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92-774: Prior to the 2019–20 NBA season , the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA) acquired small forward Jimmy Butler from the Philadelphia 76ers in a sign and trade . Due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic , the NBA had to suspend their 2019–20 regular season in March. The NBA would later resume the season in July, approving a plan to finish the regular season and host

184-663: A conventional postseason tournament . All of these games took place in the NBA Bubble , an isolation zone specifically created for NBA operations at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World in Bay Lake, Florida . On August 26, the season was suspended for a second time by a wildcat strike , to protest the shooting of Jacob Blake and police brutality, during the playoffs. Play resumed three days later on August 29. The Finals ended on October 11, 2020, 355 days after

276-517: A 19 percent drop attributed directly to decreased levels of investment caused by the war. Since 2000, the industry has been greatly affected by increased competition from other countries on the world market, whose cheaper coffee beans have caused prices to plummet. As of 2002 coffee trading is only responsible for 3.5% of El Salvador's GNP and over 90% of El Salvador's coffee is grown in shade coffee plantations and around 80% of El Salvador's forests are associated with shade coffee plantations. Coffee

368-530: A Linea Mini model exclusively for Butler, which he would take on road NBA games. Later in August, Bigface collaborated with the coffee brand Fellow to release coffee-related products such as grinders, scales, and pour-over kettles. In 2024, Bigface collaborated with Bacardi , as well as the Miami-based Salty Donut. Packaging by Brandmonger and Zenpack for Bigface's coffee products earned a runner-up award at

460-621: A clause to give Yankee Global Enterprises the rights to buy their stake back in the YES Network , which aired the local broadcasts to the NBA's Brooklyn Nets. Including YES, the Fox Sports Regional Networks held the local TV rights to a combined total of 44 NHL, NBA, and MLB teams. On March 8, YES was sold to a consortium including Yankee Global Enterprises, Amazon , and Sinclair Broadcast Group for $ 3.5 billion. Then on May 3, Sinclair and Entertainment Studios agreed to purchase

552-413: A cup of coffee, adding that with potential buyers now out of $ 20 bills, they would then need to use "big faces," slang for $ 100 bills. Butler added "whenever they hand me the hundred, I'm going to be like, 'Whoops, sorry. I don't have change. Thank you for paying a hundred dollars for a cup of coffee.' Never really worked that way but the idea was genius." Butler contributed the difficulty to find coffee as

644-428: A false positive; if COVID-19 was definitely confirmed, he would be quarantined for at least 14 days to recover. Players and staff were not permitted into another's room, nor were they be able to socialize with players on other teams staying at a different hotel building. They had access to food and recreational activities within their hotel's bubble, but they had to wear masks indoors except when eating. Anybody who left

736-458: A further impetus for the process whereby land became concentrated in the hands of an oligarchy. Although legend and radical propaganda have quantified the oligarchy at the level of the Fourteen Families , a figure of several hundred families lies much closer to the truth. A succession of presidents, nominally both conservative and liberal, throughout the last half of the 19th century supported

828-475: A greater decline in recent years and since 2000, the industry has been greatly affected by increased competition from other countries on the world market, whose cheaper coffee beans have caused prices to plummet. As of 2002 coffee trading is responsible for 3.5% of El Salvador's GDP. Since 2000, 70,000 have lost their jobs as a result of the rapid decline in the Salvadoran coffee trade. The heavy coffee production of

920-542: A group of athlete entrepreneurs, not taking any fees or equity stake , but integrating them into their e-commerce platform and using their name, image, and likeness for promotional purposes. Butler officially launched Bigface Coffee as a company on October 1, 2021. The launch date was selected to coincide with International Coffee Day . Partnering with Shopify , Bigface launched a non-fungible token (NFT) online store, which sold limited-time boxes including coffee blends. In addition to selling coffee, Bigface also functions as

1012-659: A lifestyle brand, selling apparel produced by Lululemon and related merchandise through its online e-commerce platform. Bigface collaborated with designer Daniel Patrick to release a clothing line at the Art Basel event in Miami in 2022. In 2022, Bigface opened pop-up shops , beginning with their partnership with Van Leeuwen , which sold caffeinated ice cream in New York City on Greenwich Street in Tribeca . Using Ethiopian-sourced beans,

