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Walter Reed visit
Today we had the good fortune to visit Walter Reed Medical Center and there's really no great way to put this experience into words.
The guys who came with us were Ned Colletti, Rick Monday, Andre Ethier, Jeff Weaver, Blake DeWitt, Rick Honeycutt, Larry Bowa, Tim wallach, and clubhouse manager Mitch Poole and to a man, we came away floored by the sacrifice these people make to protect our freedom. As Rick Monday said on the way home, it puts an 0-for-4 in a whole new light.
What surprised most of us was that each of the soldiers seemed ready to go back to Afghanistan or Iraq as soon as he recovered and we're talking about people who have lost limbs, not to mention the mental toll this must take on them.
We also met Cami McCormick, who is a reporter for CBS radio and who could often be heard on KNX 1070 in LA. She had done nine tours covering wars and finally, she said, her luck ran out after an IED exploded underneath her vehicle. Yet just like the soldiers, her attitude was incredible. As someone who deals with media members every day in my current job, this also seems to put what we all do in perspective.
I'm sure I could go on and on but there's really only so much that words can convey about the experience. All we can really say is thanks to any of you who have served our country or who are currently serving. Perhaps we have servicemen and women overseas reading Inside the Dodgers and please know that we truly, truly appreciate all that you do.
Here's tonight's lineup:
Furcal, SS
Belliard, 3B
Ethier, RF
Ramirez, LF
Kemp, CF
Loney, 1B
Martin, C
Hudson, 2B
Billingsley, P
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Was I dreaming or did we win 14-2 with a different lineup yesterday? If you want to rest Blake, just put Belliard in his spot and Hudson where Bellaird was. Why screw with the top of the lineup!!!!
Good luck anyway Dodgers!
To all the men and women who serve and have served this great country – THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU!!
I've given up on trying to figure out Joe's lineups, Scott.
Once again, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MATT!
I for one have very little confidence in Billz at this point. He'd have to throw a shutout to impress me. If he gives another crappy 5 innings then I say too bad and let's move on in the playoffs with something else.
I don't know if I really want Billz to "fool" Torre with a decent outing against a crappy Pirates team. Do we really want him to start over someone else at this point, regardless? We should have traded him for Halladay while the gettin was good.
I for one am certainly hoping that Chad Billingsley has a good outing tonight and is able to get back on track. Having said that, if he doesn't have a good outing, I still believe that the D's have more than enough solid starters for the post season. It seems to me that with Wolf, Kershaw, Garland, Padilla and Kuroda starting and Bills joining that killer bullpen, we can play anybody and be in the series. The Phillies and Cards have good pitching and the Dodgers struggle to score runs against those teams, so the offense should be the concern not pitching. I look forward to the post season and having the best record in the NL certainly throws another advantage into the D's corner. Think Blue!!
Congrats perumike, and lets go D's!
Agree kiki! We would have Billz and Weaver in the pen to back up those 5 guys.
Good afternoon everyone! Been a while since I've been here, I've been super busy but after this weekend things will calm down. I'll be here for part of the game tonight, but then taking my wife out to dinner for our 3rd anniversary! I hope you're all doing well!
trublu, good to be here. I was actually a daily member of this blog a couple of years ago, just now getting back and loving it. Nothing like Dodger baseball.
Hi, Perumike. Good to see you……HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!
Kiki ~ I don't think I've met you before. Welcome to ITD.
Thanks tru and kiki! Kiki, welcome back!
Joe Torre is the king of the Peter Principle, meaning, promote someone to their level of incompetence. Belliard rakes in the seven-hole…so by all means, move him to the two hole. Martin last week began to find himself at the end of the line-up…so by all means, move him to the two hole, where he fails miserably, and now Joe moves him back down. Joe may have forgotten more about this f**king game than I'll ever know, but he still drives me to insanity with his moves. Last time I looked, Ethier was doing just fine batting second.
Good afternoon ITDers!
Thanks for the post. It does put everthing into perspective and yes I've heard Cami McCormick on KNX 1070.
Good luck with the operations Cami!
God Bless you and all that have served and are serviong our great country.
Happy Brithday Matt Kemp!
Welcome back kikiblue!
Feliz Aniversario a vos y a tu espsa Perumike!
Let's Go Billz
Let's go Dodgers
kahli, Joe has never heard of "if it ain't broke don't fix it" I guess…
kahli, Joe has never heard of "if it ain't broke don't fix it" I guess…
I don't really have a problem with Joe's lineup choices. Other than the 8 spot where a pitcher can work around the batter to get to the pitcher, it seems that a player should be able to function anywhere in the lineup. The only difference being that the latter part of the order may not get as many at bats in a game. With Furcal and Belliard doing well, it just gives Ethier and Manny more chances for RBIs. If Kemp comes up with men on base, great. If he starts the inning, he is like another lead off hitter and can set the table with his running game for the guys behind him.
Congratulation's Mr. and Mrs. Perumike, I wish you many more……
The line up last night did have some fire power…..It is all good if we can maintain our productivity and achieve our goals though.
Welcome back to the line up O-Dog…We love ya…
It's true, you can't say enough about our troopers serving the country or give them enough support. THANK YOU!!!!!!!
Here's hoping, mostly for his sake, Billz has a good outing. I don't know if I would want him starting in the post season either, given what happened to him last year and his recent history, but if he can muster a couple of solid efforts, we'll probably see him start. Right now, it does not take a mental giant to go with the others, but we'll see what tonight brings.
I was wondering about Belliard batting second last night. This could work out well, but personally I'd have O-dog in the two spot. Hope he gets 2-3 hits and makes it more difficult for Joe. Good problem to have.
Someone bitching about this lineup with one regular out oh come on? I see espn.com change the game we should've been favor in the first place.
• RHP Chad Billingsley(notes) will return to the rotation today at Washington after having his last start skipped because of poor performance. Billingsley posted a 6.11 ERA in his last four starts, and he is 3-6 with a 5.49 ERA since the All-Star break. He was 9-4 with a 3.38 ERA before the break and was selected to the NL All-Star team.
• RF Andre Ethier is tied for third in the National League with 41 doubles. The last Dodger to lead the NL in doubles was Wes Parker with 47 in 1970. Ethier is also fourth in the NL in extra-base hits with 75.
We need the good Bills back since everyone is clicking at the same time. I'm not worry about Kershaw he look good last night. Well we have one Parker streak snap so let's try to break another one.
Oh n/m how did I forgot the little thing I've posted yesterday? Odog need to bat 2because all the incentive he's going to lose out on.
Josh – thanks for the write up today. A wonderful perspective for all of us to have.
Thanks to all the good, brave folks at Walter Reed and elsewhere serving in our armed forces, and civil services to protect us and our freedoms…..We love and salute you all 🙂
Enjoy the game everyone….
Thanks/Gracias/Grazie to everyone! They have been 3 great years, with decades to come! 🙂 Go Blue!!
That's our Andre oldbrooklynfan!!
Hi Everybody
The big stories tonight are Chad Billingsley and will we clinch a postseason berth tonight.
ETHIER just gets them in one way or the other.
Love when Furcal get on base steal 2nd and stole in the 1st. We need alot more of that from furcal.
Bills look good in that inning
I just got a chance to read Josh's column on this blog.
We all need reminding of what real important things that are done everyday by our military and the sacrifices they make.
Nice– RUSSELL'S 50th RBI
That was like the worst and BEST inning for Bills.
Nice hit Martin but dang that got Ethier out.
Wow 6 k's for Bills I know it's just the Nats but they do have a good offense to bad their pitching is bad.
Way to go Ronnie…..let's bring him home!
Gosh after the prefect game now he walk back to back guys.
Nice goin' LONEY.
I guess the nats knew it Kemp bday so they gave him a free pass.
Loney made them pay
Way to go James!!!!
The wrong pitch, to the right guy.
Gotto get back on top now.
Waiting for the mail.
Dang I wish Furcal would came through there,
That was fantastic 5.2 by Bills.
Too bad Bills blew the lead, but I think overall he made some progress.
I hate walk to a .222. hopefully we get the dp
Maybe Torre should had lift him after that 2 walks in the inning.
That fly to left got Collins scared, as usual.
Kuo got away with that pitch to Willingham. We should start to knock around their bullpen.
Damn that was a sloppy inning. Hudson normally makes that DP. Come on boys let's rally.
Nice outing by Billz. Too bad that hanging curve spoiled his shut out. Like Martin said, he has been leaving the ball up when he makes a mistake.
Dang the bday boy not having a good night other than that ibb.
Hey 32 after that last night game when the Nats was favor in today game they change it today and had us favor.
I wonder if the Rockies going to scored 4 in the bottom of that inning when the Padres were up 2-0 in last night game?
Gosh damn dp bad timing.
What a difference a day makes.
You have to love Torre bring in Kuo and Sherrill back to back in a tied game. Of course Sherrill hasn't pitch in 3 days.
That happens to the best of outfields.
Urgh not a good start.
The way the cookie crumbles.
How is that NOT an error on Hudson? He had all the time in the world and he pulled Loney off the bag.
Dodgers looked like yesterday's Nats in that inning.
You don't get an error when one runner is out and Dunn was out even though he shouyld get one. Yeah nice hit Thome wish it was a homerun.
Beli's up.
Come on let put a corked number on the worst bullpen in the league
It's like a game that nobody wants, but we'll take it.
Thanks for the gift Guzman. It's nice playing the Nats. They're very forgiving/
Baseball, –It's always been this way.
Damn it
As the old saying goes and it's true:
Any team can beat any team on any giving day.
Bills looked like his old self so that's one positive.
Bad loss. Bases loaded no out and we can't get a run in. That was the game right there. At least the Padres are winning 5-0. They just knocked Marquis out of the game.
At least SD is winning 5-0 but no lead is safe at Coors. We should easy been 4-0 against these Nats.
Cards is losing to bad the Philly leading 6-4 but we still have a the best record in the NL over them 2.
Words really can't describe this game. Had our chance in the 9th, zilch for Dre, Manny and B-day boy, but we tied!
Then Macdonald, no more pressure situations for him, Post season? I really dislike losing to these type of teams. Don't care what the Rox do, the Dodgers need to take control and JUST WIN BABY!
Yes Bilz was decent, more debate over post season pitchers looming.
