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Academically, this school is good. Socially it needs major work. We have had trouble with bullying for multiple years with almost NO help from the school. Teachers are not trained in how to recognize what is/is not bullying and need sensitivity training. The Principal wants to project the school as a "wonderful community" but is quite self-important & does not want to hear negative things that may reflect poorly on himself. The Superintendent told us our child should punch another child in the nose to get bullying to stop! It is disappointing that bullying and blatant RACISM happen here but because it is whispered it is not disciplined. It should not be a well kept secret that bullying occurs at Barre Town, own it, deal with it, make the changes. We should not have to contemplate moving so our child feels safe at school
I am a previous student of BTEMS. I would NOT send my own child to this school. While I was there, I felt unsupported in my academics. When I asked for help, I rarely received it. My friends and I were treated horribly by both students and faculty. I had a few decent teachers, but not enough to make me consider sending my child to this school. If anything, this school has taught me that when it comes to my childs education, he will receive it at a private school
If i could rate this school a .5 I would. As a former student I would rather switch districts or pay a private school to teach my children that send them here. Despite have a few decent teachers, i always fwas left behind because "i came from a background that wasn't going to get me anywhere" that isn't something you tell a 7th grade student.
my kids went the, we moved to Barre Town for the school, my daughter moved back for it and my grand kids are going to Barre Town
I have nothing but good things to say about Barre Town. Excellent and nationally recognized leadership, an overall understanding and accomodating staff. I have four children at BTMES, one with an IEP. I believe they have played a large part in helping them achieve to their highest potential.
I have had two children go to this school and one has an IEP. I had nothing but complete cooperation from the staff with meeting requests and follow up. They really care about the kids and their success. Kudos to this school. :)
This is a a great school. The environment is awesome, and the staff are excellent. Barre Town continually posts great test scores, and has many great teams: basketball, football, field hockey, soccer, and golf and tennis teams are in the works. The school has two spelling teams, a very active drama club, student council, homework club, an advanced language class which challenges many brighter students, and a very good para-education staff. Barre Town thoroughly prepares it's students for High School, and is arguably much better than Barre City School.
I think that children benefit from routine and the administrators at Barre Town understand this. They do not allow 'parties' in the classroom. It is very hard for the kids to concentrate when they know at 2:00 they get to have a party. My daughter did get upset at first, but now is fine with it. I like that the kids are not filled full of sugar and sent home. The only issue I have is that although I know it is a large school...more concerts/skits after hours would be great! I feel my child is getting a quality education and her skills prove it.
The school is good but it doesn't let any students have a choice for extracurricular activities. They are more focused on making sure that the students who goof off behave then they do focusing on classes and how students need a challenge and how students need help through things. Students that recieved a 'E' are held back even if they are passing the rest of their classes with B's or A's while students who are completely failing move onto the next grade. The school does not allow much individuality with the students and how they dress. I do understand some rules but others are made for reasons that are NOT explained leaving students upset and angry. People are punished for incomplete homework even when they tell the teacher they need to have help understanding it and the teacher does NOT take the time to do so and punishes the student instead.
This school building is great. It's in a great location and the enviorment is great. The building and it's surroundings are kept up very well. There's even a recreational area for barbecues, tennis courts, volleyball courts, basketball courts, track fields, and several baseball fields and two playgrounds! But the extra-curricular activities are poor. I don't see why they don't have baseball/softball, tennis teams, volleyball teams, or track. They offer only two sports teams and hardley any clubs. The vice principal is a joke and thinks that he's the principal and trys to run the school. All the parents dislike him. He trys to make the elementary children into little adults by taking away class parties and such. I understand doing this for the middle schoolers and getting them ready for high school, but preschoolers too? Let them by kids! This other parent is right, this school does push kids through!
This school has a tendency to push kids thru that are not ready for high school and keep kids back that have a greater aptitude than others. They do not challenge the brighter students.
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This cruise was all about the ports, not the ship, not the food, or the entertainment. Although the comedians were funny!!! The cabin steward was fantasic!!! As well as the bar tenders!!!
I must say, the food in the dinning room was not good at all!!!!!
I have noticed that the quality of food on all cruise lines has diminished!!
I started cruising on 1987, I was 30 yrs. old then, and I found cruising to be a very elegant experience at that time.
Everyone dressed in their best each night for dinner, the food was unbelievable!!
Midnight buffets, it was truly a treat to cruise then, things have changed too much, and not for the better. Prices have come down considerably, but a lot has been sacrificed, to say the least.
The itinerary was fantastic, we loved all the islands.
A catamaran in St. Thomas, the beach in St. Lucia, site seeing in Barbados, zip lining in St.Kits, the beach and Red Stripe beer in St. Martin.
All in all, the ports were great, the ship, was not.!!!!

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Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes has hailed his side's start to life under new boss Gerardo Martino.
The Argentine coach took charge of his first competitive fixture since taking the reins from Tito Vilanova on Sunday, as the Catalan club began the defence of their La Liga crown with a 7-0 victory against Levante.
And Valdes has expressed delight with Barca's performance in the rout, citing their relentless pressing as key to the win.
"It has been one of the best starts. You can see the team is intense, defending much higher to recover the ball and moving quickly to the opposition goal. It was what the coach wanted," he said.
The 31-year-old also revealed his belief that Barca have regained their identity following a difficult 2012-13 campaign in which Vilanova's health was a constant source of worry.
"Last year was unusual with the illness of the coach and certain aspects could not work because of what happened with Tito," he added.
"To begin in this way is good. We have recovered aspects of the past and we hope that it will continue this way."
Valdes went on to discuss Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti's decision to omit Iker Casillas from his starting line-up for the opening game of the season - with Diego Lopez starting in his place.
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Burris: Peter, I told our staff this story. Years ago, some guy came into town. He was researching Honolulu for a business that was going to come to Hawaii. He wouldn't tell me what business it was. I think it was Costco, but I don't really know. He was interviewing people and asking them, "Who do you think runs things here?" and "How do things work?" And I said, "I'll cooperate if you tell me your observations once you're finished." And he later said, "I'm amazed how important the banks are in Hawaii. Think about the old Western movies where you've got the sheriff and the banker who ran everything in town." He said, "In most places across the Mainland, the banks don't really have much of an importance in the community; they just do banking, whereas in Hawaii, they're very important, particularly the two big ones." Do you think that's still true?
Ho: I think listening to Gov. Cayetano talk about the importance of relationships, I think that's a truism that's withstood the test of time when you talk about how things get done in the state. So I don't think it's coincidental that the banks play a major role in the community if you believe that relationships are important because the banks are really – when you get down to it – receptacles of relationships. We try to be as unbiased as possible. We have 250,000 customers. It's probably not good business for us to be too positioned one way or another, so it's better to kind of just keep your thoughts to yourself. Then you get into the business community, and it's even more so. Then you get into organized labor. We have a big relationship with Randy's outfit and a lot of others. We're almost trained to be kind of sitting back on the sidelines and in a lot of ways, I think we do act as relationship conduits, if you will.
Burris: If someone is looking to get something done or to change something, would the banks be a good place to start?
Ho: No.
Matsumoto: I think it boils down to leadership – community leadership. The example that you used about Jack Hall and Lowell Dillingham, in their day, they were acknowledged leaders in the labor sector and the business community. Because of that, I think Gov. Burns knew the capacity that they had to reach into the sectors that they had influence over. So change happened because they were leaders. I think what's happened in Hawaii is that the banks tend to hire very capable leaders, so as a result of that, they play significant roles in the community. If you look at Walter Dods, he's a business leader that straddles the community, as well as the business sector and government – and does it effectively. But I think Walter saw it as his role as head of the largest financial institution – if not the largest company in Hawaii – to play that kind of a role. So I think it really boils down to leadership and whether or not we still have leaders of that caliber in the community that can pull together diverse groups and push forward different initiatives.
Burris: Is it your feeling that we don't have as much as we used to?
Matsumoto: Yes, I think that's definitely the case. We don't have the same kind of concentration of influence that we had in the past. The labor sector, I think at one time, you had David Trask (former head of the HGEA), Jack Hall, these were guys who had tremendous influence among a broad range of labor leaders. I don't know that even Randy, no difference to you, claim to have the same mantle that David had.
Burris: Randy, is that a deliberate approach on the part of the unions to be a little less front and forward? If you think about it, a David Trask or an Eddie Tangen (former ILWU leader) – if you did this exercise 25 years ago, you could easily identify who the power players were. Are the unions trying to become more of a general part of the community and less of a focus?
Perreira: I think part of it is that was a different time. Back then, we were in a much different stage of development as a state. You go back that far and that was really the dawn of the public sector and collective bargaining – 30 years ago. The times were different so it dictated a different kind of leadership that was needed. Today, things are different and I would agree that whether it's in the banking industry or in the community, it's really the personal characteristics of individuals that allow them to rise and influence the community – not just the position, although the position helps.
