All too many of the other great tragedies of history - Stalin's atrocities, the killing fields of Cambodia, the Holocaust, to name but a few - were perpetrated by armed troops against unarmed populations. Many could well have been avoided mitigated, had the perpetrators known their intended victims were equipped with a rifle and twenty bullets apiece... If a few hundred Jewish fighter in the Warsaw Ghetto could hold off the Wehrmacht for almost a month with only a handful weapons, six million Jews armed with rifles could not so easily have been herded into cattle cars.
Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Silveira v. Lockyer, 2003
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Habah l'hargecha hashkem l'hargo -- "If someone is coming to kill you, rise against him and kill him first."
A Second Amendment sanctuary movement is sweeping through Kentucky. Here's why.
by Doris Wise Montrose	on January 7, 2020
The 2A sanctuary movement is very significant.
Letcher County's resolution mirrors those seen elsewhere in the state. It expresses the "intent to uphold the Second Amendment rights of the citizens," and "expresses its intent that public funds of the county not be used to restrict the Second Amendment rights of the citizens of Letcher County, or to aid federal or state agencies in the restriction of said rights."
Johnson and several others in Whitesburg expressed support for the resolution as a practical defense against possible federal or state legislation that could limit access to or possession of certain firearms, ammunition or gun accessories. Johnson also warned against a potential Red Flag Law — legislation that would allow certain people, such as family members or police officers, to ask a judge to order the removal of an individual's firearms if the person is deemed a threat to himself or others.
Asked whether the resolution could act as an actual legal defense against federal or state gun laws, Letcher County Judge-Executive Terry Adams, a Republican, said he believed the resolution could have some practical impact. Mostly, though, it serves to warn federal and state politicians of the political blowback that could result from supporting gun control legislation, he said.
"I hope this sends a message to our folks in Frankfort and our folks in Washington that we will not stand by and let our rights be taken away," Adams said.
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Press any key 8 times to test the LCD Panel. You see KDB 01. Press the key from left to right and top to down. See the key test map below.
If you follow the sequence, you end up "35S-OK". If you get "35S-FAIL 8" the error mid-way, you could have press the sequence wrongly. Press [C] [GTO] together, to terminate test, and repeat the test again.
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When the earth is sick and dying,
There will come a tribe of people
From all races
Who will put their faith in deeds,
Not words, and make the planet
Green again.
--Cree Prophecy
Praying for the Earth
--by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, syndicated from workingwithoneness.org, Nov 20, 2020
Published online in The Huffington Post, 2011
Prayer is the simplest and most natural way to communicate with the Divine. Prayer is the heart speaking.
There are the prescribed prayers, the rituals of inner communion. But there are also our personal prayers, our way of being with the Divine, with the sacred that is our deepest nature and that of the world around us. In whatever way we are drawn to pray, there is a pressing need at this time to include the earth in our prayers.
We are living in a time of ecological devastation, in which our materialistic culture has had a catastrophic effect on the ecosystem. Our rivers are toxic, the rainforests slashed and burned, vast tracts of land made a wasteland due to our insatiable desires for oil, gas and minerals. We have raped and pillaged and polluted the earth until it is in a dangerous state of imbalance we call climate change. If we dare to listen, creation itself is now calling to us, sending us signs of its imbalance. We can see these signs in the increasing floods and droughts, feel it in a land that has been poisoned with pesticides, and those whose hearts are open may hear the cry of the world soul, of the spiritual being of our mother the earth. It is a cry of need and despair, that humanity who was supposed to be the guardian of the planet has forgotten its responsibility and instead desecrates and destroys the earth on a global scale.
The earth needs our prayers more that we know. It needs us to acknowledge its sacred nature, that it is not just something to use and dispose. Many of us know the effectiveness of prayers for others, how healing and help is given, even in the most unexpected ways. There are many ways to pray for the earth. It can be helpful first to acknowledge that it is not "unfeeling matter" but a living being that has given us life. And then we can sense its suffering: the physical suffering we see in the dying species and polluted waters—the deeper suffering of our collective disregard for its sacred nature. Would we like to be treated just as a physical object to be used and abused? Would we like our sacred nature, our soul, to be denied?
For centuries it was understood that the world was a living being with a soul, and that we are a part of this being. Once we remember this in our minds and in our hearts, once we hear the cry of our suffering, dying world, our prayers will flow more easily and naturally. We will be drawn to pray in our own way. There is the simple prayer of placing the world as a living being within our hearts when we inwardly offer our self to the Divine. We remember the sorrow and suffering of the world in our hearts, and ask that that the world be remembered, that divine love and mercy flow where it is needed. That even though we continue to treat the world so badly, divine grace will help us and help the world—help to bring the earth back into balance. We need to remember that the power of the Divine is more than that of all the global corporations that continue to make the world a wasteland, even more than the global forces of consumerism that demand the life-blood of the planet. We pray that the Divine of which we are all a part can redeem and heal this beautiful and suffering world.
Sometimes it is easier to pray when we feel the earth in our hands, when we work in the garden tending our flowers or vegetables. Or when we cook, preparing the vegetables that the earth has given us, mixing in the herbs and spices that give us pleasure. Or making love, as we share our body and bliss with our lover, we may feel the tenderness and power of creation, how a single spark can give birth. Then our lovemaking can be an offering to life itself, a fully-felt remembrance of the ecstasy of creation.
The divine oneness of life is within and all around us. Sometimes walking alone in nature we can feel its heartbeat and its wonder, and our steps become steps of remembrance. The simple practice of 'walking in a sacred manner' in which with every step we take we feel the connection with the sacred earth is one way to reconnect with the living spirit of the earth.
There are so many ways to pray for and with creation, to listen within and include the earth in our spiritual practice.
Watching the simple wonder of a dawn can be a prayer in itself. Or when we hear the chorus of birds in the morning we may sense that deeper joy of life and awake to its divine nature. While at night the stars can remind us of what is infinite and eternal within us and within the world. Whatever way we are drawn to wonder or pray, what matters is always the attitude we bring to this intimate exchange: whether our prayers are heartfelt rather than just a mental repetition. It is always through the heart that our prayers are heard, even if we first make the connection in our feet or hands. Do we really feel the suffering of the earth, sense its need? Do we feel this connection with creation, how we are a part of this beautiful and suffering being? Then our prayers are alive, a living stream that flows from our heart. Then every step, every touch, will be a prayer for the earth, a remembrance of what is sacred. We are a part of the earth calling to its Creator, crying in its time of need.
© 2011 The Golden Sufi Center
Syndicated from workingwithoneness.org. Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee is a Sufi teacher and author. In recent years the focus of his writing and teaching has been on spiritual responsibility in our present time of transition, and the emerging global consciousness of oneness (see www.workingwithoneness.org). Llewellyn is the founder of The Golden Sufi Center (www.goldensufi.org). He has written several books, including Working With Oneness and Light of Oneness.
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We let a friend who was visiting from overseas choose the cuisine for our catch-up over dinner on a weekday and his choice was Vietnamese food. For the convenience of everyone who stays and works all over Singapore, we decided to meet around City Hall MRT Station. So our options were Nam Nam Noodle Bar at Raffles City Shopping Centre or Suntec City, Comnam Vietnamese Street Eats also at Raffles City and Saigon Lotus at Marina Square's Dining Edition. We settled on the latter even though the brightly-coloured place owned by a Vietnamese-Australian was never packed whenever I walked by. The menu cover was made of wood with carvings of its name and drawings. Except for one, the rest of us ordered a set meal each that comes with a dessert or drink. Since there was no more rice paper roll, my entrée was the pork spring roll – nothing impressive. Chose sliced beef noodle over chicken noodle and egg noodle, which I could neither rave about nor fault.


