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19 celebrities who made victorious career comebacks, Defence Online

Some stars leave the spotlight and return later for victorious comebacks.

This includes actors like Winona Ryder, who was hiatus from Hollywood following drug and theft scandals, but is now known for her “Stranger Things” role.

Singers like Kesha and Shania Twain have also had career comebacks.

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The careers of celebrities can be tumultuous.

Some stars leave Hollywood of their own accord, others disappear after worrying public incidents, and some fade after scandals. When that happens, returning to the spotlight isn’t always easy. Some never do. But that doesn’t mean it’s not possible.

Here are 19 celebrities who have had career comebacks.

Editor’s Note: A warning that this article contains descriptive language that could be triggering for anyone struggling with or recovering from substance abuse.

“Stranger Things” marked Winona Ryder’s comeback after a hiatus from Hollywood following drug and theft scandals.

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Winona Ryder’s career was in full swing during the late ’80s and ’90s. From classics such as “Beetlejuice” and “Heathers” to “Edward Scissorhands” and “The Age of Innocence,” Ryder was keeping busy. But in 2001, the actress was arrested on charges of shoplifting and being in possession of illegal prescription drugs and her career stalled.

She spoke with Time about how a brief break from acting following the incident affected her career.

“I took some years off, and I didn’t realize that was very dangerous in terms of my career,” she said. “I was constantly being told, ‘You have to keep working so you stay relevant.’ When I was ready to come back, I was like, ‘Oh, where did everyone go?’ A lot of actors have ups and downs. I think mine were – people might see them as awful – but I learned, and I appreciated the time away.”

Now with “Stranger Things,” she’s a leading lady once more.

Robert Downey Jr. was arrested multiple times in the ’90s and did a stint in rehab, but now he’s a leading man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

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Robert Downey Jr.’s career took off in the ’80s, and he eventually earned an Oscar nomination for 1992’s “Chaplin.” But his successful trajectory hit a snag after a string of run-ins with the law and time in rehab.

In 1996, authorities caught him with an unloaded gun, heroine, and cocaine in his car. A few months later, he was cited for trespassing after passing out inside his neighbor’s home. He was arrested multiple times, spent time in prison, was in and out of rehab, and was written out of “Ally McBeal.” But Downey Jr. has been sober since around 2003, and his career has picked up.

He played Sherlock Holmes in two movies, he earned an Oscar nomination for “Tropic Thunder,” he’s been dominating the box office as Iron Man since 2008, and he’s showing no signs of slowing down.

After a string of worrying public incidents in 2007, Britney Spears rose again and her career is now better than ever.

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Britney Spears was a pop icon with five albums under her belt when her life began to spiral. Spears lost custody of her children to ex-husband Kevin Federline and was in the public eye for a string of incidents – including shaving her head in public, driving with her son on her lap, and attacking paparazzi with an umbrella. Spears was admitted to UCLA Medical Center’s psychiatric hospital in January 2008.

She was released five days later and then released her sixth album, “Circus,” later that year to positive reviews and chart-topping success. Since then, she has held a Las Vegas residency and released three more albums. She was honored with GLAAD’s Vanguard Award in 2018 for her support of the LGBTQ+ community.

Kesha overcame a restrictive record deal and legal battle to launch her comeback album, “Rainbow.”

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After five years without a new album, Kesha released “Rainbow,” her third album, in 2017 to praise and celebration. The powerful album was the result of a years-long legal battle with Dr. Luke, her producer, over allegations of sexual assault and physical and emotional abuse. She was stuck in a five-record contract and couldn’t release music outside of the label.

The legal battle has not ended, but she’s touring, performing, and making music once again.

Neil Patrick Harris broke out as a child star in “Doogie Howser, M.D.” but his career stumbled until a quick cameo in “Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle” changed perceptions and brought him into the forefront.

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Teenage Neil Patrick Harris broke out as the star of “Doogie Howser M.D.” in the early ’90s, but he couldn’t mimic the success in the years that followed.

Finally in 2004, he made a cameo as a fictionalized version of himself in the stoner comedy “Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle.” He followed that up with the role of Barney on “How I Met Your Mother,” which earned him four straight Emmy nominations, and his career has boomed.

Martha Stewart went from business mogul to prison and is now the host of a TV show with Snoop Dogg.

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With a successful catering company, a series of best-selling books, and a magazine, Martha Stewart was a business mogul worth millions. But all of that came crashing down when she was charged with insider trading and found guilty on all counts, including charges of obstruction of justice and conspiracy. She served five months in prison.

After she got out of prison, Stewart managed to work her way back as a popular personality and make her company profitable once again. She even has a show with Snoop Dogg, “Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party,” on VH1.

Nicole Richie was best known for “The Simple Life” before a series of arrests dominated headlines. Now, she’s turned to acting and designing.

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Nicole Richie spent some time in rehab before filming “The Simple Life,” a reality show with Paris Hilton. The show rocketed the two to stardom the girls had never had before.

That all abruptly came to an end when Richie was arrested after driving down the wrong side of the highway and failing a sobriety test. She was sentenced to four days in jail and three years’ probation for the incident.

She is now married, has two kids, launched a successful fashion line, and starred on the NBC sitcom “Great News” until its cancellation in 2018.

Matthew McConaughey’s comeback in Hollywood was dubbed the McConaissance.

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Matthew McConaughey broke out in Hollywood thanks to “Dazed and Confused.” But by the early 2000s, he was being typecast in romantic comedies. But in 2013, McConaughey’s rise began again in what The New Yorker writer Rachel Syme dubbed the “McConaissance.”

He was nominated for an Emmy for “True Detective,” won an Oscar for “Dallas Buyers Club,” and starred in “The Wolf of Wall Street.”

Dave Chappelle is making movies and doing stand up comedy again after walking away from his famous Comedy Central show.

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Chappelle was a well-known actor and comedian through the ’90s and was the star of his own sketch show on “Comedy Central.” But when “Chappelle’s Show” was supposed to be heading into its third season, Chappelle walked away in 2005. He popped up to occasionally perform stand-up, but he largely stayed out of the spotlight.

He starred in “Chi-raq” in 2015, his first movie role in almost 10 years. Then he made his “Saturday Night Live” hosting debut in 2016, which was followed by four specials released on Netflix in 2017. He won a Grammy in 2018 for his first two. He also starred alongside Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga in “A Star Is Born.”

Drew Barrymore hasn’t exactly been out of the spotlight, but her career has had its ups and downs.

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Drew Barrymore broke out as a child actor in “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial,” but her early teens were troubled. She spent two stints in rehab – one for drug and alcohol abuse and the other for a suicide attempt – all before she was 15. Because of her reputation, she struggled to find work.

