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Cigar Insider—Cuba's New Box Code
- By David Savona
- | From Kevin Costner, Nov/Dec 00
Cuban cigar producers are marking boxes of cigars to designate where they were produced, despite saying earlier in the year that the nation's cigar factories were discontinuing the practice.
"Yes, the boxes do carry a factory code," said one high-ranking factory worker, who insisted on anonymity. "The code stays the same every month. It is important for following quality." The new code is similar to past ones in which a few letters are used for the factory designations.
So far, Cigar Insider has been able to decipher only a few of the new codes, including El Laguito (LOME), Partagas (OSU), José Martí (ECA, which is unchanged from the previous cigar box code) and Romeo y Julieta (PEL). Cracking those codes is not very difficult. A quick visit to a few cigar shops in Havana in August revealed most of them. By knowing which cigars are made exclusively in which Havana factories, you need only to look at certain boxes of cigars to learn their codes. The easiest to crack was El Laguito, where all Cohiba Lanceros, Coronas Especials and Panetelas are made, along with Trinidads.
The current production boxes had a code of LOME. Every new box of Cuaba cigars, the perfecto-shape brand made only at Romeo y Julieta, had the letters PEL, revealing the code for that factory, which is also known as Briones Montoto. Diplomatico, a brand with the same size cigars as Montecristo, is made exclusively at the H. Upmann (aka José Martí) factory, and all Diplomaticos we saw had the box code of ECA. This was the first code we encountered that was unchanged from CODIG UNETA, a 1999 Cuban date code.
The Partagas code was much tougher to uncover; no cigar brands are made exclusively at this factory. By comparing Partagas Lusitanias, Bolivar Belicoso Finos and Ramon Allones cigars, however, it seemed clear that the Partagas code was OSU—all of these brands are made at the Partagas factory, and every box we found had the OSU code. In addition, boxes being finished in the factory carried the code.
We think the La Corona factory code could be SUA, based upon looking at boxes of Hoyo de Monterrey and Punch cigars, but at press time it was impossible to be certain. The one thing that is undeniable is that there is a Cuban factory code. We asked regular posters on www.cigaraficionado.com to search through their stocks of Cuban cigars to determine if they also had similar codes, and they corroborated our findings.
Earlier this year, the newest date code was revealed on various Web sites, including cigaraficionado.com. The system is simple, following the months of the year in Spanish along with the last two digits of the calendar year. For example, January 2000 is "ENE00." And April 2000 is "ABR00."
If the Cubans continue with this system, next year's code will be the same, with only a change in the last two digits. For instance, January 2001 should be "ENE01." The "Current Date Code"—as some Cuban cigar aficionados have come to call it—is the fourth code system to be used on the island.
The first was initiated in 1985 by Francisco Padrón, then the president of Cubatabaco, which became Habanos S.A. The clever head of Cuba's global marketing organization for cigars wanted a method for keeping track of when and where Cuban cigars were produced.
"It was the only way to control quality," he said a few years ago. This was the famous NIVEL ACUSO code, which was used until last year. The code not only denoted the month and year when the cigars were placed in the box, but it also used a code for the factories, such as JM for José Martí and EL for El Laguito.
The code was first published in Cigar Insider in February 1996, infuriating officials at Habanos. They threatened to change the code, and three years later, in early 1999, they introduced CODIG UNETA. It followed the same principle as the old code. The undersides of cigar boxes were printed with the month and date as well as a new factory code. For instance, José Martí became ECA, and El Laguito became EUN.
This code lasted until June 1999, when the Cubans began using a monthly code without factory designations. (Occasionally old factory codes also appeared on boxes.) Called the OO Code by some, it had no apparent system or order, and Habanos officials threatened to change the factory code on a monthly basis.
At the time, Cuban officials had become tired of consumers buying cigars by the code, meaning many boxes of cigars from unknown provincial factories were being bypassed for those made in reputable Havana factories. Nonetheless, the newest code was initiated after lobbying by a number of Cuban cigar agents from around the world.
"It is important for consumers and retailers alike to know how old their cigars are," said one Cuban cigar agent in Europe. "Factories are another thing."
Even some Cubans are not sure that including factory codes on boxes of cigars is a good idea. "Now that you know our code," said one anonymous Cuban official who confirmed one of the codes, "we may have to change it again."


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One of CFCA's goals is to provide a stable, tranquil presence in the lives of our sponsored friends.
This is especially important when natural disasters or economic catastrophes strike in the communities we serve.
Stiven, a sponsored child in Colombia.
A sponsored child in Colombia, Stiven, woke up in December 2010 to find his family's house had been destroyed by heavy flooding and mudslides.
Tr·nsito Hern·ndez, coordinator of the Antioquia project in Colombia, wrote to us about that day.
"This family had, very painstakingly, tried to construct a house with a roof made of plastic and other discarded materials," she wrote. "But when the ravine that protected his house caved in from the rains and mudslides, Stiven was surprised to awake to a broken water main and a house buried by rocks.
"Miraculously no one was hurt."
The family needed immediate assistance to build a retaining wall, but the community didn't have the resources needed for the reconstruction.
CFCA approved the project's request to use the disaster assistance fund to help build the new wall.
Today Stiven's family is doing well and is extremely active in the CFCA community. Stiven's mother, Blanca, has learned accounting through CFCA's livelihood workshops and has managed to buy two sewing machines for her tailoring business.
"In this family, it is inspiring to see how, through their strong values and CFCAís personal outreach, or rather, the strength of God, they can surpass this great difficulty," Tr·nsito wrote.
Please keep Stiven's family in your prayers as they continue to rebuild from the flooding.


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Guestscan is a groundbreaking website created to safeguard hotels, B&Bs, holiday lets, holiday parks, booking agents and tour operators from "nightmare" guests.