Sweet dreams of tomorrow!
oldbrooklynfan ~ I felt the Dodgers played a bad fundamental game tonight. Letting that fly ball drop and allowing that runner to steal third. Just didn't seem to have their heads into it tonight.
Yeah I'm still around. I'm keeping track of the other games. Padres just got the Rockies out after they scored two runs and left the bases loaded. At the end of 5 it's 6-2 Padres.
I really wish Torre would had bring in Kuo to pitch to Dunn.
If you're still around.
I agree with you TBW.
Don't forget the potential dp that Odog threw high.
Dunn vs Kuo 1/6 with 2 k's with a homerun.
I hope Lidge blow another save and the Marlins win. If we lost like we did the Cards, Phillies and Rockies should all lost on time.
Ouch Baker come on Hanley
Look like Fredi just got ejected on that strikeout to Baker.
Well Shad I just watched Lidge blow another one. That's 0-8 with 12 blown saves. I can't wait for us to face him in the playoffs.
Hey true check out the Philly board. I love how those fans now hate him again. It's so weird to see him so unhittable last year and still struggle this year. He has been scored on in his last 4 appearance with 3 saves, 1 blown saves and a lost and this is why I'm not scare of him after he blew 2 saves against us.
Well we didn't lose any grown on the Phils and Cards infact we gained a day.
I wonder where are resident troll Phan at?
I don't remember a sloppier game this season……
There is not a bunch you can say about tonight…..we were cruising right along and then……….drove off the road and into a ditch!!!
Check that one off the list and continue on with the journey……
All the teams that I want so far lost hopefully the dback would come back and win after these Giants fans still think they have hope and care so much about Bills when they should worry about Lincecum and Cain.
Come on Padres hold that 6-3 lead.
Funny, I had to leave with the scored tied in the top of the 9th, bases loaded in a tie game. I came back later and game was over. Figured the Dodgers HAD to have won. NOT! Oil well. Crummy game. Move on.
Hey gang!! Well, disappointing game today I see. Hard to blame the pitching when your 3, 4, and 5 guys go 0 for 12 and leave 18 on. Not going to win many games with those numbers. On the bright side, it was great watching Lidge blow that win for the Phillies. Socially inept, deep seated issues other than baseball Phan must be looking for a high powered rifle or just settling in with his girly magazine of choice and the Jergens lotion about now. Dude ain't right!!!
One thing to remember, when the Jerk-Off (pun intended) shows up, don't engage if he is being his usual derogatory/provoking self. It's really not worth it. Only a fool argues/debates/engages with a fool!!
Goodnight and Excelsior True Believers!!!!
jhall, I thank you for making me chuckle! As a non-gifted slo-pitch athlete, I know when we play a team that we just punked big time it's hard to focus, no matter what you say or believe or try to convince yourself. Dodgers will come out a little bit pi**ed off mañana. Still, magic number falls to six. Like I said last night, wonder if Rockies will chase the division title once they and Dodgers clinch a playoff spot. 1996 saw Dodgers and Pods battle each other the final weekend under similar circumstance and BOTH got swept 3-0 in the first round.
Hello and Good Night jhall!!!!!! I am sorry I missed you. I haven't read anything on this thread since this afternoon, but I can pretty much predict what you had to say. Take Care and God Bless 🙂
Interesting point Kahli!! I would like to see this Dodger team get a little pissed and come out with a chip on their collective shoulders. Once you make the playoffs, its more like football. You got one shot. That's the mentality that Kirk Gibson brought to the team in 1988 and we won it all when we were considered the weaker team. Coincidence, I Think Not!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dodger4life – into a ditch describes it pretty good 🙂
Hey Nelly!! Thanks and God Bless you and your family. I guess I'm still around. Not much was happening so I thought I would turn in. Always nice to see you bon mon amie!!!!
Kahli – I have no doubts they will be pisssed off about this game. It usually makes them come out stronger, and I don't expect tomorrow's game to be any different.
Great to see you too my friend. There hasn't been much going on around here, meaning ITD anyway. I didn't see the entire game, mostly the middle innings. Not too good on offense or defense (outfield anyway). However, like you said, those outfield blunders would have gone pretty much unnoticed if our outfielders, who happen to be batters 3,4 and 5, would have had a better day at the plate.
Hey Nell', are you/your family watching the G'nats-D'Backs game? Forty niners are looking good so far.
Billz really did pitch well until that one pitch. After the 3-run home run pitch, the game went into the ditch as Dodger4life mentioned.
Bill is watching the game in his room. I am guessing they are still winning 5-2. I am not necessarily a 49er fan, and I am even less of a Raider fan. I am Redskins all the way, and the Chargers are my 2nd favorite. Who are the Buckeyes playing this weekend?
Yep, evidently we had our opportunities and didn't come thru!!! Got to get the job done at the dish!! Looks like Billz just got burned on one bad pitch.
However, I watch the Raiders more often because Mariya is a Raiders fan. They actually managed to win a game this season already.
It was one very bad pitch obviously. I actually chuckled because I thought it was a mistake to walk Dunn IMO. If you were going to throw that pitch to Zimmerman, you might as well have tried it on Dunn. He at least has more tendency to strike out.
Lost in the nightmare tonight was McDonald's continued ineptness. He did, after all, give up a lead-off hit and lost the game. Did Jeff Weaver disappear or insult Torre's wife? Weaver isn't getting the ball much these days. He's either a bit tweaked or Torre's brain is. No way McDonald makes the playoff roster, but Weaver will. Why not get the vet some innings?
As a UCLA grad, I see USC and the Gnats as interchangeable. The more losses, the better!
I think we play Indiana at home. Should not be a big challenge. Good chance to work on our running game. If we could have run the ball, we could have won the USC game. It's a work in progress. I was shocked that U
SC lost to Washington. Quarterback injuries/issues really hurt!!!
Great point Nelly!!! I totally agree.
Oh…….I know!!! I think Bill and Michael (along with many USC fans) are still in shock. This weekend should be interesting for the top 25.
Definately Nell'!! That's why I love college football!!!
It has been nothing short of exciting so far.
Most analysts are predicting that every team will have at least one loss. USC is still in the hunt. I wish them well. Good program. Just need Texas and Florida to lose a game and everyone is really back in the chase.
That is very true. Well, maybe this weekend will be the weekend for Texas or Florida to stumble. It would be nice.
Well, I guess I'd better hit the old rack. Thanks Nelly for the chat. Always a pleasure to be in your company. It is a privelidge and a highlight of my day/evening. Same goes for all my ITD friends/faithful!!! You are truely a class act. Top Drawer. Again, God Bless you and your family.
Good Night jhall!!! ….many, many thanks……..and the same goes to you as well. It is wonderful to come on and see your name on here. I am sure "the boys" feel the same way as you are the highlight of our day as well 🙂 Take Care and God Bless!!
Jhall I am sorry I missed ya, ( connection issues ) it is always good to see you around here.
Boy Oh Boy!!! Several people asked me to describe today's game to them and each time I would describe it, I would finish by shaking my head in disbelief….Then I watched the highlights/ video and realized that Chad had a no hitter going, I was impressed while watching the game live, however the highlights just seemed to strengthen that. Then came the hanging curve, that Zimmerman handled with ease. After that the game turned into something out of a Peanuts cartoon, with poor old Charlie Brown saying again " Good Grief! " Unbelievable it is…..One part of the game we were looking like a really good team, then the next part of the game was reminiscent of the high schoolers who keep throwing the ball over each others head while warming up. I know this day will pass with a good nights sleep and a good game tomorrow. Until then though, I will continue to be in disbelief and say " Good Grief!!!! " myself.
PS ( Hang in there Billz, another solid performance is in you I know it!! )
Good Night everybody and God Bless us all………
Tomorrow is another day, until then here is Hippo and Dog with the lion sleeps tonight……..
Good Morning ITDland ~ I have a feeling that after last night's performance, our Boys in Blue will kick asss today!!!! I know Andre, Matt and Manny were pretty ticked off last night. Maybe a game like that will light the fire and carry us to the playoffs!!!
Dodgers did well this year in the NL (the league between the minors and the AL) but if they make the World Series the Yankees will bring them back to reality. Torre will cry from the flash backs he will have to his greatest years as the skipper for the best sports franchise in history, rather than the second rate dodgers who were bullied out of the NY market by the bombers.
tcd…OUCH! Golly gee, now you went and hurt all our feelings here in ITD land with your in-depth analysis of NY baseball history. Somehow the Dodgers will bear up and trudge into post season. Good luck and congrats on the enormous Yankee success this past decade, especially against the Red Sox. I know, I know, the Dodgers haven't won squat since '88, but hey, they're second rate, anyway, right?
Kahli ~ 🙂
The tide is turning my friend. The Yankees are back at the helm of the baseball world, and will be for a while.
Until they are eliminated in the first round!
Interesting to see Manny*roid now batting under .300. At best only the third best OF on the Dodger team and highly overpaid. Did Ned sign him for one year too many? I only wish he was stupid enough to back out of next year's contract. Where's Borass when you need a little help from him.
HaHaHa, HaHaHa, HaHaHa. There'still time enough for another bobblehead day, Frank. Manny will fill the park for you, and he doesn't even have to play.
messagebear, been kind of following Manny's personal "Mendoza Line" quest for some time now. For a normal human, that would be .200. For Manny, it's .300. Actually IS shocking to see him batting .298 in late September!
Tcd when you guys have to buy a WS to bad you haven't won in so long.
Sorry I'd say 4th best OF on the team yeah I said it 4th.
Did anyone read this story about the Cards refused to pay one of their prospect 3.1 millions?
What's worst the kid is blind.
I blame Charlie Steiner. I listened to the game on the way home last night, starting in the bottom of the sixth. First thing I heard was Steiner uttering the phrase "no-hitter". Next thing that happened was Zimmerman's three-run shot. Making matters worse, in the bottom of the eighth, with Adam Dunn up, Steiner calls out: "… a high fly ball to left center field, and now duhdarnapoodthehsoathjdkwduieeruha! The ball drops between Kemp and Manny" Steiner just went totally spastic on the radio!! What the heck is that? The announcer has got to remain calm and tell us what is happening on the field.
