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Campbell was the same funny, relaxed, charismatic guy he's always been, and his fingers still rolled out those smooth Stratocaster lines that took songs along winding instrumental roads before graceful resolution. Or, as Campbell humorously acknowledged after a particularly nuanced solo, "I've got a few licks left — I've been practicing."ADDED: I thought this was extremely interesting, in People Magazine:
Those roads were rockier, though; throughout the hour-and-a-half set, his fingers at times stumbled, as did his mind, which on a few occasions lost track of lyrics on the TelePrompTer, and, in banter between a number of songs, absent-mindedly dwelled on a particular quote from Minnie Pearl. "I'm proud to be here," he said, before adding, "I'm proud to be anywhere."
Those details are offered not to shine light on the darkness, but to offer an environment in which to illuminate the beauty and warmth at the heart of the evening, and to better appreciate the inexhaustible spirit that runs through certain mortals, despite the odds. The fumbles on Thursday didn't detract from, but added to, the wonder of it all, because the misfires were inevitably followed by long runs of chrome-toned solos... It's a real thing, the superhighway that connects Campbell's muse to his fingertips....
The magic was in the way Campbell, his family, and the crowd, many of whom had grown up with the singer, respected the muse despite its decaying state. How they defiantly, beautifully kept that conduit to the sublime open wide enough to deliver a clear, honest message about both the important and unimportant things, about how one becomes another as time passes.
"I have Alzheimer's?" he asks Kim, 53, his wife of 29 years... "Well, doggone ... what's that?" Kim gently reminds him that it's the reason he's been having trouble remembering things, but Campbell prefers a different explanation.... "God just cleared a lot of things out... It was crowded up there. I've been trying to get rid of that crap for years."


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An important source of livelihoods for tribal people are non-wood forest products, generally termed 'Minor Forest Produce (MFP)' means all non-timber forest produce of plant origin and will include bamboo, canes, fodder, leaves, gums, waxes, dyes, resins and many forms of food including nuts, wild fruits, Honey, Lac, Tusser etc. The Minor Forest Produces provide both subsistence and cash income for people who live in or near forests. They form a major portion of their food, fruits, medicines and other consumption items and also provide cash income through sale. Minor Forest Produce (MFP) starts with the word "Minor" but is a major source of livelihood for tribals who belong to the poorest of the poor section of society. The Minor Forest Produce has significant economic and social value for the forest dwellers as an estimated 100 Million people derive their source of livelihood from the collection and marketing of Minor Forest Produce (Report of the National Committee on Forest Rights Act, 2011). The importance of Minor Forest Produces for this section of the society can be gauged from the facts that around 100 million forest dwellers depend on Minor Forest Produces for food, shelter, medicines and cash income. It is important for them for food, shelter medicines and case income beside providing critical subsistence during the lean seasons, particularly for primitive tribal groups such as hunter gatherers, and the landless. Tribals derive 20-40% of their annual income from Minor Forest Produce on which they spend major portion of their time. This activity has strong linkage to women's financial empowerment as most of the Minor Forest Produces are collected and used/sold by women. Minor Forest Produce sector has the potential to create about 10 million workdays annually in the country.
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The following is my response to Amazon changing the payout terms for Kindle Unlimited borrows from a 10%, regardless-of-length full payout to a pay-per-page standard, as well as my response to the responses.
"Starting in July, if you've been loading the system with bits and pieces instead of full-fledged work, you'll be getting paid for bits and pieces."
— Porter Anderson from Thought Catalog
Hear that, writers of short works? Those of you who, apparently, are not quite full fledged? See what the industry thinks of you? You're only worth bits and pieces compared with the vaunted novelists. You're being thrust back to your rightful place on the pay scale, and you only get that begrudgingly. A bit of an unfair characterization of Anderson's words and meaning? Sure. But that comment is also characteristic of many, many more like it. Short works are a racket. You're gaming the system. What you're doing isn't fair. This is a common sense return to sanity.
Even Hugh Howey got in on the act:
"What we should celebrate is that short stories will no longer earn the same amount as a novel, especially since the 10% threshold was much easier to reach on a short story. That system just wasn't fair. The new system is a vast improvement."
— Author Hugh Howey
A vast improvement for writers of long-form works who stand to grab a much larger portion of the proceeds. In other words, a vast improvement for the people who are not you. Just the fact that it's not you is even cause for celebration. Feel the love yet? Another unfair bit of assumption? Certainly. Howey has written some short works himself, and I don't think for a second he'd want to do anything to knowingly harm any writers. But you see enough of this baked in bias against the short form, you begin to realize how ingrained it is. Even many other writers who work short will fetishize the position of the novel in the hierarchy somewhere above you, if not in stature, than certainly in monetary terms. You might even be doing it yourself right now. It's everywhere. Peruse the articles and comments on every one of the links here and drink whenever you see some variation of "fairness" or "level playing field" used in describing the new pay scale. I dare you. If you can make it through all of them still lucid enough to read, you many need to have your liver checked out soon. Or join a 12 step program.
As for the suggestion that it was so much easier for short works to reach that 10% threshold, it's assuming a direct one-to-one correlation of the value of a page relative to the work. Is one page in Kafka's Metamorphisis (53 pages long in mass market paperback length) truly equivalent to one page in Tolstoy's War and Peace (1,424 pages) in effect, import to the story and impact on the reader? Strictly proportionally speaking, there's 27 pages in that Russain doorstop for every one in Kafka's "pamphlet". Isn't it fair to presume that each page of Kafka's tale must necessarily have more bearing on the overall than one which has nearly half it's total length per page to stretch out? (Incidentally, all the page counts I use in this piece will be MMPB for ease of comparison. It's not perfect, but close enough for my purposes without having to decipher Amazon's standard page length algorithm. You know, page length for the stuff appearing on a device that doesn't have actual pages?)
Short works aren't short novels. It's a different form entirely, with a different structural makeup and it's own unique set of characteristics. Was it fair that Leo would have to get a reader through 140 pages while Fraz had only to reach 5 to trigger a full payout? Why not? It's the exact same relative percentage of the story at hand. And we are talking about stories here, right? Because for a second there, it seemed like we'd veered into suggesting monetary rewards based on the volume in an imaginary container. But then, that would be silly.
But not so silly if you're of the mind that the short form is an inherent lesser to the long form, based on the sheer weight of it alone. It doesn't matter if the underlying story is more effective at it's own aims. They might even both be equally effective, yet the novel is still granted superiority, more deserving of increased compensation simply because it's longer. It's an idea that's enticing to side with, I agree, if we're talking about an actual physical book, and all the accompanying costs of producing and distributing one. For an infinitely replicable digital file of near insignificant size displayed on a screen, however, that complicates things. And if we discount reader bias having been conditioned in many ways to expect more volume at a higher price with, say, a totally digital, essentially a la carte subscription service for a flat rate monthly fee, well, then, we've now removed any semblance of a price-based purchase decision from the equation. What we still have, though, are the stories themselves, each in their own forms, existing in much more even economic conditions than maybe ever before. The presumption of the novel's sheer length deserving additional reward is not quite so clear cut as it may at first appear.
