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SOMERVILLE, Tenn. (October 22, 2013)--Two hospital workers died Tuesday when a medical helicopter en route to pick up a sick child crashed and burned in Tennessee.
A nurse and respiratory therapist were killed in the crash Tuesday, Meri Armour, the president and CEO of Le Bonheur Hospital, said.
There was no immediate word on the condition of the helicopter, which crashed after leaving Memphis on a flight to Bolivar.
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STAFF WRITER | December 11,2012CASTLETON — Any future plans on the contentious town hall issue are still unknown.
For the second meeting in a row, the Select Board stayed silent Monday night about its plans to address the town offices which have plagued the town for more than a year. The topic was only mentioned when Holly Hitchcock raised the issue and the board's chairman briefly answered.
"At this point in time we are still gathering information," said Thomas Ettori to a crowd of about 20 people. "Today we got a report that we have not been able to see. Hopefully by next meeting we will have something."
Ettori said they are still waiting on receiving information from the town's attorney, but would not elaborate further.
All plans on the issue have been on hold since the Nov. 6 elections when town residents voted to approve a renovation to the historic town office building in the village, but voted down a second article that would seek extra funds to move the project forward.
Voters effectively stifled the project as both articles regarding the $1.2 million project needed to pass, according to town officials.
The only action recently taken by the Select Board came through a letter in which they rejected a $240,000 grant offered to the town by the Alma Gibbs Donchian Foundation to renovate the old town office building.
At the time, Ettori called the letter a courtesy to the foundation for their generous offer, but said the town was unable to accept the grant because of lack of funds for the project.
The historic brick building, located at 556 Main St., housed Castleton's town offices and police department. It has sat empty since June 2011, when the offices were moved after a report of extensive mold throughout the building. November marked the one-year anniversary of the move to temporary offices located on Route 4A.
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This lil proggy is simple for people like me who are noobs and have a task of sorting out thousands of rom files for editing when there are so many different sources to get these roms. It's so simple I feel stupid for posting it but if anyone needs help it does two things :
First Tab just sorts out files into another directory that have some kind of delimiter of choice. I used it to sort out non English roms ( files named with (j) ) or finding all 32x files in a genesis directory to rename correctly.
example 32x - NFL Quarterback Club was originally named NFL Quarterback Club32x so its hard to sort by 32x from a directory of 1000 roms.
As you can see you just type a delimiter and it throws them into a sub directory.
Secondnd Tab was my way of sorting out the files of a directory that needed to be named correctly to align with screenshots folders/files. two options for this. Some emulators use screen shots named by directories(Like what my Genesis emulator does) and some use screenshots named by actual file names like what my SNES emulator does (NBA JAM.png)
just plops them into a renamefolder for you to know what you need to rename. I know there is like a RenameRoms program for some reason it got fubared on me trying to get the dat files working and I had to make this program instead.
Located here : http://office.pcrecr...ianRomUtils.exe
It's a vb2008 program. But if you think its a virus I'll give you the code :
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Very Good. not much more to say- I gave it as a gift
This is a beautiful laptop briefcase. I purchased it for my husband as an anniversary gift. Very nice. I truly would recommend it!
I bought this bag from Overstock last summer and thought it was ultracool. I didn't have the opportunity to use it (I have several bags and I rotate them occasionally) until early 2014. The first use the strap connector piece broke while I was carrying it to my night class. I had to hold it the rest of the evening and bus trip home as it wouldn't stay closed carrying it by the handle. I called the Zeyner company and was told to fill out a return/repair form, which I did. They didn't tell me to send the belt at that time. A few weeks later I received an email asking when I planned to send the belt. I replied that I hadn't known I was to send the belt and wanted to confirm address to ship to. I've never heard from them since. I sent the belt a short time after that initial contact and I know it was received as I tracked the package and it was signed for. My email in August went unanswered. I tried calling their phone number a few times, but it always went to voicemail. The international phone number just disconnects and never rings through. I sent another email today to see if they are ever going to send a replacement belt as I cannot use the bag without one. To say I'm disappointed is a mild understatement. This was an expensive bag and it sits unused. As I'm writing this my email this morning just bounced - "mailbox quota exceeded". It looks like you cannot even email them reliably. I doubt I would buy another one from them.
The styling is totally Italian; slim, designer quality, metal hardware compliments the brown leather for a stunning masculine design. Using this briefcase as a laptop carrying case, you're in a modern step anywhere you transit, home and/or office, academic venues. A well-rounded modern look with pizzaz and forward-looking to meet the marketplace with style.
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I purchased this briefcase to give as a gift. With Zeyner I knew I couldn't go wrong especially after all the other Zeyner briefcases I have purchased here. Stylish, durable and personality plus. Trust that you won't see this everywhere.
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David Beckham celebrates with his son after Real secured the Primera Liga title in Spain. Beckham will come to Sydney in November with new side LA Galaxy.
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I just finished tweaking up a new theme. I'm pretty happy with it. One thing I'm still trying to figure out is how to display a different number of posts on the archive/category/tag/search pages than on the home page. While two full-text posts on the home page looks pretty good, ten pages of two summaries each in search results is pretty crappy.
Edit: Issue resolved (search-fu is strong in me), but still look at the website =)


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a little bounce past and easing to fun this up a tad. Exaggerating things a bit helps with the playfulness of the logo. AEP/PSD(hack) attached with render ;)
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I did my undergrad at UCLA in Comp Sci & Engineering, then did two masters programs at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, one of which was in Comp Sci. I finished that in July 2011.
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Careful serial examinations are necessary in the management of patients with progressive abdominal symptoms that may be due to acute bowel obstruction. The principles of supportive care in this setting include volume resuscitation, correction of electrolyte imbalances, and transfusion support (if necessary). These measures may precede or accompany decompression efforts.
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Matt Damon and Jimmy Kimmel Go to Couples Therapy Again. Does It Work This Time?
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There's a bump in the wedding aisle for Charlie Sheen and his new fiancée Brett Rossi.
The adult film actress still has a divorce to settle, Sheen's rep Jeff Ballard confirms to PEOPLE exclusively.
"She's been separated from this guy for two years," he says. "It's just a matter of the paperwork winding its way through the court system."
The divorce proceedings, first reported by Radaronline, apparently aren't a problem for the Anger Management star, 48.
"Charlie and Scottie have no secrets," Ballard says, referring to Rossi's nickname. "Charlie is well aware of Scottie's situation."
Sheen popped the question to his leading lady on Saturday, making it potentially the fourth time he will say, "I do."
On Sunday, the actor issued the following statement to PEOPLE in celebration of his happy news:
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Hostel Guesthouse Kaiser 23 - Hostel - Vienna
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- 47 guestrooms
- Breakfast available
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- In Neubau
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Hostel Guesthouse Kaiser 23 - Hostel - Viennafrom Rs2,336
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If both resolutions were full-screen on a monitor, and the monitor was the same physical size (22" or whatever), then you're still moving the same physical distance (1/4" or however much) on the monitor.
If you want smoother movement then don't move X pixels a frame, because different frames take different amounts of time. If Frame A and Frame B take different amounts of time, but both more the same distance, then you get erratic movement. (8 pixels in 1/10th of a second, and then 8 pixels during 1/20th of a second, and so on).
