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St Christopher's Inn - London BridgeLondon, England
Compared to other St. Christopher's i have stayed at I was a bit let down. The good: Location is central to everything, staff is very friendly and helpful, the bar was good to meet people and hang out. The bad: there was about one washroom for 3 or 4 rooms, and it was always dirty. There was no A/C and, with the window open, it is very loud outside with alarms going off and people drunk from the bar. AND, there was no wifi in the rooms.
Mosaic HostelRome, Italy
Very nice hostel that is close to everything in Rome. The staff was amazing with helping you find whatever you needed, and I was always greeted as I came in. Breakfast was decent, and the common area could be updated so people actually want to hang out and talk to one another. The rooms were spacious and comfortable. Overall I had a very good experience here and would probably stay here again!
Hotel MartelloVenice, Italy
Good hotel, a bit hard to find. Very clean rooms, and helpful staff. Easy to get to Venice from here.
St Christopher's Inn CanalParis, France
Best hostel of my entire trip! Even though it wasnt in the centre of paris, the location was perfect. Right on the canal where at night you can meet lots of locals and travellers who are drinking or just hanging out. Awesome atmosphere in Belushi's Bar underneath, where events were held and it was super easy to meet people. The rooms were perfect. Had privacy with the curtains on the bunk beds and felt very safe with the cage lockers under the beds. I would definitely recommend this hostel!
Le Montclair MontmartreParis, France
The location was a bit sketchy when I got off the subway, but the hostel was very safe. Big hostel with a good common area and clean rooms. Lots of young travellers so its easy to meet people if youre travelling alone.
Travel Joy Hostels ChelseaLondon, England
Good location with a bus stop right outside, very friendly staff, excellent breakfast! (they even made omlettes and pancakes for us!), and the rooms were clean even in the 14 bed room. would stay here again


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Hey, everyone. "Moriarty" here with some Rumblings From The Lab.
One of the things that has made Stephen King's career so notable is the way he's defined a fictional corner of Maine as his very own, his work serving as a sort of supernatural history of one particular corner of the world. Knowing the background of Derry and Castle Rock and the surrounding cities really informs each of the stories, allows King a sort of shorthand. Woody Allen has stakes a similar claim on New York, a New York that seems to have no minorities, no crime or poverty to speak of, in which well-off psuedo-intellectuals have complicated emotional issues. When you slip into one of Woody's films, there's an expectation of what world we're about to visit. It's fascinating to see someone claim a piece of landscape as their own as an artist, and when you see it happening, it can be exhilarating as you realize someone is defining their voice, making a run at greatness.
In theaters this Wednesday, you'll see the names Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor III on the writing credits for JURASSIC PARK III. Don't hold it against them. John Sayles frequently takes studio rewrite assignments because it buys him the freedom to do whatever he wants on smaller, independent films. If you're trying to figure out who these two writers are, you have to consider their Omaha films, the pictures that Payne has directed, because that's the world that seems to be so particularly theirs.
CITIZEN RUTH is a film I like a lot, and there was something ballsy about shooting such a blistering satire in Omaha, the heartland. ELECTION was one of the small surprises that made 1999 such a consistently exciting time to be watching films, a reminder of the power of great comedy writing and the command of Matthew Broderick. When I heard that they were going to be working with Jack Nicholson, I thought it was one of those perfect fits. No one is more witheringly sarcastic than Nicholson, more attuned to how to kill with a comment. I was expecting some sort of black and bilious masterwork.
ABOUT SCHMIDT is something else entirely, though. It's something deeper and sadder than their prior work, and if Nicholson is at the peak of his considerable form in the film, it could be classic look at aging and compromise and failed expectations. The script is filled with the same cutting wit we've come to expect from their earlier work, but in pursuit of something else, a portrait of a man reaching a certain point in his life and realizing that the life he's built isn't one he wants or even recognizes anymore. WARREN SCHMIDT is 66, at the end of a lifetime spent in the service of Mutual of Omaha. The film opens with the last two minutes of his career, as he sits at a desk, waiting for the clock to make those last two trips around the dial. 5:00 comes, Warren stands and walks to the door, taking that one last look around, then walking off screen into a raised cheer of "For He's A Jolly Good Fellow."
Watching Warren try and settle into his retired life is uncomfortable, to say the least. He's miserable once cut free of his routine, and the first thing that strikes him about his new life is how much he doesn't like his wife Helen. At least when he was working, he had excuses not to be around, but now that it's just the two of them, everything she does drives him crazy. Everything she says annoys him. He's not much better about dealing with his adult daughter Jeannie (Hope Davis), who is preparing for her marriage to a guy named Randall who Warren doesn't like much.
Warren and Helen buy an RV Bounder, something Warren wants no part of. Helen is planning a trip, and it's obvious she's planning more than just this one trip. She's got Warren's whole retirement planned out. It's equally obvious that Schmidt doesn't want to do the things she has planned. It's almost like he isn't able to give voice to any of the thoughts he has or any of the growing fears he has. That is, he's unable to voice them until he sees a television commercial. You know the one. Sally Struthers crying. African kids with distended bellies and flies buzzing around them, those hungry eyes pleading with the camera. Thirty-seven cents a day. Warren sees the commercial, and it's like the first time he's ever seen it. He calls for more information, and when an envelope arrives to introduce him to his new child, Warren reads it like a man in the desert would drink water. He memorizes the few details offered, then starts to write his first letter to Ngudu Umbu, from Tanzania. It's like something inside Warren comes to life, because the letters he writes over the course of the film are what really distinguish his voice and the voice of the film. The letters are funny, but they're more than that, too. Taylor and Payne use montage to make some devastating points about Schmidt's life, and the reality of that life versus what he writes to Ngudu. It's like he can't quite lie, but can't tell the truth, either, not even to himself. There's also an almost willful ignorance in the letters. Warren seems to have no idea whatsoever what Ngudu's life might be like.
As much as Warren feels like his life has already been turned upside down, he doesn't come genuinely unglued until Helen dies unexpectedly. This leads to Warren discovering something about her that he never suspected, so when Jeannie and Randall come to stay with him briefly, he is shattered. He begs Jeannie to stay with him, to take care of him, and he doesn't disguise the fact that he doesn't like Randall at all. Jeannie puts up with it as long as she can, then goes back to Denver with Randall. Warren ends up on his own, alone, falling apart. Literally, he has nothing to keep him together. He doesn't know how to make food for himself. He doesn't know the first thing about cleaning his house. Within weeks, he's let it decline to an alarming level.
