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I don't know about you, but before I can even fathom cooking myself breakfast I need a little caffeine to wake me up. This recipe is an absolute cinch to make, even if you're still sleepy or groggy. Oh, did I mention it's downright delicious?
- 1 C. coffee
- 1/4 C. half and half (you could also use milk or creamer)
- 1/4 C. sugar
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Ice, to taste
Combine the sugar and water in a saucepan and heat over medium, stirring frequently until well-combined. Continue stirring until it forms a thin syrup and begins to bubble slightly. Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla extract. Pour your coffee into a large glass with your desired amount of ice and then stir in the syrup. Then pour the half and half over the top and drink immediately.
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Delegation is a thorny issue for many bosses who prefer to do the job themselves. But a good leader gets more satisfaction when able to get others to do tasks at expected high standards.
The worst thing a boss can say is "It's going to take me two hours longer to explain this to my employee than if I just do it myself."
Then you justify this to yourself: The quality and standard is better, plus the job is done. But what about the employee? Where is their challenge, their opportunity to grow?
The owner of a teen computer camp shared with me his frustration over his staff and their botched efforts at doing the job. How could he motivate his team to work at, or close to, his level? If the boss had used a little bit of emotional savvy, he would have seen the employee physically deflate, her spirits sinking faster than when the judge told Paris Hilton she had to do time, again.
What this approach to delegating misses is that a few hours of rigorous coaching will save hundreds of hours over the next year, freeing up time for revenue- generating tasks and for taking more responsibility yourself.
A reputation for teaching is gold. Star performers gravitate toward companies that train skills and push them to embrace scary tasks that challenge. Bill Gates, despite his questionable haircuts, set an outstanding performance level for programmers; this itself attracted talent. But Gates was able to balance the creative tension of setting the standard by encouraging the programmers to meet – and overshoot – expectations.
As the boss, your role is to instill the highest standards of performance and adherence to a shared vision of excellence. Only then can you up the ante and really let go. If you are having problems delegating, mull over these three questions:
1. Am I recruiting in the same old places, in the same old way?
I read a business plan for a nail manicure franchise and was astounded by the suggestion to hire university students part time. That's when it hit me that many more people are going to university and ending up in low end jobs. To help their graduates, universities have terrific job posting internet services. The teen tech camp owner hired students from Waterloo's co-op program who were thrilled to work in a tech environment rather than flip burgers (or paint nails).Make it a rule to hire people who are smarter than you. In the interview, talk about the high level of work expected until their eyes pop. The stars will be excited by the expectations, and you don't want the ones who say "no" anyway.
2. Have I really defined my standards?
The process of delegating is as fragile and complex as weaving a spider's web.How are you going to teach your skills and level of expectations? How can you illustrate how the end result should look? How can you make sure employees get the job done – building a web to catch the flies – even if it's not quite how you would have done it yourself? With an early-stage business, such as the teen tech camp, there may not be enough in place to show how to do the job. Asking employees to come up with their role and the end result that they think is expected is one way to build up a training culture.
Another tactic: Don't underestimate the role of storytelling and myths in building the results you expect. For centuries, little children have been told fairytales to prepare them for "real" life. It works. Business magazines are full of tales of how an employee ran through a burning building for their client. Get one of these stories in your culture too.
3. Am I prepared to let go?
Ask yourself this: Do I really step away when I delegate?
Once I've set the standards, do I really let go? Alarm bells should go off if you hear your employees saying, "We know you are just going to change everything we do anyway."
Working with managers and being one myself, my experience is that disasters happen when I have not been clear about the end result and I keep popping my head in randomly, interfering with the process.
My most successful delegation happens when I am forced by a hectic work schedule or other priorities to step away and truly let go. Sometimes, you do need to go to that remote salmon fishing camp in Nova Scotia without internet. Give your employees an interference-free week. You may be surprised.


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Granger Smith to Embark on Second-Annual 100-Mile Walk for the Troops
They say you can't really know somebody until you walk a mile in their shoes. But we have a pretty good idea about what kind of person Granger Smith is, even though we haven't laced up his combat boots. Last year, the Texas country star slipped on his military footwear and walked 100 miles in support of our troops. This year, he'll return to the pavement to do it all over again, this time with a little more experience under his belt.
"From the moment my boots hit the pavement on Ft. Hood last year to end the 100 mile walk, I had one persistent thought: I've got to do this again," says Smith. "It was so emotionally and physically compelling that this sort of thing can't be done only once. I'm so excited to lace up my boots again."
Last year, Smith — whose latest album, 'Poets & Prisoners,' landed in the top ten on the Texas music charts — walked 100 miles from south Austin, Texas to the Fort Hood post in Killeen, Texas. In 2012, Smith will combine efforts with the Boot Campaign to raise awareness for our soldiers' needs and to support their transition back home after combat.
Through the sale of military combat boots (like the ones Smith will be wearing on his walk), the Boot Campaign donates proceeds to a group of partner charities that work with soldiers healing from a variety of physical and emotional combat wounds, embodying the campaign motto that, "When They Come Back, We Give Back."
The 'Colorblind' hitmaker is counting down the days until April 15, when he can give another 100 miles to our men and women in uniform. To further his belief in the cause, Smith just released a new single and music video for 'That's What I Do With It,' all proceeds from which go back to the Boot Campaign.


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Many of the digestive disorders seen in adults begin in kids and teens. Providing better treatments early in life would not only help help children and their families, but would also help avoid much pain, suffering and expense later on in life. While we have seen many advances in understanding functional GI and motility disorders in kids and teens, much more remains to be done. Development of improved treatments in pediatrics is a particular challenge.
Research Needs
Funds are often lacking to support research of disorders in children. Adequate resources would spur new investigations and attract young talent to the GI field. Carlo Di Lorenzo MD, Professor of Pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology at Children's Hospital of Columbus Ohio, talks about these challenges and the needs for resources to find better treatments.
Treatment Advances and Needs: Functional Disorders
In this segment, Dr. Di Lorenzo talks about advances in understanding of the functional disorders and challenges to developing improved treatments.
Treatment Advances and Needs: Motility Disorders
Hirschsprung's disease and intestinal pseudo-obstruction are relatively uncommon motility disorders. Severity can range from mild to extreme. In this video Dr. Di Lorenzo talks about progress in diagnosing and treating the disorders using surgical techniques. Effective drug treatments are yet to be found. Electrical stimulation or pacing shows promise for treatment.
Improving the Treatment Model
In this video, Lynn Walker PhD, Professor of Pediatrics, and Director, Division of Adolescent Medicine at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN talks about the need for better understanding, ways to improve existing treatment options, and how the IFFGD symposium, held every 2 years, helps advance understandings in the field.
Recurrent abdominal pain in children and adolescents
Dr. Walker is a behavioral scientist, clinician, and educator. Here she discusses strategies for helping families and children or adolescents deal with managing chronic pain conditions that affect the bowel such as IBS or IBD. Managing pain, going to school, dealing with bathroom issues, and explaining what is wrong to peers are all challenging issues that confront the patient and the family.
Advancing the treatment model
In this segment, Dr. Walker talks about new approaches being investigated to treat recurrent abdominal pain, and the need for wider availability of existing treatment options.


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Communities are being torn apart by the growing divide between the minority of citizens who are hoping to profit from fracking and the majority of New York residents (recent Siena poll) who oppose it based on health and environmental concerns.
Fracking has become "the elephant in the room," dominating thought and discussion in cities and towns, both large and small. Many are asking, "Is it worth the risk?"
Those who support fracking will tell you that the "natural" gas (shale gas) to be extracted is one of the cleanest burning fossil fuels, and that by burning these fuels we may perhaps reduce fossil fuel emissions and vastly improve the general quality of air, thereby slowing global warming.
Shale gas supporters also claim that we as a nation will thus become less dependent upon foreign energy and that there will be more jobs created in an economy that is in desperate need of a boost.
These claims have already been disproven and shown to be little more than "industry hype" designed to advance corporate agendas.
There is mounting evidence of the detrimental effects of fracking on the environment, human health and sociological aspects of communities wherever it has been permitted. According to the website www.catskillmountainkeeper.org, "Over 500 chemicals – many which have been identified as toxic or carcinogenic - are pumped into the ground during fracking procedures."
The drillers claim they do not use toxic chemicals, only a benign mixture of mud, sand and some guar gum, and the industry continues to refuse to disclose the identity and chemical nature of many of their fracking compounds, claiming them to be "proprietary" products.
However, the evaporation pits where the liquids are contained after drilling prove differently. It has been documented that these liquids can contain heavy metals like arsenic and radioactivity from the shale.
The effects on the environment are irreversible. Fracking chemicals can leech into aquifers and water wells, leading to the contamination of household water supplies. And though water contamination should be of great concern to everyone, the EPA is actually barred from regulating the impact of fracking on groundwater.
Congress, in 2005, exempted fracking from the Clean Water and the Safe Drinking Water Acts. How is it that an agency that should be protecting the environment is actually barred from regulating and testing water that could become contaminated as the result of unsafe industry practices?
It is apparent to everyone that the drilling industry plans were laid well in advance of today, as in 2005 Congress not only exempted the industry from Superfund (environmental cleanup) laws, but also exempted the gas industry from the Clean Air Act.
Beyond the health and environmental concerns, there are negative sociological repercussions in communities being threatened with fracking. Neighbors and families who once concentrated their energies on farming and livestock are now fighting over gas leases and land rights.
The proliferation of "pro-drilling" and "anti-fracking" lawn signs found on roads throughout New York State further pit neighbors against neighbors.
In other parts of the U.S. where fracking is already permitted, there has been an influx of out-of-state drilling workers; strangers who invade communities, deplete resources, overburden the infrastructure, including hospitals and law enforcement, taking the jobs that the locals were promised would be theirs and driving long-term residents from their rental properties.
As recently as last week, there was discussion among the state's legislators about shipping frack waste products to Long Island for disposal. Frack waste is not only toxic, it's radioactive. Add to this concern proposals to construct large (30") pipelines to transport the shale gas to ports for export to foreign lands.