Instead, you could use floats for movement, only casting to integer pixels at the last second. Then, each frame you calculate how far to move based on how much time has passed.
//The amount of time that has passed since the last frame, measured in seconds. 0.5 = half a second. float deltaTime; //The number of pixels to move in one full second of movement. const float PLAYER_SPEED = 200; //The amount to move this frame. //'playerPos' variable needs to persist from frame to frame (possibly as a member-variable of the player class). float playerPos += (deltaTime * PLAYER_SPEED); //Cast to pixels only when drawing. int playerPixelPos = (int)playerPos;
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A pulse-forming network (PFN) has been developed for ultra-wideband (UWB) communication systems. This PFN generates sub-nanosecond pulses at a pulse repetition frequency (PRF) of >500 MHz for high data-rate applications like wireless video streaming. To generate the pulses, the PFN performs two operations on an input data signal: it decreases the signal rise time, then it differentiates the signal. The differentiation circuit is a frequency-dependent negative-feedback system. The PFN is fabricated in SiGe BiCMOS with an active die size of less than 0.25 mm2, and it requires 3.3-V 20-mA dc during operation. Measured performance is validated at 500-MHz PRF, achieving pulsewidth of 175 ps and pulse amplitude of 0.17 V. The PFN is also validated within a transmitter system that transmits Manchester coded pseudorandom bit sequence. Measured effective isotropic radiated power of the transmitter shows that the PFN output power is sufficient to meet the Federal Communications Commission's emission limits, thus eliminating the need of amplification before transmission.
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Junction City Police report that a Ft. Riley soldier shot his friend and fellow soldier in a vehicle in Junction City while handling a gun.
Police say the incident happened at 12:47AM Saturday morning in a parking lot on the 900 block of N. Washington in Junction City.
Officers arrived and found a 20-year-old Ft. Riley soldier with a gunshot wound to his back. After interviewing witnesses they determined that he was shot by a friend sitting in the passenger seat handling a gun.
The victim whose name is not being released until his family is notified was rushed to Geary Community Hospital.
22-year-old Domonique Day was arrested and charged with aggravated battery in the case and is confined in lieu of bond at the Geary County Sheriff's Office.
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This is an oldie, but I realized I never put large final shots of this when it was in development in 2011.
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It's like the bar code on a security.
Many stocks and bonds have multiple flavors, some that are very, very similar. Trying to keep things straight can be confusing, and tacking on CUSIP numbers helps to clear things up a bit. Having a unique CUSIP allows for the securities to be individually identified so when you think you were buying a cow, you actually get a cow... and not a bunch of magic beans.


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My piece for the Gallery1988 Garbage Pail Kids show.
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GuilloTINA by *renton1313 is a clean, crisp and imaginative cut paper collage. ( Featured by Mollinda )
great collage idea and technique
Marie Antoinette?
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Clever Great work!
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Deserved a DD a long time ago CONGRATS!
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Amazing work!!! *_*
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I love how its cute, but the crows and dinky guillotine say otherwise!
so nice
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Interesting idea
She's cute, even headless.
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This is absolutely adorable, with just a tiny side order of ghastly! I love it!
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I love it! ♥ Great work. It's so creative.
I love art like this, just a question but did you make this in PS? o.o;
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The number of Americans projected to gain insurance from the U.S. health care law is eroding by at least 5 million people as the Obama administration struggles to implement the $1.3 trillion overhaul amid Republican opposition.
About 27 million people are expected to gain coverage by 2017, according to a report today from the Congressional Budget Office. The CBO had projected when the law passed in 2010 that 32 million uninsured people would be on a health plan within a decade, and a year later raised its estimate to 34 million.
Expectations are being pulled back as the expansion relies on governors to build a network of insurance marketplaces and expand Medicaid, the joint federal-state insurance program for the poor. At least 22 Republican governors have said they'll refuse to participate in the health exchanges and a Supreme Court decision lets them also opt out of the Medicaid expansion.
There is concern "about a combination of factors, including the readiness of exchanges to provide a broad array of new insurance options, the ability of state Medicaid programs to absorb new beneficiaries, and people's responses to the availability of the new coverage," the CBO said.
In addition, as many as 8 million people will lose health care plans now offered through their employers, the CBO estimates. After the health law was passed, the CBO projected that about 3 million people who would otherwise have employer-sponsored insurance would lose that coverage.
Some of the losses should be offset by enrollment in plans offered through exchanges, the CBO said. The CBO says that 26 million people will be in exchange plans by 2018, an increase from a maximum of 24 million in an earlier estimate.
The federal government has said it will run exchanges in states that aren't building their own, and all marketplaces will be ready to begin enrolling people by Oct. 1. The law requires most Americans to carry insurance beginning Jan. 1, 2014.
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|Can the Celtics get four All-Stars?
|01.27.11 at 8:57 pm ET
The NBA announced the starters for the 2011 All-Star game Thursday and, as expected, no Celtics were among them. Derrick Rose and Dwayne Wade were selected as guards. LeBron James and Amar'e Stoudemire are the forwards and Dwight Howard is the center.
The West lines up with Chris Paul, Kobe Bryant, Carmelo Anthony, Kevin Durant and Yao Ming. Yao is injured and will be replaced by the league.
Kevin Garnett and Rajon Rondo both finished in third place at their respective positions, while Paul Pierce was fourth among Eastern forwards. Those three should be locks when the league announces the reserves on Feb. 3.
But with Ray Allen also having a deserving season, the Celtics could be in a position to have a fourth All-Star something they haven't done since 1975 when Dave Cowens, John Havlicek, Paul Silas and Jo Jo White made the team. (They also pulled the trick in 1962 and 1953. They have had three representative a staggering 31 times).
Since Garnett and Allen came to town the Celtics have had three All-Stars each season. Allen, Garnett and Pierce went in 2008 and 2009 and Rondo joined Garnett and Pierce last season. The Celtics came close to getting four in 2009, but Rondo was denied several times that year.
First he was passed over by the coaches as a reserve for Devin Harris and Jameer Nelson. Allen was tabbed as an injury replacement for Nelson and then, after considerable lobbying by LeBron James, Cavs guard Mo Williams was selected as an injury replacement for Chris Bosh. The argument was that the Cavs had the second-best record in the league and deserved two players, which really doesn't have anything to do with picking an All-Star team.
The politicking may be the biggest obstacle because teams like the Magic, Bulls, and Knicks will argue for a second representative, while the Hawks have as many as three potential candidates. Here's a list of 12 possible reserve choices (seven players will be selected by the coaches):
Boston: Rondo, Allen, Pierce, Garnett
New York: Ray Felton
Chicago: Carlos Boozer
Milwaukee: Andrew Bogut
Atlanta: Al Horford, Josh Smith, Joe Johnson
Miami: Chris Bosh
Orlando: Because of trades it's hard to make a case for anyone else on the Magic, but Jameer Nelson will get some consideration.
Looking at that list it seems there is a very good chance the Celtics will get four players in the All-Star game. NBA.com's John Schuhmann has them on his ballot, along with Horford, Smith and Bosh. We'll find out Feb. 3.
|Irish Coffee: Danny Ainge would trade anybody
|01.26.11 at 11:53 am ET
Wake up with the Celtics and your daily dose of Irish Coffee '¦
For the right price, Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge would've traded just about anybody — Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett or Ray Allen — during the C's .500 stretch last season.
