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Prostate cancer statistics
The fear of having prostate cancer can be devastating to men. However, it is most successfully treated when found early. Consider these statistics from the American Cancer Society:
More than 90 percent of all prostate cancers are discovered while they are either localized (confined to the prostate) or regional (nearby). The five-year survival rate for men diagnosed with prostate tumors discovered at these stages is nearly 100 percent.
In the past 25 years, the five-year survival rate for all stages combined has increased from 69 percent to nearly 100 percent.
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men, excluding skin cancer.
For 2011, the American Cancer Society estimates about 241,000 new cases of prostate cancer will be diagnosed in the US.
Year 2011 estimates also include 34,000 deaths occurring from prostate cancer in the US alone, making it the second leading cause of cancer death in men.
Facts about the prostate gland
The prostate is a sex gland in men. It is about the size of a walnut, and surrounds the neck of the bladder and urethra -- the tube that carries urine from the bladder. The prostate is partly muscular and partly glandular, with ducts opening into the prostatic portion of the urethra. It is made up of three lobes: a center lobe with one lobe on each side.
The prostate gland secretes a slightly alkaline fluid that forms part of the seminal fluid, a fluid that carries sperm.
What are the symptoms of prostate cancer?
There are usually no specific signs or symptoms of early prostate cancer. A prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test and digital rectal exam (DRE) can provide the best chance of identifying prostate cancer in its earliest stages, but these tests can have drawbacks. Talk to your physician about whether prostate cancer screening is right for you.
The following are the most common symptoms of prostate cancer. However, each individual may experience symptoms differently. Symptoms may include:
Weak or interrupted flow of urine
Urinating often (especially at night)
Difficulty urinating or holding back urine
Inability to urinate
Pain or burning when urinating
Blood in the urine or semen
Nagging pain in the back, hips, or pelvis
Painful ejaculation
The symptoms of prostate cancer may resemble other conditions or medical problems. Always consult your physician for a diagnosis.
As a man gets older, his prostate may grow bigger and obstruct the flow of urine, or interfere with sexual function. An enlarged prostate gland -- a condition called benign prostate hyperplasia -- may require treatment with medicine or surgery to relieve symptoms. This common benign prostate condition, which is not cancer, can cause many of the same symptoms as prostate cancer.
What are risk factors for prostate cancer?
In general, all men are at risk for prostate cancer. However, there are specific risk factors that increase the likelihood that certain men will develop the disease, including the following:
Age - Age is a risk factor for prostate cancer, especially for men 50 and older. Nearly two-thirds of all prostate cancers are diagnosed in men over the age of 65.
Race - Prostate cancer is more common among African-American men than it is among Caucasian-American men. Japanese and Chinese men native to their country have the lowest rates of prostate cancer. However, when Chinese and Japanese men immigrate to the US, they have an increased risk of and mortality rate from prostate cancer, when compared to their native populations. In Japan, the incidence of prostate cancer has increased as Western diets and lifestyles have been adopted.
Diet - Epidemiological data suggest that the diet consumed in Western industrialized countries may be a factor in developing prostate cancer. Consider the following information regarding diet and its effect on the risk for prostate cancer:
Fat - Some studies suggest that men who eat a high-fat diet may have a greater chance of developing prostate cancer.
Soy protein - Besides lower fat intake, another major difference between Asian and American diets is the consumption of soy. Soy contains isoflavones which, in some laboratory studies, have been found to inhibit the growth of prostate cancer. However, its effects on prostate cancer in men are not clear.
Vitamin E and selenium - Vitamin E, an antioxidant, combined with selenium, has been shown to inhibit tumor growth in laboratory animals. But a large study found that supplements of these substances did not lower the risk of prostate cancer in men.
Carotenoids - Carotenoids such as lycopenes have been shown to inhibit the growth of human prostate cancer cells in tissue cultures (cells grown in the laboratory). The primary source of lycopenes is processed tomatoes. Again, however, it is not clear if lycopenes affect prostate cancer risk in men, as not all studies have found a benefit.
Herbal preparations - Combination herbal preparations should be used with caution as reported side effects have included venous thrombosis, breast tenderness, and loss of libido. Many herbal preparations have not been studied in men with prostate cancer.
Obesity - Obesity not only contributes to diabetes and high cholesterol, but has also been associated with some common cancers. Most studies have not found it to affect the risk of getting prostate cancer, but obese men may be more likely to develop more aggressive forms of prostate cancer.
Environmental exposures - Some studies show an increased risk of prostate cancer in men who are farmers, or those exposed to the metal cadmium while making batteries, welding, or electroplating. Additional research is needed in this area to confirm whether this is a true association.
Having a vasectomy, BPH (benign prostatic hyperplasia), or an STD (sexually transmitted disease) - Researchers have looked at whether men who have had a vasectomy, BPH, or those who have been exposed to a sexually transmitted disease are at increased risk for prostate cancer. Some studies suggest a link, while others do not support these claims.
Family history of prostate cancer - Having a father or brother with prostate cancer more than doubles a man's risk of developing this disease. The risk is even higher for men with several affected relatives, particularly if the relatives were young at the time of diagnosis. Geneticists (physicians and scientists who study inheritance and the causes of genetic disease) divide families into three groups, depending on the number of men with prostate cancer and their ages of onset, including the following:
Sporadic - a family with prostate cancer present in one man, at a typical age of onset; sporadic means occurs by chance.
Familial - a family with prostate cancer present in more than one person, but with no definitive pattern of inheritance and usually an older age of onset.
Hereditary - a family with a cluster of three or more affected relatives within any nuclear family (parents and their children), a family with prostate cancer in each of three generations on either the mother or father's side, or a cluster of two relatives affected at a young age (55 or younger). Five to 10 percent of prostate cancer cases are considered hereditary.
Genetic factors - In the center of each cell of the human body, our genetic material -- chromosomes -- are found. Normally, cells contain 46 chromosomes, or 23 pairs, half of which are inherited from our mother, half from our father. The chromosomes contain genes -- the body's blueprint. Genes code for traits such as eye color and blood type, and also control important regulatory functions in the body such as the rate of cell growth. Some genes, when altered or mutated, give a higher risk for uncontrolled cell growth, which, in turn, can lead to tumor development. These genes have various names, but overall are referred to as "cancer susceptibility genes." Approximately five to 10 percent of all prostate cancers are known to be attributed to an inherited DNA change.
Procedures used to evaluate prostate problems
In addition to regular physical examinations that may include blood, urine, and possibly other laboratory tests, many groups, such as the American Cancer Society, suggest talking to your doctor to learn more about the pros and cons of screening for prostate cancer to help you decide if it is right for you. The tests used for screening include:
DRE (digital rectal examinations) - DREs may be conducted annually for men over the age of 50 who choose to be screened. Men in high-risk groups, such as African-Americans, or those with a strong family history of prostate cancer, should consult their physicians about being tested at age 45.
PSA (prostate-specific antigen) - PSA tests may be done annually for men over the age of 50 who choose to be tested. Men in high-risk groups, such as African-Americans, or those with a strong family history of prostate cancer, should consult their physicians about being tested at an earlier age.
What are some other prostate cancer evaluation procedures?
If the DRE or PSA results are unusual, your physician may repeat the tests or request an ultrasound or other procedures. These evaluation tools may include:
Prostate biopsy - a test where the doctor inserts thin, hollow needles into the prostate to get samples for examination under a microscope to determine if cancer cells are present.
Transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) - a test using sound wave echoes to create an image of the prostate gland to visually inspect for abnormal conditions such as gland enlargement, nodules, penetration of tumor through capsule of the gland, and/or invasion of seminal vesicles; may also be used for guidance of needle biopsies of the prostate gland and/or guiding the nitrogen probes in cryosurgery.
Computed tomography scan (also called a CT or CAT scan) - a diagnostic imaging procedure that uses a combination of x-rays and computer technology to produce cross-sectional images (often called slices), both horizontally and vertically, of the body. A CT scan shows detailed images of any part of the body, including the bones, muscles, fat, and organs. CT scans are more detailed than general x-rays.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) - a diagnostic procedure that uses a combination of large magnets, radiofrequencies, and a computer to produce detailed images of organs and structures within the body.
Radionuclide bone scan - a nuclear imaging method that helps to show whether the cancer has spread from the prostate gland to the bones. The procedure involves an injection of radioactive material that helps to locate diseased bone cells throughout the entire body, suggesting possible metastatic cancer.
Lymph node biopsy - a procedure in which tissue samples are removed (with a needle or during surgery) from the lymph nodes for examination under a microscope to determine if cancer or other abnormal cells are present.
The diagnosis of cancer is confirmed only by a biopsy.
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First of all, I am a confused christian, and I am creating this thread to see if I can clear out some fog in my head. So lets start.
Claim: The bible is false in the sense that it was not written with the guidance of "god"
Reasons for my claim :
- Originally there was a lot of contradiction in the bible because it was written by humans
- These contradictions were refractor-ed by a humans, specifically some committee of who's name I can't recall
- No claims, if it wasn't for all of these refractor, more and more people will be aware of such contradiction and hence people will start to question and possible see the problems with the bible. Which could cause a tremendous loss in the business of selling bibles and spiritual objects
[*] There are things in the bible, still, that regular people find disturbing, such as the topic of homosexual, or parsing men more important than women.
