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Following Casey won’t be easy, especially if Ujiri doesn’t Asics Gel Lyte 3 Femme Noir back up the coaching switch with a swapping out of key players. You can always nitpick strategy, sure. But higher on the list of the franchise’s problems reside two all-stars who’ve been chronic post-season underperformers and a roster that’s repeatedly bumped its collective head against its competitive ceiling. What are the odds Nurse can deliver a perceptible upgrade on nothing less than the most successful coach the team has ever employed? And does Adidas Zx 750 Damen Nurse have the requisite presence to command the daily stage afforded to an NBA head coach? There are no shortage of doubters. Still, maybe Nurse shouldn’t be underestimated. He has just been rewarded for having the wits to convince Ujiri he’s worth betting on. Soon enough he’ll get a chance to prove it.British Columbia has the highest rate of seniors living in poverty across the country and that number has more than doubled since 2000, according to a new Nike Air Max 90 Womens Red report. Single seniors are hit particularly hard, being three times more likely to be poor than those in couples, according to the B.C. Seniors’ Poverty Report Card, released on Tuesday by the Social Planning and Research Council of B.C. (SPARC BC) in partnership with United Way of the Lower Mainland.What’s more, numbers spiked significantly in urban centres: The highest concentration Adidas NMD Damen of impoverished older adults were in Metro Vancouver, and the report noted a sharp rise in seniors’ homelessness, roughly 280 per cent since 2008. Terry Wiens, a 68-year-old polio survivor who uses a wheelchair and lives alone, said he moved from B.C. to Alberta three months ago due to the cost of living and “B.C.’s horrendous lack of support for disabled seniors.” “Income is one thing, cost of living quite another,” he said, noting 54 per cent of Nike Air Max Command Womens his fixed pension currently goes to rent, which is still less than he paid in B.C. Prior to moving, Wiens said there were 10 to 12-day periods where he didn’t leave his home, with thoughts of taking his own life. “This is a frightening concept considering the tsunami of disabled seniors approaching retirement,” he said. |
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