I cannot stand Steiner. My worst nightmare is that when Vinny's reign finally ends (I hope it never does), that Steiner will be picked as his replacement. If that happens, I will be just watching the game with the sound turned off.
I agree crash! Not sure who's worse, Steiner or ESPN's Miller and Morgan!
The ditch metaphor sums it up. I guess these things will happen. Better to get these miscommunications out of the way now. It's a game that should have been won, but it's not like the Nats are an American Legion team. They play in the big leagues too. Beat 'em tonight.
Crash & Perumike ~ I think Steiner is awful….Miller and Morgan are obnoxious.
MLB, with help from ESPN, Elias, etc, rank the top 100 players in baseball. Dodgers have 3 in the top 50. Can you name them?
Ethier is 58…
Thanks for the lineup Dodger4life. Love Andre 2nd and Matty 4th.
Haven't seen much about the O-dog's wrist. Any news?
No problem……I do too tru 🙂
Just what I seen in the L.A. Times…they said nothing major???
Only exception I'm taking to the lineup is that we're playing that sub .300 hitting left fielder. I say that playing PP is better than playing the fading wee wee – at least PP has speed.
Otherwise, let's GO, DODGERS, and let's wrap things up before we come home again.
Hi Everybody,
Let's just forget last night and hope for a better night tonight and that shouldn't be too hard to do.
I'm getting a little tired of slamming Dodger management. I need a break. What to do…….. I know! A little New York Yankee history!
1996 – #1 payroll in MLB, 6% higher than the #2 team (Orioles). Won the World Series.
1997 – #1 payroll in MLB, 7% higher than the #2 team (Orioles). Lost Division Series to Indians (#4 payroll).
1998 – #2 payroll in MLB, (Orioles #1). Won the World Series.
1999 – #1 payroll in MLB, 7% higher than the #2 team (Rangers). Won the World Series.
2000 – #1 payroll in MLB, 3% higher than the #2 team (Dodgers). Won the World Series.
Hmmm, fairly consistent. Have the #1 (or #2) payroll by a modest amount and win the World Series!
2001 – #1 payroll in MLB, 2% higher than the #2 team (Red Sox). Lost the World Series to the Diamondbacks (#8 payroll).
Whoops. Lost the Series to the Dbacks? How to remedy? Let's boost the payroll……
2002 – #1 payroll in MLB, 14% higher than the #2 team (Red Sox). Lost Division Series to the Angels (#15 payroll).
Gads, even worse. Didn't even get out of the ALDS. Spend more.
2003 – #1 payroll in MLB, 23% higher than the #2 team (Mets). Lost the World Series to the Marlins (#25 payroll).
Cripes, the MARLINS? MORE MONEY!!
2004 – #1 payroll in MLB, 31% higher than the #2 team (Red Sox). Lost the ALCS to the Red Sox (after leading 3 – 0. I just love that one)
Lord, can't get any worse than that. More.
2005 – #1 payroll in MLB, 41% higher than the #2 team (Red Sox). Lost the Divion Series to the Angels (#4 payroll).
2006 – #1 payroll in MLB, 38% higher than the #2 team (Red Sox). Lost the Division Series to the Tigers (#14 payroll).
2007 – #1 payroll in MLB, 24% higher than the #2 team (Red Sox). Lost the Division Series to the Indians (#24 payroll).
2008 – #1 payroll in MLB, 32% higher than the #2 team (Mets). Did not qualify for the playoffs.
2009 – #1 payroll in MLB, 30% higher than the #2 team.
Time will tell, but it don't look good: High payroll, Angels and Red Sox hanging around………..
Go Dodgers! Take this series and move on. One at a time. Josh, you may release the new thread now………
Run Furcal Run since you running alot lately. Dang wish Ethier would did that in the 9th.
Where was this in the 9th nice start? Let's put up 10.
Nice start 3 straight hits and an RBI for M A N N Y.
Wow now you 3 come thought so far? I wish we had that last night. Congrats to Kemp for getting over 100+.
M A T T Y Marvelous M A T T Y
Nice Eric
Excellent, dodgereric!
They just said Odog and Blake are available tonight.
dang 7 straight balls
Throw a gosh damn strike and stop getting behind
Every strike Padilla throws is hit hard.
time to get Weaver up
This doesn't look good.
DAT's doing it D E W i T T.
Dang after the first 2 men make out he give up back to back walk.
Thanks for trying to chase that Dukes.
We luck out there, that was ball 4.
Time to destory the worst bullpen again after there got lucky last night.
1 Prince Fielder MIL 553 96 164 33 3 42 131 2 3 101 130 .297 .408 .595 1.003
2 Ryan Howard PHI 578 96 157 35 4 42 130 7 1 70 177 .272 .353 .564 .917
3 Albert Pujols STL 534 120 176 42 1 47 129 14 4 110 61 .330 .447 .676 1.123
4 Derrek Lee CHC 517 90 159 36 2 35 109 0 0 71 106 .308 .392 .588 .980
5 Adam Dunn WAS 511 78 143 27 0 38 103 0 1 110 166 .280 .410 .556 .966
Andre Ethier LAD 569 88 159 41 3 31 103 6 4 65 109 .279 .364 .525 .890
Ryan Braun MIL 588 105 185 34 6 29 103 16 6 56 109 .315 .384 .541 .925
8 Hanley Ramirez FLA 552 97 193 41 1 23 102 26 8 56 96 .350 .414 .553 .966
9 Ryan Zimmerman WAS 575 103 167 32 3 31 100 2 0 66 111 .290 .361 .518 .879
10 Mark Reynolds ARI 545 93 145 29 1 43 100 24 9 74 208 .266 .357 .560 .916
11 Carlos Lee HOU 572 63 174 31 1 26 98 4 3 41 47 .304 .349 .498 .848
12 Matt Kemp LAD 570 94 173 25 6 25 97 34 7 51 134 .304 .360 .500 .860
Kemp moved to 9th place tied with Reynolds and Zimmerman. Ethier is tied for 5th Dunn/Braun. That's interested
Kemp moved to 9th place tied with Reynolds and Zimmerman. Ethier is tied for 6th behind Dunn by 1 rbi's. That's interested
Just got in, glad to see Kemp hit a 3 run HR and got hie 100 RBI. Padilla looks so so tonight, we're going to need more runs.
Freaking blah infield single and 2 out hit
Nice throw Martin! We needed that!
Padilla is navigating through troubled waters here.
We needs runs.
haahahaha nice defense
The bad news is the Dodgers seem to have reverted back to having trouble driving in runs. The good news is the bullpen is rested and will be needed tonight to keep Washington in check. Who said this road trip would be easy?
Come on Dewitt hit a homerun.
Nice played Zimmerman could probably been another run.
Dat DeWitt does it again.
DeWitt showing that you don't always need hits to drive in runs.
Fish – 17
Everyone else – 13
Your right oldbrooklynfan good fundamental baseball, put the ball in play.
If Padilla gets thru this inning, I say pinch hit for him and go to the pen.
We need to take care of business since we might not get no help from the Padres again after last night frisco.
You got me shad…I give up…what exactly is a frisco???
Please explain……
Good inning for Padilla, with extra credit getting through Dunn and Zimmerman, which is never too easy.
I hope are bullpen is sharp tonight.
Oh you don't know lol. The bases loaded with no out in a 4-4 with 1 run scoring and having Ethier, Manny and Kemp up and we didn't get the lead.
Man a close game after last night's FIASCO.
Joe Torre don't care to blow pitchers arm out Eric Collins.
With Furcal's 3 hits tonight he has a 8 game hitting streak. He's 15 for 33 batting .455 during the streak. Glad to have him back.
LMAO!!!! Dodger4life – I was wondering what in the world a frisco was too.
Dang Gonzalez is owning us tonight.
This game has got to go down as one of the most boring games of the season. It is taking forever to get through these innings on both sides.
I googled it, and it is a city in Colorado or Texas…..It also has another meaning which refers to the city by the bay….
I was confused….
Dang it Belliard, Odog would made that play.
I didn't even know that. I also heard that term could mean something else just like last night 9th inning.
WTF was that? A gift from Belliard to his former team?
I was going to say earlier that it was anybody's game but now I'm sure of it.
Hi ITD,
Glad to see we are "winning". Glad to see Hudson is not going on the DL. Glad to see Kemp hit 100 RBIs. Now Just Win Baby! Either by frisco or fiasco or al fresco, Just win this.
Damn error! Now we're really going to have to sweat this one out.
Just got in, glad to see Kemp hit a 3 run HR and got hie 100 RBI. Padilla looks so so tonight, we're going to need more runs.
Belli will deliver, 3 SOs is more than he can take vs his old team.
Dewitt should be at 2nd and Belliard at 3rd.
remember when we played the nats the day after manny got suspended and we had a 6 run lead in the 1st inning and blew it to lose the game? 4 run lead blown today, why cant we put this team down! side note, Kemp had a grand slam in that 1st inning and a 3 run homer today, i cant believe we are blowing this
lmao I want the inside the park homerun yeah come on Torre argue
I hope Kemp scores.
Nice triple Matt! lets get the lead and keep it this time!
I thought St Louis was a nightmare but this place is one to and dang Loney you have to give that run in.
I think I must had spell the word wrong lol
Fish – 25
Everyone else – 26
Go figure
I was wrong about belli. Are we getting back to that no hits with RISP? Dewitt geez patience
Absolutely, positively PATHETIC. I'm going to dinner…maybe that'll help.
Don't worry folks, it all goes with being a Dodger fan.
Dodgereric – I just noticed your Yankee payroll history. Fabulous as always!!!! BTW – the fish is out of control 🙂
This game is very frustrating. When we put up that 4 spot in the first inning I thought we win this game easily. Now, it feels like we're losing even though the game is tied.
That why I wanted the inside the park homerun.
At least we can't get swept, like last year.
I remember it well I was there.
Visited the Capitol and the White House, took pictures, to get my mind off it.
WTG RAFFY!! En Fuego!!!
Yeah Furcal WTF Belisario runs are earned?
F U R C A L we might win this one yet.
Go RAFFY!!!! HOME RUN!!!! When he goes on one of his hot streaks he is awesome.
Furcal is now 10/14 in this series and is at .268 for the season. I hope Furcal finished the season with a .270+.