Troublemakers can be identified for their misdemeanours:
From trashing a room to leaving without paying. From outright theft to downright fraud, including malicious Internet reporting. (See below.)
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And that starts with the right to check out guests before they check in, it's then up to you to accept a booking.
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Company Turns Ashes From Dead People Into Vinyl Records
"When the album of life finally reaches the end wouldn't it be nice to have that record spinning for eternity?" AndVinyl.com, a website that offers the opportunity to have your ashes pressed into a vinyl record, poses that question. That's right, you can be laid to rest spinning at 33 1/3 rpm!
This website lets you use 24 minutes (12 per side) of your own music soundtrack, leave behind personal messages, audio of your last will and testament, music or leave it blank so loved ones can hear that beautiful, soothing crackle of a needle running through the grooves of a record. As for licensed recordings, And Vinyl takes no responsibility for copyright violations.
Your eternal LP cover comes standard with your name, date of birth and date of passing, but can be more personalized with a portrait. You can either use an existing photo or have a 1-hour sitting with an artist who will paint your portrait with acrylic and ash (that's right, your ashes) on canvas. The appointment needs to take place while you're still alive (otherwise, we're getting into a really creepy area). You can also make your own album cover suggestions.
The cost of having your ashes pressed into vinyl? The basic package, which includes 30 copies ash-pressed vinyl records and a non-portrait cover will set you back about $4,500. You'll have to pay an additional $5300 for the cover portrait, and another $500 if you want to schedule a sitting.
Never mind the corniness of the actual website, featuring a grim reaper with eyes lit up red, headphones on, holding an LP record and portable player. Try not to think about the cheesy puns on the page, like "Live from beyond the groove!". This is a really unique way of saving the memory of a loved one who loves music - especially vinyl.


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It's iPhone 5 day, and the iMore forums are bursting with people chatting about their new phones. Whether it be issues needing some advice, praise for new features, or any number of other topics, you're sure to find it in our forums.
Over in the iPhone Accessories forum, for example, iMore member Quarks_ started a conversation about the new EarPods. He's impressed, stating "Far better range, comfortable fit and I like the bottom jack position." There are several polls you can vote in, including giving your opinion on Black & Slate vs White & Silver, and threads for posting pictures you've taken with the iPhone 5 camera or shots of your home screen. There are even threads dedicated to horror stories such as dropping your brand new iPhone the first day, ("When I opened the box this morning I was so excited the phone went flying out of the box onto the ground") or the device being damaged right out of the box.
Whatever you want to talk about regarding your new iPhone 5 or the experience of getting it in itself, you're sure to find a thread about it in our forums. And if there isn't one, strike up a conversation and start one! If you're somehow not already registered, you'll want to do that so you can join the conversation. Registration has other benefits, such as being eligible to enter in contests to win fantastic prizes, such as a free iPhone 5!


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"Shepard's masterwork. It tells us a truth, as glimpsed by a 37 year old genius." - New York Post
"Sam Shepard is contemporary American drama, True West is contemporary America" - The Guardian
"Shepard's most accessible play. Scaldingly funny - Variety
Kit Harington (Game of Thrones) and Johnny Flynn (Vanity Fair) star as warring brothers Austin and Lee in the West End Premiere of Pulitzer Prize-winner Sam Shepard's ferociously funny, modern classic, True West.
Austin is working on a movie script that he has sold to producer Saul Kimmer when Lee stumbles back in to his life. Never content to watch from the sidelines he pitches his own idea to Kimmer, an action which has far reaching consequences ...
Set in the searing heat of the Californian desert this critically acclaimed drama pits brother against brother as a family tears itself apart, exposing the cracks in the American Dream.
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Review: 'Rover' an intense look into near future
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson star in this Australian dystopian crime drama from director David Michod.
Fusing a number of quasi-apocalyptic influences into a hybrid work with a pungent character of its own, "The Rover" suggests something like a Cormac McCarthy vision of Australia halfway between today and "The Road Warrior" era.
David Michod's follow-up to his internationally successful debut, the Melbourne gangster saga "Animal Kingdom," is equally murderous but more pared down to basics, as desperate men enact a survival-of-the-meanest scenario in an economically gutted world reduced to Old West outlaw behavior.
As recycled as many of the individual images here may be -- its forbidding, lifeless landscapes are populated almost entirely by bloodied, grizzled, sweaty men with guns -- Michod has nonetheless developed a very specific setting for his elemental drama. It's a time "10 years after the collapse," when, from the evidence, the Australian economy has gone south and locals are reduced to scavengers while Asian mining interests control the purse strings.
With all these grim geopolitical conditions serving as backdrop, the foreground action is as elemental as that of a thousand old Hollywood Westerns. While taciturn loner Eric (Guy Pearce) makes a pit stop in a ratty Asian roadside lounge, three desperate characters -- nasty old Archie (David Field), young black man Caleb (Tawanda Maryimo) and hot-headed American Henry (Scoot McNairy) -- ditch their pickup truck and steal Eric's sedan. Jumping into the pickup, an incensed Eric gives chase and, after an unusual stop-and-start pursuit, ends up very much the worse for wear.
As freshly staged as it is, this scene-setter annoys with its numerous dramatic implausibilities: Why, for instance, do the bandits prefer Eric's car to their own? But these distractions are soon kicked to the side of the road by the appearance of the badly wounded Rey (Robert Pattinson), Henry's younger brother, who was left behind after a gun battle. Frazzled and fried, Rey speaks in a halting, fractured manner that suggests he might not be quite all there upstairs. But he wants to get Henry, so he and Eric, men near the end of their respective ropes, head further into the outback to settle some scores with mutual nemeses.