In an interview with Movieline when she was 17, the actress said, “I had two, three years of casting directors telling me I’d never work again in this town … That s–t- only made me angrier, made me put that much more into my work … And, through pure ambition, ‘I showed those sons of b—es that I can do it.’ Success is the best revenge in the world. And I’m back.”

She continued to act, but it was 1998’s “The Wedding Singer” that brought her back to the forefront. She followed it up with movies like “Charlie’s Angels” and “50 First Dates.” Now, she’s the star of Netflix’s “Santa Clarita Diet.”

Paula Abdul was a pop star in the ’80s and ’90s, but her career had some setbacks, until she rose again thanks to “American Idol.”

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Paula Abdul was best known as a choreographer and pop star in the 1980s and early ’90s. She had six No. 1 singles on the Billboard charts and won a Grammy for “Opposites Attract,” but her music career stalled after an accident left her in pain.

In an interview with Forbes in 2017, the musician said, “I had to leave the music business … I crash landed in a plane when I was on tour 26 years ago. I went through a lot of reconstructive spinal cord surgeries.”

Abdul rose to prominence once again in 2002 as a judge on “American Idol,” which she did for eight seasons. She tried to revive her music career in 2008, and though she had a minor hit, she didn’t mimic the early success she had on the charts. Since then, she’s acted and appeared on multiple reality shows.

Michael Keaton’s career was strong in the ’80s and ’90s, but the velocity didn’t continue through the 2000s until he was cast in “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance).”

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“Beetlejuice” launched Michael Keaton to “Stardom,” and he followed the Tim Burton film up with Burton’s “Batman.” Keaton kept working – and received praise for movies like “Jackie Brown” – but nothing was quite the same.

Then in 2014, he was cast in “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” and earned an Oscar nomination. He followed that up with “Spotlight” and played the villain in Marvel’s “Spider-Man: Homecoming.”

Shania Twain retired from music in 2004, but came back with an album in 2017 and revealed her diagnosis of Lyme disease.

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Shania Twain had won five Grammys and was a pop country superstar before she retired from music in 2004. In 2011, she revealed that she had been struggling with dysphonia, a disorder that affects vocal cords. She had to go through voice therapy. In 2017, she revealed that the dysphonia was caused by Lyme disease.

She came back a few times with a Las Vegas show in 2012 and arena tour in 2015, but 2017 marked her major comeback when she released “Now,” her first studio album in 15 years. The album went platinum and hit No. 1 on the Billboard charts.

Rob Lowe was a teen idol, but his career hit a low point before he returned on hit shows like “The West Wing” and “Parks and Recreation.”

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Rob Lowe broke out as a teen actor in hit movies like “The Outsiders” and “St. Elmo’s Fire” and was a member of the Brat Pack. But then a sex tape scandal rocked his world. A video surfaced that showed Lowe having sex with two women, one of whom was underage. But because it happened in Georgia, the age of consent was 16, so he didn’t face any charges. Lowe went into rehab shortly after and is now almost 28 years sober.

But his career picked up once again when he was cast on “The West Wing,” which earned him an Emmy nomination. He followed that up with a role on “Brothers and Sisters” and was the beloved Chris Trager on “Parks and Recreation.”

Mandy Moore’s career slowed a bit in the early 2000s, but she’s back and stronger than ever as a star on “This Is Us.”

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Mandy Moore burst onto the music scene as a teen and had a hit with her debut single “Candy.” She broke out as an actress with roles in “The Princess Diaries” and “A Walk to Remember,” but things started slowing for her career. She had a few small roles, but nothing stuck.

Then she was cast as the voice of Rapunzel in Disney’s 2010 movie “Tangled” and now stars on “This Is Us.” She earned her first Golden Globe nomination for the hit TV show.

Eminem released a comeback album in 2017.

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Eminem scored his first mainstream success with “The Slim Shady LP” in 1999. He won two Grammys off of that album and followed that up with more success – and more Grammys – thanks to “The Marshall Mathers LP” and “The Eminem Show.” He later starred in “8 Mile,” a film loosely based on his own life, and won an Oscar for his original song “Lose Yourself.” But after 2004’s “Encore,” Eminem disappeared for a while.

After canceling his 2005 European tour, Eminem was treated for addiction to prescription sleeping medication. When his friend Proof was shot and killed, Eminem became depressed.

“I think it kind of hit me so hard,” he told XXL. “It just blindsided me. I just went into such a dark place that, with everything, the drugs, my thoughts, everything. And the more drugs I consumed, and it was all depressants I was taking, the more depressed I became, the more self-loathing I became.”

He came back with “Relapse” in 2009. He disappeared from the music scene briefly after his 2013 album but came back in 2017 with “Revival,” which featured collaborations with Beyoncé, Ed Sheeran, Pink, and more.

As well-known as Ellen DeGeneres is now, her career wasn’t always like that.

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Ellen DeGeneres‘s career started with her doing stand-up and soon transitioned into acting roles. She rose in popularity thanks to her late ’90s sitcom “Ellen.” A few years into the series, both she and her character came out, but then ratings fell and her career faltered. She returned a few years later for the sitcom “The Ellen Show,” but it was canceled before the season finished airing.

Then 2003 brought a whole new level of success. DeGeneres was chosen to voice Dory in Disney-Pixar’s “Finding Nemo” and launched her own talk show. “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” has won 29 Emmys since its start. She has risen as an icon, taking home nine Teen Choice Awards and 20 People’s Choice Awards. She’s also hosted the Academy Awards, Grammy Awards, and the Primetime Emmys.

Vanessa Williams was faced with a scandal after she was crowned Miss America but went on to have a successful career.

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Vanessa Williams was primed for success after she made history as the first African-American woman to be crowned Miss America in 1983. But in July 1984, Williams became the first woman to resign her crown following a scandal involving nude photos that were published in Penthouse magazine without her consent. At the time, Williams told People that she’d hit “rock bottom.”

But that wasn’t the end for Williams. She launched a successful music career garnering 11 Grammy nominations, releasing eight studio albums, and scoring multiple Billboard hits. Her acting career has also fared well. She starred on “Ugly Betty,” “Desperate Housewives,” and was recently on “The Librarians.” To top it all off, she’s been nominated for three Emmys and a Tony.

Christian Slater disappeared from the public eye for a bit but is back on TV.

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Christian Slater dominated the 1980s and early ’90s. He was a breakout star in “Heathers” and a radio DJ in “Pump Up the Volume.” He was in “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves” and “Interview With the Vampire.” But he had multiple run-ins with the law: There was drunk driving, trying to board an airplane with a gun in his luggage, assault while under the influence, and a later-dropped charge of harassing a woman on the street. In the meantime, he was in a series of quickly canceled TV series and movie flops.

