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Birthdays 12.24

Beer Birthdays

Henry Rahr (1834)

Howard Hughes; zillionaire businessman (1905)

Aron Deorsey (1974)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Michael Curtiz; film director (1898)

Anthony Fauci; physician (1940)

Fritz Leiber; writer (1910)

Benjamin Rush; father of psychiatry, 1st to recognize alcoholism as a disease, signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745)

I.F. Stone; writer (1907)

Famous Birthdays

Matthew Arnold; English writer (1822)

Jill Bennett; actor (1931)

Jonathan Borofsky; artist (1942)

Ray Bryant; pianist, composer (1931)

Charles Wakefield Cadman; composer (1881)

Kit Carson; frontiersman (1809)

Lee Daniels; director (1959)

Baby Dodds; jazz drummer (1898)

Lee Dorsey; singer-songwriter (1924)

Paul Foot; English comedian (1973)

Mary Higgins Clark; writer (1927)

Howard Hughes; businessman, pilot (1905)

Scott Fischer; mountaineer (1955)

Ava Gardner; actress (1922)

Ignatius of Loyola; Jesuit founder (1491)

Robert Joffrey; choreographer, dancer (1930)

Libby Larsen; composer (1950)

Emanuel Lasker; German chess player (1868)

Glenn McQueen; Canadian-American animator (1960)

Adam Mickiewicz; Polish poet and playwright (1798)

Mark Millar; Scottish author (1969)

Émile Nelligan; Canadian poet (1879)

James Prescott Joule; physicist (1818)

Lemmy Kilmister; rock bassist (1945)

Ricky Martin; pop singer (1971)

Nicholas Meyer; film director (1945)

Mark Millar; comic book writer (1969)

Jean-Louis Pons; French astronomer (1761)

Michael Ray; jazz musician (1952)

Ryan Seacrest; tv entertainer (1974)

Kate Spade; fashion designer (1962)

Noel Streatfeild; English author (1895)

J.D. Walsh; actor (1974)

Harry Warren; songwriter (1893)

Franz Waxman; composer (1906)

Marguerite Williams; geologist (1895)

Wade Williams; actor (1961)

Philip Ziegler; English historian (1929)

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genevieveetguy · 16 years

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They say you're judged by the strength of your enemies.

Quantum of Solace, Marc Forster (2008)

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The Dangers of Space, Military Rivals and Other New Books to Read

https://sciencespies.com/nature/the-dangers-of-space-military-rivals-and-other-new-books-to-read/

The Dangers of Space, Military Rivals and Other New Books to Read

Reading astrophysicist Paul M. Sutter’s latest book, How to Die in Space, will surely help any adult erase regrets they may have about their failed childhood dream of becoming an astronaut. As the SUNY Stony Brook professor observes, outer space—populated by such threats as black holes, acid rain, asteroids, planetary nebulae and magnetic fields—is, to put it frankly, “nasty.”

The latest installment in our “Books of the Week” series, which launched in late March to support authors whose works have been overshadowed amid the COVID-19 pandemic, details the many ways one might meet their demise in space, six notorious military rivalries, the Italian Renaissance’s dark undertones, the history of swimming and the culinary implications of so-called “wild foods.” Past coverage has highlighted books including Karen Gray Houston’s exploration of her family’s civil right’s legacy, St. Louis’ racist history, James Madison’s black family, and modern conservatism’s roots in the antebellum South and post-Civil War westward expansion.

Representing the fields of history, science, arts and culture, innovation, and travel, selections represent texts that piqued our curiosity with their new approaches to oft-discussed topics, elevation of overlooked stories and artful prose. We’ve linked to Amazon for your convenience, but be sure to check with your local bookstore to see if it supports social distancing-appropriate delivery or pickup measures, too.

How to Die in Space: A Journey Through Dangerous Astrophysical Phenomena by Paul M. Sutter

Despite its macabre title, How to Die in Space is a surprisingly lighthearted read. Adopting what Kirkus describes as an “informal, humorous persona,” Sutter—host of popular podcast “Ask a Spaceman!”—guides his audience through the cosmos’ deadliest phenomena, from Jupiter’s dense atmosphere to radiation, solar flares and exploding stars, which he deems “slumbering dragon[s], just waiting for the chance to awaken and begin breathing flame.”

The book also dedicates ample space to speculative threats, including dark matter, extraterrestrial life, wormholes and “other relics of the ancient universe.”

How to Die in Space’s description emphasizes that while “the universe may be beautiful, … it’s [also] treacherous.” Still, Sutter’s musings cover more than simply doom and gloom: As the scientist writes in the text’s closing chapters, “It’s really an excuse to talk about all the wonderful physics happening in the cosmos. … There is so much to learn, and we need to study it as closely and intimately as possible.”

Gods of War: History’s Greatest Military Rivals by James Lacey and Williamson Murray

Following the release of their 2013 bestseller, Moment of Battle: The Twenty Clashes That Changed the World, journalist James Lacey and historian Williamson Murray started brainstorming topics to explore in future books. Eventually, the pair landed on the premise of rivals, defined in Gods of War’s introduction as “military geniuses who … fought a general of equal caliber”—or, in the cases of World War II commanders Erwin Rommel, Bernard Law Montgomery and George Patton, multiple generals.

Bookended by essays on war’s “changing character” and the role of military genius in modern warfare, the six case studies read like a Who’s Who of global history. Representing the ancient world are Hannibal and Scipio (the latter of whom the authors describe as “the better strategic thinker”) and Caesar and Pompey. Crusader kings Richard I and Saladin; Napoleon Bonaparte and Battle of Waterloo victor Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington; Union Army commander Ulysses S. Grant and Confederate officer Robert E. Lee round out the list of 13 featured men.

