Monday, February 03, 2020

Niners or Chiefs Kingdom to Come as they arrived at Bowl of Oz: Hardest Rock at Lane Cove: Super Bowl LIV(E)

... Postscript  as always there is nothing like American, tracey and sam’s,  hospitality even if chiefs won 31 to niners 20 ... NY Times how Chiefs won  ... 20020202 stands for Shakira’s 43rd birthday ... we are filled trivia and strange alien dancing moves today ;-)

 After a 50-year wait, the Kansas City Chiefs are Super Bowl champions once again, after Patrick Mahomes engineered a stirring fourth-quarter comeback Sunday to beat the San Francisco 49ers, 31-20, at a raucous Hard Rock Stadium.
Mahomes caught fire late, leads Chiefs to 31-20 comeback win.

Like superbowl, soccer forces life to move on. There’s always a new match. A new season. There’s always a dream that everything can get better. It’s a game of wonders.
~ Fredrik Backman - Fredrik, I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.




Remembering some of the super bowls best food ...Many Australians will be again paying respect to American friends - Military honours for US firefighters who died after plane crashed battling NSW fires. The death of three US firefighters who were battling bushfires in southern NSW when their air tanker crashed has been described as a "body blow" to the firefighting community

As usual at the Super Bowl, you never know which special guests will make an appearance, but at the moment details of the performance have been kept under wraps — except for a hint that it will honour Kobe Bryant in some way.

"We'll all be remembering Kobe on Sunday and celebrating life and diversity in this country," Shakira said.

"I'm sure he'd be very proud to see the message we are trying to convey on stage that day."
DISPATCHES FROM TV’S STONE KNIVES AND BEARSKINS ERA: The first Super Bowl was broadcast on two networks, but you’re not allowed to watch it today.
Coda: Demi Lovato will be singing the national anthem before the game.
The Super Bowl trophy stands next to helmets for the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs.

How Polish Antipodean Mitch Wishnowsky went from working at a Perth pub to the Super Bowl

Australian punter Mitch Wishnowsky will take to the field for the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV, completing a journey that started on the other side of the world.

Australian punter's 18,000km Super Bowl journey

Australian punter Mitch Wishnowsky's journey to Miami's Hard Rock Stadium for the Super Bowl has been long, winding and full of obstacles


The New York Times just endorsed the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs to win the next Super Bowl.

 

Two female superstar entertainers pose, one giving a thumbs up for the camera.



SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW REDUCES RISK OF WARDROBE MALFUNCTION BY ELIMINATING MOST OF WARDROBE.
 

  It's rumored that Jennifer Lopez is on the NFL's '2020 Super Bowl Halftime Show' performer short list.

*She's set to face some competition, not to mention Tim Tebow, who's learning piano, keyboards; how to sing and dance. My point: He's determined to be in there somewhere.

  

Who needs to go to Miami anyway when Tom of Sylvania is behind the Barbie?  And original Czech BUDVAR Budweiser is served 

 

A friend of mine has two tickets for the Super bowl. He didn't realize when he bought them that this is the same day as his wedding - so he can't go.

If you're interested ... the church is St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan and the bride's name is Jozefina.

No Matter How Many Problems There Are With The NFL, Hordes Of People Keep Watching The Super Bowl. What Keeps Us Hooked?


“The Super Bowl isn’t just a game. It’s the halftime show; it’s the ads; it’s the chips and guac. It is sport but also music, dance, costumes, TV production and stage design — a pop culture event greater than the sum of its parts. Perhaps most important, … the Super Bowl is one of the last true vestiges of an era when we all watched the same things at the same time.” Times journalists Wesley Morris, Caryn Ganz and Austin Considine discuss. – The New York Times




 Dragons are playing a part of the biggest show in American Sports at the best cove to watch the game in Sydney... Last year we won $ as we won the game on a square 3  ... Good to have networking meetings with Lou and Tai Inc 
 




The NFL announced on Thursday morning that Demi Lovato will sing the national anthem before the game. It’s previously been announced that Jennifer Lopez and Shakira will be the halftime performers.
The 27-year-old Lovato is a Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter and actress who has released six studio albums.
Lovato’s mother, Dianna De La Garza, was a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader.

“I mean, it’s amazing. It really is,” Mahomes said. “To be here, to be a part of Chiefs Kingdom and to be able to do it here at Arrowhead, these people deserve it. And, we’re not done yet.”
~Patrick Mahomes

Mahomes' feet, arms, lift Chiefs to Super Bowl over Titans


Kansas City earns Super Bowl 2020 trip as Patrick Mahomes shines in AFC Championship



Keys to the Game: How the Titans, Chiefs Can Reach Super Bowl LIV

Sports Illustrated

When the Tennessee Titans faced the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 10, few predicted it would turn out...