- Really, if it was written by god's disciples, and were the words of god, then such discrimination shouldn't exist, because god is suppose to love everyone of every type.
- It also says that unless you follow him specifically, you will live eternity in hell? WTF!!! My family members are hindu, they are one of the best people that I know. My friend is not a believer in jesus, but possibly of a creator in general. He is one of the nicest and caring person that I know. Should he goto hell? For what? For some minuscule sins? So the bible is saying, I could kill thousands of people, and ask for forgiveness with all my heart, and from there be the best person I can be, then I will goto heaven, but my friend who does nothing* wrong, tries to pleases people before him, will go to hell because he didn't believe in jesus in particular! Come on now, that does not sound like "god's words".
[*] There is no type of evidence that supports the bible and anything in the bible
- Most events declared in the bible are "fairy tale" like, and nothing supports their claims.
- Some events, were explained by science and thus was not a supernatural. It was an actual explainable event with some probability.
[*] In factual sense, the bible is no more true than the Quran( the religious text of Islam) . The reason why many people believe this book than others is because they were brought up by it. When they were little, they had no intelligence to rebuttal and question the content of the bible deductively. And thus the result is that they take it true for granted from day one. Honestly, imagine you were a christian brought up with parents who believes hinduism. You would most likely believe this hinduism, especially if you were never able to leave india( assuming thats where you were born) which in turn would cause you to never find christianity with a high probability, because of their strict culture.
So in desperate help, I ask you to prove me false. I ask you to rebuttal each and everyone of these statements. My mind is going crazy these last few nights. The more I think about it rationally, the less I believe.
regards, D.Chhetri

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ATLANTA (AP) Top-ranked Florida capped a perfect run through the Southeastern Conference when Kentucky failed to get off a shot on its final possession, allowing the Gators to escape with a 61-60 victory in the league championship game Sunday.
Florida (32-2) built a 16-point lead early in the second half, but Kentucky nearly pulled off an improbable comeback to hand the Gators their first loss since early December. Two missed free throws gave the Wildcats (24-10) a final possession, but James Young slipped trying to drive into the lane.
The Gators extended their school-record winning streak to 26 games and was selected as the overall No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament.
Patric Young and Michael Frazier II led Florida with 14 points apiece, while Scottie Wilbekin and Casey Prather had 11 each.
Kentucky was paced by Aaron Harrison with 16 points. Young added 13, while Willie Cauley-Stein had 10 points, 11 rebounds and five blocks.
No. 6 VIRGINIA 72, No. 7 DUKE 63
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) – Malcolm Brogdon scored 23 points and Virginia claimed its first Atlantic Coast Conference tournament title since 1976.
Tournament MVP Joe Harris added 15 points and hit the backbreaking 3-pointer with just under 2 minutes remaining for the top-seeded Cavaliers (28-6).
They shot 45 percent, pestered the Blue Devils into 38 percent shooting and used a late 12-3 run to pull away and claim the second ACC tournament title in school history.
Jabari Parker scored 23 points on 9-of-24 shooting for the third-seeded Blue Devils (26-8), who were making their 31st appearance in the championship game but were denied their ACC-record 20th title.
Anthony Gill added 12 points and was 10 of 17 from the free throw line for Virginia. Duke was just 7 of 11 from the line.
No. 22 MICHIGAN ST. 69, No. 8 MICHIGAN 55
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Adreian Payne scored 18 points and Gary Harris and Branden Dawson added 15 each to lead Michigan State to its second Big Ten tournament title in three years.
The third-seeded Spartans (26-8) have won four of five.
Top-seeded Michigan (25-8) was led by Big Ten player of the year Nik Stauskas with 17 points and Derrick Walton Jr. had 11, but the Big Ten regular season champs had their seven-game winning streak come to an end.
Michigan State took control with an early 12-0 run, led 38-29 at halftime and opened the second half with an 8-0 spurt to make it 46-29.
Michigan, who won the two regular season meetings, never got closer than 10 points again.
SAINT JOSEPH'S 65, No. 23 VCU 61
NEW YORK (AP) – Langston Galloway scored 19 points and hit yet another huge 3-pointer, and Saint Joseph's won its first Atlantic 10 tournament title since 1997.
The fourth-seeded Hawks (24-9) arrived in Brooklyn on the NCAA tournament bubble. They all but clinched an at-large berth with a win over fellow bubble team Dayton in Friday's quarterfinals on Galloway's go-ahead 3, then made that moot by capturing the conference's automatic bid.
The second-seeded Rams (26-8) have reached the A-10 tourney finals in both years in the league but lost both times.
Fellow senior Ronald Roberts had 15 points on 6-of-6 shooting and 11 rebounds for Saint Joseph's.
Rob Brandenberg led VCU with 18 points, but Galloway got just enough separation on him to hit a tiebreaking 3-pointer with more than 2 minutes left.
Halil Kanacevic of Saint Joseph's won tournament MVP honors after another all-around performance. He had 11 points, 14 rebounds, four assists and two blocks.


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Two Sides Can't Even Agree on Whether Talks Are Under Way
A blackout of CBS Corp.'s flagship network on Time Warner Cable Inc. systems in New York, Los Angeles and a few other markets dragged on through the weekend with no sign of any resolution.
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Markets solid despite ongoing U.S., Italian concerns
LONDON Markets retained their optimistic tone Tuesday even though U.S. leaders have yet to thrash out a budget deal that could prevent recession in the world's largest economy and despite ongoing concerns over Italy's political and economic future.
However, the longer a U.S. deal to avoid the so-called "fiscal cliff" of automatic tax increases and spending cuts at the start of next year fails to emerge, the more fidgety investors are likely to become.
Coupled with concerns over upcoming Italian elections and their impact on the country's efforts to tackle its financial crisis, the outlook in the markets has the potential to turn around sharply.
"The fiscal cliff and European sovereign debt situations remain lurking in the wings and could well provide some quick price action if we see any developments," said Fawad Razaqzada, market strategist at GFT Markets.
In Europe, the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was up 0.1 percent at 5,926, while Germany's DAX rose 0.5 percent to 7,566. The CAC-40 in France was 0.5 percent higher at 3,631.
Wall Street was poised for a steady opening after modest gains Monday, with Dow futures and the broader S&P 500 futures up 0.1 percent.
As has been the case for much of the period since President Barack Obama won re-election early last month, the gaze of U.S. investors remains on whether he and Congress can agree to a budget deal to avoid the fiscal cliff that many economists think would tip the U.S. back into recession.
"Like the debt ceiling drama of 2011 investors expect the fiscal cliff debate to run to the wire, but overwhelmingly believe a solution will be found," said Mike McCudden, head of derivatives at Interactive Investor.
Alongside the discussions over the U.S. budget, investors are keeping a close watch on developments in Italy following the surprise weekend announcement by Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti that he will resign after Italy's 2013 budget has gone through Parliament.
Monti, a technocratic leader who has been credited with restoring confidence in Italy's economy, said he found it impossible to lead after former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's party, Parliament's largest, dropped its support for the government.
Analysts fear Monti's unexpected resignation could spark a new round of Italian political turmoil and slow efforts to get one of Europe's largest economies back in shape. That prompted a big spike in Italy's borrowing costs Monday as well as falls on the Milan stock exchange.
Some calm appeared to have been restored Tuesday, with the yield on Italy's 10-year bonds down 0.03 percentage point at 4.58 percent and the FTSE MIB in Mila up 0.7 percent.
The euro was also solid, trading 0.2 percent higher at $1.2970.
Earlier, markets in Asia appeared to take in stride news that HSBC, the British banking giant, will pay $1.9 billion to settle a money-laundering probe by federal and state authorities in the United States. HSBC shares rose 0.3 percent in Hong Kong and fell 0.3 percent in London.
Japan's Nikkei 225 index fell 0.1 percent to 9,525.32, with Japanese utilities coming under pressure a day after a team of geologists said that a nuclear power plant in western Japan is likely located on an active fault. Japanese guidelines prohibit nuclear facilities above active faults.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose 0.2 percent to 22,323.94 but shares in mainland China fell, with the main Shanghai index closing 0.4 percent lower at 2,172.50.
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Right now, I must confess, I'm feeling queasy about my stash of Sarah Palin porn. I was collecting it with a mind to write an article about it, I swear. I thought it was funny and revealing that the Great American Subconscious was percolating up Photoshopped images of Palin getting fucked by Barack Obama's giant socialist cock.
But the events of the last few weeks have made me stop and think.
Let's start with Brit Hume of Fox News, who on Sunday managed the truly incredible feat of blaming Chris Christie's George Washington Bridge scandal on women:
"I have to say that in this sort of feminized atmosphere in which we exist today, guys who are masculine and muscular like that in their private conduct and are kind of old-fashioned tough guys run some risks—by which I mean that men today have learned the lesson the hard way that if you act like kind of an old-fashioned guy's guy, you're in constant danger of slipping out and saying something that's going to get you in trouble and make you look like a sexist or make you look like you seem thuggish or whatever."
So Christie is both a macho tough guy and the pitiful victim of a bunch of females? The mind boggles; the face palms. For poor-widdle-me victim-whining propaganda like that, you really need to call in the professionals at Fox.
