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|2008-04-19, 09:28
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that is the definition of justice.
but what really is justice?
is it executing a criminal?
is it even tangible or is it a state of mind?
does it even exist?
i was watching a police show the other day, and at the end when they caught the killer and he is sentenced to 25 to life, the policeman says ' justice was served'
and i thought that is not justice, its making society safer, but not justice .
your thoughts?
ps this has nothing to do with sentencing, its about the concept of justice, if i hadnt made that clear
|2008-04-19, 10:14
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Justice, in my opinion, is the amount of punishment that an individual should recieve for commiting an offense. I support the capital punishment, if an individual killed someone else, because no amount of years can make up for a life. Giving 25 years- life in prison is not a punishment, in my eyes. You are providing free shelter, food, and care to an individual who doesn't have to work (They make you do some work in prisons amirite?) with money on their mind. Locking away a person is, as you said, making society safer, but does it punish the person? No, because rather, he is given a priviledge. Punishment should be equal to what he did. But my ideal is rather flawed, in the instance if he tortured a person, should justice be inflicting the same amount of pain back to him? It seems quite barbaric.
|2008-04-19, 11:14
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|2008-04-19, 11:59
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I'm for capital punishment but don't think that it is the best way to handle punishments. The reason is capital punishment is not enough. Therefore, it doesn't make sense to give capital punishment, but since capital punishment is closest to what most people want to be done to the criminal as retribution, I feel indifferent about it.
So what exactly is justice? There is no justice, but there is only attempts to justify all means. It's how close these attempts get to justice without resorting to cruel and unusual punishments that defines the justice we have today.
What you people should think about is the punishment that is imprisonment. I personally think that it is a wonderful punishment. At first glance, they get free food, okay. However, I value entertainment and happiness to be one of the main reasons to be alive. I would rather work 8 hours a day and spend time enjoying life with my family, friends, and most importantly, with anime. In jail, you get free food without having to work for it. Then you get to sit on your ass in your cell doing nothing. Sure there's TV...so? You have no freedom, and that's, in my view, is one of the most painful punishments.
Of course that's from my perspective, which is, a normal person. For someone who has nothing left in life, they've had so many things in their record that they will be rejected for just about every job, they have no contact with their families, their friends includes gang members and fellow criminals, then yes, maybe they might not mind prison life. This really makes you think, doesn't it? Here's a thought. Why do criminals run to avoid being captured? Is it because, maybe they don't want to go to prison? Maybe we don't know the reason, but the fact is, prison still restricts their freedom, and once again, it is one of the most painful punishments.
But coming back to justice, according to my definition, is imprisonment the closest you can get to justice without resorting to cruel and unusual punishment? Let's say they only robbed a bank. They shouldn't die for that, right? Since there is really nothing between imprisonment and capital punishment for normal crimes, then imprisonment is the best possible punishment. Since there is nothing between capital punishment (assuming that it is painless) and torture to death for larger crimes, then capital punishment (or lesser punishments depending on your view; I'm not trying to support capital punishment here, so don't stray from the subject) is indeed the closest you can come to justice. Just like how the sine of x approaches x as x approaches 0, the closer you come to justice, the closer you can find justice, but you can never achieve justice.
|2008-04-19, 12:04
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Justice means righting wrongs. Civil law typically deals with something like that, with questions like "Who's actually the owner of X" or "With how much money can damage Y be compensated".
The goals of criminal procedures and the following punishment are (or should be) 1. deterrence, 2. 'educating' the criminal, 3. keeping him away from society (in extreme cases). That means their goal is to reduce crime.
A penalty can only be just or unjust in the light of the above not in itself. It must weight the rights of the offender against the rights of people to live in a society as crime-free as possible. In so far it can be unjustly hard or soft. A penalty is not about answering suffering with suffering. It doesn't make anything right that was wrong. That's revenge, not justice.
|2008-04-19, 12:41
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Also, I think ideal justice is impossible to achieve since most wrongs can never entirely be made up for. And, of course, there would have to be a consensus of what is wrong in the first place as a basis as well - also impossible. What's left is the nearest approximation of the current notion of what constitutes justice within the given system of laws. Which sometimes also can result in revenge - but that'll never really solve any problems.
|2008-04-19, 13:15
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|2008-04-19, 13:34
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The meaning of justice can change from one day to the next. the only meaning that i always use is this " giving something to the people equally ( each one takes the same amount of that thing)."
|2008-04-19, 13:46
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Justice is perhaps one of the most overused terms used in justifying actions by people. It also perhaps usually the stupidest term to ever be used as a justification. The longevity of this myth of what is correct or not in life is quite appalling. Justice can be interpreted as righting these wrong actions, but this delves into other things.
What is the definition of right?
1. Morally good, justified, acceptable.
Definition of moral?
1. Concerned with the principles of right or wrong behavior, the goodness and badness of human character
Definition of good?
1. That which is morally right
So wait, I think we just hit a loop in the definitions. So how do we determine what is right? If we can't determine that we cannot use justice as our justification! Being right, is of course, relative. Take terrorists for example, they truly think they're right. It's justice to fly a plane and kill thousands of people in a building.
Usually there are some rights that can be universally considered to be right, but right to some in certain areas is not right to others.
For example, I personally see nothing wrong with nudity in movies or even in real life, other conservative people may consider it to be morally wrong. This is where justice is going to start getting skewed. Is it right to kill criminals who killed others? Is it right to keep people who did such crimes in jail for the rest of their lives? What really is morally correct?
The topic of justice can best be surmised as one of emotional weight, those who seek justice are those who feel emotionally attached to the issue. When something is determined by pure emotions, it is already worthless. We only keep people in jail so that society is safer, to attribute this to justice is foolhardy.
|2008-04-19, 13:58
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A professional soldier never brings justice into the mission. Politics are fickle, they change with the times. So long as we remain loyal to our countries, soldiers like us need nothing to believe in.
|2009-02-22, 08:50
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The problem with justice is that so many people have many different views on it and what they would deem as "justice" that the correct way of encountering an event is not always the right one. This is of course assuming there is actually a right choice in the matter.
Nevertheless justice can be carried out if the lives of many people are in danger, but the occurance is prevented. That would be justice through the eyes of many beholders as society would be able to continue to exist naturally. Of course there will always be the few individuals that detest the way in which the Earth has progressed and if this were the case then obviously they would not see this as Justice, nonetheless the majority of citizens that survived this unspecified impact would.
Let us say that a very happy family man were to have his entire family murdered by a mysterious killer, which he did not deserve, and then the family man, the victim of the aftermath of this slaughter that left him with nothing, found the killer, and then killed him. Some would deem this as justice, including the misfortunate family man as he has just left his family to rest as their killer was silenced. This murderer could also have been capable of murdering more people in the future so it is a good thing that he was killed. Yet this depressed family man is also a murderer, making his actions the same to that of the murderer himself, especially if this murderer also had a family in which case his children would be missing a father. A lot of people clearly state that murder is never a good thing no matter what the reason, yet on the inside some people think differently. Some will be praising this man that had taken the life of a murderer, yet some would look at him as being no better than the other murderer. Hence justice is, yet at the same time is not, served.
Justice is seen through the eyes of the beholder.
|2009-02-23, 12:04
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I think it's important to make the difference between personnal justice and society justice. The first one is what we think about being right or being wrong. It's our personal view on justice and it's different for each individual. But personnal justice must not prevail over society justice. Society justice is composed of law and it's these law which defined our society. It's these law which made our society herself. If you respect your sence of justice but not the society justice then you're in infraction. It's important because if there is no society justice then there is no rules and then it's the chaos since everyone will do what they think it will be right. That's why personal justice must not prevail over society justice.
|2009-02-23, 14:12
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Society has established laws and constitutions so as to represent what's "best for everyone". It may not be perfect, but it's what makes a country move forward-without justice, there is chaos.Personal justice varies by person (duh:P) but if you think that public justice consists of many personal justices merged together, they often overlap on most parts.