Trying to snap out of oncoming depression, Warren decides to drive the RV to Denver to be with Jeannie as she prepares for the wedding. This is even after she begs him not to come, saying he'd just be in the way. The trip is revelatory, but not in the ways he expects. At one point, not quite sure why, he stops by his old college, his alma mater, and visits his old fraternity. This is a great sequence, smartly written, and it should be one of those Nicholson moments we treasure as we watch Warren, horrified by the clean new face of Greek life, attend a mixer where he gets roaring drunk and makes a complete ass of himself. He is depressed even further than before when he learns that his former roommate is now a multi-millionaire who has buildings on campus named after him, especially when they don't even get Schmidt's name right at dinner. He also has a painful, piercing encounter with another couple he meets at an RV campground one night, culminating in a truly horrible moment where he makes an awkward pass when left alone with the wife.
Eventually, demoralized and unsure where he fits in the world, Warren ends up at the home of ROBERTA HERTZEL (Kathy Bates), the mother of Randall. It's a horrorshow, nothing like he expected or is used to, and after the first night's dinner, he literally begs Jeannie to not marry Randall. And it's not about happiness or love or anything else. It's about Warren's own fears and failures, and it's a selfish, little moment. When his efforts to stop the marriage don't work, Warren finds himself locked into a week of hellish preparation with Roberta practically stalking him. Even if this sounds dry, it's not. Taylor and Payne are remarkable at shining a light into the souls of these characters, and they've crafted something special on the page here. I've heard the film won't be ready for release this year, so mark this up as another of the films I'm counting on to make 2002 a banner year at the movies.
Towards the end of the film, Warren writes a final letter to Ngubu, and I don't really consider it a spoiler to share it with you. Like I said... this isn't a film about plot so much as character and reaction and emotion. There's just something about the mix of absurdity and heartbreak in the letter that sums up what I love about this script:
"We're all pretty small in the big scheme of things, and the most you can hope for is make some kind of difference. But what kind of a difference have I made? What in the world is better because of me? I have accomplished nothing. Even my trip to Denver was insignificant compared to the journeys others have taken, to the hardships they endured, the bravery they showed.
"When I was out in Denver I tried to tell Jeannie that I thought she was making a big mistake, but it just didn't work. And now she's married to that guy, that imbecile. I'm a coward. And I'm a failure. There's no getting around it.
Relatively soon, I will die. Maybe in twenty years, maybe tomorrow. It doesn't matter. Once I am dead, and everyone who ever knew me dies, too, it will be as thought I never existed. What difference has my life made to anyone. My life has added up to nothing. Hope things are fine with you. Warren Schmidt."
There's still surprises in store for both Warren and the audience between that letter and the script's end, and if they manage to nail the script's final pages onscreen with the same power they did in the script, we are in for a work of real transcendence when ABOUT SCHMIDT is finally released, a beautiful summation of what has made Nicholson such an enduring icon and what makes Alexander Payne such a strong emerging voice as a director.
"Moriarty" out.
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July 18, 2001, 10:59 p.m. CST
sounds like it has a heart, something 'election' was lacking...
by tommy5tone
i realise that payne isn't out to make things 'easy' for the audience, but like todd solondz, he seems to take a cold delight in rubbing your face in the pettiness and frailty of his characters. if i must have a morality play, let it be from neil labute - his movies make my skin crawl but in a good way, if you know i mean (and i'm not sure i even know what i mean, you know?).
July 19, 2001, 1:44 a.m. CST
I can't let you get away with that!
by Captain Katanga
Election didn't have a heart??? You need to watch it again, it has more heart than 90 percent of films out there...
July 19, 2001, 9:24 a.m. CST
by MaxCalifornia.
Sounds like some serious Oscar bait for Jack. As good as it gets on downers...?
July 19, 2001, 9:48 a.m. CST
Citizen Ruth and crappy TV
by WFCall
A couple of things: Hopefully the title of this will get changed. It is just way to similar to that horrible looking upcoming series from NBC called 'Inside Scwartz'. I enjoyed election tremendously, but something about Citizen Ruth bothers me still. Every review I read of it, every interview with the cast and crew I saw or read, and every little blurb I read all said that it let both sides of the abortion issue have it equally. All that crap still bothers me. Payne made a PRO abortion film when he made CR...there are no two ways about it. Election was a fine film, but CR was insufferable trash. Payne is much better when he decides to leave his own personal politics out and just make movies. I hope I don't hear a monologue from Jack on how unfair tax cuts are to the poor.
July 19, 2001, 10:26 a.m. CST
Damn, I thought this was an article about beer, but about Ruth a
by otis von zipper
Citizen Ruth was not a movie I loved immensly, but someone suggested it was PRO abortion. Gotta disagree. Yes, the movie doesn't really explore both sides of the issue, but I would say that it actually doesn't approah the issue at all. The actual issue of having an abortion. Rather, the film explores the radical groups on either side and criticizes them both. If the film is PRO abortion, I didn't see it, and I can't think of how it was expressed unless you think the film just simply expressed a preference for individual choice and didn't suggest that abortion was wrong, which again I would disagree, because I felt some scenes did express that idea. I've written about that much more than I thought I would, so I just wanted to say Election had a great deal of heart, specifically within the character of Tammy, the sister. That film was a real treat, and I anxiouly await Payne's next film.
July 19, 2001, 11:05 a.m. CST
Jack's Back.
by rabid_republican
Nicholson has always been a pleasure to watch, not surprisingly, in the role of the dissatisfied, unhappy never-do-wells he popularized in the 70's. Particularly strong in "Five Easy Pieces" and "Carnal Knowledge", his characters are decidely flawed, human. Nicholson can make one sympathetic to some not so savory individuals and I look forward to seeing him do so with "Schimdt".
July 19, 2001, 11:09 a.m. CST
WFCALL-a director leave out his own politics?
by WolffmanJack
That's where the best films come from. Jesus, look at Kubrick! Did he leave out his own political and socail views. I think you've got it all wrong buddy. That's my two cents anyway.
July 19, 2001, 11:59 a.m. CST
payne in the...
by jeff bailey
I am a huge fan of Election. I think it was a brilliant film. I personally think it is the best film ever made about high school. It's more real then any thing John Hughes ever coughed up. Ruth I didn't think was quite as entertaining or amusing but it certainly had Payne's unique sensibilities. He has a flair for the banal and an eye for the human condition in all it's pettiness. I think he captured it in Election in a way guys like LaBute and Solondoz (who has his moments) don't, in that they seem to set up their characters flaws and appetites and then punish them for it. Payne just seems to stick to letting them be sort of ordinary and fumbling. Not bad people, just sort of stupid and petty. I for one can't wait to see this. But I do have to admit...43 million??? How much was Jack's salary??
