PHOENIX — DeMar DeRozan called the Bulls’ dismal three-game road trip a “bumpy road.”

But it looked more like a huge pothole as the Bulls lost all three games and continued to play like a team that will start the playoffs on the road rather than at home.

“You hit bumpy roads and you have to make adjustments,” DeRozan said after the loss to the Suns on Friday. “That’s exactly where we are. It’s up to us to get out of it.”

They have 12 regular season games left to figure that out. It may not change their standings, but there are games to be won and momentum to be gained. Here’s how:

March 21 c. Toronto: The Bulls are 2-1 against the upstart Raptors this season, but all three games felt like a street fight. That’s what Toronto’s young frontcourt is turning games into. But where the Raptors fail to match the Bulls is star power. This will once again have weight in the last meeting of the season. Plus, it sounds like a possible return of Patrick Williams. Verdict: The Bulls win (Record: 42-29).

March 22 in Milwaukee: The Bulls played hard against the Bucks, but that won’t happen in “The Freak’s” backyard. A Giannis Antetokounmpo is better than a DeRozan and a Zach LaVine. Verdict: The Bulls lose (42-30).

March 24 in New Orleans: If there’s one aspect of the schedule the Bulls have managed, it’s dealing with bum teams. Sure, there’s been the occasional Sacramento and Orlando, but for the most part they win the games they’re supposed to win. Verdict: Victory of the bulls (43-30).

March 26 in Cleveland: The Cavaliers are going to be a problem for the next decade, but not yet. They’re still without Jarrett Allen, and that’s a big deal for their 7-foot frontcourt. The Bulls’ experience wins out and the Cavs lose the season series. Verdict: The Bulls win (44-30).

March 28 in New York: This will have all the makings of a classic Tom Thibodeau trap game. It’s Thibs’ playoffs. Verdict: The Bulls lose (44-31).

March 29 in Washington: Just as they dealt with the passed out Pelicans, the Bulls will draw the same number on the Wizards, even in a showdown with the Knicks. Verdict: The bulls win (45-31).

March 31 against Los Angeles Clippers: It starts a sprint towards the end of the season, with the Bulls playing five straight home games and looking for a solid finish. The understaffed Clippers shouldn’t be a problem. Verdict: Victory of the Bulls (46-31).

April 2 against Miami: Unless the Heat have somehow locked down an important playoff seed and are starting to rest the players, this is another nightmare game for the Bulls. Too physical and too mean, the Heat will once again submit the local team. Styles make the fight, and it’s not a fight the Bulls want. Verdict: The Bulls lose (46-32).

April 5 vs. Milwaukee: They have to beat the Bucks, and that happens in the season finale at the United Center. Verdict: victory for the Bulls (47-32).

April 6 against Boston: A preview of the first round of the playoffs? May be. No Eastern team has played better than the Celtics. Verdict: The Bulls lose (47-33).

April 8 against Charlotte: The Bulls have been a horrible game for the Hornets all season. Verdict: Victory of the Bulls (48-33).

April 10 in Minnesota: It could mean everything for one or both of these teams, or it could be meaningless for one or both. However, expect the Bulls to be locked in a seed and rest their core. Still, as Jimmy Butler showed, reserve players can beat the Timberwolves. Verdict: Victory of the bulls (49-33).

Bed bugs, once associated with overcrowded and dirty homes, have become a more prevalent problem in recent years. They can be found anywhere – from public transport to beautiful hotels. Like most unwanted guests, they are notoriously difficult to eliminate.

These blood-sucking beasts live wherever humans live. Although they can feed on other mammals and birds, they prefer human blood. They are wingless, red to reddish brown, with a flat oval body just under 1/4 inch long. Although their size makes them easy to identify, they’re good for hiding if you’re not looking for them.

Usually, the first sign of a bed bug problem is the appearance of red, itchy bites a few hours after exposure. Sensitive individuals may develop severe dermatitis from these bites, resulting in a painful, itchy, and persistent rash.

Bedbugs can feed undetected because they usually attack at night when their host (you) is sleeping, and their saliva contains a natural anesthetic that prevents you from feeling their bites.