About the OP's question: it depends on what that person did; if he killed someone or hurt others in ways they won't forget, then that is what is best for everyone (the offender included, because hopefully by then he will have repented for his actions and be able to live on normally, while a lesser penalty might have left him indifferent and he'd commit another crime, and a higher one would take away his chance at life).
|2009-02-23, 17:46
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There can exist no crime for which there is no punishment. If there's no punishment for it, then under the law it is not a crime because crimes are punished.
But what is proper punishment? That's where most people diverge in their opinions. is it an "eye for an eye", or do we take a rehabilitative approach? This is part of the core debate of many countries' criminal justice system.
For instance, would one catagorize revenge as justice? I can see both arguments as to why it would be and why it wouldn't be. It is supposedly righting a wrong, but often causes more pain in general, and thus ceases to be "right" in many people's minds.
This is an extremely hard question that doesn't have a universal answer that I can think of, unfortunately.
|2009-02-23, 19:40
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@Spectacular Insanity:
Personally, I think punishment should be based on the criterea of deterrence, not revenge (personal or societal). But that runs into some tricky issues, particularly as to whether the deterrent actually works. A lot of crime is committed by people who clearly didn't think about the consequences of their actions, so how would making the consequences worse have prevented anything?
|2009-02-23, 19:52
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Are you a moral relativist? Your judgment of some things as "clearly wrong" suggests you aren't, but...
Edit: Oh yeah, justice, haha. We can distinguish between "forward looking" and "backward looking" justice.
On one hand we have the pragmatic side of things, which is to make sure that it doesn't happen again. This can be done in several ways, but the important thing is generally to get the criminal off the streets, either temporarily or permanently. Deterrence is also important (scare off potential criminals with threat of punishment). Importantly for this kind of justice is the idea that the law must be infallible (or have self-correcting components within itself). Revenge or mitigating circumstances are almost irrelevant, because the whole point is to stabilize. Everyone "taking the law into their own hands" is bad for society. In fact, guilt is almost irrelevant. Punishing an innocent for someone else's crime is almost as good, if you can control the media well enough.
On the other hand we have the idea that someone is a bad person and deserves bad things, however those come about. The law is merely a way of ensuring those bad things will come. Well, that's pretty simple. Incidentally, this is completely useless for society, and as they always say "it won't bring your loved ones back." This is the emotional side of things.
Most societies use something between these two extremes.
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|2009-02-23, 20:51
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I don't think I'd qualify as a relativist because while I believe that morals have to be flexible to accommodate situations, I still have underlying principles I believe should be adhered to in all situations.
In the cases where I say that I think the law is clearly wrong (I see the overall result of drug prohibition as causing more harm than good, for example), I do admit that there's other opinions out there. However, while I know this probably makes me sound a bit high and mighty, but I have no problem with the idea that other people are wrong about an issue, even if I won't say it to their face.
|2009-02-23, 21:32
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Aspiring Aspirer
That why there cna be no logic until we create several logic engines to interept a situation!
But in all seriousness justice is something that comes eventually. Like Karma it has a way to deliver itself, even if some cases it requires a magical vigilante to save the "day". It isn't always delivered and may fail to impress.
@Fox I have to agree with the drug prohibition, it allowed a great black market to erupt. Drugs like cigarettes should be monitored and controlled, but like cigarettes kids are still going to get them, so why fuss and waste billions of dollars into law enforcement and why not just let private industry go screw themselves over with all the money they'll get. Hey it's more taxes in and less taxes out and I'm pretty sure that the people who are going to get high would have still done so, but has 1. Paid some sales tax 2. Bought it legally 3. Isn't buying a fake and injecting cement into their veins.
Law can only do so much and laws must have been made by someone and as such atleast 1 person in the world will find something subjectively wrong with it, because they are afterall a different person.
|2009-02-24, 05:08
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I'll end it before April.
Join Date: Jul 2008
It's true that law don't covers everything but that's why there is judge for interpreting the different possible case. And that's why the case law is very important because it allows to the judge to be coherent in their decision.
And by the way it make me think that there is something that i don't like at all about USA justice : crimnial court don't hold civil court ! In the end you can be innoncent with the criminal court but not with the civil court ! O_o (that and the fact that everyone now bring suit for absolutely nothing ...).
And sorry for my bad english
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I have always been interested in tracing my female ancestors as well as the direct line of my Green male line. I find the lives our female ancestors lived to be very interesting, and often, misleading due to the fact that we don't always know what occupation they had outside the family home; as these occupations were usually not recorded on census entries, marriage certificates etc. We know they worked hard in the home, this in the days before domestic appliances made housework easier, in the days before electricity when all work had to be done either in daylight or by candle or lamplight. We have programmes like Victorian Farm and Edwardian Farm to thank for giving us an insight into the daily lives of our female ancestors and these programmes bring to life what it must have been like to work a long day in the house, up at 6am and often not getting to bed before midnight. So the next few blog entries are a homage to all my female ancestors.
Starting of course, with my wonderful Mam, Muriel Singleton born 5 September 1926 the third child and oldest daughter of my grandparents Jack and Nancy Singleton, joining Chris born 1920 and Jim born 1922, she was born on the Isle of Walney, Barrow in Furness in Lancashire. When she was 12, the family moved to Hull in East Yorkshire, moving into 120 Lomond Road, Spring Bank where they were to stay until my Nana moved out of there in the 1970s.
Mam taken during towards the end of the War
Two days before Mam's 13th birthday on 5th September 1939 war was declared as World War II got under way. By this time the family had expanded to include Jack born in 1930 and Jean born 1937, baby Evelyn the youngest child of my grandparents was born on 3 October 1939. During the war, Jean was sent to family at Keswick, but Evelyn remained with the family. Both the oldest boys joined up, Chris into the navy and Jim the army. For Muriel it must have been a hard time, helping her mam with the new baby, coping with missing her brothers and her younger sister, and a year later aged 14, starting her first job with Hull Printer's as an Assistant Compositor. She was to work here for the following six years until she left in August 1946 to marry my Dad, Derek Alexander Green.
I remember mam telling me about using gravy thinned down with water on her legs with a line drawn up the back with an eyeliner pencil to mimic the look of stockings. Of turning up to work one day during the war to find that the printers had been bombed during the night and there was just the ruins left. Hull Printers survived and moved into temporary premises for the rest of the war. At a dance in late 1944 early 1945, when she was 18, she met my Dad - she told me that it was a Ladies Ask Me dance, a chance for the women to choose who they wanted to dance with, not the other way round - Mam chose Dad and the rest as they say is history.
In the summer of 1945 Mam spent some time at the Northcliffe convalescent home in Filey after an operation to remove kidney stones - she was to suffer with kidney problems for several years. That visit was to trigger a lifelong love of Filey in my Mam and we spent several happy family holidays there in later years. After she returned to Hull, she began courting Derek, his 1946 diary tells of meeting her off the bus as she came home from work, going to the pictures, dancing, into town and eventually their engagement early in 1946.
On 3 August 1946 she got married at St Martin's Church Hull
This photo shows from left to right, my Nana Green, Ethel holding Dad's youngest brother Peter, my Granddad Green, Marcus, Uncle Ron, Dad's older brother and best man - Dad, Mam, Aunt Nancy, Dad's sister, Granddad Singleton, Jack and Nancy my Nana Singleton, with Uncle Chris in his navy uniform. At the front are my aunts Jean and Evelyn.