July 19, 2001, 2:17 p.m. CST
Sounds like a fucking masterpiece. And whatever jackass studio s
by heywood jablomie
....ought to be taken out and shot. What the fuck is with you people? It reminds me of the idiots who cackle at the genuine emotion in AI. Why aren't you cackling at SWORDFISH or TOMB RAIDER or THE MUMMY RETURNS, you cretins? Oh, because I guess mediocrity is acceptable (particularly to a mediocre mind). But when an artist really puts his mind and heart out there...embarrassing! Too revealing, too vulnerable! Unacceptable! God, it pisses me off. A glass should be raised to Payne in honor of this movie even if it turns out to suck ass. Why? Because he has the one item you saw almost none of this summer: BALLS. P.S.: Go see Ghost World...if it's not too dark and depressing and fiscally irresponsible for you! (In which case--WHOA! Hey! How bout those raptors?)
July 19, 2001, 2:36 p.m. CST
I've also read the script, and...
by AlienBoy
it's sad, funny, heartbreaking, bittersweet, and the ending is very satisfying (as opposed to almost every other film this summer, including JP3). I REALLY hope Payne successfully translates the story from page to screen and blows the fish out of the water next year when this comes out.
July 19, 2001, 8:49 p.m. CST
Dear Vic Franco: Bollocks, say I
by heywood jablomie
I am not an "angry teenager" and I work in the same "arena" you do...with a single difference. I have not so absorbed the Industry-fed jive that permeates nearly all coverage of movies, from the trades all the way to "highbrow" movie criticism, to the point where I would lash out at MAGNOLIA for being made at $40 million. Guess what? PTA is one of the best filmmakers working today, and if his ideas aren't worth $40 mil, then everyone should close up their shop. If the only "fiscally responsible" movies are focus-grouped, test-marketed, blue-chip investments like the same shitty tentpole movies you claim to despise, then whoopee for irresponsibility, I say. The bottom line is this: many good semi-cheap movies could be made for the same price that the majors are now making large bad ones...which, by the way, everyone, even the popcorn-chomping 13-year-olds, despise. Is there not a soul who will pipe up for art for art's sake? A recent article in the LA Times lambasted critics for being "aging" and "out of touch" because SOME of them praised AI. The fact that everyone in the world hasn't gone hog-wild and walked like a grinning zombie toward, say, LEGALLY BLONDE or PEARL HARBOR or whatever the fuck is a sign of being one of those Scorsese-Ashby-and-Altman- lovin' hippie ne'er-do-wells, in that hack's opinion. And by the way: Kevin Smith may be "fiscally responsible." He also could not direct his way out of a rickety outhouse made from popsicle sticks.
July 20, 2001, 11:33 a.m. CST
fiscal responsibilty, blah, blah, blah
by peltzer
Lost in this entire debate is the fact that "About Schmidt" cost nowhere near this $40 million figure that's suddenly being tossed about. The movie was actually budgeted at "just north of $30 million," and eventually completed production under-budget and ahead of schedule. So now the question becomes: it irresponsible to spend about $30 million on a comedy-drama starring Jack Nicholson, Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney, and Kathy Bates, co-written and directed by Alexander Payne in his first film since being nominated for an Oscar?
July 20, 2001, 4:50 p.m. CST
$30 million may be too much for a serious adult drama...
by peltzer
But I don't consider "About Schmidt" to be a serious adult drama. Upon reading the script, I think it's a very funny adult comedy with serious undertones. I mean, even some of those sequences that Moriarty alludes to are laugh-out-loud hilarious. And if you've read the script, you already know that one of Kathy Bates' big scenes will ellicit screams of laughter and/or horror (do you know which scene I'm talking about?). "The Pledge" was bleak and depressing (though, in my opinion, an excellent film), and Warner Brothers seemed to intentionally kill it by dumping it in theaters in mid-January. "Magnolia" (one of my favorite movies, and screw fiscal responsibility, my life is better because it was made) is a three-hour plus melodrama with plot elements that many audiences found over-the-top and pretentious. In terms of size/genre/tone, I don't think of movies like that when looking for a parallel to "About Schmidt." Actually, the better comparison would be "Wonder Boys," which had similar themes and a similar quirky sense of humor. Yes, it bombed (and cost more than "About Schmidt"), but that doesn't mean it shouldn't have been made at that budget and with those stars. I think "Wonder Boys" could've performed so much better if it had a better marketing campaign and a more appropriate initial release date (instead of its late-Janurary release). For me, though, it comes down to this: The filmmakers delivered a wonderful movie, and I'll watch my DVD of "Wonder Boys" a dozen times before watching a frame of "Tomb Raider" again. I'm not going to shed any tears if Paramount lost money on "Wonder Boys" because of their crappy release strategy. Nearly five years ago, I was certain that "As Good As It Gets" was going to bomb. It was severely over-budget (over $65 million) with months of reshoots, and the script I read was long, bloated, and filled with subject matter and characters that audiences should have avoided like the plague. And who would've predicted that a dark comedy movie that ended with the hero being killed and telling audience members that they'd all be dead someday, too, would gross $130 million domestic? But "American Beauty" did that and more (a killer marketing campaign sure helped). Fact is, there's really no way to predict how these things will go.
July 21, 2001, 7:25 p.m. CST
Jesus God, does anyone think about quality?
by heywood jablomie
Saying "thirty million is too much for a serious adult drama." So a serious movie, not made for adolescents...has to be made at the level of a Lifetime movie? Or--let's be generous--at the level of I STILL KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER? I thought the point of Ain't-It-Cool-News was that it was supposed to made up of film LOVERS, not armchair quarterbacks of New Line's third-quarter performance. Ask yourself--is it God or Mammon you serve?