Is there such a natural superiority to longer form work? After all, it is longer. There's more room in there, so it must generate more value, right? Well, here's some expert testimony on that subject:
"We allude to the short prose narrative, requiring from a half-hour to one or two hours in its perusal. The ordinary novel is objectionable, from its length…as it cannot be read at one sitting, it deprives itself, of course, of the immense force derivable from totality. Worldly interests intervening during the pauses of perusal, modify, annul, or counteract, in a greater or less degree, the impressions of the book. But simple cessation in reading, would, of itself, be sufficient to destroy the true unity. In the brief tale, however, the author is enabled to carry out the fullness of his intention, be it what it may. During the hour of perusal the soul of the reader is at the writer's control. There are no external or extrinsic influences–resulting from weariness or interruption…by such means, with such care and skill, a picture is at length painted which leaves in the mind of him who contemplates it with a kindred art, a sense of the fullest satisfaction. The idea of the tale has been presented unblemished, because undisturbed; and this is an end unattainable by the novel."
— Edgar Allan Poe from a review of Nathaniel Hawthorne's Twice Told Tales
Yup, that's American literary treasure Edgar Allan Poe stating his opinion that the novel's length is actually a detriment to the story not an advantage. What would Poe think of this new pay scale being implemented by Amazon? I suspect it would be enough to send the lord of horror screaming off into the night. This from the man who basically invented the form, as well as a handful of fiction genres many of us work in to this day. His words just might carry a little weight, don't you think? And not in "the story needs to be the size of a cinder block to engender fair compensation" sense.
So what brought about this alteration of pay by Amazon? In their own words:
"One particular piece of feedback we've heard consistently from authors is that paying the same for all books regardless of length may not provide a strong enough alignment between the interests of authors and readers."
— statement from Amazon
Here's how I put it in a tweet immediately after reading of the change:
"WTF does length of the work have to do with anything? Just some whiny ass novelists bitching on wanting paid extra for their fluffed up nonsense."
and this one:
"Pay by the page? In a fucking ebook? Sure, that's not some backwards ass nonsense to appease a bunch of overly verbose squeaky wheels."
I was a bit annoyed, apparently. But Amazon's own words say basically the same thing. Many complaints from writers that equal pay for stories doesn't align with their interests. "My story is longer than yours so I deserve more money for that factor alone." Sure, they were a tad more polite about it, but whatever. Writers of long form work didn't like actually being on a level playing field in an open market based on nothing but the story itself. I can't really blame them. That's never been the case at any point in any of our lifetimes. This brief period of Kindle Unlimited has been the only time short works have existed in absolute parity commercially with long works that I have ever seen. And writers of long works didn't like it one bit.
To borrow a concept from the social justice crowd, I'm calling this "novelist privilege." They've had advantages (largely based on nothing more than cost effectiveness for printing and distribution) for so long that they don't even see them as advantages anymore. And whenever something comes along to actually counter those advantages, we get a bunch of complaints about how unfair it all is, quickly followed by numerous characterizations that the previously disadvantaged class is somehow stealing what's rightfully theirs. It never crosses their mind that, all this time, they may have been the ones unfairly siphoning away resources from others. Don't even get me started on poets, writers of children's books, novellas or non-fiction reference works. You folks are getting shafted by this just the same, if not worse. To be fair, you non-fiction reference folks were getting boned by the old system, too.
So what happens when you point this out? Here's a comment I left on The Passive Voice the other day in response to all this talk of "fairness":
"Except it's not leveling the playing field. It was level. This is slanting it back in favor of novel length work, a trait that been SOP in publishing for about 75 years now, if not longer, and largely originating in the cost effectiveness for printing certain length stories, something that should have little or no bearing on a digital subscription service. Not to mention, pay per page? That's regressive and backward thinking, in my opinion. I would argue with your statement that a writer deserves to be paid more for a longer work. Do you pay extra for longer songs? Do you pay a premium ticket price for a longer movie?"
This illicited a couple responses, needlessly to say, none of which were in an any sort of agreement. Here's one:
"This is comparing apples to oranges to ask about long songs or movies. For decades, writers have been paid more for longer stories. Short stories were sold in collections or in magazines which effectively reduced the royalty per story, and then with the arrival of ebooks, a short story has almost always been priced lower than a longer novel, meaning the author earned less…Before KU, writers of short stories were almost always paid less than writers of longer works. This is a return to something along those lines."
— Nirmala, commenter on The Passive Voice
No, I'm not comparing apples to oranges. The commenter is the one comparing apples to slightly different varieties of apples and calling them oranges. A differentiation, as pointed out here on the Dear Author blog that is becoming more irrelevant by the day. Of course, that piece also included some consternation on what this "means for the book" and a couple of thinly veiled shots at short works as being gimmicks. I'm telling you, this stuff is everywhere.
Other than that, this response basically consists of little more than saying, "You should be paid less because you've always been paid less." Let's try this one on the equal pay for women advocates. I'm sure they'll find that reasoning very compelling. Ten minutes worth of human history should be enough to invalidate any arguments based on the premise that we should simply continue doing something because that's how it's always been. Especially considering that what we're discussing here is the pay scale in a digital only subscription service for written works that's only existed for one year. Always seems to have gotten a lot shorter. Here's a good example of the destructiveness in that kind of thinking
"Much of that 'standard' (publishing contract) language has been around for years thanks to institutional inertia; as long as somebody signs an unfair clause that favors the publisher, the firm has no interest in modifying it. But even contracts negotiated by agents and lawyers often include longstanding 'gotchas' that live on only because 'it's always been that way'".
— from the Authors Guild Fair Contract Initiative preview
This may be the first time I've ever quoted The Authors Guild and not immediately followed it up with some concerns for the collective IQ in that group. But it just goes to show you, conditions change around us every day. Because it's always been is no answer at all. It's the "because I said so" of responses for folks with no actual comeback.
For a more pointed response, Hugh Howey then gave his thoughts on my point:
"Wait. So writing a novel takes the same amount of time as writing a short story? No, this system is far more fair than the old one. If it takes me 6 months to write a 100K novel, and it takes you 6 months to write 10 10K short stories, then we should get paid the same per page (or time spent reading), not per item."
When did I say anything about the time it took to write a story of any length? But since he brought it up, I'll bite. The Goldfinch, rather famously, took eight years to write. Is he implying that Donna Tartt deserves eight times the compensation for one read that another author who penned an identical length book in just one year deserves? And what if it took me six months to perfect just one 10,000 word short story (different form of writing, remember)? Poe himself was rather famous for pouring over every word of every story over and over and over again, to get the desired overall impact described in his own words above. That takes time. Or better yet, is this a suggestion that a novelist who finishes a book in two months should only be entitled to 1/6 of the pay per one read that a novelist who took a year to write a similar sized one? It's a moot point anyway because, even with this new change in pay terms, the time spent writing the work is totally irrelevant to any ultimate compensation, only its length.
I already addressed the same pay per page point earlier. It presumes a false equivalency of the value of one page amongst a variety of very different story forms. All pages are simply not created equal. Howey also mentions time spent reading as a metric deserving additional pay. Set aside for a moment that one page of a short story may be "worth" 10 pages (or more) of a longer work in impact on the reader. Under the new terms, Amazon doesn't care how that time is spent. They're payout is the same if the reader goes through one 500 page novel or ten 50 page short stories. Their only concern, and the driving impetus behind this change, is complaints from longer form authors unhappy with their stories competing on an even keel with other story forms. The time spent reading now matters to Amazon only in its totality, not its granularity. And where are all the complaints from readers? What I've seen is a lot of authors complaining that readers might not like it, but little or none from actual readers with those issues. Amazon's own words reference only the complaints of authors. Silence on any such concerns from readers.
