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Posted on: November 5, 2010 11:43 am
ChiTownCliff's Top 10 - Power Rankings #1
Well most teams have 4 to 6 games under their belt so I think we have a small taste of what teams look good early off and what teams should be able to establish themselves as forces for the rest of the season. I only want to look at the top 10, because that is all that really matters right? If you make the top 10 then you are either a contender for the title or real close to it. Outside of the top ten and you have some issues to deal with or you simply are a bad team.
Well let us take a look at the Top 10 teams thus far.
1. Lakers. How any other team could be ranked number 1 is beyond me. The Lakers are clearly the best team in the league. Kobe looks like himself and should still be considered in the running for the MVP, but the real stars of this team are the newly added Matt Barnes and Steve Blake. These two smaller pickups were well thought out by Laker's brass and have been a big part of the Lakers early success.
2. Celtics. Coming out of the gates and handing the Heat a loss goes was the perfect start to their season, but they have looked very good since as well. Rondo is averaging an amazing 16.4 assists per game and the green machine is off and running like they are well oiled. Paul Pierce has showed little signs of aging and the J.O. pickup looks like a solid move thus far.
3. Heat. The number that sticks out to me so far with this team is the average margin of victory which is a league leading 16.6 points. That is pretty scary. After their first game loss to the Celtics this team has looked pretty great since. Winning big against the Nets and Timberwolves is not a big deal, but the pounding they put on the Magic is.
4. Hornets. Who would have thought, right? This team is not only 4-0 but they have won against the likes of the Bucks, Nuggets, Spurs, and Rockets. Beating those 4 in a row proves you are doing something right. Chris Paul looks like his old self leading the NBA already in NBA efficiency with a 21-6-9 statline. Play from Belinelli and Thornton have been key but really missing in action is Trevor Ariza, who if he can get on track, could be an X-Factor for this team.
5. Magic. Getting hammered by the Heat does not make a good statement, but this team is still a great team. They simply had a bad night. I do not tink they will lose like that to the Heat again. In their two wins thay have looked great and Dwight Howard has added a little offensive punch to his game in the form of an outside shot that looks better then ever, but he needs to continue to be that force in the paint on defense if this team want to make it to or past the ECF.
6. Hawks. Okay, so they are 5-0, but I do not think this team is quite top 5 yet. Their wins have come against the Pistons, Cavaliers, Wizards, 76ers, and Grizzlies. That might have been a feat 5 years ago but not today and they face the Timberwolves tonight. We will not know what to think of this team until after next week when they face the Suns, Magic, Bucks, and Jazz.
7. Mavericks. This team has all the parts to have a 60+ win season. Most have played together for a few seasons and Jason Kidd continues to defy age, but the key to this team is the fact that Dirk is still in his prime and puting up great numbers. His ability to score from anywhere opens the floor for everyone else. This team has plenty of scoring theats and now they have some big defenders to clog the paint in Chandler and Haywood.
8. Thunder. Big wins against the Bulls and Trail Blazers has this team close to being in the talks with the elite. They still lack size and that may turn into a bigger issue down the road, but for now the duo of Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook looks like a top 1/2 punch in the league.
9. Trail Blazers. It is hard not to like tis team. With Brandon Roy putting up jumpers from the outside and LaMarcus Aldridge turining into an elite back to the basket player Portland has their bases covered. Sprinkle in a savvy veteran point guard in Miller and a defender of the paint in Camby and this team is on a roll. Just wait until they add more size in JP and Oden.
10. Spurs. The combo of Duncan, Parker, and Manu is already a thing of history and it looks like they will continue to be together for quite some time. Sure they could use some new springs in the legs, but they are wise and well coached. This team can never be ruled out until Duncan retires. Jefferson is also starting to play the way they were hoping he would. This is a darkhorse team in the west if you ask me.
Let us take a look at a few players that have come out of the gates on fire. The Sexy Seven.
Monta Ellis. they guy is just thowing up sick numbers and is leading the league in points per at an even 30 a game. His Warriors are 3-1 and just missed my list. Toss in 4 rebounds, 6 assists, and 55% shooting from the floor and Warriors' fans must be happy.
Joakim Noah. It is still early but it looks like Noah could lead the league in rebounding. He is right now with 15.3 per game to go along with 14 points and 2 blocks. He also has had 4 double doubles in 4 games and it seems unlikley that that trend wont continue.
Luis Scola. 23 points and 14.5 rebounds per! Are you kidding me? While the Rockets may be 0-4, Scola is proving to be a star player in this league. I wonder if these numbers will continue.
Rajon Rondo. I do not care how overrated the steals per and assist per statistics are, if you are averaging 16+ assist per game you are doing a good job of gettting the ball to were it needs to go. Rondo certainly is the front runner to lead the league in assists and by a large margin.
Pau Gasol. 23.8ppg, 11rpg, and 4.4apg is pretty darn scary. The Lakers made the best trade perhaps of the past decade when they landed this guy. He is a top 3 bigman for sure with Howard and Dirk and he plays with the best team in the league. I see no end to these types of numbers from him.
Derrick Rose. With 26.8 ppg(2nd) and 10 apg (5th) Rose is slowly becoming the superstar that many thought he would be. Thesse numbers should stay high but his scoring will certainly come down a bit when Boozer returns.
Russell Westbrook. Durant who? Just kidding, but this guy must be the most underrated point guard in the league. A debate could be had that he is a top 3 PG right now. He certainly is as good as Derrick Rose if you ask me.
Just missing the Sexy Seven are: Paul Millsap, Dirk Nowitzki, and Rudy Gay.
Hope you enjoyed the read and please reply with your Top Ten and your Sexy Seven or simply give your thoughts. Thanks.
Category: NBA
Posted on: October 31, 2010 11:36 am
+ Best NBA Halloween Mask?
First off I would like to say happy Halloween to everyone. I thought it would be fun to poke a bit of fun at the ugly and scary looking NBa players. So if a mask was made for any NBA player which one would scare the most people?
Here are seven masks that I came up with and why I think they would scare people.
1. Delonte West. Scary because you would be afraid he would sleep with your mom.
2. Joakim Noah. I am his biggest fan, but his face is just so messed up looking.
3. Didier Ilunga-Mbenga. The child of batboy and E.T.
4. Rajon Rondo. Just in case you wanted to be a tranny for Halloween.
5. O.J. Mayo. I mean his first name is O.J. That alone is scary.
6. Rashard Lewis. In case you want to trick-or-treat as the most overpaid player in the NBA.
7. Omer Asik. The guy is so white everyone would think you were a ghost.
On a personal note, I am going as a Cavaliers fan with a Cavaliers LeBron Jersey on and dynomite strapped to my chest (road flares) and a remote in my hand. I plan on walking up to people and asking them if they have seen LeBron.
Anyways, which mask would you pick?
Category: NBA
Tags: Cavaliers, Delonte West, Joakim Noah, Mbenga, O.J. Mayo, Omer Asik, Rajon Rondo, Rashard Lewis
Posted on: August 20, 2009 10:43 pm
Bulls - Best/Worst-case - Derrick Rose
Well I have written a blog on each of the Bulls major contributing players over the last few weeks and I will finish with Derrick Rose. It only seems fitting to end on a high note. While Rose had a wonderful rookie season there looks to be a lot of room to grow. He has size for a point guard and mad speed. He can break down defenders and make the pass. To be honest he is the total package. His only black eye at this point is the controversy in regards to memphis and coach John Calipari. This could cause a distraction for a young player and we will have to pay attention Rose to see if he can or can not move past this. So will Rose become a top 5 point guard this season or will he struggle to focus with the Memphis blues? Let us take a look.
Best-case. To me this would start with Rose being honest and up front with the fans about his behavior at and prior to playing at Memphis. He could then put all of that in the past and focus on basketball. In regards to basketball Rose is a future Allstar for sure and if the Bulls make any kind on noise before the Allstar break this season and Rose is playing great then I could see him making the team. The Bulls have not had an Allstar since Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen. That is sad. Derrick Rose reminds me a lot of a cross between Dwyane Wade and Chris Paul. He has speed and vision like paul and the driving and finshing ability of Wade. Sure Paul is a better playmaker and Wade a better finisher, but Rose is a nice hybrid. He can run the floor faster then 99% of the league and can finish with a dunk. He has strength and size to take contact but still make the shot setting up the and one. His weaknesses are his defense and shooting, but I could see both of these only getting much better. He will never be a defender like Hinrich, but with his size and strength alone he should be able to be an above average defender. His shot looked pretty good last season to tell you the truth. The media had me believing he could not shoot past 15 feet to save his life. Those stories were fiction. His jumper will get better and when you couple that with his court vision and driving ability you have a winning combo. Rose will see a ton of minutes and for this reason I could see him averaging 22 points, 7 assists, 5 rebounds, and making the Allstar team.
Worst-case. Rose is still young and last season he had a great offensive player to pass to in Ben Gordon. Gordon was the centerpiece of the Bulls offense most of the time. Well this season Derrick will take over that spot. Sure the Bulls will have John Salmons and a healthy Luol Deng, but I have to think Rose will be the go to guy. Part of me wonders if that is too much to ask. With all the Memphis controversy stuff going on as well will this take a toll on the young Derrick Rose? Maybe. Maybe he might burn out a bit under all the pressure. Last season he was as consistant as any player in the NBA. Will that change? I do not think it is possible for him to lose his starting role, but he could see his minutes drop if he lacks focus and starts fouling to much or throwing the ball away to often. If this is the case we could see him average 16 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds, and not make the Allstar team.