He bounced back with “Mr. Robot” in 2015 and won his first Golden Globe for the role.

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Coastal Conservation Plan Sparks Struggle Over Sand

A Trump administration proposal to vastly increase federal conservation land alongside the East Coast is going through protests from states and communities that say the plan will harm tourism industries which can be nonetheless recovering from Superstorm Sandy in 2012. The dispute is unfolding from Maryland to Massachusetts as officers and householders object to a plan by the Fish and Wildlife Service so as to add 275,000 acres to a federal safety zone. It is one of many largest expansions of the Coastal Barrier Assets System in its 37-year historical past. The growth will strengthen the East Coast's "resiliency and sustainability" following Sandy, which killed 72 individuals within the U.S. and brought about $65 billion in home harm, the company says. The epicenter of the battle is the New Jersey shore, the place expanded conservation areas would intervene with seashore replenishment and safety initiatives important to sustaining the legendary vacationer vacation spot, state and native officers say. "New Jersey generates billions of dollars from tourism and property values. Everybody benefits from this," stated Scott Wahl, Avalon Borough's enterprise administrator, referring to beach-refilling initiatives in his southern New Jersey seaside neighborhood. "This is not to benefit a bunch of rich people who live along the shore." The controversy just lately drew in Rep. Jeff Van Drew, a Democrat representing southern New Jersey. He wrote a letter March 14 imploring FWS to let shore communities proceed to dredge sand from a federal conservation space to refill close by seashores which can be continuously eroded by tides. Environmental advocates are pushing again with warnings in regards to the potential ecological harm from seashore replenishment initiatives that they name "sand mining." "These sand removals have an impact on fish habitat, fisheries that depend on the habitat and wildlife," stated Karen Hyun, head of coastal conservation for the Nationwide Audubon Society and a former senior FWS official. The Audubon Society launched a research final week saying the safety zones have saved federal taxpayers $9.5 billion in catastrophe help by conserving coastal areas away from buildings, roads and infrastructure. David Conrad of the Affiliation of State Floodplain Managers, which helps the proposed growth, stated it's going to preserve flood-prone land. The dispute facilities on the federal Coastal Barrier Assets System, a politically standard program that goals to restrict growth in environmentally delicate coastal areas that present fish and wildlife habitat and defend inland communities towards storm surges. Created in 1982, the coastal system has grown to incorporate 3.5 million acres, principally alongside the East and Gulf coasts, but additionally in patches alongside the shores of all 5 Nice Lakes and in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. This system doesn't prohibit growth however discourages it by making areas contained in the coastal system ineligible for many federal cash and applications. On the Jersey Shore, residents and officers worry shedding help of 1 vital federal company: the Military Corps of Engineers, which does seashore restoration and safety initiatives across the nation. The Military Corps has been serving to rebuild and defend New Jersey's susceptible shoreline for the reason that 1960s, stated Patrick Rosenello, the mayor of North Wildwood, a coastal metropolis of 4,000 individuals whose inhabitants surges to 69,000 in the summertime. Undertaking prices are usually cut up among the many Military Corps, the state and a municipality. In 2005, the Military Corps constructed a sea wall stretching a mile and a half alongside North Wildwood's seashore and agreed to make storm-related repairs for 50 years. The ocean wall runs north-south alongside the Atlantic coast. On the metropolis's northern edge, it curves inland and abuts a shallow inlet that sits inside a piece of the Coastal Barrier Assets System referred to as NJ-09. In March 2018, FWS revealed a map displaying that it deliberate to increase NJ-09 barely to incorporate the world containing the ocean wall. The minor shift has main implications. "This expansion would take the Army Corps of Engineers out of their role of helping to maintain their project," Rosenello stated. Rosenello and two neighboring mayors wrote to FWS in July urging revisions to NJ-09 that might let the Military Corps restore North Wildwood's sea wall and take sand from the protected inlet to revive seashores of Avalon and Stone Harbor Borough. Avalon and Stone Harbor would stay outdoors NJ-09 below the proposed growth. However they worry that if the Military Corps can not use sand from next-door Hereford Inlet for seashore restoration, the company must dredge sand from an unprotected inlet a number of miles away, costing hundreds of thousands of dollars extra. "There are several million cubic yards of sand sitting unused in Hereford Inlet that can and should be used for resiliency and protection of lives and property," stated Wahl, the Avalon enterprise administrator. Avalon, North Wildwood and Stone Harbor are main sights in Cape Could County, the place tourism accounts for practically half of the roles, generates $6.Four billion in gross sales and boosts the inhabitants from 94,000 to 750,000 in the summertime, in response to the New Jersey Division of Journey and Tourism. FWS stated in an electronic mail to E&E Information that it's "considering modifying" its proposed growth of NJ-09 "to ensure that the existing structure is not included." The Military Corps and the New Jersey Division of Environmental Safety have joined in objecting to the FWS proposal to increase federal safety zones throughout the New Jersey coast. "We cannot support the expansion," the division stated in a 20-page letter to the company in July, citing potential hurt to the state's tourism and shellfish industries in addition to to deliberate highway building initiatives. Stewart Farrell, director of the Coastal Analysis Middle at Stockton College in New Jersey and a guide to native communities, stated that barring federal cash from being spent on seashore restoration deviates from the intent of the Coastal Barrier Assets Act. "They didn't want federal dollars to encourage development. But this is not encouraging development. It's protecting what's already there," Farrell stated. Elsewhere on the East Coast, state and native officers from Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts and New York have objected to segments of the plan that have an effect on vacationer locations corresponding to Fireplace Island, N.Y., and Provincetown, Mass. Supporters embody the Pure Assets Protection Council, the Affiliation of State Floodplain Managers and the Audubon Society. They be aware that communities might proceed to replenish their seashores with out federal cash. "It's putting the onus on state and local government," stated Hyun of the Audubon Society. The growth undertaking started one yr after Superstorm Sandy, when the Inside Division, which oversees FWS, gave the company $5 million to overview the federal safety zones within the 9 states most instantly affected. These states are Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Virginia. The overview is a part of a broader, long-term undertaking ordered by Congress in 2006 to research the whole Coastal Barrier Assets System, recommend areas that needs to be added or eliminated, and proper errors within the maps that outline the safety zones. Congress should approve any modifications to the system's geographic boundaries. FWS instructed E&E Information that it expects to suggest the revisions to Congress in 2020. Wahl of Avalon and Rosenello of North Wildwood stated that if Congress approves the growth of NJ-09, they'll take their battle to federal courtroom. Read the full article

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My last post I talked about historical witches. Today we will be touching in the topic of present day wicca, the founders, and the timeline on how we got where we are today. As always remember to do your own research. You are more than welcome to us what I am teaching as a guide to your research but it is important you look at your own resources and develope your own opinion.