According to a new report by OpenSignal, cellular network speeds have gotten faster and often greater than average Wi-Fi speeds. In 33 countries, smartphone users now experience faster average download speeds using a mobile (cellular) network than using Wi-Fi. The upshot is that cellular networks (some type of LTE) are no longer inferior to Wi-Fi in every country and the mobile industry must change a number of design decisions as a result.
Australia smartphone users experienced the biggest advantage with average download speeds 13 Mbps faster on mobile networks than on Wi-Fi. The mobile network advantage for a few other countries: France (+2.5 Mbps); Qatar (+11.8 Mbps); Turkey (+7.3 Mbps); Mexico (+1.5 Mbps) and South Africa (+5.7 Mbps).
In sharp contrast to the above, U.S. Wi-Fi is still 25Mbps faster than mobile networks on average. Same is true for Hong Kong, South Korea, and Singapore.
Hong Kong's mobile networks deliver average speeds that are 38.6Mbps lower than that experienced over Wi-Fi. Hong Kong's mobile users experience an average speed over Wi-Fi of nearly 55Mbps, compared to just 15Mbps for its mobile network.
In China by contrast, average Wi-Fi speeds were recorded at 23.9Mbps, compared to overall mobile download speeds of 13.8Mbps.
Of the Asia-Pacific countries studied, only Japan, South Korea and Singapore recorded faster Wi-Fi compared to mobile speeds, and the difference between the two was a lot closer in each market. South Korea recorded the fastest average mobile speeds of around 45Mbps, compared to 56Mbps for Wi-Fi, while Singapore had the fastest Wi-Fi speeds of 73Mbps, compared to around 39Mbps over Wi-Fi.
OpenSignal states that telecom operators in markets where there is little difference between mobile and Wi-Fi speeds are using fixed wireless networks effectively to support their cellular networks. They also experience greater mobile network consumption as consumers in the market have little incentive to switch networks.
With 5G coming in various flavors, cellular networking speeds are bound to get faster and better. However the next generation of Wi-Fi – IEEE 802.11ax or Wi-Fi 6 is designed for cellular data offloading to a fixed broadband wireless network. Hence, both technologies are meant to be complementary.
Another interesting observation from the study is a mobile device's tendency to favor Wi-Fi over cellular, even if the Wi-Fi connection is not as good (that's my experience with a Samsung smart phone). With the exception of smart phones made by Huawei, most cellular devices will automatically switch from cellular networks to Wi-Fi without performing a speed test. Huawei phones will switch from a slow Wi-Fi link to a faster cellular connection where appropriate. We think the entire mobile phone industry should do this type of speed test and wireless network switching in both directions (Wi-Fi to cellular and cellular to Wi-Fi).
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ProSportsDaily.com > Basketball > NBA > Cousins Disses Favors Out of Disbelief
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VinceCarter
"I believe everything happens for a reason," Cousins said. "But I can't wait to play them because I'm going at their necks, especially the big that got picked before me."
That "big" is Georgia Tech power forward Derrick Favors(notes), who was selected by the Nets third overall. Favors was the only post player selected among the top four picks. Considering the Nets' most heralded player is center Brook Lopez(notes), drafting another true center like Cousins didn't make sense for the team's needs.
After Cousins scored 16 points and grabbed 16 rebounds in his preseason debut against Phoenix, he couldn't help but chuckle to himself when he learned Favors had four points and one rebound in 13 minutes against Philadelphia earlier that night.
"I'm trying to see what's so special," Cousins said of Favors. "…I guess that's what they really needed on their team. I really don't know. '
"I feel I was the best big to come out of college. For another big to get picked before me, I have a problem with that."
Wow. (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=mc-cousinskings100810)
WolvesJagsOs
^wow. haha. Im not surprised that Cousins said this....at all.
He talked **** about Bynum now Favors? He's only a rookie, who does he think he is?
Favors is gonna whoop his ***
Hoopsadvocate
sounds like another shaq attitude wise
Da Mutha ****ing Man!
AI4MVP
i love it. there needs to be more of this in the nba. sack up goddamnit. i know a majority of the pussyass psd'ers are gunna be like "wow this is unacceptable! oh my! how could he! cant we all just get along!" **** that.
Yeah! Screw professionalism and maturity! Who needs it?! Definitely not pro athletes who may be role models for young children. :eyebrow:
^when your a rookie, no, i dont think he should be saying that, if your a seasoned NBA player, alright, i understand, but he is trash talkin after a couple preseason games.
Cousins speaks the truth. And he is that kind of player. 15 years from now he will be trying to drop 50 on each team that passed on him.
I love hearing things like this from Cousins:
"He (Timberwolves assistant coach Reggie Theus) was like 'We got into his head,'" Cousins said to the Sacramento Bee after the game. "I was like thank you coach, I'm going to kill you this half. And after the game I was like told you I was going to kill you this half. That's all that was."
In that game...he hit the game winner and had an awesome game. Cousins is most likely going to continue to be misunderstood by some fans and the media, but Kings fans love him.
But its not like he talking about Howard its another rookie.
That's that Bama in him baby!!! Get fired-up and go hard. Guess folks have got too use to this current buddy-buddy NBA that's been goin on.
Nothing wrong with that... he didn't go overboard with it. Just good competitive trash talk, and as long as he can back it up on the court he will be fine.
Kashmir13579
the kid has an attitude problem. i hope he gets knocked out by zach randolph....
Hustlenomics
lol damn he's got a mouth he better back it up
*Silver&Black*
I like this. Needs to be more in the NBA.
i love this. absolutely love it. demarcus cousins is slowly becoming one of my favorite big men in the league. ive said it before and ill say it again: i cant wait til this kid goes up against dwight howard
koreancabbage
sounds like Zach Randolph LOL
and he's just as fat if not fatter than Randolph
i dont understand how people can be offended by this. the main thing about sports is competitiveness, and if you're not competitive, you get killed.
Slimsim
Cousins will eat favors food.
Paulliwali
I like seeing new rivalry between the rooks, good stuff
arkanian215
Eh Cousins can say whatever he wants as long as he backs it up on the court. Being humble is overrated.
In the Nets defense though, I understand why they took Favors and not Cousins. They already have a very good center in Brook Lopez.
Then again, teams shouldn't draft on need at the top of the draft unless they think there's little difference in the eventual quality of the two players. :blazers:
Quite a few folks were high on Cousins including Avery Johnson. People who have followed the team for a while likened Cousins's attitude to DC. Not a compliment.
ppl who say stuff like this often don't back it up... this kid better go out and dominate the game against the nets... otherwise he better keep his mouth shut
People just don't understand Cousins. The whole attitude thing is completely overblown. Cousins personality reminds me more of Charles Barkley than Derrick Coleman.
I don't get it to be honest.
It's like GMs are trying to take the "power" out of Forwards in the NBA and every dumb coach thinks his team needs to run. It could have worked.... Turn the team into a half court team that feeds the post first and it would have been good. Both of them have a jumper and both can pass from the post.
But yeah, I get it, Favors is more mobile and athletic... but he's just very raw right now.
meh, i like cousins
but it would hilarious if he gets his *** did by favors
DreamShaker
He doesn't sound overly disrespectful...just hungry and competitive. He is either going to back up his smack talk and make the Nets look silly...or he's going to look silly himself. I'm excited to see these two young fellas grow and form a rivalry. Avery Johnson compared Favors to Duncan...who he played with. I'm already expecting a lot from these dudes.
John Walls Era
I like Cousins better. I love smack talk, but the kid is running his mouth too much.
Interesting comparison seeing as how Duncan is Mr. Fundamental while Favors is all freakish athleticism at this point. We'll see how he develops.
My thoughts exactly
oak2455
Listen if you can back it up say what you want I always say....:D
Another thing, why would NJ take Cousins when they have Brook Lopez? Favors was a good pick for them.
Lopez can play PF also, bring DMC off the bench. Look at the Lakers they have 3 great big men.
No Lopez cannot play PF. His lacks lateral quickness and the footspeed to guard stretch 4's.
I love it! I hate the whole everyone needs to be nice stuff in the NBA. Everyone has their own personality..eg: Durant; humble, LeBron; very standout to say the least, and Cousins has that flair to your game. Its who he is, as long as he doesnt go overboard, and backs it up, i absolutely love it!
Hindy27
I like the talk, it keeps things interesting, and there should be more of it.
The Nets had Lopez, so Favors was a better fit for the team.
It was obvious when the Nets drafted him that he was the more raw of the 2 and would take a couple more years development. So Cousins should look the better player for the first few seasons.
I'd like to see how they go against each other in 4-5 years time.
Don Starks
:facepalm: also the lakers have 1 great big man, 1 good big man and 1 injury prone big man.
Jenceman
Because he's an idiot...
Or at least he comes off as an idiot. It'd be fine to talk if he's actually played a game that meant something, but he hasn't...
:clap: :clap: :clap:
His coach at Kentucky said he was one of the smartest players he had ever coached. The media that covered him at Kentucky said he's an engaging and funny guy. And people who cover the Kings are finding out the exact same thing. And so what if he hasn't played a game. He's saying he's better than another player who also hasn't and someone he went head to head with in draft workouts (and outplayed). He's confident, he's competitive, and he speaks his mind. I see no problem with that.
This guy has all the tools and ability to be great. He has the confidence, he has the size, he has the skill, and he has that killer instinct and nasty streak that big guys need (and few have in today's game).
tangent12
One bum talking about another bum like they're relevant.
uprightciti
cousins = curry in 5 years
ElMarroAfamado
:eyebrow:
Giantwarrior
Cousins is going to turn out to be another Zach Randolph-Eddy Curry
AWC713
this dude sounds AWESOME f the haters
why hate a dude for being confident?
I agree, there was nothing wrong said. Though it may not have worded the best way, he basically is saying that he believes he is the best big in the draft. Not really sure how he is "dissing Favors out of disbelief".
Because of this:
That's him saying he's better than Favors without just flat out saying it (even though he made it pretty clear).
sacgiants1213
based on what?
alencp3
Ouch Louis Amundson still has some face damage :D
I can't believe you guys are actually against this. I like it. He felt he was the best big in the draft, so he's out to prove it. Sounds good to me.
DodgerBulls
Remember, it's entertainment. You can deprive your kid from watching the NBA. That doesn't mean he can't play ball, but just not watch the NBA. Same goes for movies, if you don't like the content then don't let your kid see it.
G-Bay New J
I don't have a problem with what Cousins said. I love some competitiveness. Favors is pretty humble but don't think he isn't competitive. When he see's this he will be hitting the gym twice as hard.
It will be interesting, that game will be fun to watch.
PHX2daDEATH
I like this... Players are too chummy with one another nowadays
Lol Randolph didnt even punch him hard.... Lou was unphased thats why he sprang up so quick
icon1914
Never really saw Cousins as a true center.... More of a solid PF. I think NJ could have drafted him, but did not want the trouble... And also they want to believe that Favors' potential will end up making him the best big man in the draft in time.
And I like Cousins talking crap... Not enough of that is the NBA Today....
TheGoodGerman
I don't like people talk too much, when they haven't really proven themselves, yet ...
pistonsfanomg
omdigga
im liking this kid.. nothing wrong in beleivin in your abilities.. he thinks he was the best big in the draft.. i do too..
He says things that are just straight up idiotic. Like how he talked about Bynum not deserving that ring when he provided a huge body for us...