Wow old that must've been tough.
All right 6 out to go. Something tells me it's not going to be easy.
Does anyone know what team has the most nondecisions?
Eric Collins don't forget the potential dp that Odog didn't get.
I bet Eric can figure that one out.
Trouble is on desk.
Dang 2 outs walk and Sherrill struggling against righty.
Wow Ethier
I think if Harris didn't steal 2nd the inning would still be going. Ha
Thank you Either for saving our bacon with that throw! Nice tag by Martin.
Go Padres 3-2 Rockies but the Padres have bases loaded 1 out.
I thought it was a double that ball stay in the air for a long time.
Not an easy task for Broxton:
Dunn, Zimmerman & Willingham.
Ok, here we go! Fasten your seat belts!
Kuo vs Dunn 1/6 with 2 k's but he does have a homerun off of him. I do trust Broxton.
Gotta to love that shift on Dunn.
Sorry I forgot the double switch.
Stop overworking Broxton.
Not a pretty game, but, a win is a win! Let's do it again tomorrow!!!!
We're almost there everyone, go cubs
Let's get out of this nightmare. I surely hope that change that hit to an error hate to see Belisario ERA under 2 goes up like it was his fault but it wasn't. We should've easy swept this season series 5-0.
That's shift Dewitt to the SS spot and Furcal to 3rd it seem
That was a very tense win. My nerves are shot. Glad we got out of there with a series win. Let's go swept the Pirates!
We did so well in DC, I can't wait to see what happens in Pittsburgh.
swept – Should be sweep wrong tense
The only reason why I can see Dewitt making that play between 2nd and 1st.
Yeah sorry, I'm not an English major tend to make many mistake with grammar when I type fast lol. I used to hate writing essay in English class. I'm a Math/Stats or any other Math, Science and Computer guy.
Nice to win that one regardless of how scary it got. I missed Ethier's throw at the plate, but by your reaction I guess it was a good one.
It's all good shad…..I wasn't an english major neither, actually I was the kid in the VP's office quite a bit.
Dre helped us with the arm. Raffy powered up. This didn't bode well for Padilla, of course it wasn't all on him. Im all for getting the glitches out of the way on last place teams.
Glad we Won. "Im glad Im glad Im glad" to quote an old blues song. We do like Blues ! Don't we?
Yeah Dodger4life and I still seem to get confuse on to and too or their and there and so on.
SD leading 5-3
Me too….spell check doesn't help in those situations….Proofreading before posting helps though….I need to remember that, as i get in a hurry myself…although sometimes it is after losing several post to the mothership….
Sweet win tonight gang. Aren't all wins sweet no matter how you get it done. LOL!!! Very nice Ethier love letter to Nelly pegging that runner at the plate!!! Not to worry Shad, this ain't English 101!!! Nice to see Ferk getting hot, we will need he and Manny to win a World Series.
Hi, Jhall. Good to see you, sir.
See shad a classic example…The ( i ) is alway's capitalized I…..I should have taken the time to proofread.
Hi'Ya Trumom!! Thanks!! You know I love you!!!
Howdy Jhall, and Trumom……everyone else out there as well…..Furcal has been on a mission as of late 🙂
When to use "too"
……..too much. Mark Reynolds strikes out too much.
We had RISP too much tonight and didn't score.
it means also. Raffy had a great game and Matt did too (you could put also in it's place) Raffy had a great game and Matt did also.
their ~ Their offense tonight could have been better. Always used when you are talking about something that belongs to a person (people). Their stadium…….their uniforms……their equipment, etc., etc.
They're – they are ~ They're the best time in the NL West.
there – any time you are not using the other two.
Yeah I always try to posted it in microsoft words before I posted it here but it doesn't seem to work very well.
Hey D4!!! Yep, Ferk and Casey Blake are alot better proven veteran leaders (PVL's) than Kent!!!!
19.2 Pound Bundle of Joyhttp://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/93042?fp=1
Wow that's a big baby.
Nelly, you are too funny!!! LOL!!!
Shad – you asked and I thought I would help out. It's just in my nature being in that profession. English could have been a minor of mine with a couple more classes.
LOL Shad, I saw that. they should name it Brad Penny!!! HaHa!!
Oh I would probably had used There stadium see that would be wrong. At least I'm not confuse on write and right. Those 2 are so easy lol
I agree jhall….I enjoy watching Furcal rip his batting gloves off after a hit…….It is a little like WWF… quite entertaining….He is fired up and ready to rumble…..
Hey jhall!!!! Are you sure this isn't an English 101 – LOL!!!
Shad – I love math and science best too. English is very difficult to teach because of all the rules and so often there are all these exceptions to those rules.
Go Bell shut them down. Yeah Nelly thanks alot. I knew you would come in to save the day. I don't think any of my teacher in high school explain it just like that.
jhall – I didn't see his throw. I had to take Michael to the ballpark and then get food for everyone else. I always miss the good stuff it seems. Hopefully, it will make a highlight reel. If not, I will check it out on the archived game later.
The Padres just won so what is our magic number now?
I'm sure thy will show Ethier's throw on the Dodger website.Nellyjune
The Rockies looked very tight.
It should be on the highlight reel Nelly!! He cut down a fast runner by a step and a half. Totally sweet. Saved Sherrills bacon!!
The magic # is 4 for the title.
Thanks oldbrooklynfan!!!
Shad – anytime :))
jhall – you have to stop smiling like that.
Martin made a great catch and tag on the play as well.
Thanks jhall and dodger4life!!!!
I ought to go to dinner more often. Rockies lose…Dodgers win. Didn't seem like that scenario when I started up the car! I have a buddy in SD and we're going to the Dodger game Tuesday night. Made plans about a month ago. Had no idea I might see the clincher. In reality, I think it'll be over by then, so I may drive all that way to see Albuquerque…….. The only other Dodger game I've attended this season (and this shocks even me…I used to "live" at Dodger Stadium when I was a nut case) was the ITD TOUR!!!!!!
Well I guess Bell had the night off.
:)) Nell'!! LOL!! Alot to smile about our Dodgers right now, eh?!! I have a feeling we will be using some of our old symbols when we play the Phillies. <f|:-(('s
NOTES: The last American League team with back-to-back, 100-loss seasons was the Kansas City Royals, who had three in a row from 2004-06. … Washington manager Jim Riggleman said LHP Sean Burnett(notes) has not been the same since he injured his left thumb when he was hit by a line drive on Aug. 23. "I don't know how much more he'll pitch for us this year," Riggleman said. "He's still feeling some pain in there." … Los Angeles manager Joe Torre said 2B Orlando Hudson(notes) (shoulder) and 3B Casey Blake(notes) (left hamstring) could play, but he held them out of the starting lineup. … Torre said he would stay with a six-man rotation because his pitchers needed the work. … Dodgers INF Jim Thome(notes) grounded out as a pinch hitter and is just 2 for 11 since his acquisition on Aug. 31. When asked before the game if he was disappointed he hadn't seen the real Thome, Torre replied: "I've seen the real Jim Thome. Unfortunately, it was across the field when I played against him."
Nice answer Torre.
Kahli ~ So, you don't think of yourself as a nut case anymore? Petco Park is a pretty good park. It's not Dodger Stadium, but it definitely has some good things going for it. Are you going to try and go to any playoff games?
Yes, there is jhall……………..yes there is 🙂
I was looking forward to see Penny get bomb tonight.
I really want that home field advantage!! We need at least 3 of 4 in Pittsburg!!!!
The guys who came with us were Ned Colletti, Rick Monday, Andre Ethier, Jeff Weaver, Blake DeWitt, Rick Honeycutt, Larry Bowa, Tim wallach, and clubhouse manager Mitch Poole and to a man, we came away floored by the sacrifice these people make to protect our freedom. As Rick Monday said on the way home, it puts an 0-for-4 in a whole new light.
I hate to bring this up but why didn't Josh used protected and sacrificed. I always have problem when to used the ed to lol. If you taking about the past you use the ed and if not you just leave it alone.
If we take 3 of 4 from the Pirates, I think we go home with a good shot at the best record in the NL and home field advantage. Then we use the remaining games to set up our pitching for the playoffs.
Could he had used floor and sacrificed.
I'm sure you're asleep by now, Brooklyn. But we're tied for the lead the league with 56 No-Decisions with Washington, of all teams.
Anything else you wanna know?
I think you are right jhall!!!! It sounds kind of sweeet, doesn't it?
Regardless, gonna have to beat some darn good pitchers to win it all!!
Yea – what's the count? LOL!!!!
Shad – Josh wrote everything correctly. He was talking in the present tense of how they were feeling at the time.
dodgereric – LOL!!!!
Why do I always get submission errored at the worst possible time? This really sucks!!!!!!
Geez, let me try that again. But we're tied for the league lead with Washington (of all teams), having 56 No-Decisions.
And on English Night, of all nights……..
…and I just got time warped on top of being submissioned errored for the last 10 minutes – uuugghhhh!!!!
Fish – 55
All others – 84
Yes it does Nell'!! Dad is in the house, three smiles :)))!!
How'ya doing Chevelle?!!!
I guess we woke Brad Panty up with the first class bu'tt whoopin' we put on him!! LOL!!!
It's figure ands we're tied for the league lead with the Nats in blown save are did we got up by 1?
It's figure and are we tied for the league lead with the Nats in blown save or did we go up by 1?
2nd time the charm.
Hey everyone….I'm back from the VP's office, anyone know when recess is……and ya'll are a bunch of class clowns…I'm LMAO!!!!
Well, Brian Wilson just blew another save – the gnat fans in the house are pisssed :))
Doing as well as can be expected, Wally! And ya'll?
Penny sucks.
Shad, Baseball-reference says we're tied with the Nats alright with 23 Blown Saves, but tied for 2nd, not first. The Astros have 27 of those little beauties.
There's another stat called "Wins Lost" for starters = Pitcher left in position for a win, but game was blown by bullpen.
In this one we're tied with the Braves for #2 with 14, but the Astros lead the league with 18.
dodgereric – On the show "Lost" there is a group of people that live on the island. They are called "the others".
That's about 66% dodgereric.
Doing well Dad/Chevelle!! Great to see/read you my friend!!