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As some Republicans suggest to the GOP that it stop being the "stupid party," I wonder: Did the Texas Republican congressional delegation not get the memo? Their recent vote en masse against Hurricane Sandy disaster relief was not only unconscionable but stupid.These people gambled with the health, safety and welfare of the people of this state. Texas is second only to Florida in the miles of shoreline vulnerable to Atlantic hurricanes, and part of Texas is in Tornado Alley. Furthermore, Texas is vulnerable to Gulf oil spills, wildfires and other disasters that might require federal aid.Now, thanks to Texas Republicans in Congress, how would a future disaster relief request from this state be received? Every weather advisory from now on will prompt a new worry: If our state is hit by a devastating storm, will the other states and the federal government come to our aid, or will we be on our own because of the selfish, politically motivated actions of these self-serving politicians?-- Alicia Poe, Grapevine
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This term 'Podgrams'. What's that all about then? Its a new one on me and I am a little unsure about it. It reminds me of how Mac adopted i in from of everything and then everyone else followed suit... the iPhone, the iMac - then the BBC got involved with the iPlayer. Next we chall be giving birth to iChildren. I know the marriage is between Podcast and telegram and that Telecast is probably inappropriate on the basis it sounds like some BT invention from 1982 but Podgram? How about 'Message'? 'iFry'... the latter being a joke.
The other comment I'd like to pass on - is that I found the unscripted, whoozy podcast (there you go - PODCAST!!) much more interesting due to its lack of editorial vetting. It was very stark, unedited and intimate...Podcast 2 was scripted and tidy and 'presented' which (I thought) was a shame because, Stephen, we see the presented side of you often - and although it is very lovely and entertaining and much adored, the 'audio-verite of Podcast 1 showed a side to you that I thought was completely endearing, vulnerable and compelling.
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Soundtracks for our spirits
Pete Seeger used music to create poems of us. His folk songs became 20th-century anthems of justice. They envisioned what good could be done with a hammer, when standing hand-in-hand we could overcome, and how to make polluted water clear.
With his passing, I began considering the playlists of our lives and societies. Songs structure our experiences. We know, for instance, that Darth Vader or something equally sinister will appear when the "Imperial March" begins to beat. Forrest Gump might not have been as gripping without its vintage historical soundtrack. Music moves us and binds us. It troubles as it teaches. The soundtracks of our lives give direction and solace. They help us make meaning of our worlds. Music functions a lot like faith.
During the past few years, singer-songwriter Greg Laswell has become a regular part of my playlist. You probably won't hear his songs in church. You're more likely to catch them on the radio or in the background of a particularly intense moment of shows such as Grey's Anatomy, Parenthood, Glee, or The Carrie Diaries.
Yet his songs animate the highs and lows of my spiritual journeys. I've also started using them in my U.S. religious history courses. Laswell took time from his tour schedule for his new album, I Was Going to Be an Astronaut, to Skype into class and address questions of faith, creativity, religious experiences, and morality. It was electric as we bounced from his songs and insights to the writings of Joseph Smith, perspectives of Ralph Waldo Emerson, sociological work of Rodney Stark, and theodicy questions from narratives of former slaves.
Laswell grew up in southern California in the 1980s, and followed the flow of many teenagers from his church to Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego. He has spent the past two decades making music. Most of his songs run melancholy.
The track that most speaks to my spirit and to my classroom is "Comes and Goes (In Waves)." He toys with the interplay of individual experience and community affection: "This one's for the lonely . . . the experts at the fall," Laswell begins, "Come on friends get up now / You're not alone at all." We fall individually, but rise as members of a group. In fact, we rise as his friends, that precious category Jesus used to transform his followers. John Milton played with these types of movements in Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained. Satan fell as part of a gang, then fled hell alone.
Later, Laswell sings, "This one's for the faithless, the ones that are surprised / They're only where they are now / regardless of their fight." The inversion is remarkable. The faithless are neither self-sufficient, nor self-authoritative. The song does not strike me as against atheists. The lyrics, however, question the certitude of lack of faith. Some Christopher Hitchens or Richard Dawkins followers may find these words haunting.
Then Laswell shifts the emphasis subtly. He is no longer singing "for" individuals. Instead, "this one's for believing, if only for its sake / Come on friends get up now, love is to be made." Laswell encourages belief in belief. Faith can remain after it has lost the object of its affection. It reminds me of the 1950s when President Dwight Eisenhower and other leading Americans called for faith in faith. It was not which religion one believed in; it was believing in something. This was the milieu that gave rise to our currency and national motto receiving the imprint from Congress of "In God We Trust."
I experience the waves Laswell verses every day. Raised among Presbyterian Calvinists, I feel a profound sense of expertise at fallenness. Alone as a teenager, I wrote daily in my journal recounting my sins. The effect was devastating. They were the same, seemingly insurmountable, and isolating. Only in communities did I experience God. In song, in prayer, as a member of teams, I felt the strength to get up and, as Laswell sings, "to try again."
Following the death of our infant son Elijah in 2011, my life has become a daily struggle between faithlessness and believing for belief's sake. I perceive the God of my past affections as a monster. I no longer catalogue my sins, but God's. I write poems attacking this God for hypocritically and narcissistically chastising others for infanticide, killing Bathsheba's son (had she not endured enough, oh God), and then resurrecting his own. My poetic play of faithlessness, however, only works to distance me from the friends who help me up.
As the waves of guilt, anger, and longing come and go, I listen to Laswell and believe for belief's sake. I have to, because the object of my affection—Elijah—is gone. There is something I cannot name, but will not (cannot) give up. I believe for belief's sake, yet I know not why. I only know it honors my relationship with my son.
Laswell's songs are a precious part of my walks, talks, and fights with God. He shows me that the "bridge ahead is long enough" for us to take our sweet time. I wish it had been longer with Elijah.
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Listening to Laswell's answer-question session at San Diego State University several days ago, he came across as an agnostic. However, some of his songs have some spiritual quality to it. Laswell's Comes and Goes [in Waves] as well as his other introspective music in general can add some comfort to tragedies, tragedies such as the loss of loved ones, dislocations caused by wars and revolts, victims of dysfunctional families…


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Oct 17- MEMBERS MEETING. 1:00 p.m.
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September 27th Learn how to prevent falling at our Fall Prevention at10:00/11:00. October 15th Apply for the Homestead tax credit between 1:00 and 2:00 you must apply before December 31st 2012.
October 12th MEAP will be here between 10:00am and 12:00pm
October 31st and November 7th open enrollment Medicare D 10:00/2:30 Call the center you must make an appointment.