My Prediction. Derrick Rose is a fierce competitor and is very strong mentally so therefore I do not see him getting distracted very easily. Infact I think he will flat out just ignore the whole Memphis deal and focus on Bulls basketball. What I am saying is I am leaning towards the best-case senario for Rose. Do I think he will make the Allstar team? Maybe. Something tells me that Allen Iverson is not going to be starting on any Allstar team this season. This leaves us with a few very good point guards in the east. There is Devin Harris, Rajon Rondo, and Jameer Nelson to deal with. If the Bulls are playing well I could see Rose making the team. Chicago is a big market and Rose could get a lot of fan votes, but he would be competing with two other large sports markets in Boston and New Jersey. In any event Rose should have a steller season even if the Bulls do take a step back. My prediction is for him to average 21 points, 7 assists, and 4 rebounds while shooting .470 from the floor.
Well I hope you enjoyed reading all my Best/Worst-case Blogs but do not worry there is still one more for me to write. Next up will be my final look at the Bulls going into next season. It will be my Best/Worst-case Bulls season Blog. I will repost my revised predictions for each player and then look at what might happen for the Bulls as a team this season. I will give some statistical predictions for the team and tell you how many wins I think they will reach. I look forward to your replies so let me know what you think. Thanks.
Category: NBA
Tags: Ben Gordon, Bulls, Derrick Rose, Jameer Nelson, Rajon Rondo
Posted on: July 2, 2009 10:09 pm
Is the NBA getting more and more unbalanced?
Well there have been a few big moves in the NBA over the last week and I am not so sure it is for the best of the NBA or not. The Cavaliers which were already in this last seasons eastern conference look to have locked up Shaq for next season and gave up basically nothing in return. Vince Carter is going to play for the Magic next season. The Spurs, who are still a good franchise but have battled injuries, have bolstered their lineup with the addition of Richard Jefferson. The Celtics look to be adding Rasheed Wallace and now there are talks of Ron Artest joining Kobe on the Lakers. Are all these moves good for the NBA? Let us take a look.
Magic- Dwight Howard, Vince Carter, Jameer Nelson, Rashard Lewis. You have to think that Turkoglu is going to go elsewhere for the money, but a guess he too could still be in the fold in Orlando. This team has all the parts needed to win a title with Howard anchoring this team. I think Carter might just be the player the magic needed in the Finals. A guy who can hit the clutch shots and draw defenders out. If they somehow manage to keep Turk as well then they are going to go back to the Finals.
Well as a Bulls fan, unless we trade for Chris Bosh or Amar'e this summer, I can hope for no more then maybe a trip to the second round of the playoffs next year and that is better then I can say for most other teams. So do you think that these new Mega-Teams will cause some fans to finally give up on their teams or are you just excited to see how all these move play out? I for one can not wait to watch these new teams, but to be honest part of me is a bit sad that my team is on the outside looking in.
Category: NBA
Tags: Bulls, Cavaliers, Celtics, Chris Bosh, Dwight Howard, Jameer Nelson, Kevin Garnett, Kobe Bryant, Lakers, Lamar Odom, LeBron James, Magic, Manu Ginobili, Mo Williams, Pau Gasol, Paul Pierce, Rajon Rondo, Rashard Lewis, Rasheed Wallace, Ray Allen, Richard Jefferson, Ron Artest, Shaq, Spurs, Tim Duncan, Tony parker, Vince Carter
Posted on: June 23, 2009 12:53 pm
Top 20 NBA Players for the next 5 years.
Ok, we have all seen these types of list before, so I thought I would give it a shot. The season is over and the draft is two days away. I simply compiled my list based on the question, " Who would I pick first to be on my new NBA expansion team?" Many of these lists are based either on past accomplishments or perceived future greatness. I wanted to put my list together using a balance of the two. I am not looking so much for the best player to win a title with next year, nor am I looking for the player to win titles with for the next 10 years. Simply, who are the best players in terms of raw skill and experience together. An aging superstar like KG might win you a championship next season, if healthy, but in two or three seasons he will really begin to fade. On the other hand a player like D. Rose may become a top 3 point guard in two years, but that too is a risk to take. Bottomline, I am looking for the player that will be the best option for the next 5-6 seasons. So, in fear of all the negative replies, I give you my Top 20 Players.
I will admit I am more of a hater then a fan of James due to his sometimes abrasive attitude. He is the best player and he knows it. Sure Kobe is right there, but if I am looking longer term then this becomes a no-brainer. Sure Kobe has 3+ great years left, but James will only continue to get better in those 3 years as Kobe begins to fade. I saw it with MJ with my own eyes. As great as Michael was he lost his edge in his last few years with the Bulls. LeBron is both short term and long term making him my choice for number one. Sorry Laker fans.
Oh no I didn't! Yes, I did. To me Wade is as good as Kobe is already and is younger. If you put Wade in place of Kobe on the Lakers do you not think the Lakers would have won the Championship? They might have not lost a single playoff game. I hate all the Kobe vs LeBron threads, put a case can be made for Wade vs Kobe and if I had to pick from the two I would go with Wade. Both are very similar in that they are strong team leaders, clutch shooters, outstanding defenders, and nightmares to defend. In Wade's own words " I am heading into my prime", while Kobe is on the backside of his.
You may think I am a Kobe hater but that is far from the truth. I think Kobe is still the best player today, but LeBron and Wade will shortly pass him as Kobe begins to fade. However, I think Kobe will fade much like MJ did in that he will still be a force until he is 35 or 36. Kobe is in great shape both mentally and physically and has a good few years left to lead the Lakers to more Championships. Kobe will also continue to be in the MVP talks for the next few seasons as well. I would still pick Kobe this high because he is that good. Remember I am not just looking short term here, so Kobe being at number three is generous considering the competition.
I argued with myself on this one a lot. If Howard would have led his Magic past the Lakers in the Finals or even pushed the series to seven games then I might have picked him ahead of Kobe. You can not teach size as we have all heard so many times. Howard has a couple of holes in his game for sure like free throw shooting and shooting in general. If he could get his ft% up to around 70% and learn how to shoot a 15 footer then he could become the greatest in the game. He also needs to step up and demand the ball like Shaq did back in the day. Howard is still very young and raw and in time could prove to be a top ten center all-time.
With the rules the way they are right now in the NBA a player like Chris Paul is a thorn in every teams side. He can drive and kick better then any other player in the league. He is a threat to shoot from anywhere on the floor and he is a solid defender. In short, he is the total package. Maybe not as fancy as Steve Nash but I think nobody would doubt who the better scorer or defender is. You give Paul a solid bigman to play off of and good wingman and you have a contender everytime. If the Hornets had a better wingman this season they would have been a much better team.
I know that Durant at 6 may seem a bit high, but he is the real deal. He still has holes in his game but with a couple of veterans around him he would shine even more. He will become the NBA scoring champion a few times before his career is over and he will only get better as time goes on. If he can learn to use his length more on defense and bulk up a bit he will become an all-around force in this league for years to come. Can you imagine if the Thunder would have landed the 1st pick in the draft and got Blake Griffin? Scary thought. With a true lowpost player Kevin Durant would be even that much better.
A bit of a gamble here. Jefferson may not be the same after his injury, but all signs look good. He is young and a beast in the paint and as you can see I think he is the second best bigman in the NBA in the near future. He scores well down low and has the size to compete with the best in the league and will overwhelm lesser opponents. Pair him with a solid point guard and a slasher and you have a great team on your hands. It is always wise to build around a great bigman.
On just about any other team Granger would be a Superstar. He has not only the stats to prove it but anyone who has watched him play about a half dozen games or so will see that he is a special kid. He is very athletic and is therefore a solid rebounder and shot blocker for a small forward. He seems to be getting better and better every game and the sky is the limit. Maybe the best testament to his ablilty is his consistency. You know what you are going to get from him day in and day out and that will help Pacer fans sleep at night.
I understand that Dirk is getting older, but he just had perhaps his best season ever and Nowitzki has one thing going for him as he ages. He is an outstanding shooter. of all the aging superstar bigmen like Duncan and Garnett, only Dirk is really a great shooter from long range. With his size he will always be able to grab rebounds but even if he starts to rely solely on jumpshooting he will still be a huge threat on the floor. A seven footer shooting threes will always be scary. I still think he has 3 more years to in his prime and he will be very useful past then as well.
He is in the middle of his prime and he is as smart as they come with his back to the basket. Not as good as Duncan but has fresher legs. On just about any other team Gasol would be a 22 and 10 player but his scoring is effected by Kobe. Another huge factor for me with Gasol is he is a great teammate and while Amar'e may have more talent Gasol has more overall skills that make a team winners. Gasol has 5 more productive years left and for that reason he makes my top ten. I wish my Bulls would have snagged him. I still cry myself to sleep about that trade every night.
Never should he be called the poor man's CP3. In many ways he is just as good as Paul. He has good size for a point guard and it shows in his ability to rebound and defend. He is still quite young as has many more years to prove himself. Some will argue that he is the best point guard right now in the NBA and deron's stats can make make a case for it. In any event, I think he is a great place to start when building a team. If you start building a team with a bigman or a great point guard you will most likely be ahead of the game.
He is not the best post player in the league, infact he likes to shoot to many jumpers if you ask me and a player of his size should block more then just one shot a game, but with that being said Bosh has a great all-around game and is still young so there should be a bunch of good seasons left in him. He will never contend for a MVP that is for sure but he will be considered a top power forward for the next 8 seasons barring injury. He is a good teammate and a smart player and that could take him far. Maybe even far way from Toronto.
Still young and is already one of the best guards in the NBA. 22 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists can not be balked at. He is the clear leader of a young rising team and his future is bright. I may even have him too low on this list. I just feel that Dirk and Gasol will still be great bigman for the next 5 years. If the Trail Blazers can make a solid trade they could contend next season. I still think this team would be better with a solid veteran leader to help calm them down a bit. Still if they stand pat they could blossom on their own.