Wicca is a modern day, nature based pagan religion. Rituals and practices vary amongst the person, most observations include the festival celebrations of solstices and equinoxes, the honoring of a male and female god, and the incorporation of herbalism and other natural objects into rituals. Wiccas practice according to an ethical code and may believe in reincarnation. It is a modern interpretation of pre christian religions some may involve a direct line to ancient practices. There are similarities with Druidism with the environmental component and is considered the inspiration of the goddess movement in spirituality. There is great diversity. Many are duethestic but you can also be atheist, polytheistic, pantheistic, or respectful of gods and goddess as archetypal symbols rather than as actual or supernatural beings. Rituals often include holidays centered around the moo; soler equinoxes and solstices, elements, and initation ceremonies.

Rituals of modern Wicca can be traced to Margaret Murray. She wrote several books on medieval religion centered around witch cults in medieval europe. This inspired British seekers to create their own covens and structure worship around her writings. Later scholarship disputed Murray’s claims but her influence could never be erased.

Wicca was first given its name by Gerald Gardner were it was announced as ‘wica’ the extra ‘c’ was added later. According to Gardner the word means "wise people". Gardner is considered the founder of Wicca. When writing his rituals Gardner drew a lot from Aleister Crowley, who in 1914 proposed the idea of a new religion based on old traditions worshipping the earth. Garderners fantasy novel High Magic’s Aid is considered one of the first standards for Wicca. His Book of Shadows is central to Wiccan practice. The origin of the title is unknown but it believed to be borrowed from a children’s author.

Doreen Valiente revised the book of shadows for more popular consumption exorcising crowleys influence. Valiente would split from Gardner’s coven and go to crest her own. some of Gardner’s rivals did the same.

Gardner initiated Raymond Buckland who founded the Gardnerian Brentwood Coven. This is considered the first Coven in the United States. Buckland became a Wicca promoter and would develop Seax-Wica. This invoked Anglo-Saxon mythology into Wiccan practice.

Sybil Leek claimed to be a hereditary witch and became involved with the New Forest Coven. Over the years she joins several covens in Europe and then makes her way to the United States where she settles down in Los Angeles. Leek transformed her practice into celebrity status centered around astrology.

Alex Sanders founded his own strain known as Alexandrian Wicca. He was a publicity seeker who told tales of his heritage and claimed he had learned a stain that came from Atlantis. Although not true he helped attract younger generations and helped Wicca grow popularity. In the 1970’s it started to become seen as an alternate life style.

Laurie Cabot began to gain attention in the United States for her classes at Salam State College and for helping police solve cases. She established the Witches’ Ball and the governor at the time established the the "Official Witch of Salem"

In the 1970’s instead of the strict, disciplined, magic based pagan religion of the British America saw Wicca turn into a nature-based spiritual movement with heavy tones of environmentalism and feminism. The feminist influence on wicca strengthened.

In 1986 Wicca was recognized as an official religion in the United States.

In 1998 ACUL revised after refusing student aid to a girl who had Wicca jewelry and Black Clothes on.

In 2004 the Indiana Civil Liberties Union fought time reverse a judges decision that divorcing Wiccans were not aloud to teach their sons the faith.

In 2005 U.S. Army Sgt. Patrick D. Stewart became the first Wiccan to serve in the Military to die in combat. His family refused to have a Wicca pentacle to his grave stone which started a a court case that now allows Wiccan symbols to be accepted by the veterans Administration.

I am putting this information out there because I find it important to not only know the historical history but know modern men and women who helped pave the way for us to practice freely today.

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Tiger Woods May Not Get A Better Shot At Another Green Jacket

As the world’s greatest golfers convene in Augusta, Georgia, this week for the Masters, it’s time for every sports fan’s annual rite of spring: wild speculation about whether Tiger Woods can add a fifth green jacket to his closet. Picking Woods used to be a trendy bet; then it began to feel like a totally futile exercise. Well after he last won the event in 2005, there was a period when Woods was in the news constantly for everything except golf success. In fact, it wasn’t too long ago that Woods’s relevance as a winning golfer seemed finished, along with his bid to chase down Jack Nicklaus’s record for all-time majors won.

But that all changed last season, when Woods put everything back together again to finish eighth on the PGA Tour money list and win the season-ending Tour Championship in September. Now Woods is back, in his best position in years to win another Masters. According to VegasInsider, Woods has the third-best odds of any player to win this weekend; he’s also playing even more inspired golf than he did during last year’s comeback campaign. But at age 43, will this be one of Woods’s last chances to win at Augusta before his days of being a viable champion are over?

Certainly, Tiger has been outplaying many of his much younger rivals these past few seasons. Since the end of his lost 2017 campaign, Woods ranks sixth among qualified1 PGA Tour players in total strokes gained per round, trailing only Dustin Johnson, Justin Thomas, Justin Rose, Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood. He’s mostly regained his old mastery of irons on approach shots and still has some of the game’s best feel for shots around the green. In terms of strokes gained, Woods is picking up 1.67 shots (relative to the average player) per round so far in 2019, an even better mark than the 1.60 he posted last season — which itself was easily his best performance in five years.

One of the most impressive aspects of Woods’s early play this season has been improved accuracy off the tee. According to the PGA Tour, Woods has hit 65.2 percent of possible fairways on his drives this season, which ranks 54th out of 214 qualified players. That might not sound amazing, but by Woods’s standards, it is ultraprecise accuracy. Last year, he hit only 59.4 percent of fairways, which ranked him 127th, and he struggled to break 55 percent over the four injury-plagued seasons before that. (Even during his really great pre-scandal/injury seasons, hitting fairways was an Achilles’ heel. In 2007, when he made the most money playing golf of his career, Woods ranked 152nd in driving accuracy and failed to hit 60 percent of fairways.) When Woods is scuffling, the first indication is often a wayward drive that requires subsequent artistry just to make par.

With the help of that improved accuracy, Woods now ranks 72nd in strokes gained on drives this year — he was 100th last year — and ninth in strokes gained from the tee to the green, picking up 1.48 shots per round before ever setting his spikes on the putting surface. Classic Tiger was always a tee-to-green monster, ranking either first or second in the category every healthy season from 2006 to 2013, so his strong performance in that category this year is another signal that Woods is returning to vintage form.

It’s also a very good sign for his chances at Augusta. That’s because, as Todd Schneider wrote about for FiveThirtyEight a few years ago, the Masters often comes down to a player’s skills with the long clubs — contrary to the tournament’s reputation for being a putting contest.