Burris: Haunani, as we were setting up for this roundtable, we talked about pre-OHA – pre-1978. If you say today, "Something's going to happen" or "Something's going to get done," the interests of Hawaiians have to be taken into account. That was not the case prior to '78. Today, I don't think anyone would suggest or try something big and important without thinking how the Hawaiians feel about it. Do you think that's true? Do you feel this responsibility?
Apoliona: I think 1978 and the constitutional convention and the changes that established OHA, rose out of that sentiment (Hawaiians' lack of power). Previously, in the 1900s, there was the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, which was the federal legislation focusing on homesteaders and rehabilitation. After that, public-policy-wise, there wasn't much. The idea and the concept of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs rose because of the gap between 1959 and 1978. Since OHA began in 1978, it's had its evolution. We're now 30 years old. We're trying to work within the community – both across the state and with Hawaiians that are out of the state of Hawaii. I think there is a definite positive evolution because we try to do our best in the fiduciary duties the trustees are responsible for. We also are imparted with responsibilities by laws that say you have to protect and be part of the consultation as it relates to any development. So I think we are a voice; a strong voice; a constitutional voice for the Hawaiians. We are not simply a nonprofit. We are constitutionally created and elected. So that sets OHA in a place that is different from any other native group throughout the country. Now, is it always agreeable to the Hawaiian community or the non-Hawaiian community what OHA does? No, but as fiduciaries, we try to examine the issues, try to make the best decisions possible based on the talent at the table of the board, as well as all of the work we can do with our staffers and linkages and communications with the community.
Burris: If we went back 30 years and had this discussion about where the power centers are in Hawaii, do you think anyone would have said the Hawaiian community?
Apoliona: I don't know. My path to this policy making and political arena is really young and only began in the mid '90s for me, although I have worked with Alu Like for 18 years. The work of Alu Like began in the '70s. It came out of large efforts of Hawaiian community leaders. So yes, I think Hawaiian community leaders wanted to create a future for Hawaiians, and as a result, started to move then.
Burris: Let me put it another way: Today, if something major is going to happen in Hawaii – a major policy decision, a major social decision – would you expect to be consulted?
Apoliona: Absolutely! Sometimes they do and sometimes they don't. Cayetano: What kind of major decision?
Burris: Well, it could be anything, and this is probably a bad example – but the Superferry. Were you guys consulted?
Apoliona: No, but I believe one of the trustees reviewed the question. No one asked us what they should do. I'll just say, as it relates to the military – the Department of Defense – there's a building of better communication that's consistent and regular, and that's nice. That's not to say that you can't do anything in this town. And part of it comes from the fact that the federal rules, regulations and statutes require some of these consultations. It is happening. We are grateful for that. We appreciate it and it allows us to do our duties.
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After the floods, it's back to gridlock
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IT has only been open for a few days after being closed because of flooding.
But yesterday, traffic on Botley Road, Oxford, was backed up for miles.
Electrical works at the junction with Ferry Hinksey Road caused travel mayhem for drivers and bus passengers coming into the city during the morning and evening rush hours.
Contractors Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) said work could continue through this morning's peak travel time.
It took James Milligan, 37, three hours to get from his home in Carterton to his office in Frideswide Square.
He said: "This is worse than when it was flooded, it is just frustrating."
Drivers and businesses have questioned why work couldn't be carried out at night but SSE said they worked throughout Wednesday night to fix the fault on an underground cable.
It said its priority was fixing the problem for customers, after 70 people experienced power cuts recently.
Staff at Woodlands Pharmacy on Botley Road said its two vans, which deliver medicines around the city, were caught up in traffic.
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Zero Dark Thirty (2012)NYT Critics' Pick
Alternate title: Untitled (Kathryn Bigelow/Mark Boal/Navy Seal Team 6 Thriller), Kill Bin Laden, Zero Dark 30
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January 19th, 20137:06 pm
I still cannot believe that the main Hollywood distributors have allowed an American film of this outstanding quality, complexity, and depth to reach cinemas all over the US. And better yet, that a general American public not known for its excellency in taste (ex.: Avatar was so boring, off-mark in the subject of ecology and cheesy I almost fell asleep) would support it. Besides the revenge catharsis the film releases for this nation, it is encouraging that a Hollywood film sparks so much debate that is lacking, or allowed, in American schools and universities. Also, Manola Dargis has written the most erudite film review I have ever read in the New York Times.
— JGO, Athens, GA
January 19th, 20137:07 pm
After all the raves (including this one), this film fell a little short for me. Granted, it has built-in, real-life drama, and--of course--that lends it a certain powerful relevance, but as story-telling...? What Ms. Dargis cites as a strength--the blank slate of Jessica Chastain's character--I saw as a lack of character development. There is exactly one scene in which she even raises her voice; the rest of the time, you're looking at the cool mask of those (extremely lovely) features. When there are coherent scenes, they begin to drown in a pandering "tough girl who's going to show all those men who's who!" waterfall of cliches.
The last twenty-five minutes are, indeed "harrowing," but also disjointed--it becomes a different movie here.
Also: is it the BEST idea, diplomatically-speaking, that we gave the killing of bin Laden the Hollywood treatment, especially so soon? Though that event is handled (mostly) with solemnity rather than obvious triumphalism, this is still an American movie (on-track for an Oscar) that revels in the killing of a real man.
— opinionated pedant, Norwalk, CT
January 19th, 201310:34 pm
As some one who has been to Afghanistan ,most Afghans believe America to be just like the Russians and worst, a hypocrite to boot. I am extremely sadden to see how torture is condoned and even applauded by Hollywood and some Americans. For every one you torture three will pick up arm and fight .what made America great was its strength and humanity. It will be mired and wars if it tortures and kills without regard to its own principals. A truly despicable movie.
— Kg, Va
January 21st, 20131:48 pm
Perhaps the screenplay is "fictional," however the story, as it unfolded, was already known by most Americans, and was clearly basic FACT. Jessica Chastain played the role of a dispassionate CIA agent who was as resolute in finding/capturing/killing UBL as I imagine the actual person whom she played was. I suspect that the actual agent whom she played was as different looking/acting from JC as we might imagine--perhaps an Asian male, for example. Otherwise, the danger of a fatwa is real and any hints as to the identity of the agent could be deadly. For that matter,, I would hate to contemplate a fatwa against any of the Seal Team. ... or anyone associated with the actual hunt for and killing of UBL -- or any of the persons involved in creating ZD30, for that matter.
The movie captured the determination and professionalism of the agents involved--even those who tried to dissuade My a (Jessica Chastain's character) from tirelessly following hundreds--perhaps thousands--of leads.
Although the film traced the investigation very methodically, the audience was riveted to the action/non-action on the screen. You could have heard a pin drop in the theater -- and I sat glued to the screen myself for the entire 2 1/2 hours. That alone suggests that the film was one of the best for 2012.
The final scene at UBL's compound in Pakistan was probably as accurate a portrayal of those minutes as can ever be put on the screen. The torture scenes were difficult to watch, but the film left the morality of the methods used up to the audience to determine for themselves. I thought it was very even-keeled in that regard and fail (now) to see what all of the hullabaloo is/was about. The movie was as apolitical as it could have been.
It deserves the Oscar nominations it has received!
— Joseph T Ryan, Ocean Shores, WA
January 22nd, 201311:20 am
I'd read the book so this film had few surprises. Based on the "100" ratings so many critics gave it thot I'd like it more,,(average critic rating was 95)
Last moments at helicopter take off to begin mission got my heart rate up..otherwise, as far as pure entertainment, Skyfall and Django..I liked both better
— vanzance, Naples, FL
January 22nd, 201311:21 am
I would recommend seeing the movie because it deals with an important event in our history, finally after a decade justice for the 3,000 people murdered in NYC. That must be why so many reviewers and talk show hosts have recommended this film. I thought the film was flat, and a little slow. And why a golden globe to the lead actress? She was adequate, but the screen play and direction really didn't offer up a performance worthy of a major award.
— Mike, Virginia
January 22nd, 201311:21 am
Did I see the same movie as all those out there criticizing the depiction of torture? I thought the movie made it pretty clear that torture didn't work in the end and that the team on the ground found Bin Laden through many painstaking hours of making connections with disparate information.
— BellaC, New York
January 22nd, 201311:21 am
This movie is based on one of the most incredible incidents in recent US history. How could the director make it into such a snoozefest? YAWN. No character development. No tension. Lame dialogue. And the casting of Ms. Chastain was unfortunate (and I usually like her). She doesn't have the presence to carry this movie. Then again, I'm not sure anyone would have been able to save it.
— Lucy, NYC
January 22nd, 201311:22 am
An impressively disciplined, patient, detailed movie that aims to telescope a ten-year manhunt involving undoubtedly thousands of CIA analysts into a "personal" narrative of one woman's successful quest to nab Bin Laden. The film-making is so persuasively skillful, not to mention editorially neutral, that it produces a powerful feeling of, "Wow, this is how it was." And the central character of Maya is compelling. To my mind, though, the Maya figure comes across as a blatant fiction, a narrative convenience. The movie needs her to "personalize" the history, and to economize on the spiraling narrative, and to fulfill genre conventions and expectations. But this is clearly a compromise with the exigencies of mass-market movie story-telling: pretty good, but flawed by the very nature of what it aspires to be. (By the way, I hit the wrong Rating button -- I mean to rate this at 4 stars.)