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1104-408: A pact of union with Guatemala, Honduras , and Costa Rica but the union was never implemented. In 1876 a congress of all five Central American states failed to achieve agreement on federation. A provisional pact signed by the five states in 1889 technically created the "Republic of Central America" - that was never realized. Undaunted, the governments of El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua formed

1196-619: A passion for both the beverage and business related to it. Following the season, Butler continued to study coffee-related topics such as beans, temperatures, and techniques. Butler later shared with Insider that he was inspired to enter the coffee business due to connect with strangers over a cup of coffee during the offseasons of his NBA career. Butler has studied and practiced latte art , even challenging others to latte art competitions. This interest has also led Butler to travel to coffee farms in Costa Rica , among other places, to further study

1288-545: A reason why demand for his was high. In September, Butler filed for trademarks relating to "Big Face" and began wearing merchandise before a Miami–Boston playoff game. The Heat's season would end with the 2020 NBA Finals , which they lost to the Los Angeles Lakers , 4–2 . Prior to launching Bigface, Butler was originally not a coffee drinker. In an interview with coffee blog Sprudge , he recalled begrudgingly drinking coffee with his trainer before eventually finding

1380-540: A result of the COVID-19 pandemic . At the time of the suspension, teams had played between 63 and 67 games. On June 4, the NBA Board of Governors approved a plan to restart the season on July 30, and the National Basketball Players Association approved this plan the next day. Under the plan, 22 teams played eight additional regular season games to determine playoff seeding, and 16 teams entered

1472-425: A speech from James, who initially had a monologue prepared, but quickly tossed his index card onto the hardwood after saying “Laker Nation man, I would be selling y’all short if I read off this shit, so I’m going to go straight from the heart”, as he proceeded to address a sorrowful Staples Center crowd with an emotional, improvised oration, ending his speech with “...so in the words of Kobe Bryant: ‘Mamba out’, but in

1564-545: The 2011 NBA lockout . The following day, Gobert's teammate Donovan Mitchell also tested positive. On March 14, Detroit Pistons forward Christian Wood became the third NBA player to test positive for the virus, and the first outside of the Jazz. On March 17, four Brooklyn Nets players, including superstar Kevin Durant , tested positive for the virus. On March 19, two players for the Los Angeles Lakers , as well as Marcus Smart of

1656-545: The Boston Celtics , tested positive for COVID-19. All players recovered and were cleared by local health officials. On May 23, it was announced that the NBA were in negotiations with The Walt Disney Company about the possibility to finish the season at Walt Disney World 's ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando. On May 29, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and the league office informed Board of Governors that July 31

1748-577: The Dallas Mavericks played one preseason game in Canada , at Rogers Arena in Vancouver on October 17. The 2019–20 schedule was released on August 12, 2019, and the regular season began on October 22, 2019. On March 11, 2020, the season was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic . The reformatted regular season, with 8 more games scheduled for 22 qualified teams going to the NBA Bubble in Orlando,

1840-994: The Sacramento Kings played two preseason games at the NSCI Dome in Mumbai , India on October 4 and 5, 2019. The Toronto Raptors and the Houston Rockets played two preseason games at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama City , Japan on October 8 and 10, 2019. The Los Angeles Lakers and the Brooklyn Nets played two preseason games in China , in Shanghai on October 10 and in Shenzhen on October 12. The Los Angeles Clippers and

1932-628: The Sikorsky S-76B helicopter that they were on board crashed into a hillside in the city of Calabasas, California , around 30 mi (48 km) northwest of Downtown Los Angeles , while en route from John Wayne Airport to Camarillo Airport . Bryant was 41, the accident left behind no survivors and alongside the Bryants were seven others: baseball coach John Altobelli , his wife Keri, their 14-year-old daughter Alyssa, Sarah Chester, her 13-year-old daughter Payton, basketball coach Christina Mauser, and

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2024-503: The Toronto Raptors at San Antonio Spurs game, every matchup featured each side intentionally taking either an 8-second violation or a 24-second shot clock violation on their very first possession to start the game, serving as a homage to Bryant's number 8 jersey, which he wore from 1996–2006, and his number 24 jersey, which he donned from 2006–2016. These violation tributes were initially proposed by Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich and

