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“Clarice” Liveblog: Episode 2

Again, some extremely unfashionably late hot takes.

(Special thanks to @kathrynethegreat and @special-agent-pendragon for encouraging another liveblog!)

Clarice is working out! And eating junk food! I love it.

and cleaning her gun!

hey, Ardelia is drinking what I’m going to assume is her grandmother’s “smart people tea”.

Krendler disciplining Clarice already is infuriating but appropriate.

“I lost control.” Oh no, I don’t like that. Don’t make Clarice unstable. Her mental and emotional state never had anything to do with her failing career.

getting weird mixed signals from Ardelia. Last week, she obviously didn’t want Clarice to lie/stick to the script Krendler gave her, but now she’s telling Clarice she messed up by not doing so...?

“I better know you if you’re calling this early.” Amen, Ardelia.

I’m in love: this cinematography is straight out of the film (when she’s flying to WV with Crawford)!

“When’s the last time you went back to Appalachia?” “It’s been years.” What??? It has NOT been years--Clarice was JUST in West Virginia last week as well as in Silence, and she arguably attended college there as well. (UVA is at least nestled in the mountains, and you don’t have to drive far outside the Albemarle Valley to hit Appalachia proper.) After all the details about her character they’ve been nailing, they miss this glaring error?

I like the tiny details she’s noticing (like the guy biting his nails). Not only because she’s an investigator, but because it’s reminiscent of Hannibal’s influence (imo).

Clarice Is Short: The Saga continues

still not getting any creepy vibes off Krendler. He’s going to be much less effective as an antagonist if he isn’t lewd as well as a dick.

I really don’t care for the way the opening “credits” fade out from the death’s-head moth to Clarice’s face. There are MANY animals that represent her, or parts of her, in the books--lions, lambs, horses, and of course birds--so this choice feels empty and lazy to me.

also lazy: having a fellow agent straight-up tell her in episode 2 “you shouldn’t be in the Bureau.” Maybe in two or three years, after some further “Death Angel”-type incidents, I could see this blatant rudeness, but not yet.

“Reesey”? Thanks, I hate it.

this flashback must be of Clarice’s little brother. That answers one question I had last week. That said...Clarice’s brother doesn’t play the same role in her story that Mischa does in Hannibal’s--but this sure feels like a Mischa-esque flashback.

good: they’re finally getting to the source of Clarice’s actual trauma!

bad: this is NOT how Clarice found out about her father. In fact, that whole incident is laid out in detail in the novels, and there’s nothing overly literary/un-cinematic about it, so this feels unnecessary. “The police are here! Something happened to Daddy!” No, bad! Show, don’t tell!

she would’ve known better than to introduce herself to that kid as “Clarice Starling, FBI,” come on now.

were they regularly able to wire tap hair clips in 1993?

actually, nothing in this show looks very 90s to me so far. I’m sad about it.

so in eighteen months, Ruth Martin has gone from a junior Senator to the Attorney freakin’ General, and now she might run for governor?? At least let her get settled in one position of power first, why don’t you!

yet more Buffalo Bill flashbacks...alas.

are they trying to make this guy another surrogate Hannibal character? He’s commenting on Clarice’s accent and the dryness of her skin, asking about who she “left behind”...it all feels very Hannibal. (I know he’s a Charismatic Cult Leader trope, too--but when played off of Clarice...)

“Ew.” “I hate this guy.” I laughed.

I understand that Clarice probably feels conflicted re: her siblings in the book, but I’m really not digging the flashbacks of this Tim Burton character her brother.

@ the writers: Clarice already has the lamb backstory/symbolism, too. We don’t need this Little Brother stuff.

*shrieking* Mrs. Starling! At the sink washing the blood out of his hat!!!

...aaand they had to ruin it with the brother’s painfully bad dialogue. Will still be good for gif-making, though.

are we supposed to interpret all these flashbacks as Clarice being incapable of controlling her emotions/state of mind? She keeps losing herself in memories and emerging all doe-eyed and panicky. I don’t like it.

not to be a broken record but...Clarice should be TOUGH. Again, Ardelia only saw her cry once in seven years. But she’s more worked up in this scene than Jodie was in Memphis!

when Mr. Cult Leader shouts “Agent Starling! Agent Starling!” he sounds exactly like Hannibal calling her back to his cell in the asylum. That has to be intentional.

damn, wish that I could look as good five minutes after I’ve been crying as Clarice does.

I LOVE that Ardelia gets to be the crucial behind-the-scenes book-smart partner to Clarice’s action heroine.

AG Martin’s just playing politics by turning a blind eye to the crooked sheriff. But when her own daughter was just kidnapped and almost killed, she looks like a real hypocrite.

gosh, Rebecca Breeds is great. I already hope she gets nominated for an Emmy.

so Krendler is...doing the right thing???

Clarice’s father was definitely not a sheriff. I hope she’s just exaggerating for dramatic effect. (Maybe this will be clarified later.)

she couldn’t just sit with a manipulative guy without getting emotional, but she’s cool as a cucumber while telling an extended story about her father? HmmMM.

sometimes her mannerisms and facial expressions are so much like Jodie’s that it’s uncanny, like here when she leans forward to confront the Cult Leader.

“She did it.” Damn straight!

another great callback to Silence. this show’s camera crew knows its stuff!

“He’s concerned I have some residual trauma from Bill.” I. Hate. This. Subplot--and all its OOC implications.

“Catherine was close to her father, too.” Ooh, a nice allusion to the novel! Clarice makes note of their “common wound,” the loss of a father, when she’s in Catherine’s apartment in Silence.

she is just SO pretty.

little Clarice looks a LOT like Rebecca Breeds. I hope we see some more of her.

The Good:

the continuing visual nods to the Silence film via cinematography

Mama Starling!!!

Clarice’s “The World Will Not Be This Way Within the Reach of my Arm” attitude, refusing to leave without helping the victims.

Ardelia Mapp coming in clutch!

Clarice being, generally, a badass

and using psychological tricks/mind games to pin the antagonist...that’s the woman who disarmed a monster with just a few words.

Rebecca Breed’s acting has been phenomenal so far.

I like Clarice’s haircut a lot better when worn down (though it’s not very practical for fieldwork, so we probably won’t see it much).

The Bad:

the continuing Buffalo Bill-related Trauma Subplot. Ugh.

all the flashbacks to Clarice’s brother (and the not-so-subtle suggestion that her brother is, symbolically, another lamb).

will the real Paul Krendler please come forward? this guy is so TAME.

the other agents’ hostility towards Clarice needs to be toned down slightly so that it can escalate. Otherwise, where’s the tension?

is this actually 1993? I’m not feeling it. Shouldn’t it have a little of that Season 1/2 X-Files aesthetic? Please give me more than once-an-episode references to pagers and fax machines!

that glaring Appalachia continuity error...it’s still bugging me.

I missed the overt Hannibal references, even though they’re not necessary to any part of this episode. A lady can dream!

Overall, I really liked this one despite my various issues with it. It started shakily but built to a great finish. The emphasis across both episodes on Clarice being in the FBI not just to “get out, get anywhere,” but out of a genuine desire to help victims has been wonderful. I just hope they don’t swerve too far into the “too traumatized and emotionally compromised to function” lane. It would be a disservice to Clarice’s character and to her journey (and would smack too much of “Hannibal really did prey on her weak mind/brainwash her”.

Things I’d still like to see: More of her personality. Her hobbies and interests. That she’s cleaning her gun is great! Now let’s see “Poison Oakley” practicing her sharpshooting skills. Or car shopping. Or clothes shopping to show off her “developing taste.” (Ardelia can come!) I’ll take literally anything. Give us more of Clarice’s sense of humor as well. She had some subtle funny moments in the pilot, and it’s nice to see Rebecca smile for a change.

And Krendler? Smear that man in grease! I appreciated a happy ending even though Clarice’s career is, as we know, already in a downward spiral--the last thing we want is for every episode to be a slog, especially when a good chunk of the audience hasn’t read the book and doesn’t know Clarice is doomed to fail in the Bureau.

However... Krendler’s not a “redemption arc” kind of character. Or even a “run-of-the-mill sexist asshole” character. This is a man who spent seven years systematically sabotaging a young woman’s career because a) he was jealous that she solved the Gumb case before him, and b) she wouldn’t fuck him. He was a Justice Department official working fist-in-glove with a serial child molester who was planning some of the heinous vigilante justice imaginable. THAT’S why his very gruesome end at Hannibal’s hands felt deserved--even Clarice thought so! In short, he needs to get nasty.

Anyway, thanks for coming to another long-overdue TedTalk. Fingers crossed that the next one will be more timely (aiming for Sunday night)!

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Friday, November 13, 2020

A thought experiment (Washington Post) The political scientist Brendan Nyhan has often responded to events by asking a question: What would you say if you saw it in another country? Imagine that a president of another country lost an election and refused to concede defeat. Instead, he lied about the vote count. He then filed lawsuits to have ballots thrown out, put pressure on other officials to back him up and used the power of government to prevent a transition of power from starting. How would you describe this behavior? It’s certainly anti-democratic. It is an attempt to overrule the will of the people, ignore a country’s laws and illegitimately grab political power. President Trump’s efforts will probably fail, but they are unlike anything that living Americans have experienced. “What we have seen in the last week from the president more closely resembles the tactics of the kind of authoritarian leaders we follow,” Michael Abramowitz, the president of Freedom House, which tracks democracy, told The Times. “I never would have imagined seeing something like this in America.”

Biden’s Policy Agenda Rests Heavily on Senate Outcome (NYT) President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s transition team is preparing multiple sets of policy proposals for the economy, health care, climate change and other domestic issues, including the ambitious agenda Mr. Biden laid out in his winning campaign, while acknowledging it may have to be pared back in recognition of divided government. Where the incoming administration lands depends heavily on two Senate runoffs in Georgia in early January. If Democrats win both races, close aides to Mr. Biden and economists who helped advise his campaign say the president-elect will try to push through a large stimulus plan for the flagging economic recovery—most likely along the lines of the $2.2 trillion that House Democrats approved this fall. His stimulus plan under such a scenario would include hundreds of billions of dollars for state and local governments that have lost tax revenue amid the pandemic recession, extended unemployment benefits for people who lost jobs during the crisis and a new round of aid for small businesses. A narrow majority in the Senate would also give Mr. Biden the chance to push through his proposed tax increases on corporations and the rich—tax hikes that would be used to fund the president-elect’s more ambitious plans like rebuilding roads and bridges, speeding the transition to a carbon-free energy sector and helping Americans afford health care. But if Republicans win even one of the Georgia seats, Mr. Biden will most likely need to settle for a wave of executive actions that would bring more incremental progress toward his policy goals, while trying to cut compromise deals with Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the majority leader.