It's a journey that writer-director Michod, who developed the story with actor Joel Edgerton, uses to explore a multitude of extremes -- of desperation, soullessness, viciousness and environmental hostility. If one imagines for a moment that Eric is going to become something resembling a sympathetic protagonist, such notions are dashed the moment he needlessly kills a tough little person who's selling him a gun. The most friendly and humane character to turn up in the entire film, a warm-hearted woman (Susan Prior) who reflexively calls Eric "sweetheart," doesn't last long either after he enters her sphere.
As the two men scour the countryside looking for Henry and his cohorts, Eric messes with Rey's head, insisting that his brother left him to die and otherwise playing on the vulnerabilities of a sensitive but mentally challenged hick who almost could have stepped from the pages of a William Faulkner novel. His stubble, dirty yellow teeth and injuries muting his physical beauty, Pattinson delivers a performance that, despite the character's own limitations, becomes more interesting as the film moves along. But always commanding attention at the film's center is Pearce, who gives Eric all the cold-hearted remorselessness of a classic Western or film noir antihero who refuses to die before exacting vengeance for an unpardonable crime.
At least as responsible for giving "The Rover" its distinctive tone as the unnerving violence, edgy performances, parched settings and Natasha Braier's superior cinematography (film, not digital, was the medium of choice) is Antony Partos' extraordinary soundtrack, which, in its wild, idiosyncratic weirdness, is probably the most effectively eccentric and radical film score since Jonny Greenwood's for "There Will Be Blood."
"The Rover," an A24 release, is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for "language and some bloody violence." Running time: 102 minutes.
MPAA rating definition for R: Restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.


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Recently, known atheist Richard Stallman was in Peru during a tragic earthquake. Stallman, known in some circles as simply rms, is a software developer and activist in the Free Software movement (pretty much the same as Open Source software, such that they are commonly combined in the acronym FOSS -- Free and Open Source Software). In fact, rms is considered the father of the movement, and remains one of its most influential characters. Simply put, he's a pretty big name among computer geeks like me. When it was discovered he survived the earthquake, he was asked to write about his experience.
The last paragraph is what caught my eye (enough that I paused my ongoing insane work schedule to write this!).
I read that a church collapsed on worshipers during mass; later I heard that the
priest had been rescued. Believers surely attributed the rescue to the good will
of a benevolent deity. They probably did not attribute the collapse to the ill
will of an evil deity, but it would be equally logical. In the 18th century, an
earthquake destroyed a cathedral in Lisbon, killing thousands of believers. Many
in Europe began to doubt religion as a result.
What a well-aimed shot at religion! These tragedies are typically accompanied by even doses of "Thank God we survived!" and "How mysterious are the ways of God!" that it's good to see a rational point.
But even more importatly, it was from a survivor of the event itself. One that did not suffer the foxhole-conversion predicted by so many theists.
Thank reason for that!


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Is Yap Ready for the World?
A tiny Pacific island wonders what it will lose by welcoming a giant tourist resort
The people of Yap, a flyspeck of an island in the western Pacific, learned long ago how to make money the hard way: They carved giant stone currency and ferried it across open ocean in canoes.
These days, islanders are split over how to make money in a global economy—and in particular what to do with a tide of Chinese money now washing up on these remote shores.


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With the beautiful weather on its way to Boston, farmer's markets are sprouting across the city and surrounding towns. The only thing better than summer produce from local farms is produce grown in your own backyard. For many foodies in the city it seems nearly impossible to begin a home garden. However, a small plot of land or none at all should not stop the urban foodie from gardening. Planting pots are a simple solution to tight quarters. Coming in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, pots can be placed on porches, balconies and small backyards. Living in a small city about five miles outside of Boston, I plan to begin a small home garden in my 20' by 30' backyard. With the tight space and not exactly ideal soil, I am going to use large pots to grow vegetables and herbs including cucumbers, tomatoes, basil and mint. Currently, I am waiting for the extra large pots to be delivered but I will keep you posted on simple solutions to gardening in the city and my other gardening adventures. Wish me luck!
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Offer Tony a 5 year 75 million dollar extension
Sigh Splitter to the full mid-level exception
**sidenote** An Israely friend of mine is a huge fan of Euroball (especially Maccabi). Last year he wasn't much impressed with Splitter. He said splitter was to soft. This year, however, he thinks Splitter is a lot tougher and stronger, especially in rebounding...
Don't trade Jefferson. If Jefferson finds his role this year, we should re-sign him.
That is all I think we need to do.
I may be but we haven't had Tony and Manu healthy at the same time since 2007. I think we can win it next year if we can all stay healthy.
I am never coming back to SpursReport because TimmyDthaWay2B is a horses ass.
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I love Whiteside's potential but I think he may be gone by the 20th pick. But you're right. Spurs best chance to win it doing what you mentioned and finding an able shooter, be it in the draft or free agency.
$15 million is $2 million under the maximum contract under the new CBA ain't it? Parker's good, but he's not worth more than $10 if he doesn't get some speed back and pass more.
i'd re-sign RJ in a heartbeat if he took MLE money, of course there's gonna be someone out there who'll offer him way over. but not trading him if we have the chance for someone really decent or really good, he's on his way out. with RJ's $15 million, we can get at least 2 long contracted players for his expiring deal. 2 good players would help us tremendously (especially if it's a big and a small in a package). like i've said, if we can pry away a big like Biedrins and Maggette from Golden State for RJ and someone else, that'd be tremendous for us. even putting in Hill in that RJ package would be good. this postseason has killed any faith i had in him to improve and i hope he cuts the "i've matured" trash this year.