He is a risk after knee surgery. He is however perhaps the best inside scorer in the game but he disappears on defense and I question him as a teammate. He seems to have an ego problem that could be a cancer in the locker-room. He is a hard player to wrap my mind around. If the stars are aligned correctly he could be a centerpiece of a championship team, but I do not think he is quite that good of a player. He needs to be in the right setting and a number two option behind a superstar point guard or shooting guard. He would do well teamed up with Wade on the Heat.
Let's face the facts, Melo could not lead this team with a map until Billups showed up. Chauncey Billups is the sole reason that the Nuggets had such a great season. I might have Billups on this list if he were not so old. I can not see Chauncey being a stud in 3 to 4 years. Anthony will however continue to fill up stat sheets do to his talent and athletic ability. If he could get his head on straight for 48 minutes on the floor then he could be a top five player, but he always seems to get lost in games at times.
What a season for Devin Harris. He has turned into a top player over night. If the Nets somehow land LeBron James in 2010 then look out NBA. Harris, LeBron, and Brooks will make for a great young core that will contend every season. Harris is a solid shooter and a good defender as well as a playmaker with insane speed. He has many more great years ahead of him as well and I think he would be a great 2nd option behind LeBron. Way better then Mo Williams. He is also a smart player and a great teammate.
It is hard to think of the Spurs without thinking of Duncan, but this season some might say that Tony Parker was the best player on the floor. He has many great seasons ahead of him and with his ability to make things happen of the floor he will always be high on people's wishlists. He can drive and kick with the best of them and is a great finisher for a smaller player around the basket. As Timmy begins to slow down more and more I look for Parker to take over as the leadr of this team. He too could be higher on this list.
I think we might have seen the limits of Joe Johnson. I think he is a top talent for sure and coulf even be the go to guy on a championship team. What makes him stand out to me is his size for a shooting guard. He is big. I think he tried to do to much this season and attempted to many hard shots. He needs to work on that a bit. Two seasons ago people had him as the third best shooting guard behind Kobe and Wade. He has some work to do to get back there. I would love to see him in Chicago though.
If I wanted to win a Championship next season I might pick Timmy, but he has had a long career and I think we all see him starting to slide. For the same reasons I do not even have Kevin Garnett on this list I have Duncan at 19. While he will still be a great player for a few more seasons he will fade hard. His body can not take that much more, and his outside shot is not as pretty as Dirk's. It is sad to admit, because I have always loved his game, but I do not see Duncan being a huge factor in 5 years.
From a fading legend to a rising superstar we come to my last player on my top 20 list for the next 5 seasons. Rondo proved to be a great all-around player all season long but in the playoff series against the Bulls fans got to see the Future of the Cletics. Rondo is a true triple double threat in the likes of Jason Kidd. I like to compare Rajon to kidd because to me they are very much the same. Rondo might be a better finisher at the rim, and Jason could dish out better passes, but neither player have a good looking jumpshot. Lucky for Celtic fans Rondo is still young enough to fix that.
Well I hope you enjoyed the read. I am sure I will not like my own list tomorrow and for that reason I am sure many of you will not like my list at all. You have to remember I am looking at players to build a team around now for the next 5 seasons or so, so players like Kevin Garnett and Chauncey Billups simply did not make my list. Players like Yao Ming and Carlos Boozer missed out as well because I think neither will ever play a full season again. Some of my choices were easy and others were a gamble. I would love to hear what you think and would like to see your Top 20 list using the same criteria.
Posted on: May 29, 2009 10:05 pm
Top 10 Playoff Performers Thus Far.
The Playoffs seem to be much better this year in general if you ask me. Maybe it is due to the great series I got to watch my Bulls play in, but I think most will agree that there have been a lot of close games in this years playoffs. i can not remember a season with so many last second shots and amazing plays. I thought it would be fun to rank the top ten players as far as their playoff performances are concerned. I understand the size of the can of wrath that I am about to open by making a list but I only hope to spark some debate. So let us take a look.
I think it goes without saying that LeBron James is having a historic postseason. I myself have not seen stat lines like LBJs since you know who graced the floor. I am not going to get into the LeBron versus such and such debate becuae I really think it is clear that at least in these playoffs this season that James is the best player in the league. His line is: 36.1 ppg, 9.3 rpg, and 7.3 apg. His game 5 triple double is historic in that only 3 other players have ever scored more the 30 point and had more then 10 rebounds and assists in an elimination game victory. He is clutch beyond clutch. What if the Cavaliers made that trade for Shaq last year for Wally? If James can carry his team past the Magic, which looks near impossible at this point, and to a victory in the Finals I will concede to the fact that he is the greatest player in the NBA period.
Kobe has been Kobe which translates into 29.3 ppg, 5.2 rpg, and 4.6 apg. He has led his team to a 3-2 advantage in the western conference championship. As great as Kobe has been and as clutch as he has been his numbers still are a big drop off from LeBron's. The fact of the matter is clear. Kobe has a much better team around him and this allows him to take less shots and it takes some of the pressure off him to display outright greatness. What I am saying is that if you swapped Kobe and LeBron from their teams I think Kobe would be putting up numbers close to those of LeBron's. If Kobe has to he can score at will but I do not think he could average the assists and rebounds that LeBron is. LeBron is just bigger and a more physical presence. Kobe will continue to make big shots and lead his team and I think the Lakers will end up in the Finals. If they play the Magic I think the magic win in 6, but if they get the Cavs then I see the Lakers winning it all in 6.
I almost put Dwight Howard in the 2 spot because he has been out of world great. 20 and 15 is scary and with over 2 blocks a game nobody is playing better in the paint and it is not even close. If Howard can continue to polish his back to the basket game and also pick up a 15 foot jumper then he will be unstoppable and could become the "real" best player in the league. He is like a combintion of Shaq and Alonzo Mourning in that he has great size and is athletic but is also very well conditioned. We all used to wonder what Shaq would be like if he lost 40 pounds, well now we can see. Shaq was for sure a much better offensive player but Howard is the better defender of the two. His future is so bright just like his smile. Sorry, I had to write that.
Ok, I understand that the Mavericks are no longer in the playoffs but Dirk had a great playoffs this season. In many ways he shed his reputation of being soft by playing a very gritty style of play. I thought the Mavs had a great chance to adavance to the WCF after watching them take out the Spurs in 5 games. I thought the Spurs would win the series going into it and Dirk was the force that finally made the Spurs look like non-contenders. With a stat line of 26.8 ppg, 10.1 rpg, and 3.1 apg Dirk makes the Mavericks still relevant for the next 3 or 4 years. If only Cuban can put the right pieces around Dirk. The Jason Kidd idea was solid but they could use a good wing player. Josh Howard is not the answer.
The future of Boston showed up in the playoffs. We all knew that Rondo was a top 10 point guard going into the playoffs but I for one never thought he was this good. A case could be made that he is the 2nd best PG behind Chris Paul. Infact a case could even be made that he is the best PG in the league. I would say he is top 5 for sure now and have no problem saying that he is in my mind the 4th best behind Paul, Chauncey and Deron. His stat line of 17.4 ppg, 10.0 rpg, and 9.8 apg in the playoffs is insane and while not as sexy as LeBron's numbers, I think it is safe to say that the Celtics will start slowly building around this young budding superstar. My only complaint would be that he loses his head in dire moments and he needs to mature a bit in that area so that he can become a true floor general.
Once you get past his outer shell which at times comes across as a bit thuggish you realize that he is a special player. He has slowly turned himself into a top 10 player in the league. When he entered the NBA it was all about him and LeBron James and they were compared constantly. It has become clear that LeBron is the better player and even Dwyane Wade has proved to be the better pick of that draft, but Carmelo has really started to shine the last two seasons and is doing a wonderful job of leading his team deep into the playoffs. He is not leading like fellow teammate Billups but rather leading with his effort on the floor. He is averaging 27.3 points, 6.1 rebounds, and 4.2 assists a game so far in these playoffs. That is nearly 5 more points per game then during the regular season.
The trade of Allen Iverson for Billups should go down as one of the best personnel moves in NBA history. I think AI is a great player and has had a solid career and on paper it seemed that perhaps the Pistons robbed the Nuggets, but in reality Billups was the perfect fit in Denver while Iverson was far from an ideal match in Detroit. I can think of few players that have had such a positive affect on a new team as Billups has had in Denver. He is in many ways the model point guard with his play making decisions and savvy defense. He has stepped up his game on all fronts in the playoffs, but that can be expected from an old pro. He is averaging 21.3 ppg, 3.8 rpg, and 6.7 apg. Can his playoff experience get the Nuggets over the hurdle that is the Lakers? We will find out tonight.
Knowing that my Bulls could have made a trade for Gasol for a bag of peanuts last season still makes me sick. Gasol has proved to be the missing link for the Lakers and Kobe. It is no secret that Kobe thrives with a great bigman down low and if the Cavaliers get knocked out of the playoffs it will be in part because LeBron lacks what Kobe has, an real bigman down low. Gasol has been a beast in the paint. While his scoring has not been any better then the regular season he is grabbing more rebounds and blocking twice as many shots. If Gasol can stay this effective then the Lakers should advance in the playoffs. However if the Lakers matchup with the Magic then Pau will be in trouble. He has played his worst basketball against Orlando this season, averaging only 12 points and 8 rebounds against them.
