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I saw somebody wrote a similar post about the 2013 draft and I'm sorry but I haven't been able to get draft scenarios out of my head for next year because we all know that is the draft that is going to make or break us. With that being said, I am really hoping we get a top 3 pick and so I present this scenario:
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We have the worst record and so we are guaranteed a top 3 pick. The Pelicans finish in the 6-10 area.
1-Pick 1 Player out of all the players available for our first pick
2-Pick one player mocked after 5
3-Pick 1 player 23 and up or 3 players in the 2nd round and up. (just assume we may or may not use our 2nd round picks to trade up).
My Picks: If everyone picks wiggins its gonna get boring so my picks are 1.) Jabari Parker to play SG . 2.) Isaiah Austin to play the PF spot. 3.) Alex Poythress to Man the SF Spot.
Reasoning: I Envision Jabari Parker playing SG in the NBA and dropping a few lb's. His shot is too smooth not to play on the wing. I will hear arguments for him at SF. Yes Isaiah Austin is 7'1 but his offensive skillset is diversified way beyond Nerlens. The dude can legitimately stretch the floor and I don't think anyone can argue that he can shoot if they have seen him play. The dude takes about two 3's a game!! and Makes about 35% of them! Poythress is my favorite prospect on the board and I actually wanted him to go to the sixers if he came out this year. I see him as a jacked Moe Harlkess with more of a mean streak and probably a slightly better jump shot. Major upside.
With these 3 new players, our starting 5 honestly is probably the largest in the NBA if you think about it. And all of them have major potential. Our 1-5's heights in order are 6'6, 6'8, 6'8, 7'1, 6'11.
Let me hear what you guys think.
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Holiday entertainment this year will include a new stage tuner.
"Holiday Inn," based in the 1942 Paramount movie musical centering on a country inn open only on major holidays, will have its stage preem next fall at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Conn. Tuner will be produced in association with Universal Stage Prods., the theater arm of the film studio that has also been involved in the Rialto's "Wicked," "Billy Elliot, "Bring It On" and "Porgy and Bess."
Toplined by Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire, the film has a holiday-centric score by Irving Berlin. Song list includes familiar tunes such as "White Christmas," "Let's Start the New Year Right" and "Easter Parade."
The recent holiday stage perennial "Irving Berlin's White Christmas" -- which punctuated its ongoing seasonal stints around the country with two Broadway runs--is based on another Par musical with a Berlin score. The two properties share both the "White Christmas" title tune and a let's-save-the-country-inn plot.
"Holiday Inn" runs Sept. 19-Nov. 30, 2014. Goodspeed's 2014 season will open with "Damn Yankees" (April 11-June 21), helmed by Daniel Goldstein, and a 50th anniversary production of "Fiddler on the Roof" (June 27-Sept 7), directed by Rob Ruggiero.

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Albany-- Latinos are the fastest growing segment of the population in Georgia. Now Police in Albany are learning to speak Spanish to be able to communicate better. They call it "Survival Spanish."
Albany Police Officers learning quick phrases in Spanish they need on the streets. Carlos Ortiz of the Georgia Police Academy travels the state teaching officers Survival Spanish. Ortiz said "Not so much talk about why you say the phrases the way you do. But giving the commands that will help make the job easier. Raise awareness effectively. Communicate with them."
Police officers in Albany say they interact everyday with people who can not speak English. So this course is welcomed. Corporal Frank Herndon of the Albany Police said "This gives us at least a way to communicate with them. We do find there are so many who don't speak English."
20 Officers are taking the three-day crash course in Spanish, to help them better communicate with the fastest growing segment of the population.
Ortiz said "The officer is now doing their job better, only in Spanish. Now our Latin community, Spanish speaking community, are not as intimidated by the Police Officers, because they know they are doing their best to try and communicate and serve them."
Corporal Herndon is fluent in German. He is enjoying adding some Spanish to his languages, because he feels communication is a big part of Police work.
Many Albany Police Officers are also learning sign language to better communicate with hearing impaired people. They also have a number of people who can act as interpreters in several languages.
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The screen flickers when I move the mouse around an open drawing. I just applied the latest patch to Civil 3D 2010. It was not doing this before the patch.
Have Quadro 3500 video card. Updated the driver for that with no change.
Have a Logitech wireless mouse, M310. Up dated the driver for that with effect.
Changed to a wired mouse, no change.
Is there a setting in Autocad where I can set the refresh rate so that it does not refresh while moving the mouse. Or at least slow the automatic refresh rate down?
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Don't be discouraged, it is unlikely that you would have figured it out, fortunately for me and others someone determined the fix.
Turn off Hardware Accelleration, then turn it back on.
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New Swampscott firefighters Chris Dipietro and Chris Drinon had to do some training, unfortunately, the Swampscott ladder truck was in Pennsylvania getting repairs. Thanks to the folks at the Melrose fire department, there was no interruption in Dipietro and Drinon's training.
"The Chief over in Melrose was good enough to let us borrow Ladder 2 from Melrose while our ladder was getting repaired, and we were able to conduct training exercises in the parking lot at Stanley School," Captain John Quinn said Wednesday afternoon, as Drinon and Dipietro and other members of the Swampscott fire department wrapped up their training exercise.
Melrose's Ladder 2 blasted a high stream of water over the far end of the parking lot, which is actually called the Charles M. Ewing woods, with Dipietro at the top of the ladder working the water stream.
"We take the young guys out, and see what they can do," firefighter Joe Gambale said. "They did a nice job today."
Dipietro, who graduated from in 2002, has finished his work at the fire-fighting academy, and Drinon, a 2001 SHS grad, will be completing his work at the academy this fall.
"We put a couple of calls out and the chief from Melrose was good enough to let us use his ladder truck so we could work on the training with our new guys," Quinn said. "Our mutual response area is Lynn, Salem, Marblehead, and Peabody, so it was really good that the chief (in Melrose) offered to help us out with our training program."
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Before the high stakes bidding begins at the Toronto Film Festival which runs Thursday September 8 through September 18, acquisitions execs are already opening their checkbooks. Several distribs are said to be chasing Steve McQueen's erotic drama Shame, which would have to go out unrated; a studio subsidiary would have to go with an inevitable NC-17 rating, if no trims were made (so how could rumored interested distribs Sony Pictures Classics take this on? I don't see it).
UPDATE: Fox Searchlight did release The Dreamers with an NC-17 and would be willing to do so again with Shame. The Weinstein Co. explored an R-rated version, but final cut director McQueen would have none of it; they are willing to make the director happy with an unrated release.