Splitter is getting the full MLE if he's coming, so that's a no brainer.
concerning the draft, i wouldn't be surprised if we give up the pick in a trade. i don't think the Spurs have the patience for another Blair/Hill experiment with TD getting one year older and his knee getting worse
what i would like to see happen (doable but dont think it will happen)
resign Ian, temple,gee, hairston(pick up contract by deadline)
sign spliter, outlaw, dorell wright
release bonner, mason, bogans
Ian (its time for him to show what he has and it needs to be done by trade deadline)
(winner of wright, jefferson, outlaw)
(another one of 3)
pine riders
last of 3
hairston (he can fight with other 3 but might not beat them out)
D league
Splitter (get him some pt in spurs system and see what he has in spurs system)
Gee keeps him in the system and still gets him pt i think hell be good also.
the main bench players would be manu and dyess as well as other of 3 competing)
if Ian doesnt work out which i think he will then you still have dyess who can start as well as splitter who you could call up. outlaw and wright have also played PF so they could do that in a smaller lineup (takeing bonners place but better rebounders and better defenders)
manu hill parker and winner of battle of 3 could play most of min at 123. temple would still give us a solid backup pg if tony got hurt or we had a blowout. blair will also be on the bench and get some pt as tim and dyess will need more rest.
if Ian looks to be real (which i think he will) then you can trade dyess by deadline as well as possibly RJ and free up room for eitherspliter or gee to come up.
i would like to see RJ moved but i dont think he will be.
This would give us a taler lineup with more defense. only people that would be short for their position would be blair and hill. outlaw and wright would be short if the played PF but even outlaw is 6'9" sp he snt that short. while still giving us the speed.
what i would like to see happen (doable but dont think it will happen)
resign Ian, temple,gee, hairston(pick up contract by deadline)
sign spliter, outlaw, dorell wright
release bonner, mason, bogans
Ian (its time for him to show what he has and it needs to be done by trade deadline)
(winner of wright, jefferson, outlaw)
(another one of 3)
pine riders
last of 3
hairston (he can fight with other 3 but might not beat them out)
D league
Splitter (get him some pt in spurs system and see what he has in spurs system)
Gee keeps him in the system and still gets him pt i think hell be good also.
the main bench players would be manu and dyess as well as other of 3 competing)
if Ian doesnt work out which i think he will then you still have dyess who can start as well as splitter who you could call up. outlaw and wright have also played PF so they could do that in a smaller lineup (takeing bonners place but better rebounders and better defenders)
manu hill parker and winner of battle of 3 could play most of min at 123. temple would still give us a solid backup pg if tony got hurt or we had a blowout. blair will also be on the bench and get some pt as tim and dyess will need more rest.
if Ian looks to be real (which i think he will) then you can trade dyess by deadline as well as possibly RJ and free up room for eitherspliter or gee to come up.
i would like to see RJ moved but i dont think he will be.
This would give us a taler lineup with more defense. only people that would be short for their position would be blair and hill. outlaw and wright would be short if the played PF but even outlaw is 6'9" sp he snt that short. while still giving us the speed.
Too much money for Parker
And maybe I'm the only one, but Splitter is not what we need. He's a really a little more athletic version of Rasho. I fail to see how he would have helped in the Phoenix series. MLE money? I say we trade his rights. I bet Mahinmi could be just as good and for cheaper.
Is our defense that good? I think so. And the scary part is that the whole team seems to take a sadistic pride in shutting people down. What is Pop feeding them? They looked brainwashed out there, a single minded machine that just eats up their opponents. -----pjrfan
the big is what we need basically because we scored 95+ points in the playoffs, so offense isn't the problem. we just couldn't stop anyone.
Soooo people are ok with giving Manu 13 million per year, after he had two injury plaqued seasons and was technically injured this playoffs and wasn't worth squat after the broken nose? Please, Tony is at least worth what Manu got. And this was his most injury plaqued season since he got into the NBA.
no way to compare Tony and Manu though, although i would pay Manu more than Tony for numerous reasons:
Manu makes everyone better and everyone enjoys playing alongside him because he moves the ball
Manu is much more versatile than Parker. he's basically a PG in a SG's body at this point in his career
Manu overall players better D than Parker. Parker's D consists of his O because he wears his opponents out
that's basketball, also Manu is a much smarter investment marketing wise. San Antonio is behind Manu, loads more than SA's ever been behind Parker. basically, Manu brings in more money than Parker would.
Dang everyone is smoking the pipe today........Pass It Around!........Gee for the love of God please give up on Ian.. people fall in love with the most worhtless bench players....ex..Pop who had much better stats then Ian in the D-League was the talk on this board for months and what team is he playing for? Is he even in the NBA?
Don't won't to hurt Ians feelings he is a nice guy but he ia an athlete he is not a NBA player. HUGE DIFFERENCE! We have had him more then three freakin years enough with the "Potential Crap"! The world is full of people who have tons of "Potential" who are never going to end up doing anything.
As far as Tony I love Tony I just don't think that a shooting pg is worth that kind of money. You look at Rondo and Nash and they are averaging between 10 to 12 mill a year. So my question to you if you replayed this past season but you took out Rondo, Nash, and Parker out for the year which team would be impacted the most and which would be impacted the least? Thats how you should pay him....
I would be suprised if Tony does not come out wanting something close to the 15 mill and we just can't have that amount of money tied up in a SG/PG.
We have bigger needs and that problem stems from having tweeners.
1. Hill a small sg and not a pg who I agree he got to big for his breaches and got spanked and put in time out by Nash. I still love the kid though.
2. I love Blair but he is small and slow and is a matchup problem for some of the more elite teams we will face. Also with his knees he will be played like an old veteran.
Needs for 2010 season in order:
1. Sign Splitter - We have had Bonner as our center anyone bigger then 6'9 is a Huge upgrade at that position! People complain and about him the same way they did about Manu, and Scola so I guess we should still listen to them?
