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mostlysignssomeportents · 1 year

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How Goldman Sachs's "tax-loss harvesting" lets the ultra-rich rake in billions tax-free

Tomorrow (Apr 25) I’ll be in San Diego for the launch of my new novel, Red Team Blues, at 7PM at Mysterious Galaxy Books, hosted by Sarah Gailey. Please come and say hi!

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With the IRS Files, Propublica ripped away the veil of performative complexity disguising the scams that the ultra-rich use to amass billions and billions (and billions and billions) of dollars, paying next to no tax, or even no tax at all. Each scam is its own little shell game, a set of semantic and accounting tricks used to gussy up otherwise banal rip-offs.

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this post to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/04/24/tax-loss-harvesting/#mego

The finance sector has a cute name for this kind of complexity: MEGO, which stands for "my eyes glaze over." If you're trying to rip off a mark, you just pad out the prospectus, make it so thick they decide there must be something good in there, the same way that any pile of shit that's sufficiently large must have a pony under it...somewhere.

Propublica's writers haven't merely confirmed just how little America's oligarchs pay in tax - they've also de-MEGO-ized each of these scams, like the way that Peter Thiel used the Roth IRA - a tax-shelter for middle-class earners to help save a few thousand dollars for retirement - to make $5 billion without paying one cent in tax:

https://pluralistic.net/2021/06/26/wax-rothful/#thiels-gambit

One of my favorite IRS Files reports described how Steve Ballmer - the billionaire ex-CEO of Microsoft - laundered vast fortunes into a state of tax-free grace by creating hundreds of millions in "losses" from his basketball team, the LA Clippers. Ballmer paid 12% tax on the $656 million he took out of the Clippers - while the players whose labor generated that fortune paid 30-40% on their earnings:

https://pluralistic.net/2021/07/08/tuyul-apps/#economic-substance-doctrine

That was Propublica's first Ballmer story, back in the summer of 2021. But they ran a followup last February that I missed (it came out while I was on a book tour in Australia), and it's wild: a tale of "loss harvesting," a form of fuckery involving Goldman Sachs that's depraved even by their own standards:

https://www.propublica.org/article/irs-files-taxes-wash-sales-goldman-sachs

Loss farming is a scam that was invented in the 1920s, whereupon it was promptly banned by Congress. But Goldman and other plutocrat Renfields have come up with tiny modern variations on this century-old con that the IRS is either unable or unwilling to address.

Here's how it works. Say you've got a stock portfolio where some of the stocks have gone up and others have gone down. You want to sell the high stocks and hang onto the low ones until they bounce back. But if you sell those stocks that have gone up, you have to "realize" the profit from them and pay 20% capital gains tax on them (capital gains tax is the tax you pay on money you get from owning things; it's much lower than income tax - the tax you pay for doing things).

But you pay tax on your net capital gains - the profits you've made minus the losses you've suffered. What if you sold those loser stocks at the same time? If you made a million on the good stocks and lost a million on the bad ones, your net income is zero - and so is your tax bill.

The problem is that selling stocks when they've gone down is a surefire way to go broke. Every investing book starts with this advice: you will be tempted to hold onto your stocks that are going up, because they might continue to go up. You'll be tempted to sell your stocks that are going down, because they may continue to go down. But if you do that, you'll only sell the stocks that have lost money, and never sell the stocks that have made money, and so you will lose everything.

Back when the pandemic started, your shares in movie theater chains were in the toilet, while your stock in tech companies shot through the roof. If you sold the tech stocks then and held onto your movie stocks and sold them now, you'd have cleaned up - today, tech stocks are down and movie theater stocks are up. But if you sold the cinema shares when they bottomed out, and held onto your tech stocks when they were peaking, you'd be busted today.

So selling your loser stocks to offset the gains from your winners is a bad idea. That's where loss-farming comes in: what if you sold your tech stocks at their peak, and sold your bottomed-out cinema stocks at the same time, but then bought the cinema stocks again, right away? That way you'd have the "loss" from selling the cinema stocks, but you'd still have the stocks.

That's called "wash trading," and Congress promptly banned it. If you've heard of wash-trading, it's probably something you picked up during the NFT bubble, which was a cesspit of illegal wash-trading. Remember all those eye-popping NFT sales? It was just grifters with multiple wallets, buying NFTs from themselves, making it seem like there was this huge, white-hot market for monkey JPEGs. Wash-trading.

Turns out that crypto really did democratize finance...fraud.

Wash-trading has been illegal for a century, but brokerages have invented modern variations on the theme that are legal-ish, and the most lucrative versions of these scams are only available to billionaires, through companies like Goldman Sachs.

There are a bunch of these variations, but they all boil down to this: there are lots of ways to sell an asset and buy it again, while making it look like you bought a different asset. Like, say you're invested in Chinese tech companies through an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that bundles together "all the Top Chinese tech stocks."

Maybe you bought this fund through Vanguard, the giant brokerage. Now, say Chinese stocks are way down, because the Chinese government is doing these waves of lockdowns on the factory cities. If you could sell those Chinese stocks now, you'd get a massive loss, enough to wipe out all the profits from all your good stocks.

But of course, China's going to figure out the lockdown situation eventually, so you don't want to actually get rid of those stocks right now, especially since they're worth so much less than you paid for them. So right after you sell your Vanguard Chinese tech ETF shares, you buy the same amount of Schwab's Chinese tech-stock ETF.

An ETF of "leading Chinese tech companies" is going to have basically the same companies' stock in it, no matter whether it's sold by Vanguard, State Street or Schwab. But as far as the IRS is concerned, this isn't a wash-trade, because you sold a thing called "Vanguard ETF" and bought a thing called "Schwab ETF" and these are different things (even if the main difference is the name on the wrapper, and not what's inside).

There's other ways to do this. For example, lots of companies have different "classes" of stock. Under Armour sells both Class A (voting) and Class C (nonvoting) stocks. Though voting stock is worth a little more than nonvoting stock, they both rise and fall together - if the Class A shares are up 10%, so are the Class C shares. So you can dump your Under Armour Class A's, buy Under Armour Class C's and own essentially the same amount of Under Armour stock - but as far as the IRS is concerned, you just sold your interest in one company and bought an interest in a different company, and you can take a big loss and write down your profits from other stock trades.

The IRS does prohibit wash-trading, but only in the narrowest sense. Brokerages are obliged to report trades in which a customer buys and sells exactly the same security, with the same unique ID (the CUSIP number), within 60 days. Beyond that, IRS guidance is extraordinarily wishy-washy, calling on filers to "consider all the facts and circumstances" of their transactions. Sure, that'll work.

Propublica found zero instances of the IRS targeting any of these trades, ever, for enforcement. That's especially true of the most egregious version of loss-harvesting, a special version that only the ultra-rich can take advantage of, called "direct indexing." You might know about "index funds," where a brokerage sells a single fund that tracks a broad index of stocks - for example, you can buy an S&P 500 index that goes up and down with the total value of the top 500 stocks in America.

Direct indexing is something that giant banks like Goldman Sachs offer to their very richest clients. The brokerage buys a mix of stocks that are likely to track the whole index, and puts those shares directly into the client's account. Rather than owning shares in a fund that owns the stocks, you own the stocks directly. That means that when you want to harvest some losses, you can sell just a few of the stocks in the index, rather than your shares in the whole fund.

Here's how that works. In 2017, the US index was up 20%; global indexes were up even more. Steve Ballmer made a bundle. But Goldman Sachs, acting on Ballmer's behalf, sold s few of the stocks in the portfolio and harvested a $100,000,000 loss, that Ballmer could use to trick the IRS into treating his massive profits as though he'd made very little taxable income.

Goldman uses a whole range of tricks to keep billionaires like Ballmer in a lower tax-bracket than the janitors who clean the floors after his team's games. They not only buy and sell different classes of stock in companies like Discovery and Fox; they also buy and sell the same company's stock in different countries. For example, they sold Ballmer's shares in Shell in one country, and then immediately bought the same amount of shares in another country. The IRS doesn't treat this as a wash-trade, despite the fact that the shares have the same value, and, indeed, companies like Shell routinely merge their overseas and domestic shares with no change in valuation.