— MatthewG, Brooklyn, NY
January 25th, 201312:38 pm
Kathryn Bigelow's chronological narrative of the 11 year hunt for UBL after 9/11 is a warts and all treatment of the US response – the unquestioning use of torture in the beginning, the relentless pursuit of sources and telephone links, the steady build-up of intelligence on the Abbottobad fortress and the final execution of UBL.
I am assuming all of the audience in the theatre in Canberra, Australia I attended knew the outcome of this movie, but for the final 20 or 30 minutes the theatre was very quiet, as if the audience was part of the SEAL team not knowing exactly what to expect and hoping that nothing would go wrong and UBL would be found.
To me, this was a reflection of how far the passion and emotion after those horrific events had resonated far beyond New York and indeed the United States – and remains with many of us today. Bravo Kathryn Bigelow
— Royalwulf, Canberra,Australia
January 28th, 20136:16 am
This was fairly well done, with Chastain doing a remarkable job. Kudos to her for sure, and there was a lot in this movie. The climactic episode was perhaps too realistic. Did we really need to see how brutal it appeared? Not that we don't need to know the reality, but it's disturbing.
— jstevend, Mission Viejo, CA
January 28th, 20139:43 am
The first dozen or so reviews of this film are very discouraging. Why would ANYONE put up a review about a movie they have not seen.
The torture was hard to watch but, as the reviewer said, it's a work of fiction and a work of art.
The actual assault on Abbottabad was thrillingly filmed. We know the outcome, and still feel tremendous suspense and respect for those amazing Navy SEALS.
— Sylvia, Palo Alto, California
January 28th, 20139:43 am
Can you do Hurt Locker II? Isn't that what Hollywood wants? If possible, Shrek 7? Why not? After all, you're investing lots of money and want to minimize the risk.
In this effort, the Bigelow / Boal directing and writing Hurt Locker team have taken another shot and widely misse the mark.
Narrative needs tension. It needs character development. It needs resolution or moral questions which engross and ensorcell the viewer. It needs motive. This film has none of that, other than Maya's almost unexplained need to get and kill Bin Laden.
The torture issue which so colors Ms. Dargis review doesn't drive this film. They appear as fast food moments in this otherwise quite colorless set of strung-together scenes where we don't get to know the characters any better, like them or not. Yes, the torture is frank, brutal, and businesslike in its violence. It serves as a metaphor for the entire American war machine, which is exactly that. Beyond the obvious, it's not clear that Ms. Bigelow is getting at much more.
The premise of the film, a historical progression toward the final killing of Bin Laden, is fraught with problems. How do you create dramatic tension across a decade? Other than with profane language in a not-to-be-believed encounter with the CIA Director, Bigelow / Boal fall short of this important fulcrum.
The terror and eerie enormity of the American killing enterprise is best embodied in the overwhelming sounds of the helicopters that stream toward the killing field in Abbottabad. Once there, the confusion, uncertaintly and mistakes elucidate exactly what the on-the-ground actors do as the front men for the trillion dollar enterprise that put them there.
This film doesn't address why it was important to kill Bin Laden, or why in fact his band of merry men killed 3,000 Americans using our own planes against us.
Instead, we are treated to a vacuous Jessica Chastain looking intently into computer screens. Hurt Locker II this ain't.
— adirondax, Mid-state NY
January 28th, 20139:43 am
An astonishingly good movie.
Having read various criticisms of the so-called torture scenes in the movie, I had my doubts whether these scenes were material to the movie or not. In fact, they are relevant to the story line to a limited extent, but otherwise are a minor aspect of the movie which is otherwise full of convincing scenes of war-related murder and mayhem that do not indicate the least political perspective on the real-life events on which the movie is based.
Those who have gone out of their way to make a big deal about the "torture" scenes, in particular purporting before the general release of the movie, that the movie somehow argues for the value of torture, have made fools of themselves.
The movie is fiction, as anyone without some absurd political ax to grind, can attest by watching it. Although based on the story of the discovery and the murder of Osama bin Laden by a group of USA military personnel, it is an exceptionally good piece of art and entertainment. Gripping and powerful as all high-quality are must be, particularly filmed entertainment.
Every aspect of the movie deserves praise: the cinematography, the story line, the dialogue, the acting, the characterizations, the music, the direction, the editing, the sound recording and mixing and on and on.
Easily the best movie for 2012 that I have seen. Better than the otherwise excellent previous movie from Ms. Bigelow, The Hurt Locker.
— Wendell Murray, Kennett Square PA USA
January 28th, 20139:43 am
There is more to story-telling than meandering from one event to another. Most of the scenes in Zero Dark Thirty are replaceable. The characters are flat and the narrative is barely coherent. At times, I leave a movie theater believing that I have wasted my time and money. In this case, I think I am owed more than a refund.
— prf, Connecticut
January 28th, 201310:09 am
How red head super chick all by her hot angry self brought Osama - total opposite of 13 days. Symptomatic of Hollywood self promotion. No merit. Lousy script, Amazed but not surprised at the reviews. Hollywood is like Wall Street - a rigged game.
— Clipman, Boston
January 28th, 201310:14 am
I think the movie is worth watching once, but it portrays Jessica Chastain as someone more powerful than her bosses at the CIA. There is too much emphasis on her role, too much drama, especially in the scenes where she is pressurizing Mark Strong's character to get stuff done. It is a one-woman show.
I understand it is difficult to make a movie with an ending everyone already knows. But, some economy with the length of the movie would have made this a more enjoyable experience.
— Andy Singh, Milwaukee, WI
January 28th, 201310:14 am
Amazing that I (and the rest of the theater audience) was riveted as the raid on the Bin Laden compound unfolded, even though we all knew the outcome.
— Donald Hoyt, Atlanta, GA
January 31st, 20139:08 am
The Sanskrit word "maya" means both illusion and a cosmic power. In Zero Dark Thirty the same definition can perhaps be applied to the main protagonist, Maya. Halfway through the ten long years period that took her to locate UBL hideout many of her co-workers had lost interest in her assignment, some of whom were quite critical in saying that she was pursuing an illusion. However, the (power of) tenacity and determination kept her going, even when some of her close colleagues lost their lives in a terrorist attack and when hope almost abandoned her. Kathryn Bigelow's film is a unique, focused and brutally human narrative of one of the defining moments in the contemporary world - September 11 - and of its aftermath. The moral dimension exhibited in the film, particularly in the brutal torture scenes, transforms itself into a meditation about the necessity of closure, represented by the assassination of UBL by US Navy Seals. Maya captures, embodies and releases this moral dimension in herself, when the power of unflinching commitment surpasses the illusion of giving up, of accepting that there can be business as usual after the Twin Towers fell. Bigelow has achieved another masterpiece, becoming one of the prominent and eloquent narrators of a war that is here to stay.
— pedroliveira, Sydney, Australia
February 2nd, 20137:00 pm
I wasn't dying to see this film but I am an religious Oscar watcher and so see what's nominated. A "procedural" about finding OBL didn't sound super interesting. I was also very aware of the effective/ineffective torture debate that has raged about this film, and I suspect will affect the voting in a meaningful way.
So all that said - well, wow! I was totally engrossed! The acting was superb. Jessica Chastain was fantastic, as was the rest, just singling out Jennifer Ehle and jason Clarke...but they were all terrific, believable and engrossing.
My theatre was quiet during the raid too - just grabbed all of us even tho we all know the outcome.
My only complaint is that while I don't think the movie indicated that torture succeeded - they tricked Ammar intogiving them intel - I still thought too much time was spent on torture and understood people's objections. Is it possible that Bush's (make that Cheney) directive was for endless torture and then Obama changed the culture as it were. I don't know. There was too much torture to just discount.
But I loved the movie - thought it extremely well done, gripping - too long - and well worthy of an Oscar nod and Ms. Bigelow cheated from an Oscar nod.
— MarSmith, Melrose
February 4th, 201311:10 am
This is a very beautiful and important movie. The polarization in the reviews suggests as emotional connection to something intense; this is the polar opposite of unreal emotion movies (some of which are very entertaining). This is not a crowd-pleaser, but it is a great use of movie-making.
We know exactly what will happen at pretty much every point, yet our attention does not waver. Amazing.
P.S. Why can't I rate it excellent, NYTimes? Please attach a 4-star rating to my comment if possible.
— milos, alexandria va
February 4th, 201312:26 pm
Too much Hollywood...Acting is average , dialogue not very good.
The movie is too long , could have been much better with a better script.