New distribution groups are also hanging out their shingles in advance of the fest, offering alternatives especially for lower-budget fare bound for VOD release. Weinstein Co. launched the yet-to-be-named New York-based label to be run by VOD vets from Magnolia, Tom Quinn and Jason Janego. (Magnolia, in turn, promoted its exec bench to fill their places.)
And Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp has launched Indie Direct, a full service theatrical distribution and marketing program for independent film producers, already used by ARC Entertainment for eight titles to be released this year including Killing Bono, the horror double feature Zombie Dairies & Hellraiser, and the Smell of Success.
Below are some of the acquisitions made at the Toronto Festival so far:
Tribeca Film Acquires US Rights to Tony Kaye's Detachment
Tony Kaye's drama stars Adrien Brody and an ensemble cast featuring James Caan, Bryan Cranston, Marcia Gay Harden, Christina Hendricks, and Lucy Lui. In a turn that the Hollywood Reporter has said is Brody's "finest performance since The Pianist," the actor plays a talented educator, who avoids his natural ability to connect with his students by serving as a substitute teacher. When a new assignment places him in a public school with an exhausted and frustrated administration, Brody's character becomes a role model for disaffected youth. The film had its World Premiere at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival and will be distributed in 2012.
Freestyle Releasing Acquires US Distribution rights to Sarah Palin--You Betcha!
Freestyle has acquired the US rights to Nick Broomfield's documentary, Sarah Palin--You Betcha!, which will premiere at the Toronto Film Festival on September 11. The documentary raised more than $30,000 on fund-raising site, Kickstarter, and is slated to open on September 30 in New York and Los Angeles, before moving to additional markets, writes The Hollywood Reporter.
Content Acquires International Sales Rights to Doug Aarniokoski's The Day
Premiering in Toronto, The Day is an action thriller feature, directed by Doug Aarniokoski, that follows five survivors of a post-apocalyptic war, as they attempt to escape from endless pursuit. Content will also be selling Hick which stars Chloe Grace Moretz and Blake Lively as well as their documentary Sarah Palin—You Betcha! directed by Nick Broomfield, both premiering at Toronto.
Indomina Acquires North American Rights to Johnnie To's Life Without Principle
Indomina, the fast-growing media producer and distributor, has acquired the rights to Hong Kong maestro Johnnie To's thriller Life Without Principle. To directed Vengeance and Running Out of Time. This Toronto premiere tells the interweaving story of three characters all desperate for money: a financial analyst anxious to meet her sale target, a small-time thug trying to earn enough cash to bail out his friend, and a police inspector, whose spouse has a spending problem. When a bag of stolen money worth $5 million appears, the trio team up for an adventure in morality.
Strand Release Acquires Markus Schleinzer's Michael
Markus Schleinzer's Michael tells the story of the last five months of a 10-year-old boy's life as he is kept locked up in a basement by an older man. Michael had its world premiere at Cannes and will premiere in North America at Toronto. Strand has acquired the rights from Les Films du Losange and will release the film theatrically in February 2012.
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mary | September 8, 2011 11:46 AM
For THE DREAMERS and LUST CAUTION, their R-rated versions were only released in home video market.
Fox Searchlight can edit the R-rated version of SHAME themselves; Steve McQueen will be fine as long as Fox Searchlight (or other distributor) release the uncut version of SHAME theatrically.
Griff | September 8, 2011 10:35 AM
Fox Searchlight did figure out how to open an uncut THE DREAMERS, though I dare say that was far tamer than McQueen's film. Fox also later made two versions of THE DREAMERS -- one uncut, the other R-rated -- available, as did Focus with LUST, CAUTION; I'm not sure that's possible with SHAME.
mary | September 8, 2011 4:52 AM
BTW, Fox Searchlight don't have any film to open in Dec 2011, so they definitely can open "Shame" in Dec 2011.
mary | September 8, 2011 4:40 AM
It was Deadline's Mike Fleming which reported that Sony Pictures Classics and Fox Searchlight wanted to acquire "Shame", so it may not only be a 'rumor'.
I'm not surprised that Fox Searchlight (or SPC) want to buy "Shame". I somewhat agree with what Kristopher Tapley said; releasing "Shame" would be a great statement that a dependent isn't merely in the business of 'indie but accessible.'
On the other hand, the asking price of "Shame" domestic rights was still only around mid-six figure (as Deadline reported); it is a relatively cheap price for studio subsidiaries. If Fox Searchlight (or SPC) can pay around $1 million to buy "Shame", they are very likely to make good profit on "Shame" after releasing the film on ancillary markets. (Other NC-17 sexual films like "The Dreamers", "Bad Education" and "Lust, Caution" performed very well in US home video market, and "Shame" has much bigger starpower than those three films.)
Elin Jensen | September 8, 2011 4:31 AM
Can't believe it's already time for TIFF... leaving the snowy Alnö for Toronto tomorrow! Time to start packing for 9.20 flight tomorrow and going to mexibar with Tuschi for some yummy cocktails tonight!! Wohoo!!! Wondering if 5 dresses, 2 trousers, 3 pairs of shoes, 5 tops, 1 bikini + 1 skirt is enough for 1 week in Toronto?? Maybe I need more shoes...hahah.. freakin' fantastic, can't wait!
Leyla | September 8, 2011 4:30 AM
Kudos to Steve McQueen for not cutting his movie. How on earth can you cut a movie like Shame? It would be a very short movie. It's not meant to be sexy, people should go out of the gutter. I had the fortune of watching Shame and it's an amzing movie that should stay as it is. They want to distribute it? They get it as it is, no false coyness. Not all movies are for children or teens. An 18 rating is not the kiss of death in Europe, so why should it be the kiss of death in the US? If the movie is amazing, if its protagonist should get a nomination, who cares if there are nude scenes or sex scenes? We're judging cinema, not morals. I hope Shame finds a shrewd disributor, someone who can skyrocket a NC-17 movie....


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Authorities say 27-year-old Michelle Lovato was stabbed to death by her estranged husband. Meanwhile, her family continues to search for answers surrounding her murder. Police tell us 29-year-old Steven Carlo Lovato kidnapped the mother of three from her home around 3 a.m. Saturday. Then around nine that morning police received information from a relative saying Steven confessed to killing Michelle.
Police located Steven and arrested him. The suspect then led authorities to a van near 106th Street & Chicago Avenue. That's where they found Michelle's body with multiple stab wounds. Police say Michelle and Steven were in the process of a divorce.