Thanks to Goldman's ruses - and the IRS's willingness to accept them - Ballmer's wealth has swollen to grotesque proportions. He generated $579 million in losses from 2014-18, and as a result, got to keep at least $138m that he'd have otherwise had to pay to the IRS.

Goldman's not the only one in on this game: Iconiq Captial - a firm that also offers marriage partner scouting for its richest clients - has $13.2 billion under management on behalf of just 337 people. Among those high-rollers: Mark Zuckerberg, whose $88m in gains from Iconiq investments were offset by $34m in imaginary losses that the company manufactured with wash-trades.

In theory, the simplest form of wash-trading - selling your Vanguard China fund and buying a Schwab China fund - is available to any investor. Leaving aside the fact that the top 1% of Americans own most of the stock, this is still a deceptive proposition. This kind of wash-trading only benefits investors who hold their shares outside of a sheltered retirement account, which is a vanishing minority indeed.

Instead, the primary beneficiaries of this activity are the usual suspects: convicted monopolists like Ballmer, or useless scions of wealthy families, like the kids of Walmart founder Sam Walton, who emerged into this world through very lucky orifices and are thus effectively exempt from the need to work or pay tax for life.

Jim Walton is Sam Walton's youngest orifice-lottery-winner. Young Jim saw a $10 billion increase in his wealth from 2014-18, making him the tenth richest person in America. Thanks to wash-trading, he declared only $111 million of that $10 billion on his taxes, and paid $0.00 in tax on that $10 billion gains.

One way that the rich are especially well-situated to exploit loss-harvesting is in converting short-term gains - which are taxed at 40% - into long-term gains, which are taxed at 20%. For people who make a lot of money buying and selling shares as pure speculation, flipping them in less than a year, wash-trading can create the appearance of long-term holdings. Analyzing their trove of leaked IRS files, Propublica showed that Americans who report over $10 million in income almost never report short-term gains. Instead, two-thirds of the richest Americans report short-term losses.

One fascinating wrinkle is that rich people may not even know this is going on. Whatsapp co-founder Brian Acton, managed to "lose" $2.9 million when he sold $17 million in shares - the same day he bought $17 million in shares in nearly the same companies from another brokerage. Then, a few months later, he reversed those transactions, selling his new fund and buying the old one and harvesting another $600,000 in losses.

When Propublica asked Acton about this, he told them he was "not really aware of any events like that...Broadly my wealth is managed by a wealth management firm and they manage all the day to day transactions."

This is completely believable and consistent with the extraordinarily frank account of how elite money-management works that Abigail Disney described in 2021, where the ultra-rich are insulated from the scams, tricks and wheezes that lawyers and accountants dream up to keep their fortunes steadily mounting with no action needed on their part:

https://pluralistic.net/2021/06/19/dynastic-wealth/#caste

Could the IRS block this kind of wash-trading? Yes, but they'd need action from Congress. The most effective way to do this would be to force shareholders to "mark to market" the value of their holdings, taxing them each year on the fluctuations in their portfolio.

Propublica notes that this is incredibly unlikely to happen, though. As an alternative, Congress could change the rule that blocks investors from claiming losses when they buy and sell "substantially identical" shares with a rule that applies to "substantially similar" stocks. This proposal comes from Columbia Law's David Schizer, who says the law "ought to be updated to reflect how people invest today instead of how they invested 100 years ago."

But for any of that to have an effect, the IRS would have to change its auditing and enforcement practices, which currently see low-income earners (who can't afford fancy tax-lawyers who'll tie up the IRS for months or years) being disproportionately targeted, while America's super-rich, ultra-rich, and stupid-rich are allowed to submit the most hilariously, obviously fictional returns and get away with it.

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#pluralistic #paper losses #direct indexing #tax-loss harvesting #steve ballmer #propublica #irs files #the rich are different from you and me #mego #wash trading #tax evasion #goldman sachs #vampire squid #mark zuckerberg

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typingtess · 4 months

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After three-days at Camp Pendleton running down a pair of ex-Marines who were working with a washed out SDSU chemistry professor selling synthetic steroids on and off-base, Sam decided to spend the weekend in San Diego. Aiden was in town and a weekend with his son was exactly what Sam needed.

Callen wanted to go home. After a life of living alone, playing good husband to Anna stopped being playing about a month after being married. She was great. He felt better when she was around. And for the first time in his life, he was happy, truly happy.

Walking into the house just after 10PM, he found Anna on the couch watching “Die Hard” – her favorite Christmas movie. He was a little stunned she wasn’t watching “Dr. Zhivago” since their home looked like a Russian Christmas card.

“I can explain,” she started.

“I’m guessing it is a one-word explanation,” Callen looked at the six foot tree with lights, ornaments on every branch and a red and gold ribbon wrapped from the tree-top to the base. The green star on the top of the tree looked like it was frosted on the star’s points. “Arkady.”

“He dropped by last weekend while you were jogging and was unhappy that we didn’t have a tree yet.”

“So he brought this one over.”

“And there is one in the backyard. And one in the guest bedroom that faces the street.”

“Three trees.”

“I made him take down the ten-foot pole with lights that made a tree. He put it up on the front lawn.”

“Thank you for that,” Callen looked at the tree. It was beautiful, just an awful lot for their small living room. Same with the holiday knick-knacks that covered every flat space in the living room.

“He wants us to come by on Christmas Eve.”

“When did he become so ….Christmas-y. A couple of years ago I saw him on Christmas. He was smoking a cigar on a float in his pool, drinking some tequila, calling in NBA bets to his bookie. Spoke about making new holiday traditions in his new home country.”

“He said the wedding was so understated that he wanted to do up our first holiday together.”

“We got married in May,” Callen was shaking his head. “Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day and Thanksgiving are all holidays.”

“He saw Christmas as more a holiday the whole world shares. So, Christmas Eve?”

As if he would ever say no. “Sure, of course.”

“If you think this is a lot, wait until you see his place.”

“Again, he was on a float in his pool, smoking a cigar, drinking tequila and taking the under on a Lakers-Clippers game a few Christmases ago.”

“You remember Carmen?”

Callen thought for a second. “The housekeeper.”

“Her husband is Arkady’s groundskeeper. He also has a side-business decorating homes for holidays. Arkady hired Jose to make the place festive and then sent Jose here.”

“Are we going to have to buy him a gift?”

“I’ve already taken care of it.”

She really was the perfect wife for Callen. “Tell me.”

“Joelle did me a favor.”

“Joelle, Joelle?”

Laughing, Anna said, “I know her by one name but yes, Joelle is back with the CIA. She’s riding a desk, coordinating travel for agents in the Caribbean, South and Central America.”

“She never struck me as a travel agent.”

“The CIA wants her under their watchful eye, she knows she has to play good company officer to keep her career.”

“So if she’s moving people in and out of the Caribbean, that includes Cuba.”

“And sitting in Don Medina’s Cigar Lounge humidor is a box of Montecristo No. 2 and a box of Cohiba Behike 52. I’m picking them up on the 24th at 4PM before we show up for dinner.”

“The Russians were always big on Cuba.”

“And I picked up some Don Julio 1942 so when we leave, he can sit on a float in his pool, smoke an expensive Cuban cigar and bet on the Celtics-Lakers game Christmas Day.”

“How do you know about the Celtics-Lakers game?”

“Merry Christmas,” she said with a smile.