Millions Face Loss of Jobless Aid: ‘Without It, I’m Dead in the Water’ (NYT) Two critical unemployment programs are set to expire at the end of the year, potentially leaving millions of Americans vulnerable to eviction and hunger and threatening to short-circuit an economic recovery that has already lost momentum. As many as 13 million people are receiving payments under the programs, which Congress created last spring to expand and extend the regular unemployment system during the coronavirus pandemic. Leaders of both major parties have expressed support for renewing the programs in some form, but Congress has been unable to reach a deal to do so. It remains unclear how the results of last week’s election will affect prospects for an agreement. That means that for now at least, people like Randy Williams must prepare for the possibility that they are weeks away from losing their only income. Mr. Williams, 56, lost his job as a manager at a Memphis-area Cracker Barrel in the first weeks of the pandemic. His state jobless benefits ran out last month, leaving him to rely on a 13-week extension under the federal Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation program, which ends in late December. Already, Mr. Williams is struggling to get by on his $275 weekly benefit check, the maximum allowed in Tennessee. He has fallen behind on rent, racked up thousands of dollars in credit card debt and turned to a food pantry run by a church. Even with the benefits, “I may have got behind on this or that, robbing Peter to pay Paul this month,” he said. “But without it, I’m dead in the water.”

Hospitals brace for problems (Washington Post) The number of new daily coronavirus cases in the United States jumped from 104,000 a week earlier to more than 145,000 yesterday, an all-time high. Nearly every metric is trending in the wrong direction, prompting states to add new restrictions and hospitals to prepare for a potentially dark future. “We’re at a fairly critical juncture,” said Dave Dillon, a spokesman for the Missouri Hospital Association. The day will soon come when hospital staffing will fall below standards that are normally required, he said.

Police crackdown rocks top Mexican tourist resort (AFP) Images of terrified protesters fleeing police and gunfire have shaken one of Mexico’s top beach resorts and dealt another blow to a tourism industry already reeling from the coronavirus pandemic. The crackdown on Monday in front of Cancun city hall, where hundreds were demonstrating against the murder of a local woman, sparked national outcry and protests in Mexico City. Three people were injured when police fired in the air for several minutes and chased the mostly female demonstrators through a budget hotel district after property was vandalized. Live fire by police against protesters is unprecedented in Cancun and rare across Mexico, where security forces usually limit themselves to using shields and sometimes pepper spray. It was criticized by authorities at the regional and national level, cost the local police chief his job and led to the suspension of Quintana Roo’s head of security.

Evo Morales makes gleeful return to town he fled (Guardian) Tens of thousands of jubilant followers have welcomed Evo Morales back to the coca-growing region from which he fled into exile exactly one year ago after what they branded a racist rightwing coup. “Evo, Evo, Evo,” chanted the people who had travelled from all over Bolivia to witness their leader’s triumphant return home in the jungle-flanked town of Chimoré. Bolivia’s first indigenous president resigned and abandoned the South American country on 11 November 2019, making his escape on a Mexican air force jet that whisked him out of Chimoré’s airport. Morales decided to bolt when security forces withdrew their support after later questioned claims of electoral fraud in the presidential election sparked street protests and deadly unrest. But on Wednesday, two days after re-entering Bolivia at the start of an emotional, politically-charged homecoming, he made a gleeful return to the same town—to a rapturous reception.

Italian hospitals face breaking point in fall virus surge (AP) Dr. Luca Cabrini was certain his hospital in the heart of Lombardy’s lake district would reach its breaking point caring for 300 COVID-19 patients. So far, virus patients fill 500 beds and counting. Italy, which shocked the world and itself when hospitals in the wealthy north were overwhelmed with coronavirus cases last spring, is again facing a systemic crisis, as confirmed positives pass the symbolic threshold of 1 million. “We are very close to not keeping up. I cannot say when we will reach the limit, but that day is not far off,” said Cabrini, who runs the intensive care ward at Varese’s Circolo hospital, the largest in the province of 1 million people northwest of Milan. The Italian doctors federation called this week for a nationwide lockdown to forestall a collapse of the medical system, marked by the closure of non-emergency procedures. The government is facing tougher criticism than in the spring, when the health crisis was met with an outpouring of solidarity. As of Wednesday, 52% of Italy’s hospital beds were occupied by COVID-19 patients, above the 40% warning threshold set by the Health Ministry. Nine of Italy’s 21 regions and autonomous provinces are already securely in the red-alert zone, above 50% virus occupancy, with Lombardy at 75%, Piedmont at 92% and South Tyrol at an astonishing 99%.

Azerbaijan’s drones owned the battlefield in Nagorno-Karabakh (Washington Post) The drone’s-eye view over Nagorno-Karabakh defined much of the six-week war in the mountainous enclave within Azerbaijan: The video first showed soldiers below in trenches, then came blasts and smoke, then nothing. Drone strikes—targeting Armenian and Nagorno-Karabakh soldiers and destroying tanks, artillery and air defense systems—provided a huge advantage for Azerbaijan in the 44-day war and offered the clearest evidence yet of how battlefields are being transformed by unmanned attack drones rolling off assembly lines around the world. The expanding array of relatively low-cost drones can offer countries air power at a fraction of the cost of maintaining a traditional air force. The situation in Nagorno-Karabakh also underscored how drones can suddenly shift a long-standing conflict and leave ground forces highly exposed. “Drones offer small countries very cheap access to tactical aviation and precision guided weapons, enabling them to destroy an opponent’s much-costlier equipment such as tanks and air defense systems,” said Michael Kofman, military analyst and director of Russia studies at CNA, a defense think tank in Arlington, Va. “An air force is a very expensive thing,” he added. “And they permit the utility of air power to smaller, much poorer nations.”

Wolf sentinels (Foreign Policy) The Japanese town of Takikawa on the northern island of Hokkaido has found a novel solution to its growing bear problem: wolf robots. More like mechanized scarecrows, the fake wolves come equipped with loudspeakers producing wolf howls once bears come within range. Sightings of bears in Japan are at their highest levels in five years, and two fatal bear attacks have already taken place in 2020. Takikawa officials say they have not encountered any more bears since the lupine sentinels were deployed.

Biden vows to defend Japan as China asserts power in Asia (Washington Post) As China flexes its muscles, President-elect Joe Biden is offering assurances to America’s top allies in the Asia-Pacific region that he’s not going to be a soft touch. Biden spoke with the leaders of Australia, Japan and South Korea on Wednesday night in Washington, underlining in each call his commitment to “strengthen” their bilateral alliance. “The president-elect underscored his deep commitment to the defense of Japan and U.S. commitments under Article 5,” Biden’s team said, referring to the two countries’ joint security treaty that commits the United States to respond to any attack on Japan. Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga went further, saying that Biden had given “a commitment” that Article 5 would cover an attack on the Senkaku islands, a chain of five rocky outcrops administered by Japan but claimed by China, which calls them Diaoyu. With the world struggling to contain the coronavirus pandemic, and the United States distracted by its marathon electoral process, China has been seizing the moment to assert itself. On Wednesday, China dramatically intensified its clampdown on Hong Kong, a subject of bitter dispute between Beijing and Washington. Chinese coast guard ships, meanwhile, have been ratcheting up the pressure around the Senkaku islands, appearing in the nearby waters almost every day this year, more than ever before.

Typhoon Vamco batters the Philippines, leaving millions without power (Washington Post) A week and a half after suffering a deadly hit from a super typhoon, another storm battered the Philippines overnight into Thursday, cutting power to millions and leaving at least one person dead and countless others stranded. Typhoon Vamco, the equivalent of a Category 2 hurricane, struck the northern island of Luzon, the third typhoon and fifth tropical cyclone to affect the Philippines in less than three weeks. Super Typhoon Goni narrowly sidestepped the capital region of more than 12 million this month, but Vamco brought rain and winds of up to 105 mph Wednesday night into Thursday. On Thursday, houses were submerged and Filipinos were stranded on rooftops. The hashtag #RescuePH trended on social media, with people posting their whereabouts and contact details, begging for help. Many were stranded with the elderly, children and pets. Some were rescued on rubber life boats; in one video, a child was floated out in a basin. The Manila Electric Company said almost two million households—a fifth of its base—were still without electricity at midday Thursday.

In ruins, Syria marks 50 years of Assad family rule (AP) On Nov. 13, 1970, a young air force officer from the coastal hills of Syria launched a bloodless coup. It was the latest in a succession of military takeovers since independence from France in 1946, and there was no reason to think it would be the last. Yet 50 years later, Hafez Assad’s family still rules Syria. The country is in ruins from a decade of civil war that killed a half million people, displaced half the population and wiped out the economy. Entire regions are lost from government control. But Hafez’s son, Bashar Assad, has an unquestioned grip on what remains. It wasn’t clear whether the government intended to mark the 50-year milestone this year. While the anniversary has been marked with fanfare in previous years, it has been a more subdued celebration during the war. “There can be no doubt that 50 years of Assad family rule ... has left the country what can only be described as broken, failed and almost forgotten,” said Neil Quilliam, an associate fellow at Chatham House’s Middle East and North Africa program.

