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<div id="article-body-blocks"> ,Mulberry bags<span class="inline embed embed-media"> <span class="caption"> </span></span><p><em></em></p><p>The Western Conference Finals were supposed to be more competitive than this. Before the actual games, and that there was a strong possibility that this series would give fans at least six or seven games. Well,ghd, on Monday night at the FedExForum the Spurs, as they often do, outperformed expectations and completed a four game sweep with a . Instead of playing tightly contested games against each other for the rest of the week, the Spurs will be preparing for their fifth Finals appearance while the Grizzlies will have plenty of time to examine how and why their promising postseason run ended so abruptly. </p><p>A big part of this "how" would involve the Grizzlies' inability to stop Spurs point guard Tony Parker on Monday night. , and ,ray ban aviators, showed off exactly why he was in the MVP conversation this season before being sidelined with injuries. Parker put up 37 against Memphis and it felt like every single one of those points came immediately after the Grizzlies were starting to gain some offensive momentum.</p><span class="inline embed embed-media"><iframe id="ytplayer-yPPMOxoKM8o" src="/embed/yPPMOxoKM8o?enablejsapi=1&version=3" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="283" width="460"></iframe></span><p><em></em><br />Memphis allowing Tony Parker to run was just one example of the Spurs exposing the Grizzlies' defense at crucial times during the series. seems to have set the tone for the entire series as head coach Gregg Popovich and his team of veterans were able to do whatever they wanted on the court, . Although the Grizzlies' defense improved throughout the rest of the series, the Spurs' talented offense was able to exploit it for several key stretches. During this series,Mulberry uk, not only did Memphis fail to find an answer for Tony Parker in Game Four, they and struggled to get defensive stops in back-to-back overtimes. </p><p>This isn't to say that the Grizzlies' offense, or lack thereof, wasn't an issue too, it just wasn't as notable as it was about what was most expected from them. The Grizzlies scored just enough to give them a shot at a victory in three out of the four games in the Western Conference Finals. With a lucky bounce here or there the Grizzlies could have won both overtime games in regulation, and they had cut the San Antonio lead down to three points late in Game Four. Unfortunately it's difficult to cash in on those opportunities when Zach Randolph has pulled a Claude Rains and Quincy Pondexter is your most dangerous deep threat (especially if Pondexter has fouled out).</p><p>Although the Spurs outplayed the Grizzlies in nearly every category,Mulberry outlet,, these close games suggest that this series was competitive in a game-by-game basis even if the end results were a sweep. : </p><blockquote class="quoted"><p>"I don't believe we won this thing 4-0... we didn't kick anybody's butt." </p></blockquote><p>But don't think it's merely random luck that the Spurs were the team that came away with the win in all three of those close games. While postseason experience is sometimes overrated, it was a key factor for the Spurs. Thanks to the remarkable stability of the franchise,Why the insurance industry gets climate change Jules Boykoff Comment is free guardian.co.uk, the heart of the Spurs roster (Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili, Parker, Popovich) has had as much playoff experience, not to mention playoff success, as any other group of NBA players in the last twenty years or so. In contrast, the Grizzlies had never made it this deep into the postseason before. While the Spurs, although more turnover prone than in the past,Pękiel Masses – review Music The Observer, mostly acted like they had been there before, because, well, they have been to the Western Conference Finals as recently as last year. Meanwhile, the often came off as anxious and sometimes downright rattled as the pressure mounted which led to bricked free throws,Mulberry sale, missed open layups and ill-timed fouls,Mulberry outlet, all of which added up to a particularly painful end of the season.</p><p>This disappointing finish should not overshadow the fact that this might be the best season in Memphis Grizzlies history (granted that's not exactly a particularly storied history). The Memphis Grizzlies started the regular season on a 12-2 run, saw Marc Gasol emerge from his brother Pau's shadow and became Defensive Player of the Year and found continued success even after trading the team's lead scorer, Rudy Gay,hogan rebel, to the Toronto Raptors. In the postseason they had their revenge on the Los Angeles Clippers in a quite chippy opening round series, capitalized on Russell Westbrook's injury and eliminated the top seeded Oklahoma City Thunder and made their first Western Conference Finals. A Lakers fan this year would have taken that in a heartbeat.</p><p>What will be interesting is to see what the Memphis Grizzlies do in the offseason,burberry borse, whether they will continue to build around the same key players or will they make any radical roster moves. New owner Robert Perra, coming off what has been mostly a transition year, will almost certainly make some changes to fit his own vision for the franchise. This vision may or may not include head coach Lionel Hollins .