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Wednesdays: Oct 3 - Book Club 12:30 we will discuss The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway. The new selection is The Girl Who Fell from the Sky by Heidi W. Durrow. Oct 10 – Health and Fitness with Rona Martiyan. Flu shots 10:00. No Legal Services for October. Oct 24 - Blood pressure check at 12:15 General information meeting at 1:00. Speaker will be Susan Carroll from Baltimore Energy Challenge. Oct 31 – Medicare D you must make an appointment. Oct 17 will be Faith and Life at 10:00 all other Faith and Life will be on Tuesday at 10:00
Thursdays: Oct 4, 11, 18, 25 Exercise 9:30, Wii at 10:00,Aerobics 10:30 and Eating Together at 11:30. Computer class will start Oct 4 at 12:30. The Drums Alive class will start Oct 4. Please call the center and sign up.
Fridays: Oct 5, 12, 19, 26 Art class at 10:00, bus to Walmart at 10:00 and Bingo at 12:30. Oct 12 Maryland Energy Assistance (MEAP) will be here to help with applications between 10:00am and 12:00pm.
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Tuesdays: October 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 Faith and Life 10:00. Wii will be on Thursday. Eating together at 11:30. House Council will meet Oct 23 at 12:30.


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Super commenters Najeh Davenpoop and O'Brien voiced their concerns about the Hawks vs. zone looks after the Heat used one to stymie the Hawks late in the game Saturday. The Mavericks did the same thing to come back and win on Feb. 26, and you've got to think the Knicks will show some zone tonight. Why wouldn't they? The Hawks tend to seize up and waste possessions when they see it.
There's even less player movement than normal, there are pointless passes around the perimeter and there are rushed shots. Woody has said most opponents back off the zone once the Hawks shoot them out of it. But what about those games like the two recent losses where they don't shoot them out of it? Then it's another "We missed good shots" lament after a defeat.
Clearly the Hawks have to figure out something else. So what exactly is the plan vs. a zone? "Good ball movement, attack the defense and penetrate and dish," J.J. said after the loss to the Mavs. Sounds good. Now maybe the Hawks should try doing it.
– The New York Post says J.J. is "on display" tonight. The story notes J.J.'s good relationship with coach Mike D'Antoni and agent Arn Tellem's good relationship with Knicks boss Donnie Walsh and speculates that Johnson could end up in New York. New York media desperate for the Knicks to be relevant again clearly covet LeBron–notice how the stories are about LeBron even when they aren't–but now they seem to be focusing on J.J. as a consolation prize.
– D'Antoni wants to "speed up" the game by possibly giving Toney Douglas more minutes at point guard. Or maybe it will be Sergio Rodriguez. Either way, I don't have to tell you that "quick point guard pushing the pace" isn't something the Hawks really want to see.
– T-Mac is questionable because he's feeling old.
– All Hawks players were at shootaround today and are good to go, reports FSN South/SportSouth Hawks sideline reporter James Verrett. I'm not with the team but will blog off television.
– Talk amongst yourselves, Hawks fans.
March 8th, 2010
12:50 pm
First..with nothing to say!!
March 8th, 2010
12:52 pm
The Hawks have trouble with a zone defense, because that requires an offensive scheme, and Woody has trouble with offensive schemes. Iso-Joe doesn't work with a zone.
March 8th, 2010
12:52 pm
Shouldn't count if you have nothing to say. I claim first!
March 8th, 2010
12:53 pm
The Hawks should than look at how other teams beat the Mavs when they throw that zone out.
March 8th, 2010
12:54 pm
Well, technically, I did have something to say..which was 'FIRST',,lol
March 8th, 2010
12:57 pm
MC, will the AJC pay for travel expenses for you to attend road playoff games? Sorry, but sometimes it feels like everything associated with the Hawks is operating on a shoe-string budget. Radio station doesn't broadcast out to NW suburbs after 7:00 (or said differently, at game time), newspaper doesn't provide on-site coverage at all road games and the Hawks are forced to have the minimum number of players on the roster. At least we have a quality blog that includes spele chck sotfweare.
March 8th, 2010
12:59 pm
All right, good point there, MsDee. I'll concede.
March 8th, 2010
1:00 pm
… and as long as the Hawks spend enough money on talent, I'm cool. But then, I'm within 5 miles of Philips, so I don't have quite the issues that AJ does.
March 8th, 2010
1:09 pm
As for the zone problem, I suggest QUICK (not slow ISO post) dribble drive to seam of zone to attract 2 players and break down zone. The tricky part is someone has to make the right pass afterwards. Sounds like a job for Jamal or maybe Teague to initiate that kind of offense.
Looking at the 2010-2011 season ticket prices, I think the Hawks are trying to load up on cash to expand that budget. Some seats have a 40% price increase…and they took away some benefits.
I think I'll follow the MC model for next season and blog with you guys from the TV view.
March 8th, 2010
1:10 pm
You are a funny dude…lol
March 8th, 2010
1:15 pm
good ball movement? i havent seen that since about five or six games after they broke camp for the season. commented on just the same after the dallas loss. the knicks are not a good defensive team so it would be good for these guys get to see a zone and find out if they can crack it.
shame all woody can say is we got caught up thinking we had easy open shots. that is kind of what we laughed about last year as josh continued to get open looks from the field, uh, because the other teams knew they didnt have to cover him and actually wanted him to take those open shots. guys if it looks easy in the nba there is a reason for it.
March 8th, 2010
1:19 pm
manny t i am very surprised at the increase. i was struggling with the idea of supporting the league after the ruling on the cavs game knowing the game is fixed, i can watch wwe at home if i want to. now, i am not so sure about renewing as are many around me.
March 8th, 2010
1:28 pm
March 8th, 2010
1:29 pm
Astro Joe, the way the AJC is hurting in the paper biz we are lucky they even managed to replace Sekou with MC, travel or no….
So let's keep those page views coming folks! I used to buy the AJC every day, even bought both the AJ and the AC before the merger, but since moving out of state the online version is where its at for me.
March 8th, 2010
1:30 pm
zone, small guards, short bench, general malaise … since january, the league has caught-up to the hawks. for a month now, i've been waiting to see what adjustments the team will make to over come the above issues.
i'm still waiting.
with 20 games to go, the hawks should hit the 53 win target yours truly predicted before the season. but my optimism for a strong play-off run has all but evaporated. one-and-done seems to be the likely outcome.
with the exceptions of josh smith acting more as a facilitator, the hawks offense hasn't evolved. they are too reliant on jamal crawford to carry them in the 4th quarter (he's super-flip from last season). woodson isn't using his young back-up point (like last year). he's not using his vet. bigs (which he so desperately wanted last year).
are the hawks simply a remade version of their mid-'90's selves? a team that can win 50; but really has no shot at advancing beyond the 1st round?
if so, what does this mean for next year?