2116-598: The playoffs in a " bubble " site. The ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex located at Walt Disney World in Bay Lake, Florida , near Orlando was selected as the site. NBA teams' players had to follow safety protocols, including maintaining social distancing . One of the 22 teams who played at the bubble, the Heat were housed at the Destino Tower within the Coronado Springs Resort . When asked about his experience in

2208-766: The "Greater Republic of Central America" (República Mayor de Centroamerica) via the Pact of Amapala (1895). Although Guatemala and Costa Rica considered joining the Greater Republic (which was rechristened "the United States of Central America" when its constitution went into effect in 1898), neither country joined. This union, which had planned to establish its capital city at Amapala on the Golfo de Fonseca , did not survive Tomas Regalado 's seizure of power in El Salvador in 1898. Although

2300-436: The 1980s. These difficulties, in addition to their direct impact on production, also decreased investment. Under normal conditions, coffee growers replaced at least 5 percent of their coffee plants each year because the most productive coffee plants are between five and fifteen years old. Many coffee growers in El Salvador, in an effort to avoid further losses, neglected to replant. Although most coffee production took place in

2392-547: The 2020 playoffs. The following players were named the Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week. The following players were named the Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Month. The following players were named the Eastern and Western Conference Rookies of the Month . The following coaches were named the Eastern and Western Conference Coaches of

2484-578: The 2023 Core77 Design Awards. Bigface has plans to open cafés in Miami and San Diego , where Butler lives during NBA offseasons. The former will be the location of Bigface's first brick-and-mortar location, set to open in September 2024. Maintaining close involvement with Bigface's ventures, Butler also plans to expand the brand to have a global presence through cafés and grocery store merchandise. 2019%E2%80%9320 NBA season The 2019–20 NBA season

2576-696: The Bigface brand include fresh produce, beverages, and baked goods. In October, Bigface collaborated with Onyx Coffee Lab to release boxed sets including coffee blends and mugs. The partnership arose after Butler visited the Amsterdam Hummingbird cafe, which Onyx is the home roaster of. Another Bigface pop-up arose in May 2023, offering the brand's coffee for free at the Paddock Club at the Miami Grand Prix . In

2668-548: The Bryant family. The previous evening on January 25, LeBron James passed Bryant for third place on the NBA's all-time scoring list during a road loss to the Philadelphia 76ers in Bryant's hometown. James would eventually surpass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to stand alone as the NBA's all time leading scorer three years later on February 7, 2023. The Los Angeles Lakers learned of Bryant's death while flying back to Los Angeles from Philadelphia

2760-502: The Central American spirit seemed willing, the commitment was weak. The notion of unification was another manifestation of the idealistic liberal ethos, and it proved durable and quite resistant to political realities. Coffee production flourished in El Salvador throughout much of the 20th century, reaching a peak in the late 1970s, culminating in 1980 when it was responsible for 50% of El Salvador's gross domestic product (GDP). With

2852-526: The GN differed from those of the National Civil Police (Policia Nacional Civil—PNC), mainly in that GN personnel were specifically responsible for providing security on the coffee fincas. Most fincas enjoyed the services of their own GN units posted on the grounds; regional GN commanders routinely were compensated by the finca owners to ensure the continued loyalty of the guardsmen. Suppression of rural dissent

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2944-587: The Lakers defeated the Miami Heat 4–2 in the 2020 NBA Finals to capture their 17th championship in franchise history and would dedicate the victory and their season to Bryant. In his first year of eligibility, Bryant was named a finalist for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame , just less than three weeks after his death, before being posthumously inducted in April 2020. His formal induction

3036-619: The Los Angeles area that morning. There were eight NBA games that were scheduled to be played on the day of the accident, the first of which being between the Houston Rockets and Denver Nuggets , as Pepsi Center (now Ball Arena ) was the first NBA arena to acknowledge Bryant's death with the Nuggets holding a brief tribute prior to tip-off and concluding the memorial with the message "Rest in Peace, Mamba". Due to that game tipping off just minutes after

3128-510: The Milwaukee Bucks striking for their game, the following games of the day would be postponed. The Toronto Raptors had also discussed striking for their second-round playoff series with the Boston Celtics in frustration with a lack of social or legislative change after the murder of George Floyd and as a result of Blake's shooting before the Bucks' strike a few days later. On June 16, 2020,