This came six days after Amanda Hess's deeply disturbing article about the harassment women face on the internet, which begins with the story of the many death threats she received from an anonymous man posting under the name "headlessfemalepig." Charming stuff like, "You suck a lot of drunk and drug fucked guys cocks … im going to rape you and remove your head. … You are going to die and I am the one who is going to kill you."
Hess called the cops, who brushed it off. She called the FBI, who brushed it off. And her inbox kept filling up with more: "Amanda, I'll fucking rape you. How does that feel?"
Hess's experience was not by any means an isolated incident. She cites a blogger named Alyssa Royse who dared to write a negative review of The Dark Knight, which earned this response: "you are clearly retarded, i hope someone shoots then rapes you." A writer at Jezebel named Lindy West got "I just want to rape her with a traffic cone." A technology writer named Kathy Sierra got "i hope someone slits your throat and cums down your gob."
The real shock is the statistics. In one study, Hess writes, "Feminine usernames incurred an average of 100 sexually explicit or threatening messages a day. Masculine names received 3.7."
A hundred to 3.7? That's a pretty fucking dramatic difference. Another statistic shows how large the chilling effect may be: "From 2000 to 2005, the percentage of internet users who participate in online chats and discussion groups dropped from 28 percent to 17 percent entirely because of women's fall off in participation."
This makes my knee-jerk response—shrug it off, toughen up—seem beyond stupid. Especially when Hess throws in the story of Jessica Valenti, a feminist writer who was so frightened by her own internet death threats that she fled her apartment and changed her bank accounts.
Knee-jerk response #2—disconnect—is equally inadequate. In a world where more and more work (and life) flows through, or on, the internet, most women don't have the option of logging off.
What is happening here is a hostile work environment on a global scale. Yet digital companies like Twitter and Reddit—and even pioneering liberal groups like the Electronic Freedom Foundation—continue to take absolutist positions on internet freedom. Even a liberal journalist like David Margolick on NPR tends to dismiss this kind of thing as "juvenile, immature, and obnoxious, but that is all they are … frivolous frat-boy rants."
Which brings us to knee-jerk reaction #3, which is that this is all just virtual. Leaving aside the troublesome philosophical issues that rise in any distinction between reality and illusion, Hess shows the real-world consequences. After fleeing her apartment, for example, Valenti also "stopped promoting her speaking events publicly, enlisted security for her public appearances, signed up for a service to periodically scrub the web of her private information, invested in a post-office box and begun periodically culling her Facebook friend list in an attempt to filter out readers with ulterior motives." Hess herself filed for a civil protection order against her persecutor, which took five visits to family court. But the day the protection order expired, the creep started writing again and even had the gall to send a LinkedIn request: "Your stalker would like to add you to his professional network."
After I read all this, I thought about how my wife and sister used to come home vibrating with rage at the hisses and catcalls of men on the street. But my mind still kept grasping at excuses—it's a big internet, a few crazies are bound to come out of the cracks, most men aren't like that.
Then a feminist writer named Jill Filipovic wrote an even more disturbing piece listing the threats she got on a law-school message board during her student days: "I want to brutally rape that Jill slut. … I'm 98% sure that she should be raped. … She's a normal-sized girl that I'd bang violently, maybe you'd have to kill her afterwards."
These were not random internet crazies. They knew her. They wrote of seeing her around the law school, of knowing her ex-boyfriend. One even showed up at a law-school classroom to confront her. As Filipovic puts it: "Imagine going to work and every few days having people in the hallway walk up to you and say things like, 'Die, you dumb cunt' and 'you deserve to be raped.' … Consider how that would impact your performance and your sense of safety."
The most sensitive conservative response came from Ross Douthat in the New York Times. Clearly disturbed by the attacks, he began by criticizing his fellow conservatives: "The grotesque abuse that liberal, feminist writers can receive for being liberal feminists is a scandal that conservatives, especially, need to acknowledge and deplore."
But quickly, and with much more enthusiasm, he turned the tables to his favorite subject—slamming liberals who regard "sexual license as an unalloyed good" and want to "lash out against the strictures it feels that feminism and political correctness have placed on male liberty." For examples, he offered "lad magazines, pick-up artists and Seth MacFarlane on Oscar night." In his view, despite some artful hedging, the internet trolls are mostly liberal men who want to punish women "for the culture's failure to deliver a beer-commercial vision of male happiness."
Which brings me to my stash of Palin porn. I want to say that she started it by sexualizing herself with that famous wink to the audience at the Republican Convention that mesmerized National Review's Rich Lowry after she did it again in the Vice Presidential Debate*, not to mention the pregnant teenage-out-of-wedlock daughter and all the pious Christian moralizing that accompanied it. Then I realized that sounds an awful lot like "she asked for it." The truth is, I took some pleasure in her virtual "humiliation." (Not that I think sex with Obama would be a humiliation, but you know what I mean.)
I'm confessing to this because I hate the tribalism of left and right. I tend to think we all want the same things—good jobs, happy children, loving partners—and just differ on the means. So I have to admit I see what Douthat seems to be getting at. I do want that beer-commercial happiness; I do want Palin punished for being so nasty and mean.
And it goes deeper than that. Men might dominate in the big world of money and business, but we all grow up under the dominion of a giant all-powerful woman who commands us to, ugh, behave. And when we grow up, we discover that despite all the myths of masculinity and its relationship to power, the successful prosecution of our most vital instinctual drive is completely in the hands of women. They have a veto over our freakin' sex lives, for fuck's sake. And if you are fat or shy or nerdy, you probably have felt it go beyond veto to actual scorn, which is even worse in a world where you're supposed to be powerful. It makes you a double loser. And losers "lash out."
That said, and maybe this is my own tribalism talking, but I would turn Douthat's emphasis on its head. All men are threatened by women's power, but conservatives are especially threatened for all the reasons we already know—gender equality, sexual and reproductive freedom, the crumbling patriarchy, women in the military, etc., etc., etc. And let's face it—the tone of these sex trolls is the tone of the right-wing. It is the sneering contemptuous and borderline-violent tone of right-wing trolls in the comments section of liberal websites, the sneering and contemptuous tone of Fox News and Rush Limbaugh and Mark Levin and all the other right-wing radio hosts and the sneering and contemptuous tone hidden in plain sight in the smug insanity of Brit Hume's Christie defense.
Consider, for example, the tone of radio host Pete Santelli when he attacked Hillary Clinton last summer:
"I want to shoot her right in the vagina and I don't want her to die right away; I want her to feel the pain and I want to look her in the eyes and I want to say, on behalf of all Americans that you've killed…"
Okay, enough of that. You get the point. And this is not to let my tribe of the hook, because the nastiness seems to be rising on both sides. In response to a perfectly reasonable article in Salon on Wednesday called "I Fell In Love With A Republican," in which a liberal writer named Samantha Dunn explains how she overcame her politics for a conservative man who was loyal, funny, well-read and adventurous—a former punk rocker, even—some Salon readers responded like so: "Next article in the same set: 'I married a KKK member! He's really sweet and nice, I promise! He is loyal to his family! He's a wonderful guy!"
That's so depressing. Call me old-fashioned, but I think liberals should be, you know, liberal. My usual answer to all things is that less repression would make for less self-hatred and, therefore, less cruelty. (Old joke: Sex is a misdemeanor—the more you miss, the meaner you get.) But alas, Samantha Dunn and her husband notwithstanding, good sex doesn't solve everything. So let's make a deal. On behalf of the liberal tribe, I'll delete those Palin pictures and try not to laugh at that kind of partisan snark ever again if you right-wing hotheads try to get back to the old cloth-coat Republican virtues of decency and community. If we all stop being so goddamn mean, maybe we'll find out what we've been missing.
*This article originally stated Chris Matthews "got a tingle up his leg" from Palin. He actually said he got a "thrill up his leg" from Obama and later said to Steve Schmidt, the man who picked Palin for John McCain's ticket, that Schmidt got "the thrill" from Palin. To which Schmidt replied, "I think mine went away faster." (h/t to reader Kelly B.)
John H. Richardson is the author of My Father The Spy, In the Little World and The Vipers Club.
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Battle for First Place
It's been a busy day playing catch up now that we're back home and apparently it's been a busy day for comments, as we've topped 400.
Here's the lineup. Hope to post more later:
Furcal, SS
Pierre, CF
Martin, C
Kent, 2B
Gonzo, LF
Nomar, 3B
Loney, 1B
Kemp, RF
Kuo, P
304 Comments
Good to see Nomar in that spot. He's going to have a HUGE game tonight.
Agreed, I believe Nomar will get it started this series. He does better at home.
Why Nomar in front of Looney!
Alot of respect for the guy i guess!
Kemp gets another start!
Make the best out of it Kemp!
Lifetime vs. Chris Young:
Furcal: 2 for 20
Pierre: 1 for 13
Martin: 2 for 8
Kent: 2 for 18
Gonzo: 3 for 9
Nomar: 1 for 14
Loney: Never faced
Kemp: 1 for 2
On the bench:
Abreu: 1 for 3
Anderson: 0 for 1
Betemit: 0 for 3
Ethier: 4 for 12 (2 HR's) <<<<<<<<<<<
Lieberthal: 0 for 2
Saenz: Never faced
Nomar in front of Loney to break up the Leftys…..
Interesting stats Alex. Kemp over Ethier really jumps out at you based on those numbers.
Benching Pierre so both Kemp and Ethier can play is a better idea.