Great PGA Tour players generally assert themselves most on approach shots and drives anyway, gaining about 4 strokes relative to average from tee to green for every extra shot they pick up on putts. But the recent history of Masters winners also suggests that a great long game is the true prerequisite for winning the green jacket. The average winner since strokes gained was first tracked in 2004 (excluding the 2016 and 2017 winners, Danny Willett and Sergio Garcia, because they lacked enough PGA Tour rounds to qualify for official leaderboards) ranked only about 86th in putting performance per round but 35th in strokes gained off the tee, 32nd in strokes gained on approach shots and 18th in total strokes gained from tee to green.

Masters winners do their best work from tee to green

Strokes gained rankings by category for Masters Tournament winners during the seasons they won, 2004-18

PGA Tour Rank Year Masters Winner Off Tee Approach Around Green Tee to Green Putting Total 2018 Patrick Reed 104 74 2 29 72 24 2017 Sergio García — — — — — — 2016 Danny Willett — — — — — — 2015 Jordan Spieth 15 11 7 4 9 2 2014 Bubba Watson 2 47 63 7 109 8 2013 Adam Scott 2 16 77 5 108 11 2012 Bubba Watson 1 59 84 3 160 6 2011 Charl Schwartzel 22 45 64 19 96 20 2010 Phil Mickelson 66 5 32 5 133 12 2009 Ángel Cabrera 37 48 169 63 63 51 2008 Trevor Immelman 116 50 11 31 191 113 2007 Zach Johnson 61 30 164 60 5 13 2006 Phil Mickelson 12 4 66 4 40 5 2005 Tiger Woods 4 4 128 4 5 1 2004 Phil Mickelson 7 22 43 5 128 9 Average 34.5 31.9 70.0 18.4 86.1 21.2

Garcia and Willett didn’t play enough rounds to qualify for the PGA Tour’s rankings during their Masters-winning seasons.

Source: PGAtour.com

Strokes gained tee-to-green was the top category (or tied for the top) for 46 percent of the Masters winners over that span,2 and 62 percent of winners ranked among the Top 10 in the statistic — like Woods does this year. (This is consistent with my previous research that driving distance and approach accuracy are the two secret weapons players can possess at Augusta, causing them to play better in the Masters than their overall scoring average would predict.)

I haven’t mentioned Tiger’s putting numbers yet, and with good reason. Woods used to be the greatest putter in the world, but so far this season he ranks just 74th in strokes gained with the flatstick, adding only 0.19 shots above average per round. Last year, he was better — 48th on tour — though he still wasn’t the putting maestro who once showed me and countless others the fundamentals of a great stroke. However, Augusta has frequently seen putters who rank far worse than Woods win during the era of detailed PGA Tour tracking data. (In fact, more than half of qualified Masters winners since 2004 have ranked worse than 78th in putting.) Putting performance is so random from year to year — much less from tournament to tournament or even round to round — that it’s a lot easier for a good tee-to-green player to get hot on the green for a weekend than for a good putter to suddenly have an uncharacteristically amazing weekend off the tee.

Because of all this, it’s not hard to understand why Woods is a strong 12-to-1 bet to win the Masters. But it’s also not hard to imagine that this could be the 43-year-old’s last, best chance to win another green jacket. Using our research on historical major winners from a few years ago, here’s what the aging curve for championship golfers looks like:

That spike in wins for players in their early 40s came from 42-year-olds Ernie Els, Darren Clarke, Payne Stewart, Tom Kite and Gary Player, and it was the last actual uptick on the chart — and Woods is now on the wrong side of it. Jack Nicklaus famously won his final major at age 46, but most great golfers are largely done winning by their early to mid-40s. And the game has only gotten younger in the twilight of Woods’s career; while the average major-winner in our data set above (through 2014) was 31.9, that number is just 29.6 in the years since. With his own early career dominance and popularity, Woods has inspired a younger generation of gifted golfers that he now must do battle with.

Woods is a special talent and in the conversation for the greatest golfer ever.3 He’s playing as well heading into Augusta as he has in a long time and excelling in exactly the right categories. But between aging effects and his own injury history, he may never have a better shot at winning another Masters than he does right now. Once upon a time, Tiger was legendary for pouncing on every opportunity left in front of him. We’ll just have to see if he can summon that ability yet again.

from News About Sports https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/tiger-woods-may-not-get-a-better-shot-at-another-green-jacket/

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Extras

Part of coming to terms with adult life is realising that it’s not all it’s cracked up to be. The most interesting Facebook post I’ve seen in recent times (yes, I still seem to be on Facebook) was a friend asking for tips about how to stack Tuppaware in a dishwasher. There is probably nothing more banal, and yet the engagement rates were high. This is, after all, adulting. Luckily, I’m already really good at stacking Tupperware in a dishwasher (it’s all in the angle and the anchoring), but this did cause me to reflect on the stage of adulthood I am finally reaching. 2018’s sole goal is to buy a home. After twelve years of professional flat sharing, I might finally be able to lounge around watching boxsets in my underpants like some sort of hairy, sofa-based mammal without people wrinkling their noses at me (unless the neighbours can see in through the windows of any new place I buy). This has meant that adverts on TV that just seemed like total white noise before have become endowed with a new significance. Take DFS. I’ve never thought about buying a sofa before, but I do know there’s always a sale on and you don’t have to pay anything for six years or something. And also 0% finance. I don’t really know what that is, but it’s very important and lots of adverts say it. I might start offering 0% finance on me as a person and see if that makes me more popular. It’s got to be better than consuming boxsets in my underpants. Suddenly, DFS ads started to capture my attention in a new way. And then the voiceover sounded familiar. And then I realised it was Ashley Jensen. And then this reminded me of what a delight she was in Extras. And now here I am writing another of these blog posts about it. Shall we?

We probably all remember the huge fuss that ensued when Ricky Gervais was faced with topping the genre-redefining comedic achievements of The Office. Extras was different in two ways: moving away from the mockumentary structure and reflecting Gervais’s propulsion to the A-list with cameos from some of Hollywood’s biggest household names. And Barry from Eastenders.

Extras follows Andy Millman, an absolute everyman stuck working as a background artist while dreaming of getting his own sitcom off the ground. The various film sets that form his workplaces offer a new setting for each episode and a supporting cast that replenishes itself throughout. Facing the daily prospect of unflattering costumes and waiting around all day doing nothing alongside Andy is best friend, Maggie (played by Ashley Jensen, hence the banging on about her in this week’s tedious and irrelevant opener). Together, they both end up confronted by the whole gamut of awkward social faux-pas, from casual racism, to homosexuality, via treatment of the disabled, and everything else, including genocide, but that’s a bit more than a faux-pas. In this respect, Extras has dated itself slightly, as our views on so many of these things are far more woke than they were in 2005.