Trump may be headed out the door, but Saudi Arabia’s global enablers remain (Washington Post) In November 2017, Jamal Khashoggi told me “In Saudi Arabia, we cannot choose our leaders. We can only hope they get it right.” Less than a year later, the Post contributing columnist would be murdered by agents of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, a leader he did not choose. Throughout his bloodstained rise to and consolidation of power, MBS, as the crown prince is generally known, placed his hopes in President Trump and Jared Kushner. Trump and Kushner, almost from the very beginning of the Trump administration, signaled that Saudi Arabia would be given extra special treatment. “We put our man on top,” Trump reportedly bragged when Mohammed bin Salman became crown prince after wrenching power from his older cousin in 2017. Saudi Arabia was the first country that the then-freshly elected and notoriously travel-averse Trump flew to early in 2017, to an extravagant fete put on by the regime, which is said to have spent as much as $68 million on the summit. MBS would go on to say, “Trump was the right person at the right time” for Saudi Arabia. The Saudi and Emirati governments reportedly offered the Trump campaign help to win the 2016 election, according to the New York Times. In 2018, MBS reportedly bragged that he had Kushner “in his pocket,” according to the Intercept. While Trump has been in office, Saudi Arabia has arrested influential personalities and activists, including women’s rights advocates. It also tried to pursue an impulsive war against Qatar, and imposed a blockade on the country. Kushner reportedly gave advice to Mohammed bin Salman on how to weather the storm after Jamal’s gruesome murder, and Trump later bragged to Bob Woodward about shielding MBS from congressional scrutiny.

Jamal’s assassination was personal and devastating. But the entire country of Yemen has been bludgeoned by Saudi Arabia and its partners in the gulf coalition that has orchestrated airstrikes against it since 2015. The United States has been one of the main suppliers of bombs to the Saudis in a quagmire of a blood-soaked and unwinnable war; some 13,500 Yemeni civilians have died from targeted attacks. Even after Jamal’s murder, when mounting political pressure was aimed at the United States to stop arming the Saudis, the Trump administration not only refused to budge but also Trump himself used the arms deals and the price of oil as a reason to justify continuing to engage with the Saudis. The situation is so bad that U.S. officials are reportedly now worried that they could face prosecution for war crimes for continuing to sell arms to the Saudis despite the mounting body count. But Trump is not the only enabler of Saudi Arabia. The focus on Trump, ironically, seems to glide over the fact that the Group of 20 countries have largely gone on with business as usual with Saudi Arabia. And as long as the international community continues to turn a blind eye to Saudi Arabia’s worst impulses, the so-called guardians of the liberal world order have blood on their hands, too.

Ethiopia claims ‘liberation’ of west Tigray, humanitarian crisis looms (Reuters) Ethiopia’s military has defeated local forces in the west of Tigray state, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Thursday, accusing his foes of atrocities during a week of fighting that threatens to destabilise the Horn of Africa. Air strikes and ground combat have killed hundreds, sent refugees flooding into Sudan, stirred Ethiopia’s ethnic divisions and raised questions over the credentials of Abiy, Africa’s youngest leader who won a Nobel Peace Prize in 2019. With communications down, transport blocked and media barred, independent verification of the status of the conflict was impossible. There was no immediate response from the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), which rules the mountainous northern state of more than 5 million people. More than 10,000 Ethiopian refugees have crossed into Sudan since fighting started and aid agencies say the situation in Tigray is becoming dire. Even before the conflict, 600,000 people there were reliant on food aid. The United Nations’ Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said aid agencies were unable to restock food, health and other emergency supplies due to lack of access.

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What channel is Notre Dame vs. Navy on today? Time, TV schedule for 2021 college football game

Following the first announcement of the College Football Playoff rankings, the Fighting Irish will look to extend their winning streak.

Landing at No. 10 in the College Football Playoff rankings, Notre Dame is scheduled to host Navy on Saturday. After throwing for 213 yards and a touchdown during the 44-34 win over North Carolina, quarterback Jack Coan is expected to propel the Fighting Irish to another confident win.

Coan will likely continue to build his connection with tight end Michael Mayer. Despite missing the meeting with Virginia Tech due to a hip injury, Mayer has racked up 465 receiving yards and three touchdowns through seven games.

MORE: Expert picks for Week 10 underdogs

The Irish will continue to lean on running back Kyren Williams, who rushed for 199 yards and a touchdown on 22 carries last week against the Tar Heels. It was his second big game in a row after going for 138 yards on the ground in a win over USC. His emergence comes after a relatively slow start to the season after the junior failed to top 100 yards in any of his first six games.

Although Navy is coming off a win over Tulsa, the Midshipmen will be tested by the Fighting Irish on both sides of the ball. Defensive lineman Isaiah Foskey leads Notre Dame with eight sacks, followed by Jayson Ademiloa with three. The last time these schools met back in 2019, Notre Dame put up 52 points in a dominant win.

Here’s everything you need to know to watch Notre Dame vs. Navy on Sunday.

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What channel is Notre Dame vs. Navy on today?

The matchup will air nationally on NBC. Mike Tirico and Drew Brees will call the game from the booth with Kathryn Tappen as the sideline reporter.

MORE: College Football Playoff rankings for Week 10

Notre Dame vs. Navy start time

Date: Saturday, Nov. 6

Kickoff: 3:30 p.m. ET.

The game is scheduled to kick off at 3:30 p.m. ET from Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana.

Notre Dame schedule 2021

Opponent Date Outcome at Florida State Sept. 5 Notre Dame 41, Florida State 38 (OT) vs. Toledo Sept. 11 Notre Dame 32, Toledo 29 vs. Purdue Sept. 18 Notre Dame 27, Purdue 13 vs. No. 18 Wisconsin (Soldier Field) Sept. 25 Notre Dame 41, Wisconsin 13 vs. No. 7 Cincinnati Oct. 2 Cincinnati 24, Notre Dame 13 at Virginia Tech Oct. 9 Notre Dame 32, Virginia Tech 29 Bye Oct. 16 N/A vs. USC Oct. 23 TBD vs. North Carolina Oct. 30 TBD vs. Navy Nov. 6 TBD at Virginia Nov. 13 TBD vs. Georgia Tech Nov. 20 TBD at Stanford Nov. 27 TBD

Navy football schedule 2021

Opponent Date Outcome vs. Marshall Sept. 4 Marshall 49, Navy 7 vs. Air Force Sept. 11 Air Force 23, Navy 3 at Houston Sept. 25 Houston 28, Navy 20 vs. UCF Oct. 2 Navy 34, UCF 30 vs. SMU Oct. 9 SMU 31, Navy 24 at Memphis Oct. 14 Memphis 35, Navy 17 vs. Cincinnati Oct. 23 Cincinnati 27, Navy 20 at Tulsa Oct. 29 Navy 20, Tulsa 17 at Notre Dame Nov. 6 TBD vs. East Carolina Nov. 20 TBD at Temple Nov. 27 TBD vs. Army Dec. 11 TBD

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COVID19 Updates: 08/13/2021

UK: Can someone point me to where 'cases are stable' and vaccines are 'breaking the link between infections and serious illness'? Cases are rising from 30K/day, 615 deaths in the past wk & drops in hospitalisations have halted. This is literally PHE's own data.

US: 27 people test positive for coronavirus on Carnival cruise ship LINK

Fiji: 644 new cases reported on 13 August in Fiji, bringing the cumulative total to 39,456. Test positivity rate (7 day average) is 36.4%. #covid19 #covid19fiji

US: U.S. COVID update: More than 1,000 new deaths - New cases: 144,726 - Average: 125,533 (+2,987) - In hospital: 79,265 (+2,402) - In ICU: 19,271 (+655) - New deaths: 1,036

Indiana: BREAKING: The Supreme Court refuses grant Indiana University students’ request to block the school’s vaccine mandate. Justice Amy Coney Barrett rejected the request without referring it to the full court.

Mississippi: With hospital system near collapse, Mississippi begs for hospital ship to rescue state “The Mississippi hospital system will fail within the next five to seven or 10 days if the current trajectory continues,” University of Mississippi School of Medicine Dean LouAnn Woodward said. LINK

Australia: 100s more Australian military personnel to deploy next week to Sydney, to help enforce city’s LD. This comes as officials report biggest daily in covid-19, & outbreak spreading beyond Sydney. Sydney’s nine-week LD now unlikely to end Aug 28, as originally planned;

Israel: Israel Health Ministry said it would be offering a third Pfizer dose to “people over 50, health care workers, people with severe risk factors for the coronavirus, prisoners and wardens”.

Thailand: Thailand projects that coronavirus cases in the country could double by early next month to 45,000 per day, despite lockdown measures. Thailand which recorded a record 23,418 new cases today and 184 new deaths, struggles to contain its worst outbreak to date;

Japan: Japan's daily coronavirus cases top 20,000 for 1st time LINK

Japan: Tokyo to set up 'waiting stations' to accept COVID-19 patients amid lack of hospital beds LINK

Japan: A woman infected in Japan's first case of the Lambda coronavirus variant has been identified as a person associated with the Tokyo Olympics, government sources said Friday. LINK

Germany: German Health Minister Jens Spahn has said the country could keep coronavirus restrictions until next Spring - BILD

US: NIH Director Collins says a booster shot of the Covid-19 vaccine could come "later this fall or early next year" LINK

US: New hospital admissions in the US due to COVID-19 rose +29.6% from a week ago.

Florida: New hospital admissions in Florida due to COVID-19 are up a further +22.3% from a week ago, to a new high.

Mississippi: ‘We are stretched to breaking point': Pulmonologist warns about the dire state of Mississippi hospitals LINK

Florida: After just the second day of school, 440 students were already quarantined in Florida's Palm Beach County due to detected cases of COVID.

World: American "archbishop" is distributing bleach as "miracle cure" for COVID LINK

Ohio: St. Vincent Medical Center saves patient with severe case of COVID-19 using ECMO technology LINK

Hawaii: 2 tourists were arrested in Hawaii in connection with fake COVID-19 vaccination cards, officials say LINK

Canada: Alberta to backtrack on plans to lift COVID-19 protocols, government source says LINK

UK: COVID-19: UK reports another 32,700 coronavirus cases and 100 deaths | UK News | Sky News

Tennessee: In the first two weeks of August, the Memphis Fire Department said it has been overwhelmed by a call volume 23 percent higher than this time last year. The Memphis dispatch center is taking an average of 469 calls a day. LINK

Tennessee: Methodist LeBonheur staff updates on Delta in the embedded video. Here is what it looks like here in the Mid-South. LINK

Israel: As of Wednesday, Israel had 451 seriously ill Covid patients in its hospitals. 276 are vaccinated: 266 fully, 10 partly. A year ago today, before vaccines existed, it had a TOTAL of 368 seriously ill hospitalized patients. If this is vaccine success, I'd hate to see failure.

