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Mega Man co-designer Keiji Inafune's fleshy new dark fantasy, Soul Sacrifice, is just too bizarre to stay in Japan. Today Sony confirmed a North American release for the PlayStation Vita game, and Inafune confirmed that he can be really confusing when talking about game concepts.
The main gameplay system of Soul Sacrifice is that the main character must 'sacrifice' parts of his body in order to wield powerful magic, for instance ripping out his spine to wield the power of Excalibur. It sounds like Mortal Combat meets Fullmetal Alchemist's law of equivalent exchange. Or, if you listen to Inafune, fantasy with a hot reality injection.
What I wanted to illustrate in this game was a "reality blended into a fantasy world." The word "fantasy" normally points to a story that is fictitious; however, with Soul Sacrifice I wanted to illustrate a "reality" within a fantasy that wasn't sugar-coated. It's not about focusing on the strange, but to flip the commonly held concept of what a fantasy theme should be with the concept of "reality."
The guy created Mega Man, he can say whatever he wants. I'm sure it'll all become clear come E3 next week.
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Deaf actress Marlee Matlin is criticizing Saturday Night Live for the NBC show's recent deaf signing sketch, which spoofed New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's sign language interpreter Lydia Callis and her animated signing during the Hurricane Sandy press conferences.
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Today on FOX
It's a regional FOX game today and plenty of good things in store. Highlights from yesterday's All-Star rally, where Russell and Brad Penny both showed up to thank the fans, footage of Russell's dad playing the anthem on his saxophone last year and Joe Beimel reading off the lineup, which will be:
Furcal, SS
Pierre, CF
Loney, 1B
Gonzo, LF
Vote for Martin, C
Betemit, 3B
Abreu, 2B
Ethier, RF
Schmidt, P
Here are some notes on the day:
ON TOP OF THINGS – The Dodgers have 39 victories, the most wins in the National League. They are a season-high 11 games over .500 for the second time this season. Los Angeles has tied its season high with four consecutive victories and have won five of its last seven games. Los Angeles is 26-4 when scoring first this season, the best winning percentage in the Majors (.867) and 16-7 in one-run games, the best winning percentage in all of baseball (.697).
PACKED HOUSE – The entire three-game series against the Angels is sold out and last night's paid attendance of 56,000 equaled the single-game Dodger Stadium regular season record. Los Angeles leads the National League in attendance with an average crowd of 45,389.
IF AT FIRST – The Dodgers moved back into first place last night and have spent 54 days of the season atop the NL West. They have been in second place on nine days, third place for 10 days, fourth place for two days and even spent one day in the cellar – April 3, which was the second day of the season.
BIG, BAD BIRTHDAY BOY – Jonathan Broxton is celebrating his 23rd birthday today. Broxton registered his 17th hold of the season last night, tying him for the Major League lead in that category with Scot Shields and Derrick Turnbow.
HOMERING FOR A CAUSE – Tommy Lasorda, Grady Little, Nomar Garciaparra and Luis Gonzalez, along with players and coaches from the 29 other Major League organizations have teamed up with the Prostate Cancer Foundation, to help "Keep Dad in the Game." As part of the 2007 Prostate Cancer Foundation Home Run Challenge, each time a Major League player goes deep during 60 select games throughout Father's Day week, pledges will be made and money will be raised for prostate cancer research, a disease that one in every six men will be diagnosed with during his lifetime.
FATHER'S DAY CATCH – Tomorrow, the Dodgers will host the fourth annual Father's Day catch, presented by Macy's, where fans are invited to play catch with their parents in the outfield at Dodger Stadium following the homestand finale. For more information, fans can visit dodgers.com/events.
TWO OF A KIND – The Dodgers have won 96 consecutive home games when leading after eight innings, the longest active streak in baseball. Much of that is due to Takashi Saito, who is one of only two Major Leaguers in history to convert 43 of their first 46 save appearances, joining Eric Gagné, who converted 44 of his first 47 save opportunities in 2002 before blowing his fourth chance.
STRIKEOUT KINGS – Dodger pitchers have struck out 10 or more batters 20 times this season, the most in the Majors. Last night the team fanned 14 batters, led by a career-high 11 from Derek Lowe. The team has fanned 521 batters overall, the most in the NL.
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That's not a bad lineup at all. Neither Kent nor Nomar is in it.
We'll need gazillions of runs if Schmidt pitches anything like last time, and this lineup should be a bit better at getting them than one featuring 2007 Kent and 2007 Nomar would be.
this game should be interesting to say the least.
OOOH, really, really interesting lineup and it shows that Grady may be ready to trust Loney more consistently by starting him in the three spot. I really hope they deliver and seize the opportunity. Just keep us in it Schmidt and I trust this lineup to score runs.
This is 3/4's of Baseball America's projected 2010 Dodger infield (missing LaRoche).
I know catchers, especially good ones, and Martin has all the earmarks to be a great one, carry a large load during the season, but I wonder what Russells rest schedule looks like?
I certainly don't want to wear him out, and then again we need to keep MikeL sharp by playing him once in a while.