Under the old system, a short work and a long work would trigger a payout once a reader passed precisely the same percentage of the story itself, however long that story is. But now, 1/500 of a novel generates the exact payout as 1/50 of a short story, using a 500 to 50 page comparison basis. That constitutes fairness? Not from where I'm sitting. In fact, the only point I've seen to defend this is simply the longer work deserves more pay because its longer. Even taking into consideration that authors only get paid for what is read, that same 50 page short would need five different full reads to reach the same compensation as one person who only read half of the 500 word novel and couldn't even finish it. How's that fair again, in any other consideration than sheer, context-less volume?
Let's do a little experiment. Stephen King's The Stand checks in at a whopping 1,472 pages (I'm using the expanded version because that's the one I actually read). By the way, I think they call it The Stand because you can use to stand on and reach stuff on high shelves. What could I have read that equals what King would get from one read of that monster? The Maltese Falcon (196 pages), Lord of the Flies (208), The Haunting of Hill House (174), And Then There Were None (208), I Am Legend (159), Animal Farm (140), Fahrenheit 451 (179) and War of the Worlds (224) combined would trigger exactly the same total payout by Amazon of The Stand. King's bloated apocalyptic mess would generate the exact amount that Dashiell Hammett, William Golding, Shirley Jackson, Agatha Christie, Richard Matheson, George Orwell, Ray Bradbury and H.G. Wells would have to share amongst themselves.
Let's go a little further. Are you a Sci Fi fan? It would take six mysteriously appearing replicants of Stanislaw Lem's Solaris to equal one Stand. You would need seven wicked somethings coming this way for Bradbury's dark carnival tale to get equal pay to King. It would take 13 trips up the Congo for Conrad to reach the heart of pay equivalency with The Stand. The horror, indeed. If short stories are more your thing, Shirley Jackson would need 122 tickets for her masterpiece 12 page short The Lottery to pay out the same as King. Or how about Poe himself? He'd need nearly 150 Houses of Usher to collapse in on him just to equal the pay generated by one read of The Stand. How, in the name of all things good and holy, can a system like this possibly be described as fair? Are we seriously going to argue that one page taken from any of the above mentioned works is so equivalent to one page of King's that it should be the end-all determining factor in how compensation for written work is doled out within this platform?
I'm not arguing for the relative merits of any of the above stories, nor the relative demerits of King's. These are a variety of works I have read fully, at one time or another. Taste is totally subjective. Any reader could make a list like this based upon their own personal taste and still, I think, reach a similar conclusion. Per page pay is nonsense that directly benefits writers of longer works above all others, for no other reason than length. Even if readers don't finish the longer works they start, it still takes multiples of full reads for writers of short works just to catch up with compensation for partial reads.
I've read quite a lot over the past few years from many independent writers of novels about how old school publishers simply don't like competition to their stories on a more level playing field. Apparently, so it seems, neither do a great many of them.
Dan Meadows is a writer living on the banks of the Chesapeake Bay. Follow him on Twitter @watershedchron


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No Shelter From a Cybercrime Storm
Jan 3, 2012 5:00 AM PT
The Anonymous hacker collective has run riot this holiday season, and security experts predict more pain from cybercriminals at large for the coming year.
Anonymous also announced earlier that it had cracked the systems of gear vendor SpecialForces.com on Tuesday.
As a follow-up to its breach of private think tank Stratfor's systems last week, the hacker collective, or its stepchild Antisec, dumped all the information stolen from the Stratfor break-in on the Web on Friday.
This includes 75,000 names, addresses, and MD5 hashed passwords of all Stratfor's paying customers, as well as about 860,000 usernames, email addresses and hashed passwords for everyone who's ever registered on Stratfor's site. It's not clear whether there's any overlap between the two categories.
MD5, the Message-Digest Algorithm, is a widely used cryptographic hash function used in various security applications and to check data integrity that's been declared unsuitable for further use by the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) because of its vulnerabilities.
Stratfor's Followup
Stratfor has taken its website offline and is using technology from CSID to provide 12 months of free identity protection services to victims of the hack into its systems, CSID told TechNewsWorld.
The company's clients include various government agencies and businesses in the United States and abroad. Among them are the United States Army, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Google, Apple, Microsoft, Air New Zealand and four Australian banks.
Anonymous also reportedly turned its guns on people who spoke up in support of that Stratfor.
Blitzkrieg on SpecialForces.com
Anonymous apparently hacked the SpecialForces.com website back in August, although it's only making this public recently.
The collective claims it has had about 14,000 passwords and information from 8,000 credit cards from the website's members. It stole the keys to crack encrypted data on SpecialForces.com's servers.
Special Forces Gear, which owns the website, reportedly said the passwords stolen are more than a year old and most of the credit card numbers have expired.
The company has reportedly rebuilt its website and implemented new security measures.
Taking Care of Business
Perhaps Stratfor and SpecialForces.com should have taken more stringent security measures from the outset.
It is indeed possible to stop even determined hackers, suggested Andrew Brandt, director of threat research at Solera Networks Research.
"It just takes a guard or team of guards, equipped with the right tools to get the job done, and an equal or greater degree of determination, to stop them," he told TechNewsWorld.
Hash Table Vulnerability's a Global Website Threat
Meanwhile, a hash table vulnerability that could trigger a flood of denial of service (DDoS) attacks has been found by security researchers Nruns.
The vulnerability was believed to only affect hash tables in Perl and CRuby when first discovered in 2003, but nruns has found that it also affects other mainstream Web dev platforms such as Java, ASP.NET, PHP 5 and Google's v8.
Ruby and Perl are rapid prototyping languages, while Java "is the technology of choice for massive enterprise-grade systems like [those used in] online banking," Jeff Schmidt, CEO of JAS Global Advisors, told TechNewsWorld.
"Monitor and keep up to date on vendor patches," Schmidt advised.
Microsoft issued Security Bulletin MS 11-100 on Thursday to patch the vulnerability in ASP.NET. The patch will be automatically updated and installed on systems that have the automatic updating feature turned on.
"While we have seen no attacks attempting to exploit this vulnerability, we encourage affected customers to test and deploy the update as soon as possible," Dave Forstrom, director of Microsoft Trustworthy Computing, told TechNewsWorld.
PHP has also published a patch for this vulnerability, Qualys Chief Technology Officer Wolfgang Kandek said.
New Cybersecurity Efforts Coming
January will mark the launch of the National Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Education Initiative. This aims to develop cybersecurity education programs jointly between the private and public sectors. It also calls for the completion of critical infrastructure frameworks by 2012.
The initiative is being led by the Global Institute for Cybersecurity + Research (GICSR).
The Federal government "needs to incorporate secure configurations and system configuration baselining as a core part of any recommendations for improving security," Dwayne Melancon, chief technology officer at Tripwire, told TechNewsWorld.
"Regardless of the industry -- the Federal government or the commercial sector -- I see a lot of enterprises [that] have documented processes and standards which aren't being followed effectively," Melancon said.


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The Power of Women Working Together
CFUW encourages its members to use their expertise to bring about change, with particular reference to women's issues such as violence against women, early learning and child care, education, economic prosperity and the empowerment of women as leaders and decision-makers.
CFUW also works on a global level for the adoption and implementation of international agreements that will protect and benefit all women and girls. CFUW holds special consultative status with the United Nations (ECOSOC). CFUW regularly sends a delegation to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.
Over the years, CFUW has taken a stand on innumerable social issues based on our policies (i.e. adopted resolutions). Here you will find more information on some of these issues, advocacy tools and resources, International Women's Day, our National Initiative on Violence Against Women and the United Nations.