— Philippe, MT Pleasant, SC
February 8th, 20135:17 pm
jessica chastain is the winner of academy awards for best actress 2013. congrats jessica. u deserve it
— moviesgeek, land
February 9th, 20135:50 pm
Jessica Chastain is superb. The film does not speak FOR, or against, torture. But if torture yeilds information that helps keep innocent westerners safe, and prevents more mass terrorist killings, then I'm all for it.
— SJ, London
February 11th, 20136:35 pm
Torture is a moral issue ...
— jacqueline Celestin Fils-Aime, USA-HAITI


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Michael Cunningham, Hawks beat
May 3rd, 2012
4:50 pm
May 3rd, 2012
4:50 pm
May 3rd, 2012
4:54 pm
good stuff mc.
May 3rd, 2012
5:01 pm
Can a player be waived during the playoffs? I nominate Zero as number 2 pick please.
May 3rd, 2012
5:03 pm
There's that word "matchups" again. smmfgdh
May 3rd, 2012
5:03 pm
And starting Marvin is NEVER a good thing. Please!
May 3rd, 2012
5:04 pm
Marvin should have also mentioned that things would be a lot better with him NOT on the floor.
May 3rd, 2012
5:08 pm
Zero is the worst player in NBA history!!
May 3rd, 2012
5:10 pm
two chances two get a road win starting tomorrow. go hawks
May 3rd, 2012
5:10 pm
Why are you talking to Marvin? What in the heck does he know about execution? Poor excuse of a basketball player if I've ever seen one.
May 3rd, 2012
5:11 pm
Hawks in 7
May 3rd, 2012
5:12 pm
It sure is still crazy how the vibe of this blog has changed. I remember when I would have to argue guys down how sorry Zero was, now I can't find anybody that likes him. LOL…
May 3rd, 2012
5:14 pm
I seriously cannot read another word muttered by the Hawks and coach. I love these guys, they are my team, but seriously I feel like I am in an insane asylum when I hear the same thing over and over and over and over and over……Game 2 hurt bad then the worst break up I have ever been through. With a break up you only feel the heart ache once or twice………these Hawks have been breaking my heart year in and year out. I'm now even more annoyed haven't spent another second of my time talking Hawks. I am now sick. Good Day.
May 3rd, 2012
5:16 pm
Boston's points per 100 in this series are 86 in Game 1 and 95 in Game 2. They are not scoring very efficiently either. The Hawks are defending fine, although I think they could rebound a little better. The problem is on offense, and LD is right about the problems getting into their sets. Hard to do that when the point guards (all of them) take too long to get rid of the ball and the Celtics defenders push Joe and Josh farther away from the hoop than they would like.
May 3rd, 2012
5:16 pm
Why are we hearing from Marvin? Can we hear from somebody who actually matters in the series?
May 3rd, 2012
5:17 pm
Of course, "defending fine" is with Josh on the floor. Without him, the Hawks are screwed.
May 3rd, 2012
5:19 pm
We will probably HAVE to play TMac some more?
Fire LD
May 3rd, 2012
5:19 pm
Cosign Rod. Owned NC on last blog
May 3rd, 2012
5:19 pm
Also, I am sure Dept. of Unintended Irony appreciates the unintended irony in the slowest, most unathletic player on the team talking about wanting to get out on the break more.
May 3rd, 2012
5:19 pm
Sorry guys, but this series is OVER. Every offense starts and ends with a true PG. Jeff Teague is an amazing talent and can certainly blossom into an elite PG next year, but as of right now he's on the Ramon Sessions-Ricky Rubio-Russell Westbrook level. A PG that isn't a floor general. We have the best all around PG in the game in Rajon Rondo who is just itching to get another shot at you guys. We have the best defense in the league and therefore we will limit you in scoring. Let's not even mention the fact that you don't have an answer defensively for Ray Allen. Avery Bradley and Rondo are the best back court in the NBA defensively and are explosive. Paul Pierce will have another chance at Tebowing at the end of the game. C's in 5.
May 3rd, 2012
5:25 pm
"as of right now he's on the Ramon Sessions-Ricky Rubio-Russell Westbrook level."
I can't think of three point guards whose games are more different. It's like saying "that red-green-blue color".
May 3rd, 2012
5:27 pm
"I can't think of three point guards whose games are more different. It's like saying "that red-green-blue color".
Okay. Substitute Sessions and Rubio for Brandon Jennings and Derrick Rose. Either way you understand what I mean.
May 3rd, 2012
5:41 pm
Larry said of our bench, "I have all the confidence in the world in my bench." That's what he kept saying about Teague last season, and then not playing him.
The kiss of death for our bench.
May 3rd, 2012
5:42 pm
You mean Teague is not a facilitator, he's more of a scorer. Back to Zero, how many of you will actually now admit that you were standing up for Marvin at one point?
May 3rd, 2012
5:43 pm
Waive Zero!!
May 3rd, 2012
5:45 pm
If Jeff Teague is on a Rubio/Westbrook level, then a Jennings/DRose level – where, when? I want that guy.
Jeff Teague is good. Very good. But he's not quite ready for prime time yet. But he's getting there.
But no way is he on a Westbrook/Jennings/DRose or even Rubio level. He'll be a fine player in this League. But he may never average the points or assists some of those guys do. Pts. with Westbrook, Rose and Jennings, and the assists of Rubio.
May 3rd, 2012
5:46 pm
Yeah, Greg Carter, that was an absurd analogy. Rubio is the definition of floor general. Sessions is probably the closest thing to Teague. Westbrook is in a whole different category as a scoring pg with freakish athleticism.
I agree with all of those asking why Marvin is quoted so much. Did he have anything to say about his individually horrific play thus far? They better amnesty his ass.
May 3rd, 2012
5:52 pm
At all those who dismissed my analogy: Is it absurd? At no point did I ever say that Teague scores as well or as efficiently as DRose or Westbrook or Jennings, but that's the style of PG that he is. He's not a facilitator, he does'nt make his teamates better. If Rondo played for the Hawks, you guys would have a dynasty on your hands. Like I said, I retract my Rubio and Sessions analogy. That wasn't an accurate picture of my analogy, I agree. But Teague is good yes, just not enough for the Hawks to beat us.
May 3rd, 2012
5:54 pm
Repost FTPB with minor changes
May 3rd, 2012
3:28 pm
"Rod, it's not about the total points, it's WHEN you need to get stops.
If you've held a team to 60 points going into the 4th quarter, you have to maintain enough defensive intensity to NOT let them break 80. You just can't all of a sudden give up 25 points in the 4th quarter. That's when your defense needs to be at its toughest.
The guys that you covet like Nick Young and Jamal Crawford, are not added to great teams for a reason. They're not added because their games are too one-dimensional. And they're too streaky of shooters.
But that's what YOU like. Those streaky shooters who if they're shot is not on, can shoot you right out of the game . . and make things worse because they're not stopping anybody." – northcyde
This is coming from a guy [northcyde] that a few days/weeks ago gave Marvin Williams a rating/grade [of] 81/"B-" for his [Marvin Williams'] regular season performance. Are you [bloggers] truly going to continue to listen to him [northcyde] and ask for his "basketball" advice like he's some sort of expert NBA analyst or basketball "guru"? I can see/read it now. Just like Mike Fratello is/was called the "czar of the telestrator," you [bloggers] will be calling northcyde the "czar of the AJC Hawks Blog." [smh]
northcyde does make some good points from time to time but he [northcyde] is to the "AJC Hawks Blog" what Skip Bayless is to "ESPN First Take" – pure sensationalism and shock value.
So, northcyde, I guess Mike Bibby is better than Jamal Crawford and Nick Young since Mike Bibby was acquired and played for the Miami Heat last year; the Heat [team] was a title contender last postseason and is a title contender this postseason.
So, I guess Boris Diaw and Stephen Jackson are infinitely better than Jamal Crawford and Nick Young since both Diaw and Jackson were acquired by the Spurs via midseason trade[s] during this past regular season. The Spurs [team] is a title contender this postseason.
So, I guess Derek Fisher, at this stage in his career, is infinitely better than Jamal Crawford and Nick Young because Derek Fisher was acquired by the OKC Thunder during this past regular season. The OKC Thunder is a title contender this postseason.
So, I guess Ramon Sessions is infinitely better than Jamal Crawford and Nick Young because Ramon Sessions was acquired by the LA Lakers during this past regular season. The LA Lakers [team is a title contender this postseason; let's just forget about the fact that the LA Clippers [team] sees itself as a title contender this postseason [sarcasm].
So, I guess Gilbert Arenas, at this stage in his career, is infinitely better than Crawford and Young since Gilbert Arenas was acquired by the Memphis Grizzlies this regular season. The Memphis Grizzlies [team] is considered [by many NBA experts] a very dangerous playoff opponent and a "dark horse" to win the Western Conference crown. The Memphis Grizzlies [team] sees itself as a title contender this postseason.
So, finally, I guess Mike Bibby, Boris Diaw, Stephen Jackson, Derek Fisher, Ramon Sessions and Gilbert Arenas are all better than Monta Ellis because Monta Ellis has yet to be acquired by a title contender thus far in his [Monta Ellis'] career. Monta Ellis was traded to the Bucks this past regular season.