Lacey and Murray liken their approach to chess strategy. “There is only so much you can learn by playing someone inferior to you or by revisiting the games of neophytes,” the duo writes. “There is, however, much to absorb, think about, and learn from studying games that [pit] one grandmaster against another.”

The Beauty and the Terror: The Italian Renaissance and the Rise of the West by Catherine Fletcher

As alluded to by its title, Catherine Fletcher’s latest book juxtaposes seemingly discordant aspects of the Italian Renaissance: its aesthetic brilliance and, in the words of fellow historian Simon Sebag Montefiore, the “filth and thuggery, slavery, sex, slaughter and skullduggery behind [this] exquisite art.” Framed as an alternative history of the much-explored period of creative rebirth, The Beauty and the Terror contextualizes the Italian Renaissance within the framework of European colonialism, widespread warfare and religious reform. Rather than focusing solely on such artistic geniuses as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Botticelli, Fletcher lends a voice to the women writers, Jewish merchants, mercenaries, prostitutes, farmers and array of average citizens who also called the Italian peninsula’s competing city-states home.

The “lived reality” of 15th- and 16th-century Italy involved far more violence, uncertainty and devastation than widely believed, argues Fletcher. Forces beyond its residents’ control—a series of wars, the rise of the Ottoman Empire, the advent of the Protestant Reformation—shaped their lives yet have been largely overshadowed by what their greatest minds left behind.

“We revere Leonardo da Vinci for his art but few now appreciate his ingenious designs for weaponry,” notes the book’s description. “We know the Mona Lisa for her smile but not that she was married to a slave-trader. We visit Florence to see Michelangelo’s David but hear nothing of the massacre that forced the republic’s surrender.”

Splash!: 10,000 Years of Swimming by Howard Means

In lieu of visiting a swimming pool this summer, consider diving into Howard Means’ absorbing exploration of aquatic recreation and exercise. As the journalist writes in Splash!’s prologue, paddling, floating or wading through water can be a transformative experience: “The near weightlessness of swimming is the closest most of us will ever get to zero-gravity space travel. The terror of being submerged is the nearest some of us ever come to sheer hell.”

The earliest evidence of swimming dates to some 10,000 years ago, when Neolithic people living in what is now southwest Egypt painted individuals performing the breaststroke or doggy paddle on the walls of the Cave of Swimmers. Swimming endured throughout the classical period, with ancient texts including the Bible, Homer’s Odyssey, the Epic of Gilgamesh and the Chinese Book of Odes all containing references to the practice.

The advent of the medieval era—with its rising “prudery” and insularity, as well as its lack of sanitation and efficient infrastructure—quickly brought this “golden age” of swimming to an end; in Europe, at least, “swimming slipped into the dark for a full millennium,” writes Means.

During the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries, swimming was more closely associated with witchcraft than leisure. The practice only regained popularity during the Enlightenment period, when such prominent figures as Benjamin Franklin and Lord Byron reminded the public of its merits. By 1896, swimming had regained enough popularity to warrant its inclusion in the first modern Olympic Games.

Feasting Wild: In Search of the Last Untamed Food by Gina Rae La Cerva

Part memoir, part travelogue and part culinary adventure, Feasting Wild examines “humans’ relationship to wild food and the disappearing places and animals that provide it,” according to Publishers Weekly. Broadly defined as fare foraged, hunted or caught in the wild, the “untamed” foods detailed in geographer and anthropologist Gina Rae La Cerva’s debut book hail from such diverse locales as Scandinavia, Poland, Borneo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, New Mexico and Maine. Once “associated with poverty and subsistence,” writes La Cerva, wild foods including broad-leaved garlic, bushmeat, sea buckthorn flowers and moose meat are now viewed as luxuries, reserved for five-star restaurants that cater to an elite clientele.

La Cerva argues that this shift in perception stems from the onslaught of “settler-colonialism,” which used the dichotomy of wild versus tame to “justify violent appetites and the domination of unfamiliar cultures and places.” Within a few centuries, she adds, “the world [had] traded wild edibles at home for exotic domesticates from abroad.”

The flipside of this “fetishization of need” is the standardization of humans’ diets. As wild places across the world vanish, so, too, do undomesticated or uncultivated plant and animal species. Preserving wild foods—and the knowledge imparted by the women who have historically collected and cooked them—is therefore “fundamentally about recovering our common heritage,” writes La Cerva. “The urgency of the environmental crisis is precisely why we must slow down, take time, [and] become complicated in our actions.”

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Today we remember the passing of Muddy Waters who Died: April 30, 1983 in Westmont, Illinois

McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1913 – April 30, 1983), known professionally as Muddy Waters, was an American blues singer-songwriter and musician who was an important figure in the post-war blues scene, and is often cited as the "father of modern Chicago blues". His style of playing has been described as "raining down Delta beatitude".

Muddy Waters grew up on Stovall Plantation near Clarksdale, Mississippi, and by age 17 was playing the guitar and the harmonica, emulating the local blues artists Son House and Robert Johnson. He was recorded in Mississippi by Alan Lomax for the Library of Congress in 1941. In 1943, he moved to Chicago to become a full-time professional musician. In 1946, he recorded his first records for Columbia Records and then for Aristocrat Records, a newly formed label run by the brothers Leonard and Phil Chess.

In the early 1950s, Muddy Waters and his band—Little Walter Jacobs on harmonica, Jimmy Rogers on guitar, Elga Edmonds (also known as Elgin Evans) on drums and Otis Spann on piano—recorded several blues classics, some with the bassist and songwriter Willie Dixon. These songs included "Hoochie Coochie Man", "I Just Want to Make Love to You" and "I'm Ready". In 1958, he traveled to England, laying the foundations of the resurgence of interest in the blues there. His performance at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1960 was recorded and released as his first live album, At Newport 1960.