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Labor Day Extended Flea Market
Monday, September 7th
Shipshewana Flea Market, 345 S Van Buren St, Shipshewana, IN 46565
The Midwest's Largest Flea Market is open Monday, Sept 7 through Wednesday, Sept 9 for Labor Day! The Shipshewana Flea Market is a do-not-miss Hoosier tradition with nearly 700 booths in an open-air market covering 40 acres.
Vendors offer a variety of products and truly have something for everyone - fresh seasonal produce, crafts, home decor, quirky novelties, dollar items, clothes, garden decor, antiques, cleaning supplies, beauty essentials, paper goods, jewelry, snacks, tools, accessories, games, books, toys, furniture, baked goods, signs, silk flowers, t-shirts, pet supplies, As Seen on TV products, party supplies, dip mixes, doll clothes, and everything in between.
Open rain or shine. There are food courts, a sit-down restaurant and rest areas throughout the market. General parking is $3 per vehicle.
Stop by the information booth to sign up for daily drawing giveaways! Scooter rental is available. Some vendors accept credit cards, but some are cash only. Free wifi.
Want to see where a product or vendor is located? Download the free Shipshewana Flea Market mobile app for a vendor directory by searching "Shipshewana Trading Place" in the Google Play or App Store.


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I have been tasked with leading a project regarding updating a old and somewhat onesided disaster recovery plan. For now we're just looking at getting the IT side of DR sorted out. The last time they did this they set their scope by making up a single disaster (the data center flooded) and planning for it to the exclusion of all other disaster types. I would like to take a more well rounded approach. I know this is a solved problem, other organizations have written DR plans.
Our plan is to take our IT DR plan and go forward with it and say "Hey, this is what we want in a DR plan for IT, does it mesh with what the rest of the University is doing? Are there restored service priorties you'd like changed?" We have a pretty good idea what the rest of the plan is and we're expecting this to go over well.
What I am looking for is guidance on how to scope a DR plan and what questions I should be thinking about. Do you have favorite resources, books, training that are related to DR plan development?


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You can perform a trial run before the zone is moved to the new machine by using the "no execute" option,-n.
The zoneadm detach subcommand is used with the -n option to generate a manifest on a running zone without actually detaching the zone. The state of the zone on the originating system is not changed. The zone manifest is sent to stdout. The global administrator can direct this output to a file or pipe it to a remote command to be immediately validated on the target host. The zoneadm attach subcommand is used with the -n option to read this manifest and verify that the target machine has the correct configuration to host the zone without actually doing an attach.
The zone on the target system does not have to be configured on the new host before doing a trial-run attach.


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This is an exchange with a person on the CHNI forum who has a Lutheran background. His words will be in blue.
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I have a question about saints and whether they can hear our prayers. What is the logic that they can? The standard answers of "they're not dead, they are alive in heaven" and such don't really carry much weight.
I have asked several quite knowledgeable converts and haven't gotten an answer that makes sense yet to me (and perhaps may have to take it on faith). The best answer I know of comes from Thomas Aquinas, but I wasn't really satisfied with his answers (although they were pretty dang good nonetheless).
If anyone has any advice on how they overcome this doctrinal hurdle, I'd appreciate it. Remember, I'm not denying that departed saints pray for us. I'm most certain that they do. I'm saying that I don't see much scriptural or speculative reasoning that supports saints hearing our prayers. Also, the only proof I may end up accepting at the end of the day is "because the Church has always taught that they do." I may be cool with this answer at some point.
But it would be nice to hear consistent reasoning. Other proofs I would end up accepting are testimonies of people who have prayed to saints and something miraculous happened because of such prayers. If someone could recommend a good book relating such experiences, I'd appreciate it too (this would include Marian related events/experiences as well).
Thanks for your thoughts and your resources. I'll check them out. I still don't have a consistent argument for how saints hear our prayers. As you pointed out, I do not doubt that saints are aware of things that are going on in our present reality. The spectators/witnesses word study reference spoke to this fact. And as discussed before, we know that these departed saints are praying for us.
It simply requires a higher level of knowledge than we have presently. One does not have to have all knowledge in order to have the particular knowledge of "hearing" a prayer.
You mentioned that saints are perfected in knowledge (this perhaps could imply the ability to read or hear thoughts). Can this be scripturally proven? If not, I still am not sold on scriptural evidence for departed saints hearing our prayers.
I couldn't explain all the mechanics of how it works but I know that Scripture says that we will be "like" God in the afterlife:
1 John 3:2 (RSV) Beloved, we are God's children now; it does not yet appear what we shall be, but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.
This piece of scripture combined with the Thomas argument in the Summa [that someone else offered] seems to be the most consistent approach. Thank you for pointing out this piece of scripture. It was VERY helpful to understanding the validity of this practice.
Testimony of communication living saints and departed saints seems to be my only avenue. Along with "because it's what the Church teaches, so love it or leave it:)." If you have some further explanation though, I'm really interested.
Thanks for taking the time with me, Dave. And would love to hear any further thoughts you might have.
You're very welcome, and I hope this further elaboration of my arguments is helpful to you and others.
The other examples you gave from your papers aren't as convincing (hey, everyone can't be Thomas Aquinas! Don't feel bad:) And most importantly they weren't convincing to me, but I'm sure that they have been quite effective in apologetics with others. The main point has to do with the "who" and the "what" and the "how."
Whatever works! In apologetics, pragmatism has a place. Some stuff works in persuading some, other stuff in persuading others. The more arguments we can throw out, I figure, the better chance one will "stick." And with you, one did! Oftentimes, just one is enough to convince someone.
In all the examples from scripture that you provided (and to me honest others have pointed them out to me too), there is a retort to dispute what you are trying to point out.
And there is usually a counter-reply, too, which is what I'll attempt to do now. Some of my arguments you have misunderstood a bit, as to their exact nature. We want to be sure to reject the actual arguments that are made. That is why further dialogue or clarification is always a good thing, to make sure everyone is on the same wavelength.
Revelation has saints serving as priests with incense, not necessarily hearing prayers.
It's not just incense; it is incense as a metaphor for actual prayer (just as in the Mass). But you dichotomize one against the other. I submit that the biblical texts do not do that. In Revelation 5:8, the "twenty-four elders" (usually regarded by commentators as dead human beings) "fell down before the Lamb . . . with golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints." They appear to have other people's prayers, to present to God. So the obvious question is: what are they doing with them? Why does Revelation present dead saints presenting the prayers of other saints to God?
If they have them, it stands to reason as a rather straightforward deduction, that they heard the initial prayers as well, or at least were granted knowledge of them in some fashion, granted ultimately through the power of God. Revelation 8:3-4 is even more explicit. Rather than equate incense and prayers, it actually distinguishes between them, and presents the scenario that the prayers and incense are presented together:
- And another angel came and stood at the altar with a golden censer; and he was given much incense to mingle with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar before the throne; [4] and the smoke of the incense rose with the prayers of the saints from the hand of the angel before God.
So the question, again, is: what is this angel doing with "prayers of the saints" — presenting them to God? It seems clear to me that they have heard the prayers, and are involved as intercessors. Angels are extremely intelligent beings. We know that they rejoice when a sinner repents. They have knowledge in ways that we do not; above our comprehension.
Samuel utilizes a medium to create contact. He did not pray directly.