Even though his team got knocked out in the first round Wade still proved to be a giant on the floor. Averaging 29, 5, and 5 is special and Wade did all he could to carry his team on to the next round but because of the Heats lack of depth his efforts were halted. A real question needs to be asked at this point. Will Wade stay in Miami? There has been so much talk about LeBron James leaving and even about Chris Bosh being traded that Wade has kind of flown under the radar. Can he really be happy? Miami has made no solid trades since they originally acquired Shaq. Marion did not work out at all and J.O. is on his last leg and is not going to help bring a title to Miami. It will be interesting to see how things unfold with Wade over the next season.
I think I am not alone when I say that Roy is now the third best shooting guard in the NBA behind Kobe and Wade. He is only 25 years old as well. Portland has a bright future with Roy leading the way. His team also was knocked out of the playoffs in the first round but like Wade he did all he could to elevate his team. In the end Portland proved to be to young, but next season they should have the hunger required to advance. If only Greg Oden could be a factor. If Oden ever takes off then the sky is the limit for this team. Otherwise there will be a lot of what ifs in regards to what if Portland took Kevin Durant with the first pick. Ouch! Roy's scoring in the playoffs went up by 4 points per game but his assists went down by about 2 1/2 per game. That looks like a young player trying to do to much.
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Posted on: May 25, 2009 2:39 pm
The Smart GM Trades Kevin Garnett this Summer.
I understand that many will call me crazy for even thinking that the Celtics should trade Kevin Garnett, but there are plenty of reasons as to why it is the right move. I made mention of this idea back on one of the Bulls vs Celtics playoff threads and then again on another thread about Bostons future and I got mixed feedback. I have since taken a little time to research a bit more as to a few trade ideas and to also solidify my argument. So let us take a look at a few reasons as to why it makes sense for the Celtics to break up the big three.
Be honest with yourselves. What will it take for the Celtics to get back to the Finals and win another championship? It will take a few things happening that I feel is just a huge gamble for Boston. Kevin Garnett will have to return and be near 100%. Leon Powe will have to heal and continue to grow. Ray Allen will have to shoot consistently and stop aging. Celtics will have to resign Big Baby somehow to slowly take over for the fading KG. Paul Pierce will have to show up a little more in the playoffs. Rajon Rondo will have to pick up the slack by becoming a superstar.
Can all 6 of those things happen? I think not. If Garnett returns and plays well then the Celtics will make it to the second round of the playoffs again, but the east is fastly changing and the Celtic's core is getting very old. If Boston does not make moves this summer they could very well turn into the next version of the Pistons. An motley grouping of aging vets and mismatched parts that have little trade value. Think of what the Pistons could have done a few years ago if they were smart enough to break up their team. But instead they pressed on and slowly slipped out of contention. Sad.
The time is now for Boston to bypass this fate. If KG can recover and pass a physical then they should move him while he still have some value. In a year or less he could be worth as much as Rasheed Wallace. Scary. Yes it would be a cruel thing to do to KG after he gave Boston a championship, but basketball is a business not a retirement home. Kevin Garnett could recover and have 1 or 2 good seasons left but that is a big risk to take. I think moving him now is the best option. Rajon Rondo is clearly the future of this team as Paul Pierce will himself slowly start to fade in the next 3 or 4 years. He has a lot of miles on him and to me Rondo looks to be the most well rounded talent on the Celtics right now.
Many have been saying the Celtics should move Ray Allen but he has only one year left on his contract that expires in the summer of 2010. Having 18 million dollars in cap space next summer might be enough to grab a superstar free agent if the Celtics aready have the right players on board. I say hold onto Ray. Here are a few ideas for the Celtics.
1) I understand that the Raptors are in the same division as the Celtics, but both can gain somthing by making a deal. The Raptors have to understand by now that Chris Bosh is most likely bolting after next season and they need to start listening to offers now. I want my Bulls to make an offer to be honest. I think if the Celtics offered Garnett and thier 1st round pick they could land Bosh and Jason Kapono. Bosh is not as good as KG was in his prime but Bosh is younger and Kapono gives the celtics another three point threat which they could really use. Toronto gets a superstar in KG and a pick. All of these trade ideas work on the ESPN trade machine just so you know. Different combinations of picks could be used to even out this trade but I think if they can move past the idea of both being in the same division that this is a solid moves on both ends. Raptors will either want another superstar for Bosh or young talent and picks. Few other teams can offer a player like Garnett to the Raptors so they might swallow his huge contract to just fill some seats at home.
2) OK, I understand that Zach Randolph is a nightmare in the locker room but the Celtics could try to move him during the season or a third team could be involved. I think Camby is a solid replacement for KG. They are both old and Camby is not what he used to be but both ZR and Marcus' contracts expire before KG's contract. In the end this trade really just gives the Celtics a little more flexability and I am sure the Clippers would throw a future draft pick on the table. Clippers love to make bad trades so maybe the Celtics could pull a John Paxson and land two future 1st rounders. The Clippers really want to move Zach. I understand that this is not a sexy trade and it would certainly have the Celtics taking a step back, but if they can land a 1st round pick or two from the Clippers then it is a no brainer to me. The Clippers are always in the lottery and often hold a top 5 pick.
3) Now I like this idea. Peja Stojakovic's contract is hard to swallow for what he offers but it is one season shorter then KGs. David West on the other hand is a solid young power foward. The Hornet could bite if the Celtics ate another contract and offered a 1st and 2nd round pick. The Hornets might not want to give up a young star like west for an aging one like Garnett, but they might also want to make it look like they are trying to build a contender to keep Chris Paul happy. I seem to remember the Mavericks trading away a budding star in Devin Harris for Jason Kidd. You just never really know what a team will do. But If the Celtics can bring home a player like David West then I think they would remain contenders. I also think that boston can stand to let go of a couple of picks. Rondo, Pierce, and West could be a deadly trio.
4) Speaking of the Mavericks what about a trade for Josh Howard and Erick Dampier. I think that this could be a nice even trade as is. Howard has a few injuries to ovrecome and a fondness for herbs and Dampier is also getting older but is still a solid player in the paint. Plus Howard's contract ends next summer to give the Celtics some extra cap space and Erick's ends the next summer. Mavericks could be scary with Garnett and Dirk on the floor together. If Jason Kidd can muster a bit more out of his HOF career then the mavericks could contend with this move. Howard would look nice running the floor with Rondo and if the Celtics lose Big Baby then Dampier could be a short term fix. I think with this move the Celtics would free up enough money for the summer of 2010 to go after perhaps Amar'e, Bosh(if he is not already traded), or Wade.
5) This trade is all about freeing up a bit of money. Celtics would save 5 million right off the bat with the differences in contracts and Matt Harpring's contract ends next summer and Kirilenko's is a year shorter then KGs. AK47 could play the 3 or 4 and be a solid replacement for KGs defense. I am not saying he is as good but he is a very good defender. With freed up cap space the Celtics would have money to add a superstar and maybe resign Big Baby this summer. A 2010/2011 lineup of Rajon Rando, Dwyane Wade, Paul Pierce, AK47, and Big Baby would be a great team to watch and a very good defensive team. Maybe a big instead of Wade might more sense. For the Jazz they get KG to replace Boozer who is sure to leave this summer.
Well, I hope you enjoyed the read. Please understand that these trade ideas can be tinkered with a bit by adding smaller pieces or draft picks to even thing out. I can already see all the negative replies about a couple of these trade ideas. What I really want to hear from other posters is 1) is moving KG in and of itself just a bad idea? and 2) what other trade ideas can you come up with?
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Posted on: March 21, 2009 12:07 pm
Should Bulls Avoid 7th Seed?
The Bulls now hold the 8th seed in the eastern playoffs, and while they could very likely still lose that seeding and slip out of the playoffs all together, one has to wonder if they really want to move up to the 7th seed. The Bulls have a very light schedule the rest of the way. They face one real strong team tonight in the Lakers and then things become much easier the rest of the way. My real point here is that the Bulls could very well pass the Pistons or 76ers for that matter and move into the 7th spot in the playoffs. The problem there is that they would then be faced with the Celtics or Magic in the first round and while I do not see the Bulls getting out of the first round, I do think their best shot is against the top rated Cavaliers.
The Bulls just match up better with the Cavaliers and I can see the Bulls stretching a seven game series to a sixth or seventh games. The Bulls have a pretty balanced team right now with Brad Miller down low giving the Bulls some size and skill for the first time in a long time. Tyrus Thomas is starting to show signs that he can be a force in the paint on both ends but more so on defense were his ability to get above the rim and block shots is at the highest level in the league. He is starting to remind me of Tyson Chandler a bit on defense, but with the ability to hit the outside jumper. Thomas is coming into his own and his future is bright.
LeBron James can not really be stopped by anyone so the Bulls would have to rely on a team effort to try and slow him down a bit. The one thing the Bulls can do is make it hard for hm to score in the paint. Thomas, Joakim Noah, and Miller offer a nice combination of size, skill, defense, and athleticism. Most of all Brad Miller matched up well against clevelands bigs and I think if Tyrus continues to grow that the Cavs might have trouble defending against him. I am not saying that Tyrus is a 20 and 10 player against the Cavaliers, I am only saying that I think he matches up well against them. Anderson Varejao is about the only guy I can see slowing him down. Joe Smith is a bit to slow to hinder him, but Smith is a savvy vet so I could be wrong there.
I think Cleveland might have a bit of an edge with Mo Williams facing Derrick Rose. Rose has shown that he struggles against larger point guards like Rajon Rondo and Williams. If Rose can rise to the occasion then the Bulls have a shot every night. The Bulls have an overall edge with guards due to their strong depth with Rose, Kirk Hinrich, and Ben Gordon. That is a strong rotation with option to score, playmake, and play defense. I really like how the Bulls matchup here. While the power forward and center positions almost seem to be a wash, I think the Bulls have an edge in the guard catagory.