Oh, and speaking of Chevelle's, how is the Chevelle? I am guessing good seeing how I haven't heard any grumblings around here 🙂
D4, I figure we're the trouble-makers and you're the poor ******* who gets sent packing because you were the one caught reacting.
Nelly, maybe you should suggest to those gnat fans that Wilson ought to lose the moronic haircut.
gnats lost :))))
Say goodnight Gracie/G'natties!!!!
Maybe I should, but I won't. Like Kruk and Kuip said……."That one hurt folks"
I guess that fits Junie. Fish swim around the island, right? And the Chevelle seems to be fine. He sure likes having an actual gas pedal. It needs tires and shocks and Matt is lobbying for airshocks.
Same here jhall. Don't take this the wrong way, but I miss the Beaver.
Kinda breaks your heart, don't it jhall?
I heard that Mariya was trying to teach her phone how to swim today.
They eat alot of fish on the island, among other things.
Yes, I heard about the gas pedal. He is very happy about that – LOL!!!! Lobbying, huh – Well, that should be fun for you I am sure – LOL!!!!
I miss Theodore as well.
LOL Chevelle!! Me too!! Tends to shake things up a bit. I have a feeling things will get very interesting in the playoffs.
Oh yes she did!!!! ……..but, fortunately, it dried out and is fine now. She was not a happy camper for a few hours though because somebody gets worried when he doesn't hear from her. I guess she was able to wrangler her old phone from Michael until hers completely dried out.
I think Theodore is tired of looking at fish 🙂
It's not going to be an easy path to the Series, is it? It sure is nice to see Furcal heat up but the real shot in the arm would be Ramirez.
It is great to see Raffy get going, and yes, it would be even better if Manny started pouring it on as well since it's kind of why he is on the team to begin with 🙂
I go to do some dishes and the Giants lost. Maybe i'll do that more often.
We need Martin to heat up
I just saw Andre's throw to the plate on mlbtv – fabulous!!!! Good job to Martin for holding onto that ball too.
See'ya gang!! Thanks for the chat!! Always a pleasure to kick it at the ITD crib with you. Keep it real!!!! Let's rock and roll on the Pirates and put this baby away!!
It was spectacular Nelly….
I see that Nelly. The last time I check I was sure Nats and us had lead but I guess the Astros must gotten alot of blow save lately. Actually we have 24 because of Belisario with no help from Belliard and should had been credit with an an error and Belisario ERA should still be under 2.
Good Night jhall!!!!! Thanks for joining us. It's always a pleasure reading what you have to say. Take care and God Bless.
You will be sleeping by the time this posts. I am being submission errored again:((
Let me get to Manny in a minute, but I was just checking Wolf. The way everyone harps on Wolf's no-decisions, wouldn't you be surprised to know that he wasn't leading the league in that catagory? He's #2 all right, but Roy Oswalt has him out-ND'd 16 – 15.
Delving further into the world of meaningless stats, there are three ways to get a ND, right? You leave the game with the lead and the pen blows it, you leave the game losing and the offense gets you off the hook, and you leave the game tied.
Oswalt leads the league in "Wins Lost" (the bully blowing your win) with 7. Wolf has 3 of these.
Kevin Correia of the Puds leads the league in "Losses Saved" (the hitters getting him off the hook) with 9. Wolf is tied for 4th with 7. Having a lot of these might make you think that he's been lucky. But not necessarily. One more stat:
I'm not a real big "Quality Start" guy. Three earned runs in 6 innings is not what I would call a quality start, but it's generally accepted, so…….
The league leaders in quality starts will surprise no one. Lincecum and Haren with 24. Would you believe that Wolf and 4 others are right behind them with 23? So I have to believe that most of his Losses Saved were games in which we scored less than 2 runs, and that sounds about right.
I have to admit that I winced when we signed him this season and I'd like to go on record as saying that he has far exceeded my expectations. Well done, Mr Wolf.
I would had never guess but looking at his win total this year I would had guess he would be in the to 3 in that categories.
That would be Oswalt that I'm talking about.
Dodgereric – That is some very good information about Randy Wolf. He has really stepped it up these season.
It is becoming rather difficult to make a post tonight so…..see ya all tomorrow.
Great Win Boy's!!!!!
Good Night and God Bless us all…….
In case no one celebrated, the Gnats were mathematically eliminated from the Western Division title tonight.
Kahli – I will make sure I pass on that information to my family – Thanks!!!!
Good Night and God Bless Dodger4life!!!!
Good night jhall and D4!
Kahli, that would make 35 out of 41 years that the gnats were eliminated from the Western Division title …….. but who's counting? LOL!!!
Junie, IMO, we're laying a lot of unrealistic demands on Ramirez. Dingers are down, batting average is down, strikeouts are up, etc. Yeah, he's only hitting .298.
In 2007 he batted .296 in his last full season for Boston.
In 2005 he hit .292.
Remember that he hit .396 for us in the regular season and .520 in the playoffs.
He spoiled us last year. He's probably not going to do that again.
But I'd sure like to get that career .314 hitter back.
I do feel Manny has given Matt and Andre some invaluable tips. They have both been pretty forward about that. Heck, Andre even quoted JP in today's article. So, as much as we rag on him as well, obviously Matt and Andre take into consideration everything that Manny and JP have to say and do. In some ways, Manny's not so hot return from his suspension has made Matt and Andre much stronger in their roles as outfielders and leaders on this team.
Manny might not be as hot as he was last year around this time. But, let me remind everyone here that Manny has some of the best numbers during post season play. I would like to see him get hot soon. But if not, Hopefully he catches fire in the playoffs. I would rather haveManny on my team in the playoffs then Alex Rodriguez.
Oh yeah, he's contributed both directly and indirectly. This team really seems like it's tight, a really good mixture of vets and youth.
I'm falling asleep, it's time for bed. Good night and God Bless you Junie and whoever else might be out there. And Chris says she misses you!
They really do seem to get along this year. It is a good thing to see and read about.
Good Night Dodgereric!!!! Take care and God Bless to you and your wonderful family. I miss her too 🙂
carcyn – that is a definite. I much rather have Manny than Alex.
Good Night ITD readers and writers!!!
GOOOOOOD MORNING ITD-LAND! Last night our boys played hard. Great throw by ETHIER, KEMP & FURCAL were also great with their homeruns. BROXTON kept it all GOOD!.
First thing I read is the message by NELLY: And I am guessing that they are talking about A-ROD vs M-RAM…well I am not a big fan of A-ROD…so NELLY I am with you!
Well this weekend will be a BIG weekend for the DODGERS…. I hope they do great and they keep playing like winners! GOD BLESS MY BOYS IN BLUE & GOOD LUCK!
Good Morning ITDland ~ So sorry I missed all the fun last night. I was trying to post and kept getting "Submission Errors" so I got ticked off and gave up. It was right after Jhall came aboard and, I was trying to tell Shad that I thinks his posts are one of a kind and I enjoy them a lot. He is also one of our great stats guys and I appreciate that too.
GO DODGERS……BEAT THE PIRATES……..BEATen by LA!!!!!!
I don't really want to anger the baseball gods, but I couldn't help but enjoy myself this morning as I read the hometown recaps of both the Gnats and Rocks heartbreaking losses last night. Tracy's summary brought back all those Tracy memories for me, implying he wouldn't have changed a thing. I remember his favorite lines being something like, "I can look myself in the mirror next morning I know I did everything I could have…blah, blah, blah…we control our own destiny, blah, blah, blah…" The Gnats were a bit more realistic, calling it a crushing blow, one strike away, etc., etc. Unless the Dodgers win the World Series there will come a morning in the not-so-distant future when all of us ITD geeks will be singing similar tunes. That's why I fear provoking the baseball gods. But, hey, a little gloating on a Friday morning can't be all bad……?!?!??!?


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Wednesday, December 12: Medical Journal
We've all been told to exercise regularly in order to stay heart healthy. But can you overdo the workouts? Tonight, we learn how some athletes are putting themselves at risk in the pursuit of fitness. Also tonight … how doctors are attacking the pain of migraines with some unusual therapies. And, Susan Wornick brings us the amazing story of Steve Saling, an ALS patient who automated his home to make it work for him.
Show Resources:
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Dr. Jay Austen, Chief, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Phone: (617) 724-9922
Massachusetts General Hospital
55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114
Dr. Alfred E. Buxton, MD, is Director of the Clinical Electrophysiology Laboratory at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center's CardioVascular Institute. Among his fields of interest: the impact of extreme athletics on the heart.
Cardiac Arrhythmia information
Dr. Alfred Buxton
BIDMC Department of Cardiology
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Phone: (617) 667-8800
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The Leonard Florence Center for Living in Chelsea is home to America's first and only permanent residence dedicated to caring for individuals living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease. Located on the second floor, the Saling ALS residence is equipped with the latest computer-operated technology to allow individuals with ALS the most amount of independence possible. Residents are able to open doors, turn up or down their bedroom shades, or call for the elevator- all with help of a computer and a sensor that tracks head/eye movement for instruction.
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Dr. Carolyn Bernstein is a neurologist and migraine expert who runs the Beth Israel Deaconess Comprehensive Headache Center in Brookline. Here migraine sufferers learn to manage their pain.
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ATLANTA (CBS Atlanta) – While the overall number of people diagnosed with HIV has declined over the last decade in the U.S., the number has risen among young gay men, reports Live Science.
Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention looked at data on nearly half-a-million HIV cases diagnosed in the United States in patients 13-years or older between 2002 and 2011.
The annual rate of HIV diagnoses declined by a third: from 24 per 100,000 people in the general American population in 2002 to 16 diagnoses per 100,000 in 2011. The diagnosis rate for women declined by nearly half over the same period.
And the actual number of new HIV cases declined as well, from over 56,000 in 2002 to just over 43,000 in 2011.
But the news for gay men from ages 13 to 24, the news was quite different. The number of HIV diagnoses each year increased 132 percent: from nearly 3,000 in 2002 to nearly 7,000 in 2011.
The number of yearly cases also rose 5 percent among gay men from ages 45 to 54 and 18 percent for gay men ages 55 and over.
"Disparities in rates of HIV among young men who have sex with men present prevention challenges and warrant expanded efforts," the researchers wrote.