The Olympic torch may have just passed from Beijing to Paris, but Los Angeles is already aiming for 2028: Mayor Eric Garcetti on Monday signed a new executive directive to create a “Games Cabinet”, as part of preparations for the 2028 edition. Summer Olympics that will be hosted in the city.

The purpose of the specialist firm, created by Executive Directive 28, will help city departments, local businesses and stakeholders communicate and cooperate during preparations.

The announcement was made Monday morning, in front of a view of the Los Angeles skyline and the Olympic flame lit at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

“Here at the Colosseum was a structure built with the ambition of hosting the Olympics, for the first time in Los Angeles,” Garcetti said. “In 1923, this place started not only making history, but also making history consistently. And in terms of Olympic history, it was 1932, for the 10th Olympiad, when we renamed 10th Street “Olympic Boulevard”, and that we brought people from all over the world to experience the Games in one of the most difficult times in our global history.”

Garcetti also recalled his own experience watching the closing ceremony of the 1982 Olympics, which also took place in Los Angeles at the Coliseum.

“I remember how it felt to be 13, that excitement of the world to be here in my backyard,” Garcetti said. “I look forward to feeling that excitement again in 2028, when this stadium becomes the first stadium to host not just two, which is already the record here, but three Olympic Games.”

Plans for the 2028 Olympics include support for local youth sports leagues and programs like Play LA, Garcetti said, generating positive effects for SoCal kids.

“That is the purpose of this executive directive which I am signing today,” Garcetti said, saying his and the Cabinet’s goal will be “…to create an Olympic legacy…that begins now and endures for a long time.” after the passing of the torch.”

Other Los Angeles officials have emphasized those goals.

“Hosting the Games in 2028 is going to be a monumental opportunity that will not only strengthen our city and power our communities, but also give Angelenos a voice,” said Curren Price, Los Angeles City Council member for District 9.

“With the action the mayor is taking today, the directive opens up an opportunity for our city to actively engage our community, in planning how big events like the Olympics can be fairer for all. residents,” Price said, by hiring local residents, supporting small businesses and taking other actions that promote local economic growth.

LA Department of Civil Rights Executive Director Capri Maddox also spoke about the positive effects of the Games for the city and officials’ desire to hear from those who will be most affected by the Games.

“Today we are announcing what the Olympics will do for Los Angeles,” Maddox said. “It’s not just for 2028, it’s going to start before 2028, and it will be with us for years to come, because history is watching us in so many ways.”

Also in attendance was LA28 President Casey Wasserman. Kathy Carter, a former footballer named CEO of the LA28 Olympics and Paralympics Organizing Committee, will report to Wasserman as she will lead the planning and execution of the 2028 Games.

“We are ready for the Games,” Wasserman said. “LA is ready to host the Games, which means we can spend our time delivering on the promise of what the Olympic and Paralympic Games should do, and the impact they should have, on a city like Los Angeles. “

the home radius is an architectural gem that has just hit the market in the Venice district of Los Angeles. Behind the design is based in Los Angeles Pentagon who designed the 4-bedroom, 4.5-bathroom residence with both a sculptural exterior and interior. The white exterior features sharp angles, curved surfaces and large windows resulting in a geometric structure with a bold presence.

Inside, walnut is used throughout the kitchen, as well as for the curved shelves and the structure of the spiral staircase. Warm wood contrasts with white Venetian plaster walls and radiant-heated concrete floors.

Cantilevered stairs create an illuminated atrium that fills the interior with natural light.

In the private spaces on the second level, the flooring changes to a white oak wood.

The house wraps around three sides of a courtyard where Sarita Jaccard Design created the landscaping. A raised slab of basalt houses the pool, deck and fireplace, acting as an “outdoor activity bento box”.

The Radius house is currently up for sale with Engel & Völkers Santa Monica.

Designate: Pentagon
Team: Ben Crawford, Dale Strong, Paul Stoelting, Tyler McMartin, Paul Trussler structural engineer: Engineering US
General contractor : Buildwell Construction Inc.

Photos by Eric Staudenmaier.