Then we come to the small forward position were the Bulls have a nice all around player in John Salmons who can do a bit of everything and the often injured Luol Deng. If Heathly Deng can be a nice player to have on the floor but Salmons is the better defender and just seems to fit better with Vinny's gameplan and more importantly he seems to complement Derrick Rose much better then Luol Deng. Deng had a nice string of strong games before hurting his leg last month, but Salmons needs to be the starter here for the Bulls.
While John Salmons is nice he is in no way in the same category as LeBron James. James is just better in every way. James is just a machine set on kill mode. So by default the Cavaliers get a huge edge here and in my mind the ability to move on to the second round. I think if the Bulls play hard the series could be stretched but it would take an effort not yet seen by the Bulls for this to happen. On the other hand, I do not see the Cavs sweeping the Bulls. The Bulls will have at least one night were all their jump shooters are hitting and this will most likely happen in the United Center. If Gordon, Salmons, and Rose are hitting their shots then really nobody can stop them.
The real question is if the Bulls can score inside as well as outside. If Miller can find his shot and in turn spread the floor then Tyrus and Noah might be able to make noise down low. I still think that Vinny needs to run the high screen and roll with Miller and Rose much more. Miller is an outstanding passer for a bigman and can shoot the seventeen foot jumper. Derrick can shoot, pass, or drive. I see the high screen and roll with these two as a powerful weapon not truly utilized. This would spread the floor and allow Tyrus and Salmons to slash to the rim for feeds from Rose. I would just like to see this happen more often. Gordon could sit on the three point line for an open shot and to keep the floor spread and the the forwards could cut to the rim. Seems like a simple gameplan that could win a lot of games.
The real reason however that I want the Bulls to hold ont the 8th seed and not move up is I think they could very well get swept by either the Magic or the Celtics. We have no answer for Dwight Howard at all and Kevin Garnett seems to charm Tyrus Thomas everytime they matchup. Rondo is not a great matchup for Rose at all and Paul Pierce and Ray Allen demand more defense then the Bulls can offer up. The Magic and the Celtics both are to balanced and have to much depth for the Bulls. The Bulls too are more balanced now and have depth but are to inconsistant.
Bottomline, if the Bulls are to have any hope of making it to the second round, which is unlikely at best, it will be through the Cavaliers and not the Celtics or Magic. So listen up Bulls! Keep playing well but lets not go on a 5+ game winning streak.
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Arrive, courageous springtime!Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
Sir Walter Wally, Holtsville Hal, West Indies Wilbur, Staten Island Chuck … there are quite a few famous groundhogs who predict the coming of spring but, for my money, the Prophet is the most notorious of all, Punxsutawney Phil. Last year the good-hearted woodchuck (native of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania) emerged from his burrow and didn't see his shadow, thusly predicting an early spring. (From what I can remember, it did come early, and it was a good warm one.)
Groundhog Day (aka Candlemas Day aka the Purification of the Virgin aka the Presentation aka kinda-sorta the Pagan Imbolc) fell on Saturday, February 2nd this year and Phil gave us the bad news: six more weeks of winter.
Popular statistics (from the pro-Groundhog Day camp) say the groundhogs—although they don't always agree with each other—are generally 75 to 90% correct for their region, so I'm planning for a few more weeks of grim times. This winter has been pure gloom. I live in Oregon, which isn't as bad as most places, but the flues and colds and slate-grey skies and weeks of rain have taken their toll on me. Winter 2007-2008 has beaten me down.
Here, then, is my list of why springtime needs to come NOW.
1. The sun. I haven't seen hide nor hair of it in weeks. (I grew up in San Diego, so sun worship is encoded in my DNA.) I can feel life coming back to me when the sun hits my skin. I can feel my blood surging the twists and turns along its course to and from my heart and I can feel my hair and nails and brain cells growing. Do brain cells grow? Probably not, but something's happening up there, some weird electricity, and it's a good and stimulating thing.
Without the sun I feel crazy and heavy-legged and slow-minded and cornered. I tramp lead-footed down my basement stairs, sleep late, take long sullen baths, grow quieter and quieter, and generally wilt into myself. That, I think, is the feeling of death encroaching.
2. Rivers. Swim in them in February and you've got something to prove. Swim in them during springtime and you'll add 15 years to your life and come out with a new centered, balanced outlook on life. You'll be robust. How often can you say you really feel robust?
3. Warm weather clothes. My old faded swim trunks and cotton t-shirts miss me as much as I miss them. I see them at the bottom of my closet every few days and it's like seeing someone you love behind bars; you can talk to them on the telephone from the other side of the glass partition but it's not the same as patting them on the back and looking deep into their eyes and laughing over a good meal and a bottle of wine in their messy living room.
4. Fresh-smelling air. In spring, Portland blossoms into this great fragrant, lush jungle where the air smells like jasmine, warm soil, and blackberry vine. If you hike up the extinct volcano that sits on the outskirts of my neighborhood you'll experience life and growth and pure vigorous health. The smells that hit you are all honest, nourishing, hardy, resilient, potent, enchanted, radiant, powerful earth magic. (Sometimes I want to take springtime Portland, dry it out, crush it down with a mortar and pestle, and turn it into tea. A hot brewed cup of that every day and you'd live forever.)
What does the air smell like right now? KFC is a few blocks away so it smells like extra crispy recipe. And it smells like rotting leaves, which fill up the gutters and make the sidewalks slick. By February, months of winter have undressed all the trees and turned their leaves into dingy brown slime. This isn't a good thing no matter your perspective.
There's something sinister in a Portland winter (just ask Lewis and Clark, who had a rough go of it too.) It's not a heavy, freezing winter by any definition but under the grey, drizzling skies nothing dries, it soaks right down to your core and slowly turns you into a blind, fleshy cave fish. A cave fish is not robust. A cave fish is pale, ghostly, and feeble (at least metaphorically; I'm sure real cave fish have a great time.)
Life's dark sometimes and right now I know a lot of people who are suffering pretty hard. Add that to oil wars and imperialism and potential genocide brewing all over the world and we need a little warmth and light. Romanticizing the healing, rejuvenating properties of springtime is not much in the grand scheme, but there are all different levels and stages and incarnations of hope and this kind of hope is good enough for me, at least right now. Conclusion: Winter = death. Springtime = life. I want to live!BIO: Adam Gnade's (guh nah dee) work is released as a series of books and records that share characters and themes; the fiction writing continuing plot-lines left open by the self-described "talking songs" in an attempt to compile a vast, detailed, interconnected, personal history of contemporary American life. Check out recent writing here and songs here. Contact: firstname.lastname@example.com

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Spontaneous Generation Berliner Weisse
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In the middle ages, thinkers theorized that life – if given the proper conditions – could spring up from lifeless matter "spontaneously." So, if you left a pile of rags in the corner, mice would appear if you waited long enough. For this beer, we've recreated the magic of spontaneous generation by storing our wort in the brew kettle overnight and adding lactobacillus to sour the liquid. From the lifeless wort, a tart, tasty, light summer wheat has sprung forth with centuries of brewing tradition behind it.
Malts: Heidelberg, Pale Wheat, and Acidulated
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The National Sprint Car Hall of Fame and Museum will hold their Sprint Car 101, third Thursday series event this week. In honor of Earth Day, this month's event revolves around the Iowa State University Solar Powered Racecar Team. Executive Director Bob Baker tells says members of the engineering and design department will be on hand to teach attendees about solar powered racing. The event takes place at the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame and Museum Thursday evening at 7pm, and all Sprint Car 101 events are free and open to the public.
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The former head of the state prison system's food processing center in Rome was finally sentenced Wednesday morning for stealing $100,000 in pay and benefits.
Howard Dean could have been a millionaire chef, his attorney said, but instead he chose to work his way up the culinary ladder until he was put in charge of providing food to prison inmates across the state.
It was in that role as director of the state Department of Correctional Services' Food Processing Center in Rome that Dean was rewarded with perks and days off from 1996 until his retirement in 2008. Dean saw nothing wrong with this, because this form of compensation appeared to be going on for a long time throughout the department, his attorney said.
But once auditors from the state Comptroller's Office stepped in, Dean was arrested and ordered to pay back $100,000 for all the pay and travel reimbursements that he never should have received.
On Wednesday, Oneida County Court Judge Barry M. Donalty sentenced 67-year-old Dean to five years of probation, with the first six months of that time to be spent under house arrest at his home in Cayuga County.
The prosecutor, Assistant District Attorney Michael Nolan, said Dean could have been respected as an innovator, a leader and someone that others looked up to for the work he did at the state correctional department.
But now, Nolan said, "His legacy at the Department of Corrections is one of mismanagement and greed, and that's what people will see when they remember Howard Dean."
Dean was supposed to receive six months in jail after pleading guilty nearly two years ago to second-degree grand larceny. The Oneida County District Attorney's Office, however, recently agreed to no jail time for Dean due to the "severe and life-threatening" medical conditions that would have made it a challenge to care for Dean in the county correctional facility.
Since Dean's guilty plea in March 2011, he has already paid back $60,000 in restitution to the state and local retirement system. He will continue to pay the remaining $40,000 while he is on probation, Donalty said.
Dean previously has admitted that he submitted false attendance and travel vouchers in order to receive benefits on days that he wasn't working and for expenses that he never incurred as director of the state's food processing center.
But on Wednesday, Dean had nothing else to say that hasn't already been said, according to his attorney, Dennis Sedor.
After the proceeding, Sedor repeated that his remorseful client had "stepped up to the plate" and accepted responsibility as a "scapegoat," while many others within the department have gone unpunished for doing the same thing. In those cases, other workers had either died or too much time had passed to be able to prosecute, Sedor said.