#NCIS: Los Angeles #NCIS: LA #head canon #g callen #anna kolcheck #NCIS Los Angeles #ncis la #arkady kolcheck

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classicobjects · 9 months

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inspired by a post i saw, heres every *current* reloadable-balance card for transit systems in the US (as far as im aware). list of the cities these are from below the cut….

many of these cards can be used in the wider region around the city listed

1-1 Holo card - Honolulu

1-2 SmarTrip card - Washington DC

1-3 PRONTO card - San Diego

2-1 Clipper card - San Francisco

2-2 Ventra card - Chicago

2-3 Key card - Philadelphia (SEPTA)

3-1 GoPass Tap card - Dallas

3-2 MyRide card - Denver

3-3 CharlieCard - Boston

4-1 MetroQ card - Houston

4-2 TAP card - Los Angeles

4-3 CharmCard - Baltimore

5-1 STAR card - Jacksonville

5-2 ORCA card - Seattle

5-3 FAREPAY card - Salt Lake City

6-1 MetroCard - New York City (MTA)

6-2 OMNY card - New York City (MTA)

7-1 Easy card - Miami

7-2 SmartLink card - Hoboken + New York City (PATH)

7-3 Breeze card - Atlanta

8-1 FREEDOM card - (🙄) Camden + Philadelphia (PATCO)

8-2 ConnectCard - Pittsburgh

8-3 Hop Fastpass card - Portland, OR

9-1 [idt this card has a ‘name’ as all the stuff i could find just called it a ‘card’/‘tarjeta’ ?] - San Juan

9-2 Connect card - Sacramento

9-3 Gateway card - Saint Louis

these are current designs as far as i know except for the tren urbano (san juan, pr) card bc i couldnt find any more recent photos that werent obstructed by ppls fingers lol

#i have a soft spot for the dc smartrip card #please lmk if i missed one lol

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deathabilly3117 · 9 months

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In 1942 General Douglas MacArthur ordered this Packard Clipper Eight sedan with virtually every option including air conditioning, overdrive, and radio.

The $1,341 base price nearly doubled to $2,600. The factory returned his check and delivered the car to his station in Australia as a gift.

The car was MacArthur's until 1948, when he gave it to his driver who had served the general.

The car sat forgotten in a barn in Texas for 30 years. MacArthur made arrangements through a Navy friend to ship the car on the aircraft carrier Princeton to San Diego.

Then on a military flatbed it shipped to Fort Sam Houston, Texas. It was released to the driver in his home city of Dallas. He made arrangements to have military hardware removed and painted a bright post war color. However, he had to wait as they were busy.

Before he could get it done he parked the car in his small, dirt floor garage. He died in his sleep and it remained there untouched for years. The car still had MacArthur's old army helmet and Corncob pipe in the back seat It may be in Golden, Colorado now

#Douglas Macarthur #american history #American auto #Packard #world history #WWII #world war ii #world war 2 #flag officer #military #u.s. army #u.s. navy #corncob pipe #true grit

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laresearchette · 4 months

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Monday, January 01, 2024 Canadian TV Listings (Times Eastern)

WHERE CAN I FIND THOSE PREMIERES?: MAS*H: THE COMEDY THAT CHANGED TELEVISION (CTV) 8:00pm AMERICA'S GOT TALENT: FANTASY LEAGUE (City TV) 8:00pm 90 DAY FIANCÉ (TLC Canada) 8:00pm TAKING ON TAYLOR SWIFT (CNN) 9:00pm KIDS BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP (Food Network Canada) 9:00pm CELEBRITY IOU (HGTV Canada) 9:00pm HGTV DREAM HOME 2024 (HGTV Canada) 11:00pm

WHAT IS NOT PREMIERING IN CANADA TONIGHT?: 2023 ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTION CEREMONY (ABC Feed)

NEW TO AMAZON PRIME CANADA/CBC GEM/CRAVE TV/DISNEY + STAR/NETFLIX CANADA:

CBC GEM BOOKSMART GRAND DESIGNS AUSTRALIA (Season 10 B)

CRAVE TV THE HANGOVER HOUSE OF KARDASHIAN (Episodes 1-3)

DISNEY + STAR FX’S AMERICAN HORROR STORY: DELICATE (Season 12A)

NETFLIX CANADA ANNIE (1982) BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE BITCONNED BRAVEN CHAPPIE FOOL ME ONCE (GB) LOURDERMILK (Seasons 1-3) MAHALIA MANDY ONE PIECE: MARINEFORD SEX TAPE SOMETHING BORROWED WAR DOGS YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT: A TWIN EXPERIMENT

PWHL HOCKEY (SN1/TSN/TSN3/TSN4) 12:00pm: New York vs. Toronto

NBA BASKETBALL (SN1) 3:00pm: Timberwolves vs. Knicks (SN/SN1) 7:30pm: Cavaliers vs. Raptors (TSN2) 8:00pm: Pacers vs. Bucks (SN/SN1) 10:30pm: Heat vs. Clippers

NHL HOCKEY (SN) 3:00pm: Knights vs. Kraken

MURDOCH MYSTERIES (CBC) 8:00pm: Murdoch investigates the shooting of a local construction company owner who was executed in a barber shop.

DESIGNING CHRISTMAS (CTV2) 8:00pm: Complicated and unexplored emotions may jeopardize everything between Stella and Pablo, co-hosts of a home renovation show, as they work together during the holidays.

A CHRISTMAS… PRESENT (Super Channel Heart & Home) 8:00pm: Knowing that this is to be Paul's first Christmas alone with his daughter, Ashley, since his wife's passing, Maggie decides to bring Eric and the kids for a visit to spread some Christmas cheer.

MISS SCARLET AND THE DUKE (CBC) 9:00pm (SEASON PREMIERE): The sister of a missing woman hires Eliza to find her, but the case was already closed by the police -- creating new tensions between Eliza and the Duke.

GOLD DIGGERS (W Network) 9:00pm/9:30pm (SERIES PREMIERE): It's 1853, and two ratbag sisters from Sydney travel to the Australian Gold Rush in search of their own treasure: newly rich idiots.

TO CATCH A SMUGGLER (Nat Geo Canada) 9:00pm (SEASON PREMIERE): An HSI stakeout leads to nearly $500,000 of meth and fentanyl in San Diego; CBP finds concealed cash and a carload of cocaine at the El Paso border.

LETTERKENNY (Crave) 9:00pm/9:30pm/10:00pm (SEASON PREMIERE): MoDean's hosts a night of standup. In Episode Two, the Skids engineer a country music hit. In Episode Three, Dary gets in with a bad crowd.

#cdntv #cancon #canadian tv #canadian tv listings #murdoch mysteries #miss scarlet and the duke #gold diggers #letterkenny #pwhl hockey #nba basketball #nhl hockey

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airmanisr · 1 year

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Allen_0088 Martin M-130 Pan-Am China Clipper 4 engine seaplane by SDASM Archives Via Flickr: ---This image has been graciously loaned by Willis and Claudia Allen of Allen Airways Flying Museum.---Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum

#M-130 #aircraft

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spacetimewithstuartgary · 5 months

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Can signs of life be detected from Saturn’s frigid moon?

Enceladus’ ice plumes may hold the building blocks of life

As astrophysics technology and research continue to advance, one question persists: is there life elsewhere in the universe? The Milky Way galaxy alone has hundreds of billions of celestial bodies, but scientists often look for three crucial elements in their ongoing search: water, energy and organic material. Evidence indicates that Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus is an ‘ocean world’ that contains all three, making it a prime target in the search for life.

During its 20-year mission, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft discovered that ice plumes spew from Enceladus’ surface at approximately 800 miles per hour (400 m/s). These plumes provide an excellent opportunity to collect samples and study the composition of Enceladus’ oceans and potential habitability. However, until now it was not known if the speed of the plumes would fragment any organic compounds contained within the ice grains, thus degrading the samples.

Now researchers from the University of California San Diego have shown unambiguous laboratory evidence that amino acids transported in these ice plumes can survive impact speeds of up to 4.2 km/s, supporting their detection during sampling by spacecraft. Their findings appear in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

Beginning in 2012, UC San Diego Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Robert Continetti and his co-workers custom-built a unique aerosol impact spectrometer, designed to study collision dynamics of single aerosols and particles at high velocities. Although not built specifically to study ice grain impacts, it turned out to be exactly the right machine to do so.

“This apparatus is the only one of its kind in the world that can select single particles and accelerate or decelerate them to chosen final velocities,” stated Continetti. “From several micron diameters down to hundreds of nanometers, in a variety of materials, we’re able to examine particle behavior, such as how they scatter or how their structures change upon impact.”