Heck, he would've traded Larry Bird and Kevin McHale in the 1980s, too, according to the latest piece from Sports Illustrated's Ian Thomsen.
Here are five things that we learned from Thomsen's conversation with Ainge:
1. During the 1988-89 season, Ainge urged Red Auerbach to trade Bird to the Pacers for Chuck Person, Herb Williams and Steve Stipanovich, as well as McHale to the Mavericks for Detlef Schrempf and Sam Perkins.
"I'll never forget being at that Christmas party and we discussed them. He told us all at that time he wasn't going to trade any of us, that he wanted us to finish our careers as Celtics. And a few months later, they traded me for Joe Kleine and Ed Pinckney. …
(Interjection: It's kind of funny that the guy who pleaded Red to deal Bird and McHale got traded himself. Coincidence? You tell me.)
"But you could get Detlef Schrempf and Sam Perkins in their early 20s for Kevin McHale on a downward-slide team that was not going to win a championship. Stipanovich would be hurt and wouldn't play, but Chuck had a good career. Those guys were still young, and instead you were getting two or three more years of Larry, but you were only getting 75-80 percent of Larry. We didn't have a chance to win the championship in '88-89 because Larry wasn't playing — he was in those ankle casts. I don't think anybody really believed we were a championship team during the 1988-89 season or after that. We were just hanging on."
By the way, here are the best seasons from Bird, Person, Williams, Stipanovich, McHale, Schrempf and Perkins after the 1988-89 season:
- Bird (1989-90): 24.3 points, 9.5 rebounds, 7.5 assists, 47.3 FG%, 33.3 3-PT FG%, 93.0 FT%
- Person (1989-90): 19.7 points, 5.8 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 48.7 FG%, 37.2 3-PT FG%, 78.1 FT%
- Williams (1990-91): 12.5 points, 6.0 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 1.5 blocks, 50.7 FG%, 63.8 FT%
- Stipanovich: never played after the 1987-88 season (injury)
- McHale (1989-90): 20.9 points, 8.3 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 1.9 blocks, 54.9 FG%, 89.3 FT%
- Schrempf (1992-93): 19.2 points, 6.2 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 52.3 FG%, 51.4 3-PT FG%, 83.9 FT%
- Perkins (1991-92): 16.5 points, 8.8 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 1.0 blocks, 45.0 FG%, 81.7 FT%
If it were me, with the benefit of hindsight, there's no way I would've traded Bird for that package during the 1988-89 season. McHale? Well, that's a different story.
|Doc Rivers and Paul Pierce know this West Coast trip is big
|at 10:15 am ET
Every year, Doc Rivers takes a look at the schedule and he has the chance – along with the team – to petition the league for a change or two. And without fail, it always seems the Celtics try to get part of their two West Coast trips altered to help with rest on the road.
Last summer, he took one look at late January and thought to himself the first trip out West will be a real bear. They start Thursday in Portland, playing one day later – and one time zone backward – in Phoenix. Then they play an afternoon game 36 hours later back in LA against the Lakers before wrapping up next Wednesday in Sacramento.
Sure, they're bonding experiences for the team but a little more time bonding and a little more rest would certainly be appreciated.
"I don't really look forward to them but I know they're coming," Rivers said. "It'll be a good one for us, tough teams, all tough in their buildings. The only thing I don't like about this trip is the travel in games so quickly. Traveling to Portland and playing a game the next day is brutal.
"And then you fly backwards to Phoenix where you lose an hour and then you play LA in a one o'clock game. That's a lot of games. We get our schedules before the season starts, before [public] gets them. We have a chance to change games. This is one trip we actually really tried to get changed. We just wanted another day. They said, 'No.'"
Last season when the Celtics went out West in February to play the Kings, Lakers and Trail Blazers, they swept all three games before losing at Denver in the finale. Now, starting Thursday at the Rose Garden in Portland, they will play those three teams again with a trip to Phoenix thrown in as the second game of the four-game swing. Read the rest of this entry »
|Fast Break: Perkins, Celtics hand Cavs 18th straight loss
|01.25.11 at 9:55 pm ET
In his first action since Game 6 of the 2010 NBA Finals, Kendrick Perkins came off the bench to a standing ovation and contributed seven points and six rebounds in just over 17 minutes during a 112-95 blowout of the Cavaliers Tuesday night in Boston.
The Celtics (34-10) projected Perkins would play 12-15 minutes in his return, but he exceeded expectations all night. Of course, it helped that the C's were playing Cleveland (8-37), losers of 18 straight.
Paul Pierce netted 24 points in just 23:58 on the floor. Shortly after coming down awkwardly on a shot attempt and moving gingerly on his right leg up and down the floor a few times, he exited the game with 5:30 remaining in the third quarter.
Ray Allen knocked down a trio of 3-pointers to close the game to 20 between he and Reggie Miller for the NBA's all-time 3-point record.
Perk's return: Even in a rusty 15 minutes a night, Perkins makes a huge difference in the Celtics lineup — especially with both Shaquille and Jermaine O'Neal sidelined with leg injuries and the team in desperate need of big bodies.
Just under four minutes into the game, with starter Semih Erden picking up his second foul in the first 3:58, the Celtics turned to Perkins. And 35 seconds later, after a standing ovation, Perkins proved himself, converting a layup plus the foul. He ran the floor and hit the boards hard on both ends of the floor — a cruel reminder of what might have been had he played Game 7 of the finals last season.
Pierce starts fierce: Playing the entire first quarter, Pierce knocked down 6-of-8 shots to score 17 of the team's 34 points in the opening 12 minutes. During that span, he also exchanged words with Cleveland's Joey Graham, whoever that is.
The Celtics captain scored 24 points by halftime and left the game midway through the third quarter. He stayed on the bench for the rest of the game, without treatment, so there should be little concern about his slight limp before his exit.
The bench showed up: Given his recent struggles, the Celtics had to be pleased to see Nate Robinson knock down 3-of-8 3-point attempts. He led the charge, as the C's got at least seven points from all five available guys off the bench (including Perkins). Glen Davis (11 points) and Von Wafer (10) also reached double figures.
Their collective performance allowed Doc Rivers to rest Pierce, Allen (25:16) and Kevin Garnett (17:45) — although, in somewhat of a strange move, Rajon Rondo played almost 44 minutes.
Slow start on defense: Allowing the worst team in the league to score 26 first-quarter points and shoot 53 percent from the field for the opening 12 minutes isn't what the Celtics were looking for when they welcomed the Cavaliers to town.
Cleveland actually owned a 23-21 lead late in the first quarter. It took a 21-5 that stretched into the middle of the second quarter for the Celtics to take control.
'Big Baby' not a happy camper: When Glen Davis picked up his second foul with seven minutes to play in the half, he let his frustration be known as he returned to the bench. After he was whistled for a third personal a few minutes later, the referees heard it from louder this time — as he picked up a technical, too.