NO JP stays in there! Get over it
this is just further proof that grady does not check/does not care about head to head matchups at all. I mean I love Kemp but clearly Ethier should have started.
I feel Young having a long night today against the Blue Crew! I feel a good night from Loney and Furcie!
marvincig write: Interesting stats Alex. Kemp over Ethier really jumps out at you based on those numbers.
Well, based on the numbers Alex41592 posted, Kemp is .500 against Young and Ethier is only .333 against him, so playing Kemp over Ethier in this game is not entirely idiotic. Just mostly so…
Add another vote to those who say that it wouldn't hurt to give Pierre a day off now and then. If JP were more integral to the team's success then I'd understand trotting him out every day, but the team has other players that can capably cover his absence.
2007 Ethier would hardly hit two homers in one game. He is nowhere near as good as last summer.
Why Nomar in front of Looney!
So he gets a pitch to ground out on. (Hey it beats swinging at ball 5 and 6 to strike out)
Gosh this is sad .Come on Nomar, I really want you to do well. You have more kids than homeruns in 2007, let's go.
Yeah with Pierre maybe they truly don't think anyone else can play CF?
Jager per run again tonight scurtis?lol How did that 9 shot night turnout?
It is simple, Kemp is on Fire.
He got 2 singles yesterday. He gets another appourtunity today! Nomar to break up the lefties, true good obervation.
it is like having a 1,2,3 hitters on top of a lineup.
That is if nomar can hit it pass the infield.
Looking at this lineup, it actually looks really tuff.
Tuff enough to be the best in the majors. They just got to out and play like they did yesterday.
fisher. i could only knock out 5 shots last night lol i was weak. me and my friend were drinking $10 pitchers of sangrias too so i am hurting.
no shots tonight. ok, a shot for every pitch JP takes tonight lol jk
I can't WAIT to heckle the **** out of Milton Bradley tonight in LF! Maybe I can get him to throw a bottle at me or flip me off. That would be GREAT! I hope that somebody lets Kuo know that Bradley is a ****** for an off-speed pitch. I wonder how long it will take for him to get into a fight with Michael Barrett (LOL!).
Well, time to see if Nomar can break out of his almost year-long slump.
Nomar, sometimes you gotta stop thinking about it and just go "See ball, hit ball." Keep it simple and hopefully the hits will come back!
Even good pitchers may sometimes have an off day. We may need at least one Padre pitcher to have one of those, so we can squeak out the win required to avoid being swept, which will be less than optimal 😉
lol he's been working the count better as of late but still if the only reason he is out there everynight is because of the streak then I'd have to say Ethier would be the better call with Kemp getting a shot in CF.
Alex went looking at tickets for the 22nd Mets finale and there isn't much to choose from there.
June #s avg obp slug ops
Kemp .419 .457 .512 .968
Ethier .297 .423 .469 .892
Furcal .222 .282 .306 .588
Pierre .265 .299 .304 .603
Nomar .211 .228 .237 .465
Gonzo .321 .418 .595 1.014
Kent .250 .355 .388 .742
Wilson.200 .349 .457 .806
Abreu .278 .318 .430 .748
Loney .476 .500 .881 1.381
Martin.290 .330 .495 .825
No comments neccessary.
Elforman- 1 for 2 isn't much of a statistical sample. But I hear what you're saying.
what does he mean by "hope to post more later"…
Milton is awesome! I can't believe the Friars picked him up!
geez Nomars line this month looks like a pitchers.
dear lord pierre and nomar's lines are miserable. there's your comment.
Johnny (Vacaville, CA): Then who represents the NL in the WS?
SportsNation Keith Law: The NL is kind of a jumble now. I was going to say "Mets," who were clearly the best team on paper coming into the year, but I'm not sure about that any more. I do think the Dodgers have the next-best roster, but they don't seem to play the right guys.
Wow what a clubhouse in SD now:
The roided up Giles brothers
D Wells
wow fireworks could be going off in there by the end of the season.
I love griffon's "batting coach" philosophy: "See ball – hit ball". Maybe if Mueller decides not to stick with the job, we can all recommend you. Of course, half the guys on the team probably won't pay any attention to that either.
funny cause the guys they hid in the farm in favor of guys they spent 60 million on are doubling the OPS (no it freaking dosent count steals, ok.) of their counterparts.
And dont forget Furcal. His line is miserable too. Worse than JPs..
Maybe Duncan and Peavy will get into it again tomorrow night! That was awesome when that happend. What was that about anyways?
ok i just checked out that keith law chat, and its bogus. First he says we're going to trade half of the farm for a starter, not a bat (g-d help us all), then he says we'll acquire a 3b by the deadline but says we don't have room for a bat, and then goes on to say that we have a good roster and should just play the right guys…yeah. But he likes Bills and Loney, so its all good.
great, so we can do Duncan v. Peavy, AND Kent v Bradley all in one series!
I wonder if Garvey will be there tonight! Gotta love #6!
I hate the Padres.
I lived in San Diego for 6 years after growing up in the San Fernando Valley. San Diego was such an awful team the whole time I lived there; people were Padres fans just because the Chargers were even worse at that time. Their fans are totally the fair-weather type, except for a few diehards who are mostly idiot surfers. And my friend Steve.
Steve calls me immediately after the Dodgers blew the 4-run lead in game 3 of the last series against SD and leaves a very rude message. Something about how the Padres are the best team in baseball, blah blah blah. This is, of course, right after my blood boils watching Broxton implode, and watching their stupid fans thinking their team is actually good offensively when they won on two errors and some added awful defense. Anyway, Steve and I exchanged some brutally mean text messages that night. I hated him for a few minutes, then we went back to being friends.
Steve just e-mailed me. "Here we go again," he says. And all I can do is pray to the gods of baseball that Chris Young will be as hittable as last time he pitched in Dodger Stadium, and that Peavy will be beatable, like he was in game 3 of that last series, and that Germano (who the f?) stops pitching well altogether. The Ds aren't great against good pitching, but they can really make the most of pitchers' mistakes.
Here's to the Dodgers – and to hoping Steve is as suicidal come Monday as I was after the last series.
I hate the Padres.
If James Loney is going to emerge as a star of the Dodgers, can we please learn how to spell his name…
LONEY not Looney
Nothing against Nomar and Pieere as they seems to be two of the harder workers on the team, but starting them tonight against Young doesn't make much sense. I'd rather take my chances with Abreau at 3rd and Ethier in Rf and Kemp in CF. Nomar has not done much since June of 06
What's happening now is good. Im happy that da GONZ & PIERRE are carrying their load. Like everyone else I'm concern with Kemp. I don't know if sending him down so he can play every day is right or wrong. Splitting time with ETHIER right now may be the best thing. I wouldn't count NOMAR out just yet, he makes an interesting situation with ABREU & BETEMIT. I hope if COLLETTI is eyeballing BUEHRLE &/OR DYE that he's not thinking of touching anyone on the 40 man roster. If he does make a move for any of the above OR ANYBODY ELSE. I hope he offers some unprotected youngster below AAA. I think the immediate future is more important then a far off one. I settled on the fact that we need a starting pitcher more than a power hitter. We have plenty of power which I expect to show up pretty soon. Aside from PENNY & LOWE our starters are mediocre at best. Our bull pen is strong beginning to end. IT HAS TAKEN US THIS IT'LL TAKE US FURTHER. I hope we get back to the post season the way we are and than COLLETTI will shell out for another starter &/or power hitter which ever is most needed at that time.
pierre…have you even been watching games or looking at the box scores? Pierre is sure as **** isn't carrying his load.
The bull pen has taken us this (far.)
I think the character praising Pierre was attempting to be funny!
Kemp needs to be playing everyday. Pierre is blocking that. I have zero confidence in colletti making a good deal for us. He's going to have to unload Kemp or Loney to get a player that can help us. Although Kemp and Loney can help us even more by playing everyday instead of getting traded a way. I really really really wish Ned wasn't our GM. He panics. Last time he panicked he sign Pierre.
If PIERRE is still in the lineup he is satifying whom ever he has to satify.
Pierre is in the lineup because of his contract. If Ned and Grady are satisfied with Pierre's production so far then they should be fired.
also his speed. Since that whole speed never slumps bull ****.
I disagree with a lot of you guys. Which is okay, that's what makes us sports fans.
I think our pitching is pretty darn good.
Penny and Lowe have been pitching great. Wolfe is not bad at all. He could be better, but everyone is not a #1 pitcher. He's a #3 or #4 and he's pitching like it. Either Kuo or Bills has to pick up the slack so we can have 4 consistent, reliable starters to go with.
As far as hitting. I'm sure for starters we would all like to see (at least) Pierre and Furcal switch spots until Furcals ankle is good enough to steal bases on.
Nomar is a proven major leaguer. Grady and Ned must be hoping he's not all washed up and can still produce. His BA is not all bad, but he is in a horrorendous slump right now and cannot even make contact. Betemit also goes through phases where he cannot make contact. Abreu is consistant and a blessing for this team.
If we're not going to use Marlon Anderson, then he should go to the minors or be traded when Tsao comes off of the DL.
Martin is great, but Lieberthal has to get some playing time and also give Martin some rest.
Like everyone else I'd love to see Kemp in Center, but Grady and Ned don't care about Juan's cosecutive game streak they care about winning, so there must be something that is holding Kemp back. Either the curve ball or routes to take in the outfield.