And not only has the dude not proved anything at all, he won't even get the chance too. He's the freakin 4th big man after Landry, Dalembert and Jason Thompson.
Jays Claw
Well to be fair, Favors has a lot more competition in Lopez when it comes to touches down low. Lopez scored a bulk of the Nets' points (24 points on 8/13 FG) while collecting a team high 7 rebounds.
Cousins on the other hand, is the main focal point in the Kings' offensive scheme. As well as the best rebounding big man they've got. You've also got to take into consideration that Cousins played 30 minutes compared to 13 minutes played by Favors.
After all, this is preseason and not much should be made out of it.
"I'm trying to see what's so special," Cousins said of Favors. "…I guess that's what they really needed on their team. I really don't know. '
Did the Nets even work out Cousins? I'm pretty sure they only targeted Wall, Turner and Favors as their top three choices.
king4day
From what i understand, the Nets didn't take cousins because he's a thug.
probably not the right decision in the long run, but i don't beleive it was due to talent.
Yeah we brought them both in a couple of days before the draft to do a one on one via drills w/o a scrimmage. Cousins was undoubtedly better. To this day, I'm convinced Avery still wanted Cousins more. Favors was Rod's pick. If Avery got really good at something during his time off from coaching, it's that media face.
Raidaz4Life
Ha maybe Favors got picked ahead of you is because you can't keep your mouth shut:eyebrow:
hes not a little *****, so what?? the nba needs more of this. even though derrick favors can whoop his ***. :cool:
Or the perception that he is one. I think the bitter taste of Sean Williams was still lingering. The high body fat % didn't help.
It was never about talent.
Darko > Demarcus Cousins
potenial wise, favors is the winner
who that tranlate well see, i think hell be better than cousins
Hellcrooner
Another mindless trash talker.
YOu talk on the court!!!!!!!!
God i hope new cba makes sure plyers have t spent the FULL 4 years at NCAAA.
smood999
not for nothin he's not trash talkin against an nba vet...he is against a fellow rookie so i see nothing wrong here...and cousins is the better player...he was in hs was in college and will be in the nba...so its not like hes sayin this outta nowhere
Dalembert is hurt, which gives Cousins a great chance to take that job from him. And he will prove he was the best big in the draft. All he needs is about 20 minutes a game to get a double double.
It's just funny how people get so butt hurt when a player shows some fire. He's not hurting anyone, he's just speaking his mind. You'd really rather have him reply with some canned answer about how "God had a plan for me and it was Sacramento" or "everything happens for a reason I just have to work hard" blah blah blah blah. We've all heard those responses a thousand times.
Cousins was and is clearly better, I heard Thorn picked Favors and Avey wanted Cousins. I think Thorn did it because he knew he was leaving and didnt want NJ to get an edge with Cousins. Demarcus Cousins was and IS clearly the best big in this draft. 25 and 10 is probably what he will be averaging in years to come unless he gets injured or doesnt react to NBA game play. The kid is 20 years old and has a body that most wish they can have. He is agressive and he has attitude which gives him a drive. It means he actually cares. I loved Cousins in college, I love when he turned down Memphis to go with coach Cal at Kentucky.
NYYCowboys
They probably picked Favors because Cousins is gonna be 350 lbs in 5 years.
eXpLiiCt
He needs to stfu for once
All he does is talk bout other players for no reason
Rego247
yea, im fine with trash talk and all, its a part of the game. but this is coming from a rookie who has yet to play his first game. do ur talkin on the court.
And i now have a second favorite NBA team.
BKLYNNYRNYKNYY
Its true though, he was the best big man in the draft. I hope his game is as big as his ego
FaM0us Skins
why is Cousins so cocky!
ko8e24
Not at all, Shaq started talking all egotistical when he started winning championships all the way up to the current date.
I just watched the 1992 NBA Draft, when Shaq was selected #1 overall by Orlando, and they interviewed him. They asked him how it felt to have Christian Laettner picked over himself to be part of that '92 dream team, and Shaq said that Christian Laettner was a great player and he deserved to be on that team and that he was happy for Laettner representing the US in the Olympics that year.
DeMarcus Cousins hasn't proven anything and he's talking all this crap before he's played a meaninful NBA regular season. Cousins is OVERRATED AND A TOOL!
gbpackers12
I actually like this. Why can't he say that he wants to be better than Favors? He's talking his game, and i'd be willing to bet that he'll back it up. Wish he was in Detroit.
Robbw241
He must still be a lil woozy after getting raped by Favors in High School.
I think we need more characters in the NBA. Like back in the days. Now, the young guys only make some stupid trash talk or whatever ... and act like crybabys and ... he this and I that ... jesus ... go to Oprah.
Let the BALL do the talking !
Favors wasn't picked for this season (they didn't bust their *** for a marquee PF through free agency just for kicks. And "settling" for Troy Murphy was a very good decision by NJ). It was a pick based on potential, and if Cousins doesn't put down the ranch dipped double deckers, it's likely a higher potential than Demarcus'.
This year, there is absolutely zero question that Cousins will have the better season. Same story next year, though it will be closer. Year three? That's when we'll see if they made the better choice.
Edit: Zero problem with this comment, btw. He doesn't seem to grasp the concept of "potential", but he thinks he's the best big in the draft; and he's right. So I can understand the chip, and it makes for a better storyline.
DeMarcus Cousins = Oliver Miller
faze38
I have to agree stop being so sensitve when everybody was talking trash about the man during the draft he took it in stride and now he's telling the league that they well be punished for passing on him! U know what MJ talked trash like that all the time and people said that was his competetive nature but now people want to say there is no place for that in the league! Stop hating on the kid! I wish the Knicks had a damn pick last year cause I would have loved to see that man in a KNICKS jersey! I always said that every team that passed on this kid because of his "bad attitude" is dumb because he is a kid and will mature! More props to the kid I'm a fan at least he has the nuts to stand up fo himself! The only player that I didn't agree with that did something like this is Brandon Jennings because nobody was bad mouthing him during the draft and he just straight thru Rubio under the bus before he was even drafted and played a game in the league be it preseason or not! Still I can't really be mad at the kids because they were both young and they are competetiors! That's the nature of the beast I have never seen a competitor that didn't talk trash I know I have!
And as each day goes by, Boogie slowly moves up my rankings.
Antipod
The kid has some ballz :D
this kid better turn out to be something special with all the crap he talks. Its preseason son, wait until the real season. This kind of thing is why he was passed over. Sure he has #1 pick talent. But he also could self implode at any moment. And they didn't pick you idiot, because they have Lopez at center. Read a fkin roster, then start talking
He's lost weight since the draft and his body fat percentage is down. And as far as upside goes, Cousins has a ton of it. He's 6'11 with a 7'5 wingspan. He just turned 20 and didn't start playing organized basketball until high school. Despite that he has great feet, great hands, can pass, and he can shoot out to 20 feet. He just needs to continue to work on his conditioning and he will be a force.
Geargo Wallace
NBA needs more trash talk and less David Stern.
Meaze_Gibson
I like it too..
You got two types of competitors. The silent killers and the talkers. If its one thing I can't stand though, are the talkers who talk noise after the fact. It's like either talk up front or don't talk at all. Most people who I ball with talk crazy but it heightens everybody's game and the general atmosphere. If you a talker, please be like Cousins and talk yo ish before it happens.
ManningToTyree
He is/will be better then Favors...
After he lays of them cupcakes
njnets825
Jealousy's a mofo. Cousins is just mad that Favors was drafted before him. Favors was rated the highest player coming out of high school and how Favors won MVP of micky D's and Jordan classic games. Only one way to prove it, that's not by talking. Play and prove it and not just one season, over a career. Good luck not weighing over 300 lbs by the time you hit 23. Cousins attitude also is horrible. Just wait and see how he responds to having a losing record and being the 2nd option and dirty work guy for tyreke.
LOL cousins is da man!! i like it!!!! you gotta like this dude IF he's on your team. I love Trash Talk, I dont like when player shy away... ignore it! something about silent people who take it, pisses me off. Trash Talk is funniest thing.... now if Gonobli flopped and tlaked ****! DOuble threat!!!
16 points 16 boards is pretty strong and only helps to provide that much more confidence, cousins is on his way to a dominant center career ala dhoward, and favors seems like another oversized SF to me, but time will tell.
Uh you must never have seen him play bc he's nothing like a SF
Kidd>>>K-Mart
Cousins will realize why he was drafted after favors in 3 years when favors will be an all-star
lol you must've been brainwashed by Jon Barry during the draft. Favors is not a 3. He's much closer to a 4/5 than a 4/3.
everyone who has a problem with this is a huge vag. its fire! its competitiveness! its spice! demarcus cousins is showing that mean streak and killer instinct. slowly becoming my favorite big man in the league
jmtapia
As long as he can back up his words on the court I have no issue with this.
This is exactly what Sac-Town needed.
let me guess you love Brandon Jennings too....
_Supreme_
I have no problem with what he said, but it does show a lot of immaturity.
yep. hes one of my favoerite players. most people here know how much i support him. i love the kid.
but i balance everything out, because my favorite player and idol is Mr. Steve Nash
Cousins every time he open his mouth, he show how much of a young fool he is. He has a long road to travel and being humble will takes him a long way.
Wait, so tell me where he dissed Favors?
I'm not seeing anything wrong with what he said.
^How is that not dissing Favors?
Let's be honest. He's a loud mouthed idiot who doesn't comprehend team needs, the concept of "potential" and doesn't respect his competition. BUT, hey, he's confident and it makes good TV. So I'm all for it.
BULLSFAN0810
If you are a fan id except this as an answer...but if you are an athlete you like what he said...he has a chip on his shoulder. I like it, it shows determination. it shows fire that most bigs dont have. MJ THOUGHT THE SAME THING WHEN HE WAS PLAYING ...ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WOOD TO BURN THAT FIRE...SO PLEASE BE QUITE AND BE ROLE MODELS TO YOUR OWN CHILDREN. He (MJ) WAS PISSED HE WAS PICKED BEHIND ANYONE..HE PILED IT ON PORTLAND BC THEY PICKED BOWIE OVER HIM(THEY HAD DREXLER)
the_jon
What's the problem? I'm glad he's pissed off. If you get picked 5th overall and you're not pissed off then you're never going to be the best anyways. At least he wants it.
Just looking at the other side bro doesn't mean I agree. Trying to see how people feel. My feelings are quite neutral on this.
footballer2369
Cousins ***** on favors
i dont see the big deal...every yr there r players that use not getting drafted at a certain spot as motivation...cousins is in his right cause he is the better player right now without question...favors got drafted strictly off of potential and nothing else...cousins produced a whooole lot more in college than favors and is actually one of the few big guys recently that got drafted based on what they did and what they r moreso than the whole u cant teach size and athleticism potential stuff...
Brooklyn Mets
he needs to back this talk up on the court.. put up 20 and 10 against Favors and that would say more abot his talent than his rant..
I favor Favors because Cousins reminds me of my cousin.
ha good one.
wow. haha
The_Jamal
People really should whine more about Cousins not being a ***** and calling out Favors.
EaglePride615
i feel this guy can back up what hes saying. now if he has an amazing rookie season then after the season he should be talking like this, well not should be could.