Mum and Dad honeymooned in Keswick in the Lake District and the next photo was taken on their honeymoon:
After her marriage, Muriel settled down to married life in rented rooms on Wistow Grove, Gipsyville - eventually they were to get a Corporation Prefab before moving into a house on Norton Grove on Gipsyville. Mam and Dad were to have five children, Christine born in 1948, Linda in 1950, Stephen in 1957, myself in 1960 and Robert in 1963. Mam returned to work when Steve, Robert and I were young - first working at Humbrol paint factory down Hedon Road in Hull and later after we'd moved to west Hull at Needler's sweet factory making boxes and finally at Zerny's Dry Cleaners; first in the canteen, then later in the sewing room.
Throught this time she worked part time, juggling bringing up a family with helping with the household income. There were hard times in the 1950s when Derek had to give up his job as a Sheet Metal Worker and retrain for office work, but they got through this time and still managed to get some family holidays at the seaside.
This photos shows me aged about seven, Mam, Robert about three and Stephen about ten on the beach at Filey, you can just make out the brig in the background.
Mam retired when she was 60 in 1986 and she and my father enjoyed coach holidays to Scotland. However, her health was not brilliant, she had been diagnosed with diabetes in the early 1980s and had high blood pressure; but it was in 1995 that she contracted bowel cancer and though an operation extended her life by nearly two years, she died on 24 March 1997. I will always remember how brave she was during her illness and I still do, and always will miss her.
Mum and Dad enjoying a dance on one of their holidays.


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BILL MOYERS: Welcome. The bells rang for the lost: Charlotte Bacon, Olivia Engel, Ana Marquez-Greene, Dylan Hockley, Madeline Hsu, Catherine Hubbard, Jesse Lewis, James Mattioli, Emilie Parker, Jack Pinto, Noah Pozner, Caroline Previdi, Jessica Rekos, Avielle Richman, Benjamin Wheeler, and Allison Wyatt. All were six years old.
Daniel Barden, Josephine Gay, Chase Kowalski, and Grace McDonnell were 7.
Six adults died with them: Mary Sherlach, Anne Marie Murphy, Dawn Hochsprung, Lauren Rousseau, Rachel D'Avino, Victoria Soto.
It helps to say their names, to rescue them from the statistical anonymity that always settles over these awful events. It helps those of us distanced from the loss to imagine, even grieve, the emptiness in the homes and hearts of those who loved them. They will never forget. We mourn, move on, and too soon forget. And then it will happen again one day, and we will scratch our heads and ask ourselves, "Was the last time Newtown? Or Columbine? Was it Aurora? Or that college in Virginia?" And once again we will mourn, move on, and too soon forget.
There is an old Hassidic saying that, "In remembrance is the secret of redemption." But America forgets quickly, and gives no lasting indication it seeks redemption from its fetish with guns, its romance with the free market of violence. With the sport of it all. The show must go on. It's our right. At any price. What were their names again? Oh, yes, Charlotte, Daniel, Olivia, Dylan, Allison, Dawn. Poor things, such a tragedy. Praise the Lord, and pass the ammunition.
And so we make our peace with violence. And make ourselves over in its image. A state senator in Missouri, a life-time member of the National Rifle Association, is pushing a bill to require that all first graders be enrolled in the NRA's gun safety course. First-graders. Six and seven years old. Pledge Allegiance to the flag. Lock and Load. Our new Head Start.
A state senator in Tennessee's Republican legislature says he will introduce a bill that would allow the state to pay for secretly armed teachers in classrooms. Saintly Miss Simpson, packing heat. Hey, Mr. Russell, it's show and tell, can we see your Glock 9? After the Newtown killings, a sixth-grader at an elementary school near Salt Lake City brought a gun to school, saying he wanted to protect himself and his friends. Instead, allegedly, he used it to threaten some classmates. As The Good Book says, get with it, "Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it." Ready. Aim. Fire.
And for the child who has everything this season, how about body armor? A Utah company named Amendment II offers a new line of it for kids. Mother Jones Magazine reports sales have tripled in one week. A Massachusetts company is promoting The Bullet Blocker, a "rugged computer backpack designed for work or play." Made of the same materials used in bullet-proof police vests, currently on sale for the holidays for $199.99. And on Facebook, an outfit called Black Dragon Tactical that sells vests and other combat gear sent this message: "Arm the teachers, in the meantime, bulletproof the kids."
This market never closes. America's turned violence into a profit center. And if you haven't finished your Christmas shopping, no need to wait for Santa; his sleigh couldn't even hold the heavy weapons. Step this way. Black Friday is every day. And we have something for everyone, from cradle to grave. From cradle to grave.
Surely this can't go on. This spilling of innocent blood, this bleeding of democracy's soul. We're losing faith in ourselves, acting as subjects, not citizens, no longer believing that it is in our power to do the right thing. We Americans are not smarter than other people, and certainly no more virtuous. Our exceptionalism is our capacity for self-correction. To reach the bridge of the ship, point to the iceberg dead ahead, and demand of the captain a change of course before it's too late. "They," the gun industry, its profiteers, zealots and apologists, its political stooges, fabulists, and constitutional originalists, who would have us think the "well-regulated militia" of a sparsely-populated frontier nation in the 18th century really means tolerating a perpetual wild west here in the 21st century. "They" say, "don't tread on us, get off our well-armed backs, there's nothing you can do."
Of course there is. Register all guns. License all gun owners. Require stringent background checks. Get tough on assault weapons of any kind. Crack down on high-capacity ammunition as the President has now proposed. And then, enforce the laws. Yes, I know, determined killers will always find a way. But we can minimize the opportunities, and scale back the scope of destruction. Why do we accept the need for driver's licenses? Or submit to the sometimes humiliating body scans at airports? Because it's the law, and deep down we know we're safer for the inconvenience of the law.
Good laws are hard to come by. Civilization, just as hard. The rough and tumble of politics makes them so. But democracy aims for a moral order as just as humanly possible, which means laws that protect the weak and not just the strong. Lest we forget.


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1) Service: It's not a normal restaurant. Don't expect to have the same standard of service. If you need water and everybody is busy, feel free to get your own. If you drop your napkin, I suggest you pick it up yourself. Under no circumstances snap your fingers at the wait staff, they aren't your servants, they are probably friends or related to the host. The hostess may even have given birth to them.
Keep your cutlery between courses, French style. The less washing up, the better.
2) Drink: Bring your own booze. Most supper clubs don't have an alcohol license. This is great for you as a guest: take the opportunity to pay what you'd normally spend in a conventional restaurant on the cheapest bottle of wine on the list (£10 to £15) on a very good bottle of wine with no mark up. Soft drinks: most supper club hosts do not have a large fridge containing a selection of soft drinks complete with price list, so if you have a soft drink you particularly like, do bring it along. Supper clubs tend to offer tap water rather than mineral water, so again, bring your own if you prefer that. Some, admittedly few, supper clubs charge a corkage fee for wine to cover provision of glasses. (This may sound unfair but providing wine and water glasses for each guest and washing them up is one of the most costly and time consuming aspects of a supper club, especially when they don't earn money for drink.)
Do bring your own drink. I've had occasions where people didn't bring their own and helped themselves or expected others to share their wine with them. More often this is fine, but can sometimes lead to irritation and people hiding their bottles under the table. At the same time, do be generous, do share with your table. If it's white wine or champagne, bring it ready chilled. The host/ess probably won't have room in his/her fridge.
3) Timing: Turn up on time. There isn't an army of sous chefs to whip you up a hot dinner if you arrive late. You wouldn't turn up to a friend's dinner very late would you? Conversely: do not arrive early. It puts the host/hostess in a difficult position. That last five minutes before showtime that you interrupted was probably their only opportunity to put on mascara, spray deodorant under their shirt to hide cooking smells, reapply lipstick.
4) Cancellations: do not cancel and if you must, do it at least 48 hours beforehand. The supper club host will already have bought the ingredients for your dinner. Unlike a conventional restaurant they cannot sell the food the next day. Profit margins are low so do be thoughtful. Do turn up. Even if you have paid in advance, this is an instance where you abide by dinner party manners rather than restaurant rules. It's rude if you don't. Hosts/hostesses will often delay the meal while waiting for you. It's unfair on the other guests too, creating gaps at tables.