We cannot allow the agendas of profit-seeking corporations to threaten our safety and well being or alter our way of life, whether we live upstate, in the city, or on Long Island. And as a nation we cannot continue to ignore the damage caused by fracking.
The Great Law of the Iroquois Confederacy states that "in every deliberation, we must consider the impact on the seventh generation." We must all hope for the day when we pick up our newspapers and the front page headlines read, "New York State Bans Hydrofracking!" Then we can be assured that the quest to take care of our seventh generation has begun.
Kelly Abbruzzese is a resident of Middle Village.


text: The federal Campus Sex Crimes Prevention Act, enacted on October 28, 2000, goes into effect October 28, 2002. The law requires institutions of higher education to issue a statement advising the campus community where law enforcement agency information provided by a State concerning registered sex offenders may be obtained. It also requires sex offenders already required to register in a State to provide notice, as required under state law, of each institution of higher education in that State at which the person is employed, carries on a vocation, or is a student. The New York State sex offender registry may be accessed at http://criminaljustice.state.ny.us/nsor/index.htm. In addition, the City of Albany maintains a sex offender registry that may be accessed by "Entities of Vulnerable Population". The UHA Office of Public Safety has been so declared and the registry may be accessed through the Director of Public Safety.


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In Atlanta we are recovering from one of worst winter storms in many years. Weather events are financially devastating for a medical practice. Revenue completely stops while expenses continue without interruption. Today for the first time we saw patients in the office on a Saturday to recover a little.
During our 3 snow days this past week I decided to take on John Lynn's challenge regarding what I would do if the Meaningful Use (MU) incentive money disappeared. There has been a range of responses including one person who wouldn't change a thing about MU. However, recent data continue to support my long-held opinion that MU has been harmful to health IT and the EMR cause.
Think about where we were before MU was conceived. Six years ago the NEJM study cited by the designers of MU showed a 4% EMR adoption rate. Among EMR users the vast majority (72%-96%) reported a positive effect of EMR on patient care. Among EMR users physician satisfaction was 93%. Among EMR non-users, the major reasons for not getting an EMR included cost (66%), uncertainty regarding the return on investment (50%), and loss of productivity during implementation (41%).
Six years later, what has MU done for EMRs? Medical Economics recently released an EHR survey of 967 physicians polled in late 2013 with very disturbing results:
- 70% did not feel their EHR investment was worth the cost and the effort
- 73% would not re-purchase their current system
- 69% report coordination of care has not improved
- 65% do not believe EHR has improved quality of care. 45% believe EHR has made patient care worse
- 66% report financial losses resulting from EHR. 38% report significant losses.
- Lack of system functionality was the most common complaint among EHR users (67%)
- 45% of all physicians spent over $100,000 on EHR and 77% of the "largest" practices spent over $200,000. It is unclear whether this is the total practice cost or cost per physician. Increased staff costs and loss of productivity were also cited as major issues.
Also telling are data reported by CMS last May that a staggering 17% of all providers who attested for the 90 day period required for MU Stage 1 / Year 1 (2011) did not participate the following year. A CMS survey of these "non-returning providers" (NRPs) showed many of them gave up for reasons related to the MU program as well as reasons related to dissatisfaction with their EMRs.
Analysis of these 3 studies suggests that the satisfaction rate among EMR users has fallen from over 90% to about 30% over the past 6 years. The proportion of providers that believe EMR improves quality of care has fallen from 82% in 2008 to 35% in the 2013 ME survey. The misgivings of non-EMR-users in the NEJM 2008 study were proven valid among the dissatisfied EMR-users in the ME 2013 survey: high cost, poor return on investment and loss of productivity. Even 5 figure financial incentives can't get MU / EMR participation beyond a very short time of 90 days.
How could EMR's reputation among EMR users fall so far? The Meaningful Use program is solely responsible.
Go back to 2008 for a moment. Had the health IT market been left undisturbed, EMR vendors would have engaged their existing base of satisfied customers in order to improve their products and sell to new customers. This base of early EMR adopters was unique and special. Our practice was among those that had a fully functional EMR in 2007-2008. We shared a vision and saw the potential for information technology to improve health care. We had both the IT resources and the will to work hundreds of extra hours to build effective EMR systems from products that were almost useless as they came "out of the box." We willingly accepted that proposition.
In 2008 the early adopters would have gladly offered their own practices as examples to demonstrate the value of EMR and help their vendors sell to new customers. This slow, evolutionary growth would have created a stable environment that allowed the health care system to safely assimilate the cultural and operational changes that EMR brings. This environment would have also supported stable evolution and improvement of EMR products. The result would have been modest but steady growth in the EMR market for decades to come.
But thanks to MU this never happened. Replacement of stable, natural market forces with MU incentives drove immediate, explosive short-term growth in the EMR market. But these MU-driven EMR purchasers are not like the practices before 2008 that freely chose to purchase a system. These practices had decided against EMR initially, at least partly because they lacked the IT resources to make EMR work for them. MU coerced them to purchase EMR against their better judgment.
I have spoken with many of these physicians. They do not share the inspiration and vision of the early adopters. They are rightly unhappy and cynical, forced by MU to spend huge amounts of money on unproven, underdeveloped EMR products that they did not want and were not prepared to properly use. To these practices the question of EMR's potential is irrelevant. In their minds MU (and by association EMRs) lives next to HIPAA, SGR and RAC audits as another method for the government to intimidate doctors and intrude upon their practices.
The MU program gave EMR vendors what they wanted – legislation requiring hundreds of thousands of providers to buy EMR products, with no need to prove that those products do anything useful. But here's the bad news: the Feds got what they wanted as well. Through MU they created an EMR industry that is dependent on government incentives and penalties to maintain a stream of new customers. This gives them complete control of the EMR market. There is more bad news. MU also destroyed the base of satisfied EMR customers from 2008, replacing it with a much larger base of unhappy, resentful customers.
So what happens as MU payments decrease with each passing year as MU requirements go up? Who can argue that the market won't collapse without another EMR stimulus package? John Lynn's question is appropriate and timely. MU incentives will indeed disappear over the next couple of years. How the EMR market will survive is not clear.


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|The Demonata
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- For the book series, see The Demonata
The Demonata (demons) are creatures who have no feeling or emotions and can kill humans or even each other without regret. They usually take the form of creatures from the human universe since they lack creativity. They like nothing better than to eat and kill humans.
The Demonata
Lord Loss (book)
Only three Demonata appear in this book, Artery, Vein and Lord Loss
Demon Thief
Many years ago, a few mages came up to the legendary Beranabus and asked him to form an alliance group to fight the Demonata. At first, Beranabus was reluctant but later he just let them go on and do what they want, keeping in touch with only a few of his Disciples at a time. Their main job was to stop crossings into the human universe but a select few traveled around with Beranabus in the Demonata's universe to try and find the legendary universe destroyer, the Kah-Gash.
Slawter (book)
Lord Loss appears in this book , along with a demon that looks like an ant .
Bec (book)
With the help of humans and other intelligent beings, they moved onto planets in the other universe and killed just for fun. Later, when the humans needed to keep their numbers up, they mated with the Demonata and hence, the Grady curse was made.
Blood Beast
For the entire chapters there are no demons except in the end of the chapters.
Demon Apocalypse
In this book, the Demonata break through to our world via a tunnel, and soon slaughter everyone on it except for a few. When the Kah-Gash sends Grubbs, Bec, and Kernel back in time, they close the tunnel after a battle with Lord Loss and Death (aka "The Shadow").
Death's Shadow
Wolf Island (book)
Dark Calling
Dark Calling reveals that both the Old Creatures and the Demonata are creatures of the original universe which preceded the two universes in the series. This universe was structured like a chessboard; it consisted of sixty-four squares, half of them White and half of them black, each square containing infinite space within. The Demonata inhabited the white squares, the Old Creatures the black; the different zones were kept separate by a force which the Old Creatures called the Kah-Gash. While the Demonata were capable of reproduction, the Old Creatures were sterile, but this did not bother them; since time did not exist in the original universe, everything therein was ageless and immortal. They can still get killed.
Originally, the peaceful Old Creatures contented themselves with exploring their realms, undisturbed. The Old Creatures and the Demonata were unaware of each other, and it is stated that they were never intended to mix. However, out of curiosity, the demons eventually crossed into the black zones, discovered the Old Creatures, and attempted to wipe them out. At first the Old Creatures fled, hoping in their innocence that the demons would lose interest and leave them alone. When it became clear that this would not happen, the Old Creatures were forced to engage the demons in open war.
As the conflict escalated, pressure was put on the Kah-Gash, and it ultimately fractured under the strain. When this happened, the entire universe collapsed into a single speck, exploding a split-second later in what came to be called the Big Bang. The explosion formed two new universes: one (this universe) for the Old Creatures and ultimately the numerous species which developed on various planets; the other for the Demonata. The Kah-Gash split into three pieces, which for the next several billion years moved between the two universes inhabiting various life forms. Its last act was to create structures separating the universes, so that the two groups would never come into conflict again.
Following the explosion, time came into existence; everything in both universes began to age, and therefore became mortal.
Hell's Heroes
After the Kah-Gash had been unleashed and the universes were both destroyed, Grubbs Grady, Bec McConn and Kernel Fleck traveled to the Crux to finish off the Demon Masters for good. There, they wiped out the entire population of Demon Masters except for Lord Loss as Bec had struck a deal with him to keep him alive. Hence, all Demon Masters had been killed meaning very limited or no crossing in future after the universe had been recreated.
The Demonata are an unimaginative race. They just steal their shapes off of other creatures from the human universe. Some, however, just take on random forms that no one can name. Some Demonata are also so big, they can be mistaken for stars.
The Demonata are mostly cruel and only want to kill. However only such as Lord Loss, that feed on misery and suffering of humans. Most just want to kill and eat their prey. The Demonata are not, by nature, playful creatures, but Lord Loss is an exception as he plays and loves chess almost as much as he loves humanity's sorrow.