March 8th, 2010
1:53 pm
I wouldnt be suprised if we lost to the lowly Knicks. Never know with this team. Better be glad Nate's gone.
March 8th, 2010
1:54 pm
Toney Douglas or Sergio Rodriguez will have the best night of their career tonight. Bank on it.
March 8th, 2010
1:56 pm
Jon, we already lost to the Knicks. TWICE!
March 8th, 2010
1:57 pm
Going to this one tonight. First time going to MSG, and only the second Hawks game I've seen all year (loss at N.O. in December). Super excited, but will remain cautiously optimistic given our problems vs. the zone.
At least Nate Robinson is no longer a Knick. He seemed to save his only good games for the Hawks.
March 8th, 2010
2:08 pm
If I'm not mistaken, there was a Knicks game earlier in the season (you weren't here yet) where the Knicks went to a zone in the 4th, and the Hawks lost. After the game, Woody said "I guess the jump shots looked appetizing". Unfortunately, we weren't making them, but we continuted to take jump shot after jump shot.
After the Mavericks game, where the Hawks missed a lot of shots over the zone, Crawford's response basically was that "if the Hawks played the Mavericks the next day, they would not miss those shots again".
Well Mr. Crawford, if you are reading this, is it safe to assume that if you played Miami again, the team (especially JJ) would not miss those shots again?
Woody (and other bloggers) talk about how good the Hawks look when the ISO is working, and when jump shots are falling. But to be a good playoff team, you must have a plan B for when those things are not working. Unfortunately, Woody's plan B is to try harder at plan A.
terrell, from the previous blog,
Except for Josh Smith, I'm waiting for one of the draft picks from the Hawks to overachieve (I dont include Horford, because we had high expectations from his as the consensus #3 pick). So far, we have Marvin, Chills, Shelden, Salim, Acie (the jury is out on Cenk and Gladyr). If our second round picks can continue to get better overseas, then they will become valuable assets for the Hawks down the road.
March 8th, 2010
2:09 pm
Yep terrell u know somebody is gonna have a great game against the hawks 2nite.
March 8th, 2010
2:09 pm
So, Astro Joe, you want the Hawks to put 3 more players on the bench just so they can have the maximum? Damn, Woody doesn't play half of their bench players as it is. Why pay for more "cheerleaders"?
March 8th, 2010
2:11 pm
People act like you're supposed to get lay-ups against a zone defense. You beat zone defenses by making shots . . period. If you get an open 15 – 18 footer vs a zone, you need to make that shot, to bring them out of it.
You CAN get lay-up opportunities from good ball movement or guard penetration, but that is going to be few and far between. in the end, you simply have to make shots.
But I guess people have forgotten that game already, but the reason why we had the 7 turnovers, is because we either tried to penetrate the zone ( Crawford ), or tried to make interior passes into it ( Smoove ).
You wanna beat a zone? Make your dang open jumpers.
March 8th, 2010
2:18 pm
Woodson isnt a complete NBA coach. He is a defensive assistant coach..Nothing else. His shortcomings have been on display for a while now and Sund has no choice but to let this cat go after this season. No one on this blog will cry…Get on the next thing smoking Woody!!! I will help u get the ticket cuz!
March 8th, 2010
2:20 pm
Anyone who thinks the Hawks are better this season than last, imagine if they had the same number of missed games as last season. They have been almost injury-free. They should be better, with Crawford and a vastly improved bench, but Woody doesn't give the bench meaningful minutes. Woody's done a good job over the years, but the better the Hawks get, the more his weaknesses are exposed. If you swapped the coaches when Golden State came to town Friday, Nelson's Hawks would win that game by 30 pts. Woody is a good teacher, but a terrible sideline coach.
March 8th, 2010
2:25 pm
Northcyde, I agree. The only way to consistently beat a zone is by making shots, not by penetrating. Its hard to penetrate against a zone because the defender is in perfect position to draw a charge consistently. If 7 years ago the US national team couldn't beat a zone when they had 3 of the best point guards in the league on the team, how can you expect Bibby to do it.
March 8th, 2010
2:38 pm
overload one side of the zone… attack the gaps in the zone… feed the ball vertically… push the ball up the floor..
see these concepts of beating a zone defense require creativity… ya know, just in case guys are hitting shots be it legs or just an off shooting night. you cant just expect shots to drop, or guys to eventually make shots especially when the game is on the line. so you counter there defensive strategy…
late costly turnovers… Woodson going to Crawford to QB the offense yields these types of results.. but hey, maybe he was in the game to shoot us out of the zone (which he almost did on prayers). vs going to a PG who can make PG like decisions and even penetrate gaps and look to dish..
March 8th, 2010
2:39 pm
*their defensive strategy…
March 8th, 2010
2:39 pm
It's just like if you have a team playing you man to man, and you have people on your squad who can score against it. You tell those guys to do their thing, preferably by telling them to take the ball to the basket, because there isn't likely going to be someone rotating over to you fast enough to stop your shot.
Even when you're talking about penetrating and dishing into a zone, the PG is usually throwing the pass out to an open shooter. It's then up to the shooter to make the shot ( ala what Ray Allen did yesterday in the Boston game ). So no matter how the ball moves or who is penetrating, if you're getting an open look, you have to knock that shot down on the NBA level.
Some of you guys in ATL who get every game, and are good with video editing, need to start to DVR these games, and post them on youtube or something. Or simply post key segments in the game. While showing the entire game may be against NBA broadcast rules, editing video down to show ONLY the Hawks offensive possessions ( say, in the 4th quarter ), should be perfectly legal to do. I'm surprised some of the hardcore fans aren't doing this already.
Mr. Cunningham, how about you DVR tonight's game since you're not making the trip, and break down key moments in that game ( whether they be positive or negative ). I used to do that for the people at Hawksquawk ( via transcript of what I saw ) a few years back, especially when people were bagging on Marvin for everything. The review of the video showed that Marvin wasn't nearly as bad or detrimental to the team, as people thought.
I think a lot of people simply don't see what is going on all the time at first look. When you review these games, and stop and rewatch a certain part to see what a player or the team are doing, you'll see things that you don't see in a live viewing.
But with me being in Tennessee, I don't get to see every game on TV. I have to watch quite a few games via the net. I can't get the FSN South games in Tennessee, so I'll have to watch via the net. Otherwise, I'd definitely do this.