Not much: When the game is in control from the early portion of the second quarter on, and the Celtics cruised to victory, it'd be nitpicking to find too much wrong with their effort … other than Pierce's rendition of Enrique Iglesias' "I Like It" on the Jumbotron. Then again, Enrique Iglesias' version isn't much better.
|Irish Coffee: Celtics succeed one possession at a time
|at 1:58 pm ET
Wake up with the Celtics and your daily dose of Irish Coffee '¦
Over the weekend, I stumbled across a New York Times article that claimed Derrick Rose is a better defender than Rajon Rondo, based on the individual statistical analysis of points allowed per possession:
Rose has allowed just 0.77 points per possession overall on defense this season, an elite mark for any defender, regardless of position. Chris Paul (0.86 points per possession allowed), Rajon Rondo (0.83 PPP allowed), and Russell Westbrook (0.92 PPP allowed) '- all excellent defenders -' have been trumped statistically this year, and by no slim margin. Rose has each of those players handily beat, and boasts a shockingly comprehensive defensive profile.
My natural reaction: How do I get my hands on these points per possession (PPP) statistics? It turns out Synergy Sports Technology tracks every possession — offensively and defensively — for every NBA player. On both sides of the ball, a team or player's possessions are broken down into 11 categories: 1. isolations, 2. pick-and-rolls (ball-handler), 3. post-ups, 4. pick-and-rolls (roll man), 5. spot-ups, 6. off screens, 7. handoffs, 8. cuts, 9. offensive rebounds, 10. transitions and 11. all other plays.
Obviously, a player's PPP offensively doesn't account for the quality of the pass he's receiving or the look he's getting, but it's a great tool to determine how well he's performing overall and on which plays he's succeeding.
Likewise, a player's PPP allowed defensively doesn't account for the quality of his help defense or who he's defending, but it's an accurate representation of whether or not he's stopping his assignment as well as on what plays he's being beaten.
Let's first break down how efficient the Celtics have been offensively as a team; the first number is where they rank in the league in terms of PPP, and the percentage reflects how often they run each play:
|No passing fancy: C's determined to show NBA 'what basketball is like'
|01.22.11 at 11:35 am ET
In a stat sheet filled with superlatives, the thing that shone for the Celtics like a neon sign could be found several columns over and several rows deep.
The Celtics had 31 assists on 37 baskets in Friday's 110-86 dismantling of the Jazz at TD Garden to improve to an Eastern Conference-best 33-9. The most impressive part of the performance was that it wasn't all Rajon Rondo. Yes, the Celtics point guard led the way with 12 dimes, but Marquis Daniels had six, Ray Allen had four and Kevin Garnett had three. Of the 11 players who dressed, only Paul Pierce and Semih Erden failed to register at least one helper.
From the opening tip, the Celtics were determined to spread the wealth. Shaquille O'Neal drew people to him in the paint as he usually does then found Pierce to his left on a cut to the basket for a lay-up 35 seconds in. The Celtics were off to the races.
That would be the first of 31 times one Celtic teammate found another for a field goal.
"It's just a product of our work," Pierce said. "Everyday we come in here and that's what we work on. We work on making the passes, running our offense. Believing in one another, not caring who gets the credit. When you have a selfless group like this, that's what happens.'
The Jazz did their best early to keep up but as a team built on strength and power, the Celtics seemed determined to take advantage of that. Let KG explain:
"Typical stuff. We know a lot of the offense goes through their bigs," Garnett began. "They lay a lot of high post, lot of movement. Everybody knows Jerry Sloan's system, he has been here for 30 years, 25-plus years. They are a physical team. We knew that we had to come out and not only meet their bigs' physicality, but to be aggressive ourselves.
"I thought for the most part, we moved the ball. The things we worked on in practice the other day definitely showed and good showing by us. I liked the way we were forceful, physical. I thought we were firm. Again we moved the ball, everything we worked on and everything we have practiced up until this point was exemplified tonight.'
Utah Hall of Fame coach Jerry Sloan pushed every button he could but the Celtics were too much for his team, which came in tied for first with Oklahoma City in the Northwest Division.
'Well they showed us what basketball is like tonight," Sloan said. "They came out and they played a terrific game, they took us out of our offense, we couldn't do anything of what we were trying to do. I thought they were terrific passing the ball, and they made us turn the ball over way too many times, 21 turnovers for 26 points, it's tough to beat anybody when you have that happen.
"But give them credit for how they came out and got after us. They were good in their offense getting the kind of shots they wanted and the kind that they can make. Doc was pretty generous not keeping his players out there, letting us breathe a little bit I guess.'
|Irish Coffee: Celtics midseason report card
|01.20.11 at 10:53 am ET
Wake up with the Celtics and your daily dose of Irish Coffee '¦
After Wednesday night's game against the Pistons , the Celtics have played 41 games and are exactly halfway through the NBA regular season. It's time for a report card (you can check out the first-quarter grades here) …
- Grade: A
- Comments: Among the NBA's small forwards, Pierce ranks second in free-throw percentage, third in field-goal percentage and ninth in 3-point percentage. That's efficient. He's also ran the offense in Rondo's absence and rebounded in Garnett's absence. Save for Allen, the Celtics have struggled to stay healthy, but Pierce has played all 41 games, remaining the constant he's been for this team since his selection in the 1998 draft.
- Grade: A
- Comments: Allen's numbers are pretty much up across the board from last season, while his field-goal percentage (51.3 percent) and 3-point percentage (46.8!) are the highest of his career. And that's saying something for a guy who's 28 treys away from breaking the all-time record. Allen ranks second on the team in minutes and first (unofficially) in clutch shots down the stretch.
- Grade: A–
- Comments: When he's on the court, he's an A-plus. Easily the leading candidate for a second Defensive Player of the Year honor in the last four years, Garnett is averaging 15.0 points and 9.3 boards — but those numbers don't demonstrate the rejuvenation he's enjoyed, the lift in his legs or the bite to go with his bark. His calf strain struck a scare into Celtics fans, though, and he'll have to prove he can stay healthy to cement his A.
- Grade: A–
- Comments: Averaging 29.7 minutes in 32 games off the bench, Davis has established himself as a Sixth Man of the Year candidate, shooting 48.4 percent from the field and grabbing 5.7 rebounds per game. Averaging 34.6 minutes in nine games as a starter, he's shot 41.1 percent from the field and grabbed 4.4 boards a game. The former is precisely what the Celtics need. The latter? Not so much.
- Grade: B+
- Comments: Rondo averages a league-leading 13.2 assists per game, and only one other guy (Steve Nash) is averaging double-digits in that category. He's also second in the league in steals. But to the naked eye he simply hasn't had the same impact he had in the first few weeks of the season. His turnovers (3.9 per game) are too high, and he's shooting worse from the free-throw line (46.0) than Allen is from 3-point range.
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1. Trainer Michael Matz rarely scores with a first-time starter, and rest assured he has not put the pedal to the metal with NICANOR. But Barbaro's kid brother is not just any colt, and knowing what is at stake historically for owners Roy and Gretchen Jackson, it would not be a stretch to think that Matz might be looking for more in Saturday's career debut at Gulfstream than he would with any other horse in his barn. But we should not expect too much from NICANOR; there will only ever be one Barbaro, friends.
2. Dutrow and Iavarone are back -- deal with it. IEAH Stables' recent acquisition PATENA is a flat-out runner and there's no telling how much he'll move forward in this program, with or without Winstrol. He moves all the way from No. 10 to No. 3 in my rankings this week because I've seen too many times what the Dutrow magic can do.