Where the humour still shines through is the ridiculous moments that Maggie and Andy’s naivety and haplessness thrusts them into. I would now like to run through some of my favourites:

Custard

In the Les Dennis episode, Andy has a role in a pantomime alongside the fallen-from-glory TV personality. On choreography is Bunny, an overbearing stage father whose adult daughter, Lizzie, is making up the chorus. Maggie, who happens to be an old school friend, is reluctantly reunited with Lizzie and ends up invited to Lizzie’s very depressing birthday party (hilarious in itself). She somehow ends up singing Food Glorious Food, but Bunny chimes in over and over to make sure she hits the right notes for custard. I have since never been able to hear the name of this vanilla dessert sauce without his voice going right through me.

Patrick Stewart’s face

The famous cameo appearances all involve a real person playing an awful version of themselves. In Extras, Patrick Stewart is only interested in situations that involve a lady’s clothes falling off and, despite her scrabbling around to get dressed, he’s already seen everything. He recounts these scenes with deadpan earnestness and then, once finished, his little face glazes over, terribly pleased with itself, so that you’ll never see him in the same light again.

Prophylactic or sheath

In series two, Andy lands a gig on an epic fantasy movie, starring a bratty Daniel Radcliffe. Apparently only just reaching sexual maturity, Radcliffe tries to chat up Maggie in the catering bus, revealing he already has an unravelled condom ready to go. He then accidentally flicks this and it lands on Dame Diana Rigg’s head. Her withering expression goes to show why she totally nailed the role of Queen of Thorns years later in Game of Thrones.

Pug pug

As the story unfolds, Millman’s sitcom gets picked up, goes into production and finally airs, despite ending up a million miles away from the original vision. Millman gets access to VIP treatment in a bar, and ends up rubbing shoulders with David Bowie, who in turn takes to the piano and composes an on-the-spot ditty about this silly little fat man. Cue the rest of the bar’s patrons joining in with the refrain.

Darren Lamb

Don’t worry, Stephen Merchant is here as well everyone. He plays Millman’s atrocious agent, barely aware of the name of his client’s sitcom (When The Whistle Blows) and always clad in a naff dad coat that looks wrong wherever he goes. Their exchanges in his office have consistently guaranteed me a hearty LOL.

The sparkling water bottle

In the Sir Ian McKellen episode, Millman apes a visiting old school friend’s chat-up technique, without realising what’s in the bottle he has just been chucking about with affected nonchalance. It’s worth watching all of Extras just to see his puffy cheeks and bulging eyes when he realises the terrible mistake he has made.

But what’s the point of all these highlights? They all show us that adult life is hard, because you have to grow up into your own disappointments. It’s a series of excruciating moments surrounded by awful people. So, maybe you expected that, by now, your hit sitcom would be enjoying rave reviews, but you’re actually using social media to scoff at other people’s approaches to stacking Tuppaware in a dishwasher. Extras may have some dated humour and deviate from real life with its ready availability of acting royalty, but as an exercise in expectation management, it really hasn’t aged a bit.

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The Open 2018: Tiger Woods says Carnoustie his

Tiger Woods has not performed at The Open since 2015

The 147th Open Championship Venue: Carnoustie, Scotland Dates: 19-22 July Protection: Stay throughout BBC Radio, highlights on BBC TV and on-line, stay textual content commentaries on BBC web site.

Tiger Woods believes he can add to his 14 main titles at this 12 months’s Open.

The American, 42, is enjoying his first Open Championship since 2015 after recovering from again fusion surgical procedure.

However when requested whether or not the Open – performed on hyperlinks programs – was his greatest probability for extra silverware, he stated: “Sure, as a result of you do not have to be lengthy to play on a hyperlinks golf course.”

Woods was joint 32nd on the Masters in April on his return to main golf and missed the lower at June’s US Open.

The three-time winner of the Claret Jug added: “Look what Tom Watson did at Turnberry in 2009 on the age of 59.”

Watson, who had gained the final of his 5 Open titles in 1983, missed a putt to win the title that 12 months after which misplaced in a play-off to fellow American Stewart Cink.

“You get to locations like Augusta Nationwide the place it is only a huge ballpark and the course outgrows you. That is simply the best way it goes,” Woods continued.

“At Carnoustie there will not be many alternatives to hit the driving force as a result of the ball goes to roll 80 yards, so it is arduous to maintain the ball in play.

“I hit a 3 iron 333 yards in apply on the 18th gap so after I get a bit older I can nonetheless chase an extended membership down there, so distance turns into a moot level.

“However creativity performs such an essential function. There is a motive Tom gained 5 of those – he was very inventive.”

Woods bought his first style of hyperlinks golf at Carnoustie as a 19-year-old newbie on the 1995 Scottish Open and he recalled enjoying the par-four second and “being near 120 yards out and placing it”.

He added: “I would by no means accomplished that earlier than – that was one of many cooler moments.

“I spent two hours on the driving vary hitting the ball to the 100-metre signal. I used to be hitting 9 iron, 4 iron, 5 iron, simply having a blast attempting to hit the signal, being inventive and utilizing my thoughts.”

Woods performed a apply spherical with world quantity two Justin Thomas at Carnoustie on Monday

Woods completed joint seventh in 1999 and in a tie for 12th in 2007 on his different visits to The Open at Carnoustie.

The Open champion of 2000, 2005 and 2006 has additionally had 9 top-10 finishes in his 19 begins within the match.

“I really like enjoying hyperlinks golf,” he stated. “You already know you are not going to get probably the most excellent of bounces. You already know a beautiful shot down the center of the golf green might bounce some bizarre means.

“Historically, the blokes who’ve accomplished properly through the years have been great really feel gamers and great lag putters as a result of quite a lot of occasions it’s tough to get the ball shut and you’ve got quite a few putts from 40 or 50 toes.

“That is simply a part of it. And I feel that is the enjoyable problem of it.”

Koepka to assault with driver

The course won’t be Woods’ solely problem this week, with a quartet of his compatriots holding all 4 majors, whereas Dustin Johnson is world primary.

Jordan Spieth is the reigning Open champion, whereas Brooks Koepka efficiently defended his US Open title in June to observe Patrick Reed’s Masters triumph and Justin Thomas profitable the 2017 PGA Championship.

Koepka, 28, is attempting to change into the primary man since Woods, in 2000, to win the US Open and Open Championship in the identical 12 months.

And whereas he echoed Woods’ “creativity” and “creativeness” feedback, he’s making ready to assault the course and use his driver “eight or 9 occasions, relying on the wind course we might hit extra”.

Koepka defended his US Open title at Shinnecock in June

“I assumed you play the course with quite a lot of irons off the tee, lay again of the bunkers, however typically we are able to take the bunkers out by hitting the driving force.

