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Every time the NBA season ends, there is always a frequently asked question, which Gasol brother played better this season? People even take several polls on the internet, and it’s always back and forth. Marc and Pau Gasol are two of the premier post players in the NBA. However, people often confuse them because of their size and low post scoring, even though they are extremely diverse. In this article, The Gasol Brothers, basketball fans will find out how to easily identify the two from one another. The skill Marc and Pau have the most in common is their offense. Playing thirteen years in the NBA, Pau is tremendously experienced. He also has tons of experience in the Spanish league. He can score up to forty points each night, but only if his team needs him to score that much. More of a back to the basket scorer, he gets quality offensive put backs and gets easy to draw fouls. He doesn’t face up much, but his veteran post play and ability to draw fouls makes the face up game unnecessary. Proving age is just a number, he dunks on almost all his opponents. He uses his I.Q. to get leeway from the referees and to get opponents fired up or embarrassed. Playing less than a decade in the NBA, Marc is an “old head” with a crazy amount of experience for a young player. Of course he also played in Spain with his brother. Unlike Pau, he is much more a scorer of consistency, averaging twenty points a night in the 2015-16 season, which is second in the frontcourt of the league. He…

Martin Luther King Jr. was a famous and respectable man when he was alive. He was a leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He gave many sermons and speeches in his day. On one very important day, 4 February 1968, he gave a sermon called “The Drum Major Instinct;” it was based off an adaptation of J. Wallace Hamilton’s “Drum-Major Instinct.” In King’s sermon, he explains what the drum major instinct is and why you need to be cautious with it. King believed that you shouldn’t use…

Ray was a petty thief that had an arrest record stemming from 1949 until 1968. James Earl Ray was sentenced to the Missouri State Penitentiary in 1960 to serve a twenty year sentence. He had a rap sheet for petty crimes but was he capable of murdering someone? James escaped from the Missouri State Penitentiary in 1967 and was on the loose for over eleven months. The story was told that James Earl Ray traveled to Memphis, TN on April 3, 1968 and checked into a room across from the Lorraine Motel…

father didn’t left. Overall, the boy's conflicts revolve around his father. Even though the father is not there, the boy grows stronger in the end because of it. For when he stood up for himself, that day, he learned a valuable lesson. The novel is set in the South and the North of the United States of America. The first part of the novel, as the title "Southern Nights" suggests, is set in the American South in Memphis, Tennessee and Jackson, Mississippi. Richard’s early childhood is spent in…

into his bedroom at his house in Southaven (summer 2014 on a day when members of our family were there swimming). He said he wanted to show him a gun. When he did, he rubbed his arm and bottom while staring at him. He also said on 2 occasions, he rubbed his penis and groin area (he said around where he had surgery when he was 2...which is his groin area). On 12/22/15, he shared the same information with therapist Karen Sanders, who Kyle and I both see for help with managing our ADHD and Kyle’s…

where they are today. In using this technique, King has emotionally attached the audience to his persuasive document. Then, King connects the worries of the past with the new worries of the future. By connecting the past with the future, the audience is more connected and willing to make a stand. In his conclusion King strongly states, “Be concerned about your brother. You may not be on strike. But either we go up together, or we go down together” (I’ve Been to the Mountain Top). Here, King…

I don’t know how the wonderful music history of Memphis pass me by but somehow It did! I have always heard that Memphis is known for its music history, especially the blues, but I never investigated the theory for myself. The instructor at the college challenged me to write a paper about the history of the Stax Museum in a reflection paper and I am really glad she did. It influenced me to finally take the time to view the history of Memphis firsthand starting with the Stax Museum. The research,…

At The River I Stand This documentary takes us back to a time 100 years after slavery where the descendants were consigned to the bottom of the economic ladder. Yet, Memphis was spared the upheaval of Little Rock, Selma and Birmingham because of modest gains of access to movies, libraries and lunch counters. Nevertheless, the seething volcano was building up pressure in the public works department of Memphis. Complaints concerning malfunctioning equipment had been an ongoing cause. Although I…

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed April 4th 1968, while in Memphis, Tennessee. The night of King’s death, Robert F. Kennedy addressed a rally between 17th and Broadway in Indianapolis, Indiana, informing them of King’s untimely passing. Kennedy, who had been in Indianapolis for the Democratic Presidential Nominations, went to the rally, which was set in the heart of Indianapolis’ African-American ghetto. Kennedy makes the claim to this captive audience, “we have to make an effort to…

In a small run-down motel room, with the sound of rain hitting the window, sits a tired man. “I’ve seen the promise land," he says. Despite including powerful words of a strong leader, the play The Mountaintop is disappointing. The play, The Mountaintop written by American playwright Katori Hall, performed at the Cleveland Playhouse, is based off what could have happened between Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s Mountaintop speech and his assassination. All taking place in his Lorraine Motel room. No…