In 2024 NASA will launch the Europa Clipper, which will travel to Jupiter. Europa, one of Jupiter’s largest moons, is another ocean world, and has a similar icy composition to Enceladus. There is hope that the Clipper or any future probes to Saturn will be able to identify a specific series of molecules in the ice grains that could point to whether life exists in the subsurface oceans of these moons, but the molecules need to survive their speedy ejection from the moon and collection by the probe.

Although there has been research into the structure of certain molecules in ice particles, Continetti’s team is the first to measure what happens when a single ice grain impacts a surface.

To run the experiment, ice grains were created using electrospray ionization, where water is pushed through a needle held at a high voltage, inducing a charge that breaks the water into increasingly smaller droplets. The droplets were then injected into a vacuum where they freeze. The team measured their mass and charge, then used image charge detectors to observe the grains as they flew through the spectrometer. A key element to the experiment was installing a microchannel plate ion detector to accurately time the moment of impact down to the nanosecond.

The results showed that amino acids — often called the building blocks of life — can be detected with limited fragmentation up to impact velocities of 4.2 km/s.

“To get an idea of what kind of life may be possible in the solar system, you want to know there hasn’t been a lot of molecular fragmentation in the sampled ice grains, so you can get that fingerprint of whatever it is that makes it a self-contained life form,” said Continetti. “Our work shows that this is possible with the ice plumes of Enceladus.”

Continetti’s research also raises interesting questions for chemistry itself, including how salt affects the detectability of certain amino acids. It is believed that Enceladus contains vast salty oceans — more than is present on Earth. Because salt changes the properties of water as a solvent as well as the solubility of different molecules, this could mean that some molecules cluster on the surface of the ice grains, making them more likely to be detected.

“The implications this has for detecting life elsewhere in the solar system without missions to the surface of these ocean-world moons is very exciting, but our work goes beyond biosignatures in ice grains,” stated Continetti. “It has implications for fundamental chemistry as well. We are excited by the prospect of following in the footsteps of Harold Urey and Stanley Miller, founding faculty at UC San Diego in looking at the formation of the building blocks of life from chemical reactions activated by ice grain impact.”

IMAGE....This artistic rendering shows ice plumes being ejected from Enceladus at speeds of up to 800 miles/hour. Credit NASA

#science #space #astronomy #physics #news #esa #nasa #astrophysics

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jellogram · 2 years

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Oh shit, I never told you guys about the time I went downtown by myself! Okay so first year of college I had a habit of wandering around the greater san diego area by myself and I grew up outside the main area so I didn't know my way around all that well and I didn't have a car so I was entirely dependent on buses and trains. I had never used google maps before even though it was 2017 so I got around by asking directions and using those little route pamphlets at the front of buses.

So I decided to go downtown by myself and our downtown is pretty small and relatively safe. Since our transit sucks it took a while for me to figure out my way there, but a few transfers later I saw a neighborhood I knew and got off, not understanding that this neighborhood was absolutely nowhere near the rest of the cool stuff downtown. Ended up walking several miles (in flip flops) to get down there. This is essential to note because you've gotta understand that by the end of the day I was absolutely exhausted and got lost several times and I was losing daylight. All I wanted was to go back to my dorm and I had no fucking clue how to get there. I asked a bus driver for directions and he got mad at me. Got harassed a few times, just generally over being out myself and frustrated that I couldn't find my way home.

Ended up in a not so great part of town, but I had a switchblade so I kept it in my palm. This dude starts coming the other way and when I go to pass him, he throws out his arm to block me. I sighed and went the other side, and he blocked me there too. At this point I was absolutely not having it. I was tired and lost and just totally done so I took off my sunglasses and looked him in the eye as if to stare him down. I was about to fully go off on him, I had my hand literally around my knife, and this dude goes "Oh shit! I'm sorry! I thought you were my friend and I was just messing with you!"

My heart was in my throat so I didn't answer and I just walked away, but I was thinking about it like bro I almost just made you fucking bleed. Why on earth did my fight or flight response choose fight? Did my tiny ass knife give me that much confidence? That could have gone really wrong in a number of different ways.

So I'm thinking about this and eventually I get to the right train station after much difficulty and I'm sitting there on the bench biting my nails and watching pigeons and the next thing I know there's this dirty old guy shoving something metal in my face. I was like "Are you kidding me right now, am I actually getting mugged?" I had just walked ten miles in flip flops, lost and cold as the sun went down, and this dude was gonna take my wallet with my bus pass. And then I looked a little closer and I see it's not a knife, it's fucking nail clippers. He saw me biting my nails. I said "No... no thank you" and he laughed this phlegmy smoker's laugh and all I could think was man, I just want to fucking go home. Nobody fucking talk to me anymore, get me out of here.

I eventually did get home and I got a lot better at the transit over time so it wasn't such a pain getting around. I've met a lot of interesting people at bus stops and train stations and around downtown too and I'm glad neither of these people meant any harm but gotdam was done with the city.

#idk if anyone will read this wall of text but this was the first in the long line of excursions #this was by no means all that happened to me that day either lol i got so fucking lost #i swear to god sante fe depot exists outside of reality

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Qual é a melhor estratégia de apostas ao vivo para jogos de basquete dos Clippers?

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Qual é a melhor estratégia de apostas ao vivo para jogos de basquete dos Clippers?

Estratégias de apostas ao vivo

Claro, aqui está o artigo:

Estratégias de apostas ao vivo

As apostas ao vivo têm se tornado cada vez mais populares entre os entusiastas do jogo, oferecendo uma experiência emocionante e dinâmica. No entanto, para maximizar as chances de sucesso, é fundamental adotar estratégias eficazes ao realizar essas apostas em tempo real.

Uma das estratégias mais importantes é acompanhar de perto o evento esportivo em que você está apostando. Isso inclui não apenas observar o placar, mas também analisar o desempenho das equipes ou jogadores, as condições do campo ou da quadra, e quaisquer outras variáveis que possam influenciar o resultado. Essa informação em tempo real pode ajudar a tomar decisões mais informadas e precisas.

Além disso, é essencial definir limites claros de apostas antes de iniciar o jogo ao vivo. Isso pode evitar que você se envolva em apostas impulsivas e arriscadas, protegendo assim sua banca. Estabeleça um orçamento específico para apostas ao vivo e mantenha-se disciplinado em relação a esse limite.

Outra estratégia importante é aproveitar as oportunidades de apostas que surgem durante o jogo. Por exemplo, se uma equipe favorita sofre um gol inesperado e suas probabilidades aumentam, pode ser uma oportunidade para fazer uma aposta vantajosa, considerando o potencial de uma virada no jogo.

Por fim, é fundamental permanecer calmo e focado durante o jogo ao vivo. As apostas podem ser emocionantes, mas agir impulsivamente ou deixar as emoções dominarem pode levar a decisões ruins. Mantenha a cabeça fria e confie na análise e estratégias que você estabeleceu.

Em resumo, as apostas ao vivo oferecem uma emocionante oportunidade de envolvimento durante os eventos esportivos, mas exigem estratégias cuidadosas para garantir o sucesso a longo prazo. Ao acompanhar de perto o jogo, definir limites claros, aproveitar oportunidades e manter a calma, você pode aumentar suas chances de lucro e desfrutar de uma experiência de apostas ao vivo gratificante.

Jogos de basquete dos Clippers

Os Clippers de Los Angeles são uma equipe de basquete profissional americana que compete na NBA (National Basketball Association). Fundados em 1970 como Buffalo Braves, a equipe se mudou para San Diego em 1978 e finalmente para Los Angeles em 1984, onde adotaram o nome atual.

Com uma história marcada por altos e baixos, os Clippers emergiram como uma força competitiva na NBA nas últimas temporadas. Após anos de reconstrução e aquisição de talentos, os Clippers se estabeleceram como um dos principais concorrentes ao título.

Liderados por jogadores como Kawhi Leonard e Paul George, os Clippers têm mostrado um desempenho impressionante nas últimas temporadas, competindo de igual para igual com as equipes mais fortes da liga.