5) Seating: Be prepared to sit with strangers. This is one of the best things about a supper club, you get to meet other people. If you have booked a supper club for a special celebration such as a birthday, where you want to sit next to your friends, then let the host know in advance and repeat again when you enter. Put bags on chairs to reserve your places even. But be flexible, a supper club is probably held in a living room with limited tables, chairs and space.
6) Diet: Do not change your mind last minute and decide that you are a vegan, allergic to something quite basic like olive oil, or reveal that you are super allergic to nuts. Again dinners are planned, catered and prepared in advance. The host/hostess deserves notice about specialist diets.
7) Research: do read their blog/website/information given with the booking. Do not incessantly email the supper club host with lots of questions before the meal. They are unlikely to have a reservations clerk and this is time consuming and they will hate you even before they've met you. Do find out about them beforehand, especially if the supper club has been going for a while. Most supper clubs have a blog in which every aspect of setting up their supper club, preparing food, their personal life has been exhaustively chronicled. It's trying being asked the same questions every single event 'How did you start?' ect.
8) Tipping: You tip even an awful restaurant ten percent don't you? Why not a supper club? It makes all the hard work worth it. Alternatively a small gift is welcome, after all you are going to their home. Most supper club hosts are intensely interested in food and drink so if you make say, jam or liqueur then give a jar rather than a tip. One guest gave me a huge pack of vanilla beans, which was very much appreciated.
9) Entertainment: the 1920s booklet '1001 things everyone ought to know' in the Etiquette section states "If you can sing, recite, etc, it is your duty to perform should the hostess ask you. To refuse is not in the best taste". Hmm. Possibly. Do assess your own talent and entertainment ability honestly before embarking on a show. But on the other hand, even singing badly will give other guests something to talk about.
10) Conversation: the supper club is fantastic for networking, getting jobs, contacts and even romance but sadly there is always the risk that you end up sat next to a bore, which will ruin your supper club experience. It's rare that bores attend supper clubs however, people are self selecting, only the adventurous and curious tend to go. The disadvantage of a supper club as opposed to a cocktail party is that it's hard to move away from the bore. The advantage lies in that you have time to get to know other people and you are rarely in the position where, if stuck for something to say, you have to resort to the tactics advised by Dianne Darling of Effective Networking who suggests asking men "where did you get your tie?".
11) Manners: it's fine to start eating before others get their food. A supper club is often run by amateur cooks and you never know how long it will be before everyone is served! Eat up while it's hot! Things are often served family style at supper clubs and you will have to do a mental calculation of the size of your portion in comparison to the amount of guests at the table. Remember, you've all paid. If there doesn't seem to be enough or you particularly like the dish, feel free to ask the server or host if there are seconds. You can do this, it's not a restaurant. You won't be charged double. Eating family style is also great for bonding over food, sparking conversation and an education in living communally rather than the 'what's mine is mine' individualism of conventional restaurants. Tip: remember to eat before you go to a Roganic/Young Turks style pop up as all the food will be microscopic and placed on the plate with a pair of tweezers as it's invisible to the naked eye.
12) Dress: I always ask guests to dress up. There are too few occasions in modern nightlife where we get the opportunity to get out the best suit, wear that sparkly dress and heels. You can do this seriously or ironically, the choice is yours. I also have many dinners where guests can come in costume. Again this contributes to the festive and humorous atmosphere (think dementor cloaks at Harry Potter, purple/ermine/medals at the Royal Wedding Banquet, and monobrows/ethnic clothing/neckbraces at the forthcoming Frida Kahlo night). Other supper club hosts may be more casual: all those supper clubs in the East End probably require that you wear classic Shoreditch Twat attire.
13) Helping out: few supper club hosts want help before and during a dinner. Too many people in the kitchen is stressful. But most supper club hosts would love a hand at the end, taking glasses/plates/cutlery out to the sink area for instance. Some guests have even helped me wash up. I love them. It means clearing the wreckage the day after isn't quite so hellish. It means I might even treat myself to a drink or two at the end of an evening. But again, ask, because each host has their own style.
14) Privacy: some hosts have no problem with you wandering around their home, rifling through their drawers, Come Dine With Me style. I've even had guests asking if they could try on my clothes. But do be respectful of the fact that you are in their private space. Don't make loud critical comments on their decor, children, cleanliness. Save that for the taxi home.
15) Complaints: very difficult territory here. You are that weird hybrid of 'paying' 'guest'. If you have a serious complaint, mention it to the server and or drop an email the next day. Most host/esses will be mortified and offer a refund and an apology. If you fancy yourself as a blogger or reviewer, don't be smarmy on the night and then slag the supper club off in print the next day. You are not AA Gill, you are just being rude to a private individual who is doing their best to be hospitable.


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Gabe revisits his favourite British gangster movie on Blu-ray disc...
All powerful underground crime boss, Harold Shand (Bob Hoskins), is about to make the deal of a lifetime with 'business men' from the United States. For ten years Harold has kept a peaceful balance in the crime world, and today should be no different, the air of legitimacy should make the deal go smoothly. When the deal is done, there will be billions in revenue to go around. But Good Friday begins with a bang, as Harold's mother's car is blown up at church and his best friend is stabbed to death at a public pool. With his world crashing down around him, Harold attempts to gather his druthers, and exact his vengeance, and quickly if he's going to keep the American's interested in the deal. But the plot thickens as the nature of the crimes begins to surface. It's going to be a very long Good Friday.
I reviewed The Long Good Friday for the first time several years ago on standard definition DVD, and was happy to find it was just as good as the critics had said. Most write-ups on the flick made special mention of the brutality of Bob Hoskins' star making performance, comparing him to all the classic gangsters of the classic Hollywood mould. Wasn't I surprised when I realized Harold Shand was not a barbaric monster, but a heartbreakingly sympathetic man who commits awful acts out of what can only be described as genuine love. Sure, he wants his illegal business deal to go down too, but underneath it all is an angry fireplug is really seeking vengeance for the untimely death of his best friend.
The Long Good Friday, even more than earlier cockney thrillers like Get Carter, is the direct kin of the genre revival flicks that gained so much popularity in the late '90s/early '00s, especially Guy Ritchie's Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, and Rock and Rolla, and Matthew Vaughn's wonderfully cool Layer Cake, along with about a jillion other, lesser gangster incarnations. Even Vaughn's more recent gangster vs. superhero epic, Kick-Ass, features a few bits of clear shot homage, despite aiming more consistently at Americanized gangsters. The lead villains of both Ritchie's early flicks make appearances as Hoskins' heavies. The '70s crime film revival, led by classics like The French Connection, Point Blank, and Dirty Harry actually sort of culminate here, both in political and practical time restraints (the '80s really took over the genre, and made it something entirely different). Though The Long Good Friday isn't necessarily as good as earlier incarnations, it director John Mackenzie takes those films into account, and builds on the themes to create more sympathetic and deep characters. The great actors help in this department. Even among larger than life personalities Hoskins really does steal the show. His only major competition being Helen Mirren, who may be the greatest gangster's wife in film history, save Diane Keaton's wonderful Godfather performances—though, in fairness, Keaton had the time to develop her character much deeper than Mirren, over the course of three, three hour films.
The Long Good Friday deserves its praise, but has its share of problems. The plot occasionally can be thicker than it needs to be, though MacKenzie's willingness to toss the audience into a situation they don't understand, allowing them to figure out what's going on along with the main character is impressive. The camera work is not intrusive, and captures the conflict perfectly without ever becoming too flashy. The biggest and most obviously controversial aspect is the ambiguous inclusion of the IRA during a time where their terrorist/freedom fighting activities were at their most prolific. Harold's goals also mirror the political trials of the era. Made at the beginning of Margaret Thatcher's reinventing of the UK, the film presents its protagonist as the ultimate Capitalist Patriot – a man who's bought into the promises of Thatcherism. The question is; is the film presenting Harold Shand as a sympathetic victim of the ultimate failure of the ultra-conservative movement, or as a villainized representation of the movement's aggression?