In these pandemic times, we find ourselves spending more and more time at home. However, sitting in the same old four walls of our bedroom can get pretty boring, and sometimes the only fresh air we really get is when we step out into our yards. While we shouldn’t underestimate our backyards, they can be major places of entertainment, recreation and relaxation…depending on how we design them! How about turning your garden into the perfect meeting place for you and your partner, or hosting a barbecue party with the best grill on the market? We’ve curated a collection of product designs to help you turn these exciting ideas into reality! These products will transform your backyard into the ultimate relaxation destination. We bet you won’t want to leave your garden once you introduce them to these products! Whether it’s single-use shipping containers turned into swimming pools or a small prefab garden house, these designs will dramatically transform your humble backyard!

1. The AIRY Noori V02

Boasting an enameled steel construction, the Noori V02 AIRY is a multifunctional outdoor grill, pizza oven, rocket stove and fire pit – all in one! Not to mention this is probably one of the nicest grills I’ve seen in a long time, it will be the perfect visual accessory for your garden. The grid is made up of six internal refractory concrete plates. These plates + an AIRY cylinder constitute the innovative AIRY system of the grill (which also gives its name to the product). This basically means that to set up an open fire, you simply remove a few refractory plates from inside the AIRY cylinder, which instantly exposes the flames, creating the mesmerizing dance of flames we all love to watch in an open fire. !

2. Cover’s Little House

Located in the Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, the tiny backyard home was designed and built by Cover as a rental experience for Lazarus and his partner, Didi. Like most of Cover’s structures, the Highland Park Tiny House is a prefab project. Cover Architects oversaw every design and construction decision for the home, creating an idyllic semi-outdoor garden oasis for the LA sun. Featuring a pre-fabricated panel structure, the steel frame gives rise to the tiny backyard home and its many dynamic features.

3. Modpools

Dubbing them “the cardboard boxes of the world,” Rathnam felt inspired to build the pools as a way to give discarded shipping containers new purpose and backyard life. Shipping containers are purchased by Rathnam after goods have been shipped to North America from China, as otherwise they would simply be discarded and not reused for shipping purposes. Depending on your garden and its construction parameters, Modpools can be customized to fit.

4. I am sauna

Iam Sauna is a charming tent-style sauna equipped with a wood-burning stove that allows people to enjoy the outdoors even in cold weather to regain lost energy after a long day. A Japanese-style sauna tent is extremely portable; you can take it with you whether you are cycling or driving for a picnic with your family. In addition to its portable design, the sauna tent is easy to set up. One person can set up the tent in less than a minute. It will be necessary to stretch the zippers on all four sides and instantly a stable and usable tent is ready.

5. Kitchen area

Although non-electric toaster and oven combos have hit their stride with the outdoors, the gas-powered Cook Nook has an added advantage with a stove. There’s so much to do with the non-electric toaster, stove and oven combo. It can be used to make toast, roast chicken, bake cakes and even prepare a meal when electricity is not a luxury. So when you step into the wilderness, a portable and lightweight gas toaster, oven, stove is the icing on the cake as it opens up possibilities for a great treat for a large family or friends reunited with the choice of pizzas, cookies, and other delicious.

6. Bungalow luggage

Packed in a sturdy four-wheeled travel cart-style case, you get a pair of chairs and a table with a foldable top. The foldable frame, seat and back form the chair, while the metal spokes lined up like hollow table legs become the base for a wooden plank table top. The chairs have a nice canvas seat and the table seems quite sturdy; together, the furniture outside your camp will become your closest confidant when it comes to comfort!

7. The BBQ&co Grill

EIKI DESIGN STUDIO, the refreshing barbecue design from a Kyoto-based product design studio, is an emerging image of this new lifestyle brought about by COVID-19 restrictions. The project’s lead designer, Seiki Ishii, closely analyzed the dynamics of city life without compromising on cooking mouth-watering rotisserie, churrasco steak or cooking market-fresh salmon sushi. This cross-cultural cooking space results in a sleek, compact barbecue that brings home the style of Spanish and Brazilian barbecues. One that is dominated by wood burning in the fireplace to create a constant fire for the most evenly cooked delicacies.