Muddy Waters' music has influenced various American music genres, including rock and roll. The British band The Rolling Stones named themselves after Muddy Waters' 1950 song "Rollin' Stone". Jimi Hendrix recalled that "I first heard him as a little boy and it scared me to death". The band Cream covered "Rollin' and Tumblin'" on their 1966 debut album, Fresh Cream. Eric Clapton was a big fan of Muddy Waters while growing up, and his music influenced Clapton's music career. The song was also covered by Canned Heat at the Monterey Pop Festival and later adapted by Bob Dylan on his album Modern Times. One of Led Zeppelin's biggest hits, "Whole Lotta Love", is based on the Muddy Waters hit "You Need Love" (written by Willie Dixon). "Hoochie Coochie Man", was covered by Allman Brothers Band, Humble Pie, Steppenwolf, Supertramp and Fear. In 1993, Paul Rodgers released the album Muddy Water Blues: A Tribute to Muddy Waters, on which he covered a number of his songs, including "Louisiana Blues", "Rollin' Stone", "(I'm your) Hoochie Coochie Man" and "I'm Ready" in collaboration with guitarists such as Gary Moore, Brian May and Jeff Beck. Angus Young, of the rock group AC/DC, has cited Muddy as one of his influences. The AC/DC song title "You Shook Me All Night Long" came from lyrics of the Muddy Waters song "You Shook Me", written by Willie Dixon and J. B. Lenoir. Earl Hooker first recorded it as an instrumental, which was then overdubbed with vocals by Muddy Waters in 1962. Led Zeppelin also covered it on their debut album.

In 1981 ZZ Top guitarist Billy Gibbons went to visit the Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale with The Blues magazine founder Jim O'Neal. The museum's director, Sid Graves, brought Gibbons to visit Waters original house, and encouraged him to pick up a piece of scrap lumber that was originally part of the roof. Gibbons eventually converted the wood into a guitar. Named Muddywood, the instrument is now exhibited at the Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale.

Following his death, fellow blues musician B.B. King told Guitar World magazine, "It's going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music." John P. Hammond told Guitar World magazine, "Muddy was a master of just the right notes. It was profound guitar playing, deep and simple ... more country blues transposed to the electric guitar, the kind of playing that enhanced the lyrics, gave profundity to the words themselves."

The cemetery plot of Muddy Waters, under his real name, McKinley Morganfield, in Restvale Cemetery, Alsip, Illinois Muddy Waters' songs have been featured in long-time fan Martin Scorsese's movies, including The Color of Money, Goodfellas, and Casino. A 1970s recording of his mid-'50s hit "Mannish Boy" was used in the films Goodfellas, Better Off Dead, Risky Business, and the rockumentary The Last Waltz. In 1988 "Mannish Boy" was also used in a Levi's 501 commercial and re-released in Europe as a single with "(I'm your) Hoochie Coochie Man" on the flip side.

Muddy Waters and his longtime wife, Geneva Wade (a first cousin of R. L. Burnside) were married in Lexington, Mississippi, in 1940. She died of cancer on March 15, 1973. Gaining custody of his three children, Joseph, Renee, and Rosalind, he moved them into his home, eventually buying a new house in Westmont, Illinois. Years later, he traveled to Florida and met his future wife, 19-year-old Marva Jean Brooks, whom he nicknamed "Sunshine". Eric Clapton served as best man at their wedding in 1979.

His sons, Larry "Mud" Morganfield and Big Bill Morganfield, are also blues singers and musicians. In 2017, his youngest son, Joseph "Mojo" Morganfield, began publicly performing the blues, occasionally with his brothers; he died in 2020 at age 56.

Muddy Waters died in his sleep from heart failure, at his home in Westmont, Illinois, on April 30, 1983, from cancer-related complications. He was taken from his Westmont home, which he lived in for the last decade of his life, to Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, Illinois, where he was pronounced dead aged 70. His funeral was held on May 4, 1983. Throngs of blues musicians and fans attended his funeral at Restvale Cemetery in Alsip, Illinois. He is buried next to his wife, Geneva.

#april 30 #1983 #muddy waters #r.i.p.

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ao3feed-natashabruce · 6 years

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Holding Out For a Hero.

by moon_goddess_118

Fifteen-year old Sophia May Parker wish she could say that she was normal but she figured that normal take a twirl down the drain when she and her twin brother got bite by radioactive spiders, became the web-swinging duo, Spider-Man and Spider-Girl, and a super genius in her own right. But Sophia is rockin' both the teen heroine and teen super genius, she enjoys saving her fellow Queens residents' lives and using her high IQ in making the Earth a healthier place to live. Sophia is friendly, laidback, free-spirit, wild and outgoing, easily making friends with people of all walks of life. She is a tough, sassy, brutally blunt and sarcastic teen with a furious independence streak in her, she hates having guys come to her rescue when a strong right hook or a swift kick can easily put down anyone who messes with her. But when HYDRA is out to get her and killed her mutant protector, who hates everyone and anyone, in order to leave her defenseless, Sophia is force to go on the run while trying to get use to the mutant powers that her protector had transfer into her. But she has to learn that she has to hold out for a hero in order to protect her.

Words: 2029, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Series: Part 2 of The Bellucci Mutants.

Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), X-Men (Alternate Timeline Movies), Deadpool (Movieverse), The Punisher (TV 2017), Daredevil (TV), Luke Cage (TV), Iron Fist (TV), Jessica Jones (TV)

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, Underage

Categories: F/M

Characters: Tony Stark, Jarvis (Iron Man movies), Dummy (Iron Man movies), Butterfingers (Iron Man movies), James "Rhodey" Rhodes, Obadiah Stane, Yinsen, Pepper Potts, Christine Everhart, Phil Coulson, Happy Hogan, Nick Fury, Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Justin Hammer, Ivan Vanko, Senator Stern (Marvel), Chess Roberts, Thor (Marvel), Jane Foster (Marvel), Loki (Marvel), Erik Selvig, Laufey (Marvel), Volstagg (Marvel), Heimdall (Marvel), Darcy Lewis, Frigga | Freyja (Marvel), Odin (Marvel), Hogun (Marvel), Fandral (Marvel), Sif (Marvel), Clint Barton, Steve Rogers, Johann Schmidt, James "Bucky" Barnes, Bruce Banner, Maria Hill, Jasper Sitwell, Aldrich Killian, Maya Hansen, Sam Wilson (Marvel), Brock Rumlow, Sharon Carter (Marvel), Peggy Carter, Alexander Pierce, Arnim Zola, Georges Batroc, Wolfgang von Strucker, Peter Quill, Gamora, Drax the Destroyer, Groot (Marvel), Rocket Raccoon, Ronan the Accuser, Yondu Udonta, Nebula (Marvel), Taneleer Tivan, Thanos (Marvel), Pietro Maximoff, Wanda Maximoff, Vision (Marvel), Ultron (Marvel), Laura Barton, Helen Cho, Ulysses Klaue, Friday (Marvel), Scott Lang, Hope Van Dyne, Darren Cross, Jim Paxton (Marvel), Luis (Ant-Man movies), Dave (Ant-Man movies), Hank Pym, Cassie Lang, Janet Van Dyne, T'Challa (Marvel), T'Chaka (Marvel), Peter Parker, Thaddeus Ross, Helmut Zemo, Everett Ross, May Parker (Spider-Man), Ayo (Marvel), Stephen Strange, Karl Mordo, Christine Palmer, Wong (Marvel), Nicodemus West, Kaecilius (Marvel), Ancient One (Marvel), Dormammu (Marvel), Mantis (Marvel), Ayesha (Marvel), Kraglin, Stakar Ogord, Ego the Living Planet, Adrian Toomes, Michelle Jones, Aaron Davis (Marvel), Ned, Liz Toomes, Flash Thompson, Doris Toomes, Karen (Spider-Man: Homecoming), Herman Schultz, Phineas Mason, Hela (Marvel), En Dwi Gast | Grandmaster, Brunnhilde | Valkyrie (Marvel), Skurge | The Executioner, Topaz (Marvel), Korg, Surtur (Marvel), Erik Killmonger, Nakia (Black Panther), Okoye (Marvel), W'Kabi (Marvel), Shuri (Marvel), M'Baku (Marvel), Ramonda (Marvel), Zuri (Marvel), Eitri (Marvel), Cull Obsidian, Ebony Maw, Proxima Midnight, Corvus Glaive, Ben Parker, Carol Danvers, Ghost, Jimmy Woo, Bill Foster, Matt Murdock, Karen Page, Franklin "Foggy" Nelson, James Wesley, Ben Urich, Leland Owlsley, Vanessa Marianna Fisk, Claire Temple, Wilson Fisk, Coach Wilson (Spider-Man: Homecoming), Elektra Natchios, Blake Tower, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Frank Castle, Danny Rand, Charles Xavier, Erik Lehnsherr, Raven | Mystique, Hank McCoy, Azazel (X-Men), William Stryker (Movieverse), Logan (X-Men), Ororo Munroe, Rogue (X-Men), Kitty Pryde, Bobby Drake, Bishop, Peter Maximoff, Peter Rasputin, Jean Grey, Scott Summers, En Sabah Nur, Wade Wilson, Vanessa, Francis "Ajax" Freeman, Weasel, Christina | Angel Dust, Blind Al, Dopinder (Marvel), Cable, Russell Collins, Domino, Victor Creed, Kurt Wagner, Caliban (Marvel), Jubilation Lee, Reed Richards, Johnny Storm, Susan Storm (Fantastic Four), Ben Grimm, Victor von Doom, Sophia Parker (OFC), Genesis Lehnsherr (OFC), Trinity Lehnsherr (OFC), Lilith Lehnsherr (OFC), Jezebel Lehnsherr (OFC)

Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers/Original Female Character(s), Pepper Potts/Tony Stark, Bruce Banner/Natasha Romanov, Jane Foster/Thor, Clint Barton/Laura Barton, Wanda Maximoff/Vision, Nakia (Black Panther)/T'Challa

Additional Tags: Peter Parker has a Twin, Female Peter Parker, Pansexual Wade Wilson, Older Man/Younger Woman, Underage Kissing, Pre-Spider-Man: Homecoming, Post-Spider-Man: Homecoming, Geeks, Smart Is The New Sexy, Bullying, Sexual Content, Sexual Tension, Inappropriate Humor, Explicit Language, Tony Stark Has A Heart, Parent Tony Stark, Protective Bucky Barnes, Protective Steve Rogers, Protective Avengers, Protective Tony Stark, Peter Parker & Shuri Friendship, Geniuses, Deadpool being Deadpool, Breaking the Fourth Wall, Stalking, Attempted Kidnapping, Kidnapping, Inappropriate Behavior, Sexy Nerds

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The unlikely role players that have the Lakers one win away from a return to glory

These Los Angeles Lakers won’t go down in NBA lore and even enter the pantheon of biggest single-season championship groups, regardless of their names being able to be etched on that glowing gold trophy.