Os jogos dos Clippers são uma emocionante experiência esportiva, com a equipe proporcionando momentos de pura habilidade e competitividade. A atmosfera nos jogos em casa, no Staples Center, é eletrizante, com os fãs vestindo as cores da equipe e apoiando incansavelmente seus jogadores.

Além do talento em quadra, os Clippers também têm uma forte presença na comunidade, envolvendo-se em várias iniciativas sociais e programas de caridade.

Para os fãs de basquete e entusiastas do esporte, assistir a um jogo dos Clippers é uma experiência imperdível. Com sua habilidade, determinação e paixão pelo jogo, os Clippers continuam a inspirar uma nova geração de jogadores e fãs em todo o mundo.

Melhores práticas de apostas

As melhores práticas de apostas são essenciais para quem deseja se envolver nesse mundo de forma responsável e com chances reais de sucesso. Independentemente de ser um iniciante ou um apostador experiente, seguir algumas diretrizes pode melhorar significativamente a experiência e aumentar as chances de lucro a longo prazo.

Em primeiro lugar, é fundamental definir um orçamento específico para as apostas e respeitá-lo rigorosamente. Isso ajuda a evitar gastos excessivos e a manter o controle financeiro, evitando que as emoções assumam o controle durante as apostas.

Além disso, é crucial pesquisar antes de fazer qualquer aposta. Isso inclui analisar estatísticas, estudar as equipes ou jogadores envolvidos, e ficar por dentro das últimas notícias e desenvolvimentos relacionados ao evento esportivo em questão. Quanto mais informações forem reunidas, mais embasadas serão as decisões de apostas.

Diversificar as apostas também é uma prática recomendada. Em vez de concentrar todo o capital em uma única aposta, distribuí-lo entre diferentes eventos ou tipos de apostas pode reduzir os riscos e aumentar as chances de retorno.

A gestão de apostas também desempenha um papel fundamental. Isso envolve determinar o valor adequado a ser apostado em cada evento, levando em consideração a probabilidade de sucesso e o potencial de lucro.

Por fim, é importante manter a disciplina e o controle emocional em todas as situações. As apostas esportivas podem ser emocionantes, mas agir impulsivamente pode levar a decisões equivocadas e prejuízos financeiros.

Seguir essas melhores práticas pode transformar a experiência de apostas em algo mais gratificante e lucrativo a longo prazo, garantindo que o entretenimento esteja sempre em primeiro lugar.

Análise de desempenho dos jogadores

A análise de desempenho dos jogadores é uma parte fundamental no mundo do esporte, especialmente no futebol. Essa prática consiste em avaliar diversos aspectos do desempenho individual de um atleta durante uma partida ou treinamento, utilizando dados estatísticos e observações detalhadas.

Um dos principais objetivos da análise de desempenho é identificar pontos fortes e áreas de melhoria de cada jogador, permitindo que os técnicos e treinadores desenvolvam estratégias mais eficazes para otimizar o desempenho da equipe como um todo. Isso inclui avaliar a técnica, a tática, a condição física, a tomada de decisão e outros aspectos relevantes para o sucesso dentro de campo.

Para realizar essa análise, são utilizadas diversas ferramentas e métodos, como câmeras de alta definição, software especializado e até mesmo dispositivos vestíveis que monitoram o desempenho físico dos atletas em tempo real. Além disso, os analistas de desempenho também podem acompanhar as estatísticas de jogo, como passes completos, dribles bem-sucedidos, interceptações, entre outros, para entender melhor o comportamento e a contribuição de cada jogador para o resultado da partida.

Com base nessas informações, os treinadores podem tomar decisões mais embasadas, como fazer substituições estratégicas, ajustar a formação tática da equipe e criar planos de treinamento personalizados para cada jogador. Dessa forma, a análise de desempenho se torna uma ferramenta valiosa para maximizar o potencial de cada atleta e aumentar as chances de sucesso do time em campo.

Tendências de apostas esportivas

Com o crescimento constante da indústria de apostas esportivas, é crucial ficar de olho nas tendências emergentes que moldarão o cenário nos próximos anos. Aqui estão algumas das tendências mais importantes a serem observadas:

Aumento do Apostas em Esports: Os esports estão ganhando enorme popularidade, e as apostas nesse setor estão seguindo o mesmo caminho. Com competições emocionantes e uma base de fãs em rápido crescimento, as apostas em esports estão se tornando uma parte significativa do mercado de apostas esportivas.

Integração de Tecnologia: A tecnologia está transformando a forma como as pessoas apostam em esportes. Desde aplicativos móveis até plataformas de apostas baseadas em blockchain, os apostadores têm mais opções do que nunca para participar do jogo.

Apostas ao Vivo em Ascensão: As apostas ao vivo continuam a ganhar popularidade entre os apostadores, oferecendo a emoção de apostar em tempo real durante um evento esportivo. Com a melhoria da conectividade e das interfaces de usuário, as apostas ao vivo estão se tornando uma parte essencial da experiência de apostas.

Regulamentação em Evolução: A regulamentação das apostas esportivas está em constante evolução em todo o mundo. À medida que mais países legalizam as apostas esportivas e implementam regulamentações, é fundamental acompanhar as mudanças no cenário regulatório.

Ênfase na Segurança e Proteção do Consumidor: Com o aumento das preocupações com a segurança e a integridade das apostas esportivas, espera-se que haja uma maior ênfase na implementação de medidas para proteger os consumidores e garantir a equidade nos mercados de apostas.

Em resumo, as tendências de apostas esportivas estão evoluindo rapidamente à medida que a indústria continua a crescer e se adaptar. Ficar atualizado com essas tendências é essencial para os apostadores que desejam aproveitar ao máximo sua experiência de apostas.

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¿Cuál es la historia detrás del equipo de los Clippers de Los Ángeles?

Historia de los Clippers de Los Ángeles

Los Clippers de Los Ángeles son un equipo de baloncesto profesional con sede en Los Ángeles, California. La historia de los Clippers se remonta a su fundación en 1970 como los Buffalo Braves, antes de mudarse a San Diego y posteriormente a Los Ángeles. A lo largo de los años, los Clippers han experimentado altibajos en su desempeño en la NBA, pero han logrado construir una base de seguidores leales en la ciudad.

Uno de los momentos más destacados en la historia de los Clippers fue la adquisición del equipo por parte de Steve Ballmer en 2014. Bajo su liderazgo, los Clippers han experimentado un renacimiento, logrando varios éxitos en la cancha y fortaleciendo su presencia en la liga. Con jugadores estelares como Kawhi Leonard y Paul George, los Clippers han demostrado ser un contendiente en la Conferencia Oeste y han generado una gran expectativa entre sus fanáticos.

A lo largo de los años, los Clippers han logrado varios récords y logros significativos en la NBA, como apariciones en los playoffs y victorias importantes en la temporada regular. A pesar de no haber ganado un campeonato de la NBA, los Clippers continúan trabajando arduamente para alcanzar ese objetivo y seguirán luchando en la cancha temporada tras temporada.

Con su historia rica y llena de altibajos, los Clippers de Los Ángeles son un equipo que ha sabido superar desafíos y mantenerse como una fuerza competitiva en la NBA. Los fanáticos esperan con entusiasmo lo que el futuro le depara a este equipo emblemático de la ciudad de Los Ángeles.

Fundación de los Clippers de Los Ángeles

Los Angeles Clippers es un equipo de baloncesto profesional con sede en Los Ángeles, California. La franquicia fue fundada en 1970 como los Buffalo Braves, y luego se trasladó a San Diego en 1978, donde se convirtió en los San Diego Clippers. Finalmente, en 1984, el equipo se estableció en Los Ángeles y adoptó el nombre de Los Angeles Clippers.

La fundación de los Clippers de Los Ángeles marcó el comienzo de una nueva era para el baloncesto en la ciudad. A lo largo de los años, el equipo ha pasado por diferentes etapas y ha tenido altibajos en su rendimiento en la NBA. A pesar de los desafíos, los Clippers han logrado construir una base de seguidores leales y han sido protagonistas de emocionantes partidos y momentos emblemáticos en la historia del baloncesto.