The argument is more indirect and nuanced than that. In many of these proofs, one element of the practice of intercession of the saints may be present, while another is missing. That is the case here. You asked about how dead saints can hear our prayers. In this instance, Saul went about trying to contact the dead the wrong way: through a medium. But the fact remains that somehow Samuel knew about this ("heard" it) and actually appeared to Saul. He communicated to him.
This shows that there is an awareness and ability to "hear" and to communicate back to a person on the earth. If, on the other hand, God desired no communication whatever between heaven and earth, then this and several other similar incidents (Transfiguration, etc,) simply would not have occurred, since they would have been out of God's will, and hence, not permitted by Him. So this incident serves as evidence that dead saints can hear petitions from people on earth, and that God permits two-way communication. Protestants often deny both those aspects.
Angels are not departed human beings; they are separate creations, so it isn't really the same thing.
They are relevant insofar as they, too, are creatures, and not God. Angels are involved in intercession just as dead human beings are. Protestants often oppose the very notion, but they do so against biblical evidence.
The Transfiguration involves Christ speaking with the others. He is God, so this makes sense. We are not.
If God wanted no contact of dead saints with the earth at all, why would he allow Moses and Elijah to appear within sight of men (Matthew 17:3)? It is true that the text doesn't show Peter or James or John (17:1) speaking to Moses or Elijah, but it doesn't say they did not do so, either. It is within the realm of possibility. But it demonstrates in any event, that God does not rule out such encounters.
The two witnesses in Revelation 11 (thought by many to be Moses and Elijah again, or Moses and Enoch) do certainly talk to many, since they "prophesy" (11:3) for three-and-a-half years, and give "testimony" (11:7). If they can talk to men, then by cross-referencing similar Scriptures, Moses and Elijah possibly talked to men on the Mount of Transfiguration. We compare the less-clear Scripture with the relatively more clear and explicit.
The same quite possible deduction applies to Matthew 27:52-53:
- the tombs also were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised, [53] and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many.
It doesn't say they talked to people, but "appeared" does not rule it out, and, I contend, implies communication, just as Jesus "appeared" after His Resurrection and talked to His disciples (cf. e.g., Mk 16:9, 12, 14; Lk 24:34; Acts 13:31; 1 Cor 15:5-8). Thus, it would be another instance of dead men communicating to those of us on earth, which is consistent with (not an absolute proof of, in all respects) the notion of asking dead saints to pray for us because it shows the possibility of communication between those on earth and dead saints.Luke 16 has two dead people talking to each other. This is different than you or I speaking to a departed saint.
That's true, but I wasn't trying to deny the difference in the first place. It is still relevant to this discussion insofar as the rich man was praying to or petitioning Abraham. That is not supposed to happen, according to Protestant categories, since prayer is supposed to go straight to God. That would apply to dead men as well as ones on the earth. Why would they be doing this rather than going to God? He is specifically making a request of Abraham, not merely asking him to pray for him to God (much as Catholics ask the Blessed Virgin Mary to fulfill requests). As I wrote before: "Abraham refuses his requests twice, thus showing that dead men can play a part, in conjunction with God, even in turning down (or by implication, also fulfilling) prayer requests." That is Catholic thinking; not Protestant.
Note also the element in Luke 16:27-31, where the rich man asks that Lazarus be sent to his brothers, to warn them of his own dire fate. Abraham refuses, but he doesn't rule out the possibility of a dead man going back to earth. Thus, again, the supposed "wall" between heaven and earth is made a lot less impenetrable than Protestant thought would have it. These are the presuppositions behind the Catholic belief on the communion and intercession of the saints. You seem to be looking for exact correspondence of every aspect of the argument (which is often the Protestant mindset, since explicit biblical proofs are often unreasonably demanded), whereas I am proving different parts of the whole with each example: making a cumulative argument for Catholic practices.
In Acts 9:40 Peter is not praying to the dead woman. The scripture says he is praying AND THEN says Tabitha Arise. Two actions, not one.
Prayer is communication between two beings. If one says that we cannot: 1) talk to a dead person, or 2) that the dead person couldn't hear us anyway, even if we did, then this passage disproves both things (and both are premises of invocation of the saints). Peter talked to a dead person (Tabitha) and she heard because she followed his "command" and came back to life. Jesus does the same with Lazarus. The fact that Jesus said that His disciples could raise the dead opens up the possibility of many such cases.
Honestly, I don't think this can be proved Sola Scriptura consistently.
It's being proved with an inspired Scripture that provides all the necessary root assumptions. These are then reflected upon and fleshed out and developed by Tradition and the Church.
I think the only way this can be proved is through Thomas' logic and 1 John 3:2. In other words, teaching outside of scripture is necessary to fully grasp and promote the idea. And obviously. The BEST proof as far as I'm concerned is experiential proof provided by testimony.
As I said above, different things persuade different people. I happen to think that all the arguments I provide, taken together, provide pretty strong evidence that the practice is not only not against Scripture, but that it is supported by Scripture in all of its particulars, from the cumulative evidence. It won't convince everyone, but I still contend that it is a good argument, when all the different aspects of it are considered together.


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But they definitely aren't in the Sound in any great numbers.
DEEP staffers have done a troll survey since 1984 in which staffers drag a net behind a boat. "In 1998, that survey in the spring caught 13,000 lobsters," he said. "This past spring, we caught 120 lobsters."
The DEEP also is working with University of Connecticut researchers on whether there's any connection between pesticides sprayed to control West Nile virus and the drop in lobster population. Simpson said that at this point, he can't say what's responsible for the decline.
But whatever the reason may be, is there any hope to reverse it?
"That's a fair question, but it would be irresponsible to give up and let the last lobster in Long Island Sound get harvested," Simpson said. "So, if there's any hope to rebuild," those involved in the stewardship of Long Island Sound need to try what they can to bring it about, he said.
Not all lobstermen are convinced that a closure will help.
"If I thought for one instant that this was going to be helpful for rebuilding the industry, then I would be all for it," said Stonington lobsterman Richie Maderia, who represents the third generation of a four-generation lobstering family.
But after seven "gauge increases" since 1998 that require lobstermen to throw back larger and larger lobsters, "obviously, I don't think this is part of the solution," he said.
Maderia, who began working with his father at age 9, took over his dad's business at 24 and just turned it over last year to two of his four sons. He remains convinced that this is just the low swing of a cycle and the lobsters eventually will rebound naturally.
"In my opinion, none of this is necessary," he said. "I believe that if you can't catch lobsters, then you go out and do something else."
But given that the closure is law, he thinks September and October are good times to do it — although he wishes the fishery was opening earlier in November.
The DEEP has 136 commercial lobstering licenses and 201 recreational licenses issued, compared with 538 commercial licenses and 1,419 recreational licenses in 1998, said Simpson.
The vast majority of the lobsters caught by Connecticut lobstermen are in eastern Long Island Sound — with just 13,000 pounds of last year's 230,000-pound total coming from the central Sound and 15,000 pounds coming from the western Sound.
Together, the central and western areas of Long Island Sound used to produce more than 2 million pounds of lobster annually, Simpson said.
Simpson, a member of the fisheries commission, said the 10 percent reduction mandate applies to the entire southern New England fishery, although individual management areas are given the flexibility to achieve it in whatever way they deem best for them.
The seasonal closure applies to both sides of the Sound.
The regulations surrounding the closure require lobstermen to remove all lobster gear during the closure, although it gives them "grace periods" from Sunday through Sept. 21 to remove gear and two weeks before the Nov. 28 reopening to redeploy their gear.