3. Ken McPeek would cordially like to invite the rest of Gulfstream Park's trainers to the 3-year-old maiden and allowance party. McPeek has spent more time in the GP winner's circle than a kid at a Little Debbie buffet. And, believe me, I should know.
This week's fearless forecast
This section includes a preview of the coming week's 3-year-old races to watch. Gulfstream Park goes back-to-back with the season's most important stakes to date, Friday's G2 Hutcheson and Saturday's G3 Holy Bull. But there are so many intriguing names on the undercard bills that it's impossible to separate the excitement.
Sandwiched between the Holy Bull Stakes and the G1 Donn Handicap for older horses on the Saturday card at Gulfstream Park will be the most highly anticipated debut in some time. That's because NICANOR, a full-brother to 2006 Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro, makes his career bow. NICANOR will have the weight of racing fans worldwide on his shoulders. His challengers will be many in the full field, which includes Patrick Reynolds' hard-luck DUBINSKY, who has placed behind freakishly good performances in each of his three career starts, namely to rising stars ALMA D'ORO, QUALITY ROAD and TAQARUB. Bobby Frankel also brings east ANDIRON, a half-brother to G1 Blue Grass winner The Cliff's Edge, after the A.P. Indy colt's non-effort on the all-weather track at Santa Anita against a fabulously good Dec. 29 bunch.
Gulfstream's Saturday action opens with the 3YO debut of WELL POSITIONED, a 14 1/4-length maiden breaker at Aqueduct in November for Patrick Reynolds. The connections that unleashed Big Brown a year ago will have WELL POSITIONED for their own run in '09. He's been sizzling bullets in the a.m. at Gulfstream for this allowance mile. Ironically, he'll face another 14 1/4-length last-out winner, Milt Wolfson's enigmatic CINNAMON ROAD. The blue-plating claimer popped a local mile cast in the kisser Jan. 7 and drew a 95 from the Beyer Boys, giving Wolfson reason to raise the class ladder.
Two maiden heats join the Saturday program at Gulfstream, including a cast of main-track sprinters in Race 3 that includes Nick Zito's 2008 nibbler JUST A COINCIDENCE. But my attention will be on GALLIGAN ROAD, who took a ton of heat against future star CHECKLIST in his Jan. 3 return try and still managed to hold third in a race where others melted down. The runner-up from that race, MORE THAN WILLING, already has returned to win, while GALLIAGAN ROAD will be joined in the gate Saturday by that race's fourth-place finisher MIGHTY SCORE, who will be awfully tough based on a lightning blowout work Sunday. In Race 6, maiden sprinters take to the turf, and don't you dare sleep on ECHO IN ETERNITY, a first-time starter for Ken McPeek. This one is a half-brother to one of the most scintillating 3YO sprinters of last year's "Countdown," the Oaklawn-based Ferragamo, who was beset by injuries before becoming a star. What's more? The dam of ECHO IN ETERNITY, Spinner, is a half-sister to champion sprinter Left Bank.
Friday's Hutcheson Stakes card at Gulfstream also includes the anticipated return of debut winner CHECKLIST. Todd Pletcher's Gone West-Yearly Report prodigy sprints six panels in a Race 7 allowance, where he meets Nick Zito's G1 Champagne alumnus BRAVE VICTORY. Extra distance will have to wait for CHECKLIST, who should be able to go on with little problem. I like the measured development here vs. tossing him into the stakes fire.
Laurel has a maiden mile worth a look in Friday's Race 7, where $110,000 yearling OUR SELECT debuts for sharp conditioner Dale Capuano. By Pulpit, he's out of G2 Monmouth Oaks winner Magic Storm. While you're in Friday mode, check out Tampa Bay Downs' Race 8 allowance route, where Graham Motion brings SUMO south for the first time after a nice maiden score at Laurel. This race could have some Tampa Bay Derby implications.
The West Coast is relatively quiet this weekend in terms of the Triple Crown trail, but Santa Anita does have an interesting maiden sprint in Saturday's Race 5. Late-running KEEP THINKING looks to recoup some of his $2.4 million pricetag for Eoin Harty. The impeccably bred colt is by A.P. Indy and out of a French Group 1 winner, Denebola, meaning he's from the same female family as European superstars Bago and Machiavellian. But he'll have to knock off the equally-impressive pedigree of RIGHT ONE, Bobby Frankel's rookie by Seeking the Gold and out of Bernardini's sister Ile de France. From the lightning works department comes Jeff Mullins' firster GOLD SCHLIEGER, a Lemon Drop Kid colt working like an absolute freak.
Santa Anita's Sunday offerings include a pair of maiden races, Cal-bred sprinters in Race 2 and a more interesting open maiden route in Race 5. Colonel John's brother, MR. HOT STUFF, wheels back on two weeks' rest after a much-improved try against a tough cast Jan. 17 and should be nearing a breakout. Bob Baffert counters with recent runner-ups TURK and LIFE GOES ON, while turfer OSCAR BOUND comes out of a phenomenal grass heat that looked like a Grade 3 maiden race and was won by MARK S THE COOLER. If he likes the all-weather track, which his works say he does, watch out for 'OSCAR.
At Oaklawn on Saturday, we begin to see the fruits of Steve Asmussen's Fair Grounds labor. He has so many early season maiden and allowance winners in New Orleans, he has to spread his wings and look for spots to run in conditions. He finds a 1 1/16 miles allowance in Race 5 in Hot Springs, where AWESOME PREACHER tries two turns for the first time. He came home in a solid :24.75 in his sprint win and should relish distance (by Touch Gold, and his dam is half-sister to Awesome Again and Macho Uno). AWESOME PREACHER looked even better when MONTECORE came back from finishing third to him on New Year's Day to absolutely stomp a Fair Grounds maiden cast late Thursday afternoon.
Also on the same OP card, Shadwell rookie ANAAN leaves from the rail in a Race 9 maiden sprint (which includes 3-, 4- and 5-year-olds). The $475,000 Medaglia d'Oro colt is from a phenomenal female sprint family. He will be challenged by Grand Slam's full brother FAST DRAW, a D. Wayne Lukas trainee who has kept very strong running lines in his five maiden attempts to date. The intriguing dash also includes DOUBLE PITTSBURGH, a Bob Holthus returnee who was runner-up to promising BROTHER KEITH at Churchill last fall. DOUBLE PITTSBURGH makes sense this Super Bowl weekend for any gambler's mojo. He's bred to be good early. His maternal grand dam, Seattle Meteor, won the G1 Spinaway and G3 Astoria as a juvenile.
Aqueduct has a pair of races worth tabbing Sunday, led by a Race 7 state-bred allowance route featuring MR. FANTASY. West Point Thoroughbreds' Terry Finley tells "Countdown" that the Kiaran McLauglin trainee will scratch from Laurel's Dancing Count Stakes on Saturday in favor of this spot. MR. FANTASY originally was slated to run Wednesday, but the card was scrapped due to wintry weather. The son of E. Dubai, who has drawn terribly in post 10, figures to use Sunday's race as a tune-up for the Gotham Stakes. MR. FANTASY turned in one of the east's most impressive visual performances of the year in his 10 1/2-length debut win. He's a maternal grandson of Spectacular Bid, and a half-brother to last year's G2 Indiana Derby winner Tin Cup Chalice. We know he's fast, and his genes indicate he'll move along nicely as the distances progress.