2. We need a SF who can shoot the ball and play smart...the opposite of Jefferson.
3. Our bench needs to upgraded and developed so give playing time early to Temple, Hairston, Gee and our new draft picks to see what they can do? Also bring in Victor and Nando and lets see what they can do. Oh, since the Euro is going to **** in a handbasket look at some of seasoned Euro vets who might want to come over and see if they would be a good fit for us.
4. Bogans is gone so replace him with someone who is young, athletic, tough, smart, good foot speed, and passing skills. He can learn in time to hit the three from the outside.
5. Replace Mason with either of the guys from number 3.
6. If we sign Babbitt then Bonner is gone if not he might be traded.
7. Our bench should have a new true pg, and a new PF/C
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what do you think Brent Barry was? he was a 6'7" PG/SG/SF
what do you think Bowen was defensively? he could guard 1-5 positions
what do you think Horry was? a 6'10" PF/SF who could guard 3-5, rebound, hit 3's, block shots, and do the little stuff
no our problem isn't that we have tweeners because in essence, we don't anymore. the problem is Pop is trying to make players INTO tweeners.
he tried to make SG Roger Mason into a PG
he tried to make Matt Bonner into a basketball player
he tried to make George Hill into a PG
he tried making RJ into a PF
the problem is we don't have tweeners, the problem is Pop tried to make players into tweeners when clearly it wasn't their strong point
You are damn right about George Hill. We need Nando to come over if not this year than next. George Hill is our backup SG! (Manu is the starter). George will be Manu's Predecessor.
I guess I didn't mean "you", but everyone else. I think Tony is as indispensable as Manu.
I am never coming back to SpursReport because TimmyDthaWay2B is a horses ass.
that was another thing that killed us during the playoffs. Pop decided to kill the bench and start our 5 best players, Hill came off the bench and did nothing. Manu and RJ needed to go on the bench to provide the spark.
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OK.Jose I have to agree with you in that Pop has forced players to play out of their position and that hurt us. But I have to also say that NO team is going to win a championship with a starting SG at 6"1 and a starting PF at 6"7. I also blame Pop for not developing the new kids he should have played our young bench players alot more for two reasons..1. See what we have.....2. Give our seniors more time off.
I think we all can say that we like Tony but were the difference is when it comes to how much we are going to pay him. I am in the camp that if he does us a Manu did in his first free agency contract ie..signing cheap we keep him but if he goes Lebron on us then trade him.
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you mean Parker's been healthy for the 2nd half of the season most of the time. the dude is always coming up with injuries in the summer during the national team. sprained ankles, bummed fingers, quad injuries too if i remember correctly.
Manu's had two injuries that effected our title hopes during the playoffs in 06 and the summer of 08 and it was the same injury that sidelined him during the 09 season, but Manu's mostly been healthy during the first half of the seasons.
Parker's come up with injuries for most of his career at the start of NBA seasons. Manu has an ankle injury in 06, the ankle injury in 08, the broken nose (freak accident), if anything Parker's been worse at injuries. the only good side to them is they've been early in the season so people forget, except for this season where he had the plantars fascitis, the broken finger, and didn't he hurt something else too?
if anything, if Parker could manage to stay healthy during the start of the season, maybe Timmy and Manu wouldn't be holding the burden so early in the season, to get injured later, especially with Tim's knee.
Its MUCH easier to say his prime was 2 years ago, and that he's in decline right now- and you have no evidence to dispute that.
He has one skill- he is fast- you'd like to sign him to a near max deal after an injury riddled season, when his one skill is questionable now that he may be showing some wear and tear?
You dont think thats risky?
Just like Manu, the Spurs wanted to see him come back healthy-- noone knows what Parker we'll get next year.
Parker is 28 and had a bad year full of injuries. He is taking the summer off. Just last year he was carrying the team through the season. If you take the Parker Hate Glasses off, you will see that he has developed a pretty reliable midrange jumper. The "decline" you speak of is not age, it was simply plantar fasciatis, which is healed with rest. There is no reason to expect a decline with no serious knee injuries, etc. Manu is 32. The "championship Manu" that we all love can't play a whole season without some kind of injury, and unfortunately it always happens at the end of the year.
Yes, giving a player a max deal after an injury riddled season is risky, but what's more risky is giving Manu the deal he got. THAT contract has caused the problems, because now you have to give Tony AT LEAST that, because Tony is young and will be around longer than Manu. For the record, I don't think Tony is max contract player, but he deserves more than 10 million and at least as much as Manu.
if we were a running team that'd be different. there'd be no physical play on either side of the court, but we're not. Timmy goes through a beating on offense and defense.
of course you laugh at the minutes (even though you didn't take into account how we play, there's a reason Shaq wasn't really injured in PHX in a run n gun system, while he kept getting injured everywhere else), but you never took into account the international play and Parker's injuries, of course. but when it comes to Manu, you'll remember them. :richb
You're all over the place Jose. The point is, Tony is younger and has been healthy for the playoffs except for this year. Manu is older and has been affected by injuries at the end of the year the last 3 years. Bottom line. What you're saying is that if Tony were healthy at the beginning of the year TD and Manu wouldn't have to play as much at the beginning of the season. BS. Even when they are all healthy, they still play the same amount of minutes per game because Pop is aware that they cannot play alot of minutes over a whole season.
You have absolutely no basis to say he is in his prime. It's as probable that his decline has begun. The problem isnt necessarily the dollars, but the years. He'll surely want 5 years and I cant see the FO comitting to that. He'll be playing pro for 17 years at the end of that deal.... that is extremely dicey.
Plus TP's played deep into the playoffs every year.
So we should at least be on the alert that signing a 28 year old TP might be like signing a 30-31 year old American college player.