Traps may not be baited until Nov. 22.
There also is an exemption for lobstermen who also hold a license to fish for whelk, or conch. They may leave their pots in the water, but may not harvest lobsters during the closure period.
The autumn dates purposely were chosen because they are a slow time when most lobstermen pull their pots out of the water anyway, and "I can safely say that I've had more calls from reporters than I have from lobstermen," Simpson said.
"In the days of wooden traps, in the fall, shipworms would eat the traps, so you would have to get them out of the water" anyway, he said.
Today, lobstermen use wire traps, but "it's a slow period — that's why we chose this time," Simpson said. "The big run is in June, July, August, when the lobsters molt."
Things get busy when the lobsters molt again in November and demand picks up for the holidays, he said.
"The season will reopen in time for a shot at that Christmas market," he said.
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Staten Island Eats: Chez Laurent
There are five boroughs in New York City, but in the food media world, some get more attention than others. So please welcome our new Staten Island correspondent, Vincent Gragnani. —The Mgmt.
What makes Chez Laurent unique is not its location—a strip mall in Staten Island—but the feeling you're eating in a home somewhere between Paris and Lyon. Chef and owner Laurent Chavenet and his wife, Esperanza, run the entire show here. They seat you, take orders, prepare and serve the food, and clear the plates—with Esperanza often holding the couple's 2-year-old son, Daniel.
I had heard Chez Laurent was tiny, but when I first pulled up two years ago, I found a bakery sandwiched between a pizzeria and Chinese takeout. With red-and-white checkerboard curtains, Chez Laurent's facade may not suggest fine dining, but it is inviting.
This bakery that converts to a bistro on Friday and Saturday evenings seats only a dozen people, at tables with checkered tablecloths and an Eiffel Tower tea light. The menu here is limited and changes weekly, but you can usually count on favorites such as an escargot appetizer or shrimp Provençal entrée. The menu always includes a several-course "tasting" lineup.
Laurent personally describes the entire menu to all of his customers. If his thick French accent isn't enough to convince you this is the real thing, the opening act of the meal should: a basket of warm, freshly baked bread, often a small loaf of sourdough and small loaf stuffed with prosciutto and mozzarella. These are accompanied by a tiny bowl of French sea salt, a generous serving of chive butter, and a bottle of extra virgin olive oil. The chive butter is clearly homemade, and a favorite of mine—my only complaint being that it is usually too cold and firm to easily spread across the bread.
Having eaten my way through the tasting menu before, I decided on my most recent visit to stick with the regular menu, starting with an appetizer of shrimp a la Laurent ($13.95)—a generous portion of seven medium-sized shrimp, cooked with garlic, butter, herbs, diced tomatoes, garlic croutons and shaved Parmesan. My friend Michael—recently returned from a short stopover in Paris—started with escargot ($9.95), prepared almost identically to the shrimp.
As soon as Laurent took our orders, he was in the back, chopping vegetables. Peer over the bakery counter throughout the evening, and you're likely to see him at the stove, the side of his face illuminated by the occasional errant flame.
For our entrees, Michael went with the cassoulet ($28.95), a relatively recent addition to Laurent's menu. Served over a ragout of white beans, this dish included duck leg confit, garlic sausage and Saucisse de Toulouses, a homemade sausage made with duck and pork.
I opted for the sea scallops ($28.95), pan-seared in white truffle oil and served over ratatouille—a mix of diced eggplant, zucchini, tomatoes, garlic and fresh herbs. While the bread can stand on its own without any help, it also came in handy throughout the evening, soaking up the rich, herb-infused sauces that our appetizers and entrees were prepared in.
Laurent suggested we finish our meal with chocolate fondue and fresh fruit. But when Michael and I asked what else he might suggest, his alternative was a chocolate cake with crème brulee center, covered in a chocolate ganache—an incredibly rich dessert that went perfectly with what remained of the bottle of Bordeaux (a 2005 Saint-Estephe) we had brought.
Two weeks later, I met Laurent and Esperanza for coffee, Laurent's lingonberry-yogurt cake and an hour-long conversation about their restaurant and its Staten Island context. Laurent used ratatouille to explain to me the similarities between French and Italian foods. Southern Italians, he said, have an almost identical dish: caponata. The main difference is that while the Italian dish is usually cooked in one pot, the French sauté each of the vegetables separately, and then combine them just before serving. That way, each vegetable retains its distinct flavor. But in the end, French and Italian cuisines are not that different, he said.
"In the South of France, they cook with olive oil, sun-dried tomatoes, herbs and garlic, just like the South of Italy," he said, comparing his homeland with the country to which 45 percent of Staten Islanders trace their lineage. "In Northern France, in Normandy, it's butter, cream and eggs, just like northern Italy.
"Cream is cream, butter is butter, olive oil is olive oil," he continued, adding that he could adjust his methods slightly, change the names on his menu and run an Italian restaurant.
But Laurent is unmistakably French. When he was 4, he saw Chef Michel Olivier on television and told his parents he wanted to be a chef. After graduating from culinary school in France, he worked at several one-, two- and three-start Michelin-rated restaurants and then opened his own bakery in Paris. In 1999, just before Laurent moved to Staten Island to pursue his American dream, Olivier walked into his bakery, and Laurent thanked him for inspiring his career.
A small strip mall in a working class, ethnically diverse neighborhood of Staten Island seems like an unusual place for someone whose chocolate ravioli in crème anglaise was once named the best dessert in all of Paris in 1995. But such thoughts come from a distinctly American point of view, Laurent told me.
"Why do people think they have to go to Manhattan to go to a good restaurant?" he said. "In France, you can go into a little town and it will have a 3-star Michelin restaurant. It's because the chef is good. Location is important. But not for the quality of the food."
Laurent maintains his own food quality by personally buying his groceries, often making weekly trips to two farmers' markets in Brooklyn, as well as markets on Staten Island: The Greenmarket at St. George, Gerardi's on Richmond Terrace and a newly formed farmers' market in Charleston, where Laurent sells his own scones, quiches, butter, sausages and salad dressings. And when the growing season starts, Laurent hopes to have his own garden at the Decker Farm, New York City's oldest continuously operating farm.
In the coming weeks, we can expect to see a Valentine's Day brunch that features eggs fresh from the Decker Farm. Laurent's dinner menu will soon include rabbit raised there.
He also tells me that he expects to roll out on his dinner menu a "pork fillet mignon" served with roasted gnocchi. This potato-based pasta is synonymous with Italian food—a sign that maybe Italian and French cuisines maybe aren't that different after all. But instead of poaching the gnocchi, as Italians do, Laurent will roast them, assuring a crisp outside and light and fluffy center.
Italian and French food may have similarities, but running a successful French restaurant on this island has been a challenge for Laurent. His BYOB policy doesn't help, he said, nor does his informal décor.
But perhaps like the 650 or so customers who receive Laurent's menu each week via e-mail, I am drawn back because of the setting and the fact that I can bring my own wine. With dim lighting, French music playing, and French menus and press clippings on the wall, the décor really isn't that bad.
"People who love food want to come here," he added. "People who want to go out and impress a friend are not going to come here because we don't have alcohol. People want cocktails. In France it's the opposite. We don't care about décor, we care about what's on the plate. We could change the décor a bit, but what is going to change? The food will still be the same."