3220-617: The Month. Awards for seeding games play were also announced, with Damian Lillard named Player of the Seeding Games after averaging 37.6 points per game. This was the fourth year of the current nine-year contracts with ABC , ESPN , TNT and NBA TV . Under an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice regarding Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox , the Fox Sports Regional Networks were required to be sold off to third parties by June 18, 2019. Fox also invoked

3312-679: The NBA All Star Game MVP Award to the NBA All-Star Game Kobe Bryant Most Valuable Player award , with Kawhi Leonard of the Los Angeles Clippers being the inaugural recipient, who a few days after the crash revealed that he and Bryant shared the same pilot, Ara Zobayan, who also lost his life in the accident. The 2020 NBA All Star Game saw every player on Team LeBron wear the jersey number two for Gianna and every player on Team Giannis wear

3404-625: The NBA released a medical protocol to be used during the season restart in the NBA Bubble at Walt Disney World to ensure the health and safety of players, coaches, officials, and staff. This included regular testing for COVID-19 prior to and throughout the season restart, wearing a face covering or mask, and social distancing to prevent an outbreak of COVID-19 from occurring. Players and coaches who were deemed "high-risk individuals" by their team, or players who had already suffered season-ending injuries prior to season suspension, were not permitted to play and also did not lose any salary. Any player who

3496-540: The October 22, 2019, regular season opening day, and 377 days after the first pre-season games on September 30, 2019. This was the longest season in NBA history. Free agency negotiations began on June 30, 2019, at 6 p.m. ET, unlike July 1 from previous seasons. Players officially signed after the July moratorium on July 6 at 12 p.m. ET. The preseason began on September 30 and ended on October 18. The Indiana Pacers and

3588-451: The Salvadoran merchant class, frequently married into the landowning oligarchic families, further diversifying the composition of the elite stratum of society. Another process worthy of note during this period despite its lack of tangible results was the ongoing series of unification efforts by the Central American states. El Salvador was a prime mover in most of these attempts to reestablish an isthmian federation. In 1872 El Salvador signed

3680-486: The Salvadoran Coffee Growers Association (Asociacion Cafetalera de El Salvador—ACES), besides controlling the sale of coffee, Incafe also charged growers export taxes and service charges equal to about 50 percent of the sale price and was often late in paying growers for their coffee. Coffee growers also suffered from guerrilla attacks, extortion , and the imposition of so-called "war taxes" during

3772-456: The benefit of external technical and financial help. El Salvador nonetheless became one of the most efficient coffee producers in the world. This was especially true on the large coffee plantations, where the yield per hectare increased in proportion to the size of the plantation, a rare occurrence in plantation agriculture. The effect of coffee production on Salvadoran society has been immeasurable, not only in terms of land tenure but also because

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3864-401: The bubble in an interview with ESPN 's Rachel Nichols , Butler stated "I'm working on my coffee skills. After my career, I'm opening my coffee shop." From there, stories began circulating about Butler's side business selling coffee in the business. Players could bring items from home to use while restricted to stay on location at the bubble site; Butler brought with him a French press . Finding

3956-530: The bubble without prior approval had to be quarantined for at least 10 days. During Phase 5 from July 22 to 29, teams played three scrimmages against the other teams staying at the same hotel. During Phase 6, when the regular-season seeding games and playoffs were under way and teams began to be eliminated from contention, players and staff on those clubs had to pass one final COVID-19 test before they could leave Disney World. The NBA also set up an anonymous hotline for players to report protocol violations while in

4048-515: The bubble. While the statistics from the seeding games were counted towards players' regular season totals, the NBA ruled that its end-of-season awards were only based on games through March 11 and excluded the seeding games. Finalist for the major awards were announced during the seeding games. Due to the pandemic, the NBA Awards show held the prior three years was cancelled, and award winners were instead announced on TNT during their coverage of

4140-574: The coffee business. Butler further plans to travel to Africa off similar motivations. In August 2021, Bigface won bids for coffee beans in the Cup of Excellence auction, where the company bid $ 65,000 for over 1,000 pounds of premium El Salvador coffee . In addition to El Salvador, Bigface has been noted to source coffee beans from farms from various other countries including Ethiopia , Honduras , Colombia , and Ecuador . To further expand Bigface, Butler joined Shopify 's creator program, which sees Shopify select