Utah: With COVID-19 rates still holding strong, Utah's intensive care units are officially over capacity at 102% full. LINK

Vietnam: VIETNAM: COVID-19 lockdown extended in Hanoi's Chuong Duong through 28 August

Arkansas: #NEW: The number of #COVID19 patients admitted to Arkansas Children’s has slightly increased since Wednesday. 31 patients with coronavirus, 28 in Little Rock and three in Springdale. 14 are in ICU and seven are on a ventilator.

Arkansas: Arkansas now has TEN CASES OF THE LAMBDA VARIANT.

UK: Manchester United: For those attending tomorrow’s game, please consider downloading the NHS Covid-19 app onto your smartphone to be able to check in. You will be prompted to use the app when you enter the stadium.

RUMINT (UK): Had an old feller come in my covid testing clinic this afternoon, he is a cancer patient who has been isolating for the past year, double vaxxed, went out for the first time last weekend to watch a soccer match, woke up this morning, cough, sore throat, no taste or smell, came in to the clinic in a panic, the poor chap couldn't believe he had isolated that long, only to get infected at a soccer match

Texas: 96% of ICU beds across Texas are full as COVID cases surge: "Some wait hours, some wait days" LINK

RUMINT (Iowa): Nurse: We got a COVID+ admit last night here for the state fair. They are visiting with family from out of state. They knew they were COVID+. His family still plans to attend, "You can't catch covid outside."

UK: United Kingdom Daily Coronavirus (COVID-19) Report · Friday 13th August. 32,700 new cases (people positive) reported, giving a total of 6,211,868. 100 new deaths reported, giving a total of 130,801.

Arkansas: #BREAKING: Arkansas health officials report 1,458 #COVID19 hospitalizations, the highest ever since the pandemic began. The state recorded 3,023 new cases in the last 24 hours. #ARNews

World: Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.575.2 containing the E484K mutation in the spike protein in Pamplona (Spain) May-June 2021 LINK

Oregon: Is @OregonGovBrown and @OregonDHSAPD *trying* to repeat the mistake of NY gov Cuomo by moving COVID patients to long term care facilities? LINK

Iran: Iran’s Health System ‘Beyond Disastrous’ from Covid Surge

World: How SARS-CoV-2 Evades And Suppresses The Immune System (Part Two) LINK

US: BREAKING: Number of Americans hospitalized with COVID-19 tops 80,000

Tennessee: DRAMATIC! Latest @TNDeptofHealth data shows #COVID19 cases skyrocketing among Tennessee's school-age children - almost 4,000 cases reported so far this week.

US: Some U.S. hospitals have reported spikes in amputations as #COVID19 disrupted routine care. Major amputations shot up 42% last year at the University of Illinois Hospital in Chicago, according to the hospital’s section chief for wound healing and tissue repair

Tennessee: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, arguably the most important medical facility in the entire state of Tennessee, is "completely full." LINK

Hawaii: BREAKING: 1167 #COVID19 cases reported today, highest one day total but @HawaiiDOH says this is a combination of cases from the past 24 hrs plus cases from earlier this week not reported due to lab issues. Average daily count for the 3 days impacted = 729/day. #HawaiiNewsNow

District of Columbia: At Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C., diagnoses of Type 2 Diabetes nearly tripled in the first year of the pandemic from a year earlier. Dr. Brynn Marks said school closures and decreased physical activity likely contributed to the spike

US: A COVID-19 patient in Oklahoma needed a bed. The closest one was in Boise,Idaho. It is 1,107 miles from Boise City, OK to Boise, ID. LINK

Alabama: #AL #Breaking Gov. Kay Ivey issues ‘limited’ COVID-19 emergency order; ‘No statewide mandates, closures’ LINK

South Carolina: Pickens County School District decides to go virtual after emergency meeting on COVID-19 cases LINK

World: Why the delta variant is hitting kids hard in the U.S. and how we can prevent that in Canada LINK

India: A 69-year-old fully vaccinated journalist has died of #DeltaPlusVariant of #COVID19 at Nagothane in Maharashtra’s Raigad district. LINK

US: U.S. COVID update: - New cases: 153,659 - Average: 128,680 (+3,147) - In hospital: 81,183 (+1,918) - In ICU: 19,856 (+585) - New deaths: 886

Philippines: 13,177 new Covid19 cases yesterday. Test Positivity Rate is 23.% Total tests done was 57,355 tests yesterday

Oregon: PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Oregon governor deploying up to 1,500 National Guard troops to support hospitals as COVID cases soar.

Iceland: Yesterday(12.08) Iceland 30 covid patients, 5 of them in the ICU, 4 on ventilators. 20 are fully vaccinated, 10 not vaccinated. Of the 5 in ICU, 4 are fully vaxed. 68 hospital admissions for this 40% not vaxed. 9 have been in the ICU, 6 of them vaxed. No deaths.

Georgia: Metro Atlanta school districts report over 3,000 cases of COVID-19 in first weeks. Georgia reports highest 7-day average of COVID-19 cases in children since start of pandemic. Georgia reported the highest 7-day average of new COVID-19 cases among children 17 and younger since the start of the pandemic Friday. Today’s 7-day average was 949.8 for children between 0 and 17 years old across the state. Just one month ago, on July 13, the state was averaging 69.1 cases in that age group. That represents over a 1,200% increase in cases over the course of the last 30 days. The previous highest 7-day average was 868.4 cases on Jan. 14, 2021.

RUMINT (Mississippi): What's the next level up from wild weasel? Because that's where Mississippi is today. Going parabolic over there. Two and a half times more cases than last Friday but nowhere left to put the sick.

New Jersey: @ABC7NY @CBSNewYork @NBCNewYork The State of New Jersey has almost 700 people in the ICU with COVID-19 variants. Eight died from COVID-19 on Wednesday. Southern New Jersey is a disaster.

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The Legal Challenges And Effects Of The CDC Eviction Moratorium

By Melisa Guersoy, The University of Siegen, Class of 2022

July 8, 2021

On September 4, 2020, CDC issued the "Temporary Halt in Residential Evictions to Prevent the Further Spread of COVID-19" under Section 361 of the Public Health Service Act of 1944, effective through December 31. The federal moratorium that ended on January 1, 2021, was immediately extended to January 31. Right after his inauguration, President Biden had the CDC extend the federal moratorium through March 31.[1] On March 29, the moratorium was extended one more time by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from March 31 to June 30, 2021.[2]

It was extended one more time until July 31st, 2021 by the Biden administration.[3] The order was designed to protect about 40 million tenants, with violations costing landlords up to $250,000 if there is a COVID-related death. It regulates whether or not a private property owner can evict a tenant who is not able to pay. The spread of the pandemic across the country led to economic damage and thus many people losing their jobs. A very large number an estimated 40 million Americans faced eviction.[4] Only as of the beginning of June, around 3.2 million people in the United States faced eviction in the coming two months.[5] CDC pointed out that retaining tenants - especially those whose work has been affected by COVID-19 - is a health imperative. Landlords who own smaller properties and have been struggling since the outbreak of the pandemic also face challenges and will be particularly affected. Evicting tenants who are at risk of becoming homeless could drive them into shelters, which can put them at higher risk for COVID-19 infection, according to the policy. If renters are unable to find housing after being forced to leave their homes, they could become seriously ill, especially if they contract coronavirus.

However, the CDC has clarified that apartment tenants cannot simply stop paying rent until the end of the year; they are required to continue making their monthly payments plus any late fees based on signed leases. To prevent their evictions, tenants must also sign a declaration form stating that jobs have been lost due to the pandemic and that they are not expected to earn more than $99,000 per year (if filing individually) or $198,000 (if filing jointly). The problem with the order is that it deprives landlords of a viable tool to ensure tenant compliance.[6]

The order has faced consistent challenges from landlords and property owners who argued that the policy constitutes an undue financial burden on business owners. The moratorium preventing landlords from evicting tenants could be considered outside of CDC's jurisdiction unless the moratorium falls under the category of "health risk." However, it has been questioned many times if the CDC has statutory authority to impose the moratorium. In this matter, a federal judge in Washington D.C. has ruled against the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and found that it has overstepped its legal authority. He has argued that political branches have to decide about policy measures that are designed to fight the spread of a disease and not the courts.8 Another judge in Memphis has declared the order unenforceable in the entire Western District of Tennessee.4 Further appeals are pending.

The policy has led to a chaotic situation in general. Due to loopholes and diverse legal interpretations, evictions still have continued. The interests of landlords and property owners on one side stand against the interests and despair of renters. While the latter is scared of being homeless, landlords and property owners argue that the moratorium hinders property managers to evict renters who cause problems. They have also argued that there should be a focus on distributing rental assistance rather than extending the order. The order is also a reason for an increasing housing affordability crisis within the U.S. Due to room for misinterpretations, several judges have been applying for the order differently and some even refused to acknowledge the order as a whole. The Biden Administration is called to defend and enforce the moratorium continuously until emergency rental assistance will reach renters in need to remain housed while landlords call the government to end the enforcement of the CDC order. The future of the moratorium is yet uncertain and it is not clear if it might help tenants or not.[7]

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[1] 2021 Eviction Moratorium Extension and Tenant Rent Relief Update. (June 29, 2021). Rocket Lawyer. https://www.rocketlawyer.com/blog/2021-eviction-moratorium-extension-and-tenant-covid-relief-update-928520

[2] Daniel, Gimont (April 7, 2021). CDC eviction moratorium extended through June 30 2021. National Association of Counties. https://www.naco.org/blog/cdc-eviction-moratorium-extended-through-june-30-2021

[3] Khalil, Casey (June 24, 2021). CDC extends eviction moratorium a month, says it’s last time. AP News. https://apnews.com/article/eviction-ban-extended-biden-coronavirus-9e7c4dc97c49cbb42a1ecb55b06e3b4c

[4] 30-40 Million People in America Could Be Evicted from Their Homes by the End of 2020. (August 7, 2020). National Low-Income Housing Coalition. https://nlihc.org/news/30-40-million-people-america-could-be-evicted-their-homes-end-2020.

[5] Week 31 Household Pulse Survey: May 26 – June 7 (June 16, 2021). United States Census Bureau. https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2021/demo/hhp/hhp31.html

[6]Robinson, T. (n.d.). CDC: Bringt eine schwierige Lage? [CDC: Brings a difficult situation?]. Finanztrends. https://www.finanztrends.de/cdc-bringt-eine-schwierige-lage/.