Chez Laurent
991 Bay Street, Staten Island NY 10305 (map) 718-442-0007
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Finale in Florida
That was a tough loss last night…need a bounceback today from Charlie's Dodgers…Haeger, that is.
One benefit of being on the East Coast is having the NY Times delivered to your doorstep in the team hotel and there was a great story in today's paper regarding former Dodger Dixie Walker. Most know him as the player who started a petition against the signing of Jackie Robinson in 1947 but the article presents a slightly different view. As many know, Dixie went on to say it was the worst thing he ever did and with Jackie Robinson Night at Dodger Stadium coming up this Thursday, it's always interesting to learn more about the history of the team we all love.
Also, some news for those coming to Opening Day…LeAnn Rimes will sing the National Anthem, Will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas will throw out the ceremonial first pitch and Larry King will be the one to say "It's Time for Dodger Baseball."
And most importantly, if you're coming out, try to carpool and come early. Maury Wills and Tommy Davis will take turns signing autographs at Autograph Alley and as you all know, it gets crazy trying to fit that many cars into our parking lots on the rare midweek day-game sellouts. Save yourself the frustration and come spend the morning at the yard. Auto gates open at 10:10 and turnstiles at 10:40.
Here's today's lineup:
Furcal, SS (got his 1,500th hit last night in the same game Manny got his 2,500th)
Anderson, LF
Kemp, CF
Loney, 1B
Belliard, 3B
DeWitt, 2B
Johnson, RF
Ellis, C
Haeger, P
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Yes, a tough, unacceptable, bleeping loss. But was this Torre's fault? Of course not. You've got to play the hand you are dealt and you cannot run Broxton out there every night. We're going to have to depend on the rest of the pen as well, and we all know Sherrill can do it and as things went, last night was his game. Sounds like he got squeezed. Should Joe go out and stick up for his guy? Perhaps. We'll get this stuff over the course of the season and it's never easy to take. Just hope it does not happen very often.
It was a very tough loss last night! Hoping we can bounce back today.
I meant to say….GO DODGERS!!!!
I meant to say….GO DODGERS!!!!
Tough loss especially when the umpire is decidedly not a Dodgers fan. That was blatant abuse of his authority squeezing Sherril like that.
I wonder how much that ump had on the game? I bet he's collecting his money from his bookie this morning!
I see we are having "Server Errors" already!!! Going to be a very long day!
Good morning everyone……….
I will agree that Sherrill was on the corner at the knees and didn't get the calls…..tough break it happens. He still could of came in and up an inch instead of over the middle and chest high. Our pitching staff at the moment is struggling and not very sharp, which is evident by Torre going to the mound instead of Honeycutt. We have Russ and Ramon on the staff instead of Kuo and Belisario…..McDonald is in the minors, trying to his game back where we need it. Padilla is giving up runs early, it seems as if Troncoso is getting the ball up in the zone compared to last year where he was throwing stuff lower with more spin.
We have potential here tons of it…..At the moment that's all it is though potential……the potential for today is for Haeger to excell and the Boy's to back him up with runs. Oh and the bull pen to man up when needed!!!
You can say what you want about this ballclub (we envision a solid group of guy's ) ……but at the moment they aren't playing like a very good ballclub……( The whole bunch of them not just the pitching staff.)
Happy Flight Night Boy's!!!
Hi everybody at ITD.
I get this unusual chance to see the start of a Sunday game because my daughter Claudine is going to a baby shower.
This 3-4 record actually matches last year's start after 5 games, exactly a year ago today, in case someone didn't know.
I went to bed thinking about Sherrill's performance, in last night's game. I woke up this morning thinking of Ethier's PH double scoring Blake and DeWitt, which was IMO equal, if not better, than Joe DiMaggio coming out of the hospital to hit a homerun in his first AB, years ago.
oldbrooklynfan ~ Nice first inning by Heager. We can sure use a good game by him.
Thanks JOSH for the wonderful new thread above that reminds me of my very beginnings as a Dodger fan.
Good to see you Oldbrooklynfan and Truebluewill 🙂
Haeger is getting a lot of strikeouts today. The three run homers can turn things around in a hurry. I can't relax watching the Dodgers so far this year.
Good Morning from Az :)…How is everyone….Heager looking great so far….Let's get a win today
I posted at 10:55 and this blog says 11:48 hmmmmm lol
Nice to see you Tru
Yes Belliard…Nice going
Good morning to those on the West Coast and good afternoon for those on East and midwest.
Good to read you again True!
But with the shuttle, it only starts 90 minutes before game time and by the time it gets to the stadium is might not be in time to get in thru the Field level. I was in the first shuttle for the game against the Indians and I barely made it to BP. Also for those getting to the stadium very early, you don't get to see the ones on Autograph Alley 'cause you are already inside by the time they make their way there. Another thing if the players are going to greet the fans at the turnstiles, it has happened AFTER I am already inside
Wish I had Haeger in my Baseball Fantasy team instead of Padilla.
Nice hitting by Johnson.
Great squeeze by Ellis.
TB4 ~ Good to see you too. I hope Heager keeps it up. Last night game was such a stinker I need some cheering up.
Hi, Dodgerzona…….so far, so good. 4 runs….way to go!
4 runs is good but we may need more….Who knows
Come on Haeger
Two walks to start an inning, not good. Ah, the joys of knuckleball pitchers 🙂
Cantu…I was going to say Cannot lol….See we need more runs
Oops, one bad pitch with runners on base (just like Padilla in the 4th inning last night) and we gotta close game again.
typical fashion, get some runs, give em right back the next inning
they just aren't swingin at it anymore
I'm having a hard time posting on this blog.
I'm getting a lot of page loading errors.
It happened on my second comment today.
My only remedy is to come off ITD.
Wait a while.
Then come back on.
So if yuse don't hear from me for a while. I'll be back.
I hope I get this one through.
Alright so 9 K's through 4 but that was one looooong inning for Charlie with a lot of pitches thrown (39). The Fish HR given up was one thing but 3 walks and the passed ball really hurt him extending the inning way longer than it had to go.
Haeger STRIKKKKKKKKKKOUT #10!!!
K #11 and counting…
Nice to see that pickoff.
Bases loaded 1 out, come on, a good chance to score, please no DP. Come on guys. Don't fail again.
Fish have the "foul pole padding whammy" on them right now – NICE. Time to capitalize on the error with some mo runs!
Goood going A.J.
About time we got that strikeout, WP, throw-out at first! Nice play AJ. Third time's a charm? Haeger STRIKKKKKKKKKKKKOUT #12!
yet again, we score a run, and give it back in the bottom of the inning
Haeger pitch count up to 114. Knuckleballers can go to 200 right?!? ;0
DreamWeaver warming up. Stupid fielding error, this dumb inning should be over!!! (sigh)
Alrighty, we got out of that with the lead still intact. Mattie's gonna need to make up for the goofy bobbled ball E with his bat (due up 3rd in the inning)
This pitching staff stinks on ice.
Thanks Ned.
Another nailbiter.
That was a memorable performance by Haeger
116 pitches 12 strikeouts? in 6 innings.
Well there goes our lead. Cantu delivers again… 5 RBI's for that guy.
Weaver was due for something like that.
this is just sad, if we cant beat the pirates and marlins whats gonna happen when we face other teams
Looks like our current edition can't stand prosperity.
It wasn't a PH Dre Day today.
I guess that was too much to expect from Ethier.
Three outs to get it back. This season is not starting very well.
Last chance.
Nice AB J-Mart! Leadoff tying run on base!