</p><p>As the Grizzlies look ahead to the offseason,outlet chanel, the will be watching the Eastern Conference Finals on TV like the rest of us. The NBA Finals don't start until June 6, which gives them a week and a half to prepare for either the Indiana Pacers or the Miami Heat. Whichever team wins the East will want to remember the moral of San Antonio's unexpected sweep of Memphis: you underestimate the Spurs at your peril.</p> </div> | <div id="article-body-blocks"> ,Mulberry bags<span class="inline embed embed-media"> <span class="caption"> </span></span><p><em></em></p><p>The Western Conference Finals were supposed to be more competitive than this. Before the actual games, and that there was a strong possibility that this series would give fans at least six or seven games. Well,ghd, on Monday night at the FedExForum the Spurs, as they often do, outperformed expectations and completed a four game sweep with a . Instead of playing tightly contested games against each other for the rest of the week, the Spurs will be preparing for their fifth Finals appearance while the Grizzlies will have plenty of time to examine how and why their promising postseason run ended so abruptly. </p><p>A big part of this "how" would involve the Grizzlies' inability to stop Spurs point guard Tony Parker on Monday night. , and ,ray ban aviators, showed off exactly why he was in the MVP conversation this season before being sidelined with injuries. Parker put up 37 against Memphis and it felt like every single one of those points came immediately after the Grizzlies were starting to gain some offensive momentum.</p><span class="inline embed embed-media"><iframe id="ytplayer-yPPMOxoKM8o" src="/embed/yPPMOxoKM8o?enablejsapi=1&version=3" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="283" width="460"></iframe></span><p><em></em><br />Memphis allowing Tony Parker to run was just one example of the Spurs exposing the Grizzlies' defense at crucial times during the series. seems to have set the tone for the entire series as head coach Gregg Popovich and his team of veterans were able to do whatever they wanted on the court, . Although the Grizzlies' defense improved throughout the rest of the series, the Spurs' talented offense was able to exploit it for several key stretches. During this series,Mulberry uk, not only did Memphis fail to find an answer for Tony Parker in Game Four, they and struggled to get defensive stops in back-to-back overtimes. </p><p>This isn't to say that the Grizzlies' offense, or lack thereof, wasn't an issue too, it just wasn't as notable as it was about what was most expected from them. The Grizzlies scored just enough to give them a shot at a victory in three out of the four games in the Western Conference Finals. With a lucky bounce here or there the Grizzlies could have won both overtime games in regulation, and they had cut the San Antonio lead down to three points late in Game Four. Unfortunately it's difficult to cash in on those opportunities when Zach Randolph has pulled a Claude Rains and Quincy Pondexter is your most dangerous deep threat (especially if Pondexter has fouled out).</p><p>Although the Spurs outplayed the Grizzlies in nearly every category,Mulberry outlet,, these close games suggest that this series was competitive in a game-by-game basis even if the end results were a sweep. : </p><blockquote class="quoted"><p>"I don't believe we won this thing 4-0... we didn't kick anybody's butt." </p></blockquote><p>But don't think it's merely random luck that the Spurs were the team that came away with the win in all three of those close games. While postseason experience is sometimes overrated, it was a key factor for the Spurs. Thanks to the remarkable stability of the franchise,Why the insurance industry gets climate change Jules Boykoff Comment is free guardian.co.uk, the heart of the Spurs roster (Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili, Parker, Popovich) has had as much playoff experience, not to mention playoff success, as any other group of NBA players in the last twenty years or so. In contrast, the Grizzlies had never made it this deep into the postseason before. While the Spurs, although more turnover prone than in the past,Pękiel Masses – review Music The Observer, mostly acted like they had been there before, because, well, they have been to the Western Conference Finals as recently as last year. Meanwhile, the often came off as anxious and sometimes downright rattled as the pressure mounted which led to bricked free throws,Mulberry sale, missed open layups and ill-timed fouls,Mulberry outlet, all of which added up to a particularly painful end of the season.</p><p>This disappointing finish should not overshadow the fact that this might be the best season in Memphis Grizzlies history (granted that's not exactly a particularly storied history). The Memphis Grizzlies started the regular season on a 12-2 run, saw Marc Gasol emerge from his brother Pau's shadow and became Defensive Player of the Year and found continued success even after trading the team's lead scorer, Rudy Gay,hogan rebel, to the Toronto Raptors. In the postseason they had their revenge on the Los Angeles Clippers in a quite chippy opening round series, capitalized on Russell Westbrook's injury and eliminated the top seeded Oklahoma City Thunder and made their first Western Conference Finals. A Lakers fan this year would have taken that in a heartbeat.