While noting that improved testing methods may lead to an increase in HIV diagnoses, the researchers worried young people are not getting regular tests for the virus that causes AIDS.
The study appears in the Journal of the American Medical Association
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Director Brad Bird has made some of the best animated films of the last 15 years, but "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol" is his first live-action effort, and the man understandably wants folks to see his creation in all its glory. To that end, he's convinced the studio to open the film in 200 IMAX theaters five days before the film's previously announced Dec. 21 release.
"I wanted the first people that see the film to see it big with a sharp image and great sound systems, so when they went out and talked about the movie they saw, we would know that they had seen it at its best," Bird told Hero Complex.
If you've seen a film in IMAX, you know what he's talking about, and he went on to make some interesting points about the merits of IMAX to 3D.
U.S. & World
"I agree that added depth perception is immersive, but you dim the image down and now I'm taking a step back. You put on glasses and now I'm taking another step back," said Bird.
And if you're one of those poor four-eyed losers (guilty) who tries watching a film in 3D with glasses on over your glasses, the experience is even worse.
Bird's absolutely right about the glory of a big screen. For decades, the rise of the multiplex was bringing us more and more teeny-tiny screens, which for a lot of films is fine--there's no reason to see "Bridesmaids" on a 50-foot screen--but for a film with aspirations the likes of "Ghost Protocol," IMAX really is the way to go.
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Hoyer Statement on Highway and Student Loan Conference Report
Daniel Reilly, 202-225-3130
WASHINGTON, DC - House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement after passage of a conference report that will provide long-term highway funding and prevent student loan interest rates from doubling:
"Today the House passed a conference report that will give certainty to millions of students and that will pave the way for jobs and economic growth. This should have been done weeks ago, but instead Republicans took us to the brink of seeing the highway bill expire and student loan interest rates double.
"Democrats remain committed to ensuring that students have access to affordable post-secondary education. Had Congress not acted today – and had Democrats not continued to pressure Republicans to act – over 7 million students would have seen their student loan interest rates double. Keeping these rates low recognizes the challenges our graduates face in today's tough job market.
"Democrats had also called for action on a transportation bill that will lead to infrastructure improvements that can spur economic growth and job creation in our communities. We pressed for a bill that will protect nearly 2 million jobs and create a million more, including many in the hard-hit construction industry, and one that implements higher safety standards to protect those who travel on our roads and highways. I am pleased we were able to adopt a bill that achieves these goals.
"While conferees wisely chose not to include controversial provisions such as the Keystone XL pipeline and the regulation of coal ash, I remain concerned that provisions streamlining the environmental review of highway projects may truncate or eliminate the consideration of less-costly alternatives that can minimize environmental impacts. Congress must closely monitor the implementation of these provisions.
"While today's conference report is a step in the right direction, more needs to be done. When we return to Washington after July 4, let us continue in the spirit of bipartisanship that enabled us to pass this bill and work together to meet the challenges we face as a nation."


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Friday, November 11, 2011
An Encounter
A guy was walking up to me. He was wearing a dark blue windbreaker, he was about my age, he had a baseball hat on, also dark blue, with a big white "E" on the front. I didn't know what team that was for.
The way he was bearing down on me with some kind of purpose, I thought he was going to ask me for a cigarette, or at least a light. But instead he stopped with one foot on the sidewalk in front of me, the rest of his body still leaning out into the wet misty air, and he pulled a lone, loose cigarette out from somewhere inside his thin windbreaker and lit it with a tiny black lighter.
"Hey man," he said, "any of these stores cool at all?"
I exhaled smoke that in the cold day looked like steam from a train engine. "Cool how do you mean?" I asked.
"Like movies or tapes or whatever?" He hunched himself onto the sidewalk and under the shopping center's little roof, as though it had just started to rain right then.
I didn't know what kind of tapes he meant, but I said, "No movies or anything. There's a music store about five doors down, by the nail salon. I don't know if that's cool to you."
"Music like how? Like CDs or tapes?"
"No," I said, "like instruments, or sheet music. Guitars."
"Yeah well, music's cool, but I can't play any instruments. I can't even sing," he said, implying that he thought most people could.
He stepped backwards, back out into the rain, but further back into the parking lot so he could scan the row of store signs that began above my head. He held the hand with the cigarette wedged between two fingers up above his eyes, in a sort of salute. As he scanned, his eyes widened, his mouth formed an "o".
"That a tattoo place?" he asked, still looking at the sign.
He was talking about Squid Ink Tats, which was a ways down. I said, "Oh, yeah, that's a tattoo place."
He chuckled and rejoined me out of the rain. He nodded his head and took a long pull on his cigarette.
"You think they tattoo dicks?" he asked. "I'd go in there, be like 'Hey, you guys tattoo dicks?' They'd be 'What the fuck?' All right, you have a good one, brother."
It took me a minute to realize the last part was him saying goodbye. I didn't want to actively wish him a good day, so I said "Yep." I was noncommittal.
He walked away then, into the misty parking lot, his head turned back so he could keep his eye on the tattoo place's sign, maybe because he thought it was going to change. After a bit, though, his walk slowed, and I watched his path drift leftwards, towards the tattoo place. He walked in a horseshoe, looping into the parking lot and back to the shops. I took my time with my cigarette so I could watch him walk quickly to the tattoo place's front door, pull it open, and slip in.
Then, for a brief moment, I was watching nothing, just empty sidewalk. But after only what seemed like a few seconds the door opened and the guy walked back out. He was looking at me, and he stood there, shaking his head no.
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That guy took the scenic route to finally get to the point: whether or not you were a fellow dicktoo aficionado. It's not an easy conversation to have.
- November 11, 2011 at 10:19 AM
- bill r. said...
I imagine it isn't. I should probably point out that this is just fiction. I don't even work at a sandwich place.
- November 11, 2011 at 10:51 AM
Fiction or no, that was hilarious. Well written, the "punchline" perfectly timed. Kudos.
- November 12, 2011 at 4:03 PM
- bill r. said...
Thank you very much.
- November 12, 2011 at 11:38 PM
- Greg F. said...
I can't believe you wrote about how we first met. For the umpteenth time, the "E" stands for "Excellent." That's how I feel sometimes and when I do, I wear that cap.
Anyway, you're a fine writer, Bill. This was a terrific micro-story.
- November 13, 2011 at 12:22 AM
Excellent, thanks for sharing Billy!
- November 13, 2011 at 8:06 AM
- bill r. said...
Thank you, fellows. And Greg, I hope you can excuse me for cutting off this account of our meeting early. Right after you shook your head, you walked over to me and said "So...do you wanna go to a museum?" And the rest is history!
- November 13, 2011 at 2:24 PM


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Vice President Joe Biden's highly publicized visit to Turkey next week is likely to prove critical, if inconclusive. Whether he is able to establish a new relationship with a North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO], the one with by far the largest military forces after the U.S., is crucial to the whole Middle East as well as the U.S. bilateral alliance and with its European NATO allies.
Biden is seen as trying to make a new bargain with Pres. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. In the past few months, Erdogan has accelerated his accumulation of power through the usual machinations of a popular leader but with authoritarian tendencies, shucking elements of Turkey's secular constitution. The recent failed military coup – apparently by the last remnants of the secularists who through military dominance have been the guardians of an effort to maintain the non-Islamic state – has been an excuse for increased repression and rampant anti-American propaganda.
The fear is that Erdogan is now turning his back on almost a hundred years when the country tried to move to a modern state with top-down Westernization. The abandonment of the state capitalist role for liberalization of the economy over the last decade had delivered unprecedented growth and prosperity. But that boom has ended, in part another victim of the worldwide economic slowdown.
Turkey had always been a model for other Moslem governments trying fitfully to break away from traditional Islam which combines government with religion. That struggle goes on among the 1.3 billion people in the Arab-Moslem world – from Morocco to Indonesia. And while no adequate response has yet surfaced, Turkey had been perceived to have made the transition. That now appears dubious at best.
But once again, the world is in one of those periods when 1500-year-old concepts of Arab-Moslem conquest and forced conversion has been part of the religion's creed. That many, perhaps most, Moslems would ignore this concept is not enough to block a determined, fanatical minority from jihad – propounding the duty of a Muslim to maintain and spread his religion by whatever means.
Erdogan has played a clever game. He has managed, despite the bitter rejection by many outspoken European Union officials, to continue the hope of Turkish adherence to the Bloc. His flirtation with the Islamists — with such moves as reestablishing the death penalty — has now, however, vitiated that prospect.
He blackmailed German Chancellor Angela Merkel for free movement of Turkish nationals within the EU, swapped for Ankara stemming the flow of Syrian and other Middle East refugees into Western Europe. But Merkel's original welcome resulting in more than a million migrants entering her country last year is increasingly producing a backlash. Integrating newcomers with completely different cultural values has failed spectacularly, demonstrated in highly publicized crimes including rape.
Unlike the Europeans, Biden has the luxury of negotiating from a stronger hand, unlike the Europeans' proximity and increasing problem of their growing largely unassimilated Moslem minorities. He can exploit Erdogan's wildly fluctuating foreign policy which has failed in establishing a neo-Ottoman regime building on its once imperial presence in the region. A flirtation with Moscow – which supplies half its energy thereby running a huge trade deficit — is a feint aimed at Washington and its European allies. But just as they find themselves on different sides in the Syrian civil war, Erdogan cannot ignore Moscow's threatening attempt to reinstall the Soviet role in the Black Sea and the Balkans.
Biden has to come home with something. One trophy would be at least promises for Turkey to tighten its borders, stop permitting aid to flow to the Muslim terrorists, and promising a more active Turkish collaboration in fighting Daesh [ISIS and ISIL], hoping that Erdogan recognizes that his Islamicism will not protect him from rising Moslem terrorism. But getting Turkey firmly back into the Western alliance would require stronger leadership of those partners than the Obama Administration can muster.