It will be exhausting to see these Lakers beating the perfect of the latest Golden State Warriors, a squad with comparable historic abilities on the high however way more reliable function gamers in between. They’re not fairly a one-year marvel, just like the 2006 Miami Warmth that includes a slowing-down Shaquille O’Neal and rising Dwyane Wade, however seemingly received’t be talked about among the many nice groups we’ve seen within the final 20 years.

The explanation they closed to inside 48 minutes of restoring the franchise to anticipated glory, although, is the gamers whose mere presence will hold them from coming into that specific higher room. However fortunately for the likes of Rajon Rondo and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, they don’t must play towards the ghosts of Stephen Curry or Kevin Durant, or Wade and Chris Bosh, or a primary Shaq. Their opponents are these scrappy Miami Warmth on this NBA bubble, the place the wins rely the identical and the primary to 16 will get to go house as champion.

The explanation they closed to inside 48 minutes of restoring the franchise to anticipated glory, although, is the gamers whose mere presence will hold them from coming into that specific higher room. However fortunately for the likes of Rajon Rondo and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, they don’t must play towards the ghosts of Michael Cooper and Kurt Rambis or Brian Shaw and Robert Horry. Their opponents are these scrappy Miami Warmth on this NBA bubble, the place the wins rely the identical and the primary to 16 will get to go house as champion.

And the Lakers don’t get this 102-96 Sport Four win with out these two making these performs late.

Rajon Rondo has been a key veteran participant off the bench for the Los Angeles Lakers. (Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Photographs)

Caldwell-Pope is a soft-spoken, hard-playing sort who understands his function on this group is to defend, run exhausting and reap the benefits of restricted alternatives. He seemingly additionally is aware of his function with Laker followers has been the whipping boy, buying and selling turns with Kyle Kuzma the previous couple of seasons, earlier than fortunes turned with two fellow Klutch Sports activities shoppers, LeBron James and Anthony Davis.

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Rondo is used to succeeding in unconventional methods, defying the uncooked numbers, the deep analytics and even moderately raised expectations from those that’ve purchased into the “Playoff Rondo” mantra.

They’re chief causes these Lakers aren’t feared, so-called weak spots groups just like the Denver Nuggets or Houston Rockets or Los Angeles Clippers believed they may exploit in a playoff collection. Chief the explanation why groups within the Western Convention received’t run away and conceal this offseason when it’s time to reassess and cargo up for the 2020-21 season, for a shot on the presumptive defending champions.

Typically instances, the overused phrase “self verify” is blurted out when trying on the two, scouting reviews centered round “allow them to beat you” have littered locker rooms all season in each setting.

However for as a lot as Davis had his first Finals Horry second with a 3-point dagger to place his group up 9 with 37 seconds left, the Lakers wouldn’t have been in place to take this 3-1 benefit with out the 2 maligned teammates tuning out the season-long noise and taking part in to their private ceilings. A number of instances Caldwell-Pope made just like the Street Runner in organising Davis for straightforward dunks, or extra critically, sprinting to the nook for a triple off a positive James go with 2:58, adopted by a layup with the shot clock working down as Jimmy Butler properly glued himself to James versus serving to.

That fast swing gave the Lakers a 95-88 lead with 2:02 left, which in common bubble circumstances, may’ve disappeared in a flash however on this dirty Finals sport, it was decisive.

“Whoever is out on the ground with me, I imagine could make performs, and tonight was a working example of KCP,” James stated. “Stays prepared. He works on his craft.”

Miami later once more performed Rondo to the numbers, somebody prepared to go up an open layup in an effort to arrange a teammate, however he saved the Warmth at bay with an aggressive transfer that goes towards his common tendencies.

“Rajon is a big a part of what we do,” Lakers coach Frank Vogel stated. “I’ve an incredible quantity of belief in his skills, particularly on this ambiance, this deep into the playoffs when the video games imply a lot.”

The LeBron James-Anthony Davis combo is unassailable and can rise up alongside Magic and Kareem, and Shaq and Kobe when it’s throughout. The team-up is why the Lakers have returned to prominence and will probably be within the championship dialog for so long as they’re bodily in a position.

However selecting out reliable Lakers after these two can produce 5 completely different solutions from 5 of essentially the most seasoned and optimistic Laker observers. The inorganic approach this group was constructed leaves the door open to doubt in moments when James and Davis aren’t bodily overwhelming opponents.

They undergo bouts of inactivity, watching James pound the ball into mud and in want of yet one more shot creator. They’ve chilly spells that rival Milwaukee winters, snapping out of it earlier than issues get dire.

An ideal group of excellent stars, they don’t seem to be.

Davis discovered himself on the ground greater than a careless determine skater in Sport 4, attempting to close off Jimmy Butler’s water and make Miami’s offense suppose a bit greater than react to what it noticed in Sport 3.

The sleek sport he often performs wasn’t to be discovered, so even he earned some dirty stripes in gutting this one out.

“He is an enormous shot-maker late within the shot clock, early within the shot clock, fourth quarter, first quarter, every part in between,” James stated of Davis. “Only a big-time play, big-time second not just for AD however for our ballclub and our franchise.”

James doesn’t have way more to realize in his profession. Wherever he sits in your Mount Rushmore isn’t more likely to change no matter how the subsequent few years play out, and he could be smart to simply accept that no narrative will pull anybody from their non-neutral corners.

However he takes extra of a problem in chasing perfection, and taking a stage of pleasure from the game-to-game chess battles of changes that goes on. In any case, his slogan is “Try for greatness,” and he’s by no means finished job of hiding his annoyances with teammates over mixups or screw-ups.