[7]Swenson, K. (May 5, 2021).Federal judge vacates CDC’s nationwide eviction moratorium.

The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/05/05/federal-judge-vacates-cdcs-nationwide-eviction-moratorium/.

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9 Smart Home-Buying Tips From Real Estate Experts

There are correct ways and incorrect approaches to purchase a home. The last of which will cost you a ton of superfluous cash, stress, and disappointment. Utilize best practices, be that as it may — as offered by land specialists underneath — and you'll leave a victor with a grin all over money still in your financial balance.

1. Research operators before picking one

Choosing the correct land operator can have a significant effect with regards to discovering your fantasy home and arranging the best cost. Carlos Miramontez, VP of home loan loaning at a California credit association, offers a couple of pointers on narrowing down the specialist pool.

"Doing your examination forthright can enable you to settle on a savvy choice and pick a well-qualified land specialist who's appropriate for your needs," he composes on the organization blog. "Keep in mind that you're making a business relationship. It's significant that you function admirably together, as it could be a while before the whole purchasing or selling procedure is finished. Appreciate a mug an espresso with a couple of operators before you settle on the choice on which accomplice is directly for you."

There likewise are explicit inquiries you ought to represent your operator, for example,

How frequently will you send me postings?

Will you show me homes when I'm accessible (e.g., after work or on the ends of the week)?

To what extent have you worked in land?

What sort of property do you spend significant time in (e.g., condominiums, single-family, or town homes)?

Have you worked with different customers in my ideal region and value extend?

2. Quest internet based life for neighborhood land gatherings

Web based life is an extraordinary asset for associating with land specialists in a new territory, says Brady Hanna, leader of Mill Creek Home Buyers in Kansas City, who has been purchasing, leasing, and flipping houses for over 10 years.

"Quest on Facebook for land bunches in your neighborhood," says. "You will be astonished to find that there will presumably be at least 10. Join every one of them, including financial specialist and distributer gatherings. At that point post over these gatherings that you are hoping to purchase a house in ABC zone, what your criteria is, and in the event that they have any off-advertise properties to send your direction, and incorporate your email address. You would be flabbergasted at what number of individuals will send you off-advertise properties utilizing this method. I have purchased six properties over the most recent couple of months just from nearby Facebook gatherings."

3. Include an individual touch when there are numerous offers

How would you emerge in a pool of potential purchasers? Send an individual note to the dealer with an innovative anecdote about yourself, for what reason you're really great purchaser for the house, and your arrangement to make it a home.

"On the off chance that you talk about your family in the letter, you will pull at the heartstrings of the merchant and have a vastly improved possibility of being chosen in the event that you have a comparable idea than another purchaser," Hanna says. "I have encountered this actually when selling houses and each time I picked the purchaser that composed the individual note when I had numerous comparative offers."

4. Don't naturally settle on city living

Life in the city is appealing and helpful for many individuals, particularly in case you're the sort that likes to include necessities inside strolling separation. In any case, despite the fact that life's basics are effectively open, the money related picture after some time may deny you of a specific personal satisfaction.

"Make sure to look at properties in the 'burbs and take the expense and time of your drive into thought," recommends Shane Lee, information investigator for RealtyHop. "While the city life is continually astonishing, you may discover a way better arrangement in the burbs. You can even discover a fixer upper and make it your fantasy house with the cash you save money on the buy."

5. Go through all expenses before beginning the home-purchasing process

Most first-time home-purchasers focus on the up front installment — the biggest of all the out-of-pocket costs — yet there are a lot of different expenses required for a property buy that you ought to know about before beginning the procedure.

"Spending limit for initial installment, shutting expenses, and different expenses as right on time as could be expected under the circumstances," Lee exhorts. "Notwithstanding the 20 percent initial installment (a few moneylenders require less), beginning expenses are as a rule somewhere in the range of 2 and 5 percent of the absolute credit sum, and it is essential that you begin sparing at an opportune time, so you have enough money to cover all home loan related installments, lawful charges, just as intermediary's bonus when you are prepared to finalize the negotiations."

Remember about the regularly neglected shrouded costs that will spring up before you know it, similar to property charges, protection premiums, and any Homeowners Association (HOA) levy. Assessments and HOA contribution change, so make certain to request subtleties. Acquire a protection premium gauge from your protection operator.

It's critical to make sense of this before focusing on a property to guarantee you can manage the cost of the whole extent of charges related with it.

6. Examine the HOA to ensure you're perfect

Mortgage holders Associations can be extraordinary for some networks since they give a lot of norms to guarantee that all inhabitants are living in a spot that qualities beautification and resale esteem. Then again, a few people observe the HOA to be excessively included, and the choices of the board may not generally be best for everybody.

Robert Nordlund, author and CEO of Association Reserves, clarifies.

"'Area' is unquestionably a standout amongst the most compelling components in the estimation of a land exchange, however with regards to purchasing a home in one of the 350,000 affiliation represented networks (AGCs) in the United States, home-purchasers face two extra conditions," he says. "To start with, getting a decent incentive toward the front will be impacted by to a great extent unpublicized monetary elements one of a kind to that AGC. Second, the long haul destiny of their venture will be forever hitched to the choices or impulses of a gathering of volunteer board individuals. The checking procedure isn't muddled, yet it takes time and ought to be finished before any offer is on the table."

To enable you to locate the privilege HOA for you, think about these tips:

Go to an executive gathering.

On the off chance that the affiliation is expertly overseen, meet with the administrator.

Check the affiliation's yearly spending plan and ensure it's exact and adjusted.

Request a duplicate of the Reserve Study and set aside the effort to get it.

Check the control offer intently in sunlight and at night.

Make note of any conspicuous conceded support.

Get some information about the historical backdrop of unique appraisals.

Assess the straightforwardness of the board and supervisor.

Peruse the affiliation's principles and benchmarks.

7. Purchase a home underneath your methods

Land master, Julie Gurner, puts forth a defense for spending the least sum conceivable on a home that addresses your issues and satisfies you — notwithstanding when you have bounty more to spend on it.

"While your companions may battle to pay for something at the highest point of their spending limit, shoot for a home that is 75 percent or less of what you're endorsed for to have the option to spare all the more viably for retirement, crisis fixes, travel, and for the most part make an amazing most unmistakably more without the financial weight," she says.

How might you do that? Search for the most obsolete home in the most attractive neighborhood.

"Search for a home where the style is obsolete — it may require another kitchen, there's possible old backdrop or floor coverings — yet it's all around tended to and every one of the bones are strong," Gurner includes. "With time and a touch of exertion, the ugliest home on the square can quite often become your fantasy home. With such a large number of individuals anticipating move-in-prepared homes, the obsolete homes are regularly ignored jewels that can spare you a fortune and set you in a place to fabricate sweat value from the very first moment."

8. Put remotely in high-yielding land markets

For home-purchasers in New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and numerous other beach front markets, obtaining reasonable single-family rental (SFR) homes out-of-state is an incredible method to begin purchasing land and building long haul riches.

"Purchasers in these waterfront territories can discover higher yields and lower middle home costs than they can in their very own terraces," says Zach Evanish, who leads deals endeavors at venture property asset Roofstock. "Some prime precedents incorporate Memphis, Cleveland, Indianapolis, Atlanta, Dallas, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, and different metros over the Southeast, Midwest, and Southwest. Purchasing SFRs remotely can likewise be a venturing stone to gathering a speculation land domain with sufficient positive month to month income, and to in the long run purchasing a proprietor involved home in one's very the place where own grew up, gratitude to this steady stream of month to month rental pay."

9. Request decreases after investigation

One of my very own strategies for getting a good deal on the homes I've acquired is exploiting a review that uncovers inside or outside issues. On the off chance that the vender is in a discouraged market or needs to sell rapidly on account of different conditions, you have an extraordinary possibility of making post-examination bargains.

"Home merchants regularly depict their property's condition as much superior to anything it is. A decent assessment frequently uncovers unforeseen imperfections," clarifies Lucas Machado, leader of House Heroes, a land venture organization. "Try not to be reluctant to request a decrease. Purchasers some of the time falter to demand a lower cost because of dread of losing the house. Actually, merchants give a lot of decreases upon solicitation — even many thousands underneath the underlying offer. There is no drawback to asking — and you can in any case continue on the off chance that they state no."

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Technology is fast changing how people with disabilities get to and then navigate airports, train and bus stations. But technology can go only so far: Its advantages usually stop at the door of the plane, train or bus.

Consider the experience of Michael May, who is blind and typically flies at least once a week.

May, the executive director of Envision’s BVI Workforce Innovation Center, which provides employment training for the blind and visually impaired in Wichita, Kansas, says he uses airline apps at home to secure his boarding pass, takes Uber to the airport and gets dropped off as close as possible to the Transportation Security Administration’s Precheck. (He has also enrolled in the Clear program to speed his way through airport security.)

But then he hits what he calls a void — he has to ask someone how to get to the security line. And in frenzied airports, he does not always get a response.

“I’m looking forward to having indoor navigation to the point where I can at least get to Precheck,” he said.

May has a cane and Jonnie, his golden retriever guide dog. He also draws on screen-reader software and smartphone apps. He uses the free app Be My Eyes, which relies on a network of 1.2 million volunteers to provide directions through the airport via live video. In addition, he uses Aira, a monthly subscription app that uses a smartphone camera or a pair of glasses outfitted with a camera to livestream video to an agent, who then provides navigational instructions. Ten airports, including ones in Seattle, Boston, Houston, Memphis and Minneapolis, currently offer zones where blind and visually impaired travelers can download the Aira app and use the service without charge. (Several more airports are expected to offer complimentary service this summer.)

David Wilson, the director of innovation at the Sea-Tac Airport, says blind travelers no longer have to rely on wheelchair attendants. “With Aira, they can get up and go to a restroom, go to a concession,” he said. “It’s independence.”

Still, the Americans with Disabilities Act, which became law in 1990, applies to airports and ground transportation — trains, buses and subways. But airline cabins are governed by the Air Carrier Access Act, which was enacted in 1986 and does not carry as many accessibility requirements. If, for example, someone uses a motorized wheelchair, it must be checked at the end of the jetway. Wheelchair assistants, often contractors, help the passenger transfer to a wheelchair that can fit down the narrow aisles and then to their seat (a foldable aisle wheelchair is also kept on board).