Her family tells us she was a nursing student hoping to start a better life for her children. "She meant the world to us, she was a mother, a daughter, a sister. She was the best person, she was loved by everybody. She didn't deserve that, she didn't deserve to die like that," says Michelle's sister, Joanna Ramos.
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After less than three weeks of colliding lead ions at the highest energies ever achieved, scientists at the LHC laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland, already have brought new insight into the universe as it existed immediately after the Big Bang. Temperatures at the collision point reached trillions of degrees, about the temperature that the lead nuclei would literally melt into a "soup" of its basic building blocks. Indeed, scientists of the ATLAS collaboration are the first ever to observe direct evidence of "jets" of particles as they pass through this hot, primordial soup. Detector technology developed in Canada was critical to this success. The ATLAS paper was accepted by the prestigious journal Physical Review Letters a few hours after submission.
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Police received numerous reports of looting after tornados swept through Northern Alabama Friday.
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Madison County Sheriffs arrested seven people for looting last night. Deputies also made contact with about 85 people in damaged areas. Police are checking to see if people belong in damaged areas or not.
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"If you go to a damaged area and you have no business there, you are probably going to be stopped. If it's determined that you have criminal intent, you are going to be arrested, you are going to be arrested," said Madison County Sheriff Blake Dorning.
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An Atlanta hotel clerk fought back during an attempted armed robbery and was able to get a gun from the suspect.
It happened Tuesday morning around 5 a.m. at the La Quinta Inns & Suites at 2535 Chantilly Drive NE.
Atlanta police said the armed robber got away on foot and may be hurt. The clerk, who was able to take a gun from the robber, is OK. There's no word on whether anything was taken during the attempted robbery.
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A Les Paul-style guitar pickup from a
salvaged cordless phone. By Thomas Arey
Photograph by Sam Murphy
We in the maker world stand on the shoulders of them up and see what treasures were inside each.
giants. Last year I had the opportunity to attend a Curiously enough, other than the parts related to
lecture given by the great guitarist Les Paul. RF signal transmission, both units were very similar
While he did talk about his music career, in this inside. The circuit boards in both had a fair amount
setting he concentrated on how he came to develop of small surface-mount technology (SMT) parts and
some of his inventions. These included the modern proprietary integrated circuits, but there were still
solid-body electric guitar and multitrack recording. dozens of through-hole parts that could fill my parts
It was clear that Paul was not only a true maker in bins for future projects (Figure B).
every sense of the word, he was also a true scrounger. After stripping the phones down to their circuit
His first functional electric guitar was made from boards, I harvested all the parts I could with my
a telephone handset microphone and the audio trusty shearcutters. I use Xcelite 170M cutters but
amplification components from a table radio. any side cutters with blades thin enough to get
I had Paul's use of telephone handsets in mind under the components and still leave enough lead
when my regular trash day scrounging route turned length to work with in the future will do.
up a pair of well-used cordless telephones. The first run-through turned up 7 LEDs, a 4MHz
It was interesting to find both an older 49MHz and crystal, a 5V voltage regulator, 5 trimmer capacitors,
a more modern 900MHz phone tossed into the same an electret-style microphone, 2 earpiece speakers,
trash can (Figure A, next page). I was curious to open 3 antennas, and a fistful of small Phillips-head screws.
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For the most part the Aviation Authority is responsible for paying the debt, investing and gathering the revenue the aviation industry creates in Charleston County. It includes, not only the airports and the flight scheduling, but also car rentals and airport concessions-- the authority oversees millions of dollars.
Recently the former Director Sue Stevens announced she was resigning, then just a couple of days later, in a 7 to 6 vote members decided hire State Senator and former Alcoa executive Paul Campbell.
Thomas Harnett, who is member, is one of six who voted against the hire. "You need to have the very best qualified candidate you can have. Mr. Campbell may be that candidate but we really don't know because we never got an application from him we haven't got applications from anyone else. My biggest problem with Paul is that he wants to remain in the State Senate and I know from personal experience, I spent 8-years in the State Senate. You can't be in the State Senate and run a big business."
Although District 44 State Senator Larry Campbell who will soon be the new director and is set to earn a solid 6-figure salary says he keep his post in capitol city.
"You've got about one hundred and seventy legislators in Columbia at least one hundred and fifty have a full time job. So I am not going to be the only one up there who has a full time job. I am an hour and half away at any one given time."
Some are asking why the rush to get a new director when there are capable people on the board to fill in while a replacement is being vetted. Campbell says at this time they have a lot going and they needed a director to shepherd the process and that is why the vote to hire came so quickly.
"We got the bond issues, we got the Boeing land deal, we've got several things going on we have to deal with and that's why they want me to come in and hit the ground running."
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Reported: Jan. 30, 2014 3:50 PM EST
STEWART, Ohio (AP) -- Authorities said a 73-year-old man was killed in a fire at his southeast Ohio mobile home.
The fire, trapping one person, was reported after 2:30 a.m. Thursday in Stewart, a small community east of the city of Athens.
A statement from the Rome Township volunteer fire department says firefighters couldn't attempt to rescue the man from within the trailer because it was engulfed in flames. The department says there was no sign of foul play and the blaze is believed to be accidental, though it remains under investigation.
The department identifies the man who died as Ernie Cramer.
One firefighter was hurt when he slipped on ice while responding to the blaze. The department says he was treated at a hospital and released.
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Back in 1982, Thomas Dolby blinded us with science.
Now heĺs teaching us about lighthouses.
Dolbyĺs ôThe Invisible Lighthouse Liveö tour is a multimedia production that features a film he made about a decaying lighthouse near where he lives off the east coast of England. In concert he accompanies the footage with his own narration and keyboard playing, while sound and lighting engineer Blake Leyh provides live effects. The show also includes an ôInside the Actorĺs Studioö segment with a guest appearance by a special guest (in Royal Oak it will be Paul Sizer, Dolbyĺs collaborator on the Map of the Floating City interactive game), as well as a selection of Dolbyĺs older songs because ôpeople wonĺt let me leave the building without playing a couple of songs from the ĺ80s,ö such as ôShe Blinded Me With Scienceö and ôHyperactive!ö
ôItĺs quite a full evening,ö says Dolby, 55, whose last album, ôA Map of the Floating City,ö came out in 2011. ôWhen I put together the film I thought it would make a very interesting live show. Itĺs certainly different than just going up there and playing songs.ö
The film, meanwhile, has made Dolby a public advocate for lighthouses in general, including the 46 in the U.S. that are on whatĺs referred to as a ôdoomsday list.ö
ôItĺs one thing to arouse strong feelings from people, quite another to get anything done about it,ö Dolby notes. ôLighthouses were sort of a transitionary technology, bridging between celestial navigation and the smart phone. Nowadays with satellite and radar and GPS, the average weekend yachtsman has better navigation on his smart phone than he gets from lighthouses.á
ôSo you have to question whether, given the fondness we have for them and the history surrounding them, do we have an obligation to preserve them, or should they be left to deteriorate? The little red lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge (in New York) was saved because of a childrenĺs book, so itĺs clear that we donĺt have to just let these things crumble and waste away.ö
See the official trailer to Dolby's "Invisible Lighthouse" show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFxbkZqznB0.