Also on Sunday at the Big A, there's a Race 6 maiden route around two turns with Shadwell and Darley flavor. Kiaran McLaughlin returns fast-drilling MAJHOOD to the races after a no-show in his autumn Belmont unveiling. The $600,000 Awesome Again colt is from the female family of Silverbulletday and Arts and Letters. Tom Albertrani counters with hard-luck maiden PRECURSOR, a $500,000 A.P. Indy colt from the female family of BC Turf winner Pilsudski. PRECURSOR faced bears last summer and held his own.
Though I don't anticipate them having any impact on the Triple Crown trail, do note that Turf Paradise offers the $25,000 Rattlesnake Stakes on Saturday, while Fair Grounds presents the same-day $60,000 Black Gold Stakes for turf sprinters.
G2 Hutcheson (Friday/Gulfstream):
Seven entrants, including four last-out winners and three last-out performers who placed in major stakes, makes this one of the most intriguing races of the young season. At seven furlongs, we're looking at a break-neck/demanding distance that could wreak havoc on the big-name stars of this race, namely BREAK WATER EDISON, CAPT. CANDYMAN CAN and HELLO BROADWAY. All three have been away since November, with the 'CANDYMAN having four fewer weeks on the shelf among the trio.
My spies tell me Barclay Tagg was not pleased with the way HELLO BROADWAY finished his six-furlong workout last week, laboring late and regressing from his sharp performances in the a.m. prior. The half-brother to Nobiz Like Shobiz might have some issues when you consider Tagg was giving him nine days in-between workouts until recently. That's just reading between the lines, but something a handicapper must try to do. That said, I can't imagine that Friday's Hutcheson will be a hammer-down performance by HELLO BROADWAY. Tagg has been openly talking Derby trail with him, so rest assured the conservative and master horseman will not squeeze the lemon dry for a $150,000 purse in January. Still, I don't see this talented colt embarrassing himself.
BREAK WATER EDISON has had a spot-on workout tab since coming south from New York. I liked everything about this guy as a 2-year-old, except when I thought he had no desire to go through the inside in the Hopeful. Now he draws the rail, and the concerns about trip come back into play. By Belmont winner Lemon Drop Kid and out of a stakes-winning dam at 1 1/16 miles on grass (August Storm), you have to think 'EDISON will be even better around two turns. Friday's seven furlongs, while that's what he's used to, really does not flaunt his best strengths. Look for Alan Garcia to get him off the pine and make a solid run.
CAPT. CANDYMAN CAN (Equibase past performances, here) has the most Hutcheson lure among the "big three." He's firing bullets at Palm Meadows like he's ready to run out of his skin this week, not necessarily building a long resume to May. His one-turn win in last fall's Iroquois was sparkling, while his two-turn try in the Kentucky Jockey Club saw him run off over-excitedly. He has to prove that two turns will be his bag down the road, but the way he's drilling right now, the 'CANDYMAN will have to answer those questions another time. Even in victory, we might not learn much, Derby-wise, from the Hutcheson. But he appears to be a standout to me in this spot.
I picked BEE CEE CEE on top at 54-1 in the Spectacular Bid and he finished a better-than-advertised third. The Hutch figures to be a much more difficult spot, so my allegiance will go elsewhere on top, but don't be shocked if this guy lights the bottom of the exotics. And, now that I'm off the bus at a $100-plus mutuel, he'll probably win to spite me.
The Hutcheson pace does not figure to be as contested as you would expect for an early season stakes. Outside-drawn Z DAY comes south off of an Aqueduct maiden win for Tony Dutrow. He's the only proven front-runner in the bunch, but appears highly questionable to take heat and remain standing. Nick Zito's well-bred ROCKETING RETURNS could be the sprint goods. He's by Gone West out of graded stakes-winning sprint mare Spring Meadow. His works indicate more speed than he's shown in three starts and expect him to get away with the first flight and make them work to get by him under aggressive-riding Eibar Coa.
G3 Holy Bull (Saturday/Gulfstream):
What is it about two-turn sophomore stakes at Gulfstream that seem to smack-down the favorites in the post position pill-pull? Once again, the favorites draw unluckily in the parking lot as G2 Kentucky Jockey Club winner BEETHOVEN opens his season in post No. 11. Meanwhile, G3 Kentucky Cup Juvenile winner WEST SIDE BERNIE leaves next door in post No. 10. To add insult to injury, they'll tote 122 pounds over 1 1/8 miles and give eight of their rivals an eight-pound weight break, while conceding six pounds to the other.
The post draw likely will completely change the tactics for BEETHOVEN (Equibase past performances, here). Expect jockey Calvin Borel to take a hold of the Sky Mesa colt when the gate opens, drop back to last and begin a descent for the rail. He had been a mid-pack success in a stalking mode at Churchill around two turns, but that trip likely would see him hung six-wide on the first turn in the Holy Bull, a race uncharacteristically lacking in early pace.
"This is a colt that really fits Calvin," trainer John Ward said of BEETHOVEN. "I told him, 'this is your kind of horse. He gives me heart attacks, but he's your kind of horse.' Calvin never rushes a horse away from the pole in a workout. He loves to wait and wait. It makes me worry, but he and this horse eventually turn it on."
Unbeaten DANGER TO SOCIETY is well-drawn in the two-hole for red-hot Ken McPeek and exits a win at the distance, but note he did not come home as fast that day as a split-division allowance won by his stablemate FREE COUNTRY. Robby Albarado can be pretty aggressive early when he sees a race without pace, so don't be shocked if 'DANGER dictates some of the tempo. The other well-drawn colt who holds more personal appeal Saturday is BEAR'S ROCKET in post No. 3. He's working dynamite, and trainer Reade Baker earned tons of respect from this corner last year with his handling of G1 Blue Grass third Kentucky Bear and G1 Breeders' Cup Sprint runner-up FATAL BULLET, voted Canada's Horse of the Year. BEAR'S ROCKET has handled himself well against stronger-than-usual competition in Canada, namely PATENA and SOUTHERN EXCHANGE, two runners who have stamped themselves as legitimate in the States.
Kentucky Derby-winning trainers Michael Matz (ROCKLAND) and Nick Zito (NOWHERE TO HIDE) both look to get on the trail with two-turn Calder winners. Between the two, I prefer Zito's NOWHERE TO HIDE, whose company lines were superb in New York, matching a fantastic route pedigree.
As we like to do in the two-turn races, here's a look at the projected G3 Holy Bull Stakes pace scenario:
Dancing Count (Saturday/Laurel):
MR. FANTASY will scratch to run in an allowance Sunday at Aqueduct, leaving the favorite's roll at the doorstep. But this race still has some potential star power from across the mid-Atlantic and figures to boil down to a pair of invading stakes winners.
West Virginia-bred RUSSELL ROAD has won five straight races by 43 3/4 combined lengths, including three stakes by an average of just under 10 lengths. That's not easy to do at Charles Town, where the stretch is only 660 feet. But two published workouts in two months leave you with either red flags or simply in the dark, which can happen at Charles Town.