-wasn't that a point I made? that he gets hurt early in the year?
-2008 was the same injury as 2009 and reports said the ankle was gonna give out sooner than later, so even if he wouldn't have played in the Olympics, it would've given out on him during the season. having Dirk elbow you in the nose is NOT being injury prone, it's a freak accident. it could've happened to anyone else.
-and of course you miss the whole point of: when Tony is hurt, that puts more wear and tear on Manu and Tim, regardless of minutes. i know you're a bit stubborn, but this is quite ridiculous. if Tim played 25 minutes a game and every play went through him on 4 Down, he'd be more worn down than playing 35 minutes where he'd play a run-n-gun style and just play defense or offense. my point was, minutes are just half of the equation. Duncan had the offense and carried us through the first part of the season because of Parker's injuries and that wore him down. more or less minutes is just part of the equation, the bigger part of it is that he wore down because he had to do more in those minutes, thanks to Parker's injuries.
A) that he plays horribly and is less attractive at the trade deadline-- given the salary relief this isnt that big a deal as someone will likely take him anyway (you just wont get useful players in return)
B) He plays fantastic and you are unable to sign him.
There were no complaints about Timmy after he suffered from plantar fas... Since then, the training staff has had more experience with it. They have also altered summer training regimens for Timmy, along with strongly suggesting that players do not play for the national teams. Players are now listening.
This leaves you with a sprained ankle suffered in the summer play, and a hip flexor. There really is no way to infer that this season's injuries are the start of a trend. Parker is most likely on the downhill side of his career. After the 2007 season, it's not probable that you get better. However, he has more potential to have a career year than any of him, Manu or Duncan. That would put him back at his peak.
Duncan's been on the downhill side for 5-8 years already. There has been no call to unload him for potential to help usher in the post-Duncan era. To trade Parker for potential, or let him leave via free agency is silly. You extend his contract for 4-5 years. Really good point guards and big men are tough to get. You hold on to them.
but plantars fascitis could happen with any shoe you use that doesn't have the proper support or any surface you walk/run on. i bought some of those cheap $20 Protege shoes (the Al Harrington ones), it gave me it. once you have it, you credit Duncan for how he played in 2006. it's like a sharp hot knife/cramp like feeling when you try to be active. i still have them but wear Dr. Scholl's lol
anywho, i agree with you on that. plantars fascitis is an injury, but like Manu's broken nose, it's just a freak injury that can happen because of a number of factors that you wouldn't really think of.
Tony has been playing professional ball since 1999, but would it be any different if he were to have played college ball for 4 years and then gone to the NBA? Either way, Manu has been playing longer, and people seem to be ok with his contract.
-have you ever played organized/competitive ball? when you post someone up, that takes a bit out of you, more than let's say pick and pop sort of deal. you're going to run in basketball either way, but if you're gonna get in the paint and try to earn your points (yes there's a reason why they say that phrase if you've ever heard it). couple "running the whole game" with him having to do that on the defensive end also and being posted up against also, yeah that pretty much does it for someone's whole body because you use your lower body for most of the time in basketball. Shaq is a prime example. i always kept hearing him during his playing time in Phoenix that he wouldn't hurt or get injured because running and gunning wouldn't take a lot out of him. he stated grinding it out in the paint, posting up takes a lot more out of you. i know Shaq might not be a popular example, but with his history of injuries, his time in Phoenix is vastly different health wise than his times in Miami or Cleveland validate his claim.
-when did i say Parker was more injury prone than Manu? lol come on now, you're just trying to argue. i said that Parker tends to get hurt in the beginning of the season, puts his burden on the shoulders of the other Big 2. Manu, on the other hand, gets hurt during the late part of the season, which validates my comment about how you always remember Manu's injuries because they're late in the season and not Parker's because they're early in the season.
-by "people" you mean Spurs fans then yes. who's the most talked about Spur? who's the most popular Spur right now? Manu Ginobili! it was a marketing and basketball move to give him that contract. if he left, because of his popularity, San Antonio would riot (or get horribly depressed). if Parker leaves, he's just another good player leaving. he'll be missed no doubt, but as far as popularity/influence, he can't match up to Manu.
-would it have been different if he went to college for 4 years here and then played NBA ball? of course it would. because he'd be American and wouldn't care about the Olympics like other countries do, which would mean no early injuries with the national team.
so i'll be awaiting your next answer on how you completely miss everything i say
If Tony's in his prime, and Manu's past his, it certainly doesn't speak well for Tony. Even at Manu's age, he is infinitely more valuable to the Spurs success than Tony is. There is a reason at the end of every game the ball is in Manu's hands a good 95% of the time. And, he brings all the intangibles that any franchise would welcome. He touches the game in ways that few players ever do. By the way, Manu is less than a year older than Kobe. And his game is less predicated on playing above the rim. He will still be effective at an older age. And as Jose so validly points out, from a marketing standpoint, its not even close in terms of value to the franchise. The Spurs are, in fact, in the business of putting butts in the seats. I'm not saying we get rid of Tony, just that Manu is far more valuable to the Spurs. Whereas the Spurs had no choice but to extend Manu, I feel they have some options to explore as far as getting something valuable in return for Parker.
You say he has more potential to have a career year than Duncan or Manu- but it was Parker that lost his starting job this year and Manu who got an extension. So hopefully this career year your describing will be in Toronto. As far away from our Airport as we can get him.
Tony was back and starting when his hand was broken with less than a month left in the season. There was not enough time to work him back into the starting line up.
Wow you're not paying attention.
A) Tony Parker said himself that he felt that Manu's extension had implications on his own contract situation.
B) Parker was benched because the Spurs played better without him than they did with him-- not because he needed "to work back into the lineup"
Record when Parker went out: 11-5
Record after Parker came back: 7-9
Nuff said.