"Invisible Lighthouse" film trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jdsBYlZeHs#t=53
Thomas Dolby brings his Invisible Lighthouse Live tour to town Sunday, Nov. 3, at the Magic Bag, 22920 Woodward Ave, Ferndale, 248-544-3030 Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $25-$60. Note this is a change of venue and tickets for the Royal Oak Music Theatre will be honored at the Magic Bag. Visit www.themagicbag.com.


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UPDATE 5/18: Australian actor Joel Edgerton (Animal Kingdom) will play Tom Buchanan.
Ben Affleck is out, Isla Fisher is (almost) in. Baz Luhrmann's 3-D adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby will look something like this: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire and Carey Mulligan are a lock (as Jay Gatsby, Nick Carraway, Daisy Buchanan -- just as Lurhmann has wanted it since October 2010).
Affleck has finally committed to his next directing gig, Argo, about the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis in the Middle East, so the actor won't be donning '20s tweeds as Tom Buchanan. Fisher is in negotiations to play Myrtle, Buchanan's married lover. The Warner Bros. production will kick off in Sydney, Australia this August. Anne Thompson argues against 3-D, while both DiCaprio and Mulligan lead our casting polls. So who do you want to see as Buchanan?
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Spud | April 21, 2011 8:43 AM
Bradley Cooper has expressed a keen interest in the role of Tom and he would be good. It is a great role and Bruce Dern`s portrayal was the highlight of the 1974 version IMHO. Likewise the role of Jordan is very juicy. Both roles could garner supporting actor/actress nominations if done well.
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Blackbeard's Rum Company began as a family owned retail store in 1986 owned and operated by the late Mr. & Mrs. Keith Baldwin and their children Lynn & Bill.
The company and their single retail location quickly grew here in Grand Cayman to become a multiple-store retail business, an importer and wholesaler and exclusive producer of authentic Cayman Islands Rums and Spirits and award winning Rum Cakes.
By 2005, Blackbeard's Rum Company had not only survived the devastating Hurricane Ivan of 2004 but had flourished as an importer, distributor, producer and leading retailer with seven prime locations.
The company was acquired in April of 2007 and subsequently re-structured and re-named Blackbeard's Trading Co. Ltd. It was merged with the Active Capital Holding, Cayman Distributors Ltd in April 2008 to form the Cayman Islands leading wholesale and retail beverage company and is now positioned and resourced for continued and exponential growth.
Blackbeard's provides the best combination of selection, service and convenience when shopping for wines, spirits and beers.
Our three retail stores are in the best locations on the island, with our two largest stores being directly adjacent to the island's premier supermarkets, Foster's Food Fair in the Strand on Seven Mile Beach and Hurley's at Grand Harbour. In addition, our Seven Mile Shops location provides great convenience in getting on and off West Bay Road in a jiffy!
All our locations feature a comprehensive selection of top quality beers and spirits and a wine assortment second to none. Wine is our specialty at Blackbeard's, wine that you can enjoy and afford all the time.
Our buyers seek out exciting and exclusive wines at great prices and we feature trained wine specialists in each location, ready to help you find something you'll be sure to enjoy. With over 500 wines at our Grand Harbour store, over 350 wines at our Strand store and over 200 wines at Seven Mile Shops, we definitely have something for everyone.
Our friendly staff are happy to help so come on in to Blackbeard's!
Blackbeard's Rum has a long and prestigious history in the Cayman Islands.
For over 20 years, the Baldwin family has carefully blended the most select rums from the Caribbean right here on the island, capturing the taste that locals and visitors prefer. Blackbeard's takes pride in knowing that our rums are blended and bottled right here in the Cayman Islands and we think you'll taste the difference.
As a result of our blending and bottling, Blackbeard's Rums are wonderfully affordable. Come by the store and see for yourself!
Blackbeard's Rum selection:
A premium blend, Blackbeard's Gold Rum has a deep mellow flavour, and fine medium body, which makes it an exceptional ingredient in the creation of cocktails and more creative drinks.
Rich, dark and full-bodied, Blackbeard's Dark Rum blends a rich flavour with a smooth velvet texture that can be enjoyed straight, on the rocks, or with a favourite mixer.
The subtle flavour and delicate aroma of Blackbeard's White Rum is the result of an intricate process, which creates this fine rum. Extracted from tropical sugar canes, it is easy on the palate, and won't overpower mixers.
Blackbeard's 151 Over-proof Rum is not for the faint hearted! Our 151 Over-proof lives on the wild side and is definitely a drink that harkens back to the days when rum was consumed by men bent on having a premium, high-proof spirit.
Blackbeard's Coconut Rum is a smooth blend of rum and the natural, smooth flavour of coconut. It blends perfectly with fresh fruit juices or any soda and is also enjoyable as a dessert topping. Keep it in the freezer and pour gently over ice – perfect!
Blackbeard's Banana Rum brings together our premium white rum with true banana flavour. With its light smooth finish and enticing aroma, it's a taste of paradise you can enjoy anytime.
Create truely unique flavours with our Blackbeard's Spiced Rum, which combines rich, dark rum with a delicate blend of exotic spices from the tropics.
Blackbeard's Rum Cakes:
Our authentic Cayman Islands Blackbeard's Rum Cakes offer a rich, satisfying mix of the moist, yet light cake with the flavours of our own Blackbeard's Rums.
Baked fresh in our bakery in Grand Cayman and using only the finest blend of ingredients, it's no wonder that our cakes are a favourite among locals and visitors alike.
Blackbeard's Original Rum Cake:
Drenched in Blackbeard's Gold Rum and baked in the authentic bund shape, the Original makes an excellent dessert choice.
Blackbeard's Traditional Rum Cake:
Crunchy walnuts adorn the top of our Original recipe to create Blackbeard's Traditional Rum Cakes.