Being nice in Sport Four wasn’t on the desk for LeBron James. (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Photographs)

“You by no means cease striving to be excellent or be nice. And you already know that an ideal sport shouldn’t be going to occur,” James stated. “Each sport has its personal changes and issues of that nature, and tonight was a type of video games the place we needed to win on the defensive finish and make some well timed pictures.”

Being nice for James wasn’t on the desk, regardless of the numbers (28 factors, 12 rebounds, eight assists) claiming it was a stellar efficiency. James turned it over six instances and when it seemed like he had the Warmth on the ropes, momentum swings he began to exert within the third and fourth quarters, he couldn’t put them away.

The Warmth had been making him suppose a split-second longer than he wished to, a testomony to James’ supercomputer and Miami’s teaching mind belief that had this collection on the verge of being tied.

James simply wanted to steer the ship or get out of the best way when it mattered most, to win the sport.

It wasn’t the Laker greats who pushed the Lakers to greatness, however gamers who had nice moments.

And nice moments add as much as a hoop.

Extra from Yahoo Sports activities:

from Growth News https://growthnews.in/the-unlikely-role-players-that-have-the-lakers-one-win-away-from-a-return-to-glory/ via https://growthnews.in

#Growth News

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brookstonalmanac · 4 months

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Birthdays 12.24

Beer Birthdays

Henry Rahr (1834)

Howard Hughes; zillionaire businessman (1905)

Aron Deorsey (1974)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Michael Curtiz; film director (1898)

Anthony Fauci; physician (1940)

Fritz Leiber; writer (1910)

Benjamin Rush; father of psychiatry, 1st to recognize alcoholism as a disease, signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745)

I.F. Stone; writer (1907)

Famous Birthdays

Matthew Arnold; English writer (1822)

Jill Bennett; actor (1931)

Jonathan Borofsky; artist (1942)

Ray Bryant; pianist, composer (1931)

Charles Wakefield Cadman; composer (1881)

Kit Carson; frontiersman (1809)

Lee Daniels; director (1959)

Baby Dodds; jazz drummer (1898)

Lee Dorsey; singer-songwriter (1924)

Paul Foot; English comedian (1973)

Mary Higgins Clark; writer (1927)

Howard Hughes; businessman, pilot (1905)

Scott Fischer; mountaineer (1955)

Ava Gardner; actress (1922)

Ignatius of Loyola; Jesuit founder (1491)

Robert Joffrey; choreographer, dancer (1930)

Libby Larsen; composer (1950)

Emanuel Lasker; German chess player (1868)

Glenn McQueen; Canadian-American animator (1960)

Adam Mickiewicz; Polish poet and playwright (1798)

Mark Millar; Scottish author (1969)

Émile Nelligan; Canadian poet (1879)

James Prescott Joule; physicist (1818)

Lemmy Kilmister; rock bassist (1945)

Ricky Martin; pop singer (1971)

Nicholas Meyer; film director (1945)

Mark Millar; comic book writer (1969)

Jean-Louis Pons; French astronomer (1761)

Michael Ray; jazz musician (1952)

Ryan Seacrest; tv entertainer (1974)

Kate Spade; fashion designer (1962)

Noel Streatfeild; English author (1895)

J.D. Walsh; actor (1974)

Harry Warren; songwriter (1893)

Franz Waxman; composer (1906)

Marguerite Williams; geologist (1895)

Wade Williams; actor (1961)

Philip Ziegler; English historian (1929)

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Brewers' Wade Miley gambit fails as Dodgers win Game 5 ESPN LOS ANGELES -- Milwaukee Brewers manager Craig Counsell took his National League Championship Series chess match with Dodgers counterpart Dave Roberts to a new level in the early stages of Wednesday's 5-2 Game 5 loss. Counsell pulled starter ... Milwaukee Brewers vs. Los Angeles Dodgers RECAP, SCORE, STATS (10/17/18) NLCS Game 5NJ.com With Wade Miley as bait, Craig Counsell attempted to hustle the DodgersYahoo Sports MLB playoffs: Brewers pull Wade Miley after five pitches, and it was reportedly Craig Counsell's plan all alongCBSSports.com Los Angeles Times -Milwaukee Journal Sentinel -Sporting News -Bleacher Report all 377 news articles »

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MLB — Want drama? This NLCS is bringing it — and the best is yet to come

MILWAUKEE — Two video games, 23 pitching modifications, 7½ hours and 18 innings into the Nationwide League Championship Collection, it is protected to say the template has been set. These video games are going to be tense, terse chess matches and also you higher be able to dig in for 9 innings, as a result of the Milwaukee Brewers and the Los Angeles Dodgers actually are.

Lower than 24 hours after the worst sport of his profession, Justin Turner ignited his workforce, launching the two-run residence run that gave the Dodgers the Four-Three lead they rode to victory in Recreation 2.

Two years in the past, the Brewers and Dodgers virtually swapped Ryan Braun for Yasiel Puig, however the nontrade has labored out effectively for everybody.

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The underside line is that the sequence is tied, each in video games and runs. After Los Angeles got here from behind to win Four-Three on Saturday, each groups have taken a one-run affair. Each groups have scored 9 runs.

“It is the perfect of the perfect,” Dodgers nearer Kenley Jansen mentioned after incomes the save. “These guys are the perfect workforce on the market proper now. We simply go on the market and play all 27 outs. They have been doing a unbelievable job up to now.”