8.MYC

While searching for fireproof materials to build his grill, Singer found mycelium, a fireproof vegetative part of a mushroom that is safe and edible for humans. Mycelium has an array of properties that make it the ideal choice for building a disposable grill. Inexpensive and very easy to grow, mycelium is an accessible and durable alternative building material that is water-repellent, naturally insulating and fully biodegradable. After growing his own batch of mycelium, Singer built prototypes of MYC and envisioned the disposable grill lining the shelves of convenience stores and gas stations to provide the general public with the choice of durable disposable grills. Following the use of a MYC grill, instead of searching for the nearest trash can, grills can simply cut and leave MYC at the campsite to biodegrade and fertilize the earth.

9. The Zome Construction Kit

No need to be an architect to want to build your own bamboo structure thanks to the ‘Zome building kit’ from Giant Grass! The studio has created a DIY kit that’s essentially a larger-than-life LEGO project that can live in your backyard or be expanded to create a community space. The “zome” is a flexible space that can be used by children to relax in the garden, such as a gazebo to entertain guests, a greenhouse for seedlings, a creative space in the office, a quiet space for yoga at home. House. , or a glamping tent – it can be anything you want. This DIY kit is perfect for those who want to live sustainability and enjoy working on projects that result in a productive reward.

10. Wooly eco-friendly cooler

Wool has a pretty good reputation as an insulating material, but you wouldn’t instantly think that wool is used to keep something cool. Sure, wool sweaters, mittens, socks, caps, they’re all used to retain your body heat and keep you warm, but with insulation, the reverse is also true! Check out the Wooly Eco-Friendly Cooler, an outdoor cooler that uses eco-friendly wool (as opposed to chemical insulators) to keep your cold drinks cool…and as a bonus, it comes with a lid that doubles as a charcuterie board so you can pair your wine with some charcuterie and some eclectic cheeses, or your beers with fries and dip and some cocktail nuts too!

Fiber cement panels and stainless steel are among the low-maintenance materials used by architectural firm TEAM to create an accessory housing unit in Michigan.

The project, called Northwood ADU, is located in Ann Arbor and is one of the first secondary suites (ADUs) to be built under the city’s new zoning regulations.

The two-story accommodation has a living room, dining room, kitchen and bathroom on the ground floor and a sleeping area above.

The project was designed by a group of architects and architectural designers who teach at the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan. The first letters of their names – Thom Moran, Ellie Abrons, Adam Fure and Meredith Miller – were used to form their company name, TEAM.

The accommodation – built on a budget of $ 225,000 (£ 170,463) – is at the rear of a lot owned by Abrons and Fure. The land totals 8,276 square feet (769 square meters).

The couple live in the property’s main accommodation and plan to rent out the backyard structure, which measures 730 square feet (68 square meters).

“Although the size is limited by zoning regulations, the addition goes as far back as possible to the lot line and a public wooded area,” the team said.

L-shaped, the building has a square shape and a sloping roof. The team used low-maintenance and low-waste materials throughout the project.

The facades are clad with fiber cement panels and metal panels coated with Galvalume. In some areas, the team added stainless steel mesh that can accommodate greenery like climbing vines.

The walls are made of Insulated Structural Panels (SIPS) which form an airtight envelope. The building has a high R-value – 28 for the walls and 36 for the roof – indicating that it has good insulation.

The team took an innovative approach to the foundations of the house.

“This is the first building in Ann Arbor to use shallow, frost-protected foundation technology common in Scandinavia, which allows it to be built directly on the ground and reduces the need for site work to labor intensive, ”the team said.

Inside, the dwelling has an airy feel and features white walls, concrete floors and ceilings and a glued-laminated wood staircase.

“The experience of the space is broadened by reducing visual noise and expressing the volumetric interior of the SIPS shell when possible,” the team said.

The house has a hydronic underfloor heating system and a “mini-split” which allows an occupant to control the temperature in each room. The team also integrated a heat pump and an energy recovery ventilator.

The glazed openings bring in natural light and provide a connection with the outdoors.

“The windows are strategically located to maintain the privacy of the main house and connect the interior with the forest and the sky,” the team said.

DSUs have emerged in North American cities facing a housing shortage and a lack of affordable housing.

Others include a colorful grandma’s apartment in Los Angeles by Bunch Design and an asymmetrical dwelling in Seattle by SHED.