Blackbeard's Chocolate Rum Cake:
Our Chocolate Rum Cake combines the warm flavours of Blackbeard's Gold Rum with the rich and decadent flavour of chocolate, to produce a truely luxurious treat.
Blackbeard's Hurricane Rum Cake:
A whirlwind of taste, the Hurricane Rum Cake blends the great taste of our Original recipe with swirls of our Chocolate Rum Cake for a marble effect that will blow you away!
Blackbeard's Coconut Rum Cake:
Our popular Coconut Rum Cake, covered with Blackbeard's delicious Coconut Rum, offers a tropical twist to our Original Rum Cake.
Blackbeard's Banana Rum Cake:
Enjoy our Blackbeard's Original Rum cake glazed with Blackbeard's Banana Rum when you are looking for a unique, rich flavoured dessert.
Blackbeard's Pina Colada Rum Cake:
Blackbeard's Pina Colada Rum Cake offers a new take on the original, combining the moist and delicious cake you love with the light, tropical flavour of pineapple and coconut.
Big Black Dick has aroused the curiosity of everyone and that's why it has become one of the best selling rums in the Caribbean.
Made from a secret recipe, Big Black Dick Premium Rum is a lavish treat with an aura of mystery sure to please everyone. Some have described it as stiff, yet tasty!
B.B.D. Dark:
A mahogany coloured rum of exquisite taste that could only be achieved with B.B.D.'s special combination of only the finest ingredients. Drink it straight, or blend it to create perfect tropical cocktails.
B.B.D. Light:
Clear as the island's ocean waters, Big Black Dick Light Rum is Premium Rum that demands to be enjoyed for its transparent smoothness. A favourite ingredient in cool, refreshing tropical drinks; B.B.D. Light Rum will delight those with a taste for the exotic.
B.B.D. Coconut:
Made from Premium Light Rum, B.B.D.'s Coconut Rum has a fresh, tropical, coconut aroma and flavour. This delicious rum can be enjoyed in many ways, over rocks or blended with fruit juice to make a tempting frozen cocktail.
B.B.D. Vanilla:
B.B.D.'s Vanilla Rum is rich, robust and bursting with natural vanilla flavour - a true friend in the bar. Mix it with cola, fresh fruit juices, or a chocolate liqueur for a dessert style cocktail.


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Explain Aether
Can someone explain aether to me in depth? I hear talk about it, and feel rediculous not knowing what they're talking about.
brief description and history of the ether:
There's not much to say about the ether (not to be confused with the class of substances in organic chemisty of the same name) except that it is a defunct physical model.
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Our Storm Water Management Plan has been developed to ensure that the campus is developed to meet regulatory requirements. The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) developed guidelines to ensure that construction activities in environmentally sensitive areas are conducted in a manner that will protect and improve water quality, particularly in the Chesapeake Bay.
Best management Practices (BMP'S) at Oceanography and at Teletechnet
Design and Construction with Facilities Management work together to review building designs that will meet environmentally friendly standards set by the U.S Green Building Council. USGBC LEED certification is expected for all new and renovated building projects.
Sustainable site: The building integrates bicycle storage areas and alternative fuel recharging stations for futuristic vehicles. Rainwater collected on the roof will filter through on-site rock and plant gardens.
Water efficiency: Native, drought-resistant plants and efficient drip irrigation will reduce the amount of water needed for landscaping. Efficient plumbing systems are expected to cut water use inside the building by 20 percent.
Energy and atmosphere: Increased insulation, external sun-shading, windows that increase day-lighting and other innovations that increase the efficiency of mechanical systems should cut the building's energy demands by 20 percent.
Materials and resources: The building was constructed with increased amounts of salvaged, certified, recycled and rapidly renewable materials. Also, the university recycled 50 percent of construction debris.
In-door environmental quality: Air quality management controls keep contaminants out of the heating and air conditioning systems. The building is smoke-free.
Engineering and Computational Sciences Building is the first LEED certified building
The established rain garden at Engineering and Computational Sciences Building
It is designed to temporarily hold and soak in rain water runoff that flows from roofs, driveways, patios or lawns. Rain gardens are effective in removing up to 90% of nutrients and chemicals and up to 80% of sediments from the rainwater runoff. Compared to a conventional lawn, rain gardens allow for 30% more water to soak into the ground.
Facilities maintains an established Green Roof Garden at Batten Arts and Letters
Green roofs modify temperature fluctuations of the membranes, thereby reducing thermal stress and possibly extending membrane life. Green roofs can also reduce cooling costs by reducing the temperature of the roof surface and the ambient air. Green roofs reduce both peak and total energy demand.
Green roofs reduce storm water runoff so there is less water directed into storm drains.
Like BMP'S, green roofs can also be a credit for our Storm Water Plan.
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It's a mix of track and field and swimming, but for dogs. It's called DockDogs and dozens of dogs hit the water for a national competition in Washington.
Nine on your side got a behind the scenes look at what this growing sport is all about.
Dogs from around the world compete for distance, speed, and height by leaping into a big pool of water.
DockDogs started 13 years ago with 13 dogs. There are currently more than 20,000 teams around the world.
Whether they're going for height, distance or speed, the dogs have just a minute to get from the dock into the water.
DockDogs Hall of Fame dog owner, Jay Harris says it's all about seeing the dogs happy.
"We are crazy about it. We live and breathe to run the dog down the dock and jump him in the waters. You've got 60 seconds [where] it's all about you and your best friend and nobody can take that away from you," said Harris.
Whether they're new or experienced competitors, Event Manager Bob Dewire, says every dog is welcome.
"That's what makes it so nice; we have a division for every dog. We're not prejudice against any dog what so ever," said Dewire.
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Mark and JenniferWaukesha,Wisconsin
Thank you for opening your heart and giving us the honor of introducing ourselves to you. You are embarking on a journey of life, which provides your baby with the very best gift of all. As a parent, you will also give your baby things that will stay with him or her, such as his or her personality, their eye color, maybe your hair texture or a knack for a certain skill. Your desire to consider an adoption plan for your baby will also determine the path of their life. We know this is a huge decision for you and shows your courage, bravery and deep love for your child. It is a blessing to us to be able to become parents through the gift of adoption, only made possible because of you. As you consider this difficult decision, we want to thank you for taking the time to read more about us. Our prayer for you is that the Lord guides you with wisdom, courage, and strength throughout the journey ahead.