Midseason trades or trades, in general, are based/determined/executed on teams' needs, players' contract value[s], teams' salary cap structure[s], players' fit on [the] teams, players' attitudes, timing, availability, injuries to key players, etc.
May 3rd, 2012
6:24 pm
Lol at Greg for saying the Hawks don't have an answer for Ray Allen.He is a great shooter,that's about it.They don't have an answer for Rondo though.
May 3rd, 2012
6:26 pm
good to hear josh is not be restricted in his movement. seems the diagnosis of a sprain was a bit over the top.
May 3rd, 2012
6:28 pm
@ Doc,Josh will play,he has heart,a knuckle head with a lot of heart.
May 3rd, 2012
6:37 pm
Whoever thinks MW is a player in this league can't admit mistakes and doesn't look long enough at the mirror ie NC.
He's such a waste of cap space, space in general. Sund totally dropped the ball on this signing but BK planted the seed with that fatal draft day.
May 3rd, 2012
6:41 pm
"sautee, let me put it another way. i looked down at what ld had on the court vs what doc had placed out there and thought then politely said we aint got nothing in there. the response form eva, having seen fewer than 25 games of basketball in her life was, yes, we need 2 and 5 out there quick. we didnt say starters or finishers but said ld has left us crippled in essence. everyone saw it except the guy who counted, ld." – doc, May 3rd, 2012, @ 2:48 pm
What we [Hawks' fans] need is 11 – Jamal Crawford!!!!!
May 3rd, 2012
6:51 pm
May 3rd, 2012
6:56 pm
Guess LD really does hate TMac. Talks about HAVING to play him more, whereas Marvin has done nothing in this series
May 3rd, 2012
7:01 pm
Marvin said Boston did what they had to do after game 2 and there is no reason to be upset.
Are u f'ing serious dude?????
Got people on here who want to tank game 3 LOL
And LD claims it will be a long series. ROFL not with the way u are coaching.
Lastly, he has cost us the last 3 game 2s. ORL CHI and now BOS
^^^Food 4 thought
May 3rd, 2012
7:02 pm
If Marvin was on a 12 player WNBA roster, he would be the 13th best on the team
May 3rd, 2012
7:07 pm
May 3rd, 2012
7:54 pm
If yall watching the Heat/Knicks game right now, I like how they are attacking the lane and drawing fouls. This is how u beat a slow and aging team like Boston.
May 3rd, 2012
8:06 pm
I am disappointed in you. No comments from T-Mac?
May 3rd, 2012
8:08 pm
But yet plenty of comments from Marvin SMH.
Bob rathbun was on the radio yesterday (either 680 or 790). He said the guys we need to step up tomorrow are 1) JJ and 2) Marvin.
I have doubts about both
May 3rd, 2012
8:11 pm
draft Targets to replace Marvin…
Jeffrey Taylor, Moe Harkless, Terrence Ross, Quincy Miller.
May 3rd, 2012
8:17 pm
Larry Drew is not that bright. AS long as KG, Pierce and Rondo are on the court then Joe Johnson, TEague and Smith should be on the court.
That's a no brainer. These guys are young they can play a whole game with TV timeouts and all that stuff.
May 3rd, 2012
8:20 pm
yodaddybrother, I would add 'bag of balls' to your list.
May 3rd, 2012
8:28 pm
I wish Al's sorry ass would try and do something beside hump miss camel toe.
May 3rd, 2012
8:33 pm
Maybe the Hawks band together like the Celtics did and grind it out????
NAH…..same ol Hawks….double digit loss guaranteed
May 3rd, 2012
8:37 pm
Never feel bad for Al Horford….he has Amelia Vega Horford
May 3rd, 2012
8:39 pm
Yeah. Not one comment from TMac. WTH
Joe : "In the first two, three quarters we are probably at our best running and getting up down the floor. Then in that fourth, for whatever reason–fatigue maybe—we just get a little stagnant and our offense just doesn't flow as much. That is something we will look at on tape and try to make adjustments, and I am sure we will do better."
It is 80% Joe's fault
May 3rd, 2012
8:43 pm
So Marvin said don't get upset.. So I will not get upset…
Hey Marvin, thank you for being so level headed dude! You sound like you'll make a fine HC like your buddy Larry! zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
May 3rd, 2012
8:47 pm
Oh the Humanity!
May 3rd, 2012
8:48 pm
All NBA's woman!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ^^^^^^^
May 3rd, 2012
9:35 pm
This why you never over play your starters, Melo is done and tired, if the LD play Joe like that Hawks lose by 20points.
May 3rd, 2012
9:47 pm
So, the Celtics are probably going to get Ray Allen back tomorrow? Game 3 is going to get really, really ugly. Will be like the Orlando games of '10.
May 3rd, 2012
9:55 pm
play t-mac more its really simple. last game he had 3 points off of zero shots and you pull him out.
LD are you seriously that clueless? he will set up joe for easier shots as well so joe doesnt turn over the ball so damn much late in the game.
May 3rd, 2012
9:58 pm
Section 303 – Don't worry Hawks will survive and win game 3 , Teague has play aggressive and attack, Pierce and KG are beat so the Hawks must play good defense rebound and push the ball.
May 3rd, 2012
10:02 pm
msc – Your right if Tmac is out there no 1-1 basketball for Joe, Tmac would direct Joe AND Josh to get down low in the paint, but LD have no clue .
May 3rd, 2012
10:28 pm
Slimy 45 what?
May 3rd, 2012
10:29 pm
Slimy I posted that way back bro. You slow.
May 3rd, 2012
10:33 pm
Shoutouts to SlimJr, Rod from College Park, High-sider.
I have really enjoyed reading your posts this past week. Great stuff
May 3rd, 2012
10:48 pm
Kinda hope Ray returns and Joe steps up. Joe will murder that dude on offense if he steps it up
May 3rd, 2012
10:50 pm
well after seeing the knicks game, i feel a little better knowing we won't get swept in our series and not hold the nba's record of losing 13 straight games in the playoffs, and i agree rest starters at key moments so injuries don't become an issue and put your team in more of a desperate mode especially in this condensed season plus our starters played even in the last game against dallas, whereas most of the celtics starters rested a week before the season ended
May 3rd, 2012
10:51 pm
C-mon doc..We've talked bout that number before? Many times…..
45years this team has failed to advance beyond the second rd..[This year has to be included]..
Thanks Larry..
May 3rd, 2012
10:54 pm
Big Dog, I hope you're right. But, I almost dread watching the game tomorrow night. I hate the Celtics. Hate their fans, too. Listening to them celebrate a complete rout of the Hawks is not high on the 'Things I Want To Do' list.
May 3rd, 2012
10:56 pm
Thanks Grandmaster JeJe (GM), for the shout out!
And as always I enjoy your input to these blogs as well!
BTW, that Avengers movie looks real good….
May 3rd, 2012
11:01 pm
"In the first two, three quarters we are probably at our best running and getting up down the floor. Then in that fourth, for whatever reason–fatigue maybe—we just get a little stagnant and our offense just doesn't flow as much..
Really JJ? Fatigue? We have been doing this ever since Woody was here. Call it what it is.
Speaking of Woody and stagnation; Mike Woodson: "Offensively, we just didn't have it. We were so stagnant. I have to take the heat for that.".
So much for Woody getting that HC job…(imo)
May 3rd, 2012
11:02 pm
Feel bad for Woody..Losing Lin and Shumpert were a huge lose..Amare' too…
I'll be surprised if they hand Woody the job next season..But stranger things have happened..
Man Woody has lost a ton of playoff games? I'll have to research that number..Its got to be brutal?
May 3rd, 2012
11:03 pm
For acuracy I'll stick to seasons not the silly notion of counting years. Looking to see 44. Like saying you went to college for five years if going straight through starting say fall of 78 and finishing spring of 82. Actually wouldn't be a total of four counting years as 12 months.
May 3rd, 2012
11:07 pm
O'b and I were talking about that number slimj especially the avg number of points in defeat. Number is huge. Najee put some numbers up there. Still think he has a chance to change status and get rid of the interim?
Found out auto correct doesn't like slimj.
May 3rd, 2012
11:10 pm
Okay doc….tomatoe or tomotoe? No matter how you slice it, its been a looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooog streak….
Hey doc, what say you about tomorrows game.. A nail biter or something else Sir?
May 3rd, 2012
11:17 pm
Not feeling it slimj unless josh sees a shamen.
May 3rd, 2012
11:20 pm
Thanks for the feedback on the Roy bone-on-bone thing. Just the thought of having no cartilage in one's knew sounds brutally painful. I believe Duncan is bone-on-bone, according to Shaq's book. I hope the Spurs win the whole thing, because I haven't met one person who dislikes that team, besides the fact they're "boring." The Spurs go for boring and fundamental. ASG wants to be entertaining. Look how both franchises have faired over the last decade.