Four NFL teams square off to see who will play in Super Bowl LIV

CNN 

 "If someone isn't having the best day, we pick each other ... life difficult for opposing players trying to hear plays on the field. ... The Chiefs face the Tennessee Titans, the lowest seeded...
Super Bowl LIV, the 54th Super Bowl and the 50th modern-era National Football League championship game, will decide the champion for the NFL's 2019 and 100th season. The game is scheduled to be played on February 2, 2020, at Hard Rock Stadium in... Wikipedia
Date: Monday, 3 February 2020
Location: Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida, United States
Stadium: Hard Rock Stadium
Arena: Miami Gardens
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The Tennessee Titans don't have Aaron Rodgers, Travis Kelce, Nick Bosa, Patrick Mahomes, Tyrann Mathieu or Davante Adams, but they do have momentum after beating two of the top three seeds in the AFC — and if you ask Super Bowl 50 MVP Von Miller, that may just be enough to win it all. 

The Denver Broncos linebacker says that the surprising No. 6 seed Titans are his pick to win Super Bowl LIV in Miami. ( Tennessee_Titans ) V   (Kansas City Chiefs)

"They have all the momentum," Miller told AOL Sports on behalf of My Glaucoma. "I'm just a momentum guy. I know how much momentum can do for a team, especially in the playoffs."

SEE ALSO: Von Miller's relationship with his now-iconic glasses inspires him to 'tackle all things vision'  

Through the first two rounds of the postseason, the Titans have been responsible for two major upsets, which would instill confidence in any team. First, Tennessee bulldozed through the defending Super Bowl champion New England Patriots, then took down the previous Super Bowl favorite Baltimore Ravens the following week behind dominating performances by running back Derrick Henry. 

"Everybody's rolling," Miller continued in his praise of the team. "[Ryan] Tannehill is on fire. Derrick Henry is on fire. They have a really good defense, and they play together."

The Titans are underdogs going into Sunday's game against the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium. Kansas City is playing in its second-straight AFC Championship game but carries with it an unfortunate cloud, according to Miller. 

"Somehow, they always find a way to lose it," he said. "They really don't have any cons but that." On the NFC side of the bracket, Miller says that the San Francisco 49ers "have the best team in the playoffs" but is picking the Green Bay Packers to emerge victorious because "in tournaments, it doesn't always go to the best team." 

Anyone have a spare $30-40k sitting around to give me & my wife so we can see the #49ers in the Super Bowl or put a down payment on a house?


THERE’S A LIFE LESSON IN SUNDAY’S SUPER BOWL: When the final gun sounds on the 49ers and Chiefs in the Super Bowl, there will be no doubt about the outcome. That’s because the purpose of the game for each team was clear at the kickoff – score more points than the other guys. Frank Turek sees a valuable life lesson in that simple fact.

BTW, since my Houston Texans didn’t quite make it to the big show, the Chiefs are my favorite, but I have a strong feeling the Patriots are going to be wishing they had kept Jimmy Garoppolo as Tom Brady’s backup. Is there a life lesson in that for the Pats?



Patriots[The New England Patriots have] won six Super Bowl titles, matching the record held by the Pittsburgh Steelers, and it has done so in less than 20 years. As notable, the Patriots have been so consistently successful that they had not had to play in the first round of the playoffs since 2009; and since then, until this season, they had never failed to make it to at least the divisional round of the playoffs. ...

[T]he Patriots excelled continuously. Among the many reasons for this, five have stood out for me consistently and are extremely relevant for sustained business success 






Kansas City Chiefs beg 'bad luck' fan to stay home for AFC ...
 
Sadly - Titans lost - Despite Derrick Lamar aka Shocka out of cold river ....
Hitchens On Henry: Must Go Low 'To Kill The Engine'

Third world countries should be getting their Chiefs jersey anytime now.

 

The Chiefs need to try to stop Derrick Lamar  Henry this weekend and Anthony Hitchens offered a simple plan: "You gotta take his legs out ... kill the engine."




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A Good Sport Is Hard to Find

A Good Sport Is Hard to Find, Especially in the NFL

How many people remember sportsmanship? I remember it and now think of it chiefly as the element missing from contemporary sports. Sportsmanship was once central to tennis. It was notably practiced by the great Australian generation of Rod Laver, Ken Rosewall, Roy Emerson and John Newcombe. Harry Hopman, the Australian Davis Cup coach between 1939 an 1967, might send a player home for cursing on the court. 
Exactly What to Say: The Magic Words for Influence and Impact.
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Sunday, February 02, 2020

20200202: Laughter, Humor, and Comedy in Ancient Philosophy

It’s no better to be safe than sorry.
 - M. Harket

 “Immigration is the central meaning and
 purpose of the Statue of Liberty.”



Happy Palindrome Day: 20200202
A palindromic question is asked, an answer is ventured, a verdict of correct or incorrect is handed down. But there's more to the lives of quiz obsessives... Brilliant Minds of Renners  

I AGREE. IF WE ARE EACH ONLY ALLOWED TO WRITE AND READ PEOPLE EXACTLY LIKE OURSELVES, THE WORLD BECOMES A COLLECTION OF CELLS, WHERE WE CAN SEE BUT NOT HEAR OR TOUCH ANYONE ELSE:  Artistic Segregation Is a Terrible Idea.