[QUOTE=njnets825;15145937]Jealousy's a mofo. Cousins is just mad that Favors was drafted before him. Favors was rated the highest player coming out of high school and how Favors won MVP of micky D's and Jordan classic games. Only one way to prove it, that's not by talking. Play and prove it and not just one season, over a career. Good luck not weighing over 300 lbs by the time you hit 23. Cousins attitude also is horrible. Just wait and see how he responds to having a losing record and being the 2nd option and dirty work guy for tyreke.[QUOTE]
John Wall?
The "mental" problems advertised are complete bs. He's been dedicated all summer to conditioning and getting in shape. He's dropped weight since the draft, and has said several times he's looking forward to being a dominant duo with Tyreke. And I'd say Cousins has just as much potential as Favors being only 19.
Cousins should use that slight as motivation to put in work this season. His game is really nice, I can see him making the ROY race interesting with Griffin and Wall.
I haven't seen a lot of Favors but what I did see he looked like a slug, I mean "he has tons of potential."
He's definitely showing that he needs to mature as a baseketball player before we can really see anything from him. It might take a season it might take 3.
All I know is I'm pumped to watch him every game!
kArSoN RyDaH
is this the same guy who said bynum did deserve to hoist up the larry obrien trophy? :facepalm:
these rookies really need to shut their mouths and prove themselves before they start yappin.
great, another shaq :mad:
yeah! danmit! another great bigman that makes the game exciting and brings some competitive fire and killer instinct damnit this is terrible!
:facepalm::facepalm::facepalm::facepalm::facepalm: :facepalm:
I don't really see that as a maturity issue, to me thats just his swagger. I mean if its me and I got game like that I'd probably be saying the same thing like "you guys took him over me? Foreal? He's a bum!" Nothing wrong with that competitiveness, as long as he backs it up then its all good in my book. I actually prefer a player with a fire under his tail!
he will have to show his attitude problems are in the past. That is all I mean. If you watched him at Kentucky, and read about his high school days, he definately had an attitude problem and brushed with coaches. That doesn't mean he will do the same in the NBA, but he has something to prove. There is a reason he was passed over a number of picks. It sure wasn't for lack of physical talent
Eh you've only seen and read one side of the story then.
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=5293484
I watched a lot of Kentucky games as well. He pouted and disappeared at times. He also had a whiny look on his face when coaches were talking to him after mistakes. Look, I would never wish failure on a kid, no matter the circumstances. But he has had an obvious attitiude problem, and has shown immaturity, as he is doing with his statements. i don't mind some trash talk, and saying the things he said. But he should wait until he plays a real NBA game, and goes up against NBA centers before he tells us all how good he is
MacFitz92
What's wrong with a little trash talk every now and then. Isn't my style, but it happens.
We need more players like Cousins in the league. I don't give a damn if he turns out s**tty, dude has the mentality of MJ and thats what the league is lacking. He doesn't say all the right things like majority of the players in the league. He stands up and becomes his own man by saying what he feels and I like that.
I think you guys are too accustomed to the goody-two shoes in the league now and forgot all about the mentality players had in the MJ era.
I would love this from a player who had a few games under his belt. That is the only thing lacking for me.
Khalifa21
I completely agree... I love his attitude. I'm fully behind him and can't wait for him to prove any doubters wrong.
Are you being serious?
Cousins is officially my favorite big man in the league. im gunna be rooting for him the whole year through and cant wait til he goes up some of todays big men
questkat
I always preferred cousins over favors. felt favors is too much of a boom/bust type player. nonetheless i hope he does well
Evans and Cousins will be one bad *** duo
Whats the odds that Cousins will have fight in his rookie season?
imagesrdecievin
The comments saying that he has the same attitude as Jordan are ridiculous. Jordan was an assassin on the court with his trash talk - but a professional off of it.
He probably doesn't realize that all that he is accomplishing so far is to put a target on his and his teammates back. Cousins loud mouth/demeanor is definitely going to hurt him with the refs. I'm very curious to see how he responds when he gets the rookie treatment from the refs.
That doesn't clasify as a "diss" for you?
"I don't see what's so special" = I don't think he's very good = dissing.
Can you seriously not make that correlation? What about that don't you get?
swaddell13
cousins is a f*ckin beast and can talk all the ***** he wants because no one in their right mind would step up to him. he reminds me of shaq in his prime... thats why i dropped varejao and picked him up on my fantasy lol
zambo4president
I like it. Enough of the respecting your opponent deal, bring back hard nosed loud mouth competitiveness. This is an athletic contest, if you really think your better then talk the talk but make sure you walk the walk.
me too...
So did I... He was my favorite big that year...
they gon be tough to beat :ohno:
THE GIPPER
extremely immature
PrettyBoyJ
LOL this guy talk a lot of crap, he's not even the best big man in his division.. smh
kgjfan243
lol cousins is gonna be a beast
Ace33Bone
I like cousin's confidence... as long as he can back it up i see no problem with him speaking his mind... paul pierce made a list of everybody that was drafted before him and he set out to destroy their teams and look where it has gotten him... caron butler did the same thing and he isnt bad himself
JayW_1023
Attitudes aside...Cousins offense is much more polished than Favors'. But defensively, Cousins looks inferior to Favors.
Still I think Cousins has more star potential.
Cousins has 18 points (6-11 FG) and 7 boards in 19 minutes so far tonight.
Mplsman
Daaaaaang.
and Wesley Johnson on a 85% hamstring has looked like Ray Allen so far this PRESEASON. So what? I hope Cousins has a great career, and if he can get his attitude problem fixed, he may very well have one. But you have been around long enough to know preseason doesn't mean much. Hell, my Wolves are beating up on teams. Big deal
Unruly Fan
Team chemistry: UP, League-wide Popularity: UP, Local Fan Popularity: UP
DaBUU
I like it, NBA used to be loaded with bitter rivalries. Now with the USA teams and everyone wanting to play together, seems like everyone's in love. Good to get some heat back in the game with some of these young guys. As long as he back it up on the court tho.
And you should know that HOW players look matters, even if its preseason. And as far as I'm concerned he doesn't have an attitude problem. Does he have an attitude, sure. Doesn't mean it's a problem. You need to stop buying what the media feeds you. The whole Cousins is a bad guy thing has just been said so many times that it has become true. I worry just as much about Cousins' attitude on the court as I do about any other Kings player.
And again, sure it's preseason, but you don't have per 36 minute averages of 25 points and 14 boards if there isn't something there.
you didn't watch many Kentucky games I guess. I don't really feel the need to debate this, you are defending a player on your team, and that is fine. But I watched him, with my own eyes, pout like a little girl at times at Kentucky, and disappear when things weren't going his way. Hopefully that trait doesn't follow him into the NBA. DerekRE, why would you think I started buying into the media after all this time as repeating that I could care less what they say...
The Miami Cheat
i think so too.... but we'll see wha happens come regular season time
GSW Hoops
I like cocky, confident players. What's wrong with a little trash talk? Sports are supposed to be competitive...
AIMelo=KillaDUO
It's not just me defending a player on my favorite team. I've been saying the whole Cousins is a bad boy ******** is overblown since before the draft.
Ok, so a 18-19 year old freshman pouted during games in college. Cool. That's no excuse for teams to pass on a big man that talented. You've had guys like Johan Petro, Robert Swift, Greg Oden, Hasheem Thabeet, Eddy Curry, Darko Milicic, Tyson Chandler, and Gana Diop go very high in the draft because teams have been desperate for skilled big men. To pass on a big man of Cousins' talent and size because of pouting as a freshman in college is inexcusable, and frankly, ********.
And for a guy who would "disappear" he sure did ok, averaging 15 and 10 in only 23 minutes per game and beating out teammate John Wall for SEC freshman of the year. Cousins at worst will be the 2nd best player in this draft. He wasn't the most productive player in all of college basketball last year for nothing.
derek, you have a disease that causes men in kings uniforms to appear to you as supermodels
Cousins had that effect on me before he wore a kings jersey:
http://www.nypost.com/rw/nypost/2010/05/22/sports/photos_stories/cropped/050_demarcus_cousins--300x300.jpg
I think we are not on the same page here. I am not in the slightest saying Cousins doesn't have the physical gifts to dominate. But I watched him, with my own two eyes, pout like a child when the coaching staff tried to correct a mistake, or pulled him for a stupid foul. That has to change. The NBA won't coddle you.
And I'm saying that a player that young shouldn't be passed over for pouting as a freshman in college when he has the physical gifts that Cousins possesses. And as far as him arguing with Calipari, you should read what Calipari has said about that and/or listen to interviews he has given about that very topic.
Its a shame Sloan doesnt get to coach him, that would have been a lot of fun to watch :laugh2:
I won't argue this, but I am also very happy with what I have seen out of Wesley Johnson for my Wolves.
And Calipari was doing his job. The man churns out NBA players, and wants to keep his reputation. No way he would say, "The kid is a lunatic, thank god he is leaving"
Never ever doubt the Boogie Monster!
DeShaun Brown
I love it. I'm sick of all of the buddy buddy, everybody's my friend type of players. As long as he doesn't go to far with it, I'm all for it.
sep11ie
^Actually exactly what I was gonna say.
King P
I hate when guys like Demarcus come into the league and think everything is gonna be smooth sailing. He doesn't seem to realize that playing and being a star in the NBA is not a given. He's taking all of this for granted.
Favors on the other hand knows that he will have to work hard to become successful and that he will do whatever it takes to get there.
1st who said DMC thinks everything will be "smooth sailing"??
2nd what makes you think DMC isnt putting in the work to get him where he is suppose to be??
Well he seems to be "Talking the talk before walking the walk". That seems to be the problem here.
That's the attitude he's putting on. He seems to think he is going to have everything handed to him because of what he did in college and where he was drafted.
It doesn't work like that. I call it the Jamarcus Russell mentality
This is all nonsense anyway.
- The Nets had Lopez and adding Cousins wouldn't have been the right fit. I have no doubt that the Nets would've taken Cousins if they didn't have Lopez.
- Cousins is a more polished player at the moment and should put up better numbers for the first few seasons.
- Cousins doesn't have Lopez next to him, taking lots of shots off him. The Nets are giving the ball to Lopez whenever they go inside, Lopez is the focal point for the Nets. Favors is left to his own devices pretty much.
So his points are only going to come from the odd shot here and there when left open, and getting offensive boards. He just doesn't seem aggressive enough yet to get too many boards but that will come.
Chest Rockwell
Nothing wrong with having a chip on your shoulder, Kings fans should be happy about it. Maybe Nets fans too, if it motivates Favors to do well.
el_primo_nano
Cousins better be the greatest thing since the wheel for talking so much **** already. He sounds like a ******** T.O with his dumbass comments
ShakeN'Bake
Does that mean Wesley is going 0-For for in very important games?:p
it means reading into the preseason is meaningless
We need someone who succeeds Sheed to make some crazy guaranSHEEDS and rack up T's. Cousins fits the profile so far.
Is confidence such a bad thing in the NBA?
Players say these things on an hourly basis. Whether its to each other, fans, media, whoever; its just a matter of it getting out. I like it!