A lo largo de los años, los Clippers han contado con jugadores icónicos que han dejado huella en la franquicia, como Bob McAdoo, Elton Brand, Chris Paul y Blake Griffin, entre otros. Bajo la dirección de entrenadores destacados, el equipo ha logrado llegar a playoffs y competir en la Conferencia Oeste de la NBA.

La historia de los Clippers de Los Ángeles es un testimonio de la dedicación, la pasión y el esfuerzo de todos los que han sido parte de la franquicia a lo largo de los años. A pesar de los desafíos, los Clippers siguen siendo un equipo emblemático en la NBA y continúan atrayendo a aficionados de todo el mundo con su juego emocionante y su determinación de alcanzar la grandeza en la cancha.

Evolución del equipo de los Clippers

Los Clippers de Los Ángeles han experimentado una interesante evolución a lo largo de los años. Fundado en 1970, el equipo ha pasado por diversas etapas en su historia en la NBA. Inicialmente, los Clippers tuvieron dificultades para alcanzar el éxito en la liga, siendo considerados uno de los equipos más débiles.

Sin embargo, con el paso de los años, los Clippers han logrado consolidarse como una fuerza competitiva en la NBA. La llegada de jugadores talentosos y la dirección de entrenadores experimentados han sido clave en la transformación del equipo. En particular, la adquisición de jugadores estelares como Kawhi Leonard y Paul George ha elevado el nivel de juego de los Clippers.

Bajo la dirección del entrenador Doc Rivers, los Clippers han logrado alcanzar los playoffs de forma consistente y competir en la Conferencia Oeste. A pesar de las dificultades y decepciones en algunos momentos, el equipo ha demostrado su capacidad para superar los obstáculos y mantenerse relevante en la liga.

La evolución del equipo de los Clippers refleja su compromiso con la excelencia y la determinación de alcanzar el éxito en la NBA. Con una base sólida de jugadores talentosos y una organización dedicada a lograr resultados, los Clippers continúan su camino hacia la gloria en la liga de baloncesto más importante del mundo.

Jugadores icónicos de los Clippers de Los Ángeles

Los Angeles Clippers es un equipo de la NBA con una rica historia de jugadores icónicos que han dejado una marca indeleble en la franquicia. Uno de los jugadores más destacados en la historia de los Clippers es Blake Griffin. Griffin fue seleccionado como la primera selección del draft de la NBA en 2009 y rápidamente se convirtió en uno de los jugadores más dominantes de la liga. Con su habilidad para anotar puntos de manera espectacular y su increíble habilidad para volcar el balón, Griffin llevó a los Clippers a nuevas alturas durante su paso por el equipo.

Otro jugador icónico de los Clippers es Chris Paul, quien fue adquirido por el equipo en 2011. Paul es considerado uno de los mejores bases de la historia de la NBA y su liderazgo en la cancha fue fundamental para el éxito de los Clippers durante su tiempo en el equipo. Junto a jugadores como Griffin, Paul llevó a los Clippers a múltiples apariciones en los playoffs y consolidó la relevancia del equipo en la escena de la NBA.

Además, no se puede hablar de los jugadores icónicos de los Clippers sin mencionar a DeAndre Jordan. Jordan fue un pilar en la defensa de los Clippers durante su tiempo en el equipo, liderando la liga en bloqueos y rebotes en varias temporadas. Su presencia intimidante en la pintura fue crucial para la identidad del equipo y lo convirtió en uno de los jugadores más queridos por los fanáticos.

En resumen, jugadores como Blake Griffin, Chris Paul y DeAndre Jordan han dejado una huella imborrable en la historia de los Clippers de Los Ángeles, convirtiéndolos en verdaderas leyendas del equipo.

Fracasos y éxitos de los Clippers de Los Ángeles

Los Clippers de Los Ángeles han sido un equipo de la NBA que ha experimentado tanto fracasos como éxitos a lo largo de su historia. Fundados en 1970, los Clippers han pasado por temporadas difíciles marcadas por derrotas y desafíos. Sin embargo, en los últimos años, el equipo ha logrado obtener reconocimiento y éxito en la liga.

Durante muchos años, los Clippers fueron conocidos por su falta de rendimiento en la cancha y por no lograr clasificar para los playoffs de la NBA. A pesar de contar con jugadores talentosos, el equipo no lograba alcanzar su máximo potencial y sufría derrotas constantes.

No obstante, en temporadas recientes, los Clippers han logrado superar su historial de fracasos y se han convertido en un contendiente en la NBA. Con jugadores estelares como Kawhi Leonard y Paul George, el equipo ha logrado llegar a los playoffs y competir en los niveles más altos de la liga.

Uno de los momentos más destacados en la historia reciente de los Clippers fue su victoria en la Conferencia Oeste en la temporada 2020, llegando a las finales de conferencia por primera vez en su historia. Aunque no lograron avanzar a las Finales de la NBA, este logro marcó un hito en la evolución del equipo.

En conclusión, los Clippers de Los Ángeles han experimentado tanto fracasos como éxitos a lo largo de los años, pero han logrado superar los obstáculos y convertirse en un equipo competitivo en la NBA. Con una base sólida de jugadores talentosos y un enfoque en la excelencia, el futuro de los Clippers parece prometedor en la liga.

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¿Cuál equipo ha tenido más victorias en los enfrentamientos históricos, los Clippers o los Phoenix Suns?

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¿Cuál equipo ha tenido más victorias en los enfrentamientos históricos, los Clippers o los Phoenix Suns?

Historial de victorias de los Clippers

Los LA Clippers es un equipo de baloncesto profesional con sede en Los Ángeles, California. A lo largo de su historia, los Clippers han tenido altibajos en cuanto a victorias y derrotas en la NBA. Fundados en 1970 como los Buffalo Braves, el equipo se trasladó a San Diego en 1978 y finalmente a Los Ángeles en 1984, adoptando el nombre de Los Angeles Clippers.

Durante muchos años, los Clippers fueron considerados como uno de los equipos con peor desempeño en la liga, acumulando temporadas con más derrotas que victorias. Sin embargo, en las últimas décadas han logrado mejorar su rendimiento y competir en la Conferencia Oeste de la NBA.

El historial de victorias de los Clippers ha sido testigo de momentos destacados, como la llegada de jugadores talentosos como Chris Paul, Blake Griffin y DeAndre Jordan, quienes ayudaron a llevar al equipo a múltiples participaciones en los playoffs. En la temporada 2018-2019, los Clippers sorprendieron a muchos al clasificar para los playoffs y llegar a la primera ronda, superando las expectativas de muchos expertos en baloncesto.

A pesar de no haber ganado aún un campeonato de la NBA, los Clippers continúan esforzándose por alcanzar la gloria y mejorar su historial de victorias. Con una base de aficionados leales y un equipo en constante evolución, los Clippers siguen siendo un competidor respetado en la liga y un equipo a tener en cuenta en cada temporada.

Estadísticas de triunfos de los Phoenix Suns

Los Phoenix Suns han sido un equipo con una rica historia de éxitos en la NBA. Fundados en 1968, los Suns han dejado una huella imborrable en el mundo del baloncesto. A lo largo de los años, el equipo ha cosechado una impresionante cantidad de victorias que lo han colocado entre los grandes de la liga.

Una de las temporadas más memorable de los Suns fue la del 1992-1993, cuando alcanzaron la final de la NBA pero fueron derrotados por los legendarios Chicago Bulls de Michael Jordan. A pesar de no haber ganado el campeonato, el equipo demostró su calidad y talento en la cancha.

En la temporada 2020-2021, los Phoenix Suns regresaron con fuerza al escenario de la NBA. Bajo el liderazgo de estrellas como Devin Booker y Chris Paul, el equipo logró un impresionante récord de victorias que los llevó a consolidarse como uno de los contendientes al título.