March 8th, 2010
2:45 pm
Here's how you beat the zone (assuming a 2-3) with the Hawks' personnel: plant Josh Smith at the free throw line (where there's a hole), and if the defense hesitates, let him throw it down; if they don't hesitate and instead collapse (much more likely), let him pass to the open man, hopefully a cutter to the basket. Easy as pie. Do that a few times, and the zone D is over.
Instead, our guys pull a one-on-one move on the one guy guarding on the perimeter and launch it. That's symptomatic of the iso-Joe (or whoever) approach– when a team is used to relying on one-on-one play up top and spreading the floor, that's what they naturally do, and the only open shot against the zone playing one-on-one basketball is the perimeter J. Usually taken by a player whose name starts with J and, usually, in the Hawks' case, JJ.
March 8th, 2010
2:55 pm
To be more specific, you beat a zone with ball movement and taking good shots. Also if our PG would push the ball and attack the basket in transition, the defense would not have time to set the zone. However, if you look at our 4th quarter line-up with Bibby as PG, it is easy to understand how we are losing these close games. Compare what Miami did down the stretch vs. what we did. Wade attacked almost every possession and either made shots or drew fouls. We however walked the ball into our half-court set and took long jumpers (because that was only thing available against their zone) or we experimented with Josh as a point forward (are you kidding me?). If the shots are falling then we are not having this conversation but they weren't. You would think after the first failed attempt, Woody would have called a time-out and made adjustments. But he did not, so we went through 3-4 possessions where we failed to score. This is a blueprint for beating the Hawks. Bibby as PG walking the ball in transition and shying from attacking the basket while our shooters are choking make us vulnerable to the zone.
March 8th, 2010
2:55 pm
Senor Basketball…
exactly… you get that ball moving vertically in the middle of the zone… they run that 2-3 Jim Boeheim edition on us all day. ive never seen him get the ball to Josh in the middle and let him use his passing abilities… if you cut, slash.. whatever to the gaps of that defense.. 2 defenders will have to slide and commit to covering only one offensive player creating openings in the spots vacated by the defenders.
NBA teams do not practice much zone defense and are susceptible. it is not the primary defense of most teams… you show that you can score on it they will go away from it. however, trust me if you just sit out there and shoot til you hit they will stay in it all night long. the reason they go to it anyway is b/c they believe you are not a good shooting team and will live w/ you shooting from the perimeter all day…
i didnt even see much of Marvin in the game.. zone defense will get you killed on the offensive glass…
March 8th, 2010
2:56 pm
Terrell, I know we've lost twice but at this point of the year, you just can't lose to them, hell they lost to the Nets at home Sat. If we lose tonight,I'm done!
March 8th, 2010
2:57 pm
With Toney Douglass (minus l'il Nate) between the speedy Gs and possible zone defense sighting, its like a double-dose of the Hawks kryptonite.
L, on the next homestand, hire out a local, non-March Madness qualifying collegiate team to run a scrimmage to get extensive practice vs. a zone defense. I would still guess that colleges use them more predominantly (and successfully) than pros, so if you need a look just to get re-acclimated ….. do what you gotta do!
March 8th, 2010
2:58 pm
I think in one of the earlier NYK games this year, T. Douglass lit us up for 20+ …. get a check on him.
March 8th, 2010
3:10 pm
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Northcyde, I agree. The only way to consistently beat a zone is by making shots, not by penetrating. Its hard to penetrate against a zone because the defender is in perfect position to draw a charge consistently. If 7 years ago the US national team couldn't beat a zone when they had 3 of the best point guards in the league on the team, how can you expect Bibby to do it.
The troubles the 2004 Olympic team had is a PERFECT example. We had a team with a bunch of slashers and power forwards, and guards who were known for their penetration and shot making . . . but no real good outside shooters from 20 feet out.
So the foreign teams went to zone, to nullify the effects of guys like Duncan and Amare ( who would kill them ) and force the guards like Wade, Iverson, Marbury and Lebron to shoot from the outside, instead of seeing them go the the rim at will. Larry Brown had the one shooter on that team ( Carmelo Anthony ), in his doghouse, because he wasn't giving defensive effort. That drama affected his shotmaking, and the rest is history.
4 years later, you see the US scrambling to stockpile the team with shotmakers and pure shooters. Carmelo, all of a sudden, is like the go-to shooter on the team. Michael Redd is added. Kobe, the best shotmaker in the world, is added. Jason Kidd returns. A jumpshooting big man in Bosh is added. It also helped that the jumpshots of both Wade and Lebron improved significantly from 2004 to 2008.
Matter of fact, the only "pure" bigs on that squad were Howard and Boozer.
So when it comes to us, when a team goes zone, it's up to JJ, Crawford, and Bibby to bring them out of it . . . with their shotmaking. Horford could be a part of that zone busting group as well, if he makes a point to catch and shoot when he gets the ball in that 12 – 15 feet area. If he tries to back people down, he'll have an extra man rotating over to him immeadiately in a zone.
With the Dallas game that people like to cite, look at the 4th quarter and OT shooting from outside of 15 feet:
JJ went 0 – 6
Crawford went 0 – 6
Bibby went 2 – 4
Horford went 0 – 2
That's 18 long midrange or l3 point shots we took against the zone. More than half were wide open shots. But we only made 2 out of 18 of those shots.
If we make a mere 6 out of 18 . . we win that game. If we make the league average of 7 out of 18 . . we definitely win the game.
Bottom line is that our shooters CAN'T miss open shots. Not at that rate. No matter how easy or simplistic that sounds, that's what it's all about. Forcing the ball inside, into the heart of the defense, will only cause turnovers ( like what it did in Miami ).
Guys like JJ, Crawford, Bibby, and Marvin ( if he's in the game ), have to concentrate enough to knock down those shots.
When other teams beat us, that's what they're doing. Knocking down shots.
March 8th, 2010
3:14 pm
Like I said . . the DVR recorders need to be set tonight, so that some of you can really look and see what is going on. If a guy is getting a wide open 17 foot jumper, and it's JJ, Bibby, or Crawford taking that shot, you have to consider that being a "good shot".
So if they don't make that shot . . we're not going to win the game anyway.
March 8th, 2010
3:16 pm
"Bottom line is that our shooters CAN'T miss open shots."
Do you think fatigue has anything to do with them missing those shots?
March 8th, 2010
3:29 pm
There was no reason for Teague to not play at all against the Heat and Joe Smith was perfect from the field..why didnt he get back in the game to rest the starters?? They were very tired from the game b4 but Woody did nothing to help the situation..