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Book launch : Hong Kong's new identity politics
Iam Chong IP, Lingnan University
Stephen C. K. CHAN, Lingnan University
Sik-Ying, Petula HO, University of Hong Kong
Chung-Kin TSANG, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ashish RAJADHYAKSHA, Film and cultural theorist
Chor See CHAN, Lingnan University
Ka Wai, Kelvin WU, v-artivist
Centre for Cultural Research and Development, and Master of Cultural Studies of Lingnan University in conjunction with Hong Kong Arts Centre
In the book Hong Kong's New Identity Politics: Longing for the Local in the Shadow of China (Routledge Contemporary China Series, 2019), Ip Iam-Chong uses Hong Kong as a case study to examine how the production of desires for "the local" lies at the heart of global cultural economy. Perhaps more so than many other places, and now more than any other time, the making of a local identity has for Hong Kong evolved through the interplay of neoliberalism, postcoloniality and complex reactions to lived anxieties and uncertainties. As the city's role as an international economic hub has diminished and its relationship with Mainland China intensified, the local people have been looking for ways to define a "Hong Kong" identity vis-à-vis threats from outside. Ip analyses the working and reworking of power relations and modes of agency in this global city.
The book launch was co-organised by the Centre for Cultural Research and Development, and Master of Cultural Studies of Lingnan University in conjunction with Hong Kong Arts Centre. After a short presentation, the author was joined by scholars from the disciplines of Cultural Studies and Hong Kong Studies in some focused discussions.
Programme details: https://culturalresearch.center/Book-Launch-Hong-Kong-s-New-Identity-Politics
Ip, I. C., Chan, S. C. K., Ho, S.-Y. P., Tsang, C.-K., Rajadhyaksha, A., Chan, C. S., & Wu, K. W. K. (2020, December 19). Book launch : Hong Kong's new identity politics [Video podcast]. Retrieved from https://commons.ln.edu.hk/videos/844
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This fun illustration of sportsmanship helps children grasp a better understanding of this important character trait. Lucky Kat World's GC Crew encourages good character development through real-life scenarios a child can identify with and emulate.
Jet and Oscar show sportsmanship by having a good attitude and shaking hands after the game.
I respect my teammates and opponents by always being on time.
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Oh, and the sky isn't blue.
November 20, 2011 / matushkaanna
Wow, did you know that drinking water will not combat dehydration? According to the European Food Standards Authority (EFSA) it won't.
EU officials concluded that, following a three-year investigation, there was no evidence to prove the previously undisputed fact.
Producers of bottled water are now forbidden by law from making the claim and will face a two-year jail sentence if they defy the edict, which comes into force in the UK next month.
German professors Dr Andreas Hahn and Dr Moritz Hagenmeyer, who advise food manufacturers on how to advertise their products, asked the European Commission if the claim could be made on labels.
They compiled what they assumed was an uncontroversial statement in order to test new laws which allow products to claim they can reduce the risk of disease, subject to EU approval.
They applied for the right to state that "regular consumption of significant amounts of water can reduce the risk of development of dehydration" as well as preventing a decrease in performance.
However, last February, the European Food Standards Authority (EFSA) refused to approve the statement.
A meeting of 21 scientists in Parma, Italy, concluded that reduced water content in the body was a symptom of dehydration and not something that drinking water could subsequently control.
Now the EFSA verdict has been turned into an EU directive which was issued on Wednesday.
This is nuts.
Ukip MEP Paul Nuttall said the ruling made the "bendy banana law"* look "positively sane".
He said: "I had to read this four or five times before I believed it. It is a perfect example of what Brussels does best. Spend three years, with 20 separate pieces of correspondence before summoning 21 professors to Parma where they decide with great solemnity that drinking water cannot be sold as a way to combat dehydration.
*I couldn't not look this up. Apparently in 2008 a law was passed by these same folks (and subsequently repealed) that regulated the maximum curvature of bananas that could be commercially sold, and said that cucumbers had to be straight.
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I am really inspired by the spirit, energy and commitment of my languages friends and colleagues on twitter. In response to a radio 4 programme on why learn languages this week, they refused to accept the same old clichés and arguments about the parlous state of language learning within our shores, and through Twitter, mustered themselves for a special edition in the ongoing series of flashmeetings they have planned and been participating in for a while now. I've blogged about these flashmeetings before; about what great teacher-owned and teacher-led CPD they are, but this one has a different purpose. There was a real feeling that enough is enough: that the problems flagged up in the programmme have been known to us for many years yet things are getting worse. Inspite of the dedication and commitment of many languages teachers uptake for our subject is slipping through our fingers. I know there are loads of dedicated teachers out there of every subject, but many languages teachers go that extra mile for their students; filling their cars with literature, goodies; realia whilst on holiday to refresh their language skills; in Scotland the annual national teachers' association (SALT) conference attracts over 400 teachers every year – other similar subject events running alongside it on the same day barely manage 40, so it's not lack of commitment on their part that is the problem. But what is it? A few issues were raised last night. Some of them are myths that need busting. When we have a list we're all happy with we should send it to Radio 4 and a few others. Please add your thoughts and comments -we should take one myth each and flesh out the arguments. Let me know which one you'd like to tackle.
Myth four: Why should we waste our time teaching languages to students who can't even speak, read or write proper English?
Myth seven: Why bother? Everyone learns English anyway?
Myth ten: Starting in upper primary is too late – we need to start them learning a second language in nursery.
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myth 12: what use is a foreign language only at GCSE level? it's not enough to communicate when we visit the foreign country, therefore let's give up altogether (fyi: what level do you think the majority of Frenchmen and Germans and Spaniards learn English? that's right! GCSE! and yet they're not ashamed of claiming they speak English and of using it when they come to the UK or for career progression).