Overall this new Image Blu-ray release is relatively comparable to the Anchor Bay, anamorphic release, but is a decent step up in the most important high definition upgrade areas. The print is still pretty grainy, but the grain is finer here, and doesn't increase as intensely during the darker shots (specifically those taken outside at night). Contrast is increased, leading to deeper blacks and cleaner light hues, all supported by sharper edges, and generally less bleeding (the blacks are also genuinely black, rather than deep blue). The Anchor Bay release was already quite vibrant, but the hues here threaten to burst off the screen at any minute, especially the fire engine reds of some of the vehicles and costumes. Skin tones are a little too red, and the persistent coolness of the lighting overwhelms the lightest whites a bit, but it's a fair handoff for the poppier elements. Details are never particularly sharp, sometimes the wider shots are downright soft, but there aren't any compression artefacts or blocking effects in busier frames either. Like the Image Mona Lisa Blu-ray there are issues with frame shake, subtle brightness changes, and there are pieces of noticeable print damage throughout the entire print, but the only times dirt become a bit repressive are relatively uncontrolled outdoor environments, like the airport. There are some noticeable artefacts here that are not visible on the Anchor Bay print (check out Hoskins' speech around the 21 minute mark if you own both releases), which makes me assume both discs were working from different sources.
Image's new Blu-ray release comes fitted with a full and effective 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio remix (the first time in the US/R1). Though I'd say the video differences between this and the Anchor Bay DVD are negligible, this audio upgrade from Dolby Digital Mono is mostly successful, and only involves the stereo and surround tracks on musical occasions. The bulk of the film is still centered and simple, but generally crisper than the earlier release, and the LFE support adds a nice bottom to the vocal and basic sound effects. There's a slight echo to some of the vocal performances, but the effect doesn't stem from the track itself not being properly centered. The sound effects can be expectedly tinny, and are very rarely represented in the outer channels, which are pretty much devoted to Francis Monkman's electro/symphonic score (even the demolition derby is a centric affair). The score is still pretty jarring, but the track respects this stylistic choice, and really belts it out of the three front channels, without any noticeable high end distortion.
Most important to some of you, I can 80% or so verify that this is the original British dialogue track, not the slightly re-dubbed American version. Thanks to now banned reader Dave Brock for the heads-up on the differences back when I posted my DVD review.
Unfortunately Image appears to have not been able (or taken the effort to) get their hands on the excellent Anchor Bay extras, and in place of a director's commentary and making-of featurette we're only offered the American release trailer.
The Long Good Friday continues being a classic, and continues begging you to watch it again, or for the first time. Guy Ritchie fans, if there are any of those left, will enjoy the actor spotting game, and will likely enjoy Lock Stock and Snatch on a new level – as spoofs of this film, and those that came before it. Unfortunately, like Image's same day Mona Lisa release, this Blu-ray isn't a huge upgrade on previous anamorphic DVD releases, and is only a single layer Blu-ray disc. The sound is better than any version I've heard, but the Anchor Bay release's solid extras are missing entirely. The price is right for those without any release, so complaints are difficult to maintain.
*Note: The images on this page are not representative of the Blu-ray image quality.
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The Anchor Bay DVD 5.1 mix is awful. Dialogue in the center channel IIRC, with simply the isolated music/FX track used on the front AND rear speakers at the same time. Ridiculous.
I hope Criterion release this and give it the proper treatment...
I hope Criterion release this and give it the proper treatment...
It sounds different to me, more mono overall. I didn't think the Anchor Bay one was that bad though.
So trailer only and no mono?
The 5.1 on the Anchor Bay DVDs is an OTT mess. It makes my ears bleed. The levels are all wrong (like their Withnail and I 5.1 remix). I'm not one to insist on it but it's a mess here.
It sounds like this is a new 5.1 remix though, so maybe acceptable. Is it a new remix?
The 5.1 on the Anchor Bay DVDs is an OTT mess. It makes my ears bleed. The levels are all wrong (like their Withnail and I 5.1 remix). I'm not one to insist on it but it's a mess here.
It sounds like this is a new 5.1 remix though, so maybe acceptable. Is it a new remix?
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Release Date: 25th August 2010
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: PAL
Aspect: 1.85:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English
Subtitles: English SDH
Extras: Trailer
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: John Mackenzie
Cast: Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Dave King, Bryan Marshall, Derek Thompson
Genre: Crime and Drama
Length: 109 minutes
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Friday, October 26, 2012
Cure Alzheimer's Fund donates $5.4 million
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An estimated 5.4 million Americans have Alzheimer's disease. Understanding who is most susceptible is crucial to developing early detection models, effective therapies and possibly a cure. On Oct. 18, at a press conference in Cambridge, the Cure Alzheimer's Fund announced a fitting $5.4 million contribution to the MGH to fund state-of-the-art whole genome DNA sequencing that aims to enhance understanding of the genetic roots of Alzheimer's.
"This research is searching for genetic factors that affect brain pathology and influence risk for getting the disease," says Rudolph Tanzi, PhD, director of the Genetics and Aging Unit at the MGH, who will lead the project. "We are taking advantage of cutting-edge technology to discover how our genes determine susceptibility to Alzheimer's disease and will use this knowledge to guide drug discovery efforts."
Over the course of the next 12 to 18 months, the study will obtain the complete genomic sequences of more than 1,500 individuals in families affected by Alzheimer's, including data from more than 100 brain samples of individuals with varying degrees of Alzheimer's pathology. The genomes of family members with the disease will be compared with those of unaffected family members to identify sites in the genome that influence risk. This is the first-ever whole genome sequencing project targeting Alzheimer's disease based on family samples.
"We're extremely grateful for the commitment of Cure Alzheimer's Fund to this exciting project," says Tanzi. "With their help we hope to significantly advance our understanding of this disease and perhaps one day create a road map toward treatment and a cure."
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An independent Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) met recently to review data from a clinical trial examining the safety, tolerability and effectiveness of four different antiretroviral treatment regimens in HIV-infected adults who had never taken anti-HIV drugs before. The trial, sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, involves a randomized comparison of the HIV drug efavirenz (EFV) with atazanavir boosted with ritonavir (ATV/r), and a double-blind, randomized comparison of co-formulations of emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (FTC/TDF) with abacavir/lamivudine (ABC/3TC). The DSMB has recommended changes to the study on the basis of new findings in a subset of participants who have been receiving ABC/3TC.
This study is being conducted by the NIAID-funded AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG) and is known as ACTG 5202. The trial is important for examining initial HIV treatment regimens because existing regimens may vary both in their ability to suppress the level of HIV in the blood (viral load) and in the side effects with which they may be associated.
Investigators enrolled 1,858 eligible men and women into the Phase III efficacy study between September 2005 and November 2007 at 64 sites in the United States. Participants were divided into two groups based on HIV levels at the time of screening: those with high viral loads (100,000 or more copies of HIV RNA per milliliter of blood) and those with lower viral loads (fewer than 100,000 copies/mL). Each volunteer was assigned at random to one of the four treatment groups:
All regimens effectively reduced the amount of virus in most participants. However, the DSMB found that among participants with high viral loads at the time of screening, treatment combinations that included ABC/3TC were not as effective in controlling the virus as those on regimens containing FTC/TDF. This was the DSMB's primary concern. Secondarily, the DSMB found that among participants with a high viral load at screening, those receiving ABC/3TC experienced a shorter time to developing non-specific side effects, such as body aches, and laboratory test abnormalities, such as elevated cholesterol and triglyceride levels, than those receiving FTC/TDF. In general, these side effects were obvious to participants or the study physicians and would have been readily managed or treated.