All Demonata are despisingly proud. They're so arrogant that they consider themselves superior to humans, and to lose to one at anything is a great disgrace.
In Death's Shadow they hated the Old Creatures but they had a lot of respect for them.
Demonata can be split into ranks from weak to strong.
1st tier Demonata (The Fomorii)
The Fomorii are what the ancient people of Ireland thought were the worst of all demons, as evidenced in Bec. They fought them usually during the night. However the Fomorii were mostly weaker demons, and would often merge their bodies with those of the human dead and animals before fighting others. They are named after a race of demonic creatures from Irish legend.
2nd tier Demonata
Some are the size of stars, and some are only a few feet long. All of them are deadly, however. They tend to have animal qualities. Many serve other higher demons but care not for the lower demons. Lots of 2nd tier demons tend to dwell inside their own universes with demons of a similar type. Such examples of 2nd tier demons in the book would be Vein, Artery or Gregor.
Demon Master
Demon Masters are the most powerful Demonata of them all. They are so strong that they can kill even the most powerful of mages easily. Each Demon Master usually creates their own realm in the Demonata universe to live in, sometimes with their familiars. Some Demon Masters can also lay dormant until requirements are fulfilled, such as sacrifices. Lord Loss is a demon master, but compared to other demon masters he is not as strong.
List of Demonata
+ means that the demon has died
Demon Masters
- Lord Loss
- Demon with multiple eyes, and claws with Burning mucus +
- A leech like demon with one eye +
1st Tier Demons
- Cretin
- Demon with a spider body and a dog's head and tail +
- Eyeless eel demon +
- Demon with body of a bear and head of a hawk
- Demon a human body but a head of a boar+
- Demon with two heads, looks like it's constructed from bones and muscle+
- Demon wolf with organs coming out along the outside of its legs
- Demon with human like face, a large mouth, sharp teeth and two forked toungues
- Demon with a red body and four heads
- Demon with tusks instead of arms (mentioned only)
- Demon with multiple eyes and bulges, looks like nothing on earth. Seen At Crux +
Lesser Demons
Lesser Demons are the most reoccuring demons seen throughout the series, as none of the other demon masters have the powers to open windows to send their familiars through withough the help of a maage, or a lode stone. This would be because they never harnassed the Kah Gash or a piece of it before, like Lord Loss did.
- Vein +
- Artery+
- Cadaver (As of Slawter and on)+
- Malice +
- Gregor+
- Spine +
- Femur +
- Nadia/ Juni/ Swan like demon +
- Otter like demon +
- Snake like body, Tiger like head
- Small Elephant like demon
- Melted slug like demon
- Bee like demon with a human like face +
- Demon with mushroom like stalks, a rabid monkey's face and an ant like body with five legs +
- Octopus like demon with multiple eyes and knives in its tentacles (kept in Chessboard)
- Worm like demons (kept in Chessboard)- species
- Furball like demons (kept in Chess board)- species
- Comet sized slug like demon (One kept in Chess board with many around Lord Loss' Castle)
- Flying Red demon (kept in Chess Board)
- Scaley fish like demon
- Bug like demon with knife sized stinger on it's tail(Possibly just Spine)
- Crab like demon with cats face
- Ant eater like demon with multiple snouts +
- Golden shelled beetle like demon +
- Square Multi- Eyed demon with stout body and three mouths +
- Lizard like demon +
- Deadly shark demons -Species
- Multi headed monkey like demon
- Giraffe like demon with long slender neck and five legs
- A large spider like demon +
- Five headed poodle like demon +
- Small furry demons with long snouts- species
- Large four meter tall demons- species
- Large snake like demon with poisonous blood and fangs +
- A demon made completely out of bones
- Beranabus' father +
Demons of unknown types
- Star Demons
- Sligstata
- Chicken Demon with three pig-like heads
- Snake-like demons with limbs and varied heads (Lions, tigers, jackals, vultures, etc.)
- Earwig demon with five heads; one crow head, one vulture head, three that look like nothing on Earth
- Gazelle demon with a head of a toddler +
- Sheep demons with dozens of head that only have a mouth
- Large flying demons which carry armies of
SligStata across the universe
- Dinosaur like demon +
- Twin Headed hound like demons
- Crustacian like demons with claws and stingers
- Small demon with multiple eyes


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This vivid citrus shellfish salad is sexy looking with its beautifully browned sweet morsels of sea scallops, vibrant and juicy orange segments, slippery white pickled onions, and bright green parsley leaves. In winter when temperatures drop and the days are short, let this sun-soaked salad whisk you and your love away to a romantic tropical island beach for a quiet dinner alone on Valentine's Day. It can be put together in under thirty minutes, giving you time for more important things.
This is another dish that falls into the "small plate" category for a light, healthy meal. The ingredients are simple and you probably have a jar of pickled cocktail onions sitting in your refrigerator right now that you keep for martinis. I've used navel oranges, but ruby red grapefruit segments or blood oranges would also be lovely. Wild caught shrimp could easily stand in for the more pricy sea scallops.
When you select scallops, be sure to look for the dry-packed ones, as opposed to wet-packed scallops, which are sitting in phosphate brine. Jay Harlow offers this advice from Sally's Place on buying scallops. "When shopping for fresh or thawed scallops, look for ivory or creamy-colored meats, even as dark as a light tan; a stark, bleached white can be a sign of heavy phosphate treatment. There should be little or no milky liquid in the tray, another sign of heavy soaking. In fact, the best dry-packed scallops are often a bit sticky. A fairly strong sweet-briny aroma is also not a problem, but a fishy or sour smell indicates spoilage."
Jay sums up how to cook scallops in one simple sentence. "One of the best ways to treat scallops is like little filets mignons -- seared in a hot skillet until the outside is browned and a little crusty, and the center is anywhere from rare to medium rare." Thank you Jay. I couldn't have said it better myself.
Scallops with Orange and Onion Salad
Adapted from Food & Wine – makes 8 first course servings or 4 "small plate" meals
4 large navel oranges (or ruby red grapefruits)
3 tablespoons drained pickled cocktail onions
2 tablespoons packed flat-leaf Italian parsley leaves
Freshly ground black pepper
1 ½ pounds sea scallops, preferably dry pack
Kosher salt
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for drizzling
Using a very sharp paring knife, peel the oranges, removing all of the bitter white pith. Carefully cut in between the membranes to release the orange sections into a bowl. Discard all but one tablespoon of orange juice from the bowl. Stir in the drained pickled cocktail onions and parsley leaves and season with freshly ground black pepper and set aside.
Pat the sea scallops dry with a paper towel and season them all over with salt. Heat a large, non-stick skillet over high heat until very hot. Add one tablespoon of olive oil and heat until it is shimmering. Cook the scallops over moderately high heat, taking care not to crowd the scallops in the pan. Turn once until they are crusty brown and just cooked through, about 3 - 4 minutes total, depending on the size of the scallops. Do not overcook the scallops or they will be tough and rubbery. Remove them immediately from the pan onto a clean paper towel.
Spoon the pickled-onion-and-orange salad onto small plates and arrange the scallops around the salad. Drizzle with extra-virgin olive oil, some freshly ground black pepper, and serve at once.


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New FISC Memorandum Says Bulk Metadata Program Still Good To Go Until Congress Or Supreme Court Says Otherwise
from the we-still-have-the-greatest-enthusiasm-and-confidence-in-the-mission deptAs was noted in the writeup of the ODNI's First Ever Transparency Report, this tentative and forced step into transparency was a step forward for No Such Agency, even if each document release has been accompanied by the unmistakable sound of gritting teeth and a nearly universal refusal to acknowledge that most of the "openness" had been compelled by court orders following FOIA lawsuits.
Also noted was the fact that the new transparency was short a few documents, namely the March renewal order for the bulk phone metadata collection. Lo and behold and under the cover of late Friday afternoon (to better be smuggled in as the nation punched its collective timeclock), the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released two orders: the March and June renewals of the bulk records collections.
There's nothing very notable about either of the two renewal orders, both of which say roughly the same thing and wear their fashionable black redaction marks on exactly the same words. What is notable is the memorandum opinion released with them, which details the events that have occurred in recent months that have affected both the collection and the minimization procedures the NSA follows.
In the past few months, two metadata-related lawsuits have resulted in court orders demanding preservation of evidence, some of which was due to age off as part of the normal minimization procedures. The court orders wreaked a bit of havoc in FISC judge Reggie Walton's court, forcing him to first order data to be destroyed (noting again that the minimization procedures were one of the few things that even allowed this bulk collection of American data to be legal) and finally, once the DOJ had stopped misleading him (and the cases' plaintiffs themselves), to halt the destruction of relevant (to the cases, not to counterterrorism) metadata.
Throughout it all, the DOJ performed a remarkable plate-spinning act, keeping all decisions aloft while it contemplated best-case scenarios. Unlike true plate-spinning acts, the DOJ really didn't care whether the plates continued spinning or crashed to the ground, as it's unlikely to ever allow this evidence to be used in court. (Indeed, it spent much of its plate-spinning time destroying data it was ordered to preserve.) Though the three involved courts had plenty to do to ensure the rights of non-NSA Americans weren't violated, the DOJ's main purpose was to shuttle paperwork back and forth until it could be safely revealed that the multi-billion dollar superspyplex was incapable of doing the very thing under discussion: preserving data past the expiration date. (This should have come as no surprise, considering the NSA had announced previously that it was incapable of searching its own email system. [And yet, it claims to have found only one email related to Snowden whistleblowing attempts.])
Also, during the past few months, two contradicting court opinions on the legality of the bulk record collections were released. The one that found it unconstitutional (DC district court judge Richard Leon) was stayed awaiting appeal, changing nothing in the NSA's plans to collect it all, but prompting some reflection from the FISA court. The other confirmed the status quo.