The photograph is by Chris Miele.

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Project credits:

File design and architect: T + E + A + M
Team: Reid Mauti, Delaney McCraney, Hannah Perrino, Thom Moran, Ellie Abrons, Adam Fure, Meredith Miller
Structural engineer: David Arnsdorf
Service provider: Manufacturer Design Build
Foundation: ByggHouse WarmForm
Facade: American Fiber Cement Corporation, Banker Wire, Luthy Metals
Windows: Andersen 400 series
Food: Cliq Studios

A drunk and angry mob murdered Lovejoy on November 7, 1837 at the Godfrey & Gilman warehouse in Alton. The mob smashed Lovejoy’s fourth printing press and threw it into the Mississippi River.

The yoke of this printing press, which was found and removed from the river in 1915, resides in the Hayner Genealogy & Local History Library.

The Lovejoy Memorial Committee will be holding their annual Lovejoy Day event at noon on Tuesday, November 9 at the Lovejoy Monument in Alton Cemetery. The program will include guest speaker, Associate Judge Veronica Armouti; a welcome by Phil Trapani, Lovejoy Memorial Board; the presentation of the flags by the honor guard of the post # 354 of the American Legion Allen Bevenue; invocation and blessing by Rev. Bradley Donoho, pastor of Upper Alton Baptist Church; vocal selection by Lorian Warford; a proclamation from the Reverend David Goins, Mayor of Alton; and the laying of the crown by Ella Mae Fox, president of the Elijah P. Lovejoy memorial, and Edmond Gray, administrator of Lovejoy’s tomb.

The Mythic Mississippi Project – a collaboration between the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (Dr. Helaine Silverman) and the University of Illinois, Springfield (Dr. Devin Hunter) – produced a 24-minute documentary film on the life and legacy of Lovejoy.

“Martyr for abolition and freedom of the press. The Legacy of Elijah P. Lovejoy, ”which features Lacy McDonald, Director of the Genealogy and Local History Library, features many books and artifacts related to Lovejoy that can be found in the Hayner Collection.

At 6 p.m. on Tuesday, November 9, several panelists will discuss Lovejoy, the Mythic Mississippi Project, and the making of the film. Scheduled panelists include McDonald, Silverman, Hunter and Gray, as well as Rivers and Routes Tourism Bureau chairman Cory Jobe and Route 3 Films creator and owner Ryan Hanlon.

To register for the event online, visit https://illinois.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_m_j0s-p3S6OZ1YC8FX9JtA.

The film will also be available # 10 on the Hayner Public Library District Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/HaynerLibrary/.

The Hayner Genealogy & Local History Library is also co-hosting an online event with the Department of Journalism at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, November 10 featuring author Ken Ellingwood discussing his new book, First to Fall: Elijah Lovejoy and the Struggle for a Free Press in the Age of Slavery.

To register for the event online, visit https://illinois.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAqceGqpzMoEtGHE3ToFygYHs00W7KN2EcS.

Ellingwood is a writer and longtime former Los Angeles Times correspondent. He spent his early years as a reporter in Waterville, Maine, near Lovejoy’s childhood home. He now lives in Vermont with his wife.

Nancy Gibbs, former editor-in-chief of TIME, wrote in her review of First to Fall that it was “an exploration of fundamental American principles – the power of individuals, the fearless defense of a free press and the deeper values ​​of equality, justice and speaking the truth at all costs.

“Fascinating in itself, this story is also an invigorating parable for our time,” she wrote.

If you want to inspire children or grandchildren to have their own garden, read them “The Secret Garden” by Frances Hodgson Burnett; the protagonist is Mary Lennox, a 10 year old girl. Since its publication in 1911, this book has never sold out, has sold millions of copies worldwide, and has been the subject of three films from its history.

If you’ve read the book – or even if you haven’t yet – and want to know more about what presided over its writing, pick up a copy of “Unearthing the Secret Garden” (Timber Press , 2021) by Marta McDowell. It’s a volume that you will have a hard time letting go of once you take it.