"He was not alone in this," Sedor said. "But Howard Dean felt the weight of the abuses in the Department of Corrections on his shoulders, unfortunately."
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The history of the Scandia Market and Mercantile is portrayed in a new documentary by Lakes Area Community Television, Channel 10.
The DVD -- which includes interviews with longtime Scandia residents -- is available for $15 at the store.
The market began in 1879, when Frank Lake opened the Farmers Cooperative Store at what is now Olinda Trail and Oakhill Road North. The store closed in 2012, but opened last fall under the ownership of Gary and Holly Kaufhold, who spent months renovating the building. Holly Kaufhold has run the Scandia Cafe for 23 years.
The Kaufholds, who live in Shafer, Minn., have created a display at the store showcasing such memorabilia as antique crockery and old financial records.
For every DVD sold, the television station will give $3 to the store for preservation of historical artifacts, said Sarah Chatwin, executive director of the television station.
A promo for the DVD can be found at youtube.com/watch?v=-pgweidMWQk. For more information, call the market at 651-433-2248.
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Cima Collina
Founded in 2004, Cima Collina produces artisan wines from small Monterey vineyards. Three acres owned (Hilltop Ranch Estate Vineyard), 20 acres leased or controlled (Chula Vina Vineyard, Lucia Highlands Vineyard). The Hilltop Ranch Estate vineyard is situated on a south-facing slope just east of Carmel Valley Village. Mostly planted to Pinot Noir with a little Pinot Gris, it is farmed organically. The soils are rocky and calcerous and the wines struggle to grow resulting in low yields.
Annette Hoff is the winemaker who has shown a nice touch with Pinot Noir. She writes an excellent wine blog on the website.
The Pinot Noir lineup: Hilltop Ranch, Chula Vina, Tondre's Grapefield (Santa Lucia Highlands), a favorite of mine, and a Monterey County appellation blend. Production of 4,000 cases also includes Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc and Cabernet blends.
A tasting room is located in Carmel-by-the-Sea on San Carlos between Ocean and 7th and is open Thursday through Monday from 11:00 to 6:00.
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2007 Cima Collina Tondre Grapefield Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir
13.1% alc., 216 cases, $48, released May 2009. Clones are a blend of onethird each Pommard, Dijon 115 and 667. Fermented in small, open-top bins that were punched down two to three times daily. Pressed off into oak barrels of which 40% were new and aged 11 months before bottling. · Very dark reddish-purple color. The nose is penetrating and intoxicating. Haunting scents of ripe black raspberries and blackberries, exotic woods and musk. Luscious dark fruits are plush and deeply flavored with a floral undertone that I find very appealing. Harmonious in every way with bright acidity, ripe, soft tannins and a vibrant and refreshing finish. A memorable wine that gets its hooks into you and won't let go. Reviewed July 9, 2009 ARTICLE »
2006 Cima Collina Monterey County Pinot Noir
14.2% alc., 1,249 cases, $26. This wine is a blend of various growing regions in Monterey County. · Very ripe dark red fruits that are cooked and jammy trending toward raisin and prune flavors. Silky texture, fine tannins, lively acidity and a dry finish. Well-crafted and easy to drink, but the fruit is a bit shallow and too overripe for my taste. Reviewed October 1, 2008 ARTICLE »
2006 Cima Collina Tondre Grapefield Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir
14.5% alc., 158 cases, $48. This vineyard sits in the southern reaches of the Santa Lucia Highlands above the fog line. Clones 115, 667 and Pommard. Minimalist winemaking by Annette Hoff. Aged 11 months in 40% new oak barrels. · Complex and demure scents of oak, herbs and spearmint coat the lovely dark red cherries, red current and raspberry fruit. The palate is rich yet smooth and soft as an angel's hair with great persistence. Thoroughly satisfying. Reviewed October 1, 2008 ARTICLE »
2005 Cima Collina Chula Viña Monterey County Pinot Noir
13.85% alc., $28. This vineyard lies in the foothills of the Gavilan Mountains and is exposed to warm afternoons, cooling breezes and fog. · Very ripe fruit aromas tending toward mixed fruit jam and raisin. Similar ripe fruit flavors on the palate including raisin and root beer. Soft in the mouth with fine-grained tannins, admirable elegance and balance. Reviewed October 1, 2008 ARTICLE »
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2005 Cima Collina Chula Vina Vineyard Monterey County Pinot Noir
$28. · This is the debut release of this single vineyard Pinot Noir. A really beautiful wine with gossamer tannins, roses, and spice and everything nice. It wraps you in silk pajamas. Reviewed March 5, 2007 ARTICLE »
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Tech's biggest trade show, the Consumer Electronics Show, is just a month away (January 6 to 9, 2011 in Las Vegas). It's the industry event that lays out what new technologies will be the buzz of the year—or does it?
For example, last year 3-D technology for the home was big. Eleven months later, I don't know anyone watching Avatar in 3-D at home.
For what its worth, these are my predictions of what you can likely expect a month from now:
1. Tablets. Lots and lots of tablets. Android, Research in Motion (Blackberry), Windows 7, and maybe Chrome OS tablets. Tablets will be the big story of the show, specifically the emerging bare-knuckled battle of the operating systems. What platform will prevail? Apple should finally be getting some real competition for the iPad. The question is can the others catch up fast enough. With a new iPad 2 expected out by the end of February, it looks dicey.
2. Google TV. Or rather Google's big push for Google TV. Sony, Samsung, Vizio and Toshiba are just a few of the major television manufacturers promising to show Google TV enabled sets at CES. Standby for speculative stories on whether 2011 will go down in history as the year broadcast and cable television were finally dealt the death blow we've been expecting for sometime. If so, don't expect a quick death. There will be blood.
3. Accessorize, accessorize, accessorize. Forget the new marquis technologies. As always, some of the best of CES will be the wide array of gadgets designed to enhance what we already have. Look for new and better audio equipment (speaker systems, ear buds, etc.), 3-D gear like glasses that work for all 3-D formats, and even an iPod docking station by Pico to project your favorite videos in HDTV on the nearest white wall of your convenience.
4. Green gadgets. The question for some new products won't be what it does. Rather, how it does it what it's supposed to using a smaller carbon footprint. Green technology is only getting bigger. Expect it to be gi-normous in 2011.
5. Faster, lighter, stronger. Whether it's a new line of laptops from Toshiba or a digital camera from Kodak that can withstand a three-meter drop in the drink (and even Polaroid); the watch words will be faster, rugged, and lighter (but not necassirally smaller). Yeah, yeah, this is always popular fodder for bragging rights. But now more than ever, it's important. It's all about computing on the mobile web. That means devices need to be as portable and as hearty as possible for use in multiple environments while on the go.
6. Devices for location-based services. Here's just one example: GPS-embedded ski goggles that not only feature a beacon for the saint bernard with the brandy barrel to find you, but also will calculate your downhill speeds, distance traveled, and even the temperature.
Oh yeah, also watch for more e-readers (color will the be the word of the week on this one).


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I haven't heard what the general consensus on Simon Baz is but Geoff Johns has managed to immediately make me care about this new character. After seeing so many different Green Lanterns, including four others from Earth, Baz has a different story. By not being chosen through the regular conventional means, he is at a disadvantage and we get to see a new take on someone becoming a Lantern. Baz has been thrown into the fire. Not only has he been accused of being a terrorist, he'll also have the Guardians' Third Army to deal with. Not knowing how exactly the power ring works reminds me a little of the old TV show, The Greatest American Hero. Baz has an incredibly powerful weapon but doesn't know the full knowledge or instructions in how to use it.
Doug Mahnke's art is stellar as usual. He can convey so much even in scenes where Simon Baz isn't powered up. There is the potential for big action in these pages but Johns and Mahnke are also telling an important story. Seeing the fate of Baz unfold will keep you in suspense and each panel reminds you that this is not Hal Jordan. Simon Baz is well underway in being a completely separate character with his own identity. It's remarkable how each Earth Green Lantern can all have their own identities despite having the same abilities. The challenge is in making them each feel like an individual and Johns is clearly showing writing Baz's persona will not be a problem. I also really dig the cover. The close up shot is simple but it's such a great image.
There are other aspects to the issue as well. We do get more on the fate of Hal and Sinestro. They are both 'dead' and are now confronting a mysterious person with a connection to Sinestro. The Guardians of the Universe are still assembling their Third Army. This is actually an issue where I actually care about what's happening with them. For example, in last week's GREEN LANTERN CORPS, the parts with the Third Army felt forced. It might be a combination of their direct actions or perhaps Mahnke's art but they looked really creepy and left me wanting more.
Another great thing is the colors. Alex Sinclair always impresses. He has a distinct way of making the greens pop off the page as well as helps give Baz's costume a more unique look. As long as Johns, Mahnke and Sinclair are on an issue, we know it's going to be a treat.
The Bad
Without a doubt, GREEN LANTERN remains my favorite Lantern title. I may be getting burnt out waiting for the Rise of the Third Army story to fully hit but this issue was great all around.
The Verdict
Simon Baz is quickly moving up in the ranks as being a great new addition to the Green Lantern universe. Geoff Johns has given us a new Lantern unlike the ones we've seen before. Seeing his story unfold is captivating enough that even the biggest Hal Jordan fans won't mind his taking over the spotlight. Hal and Sinestro haven't been forgotten and their fate is touched on here as well. Doug Mahnke and Alex Sinclair bring the pages to life with their art and colors. GREEN LANTERN remains at the top of my reading list each month.