</p><p>What will be interesting is to see what the Memphis Grizzlies do in the offseason,burberry borse, whether they will continue to build around the same key players or will they make any radical roster moves. New owner Robert Perra, coming off what has been mostly a transition year, will almost certainly make some changes to fit his own vision for the franchise. This vision may or may not include head coach Lionel Hollins .</p><p>As the Grizzlies look ahead to the offseason,outlet chanel, the will be watching the Eastern Conference Finals on TV like the rest of us. The NBA Finals don't start until June 6, which gives them a week and a half to prepare for either the Indiana Pacers or the Miami Heat. Whichever team wins the East will want to remember the moral of San Antonio's unexpected sweep of Memphis: you underestimate the Spurs at your peril.</p> </div> | ||
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| + | <div id="article-body-blocks"> ,cheap ghd straighteners<p>Organisers say that two million people marched in against seed giant Monsanto in hundreds of rallies across the US and in more than 50 other countries on Saturday.</p><p>"March Against Monsanto" protesters say they wanted to call attention to the dangers posed by genetically modified food and the food giants that produce it. Founder and organiser Tami Canal said protests were held in 436 cities across 52 countries,cheap ghd.</p><p>Genetically modified plants are grown from seeds that are engineered to resist insecticides and herbicides,Mulberry outlet, add nutritional benefits, or otherwise improve crop yields and increase the global food supply. Most corn,Floods could overwhelm Thames Barrier by end of century En,chanel, soybean and cotton crops grown in the today have been genetically modified. But some say genetically modified organisms can lead to serious health conditions and harm the environment.</p><p>The use of GMOs has been a growing issue of contention in recent years, with health advocates pushing for mandatory labelling of genetically modified products even though the federal government and many scientists say the technology is safe.</p><p>The "March Against Monsanto" movement began just a few months ago, when Canal created a Facebook page on 28 February calling for a rally against the company's practices. "If I had gotten 3,000 people to join me, I would have considered that a success," she said Saturday. Instead, she said, two million responded to her message.</p><p>Together with Seattle blogger and activist Emilie Rensink and Nick Bernabe of Anti-Media.org,chanel outlet, Canal worked with A Revolt.org digital anarchy to promote international awareness of the event. She called the turnout "incredible" and credited social media for being a vehicle for furthering opportunities for activism.</p><p>Despite the size of the gatherings, Canal said she was grateful that the marches were uniformly peaceful and that no arrests had been reported.</p><p>"It was empowering and inspiring to see so many people, from different walks of life,Mulberry bags, put aside their differences and come together today,," she said. The group plans to harness the success of the event to continue its anti-GMO cause.</p><p>"We will continue until Monsanto complies with consumer demand. They are poisoning our children, poisoning our planet," she said. "If we don't act,Starcraft II and the bad boy of pro-gaming Technology gua, who's going to?"</p><p>Monsanto, based in St Louis,Mulberry uk, said on Saturday that it respects people's rights to express their opinions, but maintained that its seeds improve agriculture by helping farmers produce more from their land while conserving resources such as water and energy.</p><p>The US Food and Drug Administration does not require genetically modified foods to carry a label, but organic food companies and some consumer groups have intensified their push for labels,hogan, arguing that the modified seeds are floating from field to field and contaminating traditional crops. The groups have been bolstered by a growing network of consumers who are wary of processed and modified foods.</p><p>The Senate this week overwhelmingly rejected a bill that would allow states to require the labelling of genetically modified foods.</p><p>The Biotechnology Industry Organisation, a lobbying group that represents Monsanto, DuPont & Co and other makers of genetically modified seeds, has said that it supports voluntary labelling for people who seek out such products. But it says that mandatory labelling would only mislead or confuse consumers into thinking products weren't safe,ghd straighteners, even though the FDA has said there is no difference between GMO and organic,Mulberry handbags, non-GMO foods.</p><p>However, state legislatures in Vermont and Connecticut moved ahead this month with votes to make food companies declare genetically modified ingredients on their packages. And supermarket retailer Whole Foods Markets Inc has said that all products in its North American stores containing genetically modified ingredients will be labeled as such by 2018.</p><p>Whole Foods says there is growing demand for products that don't use GMOs, with sales of products with a "Non-GMO" verification label spiking between 15% and 30%.</p> </div> | ||