I have tons of confidence and optimism in this team. It's a great year to be a Dodger. Blue is my favorite color.
Go Dodgers, go BSU. The Blue Crews are great.
Y are we underdogs tonight at home? Because Young has pitched well in the past against us? Kuo threw pretty darn well against SD last time out. Im riding the Blue Crew tonight at +102
Dang, No Milton in the lineup tonight.
B Giles is leading off for them.
Candy Land won't be available until Sunday's game
Marlon Anderson just got released. Tsao will come up from the dl…
is that official?
Yeah, do you have a source or link to back that up?
Marlon Anderson is released
The Dodgers just announced that Marlon Anderson has been designated for assignment, which coincides with the activation of Chin-Hui Tsao. The latter is available for relief arm duty this evening (and not a minute too soon).
BK's at the park and he'll have more specific details, but we wanted to give y'all the heads up ASAP. We both figure some team will pick up the Uber-Late '06 Season Addition, so this is hopefully an "all's well that ends well" thing. Anderson's a seriously nice dude and BK and I have both enjoyed talking with him during his brief Dodger tenure. Best of luck to him.
they should have dumped bombko
Thanks, Max
They wanted 12 pitchers otherwise that probably would've happened
Ah, Marlon Anderson we'll always have September of 06. Best of luck in the future!
Anybody want to wager he'll end up in San Diego by September 1st?
First, I'm posting before I read the first 50 comments, sorry. That being said, I want to mention that Andre Ethier is one of my favorite players.
But if we are stuck with Pierre, is it fair or productive to have Andre on th bench?
This guy needs to be in the line up on a regular basis. I almost hope we can trade him, and get someone of equal value that can fill a whole for us. Gange straight across????
Slow down Dead Brain. Can Gonzo keep it up, Kemp has to slow down, and there always going to be injuries. But I agree, the Dodgers need to find a way to get both Kemp and Ethier in the same line up.
we have only 10 pitchers. I consider Tomko and Lurch as throwers.
i liked him…yeah alex…i wouldn't be surprised
geez people being DFAed right and left this year. You're next Ramon.
Waiting for the "did you spell Ramon backwards?" post.
Groundhog Day!!
That comment about Nomar having more keds this year than bombs was classic.
Pad's favored, yes did you see the first post? It's almost like, why bother playing? But then again, results never seem to come out the way the #'s on paper would lead one to believe. Just ask Vinny.
Still scratching my head about Ethier on bench, especially after viewing the stats Carsyn posted.
That would be yours truly who provided the stats…anyway, so I somewhat understand batting Nomar ahead of Loney, because if Loney were batting ahead of Nomar they'd walk Loney to get to Nomar (because of his struggles), so this way Loney actually gives Nomar protection and it's up to Nomar to capitailize on the protection. AND with Kemp behind Loney, Loney has protection. The only person this lineup truly affects is Gonzo, who will probably be pitched around.
To cerebro: We should all be thankful they find a way to get KEMP in the line up. PIERRE is a puzzle. We must play close attention to every at bat.
I understand the need to trim some fat and make room for Tsao but didn't Anderson year it up in Vegas on his rehab as well and getting a few hits after we brought him back? The tubby Tomato hasn't done much of anything lately and is now striking out on his fastball not that weakly grounding out was productive before that but he just isn't hitting the ball at all anymore.
No matter which way you spell it Ramon or Nomar neither are worth a spot on the 25 man roster at the moment.
Wow Kendrick 2 run HR in 9th for Anaheim to put those dudes up. Ouch!
ok after checking the facts they are both stinking up the joint.Anderson only had 1 more hit in his last 10 games TT has 3hr's so Anderson is odd man out.
Pierre is going to go 0-14 this series.
why say that lath? whats the point?
3-13 bb 2k's 1 sac and 3runs scored.
Where in the **** was that 3-2 pitch?
Outside corner at the knees, ump blows
WOW nice Catch!
Great catch Kemp! Huge catch that if missed could have meant a run, risky but it paid off big time!
thats one for Juan…
Shocker but lath19 was wrong
lol woo hoo Nice Steal!
nice steal!
No Throw!!!!
yeah baby!!!…2 stolen bases and a single turns into a triple…nice!!!
getting to Young early…
I think we are in his head now!
Martin is Gonna Go……
Martin needs to go here as well stay out of that potential DP
Wow that was close. Nice start BLUE!!!!
welll…it is a very good thing they put on a hit and run…otherwise that could've been a dp
A game of inches 3 inches from a DP, 1-0 Dodgers!
Great execution!Whew!
yes!!! three out of three stolen bases!! love it!!we're definitely getting into his head. did you see his facial expression?
Gonzo Hangin tough!
great at bat for gonzo
Battle Gonzo!
did he really swing?
Tremendous at bat by Gonzo, once again this team is making the pitcher work, which will pay off later in the game. J.P creates the run and we're up 1-0.
The Dodgers have the most handsomest uniform and the best name in all of teams sports.
Kuo is ON!
kuo is pitching well tonight!
Did they ever find Jose Cruz Jr.'s brother?
What the **** was that?
i think pierre could've had that
now we'll never know…oh well
I feel in love with that uniform when I was 9 years old and I've been more loyal to it then to any woman.
come on nomar!!…let's get it going!
Wow those first 2 pitches were right down broadway around 88-90 and Nomar couldn't get around on them.
I mean that is right down the middle, I don't get it…
Wow Kemp and Nomar looked awful that inning!
yeah…not sure if that's a testament to the batters not batting well or to young's pitching…either that was not much fun
Are Hugh and the playmates in the crowd? I mean certainly they had to be distracted! ha
Nomar, because he's in a slump, or something far worse. Kemp because he still has difficulty with the breaking ball.
Sit down Giles's!!
haha indeed
The score is PIERRE 1 PADRES 1
wrong score
Its Dodgers 1 Mexico North 1
hahhahaha…yes your names sake is doing very well tonight
Kuo's looking pretty good, hopefully we can get about 6 out of him today
i'm rooting for another bat flip moment here
Id definetely would pimp a homer if I were one of the Dodgers against the Pads.
raffy!! whohoooo
Atta boy Furcie!
Ok, if he doesn't run here, he never will
YEAH! Alright lets cash it in!
I don't know if Mueller has changed the team's approach, but doesn't it look like our team is much more patient lately?
Wow, SB for Furcal gotta love it.
4 bases stolen in 3 innings!!
yes much more patient…i like it
wow, Furcal's last SB was against Young too.
messing with his head now
yeah pierre!!!!!!! a double and an rbi!!!!!!!! yes!!!
2 for Juan
I can smell 1st place all alone after tonight!
Thats what I'm talking about, Pierre's a wrecking crew tonight!
yeah…boy am i glad he's in lineup tonight.
Young is clueless!
see this is what happens when both furcal and pierre get on base!!!…balk baby
sb the easy way!!!!!!!!!
YEAH, thats what speed does…gets in the pitcher's dome.
I can sense these teams getting into a brawl in this series.
I hope not, the last thing we need is suspensions or injuries
I can feel the intensity here at home. Wow, playoff atmosphere.
Oh yeah, I think all Dodger fans are beginning to realize that the Pads are our current biggest rival
Wow, he did he miss that?
Ok, I'll let up on Nomar because that was the same pitch
That's a big run we left at 3rd.
55 pitches for Young through 3, gotta love that.
yeah chris young is still picthing well……our two lead off hitters are definitely pulling their weight and more tonight. they are money.
hmmm…is the aflac answer the giants or us?
PIERRE 2 PADRES 1____The best thing about that inning was seeing FURCAL steal. He don't have to worry about his ankle if he slides on his hannds(HE must have been watching PIERRE)
wow that looked like strike 3!
I bet the Pads will get this RISP with 0 outs.
Lord knows we wouldnt.
The answer is Atlanta 91,92,93 and wow that was UGLY!
wow…that throw was no where even close
Loney is trying to do too much out there
alex, how did I know that you'd be the one to find that, I almost asked you but figured you were already looking it up.
R u kidding me?
wow…..kuo needs to get out of this inning
****, we need a strikeout here
a DP would be nice
Yeah but a DP still gives them the lead
oh…i thought there was 1 out……….well that is not good at all
And Boom goes the ***************
Gotta steal some more bases boyz!
OUCH, We need to find another starter, I don't think Kuo is quite consistent enought to be up here yet.
Get him outta there!
Kuo is already at 81 pitches, he needs to find a way to go right after hitters.
Kou needs to go to Vegas-his pitch count his way too high-he does not throw strikes consistently and his curve his getting hit all over the field
Strike Naked Man out here
agreed jkeezell, agreed
Kuo's stuff is nasty, I don't think anyone can argue that, I just don't think he's quite polished enough yet.
KUO had nothing tonight.
That Bat flip got him some bad chee goin……
well he was good through the first three innings
jeez…make it stop
This game is on the edge of getting away from us, still within reach barely
Get an out!
I don't know if you guys remember my gripe a while back, but **** it seems like everytime Seanez comes in with runners on, he lets them cash in. When he relieves he needs to start innings, he just doesn't get it done when he inherits
I agree!
just not our day….
not yet it isn't there's still 6 innings to go for the dodgers
it's as if whenever we play SD the stars are aligned against us or something
Raffy looks a bit frustrated…Spiked that ball….