4232-431: The coffee fincas (plantations), and on the suppression of rural discontent. The coffee industry grew inexorably in El Salvador, after a somewhat tentative start in the mid-19th century. Between 1880 and 1914, the value of coffee exports rose by more than 1,100 percent. Although the coffee industry itself was not taxed by the government, tremendous revenue was raised indirectly through import duties on goods imported with

4324-528: The coffee industry has served as a catalyst for the development of infrastructure (roads and railroads) and as a mechanism for the integration of indigenous communities into the national economy. In the decades prior to the civil conflict of the 1980s, export earnings from coffee allowed growers to expand production, finance the development of a cotton industry, and establish a light manufacturing sector. After 1979, however, government policies, guerrilla attacks , and natural disasters reduced investment, impeding

4416-442: The coffee industry's growth. To make matters worse, after a price jump in 1986 world coffee prices fell by 35 percent in 1987, causing coffee exports to decline in value from US$ 539 million to US$ 347 million. Government control of coffee marketing and export was regarded as one of the strongest deterrents to investment in the industry. In the first year of Incafe's existence, coffee yields dropped by over 20 percent. During each of

4508-437: The coffee options at the bubble sub-optimal, Butler began making coffee of his own using the coffee beans from El Salvador . From his room, Butler began selling cups of coffee to his teammates at an upcharge for $ 20 as a joke. Butler selected this pricing because though cash was largely useless in the bubble—which was mostly empty aside from NBA players, personnel, and reporters—"NBA per diem rules still applied," which saw

4600-401: The composition of that group, as the new coffee barons joined the ranks of the old plantation owners (who in many cases were slow to recognize the potential of coffee and lost some wealth and standing by delaying their switch from indigo production). New blood also was introduced into the oligarchy by way of foreign immigration. These immigrants, who would eventually come to constitute the bulk of

4692-470: The country's export revenues, reaching a peak in 1980 with a revenue of more than $ 615 million. With the political and economic turmoil resulting from a civil war in the 1980s, the coffee industry has struggled to recover entirely, and by 1985 earned around $ 403 million from coffee. Brazil has been buying to sell the goods of El Salvador. Yields of green coffee, a Salvadoran speciality declined in absolute terms from 175,000 tons in 1979 to 141,000 tons in 1986;

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4784-479: The degree of emphasis of political versus economic issues, Salvadoran liberals generally agreed on the promotion of coffee as the predominant cash crop , on the development of infrastructure (railroads and port facilities) primarily in support of the coffee trade, on the elimination of communal landholdings to facilitate further coffee production, on the passage of antivagrancy laws to ensure that displaced campesinos and other rural residents provided sufficient labor for

4876-420: The dominant export commodity, coffee was a more demanding crop. Since coffee bushes required several years to produce a usable harvest, its production required a greater commitment of capital, labor, and land than did indigo. Coffee also grew best at a certain altitude, whereas indigo flourished almost anywhere. Unlike those of Guatemala and Costa Rica , the Salvadoran coffee industry developed largely without

4968-447: The ensuing four years, yields were about 30 percent lower than those registered during the 1978-80 period. Although the area in production remained fairly constant at approximately 180,000 hectares, production of green coffee declined in absolute terms from 175,000 tons in 1979 to 141,000 tons in 1986; this 19 percent drop was a direct result of lower yields, which in turn were attributed to decreased levels of investment. According to

5060-605: The first time that four NBA teams would play in Mexico City in one regular season. The Mavericks and Pistons played on December 12, 2019, and the Spurs and Suns played on December 14, 2019. A play-in game took place in the Western Conference, as the ninth-seeded Memphis Grizzlies finished within four games of the eighth-seeded Portland Trail Blazers. The eighth seed started with a 1–0 lead and needed just one win to advance, while

5152-406: The following day, leaving everyone on board the flight in absolute shock and it was not long until their January 28 meeting with the crosstown rival Los Angeles Clippers was postponed. This marked the first time an NBA game was postponed for any reason since nearly seven years earlier when the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing led to the postponement of a Celtics game. The Lakers did not play a game in

5244-423: The foreign currencies that coffee sales earned (goods intended for the consumption of the small coffee-producing elite). From 1870 to 1914, an average of 58.7 percent of government revenue derived from this source. Even if the coffee elite did not run the government directly (and many scholars argue that they did), the elite certainly provided the bulk of the government's financial support. This support, coupled with