Bridget McKenzie quits frontbench

Bridget McKenzie quits frontbench over report she breached ministerial standards.


Opinion: McKenzie had no discretion to break the rules

Ministers keep saying in relation to the sports-rorts affair that Bridget McKenzie that no rules were broken. This either shows a complete misunderstanding of the powers of ministers within the legal system, or a desire to mislead, writes Anne Twomey.

McKenzie's ministerial career comes to a sudden end after an unexpected beginning

The dual citizenship saga ended some political careers but acted as a catapult for Bridget McKenzie. The party has been wracked with scandals in the years since but it is one of her own that cost the deputy leader her spot on the frontbench.


Documents show scientists' revolt at Trump's 'crazy' hurricane claims


The newly released emails give an inside picture of the scramble to respond to the President's false claims and the turmoil it caused.


What The Font You Use Says About You



“The font you use is a form of non-verbal communication. If you meet in person, tone of voice, clothes and body language carry a huge amount of information. If you write someone a letter you have all these tools available in your handwriting. But as soon as you sit down at a computer, especially if you’re working in a program that defaults to Times New Roman, we suddenly become identical and we don’t like that.” – The Guardian

Don’t Read? What It Means To Love Literature


GIt is no secret that in contemporary America there are many people who hardly read at all, and then another sizable group who, though they keep up with news, sports and the latest fads in self-care or technology, have little interest in serious fiction, poetry or literary commentary. It would be wrong to say such people hate literature, for one has to care about something to truly hate it. – The Point 
David Konstan (New York) reviews Laughter, Humor, and Comedy in Ancient Philosophy (Oxford), by Pierre Destrée, and Franco V. Trivigno (eds

"You know you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend." 
- Paul Sweeney



Never mind the joints that ache
the bones more brittle
than they were at twenty.

The memory lapses
and the end resembling the beginning
as we toddle much like toddlers,
Into age and then beyond
all of it is part of the ride.

From that first slap alive we travel
on deaths road. Life like everything
has a beginning, a middle and an end.
Wherever you may think you are
on that chain,
surprises cannot be avoided.

I promise you that growing older
in all ways but one is safe and
easy, something to be savored.

The downside? Outliving friends
that cannot be replaced, those
few that always make and made
a difference.

Ride on.
Live for those who did not complete
the journey, make a difference
for them.

Rod McKuen, Rusting in the Rain.

 France admits its police are too violent The Economist



Sex in your marriage should get better with age

After many years of being together, the lust-factor may have fizzled out between you and your partner, but there are ways to bring spice back to the bedroom.





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Water falling out of sky in Sydney: thoughtful review of little big farm by Molly and John Chester



Or, to be exact, when its "incessant barking" got the couple evicted from their home.

"And then we thought: 'we've always wanted to be on a farm — now let's make it happen'," John tells ABC RN's Life Matters.


John and Molly had a dream of a simple farm life. The reality went a little differently


Shake typeface

Shake is a typeface made from the real handwriting of a person living with Parkinson’s disease. Creative director Morten Halvorsen:

My mother was diagnosed with Parkinson’s eight years ago. And her handwriting has changed in the years since. I created this font to preserve her handwriting, and enable her to continue to write with her own letters.

A new version of the font will be available each year to capture his mother’s worsening condition. Donate a few dollars (or more!) to download the font — all proceeds go to finding a cure. You can also download a template so that you can document the handwriting of a loved one living with Parkinson’s — for a fee (donated to Parkinson’s research), Halvorsen will turn it into a font for you. 

Steven Johnson (Ghost Map, How We Got to Now) is out with a new book in May called Enemy Of All Mankind: A True Story of Piracy, Power, and History’s First Global Manhunt. The book combines the story of a pirate with the beginnings of global capitalism and the end of an empire in Johnson’s polymathic fashion.

At its simplest, Enemy Of All Mankind is the story of a rogue pirate and his sensational crime. While piracy is an ancient profession, the most famous pirates of history would not take the stage until two decades or so after the voyage of the Fancy. But that “golden age” generation — Blackbeard, Samuel Bellamy, Calico Jack —  was very much inspired by Henry Every’s crimes and the legends that spun up around them. While Every is not as famous today as those iconic figures from the golden age, he had a more significant impact on the course of world events than Blackbeard and his peers. Enemy Of All Mankind is an attempt to measure that impact, to chart its boundaries. It tells the story of the individual lives caught up in the crisis that erupted after the mutiny of 1694, but also the stories of a different kind of character, one step up the chain: forms of social organization, institutions, new media platforms. One of those institutions was as ancient as piracy itself: the autocratic theocracy of the Mughal dynasty. The others were just coming into being: the multinational corporation, the popular press, the administrative empire that would come to dominate India starting in the middle of the next century. 

Have you ever wanted to quit your job and live on a farm? Molly and John Chester did. But the reality of managing animals, crops and equipment on a rundown farm quickly hit home.

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