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Woke up about a half hour before this guy. 👆
Spent a couple hours trimming the proceeds of our very first foray into marijuana gardening. (Before anyone gets their panties in a bunch, it's perfectly legal here in Colorado, and I am (excessively) of legal age, and this is my property, rabidly protected from trespass by myself and at least 1 murderous housecat. And another lazy old puddy-tat. )And I just burned a half an hour writing up a witty, insightful post regarding this activity, and accidentally pushed back on my browser... deleting it unposted. DAMMIT!!!. Short story is thus: Built a raised garden this spring. Raised veggies. Had to pull some lettuce plants before they took over. A buddy had free starts of a Devils Lettuce hybrid. Said 'why not?' and planted 3 of them to see what it was all about. As a kid, it would have been illegal and dangerous, now, not so much. Watered automatically. Fertilized occasionally. Ended up with 8-10.5 ft TREES in the garden that could be seen over the back fence, and smelled like a young skunk got run over in the street. After doing some research on proper harvesting, we hacked these 3 monsters prior to the first possible freeze this week. and have trimmed and hung them according to directions. Now my basement smells funny, and I feel like I need a constant track of Cypress Hill playing in the background. I substituted Pink Floyd, Dave Matthews and Goldfinger instead. Pics of trees and proceeds drying. There. Short and sweet, if not so artful. LT <--- (hey look, a new meaning for my handle! )It's remarkably hard to take a good picture through a loupe… Looking like its close to harvest time!visitors can't see pics , please register or loginvisitors can't see pics , please register or loginBasement is going to stink for about a week more…visitors can't see pics , please register or loginvisitors can't see pics , please register or login
So what are your plans for it? In Michigan it's legal now as well. You can raise and grow it, but they haven't rolled out the sales procedure yet. I know a grower who's been growing for years- medically, since they legalized that here several years ago. I tried it a couple times to experiment. I enjoyed it so much I knew I couldn't partake at home. Of course being of the Libertarian bent as soon as it became legal I got a bud from a friend, put it in a bag, and hung it in my barn.
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It seemed a good morning to play with our basement beer fridge. One of the rear wheels had broken, and we wanted to reverse the door hinges to better work in the new place. Tedious but not difficult. But this doesn't end the beer fridge saga. I have to shave 1/2 inch of counter overhang to fit the beer fridge in the space allotted for it in the basement bar (the former owners' contractor left an inch overhang--in my opinion, there should be no more than 1/4 inch overhang into the fridge space), and I need to run a water line from the sink through several cabinets to connect the ice maker. Then, the beer fridge will be done.But until then, it's stocked with 5 types of beer, 3 types of pop, 2 types of hard cider, mixers, and also holds the white wine overstock from the mail floor bar.
you're all a bunch of druggies.and the magic mushrooms are up over here.
Might be time to try some CBD oils for the knees.
I'm thinking of top-edging our drop off with some conifers. Where'd you get the trees, Bill?
You can get them from Arbor day society fairly cheap and good healthy trees. I bought a bunch there and the ones I used to border our property are now 18 feet high.
Hmmm. I replied with a pic but I guess it didn't take. Place is fast growing trees. Out of sc I think. Good shape and good shipping.
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Quote from: jadziadax8 on October 09, 2019, 10:00:00 AMRan a fever. Canceled class.Faculty snow day.
Ugh. Heal well! Subs are usually more work than being there...
Mounted some plywood "racks" to the front and back of the quad. Mounted a nice pelican 1500 to the front of the quad for luggage. Put a small lip around the one on the back just to hold saws and gas cans while getting from point A to B. I acquired a fair amount of really nice 3/4" UL rated plywood from the jobsite during our build out. Got a bunch of 1/2" too. I've really found a lot of uses for this stuff. Very handy to have around. Next project will be a work bench. I'm thinking 6' by 2' but with an additional 2' hinged on each long side. That way I can make it much bigger when needed and small enough to stow against a wall when not in use. Thinking of using something like this: https://www.amazon.com/CLighting-Folding-Brackets-Stainless-Mounted/dp/B07JK7W4GF
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WHEN IT COMES TO MODERN cookbooks, one thing is clear: fast sells. The irrepressible Jamie Oliver may not be everyone's cup of tea, but he and his marketing team are doing something right. Jamie's 30 Minute Meals was not just the top-selling cookbook in Australia last year, but also the top-selling book. More than 220,000 copies made their way into Australian kitchens. This year's release, Jamie's 15 Minute Meals (the title alone might be enough to make you feel exhausted), is expected to give its older, slower sibling a run for its money.
After 30 Minute Meals, the next three top-selling cookbooks in Australia last year were Simple Dinners and Fast, Fresh, Simple by no-fuss heroine Donna Hay, and 4 Ingredients: Kids by Kim McCosker and Rachael Bermingham (the 4 Ingredients titles have sold more than 4 million copies in Australia).
The growing appeal of fast, simple recipes is clear. Gone are the days when households were structured around the male breadwinner and the stay-at-home mother who had hours to invest in the nightly dinner. We're far more likely to buy a ready-made dinner, then collapse on the couch and watch someone else cooking dinner on television.
Pamela Clark may have a better perspective on this shift than anyone else in Australia. Now editorial and food director at ACP Books, publisher of The Australian Women's Weekly cookbooks, Clark began her career as a recipe tester for the magazine and associated cookbooks in 1969.
A few things have changed in the ACP test kitchen. "In the 1970s, we would think nothing of pouring a whole carton of cream into a recipe; now it's tablespoons, not cartons," Clark says. "The other difference is that the person who is cooking also works [and] they don't want to spend hours shopping and cooking."
A survey commissioned recently by ACP found that the most-cooked evening meal in Australia in 2012 was steak and salad. Clark says grilled meat and salad ticks all the boxes for the contemporary home cook: it's healthy, it has minimal ingredients that are easy to source, it's fast to prepare and cook and it's acceptable to most members of the family.
But there are only so many times you can eat grilled chicken breast before the appeal begins to wane. Herein lies the success of the fast or simple cookbook, which can help hapless home cooks broaden their repertoire of speedy meals, with a celebrity chef on hand to demonstrate how it's possible.
But do fast-easy books deserve to sell so well? Or, like weight-loss diets, is it all about selling a fantasy that we can look great or cook a flavour-packed, healthy meal with zero effort? There has to be a catch. We decided to road-test some recent releases that offer a magic solution to the after-work scramble.
Jamie's 15 Minute Meals
Jamie Oliver, Michael Joseph, $49.99. Released October.
Reviewed by Ardyn Bernoth, editor, Sydney. Lives with husband and three children, aged 4, 6 and 8.
Recipe road test Spiced chicken with bacon, asparagus and spinach lentils
Preparation time 13 minutes
Cooking time 16 minutes, 57 seconds
Clean-up time 18 minutes
Tastiness 3/10 (but it's my fault: I stuff up the recipe)
Overall comment You need to be a good multitasker to pull off this recipe, and most in the book. But there is loads of inspiration for simple, inspired week-night meals. This dish probably would have been tasty if I had followed the recipe properly.
WHAT a load of bollocks. How can you cook a meal – "delicious and nutritious food that's a total joy to eat", no less – in 15 minutes? You need to rest meat longer than that, let alone cook it.
Jamie's 15 Minute Meals is the latest cookbook offering from one of world's most famous chefs, which will no doubt sell in the millions. There is, of course, a matching TV series, which I dutifully watch before road-testing the recipes.
Oliver beams into my lounge room in full "cheeky chappy" glory. On steroids. He stirs sauces and pan-fries chicken with one hand, while throwing witlof onto a platter with the other. "Just scatter those leaves all over the gaff," he enthuses as he multitasks furiously. His completed finished dish looks, it has to be said, delicious. But can something similar be achieved by a mere mortal?
First, we – my three girls and I – don our "15 minutes frame of mind" – I have my blender out, kettle boiled and pots and pans required for this spiced chicken with spinach lentils and asparagus dish on the stove at the ready.
I arrange my ingredients, chop the bacon, open the tins of lentils. We set the iPhone stopwatch – we are off and racing. Nothing is complicated, most ingredients are readily available and these are recipes tested to within an inch of their lives.
Except, I don't know if it is the stopwatch whirring under my nose, the eager "help" of the girls, or that I am simply trying to do too much at once, but I stuff the recipe. I miss the line in the method about frying off the onions and carrots before throwing in the tinned lentils. I realise my mistake but plough on, throwing the onions into simmering lentils.
We plate up and Willow the four-year-old hits the stop button at 16 minutes, 57 seconds. I am impressed. It seems you can actually execute these in roughly 15 minutes – excluding the prep time and the clean up (add another 30 minutes). However, it tastes awful – the onion is, of course, raw, and my girls refuse to eat it. It's boiled corn on the cob for dinner.
I test other recipes in the book, this time without such a monumental stuff-up. My conclusion is you need to be a practised cook to pull off the 15-minute promise. You need to be comfortable doing three things at once, to have chicken frying in a pan while blitzing spinach in a processor and stirring lentils in a pot. But I started this process as an unbeliever, quietly snooty about the gimmicky nature of a meal thrown together in 15 minutes, and end up having to admit this is a clever compilation of recipes that may take a while to master but may also persuade people that it's just as easy and speedy to rattle the pans as it is to dial takeaway.
The Australian Women's Weekly, Fresh Food Fast
ACP Books, RRP $39.95. Released October.
Reviewed by Simon King, retailer, Melbourne. Lives with partner and three children, aged 2, 3 and 5.
Recipe road test Passionfruit souffles
Preparation time 15 minutes
Cooking time 12 minutes
Clean-up time 10 minutes
Tastiness 7.5/10
Overall comment The souffles were extremely easy to make. When it hit the table, no one was more surprised than me. How did I make something that looked so good? The taste was a little on the eggy side, but the passionfruit countered this. I'd make them again for the impact, if nothing else.
HANG on, why did I get this cookbook? I'm a man who's comfortable in the kitchen – I even cut a fine figure in an apron – yet I'm still wondering why they gave me, a bloke, the Women's Weekly cookbook to road test.
So, the first challenge was to my manhood, the second was to my loose approach to following recipes. This will be the first time I adhere to prescribed measures and methods. Yes, I think I know how to do it better than the book.
Fresh Food Fast is a basic, easy-to-follow book aimed at people with few skills and little time for fussing in the kitchen. The book is divided into starters, mains, sides and desserts. I tried the pumpkin and corn patties, the pan-fried whiting with leek, tomato and green olive salsa for main, and the passionfruit souffles. Each recipe had a time target, and mostly I managed to get pretty close (only two minutes over on the souffles!). On the plus side: the souffles were dead-set easy to make. And when those four puffy, sugar-dusted beauties hit the table, there were stunned faces all round.