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The Cumberland County Sheriff's Department conducted a shooting drill at the courthouse on Thursday. / Staff photo/Craig Matthews
The Cumberland County Courthouse was a key location for the shooting drill in Bridgeton on Thursday. / Staff photo/Craig Matthews
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A Cumberland County Sheriff's officer patrols one of the staircases of the courthouse. / Staff photo/Craig Matthews
Cumberland County Sheriff's officer Brock Howgate keeps a man on the ground during the shooting drill. / Staff photo/Craig Matthews
Cumberland County Sheriff's officer Timothy Woods tells a man to get down on the floor in the county courthouse during the shooting drill. / Staff photo/Craig Matthews
Bridgeton police officer Roger Worley on Fayette Street before being taken down during the shooting drill. / Staff photo/Craig Matthews
Bridgeton police officer Roger Worley on Fayette Street before being taken down during the shooting drill. / Staff photo/Craig Matthews
Millville police officers Tim Rehmann and Shawn Scott patrol outside the Cumberland County Courthouse in Bridgeton and check IDs during the shooting drill. / Staff photo/Craig Matthews
Cumberland County Sheriff's officer Joseph Dragotta along with his wife, officer Beverly Dragotta, patrol a floor of the Cumberland County Courthouse in Bridgeton during a shooting drill Thursday. / Staff photo/Craig Matthews
BRIDGETON — Gunshots rang out early Thursday morning around the Cumberland County Courthouse, and police scrambled to combat three shooters with automatic weapons.
Luckily, it was all make-believe.
As part of a large-scale drill that simulated a scenario in which gunmen were firing shots in and near the courthouse, more than 100 area officers put their emergency response training to the test. The county Sheriff�s Department conducted the exercise.
The catch was that it had to be a surprise to nearly everyone involved in order to test their reactions most effectively.
Only Undersheriff Norman Franckle and Sheriff�s Officer Craig Johnson were aware of the specific details of the event, including what time it would begin and what tactical moves the officers would need to employ. Participating officers were aware well in advance that the drill was to take place Thursday, although the specifics were kept top secret. Even the courthouse employees were largely unaware of what to expect.
�They don�t know the scenario,� Sheriff Robert Austino said. �It�s to teach them how to survive.�
Two shooting murders by a former Vineland police officer last month at a county courthouse in Wilmington, Del., has prompted many of the nation�s courthouses to review their safety and emergency precautions. But Thursday�s drill was planned months in advance and wasn�t directly influenced by the Delaware shooting, officials said.
�These are issues we�ve been talking about for a while,� said Frankcle, who spearheaded the mock exercise. �This is a good training issue to better adapt to the needs of the security.�
In all, the shooting drill encompassed three mock shooters outfitted with fake weapons, roughly 30 courthouse employees, emergency responders from the county�s three police departments, as well as state police and volunteers from local fire departments.
None of the officers carried live ammunition in their firearms in order to ensure the safety of all the role players involved.
The courthouse was shut down Thursday morning and surrounding streets were closed off to passers-by so that locals were unable to interrupt the drill.
Volunteers served as role players in the exercise, acting as shooters and emergency responders, with color-coded hats distinguishing the various roles.
Yellow hats symbolized observers, who were mostly police; green hats were for evaluators, who were there to take notes for a future report on what can be learned; and red hats represented situation controllers, or police tasked with stepping in if things got out of hand.
Fortunately, it all went smoothly, or as smoothly as a controlled chaotic experience can go, officials said.
The action began at 9:15 a.m. when shots were heard coming from the upper floor of a parking garage across from the courthouse on Vine Street.
Police radios began to light up with reports, which always ended with the officer restating that the scenario was a drill.
�Sounds like an automatic weapon,� a police radio blared out. �This is a drill. Repeat, this is a drill.�
Bridgeton police, who would be the first to respond to the scene given their proximity to the courthouse, arrived within minutes but were quickly told by their commanders that they were dead.
Well, pretend dead.
The officers, who would have been in the line of fire from the sniper, walked back into their vehicles, where they remained for the rest of the drill on the sidelines.
Next to appear on the scene were sheriff�s officers and Millville police, who arrived within five minutes.
All responses from police departments were delayed to reflect their realistic response time.
As the officers arrived, a second shooter was reported at 9:18 a.m. inside the court building on the third floor.
Simulated sounds of glass breaking poured out of speakers set up inside the building, as well as the thunderous clapping sound of gunfire.
A crowd of courthouse employees was quickly ushered away into various rooms for safety.
The building�s elevators also were shut down, as per the emergency response procedure, according to Franckle.
Three more police casualties occurred at 9:27 a.m., and the two shooters were deemed wounded and taken into custody minutes later.
At 9:36 a.m., it was reported there was still one active sniper in the parking garage who remained there for 13 minutes before being wounded and taken away into custody.
Officers then performed a security sweep of the courthouse to rule out any additional threats.
The drill came to an end at 10:05 a.m. An official estimate of police casualties was unavailable at the drill�s conclusion, although police confirmed seven officers were deemed mock-killed in the parking garage incident. An estimate of the number of civilian injuries and/or deaths inside the courthouse was unavailable.
Franckle said all of the data from the drill will be reviewed in the coming weeks and eventually compiled into a report that will help officials determine holes in their security procedures that can be improved.
The drill was funded through a Homeland Security grant. Last fall, county freeholders approved a $17,000 contract to UDS Consulting Group of Nashville, Tenn., to devise a scenario for the drill and complete the follow-up report.
As for any specific security flaws, Franckle said he wanted to take a closer look at implementing a new strategy to better safeguard the courthouse entrance, and fix problems with emergency vehicle parking around the courthouse area.
At the end of the day, however, officials felt pretty good about their reactions.
�It was good considering the circumstances,� Austino said. �It was well-coordinated.�
Franckle agreed.
�All in all, my officers learned a lot from this,� he said. �We�ve achieved our goals.�


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The X-Files is the original, scientific investigation television program, with a paranormal, sci-fi twist. This creation of Chris Carters, takes viewers into the paranormal, as FBI agent Fox Mulder (David Duchovny), a psychological profiler, searches for the truth in a realm entrenched in government conspiracy theories, known at the X-files; FBI cases that have elements that are unexplainable: UFO's, mythical creatures, possessed dolls (an episode co-written by Steven King), and humanoid serial kills, just to name a few. While the rest of the bureau find Mulders theories spooky they still feel the need to keep an eye on him; enter FBI agent Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson).
Scully is a former medical student, who is as skeptical as she is intrigued by Mulders theories. While their views of the world often clash, the dynamics of his fantastical theories, to her scientific logic, gives the series a nice balance, while also maintaining an air of mystery and intrigue.
Each episode, in the early seasons of this show, addresses Mulders belief in the government conspiracy theory, and Scully skepticism of Mulders beliefs, but the deeper Scully and Mulder dig into the X-files the more questions they have, and viewers learn that there maybe some truth to Mulders fantastical theories.
WIth these truths, comes deception as the stakes get higher. Trusted informants are murdered, people they thought they could trust are apart of the conspiracy, Mulder and Scully's lives are threaten, truths and lies about their own personal histories are revealed and those closest to them fall victim to an organization, that is trying to keep these secrets hidden.
These circumstances help bond these co-workers, as Mulder and Scullys relationship gradually turns, over the course of 9 seasons, from platonic friends to romantic lovers, and skeptical Scully becomes a believer.
The X-Files is about the quest for the truth, and the courage to accept that "The Truth Is Out There".
- 9 Seasons, 204 Episodes - Returning Series
- Drama, Science Fiction
Watch Full Episodes of The X-Files
The X-Files Full Episode Guide
- Episode 20 - The Truth Part 2
When Mulder is accused of murdering Knowle Rohrer, the US military puts him on trial -- and hears testimony from a group of defense witnesses who support Mulder's claim regarding a government conspiracy and the existence of extraterrestrial life. 2 of 2.
- Episode 20 - The Truth (2)
- Episode 19 - The Truth (1)
Mulder is on trial before a military tribunal that seeks to justify and prove the existence of an alien conspiracy and The X-Files.
- Episode 18 - Sunshine Days
The agents are investigating a mysterious death outside the house which the original Brady Bunch series was filmed. There, they meet a man who is obsessed with The Brady Bunch.
- Episode 17 - Release
An FBI profiler links a series of murders to the killing of Doggett's son. However, soon Doggett and Reyes start to wonder about his involvement in the murders.
- Episode 16 - William
- Episode 15 - Jump the Shark
- Episode 14 - Scary Monsters
- Episode 13 - Improbable
- Episode 12 - Underneath
- Episode 11 - Audrey Pauley
- Episode 10 - Providence (2)
- Episode 9 - Provenance (1)
- Episode 8 - Hellbound
- Episode 7 - John Doe
- Episode 6 - Trust No 1
- Episode 5 - Lord of the Flies
- Episode 4 - 4-D
- Episode 3 - Dæmonicus
- Episode 2 - Nothing Important Happened Today II
- Episode 1 - Nothing Important Happened Today
- Episode 21 - Existence (2)
- Episode 20 - Essence (1)
- Episode 19 - Alone
- Episode 18 - Vienen
- Episode 17 - Empedocles
- Episode 16 - Three Words
- Episode 15 - DeadAlive (2)
- Episode 14 - This is Not Happening (1)
- Episode 13 - Per Manum
- Episode 12 - Medusa
- Episode 11 - The Gift
- Episode 10 - Badlaa
- Episode 9 - Salvage
- Episode 8 - Surekill
- Episode 7 - Via Negativa
- Episode 6 - Redrum
- Episode 5 - Invocation
- Episode 4 - Roadrunners
- Episode 3 - Patience
- Episode 2 - Without (2)
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A new teaser for the upcoming X-Files revival doesn't reveal much, but it does promise that the original series' love of conspiracy and mystery won't change in the new series.