“The most accessible feature on an airplane is the fact that the arm rest lifts up to get in and out of the seat, and that’s about it,” said Lee Page, a quadriplegic who uses a wheelchair full time and serves as the senior advocacy director for Paralyzed Veterans of America.

A spokesman for Delta Air Lines, Anthony Black, said its gate agents must complete a “comprehensive accessibility curriculum” for travelers with disabilities that includes training on everything from handling service animals to transfer assistance onto a plane. A spokesman for United Airlines, Charles Hobart, said the carrier had a 24-hour accessibility desk and also trained all of the employees who work directly with customers on how to assist passengers with disabilities. Southwest Airlines said all of its customer representatives were trained to help customers with disabilities, and it maintained a video relay and a Teletypewriter number for deaf travelers.

But disabled travelers, including Teresa Blankmeyer Burke, an associate professor of philosophy at Gallaudet University, who is deaf, say airlines could improve their training. She said she would like airlines to do a better job of reassuring deaf and hard-of-hearing travelers that “our presence has been noted and that we will not be overlooked.”

Sheryl Stroup, a safety expert for the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, said flight attendants were responsible for communicating directly with disabled passengers to make sure their needs are met. “You need to go ask them, ‘How can I best assist you?'” she said.

Blankmeyer Burke says she wears a brightly colored piece of clothing or a distinctive hat so that she is readily identifiable and introduces herself to the ticketing crew at the airport, train station or bus terminal with a note.

“I print out a script that tells the flight attendants a little bit about my communication needs and abilities, where I am sitting, and also notes my beverage preferences and my destination,” she said in an email. “In this document, I explicitly state that I want important announcements written and I ask who will be responsible for communicating with me in case of emergency.”

Blankmeyer Burke says she carries a small notebook or types inquiries on her smartphone and travels with a flashlight for lip reading.

Not everyone has a smartphone, and some people say they prefer the simplicity of human interaction even if they are tech savvy.

Bill McCann, the founder and president of Dancing Dots, a company in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, that creates software to help blind and visually impaired musicians read, write and record music, said he navigated through the airport or an Amtrak station using the sighted-guide technique. He takes the arm of either the wheelchair attendant, a fixture at airports nationwide, or a member of Amtrak’s Red Cap team. At airports, he follows the attendant through TSA Precheck to his gate, keeping his cane out so people can identify him as a blind person.

“It’s a convenience,” he said. “It’s a timesaver. It reduces some of stress of being in airports.” He said he viewed airports as “just below hospitals in terms of stress level.” At the gate, McCann said, he typically preboards — an option airlines must extend to anyone with a disability.

An accessibility consultant, John Morris, a triple amputee based in Orlando, Florida, uses a motorized wheelchair. He writes a wheelchair travel blog to share tips about air, bus and train travel. Since 2014, he said, he has taken more than 600 flights and over 70 trips combined on Greyhound or Megabus.

On Greyhound, an electronic lift carries the wheelchair user to a seating area that can accommodate two wheelchairs. But Morris said there was no uniform setup, and this caused delays. “Oftentimes,” he said, “I find myself being the one to educate the driver on how to operate the particular lift that’s set up on their bus.”

Delays can also make for an uncomfortable ride. When fellow passengers groan, Morris said, he feels like a “target sitting in the middle of the bus, and I have nowhere to go.”

The National Federation of the Blind last year filed a lawsuit against Greyhound saying that neither the bus operator’s website nor its app was accessible for the blind, putting it in violation of both the ADA and state laws. The case is in mediation.

“We are making our website and app more accessible to customers who use screen-reader software,” said Lanesha Gipson, a spokeswoman for Greyhound. Although the company requires its drivers to demonstrate their ability to operate wheelchair lifts, she said the lifts are “very fickle” and sometimes fail.

On Megabus, which operates two-level buses and is owned by Coach USA, wheelchairs roll on and off the first level via a portable ramp. Morris said he preferred this low-floor access because it “eliminates a break point.”

Still, he said, the grade of the ramps at some stations, including in Orlando, is too steep to be compliant with the disabilities act. He said he also worried about the safety straps. “I don’t think I’ve ever ridden the Megabus and felt as though the straps that lock my wheelchair down are secure,” he said.

Sean Hughes, a spokesman for Megabus, said that the ramp and wheelchair straps were designed “to meet all ADA requirements” and that drivers take a mandatory training class to practice loading, tying down and unloading wheelchairs.

One advantage that both trains and buses offer over airplanes, Morris said, is the direct connection from city center to city center. Trains, he said, also provide one of the most accessible ways to travel. Amtrak lays down a ramp on train platforms to bridge the gap at the station for wheelchairs. There is also a mechanical lift to hoist a wheelchair user into or out of the train if it is not level with the platform. On Northeast corridor trains, there is space at the end of each car to accommodate wheelchair users. Overall, Morris said, he preferred the dedicated wheelchair space and the accessible bathrooms on Amtrak’s Acela service.

Airplanes are another story. Twin-aisle planes, typically used for international flights, are required to have an accessible lavatory. But single-aisle airplanes, a staple of domestic routes, rarely have one. Delta says it will have the Bombardier CS100, its first narrow-body aircraft outfitted with an accessible lavatory, in service next January.

This article originally appeared in The New York Times.

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Plan your next great American road trip with these ideas and travel tips

20 First-hand road tripping experiences

Recommended routes by theme

How to get the most out of your trip

There’s nothing quite like the freedom, independence and sense of discovery you get on a road trip, and there are few better places to load up and hit the highway than America. Whether you’re looking to get away in summer or at other times of year, here’s a collection of ideas based on the experiences of staff at RoadLoans and Santander Consumer USA, as well as trips researched by theme. For smooth travels there are also tips for what to take, what to eat, what to listen to and how to prepare your vehicle. Get perusing and start planning your next adventure.

Where to go: Destinations and experiences

California

Road trip: Western calm in wine country Exploring Bodega Bay and the charming towns and vineyards of Sonoma County, on the Californian coast.

Road trip: What I learned going from Texas to California Experience is priceless. Here are the biggest mistakes Corey Neal learned to never (again) make on a long-distance road trip.

Colorado

Road trip: Across the Rocky Mountains in Colorado From Denver, the Mile High City, across the Rocky Mountains to Vail, CO, is a majestic road trip that will take your breath away.

Road trip: A view from the top Vacation week meant a 781-mile journey from Texas to an idyllic cabin halfway up Pike’s Peak, CO, and an exhilarating 19-mile drive to the very top.

Road trip: Dallas to Durango and back – Part 1 Getting there really is half the fun, as Mark Macesich rediscovered traveling through the Texas Panhandle, a corner of New Mexico and on to Victorian-era Durango, CO.

Road trip: From Dallas to Durango and back – Part 2 A detour from Durango across the Continental Divide to Colorado Springs led to rocky hiking trails, buffalo burgers and a vista full of hot air balloons.

Florida

A road trip to Destin, FL, white-sand beaches and seafood Leaving Dallas late on a Friday and arriving at Destin’s Another Broken Egg Café for breakfast the next day kicked off a vacation of sun, sand and surf.

Georgia

An Atlanta road trip filled with meaning and new memories It was a last-minute trip to see far-away family, and some interesting stops were called for. They included a small southern town with a large historical impact on the Civil Rights Movement – Selma, AL.

Road trip: Visiting the South – Georgia and South Carolina – Part 1 Picked up at Augusta, GA, a Chrysler Town and Country proved the perfect vehicle for a road trip into the Deep South.

Road trip: Visiting the South – Georgia and South Carolina – Part 2 Getting from Augusta, GA, to Aiken, S.C., was easy, and opened the door to a town with an equestrian feel, charming shops and stylish restaurants.

Road trip: Visiting the South – Georgia and South Carolina – Part 3 A road trip from Aiken to Charleston, S.C., via Orangeburg, is gorgeous, and makes you dream of moving to a secluded corner of the Deep South.

Iowa

Road trip: On a mission to West Bend, Iowa The mission was completing a long journey home for a family reunion, with familiar sights, smells and tastes en route.

Missouri

Lively steps and lilting tunes in Branson A thriving country music scene, great dining, plenty of entertainment and beautiful mountains can be found in and around Branson, MO.

Route 66 still kicks in cities across America Roll along a section of iconic Route 66 – The Mother Road – in southwest Missouri, and visit Springfield, “The Birthplace of Route 66.”

North Carolina

Road trip: A letter from Camp Rockmont LaQuenda Jackson and her son were not prepared for the beauty of North Carolina and the majestic mountains around Asheville – the perfect place for a summer camp.

Oklahoma

Road trip: Going to Guthrie Thirty miles north of Oklahoma City and 234 miles from Dallas lie Guthrie, a quaint town and former capital of Oklahoma, and the nearby Cimarron River Canyon.

Tennessee

From eagles to Elvis: Experience West Tennessee For Andrew Berry, one U.S. road trip destination stands above all others. West Tennessee offers Reelfoot Lake, a must for nature lovers, the Memphis music scene, National Civil Rights Museum, Shiloh National Military Park and more.

Texas

Road trip: Beaucoup bats and battered dishes in Austin, Texas There’s no shortage of attractions in and around the Lone Star State capital, from water activities in Lake Austin, Lake Travis and the quieter swimming holes to an acclaimed restaurant and bar scene.

Road trip destination: Floating down the Guadalupe River Floating gently down the Guadalupe River has to be a state pastime in Texas, and it’s a great way to relax and cool off when summer temperatures start to climb.

Road trip: Going to Galveston a family tradition The Gulf-shore beaches of Galveston are a quick, affordable getaway for many Texan families, just five hours by road from the likes of Dallas in North Texas.

Road trip: Living large in the Lone Star state Texas is a land where everything is known to be bigger, and that even extends to convenience stores. Enter Buc-ee’s, laying claim to being the world’s biggest, located off I-35 near New Braunfels. It’s what road trips are made of.

Road trip: My adventure from North Carolina to Dallas, Texas Graduating from the University of North Carolina and starting work in Dallas, TX, led to a memorable 19-hour drive through multiple states, time zones and temperatures for Matt Holman, with a welcome break in New Orleans.