5336-507: The humbler and more mundane mechanisms of corruption, ensured the coffee growers of overwhelming influence within the government and the military. The priorities of the coffee industry dictated a shift in the mission of the embryonic Salvadoran armed forces from external defense of the national territory to the maintenance of internal order. The creation of the National Guard (Guardia Nacional—GN) in 1912 epitomizes this change. The duties of

5428-583: The ice cream was affogato -flavored. The flavor was also made available at Van Leeuwen's scoop shop locations throughout the United States. The partnership followed up with pop-up shops in Miami, one at the Miami Open tennis tournament and another in the city's Design District . Bigface also served as the official coffee brand sponsor for players and VIP lounges at the Masters and WTA 1000 events in Miami. In April, Butler filed further trademark applications to have

5520-469: The jersey number 24 for Kobe. The All Star Game also temporarily changed to an Echelon-style format starting in 2020 with the leading score at the end of the third quarter plus 24 (Bryant's jersey number from 2006–2016) acting as the target score. This format would be scrapped however in 2023, with that year’s game in Salt Lake City being the final one under this format. The postponed Lakers-Clippers game

5612-461: The league's personnel receiving "envelopes filled with cash like they would to cover meals and incidentals on a regular road trip." Noticing that envelopes included $ 20 bills, Butler charged the amount knowing most players would have such a bill available to them. He offered the same price for all cup sizes and types of coffee. Originating as an inside joke, Butler called his business "Big Face Coffee", explaining that he would charge an initial $ 20 for

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5704-514: The mention of Bryant inducing one of, if not the loudest crowd reaction of the commemoration. On March 11, 2020, the game between the Utah Jazz and Oklahoma City Thunder was abruptly postponed shortly before tipoff after it was discovered that the Jazz's player Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19 . That same evening, the game between the New Orleans Pelicans and Sacramento Kings

5796-436: The news was revealed for the first time, that game went on as scheduled as Denver defeated Houston, 117–110. There were reportedly conversations held among league authorities on whether or not to cancel any of the other games that day, however every game ultimately went on as planned, partly due to many feeling that Bryant himself would have wanted the games to go on. Of the remaining seven games played that day, beginning with

5888-581: The ninth seed needed to win twice to clinch the final playoff spot. Portland won the play-in game 126–122 to enter the playoffs as the eighth seed. The 2020 NBA playoffs began on August 17 and ended with the NBA Finals , which began on September 30 and ended on October 11. On January 26, 2020, less than four weeks after commissioner emeritus David Stern died from a brain hemorrhage at age 77, recently retired Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna were tragically killed when

5980-620: The oligarchy was never threatened by the actions of the government. Some have attributed this to the pervasive influence of the organization that has been described as the "invisible government" of the country, the Coffee Growers Association (Asociacion Cafetalera). The direct (in the case of the Melendez-Quinonez mini-dynasty) and indirect connections of the presidents of the period with the country's powerful families undoubtedly came into play as well. Generally speaking, however,

6072-626: The past has taken its toll on the environment in many areas of the country. In some parts of El Salvador coffee is still highly important to the economy. The Ciudad Barrios Cooperative, for instance, operating in the Cacahuatique mountains of eastern El Salvador since the late 1970s, was producing approximately 8.5 million pounds of coffee annually until 2003. The Cooperative has since been involved with organizations such as USAID which has aided small and medium-sized Salvadoran coffee producers to produce for international higher-grade coffee markets, and

6164-564: The pilot, Ara Zobayan. All occupants were killed on impact and on January 28, Bryant's identity was officially confirmed using fingerprints. The following day, the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner stated that the official cause of death for him and the eight others on the helicopter was blunt force trauma . A year later on February 9, 2021, the cause of the crash was officially determined to be Zobayan experiencing spatial disorientation due to heavy fog in

6256-440: The political and economic turmoil resulting from a civil war in the 1980s, the coffee industry struggled to recover entirely and, by 1985, earned around $ 403 million from coffee. Yields of green coffee, a Salvadoran speciality, declined in absolute terms from 175,000 tons in 1979 to 141,000 tons in 1986; a 19% drop attributed directly to decreased levels of investment caused by the war. The coffee industry in El Salvador has shown