Con una base de aficionados apasionados y una historia llena de momentos emocionantes, los Phoenix Suns continúan escribiendo su legado en la NBA. Con cada partido, los Suns demuestran su compromiso con la excelencia y su determinación por alcanzar la gloria en la cancha.

Comparativa de desempeño entre los Clippers y los Phoenix Suns

Los Clippers de Los Ángeles y los Phoenix Suns son dos de los equipos más destacados en la Conferencia Oeste de la NBA. Ambos equipos han mostrado un gran desempeño en la temporada regular y se han destacado en los playoffs, llegando a enfrentarse cara a cara en una serie emocionante.

En cuanto al desempeño en la temporada regular, los Clippers han tenido un récord ligeramente superior al de los Suns, mostrando una mayor consistencia en su juego. Sin embargo, los Suns han demostrado ser un equipo sólido y bien estructurado, con una defensa fuerte y un ataque equilibrado.

En los enfrentamientos directos entre ambos equipos, hemos visto una competencia reñida y emocionante. Tanto los Clippers como los Suns han mostrado su determinación y habilidad, lo que ha llevado a partidos muy disputados y cerrados.

En cuanto a sus jugadores estrella, los Clippers cuentan con figuras como Kawhi Leonard y Paul George, que han demostrado su capacidad para marcar la diferencia en momentos clave. Por su parte, los Suns tienen a Devin Booker y Chris Paul, jugadores talentosos y experimentados que lideran al equipo con maestría.

En resumen, la comparativa de desempeño entre los Clippers y los Phoenix Suns muestra dos equipos competitivos y con potencial para llegar lejos en la NBA. Ambos equipos tienen sus fortalezas y debilidades, pero sin duda nos han brindado grandes espectáculos y emociones en cada enfrentamiento. ¡Seguiremos atentos a ver quién se lleva la victoria en la próxima batalla en la cancha!

Análisis de enfrentamientos previos entre Los Clippers y los Phoenix Suns

Los Clippers de Los Ángeles y los Phoenix Suns se preparan para un nuevo enfrentamiento en la temporada de la NBA. Ambos equipos han tenido una rivalidad intensa a lo largo de los años, con encuentros que han mantenido a los fanáticos al borde de sus asientos.

En enfrentamientos anteriores, Los Clippers y los Phoenix Suns han demostrado ser equipos igualados en habilidades y determinación. Cada partido ha sido una batalla en la cancha, con jugadas impresionantes y momentos de tensión que han definido la competencia entre ambos equipos.

Los jugadores estrella de cada equipo han brillado en los enfrentamientos previos, mostrando su talento y liderazgo en cada jugada. La química entre los jugadores y la estrategia del entrenador han sido clave en el resultado de estos emocionantes encuentros.

Los fanáticos de ambas franquicias esperan con ansias el próximo enfrentamiento entre Los Clippers y los Phoenix Suns, sabiendo que presenciarán un espectáculo deportivo lleno de intensidad y emoción. Sin duda, este próximo partido promete ser otro capítulo inolvidable en la historia de la rivalidad entre estos dos equipos de la NBA.

En resumen, los enfrentamientos previos entre Los Clippers y los Phoenix Suns han sido emocionantes y llenos de intensidad, con ambos equipos dispuestos a dejarlo todo en la cancha en busca de la victoria. Los aficionados esperan con entusiasmo el próximo encuentro, sabiendo que presenciarán un espectáculo deportivo digno de recordar.

Historial de partidos ganados entre los Clippers y los Phoenix Suns

Los Los Angeles Clippers y los Phoenix Suns han tenido una larga historia de enfrentamientos en la NBA, con ambos equipos mostrando un alto nivel de competencia a lo largo de los años. En términos de partidos ganados, los Clippers y los Suns han protagonizado emocionantes encuentros que han mantenido a los aficionados al borde de sus asientos.

A lo largo de los años, los Clippers han logrado imponer su dominio sobre los Suns en varias ocasiones, acumulando una ventaja en el historial de partidos ganados entre ambos equipos. Sin embargo, los Suns no se han quedado atrás y han logrado vencer a los Clippers en múltiples ocasiones, demostrando que son un rival digno y competente.

Tanto los Clippers como los Suns han contado con estrellas en sus filas que han dejado una huella imborrable en la historia de la NBA. Jugadores legendarios han vestido las camisetas de ambos equipos, elevando la calidad de los enfrentamientos entre ellos y manteniendo viva la intensa rivalidad deportiva.

Cada partido entre los Clippers y los Suns es una oportunidad para presenciar un emocionante espectáculo de baloncesto, con jugadas espectaculares y momentos memorables que quedarán grabados en la memoria de los aficionados. Sin importar cuál sea el resultado final, estos encuentros siempre garantizan emoción y competencia hasta el último segundo.

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Kawhi Leonard ist ein professioneller Basketballspieler, der für die Los Angeles Clippers in der NBA spielt. Er ist bekannt für seine defensive Stärke und seine Fähigkeit, Spiele zu dominieren. Aber während viele Menschen mit seiner sportlichen Leistung vertraut sind, wissen nur wenige über seine Schwester und ihr Alter Bescheid.

Kawhi Leonards Schwester heißt Miesha Slayton. Sie wurde am 1. Dezember 1982 geboren, was bedeutet, dass sie im Jahr 2021 38 Jahre alt ist. Obwohl sie nicht so bekannt ist wie ihr berühmter Bruder, hat sie ihr eigenes interessantes Leben geführt.

Miesha Slayton hat einen Abschluss in Kommunikationswissenschaften von der San Diego State University erworben. Sie arbeitet als Unternehmerin und ist Gründerin eines Schmuckgeschäfts, das sich auf handgefertigten Schmuck spezialisiert hat. Ihr Stil ist einzigartig und ihre Stücke sind bei vielen Menschen beliebt.

Trotz ihres Erfolgs im Geschäftsleben ist Miesha eine bescheidene Person, die es vorzieht, im Hintergrund zu bleiben. Sie unterstützt ihren Bruder Kawhi bei seinen Spielen und ist stolz auf seine Errungenschaften. Die Geschwister haben eine enge Beziehung und stehen sich gegenseitig bei.

Obwohl Miesha Slayton nicht so viel Aufmerksamkeit erhält wie Kawhi Leonard, ist sie ein bemerkenswerter Mensch in ihrer eigenen Recht. Ihr Unternehmergeist und ihr Talent für die Schmuckherstellung verdienen Anerkennung. Wir können gespannt sein, welche weiteren Erfolge sie in Zukunft erreichen wird.

Insgesamt zeigt die Geschichte von Kawhi Leonards Schwester, dass jeder Mensch seine eigenen Interessen und Talente hat, unabhängig von der Bekanntheit oder dem Erfolg seiner nahen Verwandten. Miesha Slaytons Alter von 38 Jahren ist nur eine Zahl, die ihre persönlichen Leistungen nicht beeinflusst. Es lohnt sich immer, auch andere interessante Geschichten jenseits des Rampenlichts zu entdecken.

Kawhi Leonard ist zweifellos einer der besten Basketballspieler dieser Ära. Er hat sich einen Namen gemacht durch seine außergewöhnliche Fähigkeiten und seinen dominanten Spielstil auf dem Spielfeld. Aber was ist mit seiner Familie? Viele Leute sind neugierig auf sein persönliches Leben und wollen mehr über seine Geschwister wissen. Insbesondere interessiert viele Menschen der Name von Kawhi Leonards Schwester.

Leider gibt es nicht viele Informationen über Kawhis Schwester. Die Privatsphäre der Leonard-Familie wird hoch respektiert, und sie halten ihr persönliches Leben meistens aus der Öffentlichkeit heraus. Aus diesem Grund ist der Name von Kawhi Leonards Schwester nicht allgemein bekannt.

Es wird angenommen, dass Kawhi Leonard eine Schwester hat, aber es gibt keine offizielle Bestätigung oder öffentliche Aussage von Kawhi Leonard selbst. Es ist möglich, dass seine Schwester bewusst ein privates Leben führt und aus den Medien heraushält.