Do you believe? Over a decade after wrapping, "The X-Files" will be returning to television for a six-episode series!
Josh Lucas and Lynn Collins have signed on to star in A&E's upcoming series "Occult", a drama thriller series produced by Michael Bay, and written by James Wong. Do you have high hopes for this show, or do you think it will be a dud?
David Duchovny has a point: when 20th Century Fox has a homegrown franchise like "The X-Files" that can make a profit on a limited budget, why not make a third movie? He said that he and co-star Gillian Anderson are both strongly in favor of a third big-screen installment.
While YouTube is going back to 1911 with their April Fool's Day prank, remaking famous viral vids as silent films, Hulu is taking us back to the good (bad) old days of watching videos on line in 1995, complete with low-res photos, frames, "Chicago Hope" and "Kids in the Hall." The website's home page is stuck in 1995, where the hottest thing on the small screen was the tension between Mulder and Scully, and "NewsRadio" was around feautring the dearly departed Phil Hartman (RIP, buddy).


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Oosting tied for ninth place overall out fo 60 golfers with the effort. Ships teammate Tyler Frietag added a 45.
Notre Dame won the team trophy by seven strokes over Sheboygan North. Three golfers shared medalist honors with a round of 37: Robert Petitjean of Notre Dame, Luke Welsing of Bay Port and Owen Nowicki of Pulaski. ...


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The Wine development release 1.7.10 is now available.
What's new in this release:
- Window maximization in the Mac driver.
- AVI compressor implementation.
- Thread local storage support in dynamically loaded libraries.
- Beginnings of a Task Scheduler implementation.
- Extended IPX protocol support.
- Various bug fixes.
The source is available now. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.


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Apartment / 1 bedrooms / sleeps 6
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Two rooms apartment is located on the first floor in a villa consisting of 4 apartments.
It consists of a bedroom with double bed and a bunk bed, bathroom, living room with kitchen corner and a sofa-bed for two people. TV, fridge, coffè machine, washing machine.
Outside: Terrace with outdoor furniture, shared garden, parking.
Activities and services nearby: Sea ("Mare di Fuori") at about 1 Km, beach Le Saline 1.2 Km, Stintino 5 Km, La Pelosa beach 7 Km. Swimming, Excursions. Tour to Asinara island, Riding.
The villa is located in a resort complex with bar, restaurant, hypermarket (open from May 14th to September 30th, services not related with the complex). On request: baby sitting, Health care, laudry. Connected with the village by bus.
Security Deposit (refundable) 100 euro.
Final Cleaning 50 euro.
Linen/towel (on request) 15 euro per person per week.
Electricity consumption 15 euro per person per week.
Other Late arrival (after 21:00) 20 euro.
|Sleeps up to 6, 1 bedrooms
|1 bedroom, 1 bathrooms of which 1 Family bathrooms
|Nearest beach
|Le Saline 1.2 km
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|Long term lets (over 1 month)
|Car advised
|Nearest Amenities
|500 km
|Nearest travel links
|Nearest airport: Alghero 55 km
|Family friendly
|Great for children of all ages
|Some pets are welcome - please contact the owner, Yes, smoking allowed
Features and Facilities
|Cooker, Fridge, Washing machine
|1 Sofa beds, Double beds (1), Single beds (2)
|Balcony or terrace, Shared garden
|Parking, Suitable for people with restricted mobility, Not suitable for wheelchair users
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Two rooms apartment is located on the first floor in a villa consisting of 4 apartments.
It consists of a bedroom with double bed and a bunk bed, bathroom, living room with kitchen corner and a sofa-bed for two people.
TV, fridge, coffè machine, washing machine.
|Further details outdoors
Terrace with outdoor furniture, shared garden, parking.
The Sardinia region
The real Sardinian essence is to be found in the close bound between land and inhabitants.
Who would like to find out secluded spots in Sardinian, has no difficulties to find uncontaminated spaces, empty beaches and hard lands. But it's necessary to meet people and their culture to deeply understand what this island is. Through these few pages we are going to propose a travel around the "environment", which deeply touches job, history and culture.
Sardinia is the second Mediterranean island both for extent and for density of population. It can be considered a sort of mini-continent, because of its historical isolation, in which it has lived. It is marked by a huge of best kept naturalistic environments.
Its surface is about 24.089 Km2, including also the myriad smaller islands, which surround it. (The biggest are: San Pietro and Sant'Antioco in the south, and L'Asinara, La Maddalena, and Caprera in the north. The territory of the island is mostly hilly, but there are two large plains: the Campidano and the Nurra. The highest top is the Gennargentu, other mountainous groups are the Marghine one and the Goceano one.
Isolated massifs are in every areas of the island. In the part of Cagliari the are the following mountains: Limbara Moutain, Serpeddi Cape and Sette Fratelli, in the region of Sulcis. In province of Oristano there are Ferru di Cuglieri and Arci mountain. In the province of Nuoro there is Mont'Albo.
The Sardinian rivers are mostly torrential. The most important are: Tirso, Coghinas, Flumendosa, Temo and Cedrino.
There are a only one natural lake, the Baratz lake and many artificial pottings among these: Omodeo sul Tirso lake, Coghinas lake, the lake of upper and middle Flumendosa.
From a naturalistic point of view very important are the coastal pods, which are located in many different area of this region.
Sardinian shores are divided into two kinds: the falaise, prevalently calcareous, and the granitic and basaltics ones, which are generally less tall and often hard to get at. Cliffs are interposed by beaches, sometimes very big, often located near the mouths of rivers and streams. The climate, typically Mediterranean is characterized by hot dry summers and warm winters. Rains mostly, concentrated during the winter are more frequent in the north and on the west side. On average sunny days are 200-230 during the year.
Stintino is one of the most important tourist resorts in Sardinia, located on the far north-west, a few miles before Cape Falcone. To the east there is the beautiful Golfo dell'Asinara, while the west front overlooks the cliff that slopes down to Alghero.
In this location, the land narrows and the water goes from both sides. At the end, eyes enjoy a fantastic view: between the sea and the sky appears the fascinating Asinara Island.
The Country Paradise
Country Paradise is fascinating for his idyllic location, the incomparable colors of sky and sea, the white beaches, the greenery of the Mediterranean plants... Here comes the desire to love, run, jump, because the air is clear, healthy, the color palette consists is full, the kitchen offers products that are healthy and tasty.
In the lower part of the resort, next to the pond and the sea, there is a group of exclusive villas, often with private garden and pool, and some groups of apartments.
The tennis courts are located at 4/5 miles far, the riding school is at only 1200 meters.
Access is guarded round the clock.
The opportunities offered by a holiday at the Paradise Country are truly endless.
Asinara hike is an experience that will leave a deep and indelible mark in your memory.
About 900 meters from the village there is Le Saline beach with its granules and small white stones like hail, healthy for those who enjoy walking barefoot.
Towards Porto Torres is the wide beach of Pazzona.
Stintino is less than three kilometers far; next there is La Pelosa Beach, considered one of the finest beaches in the Mediterranean Sea.
Activities and services nearby: Beach Le Saline 900/1000 mt, Beach La Pelosa 8 Km. Canoa/kayak, kitesurf, diving, surf, swimming, excursions, tour to Asinara island, riding.
The villa is located in the "Country Paradise Club", a resort complex with shopping mall, supermarket, pharmacy, medical, restaurants, pizzeria, bank, church, entertainment, about fifty shops. Minibus liaison with all the beaches of Stintino (from 7.00 to 1.00).
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After 9/11, Congress authorized the Patriot Act. This act provided the government with the authority to protect this nation and its citizens from terrorism.
The public, generally, was willing to give up "some" constitutional rights and freedoms for more "security." The TSA was born. To date, by their own records and admission, the TSA has not stopped one terrorist!
Recently the public has become aware of the extent that the NSA and FBI are probing our lives. Not only are all telephone calls being recorded and analyzed, but project PRISM is recording and snooping into all texts, emails and other Internet-related activities of the public. Under the Patriot Act, individuals can be picked up by the feds as "suspected terrorists" and held incommunicado for years! All of these activities are for our "security and protection."
As Sen. Reid stated, "Everyone should just calm down and understand that this isn't anything that's brand new. It's been going on for some seven years." According to USA Today, its been going on nearly 12 years.
Now is the time to tell Washington that we have had enough, or to ask them to declare the Constitution void and to appoint a dictator (then we can be really secure)!
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Istanbul - Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho was content with a 1-1 draw at an emotional Galatasaray stadium in his team's Champions League last-16 first-leg match on Wednesday.
Chelsea took an early lead through Fernando Torres and had chances to extend their advantage but Aurelien Chedjou scored midway through the second half for the hosts to level the tie.
"This is Turkish football, it's very emotional, Galatasaray are a big club with big players and it was not easy," Mourinho told reporters.
"The first half we had chances to kill game, I am not criticising our strikers but they had chances to do the second goal, and that would have changed the game.
"In the second half they put pressure on us, they had attacking full-backs and powerful strikers, and they put pressure on us. Fernando Torres and Andre Schurrle were in trouble in the second half, they were a bit exhausted. But we were comfortable, until we conceded at the corner.
Mourinho said he could not complain after problems with midfielders John Obi Mikel and Oscar and coping with players who were unavailable.
"The performance of the players in a difficult place to play was amazing," he said. "I just ask for 10 percent of what this stadium gave Galatasaray when we play in three weeks.
"It's better to be 1-1 than 0-0, this result is better than the 0-0 we had in the first minute, it's not a bad result but they are an experienced team with good strikers and we will have work to do." - Reuters
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