Nice hit GA
Darn Kemp…Come on Loney
So sad. We lose three games in the first week that we could have easily won… and worst yet lose two series to two sorry East Coast teams. I'm gonna go get depressed over lunch somewhere… GIB OUT.
This is now the 10 yrs anniversairy that Kevin Elster hit 3 homeruns at PBP or whatever phone booth they call now and spoil the Giants home opener.
The opening series took place from April 11?13, 2000 against the Los Angeles Dodgers (the team the Giants faced in their final series at Candlestick Park), and the Giants were swept in three games. In the first game of that series, the Giants lost 6-5, highlighted by three home runs from the Dodgers' Kevin Elster.
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Happy Belated 29th Bday Ellis
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lol Milton Bradley gives Rangers fans the finger
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Damn got threaded this morning I see.
Pierre and Jones are hitting .125 but I see Jones had a game winning hit and what the hell Pierre had an assists?
D. Braden (W, 1-0) 6.0 5 3 3 1 2 1 0.85 2.77
T. Ross (S, 1) 3.0 2 1 1 1 2 1 0.94 1.69
I love to see something like.
Only the Pirates are capable to give up 13 runs in an inning and it look like are old friend Jackson hit a 2 runs homerun.
I hope the Dodgers pitchers took notes on how to get Jones out from the D-Back pitchers.
Well, I hope being at home does the trick. Two games in a row of losing pretty much the same way (the bullpen) is getting kind of old real fast. Kudos to Haegar for his great effort today. You deserved that win today. It's just kind of frustrating watching the gnats win around here, but it's equally fun watching the A's kick some Angel butt too. No offense Mr. Scioscia :))
Nice week 1 in review from Trueblue LA……………. nothing we didn't already assume or know, but the entire week is nicely put together in one story.
OK they have to be some Giants fans on an LA poll.
Shad – As much as we love our Dodgers, I would have to say Moreno is the better owner, and in light of what has happened this off season, I don't think many on this ITD board would think differently.
I agrees and I was hoping 99% on Moreno
I thought these were real ranking but it look like a Philly fan did this and has us higher than the Giants and D-Backs.
I found the payroll chart on the link you have up there Nells rather interesting.
Our total payroll is listed at $95+ million, but if you take out all the money we're paying to guys that aren't on the team, our payroll is $81+ million.
That's just great for a major market team.
Though six games is NOT a reliable sampling, I still feel sad that Frank and Jamie have let this pitching staff devolve to the extent that it has–and on a team that fought to the NLCS the past two seasons, no less. Rather than infuse the club with a few mighty arms in hopes of reaching the World Series, they chose Ned's dumpster diving as a back door solution to contention in 2010. Hopefully, once Belisario and Kuo are healthy, the Ortiz twins say hello to AAA…or maybe even Padilla. But really, what a pitching train wreck.
A pitching train wreck is a very good term Kahli!!
enchanted – The entire thing was quite enlightening. The fact that we outscored our opponents 36-33 and only have two wins to show for it is very sad too.
Wow I just seen Pujols fail with a runner on 3rd bases with 1 out.
Choo choo!!!
Of course not Kahil but funny we should be 5-1.
Look like he edit that post 19 mins ago just now. It's 3:52 pm and it was edit today at 3:33
Chug – Chug!!!
LMAO Tru!! Right after I posted that I thought the same thing & was going to put it but was inturrepted! Great minds… right?
So true, Collie!!!!
Martin 19 11 5 4 1 0 1 1 6 0/0 .364/.611/.727 1.338
I know it early but all the smack we talk about Martin last year I hope he have a better year than last year and gosh those numbers are terrible on the pitching part. I wish he wouldn't have waited until another week.
I hate to say this but I do expect Padilla and Sherrill hiding injuries and all I need to here is Kuo and Belisario are activated and Padilla and Sherrill are on the DL. I find it funny you could still pitch bad as Sherrill in ST and he still guarantee a spot on the roster.
Should've keep Garland over Padilla.
Wow is the Braves really that bad?
Padres just had a 10 runs 4th innings.
Boy, Dodgers!! I hope you have an awesome, game-winning Opening Day because it's just excrutiating watching the Gnats and Padres win.
Nelly I'm afraid it's going to be a long tough year. I really don't see the Blue finishing higher than 3rd.
The good news is that hopefully that will help push Frank to sell the team.
But I'm going to hear it everyday from the Giant fans. Lame seeing as I'm pretty humble when the Dodgers have cleaned up on them the last few years. But hey that's why they pay us the big bucks! Right?!!!
Collie – you would think around here they (gnats) have already won the division. I must say they got what they wanted in the off-season. They went out and got bats. Joe wanted SP in the off season, and what did he get?……………Padilla. Not quite the same effort was put forth on our side of things, and I know it's early, but the off-season aquisitions are showing their true colors in the pitching department. However, tomorrow may start a whole new outlook with our Opening Day at Dodger Stadium.
I'm going to throw up. The Giants can't keep this up and Molina and Renteria is going to cool down soon. I miss those Giants fans that want these 2 off there team and also Zito.
So Mota was so awful for us the first couple of months and what the heck he's been so good for the Giants? Is there something wrong with me when I said I rather have Mota back over any of the Ortiz brother? I bet Mota would had shut the door down in that 7-1 games that ended up 7-3 when Broxton should've even been in that game in the 1st place.
lol Molina .421 after coming into the game with a .267. He has double his rbi in his career vs the Pirates in one games.
Jamie is NOT going to be at the home opener – hmmmm!
Is that a shock for us or not?
Casey Janssen has 3 wins as a relievers for the Blue Jays. He must be the next Jesse Caine. I remember when the Twins already seem to used him in a tie game. If Frasor didn't blow 2 saves the Blue Jay would be 7-0 in that divison and I would love to see them on top of the Yankees and Red Sox all year long.
Apr 11 @ BAL W 5-2 W 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 3.0 3.00
Apr 9 @ BAL W 7-6 W 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 4.50
Apr 8 @ TEX W 3-1 W 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0.00
Total 3.0 1 1 1 0 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 3.0 3.00
Joe Torre sure knows how to make a first impression. In each of his last 12 seasons as manager, the home fans of his team have gone home with a win on day one.
Year Score
1998 Yankees 17, A's 13
1999 Yankees 12, Tigers 3
2000 Yankees 8, Rangers 6
2001 Yankees 7, Royals 3
2002 Yankees 4, Devil Rays 0
2003 Yankees 7, Twins 3
2004 Yankees 3, White Sox 1
2005 Yankees 9, Red Sox 2
2006 Yankees 9, Royals 7
2007 Yankees 9, Devil Rays 5
2008 Dodgers 5, Giants 0
2009 Dodgers 11, Giants 1
The last time Torre lost a home opener was in 1997, when newly anointed closer Mariano Rivera couldn't hold a 1-0 lead against Oakland, giving up a solo home run to Mark McGwire (one of 58 he would hit that year) in a game the A's won in 12 innings. The winning pitcher on that day in The Bronx was 25-year old Aaron Small, who would make history eight years later with Torre's Yankees as one of only four pitchers in baseball history to go undefeated with 10 or more wins.
Will the Dodgers make it a lucky 13 straight home opening wins for Torre when they take on the Diamondbacks tomorrow?
lol a fan jump in the Royals dugout
The game drew 9,129 fans, the smallest crowd in the 19-year history of Camden Yards.
Well I guess the Orioles going to drawn crowd like the Marlines now lol.
Good morning everyone……………