“Le Jardin Secret” is a story of rejuvenation, rehabilitation and refinement of the character of the children and adults around them, all made possible through contact with a garden, gardeners and gardening activities. In an essay called “In the Garden,” written by Burnett and included as a sort of epilogue to McDowell’s book, we read the following: “As long as you have a garden, you have a future; and as long as we have a future we are alive. It’s staying alive that makes life worth living – not just staying on the face of the earth. And it is the expectation of a future that makes the difference between the two states of being.

Here it should be noted that Burnett did not develop her passion for gardening until she was almost 50 years old, and you could say that was when she came to life in the sense the most complete of the term.

In the end, what is a secret garden anyway? To quote McDowell: “If you’ve ever walked into a garden and felt a thrill of something – gratitude? admiration? – you had your own secret garden moment. Nature and the gardener have conspired to create a place that resonates at the same harmonic frequency as your mind. . . This is an effect that every gardener aspires to.

As I contemplate our transition from roses and camellias to agaves and yuccas, I wonder if such secret garden moments will still be possible.

Here is another point to consider when it comes to creating a secret garden. In the words of Mary Lennox, who opens the door to the secret garden: “It wouldn’t look like a secret garden if it was tidy. As Burnett describes it: “One of the things that made the place strangest and most charming was that climbing roses had run all over the trees and were swinging long tendrils that made light swaying curtains. “

This notion is affirmed by Dickon, the gardener friend of Mary’s neighborhood: “I wouldn’t want it to look all cut and all cut, right?” “

As “The Secret Garden” is a rebirth story, it is a reflection of Burnett’s own life; impoverished as a teenager, she divorced twice, saw a teenage son die of tuberculosis and suffered from various health problems throughout her life due to her hard work in order to maintain a lavish lifestyle; she frequently threw extravagant parties for her many friends and spent the winter in Bermuda.

Born into wealth in England, her family was reduced to poverty after the death of her father. Forced to cross the ocean to live with parents in Knoxville, Tennessee, she became the main breadwinner during her teenage years, made possible by remuneration from a prodigious production of articles and stories for periodicals. and magazines. Starting from scratch, she did not even initially have the means to buy the stationery and stamps needed to prepare and submit her writing for publication. She raised funds by collecting wild fox grapes (Vitis labrusca) and selling them at the local market.

After three decades in America, she returned to England and rented Maytham Hall, an estate in Kent, south-east London, which contained an abandoned garden that would serve as the inspiration for “The Secret Garden”. This garden was essentially a rose garden and roses would become Burnett’s favorite flowers. She frequently wrapped large bunches of them to send to her friends. Her next favorites seem to have been the delphiniums and blue flowers in general, of which she could never get enough. Nine pages of “Unearthing the Secret Garden” are devoted to a list of plants that Burnett cultivated in his gardens in England, Long Island and Bermuda.

I believe it was Burnett’s generosity along with his desire to share his love for plants, traits gardeners are known for, that motivated his hard work ethic in his later years. She liked to entertain in a grand style. Simply put, she needed to keep winning in order to keep sharing at the highest level. At Maytham Hall, she invited all the mothers and children of a neighboring village to spend the day on her estate and visit her rose garden.

When the Kent estate was sold, she moved to Long Island, New York. There she set up an elaborate garden where she wrote “The Secret Garden” and feasted on her many friends, some of whom would stay with her for days on end. Huge shipments of bulbs, flowering plants and ferns regularly came to his door. She would escape to Bermuda every winter because of her dislike of the cold and, I guess, dormant gardens.

At the end of her book, Marta McDowell presents an essay by Keri Wilt, the great-great-granddaughter of Frances Hodgson Burnett. It includes instructions on how to generate enthusiasm in our children not only for gardening, but for any activity that is important to us. “Our family’s love for gardening was not the result of kneeling side by side with the previous generation with their hands in the dirt. It was born from the observation of the happiness that a garden creates. . . My mother never made me work in the garden, but she planted the seed just showing me the joy it brought her.

Tip of the week: Roses seem to have become an afterthought, if not an anomaly, in the gardens of Los Angeles and that’s a shame. Recently, I visited two big box home improvement centers and checked their inventory of roses.