The DSMB had no safety concerns regarding EFV or ATV/r and recommended that study participants in the lower viral load group who were taking ABC/3TC should continue with their assigned treatment regimen.
Based on its findings, the DSMB recommended that all participants who had high viral loads at screening be told which treatment regimen they are receiving and stop taking their placebo pill. The DSMB also recommended that those participants receiving ABC/3TC who had high viral loads at screening be counseled on what the DSMB findings might mean for them and possibly be shifted to another regimen, if appropriate. Finally, the DSMB recommended that the remainder of the study continue as originally designed. NIAID concurred with the DSMB's recommendations.
ACTG has notified the site investigators and the affected study participants of the DSMB's recommendations. In consultation with the site study teams and their physicians, these participants may continue taking ABC/3TC, switch to FTC/TDF or switch to alternative antiretroviral combinations.
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Zombie mania is upon us. It's hard not to bump into a zombie-based game or even turn on the TV without seeing some undead-featured show. Daresay zombies have almost got boring, so for Earn To Die - the oddly-titled 2D side-scrolling zombie smash-'em-up - to earn App Of The Day is a clue to how much fun this game is. In fact, it's downright awesome.
Earn to Die
- Platform
- iOS
- Price
- £0.69 (iPhone, iPod Touch) / £1.99 (HD iPad version)
- Where
- iTunes / (iPad version)
Earn To Die's key to success? It's simple and fun. Oh, and gory, albeit in an almost cartoony way.
This genre-fence-sitter of a title is part side-scrolling racer, part zombie smash-'em-up platformer. Think 2D Carmageddon meets a flattened Fallout on speed and you're most of the way there.
The premise is simple: the undead have taken over, you have to find a car - "any car" as is voiced in the rather cheesy, yet scene-setting intro - in order to speed through the zombies, ramps, lumps and bumps to get to various checkpoints. The ultimate goal is to reach a military aircraft that's ready to zoom your character away to apparent freedom.
Fuel is limited, so the first few plays will likely see the on-screen car do little more than roll down a hill. But, fortunately, distance through a level earns cash, and it's with this cash that more fuel and various upgrades can be purchased at the garage.
Whether enhancing the gearbox, the engine, or adding various spiked nasties or a big ole gun to the front of a vehicle, it's possible to upgrade to help progress through the level. "Boost" is another key factor, that turbocharged extra something to help propel - quite literally - the chosen vehicle through those tougher spots.
As levels advance so do the vehicles - ranging from a school bus to a truck, right through to an army heavy equipment transporter - which have greater abilities to smash through the barrage of undead and various wooden blockades. All of this stuff costs exponentially more, of course.
Controls are simple. There's an accelerator button to the bottom right of the screen, well placed for a casual thumb, while left/right "tilt" sit to the opposite side. When "boost" is bought from the garage it will appear to the side of the accelerator. Although the controls are on the screen itself, fingers don't get in the way of the action so it's easy to see what's going on.
Working through the story mode is easy to complete. In fact most levels require little more than a full tank and a constant press of the accelerator, though additional control and boost will help speed things up.
It's after completing the story that things get interesting: Free Ride offers access to all levels with any given vehicle, while Championship offers a set amount of cash to do up a given vehicle per level and see how fast the checkpoint can be reached. These times are ranked, so there's that element of competition to get high up the score board - and it's this that'll give the game longevity. It takes a lot of fine tuning to spend the cash wisely for the best combination and by this stage in the game some boost deployment can be the difference between those crucial seconds.
We'd like to see more levels, more vehicles and a dash of added difficulty, but for the 69p that the iPhone games costs (£1.99 for the "HD" iPad version) it's a great little slice of iOS fun.
The title may not sound too appealing - yes, we know, it's a poor play on "learn to drive" or something like that - but this is one of those "don't judge an app by its title" kind of things. We're serious, go download it now, it's oodles of mindless fun.


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Outfielder J.B. Shuck on Saturday was put on the 15-day disabled list by the Chicago White Sox because of a strained left hamstring.
Shuck was hitting .278 with 11 runs batted in. He was injured Friday when he scored on a wild pitch in the seventh inning of Chicago's 13-6 loss to the New York Yankees.
Kyle Kendrick, Corey Dickerson are put on DL by Rockies
Right-hander Kyle Kendrick and outfielder Corey Dickerson were put on the 15-day DL by the Colorado Rockies.
Kendrick left Friday's 7-0 loss to the Cardinals after one inning because of shoulder inflammation.
Dickerson broke two ribs...


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City Council members expressed concern for Thibodaux's future at a special meeting Tuesday on the 2014 budget.
City Council members expressed concern for Thibodaux's future at a special meeting Tuesday on the 2014 budget.
A 2012 audit of city government finances, performed by Thibodaux-based accounting firm Stagni & Co., says Thibodaux has lost about $6.2 million in income over the past two years.
The city ended 2012 with $61.2 million in net assets, $8.6 million of which can be used on expenses.
Mayor Tommy Eschete said if the city continues at it's current pace there will be a need for significant cuts.
"Although our revenues go up every year, it's not keeping up with our expenditures," he said.
Eschete said personnel costs are very high, but there is not a sizable increase in the amount of personnel.
"The only way to reduce personnel costs is to get rid of people," he said.
And the way to avoid making large cuts to personnel is to start planning now for the future, he said.
Councilman Gene Richard said it's time the council pays more attention to the money it's spending.
"I'm not one for cutting services, but I am one for saying maybe we can't do all of the things we need to do because the funding isn't available," he said. "Saying no to the public is hard, but there are some issues that are going to come up where we no longer have the funding that we used to have."
Only one member of the public attended the public hearing.
The council also discussed projects it would like paid for through the next budget.
Councilman Chip Badeaux has expressed interest in building a boat launch in Thibodaux since last summer.
"I'm willing to spend my own personal effort and time in finding and locating land and even finding the money," he said.
Badeaux said he's been in talks with several groups about potential money for the project.
Eschete said he's not opposed to a boat launch, but he thinks it's best to work with Lafourche Parish through a cooperative agreement.
With the west side of the city growing, it may be time to look at a recreation center in that area, Councilwoman Constance Johnson said.
"There are a lot of people coming out to that area. It's expanding. Many of the people would prefer to stay in the area where they live as opposed to coming across town," she said.
Eschete agreed with Johnson on the recreation center. The project may not happen in 2014, but it is something the city will look at in the future.
Johnson said she would like to see drainage improvement projects in the area of St. Charles and Seventh streets.
Richard also expressed concern for drainage in his district, particularly around Goode and McCulla streets.
The North Lafourche Levee District has been helpful with drainage projects around the city, Eschete said, and he is confident the city's drainage will improve with continued cooperation with the city.