Video games 1 and a pair of have been mirror pictures of one another in some ways. Runs have been laborious to come back by early, the Brewers did injury their second time seeing an L.A. starter, they usually did it with the underside of their order. The Dodgers got here again in each video games in opposition to the vaunted Milwaukee bullpen. In Recreation 1, they fell simply brief, miraculous in a manner after L.A.’s mistake-filled efficiency. In Recreation 2, they blasted by means of the Brewers’ relievers on Justin Turner’s game-turning, two-run homer within the eighth.

And get this: Each video games ended with the tying run in scoring place with the final out made by the workforce’s greatest hitter. On Friday, it was Turner who struck out with a runner on third to finish it. On Saturday, Milwaukee’s MVP-in-waiting Christian Yelich rolled out to brief with Hernan Perez on second.

“We be ok with it as a result of despite the fact that we performed our worst baseball yesterday, we really feel like we virtually obtained that one,” Jansen mentioned. “Immediately, we come from behind and get to that bullpen and it feels nice. Feels nice to be going residence tied 1-1.”

We’re solely two video games in and this sequence has had all of it. Heroic moments — from Turner in Recreation 2, Brandon Woodruff in Recreation 1. Stars scuffling — Turner within the first sport, Yelich for a lot of the sequence. Cinderella tales, like Orlando Arcia, Woodruff and Milwaukee’s Recreation 2 starter Wade Miley.

It has had cutting-edge methods like bullpenning and good, old style beginning pitching as effectively. There was loads of emotion, from Woodruff shuddering with glee after homering in opposition to Clayton Kershaw in Recreation 1, to Yasiel Puig snapping a bat over his knee after putting out with the bases loaded in Recreation 2.

Justin Turner follows by means of on his decisive two-run residence run within the eighth inning of Recreation 2 of the NLCS. Dylan Buell/Getty Pictures

However maybe the perfect factor concerning the NLCS is that even whereas the drama inside every sport has unfolded, we have been in a position to suppose together with the managers and the dilemmas they face as these micro-moments mount, moments that can reverberate for the remainder of the sequence.

“You all the time attempt to play situations and see how the sport can go, however each baseball sport is completely different,” Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts mentioned. “The premeditated, ‘How you are going to sort of see the sport play out,’ I do not imagine in.”

When Josh Hader threw three dominant innings in Recreation 1, he was out of Recreation 2. It was no state secret. Brewers supervisor Craig Counsell mentioned as a lot from the rostrum after Milwaukee’s win Friday. Roberts knew that and rolled out an all-righty lineup for Recreation 2 in opposition to Miley, understanding he might deploy his lefties afterward with out worry of Hader approaching and shutting them down. In that manner, Hader’s presence was very a lot felt in a sport he did not pitch.

One after the other, Roberts’ lefties emerged within the center innings. Max Muncy got here on within the seventh, walked and scored. The man comes off the bench able to stroll. In Dodgers pinch-hitting folklore, he is the anti-Manny Mota. Cody Bellinger, who entered as a defensive alternative within the fifth, singled in his first plate look, driving in a run. Joc Pederson pinch hit within the seventh and ended the sport with two hits.

“When you realize you have got a man like Hader by means of three innings, and tonight he was going to be down,” Roberts mentioned. “For me, there’s simply no value to what has now been referred to as a ‘line change’ for our roster. To insert these guys and never have to fret about him, yeah, it made it quite a bit simpler.”

In the meantime, Roberts churned by means of seven relievers to lock down the win after Hyun-Jin Ryu was knocked out within the fifth. Between the acute platooning of the place gamers and the emptying of the bullpen, Roberts skirted near an alarming flip of occasions. If Milwaukee had tied the rating within the ninth, younger lefty Julio Urias was Roberts’ solely remaining reliever, and his bench was empty. The Dodgers used 21 gamers within the sport, one shy of the nine-inning postseason file.

“We’ve a roster full of men which might be greater than able to doing [playing a full game],” Turner mentioned. “It is simply sort of a blessing and a curse that now we have a lot depth and we are able to combine and match. I believe our guys do an unbelievable job of staying prepared and having the ability to come into video games in the midst of the sport ready.”

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The empty bench and bullpen do not matter now, although. Roberts went for the win and he obtained it. You do not anticipate contingencies within the postseason. You win now, fear about later, later. Not solely is the sequence tied, however the Dodgers have seen each Brewers reliever besides Freddy Peralta, and a few of them twice. With the late-inning comeback, the Dodgers gained their first postseason sport when trailing getting into the eighth inning because the 1988 NLCS, in keeping with Elias. That season, you may recall, was the final that ended with a World Collection victory by the Dodgers.

“I like our strategy,” Roberts mentioned “I just like the place gamers we run on the market. You’ll be able to’t take something away from that [Milwaukee] pen. They’ve finished it over the course of the season, they usually’re a troublesome pen for anybody to match up in opposition to. However I do imagine — we talked about final evening seeing these guys two nights in a row. I believe that that performs to our benefit.”

Talking of benefits, with the win, the Dodgers have seized the home-field edge in what’s now a best-of-five matchup. After developing simply brief, the Brewers don’t have any assure that they may see Miller Park once more this season.

“All people mentioned we play higher at residence, and Milwaukee performed higher right here,” Puig mentioned. “They gained, we gained, and now there’s going to be three video games at [our] residence.”

The momentum of the sequence shifted with Turner’s homer, that a lot is obvious. Past the alternate of home-field benefit, the Dodgers have proved over the primary two video games that they will get to the Brewers’ power within the bullpen. Milwaukee heads to the coast all even, but it surely does not actually really feel prefer it.

“It could’t get any nearer after two video games, proper?” Counsell mentioned. “It has been two hard-fought video games, two one-run video games, tying run on base in scoring place to complete every sport. So they have been about as shut as they are often. We’re wanting ahead to the following chapter.”