If you put Timmy's peak in the '02-'03 range (MVP seasons), then the downside started in the '03-'04 season. Not 1-3 years ago.
Manu could have easily walked away with the '05 NBA Finals MVP. He didn't, but it wasn't like Duncan dominated the Finals.
Hence, the 5-8 year downside range.
Timmy's been diminished in the last 3 years. Still damn good, but not nearly as good as he's been.
To get back to the point I was making, Parker's peak may have been the '07 playoffs. It's plausible that he exceeds that performance this year. Not likely, but more likely than either Manu or Duncan having their respective career year.
And, to answer a point that Selective Bill brought up, seems it's been years since Manu lost his starting job and Parker got his extension. Both have done well since then.
i always pictured Bill as Mr. Bill
i agree with your post though, once you peak it's downside BUT what's kept Duncan still really relevant was his changing of his game.
Parker, though, hasn't changed his game. he hasn't tried to improve any since his 2007 Finals. by now, you'd think he'd be more reliable on his 3 pointers since he got a mid range jumper down pat or worked on his assists. he's still the same Parker from 2007. hell i think he's still the same Parker from 2005 because the Suns gave him that mid range jumper at that time, so he had it. i still stand that Parker had the match up in the Finals, that gave him the Finals MVP. but i honestly think he's still the same Parker he's always been and has not improved any after 2005, that's what i think is making his "downhill slide" more noticeable and it's being more of a liability for us right now.
I should have read the article where someone from the Spurs coaching staff mentions that Parker was benched because of the Spurs record with or without him. I will try to pay more attention next time.
In my mind when you have a one trick pony whose one trick is his speed at getting to the rim-- and he loses that because he's tore up and has too many miles-- you don't give him a 6 year deal keeping him on the roster until he's 35.
Can't pass, can't shoot a 3-- whats he going to do at 35? He aint Steve Nash.
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Though commercial aviation has become a tedious exercise in repeatedly proving that your shampoo is not actually made of C-4, it's easy to forget that air travel used to be too expensive for the average American. Flying was an event, something you dressed up for. It wasn't so easy to book a relatively inexpensive flight one evening and be in a faraway land the very next day. Adjusted for inflation, flying has never been a better deal.
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And it continues for another week. This is certainly the most nail biting Space Brothers has been. And really I have no prediction on what is going to happen.
Do we know if the series is ending at 48 episodes or not yet?
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I certainly found this episode compelling, but a couple of things bothered me about it. In particular, wouldn't running increase Hibito's oxygen use? I understand his urgency, but I'd imagine that eighty minute figure didn't include strenuous exercise.
Damien's trip up the side of the ravine was remarkably uneventful. He seemed to just slide right up the side of the cliff rather than bouncing off the rocks or getting stuck along the way.
And, of course, there were the sound effects from Hibito's fall. Perhaps he could hear them, and we hear them from his point of view.
If this really does end in a few weeks, that doesn't leave much time for Mutta to get to space. For those of us hoping for a continuation, I took a look at the ratings on the Geocities site which have been updated through mid-December. There's actually another anime in the same time slot, Battle Spirits, which Space Brothers routinely outdraws every week. It gets a rating in the mid-twos pretty much each episode. Browsing the manga sales list at MyAnimeList shows cumulative sales of volume 19 at 370,000 copies as of November 11th, a pretty respectable total compared to others on that list. Whether the TV series gave the manga a boost, I can't say. I can't find much in the way of merchandise for this show, though. Even that figurine of Mutta with Apo doesn't show up in a search any more.
I give the writers credit for leaving the ending of this sequence quite open. It seems possible that either or both of them might die, though killing off Hibito would make little sense from the perspective of the manga-ka or his publisher unless he was ready to end the series.
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For example, he could have 20 min oxygen left, but rather then that 60 minutes passed only 40 minutes passed.
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Best I could think of was that putting both of them on Gibson would overload the rover, so Hibito would have to hoof it. I think the depiction of Hibito's running is making it look worse for him than it is, since he looks like he's almost running normally on Earth when he should be doing gigantic Moon hops. It's still using more consumables than moving more slowly, but probably not at panting-breath-running rates.
Brian #3's oxygen-generation system practically has to come into play later. An oxygen generator that drives? What would you need that for? (Gets shot by Chekov's gun.)
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I also expect Brian 3 to save the day, since it's exactly what Hibito needs right now. Thank god Azuma was there.
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I'm curious about whether Hibito and Damian have another one of those flares left. If I remember right, Hibito didn't send his off, because Damian already lit his.
If so, the sensible thing for them to do would be to set the remaining flare off ASAP so that people would know that they were on the move and could predict their location. Time is of the essence for both of them, so they can't afford to sit and wait, or to have the rescuers go to the wrong area.
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The reason Damian and Hibito were out there in the first place was to look for the Gibson which they'd lost contact with, so I'd presume that with a fresh battery once it's close to the surface it'll start to communicate again and show up on scanners.
The Freddy oxygen generator may be a red herring here, as it may not be possible for Hibito to connect to it without at least suffering some kind of decompression.
I'm not expecting anyone to die, but at the same time it would be very brave thing to kill off a character here. so I can barely wait for next week!
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If Hibito dies it will give a much better development for Mutta and some other new astrounaunts since they feel this lose much more than when Brian died. Especially Mutta. His family could be against of him going to space what would raise quiet a few flags to work on.
I do doubt that Hibito will die but if he did I'm sure it could give a lot to a story. Not just simple Hibito/Mutta replacement.
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Spoiler for episode 42:
I found myself yelling at Hibito a couple of times in this episode. I haven't done that since I got frustrated with Mutta for not asking Serika out on a date.