All the while, millions of gallons of prime (and confidential) desert water (acquired at budget rates) continued to flow into the NSA's new Utah spybox even as, ironically, fires broke out within the building itself. The security state is still alive and well… even if it seems to be pausing more frequently to catch its breath and favoring a limb or two.
But back to the order. During the disarray of the last few months, two bulk records orders were renewed. While the memorandum changes nothing, it does at least acknowledge the fact that the collection is under considerable public scrutiny, not to mention awaiting implementation of the administration's reforms. But it does point out that there are really only two entities that can bring a complete halt to this collection -- and so far, neither have made that move.
The unauthorized disclosure of the bulk telephony metadata collection more than a year ago led to many written and oral expressions of opinions about the legality of collecting telephony metadata. Congress is well aware that this Court has interpreted the provisions of 50 U.S.C. 1861 to permit this particular collection, and diverse views about the collection have been expressed by individual members of Congress. In recent months, Congress has contemplated a number of changes to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, a few of which would specifically prohibit this collection. Congress could enact statutory changes that would prohibit this collection going forward, but under the existing statutory framework, I find that the requested authority for the collection of bulk telephony metadata should be granted. Courts must follow the law as it stands until the Congress or the Supreme Court changes it.The House stripped the USA Freedom Act of nearly all of its teeth before passage, which makes it a long shot for Congress to explicitly outlaw this collection any time soon. Various other reform measures, including an amendment that slammed one domestic surveillance backdoor shut, have fared better.
The issue may eventually end up in the Supreme Court (which has shot down two attempts already), but despite a recent victory for the Fourth Amendment, the court system's deference to "national security" arguments has generally resulted in wins for the government. Even if it does land in front of the justices, there's little to indicate that whatever case forces consideration of the issue will be the best scenario to "test" the issue, much less provide a solid platform for Fourth Amendment arguments. And even if the Supreme Court does agree bulk records collection violates citizens' rights, the government will swiftly act to ensure the decision has only a minimal effect on its collection efforts.
Finally, there's a small paragraph that indicates that the release of these two documents was, again, not the result of the ODNI's half-hearted embrace of openness.
In light of the public interest in this particular collection and the government's declassification of related materials, including substantial portions of Judge Eagan's August 29 Opinion, Judge McLaughlin's October 11 Memorandum, and Judge Collyer's March 20 Opinion and Order, I request pursuant to FISC Rule 62 that this Memorandum Opinion and Accompanying Primary Order also be published, and I direct such request to the Presiding Judge as required by the Rule.The rule cited allows FISC judges to order the release of orders, opinions and decisions and is by no means a recent development. The rules date back to 2006, but it's only in the last year that we've seen anyone exercise this option. Does anyone out there think this would have occurred without "unauthorized disclosure?" Those looking to lock up Snowden for his leaks would do well to remember small details like this. Going through "proper channels" wouldn't have forced this level of transparency or prompted the secretive FISA court to start ordering declassifications on its own. It took a whole lot of pushing and the stripping away of layer after layer of secrecy and plausible deniability to achieve this.
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The Washington Redskins, champions of the NFL in 1982, began their title defense with a Monday night game on September 5, 1983 against their arch-rivals, the Dallas Cowboys. It was a humid 87 degree night in
Washington, but it did
not dampen the enthusiasm of the sellout crowd of 55,045 at RFK Stadium.
As for Head Coach Tom Landry's Cowboys, they had most recently lost to the Redskins in the NFC Championship game – their third straight trip to the conference title contest that ended in defeat. QB Danny White was capable but also living in the shadow of his illustrious predecessor, Roger Staubach, and RB Tony Dorsett, TE Doug Cosbie, and wide receivers Tony Hill (pictured above) and Drew Pearson were all solid offensive performers. The defense had slipped in '82, however, showing signs of age.
The Redskins were emotionally high coming into the opening game and did well at exploiting weaknesses in the
Dallas defense during the first half. The
Cowboys started their first drive from their own 16 yard line and that was
typical during the first two quarters of play as they were consistently kept on
their own half of the field.
In the first quarter, Mark Moseley started the scoring off with a 23-yard field goal and Riggins scored a touchdown on a one-yard carry. The biggest first half highlight for
came in the second quarter on a 77-yard run by Tony Dorsett, who was caught
from behind by fleet CB Darrell Green. Stifled again by Washington's defense, the Cowboys had to
settle for a 26-yard Rafael Septien field goal.
Moseley followed up with field goals of 30 and 39 yards and, with 40 seconds left in the first half, WR Charlie Brown made an outstanding catch of a Theismann pass for a 41-yard touchdown that seemingly put the Redskins in command at 23-3.
Theismann amassed 181 passing yards in the first half, making good use of short sideline passes to his wide receivers. Meanwhile, Danny White was a miserable one-for-nine.
managed just three first downs, one of them on a penalty. However, for all the
dominance Washington
had scored just two touchdowns, along with three field goals.
The Cowboys made adjustments to the defense at halftime that successfully countered
attack during the second half. Things began to turn around early in the third
quarter when White completed a pass to Tony Hill, who raced past CB Vernon Dean
for a 75-yard touchdown.
Shortly thereafter, White hit Hill again for another long scoring play, this time victimizing the inexperienced CB Anthony Washington in the secondary. Suddenly, the
lead was down to 23-17.
Still ahead by six points, the Redskins drove to the
Dallas 14 yard line but
were moved back by a holding penalty and then Moseley had a critical missed
field goal attempt from 31 yards. Dallas responded by driving 80 yards – 27
coming on runs by Dorsett and aided by a late hit of White called on LB Mel
Kaufman - and taking the lead with White running around end for a short TD,
followed by Septien's extra point.
With just over two minutes to play, the game-clinching points were set up thanks to reserve CB Ron Fellows intercepting a Theismann pass at the
40 and returning it to the four yard line. TE Doug Cosbie caught a touchdown throw
by White from a yard out with less than two minutes to play.
The Redskins finally scored again in the waning seconds to close to one point, but it was inconsequential to the outcome once a desperation onsides kick was recovered by the Cowboys.
Dallas came away with a 31-30 win.
Danny White, recovering from the horrible first half showing, ended up completing 9 of 20 passes for 193 yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions. Tony Dorsett (pictured below) rushed for 151 yards on 14 carries. With the two long scoring plays, Tony Hill gained 133 yards on 3 receptions while Doug Cosbie also caught 3 passes, for 36 yards and the clinching TD.
For the Redskins, Joe Theismann was successful on 28 of 38 throws for 325 yards with two TDs and the one late interception. Alvin Garrett caught 10 of those passes for 101 yards and Charlie Brown added 6 for 97 yards. John Riggins ran the ball 27 times for 89 yards and a touchdown.
"That pass to Hill was the play that turned the game around," said Joe Theismann. "It didn't kill us, but it woke up the Cowboys."
"Anytime I can look up here and see the stands half-empty and the fans grumbling on their way out, it's the most gratifying experience in football," said Dennis Thurman, who recovered the climactic onsides kick for the Cowboys that effectively ended the game. "Those fans were screaming 'we want
I'm not too sure they want us now."
The opening defeat was easily overcome by the Redskins, who won the rematch in
later in the season and lost only one other game in compiling a 14-2 record.
Featuring their high-scoring offense, they again advanced to the Super Bowl,
only to be upset by the Los Angeles Raiders. The Cowboys finished second in the
NFC East but qualified for the playoffs as a Wild Card with a 12-4 tally. They
didn't make it to the NFC Championship game this time, falling to the Rams in
the first round.
Danny White (pictured at right) placed third in the league with 3980 passing yards and tied with Joe Theismann for second with 29 TD passes. Tony Hill caught 49 passes for a team-leading 801 yards (16.3 avg.) and 7 touchdowns. Doug Cosbie was selected to the Pro Bowl for the first of three straight yeas as he pulled in 46 receptions for 588 yards and 6 TDs. Also chosen for the Pro Bowl was Tony Dorsett, for the fourth time, who rushed for 1321 yards on 289 yards (4.6 avg.) and caught 40 passes for 287 more yards and a total of 9 touchdowns.


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Autographs Abound
The Dodgers have the best record in the NL and tickets are still available to see them play the team with the second-best record. Plus, if you've got kids, they can come and get autographs from Dodger players, who will be at the entrances signing from 11:15 – 12 p.m.
And if you're a big kid and want an autograph, you can even purchase the jerseys worn by the players in today's game at the silent auction on the Club Level during the game or a live auction right after the game.
It was great to meet many of the Dodger Thoughts people out here yesterday and our thanks go out to Jon Weisman for the kind words on his site. However, I cannot personally take all the credit. As with everything we do, it was a team effort and Camille Johnston was the one who had the idea of inviting Frank McCourt. I think he genuinely enjoyed chatting with those who were here, as did Camille and I.
One thing that came up that surprised me was how few people knew about the guest relations department. So keep in mind that if you're at a game and a fan nearby is getting unruly or ruining the fan experience for everyone else, all you have to do is call (323) 224-1507 and let them know where you're sitting and security will come down and warn that person so you don't have to point them out publicly and worry about upsetting them. The number is also posted regularly on the ribbon boards that wrap the Loge Level.
That was just one of the many subjects touched on, but we certainly encourage people to post their questions here and we'll do our best to get back to everyone.
Here's today's lineup:
Furcal, SS
Pierre, CF (14-game hitting streak)
Martin, C (chat with him on Tuesday at 2 p.m. PT)
Kent, 2B
Gonzo, LF
Nomar, 3B
Loney, 1B
Ethier, RF (batting .425 in July)
Stults, P
160 Comments
I'll start this one off..To ALL JP Bashers. Go ahead, you can continue, to knock the man
I will Not. ALL you have to do,is study, his play. This guy,in his own little way, IS a
spark. He sets the table. He gets the team, moving. He generates situations, that WILL lead to runs. That is his style and he does it well. So Bash him, if you want. I certainly will Not.
i asked this once before, but suspect it got lost at the bottom of a sea of comments. anyway, any chance you could post the game time along with the lineups? i pull this blog via rss and it'd be super convenient to know when to tune into the game within my rss reader without having to look it up somewhere else. thanks.