In one of the nurseries there were nothing more than two dozen Flower Carpet roses; in the other nursery there were seven Flower Carpet roses, an Iceberg, and that was it. While Flower Carpet roses make a great flowering ground cover in red, white, apple blossom, or pink, and Iceberg roses give you white flowers most of the year, what happened to the rest of the roses?

Roses get a bad rap due to the misconception that they require constant attention in the areas of pruning, pest control, and fertilization, and that they need water. Yet, as Nate Benesi proved in a waterless garden at the San Gabriel Dam Recreation Center in Irwindale, certain varieties of roses – such as the rose China rose “Old Blush” and the apricot peach “Evelyn”, a beauty of David Austin – can live on only the winter rains, as rare as they have been in recent years.

My own butterfly rose (Rosa chinensis ‘Mutabilis’), whose flowers change color from yellow to rose to mahogany, hardly needs any water and makes a beautiful living fence with individual plants reaching ten feet tall and six feet wide. Established roses of any description are rather drought tolerant, although they will flower more profusely with regular water. Where drip irrigation and a three-inch layer of mulch – which fertilizes and imparts resistance to pests when it turns into humus – are in place, roses are worth it as long as romance is part of it. our lives. But yes, on many types of roses you will have to remove the faded flowers in order to get more of them.

As winter approaches, there should be a selection of bare root roses to choose from at local nurseries. You can also have potted roses delivered to your doorstep through online sellers found on websites such as chambleeroses.com and davidaustinroses.com.

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The Atlanta Braves and Houston Astros meet in Game 2 of the 2021 World Series on Wednesday in Houston. The Braves (88-73) were on a roll, beating the Milwaukee Brewers 3-1 in the National League division series, before defeating defending World Series champion Dodgers 4-2 in the National League championship. Atlanta went on to win 6-2 in the World Series opener on Tuesday. The Astros (95-67), meanwhile, were also hot, knocking out the Chicago White Sox 3-1 in the ALDS and the Boston Red Sox 4-2 in the ALCS.

Game 2 is scheduled to begin at 8:09 p.m. ET at Minute Maid Park. Atlanta leads the all-time series 394-333, including a 13-7 playoff advantage. The Astros are a -115 (risk $ 115 to win $ 100) favorite on the silver line in Caesars Sportsbook’s latest Braves vs Astros odds, while the under-run for total points scored is 8. , 5. Before making any Astros vs Braves picks, check out the latest MLB predictions and betting tips from the SportsLine projection model.

This model, which simulates every game 10,000 times, enters the 2021 World Series with a 208-178 record on MLB’s top money line picks, grossing nearly $ 600. Anyone who follows him has seen huge returns.

Now the model has called Braves vs Astros and just revealed her picks and predictions for the 2021 World Series. You can visit SportsLine now to see the model’s Astros vs Braves picks. Here are several MLB odds and betting lines for Astros vs Braves:

• Braves Financial Line vs Astros: Atlanta +105, Houston -115
• Braves vs Astros race line: Houston -1.5 (+170)
• Braves vs Astros over-under: 8.5 points
• ATL: The Braves are 5-0 in their last five 2 of a series
• HOU: Astros are 6-1 in last seven tie-breakers as favorites

Why you should support the Astros

Outfielder Michael Brantley was bright red and made five straight playoff games. In the first game of the World Series, he was 3-for-5 with a double. He also made the difference in the ALCS against Boston. In Games 4 and 5 of this series, Brantley went 2 for 5 both times, leading in four points overall. In the ALDS against the White Sox he was on fire, going 7 for 19 (0.368), including a 3 for 6 performance with two runs batted in in the decisive 10-1 win in Game 4. In 11 playoff games, Brantley is down .340 with three doubles, eight RBIs and one stolen base.

Outfielder Kyle Tucker, who scored 15 points in the playoffs with three doubles and four homers, is also beating baseball. He was 2 for 4 with a brace in the World Series opener on Tuesday. He has hits in nine of 11 playoff games, including four multi-hit and multi-RBI games.

Why should you support the Braves

Atlanta is expected to start with southpaw Max Fried (14-7, 3.04 ERA). He was hit hard in his last outing, an 11-2 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 5 of the NLCS, allowing five earned runs on eight hits in 4 2/3 innings. Prior to that, he had won his last eight decisions, including a 3-0 win over the Brewers in Game 2 of the NLDS. In that game, he allowed just three hits in six innings, walking zero and striking out nine.