May 3rd, 2012
11:23 pm
We need everyone to freaking step up tomorrow night. Just win 1 in Boston and I'll be okay. Game 5 is scary because Boston KNOWS they can win in Atlanta and is unfazed.
Yesterday morning felt like my girlfriend broke up with me. I have never been so depressed about being tied 1-1. The difference between being up 2-0 and tied 1-1 is freaking enormous
May 3rd, 2012
11:24 pm
Hahahahahha! doc got jokes!!!!
Agreed, not feeling good about it either.. Rondo is going to be on a mission to bury the Hawks.. Their fans will be insane!
Betcha Marvin starts…
Free T-Mac, 5 minutes playing time for the Mac was nuts!
May 3rd, 2012
11:29 pm
How does this guy say he might "HAVE" to play T-Mac more?
Terrible coach
May 3rd, 2012
11:30 pm
Dating 101. Unless she's the [ONE], have 5 girlfriends and rotate em.. And if one dumps you, so what there's 4 backups ready to step up and put a smile on your face and elsewhere! LOL!
May 3rd, 2012
11:34 pm
Westbrook is heating up..OKC starting to pull away.. Get out the brooms soon?
May 3rd, 2012
11:36 pm
Bad coaching again never fails! Have to play team ball and hope our players hit shots in the 4th! If pietrus is on Joe he can't force the issue he must pass and move without the ball
May 3rd, 2012
11:36 pm
Gm jeje, no prob. Hurt me to see roy go out so young. I was begging for him on the blog the year he came out saying he and jj could compliment each other and let him be the big point. It would have been better than Clyde and earl in Knicks hey day.
Again bone on bone has many degrees and interpretations.
Yup on the spurs and the big fundamental though I thought stern gave them a pass over the suns a few years back sorry sob he is.
May 3rd, 2012
11:41 pm
Coach is taking this Jedi mind ish a little too far perhaps? Hmmmmmm
May 3rd, 2012
11:41 pm
I have an idea. How about we go after Carmelo. We all know he won't be a knock next year. We trade the knicks Marvin (which is a hill of beans) and maybe some draft picks. Who knows. We just have to make some kind of big move unless horford and zaza can get off their ass and help us win this series. Go Hawks!!
May 3rd, 2012
11:45 pm
Anyone but Miami. I'd hate to see OKC win it all because Westbrook annoys me but they have a great team. Harden and Ibaka will want serious bucks though
May 3rd, 2012
11:46 pm
Grass is not always greener on other side.
Amare and Melo were very close to Finals in recent years. Team they are on now, even with DPOTY, is hideous.
May 3rd, 2012
11:47 pm
I'd trade Joe for Melo.
That'd give NYK two awful contracts so no way they do it.
May 3rd, 2012
11:50 pm
Dallas is being dismantled at home..Ouch! Down 25 early in the 4th!
May 3rd, 2012
11:54 pm
Wow, TNT showing the fans clearing out with 11 mins left in the game..
May 3rd, 2012
11:54 pm
Amazing. DAL could've won first two games and now getting owned.
ROTFLMAOLOL @ Kidd wanting the MLE
May 3rd, 2012
11:59 pm
Mark Cuban looks like he wants to bite somebody's head off?
Wheres the Hawks ownership down at Reds?
May 4th, 2012
12:02 am
Tmac! Tmac! Tmac!!!! Ld whats the problem???
May 4th, 2012
12:07 am
Gm jeje, that is my mantra as well, anybody but Miami. I don't think anyone will press them in the east now roes is done. I had delusions the Knicks could, then were trashed in game one.
May 4th, 2012
12:07 am
"tomatoe or tomotoe?"
Camel toe?
May 4th, 2012
12:09 am
JeJe I'm surprised that you posted that link to Jerry Stackhouse's blog without calling him out for picking the Heat to win the East. That is much worse than me saying the Hawks should tank Game 3.
May 4th, 2012
12:10 am
Should come as no surprise that LD has NOT called out Marvin.
Only players he calls out are Teague, Josh, and the bench
May 4th, 2012
12:12 am
I keep thinking to myself……… Ok LD bout to let mcgrady do his thing this game but it never happens…. Some players especially the great ones you gotta let them stay in for a while so they can get used to and get a feel for the game…..
By the way I hate jordan….how he dismantled the hawks in the playoffs in the 90s……
I miss mookie blaylock….. Anybody know what alan henderson doing these days?…. Lol… Hendu had that 1 good year….
Do anybody remember when steve smith and glen rice went had it at the georgia tech building?
May 4th, 2012
12:13 am
"Okay. Substitute Sessions and Rubio for Brandon Jennings and Derrick Rose. Either way you understand what I mean."
Actually, I still don't. So you're saying Rose couldn't lead a team over the Celtics because he's not a "true floor general"? He took a much worse Bulls team with no Thibodeau to 7 games against a much better Celtics team as a rookie in 2009.
Rondo the best all around PG in the league? I like Rondo as a player, but Chris Paul is rollin' over in his grave.
May 4th, 2012
12:15 am
He said he plans on us going to Finals but [assuming we don't get there] Miami has to be the favorite. He said Miami is playing the best now. That's better than blatantly tanking a Playoff game, especially 3 days after that team won on the road in our arena WITHOUT its best player and HOF 2 guard.
Your critical analysis of a simple reading passage is quite appalling.
May 4th, 2012
12:16 am
With a lil bit more confidence teague would be one of the best pgs in the league..
May 4th, 2012
12:16 am
There are many reasons why the Hawks might lose this series, but Teague is not even in the top 5. The Hawks' struggles haven't been because of Teague. Rondo's team has been just as inefficient offensively as Teague's team. So much for his "floor general" ability.
The key to the Celtics offense is Ray Allen. With him, they are tough to guard. Without him, they are easy to defend. The reason for this is that they use him in a way that magnifies his strength and opens things up for other people. The Hawks could consistently do the same thing with Joe and Josh, but they don't, which is why they are easy to defend for any good team.
May 4th, 2012
12:18 am
Interested to see what IND does. Hopefully Hibb owns the glass and Granger has series of his life.
You think Spurs can win he West? Grizz are damn intriguing. I didn't think of Mike Conley more than 4 times this entire season. No homo..such a lowkey team
May 4th, 2012
12:19 am
If Rondo makes jumpshots, albeit open, like he did vs us Sunday, he is the best PG. Nobody else can post a triple double with 18 boards and 17 assists or whatever
May 4th, 2012
12:19 am
"He said he plans on us going to Finals but [assuming we don't get there] Miami has to be the favorite."
if I put on my analyst hat, however, if we are looking at the personnel and everything that's going on during these playoffs, I have to take Miami to win it all. Miami is the favorite to come out of the East
I don't see "assuming we don't get there" anywhere in that sentence. I see him saying that Miami has better players and is playing better, so they will win it all. Sounds like a man who has given up on making it anywhere past the ECF to me.
May 4th, 2012
12:20 am
I kinda hope Ray plays Fri, is mad rusty, and Joe owns him. Joe will settle though…yawn
May 4th, 2012
12:21 am
"If Rondo makes jumpshots, albeit open, like he did vs us Sunday, he is the best PG."
Yeah, and if Josh makes jumpshots, he's the best PF. Unfortunately for Rondo, he's the worst shooting PG in the league and his jumper is even more broken than Josh's jumper.
May 4th, 2012
12:22 am
I remember when the hawks drafted josh…. Barkley was calling him the bust of the draft….. Charles hates the hawks with a passion…. I wonder what happened to demarr johnson… He was a good player to me….
Nobody could stop shareff abdul raheem in the post….fyi…lol..
May 4th, 2012
12:24 am
DerMarr Miles Johnson (born May 5, 1980) is an American basketball player who plays as an import for the Barako Bull Energy in the Philippine Basketball Association.
There you have it.
The Philippine League's team names sound like a crackhead came up with them.
May 4th, 2012
12:27 am
@davenpoop….. Who u got in this series?
May 4th, 2012
12:44 am
Is stack house picking the heat to win the east worse than roddy white rooting for Boston?
May 4th, 2012
12:49 am
Gm jeje the pacers were my dark horse in the east. I dont think stern will let them advance. They also have attendance issues like the hawks during reg season but don't know how many jumped on board as they finished strong. Like the griz but not a conley fan.
I gues you need to look at the lakers in the west now along with okc in the west. Okc may not have the guns necessary to go up against the lakers at present.
May 4th, 2012
12:53 am
Including the Knicks this season, woody's career playoff record is 11-21, including losing 7 straight (4 to Orlando, 3 to Miami).
I'll have to look up what his average margin of defeat is, especially on the road.
For tomorrow's game, I think it will be close going into the 4th (even if josh doesn't play).
May 4th, 2012
1:39 am
"Is stack house picking the heat to win the east worse than roddy white rooting for Boston?"
Much worse. At least Shoddy didn't pick against his own team.
"Who u got in this series?"