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Dishoom () is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language buddy cop action comedy film directed by Rohit Dhawan and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala. It stars John Abraham, Varun Dhawan, Jacqueline Fernandez, Akshaye Khanna and Saqib Saleem and features Parineeti Chopra, Akshay Kumar and Nargis Fakhri in special appearances. The film revolves around two cops, who are appointed to rescue a kidnapped Indian cricketer from a Pakistani cricket bookie.

Dishoom was released theatrically worldwide on 29 July 2016. Some scenes of the movie are inspired from the Hollywood film, The Last Boy Scout. It was an moderately commercially successful at the box office, earning 119 crore worldwide.

Plot
During a cricket tournament in the Middle East, 48 hours prior to the final match between India and Pakistan, India's top cricketer Viraj Sharma goes missing. Indian authorities get a video tape of an unknown man claiming to have abducted Viraj till the India vs Pakistan cricket match two days later and warning them not to cancel the match. Attempting to avoid media outrage, Gayatri Shubha Mishra, the External Affairs Minister of India, sends special task force officer Kabir Shergill IPS to U.A.E for a 36-hour manhunt. After being received by and getting into a semi-scuffle with a local officer, Saeed Naqvi, Kabir, who is a no-nonsense cop, bumps into a rookie Indo-Emirati police officer Junaid Ansari, who has never been able to solve a case but has a good knowledge of the town which he acquired during his first incomplete case of finding a dog named Bradman. Both Kabir and Junaid start their investigation with a CCTV footage of Viraj's hotel and find out that on the night of his disappearance, Viraj went out with a local girl, Samira Dalal. On confronting her, they learn that she took Viraj to a friend's birthday party but he left soon.