6348-418: The principles of free-market capitalism—dominated the conduct of the state. Anti-clericalism was a distinctly secondary theme, expressed primarily through social legislation (such as the establishment of secular marriage and education) rather than through the kind of direct action, e.g., repression and expropriation, taken against the church in 19th- and early 20th-century Mexico. Despite some differences over

6440-531: The regular season within four games of the eighth seed. This proposal was then approved by members of the National Basketball Players Association on June 5. On August 26, 2020, the Milwaukee Bucks chose not to play in game 5 of the playoff series against the Orlando Magic to protest the police shooting of Jacob Blake . The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association announced that, in light of

6532-466: The rest of the Fox Sports Regional Networks. The networks continued to temporarily use the Fox Sports name under a transitional license agreement while Sinclair explored re-branding options. Coffee production in El Salvador Coffee production in El Salvador has fueled the Salvadoran economy and shaped its history for more than a century. Rapidly growing in the 19th century, coffee in El Salvador has traditionally provided more than 50% of

6624-513: The rest of the league subsequently followed suit throughout the rest of the Sunday. Notably, Kyrie Irving , who at the time was a member of the Brooklyn Nets , excused himself and left Madison Square Garden prior to tip-off against the New York Knicks , upon learning of Bryant’s death. Irving, who considered Bryant to be a mentor, often trained with Kobe and was and continues to be very close with

6716-480: The same month, Bigface collaborated with Lids . Another Bigface pop-up would be set up at the Kaseya Center ahead of Game 3 of the 2023 NBA Finals, which Butler's Heat hosted. Bigface would also collaborate with Artpresso, a design company, to release customized espresso machines and barista accessories. Previously, Artpresso helped customize a Strada espresso machine model from La Marzocco for Bigface, as well as

6808-534: The season took an abrupt delicate turn when Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant , who was less than four years into retirement from the league, died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California , along with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others. A number of tributes and memorials were issued, and the All-Star MVP Award was renamed in Bryant's honor. The season was suspended on March 11 as

6900-490: The seizure of land from individual smallholders and communal owners. Despite the continued participation of conservatives, however, the period of the establishment of the coffee republic (roughly 1871 to 1927) is described commonly as the era of the liberal state in El Salvador. The church was not as powerful in El Salvador as in other Latin American states at the time; therefore, the economic aspects of liberalism—an adherence to

6992-445: The system continued to function without adjustment because it worked well from the perspective of the small percentage of Salvadorans who benefited from it, namely the economic elite, upper-echelon government officials, and the military High Command. Although society in general appeared to be static under the liberal state, the same truly cannot be said for the Salvadoran oligarchy. The introduction of coffee production in itself changed

7084-500: The teams traveling to Disney World and conducting practices. Any player who tested positive in the previous phases could not travel until he was medically cleared to do so. Once teams arrive in Orlando, players and staff were isolated in their rooms, requiring to pass two polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests 24 hours apart before being let out of this quarantine. They were still regularly tested for COVID-19 afterwards. A player who tested positive would be isolated and re-tested in case of

7176-489: The wake of Bryant's death until January 31 when they hosted the Portland Trail Blazers on ESPN. Prior to the commencement of the game, the Lakers conducted a 24-minute long, heavily detailed tribute to Bryant, his daughter and the seven other victims. This tribute began with Usher performing “ Amazing Grace ” and was capped off by a rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner by Boyz II Men before being concluded with

7268-426: The western section of El Salvador, coffee growers who operated in the eastern region were sometimes compelled to strike a modus vivendi with the guerrillas. During the 1984-85 harvest, for example, the guerrillas added to their "war tax" demand a threat to attack any plantation they thought underpaid workers. They demanded that workers receive the equivalent of US$ 4.00 per 100 pounds picked, a US$ 1.00 increase over what

7360-547: The words of us: ‘not forgotten’, live on brother”. Following the eulogy, each member of the Lakers’ starting five would be introduced with Bryant’s credentials. Portland won 127–119, in what turned out to be the second most watched NBA broadcast ever in ESPN's history, averaging 4.41 million viewers. The first ever head-to-head meeting between Shaquille O'Neal and Yao Ming in 2003 was the only one with more viewers. The NBA also renamed