About Us
We fell in love in college, married two years later and are enjoying doing life together. In 2013, we celebrated our 12th wedding anniversary. Both of us have dreamed about having a family. After losing two babies, we have been unable to conceive a child. Our strong desire to become parents continued and led us to adoption. We have seen the Lord's hand in all of this and we welcomed our daughter, Niyla, to our family in April 2012. We are excited to meet our second child as well.
We love having a house full of people, as we enjoy food, games, and a lot of laughter. Our backyard is the frequent host to summer barbeques. We enjoy spending time with friends and watching our children play together. Throughout the years, we have been blessed to experience traveling to many places in the United States and abroad. Our weekends consist of relaxing, watching movies, going on boat rides, bike riding, fishing or just plain old running errands. We attend musical concerts and love cheering for the home team at sporting events. We have a strong Christian faith and are actively involved in church. We cherish every moment together and look forward to creating new memories and adventures with our children.
About Jennifer, by Mark
Jennifer is the love of my life and my best friend. I was attracted to her intelligence, compassion and how she cares for people. She loves to teach, encourage and develop children. As an elementary school teacher, she excelled in her career, and was voted teacher of the year. Currently, she is a stay-at-home mom caring for our daughter, Niyla.
As a mother, Jennifer has many valuable role model examples that have been taken from our parents and her friends. She demonstrates those great qualities by being very loving and nurturing to our daughter. I know her attentiveness and exciting personality provides a whole world of fun and love for our family.
Jennifer has very close relationship with her parents, her brother and sister. The family is very connected, frequently enjoying dinner, movies, and time with one another amongst all the cousins. She has strong family values and a conviction for teaching our children to have a Christian world view.
About Mark, by Jennifer
Being married to Mark has been the joy of my life. He has many qualities that I admire. Like me, He grew up in a Christian home and school. He is very smart, frequently takes apart any gadget and puts it back together again. He loves sports and was a soccer athlete growing up. He is a kind, gentle and compassionate person who is optimistic, while doing his best to encourage those around him. It is a pleasure watching him interact and spend quality time with our daughter. She loves being "daddy's girl".
Mark values time with family and goes out of his way to see them, whether that means traveling far or just stopping over for a nice visit. He has a great sense of humor, is an avid reader, and is always aiming to improve himself. He is a hard worker and enjoys his career at a local fortune 100 company. He recently completed his Master's degree in Information Technology. He encourages me and is a great comforter. Mark is very affectionate. He is my best friend and the love of my life! Mark has one older sister and has a large extended family, which we try to visit a few times a year.
About Niyla
Niyla has brought great joy to our family. She has a compassionate personality, loves music, is intrigued by animals, shows artistic ability already and is content to be together with her mama. When it's warm, Jennifer and Niyla will often be found playing at the park, going for a walk or swimming in the pool. During the cold months, they explore museums; attend rhyme time at the library or tumbling around at a local play place. She also loves playing with her baby dolls. Niyla is a precious and sweet girl who has brought happiness into our lives. She absolutely adores children and we know she will be an awesome big sister! Jennifer is daily teaching Niyla about God's love along with her letters, numbers, shapes, colors and more. She is looking forward to nurturing our second child as she continues in her devotion to our home and family.
While Niyla is still little, we have open conversations about her adoption story and her birthmother. She knows her birthmother's name and we have an open relationship with her. We call, email, text, share art projects and pictures along with visiting with her a few times a year. We are thankful that Niyla's siblings will share the common bond that they were adopted and can provide love and understanding to each other throughout their lives.
Life in Our Family
Our lives are built on the foundation of our Christian faith. It's a joy hearing Niyla sing songs about Jesus, teaching her to pray, and hearing her excitement as we go to church weekly. We value our time together as a family and love capturing special moments with pictures. Most evenings we make dinner together and sit at the table having conversations about our day. In the summertime, we love to pack up the car and head out to the country for a summer drive or down to the lake to take in the beautiful sights and warm weather. Often times, days end with an evening walk together. Most Sundays after church we eat lunch and spend time with our extended family. Many of them live close by.
Our home is a cozy ranch in the Milwaukee area. It's has three bedrooms and a nice backyard with tons of room to run and play. We have many animal visitors including rabbits, ducks and deer. We live close to several parks with a variety of play areas as well.
Our Promise to You…
Adoption is a common thread of conversation in our home. Niyla came home to us when she was five weeks old. This was a day filled with overwhelming joy where we experienced the reality of our dreams of parenting come true. However, we know that her story began long before us and your child will know the same. While we don't know what level of contact you are comfortable with, we welcome an open relationship if that's what you desire. We know that you love your baby so much. We desire for you to have the opportunity to express your love to your child and be a part of his or her life at whatever level you choose.
Becoming parents has been a very different road then we thought. You may now find yourself in an unexpected place that's unfamiliar, just as we did. However, we know throughout our journey, we haven't walked alone and the same is true with your journey. God continues to watch over all of us and should our journeys intersect, know that it would be an honor to walk our future path together.
Thank you for taking the time to read more about us. We hope this letter has provided you with a glimpse of what it would be like to be a part of our family. We pray that as you've read through our letter, you experienced a connection between our desire to grow our family through adoption, and your brave decision in considering an adoption plan for your child. We thank you for opening your heart, and being so strong in making a selfless decision. We trust we have provided you with the confidence that your child will be welcomed with open arms into our family. We know this is a huge decision for you. Our promise is that your child will be raised in a loving, Christian home. They will also be nurtured and surrounded by many family and friends that will love your child unconditionally and will have all the provisions needed. We look forward to establishing family traditions that will bring laughter and excitement to your child. We promise to surround your child with compassion, consistency and stability. Above everything, you will always be held in a place of honor. Your child will always know the love you have for him or her and that our family is made complete because of your decision.
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Oxford Bowls battled back to see off hosts Ashton 4-3 in round two of the Gentworks Oxford & District League's Atox Cup.
Despite a promising start, Ashton fell away and the visitors took advantage, with John Williams (+20) edging out for Terry Chambers (scr) 75-59 in the final frame.
This made the score 3-3, with Oxford Bowls gaining the extra point due to their higher aggregate score – 426 to 412.
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Brendan Ensoll (+20) beat Riley's Malcolm Bough (scr) 75-66 in the final frame, which meant Thame edged it 398-376 on aggregate.
Atox Cup 2nd round: Thame A 4, Riley A 3; Ashton 3, Oxford Bowls 4; Abingdon Con A 4, Cowley Con A 2.