I gladly, meaning I'm very happy to agree with, Jon Weisman of DODGERS THOUGHTS about the team not being out of it when they fall a couple of runs behind. It's a heck of lot less frustrating, I mean I don't have that crumbling loss of hope or if I do I suddenly recover knowing they can come back. I felt the same way yesterday afternoon–among several Mets fans–when David Wright, my daughter's favorite, golf that shot that made it 0-4. WELL TODAY IS ANOTHER DAY LET'S GO STULTS. GO DODGERS*****.
All i have to say is WHERE IS KEMP
where is Betemit? 3 walks and a double yesterday!
Nomar is 9 for 27 (.333) against Hernandez
He's one of the few righties to have success against Hernandez who is well known to be very difficult on right handers. Against Hernandez you load up on lefties where you can, so Kemp sits to start the game. It's disappointing because Kemp is ridiculous right now but against El Duque it's the smart move.
And 7 of those hits came from 1998-2000, when Nomar was still a great player.
He only has 2 hits against Hernandez in the last 5 years.
Ah, sad no HR prediction today for Nomar? Well he's only had 9 AB's since 2002 against him. 2 for 9 since 2002. This is a no spin zone here…
I agree – it's ridiculous to justify Nomar in the lineup through historic performance against certain pitchers. This year that typically has no bearing on how he will do – I hope it will be productive, but I wouldn't bet on it.
The 900+ OPS Nomar from a decade could probably bang out a few hits against Duque.
The broken down shell that we see today should be platooning at best with Betemit or LaRoche.
Mhm, I think I've heard that plan before, but, but, but Nomar for whatever cosmic reason or whatever you want to believe is the same Nomar at home (just without the power) in fact his average and OBP is higher than last years numbers (at home). So, I repeat Nomar at home sure, not a problem. Road is a completely seperate issue and if Nomar is in the lineup tomorrow against Chris Sampson I'll be the first person on here chanting "Betemit".
I hope we can at least split the series, i gotta go play my own game so i'll chat with you guys later.
Blue Crew Rocks!!
that betemit "double" was a single that he inexplicably couldn't run out. that really irked me and i wonder why no one brought it up. he could have easily made is to 2nd and instead set up a possible double play scenario.
if that lack of hustle was a repetitive thing, then it would concern me. for now, i think most of us just love the power he's shown.
im sorry but when you hit a ball off the wall you put your head down and run, you don't stop to admire it and cruise into 1st base. i dont watch betemit closely enough to see whether this is a repetive thing but that was not something i like to see.
I am as big a Kemp backer as you will find, but if ever a pitcher was a bad matchup for Kemp it is the junk ball specialist in Hernandez…
Yeah Hernandez would use and abuse Kemp with those side arm sliders and overhand slow curves!
Nomas hitting in front on Loney and Ethier is stubbornness on Grady Little's part. This guys has cost us more games with his horrible personnel decisions then any other manager in the league.
Thank you to jspelk, long after the game yesterday I read this board and Dodgers.com without seeing one comment on Betemit turning a double into a single and then clapping. Unless there was a good reason he should have been taken out of the game right then or at least when the inning was over. Noone can convince me he's never done it before– maybe if he were 10 years younger.
Also a minor correction of the first poster who claimed Betemit had 3 walks and a double– it was 2 walks, a fly out and a homerun oops a single.
If you guys would smart. You would know Kemp would been bench agaist El Dugue with his good curveball. Get over it Grady would never have Nomar hitting 7 ir 8th. I see the Nomar hater or back and wanted him to back lower in the lineup.
Let's bring back ROSS PORTER
Charlie Stiener stinks
Be quiet the saint and if you were any smarter, you would know that Kemp was going to be bench today against Hernandez. Yeah scurtis I agree with you and I can't believe these 2 didn't even know he was going to sit today and it was obviously too. No manager would even have Nomar batting in the 7 or 8th hole and no he hasn't our offense has.
max power: I don't believe there are enough hours in the day for you to know which manager in the national league has cost their team the most games. I live in Philadelphia, the fans here think their manager is a joke not just the worst in the league (they're wrong btw)
Is this **** game on the package? I think its SNY coverage if it is.
I can watch it on KCAL channel 9 because I live in Compton.
the only way Kemp will get better at hitting curverballs is if he sees them more. Thats the only way. The only way a player learns how to hit major league pitching is to……OMG HIT IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES.
You watch the game in Compton with a bullet proof vest on? lol
Nomar has a contract through the 2008 season. Not sure what we do about that except that we accept he will be playing frequently. He certainly can't be faulted for lack of effort or not having a good team attitude. Unfortunately his body seems to have broken down for baseball. It's tougher than it looks with a long season and many games. 3B is a bit of a conundrum. First not enough and now too many. Josh Bell at A level hitting for good power, Blake Dewitt at AA has regained his stroke and Andy LaRoche at AAA also seems to have regained his stroke after the injury. We also have Betemit who teases us. I expect someone has to go and might do so before the trade deadline. Someone will go for a relief pitcher. My concern for the prospects is that Johnathan Meloan is a hot commodity because of his closer potential and we have a good one in Broxton. Also Hu is backed up behind Raffy. It seems unlikely both he and Abreu will play for the Dodgers. As for Pierre, love him or not, we have him and he certainly seems to be making a good contribution, certainly for the last month. I know it is an expensive one but if we had a kid doing what he is doing we would be singing his praises right about now. Pierre seems to be a good team player and you gotta like that. Let's get them today Stults. We need this one. GO DODGERS!!
I also hope the Dodgers don't embarrass me while my daughter hates to cheer for the Mets in front of her father.
hahahaha I should lol. I hate this city but I live here for almost 25 yrs of my life.
Do you examine every lineup in the league closely every game? And do you have some sort of psychic ability that allows you to see alternate outcomes of games with different lineups? That sounds pretty sweet. Were you born with that, or was this power imbued in you by a spider bite, or is your mind strengthened by earth's yellow sun?
actaully i do look at alot of lineups from different teams for my fantasy teams. BUTTTTTTTTTTT that had nothing to do with my statement. Bombko in the starting rotation cost us at least 5 games. Even a casual fan who maybe watches one game a month would have know Bombko was going to get Bombkoed. Batting Nomas third for almost half a season. Not going to Loney earlier. Batting Pierre 2nd when he was one pace for his worst season in his carrer (which he still is btw in you count walks OBP and SLG but you guys dont). Russell Martin batting 6th half the year almost.
wow stay safe dude lol ******** this game is on a messed up ny station here
Furcal is gooooooood.
You know I am. I went to Rialto for 4 yrs from 1993-1997.
FURCAL shows his occasion strenght.
I don't count OBP or SLG? Interesting. That's actually the first thing I look at. But, I am not dogmatic in believing that a player with lower OPS can not be effective with other tools…
The Dodgers had an amazing record in 1-run games in the first half; the games they lost, they usually lost by several runs, and your above-listed offensive tweaks very well might not have altered the outcomes of those games. Then again, they might have…but for you to make a definitive statement about how many games Grady has cost the Ds is pure speculation, and should be regarded as such, no matter how emphatic you are.
Nice start for STULTS
Maybe Raffy is beginning to get better support from his ankle. It would be great if he can begin to stroke that ball with some of the power he was showing late last year. Also looks like Stultz is spotting his pitches very well so far. It would be great if he can go six or seven.
YAY! 2-0 Phillies
MARTIN will remain unknown in N.Y. as long as he doesn't hit against the Mets. Maybe it's just as well.
the dodgers have a good record in 1-run games primarily because of Broxton and Saito… saying Pierre does "little" things to help us win those games is probably not as valid a reason for our success in 1-run games than giving Brox and Sammy the credit.
these are some good innings we're getting from stults… more proof we don't need to go outside the organization for another starter… Not saying Stults id our savior, but with the guys we have in out system we should be able to fill out that #5 spot in the rotation pretty adequately.
STULTS is pitchin like LOWE should of the other night 6 groundball outs.
i feel a big rbi hit from Loney here.
Those of you complaining about Betimit not running out the "double" yesturday… I just want to point this out, Nomar did not hustle on that dribbler to Delgado just now… he gave up on it right out of the box.
I can understand giving up on an infield dribbler, even though a player never should, but why not hustle on a ball hit to the gap? That makes no sense.
There's a difference between Nomar's and Meat's plays, sure, but still, Nomar didn't hustle. I'm not saying he should be taken out of the game or anything, but if there's anyone on the dodgers that should be hustling all the time it's Nomar. I'm sure most major leaguers wouldn't have hustled there… scurtis u called it! atta boy Loney.
just trying to be fair puppy.
scurtis – keep calling the shots. I like Loney's gap power. Similar to Mark Grace. Nice smooth swing.
A nice two-out RBI by LONEY especially starting 0-2 in the count.
STULTS is unbelievable in these 5 innings.
1 more from stults would be great!
Poor machanics or something between FURCAL & PIERRE they definately were not together at all on their executions this inning.
That was a good 5 inning for STULTS. Very good against a good hitting club. We got a good chance in this one. Let's hope SEANEZ didn't take an HR balls in with him.
we had delgado at 1-2… why the intentional walk?
moot point… but i didn't like that move.
Martin just looks thoroughly intimidated by the Mets, both offensively and defensively. I guess everyone has a team that "owns" them. Just wish it was someone other than the Mets, since we probably have to face them in the playoffs.
The 3 "old" man coming up. Need some hitting against El Dugeee..
Martin isn't intimidated! If he was, he should quit right now! Some pitchers from a team just might have your number, that's it.
atta BOY NOMAR!!!
Way to go, Nomar!!!
I haven't been in your camp, but it's great to see you get going.
Nomar just said "FU" to all you whiny little Dodger hating b!tches out there.