I'm glad I got Scully tonight.Those Padre announcers would of been driving me crazy. But the Dodgers still have better uniforms __HOME or ROAD
yeah nomar!…got on base
Im out peeps! GO BLUE!
And he's off the snide, gotta try to battle back a little here and a little there
yeah loney!!!!
Same **** pitch same **** result
da GONZ down NOMAR up ? COM'ON We've come back against this team before. We can do it. THIS GAME AIN'T OVER YET. DON'T GO HOME YET L.A.
3 for Juan
if nothing else in this game it will give the whiners less ammo on JP.
FUGGEDABOUDIT! __PIERRE is here to stay KEMP better hope for da GONZ to slump. PIERRE gives them no reason to let him go.
Um, what happened to Kuo's velocity? Didn't he used to get upper 90s on his fastball, instead of low 90s and high 80s?
don't we have anyone in las vegas or jacksonville that can pitch better than these guys This on the aniversary of Fernado's no hitter and at home against the padres terrible
As a starter i always felt that he threw softer than as a reliever. He can be very effective 89-93 if he has any control. I think he is good as varying the speed on his fastball too, just no control tonight.
I hate the Padres.****** Brian Giles for stealing.
On a lighter note Delwyn Young has been tearing it up at AAA— just FYI…
How do we teach Kemp plate discipline?, because id trade Him and Meloan and LaRoche right now for Miggy… and that makes me sad…
However, the game is not yet over…
Lurch comes thru he is starting to get his groove back.He was Awefully Good before we got him and late in the year and then again Early this season. Maybe Lurch shows up big again in Aug/Sept.?
Barring injury or a complete collapse Pierre is our CF. KEMP right now has to play at his very best.
lol the only OF hits JP 3-3 Gonzo 0-3 3K Kemp 0-2 2K…..
Es posiblemente Fisher..
and JP was 1-forever against this guy.
MIA & THE TWINS(who were born on my birthday) MIA must treat NOMAR good when he gets home. She should treat him a little better maybe he'll hits some homers.
JP/Nomar 5-6 rest of the team 2-19 with 8K's….
Anyone else think that they are starting to stretch Hendy some to take another shot at starting?
I'd like to see one of BIG come from behind finishes beating Hoffman tonight.
HEND is starting to look like BILLS coming out of the pen.
Royce Ring pitched for the Mets if I remember correctly. For a short time. Keep your fingers crossed.
Lets see a bomb from Kemp to tie it
No you didn't pierre but it's truth lol.
Pemw I think they all but me pulled an LA your a brookie so ya know…
yeah…that's what i'm hoping for….rally!!!!
Oh MIA NOMAR's hot. And LONEY'S no Baloney.
oops there they are.
here we go!!
ehh…at least we got a run in…alright betemit, show your stuff!!
C'mon MEAT!!!!
Sorry I got Hoffman on my fantasy team I don't want to see him in this game maybe Linebrink give up a bomb.
Go yard Wilson!!!
The really annoying thing now is that we should have 2 more runs. Russ striking out with Pierre at 3rd with one out, and Kemp same situation with Nomar on third 2 innings ago…
Thats a tie ballgame…. We need to get better at fundamentals…
No Kemp I rather have the 3 runs bombs.
Hoffman on your fantasy team is kind of blasphemous homes…
that would have been nice
Why couldn't Nomar and Pierre do that all the time?
we believe!
I Hate Cruz………
it's alright…we still have the ninth
Since I don't care about my ERA/Whip in that league and my pathetic record because of all those injuries I had but I guess Hoffman could get blow up.
7-5 You know who is coming in for them next inning if we can keep them down._____________COM'ON TSAO
hey this must be the first time that a lot of you are happy that pierre will be coming up. how funny. i dunno, but i've always rooted for pierre so i'm happy….2 outs and a bottom of the ninth to go.
He looks sharp so far…
You have people complaining by Pierre not getting on base but when he does are #3 and #4 not knocking him in.
WB Tsao
This is the time of year for him to heat up. Its warm and humid tonight so he must be feeling comfortable.
great job Kent!
yes!…tsao looked good…time to beat hoffmann to a pulp..or at least get two or three runs off of him
Do they still have Adkins lol?
OK New Song for Hoffman D.A.D. 'Rim of ****'
They Throw the Best **** Parties at the Rim of ****!
Well at least after 2 1/2 games we found out NOMAR is o.k. to play 3rd. NOW HERE WE GO against HOFFMAN.
You can tell by the Smell!
alright…martin time!!
one more run baby…just one more…a jeff kent jack would be nice
Ok Jeff Kent its all on You!
yes!!!!!!! KENNTTTTTTT….now GONZO TIME!!!!!
C'mon GONZO!!!! Time for payback!
danggg..what a let down
We should have won this game… Enough said.
Dang I hate unearned run. I guess Loney throwing error was big since it did allowed the 1 unearned run.
CLOSE BUT NO CIGAR. DON'T GIVE UP WE'LL GET THEM TOMORROW_____ DODGERS 45-35 after 80. LAST YEAR: 41-39. Kuo was wild and hittable da GONZ was proberbly do for a lousy night. PIERRE sparkled KEMP went to school.
or just kuo pitching crapilly in general.
Raffy,Jp and Nomar did about as much as they could but kuo is not the man…….
tough loss, but nice effort…..JP running wild on the bases was just awesome…nomar with a nice 3 for 4 game
let's go get em tommorow!
Hope Penny shines and peavy doesn't Peavme……
It was nice to finally see the Dodgers use their speed. I havent seen much of that since the beggining of the season. Steal can do alot in a game, as far positioning players into scoring position and so on. Why dont they run more often? With Furcal, Pierre, and Martin running can cause havoc. Look what it did to Young in the first inning. If they run more they win more. The Dodgers dont have the power that other clubs have but they can defenitely beat you with base hits. All the top 3 have to do is get on base and hope that Little removes the leach and watch the fireworks.
You've gotta to rememeber Furcal ankle is still not 100%. I guess Furcal having a pitcher that gave him his last SB and lead the league in SB allowed with 41 last year it was time for him to do do something. Furcal ankle is the problem we don't steal any and that was his 8th of the season and still on pace to get like 17.
IMO the real reason we lost that game is the fact that Seanez keeps coming in with inherited runners on base, if we go with Hendrickson or Beimel in that spot, we probably win the game tonight
All the Dodger stills tonight were head first on the hands slides. Although it's not recommended I think FURCAL if he is worried about his ankle should think about doing it that way.
That's STEALS
base stealers almost always slide head first. Since most of the plays are always bang bang plays it gives them a better view of the tag and gives them a better chance to avoid it. Why do you think Pierre holds batting gloves in his hands when he's on the bases. They force him to keep his hands in a fist so he doesn't jam or break his fingers.
I dont know Charris– i chalk this one up to Russ's and Kemps failure to drive in that run on third with one out. You have to score those runs.
Why not give Houlton a shot? He didn't do this badly when he was with the big club in '05.
Very sorry to see Anderson go, but with these mini-starts I guess we'll need all the bull pen we can get.
I am totally fed up with Kuo. He is not major league material and should not see another start up here, anymore than Tomko. He would be on my trade list for a pitcher who can at least throw strikes. Back to Vegas for at least the rest of this season. Holton has had some major league experience and deserves the chance to show what he can do. GOOD BYE, KUO!
Did anyone else notice, Kemp
was,laying off the fastball & swinging @ the curves and changeups. That didn't make any sense AT ALL. This is where Meuller should step in
and remind him, that they are going to slow pitch him to death…..Plus my man Martin
is being too anxious…..
It's pretty obvious that Kuo needs more time in Vegas. Counting his major league starts, I don't even think Kuo has a combined 25 major and minor league starts. He needs to gain experience at AAA. That being said, what are the options? Bring hendy back to a starter? For whatever reason, he is much more effective as the long reliever. Bring Tomko back?No way-I'm not even sure he should take up a roster spot. I don't think Houlton is the answer. If he were a ML pitcher, he would already be on the team. The Dodgers could attempt to trade for a starter such as Buerhle, but the asking price may be too high. What about Justin Orenduff at AA? I know he had shoulder issues last year which limited his playing time, but he has a 3.77 era at J'ville and has been pitching well lately. He's also 24, drafted out of college and has been a fulltime starter, not a converted reliever. 2 years ago he was considered one of the top prospects-maybe it's time to give him a shot. I'm sure he could do beter than allowing 17 earned runs in 10 innings over 3 starts.
Kuo wasn't ready in spring and isn't ready now. EVERYONE was on the Kuo boat during spring and it made me laugh but whatever.
I think we should concentrate on a pitching. Trade anyone but Loney, Kemp, LaRoche, Martin, Bills and Broxton. Trade Betemit and Abreu along with a B pitching prospect and get a solid 3 or 4 pitching. Of course i don't trust Ned with Pitching at all.
If the A's become sellers at the deadline I'd make a push for Joe Blanton.
The A's have tried to get Lastings Milledge for Blanton. Thats a little much but I think Ethier and Abreu could do it. As much as I'd hate to see Either go we need another pitcher.
maybe even throw in Meloan. Blanton is young and cheap everything NED hates so it probably won't happen.