Offensively, outfielder Eddie Rosario was hot. In Tuesday’s World Series opener, he was 2-for-5 with a double. He was one of the main reasons the Braves defeated the defending World Series champions Dodgers in the NLCS. In that six-game streak, he reached .560 with a double, a triple, three homers and nine RBIs. He had a base percentage of 0.607 and a slugging percentage of 1.040. Rosario recorded two four-hit performances, going 4-for-5 in NLCS Games 2 and 4. He has hits in all 11 playoff games.

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On October 15, Librarian Glen Creason returned his ID badge to the central branch of the LA Public Library and then retired. He has spent more than half of his life in the reference office of the Department of History and Genealogy and has seen a lot in those 42 years.

Glen Creason’s ID badge dates back to 1979, when he started working at the central branch of the LA Public Library in downtown LA. Courtesy of Créason.

When the time came to go, he put a pen on some paper and wrote a farewell.

“I felt really sad about leaving,” he said. “So I wrote this as a kind of therapy. “

KCRW asked Creason to read part of his love letter to the LA Public Library:

“I had the rare vantage point of observing downtown Los Angeles for four decades. Not as a journalist or reporter, but in the service of a cultural crow’s nest. Until last Friday, I was the reference librarian in the History Department of the Central Library, in the heart of our metropolis. Over the years, I have seen, heard and smelled the big city like few others. I have met movie stars, music legends, famous writers, powerful politicians, and even a serial killer.

I have spent more than half of my life in this original Fifth and Flower building. It’s almost embarrassing to say, but I loved my job and most of all couldn’t wait to walk into this dear and dirty downtown to experience Los Angeles, from broken hearts neglected to the heights of human achievement every working day. . I have had the privilege of sitting at a reference desk for over 40 years, watching my neighborhood away from home change, sometimes dramatically, but often grotesquely. I was so proud of my workplace, so ready to announce that I was working at the big downtown library that it shattered me in two when the place burned down in 1986. Most of my coworkers survived , often painfully, and when the great old lady came back open in 1993, it was one of the happiest days of my life. I got into my cabin, then I blinked, and here I am.

I’ve been here for eight presidents, give mayors, many issues of Microsoft Windows, 3 Dodgers World Championships, 11 Laker Crowns, flip phones and smartphones, subways, spectacular Olympics, a book and the birth of ‘a wonderful girl. There were also the dark times of two catastrophic fires, the AIDS epidemic, the uprising in LA, September 11, a mental health sinkhole and COVID.

This great old library has been my refuge and my inspiration through death, divorce and depression. This precious village of Central has been tested, but still maintained by people who share my love for the true value of ancient beauty.

There is nothing like the variety from the ridiculous to the sublime public who visit libraries. I will miss the unpredictable curiosity of my clients. I once was able to cite “the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus” as one of the “Seven Wonders of the Ancient World” or patiently explain that I found no evidence that Columbus wore cufflinks when he discovered America. I learned so much from all these curious Angelenos that classrooms could never come close to those 500 months of teaching. There were a lot of requests that I couldn’t meet, the existence of the Nazi tarot deck, the location of the golden tablets of the Lizard people, the Jesuit maps of Los Angeles, I knew how crazy people were long before. than the internet clearly shows.

Creason sat on his perch in the history and genealogy department in the 1980s. “The internet was a rumor and the connections between ideas and subjects were in the minds of librarians,” he writes. Courtesy of Créason.

More than ever, I miss those moments before the doors open and I have the old library to myself. It’s strange how the smell of moldy books can be soothing, even sultry at times. Susan Orlean has described how the village of Central continues wonderfully in her book, but the power to stand in the midst of the wisdom of our rightly maligned race is an experience for the lucky few. As John Prine sang, “How lucky can a man be?

Touching the real life of this library causes a great wave of nostalgia, a bittersweet desire for those deep friendships closed by death. Still, it’s time to dim the lights in the rotunda, shut the great iron gates of Fifth Street, and leave tomorrow to another lucky soul.