NBA LEAGUE PASS: Sign up to unlock live out-of-market games (7-day free trial) It’s been reported for years that the two never really got along, but both players had made a public effort to display a united front. Now, following Simmons’ trade to Brooklyn, Embiid has been not so subtle in his digs towards his former teammate. First came an… intriguing (but hilarious) social media post following the announcement of the trade....
The team has placed the numerical team name inside a thick block ring in a similar fashion to what the Nets did with their logo. MORE: Explaining the Bucks’ new logo | Evolution of the Clippers’ logos While the team’s primary logo went mostly unchanged, the addition of Ben Franklin dribbling a basketball as their secondary logo is welcomed and fun. The image was initially leaked in June 2014, but at the time the team decided not to use it....
Here’s a Google Maps list of all the best taquerias in Los Angeles. Barba Kush Once a secret underground taco joint in Petra Zavaleta’s backyard, Barba Kush now has an official restaurant in which to cook her amazing lamb barbacoa. Get a full lamb skull, eyes and all, to slice away ulta-tender meat and fold into freshly made tortillas at this East LA temple of tacos. 2635 Whittier Blvd., Los Angeles...
These reptiles are very versatile and can live in multiple environments, including lakes, rivers, freshwater bodies, salt water and brackish water (a salt and freshwater mix). Here are eight interesting facts to know about these extraordinary creatures: They Are the Largest Reptiles on Earth Cros were around before the dinosaurs; and while they might not be as big as a T-Rex, they have lasted a lot longer. The saltwater crocodile is the largest aquatic reptile on Earth....
The 32-year old woman who owned the snake—named “Cody”—said she woke up on Thursday to find that the snake was no longer in its tank. She reported the incident to local authorities. Vancouver Police said in a statement Thursday: “An 8-foot Colombian boa snake has been reported missing near Granville and 14th. Owner went to sleep and awoke to missing snake. It is believed to be docile but please take care in the area and report any sightings to police....
Whatever the reason, the idea here is that you need a gift for a specific date, but nearly everything that can be ordered won’t arrive in time. A gift card is an obvious choice, but these ideas try to add a little more style and flair to the mix. Some of these suggestions even allow for a very specific and personal gift in digital form. If you prefer giving a physical gift instead of a purely digital one, there are those options here, too....
Annette Rodriguez, Director of Public Health in Nueces County—located on the state’s Gulf Coast—said Friday that the infants were below the age of one, however, she did not disclose any further details, such as the condition of the children or how they became infected, the Associated Press reported. Rodriguez announced the infant cases, revealed after a review of local health data, at a press conference in the county seat, Corpus Christi, during which she urged people to take action in order to slow the spread of the disease....
Is interest in Afghanistan and other international news a short-term trend? Orville Schell, dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley, has his hopes set on the latter but his bets placed on the first. A contributing magazine writer and author of 14 books, Schell will moderate a session on “Media & Terrorism: Changing the Ground Rules” at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting this week....
Though the medication is commonly used to treat sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), Trump has repeatedly mentioned that some doctors use it in combination with the anti-malaria medication hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for coronavirus patients. Demands for azithromycin have been highest in New York, the U.S. hotspot with over 222,000 confirmed cases, according to Paula Gurz, the senior director of pharmacy at health care service company Premier. As a result, doctors who would like to prescribe azithromycin for conditions like chlamydia are having trouble obtaining the drug, according to Christopher Hall, chairman of the clinical advisory council for the National Coalition of STD Directors....
The 700 nurses started the work stoppage at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts, March 8 over staffing issues, and eventually the strike became an issue of whether the nurses would be able to return to their old jobs after the hospital hired replacements. The Massachusetts Nurses Association said the vote is scheduled for Jan. 3, and it will not release the terms of the agreement with Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare until the details are shared with and voted on by the nurses participating in the strike....
Officers scrambled to the child’s North Austin home on Wednesday at 1.45p.m. where they found Ashton Lipscomb lying motionless and bleeding from a head wound. The child was rushed to hospital where he was pronounced dead at 2.29p.m. that afternoon. The Chicago Tribune reported that officers went to a second-floor bedroom where they found three guns. One of the weapons, a revolver, had a spent shell casing in the cylinder....