“The tough shouldn’t be fairly as thick as I anticipated it to be so if you may get inside 40 yards of the inexperienced, there is not any motive to not benefit from that.”

World quantity two Thomas is cautious of Carnoustie’s many bunkers and anxious that if he chases too arduous a nasty rating might observe.

“You will get in hassle urgent,” he stated. “I will in all probability hit quite a lot of irons but when I get two or three over par on the entrance 9 and attempt to change my gameplan and begin hitting drivers, they will go into bunkers and gorse bushes, and you’ll simply flip it right into a six over.

“For me, quite a lot of these holes have a bunker in play with a driver and that is inflicting me to not need to hit a driver as a result of the golf green bunkers are like a water hazard and you’ll by no means hit the inexperienced from them.

“A few of the holes are simply tough. It is so arduous to hit the fairways. You need to curve the ball into the golf green, land it within the tough and hope it will get out.

“It actually does simply current quite a lot of challenges.”

Reed stated his problem was “getting a bit extra comfy with touchdown the ball brief and letting it run” as he appears to be like to construct on his run of top-five finishes within the earlier three majors.

The 27-year-old completed joint second eventually 12 months’s PGA Championship earlier than profitable the Masters and ending fourth on the US Open.

In 4 Open appearances he has missed the lower twice however completed in a tie for 12th and 20th within the different two.

“The most important factor is I’ve performed extra rounds, been extra skilled with hyperlinks golf,” he stated.

“It is arduous, being from the US, to fathom and suppose I’ve 260 yards left, I can hit a 90% six iron and it is going to get there. Again house, I am hitting a 3 wooden.

“It is a true take a look at on who’s hitting the ball one of the best, who has full, full management of their golf sport, and if the wind blows and the greens agency up it is also going to check your psychological sport.”

In the meantime, Johnson stated he plans to be aggressive this week in an effort to maintain his ball out of the golf green bunkers.

“On the holes the place I can hit the driving force and take the bunkers out of play, I am completely going to try this,” he stated.

“You hit it in a bunker and it is like a penalty shot. You possibly can advance the ball ahead however I haven’s seen one which I might really hit it out and on to the inexperienced.

“So navigating the bunkers is the most important key. The tough shouldn’t be very penal so if I can carry all of the bunkers, I will hit my driver.

“With the tough being down, it helps as a result of you’ll be able to hit it in there and nonetheless knock the ball on the inexperienced.”

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Mass Effect's dialogue was inspired by awkward TV comedy Extras

Remember 2005 British TV comedy series Extras, written by The Office duo Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant? The one where Gervais played an actor stuck making a living as an extra, and where a string of guest stars like Ben Stiller, Patrick Stewart and Samuel L. Jackson appeared? The late, great...

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This Lovely Dress is worn on Michelle Terry as Female Extra in Extras: Patrick Stewart (2005) and later worn on Martha Howe-Douglas as Elizabeth I in Horrible Histories (2010)

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May 15th In Arsenal’s History

On this day in 1886 midfielder Willis Rippon was born in Beighton, Sheffield, England. He was briefly at Woolwich Arsenal. He signed from Bristol City in 1910, played in 9 matches, scored 2 goals and left for Brentford in 1911.

In Europe today in 1926 Arsenal had a friendly match against SK Slavia IPS. Charlie Buchan, James Ramsay, Jimmy Brain (2) and Harold Lee all scored in a 1-5 win for the English team.

Arsenal didn't travel as far for their friendly today in 1943. They took on Blackpool at Bloomfield Road where Reg Lewis and Denis Compton both scored only for the Gunners to lose 4-2.

The Arsenal squad had made the long trip to Brazil in 1949 and today they played their first match of the tour against Fluminense. it started well when Don Roper scored and Doug Lishman hit four goals for a 1-5 win.

In Switzerland today in 1952 the Gunners took on Grasshoppers. Doug Lishman got another two goals, Alex Forbes and Don Roper were also amng the scorers in a 1-5 Arsenal victory.

Three years later they were back among the Alps when they took on Young Boys of Switzerland today in 1955. On this occasion Len Wills, Alex Forbes and Tom Lawton got the goals in a 0-3 win.

The trip to Scandinavia in 1962 included a friendly match against Staevnet which took place today. Gerry Ward got a goal and that was enough for a 1-1 draw.

Romford invited Arsenal to play in a testimonial for Bill Seddon today in 1967. After George Johnston scored and Colin Addison struck twice it ended 1-3 to Arsenal.

Edu Gaspar celebrates his birthday today. He was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil in 1978. He was signed by Arsene Wenger for Arsenal in 2001. Wenger paid Corinthians £6m for the midfielder and he would go on to play 127 times scoring 15 goals for the club. He left on a free in 2005 and joined Valencia in Spain.

Southampton visited Highbury on this date in 1982 and were resoundingly beaten 4-1 by the Gunners in the First Division's final match. John Hawley, Paul Davis (2) and Stewart Robson got the goals today as Arsenal finished in 4th place. Alan Sunderland's 12 goals made him top scorer for the season.

Today in 1990 Arsenal signed David Seaman from Queens Park Rangers. They paid what was then a British record for a goalkeeper as they shelled out £1.3 million. Seaman was between the posts 564 times for Arsenal during his 13 year stay before he left on a free transfer and joined Manchester City.

1993 on this day Arsenal made their way to Wembley Stadium for the second time that season. After winning the League Cup final by beating Sheffield Wednesday 2-1. The opposition in the FA Cup was to feel like deja vu as Wednesday had made the FA Cup final aswell. Ian Wright scored for the Gunners but an equaliser from the Yorkshire club sent the game into extra time. The extra fifteen minutes each way could not separate the teams or produce another goal so a replay it was going to have to be.

The Arsenal FA Cup final song had entered the charts and with the help of Tippa Irie & Peter Hunnigale, 'Shouting for the Gunners' was another entry in the embarassing football songs category. If you dare to have a listen you'll find it here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykAYL5JaU2I

Into the Premiership era in 2001 Arsenal made the trip to St James' Park but played in a disappointing 0-0 draw with Newcastle United to take a single point back to London.

This date in 2004 was Arsenal's finest hour and saw probably the greatest Premiership achievement. Goals from Thierry Henry 47 (via the penalty spot) and Patrick Vieira 66 saw Arsenal run out 2-1 winners at the Emirates over Leicester City to become the first and only club to go a whole Premiership season undefeated. Henry got the Golden Boot again with 39 goals to help to the record (all pictures). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kkiCdpvY9M

Finally, on this date in 2011 Aston Villa beat Arsenal at the Emirates as they could only score an 89th minute consolation goal courtesy of Robin van Persie but lost 1-2.

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NHL Draft Lottery 2017 Guide: Who do you want to win it?