The field also includes Pennsylvania Nursery winner ST JOHN'S GOSPEL, who dusted G2 Sanford runner-up OFFICER IPOD at Philly Park, showing he might have more class than most handicapper's would expect. The top local figures to be Jerry Robb's improving GREAT LOVE, a blowout winner in two of his last three starts, but a non-factor in the Maryland Million Nursery in his only stakes try.
WEBN (Saturday/Turfway Park):
The second of three preps for the G2 Lane's End Stakes challenges Turfway's finest around two turns for the first time. But don't look to the series-opening Prevue Stakes for any clues. The three WEBN Stakes entrants coming back from the Prevue were 39-1, 67-1 and 80-1 longshots four weeks ago, and all finished off the board.
MUSIC CITY won the local one-mile allowance tune-up for this race Jan. 14 by five lengths in wire-to-wire fashion. Bill Helmbrecht's son of City Zip made a smooth transition from six panels to a mile, opening up a huge early lead and coasting home. A :23-4/5 second-quarter gave him the daylight, and he was able to roll unchallenged despite a final quarter in a sun-dial slow :27 flat. It won't be that easy Saturday, as AZICHARMYOU will provide the heat. He blew away sprint maidens last time out by nearly 7 lengths and has earned back-to-back Beyers in the low 80s.
Owner Ken Ramsey and trainer Mike Maker never fly under the radar (that happens when you win 40 percent at a meeting!), so even if you like a maiden in a stakes race, don't expect any value. LOOKN MIGHTY FAST finished third in a fast Aqueduct sprint last time out, a race won by Z DAY, who has headed south for the G2 Hutcheson.
The horse I expect to benefit most from the distance and class level is BABAMOON, who has won two straight at Mountaineer Park since moving to trainer Eric Reed's barn. But this is not a Mountaineer runner. The Malibu Moon colt opened his career in Chicago, racing well in four starts, all routes, and running into stakes star GIANT OAK and recent Fair Grounds allowance return winner DUMAR (a Steve Asmussen trainee). Those are massive company lines for a race of this repute. Expect BABAMOON to lag early and fly late.
Everyone's a critic
The Sunshine Millions Dash was America's only stakes with a Triple Crown slant last week, but the undercard races provided a deeper look at the sophomore picture.
New Rick Dutrow pick-up THIS ONES FOR PHIL punched his ticket to the upcoming G2 Fountain of Youth at a one-turn mile when he dusted Florida and California-breds in Saturday's Sunshine Millions Dash. Despite a stumbling start and four-wide trip, the grandson of Derby winner Unbridled rolled to a 2 1/4-length win in a sharp 1:09.10 for six panels. The final quarter was completed in a strong :24.14 given the fast opening half-mile (:44.96) with a good final furlong of :12.35. Winner of the two-turn Seacliff Stakes at Calder last fall, THIS ONES FOR PHIL (Equibase past performances, here) came into the Dash with the field's best prospects of routing, as noted in last week's "Countdown," yet was still good enough to beat a cast of sprinters at their best game. Now, how that translates to a 117 Beyer Speed Figure is out of comprehension. If you mean to tell me it's one of the great performances of all-time, as a 117 would indicate, I'd have to smile and pat you on the back while whispering things under my breath. But it was quite good, no doubt. Meanwhile, runner-up YOU LUCKIE MANN proved clearly second-best and underscored the credentials of Spectacular Bid winner NOTONTHESAMEPAGE. West Coaster KELLY LEAK loomed like a good thing at the top of the lane, but could not kick on with the top pair. 'KELLY managed a mild third and did not embarrass or help the California all-weather track form to any serious degree.
Seven furlongs is the most taxing distance in racing, an all-out sprint from the opening bell, and it proved to be too much for an inexperienced Gulfstream cast on Saturday in Race 5. Todd Pletcher's $3.7 million prospect DUNKIRK (by Unbridled's Song out of Kentucky Oaks winner Secret Status) demolished the field by 5 3/4 lengths and will quickly become a buzz horse in many handicapping circles. He already plummeted to 40-1 in the Wynn Las Vegas Derby Futures. But note this race completely fell apart with a third-quarter in :26.74 and final furlong in :12.90, so the margin of victory has to be squinted at and pondered. And note that the six-furlong split of 1:12.10 was about 15 lengths slower (yikes) than the final time for the six-furlong Sunshine Millions Dash on the same card. Make no mistake: DUNKIRK was tons the best in this field, patiently waiting while blocked, tipping out at the top of the lane and drawing away from the rest. The kicker to my tempered enthusiasm for DUNKIRK is the fact that third-place finisher SPANISH FORTUNE exited a terribly slow race at Calder in which none of its alumni have done anything so far out of it. The opinion here is that DUNKIRK (Equibase past performances, here) was the right horse at the right time at the right distance, and may be flattered by this final margin and his big pricetag.
Sunday's finale at Gulfstream reinforced the Jan. 3 maiden win by CHECKLIST when his closest pursuer, MORE THAN WILLING, returned to the races a winner. The Ken McPeek-trained MORE THAN WILLING was hammered to 1-2 in the wagering and successfully handled the stretch-out from 6F to 1 1/8 miles, despite having every chance to lose on the turns. He was bumped soundly on the first turn and gave away valuable ground four-wide on the far turn. Still, he was good enough to win by three-quarters of a length in 1:52.30 over a seriously dead racetrack. Good older allowance winner Discreet Treasure could only manage a 1:37.37 mile earlier on the card, so you know things were slow. MORE THAN WILLING did finish well, however, getting the final eighth in a solid :12.44 and he was able to close into terribly slow fractions. Runner-up TOBY THE COAL MAN was much improved with a better draw and trip for Nick Zito, and well clear of the rest. FIJI BOY deserves another look in his second start of the year; he was not able to overcome the clubhouse turn incident with MORE THAN WILLING.
Also in Florida, Bill Mott got on the board Wednesday with turf mile maiden winner STRIKE AGAIN, who scored wire-to-wire in his debut. The Dixie Union got away with a slow half-mile in :48.07, but was flashy enough to dash home in a fast :23.28 and turn away Christophe Clement's impeccably bred Smarty Jones-Hoh Buzzard colt DR. SMARTY JACK, who should be a prompt maiden-breaker next time out. Champion Riboletta's baby, RIBOLETTO, missed the break and never picked up a hoof thereafter for Tom Albertrani.
At Santa Anita last Friday, trainer David Hofmans showed his propensity for downhill turf sprint success once again when LUCKIEST MAN made a triumphant return with a half-length maiden score. The three-quarter brother to G2 Illinois Derby, G3 Remington Derby and G3 Derby Trial winner Performing Magic was making his first start since a narrow defeat in a Del Mar maiden heat that included eventual G1 Norfolk winner STREET HERO (since retired). But this race went more than four lengths slower than the same day's Race 7 sophomore allowance downhill turf sprint, won by the Jeff Mullins-trained buzzsaw LEEDSTHEWAY (Equibase past performances, here). Despite winning for an $80K tag in his debut, 'LEEDS was too much for this allowance group, winning by an unfathomable 3 1/4 lengths in a turf sprint. His dam, Red Jelly, is a full-sister to G2 Arlington Classic winner Trail City. But this horse is brilliantly fast, winning six panels on the Hollywood Cushion Track in 1:08 3/5 and Friday's 6 1/2 grassy furlongs in 1:15.51. Who knows what might be in the tank? It will be interesting to see what Mullins does with LEEDSTHEWAY, as Triple Crown hopeful/stablemate I WANT REVENGE obviously is more advanced at this point.