My original pick was Hawks in 7. That was based on Josh being healthy and Ray Allen, Zaza, and Al missing most of the series. I am not backing down from that pick, but the Hawks are going to lose every game that Josh can't play at full strength, so if he can't get healthy really quick they are going down.
May 4th, 2012
1:59 am
(( Clearly the Hawks have struggled to score all season against Boston but they were talking about defense a lot over the last couple days.
Drew: "We just had too many defensive breakdowns, which you just can't have in the playoffs. The margin for error in the playoffs is just too slim and as the playoffs go on it becomes even slimmer. We had too many defensive breakdowns and it started with our transition defense. Boston is not a team not known to get out and run a lot but they ran us constantly. Gave up 11 fast-break points that first game and we counted 28, me and the staff, in [Game 2]. That's way, way, way too many."
Mmmm hmmmm. You are exactly right coach.
Funny how playing good defense can turn into great offense going the other way.
Drew seems to know that you have to play defense for 48 minutes, not 32 minutes. And not playing defense in certain stretches of a game can absolutely KILL YOU in the playoffs. Even a 4 to 5 minute defensive lapse can lead to your demise.
May 4th, 2012
2:16 am
Rod (and mini-Rod),
It's funny that facts always corroborate my views and completely trump yours and you continue to pay the same broken record.
We lost Game 2 against BOS when they went into "ultra-defensive" line up inserting Marquis Daniels to go with Pietrus, cranking up the perimeter D.
I don't see where BOS went for the "extra gunner" to beat us, since that seems to be YOUR formula for playoff success.
They beat us with hustle and D which generated easy offense.
Also, you again say that Garnett and Bass would ALWAYS out rebound Josh and Zaza?
Heck, we lost the rebounding battle and Game 2 when Josh tweaked and then sprained the knee and even without Zaza we out rebounded BOS in game 1, 50 to 41.
I guess that you did not notice that until Josh left we were still leading.
AGAIN on the gunners:
NYK played two gunners that you love, 'Melo and JR Smith.
One shot 7-23 from the field ('Melo) and the other shot 5-18 (JR Smith).
The total points scored by NYK with 2 gunners on the floor playing at least 38 minutes ?? 70, that's SEVENTY if you have trouble understanding numerals.
The Hawks never had the benefit of proper coaching, as Woody's complete flame out in the playoffs proves to satisfaction…
(Where are you slimjr???)
… and as these series against BOS is again showing with LD's inexplicable rotations and complete lack of game plan and structure.
Defense and rebounding wins championships AND you need a huge dose of coaching to come up with TIMELY adjustments and counter adjustments to get your guys on their sweet spots.
The Hawks' offense improved with LD from Woody's exclusive ISO-JJ, but since LD goes into ISO-JJ to close games as well, we lost a lot of close games and are failing to execute down stretch in the playoffs.
BAD coaching is what is preventing us from winning, not the absence of a gunner on the floor.
If we had Jamal on the floor, Avery Bradley would eat his lunch day in, day out.
Since you and mini-You so much like to bring up Jamal's past production against BOS as if you could transport stats from one game to another, here is a bit of news for you:
Sometimes you say that the Regular season does not matter and that the playoffs are a completely different animal, but somehow, when you want to "prove a point", you use Jamal's stats on regular season games against BOS, saying that they are important…
Be consistent man.
May 4th, 2012
2:24 am
If you look at our roster, one of the clear cut absences is of a perimeter defense player coming off the bench to put on the hot man (Pierce, Allen if he comes back) and spell JJ who simply can't be asked to do it all.
Since Marvin is a complete no-show on both departments (offense and defense) we are simply ill equipped to hold off Pierce. Maybe Ivan could bully him and use his super fast hands to break his dribble.
Also, I saw too many plays in which Pierce simply went to the rack, so I am puzzled that we did not go into an aggressive zone D to break his rhythm.
May 4th, 2012
2:26 am
Sounds like you and I were right about that OSTEOCHONDRAL DEFECT with Zaza. Zaza said a bone chip. Now we know for sure they were holding out on telling us the truth, heh?
Bottom line is this "crack" medical staff originally misdiagnosed Zaza, because he initially only wore the walking boot for two days, then last week and, after almost three weeks he is again in a walking boot?
Give me a break! They never did that CT-Scan until the other day, when that should have been the second thing they did after the X-Ray an MRI would have been a waste of precious time as the foot has more bones than soft tissue and the CT-Scan would have read both soft and hard tissue.
Man, this is the playoffs and, the medical staff is over there engaging in a "piss contest'! SMH
What a waste of precious time. Sounds like Josh is ready to roll.
Let's Go Hawks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 4th, 2012
2:31 am
I would like to know more about this bone chip and, if it was in the dome area of the talus. Was there some loose body, cartilage or, just bone? We still don't really know, but, I feel some cartilage broke loose with a piece of bone attached.
Oh well, 4-6 weeks tells me Zaza fractured his ankle and has been walking around on it all this time.
May 4th, 2012
2:32 am
Marvin is a big azz BUSTER!
I don't trust this guy. He has not shown up in these playoffs at all.
May 4th, 2012
2:33 am
"Is stack house picking the heat to win the east worse than roddy white rooting for Boston?"
May 4th, 2012
2:34 am
OBIE = O'Brien.
May 4th, 2012
3:01 am
(( sigh )) . . I guess I'll entertain myself, and address these dudes
@ Jeje . . . those two guys couldn't own a prostitute if she were selling the goodies for 2 dollars and 38 cents, plus tax. But cheerlead for those two from the sidelines if you want.
From High-Sider:
So, finally, I guess Mike Bibby, Boris Diaw, Stephen Jackson, Derek Fisher, Ramon Sessions and Gilbert Arenas are all better than Monta Ellis because Monta Ellis has yet to be acquired by a title contender thus far in his [Monta Ellis'] career. Monta Ellis was traded to the Bucks this past regular season.
Midseason trades or trades, in general, are based/determined/executed on teams' needs, players' contract value[s], teams' salary cap structure[s], players' fit on [the] teams, players' attitudes, timing, availability, injuries to key players, etc.
And having said all of that, when at team WANTS YOU, they go AFTER YOU . . and they GET YOU.
In the end, despite only having a 5 million dollar a year price tag, and all of that "talent" that he has, no one wanted Jamal bad enough. Period. Not the Lakers, not the Clippers, not the Spurs . . heck, not even the Pacers wanted Jamal. They settled for Barbosa.
At least Nick landed on a playoff team via the backdoor of a multi-team trade. But nobody wanted Jamal. And there is a reason for that.
Lakers needed a PG and/or a scorer to ease the burden off of Kobe. Jamal was available, they chose Sessions. And yes, Sessions is a better player than Jamal. He's going to shoot a high percentage from the field, because he'll actually use his quickness to get into the paint, unlike Jamal, who uses his quickness to shoot off-balance jumpers. He's a far superior passer than Jamal. And a much better defender.
PER: Sessions – 17.3 . . . Jamal – 15.7 . . . Young – 9.9
Advantage – Sessions
Golden State refused to trade Monta for simply anything. They actually wanted to keep him. But to possibly acquire a decent center in Bogut, and free up Curry as the backcourt leader of the team, was a change that was needed in G-State. "SmallBall" was not going to get them back to the playoffs. So Monta was simply traded to a team that would give them a quality big back. It's not that no one wanted Monta. It was that G-State wanted a big man for Monta. Funny though. After only 3 months in G-State, Nellie didn't want Jamal, trading him to us for scraps, just to get out from under that contract.
Bibby and Fisher were both traded to a non-playoff team, then waved. At that point, the contending team picked them up on waivers, based on their playoff experience. Both Bibby and Fisher have been PGs and clutch performers on some very good playoff teams.
And forget Arenas, the question you should be asking is why didn't the Griz trade OJ Mayo ( their high volume scorer ) for Jamal? They virtually make the same money. OJ is a restricted free agent this summer. So if Jamal was so good, why not trade OJ for Jamal, seeing that Portland actively had Jamal on the block?
Good teams don't want that dude. Even the Hawks traded scraps ( Speedy Claxton and Acie Law ) to get him. Ironically, there's no way they would've traded Marvin back in 2009 for Jamal, despite Jamal taking most of his crunch time minutes and shots in ATL.
May 4th, 2012
3:40 am
And Rodney . . re-read Vava's 2:16 AM post.
And speaking of the NY vs Miami game, look at when NY lost complete control of the game. A simple 8 – 0 run to start the 4th quarter blew that game open. And guess who was on the bench for the Knicks.
Tyson Chandler
8 quick points by Lebron, specifically the scrapping he did to keep the ball alive and score that layup to put them up 7, was the play that gave Miami enough cushion the rest of the game. Then he makes another 3, and the game is virutally over.
Up until that point, the Knicks were playing pretty much a dream defensive game, despite the poor offense. Even had Lebron in foul trouble. But in an instant, it was gone.