On the down-side, is it cheating if a recipe's ingredients list includes things such as "cleaned and roughly chopped" potatoes, instant mash and quartered green olives? OK, I should have bought pitted olives, but who sells them quartered? And those dirty little kipflers needed a good scrub down, and I don't know anywhere that sells them pre-cleaned and chopped. Prep takes time and the recipe's time allocation precludes prep.
Overall, the book uses ingredients that are easy to find and put together quickly to make some pretty good grub. There are a few recipes I'm keen to have a crack at and maybe add to my repertoire. But, if anyone asks where I got the recipe, I'll probably lie.
Bill Granger, HarperCollins, RRP $49.99. Released October.
Reviewed by Michael Sibel, sculptor, Melbourne. Lives with wife and son, 4.
Recipe road test Beef, mushroom and snowpea stir-fry
Preparation time 10-15 minutes
Cooking time 8 minutes
Clean-up time 10 minutes (the wok and a couple of bowls: not too bad)
Tastiness 7/10
Overall comment Nice and simple, with clear instructions. All I had to do was chop the vegetables and slice the meat. I cut the meat thicker than recommended. I should have cut it thinner. This was my least favourite of the four dishes that I cooked. I would have used more chilli and spice.
I AM pretty excited by this challenge. I hardly ever cook stir-fries. It is not really my area of expertise. But I am encouraged by how simple it all sounds and after we have picked spring onions and coriander from our vegie patch, I get cracking, with help from my four-year-old, who is keen to assist.
There are quite a lot of ingredients but most I am able to pull out of the cupboard or the vegetable crisper (I had bought the beef that morning). With 10 ingredients laid out on the counter (it has taken me about 10 minutes to prepare), I feel relaxed and ready for my challenge. I pore over Bill's directions. His time estimates are accurate. I have smoke billowing from a hot wok, throw my beef strips in, give a quick stir, hook them out, and throw in the next half of the beef. Meanwhile, I am also cooking the rice noodles on the stove. (Next time I will do rice instead – the noodles ended up a bit bland.) Within another eight minutes, the dish is done. I add the flourish of coriander on top, and am chuffed that my dish looks so similar to the picture in the book.
I think this book is great; the kind of cookbook I'll turn to regularly, not just once or twice. I'm the main cook at home and I get bored with my repertoire of family dinners. While I like tasty dishes, the reality is I'm not going to make things such as curry paste from scratch on a weeknight and this book takes such practicalities into account by providing a separate curry paste recipe, but also advising "shop bought" is fine.
Numerous recipes have a long list of ingredients, but they are mostly familiar and easy to source, and many recipes have an overlap of ingredients.
Granger's writing style is easy to follow. The most complex dish I made was a Spanish fish stew. I also made the cevapcici with radicchio and lemon and the ginger pear upside-down pudding. Of the four dishes, the simplest – the cevapcici – was the tastiest.
I like the way the chapters revolve around a main ingredient ("piece of chicken" or "handful of grains") rather than by courses. This approach is good if you have ingredients you're not sure what to do with.
Hugh's Three Good Things… on a Plate
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Bloomsbury, RRP $49.99. Released October.
Reviewed by Kirsten Lawson, editor, Canberra. Lives with partner and three children, aged 5, 9 and 11.
Recipe road test Chicken, rocket, redcurrants
Preparation time Less than 15 minutes
Cooking time It was right on eight minutes
Clean-up time Five minutes (no pots, just the dishes to rinse and shove in the dishwasher)
Tastiness 6/10
Overall comment Hardly cooking. But fine for a salad, lifting it from ordinary to mildly interesting. It would have been boring if not the addition of the cranberries, which we used instead of redcurrants. It's a pretty dish but it didn't blow me away.
"RIDICULOUSLY simple", insists the author in his introduction. This book, penned by the BBC's forerunner to Matthew Evans (Gourmet Farmer), distills recipes to a "magic pattern" of three key ingredients.
Initially, I was concerned. Had my favourite, bucolic television cook with the singsong voice, the owner of happy pigs and chooks, gone the way of the 4 Ingredients fad? Would all the recipes rely on a contrived formula?
Not exactly. Fearnley-Whittingstall claims most great meals consist of three key ideas or elements: salty, sweet, crunchy; sharp, rich, crumbly; double espresso, shot of brandy and a fag (that's a joke).
So while a recipe might be called "liver, onion, spice", the ingredients list drags in cumin, fennel, coriander, caraway, pepper, paprika and cayenne for the "spice".
Not precisely three ingredients, but I'd rather a bit of harmless contrivance than ready-made sauces.
Our first dish is "chicken, rocket, redcurrants", and we're offside from the start. Shredding a roast chicken and throwing a dressing on some greens can't be described as actual cooking. Hell, it's barely even dinner. Fast? Yes. Simple? Ludicrously so.
But as to the taste, well, it's pretty good. The cranberries (which we use instead of the unavailable redcurrants) add just enough excitement, sweetness and tartness to lift this dish from what would be better described as a sandwich without the bread into a mildly exciting salad.
Our second dish, "rhubarb, champagne, cream", is a rhubarb jelly. You make the rhubarb into a syrup, add the gelatine, then pour in two-thirds of a bottle of champagne so slowly you don't lose the bubbles.
The result is elegant and pretty, but not so lovely to taste, with a slight bitterness, which I'm thinking was contributed by the alcohol, or perhaps by our use of a low-alcohol fizz so this dessert could be shared with the kids. Quality fizz is probably required.
It's when we get to a polenta dish that Fearnley-Whittingstall's spell works its magic. This is our only successful home-made polenta ever. The milk is steeped in onion, garlic and thyme, adding those flavours to the polenta, which is cooked, cooled as a slab, then fried. Fry and throw on the onions and you have a quick, vegetarian dinner with an edge of sophistication. This I will cook again.
We'll keep this cookbook on our already over-burdened shelves for its simple, up-to-date ideas. We quickly forgot our irritation at the shoe-horning of every meal into a holy trinity, and earmarked other recipes to try.
The original release of this article first appeared on the website of Hangzhou Night Net.


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Flower generally bisexual, minute; stamens generally 3; stigmas generally 2, generally plumose
Fruit: achene-like grain
Genera in family: 650900 genera; ± 10,000 species: worldwide; greatest economic importance of any family (wheat, rice, maize, millet, sorghum, sugar cane, forage crops, ornamental, weeds; thatching, weaving, building materials)
Reference: [Hitchcock 1951 Manual grasses US, USDA Misc Publ 200; Clayton & Renvoise 1986 Kew Bull Add Series 13]
See Glossary p. 26 for illustrations of general family characteristics. Generally wind-pollinated.
Annual to perennial herb
Leaves basal and cauline; sheath closed, generally hairy; ligule generally < 5 mm, membranous, entire to fringed; blade flat to inrolled
Inflorescence generally panicle-like, open to dense; spikelet stalk generally stiff, rigid
Spikelet strongly compressed to cylindric; axis breaking above glumes and between florets; glumes unequal, generally < lower floret, lower generally 13-veined, upper 37-veined, back rounded to keeled, tip acute; lemmas faintly 59-veined, tip generally 2-toothed, short-pointed to straight-awned from between teeth; palea generally < lemma
Species in genus: ± 150 species: temp worldwide
Etymology: (Greek: ancient name)
Reference: [Stebbins 1947 Contr Gray Herb 165:4255; Wagnon 1952 Brittonia 7:415480]
Native species need careful study.
Annual 1580 cm
Leaf generally soft-hairy; blade 27 mm wide, margin scabrous
Inflorescence 625 cm, ± open; lower branches generally nodding; upper spreading to ascending
Spikelet ± compressed, glabrous to scabrous; lower glume 1225 mm, generally 1-veined; upper glume 1830 mm, generally 3-veined; florets 58; lemma body 1830 mm, 57-veined, back rounded, tip with teeth 37 mm, awn 3055 mm
Chromosomes: 2n=28,42,56
Ecology: Open, generally disturbed places, fields
Elevation: < 2000 m.
Bioregional distribution: California
Distribution outside California: to British Columbia, S.America; native to Europe
Flowering time: AprJun
Synonyms: B. rigidus Roth including var. gussonei (Parl.) Coss. & Durieu misapplied


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Hi everyone!!! I am new here, I recently happened to to be real stuck at this problem i have!!!
My friends have no idea how to do so i am pretty lost....
A Cake Shop sells five flavors of cake -- Strawberry, Chocolate, Vanilla, Almond and Durian. The shop has approached you to write a program for one of their newly designed self-service machine.
The customer will first choose a cake and pay for it. The machine will dispense 1 dollar, 50 cents, 20 cents and 10 cents coins depending on the price of the cake and the payment received from the customer.
a) Write a Java class Cake to represent the cake object:
▪ String type represents the flavor of the cake
▪ int price represents the price of the cake
▪ int nCakes represents the no. of cakes available
Add a constructor and appropriate get or set methods to the class if necessary.
b) Write a Java class SelfServiceMachine to represent the machine. The class should have methods that will be invoked by the main method to read user input, check the availability of the cake, read the payment, compute and display the change and the coins dispensing ., etc.
The following methods are recommended:
▪ readChoice(): displays the 5 type of cakes, their prices and the number of cakes available, it reads the choice of cake entered by the user. The method validates the user input and prompts for re-input if the input is invalid.
▪ readPayment(): reads the payment. The valid range of payment should be more than or equal to the price. The method validates the user input and prompts for re-input if the value is invalid.
▪ computerAndDisplayChange(): computes and displays the change. Change is computed as the difference between payment and price.
▪ computeAndDisplayCoins( ): computes and displays the number of 1 dollar, 50 cents, 20 cents and 10 cents coins to be dispensed base on the change.
Add a constructor and other methods in the class if necessary.
c) Write a Java class MachineUser that contains the main() method for the entire application. The main() method is where your program will start to run. It calls the methods in SelfServiceMachine class to display the menu, read users choice, display the price, take in the payment and display the changes
d) You should make use of arrays for coding efficiency.
I have a clear idea on how to start on creating a class but i am not sure how to write the constructors for it...
Hence I am really lost.....
I hope someone will help me