Road trip: San Antonio and back in three days Fort Worth to San Antonio is 249 miles, making a three-day family road trip, with a day spent at San Antonio’s Sea World, very doable.

Road trips by theme

Summer vacation

Road trip season has arrived To kick off summer season travels, here’s a selection of U.S. road trips recommended by Lonely Planet.

Road trips: The cure for ‘summertime blues’ A little interstate cruise can prove to be therapeutic, not to mention a fascinating and fun way to explore this big ol’ country.

Summer road trip ideas from the experts From outdoorsy to bucket-list to weekend trips, take a look at these point-to-point road adventures recommended by experts at Kayak, USA Today, Skift, Outdoor Magazine and more.

Spring break

When is spring break? Dates, destinations and details to help plan your trip Check college spring break dates with this comprehensive list, and see top spring break destinations around the U.S.

10 Spring break road trip destinations you’ll really want to visit From East Coast to West Coast, we’ve compiled some of the best beachy and city-focused spring getaways.

Top 8 road trip cities for spring break 2015 Vegas, Miami, Daytona Beach … the list goes on and the bright lights await you.

Road trip America – It’s about the experience For many, whether they’re of school age, in their college years or a parent, spring break is synonymous with memory-making road trips.

National and state parks

America’s greatest road trips: U.S. National Parks Some of America’s very best road trips are to and through national parks, like Acadia in Maine, Big Bend in Texas and the Everglades in Florida. Find out what to see and do, and what’s nearby.

5 Road trips for Memorial Day weekend

From hiking trails through thick forest to stargazing in the desert, these breaks to some of America’s finest parks and protected areas will feel a world away from home, yet are surprisingly accessible from a handful of major cities.

City breaks

Top 8 road trip cities of 2014 Get inspiration from some of the most popular road trips posted on the internet, and details of what makes them special.

Valentine’s Day

Romantic road trips to make Valentine’s Day miles better Why not turn Valentine’s Day into a weekend excursion? These scenic suggestions will help you plan it.

The ‘perfect’ road trip

What’s the perfect road trip? Chevrolet tries to find out

Chevrolet and data scientist Randy Olsen teamed up to create what they believe to be the optimal routes for road trippers, with an epic, start-anywhere 13,000-mile guide and various regional trips.

Places missed on the ‘perfect’ Northeast road trip

Putting together their ideal road trip for the Northeast, Chevrolet and Olsen left out some sights we think are definitely worth a detour. Here are Josh Myatt’s recommendations.

Places missed on the ‘perfect’ Texas road trip map

In such a big state with so much to see it’s hard to fit everything into a road trip, but here are three destinations not to be missed within the magic triangle of Dallas, San Antonio and Houston.

What to pack

10 Essentials for a road trip back to that college campus No one wants to arrive on campus after the annual road trip only to realize they left an essential sitting on the nightstand. Read this infographic before you go.

Tips for traveling with pets If you’re road tripping with a pet for company, these tips on what to pack and how to handle the journey will smooth the way.

What to pack for a college sporting event road trip Traveling to a rival school for a sports game is a decades-old tradition, and packing the right stuff should be part of it if you want to make the most of the experience.

What to eat

Road trip: Food for thought when you’re traveling Food is a way to embrace the experience of travel, and Sonny Bynum’s recipe for a tasty road trip includes old faithfuls, new classics and local flavor.

Road trips and restaurants: Eating your way across America Check out AAA-inspector restaurant recommendations that are definitely worth a stop.

What to listen to

The top 38 summer road trips songs Our melting pot of tunes, like all good mixes, features a wide variety. Browse the selection and hear our summer road trip playlist on Spotify.

How to prepare your vehicle

Summer is here. Is your vehicle ready? Beware of potential frustration on the road. Prepare for happy travels with these nine summer car-care tips.

Roadside emergency & car safety kit list It’s good to be prepared for anything that comes your way on the road. An emergency kit, and some safety steps, may prevent your road trip turning flat.

More travel tips

Holiday road trip See a dozen great ways to prepare for a holiday season automobile adventure in this infographic, from thinking like a Boy Scout to keeping the kids busy.

Safe winter driving tips for the holidays and beyond Driving in the winter can be scenic, but also dangerous. Travel safely with these tips for vehicle preparation, what to bring, driving in snow and more.

Road trip: AAA advice on hitting the roads safely this summer Don’t be one of millions of motorists stranded on the roadside when you should be vacationing instead.

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Western Conference First Round Playoff Preview

We made it y’all. After a regular season that gave us two of the greatest single season performances of all time, provided us with quite possibly one of the most surprising regular season bodies of work in some years and marked as the coming out party for a team that has given us another reason to believe in the power of defense first basketball we have made it to one of the most exhilarating postseason events in all of professional sports. The NBA Western Conference Playoffs.

Warriors and Spurs and Rockets OH MY! AND at least three other REALLY interesting teams that will most likely manage to make life much harder for the frontrunners than they expect. In terms of the first round we have some super intriguing matchups and a few pairings that we should expect to be more or less decided by this time next week. Anywho let’s strap in and get down to the nitty gritty of this hateful eight.

#1. Golden State Warriors vs. #8. Portland TrailBlazers

In this rematch of last season Western Conference semi-final matchup we see the Dubs coming off of another historically dominant regular season cruising into the playoffs just as they are getting their full cadre of weapons back while Portland had a much more arduous path to the postseason overcoming a slow start to reel off a 17-8 mark post All-Star break including 7-3 in the last 10 to secure the final spot by one game over the Denver Nuggets.

Warriors will win if they………

Start strong. As mentioned up top Portland is a team coming into the playoffs with a full head of steam and despite not being able to match them evenly on paper they’re possibly the team that is least afraid of the Dubs in the West. To help extinguish this they should look to take control early preferably through a convincing opening win at home. And as per usual they have the tools to do it. The old gang is back with Steph doing Steph things (25-4-6 and 41% from 3), Klay in the running to officially steal the moniker The Silent Killer away from cancer (22 & 4 also going for 41% from 3) and the anything but silent killer Draymond Green (10-8-7 and 2 steals per contest). But as many has though the addition of Kevin Durant may be the factor that can make this series a cakewalk. Sure his 25-8-5 on 54% shooting (yes, that’s not transposed) is probably enough to bolster the Dubs to an easy ticket to round 2 it’s his defense that especially when in concert with Green and Thompson stands to do a great job in stifling any progress the Blazers may be working towards. And the bench is still pretty damned good too.

Blazers will win if they…………

KEEP THE FIRE BURNING!!! Yeah, technical prognostications won’t work here because they are technically inferior by just about every measure. Their only hope in having a rat’s ass of a chance at getting this done is if they play with reckless abandon while still achieving near perfection on the court. No biggie. They have the dudes to spearhead this as you all know in Dame Lillard 27-5-6 and C.J. McCollum 23-4-4 on 42% from 3 and a very game set of complimentary guys in Moe Harkless, Al-Farouq Aminu, Allen Crabbe (who should be back for Game 1). The addition of Jusef Nurkic has been great for them but is recovering from a leg injury that has sidelined him for at least the first game of the series. Simple and plain, what they will have to do in order to pull this off will have to exceed what can be seen on paper but it would look great on paper also.

H.B. says…………..Dubs in 5

#4. Los Angeles Clippers vs. #5. Utah Jazz

Ah, the basketball nerds pick for best series this round. On one hand we have the as effective as they are unlikeable Clips against the basketball nerd community new darling team (myself included) Utah Jazz. It may not yield the excitement of say and OKC x Houston series but believe me we’re going to get some very interesting meetings out of this one. I’m just happy this one wasn’t relegated to NBATV.

Clips will win if they………

Win the each individual match up. Okay, let me explain. Utah is a good team, a very good team actually but what they doing isn’t rocket surgery. They shoot the ball well, the defend the ever loving shit out of anything not donning their colors and they play a brand of uncomplicated yet very efficient and cohesive basketball. But what L.A. has to break that up is superior talent in spots. Paul is better than Hill (although Hill has had a wonderful season), Redick is better than Hood (may be vice versa in two season but for now…..) and Blake is better than Favors (well…..yeah). If they exploit these matchups and find a way to win the toss-up between Rudy “The Stifle Tower” Gobert and Deandre Jordan as well as patch enough defense to slow Gordon Hayward down this may be the key to pulling this out.

Jazz will win if they………

Have Gordon Hayward answer the challenge issued by this being his (and most of the Jazz for that fact) first playoff appearance. This is actually a pretty good introductory series to the postseason since Utah has a rabid fanbase and the Clips…….well we’re not sure if the Clips like themselves so no one’s really buying the whole homecourt advantage thing. The Jazz also feature a bench that matches up really well will LA. Through the progression of guys like Trey Lyles, Shelvin Mack and Dante Exum paired with the contributions of trusted vets Boris Diaw and Joe Johnson they may be able to gain a considerable edge over the Clips in this department.

H.B. says…………….Jazz in 6

#3. Houston Rockets vs. #6 Oklahoma City Thunder

First round matchup featuring the top 2 MVP candidates? Yeah, this may turn a few heads. So, if you’re not downright fanatical and only have a finite amount of time to watch playoff ball this is the series to watch. Houston clearly the surprise of the season against Oklahoma City powered by not only the little engine that not only could but have rewritten the record books. And there’s a lot of other stuff to unpack here also.

Rockets will win if they………

Do what got them here. It’s really that easy. Let James Harden powering the Rockets through a 29-8-11 (yeah you read that right) line set the pace, let your shooters Eric Gordon 37% from 3, Pat Beverly 38%, Ryan Anderson 40% and Lou Williams (if he can find some consistency) do their thing and let your defenders Beverly again, Trevor Ariza and Clint Capela go to work trying to keep up with Brody and Co. A+B+C=W. If the Beard can facilitate as well as get to the hole with ease (which is totally his thing), then he can create numerous open looks for his guys and if they can control the pace and successfully throw different looks at Westbrook and anyone else that can create for the Thunder they can grab the upper hand here and make OKC play from behind. Simple equation, no so simple to execute.

Thunder will win if they……….