So are we, Craig. So are we.

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Combine Your Western Astrology + Your Chinese Zodiac Signs.

Primal Astrology If you need to find your Chinese Astrology sign, click here. Pisces + Sheep = Leafy Seadragon PRIMAL ZODIAC SIGN OF LEAFY SEADRAGON Kind, dreamy, and sensitive, those born under the Primal Zodiac sign of the Leafy Seadragon are some of the world’s most imaginative thinkers. Like their animal namesake, members of this sign tend to float through life unnoticed, quietly and steadily making their way forward by following their excellent intuition. It’s easy for them to get sidetracked or caught up in the current of the real world, but Leafy Seadragons do best when they follow their hearts instead of trying to do what seems most practical. Practicality, organization, and efficiency are not their strengths, yet members of this sign often feel guilty or stupid for not mastering them. They are extremely sensitive to what others think about them and hate to appear weak or incapable. In truth, Leafy Seadragons are highly intelligent individuals who happen to have minds that work differently than most. They must learn to accept and embrace this reality if they ever want to feel content - an experience that is naturally difficult for them already. Because they are so sensitive, impressionable, and eager to please, members of this sign can be easily influenced by their surroundings. They often seek dominant personalities to help guide them through life and balance out their weaknesses, but this doesn’t always work as well as it sounds. Leafy Seadragons go with the flow, even if that flow takes them somewhere they don’t want to be. In the animal kingdom, their cousin the seahorse can anchor itself to the ocean floor, keeping it from washing ashore or into harm’s way. The leafy seadragon does not have this ability. More than anything, this is a sign of big dreamers. Those born under this sign spend a very sizable chunk of their time lost in their own thoughts, wading through the waters of their own dreams and visions to find the ideas that they believe can change the world. The thing is, they are right. Kurt Cobain and Billy Corgan re-invented rock music in the 1990’s, some 30 years after George Harrison did as a member of the Beatles. Alexander Graham Bell created the technology that allows people to communicate across the world, while Apple’s Steve Jobs has redesigned the way that technology is used in our everyday lives. Chess mastermind Bobby Fischer and Sistine Chapel painter Michelangelo are considered some of the greatest geniuses to have ever lived. Every one of them is a Leafy Seadragon. COMPATIBILITY (LOVE & FRIENDSHIP) Members of this sign enjoy being social, but also need a fair amount of time alone with their thoughts. Even if they have a career where they have to be the center of attention, Leafy Seadragons prefer to be on the sidelines of social situations. They prefer groups of like-minded individuals where they can share thoughts and ideas, particularly about esoteric topics that few others share their passion for. People like Leafy Seadragons because they are kind, giving, nurturing, and interesting. They are always well-mannered and well-dressed for social gatherings. While friendships are easy for this sign, romantic relationships tend to be much more complicated. Leafy Seadragons believe that what brings them success in their friendships should apply to their love lives, but this rarely ends up working. Those born under this sign tend to be attracted to their opposites, which naturally creates conflict in the relationship. They are loving and romantic, but also disorganized and absent-minded, which their partners (who are probably the opposite) are likely to find annoying. Add to that their immense sensitivity and you’ve got a big challenge on your hands. Luckily, Leafy Seadragons are resilient and believe that anything is possible. They have kind hearts and are always willing to make things right. CAREERS & GOALS All Leafy Seadragons have a keen artistic sensibility. Many are artists, actors, musicians, dancers, illustrators, and painters, but even those who aren’t are at the very least appreciators of art. They may or may not do it professionally, but you would be hard pressed to find a Leafy Seadragon who didn’t have an opinion on architecture, design, interior decorating, or art history. Each one could be an art critic in his or her own right, but they would rather spend their time creating than criticizing. This is not a sign known for having a very long attention span, so choosing a career where one has to sit in one place and focus for long periods of time is probably a bad idea. Leafy Seadragons need to take on several different projects each day, and if those projects help others than all the better. This is a sign who knows what their interests are and should try to find a career that fits those interests. The wrong career will ultimately lead to frustration, depression, and anxiety, no matter how hard they try to make it fit. FAMOUS LEAFY SEADRAGONS Adam Levine (3/18/1979) Benji and Joel Madden (3/11/1979) Jennifer Love Hewitt (2/21/1979) Billy Corgan (3/17/1967) Andrew Shue (2/20/1967) Kurt Cobain (2/20/1967) Bruce Willis (3/19/1955) Gary Sinise (3/17/1955) Dee Snider (3/15/1955) Gilbert Gottfried (2/28/1955) Alain Prost (2/24/1955) Steven Jobs (2/24/1955) Howard Jones (2/23/1955) Kelsey Grammer (2/21/1955) Bobby Fischer (3/9/1943) Lynn Redgrave (3/8/1943) Mary Frann (2/27/1943) George Harrison (2/25/1943) David Geffen (2/21/1943) Hal Linden (3/20/1931) Rupert Murdoch (3/11/1931) Mikhail Gorbachev (3/2/1931) Nat "King" Cole (3/17/1919) Jennifer Jones (3/2/1919) Earl Scheib (2/28/1907) Robert Young (2/22/1907) Sheldon Leonard (2/22/1907) Shemp Howard (3/17/1895) Alexander Graham Bell (3/3/1847) James Madison (3/16/1751) Michelangelo Buonarroti (3/6/1475) ZODIAC CALCULATION Leafy Seadragons have the Tropical Sun sign of Pisces, and are born during the Chinese Zodiac’s Year of the Sheep. http://www.typologycentral.com/forums/other-personality-systems/89448-combine-western-astrology-chinese-zodiac-signs-new-post.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=tumblr

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