内容摘要：Jason Fetterolf of the U.S. Army Reserve salutes during the interment for World War II U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Eugene Darrigan at the cemetery behind St. Mary’s church, Saturday, May 24, 2025, in Wappingers Falls, N.Y. Darrigan was buried in his hometown after his remains were recovered from the World War II bomber that crashed into the water off the coast of New Guinea on March 11, 1944. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)

Jason Fetterolf of the U.S. Army Reserve salutes during the interment for World War II U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Eugene Darrigan at the cemetery behind St. Mary’s church, Saturday, May 24, 2025, in Wappingers Falls, N.Y. Darrigan was buried in his hometown after his remains were recovered from the World War II bomber that crashed into the water off the coast of New Guinea on March 11, 1944. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)

A catrina sculpture in the likeness of Mexican revolutionary Hero Pancho Villa stands at the Zocalo, Mexico City´s main square, during celebrations ahead of the Day of the Dead on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)A catrina sculpture in the likeness of Mexican revolutionary Hero Pancho Villa stands at the Zocalo, Mexico City´s main square, during celebrations ahead of the Day of the Dead on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Arenazas says the flowers smell like the “sweet, fresh, honest work” of the farmers like her who dedicate unending days caring for the flowers. They also smell of “Mexican pride,” she said.On the traditional altars honoring the dead, food is a symbol of Mother Earth. Even the sweetest bread, flavored with orange blossom, has grizzly origins. According to researchers at the Mexican School of Gastronomy, the dough was prepared by mixing honey and human blood as an offering to the gods.Other historians believe that Spanish colonizers, frightened by human sacrifices in Mexico, created a bread, dipped in sugar and painted it red, to symbolize a heart.

Visitors with faces painted as catrinas pose for photos at Mexico City´s main square the Zocalo, ahead of the Day of the Dead celebrations, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)Visitors with faces painted as catrinas pose for photos at Mexico City´s main square the Zocalo, ahead of the Day of the Dead celebrations, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Today there is a special place on altars for the dead person’s favorite food and drink. “The offering loses flavor,” explained Ramírez, “because the dead actually come back; what they eat is the essence.”

Ramírez explained the communion between the living and the dead recalling an anecdote that marked him when he was a child. When his uncle died, the family placed his body on the dining table until the coffin arrived. Then they all sat down to eat there.“Think about my life. I’m very fortunate,” Miller said. “I’ve only known two things: 18 years with one franchise in this building with the Indiana Pacers, and 19 years with Turner.”

Many members of the TNT production crew have gotten jobs with NBC and Amazon, Johnson said, because of their exemplary work to this point. “Best production crew in the business, I might add,” Johnson said.And when it turned back to the “Inside the NBA” crew for one last time on TNT, the emotions were clear.

“This has just been a magnificent ride,” Smith said.Barkley talked about how he was going to sign with NBC when starting his broadcast career, then switched to TNT.