7452-402: Was also postponed last minute once it was discovered that a referee for the game, Courtney Kirkland, had worked a Utah Jazz game just two days prior. Kirkland later tested negative for COVID-19. The NBA then suspended the remainder of the 2019–20 season "until further notice" following the completion of games already underway. This was the first time a regular season had been interrupted since

7544-447: Was awarded a Rainforest Alliance certification. Other coffee producers have also been increasingly influenced by international campaign organizations, with many producers now cultivating fair trade coffee . Harvesting coffee has been determined by national law as a hazardous activity. In 2013, the U.S. Department of Labor reported that 6.3% of children aged 5 to 14 were working children and that 56% of them engaged in child labor in

7636-451: Was delayed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic . In October 2021, Bryant was honored as one of the league's greatest players of all time by being named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team . During the 2022 NBA All-Star Game in Cleveland , he was one of fifteen members of that honorary team to be posthumously lionized during a halftime ceremony dedicated to that 75th Anniversary Team, with

7728-439: Was first cultivated in El Salvador for domestic use early in the 19th century. By mid-century its commercial promise was evident, and the government began to favor its production through legislation such as tax breaks for producers, exemption from military service for coffee workers, and elimination of export duties for new producers. By 1880 coffee had become virtually the sole export crop. Compared with Indigofera , previously

7820-492: Was held on February 24 (2/24, marking both Kobe's and Gianna's jersey numbers) at the Staples Center (now Crypto.com Arena ) with Jimmy Kimmel hosting. Speakers at the service included Bryant's widowed wife Vanessa , Michael Jordan , and Shaquille O'Neal , along with Phoenix Mercury guard Diana Taurasi and Geno Auriemma , Taurasi's coach at Connecticut , where Gianna had been aspiring to play. On October 11, 2020,

7912-518: Was medically cleared could also decline to participate, but as a result lost their corresponding paychecks. Phase 1 of the plan ran from June 16 to 22, consisting of players traveling back to the home cities of their respective teams. In Phase 2 from June 23 to 30, COVID-19 tests began being administered to players every other day. In Phase 3 from July 1 to 11, mandatory individual workouts were conducted at team facilities, but group workouts were prohibited. Phase 4 ran from July 7 to 21, consisting of

8004-539: Was originally planned to be made up on April 9, however due to the suspension of the season on March 11 , it was made up at the very beginning of the NBA restart on July 30 with the Lakers emerging victorious 103–101. On February 7, Bryant and his daughter were buried in a private funeral in Pacific View Memorial Park in the Corona del Mar neighborhood of Newport Beach, California . A public memorial service

8096-680: Was released on June 26. The regular season resumed play within the bubble on July 30. Notes The Charlotte Hornets and the Milwaukee Bucks played at the AccorHotels Arena in Paris , France on January 24, 2020, marking the first NBA regular season game in France. On June 7, 2019, the NBA announced that the Dallas Mavericks , Detroit Pistons , Phoenix Suns , and San Antonio Spurs would play at Mexico City Arena in Mexico City , marking

8188-415: Was subtle and institutionalized; campesinos generally accepted the status quo because of the implied threat of retaliation from the GN or other military units. One exception to this pattern was Aquino's rebellion . Although it predated the coffee boom, its reverberations were felt throughout Salvadoran society for decades. Throughout the period of the liberal state in El Salvador, the preeminent position of

8280-616: Was the 74th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The regular season began on October 22, 2019, and originally was supposed to end on April 15, 2020. The 2020 NBA All-Star Game was played on February 16, at the United Center in Chicago , and was won by Team LeBron, 157–155. The playoffs were originally scheduled to begin on April 18, and end with the NBA Finals in June. On January 26,

8372-418: Was the target date for a season return. On June 4, the NBA Board of Governors approved a plan to restart the season on July 31 in Orlando. Under this plan, 13 Western Conference teams and nine Eastern Conference teams, all clubs within six games of a playoff spot, would play eight regular-season "seeding" games. Play-in games for the eighth seed in each conference would then be held if the ninth seed finishes

8464-464: Was then the going rate. The fact that growers negotiated with the guerrillas—while the government looked the other way—demonstrated the continuing importance of coffee export revenue to both the growers and the government. Coffee would become the last of the great monoculture export commodities in El Salvador. Its widespread cultivation began in the mid-19th century as the world demand for indigo dye dried up. The huge profits that it yielded served as

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