That is exactly what I was talking about yesterday. When you play that well defensively for 3 quarters, you CAN'T have your defense break down in the 4th. That should've been a game in which the Knicks and Heat battle down to the wire, in which the first team to score 75 points wins the game. Instead, 2 lightning quick 4th quarter runs knock the Knicks out.
The gunner(s): Melo and JR, couldn't save the Knicks. Why? Because offense don't win playoff games. Defense does.
Then you look at the Thunder and Mavs. Defensive breakdowns all over the place for the Mavs tonight. No Tyson Chandler in the middle to deter penetration into the lane. And Dirk being locked up by Perk, Ibaka, and even Collison.
Dallas without the 2012 Defensive Player of the Year ( Tyson Chandler ) looks like a shell of their defensive self.
Keep longing for streaky, non defense playing shooters who you say would help the Hawks.
The Hawks will win this series if they make a full commitment to play defense for 48 minutes. Can't have any lulls in the defense, especially in the 4th quarter.
May 4th, 2012
9:19 am
When is the last time joe johnson took over a game like Paul pierce when it counted…yea, I couldn't think of one either!
May 4th, 2012
9:32 am
Although I am rooting for okc in the west, Im not sure they have what it takes. They have a penchant for turnovers at the wrong time, and sometimes westbrook is more of a scorer, when he should facilitate, and get the ball to KD. And if they are forced into halfcourt offenses, they could struggle.
May 4th, 2012
9:37 am
Josh is a WARRIOR!!!! Take notes Joe and Al. Nothing else needs to be said.
May 4th, 2012
9:37 am
The problem for the hawks is they are inconsistent on defense, and inconsistent on offense. Against good teams, I don't think they cAn crank it up on either end of the floor when they need to, even If of talks until he is blue in the face.
And as much as ld talks about defense, he is an offensive minded coach, and has sacrificed defense for offense on numerous occasions.
May 4th, 2012
9:46 am
Never Seen!
I have never seen Josh Smith, in an Armani Suit. And, I hope I never will.
May 4th, 2012
9:51 am
Hay, what could we give up to get Westbrook? I dont see Westbrook finishing his career with OKC as long as Durant is there. He wants his OWN shine and we could use a combo guard like him.
May 4th, 2012
9:52 am
JJ is not that type of player unfortunately, but he is still a very good player and for instance a better defender than Pierce.
Pierce had a very good first and fourth quarters but struggled in the second and in the third with JJ guarding him well many minutes.
It isn't JJ's fault that he is not as good as Pierce and on Tuesday Pierce was in a zone, getting all friendly bounces to go in at crucial moments.
Also, it was not JJ's fault as well that Josh went down with several minutes to go, which meant that our defense at the rim was non existent from that point onwards.
Pierce went to the rack without effective help defense being able to stop his layups.
Also, JJ is subject to constant double and tripe teams (in many occasions because we play 4 on 5 or even 3 on 5 on offense when Collins and/or Marvin are on the court) whilst LD simply stared at Pierce getting to the rack without considering doubling him or going for a zone D.
LD made ZERO defensive adjustments with the game on the line and minus our main defensive cog on the floor.
Heck, the Hawks and JJ played a very decent game but the last stretch of playoff games is where you see coaching making an impact.
Without Josh on the floor and no defensive adjustments it was not that difficult for Pierce to take over.
At the end of the 3rd quarter, Pierce was 7 of 19 from the field. Good for a playoff game but nothing out of this world (he was 2 for 10 during the second and third quarters).
If Doc had left JJ play with single coverage and not a single shot blocker in the game, I don't see how JJ could not have a 10/15 point third quarter as well (even though he is not in Pierce's level as a player).
May 4th, 2012
10:01 am
May 4th, 2012
9:19 am
When is the last time joe johnson took over a game like Paul pierce when it counted…yea, I couldn't think of one either!
In the playoffs? It would be this game.
May 4th, 2012
10:11 am
We may need this version of JJ in the Garden tonight. He won't be afraid of the moment if he has it going
The question is . . will Boston play him straight up? The answer is no. And this game is the reason why.
May 4th, 2012
10:11 am
JJ also scored 10 points in the 4th against the Bulls on game 4 when we leveled the series.
Josh had a monster game but JJ took over in crunch time and scored almost half of his points to close the game.
BUT, he is not in the same category as Pierce offensively and it's a shame that he does not rebound well for his size.
May 4th, 2012
10:29 am
Actually I was wrong. I may be mixing it up with one of the wins against ORL.
May 4th, 2012
10:32 am
May 4th, 2012
9:37 am
The problem for the hawks is they are inconsistent on defense, and inconsistent on offense. Against good teams, I don't think they cAn crank it up on either end of the floor when they need to, even If of talks until he is blue in the face.
And as much as ld talks about defense, he is an offensive minded coach, and has sacrificed defense for offense on numerous occasions.
Can't disagree with this. Especially that last paragraph. His response all year has been to put an offensive minded guy into the game, when defense is needed.
It'll be interesting to see what Drew does in this game, especially if Josh can't go. His lineups are going to be offensive ones, but may have to adjust things from a defensive standpoint. And if Dampier is to be used tonight, that means that Collins and Dampier will man the center spot at all times ( or at least until both fouls out ). Dampier is a better rebounder than Collins, so that may help us on the offensive end.
Drew might luck up into something, if a Dampier – Ivan frontline can get some offensive rebounds and put the ball back into the hole. Then again, Dampier has only scored 2 points in 83 total minutes, despite grabbing 10 offensive rebounds, so maybe that is wishful thinking.
May 4th, 2012
10:41 am
One of the things I would like to see from Teague tonight, especially if he's not scoring efficiently, is to continue to attack, but look for teammates. Too many times in Game 2, he simply looked to attack the rim and score, instead of possibly setting people up.
Take a page from Rondo, and attack the paint . . and kick the ball out to shooters or get big men lay-up chances at the rim.
Overall, I like that kid's aggressiveness in those first 2 games. Like Najeh said, Teague may can play better, but he's not one of the top 5 reasons why the Hawks aren't up 2 – 0.
May 4th, 2012
10:52 am
Well, to be honest, Teague COULD have very well been a top reason why we could be up. Teague sets teammates up all the time but Joe, Josh & Zaza (as good as he has been as a starter this year) constantly misses their shot around the basket and often times cost Teague his assists. If Josh could give Teague the ball off rebounds it could too helped Teague to carry this team cause by doing so, would give him the opportunity to receive the outlet pass from Josh off the rebound to 1) run the floor for an ally back to Josh, 2) drive to the lane for a quick layup/ AND1, or 3) drive and dish to an open Joe or Marvin for an assist. Heck, Rondo gets HIS assists cause he has players who MAKE their shots, while Teague, unfortunately, doesn't.
May 4th, 2012
10:56 am
I'm specifically talking about Game 2 MsDee . . but you are right. When guys can't make open jumpers or miss point blank lay-ups, that doesn't help Teague one bit from an assist standpoint.
You and I are starting to agree more and more this series. I'm a little scared of that. Kinda strange not agreeing with you 75% of the time.
May 4th, 2012
10:56 am
"If you look at our roster, one of the clear cut absences is of a perimeter defense player coming off the bench to put on the hot man (Pierce, Allen if he comes back) and spell JJ who simply can't be asked to do it all."
I have been saying this all season. The Hawks miss Damien, and they used his roster spot on the much more useless Vlad.
Pierce went off in Game 2 because he is a great player, but at least 5 or 6 of his made shots were very weakly contested by Joe. Some of what he did could have been avoided.
May 4th, 2012
10:56 am
Kinda strange not ( disagreeing ) with you 75% of the time.
May 4th, 2012
11:04 am
josh should wait,
they will either one or both, then come and end the celtics season
May 4th, 2012
11:06 am
May 4th, 2012
11:15 am
O'brien, I thought the Hawks defense was actually OK in Game 2. The only time they got into trouble was when LD tried to use halfcourt traps, with about 5 minutes left. Hawks would trap (usually in the corner, just beyond halfcourt), Boston would pass out of it, and have a 4 on 3 advantage. Celtics got easy shot, after easy shot late. Drew just kept trapping, though.
I think offense is a bigger issue. Hawks seem to only score when they are running. Assuming there is no Josh tonight, that will be difficult to do. Their rebounding will be brutal. That alone will make it too hard to run.
This one will be ugly tonight. I just can't wait for it to be over with.
Giving the Hawks less than a 0% chance of getting a win.
May 4th, 2012
11:26 am
Zero Williams should be banned from the team bus. We have received absolutely nothing for a #2 draft pick.
May 4th, 2012
11:46 am
i have a bad feeling that twin is going to be terribly exposed without josh on the court to provide help defense. doc is also gong to attack right at the weakest link and ld had better come up with a strategy quickly r move twin out of the game and find something else to fill that position. dampier has not been used at all and that has been a mistake as he is more mobile than twin. vlad is the next best big but like so many of the hawks he plays a lot smaller than he is as does our fav whipping boy marvin. ivan is the only guy besides josh and really teague that plays bigger than they are.
May 4th, 2012
4:09 pm
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