We should trade LaRoche while he can still get something for him… he isnt going to pan out. Mark my words.
thats the dumbest thing i've ever heard. Thats even dumber then when someone said "Abreu and been consistent and a blessing to the team"
Why? He's only had success in the minors!!!– everytime he gets an opportunity against major league pitchers he doesnt do tooo well. He was a 39th round draft pick from Community College… Let him show me something, anything. Fact of the matter is, Abreu has a much better chance of having a solid major league career than LaRoche. All LaRoche has proven is that he is a good minor league hitter. For 2 years… He has 13 RBI is 120 AB this year.. he isnt that good.
Buehrle is back on the market after his contract extension talks fell through— we should make a strong push…
****, atleast Abreu can say he directly contributed to a win….
Blanton looks like a good suggestion, and Ethier should have a special appeal to the A's. I would rather part with someone other than Abreu, however, in addition to land Blanton. Buehlre would probably require way too much from us both in prospects and in salary in order to get him locked up for any number of years. Remember, we wasted $47 million on the last big pitching contract.
Blanton would be a very solid pickup– lets try to get him and keep Ethier though. Kuo, Betemit, Meloan is necessary…?
I dont know about the asking price thing messagebear… if they dont trade him now he walks and they get nothing for him, while their season is completely lost… That would be a nightmare situation for that organization. I have to think if they get a Kuo and Betemit or Meloan or something they would be thrilled…
If we can get Buehrle for Kuo plus Betemit OR Meloan, I'd certainly go for it. When Buehrle was talking extension with the W Sox, I thought they were discussing 4-5 years at something close to $20 mil. per, and that didn't work into a deal. Don't know if we have what it takes to sign him up longer term, and I'm assuming that we would be a bit gun-shy after the Schmidt episode. Blanton, however, would make a great deal of sense from that dollar standpoint.
It was more like 4 years– 56 mil. And the hang up with the white sox was that they wouldnt give him a no trade clause… Blanton would certainly be ideal…
im interested to know why people think kuo is such a hot commodity. he certainly hasnt proven very much in the majors, although he has potential. betemit i can understand, but not kuo. the chisox are going to be asking for a lot better things than kuo, abreu (who i don't think would fetch very much either) and meat. cmon, they want bills, they want kemp, they want loney. as far as meloan i would keep him because we'll probably need him down the stretch and i doubt we'd get someone better by trade. the chisox don't want our leftovers. get real. and i don't want them rebuilding their team at our expense.
and its not to say that i don't think highly out of all the guys we have, but we tend to overrate our own people just a bit.
LaRoche is HURT. That's why he's having a down year.
And he was a 39th round pick because scouts figured he was going to Rice University and would be a very tough sign. He was such a hot commodity in 2003 that it took a $1 million bonus to get him.
He's had a great minor league career (when healthy) but he also projects to be a great big leaguer with outstanding plate discipline.
Ok, he has been hurt recently, but not at the beginning of the year. He was such a hot commodity that he lasted 39 rounds…. ok?? Must have appeared to have been a REALLY tough sign…
LaRoche had Labrum surgery last year. Its rather common that the second year back from the surgery is the first full year or full strength in the shoulder. LaRoche's shoulder isn't at full strength and its been sore and bothering him ALL SEASON. Even if he was given more then 38AB's he would out produce Nomar and Betemit easily.
Beane might go for Betemit and Meloan. Betemit has some upside still. I think he needs to move on. Murray really screwed him up here. Betemit will get on base and hit for power eventually. Beane loves that. I like Blanton. He's solid. Besides the A's probably have another stud waiting in the wings to take over down there anyways.
pretty **** solid.
EWK…Piazza was selected in the 62nd round. I think he turned out pretty good.
I think Ethier goes this year. Its sad but I think Ned will go with an outfield of FA signing/Pierre/Kemp next year.
Yeah and Matt Kemp was 6th round (181st overall) does that mean the other 180 players ahead of him are better? Russell Martin, the best catcher in the National League was drafted in the 17th round (511th overall). It is so rare for a player these days to be drafted, come up through the system and perform well for the same team they were drafted by. We have Bills, Broxton, Kemp, Loney, Martin not to mention Abreu (non-drafted FA) and Ethier (traded by the A's). Drafts most the time are a crapshoot where most of the time you **** out. There is only room for 750 players in the majors, 30 teams times 25 players. Most draft picks don't pan out, we've been extremely blessed to have as many as we have succeed.


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Well Chris Paul is not going to be a Knick. The Lakers went ahead and swapped Pau Gasol and Odom for Chris Paul. The trade is proposed to be a 3 way with Houson. Lakers get Paul, Houston gets Gasol, New Orleans gets Odom, Kevin Martin, Luis Scola and Goran Dragic.
Honestly, I think the Lakers get worse. Their biggest advantage was having the two 7 footers down low. They no longer have that and have a gaping hole at the 4 and an injury prone Andrew Bynum playing center. The Lakers bench seemingly looks worse than what the Heat or Knicks have right now. I think if the Lakers then get Dwight Howard then its a different story but this team right now definitely isn't the best in the Western Conference. OKC is better. Memphis might be better. Portland looks good. LA right now is in transition but right now they do not improve from this deal.Follow @tarmosino


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NEW YORK—Bruno Mars' recent appearance on Saturday Night Live was more like Saturday Night Fever: He says he had so much fun hosting the show, he'd be happy to do it again.
"Whatever SNL wants from me, they can always call me," the smiling 27-year-old said in an interview. "I don't know who told them I can act or anything 'cause I can't. I don't know what they saw. (But) whatever they need from me, they can get."
The singer-songwriter's Oct. 20 appearance as host and musical guest gave the NBC variety show its second best ratings this season behind last week's episode, hosted by comedian Louis C.K.
Mars was praised for his hilarious and silly sketches, particularly one skit where he did impersonations of other musicians as a live fill-in at Pandora when the company's computers crashed.
"It was kind of a way for me to face my fears and just let it all hang loose, literally," he said, laughing. "People don't understand that they're changing things right before the show, so you can't memorize lines because they're going to change it. They cut sketches and it's an amazing operation. I wouldn't trade that experience for the world."
The Grammy winner says he watched the show days after it aired live, and that's when things started to sink in, especially seeing himself dressed as a woman.
"I was like, 'Oh my god,'" he said, adding with a laugh: "Called my mom, 'Mom!'"
The SNL success is giving Mars a boost as he readies the release of his sophomore album, Unorthodox Jukebox, out Dec. 11. It features Esperanza Spalding, Mark Ronson, Jeff Bhasker, Diplo, Paul Epworth and others.
On SNL, he debuted a new song, "Young Girls," and performed his current single, the upbeat "Locked Out of Heaven." It's his 12th Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart as a performer, songwriter or producer.
"I love ('Locked Out of Heaven') because it's different . . . than what you're used to hearing me maybe sing normally," he said.


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Beginning today, an extraordinary gem is going on temporary display in the Museum's Morgan Memorial Hall of Gems: the 55.08-carat, champagne-colored Kimberley Diamond.
Cut from a 490-carat crystal, which was found in the 19th century at the Kimberley Mine in South Africa, the Kimberley Diamond was originally cut as a 70-carat gem in 1921. To improve on the gem's proportions and to increase its brilliancy, it was cut to its present emerald cut in 1958.
The Kimberley Diamond exhibit is overseen by George Harlow, curator in the Museum's Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Dr. Harlow also curated The Nature of Diamonds, a past Museum exhibition that included much about the origins of diamond—the transparent form of true carbon—and about diamond-mining.
As the exhibition explained, diamonds ascend to the Earth's surface in rare molten rock, or magma, that originates at great depths. Carrying diamonds and other samples from Earth's mantle, this magma rises and erupts in small but violent volcanoes.
Just beneath such volcanoes is a carrot-shaped "pipe" filled with volcanic rock, mantle fragments, and some embedded diamonds. This type of volcanic rock is called kimberlite—after the city of Kimberley, South Africa, where the pipes were first discovered in the 1870s—and where the Kimberley Diamond was mined.
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A judge sentenced a Polk County couple to federal prison Thursday for filing more than 1,000 false tax returns and collecting more than $3.5 million in fraudulent refunds.
A judge sentenced a Polk County couple to federal prison Thursday for filing more than 1,000 false tax returns and collecting more than $3.5 million in fraudulent refunds.
Senita Birt Dill, 46, and Ronald Jeremy Knowles, 42, both of Mill Spring, were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger to 27 years, and 5 years and 10 months, in prison, respectively, according to a news release Friday from Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
In addition to the prison terms, Reidinger ordered the defendants to serve three years' probation under court supervision and to pay $3,978,211 as restitution to the Internal Revenue Service.
Dill and Knowles pleaded guilty in October 2012 to false claims conspiracy and access device fraud, according to the release. Dill also pleaded guilty to aggravated identity theft.
According to court documents and Thursday's sentencing hearings, from 2009 to 2012, Dill and Knowles used fraudulently obtained personal identification information (including names, dates of birth and Social Security numbers) to file false tax returns claiming tax refunds. Court documents indicate that the pair used tax preparation software programs to file and submit these fraudulent federal and state tax returns.
According to court records, the tax returns contained fictitious information, such as the filer's income and the amount of federal tax withheld. Court records show that the defendants were careful to use fictitious figures that maximized the amount of the claimed refund, while minimizing the risk of detection, the release says.