Later, they roam around the town to meet a local goon nicknamed Khabri Chacha, who directs them to Sameer Gazi, the city's biggest party animal who met Viraj in the same party, but are still unable to lay hands on any clue. Finally, the duo gets a breakthrough by tracking down Viraj's cellphone from the apartment of a pick-pocketer, Ishika, who claims to have stolen the cell phone from a stranger, the previous night, in a supermarket. During this time, Junaid finally finds Bradman and vows to never lose track of him, tying a tracker band around his neck, containing a hidden camera. The duo also manages to capture the person in the video, but discovers that he is just a struggling actor being used as the face in the video by the real kidnapper. However, Junaid is shocked when the actor recognizes the "stranger" Ishika had mentioned as the fugitive who conducted his audition, and rubs a sketch clue of evidence out to Kabir, who asks Saeed, Junaid's superior, to identify the stranger. Meanwhile, it is revealed that the real kidnapper is a cricket bookie Wagah, who along with his assistant Altaf, the stranger, has abducted Viraj and offered him 300 million rupees to under play in the final.

They finally close the deal for 500 million, but when the deal didn't work out and Viraj closeted onto them, bluffing an imposterly Wagah into believing he would underplay, they kidnap him permanently till the final match is played. Kabir, a suspended-from-duty Junaid and Ishika go to an underground Arabian club in Altaf's native state Abuddin, full of goons and guns, where Ishika helps Kabir and Junaid by distracting the goons and later Kabir rescues her from them. During the journey, Junaid reveals to Ishika that Kabir suffered from cancer and was cheated by his girlfriend for the same and has lost his smile ever since. Hearing this, Ishika warms up to Kabir, clicking and sending photos of both together while he is still asleep, to his recently turned ex-girlfriend Alishka, with whom he had a breakup. Kabir spots Altaf and both try to chase him down but before they could succeed, a sniper kills Altaf. Wagah calls and confesses to Kabir that he got him killed and they should stop searching for Viraj. Wagah confronts Viraj, threatens to kill his family, shoots both a Mumbai-based partner and his own manager, and asks his wife to leave with their son, finally stranded, with only Bradman, revealed to be their family dog, by his side.

On returning to Abu Dhabi, Kabir and Junaid are taken off the case and Kabir ordered to fly back to India. Seeing Kabir walk towards the airport, Ishika goes soft and confesses her feelings for Kabir to Junaid. At the 11th hour, Junaid gets a clue of Viraj's whereabout through the camera on Bradman's neck band, as Wagah has hidden him in a yacht near the team's hotel. Both reach the location only to discover that Wagah has fled leaving behind Viraj tied with a time bomb after Wagah realised that Bradman carried a GPS tracker. With only minutes left for the bomb to blast, Kabir negotiates with Wagah to stop the bomb in return of 5 billion rupees from the Indian Government. Wagah takes the money but refuses to stop the bomb. After witnessing the blast from a distance, Wagah walks into the cricket stadium expecting the match to begin without Viraj, but to his shock, Viraj is alive and walks into the ground all ready to play as it is revealed that Kabir and Junaid helped Viraj to get out of the jacket by dislocating his shoulder and all three had jumped into water just before the blast. After seeing his plan failed, Wagah tries to escape only to be apprehended by the duo. Kabir, who now has feelings for Ishika, returns to India along with her, while Junaid, who regains his duty, gets a marriage proposal from an Indian girl, Muskaan and also flies to India to meet her.

Cast
 John Abraham as Kabir "K" Shergill, an Indian STF officer
 Varun Dhawan as Junaid "J" Ansari, an Indo-Emirati rookie and Kabir's own subordinate
 Jacqueline Fernandez as Meera "Ishika" Behl alias Parvati / Pakeezah, a pick-pocketer who ends up stealing Viraj's phone
 Akshaye Khanna as Rahul "Wagah" Kabiraj, a bookie who targets and kidnaps Viraj
 Saqib Saleem as Viraj Sharma, a top Indian batsman
 Rashmi Nigam as Wagah's wife
 Tarun Khanna as Inspector Saeed Naqvi, a local officer and Kabir's tentative partner who gets replaced by Junaid
 Rahul Dev as Altaaf Dad, Wagah's protege and assistant
 Mir Sarwar as Hadeed, a weapons trader
 Mansoor as Captain Yusuf Al-Dami, Abu Dhabi Police Chief
 Pawan Chopra as Mishkat Sudhir, BCCI Chief
 Vijay Raaz as Mushtaq Rizvi / Khabri Chacha, a local goon in Abu Dhabi who directs Kabir and Junaid to Sameer
 Manu Malik as Shree, the person in the lift
 Sahil Phull as Customs Officer Vishal Sinha, Kabir's former colleague who deceives him by having an affair with Alishka
 Anupriya Goenka as Alishka Iyer, Kabir's girlfriend with whom he breaks up after having an affair with Vishal
 Jatin Gaur as Rashid Alvi Farooq, a tech-expert in Abu Dhabi Police
 Faisal Rashid as a struggling actor who was forced to pose as a fanatical Pakistan supporter
 Mona Ambegaonkar as Gayatri Shubha Mishra, the External Affairs Minister of India
 Akash Dhar as Wagah's henchman
 Mohinder Amarnath as Dhananjay Sadanand, Viraj's coach
 Atul Wassan as himself
 Rameez Raja as himself

Special appearance
 Akshay Kumar as Sameer Gazi, a party animal and the city's biggest one who meets Viraj in a party
 Parineeti Chopra as Muskaan Raza Qureshi, a prospective bride who wishes to meet Junaid and becomes his girlfriend
 Nargis Fakhri as Samira Dalal, a local socialite who takes Viraj to a friend's birthday party
 Satish Kaushik in a voiceover as Aarif Raza Qureshi, Muskaan's father

Production

Filming
The first schedule of the film started on June 27, 2015 at Mehboob Studio. Varun Dhawan and Jacqueline Fernandez joined the set on 4 July 2015. Abu Dhabi was also a filming location; the production crew chose Abu Dhabi, as they would benefit from the Emirate's 30% rebate scheme.
some of the movie scenes copied from The Last Boy Scout

Critical response
On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 56%, based on 9 reviews, with an average rating of 5.1/10.