The 96-year-old World War II veteran was recently tasked with singing the national anthem for the West Michigan Whitecaps, a Minor League Baseball team based in a Grand Rapids, Michigan suburb—and now, a video from the event, found here, has gone viral on social media. Hailing from Grand Rapids, Pylman enlisted in the Air Force in 1943 and was stationed in England, reported MLive. Upon his return, he went to college and became the principal of Wyoming’s Rogers High School, where he stayed for 23 years, from 1957 to 1980....
Asteroid 2019 OK, estimated to be between 187 feet and 427 feet in diameter, came within 43,500 miles of striking the Earth — closer than the moon. The asteroid was flying towards us towards the direction of the sun, making it hard to spot. It was only first seen a few days ago, and was only confirmed to be an asteroid in the past day. “It’s impressively close. I don’t think it’s quite sunk in yet....
Two years ago, when Guenther was working her way into the Boston Ballet’s main company, an assistant artistic director advised her to lose five pounds. She did, and the company promoted her. But Guenther continued to lose weight. Eating problems are common among professional ballet dancers. ““Some go through years of starving and laxatives and diuretics,’’ says Dance magazine columnist Linda Hamilton. Still, anorec-tics typically grow weak and lethargic, and acquaintances say Guenther was always strong and exuberant....
On April 30, 2017, Taylor Dumpson was inaugurated as the first black female student government president at American University (AU) in Washington, D.C.—the next day, the lawsuit says, a masked man hung nooses around campus. The nooses held bananas inscribed with racist messages against black people. After news of the harassment broke, Anglin posted an article mocking Dumpson on The Daily Stormer, writing “No one feels safe around bananas. Some racists have taken to calling this African Queen ‘Dumpy Dumpson,’ smdh [shaking my damn head]....
That transformation is not a kick animation can duplicate. Here it’s all up to the animators’ imaginations, and unfortunately their youthful hunchback (voice of Tom Hulce) is a tad pallid. This Disneyfied Quasimodo is affectionately dubbed Quasi, and the change reflects his diminished stature as a tragic hero. In fact, there’s no tragic end in store for the saintly misfit, who now rates a happy ending. He may not get the girl, but he discovers Self-Esteem....
The “glorious comedy” of Blavatsky’s career is just the beginning of Washington’s bemused but never contemptuous history of how the mysterious East was retailed to the credulous West. Her supposed mystic contacts with the Great White Brotherhood of Masters -an incorporeal pantheon rooted in the fantasy novels of Edward Bulwer Lytton begat Theosophy, a vague blend of occultism and Eastern religion. Theosophy, in turn, helped soften up the American mind for the revelations of more bizarre and sinister charismatic teachers in our day, such J....
The lack of awareness of the last sign, from protestors outraged about fantasy sports, was palpable in a week when students rallied against institutional racism and the free commuter paper in the New York subway, AM New York, had a preview of the fantasy sports protest right across the page break from the previous day’s protest by Doctors Without Borders against Pfizer’s high drug prices. MORE: CBS affiliate pulls advertising | Companies ‘convinced’ they’ll stay in NY...
The problem at DaimlerChrysler is much more than lost market value–but lost value is the starting point. It’s just stunning. Daimler-Benz stock was worth $48 billion on Nov. 16, 1998, the day it issued an additional $36 billion of stock to buy Chrysler. As of Friday, DaimlerChrysler’s market value was only $39 billion–less than Daimler alone was selling for, predeal. Auf Wiedersehen to $45 billion–more than Daimler paid for Chrysler....
No one tells Ted Kennedy what to do; in any case, the Senate’s Democratic leaders were fine with his plan to give a big speech two days before President George W. Bush announced a troop “surge” in Iraq. They are generally glad to let Kennedy play the role he relishes: Irish-American Isaiah, calling his party to account even as legislative insiders keep their distance. This time party brass got more than they bargained for....