Rudy "I'm looking to go 7-1" Seanez would like to shout out a big "FU" to those who don't appreciate him in any way shape or form, or those who don't appreciate management for giving him one more shot before he retires.
Seanez is the perfect example of why Colletti is 10 times the GM DePodouchebag ever was.
NOOOOOMAAAARRR 2 run shot. Oldy But Goody.
7-0 Phillies!
lol….well said hrsexton…well said 🙂
At least Juan Pierre is 0-3. That will give the miserable, pseudo Dodger fans over at Dodger Thoughts something to ***** about.
I call 'em as I see 'em Casino.
DLowe's side throwing day today is why Im guessing he is in and with us being short on relief in the bullpen. Why not! I like this!
Sammy available to close? Or big JB the closer again today?
Derek Lowe? WOW!! No criticisms here. Didn't see that one coming.
Like I always say (we are inside our own Ballpen)
That "BULLPEN"
hrsexton… yea… DePo was really bad… Kent, Penny, Lowe, building and keeping the farm system intact. Having one good year, and one terribly unlucky year where we set the record for most injury DL days. BTW, not giving Pierre 5 years 45 million.
9-0 Phillies!!!
are you kidding me? hernandez???!!! what is grady thinking?!!!!!
How many times do we want Hernandez to burn us, Grady?
exactly kevin.
vinny just said hernandez grew up a Mets fan… By the way he's pitched against them I'd say he's still a mets fan.
Didn't expect "BERT" when I said "Our own bullpen"
Well, so much for the confidence inspiring outing for Hernandez. In the future, please don't bring him in unless we're 6 runs ahead or behind. Better yet, DFA him now and bring up Meloan.
Grady had to find some way to get to Broxton.
That apparently meant pitching Lowe in relief on his work day and getting an inning out of Hernandez.
Mission accomplished!!!!
the last few days i think its become even more clear that if we need to trade for anything, it's a relief pitcher. One of those two foreign guys in Texas could help us out… along with calling up Jonathon Meloan.
Quit crying dodgerdude. Depodipsh!t is gone and so are Choi, APerez, Erickson, and the rest of his assembled ****.
Ned Colletti. When it comes to GM'ing…the man's a genius.
ok hrsexton… ignore facts and use all your biased opinions. Our most productive players this year are players that DePo brought it, or players that Ned did not. the credit for the kids should go to Logan White, not Coletti. Pierre 45 million. Schmidt 47 million. great deals. but ignore all that because they're facts, he's a genius right?
We need to win this. Then our next 10 games are vs teams that are at not above .500
Who brought Either here?
Ethier is prob our 6th or 7th most important player… that was a good trade though. Our big guns are not product of Ned's doing, that's the point i was trying to make.
we blew this one. loney and kemp errors. the loney play was tough though but has to be made.
but those guys are immune from criticism…..they're "kids" afterall….
Should of walked GREEN.
now lets hope we can still win this one…with the padres getting slaughtered, losing this one after that error would hurt…but i guess we can always blame grady right? or ned? or pierre for that matter….:)
Dodgerdude is happy right now. The Mets tied it and are poised to win it in the 10th.
Good job brox to get 5 outs.
hrsexton… i'm done with you.
c'mon tubby tomato!
man… that guy dominated us…
game over in the 10th. Houlton vs J. Reyes. Better keep him off.
And Dodgerdude breathes a sigh of relief as the Dodgers are set down in order in the 9th…..
And Dodgerdude grins as he realizes the Mets have the top of their order due up in the 10th.
just what we need extra innings.
this is a game that could haunt us in late September.
wagner= game over
if we don't come back this inning, then this is a huge loss. no excuses. we need pitching bad if sammy is hurt and wolf can't come back. hernandez and houlton aren't gonna do the job.
I really hope that Coletti can make D. Young for Dotel happen…throw in another low-level minor leaguer if he must. We need some relief help, and soon!
A typical lost game but Wagner has blown them before they can't think he's invincable.
Pierre on base. I like.
well if we ever needed a stolen base, its now
what luck… thanks greenie.
hard to give pierre too much credit there… but i guess he put some pressure on them.
In his defense, he would have had that base easily on the pitch Russell swung at.
puppy, i saw that the same way… he woulda been there on the swing by russ.
How about a Kent or Kemp walk off 2 run HR!!!
I can see JP stealing 3rd here too.
Walking Kent…interesting.
Still 1 game up and they FAILED to sweeep us.
why do people think dotel is the answer? he's not exactly gagne in his prime…. and he's had plenty of injury problems too. he's not going to be a savoir for us or for anyone. just sayin'
Reply to scurtis:Loney did not have an error. Steiner and Monday were raving about how great a play he made just to stop the ball. I don't watch the games but I'll take Monday's opinion over your's.
This bullpen situation is getting worse day by day.
Its really overworked. Right now we have 3 permanent starters in the rotation. Penny, Lowe and Bills. The rest are fill ins almost every game. Those fill ins usually come from the bullpen. So their stamina isn't great so they can only go 5 innings 6 tops. That just taxes the bullpen even more. Plus Bills still needs to be more efficent. So moving Pitchings from the bullpen to make a spot start just taxes the bullpen even MORE.
For one it takes that extra arm out of the pen and two since they won't go 7 or 8 innings it makes the bullpen work even more. Hernandez is a waste. Get rid of him. Bring up meloan. If saito can't go DL him and call up someone else. Grady wants 12 pitches but he's not doing a great job managing them. Broxton was just tired today and you can't blame him. 18 pitches plus warm up pitches yesterday and today. Come on.
miketink..it wasn't an error, you're right…but if you watched the game, it was a close play and a play that was catchable….not automatic, but certainly it could have been picked up….i think what happened was that it was hit so hard, and it just glanced off loney's glove since human reaction speed is only so fast….good effort on his part, and as the ball sailed off his glove, he quickly tried to retrieve it and almost got delgado out…
as far as kemp's play…well, he just flat out missed that one…that's 2 bad errors in this series that were quite costly.
the bullpen is/was tired, and with saito out, it's really hurting us. But with that said, today's bullpen strategy with Grady worked out perfectly..you're couldn't ask for more with lower giving us an easy 7th inning, and roberto hernandez getting us through the 8th with the lead….with saito out, broxton is the natural guy to close with a 1 run lead…we just blew it today…but tommorow's another day 🙂
Looking at the good side, Stults did a good yeoman like job that was at least beyond my expectations. He deserves another start. We need to bring up Meloan – how much worse can he be than Hernandez, who shouldn't be with us in the first place. Broxton may have been understandably tired, but I think he was also trying to overthrow and get them out with extra velocity, and that rarely works. He'll learn and adjust.
huh? the fact that blowberto was put in high leverage situation was a mistake. lowe probably could have pitched two since he cruised through his first inning. really, to blame anyone person for this loss is wrong. loney's play was tough, but don't forget that broxton threw a wild pitch to let the runner and advance AND kemp dropped a fly ball. without those two things that run does not score.
huh? the fact that blowberto was put in high leverage situation was a mistake. lowe probably could have pitched two since he cruised through his first inning. really, to blame anyone person for this loss is wrong. loney's play was tough, but don't forget that broxton threw a wild pitch to let the runner and advance AND kemp dropped a fly ball. without those two things that run does not score.
I think Lowe could have gone another inning. Hernandez is a mop up guy at best but Grady Little thinks differently I suppose.
saito-san is staying in LA for an MRI…
not good…
jspelk –
Would you rather have Dotel or Hernandez in the 'pen? I'd rather have Dotel…the bullpen needs a fresh arm to reinforce it, and Dotel is a fairly solid choice. There are very few shut-it-down arms out there, and Dotel would be a decent, fairly low-cost pickup.
I'd rather have him too, don't get me wrong, Im just not expecting him to be nails if he comes here and it seems like everyone else is. Im just tempering my expectations that's all. I don't know how "low cost" it will be but i assume were not giving up top prospects for him.
I rather have Gagne back but Dotel is not a bad option. I like Hernandez in his prime but not not now. He's not the answer for us and hate that we signed him and he's 42. Come on Ned dfa Hernandez and called up Meloan. I knew it was a big mistake to let Bemiel pitch another inning and ended up giving up a 2 runs Beltran homerun last night. I wouldn't have mind seeing Beimel in that 8th innings regardless. This is why Grady shouldn't had let Beimel pitch another innings.
Are you sure Delgado was ibb with a 1-2 count? I doubt Grady did that. I really don't think Grady did that with a 1-2 count and I sure the count was 2-0 with a base opened.
Btw no managers would never ibb with a 1-2 count so what the reason this time? If the count were 1-2 and Delgado was struggling in this series.
yeah, it was a 1-2 count, and they walked him after a wild pitch or something that advanced the runner to 3rd i think..i cant remember for sure….
they wanted righty on righty i guess against lo doca?? and made the out…now if lo doca would have gotten a hit, this board might have crashed with the grady bashing and the micro-managing that tends to go on..fortunately for grady, and readers of this blog, lo doca made the last out
Oh wow that's was weird. I was sure it was a 2-0 count and I did watch manager to watch the whole game. Maybe Vin was wrong and I should had pay much attention. It hard to watch TV and type on the game thread at the same time. I have to turn my head to see the game on TV. That should had Beimel to face Delgado only to face that one person since he did try to pitch another inning and got burn by Beltran last night.
iyt was a 1-2. Didn't make sense but nor does grady. It worked out though.
Andy LaRoche hit another Bomb tonight and drove in 4 runs.
Delgado even though he's been struggling I still don't want him to beat us and I don't blame Grady but you never ibb someone on a 1-2 pitch. Anyone played mlb 2007 the show? I have Reyes and Wright and Reyes hit 19 homeruns so far for me. Wright had hit 40 homeruna and driving in 108 rbi's. I have it on rookie and he had hit 7 homerun in 2 games. The last game I played he had 4 homerun and almsot had 5. This game is too easy on rookie. It like everyone on my lineup is hitting over .400 except Ichiro and he's hitting unner it. I really need to get rid of Nomar and I have him platooning with Nomar. Ethier and Kemp is platooning to because I have Ichiro and Crawford. I'm leading the entire league and homerun with over 200+ and the 2nd teams has under 100. I didn't trade Sanez and he;'s doing good but too bad the real one can't get that lucky.