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According to Geoff Hobson's mothership article, if the Bengals had not found a trade partner at pick #21, the Bengals would have selected Kevin Zeitler and not David DeCastro.
But it was their best move of the draft, trading down six spots to get a highly-regarded starting player for the next dozen years that they were going to take at No. 21 anyway while getting an extra third-round pick that turned out to be a premium position in defensive tackle Brandon Thompson.
This is a career-defining moment that will influence how we think about Paul Alexander long after his retirement. Alexander has taken a degree of heat from a segment of Bengals fans, myself included, the past few seasons over his limited use of Evan Mathis and Anthony Collins. While other fans consider Alexander to be one of the higher quality offensive line coaches currently employed in the NFL.


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"Latchkey Children"
It's a term that's often used to describe children who must stay at home alone taking care of themselves for some part of the day. Usually, they're the children of working parents. Always, they're the parents' worry.
Experts estimate that from 5 to 12 million children between the ages of 5 and 13 are at home for some period of time every day. In many cases, their parents either cannot afford child care, or none is available.
Children in self-care are about three times more likely than those supervised by adults to be involved in accidents, engage in delinquent behavior, or be victimized. And while no parents can be with their children all hours of the day, those who must leave their children at home on a regular basis are gravely concerned about how well the children can cope, both with routine activities and potentially dangerous situations.
Some children enjoy caring for themselves and happily accept the added responsibilities. Others occasionally are lonely, bored, and scared. For all of them, however, the self-care experience is an opportunity for parents to discuss all aspects of safety and crime prevention, as well as build their children's self-esteem, confidence and competence. Moreover, studies show that a close relationship with parents decreases or moderates any negative effects of self-care.
Promoting Self-Care Skills
To promote self-care skills, parents should focus on setting rules and limits, increasing levels of responsibility, and communicating basic safety information. If children understand why they must be left alone and what they may and may not do, their risk of injury and victimization -- and their parents' worries -- will be greatly decreased.
Exploring Community Resources
In addition to working with their children on the "latchkey" situation, parents can explore the resources available in their communities and try to expand the options. For example:
Many voluntary groups run a "Phone Friend" program in their communities. This is a "warm line" that latchkey children can call if they're scared or lonely. It is not meant to replace regular contact with a parent or other trusted adult, but it could be a valuable resource, particularly for those parents whose jobs don't allow unlimited access to a telephone.
There may be a block parent program, McGruff "Safe House," or similar type of safety program operating in your community. Check with your parent-teacher group or law enforcement agency. If there is such a program, be sure your children know the locations of the Safe Houses alone their regular routes to and from school, and walk those routes with them to be sure they're safe. Point out areas such as alleys, deserted buildings or abandoned houses that should be avoided.
There may be "extended day" programs in your local school or sponsored by recreation departments, such as the Boys and Girls Club. Or you may be able to start one, with the help of other concerned parents. It is always a good idea to check with your children's school about their policies concerning absences and release of your children to anyone but you. Be sure the school will not accept phone calls stating that children will be picked up by someone other than their parents, and that the school will notify you if your child is not in class. Find out if there is a "Parent Alert" or "Callback" program or contact a local volunteer group -- the American Association of Retired Persons or the PTA are examples -- about starting one. This kind of program uses volunteers to call parents (even on their jobs) if their children are not in school.
Following Household Routines
If your children are to be in charge of themselves at home, discuss the routines they are to follow -- household chores, pets to tend, homework, family policies on visiting friends or having friends visit them, and what to do when the telephone or doorbell rings. Also, if you are not going to be coming home at your regular time, let your children know!
Teach Your Children:
To memorize their name and address, including city and state.
To memorize their phone number, including area code.
To use both pushbutton and rotary dial telephones to make emergency, local, and long distance calls and to reach the operator.
To check in with your or a neighbor immediately after arriving home.
To never go into your home if a door is ajar or a window is broken.
How to work your home's door and window locks and lock them when they are at home alone.
How to answer the doorbell and telephone when they're home alone.
Not to go into anyone else's home without your permission.
To avoid walking or playing alone.
That a stranger is someone neither you nor they know well.
That if they feel they're being followed, either on foot or by a car, to run to the nearest public place, neighbor, or "Safe-House."
To tell you if anyone asks them to keep a secret, offers them gifts or money, or asks to take their picture.
To always tell you if something happened while they were away from you that made them feel uncomfortable in any way.
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By Jeff Wilson, Associated Press Writer
LOS ANGELES They weren't even alive when he was president, but 18-year-old Nick Jonas and 21-year-old "American Idol" champ Jordin Sparks are huge Ronald Reagan fans.
Jonas and Sparks are leading a committee of 35 prominent young people touched by the life of the Gipper, the nation's 40th president who left the White House in 1989. He died six years ago.
The National Youth Leadership Committee of the Ronald Reagan Centennial Celebration includes athletes, entertainers and student leaders who are under age 25. They have been inspired in a personal way by Reagan's vision and the committee will honor Reagan's 100th birthday Feb. 6.
Jonas and Sparks, co-chairs of the group, say they developed an admiration for Reagan after hearing their parents talk about him at the dinner table.
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A couple of days ago, Gordo had a very interesting piece on the middle infield of the Cards, specifically TLR's views on Izturis and Kennedy. Much panned on this site (and I would imagine throughout the known baseball world), the Izturis signing has been made all the more utterly incomprehensible to the rationally-minded Cardinal fan over the course of Spring Training. At least to those of us living in the here and now, but it seems that TLR is not, at least when it comes to Izturis.
Gordo writes that TLR "...remains a big Izturis fan, based largely on what he saw earlier in Cesar's career." Apparently, this is why "...La Russa isn't sweating Izturis' poor offensive and defensive start this spring." But, this is why Cardinal fans are sweating the Izturis signing, and sweating .50 caliber machine gun bullets since the start of Spring Training.
TLR is still bullish on Izturis' glove:
"You just watch, he's a real good looking fielder," La Russa said. "He has great, quiet hands. He has an accurate arm. He's very quick. Picks a ball up like it's nothing. Very impressive.
"I liked him from the first time I saw him with the Dodgers. He is really fun to watch catch the ball.
It has been widely reported (by VEB community members, Goold, and friends of mine who have been to games at Spring Training) that Izturis' hands have been anything but great and quite loud this spring. He has made 5 errors in 69 spring innings, which is the highest error total of all players reporting to MLB camp. It has also been suggested by VEB posters and some of my friends who made the trip to FLA for Spring Training that, has they been the official scorekeeper, Izturis would have a few more errors to his name.