March 8th, 2010
3:31 pm
bottom line is you're gonna see more teams go to a zone against us late in games… regardless the teams size or score…
zone defense takes away 2 of our strengths or should i say staples of our offense late in games… the iso and the pic and roll… if we are patient enough to find open men teams will run the risk of letting our 3 shooters (all we have) take shots on tired legs. we struggle making open shots vs normal defensive strategies… or finding an consistent hot hand. hopefully we are lucky enough to have one of our 3 shooters being the man open. trust and believe teams will develop an Atlanta Hawks matchup zone and will force a lets say, not so gifted shooter to beat them… its a shame that we cant just implement a zone breaker offense and be more pro-active then the traditional reactive approach our simple minded head coach encourages. bottom line is we might be one of the easiest teams to prepare for.. you know what you're gonna see on both sides of the ball night end and out from the Atlanta Hawks, in my opinion the system nor the talent is not that good/dominant to just impose our will. which is why we struggle in a series format.
my hats off to our players… cause boy do they work hard. its like the 7 offensive players out there on defense…6 defenders when we have the rock… never has once our head coach made it easy on our players..
March 8th, 2010
3:34 pm
So who do you put in O'Brien?
Teague? Who can't make an open jumper and can't finish in traffic when he goes to the hole.
Mo Evans? Who can knock down the open jumper, he just hasn't done it with any sort of consistency this year.
Zaza? He can't make a jumper nor finish at the rim. It's embarrassing to see how many point blank lay-ups he misses.
Mario West? Who in his entire career has made 3 . . count them . . THREE JUMPSHOTS in his career.
Joe Smith? Who can make the midrange jumper at a higher rate than Smoove, but isn't worth taking Smoove out of the game.
O'Brien . . if those bench guys could come in and "hold the fort" while our starters rested, then you could afford to play them more. But if they keep getting outplayed, the starters have to play. So, tired or not, we pretty much have no choice but to live and die with our starters.
The 5 year trend with the Hawks, even this year, is that when JJ goes out of a game, even for a 3 minute stretch, 75% of the time this team falls completely apart. Those are just facts. You can go back through the Hawks box scores, and see how many times our fringe bench players have put up negative +/- numbers.
If those guys played more, we'd have less wins and more losses. Until they start playing better, you can't extend their minutes.
It simply is what it is.
March 8th, 2010
3:36 pm
It really is not hard for opposing coaches to outsmart Woody.
Woody does not use his bench properly, his starters have tired legs in the 4th quarter. Tired legs do not shoot from the outside very well. Zone defenses requires good shooting.
The verdict is an ATL loss.
Woody is being exposed.
March 8th, 2010
3:36 pm
Since Jamal seem to be a regular follower of your blog. I wonder if you and him would consider doing an Q&A session where we (bloggers) could ask him questions. He seems to be a very down to earth guy that would enjoy chatting with the fans (well maybe except Astro Joe,he he)….
March 8th, 2010
3:37 pm
LOL . . I hate to keep bagging on the bench, but some of you act like we have high quality bench players on this team. I still say that the guys we have on our team 7 through 10, could NOT get any sort of playing time on any of the current playoff teams. Guys like Zaza, Evans, Teague, and Joe Smith would be wasting away on the benches of other teams. Zaza's play is probably the most disappointing out of all of those guys.
March 8th, 2010
3:38 pm
It's not just the Hawks are missing shots in the zone that is leading to loses. The opposing team is also capitalizing on those missed shots and scoring. They are attacking our defense and scoring at will. Teams can easily make-up a deficient against the Hawks during crunch time. So this is not just about our offense struggles against a zone but also our aweful defense as well.
March 8th, 2010
3:47 pm
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7:24 pm
Last game against Miami
Marvin 3-11
Bibby 4-11
Josh 7-14
Al 4-7
Al 4-7? With Jamal and ZaZa out Al with 4-7? Give the kid his 15 attempts.
Marvin 0-3
Bibby 2-4
Jamal 7-14
Josh 7-17
Al 3-6
In this game O"neil goes out and we still can't find a way to get the ball to Al. In the second half Al gets 2 shots? Al comes back into the game with 8:42 left in the 4th qt and never gets another attempt. Is this a way to treat an All-Star?
In the first half the bigs got their shots with contributions from Al, Josh and Joe Smith. In the second half we went to Josh, the guards and basically no one else. We lost our balance.
March 8th, 2010
3:53 pm
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4:00 pm
I agree that our bench is weak. But I think Woody needs to find time early in the game for them, and that will help our starters to be fresh in the 4th. Plus I think the more consistent PT our bench gets, is the better they will become.
When he puts his bench players in, the starters will be fresh in the 4th, ans that will give us a better chance of finishing strong down the stretch. What happens now is he overplays his starters, and then they struggle in the 4th, partly because they're tired.
I would rather have fresh starters in the 4th. Tired legs lead to missed shots, lazy passes, slow defensive rotations, and bad decision making.
Woody has to figure out how to mix and match bench players with starters, so we dont have 4 or 5 bench players in the game at a time.
March 8th, 2010
4:00 pm
ZaZa – your talking about ZaZa? The Hawks had the lead at the half and ZaZa did nothing but rebound. Never missed a shot because he did not get one. Wade took over the third qt and Wade and Beasley out played us the 4th qt. Was ZaZa the one guarding them? He had 8 rebounds in 14 min. ZaZa did his job.


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Elwood Demographics
The median age of people living around 5 Tennyson Street, Elwood VIC 3184 is 34 with median monthly mortgage repayments of $2,200. The average household size within the Elwood area is 1.9, which is below the national average.
The Elwood area consists of 29% houses, 70% apartments & 1% other with the most common profession being Professionals. Interestingly, the most recent CO2 data from Elwood in the Bayside suggests that Elwood emits 26.82 tonnes of greenhouse pollution per person per year as compared to the national average of 20.3 tonnes per person per year.


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Selena Gomez smiled as she was spotted leaving a gas station convenience store on Thursday (January 23) in Los Angeles.
Selena wearing quite the interesting outfit and look so beautiful. She wore a traditional Indian bindi on her head, with a tan body suit, an oversize gauzy cardigan, black skinny jeans, and Louboutin booties.
In addition to carrying a drink from a store, Selena could also be seen holding a pack of Djarum clove cigarettes. Whether they were for her own personal use, for the driver of the car she was seen getting into, or someone else entirely isn't clear.
Do you think Selena smokes? Leave your comment below!