Surprise surprise, Russy has to go full Russy on em’ from start to finish. They’re going to need every bit of his 31-10-10 (yeah you read that right) and even more. Unfortunately for OKC a lot more will be needed to take out the Rockets. Between Victor Oladipo, Andre Roberson, Taj Gibson and Stephen Adams the Thunder actually present a formidable defensive front to challenge Houston. What the Thunder need more than our Tangerine in Chief needs Twitter is someone else to create. Oladipo is their second leading scorer at 16 per night but his consistency in doing so has been categorized best as fits and starts. Honestly, this will be the perfect time for one of the many warm bodies that round out the OKC roster to show signs of life on the offensive end. Kanter provides a punch in the post but if Abrines, McDermott, Sabonis, hell even if A Rob can let it fly or prove to be effective at getting to the rack that will make Westbrook’s impact even more terrifying.

H.B. says……………Thunder in 7

#2. San Antonio Spurs vs. #7 Memphis Grizzlies

Another year, another playoff appearance we all know will end up being ill-fated for the Grit n’ Grind Grizzlies. Also in this case they have the pleasure of getting a rematch with the team that bounced them out of the playoffs with ease last year. And to be honest the San Antonio Spurs couldn’t be happier. The Spurs cruising to a Spursy 61 wins in the Spursiest way possible have looked a bit flat as of late going .500 in their last ten but remember these are the Spurs. Essentially, this appears to be a five game exercise for Pop to figure out how in the hell he’s going to deal with whatever comes out of the Rockets x Thunder battle. But Memphis being Memphis ain’t gonna lay down that easily.

Spurs will win if they………

Don’t let the science experiment get out of hand. Sure they may be slumping a bit (and it speaks a lot to the Spurs’ organization that you can legitimately consider going .500 over the final 10 a slump) but they always turn it on in the playoffs. Kawhi Leonard emerging as the clear cut alpha dog this year as well as throwing his hat in the MVP race bag behind 25-6-4 and 2 steals while nailing almost 40% of his threes is going to really flex his muscles here to rush himself into shape in hopes of being prepared for next round. Sure he’s ready but this looks to be a big series for Danny Green and the dual point guard attack in Tony Parker and Patty Mills. San Antonio will do just fine here making use of their extended rotation. But with all of that said they should be careful not to get so caught up in playing chess that they neglect the checkers match right in front of them.

Grizzlies will win if………..

Spurs play way down and the Grizzlies play way up. However, this is pretty unlikely given that Memphis slumped their way into the playoffs also. The Grizz are 9-15 since the All-Star break and hasn’t shown any real signs whipping themselves into shape anytime soon. Mike and Marc will give it everything they got. Conley coming off of a 20 points and 6 dimes per night campaign while Gasol went for 19 and 6 boards. Z-Bo and JaMychal Green stand to dominate the post with Marc. But as has been the problem with Memphis for seems like a decade now they have to figure out who’s going to shoot. Conley has hit from deep with 38% accuracy but with him being the primary ball handler complicates this. Daniels has been good for them but his deficiencies on the other end keeps him from seeing extended minutes. Gasol is good for one or two a game but his hardly provides the volume or consistency needed to swing the series. It’ll take a pretty big implosion for this one to happen.

H.B. says……………Spurs in 5

-H.B.

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Size matters: the evolution of the NBA big man

A new generation of seven-footers has shifted the balance of power in the NBA from the shorter guys but are these changes good for the game?

Last week, late in the first quarter of an NBA game in Detroit, Michigan, Myles Turner, the Indiana Pacerss 20-year-old 6ft 11in center, popped out to the top of the three-point line and hit a 25ft jump shot with an arc so high the cameraman had to raise the viewing angle to follow it. Less than a minute later, he hit another one from the same spot. Both shots were so smooth that neither of them even skimmed the rim. The field goals were no anomaly. Turner is shooting 41% from the three-point line, well above the league average of 35%.

More than a thousand miles west in Denver, Colorado, Nikola Jokic, the Denver Nuggets 21-year-old 6ft 10in center, stood with his back to the basket, 15ft away, and threw a no-look, over-the-shoulder pass to a cutting team-mate for a wide-open lay-up. The pass, more common in a Harlem Globetrotters game than an NBA one, was nothing new for Jokic. A three-minute YouTube compilation posted to the site last month highlights dozens of them. Jokic actually has some flair, said former NBA coach George Karl, whose memoir about his life in basketball, Furious George, was published this week. He throws some balls that only guards think about throwing.

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Turner and Jokic, who both play Thursday at the O2 Arena in London when the Pacers and the Nuggets face off in the NBAs only game in the UK this season, are their teams representatives of a new generation of NBA big men, all roughly 7ft tall, who, to varying degrees of competency, can shoot three-pointers, pass, and dribble, a collective set of skills that has historically been the province of only guards. Their recent emergence, a result of the evolution of the NBA game, has become so widespread that its shifting the balance of power in the league from players several inches shorter, who have largely been the sports marquee names for the last several decades, to the tallest the game has to offer.

The New Orleans Pelicans Anthony Davis, 23, is considered the cream of this crop of players, but Giannis Antetokounmpo, 22, of the Milwaukee Bucks, has emerged this season as a rival candidate for the future face of the league, once LeBron James and Stephen Curry retreat from prominence. The New York Knickss 21-year-old Latvian star, Kristaps Porzingis, is another of these potential stars, as is the Minnesota Timberwolvess Karl-Anthony Towns, 21, the Philadelphia 76erss Joel Embiid, 22, and the Sacramento Kingss DeMarcus Cousins, who, at 26, is an old man among his peers.

Center until recently the only position a 7ft tall person would ever play produced the first nationally recognized legends of the NBA in the 1960s. These were its tallest players who could dictate the flow of a game both offensively and defensively by dominating the area several feet around the basket, such as Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, and, later, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

But with the rise of the point guard Magic Johnson, the small forward Larry Bird, and the shooting guard Michael Jordan in the 1980s and 1990s, the center became less of the focal point of NBA teams, until the position reached a nadir about a decade ago. By the end of Shaquille ONeals peak years in the mid-2000s, it seemed that the only requirement to play the position in the league was to be a 7ft blob of humanity, said Scott Hastings, the Nuggets television analyst and a former center himself, when I spoke to him by phone last week. No disrespect intended, but when youve got guys like [current Charlotte Hornets seven-footer] Roy Hibbert making all-star games at the center position [as he did for the Indiana Pacers in 2012 and 2014], the center position is almost dead.

In the early 2000s, the Dallas Mavericks Dirk Nowitzki emerged as the first seven-footer to be a dominant offensive player both close to the basket as well as from three-point range. Additionally, Nowitzki was skilled enough as a ball handler that he could effectively score on drives to the basket. He was the original prototype of the generation of big men that is emerging now. What made Nowitzki so revolutionary was that his offensive versatility created significant match-up problems for the opposing defense.

Spacing is so important in the game, Karl said by phone from Denver last week. Anytime that your center can bring [the other teams center] away from the basket where he has to defend is incredibly important to the spacing that you put on the court.

Larry Bird, now the Pacerss president of basketball operations, said from Indiana in a telephone interview last week: When the bigs stretch out there, youve got to guard them [with your bigs] and theres nobody protecting the rim. Its easier for these guards to get a cleaner shot at the basket.

Yet Nowitzki proved to be ahead of his time. Many players were drafted in his image, but none had the same impact. (Italys Andrea Bargnani was the most successful, but since he fell far short of Nowitzkis mark he was also the most ridiculed.) Meanwhile, an NBA rule change in 2004 that outlawed hand-checking above the foul line further weighted the game in favor of the smaller player. It allowed ball handlers, most often guards, to be more aggressive offensively. In hindsight, the most significant effect was that three-point-shot attempts, which had plateaued for several years prior to the rule change, began to increase. In 2004, the average number of three-point shots attempted by a team was 15 per game. This season it is 27.

Not long ago we were worried about the court being too small for these players, and there was talk about widening the lane and some people were even talking about widening the whole court, Bird said. But the three-point shot has changed everything.

Last year, the Golden State Warriors, who lost in the NBA finals, led the league in three-point shots made, at an average of 13 per game, which is an NBA record. The Cleveland Cavaliers, the team that beat the Warriors in the championship, made the second-most. Not surprisingly, most NBA teams have followed suit. The increase in three-point shots attempted this season over last (from an average of 24 per game to 27) is the largest single-season increase since 1994, when the NBA shortened the distance of the shot. (In 1997, the three-point line was extended back to its current dimensions.)

Out of a necessity for survival, NBA big men have had to adapt to the little mans game. As more players throughout the league shoot three-pointers, more centers do now as well. When Karl coached the Sacramento Kings last year, he was responsible for Cousins incorporating the shot into his game, after Cousins had hardly attempted any at all in his first four years in the league. Cousins now shoots five per game and makes a very respectable 37% of them. This season, even the last of the old-school centers, the Brooklyn Nets Brook Lopez and the Memphis Grizzlies Marc Gasol, have begun to shoot three pointers. (Lopez is hitting 36% of his; Gasol makes 41%.)

What makes the new generation of seven-footers so unique is that they have taken the adaptation process one step further: many of them have ball-handling skills that rival, if not surpass, Nowitzkis. When parked at the three-point line, they dont have to settle for a jump shot. Like a guard, they can drive to the basket as well.

The two best shots in basketball are the lay-up and the three-point shot, Karl said. And big guys are now becoming a very common proponent of both.

Yet with such dramatic developments in the game offensively come dramatic adjustments necessary defensively. And, as former NBA coach Jeff Van Gundy, now a basketball analyst for ESPN, observed in a telephone interview last week, most of the new wave of seven-footers mentioned above are on teams with losing records. What goes directly into winning that everybody overlooks is the impact of having enough defensive skill and mentality on the floor to complement the offensive skill, Van Gundy said, and how important it is, particularly talking about those guys as best players, that they exert as much energy into their defense as they do into their offense.

Van Gundy continued: Defense for a center today is harder than its ever been. What is being asked of these seven-footers is not low-post defense any more as much as it is transition and pick-and-roll defense, and being able to close to the three-point line and have good enough feet to be able to guard the dribble.

The game changes about every 10 to 15 years, Bird said. Its changing now, though not all of the changes may be for the best. The game is becoming very homogenous, Van Gundy said. Theres less differences in style of play Youre going to continue to see less and less low-post play.

How the NBA reacts to these changes will determine the direction the game takes in coming years. For now, its produced a generation of seven-footers who have redefined what an NBA center is yet again.