According to court records, the couple's elaborate tax scheme included renting a property on a lake which was surrounded by numerous vacation homes in the neighborhood. Court records show that Dill and Knowles used the neighboring addresses to fill out the fraudulent tax returns, and since the neighboring homes were not occupied daily, the couple was able to check the homes' mailboxes frequently and retrieve the fraudulent refund checks upon delivery.
According to court records, in addition to the addresses of lake homes, the defendants also used addresses in Greenville, S.C. and Greer, S.C. on the fictitious tax returns, which is where Knowles' business is located. Court records indicate that once they retrieved the refunds, the defendants deposited the refund checks directly into their bank accounts. On some occasions, the defendants received tax refunds in the form of pre-paid debit cards, court records show.
According to court records, Dill and Knowles filed more than 1,000 false tax returns using the fraudulently obtained personal identification information. They also made fraudulent tax refund claims in excess of $5 million and actually received tax refunds totaling more than $3.5 million.
The defendants have been in federal custody since October 2012. They will be transferred to the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons upon designation of a federal facility. All federal sentences are served without the possibility of parole.
The investigation was handled by the IRS and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, with the assistance of the Polk County Sheriff's Office. Assistant U.S. Attorney Don Gast of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Asheville prosecuted the case.


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Vicriviroc in HIV(R5/X4)-Treatment Experienced Subjects (Study P05057AM5)(COMPLETED)
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00551330
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : October 30, 2007
Last Update Posted : December 21, 2015
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Vicriviroc (vye-kri-VYE-rock) is an investigational drug (not yet approved by Government Regulatory Authorities for commercial use) that belongs to a new class of drugs, called CCR5 receptor blockers. This group of drugs blocks one of the ways HIV enters T-cells (the cells that fight infection). Previous smaller studies in HIV treatment-experienced patients, have shown that vicriviroc is safe and effective. The purpose of this study is to investigate in subjects with detectable dual/mixed CCR5/CXCR4-tropic HIV whether vicriviroc when added to other appropriate HIV drugs can decrease the level of HIV (viral load) in the blood and that it is well tolerated.
This is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, multi-center study of vicriviroc maleate in HIV subjects infected with dual/mixed CCR5/CXCR4-tropic virus and who have documented resistance to at least 2 of the 3 antiretroviral drug classes (NRTI, NNRTI or PI) or at least 6 months experience with at least 2 of the following: one NRTI, one NNRTI, or one PI (excluding low-dose ritonavir) and failure on their current stable regimen. The study will compare the virologic benefit of adding vicriviroc to an optimized background regimen to a control group receiving placebo plus the new optimized background therapy. The optimized background regimen will be chosen by the investigator based on results of drug susceptibility tests performed at Screening, history of prior antiretroviral drug use by the patient, and drug toxicity. Primary efficacy analysis will be conducted when all subjects have completed 48 weeks of treatment. An interim analysis will be performed when all subjects have completed 24 weeks of treatment. Subjects who complete 48 weeks of treatment, or who discontinue early but are deemed eligible upon rescreening, will be offered participation in the open-label segment of the study, and will receive vicriviroc 30 mg once daily, if appropriate, until commercially available or until the sponsor terminates the clinical development of vicriviroc.
|Condition or disease
|HIV Infections Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
|Drug: Vicriviroc Drug: Placebo
|Phase 2
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|111 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Vicriviroc in Combination Treatment With an Optimized ART Regimen in Treatment-Experienced Subjects With R5/X4 HIV Infection (VICTOR-E2; Protocol No. P05057)
|Study Start Date :
|September 2007
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|February 2010
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|May 2010
Experimental: 1
Vicriviroc 30 mg QD
Drug: Vicriviroc
One tablet of vicriviroc 30 mg once daily
Placebo Comparator: 2
Drug: Placebo
One tablet of placebo once daily
- Change from baseline in HIV RNA (log10 copies/mL) [ Time Frame: At Week 48 ]
- Change from baseline in CD4 count [ Time Frame: At Week 24 and Week 48 ]
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|16 Years and older (Child, Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Subjects must be at least 16 years of age (or minimal age that defines an adult as determined by local regulatory authorities or legal requirements), of either sex and of any race, with dual/mixed CCR5/CXCR4 tropic HIV infection.
- Subjects must have treatment failure (defined by plasma HIV RNA [ribonucleic acid] >1000 copies/mL) on an existing regimen.
- Subjects must be antiretroviral therapy (ART)-experienced and have documented genotypic and/or phenotypic resistance to at least one drug in 2 of the following 3 drug classes: nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI), nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI), or protease inhibitor (PI)
Antiretroviral class experience for at least 6 months (sequential or cumulative) with at least two of the following:
- one NRTI
- one NNRTI
- one PI (excluding low dose ritonavir).
- In the opinion of the investigator, the best treatment regimen for the subject must be an optimized ART regimen consisting of >=3 drugs, the optimized regimen must contain at least 2 active drugs, one of which must be a ritonavir-boosted PI (>=100 mg ritonavir). With the exception of etravirine, NNRTIs may not be a component of the optimized regimen.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Any condition likely to increase the risk of seizures.
- CD4 count <100 cells/mm^3.
- Current or prior history of malignancy.
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|Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
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|NCT00551330 History of Changes
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|First Posted:
|October 30, 2007 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|December 21, 2015
|Last Verified:
|December 2015
Keywords provided by Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.:
Treatment Experienced
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Immune System Diseases
Slow Virus Diseases


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NEWPORT NEWS, VA -- The Air Combat Command (ACC), a major command of the U.S. Air Force, presented its Facility Design Honor Award to architecture, planning, engineering and interior design firm Leo A. Daly at the ACC Design Awards Luncheon on Feb. 28, held at the Marriott Hotel City Center in Newport News, VA. The award recognizes the firm's work on the ADAL Fitness Center Project at Minot Air Force Base in Ward County, ND.
The ADAL Fitness Center includes a 43,000-square-foot addition with space for group exercise, a gymnasium, a second-level running track, locker rooms and a new lobby/entry. The center, which cost approximately $9 million, also includes 41,000 square feet for fitness workouts, racquetball courts, multiple basketball gymnasiums, a health and wellness center, and a lap pool. The facility includes site development, mechanical, electrical, fire protection, communications, security, force protection and parking improvements as well as a new outdoor running track.
Judged by a panel of architects, interior designers and planners, the ACC awards recognize projects that have an excellent overall design and incorporate innovation, quality, and efficiency concepts. The ACC also forwarded the project to compete in the 2007 Air Force Design Awards.


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The writing is on the wall for the Sydney convention and exhibition centres - and, it seems, for thousands of love-struck Sydneysiders.
Hoardings that have been erected around the Darling Harbour centres as part of their billion-dollar redevelopment this month have been converted into a space for visitors to chalk up their messages of love – and organisers have been "overwhelmed" by the strength of feeling.
An estimated 11,000 public displays of affection to friends, family, partners and pets blossomed across 350 metres of hoarding in the 24 hours from midnight Saturday.
"I've got goosebumps," Cathy Levins-Byrnes, from the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority, said. "We were all just overwhelmed."
The idea was planned as part of Darling Harbour's "Month of Love" but it has taken on a life of its own.
"Our idea was that we'd set aside a couple of panels for people to write messages to the people they love – but were blown away to find the entire hoarding had been covered in chalked love messages in less than a day."
Work installing the boards will be completed this week, when some of the chalked messages will be removed to make way for signage.
Ms Levins-Byrnes said they will be "playing it by ear" when it comes to deciding when to remove the rest of the messages.
"We'll be leaving it for as long as we can and then it will start to get icky and then you've got to get rid of it in any case," she said.
As for the buildings behind the boards, their departure from Darling Harbour will be far more brutal.
About 70,000 tonnes of concrete and 2000 tonnes of steel will be removed when workers start cutting and methodically dismantling the structures.
Earthmoving equipment has already cleared some of the gardens near the exhibition centre, which was awarded the prestigious Sulman Medal for public architecture in 1989.
The precinct's replacement convention, exhibition and entertainment facilities are due to be completed by the end of 2016.
Deputy Premier Andrew Stoner said the erection of the hoardings marked an "important milestone" in the redevelopment of the new precinct.
"Darling Harbour will still be a hive of activity while construction is taking place, with business, events and family activities continuing to take place in the precinct," Mr Stoner said.
While the existing Entertainment Centre will remain open until 2015, Sydney's major exhibitions will now move to the temporary exhibition centre at Glebe Island.
The first event, the Reed Gift Fair, begins on February 15.
Leesha McKenny is Urban Affairs Reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald


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Rhonda Naylor, Clinical Referral Specialist
Rhonda Naylor is a Clinical Referral Specialist in The Breast Center at Smilow Cancer Hospital. In her role, she is responsible for receiving authorization from insurance companies for imaging tests such as MRIs and CAT scans before a patient comes in. She also works with patients and physicians to schedule the imaging tests, return appointments, and any outside referrals.
"My goal is to make it as easy a process as possible for patients. The last thing they need to worry about is billing issues, and to be able to help put them at ease is a great accomplishment for me," said Rhonda.
Rhonda has been in her current position for a year and a half and has always been interested in the medical field, but decided to go the business route instead. She is now able to combine both of her interests into one career. Her manager, Maria Michelangelo, commented, "Rhonda is a great asset to the Breast Center and the organization. She is professional and well rounded. Her warm personality compliments her outstanding customer service ethics, and that is what makes her stand out!"