I guess the next time I better stop typing so fast. I really hate all the misspell words and they won't let you edit it.
oops I mean Loney
The Dodgers are the front-runners for Octavio Dotel, according to FOXSports.com's Ken Rosenthal.
They could probably have him tomorrow if they gave up Tony Abreu, but they see Abreu as Jeff Kent's long-term replacement. Chin-Lung Hu could be dangled instead. However, Hu belongs at shortstop and the Royals would be sacrificing too much offense up the middle if they tried him at second next to Tony Pena Jr. at shortstop. Asdrubal Cabrera from Cleveland and Jed Lowrie from Boston could be more to the Royals' liking.
hrmmm not sure if I'd give up Abreu but since Kent will more then likley be around next year might as well trade Abreu and maybe try and move Hu over to second.
Good info max. Abreu didn't exactly dazzle after the first week of his callup; he has a ton of potential, it seems, but Hu seems like he will be a dynamite defensive player and has some offensive upside as well. I've always thought that if a player is a great SS, he will have no problem moving to 2b where the throws are shorter. And, as you say, Kent will probably be around next year; Hu may get a shot in ST, and be a bench player to spell Kent and he will get playing time when Furcal gets injured out of ST.
Before we pull the trigger on Dotel, let's wait and see what the MRI shows on Saito. Regardless of the Saito situation, let's bring up Meloan and/or Hull and see how they perform this week before the trade deadline.
As usual, there was not much to say about the ball dropped by Kemp. Is he not also a Major league player as is Pierre. Does the fact that Pierre makes so much money and Kemp make so little mean that there should a different level of criticism or complaining. If Pierre had dropped the ball 90 percent of you guys would have had a field day calling for his head.
A true DODGER fan!!!!
Kemp definately has some work to do on his defense.
I don't know if the news broke in time for Vin Scully to mention it during yesterday's game, but the news about Mike Coolbaugh being killed by a line drive while coaching first base for AA-Tulsa was devastating. Anyone who's listened to Vinny for any length of time knows he has constantly questioned why base coaches do not wear helmets, insisting it's only a matter of time until someone gets hurt, or worse. Regrettably that time has come, and to make it worse Vinny won't even be broadcasting today's game so we can get his thoughts on the matter, though the last thing he'd ever do is say "I told you so."
Indeed, not much excuse for Kemp dropping the ball. The fact is that he may never be a great, or even an accomplished, fielder. Some players aren't. I'm assuming that his speed will get him to some balls that other outfielders wouldn't reach. Hopefully he will improve as he goes along. His major plus is, of course, hitting and particularly his power. Remember that some on this forum were advocating a trade for Dunn in order to get his power bat, and he's been a notoriously poor fielder.
Kemp would fit in nicely in left field. Next year without Gonzo it will most likely be Kemp, Pierre, Ethier left to right. Dunn is an adequate fielder with that kind of offensive production.
I just heard that the Pirates are trying to offer us Ian Snell for Matt Kemp, definitely won't happen considering we didn't even consider a Buehrle for Kemp deal.
Kemp's fine. He just needs to learn how to wear sun glasses.
I think regardless of how the MRI on saito goes we need to make the deal for Dotel. We also need to call up Meloan and get rid of some dead weight in the pen.
come on you can't tell me that won;t make the Madres have to take some pepto bismal.
you have to wonder with kent's option most likley vesting (unless he decides to retire) what they will do with abreu. sure he needs work but does anyone think he needs to spend all of next year in AAA? it makes me wonder what they're plans are for him. i don't think any of the positional prospects should be traded for dotel, its insane really, what where would abreu play with kent still around?
Abreu would be in the same role as he is this year if Kent would stay. Abreu probably isn't ready this year and might not be next. Neither will Hu but Hu has has more potential then Abreu. Hu is much better defensively along with Loney, Hu is probably the best defensive player in the organization. He'll get on base more then Abreu and will steal more bases them Abreu.
Hu's hitting has just starting to come around as well. He only got better when bumped up to Triple A. Of course we have Furcal but when his contract expires he'll probably want more money and really the Dodgers need to stop spending money they way they are. I mean look at our payroll 110 million and most of it is either washed up, overrated or injured.
Dodger teams always have done that since 88. They want veterans god forbid they forget a majority of the 88 team came threw the system. Same with the 81 team and every other team in Brooklyn.
through* man this is just not my dad typing wise. Earlier this morning I was filling out paper work for school online and Im pretty sure i put the date as 7/23/2001.
right out der winder eh Max?
I was at at yesterdays game and was right behind Kemp on that play.He didn't even see it for half a sec but he did catch up to it.It was really hazy and humid.I was wearing sunglasses and don't think I picked up on a single ball hit in the air. But while Either was in RF he was on top of everything as well as JP. The Play that Loney almost made was insane and from the angle I saw I thought that the ump called him out.But I could clearly see that he was safe.
I was at yesterday's game. The game was lost the minute Hernandez came in. Not because Hernandez is bad (he sort of is, but we need someone to eat innings, and he only gave up a run, so he's not too bad), but because it meant that two of three of Beimel, Broxton, and Saito were not available. Let's face it–if Broxton comes in in the 8th, he probably does not give up that run, and Saito is more likely to shut down the Mets in the 9th. Our big problem is bridging the gap to the 7th and 8th innings because our starters are not getting long enough outings (because Bills is still working through the youth and Wolf is out, and we're not sure about Hendrickson, Stults, Tomko, etc.). The good news is that we were very close to getting everything we needed–if Kemp catches the ball, Broxton closes it out, and Beimel, Saito, and Houlton all get a day off.
Obviously, I am very worried about Saito's MRI, but I think Dotel is a good solution. Not because he is great, but he is good, and if Saito is OK, we already have solid 8th and 9th inning guys. Dotel is likely not too expensive and fills the need.
Compare that to Eric Gagne, who the Rangers are shopping. If his arm is what it used to be, he is great–but way too expensive since we don't need a closer, we need a 7th/8th inning guy. Also, I see a few people saying we should get Gagne–remember, Gagne only knows how to end games. He was not good at holding games or working ties. That's just his mental attitude–made for a closer. That's great, and I love him for it, but with Saito now and Broxton in the future, it just does not work into our plans.
Back to Sunday's game–the ball hit to Loney was slammed, and it was not ruled, nor should it be, an error. That being said, it's the type of play that I expect Loney to make–but that's because I have high expectations of the kid.
Kemp misplayed that ball in right, and I was crushed. No way was the runner going to challenge Kemp's arm, so Broxton just needed the one more out that he got. Later, when they walked Kent in the 10th to get to Kemp, I stood and applauded. I was sure that Kemp was going to end it right there. Again, I have high expectations for this kid too.
When Loney and Kemp screw up do I cut them some slack? Sure. They are 22 and 23, less than 300 career at-bats, and could easily still be in the minor leagues. But they are tremendous talents who are now in the process of helping the Dodgers in the second straight pennant race, and are guys who are at the center of the team. When Karros and Piazza came up, they came up and took over a bad team in 1992-93, and then turned it around. When Steve Sax came up in 1982, he may have led-off, but he was inserted amongst veterans who had won 4 pennants and a World Series together. Loney and Kemp (along with Martin, Ethier, Broxton, Bills, and Saito), are supposed to be able to make mistakes, but more often than not we are relying on them–sometimes more than the veteran leaders like Nomar, Kent, Gonzo, Pierre, etc.). If we lose the division by one game this year (and I still think we will win), everyone can point back to Sunday's game (and a few others), and Kemp's error or Loney's inability to handle the smack from Delgado. But, we're asking these kids to be the difference-makers, and more often then not they are delivering. Kemp is going to be a great outfielder, but he still needs work. And if we lost yesterday because we are taking a chance on him, I think we won the day before for the same reason, and we're going to win more because of it.
I don't want to get into the debate over whether Pierre or Nomar or Kent or Gonzo should be playing–but the difference is we have a pretty good idea of what we will get–high and low. Right now, we just do not know what the ceiling (if any) is for Kemp, Loney, and the rest. If Pierre costs us a game because of his weak arm, then it's a problem we know about. When Kemp does it, it stinks, but the reality is we may be getting a whole lot more in the bargain.
Anyway, those are my fairly unclear rantings for the day.


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Friday, February 26, 2010
Time to Stop
I have spent a lot of time involved in MRA and MGTOW activities for six or more years now. From my viewpoint, my break from the scene is not so much a change of conviction about the things I have discussed as it is a change of direction and focus. There is still a lot of gravel that needs to be shoveled by someone. I still think misandry (religious or otherwise), gynocentrism, neo-chivalry (especially lifeboat feminism), biogynism, realmannspracht, and other forms of garbage thrown at men are a serious problem. I still consider these things to be intolerable and sinful. I still stand by my manifesto on Biblical Manhood (parts 1, 2, and 3). The manifesto is my personal stance against what I perceive to be some false doctrines about manhood in religious circles, and against some really bad ideas that are found even in parts of the "Manosphere."
Maybe the Lord will change my mind on some things. Maybe not. But I feel convicted that he wants me to put an end to this. No one has threatened to fire me, turn me in, or report me to the Gender Correctness Police. I haven't been seduced by a female to soften my views. Brother So-and-So didn't call on me to repent of my views. I didn't get "straightened out" by a therapist. This is simply what I feel to be a work of the Holy Spirit on my heart.