Staff Writer Jacob Batte can be reached at 448-7635 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


text: Now just a little over a week away from the wonderful phrase "Pitchers and Catchers report today" passing through the lips on untold sportscasters (and with "Major League" all set up in my DVR for viewing next Wednesday night), let's keep rolling with the Spring Training preview that has somewhat morphed into a season preview (albeit accidentally), if only because all I want to do is some Arizona Dreamin'...on such a winter's day. With the pitching staff adequately covered in the first two pieces (here and here), let's turn the attention to the outfield if only because outfielders stand on grass and I haven't seen anything remotely green on the ground for a solid 4 months and so I can title a piece after this bit of genius. Whereas questions surround the rotation (spots #3 to #5 most notably for Goodyear) and how the bullpen shakes out (who will be the 7th reliever most notably for Goodyear), very little question exists for what outfielders figure to break camp with the parent club. That being said, beyond SuperSizemore, questions abound regarding the use of the other three main OF who figure to be on the 25-man out of Arizona and certainly 2009 represents a crucial year for each to determine where (or if) they fit in the organization for this year and beyond. Before getting into any of that, though, let's take a moment to appreciate the greatness that is Grady. Sizemore is now 26 (turning 27 in August) and to this point in his career, Baseball-Reference.com tells us that two of the most comparable players to Grady at the age of 26 are...wait for it...Barry Bonds and Hall of Famer Duke Snider. All told, Bonds is the closest comp, and that would be Barry pre-head enlargement (remember when he was still a first-ballot HOF before BALCO?) with Sizemore actually besting Bonds' numbers over the two players' first five years in the league. In fact, in 35 fewer games than Bonds (again in their first five years) and only 85 more AB, Grady has accumulated 11 more runs than Bonds, 65 more hits than Bonds, 15 more extra-base hits than Bonds, and has posted an OPS of .861, besting the OPS of .837 that Bonds compiled over his first five seasons. Ridiculously close totals for two wildly talented players, no? Aren't you impressed yet...without me even invoking the name "Brittany Binger"? If not, how about the fact that according to Fangraphs.com's new formula that determines a player's value in terms of runs and wins (Win Values), Sizemore was the 5th most valuable player last year in MLB, and the most valuable in the AL. Is this a good time to mention that the Indians hold a club option for Grady in 2012 that would pay him $8.5M that year if an extension or restructuring of his contract is not addressed prior to that? Is Grady's game flawless? No, he still struggles against LHP (.735 OPS vs. LHP in 2008, affected for sure by the .250 Batting Average on Balls in Play vs. LHP) and his arm strength is average at best. But that's just splitting hairs on the head of one of the best 5 to 10 players in baseball just now hitting his prime. If anything can be hoped for Grady in 2009 (outside of a further development of his game) it would be that Sizemore remains healthy all year because if there's one player in the lineup for whom a contingency plan isn't obvious, it's him. So, whenever you drop to your knees (or do whatever it is you do when/if you call on that higher being), after you think of people actually IN your life, give a little shout-out to Grady and his health for 2009. Because, if healthy and continuing on his career path, I have no qualms (being completely comfortable with myself) saying that my man-crush on Grady is only going to grow...something completely normal for an Indians' fan, male or female. If Grady is the given in the OF for 2009 (and 2010 and 2011 and 2012), the player on the roster that has the greatest opportunity to become a given in the lineup for this year and the years going forward is Shin-Soo Choo. Stop me if you've heard this before, but The BLC posted the 5th highest OPS in all of baseball after the All-Star break last year, amassing a line of .343 BA / .424 OBP / .614 SLG / 1.038 OPS with 11 HR and 48 RBI over 210 AB. But it wasn't just after the All-Star break that Choo thrived for the Tribe. From the first game he played in (on May 31st) to the end of the season, Choo posted a line of .309 BA / .397 OBP / .549 SLG / .946 OPS, good enough for the 16th highest OPS in MLB during that timeframe for players with more than 300 plate appearances. And, as you can see, he's in pretty good company there. Thus, the question becomes whether 2008 represents Choo's emergence as an elite player, or if it simply is a matter of a player riding momentum to a tremendous season. Is Choo's 2008 a break-out or simply a mirage? Going into 2008, the one knock on Choo has always been that he projected as more of a platoon player, because of his performance against RHP and LHP, both in the 2006 season (the only season during which he spent considerable time in MLB) and throughout his minor league career: 2006 in MLB vs. RHP - .836 OPS in 158 plate appearances 2006 in MLB vs. LHP - .628 OPS in 21 plate appearances Career Minor League vs. RHP - .862 OPS in 772 AB Career Minor League vs. LHP -.708 OPS in 280 AB That line of thinking was thrown a giant wrench in 2008 though, when The BLC improved his performance against LHP while positively CRUSHING RHP: 2008 vs. RHP - .992 OPS in 286 plate appearances 2008 vs. LHP - .800 OPS in 84 plate appearances Throughout his minor league career, Choo had proven himself to be a competent hitter, posting a career Minor League line of .292 BA / 376 OBP / .444 SLG / .820 OPS and in 2008 (with his balky elbow presumably healed) he finally translated that sustained success to MLB. But 2009 should serve as the year that goes a long way in determining whether Choo broke through as an elite player in MLB (as the numbers from his 2008 portend) or if 2008 simply serves notice that Choo is a serviceable MLB player, capable of spurts of dominance, but not among the league's elite. There's no question that Choo will be given the everyday RF job and should only see days off against the upper echelon LHP (not unlike many LH hitters around MLB) as he's certainly earned the right to establish himself as a fixture in the lineup in 2009 and beyond (as nobody seems too concerned about the military service requirement...at least not publicly). Whether he does or not will be an interesting subplot as the season unfolds. With Sizemore and Choo, then, 2/3 of the Indians' outfield looks pretty set, in terms of players who figure to be on a pretty long leash because of their 2008 season and greater body of work, doesn't it? Well, it's time for the second half of the program here, the one with all of the potential moving parts... After getting the call to the Bigs to replace Jason Michaels, The Ben Francisco Treat acquitted himself quite nicely to MLB, compiling a .365 BA / .397 OBP / .619 SLG / 1.016 OPS with 2 HR and 10 2B in his first 68 plate appearances over the first 19 games he played in. After that dazzling debut (and because of some circumstances having nothing to do with him), The Frisco Kid was put either in the #2 or #3 hole for 94 of the next 102 games he played. But Frisco skidded after his initial success as over those final 102 games, as he posted a line of .250 BA / .322 OBP / .409 SLG / .731 OPS with 13 HR and 22 2B in his final 431 plate appearances. While those numbers tell a bit of a story (and how nuts is it that the second set of numbers come ostensibly from the #2 or #3 hole of the offense that scored the most runs after the All-Star break in MLB, despite Francisco), it's really not fair to pick arbitrary dates to get a sense of the greater body of work that Francisco put forth in 2008. For that, let's take a look at Francisco' performance month-by-month: May/April .307 BA / .351 OBP / .500 SLG / .851 OPS with 13 extra-base hits in 88 AB June .269 BA / .339 OBP / .426 SLG / .765 OPS with 9 extra-base hits in 108 AB July .256 BA / .330 OBP / .465 SLG / .795 OPS with 10 extra-base hits in 86 AB August .292 BA / .333 OBP / .458 SLG / .792 OPS with 8 extra-base hits in 96 AB September/October .188 BA / .300 OBP / .319 SLG / .619 OPS with 7 extra-base hits in 69 AB Now when you see it broken down like that, does the word "mediocrity" float across your mind? It does for me, as Frisco is far from a black hole in LF, but he's no longer young (he's 27 going on 28) and really the notion that he's going to improve on these numbers can't really be a rational thought. The Indians will say that Francisco had the unnecessary pressure of being a #3 hitter on him, causing him to press. But his career Minor-League line of .291 BA / .355 OBP / .459 SLG / .814 OPS suggests otherwise. It suggests that Francisco, at this point, is a modest MLB player, who's going to post league average numbers, but not much more than that. The best case scenario has Francisco holding his own in LF (both offensively and defensively) until some of the young guns who figure to start the year in AAA are legitimately ready to emerge to the parent club, allowing Frisco to continue to contribute to the Tribe as a 4th OF, deepening the quality of the talent on the team. On the other hand, the worst case scenario is that he completely bottoms out (though he topped a .765 OPS in every month but his