Soundtrack

The music for Dishoom is composed by Pritam while lyrics have been penned by Kumaar and Mayur Puri, with Ashish Pandit as a special guest. The music rights have been acquired by  T-Series. The full music album was released on 15 July 2016.

References

External links

2010s Hindi-language films
2010s action adventure films
2010s spy comedy films
2016 action comedy films
2016 masala films
2016 films
Indian spy comedy films
Films featuring songs by Pritam
Films about cricket in India
Indian action adventure films
Films about the Research and Analysis Wing
Films shot in Abu Dhabi
Indian action comedy films
2016 comedy films


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Moravská Sázava () je řeka v České republice, která pramení v Čechách a její tok dál pokračuje na Moravě. Délka toku činí 54,3 km. Plocha povodí měří 508,4 km².

Průběh toku
Řeka pramení na jihozápadním úbočí Bukové hory (958 m n. m.) v nadmořské výšce 780 metrů. Na horním toku protéká Moravská Sázava Výprachticemi a poté Sázavským údolím. Dále následují Albrechtice, obec Sázava a geomorfologický celek Lanškrounská kotlina.

Mezi Žichlínkem a Krasíkovem řeka mění směr ze severo-jižního na přibližně západo-východní a odtéká směrem na Moravu. Poblíž obcí Krasíkov a Tatenice se řeka dostává do údolí, oddělujícího dva podcelky Zábřežské vrchoviny – Drozdovskou vrchovinu a Mírovskou vrchovinu. Vede tudy i významná železniční trať Praha–Bohumín. U soutoku Moravské Sázavy s Lukovským potokem, mezi Žichlínkem a Rychnovem na Moravě, se nachází Poldr Žichlínek, který je největší stavbou svého druhu ve střední Evropě.

Poblíž Hoštejna se do ní vlévá levostranný přítok, říčka Březná. Řeka protéká Přírodním parkem Březná a u Zábřehu se dostává do Mohelnické brázdy. V nadmořské výšce 264 metrů ústí u Zvole zprava do Moravy.

Větší přítoky
 levé – Sázavský potok, Lubnický potok, Hraniční potok, Březná, Nemilka
 pravé – Kalný potok, Ostrovský potok, Lukovský potok, Rychnovský potok, Třebařovský potok, Ospitský potok, Bušínovský potok

Vodní režim
Průměrný průtok Moravské Sázavy u ústí činí 4,52 m³/s.

Hlásné profily:

Vodácká charakteristika
Z toku řeky je sjízdných celkem 30 kilometrů. S obtížností WW I - ZWC je sjízdný úsek od Žichlínku po Lupěné, s obtížností ZWC pak od Lupěného až k ústí do Moravy.

Odkazy

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Externí odkazy

 LG Žichlínek – aktuální vodní stav na stránkách Povodí Moravy
 LG Lupěné – aktuální vodní stav na stránkách Povodí Moravy
 Vodácký průvodce raft.cz – Moravská Sázava

Řeky v Orlických horách
Řeky v Podorlické pahorkatině
Řeky v Zábřežské vrchovině
Řeky v Mohelnické brázdě
Řeky v okrese Ústí nad Orlicí
Řeky v okrese Šumperk
Přítoky Moravy


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Bonagratia z Bolonii (zm. 3 października 1283 w Awinionie) – włoski franciszkanin, dziewiąty generał założonego przez św. Franciszka z Asyżu zakonu (lata 1278–1283), stróż pieczęci zakonu franciszkańskiego, legat papieski.

Stał na czele misji wysłanej w 1272 do cesarza bizantyjskiego Michała VIII Paleologa.

Kontekst historyczny
Papież Jan XXI wyznaczył generała franciszkanów Hieronima Masci oraz generała dominikanów Jana z Vercelli jako mediatorów w wojnie, jaką prowadzili ze sobą król Francji Filip III Śmiały i król Kastylii i Leónu Alfons X Mądry. Misja trwała do marca 1279. Hieronim został 12 marca 1278 wyniesiony do godności kardynalskiej. Przed udaniem się z kolejną papieską misją dyplomatyczną, tym razem do Grecji, wyznaczył jako swojego reprezentanta na kapitułę generalną w Padwie w 1276 Bonagratię. Bonagratia został wybrany generałem na kapitule generalnej w Asyżu 20 maja 1279.

Po kapitule Bonagratia stanął na czele delegacji, która udała się do papieża Mikołaja III, by poprosić o wyznaczenie dla braci mniejszych kardynała protektora. Papież, który wcześniej osobiście pełnił tę funkcję, wyznaczył swojego krewnego dominikanina Matteo Orsiniego. Delegacje poprosiła również o wyjaśnienie dotyczące obowiązywalności reguły franciszkańskiej, zatwierdzonej przez Honoriusza III 29 listopada 1223. Mikołaj III po konsultacji z teologami i prawnikami papieskimi i zakonnymi, 14 sierpnia 1279 wydał bullę Exiit qui seminat. Papież potwierdził całkowite wyrzeczenie się dóbr przez wspólnotę. Dobra ofiarowywane na cele działalności zakonu przechodziły na własność Stolicy Świętej. Dawcy mogli też ofiarowując dobra pozostawić sobie prawo ich własności. Dobra i sumy pieniężne miały pozostawać w rękach nuncjuszów, prokuratorów czy przyjaciół duchowych, którym nie wolno było rościć sobie do nich żadnych praw. Nabywanie majątku dokonywało się przez wyznaczonych przez papieża prokuratorów. Prokuratorów mógł też wyznaczać w imieniu papieża kardynał-protektor.

Za generalatu Bonagratii papież Marcin IV w bulli Ad fructus uberes z 13 grudnia 1281 wypowiedział się na temat wzajemnych relacji pomiędzy klerem diecezjalnym a mendykantami. Zakony żebrzące przez długi czas pozostawały niejako wyjęte spod jurysdykcji lokalnych biskupów, w odróżnieniu od pozostałej części duchowieństwa. Zakonnicy ci mogli bez żadnych ograniczeń głosić kazania i słuchać spowiedzi świętej wiernych we własnych kościołach klasztornych. Było to powodem napięć w diecezjach. Bulla, chociaż ograniczała dawanie przywilejów mendykantom w przyszłości, nie załagodziła jednak rosnących w tym względzie niepokojów, szczególnie we Francji, przede wszystkim w Paryżu.

Bullą Exultantes z 18 stycznia 1283 Marcin IV ustanowił urząd syndyków apostolskich. Syndycy, wybierani przez prowincjałów i kustoszy, mieli przyjmować w imieniu Stolicy Apostolskiej dobra ofiarowywane zakonowi. Byli również odpowiedzialni za regulowanie wydatków w imieniu zarządów prowincji, kustodii i konkretnych konwentów. Syndycy zastąpili więc nuncjuszy i prokuratorów. Regulacje prawne w tym względzie wymuszone zostały wzrostem liczebnym zakonu, co utrudniało zachowywanie przepisów reguły odnoszących się do ubóstwa. Zakonnicy zaczęli posiadać własne domy studiów, powstawały duże konwenty w miastach. Urząd syndyków wpłynął w znacznym stopniu na zachowanie ducha ubóstwa, tak charakterystycznego w pierwszej dobie rozwoju wspólnoty braci mniejszych.

Podczas rządów Bonagratii i jego bezpośrednich następców rozwinął się we wnętrzu zakonu duchowy ruch związany z osobą Piotra Jana Olivi. Szczególnie silny w Marchii Ankońskiej. Ruch ten w znacznym stopniu wpłynął na pojawienie się problemów w łonie wspólnoty podczas kapituły w Strasburgu w 1282.

Przypisy

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Włoscy franciszkanie (OFM)
Zmarli w 1283