Es ist wichtig zu beachten, dass die Privatsphäre der Familie Leonard respektiert werden sollte. Die Stars der Sportwelt verdienen es genauso wie jeder andere, ihre Familie und ihr persönliches Leben privat zu halten. Es ist bewundernswert, wie Kawhi Leonard es geschafft hat, seine Privatsphäre zu wahren, während er gleichzeitig auf dem Basketballfeld ein Superstar ist.

Obwohl der Name von Kawhi Leonards Schwester nicht bekannt ist, können wir sicher sein, dass sie ihm genauso nahe steht wie andere Geschwister. Die Leonard-Familie hat möglicherweise ihre Gründe, warum sie sich dafür entschieden haben, ihr Privatleben abzuschirmen, und es ist wichtig, diese Entscheidung zu respektieren.

Insgesamt bleibt der Name von Kawhi Leonards Schwester ein Rätsel. Fans und Interessierte müssen sich vorerst damit zufriedengeben, dass sie möglicherweise nie den Namen der Schwester des berühmten Basketballspielers erfahren werden.

Kawhi Leonard Schwester Job

Kawhi Leonard, ein bekannter NBA-Basketballspieler, hat nicht nur mit seinem außergewöhnlichen Talent auf dem Basketballfeld Aufmerksamkeit erregt, sondern auch mit seiner geheimnisvollen Persönlichkeit. Viele Menschen sind neugierig auf sein Privatleben und insbesondere auf seine Familie. Eine Person, die häufig im Zusammenhang mit Kawhi Leonard erwähnt wird, ist seine Schwester, obwohl nicht viel über sie bekannt ist.

Die Schwester von Kawhi Leonard heißt Miesha Slayton und sie hat einen besonderen Job, der zu ihrer geheimnisvollen Natur beiträgt. Sie ist eine professionelle Krankenschwester und arbeitet in einem renommierten Krankenhaus. Ihr genauer Fachbereich oder ihre Spezialisierung ist jedoch nicht öffentlich bekannt.

Die Arbeit als Krankenschwester erfordert eine beträchtliche Fachkenntnis, Empathie und eine starke ethische Verantwortung. Es ist ein anspruchsvoller Beruf, der viel Hingabe und Einsatz verlangt. Miesha Slayton ist dazu in der Lage und spielt eine wichtige Rolle in der medizinischen Versorgung anderer Menschen.

Die Tatsache, dass Miesha Slayton als Krankenschwester arbeitet, zeigt, dass sie neben ihrem berühmten Bruder auch ihre eigene Karriere verfolgt. Obwohl Kawhi Leonard im Rampenlicht steht und von vielen Fans bewundert wird, ist Familienbindung für ihn sehr wichtig. Die Unterstützung seiner Schwester in ihrem beruflichen Werdegang ist ein Zeichen für die enge Beziehung, die sie teilen.

Da Informationen über das Privatleben von Kawhi Leonard und seiner Familie begrenzt sind, bleibt Miesha Slaytons genauer Beruf und ihre Arbeit im medizinischen Bereich größtenteils ein Mysterium. Dies trägt jedoch nur zu der Faszination bei, die um die Person des NBA-Stars herum besteht.

Insgesamt zeigt die berufliche Laufbahn von Kawhi Leonard Schwester Miesha Slayton, dass auch abseits des Basketballfeldes Erfolg und Hingabe möglich sind. Sie hat sich dafür entschieden, ihre Fähigkeiten und ihr Wissen in den Dienst der medizinischen Versorgung anderer Menschen zu stellen und einen bedeutenden Beitrag zu leisten.

Kawhi Leonard, ein bekannter Profi-Basketballspieler, ist nicht nur für seine beeindruckenden spielerischen Fähigkeiten, sondern auch für sein zurückhaltendes und privat gehaltenes Privatleben bekannt. In diesem Artikel werden wir jedoch einen Blick auf seine Schwester und seine Familie werfen, um herauszufinden, wer sie sind und wie sie sein Leben beeinflussen.

Kawhis Schwester heißt Miesha Slayton. Sie wurde am 10. September 1986 geboren und ist die ältere Schwester von Kawhi. Miesha ist eine liebevolle und stolze Schwester, die eine enge Beziehung zu Kawhi hat. Obwohl sie nicht öffentlich im Rampenlicht steht, ist sie immer da, um ihre Unterstützung für ihren berühmten Bruder zu zeigen, sei es bei seinen Spielen oder in seinem persönlichen Leben.

In Bezug auf seine Familie ist Kawhi Leonard sehr verschwiegen. Es ist bekannt, dass seine Eltern, Mark Leonard und Kim Robertson, ebenfalls eine wichtige Rolle in seinem Leben spielen. Sein Vater Mark war ein ehemaliger College-Basketballspieler und seine Mutter Kim ist eine engagierte Mutter, die immer für ihre Kinder da ist.

Es ist interessant zu wissen, dass Kawhi Leonard eine enge Beziehung zu seiner Familie hat und ihre Unterstützung in seiner Karriere als Basketballspieler schätzt. Obwohl er es vorzieht, sein Privatleben privat zu halten, ist klar, dass seine Familie einen starken Einfluss auf ihn hat und ihn zu dem erfolgreichen Spieler gemacht hat, der er heute ist.

Als einer der besten Basketballspieler der NBA hat Kawhi Leonard viele Fans und Bewunderer auf der ganzen Welt. Während wir oft über seine Leistungen auf dem Spielfeld sprechen, ist es wichtig zu erkennen, dass seine Schwester und Familie eine wichtige Rolle in seinem Leben spielen und dass seine Erfolge auf ihrer Unterstützung und Ermutigung basieren.

Insgesamt ist Kawhi Leonards Schwester Miesha Slayton und seine Familie ein bedeutsamer Teil seines Lebens. Obwohl er seine Privatsphäre schützt, sind sie immer da, um ihm Halt zu geben und ihn zu unterstützen, sei es im Rampenlicht des Basketballplatzes oder im Privatleben.

Kawhi Leonard ist zweifelsohne einer der talentiertesten Basketballspieler der Welt. Seine beeindruckenden Fähigkeiten auf dem Spielfeld haben ihn zu einem der begehrtesten Spieler in der NBA gemacht. Aber wusstest du, dass er auch eine talentierte Schwester hat? In diesem Artikel werfen wir einen Blick auf den Hintergrund von Kawhi Leonards Schwester.

Kawhis Schwester, Miesha Slayton, ist eine Frau mit vielen Talenten. Obwohl sie nicht die gleiche Bekanntheit wie ihr Bruder genießt, hat sie sich in ihrer eigenen Karriere als Model und Unternehmerin einen Namen gemacht. Ihr beeindruckendes Aussehen und ihre Ausstrahlung haben dazu beigetragen, dass sie in der Modeindustrie Fuß gefasst hat.

Neben ihrer Karriere als Model ist Miesha auch eine erfolgreiche Unternehmerin. Sie hat ihre eigene Schmucklinie namens "Slayton Pieces" gegründet, die hochwertige und einzigartige Schmuckstücke herstellt. Ihre Kreativität und ihr Sinn für Stil haben dazu geführt, dass viele prominente Persönlichkeiten ihre Produkte tragen.

Miesha ist nicht nur finanziell erfolgreich, sondern auch eine sozial engagierte Frau. Sie nutzt ihre Plattform, um auf wichtige soziale Themen aufmerksam zu machen. Ihr Einsatz für Gleichberechtigung und soziale Gerechtigkeit hat sie zu einer wichtigen Stimme in der Gemeinschaft gemacht.

Obwohl Miesha Slayton vielleicht nicht so bekannt ist wie ihr berühmter Bruder, hat sie in ihrer eigenen Karriere einen bedeutenden Erfolg erzielt. Ihr Talent und ihre Leidenschaft haben ihr geholfen, sich in verschiedenen Bereichen zu etablieren und einen positiven Einfluss zu nehmen. Es ist inspirierend zu sehen, wie Geschwister unterschiedliche Wege gehen und dennoch beide erfolgreich sind.

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