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Brian saved Hibito from beyond the grave. If Hibito hadn't been intrigued by the light and had jumped into the ravine, he would have been done for. Now there is still hope. What Azuma told the director and that we didn't get to hear was most likely to redirect Brian 3 to the position Mutta had indicated, just in case. It will be a close call but I'm sure he'll make it.
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I had to inadvertently take a recovery week as I was working insane hours last week at the hospital. I was away from the gym for an ENTIRE WEEK. It seems almost impossible to believe! Good thing R came over last week and trained a few hours with me. We mostly worked on technical points for my stripe test this weekend. Holy $hit.. that's this weekend.
Considering I've never tested before, I'm a little (read: very) nervous about the whole event. Long blog post to come after the whole event perspires!
I have to say though, even with most of my injuries on their way to full recovery, I feel stronger, faster, and well rested. I tried to measure my resting heart rate last night and I'm around 55bpm again! Win! My heart is happier – I think.
I went to class last night and met up with N and we drilled attacks from guard and single leg takedowns. It was actually a great class to practice the cross collar choke and scissor sweep which are both on the stripe test this weekend.
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It Had To Happen: Blame Craigslist Gang Comes Out
from the learn-to-differentiate... dept
"I can't say they haven't been helpful. On the other hand, they are the enablers. It's all well and good to say we'll help when we're called upon . . . but in light of what's happened in Boston and around the country, it may be time for a little closer look or oversight."Of course, that makes no sense. Crimes of this nature have gone on for ages. In fact, the details sound quite similar to the famous Jack the Ripper story. Correct me if I'm wrong, but Jack didn't use Craigslist, did he? Nor did anyone think to blame the street corners where Jack the Ripper found the prostitutes he murdered. So why are we suddenly blaming the digital equivalent?


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While it comes to website designing, we all pay the maximum attention to the color, graphics and images of a site. However, free fonts are very important part of any design. People come to know about the main ideas of your business through the contents that have been posted on your site. And these contents must be written in perfect free fonts so that the viewers don't face any problem to see and go through them. That is why selecting the right font for your website is very much essential in order to get a good response from the visitors. Website designers should have keen eyes on that part along with the other aspects involved like color combination, drop down menu and image positioning etc. Fonts are no less important than any of these segments of designing a website.
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Chili's Bar & Grill: Kids Eat Free (Today, 12/4 Only) + Free Skillet Queso & Chips
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WooHoo! If you want to take the night off from cooking dinner after sitting in front of your computer snagging great deals all day long 😀 , consider heading on over to your local Chili's where they are offering up a FREE Kids Meal, today, December 4th only! Just head on over here to score a coupon for a FREE Kids' Meal with any adult entree purchase. Keep in mind that there is a limit of 2 free kids meals per adult entree purchase.
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Can you use the Chili's coupon for curbside to go?
Our Chili's let us use the free kids meal to go last time. You might want to call your local Chili's to be sure.
Can you use both coupons?


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Erg Chebbi Dunes are one of Morocco's best Sahara Desert destinations. Erg Chebbi special feature is its beautiful unique orange colored sand.
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kinect software
I want to create an application that works with Microsoft's Kinect camera. Which will be on the screen dressed people in different outfits such as these films:
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I want to put kinect camera in a shop window to the big screen the people who pass by the shop window were fumbling in Polish folk costume.
the screen also has to have subtitles and graphics that will be invited to the entrance to my apartment. In addition, I want people to be able to do on the screen screenshot and send it to they e-mail or Facebook or instagram.
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Mother Nature exposed "biblically correct" Carrie Prejean's naughty parts again -- this time it wasn't the wind ... it was the deep, blue, perverted, ungodly Pacific Ocean.
The ocean managed to pull down Carrie's bikini top in front of her boyfriend, NFL quarterback Kyle Boller while on vacation in Hawaii this week.
At least she can't get fired from anything this time.
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Ohio executions face challenges after new drug method takes almost 25 minutes to cause death
LUCASVILLE, Ohio – Ohio's capital punishment system faces new challenges following an unusually long execution in which the condemned man appeared to gasp several times.
Family members of death row inmate Dennis McGuire plan a Friday news conference to announce a lawsuit over McGuire's death, which they are calling unconstitutional.
The 53-year-old McGuire made loud snorting noises Thursday during one of the longest executions since Ohio resumed capital punishment in 1999.
Nearly 25 minutes passed between the time the lethal drugs began flowing and McGuire was pronounced dead at 10:53 a.m.
McGuire's attorney Allen Bohnert called it "a failed, agonizing experiment."
McGuire was sentenced to die for raping and fatally stabbing a pregnant woman in 1989.


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Our factsheet outlines some key ways to promote staff wellbeing in an education environment.
Whether you are thinking about progressing your teaching career or changing focus to a non-teaching position in the education sector, the information below gives some tips on how to move through the career ladder.
Good communication can go a long way to resolving many conflicts and causes of stress and anxiety. Our CEO, Julian Stanley, offers his advice.
It is important think about how you respond to inappropriate pupil behaviour. The choices teachers make in responding to pupils behaviour are crucial in influencing the choices pupil make about how they will behave.
Which of the following best describe your relationships with students?
Here we outline the key personalities types you may encounter in your job and give advice on the best way to cope with them.
Many people are uncomfortable saying no because they do not want to disappoint others, have had negative experiences saying no in the past or don't want to be viewed as uncooperative.
Significant numbers of teachers said they were deprived of adequate training and development, according to a 2015 YouGov poll we commissioned.
UK education is facing a crisis that we truly believe we can help solve, but we need your support.
The benefits of parental support in education cannot be underestimated but can be difficult to secure at times. Here's how to nurture the important relationship between schools and home.