The 2017 NHL Draft Lottery is set for 7:30 p.m. ET on Saturday night, as 15 teams bring all their lucky charms to Toronto, hoping for the chance to draft Brandon Wheat King center Nolan Patrick or Halifax Moosehead center Nico Hischier or someone else they really like in a draft that doesn’t necessarily feature a no-brainer No. 1 pick.

(And by “lucky charms,” we of course hopefully mean Vinny Viola’s son, again.)

The 2017 NHL Draft Lottery will consist of three drawings: the 1st Lottery Draw will determine the club selecting first overall, the 2nd Lottery Draw will determine the club selecting second overall and the 3rd Lottery Draw will determine the club selecting third overall.

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The big twist this season is that in addition to the 14 non-playoff teams, the expansion Vegas Golden Knights are taking part in the draft. They will be afforded the exact same lottery odds as the team that finished the 2016-17 regular season in 28th place. They can pick no lower than sixth overall.

(They also royally screwed the Avalanche, who saw their overall chances to the top pick drop by two percent thanks to the Knights’ inclusion.)

Here’s a look at the lottery odds, and which teams do or do not deserve the first overall pick.

1 – Colorado Avalanche (18.0%)

Why They Should Win The Lottery: How about a little something for the effort, right? The Avalanche had the lowest standings points percentage (.293) since the 2005 lockout and the fourth-lowest of the last 20 years.

Why They Shouldn’t Win It: Because it’s the wrong year to have the first overall pick and then trade it, which is what they should do, given the block of Swiss cheese that is their roster.

2 – Vancouver Canucks (12.1%)

Why They Should Win The Lottery: Because Trevor Linden was apparently visited by three ghosts and finally learned the True Meaning of Rebuilding.

Why They Shouldn’t Win It: Because it’s really not fair to Nolan Patrick that he’ll have to get second-line minutes until the Sedins retire around 2025.

t-3 – Arizona Coyotes (10.3%)

Why They Should Win The Lottery: Because it would be nice for their general manager to finally have someone around his age to hang out with. Also, because it’s only fair that a team in Arizona that last year missed out on drafting the best player to ever emerge from Arizona get something for that anguish.

Why They Shouldn’t Win It: Four words—Glendale City Council Meetings.

t-3 – Vegas Golden Knights* (10.3%)

Why They Should Win The Lottery: Oh, c’mon, like Bettman’s not going to fix the lottery so his beautiful baby expansion team gets the first overall pick. You think Bill Foley paid $500 million to pick sixth? And the NHL always fixes the lottery for the benefit of the League (glances at Connor McDavid) oh nevermind…

Why They Shouldn’t Win It: Because the most “long suffering” that fan base has experienced were technical difficulties at the team mascot announcement party.

5 – New Jersey Devils (8.5%)

Why They Should Win The Lottery: So Taylor Hall will stop listening to Lana Del Rey on Spotify and weeping silently at the lineup sheet.

Why They Shouldn’t Win It: (I mean, I’m a Devils fan, so there’s really no reason for them not to win the lottery. Although in true New Jersey fashion, the year they win it is the draft without a franchise player. Hey, Cory Schneider: Where the hell was that .908 save percentage in the Auston Matthews draft?!)

6 – Buffalo Sabres (7.6%)

Why They Deserve To Win The Lottery: Because Buffalo is why.

Why They Shouldn’t Win It: Because no one wants to have to learn the names of a new coaching and managerial staff every three years, in perpetuity.

7 – Detroit Red Wings (6.7%)

Why They Should Win The Lottery: Because this Original Six franchise needs a return to glory and the Little Caesar’s Arena could use some positive buzz on the ice as it opens.

Why They Shouldn’t Win It: Before this season, the last time the Red Wings missed the playoff was the year “Home Alone” was released. So, uh, get in line behind the franchises that don’t have four Cups in 20 years, buckaroos.

8 – Dallas Stars (5.8%)

Why They Should Win The Lottery: Because maybe they can use the top pick to trick someone into giving them a bunch of NHL defenseman and a goalie.

Why They Shouldn’t Win It: Ken Hitchcock looks like Paul Bearer and buries young players like the Undertaker.

9 – Florida Panthers (5.4%)

Why They Should Win The Lottery: Because the last successful guy named Nico in South Beach was likely taken down by the DEA.

Why They Shouldn’t Win It: We don’t want to say this organization is dysfunctional, but getting drafted by the Panthers is pretty much like being adopted by the Bluths.

10 – Los Angeles Kings (4.5%)

Why They Should Win The Lottery: Because the Kings fans who discovered the team in 2012 are no doubt flummoxed by this whole “lack of playoffs” thing.

Why They Shouldn’t Win It: Because we don’t have Dean Lombardi around anymore to explain how winning the lottery is like the great Roman general Cincinnatus refusing to fall pray to ego, fame and fortune when he departed the battlefield. And to eventually make problematic contracts disappear in curious drug busts at the Canadian border in order top open the necessary cap space after their rookie contract.

11 – Carolina Hurricanes (3.2%)

Why They Should Win The Lottery: Because Nolan Patrick legit sounds like a NASCAR driver and/or NCAA coach.

Why They Shouldn’t Win It: What if the Hurricanes draft the right player that brings their entire team to the next level, sparking a decade of playoff appearances and championship runs that results in a surge in fan interest and attendance? WON’T ANYONE THINK OF QUEBEC!?

12 – Winnipeg Jets (2.7%)

Why They Should Win The Lottery: So they can give hockey god Patrik Laine some extra help.

Why They Shouldn’t Win It: Because we’d like to see either of these guys on American television at some point.

13 – Philadelphia Flyers (2.2%)

Why They Should Win The Lottery: Because there isn’t a sports town in America with the passion, fervor and commitment of Philadelphia fans.

Why They Shouldn’t Win It: Because if the rookies don’t meet the hype, they will ground either of these guys into [expletive] scrapple like they were underwhelming goalies or Eagles quarterbacks.

14 – Tampa Bay Lightning (1.8%)

Why They Should Win The Lottery: To add another exciting young offensive weapon to an impressive collection of players.

Why They Shouldn’t Win It: Could end up in Nikita Kucherov’s Burn Book.

15 – New York Islanders (0.9%)

Why They Should Win The Lottery: Because if we believe there’s even a one percent chance that they can win it, we have to take it as an absolute certainty that they could win it.

Why They Shouldn’t Win It: Joining the Islanders the year before John Tavares leaves for Toronto is like joining the cast of “The Daily Show” in Jon Stewart’s last season.

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Greg Wyshynski is a writer for Yahoo Sports. Contact him at [email protected] or find him on Twitter. His book, TAKE YOUR EYE OFF THE PUCK, is available on Amazon and wherever books are sold.