For comparison, the immobile, should-be-3B Miguel Tejada has made 4 errors and has a .862 fielding percentage in Spring Training, but at least he is still a relatively threatening offensive producer, even if the sun long ago set on his ability to pass as marginal defensive SS.
I know, I know; it is a small sample size. But, TLR's mind operates in small sample sizes, as evidenced by his religious use of past performance to dictate who starts against which pitchers. Yet, he is very forgiving of Izturis' lackluster defense so far this spring.
TLR also seems to like Izturis' legs:
"He's also shown, by the way, good legs. That's an important part of the game...The legs that we have seen so far would be a plus for us. He can steal some bases and he can go from first to third as well as anybody."
Maybe, he once had "good legs." Juan Encarnacion once did, too, stealing 33 bases in 1999. Juan then stole 21 in 2002 between the Reds and Marlins and 19 in 2003 with the Marlins. In 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007, he managed just 19 SB combined. So it is with Izturis, who stole 25 bases in 2004, a career high. In the three seasons since that career year, he has never stolen more than 8 bases and has totalled a mere 12 steals combined.
Just out of curiousity, I looked at Baseball Prospectus' new baserunning metric, which measures the ability of a player to take an extra base, and Izturis isn't any better at it than Albert Pujols. (Sorry, I can't find this online. If you can, please link to it!) Yet, you don't hear TLR gushing about El Hombre's legs.
Perhaps deteriorating leg health is to blame? TLR explains:
"I just talked to him today...He's had, twice in his career, hamstring issues. He had a little one in LA and a big one in Chicago."
An aging player with a history of hamstring injuries probably isn't the best bet to maintain or revive his former fielding range or baserunning skills. Curiously, however, TLR sees this history of injury as reason to be optimistic about Izturis in 2008.
TLR also touts the new Cardinal SS's offensive skills:
"Offensively, he hasn't had a big hitting spurt or anything like that, but he's putting the ball in play. He's working...He's a very useful offensive player. He can do anything. He can put the ball in play, bunt."
Frankly, this sounds like the sort of standard one would set for an 8 year-old Little Leaguer, not an everyday Big Leaguer. If this quote were taken out of context, it would sound like a manager's assessment of a National League pitcher's offensive contribution: "He can bunt and is putting the ball in play."
Luckily for Izturis, this is about the only standard he can play up to and hope to make a roster, given his Spring Training. In 32 AB, the most of any Cardinal at SS this spring, he has posted this abysmal line:
Again, this is a small sample size. It is also worth pointing out that Izturis has more errors (5) than hits (4) in 32 spring games. I am not going to completely re-hash Bernie's thoroughly researched column on how Izturis was, stastically, the worst offensive player in Major League Baseball one season ago. But, since I can't really llink to it because it resides in the $2.95/article St. Louis Post-Dispatch archives, I'll give you a brief rundown. But, it is only slightly better than what one would predict from the offensively inept former Pirate whose 2007 numbers, like his Spring Training stats, were among the worst in all of MLB and substantially worse than the production of the '07 SS platoon.
Izturis' EqA has not been above .226 in the last three seasons. How does this breakdown? His BA over that time period has not been above .276 (and that was over 123 AB in Pittsburgh); his OBP has not been over .310; Izturis has not slugged over .333; he hasn't drove in more than 31 runs. His VORP for 2005, 2006, and 2007 goes like this: -4.4 in '05, -4.4 (-2.5 in AAA) in '06 for LA, -4.6 in '06 for CHI, -4.2 in '07 for CHI, -2.5 in '07 for PIT. (His full statistics can be perused here.)
In short, Izturis is a horrendous offensive player who is getting worse. His baserunning skills are not any better than Albert Pujols' and are likely getting worse due to aging and injury history. His fielding, once great, is falling down to earth, making him, at best, average, which makes him the type of player that no MLB team could realistically put on their roster, let alone make their everyday SS. It makes one wonder how John Mozeliak can bring himself to make bizarre assertions, like the one he made during the STL P-D chat this last week, that Izturis the Cardinals organization "firmly believes that Izturis will make [the Cardinals] stronger up the middle."
His offense has been worse than D'Angelo Jimenez, who has justifiably just been put "on notice" by TLR that his days are numbered if he doesn't pick it up with quotes that could just as easily be referencing Izturis but bizarrely are not.
"He's a savvy player, but he needs to demonstrate it all the time, especially when he's trying to make an impression on an organization," the Cardinals' manager said.
"He has flashes of being a legitimate major leaguer and he shows flashes when he's struggling his (tail) off."
TLR seems poised to cut Jimenez, which is perfectly acceptable, yet name Izturis the starting SS despite being blown out of the water this spring offensively by Brendan Ryan (even if Ryan hasn't exactly set the world on fire) while Ryan also at least matches Izturis with the glove, an area in which Izturis is supposed to be far superior to Ryan. We can get into discussions about the Bo Hart-esque small sample size and how that contributed to his '07 success as well as how he might be exposed as an everyday SS in '08. That does not bely the fact that an exposed Ryan would be as good as an Izturis playing to his full potential as evidenced by 2,751 career Major League AB. It is also worth mentioning that Ryan is significantly cheaper with Izturis slated to make $2.85M this year. Does anyone really believe that Ryan can't put up a .295 OBP for a little more than 1/3 the cost of Izturis?
Nonetheless, a summer of Cesar Izturis seems to be the fate of Cardinal Nation.


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Getting thousands of delegates to and from their hotels during the convention will not be easy. Event organizers have several routes in mind. One includes a road dedicated to an iconic democrat.
November 18, 1963, that's the day John Fitzgerald Kennedy visits the Bay area. Four days after cruising up and down Tampa roads, he was assassinated in Dallas.
"A year after Kennedy was assassinated the city's father saw fit to rename Lafayette Blvd. to Kennedy," said Art Bagley, reference liberian at the University of Tampa.
Today, Kennedy Blvd. is a gateway into the Republican National Convention. As delegates are bused in, it'll be hard to miss a life-sized statue of Kennedy. It's about 50 feet from the road and stands on Plant Park at the University of Tampa.
"It was a major thoroughfare. They came up MacDill then down here and then a few clocks to my left. They got onto Franklin and went up and down Franklin. Then they went over to Ft. Homer Hostelry Armory," said Bagley.
JFK was in Tampa for hours and was welcomed by a sea of people. The special connection between Tampa and the 35th president is just a twist of irony as we've welcomed thousands of Republican leaders.
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