Saturday's Santa Anita card saw the wicked-fast workhorse WALL STREET WONDER dominate a six-furlong maiden race by 5 1/4 lengths for Bob Baffert. The $325,000 2YO purchase obviously is a win-early player by $5,000 Storm Cat stallion City Place. But is he only speed? He's from the same female family as Ruler's Court, a dominant winner of the two-turn Norfolk as a juvenile. WALL STREET WONDER stopped the timer in 1:09.15 for six furlongs, a time that was only about five lengths off what superstar Georgie Boy posted later in the day's featured Sunshine Millions Sprint. WALL STREET WONDER came home in a razor-sharp :23.56. Use both hands when betting next time on runner-up DEGREE OF POWER, who rallied last-to-second while four-wide for Bobby Frankel. The Storm Cat-Apple of Kent colt will relish more distance if asked, but can win at this trip if not hooking a "now" freak like WALL STREET WONDER.
The weekday Santa Anita action saw the reputation of impressive allowance winner SHAFTED boosted nicely when Doug O'Neill's SCOREWITHCATER rebounded from a fourth-place finish to win a Thursday route allowance at 1 1/16 miles. But 'CATER did not impress, visually closing fast but doing so against a field that was gassed and not finishing at all despite a :48.03 opening half-mile. They group galloped out with a collective sound of sucking wind. I'll stand against these all next time out.
Finally, we wrapped up the week with a scintillating sprint win by MONTECORE at Fair Grounds in Thursday's nightcap. In an absolute hand ride, the $400,000 juvenile purchase widened with every stride in the lane, getting six furlongs in 1:10.56 and a sharp final quarter-mile in :24.08 while being eased the last 100 yards or so. Steve Klesaris has an awfully nice sprinter on his hands at the very least, cornering sharply and traveling as smooth as you could ask a second-time starter. I wouldn't be afraid of backing him in a two-turn allowance. Certainly bet back third-place finisher FLAVOR, who did all the dirty work while forcing the issue, softening only to be edged for the place money.
Each week, we'll give you a race video worth a second look. Hutcheson contenders BREAK WATER EDISON and HELLO BROADWAY ran 1-2 in the G3 Nashua last Nov. 2 at Aqueduct. 'BROADWAY ran into traffic at the top of the lane. Did it cost him the 'W'? See for yourself, here.
Quick hitters
OLD FASHIONED took a sizable drop to 10-1 favorite's status in this week's Wynn Las Vegas Derby Futures, down from 15-1 last week. He's still on track for the Southwest next month at Oaklawn and sizzled five panels in :58-4/5 Thursday at Fair Grounds ... Next week's agenda gets big-time serious with the G2 Bob Lewis Memorial at Santa Anita, the G3 Risen Star at Fair Grounds and the Whirlaway at Aqueduct ... The G2 Lewis figures to be a showdown between G1 CashCall Hollywood Futurity 1-2 finishers PIONEEROF THE NILE and I WANT REVENGE, with rising allowance winners PAPA CLEM and SHAFTED the new shooters of repute ... Ken McPeek will send FREE COUNTRY to Tampa for the Sam F. Davis Stakes, while shipping THEREGOESJOJO to New Orleans for the G3 Risen Star ... The Risen Star also is expected to lure FRIESAN FIRE, AU MOON, GIANT OAK, INDYGO MOUNTAIN, IT HAPPENED AGAIN, UNO MAS and possibly rising maiden winner SOUL WARRIOR among others ... Bobby Frankel says SoCal-based BROTHER KEITH could go in either the Lewis or Risen Star out of town next week ... The Whirlaway is coming up light for HAYNESFIELD, who likely will be challenged by the well-bred TRANQUILL MANNER ... G3 Delta Jackpot champ BIG DRAMA will be forced to miss Saturday's G3 Holy Bull after suffering a kicked shin ... TERRAIN is out of the Risen Star after a recent illness ... Following a column I wrote for ESPN.com this week about Rick Dutrow's hot new recruits PATENA and THIS ONES FOR PHIL, I got an interesting e-mail from a cohort "in the know" who said that Dutrow actually prefers recent maiden winner ALMA D'ORO best in terms of the Triple Crown prospects. Interesting.
High fives
Jeremy Plonk's Top 5-rated performances this year by class (Dec. 26-present):
Maiden Race
1. SOUL WARRIOR - Fair Grounds 12/29
2. CHECKLIST - Gulfstream 1/3
3. PERFECT SONG - Philadelphia Park 1/20
4. MARK S THE COOLER - Santa Anita 1/10 (turf)
5. CAPTAIN CHEROKEE - Fair Grounds 1/17
(*** POINT ENCOUNTER injured, removed ***)
Allowance Race
1. FREE COUNTRY - Gulfstream 1/8
2. THEREGOESJOJO - Gulfstream 1/10
3. SHAFTED - Santa Anita 1/2
4. DANGER TO SOCIETY - Gulfstream 1/8
5. NUCLEAR WAYNE - Fair Grounds 1/17
Stakes Race
1. NOTONTHESAMEPAGE - Spectacular Bid 1/3
2. TAQARUB - Jimmy Winkfield 1/19
3. THE PAMPLEMOUSSE - San Rafael 1/17
4. FRIESAN FIRE - Lecomte 1/10
5. SILVER CITY - Dixieland 1/16
G2 Hutcheson Stakes Picks:
G3 Holy Bull Stakes Picks:
Dancing Count Stakes Picks:
WEBN Stakes Picks:
How did we do last week?
Top choice KELLY LEAK ran third in the Sunshine Millions Dash.
How are we doing on the season?
3-for-9 (33 percent) with top pick; 4-for-9 (44 percent) with top two picks.
Put 'em in the gate
Can't wait for May 2? This section ranks my Top 20 and puts horses in the gate if the race was this weekend. Remember, this isn't about how they'll be on Derby Day, but rather how they rate today with Derby ability at 1-1/4 miles a main factor. This will be a fluid list over the spring.
Think I'm off my rocker? Send your Top 20 list to me, email@example.com, and I'll pick one fan's list each week to appear in Countdown to the Crown right next to mine. Please put "TOP 20" in the subject line and include your state of residence.
Jeremy's top 20: Fifth week of the 2009 season
Reader-submitted top 20: From Fitz in Duluth, Minn.
What happens in Vegas
This section highlights the steamers in the Las Vegas future book odds. Odds updated Jan. 26, 2008, here.
Wynn Las Vegas Derby Favorites
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HollyFrontier (HFC +3.2%) is upgraded to Buy from Hold at Argus, which says HFC's "refineries are well situated to take advantage of WTI's discount to other crudes, and have access to cheaper Canadian crudes and product shortfalls in PADD 2." The firm adds that the refineries are more insulated from falling gasoline demand than those of some rivals.
HollyFrontier (HFC +3.2%) is upgraded to Buy from Hold at Argus, which says HFC's "refineries...
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