combined September/October), forcing the Indians to either incorporate The Looch into the fold, move DeRosa into the OF on more of a full-time basis, or rush the development of one of the young players. If Francisco maintains a level of even simply average production, the Indians are likely to allow him to sit near the bottom of the lineup and take the bulk of the AB in LF with the caveat that a strong performance in Columbus by the likes of LaPorta, Brantley, and (to a lesser extent) Crowe could force the Indians to make a decision regarding LF at some point this season. Regardless of the performance of Francisco, one would have to assume that he's going to get the lion's share of the time in LF, if only because the alternative (The Looch) really isn't much of an alternative at all. Without getting too much into the utter failure that Dellucci has been since arriving to Cleveland on a deal that was at least a year too long, just know this - Dellucci was signed to serve as part of a platoon in the OF, where his part of the arrangement was to crush RHP. Everyone's got this, right? David Dellucci vs. RHP in 2008 - .746 OPS David Dellucci vs. RHP in 2007 - .709 OPS Not that I want you to feel worse about this, but Dellucci in two seasons has only had 44 plate appearances against LHP (with a total of 4 hits in those plate appearances), so even when he's being used EXACTLY as his numbers state that he should be, he's underwhelmed as an Indian. To say that The Looch is on a short leash is quite an understatement as I'm not even sure there's a leash involved. I'm thinking more just someone holding onto his collar, ready to pull him back as soon as he gets out of line or simply taking off the collar and watching him run away. He'll likely be on the team out of Goodyear, if only because he's a LH bat off the bench (unlike Carroll and Barfield), but he shouldn't get anywhere near the field and if the Indians look to be getting AB for Hafner, Martinez, Garko, and Shoppach, then DH opportunities look to be rare for Dellucci. More than likely, he bides his time on the roster until one of the AAA guys come along and push him off the 25-man at some point during the season. So, if Dellucci's just a LH guy off the bench, how does the rest of the 2009 OF look...with just three guys filling three spots? Not quite, as the 4th OF in the mix will actually be Mark DeRosa. DeRosa played 38 games in RF and 27 games in LF for the Cubs last year, so the Indians will likely use DeRosa in the outfield when giving Choo or Francisco a break and moving the infield around accordingly to cover DeRosa's absence from 3B. Of course, it's been rumored that Barfield and...ahem...Garko will see time in the OF in Goodyear; but at this point, DeRosa is ostensibly the 4th OF on the roster. Beyond the players that are almost assured to begin 2009 populating the Tribe OF, the performances of the three players who figure to start the season as Columbus' starting OF should serve as the reinforcements for the parent club as the season reveals itself. Though it's likely that SuperSizemore and the BLC will be give pretty wide berths in CF and RF, LF could find itself in need of an injection of talent at some point in the middle of the season and Matt LaPorta, Michael Brantley, and Trevor Crowe figure to be jockeying for position to get the first crack at a permanent spot in the lineup and in LF as they share time in the Columbus lineup. As inarguably the most ballyhooed of the three, Matt LaPorta arrives to the organization after posting an impressive line for AA Huntsville prior to the trade to the tune of .288 BA / .402 OBP / .576 SLG / .978 OPS with 23 2B and 20 HR in 84 games. Though LaPorta struggled (relatively speaking) once he joined AA Akron, the 17 games he played there were interrupted by a trip to Beijing to represent the USA and multiple other personal events. While most accounts peg LaPorta projects as that "big, corner bat", the corner that he eventually ends up playing (as he played 1B in college, but was primarily an OF in the Milwaukee organization) is likely to be determined more by the players in front of him (namely Francisco in LF and Garko, Aubrey, and Brown at 1B) as much as by LaPorta himself. Regardless of the position, if he keeps hitting like he did in 2008, LaPorta will force his bat onto the Cleveland roster eventually, perhaps as early as 2009. The other player netted from the Brew Crew for Sabathia, Brantley arrives to the Indians' organization as an upper-level OBP machine with speed who likely figures as a LF for the Indians (you see...there's this guy who plays CF for the Tribe), perhaps as early as late 2009. His career as a minor-leaguer in the Brewers has been highlighted by the .399 OBP that he has compiled, and the 87 SB in 329 career MiLB games lead many to believe that Brantley's ability to get on base and his speed once on those bases translates to a potential leadoff hitter. He is extremely young (he'll be 22 in May) for his level of advancement and whether he discovers any kind of power to augment his tremendous on-base skills will be the thing to watch for Brantley in Columbus. His performance in his first exposure to AAA could either put Brantley on the fast-track to Cleveland (though let's hold off on the idea that he'll IMMEDIATELY be the leadoff hitter) or could emerge as the first roadblock to what has been an express elevator up the minor-league ladder. Brantley is a name to watch...maybe not out of the gate in 2009, but certainly as 2009 rolls on as his youth and ceiling look promising. As long as we're on the topic of youth and ceiling, let's just get the idea that Trevor Crowe is much of a bona-fide prospect out of the way right now. Crowe turned 25 in November of 2008 and has a career minor-league line of .275 BA / .361 OBP / .394 SLG / .755 OPS over 4 seasons. If you think that Ben Francisco is a nice player who has a limited ceiling, but is nicely suited to fill the role of a 4th OF perfectly...well, Crowe's a step down from that these days. He's only played a total of 35 games at AAA and, while he's admittedly battled injuries for much of his minor-league career, he's never put forth that sustained level of success that makes a prospect jump off the page. He's been hot and cold throughout his time on the farm and the only season that saw him spend the whole year at one level resulted in a .694 OPS in Akron in 2007. He could factor into the 25-man roster at some point this year, if only because he's really the only guy on the 40-man roster not named St. Grady who can play CF. He doesn't hit LHP any better than RHP (.808 career MiLB OPS vs. LHP, .739 career MiLB OPS vs. RHP), so he's not even a candidate for much of a platoon role. Instead, he factors in as a stop-gap, not unlike Francisco if a step down from Frisco. All told, of all the subsets of the Indians' team, the OF actually looks to be the most settled. While questions exist over whether Choo is an All-Star waiting to happen or if The Ben Francisco Treat can continue to hold a spot until the youngsters can slot themselves for a shot at LF, the presence of Sizemore is a calming presence on the OF as a whole. Certainly, 2009 will mark the end of The Looch's time here in Cleveland, but it also may mark the beginning of two careers (those of LaPorta and Brantley) that could stabilize the OF situation even further than the 2012 (say it over and over...2012) that Grady is signed through.


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Louisiana Shrimp Boil
Makes 4 to 6 servings
Live crawfish are shipped to various markets around the country, and your fish market may be able to get them for you if you put in an order. Of course, in Louisiana they're available almost everywhere from about November through June or July.
Find this recipe and more in Chef Paul Prudhomme's Always Cooking!.
10 pounds live shrimp or crawfish (or whatever seafood is fresh and availlable)
4 unpeeled onions
¼ cup cayenne pepper
½ cup salt
½ cup sugar
1 pound smoked sausage
20 unpeeled new potatoes
2 unpeeled garlic cloves
6 year fresh corn, husked
how to prepare
Place the shrimp (or crawfish) in the kitchen sink. Rinse once or twice in lukewarm water. Fill the sink with fresh water to cover the shrimp (or crawfish) and leave them there until you're ready to cook them.
Bring 3 gallons of water to a boil in a covered 6-gallon pot over high heat. When the water is boiling, add the onions, cayenne pepper, salt and sugar. Cover the pot, bring back to a boil, and cook 15 minutes. Add the sausage and potatoes, cover, and cook 6 minutes. Add the garlic, cover, and cook 6 minutes.
Remove the onions, garlic, potatoes, and sausage and place in a large bowl. Cover the bowl tightly with aluminum foil and set aside to steam.
Add the corn to the pot of boiling water, cover and cook 4 minutes.
Meanwhile, remove the shrimp (or crawfish) from the sink and drain in a large colander.
Add the shrimp (or crawfish) to the pot of corn and cook 8 minutes.
Transfer the corn to the bowl with the potatoes and cover tightly. Remove the shrimp (or crawfish) from the water, place in another large pot, cover tightly, and set aside to steam for 10 minutes.
The best way to serve a Louisiana seafood boil is to spread newspapers on a big table, throw all the food on top, provide lots of paper towels or napkins and trash receptacles, and let the eaters dig in! This looks wonderful with the vegetables mixed right in with the seafood; it's colorful and tastes fantastic.
final dish