I still believe there are too many broken cisterns that men are trying to drink from (Jeremiah 2:13). Women, sex, status, money, health, power, careerism, approval of the crowd--these are the ones that come to mind. Granted, some of these things are permissible. Yet the Word of God is clear. Men are made acceptable by the blood of Jesus, not the broken cisterns (Romans 4:25). Joy and the peace "that surpasses understanding" comes from God (Galatians 5:22; Philippians 4:7), not the broken cisterns. Completeness comes through Christ, not the broken cisterns (Colossians 2:10). Value comes through being added spiritually to the Lord's body (1 Corinthians 12:12-27), not through the broken cisterns. None of the broken cisterns are vital for a man to be the kind of man God wants him to be. Anyone who says otherwise is in spiritual bondage to a lie.
I end this post with a prayer ...
Let those who mock men be defeated in their counsel.
Let those who refuse to stand up for justice for men be defeated in their counsel.
Let those who bind heavy burdens on men that God does not bind be defeated in their counsel.
Let those who turn the blind eye to the suffering of men be defeated in their counsel.
Let those who diminish the God-given worth of men be defeated in their counsel.
Let those who equate manhood with sexual prowess, romantic success, being married, or having children be defeated in their counsel.
Let those who equate manhood with status, strength, worldly success, or power be defeated in their counsel.
Let those who are in power and who commit injustices against men be defeated in their schemes.
Let all falsehood be utterly defeated.
Let the Word of God stand forever.
Let everything that I have prayed which is according to will of God be granted.
In the name of Jesus Christ I pray. Amen.
God bless you all.
[Edit: If you are interested in another blog primarily devoted to the subject of "biblical manhood" that is male-friendly and sensitive to what men really experience in church, then I recommend SingleChristianMan's place. He is not MRA/MGTOW like I am, but I find his writings insightful, edifying, and satisfying. Let me also say that appreciate you other compadres in the blogosphere that have read me and linked to me. You know you who are. Take care.]
40 comments:
- Keoni Galt said...
Well Anakin, as one who had a few disagreements with in the past, I wish you luck, and do appreciate your point of view that you brought to the table. In the end, I've certainly agreed more oft than not with most of the views you've put forth here.
Just please don't delete your blog. Let it stand as a testament to all of the thought, time and effort you've dedicated these past years in doing your own part to combat cultural and spiritual misandry.
- February 26, 2010 at 6:25 PM
- February 26, 2010 at 8:08 PM
- Elusive Wapiti said...
Thanks for all that you have done. You will be missed. You are welcome to swing by and visit anytime.
Until the end,
- February 26, 2010 at 9:14 PM
- Triton said...
Well, it's too bad, but I understand.
In the meantime, I also think you should leave the blog up. And I hope to see you comment at other places.
Otherwise, best of luck, and God speed.
- February 27, 2010 at 12:10 AM
- John Markley said...
Thank you for everything you've written here.
- February 27, 2010 at 12:47 AM
I'm still going through many of your writings - and they are indeed a common ground for all men of principle, whether religious or not, as to how they deal with the way many modern people callously treat relationships and their own and others' lives.
Keep the blog up, it is a useful guide in the modern world of ambiguity. Thank you.
- February 27, 2010 at 1:55 AM
God bless and may you have success in what the Holy Spirit has called you to do next. I have never commented before but I have been a reader for quite a while and this blog has been of tremendous value to me, thank you for spreading wisdom. God bless Anakin.
- February 27, 2010 at 2:17 AM
- By The Sword said...
I want to thank you for all of the work you have done. Your writings have opened my eyes a great deal about what men face today.
You simply and calmly spoke the truth in a dense fog of lies and truth, as always, shone brighter than anything. Thanks again for having the guts to stand by your convictions and the gumption to write for us time and time again.
I hope that you will keep the blog up for a while. I know many men who could benefit from your works and I have directed several toward your site already.
Good Luck;
- February 27, 2010 at 3:17 AM
- n/a said...
So long and good luck, Anakin.
- February 27, 2010 at 7:41 AM
- Learner said...
I am sorry to see your blog go (though I hope you leave it up), but I can understand why. I thank you for your thoughtful writing and reasoned responses on these issues which are so important to our culture inside and outside the church. I have greatly appreciated your intellect and spirit my brother. Not only have I learned a great deal from your writings, but I have met people who became my "real life" friends through your previous blog Scripturally Single. This blog also played a (somewhat unusual) part in bringing my boyfriend and I together and for that I am very thankful :)
May the Lord God be with you wherever you go.
- February 27, 2010 at 8:22 AM
- Will S. said...
All the best, my brother in Christ. I'll add my voice to others, please leave your blog up, so others may still benefit thereby. Thanks in advance for doing so.
- February 27, 2010 at 8:34 AM
Best wishes Anakin. I'll miss your perspectives but you must follow as you're led. Please do leave the blog up if you can. Blessings.
- February 27, 2010 at 9:51 AM
Thank you. You have been a blessing and I will greatly miss your writing. I hope you will continue to write in some capacity on other topics related to the body of Christ.
- February 27, 2010 at 9:58 AM
Good luck to you on your new endeavors, whatever they may be.
Just make sure you keep the blog up, okay?
- February 27, 2010 at 6:13 PM
- Jesse said...
All the best, Anakin. You've been a voice in the wilderness here and I'm sure you'll continue to be in whatever endeavors you take on next. Thanks for sharing your wisdom; your take on MRA/MGTOW issues from a solidly biblical perspective will be truly missed.
And yeah, of course, please do leave the blog up!
- February 27, 2010 at 9:58 PM
Not too many like you Anakin, cutting through the bullshit and piercing the value of humanism invading the Church.
Jedi's work is never done.
- February 27, 2010 at 11:13 PM
- Amir Larijani said...
Sorry to see that you are hanging it up.
You've been providing a necessary element of balance to what is often passed as "good theology" but is in fact a totally different agenda that unwittingly corrupts the Gospel, all in the name of good intentions.
Hopefully, you will be back in the not-so-terribly-distant future.
- March 1, 2010 at 6:25 AM
- dienw said...
Amen to your prayer.
I've enjoyed your writings; yet I knew you were finished with this topic when you posted your summation a few posts ago.
May God be with you in the coming days and years; even until we are taken away from the things that are coming upon the face of the earth.
- March 1, 2010 at 7:47 AM
- Ken said...
Shucks. I really, really have enjoyed this blog as a thought-proviking place. There are a bunch of blogs out there calling on the culture and women to stop attacking men and masculinity, but few that do so while also calling men to follow Christ and so skillfully drawing from the Scriptures to defend masculinity, men, and being unmarried.
I agree with all of the others that ask you to please leave this blog online as a reference. Heck, even one guy who took down his own blog asks you to keep your online.
- March 1, 2010 at 10:18 AM
- Silas Reinagel said...
Anakin, thanks so much for your contributions to the community, and for the ideological counterpoint that you have offered to some of the false views proffered by the modern church, as well as some of the false views presented by the singleminded pursuit of certain secular men. I have always appreciated your respectful demeanor and your clear stance that manliness isn't about many of things people often suggest that it is.
God bless you in your future endeavors!
- March 1, 2010 at 4:47 PM
- Triton said...
Heck, even one guy who took down his own blog asks you to keep your online.
Anakin's blog is far more valuable than mine was.
- March 1, 2010 at 10:59 PM
- Ken said...
I still miss it, Triton! ;-)
- March 2, 2010 at 9:32 AM
- Amir Larijani said...
Anakin, it's a shame you are hanging it up now.
Maken is republishing her book.
- March 3, 2010 at 7:33 AM
- tingting said...
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- March 3, 2010 at 7:25 PM
- Triton said...
I still miss it, Triton! ;-)
I appreciate that, Ken.
Maken is republishing her book.
And the hits just keep on coming...
Seriously, I figured she kind of cashed in her chips back in 2008 when she stopped updating her blog. Her book was a neat little money-making scam, but the brutal way in which she contorted the Bible should have been the death knell for it once those contortions were fully exposed.
Then again, as P.T. Barnum reminds us, there's a sucker born every minute, so I suppose there's always going to be some single women in their 30's and 40's whom Maken can separate from their cash.
- March 3, 2010 at 11:05 PM
- SavvyD said...
It's right that you should do as you think and feel the Lord is leading you. Blessings.
Unfortunately, it looks like the average shelf-life of a blog is about 2 years. SIGH. I thought you were on a good track.
- March 5, 2010 at 1:04 AM
- Something Feral said...
Fashionably late, I have nothing new to say, but do not let that diminish the spirit of the message: I enjoyed your blog, and I hope to enjoy it for some time to come (backreading)... Signposts that direct others out of the wilds should be left to stand for as long as they are able.
May you be richly blessed by the Lord in whatever comes to you.
- March 7, 2010 at 3:32 AM
- March 23, 2010 at 1:56 AM
- demoiselle said...
You're a pretty angry guy. Hope that you get some help to deal with it.
- March 24, 2010 at 10:31 AM
- Pattaya said...
sadly i only found your blog after u had already decided to quit.
- April 13, 2010 at 2:29 AM
Tis a shame really.
So many church leaders are gurly men standing outside reality.
- April 28, 2010 at 11:53 AM
- King Alfred said...
Your work has been inspiring. You have delved into sensitive issues that most would avoid for fear of detractors, and you found Truth. Thank you for sharing so much of your time and insight with us. May God bless you in your new endeavors!
- May 2, 2010 at 3:54 PM
Recommended book: "Why Men Are The Way They Are" by Warren Farrell. It is a secular book but I think you would find it helpful in clarifying many of these issues.
- May 16, 2010 at 7:39 PM
- Amy said...
God Bless you and good luck in the future.
- August 28, 2010 at 6:17 PM
- Jenny said...
You're a good man and I regret that you'll no longer be posting. God Bless you!
- September 6, 2010 at 6:09 PM
Anakin, just found this stuff. Great. I've got vision to pick it back up and grow. Please e-mail me and let me carry the torch! email@example.com
- March 9, 2011 at 7:15 PM
- Will S. said...
Start your own one, dude!
- March 17, 2011 at 9:21 PM
- Anakin Niceguy said...
To follow up on what Will said, go ahead and do your thing. Right now, I am ambivalent at best about jumping back into blogging about men's issues. All my writings are free for copying, anyway.
Take care,
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