Does anyone know who our #3 emergency catcher would be?
I love the make-up of this team right now and don't know what we'll do when Anderson, Yancy, and Tsao get healthy.
Nice problem to have, huh?
When Brazoban and Tsao get healthy, they'll be optioned to Triple-A (unless Ned wants to cut ties with Hendy and Tomko). Anderson is tougher to figure out, since we really don't need him anymore. He will probably be traded.
i dont get how loney gets the nod over martin in the three hole…overall i like it though. betemit will have a big game.
Happy 23rd Birthday to Jon Broxton and many more in a Dodger uniform. It's a wonderful thing baseball does for prostate cancer. Good idea that Father's Day Catch. We all should be proud of the work our pitching staff is doing. That's 3 swich hitters making MARTIN & SCHMIDT the only right handed batters in the line up. Right? That's cool.GO GET 'UM
All Grady has to do is start Kemp over Pierre and he has a winning lineup there.
I think KEMP should get his share of ABs this year, I think he's a wonderful ball player and a fine atlete, I just hope they don't get his number, like they did last year. Then he'll have to adjust, which I think he has already, I hope everything goes well for him,I think he'll be around for while.
In the 4th inning of the Padre/Cub game Chris Young hit Derek Lee with a pitch which led to Lee and Young getting into a fight and a bench clearing brawl. Both Lee and Chris Young have been ejected from the game.
Well, considering Young has the 3rd best ERA in baseball and the Pads bullpen has lost a few games lately, I'd say that's good news Alex.
fliegel – Pierre has been playing well lately, and Ethier could use a start after riding the bench for so long. Yeah, I want Kemp in there as much as possible, but this lineup is really good overall. 3 veterans and 5 young players in the lineup; it will be interesting to see how it plays out.
Gameday for the Cubs/Pads showed that Peavy got ejected, also. Couldn't hurt the Ds chances if he gets suspended and misses a start or two.
Geez…the Pads have 5 guys batting under .260 in their lineup, excluding the pitcher (.000) and the prospect (.000) they just called up. So, two guys over .260…that's pretty sad. Their pitching can not possibly be as consistent as it has all year – injuries will happen, and when they do their offense will not pick them up.
Randy Johnson hit the DL recently, and his D-Backs have definitely cooled off. With the changes going on with the Dodgers' roster, I am starting to like their chances even better for making it to October.
I think that Tsao and Seanez would serve somewhat similar roles on the big club, so, as long as Seanez does a satisfactory job, Tsao will probably stay in Vegas. He could also be trade bait, but in that case would probably need to come back up long enough to prove his health and effectiveness for the market. It sounds like Brazoban is still experiencing some difficulty, so his status probably won't change as soon.
It seems like Tomko and Hendrickson really don't have a legitimate place on the 25 roster, especially if our starters stay in groove and perform like in the last two series. I would like to see at least one of them traded for some value, and I think that could be prospects rather than major leaguers.
Since we have now brought up practically our entire "best prospects" corps (LaRoche excepted), I would like to see how they continue to perform at least until the end of July before we commit to trading for that "big bat". I don't feel that we should be under pressure to do so now. Our real underperforming people seem to be Nomar and Kent, and that probably does not present a trading option for us. Pierre is, of course, a separate issue and also not likely to be traded because of his big contract. The best we can pull for there is for some continued improvement on his part and hopes that he will perform better in the second half of the season, as his record shows in the past.
When it comes to getting that big bat, I think we may be best served by waiting until the end of the season and dealing in the Free Agent market rather than getting a short term rent-a-player via trade.
Amen messagebear. I'd rather have ownership spend a TON of money on a big bat than lose any of these young kids. And by a TON, I mean $150 million for 6 years of A-Rod. 🙂
yah im watching the pads cubs game as well, that was great, lee actually caught young on the chin with one. the best part was lou pinnella pulling a jeff van gundy. i dont know why managers/coaches run out there.btw i dont know why lee got hit if anyone was gonna get hit it was soriano for yesterdays homer trot.
puppyhead what is your fascination with stray rod? bocachica just gunned theriot at the plate, still scoreless.
I was just readig about WITHROW—-Draft pick as compansation for Julio Lugo. LUGO, if I'm not mistaken, had 12HR for the Redsox. Am I right? Correct me if I'm wrong. Then he came to the Dodgers and had 0. I got a funny thought in my mind but I prefer to keep it to myself.
A-Rod is probably the best offensive players alive. I believe, as Vin said last night, that in the past 10 years he and Jeter are the top two in total hits in the majors. Not to mention he has 10 straight years of 25-HR ball under his belt. The Dodgers need power, and he will be the BEST power bat available for years to come if he opts out. I'm just hoping for the best player – I don't think he'll be as much of a media circus if he leaves NY. Besides, he could anchor the middle of the lineup for years so the Dodgers could spend less money on other veterans like Kent and Nomar and allow the kids to take over around him.
Quite a dream pupphead, But I hope your right.
arguing with getting a-rod???? There is no question if u can get A-rod for 150 mill for 6 yrs its an easy pickup. its a guarentee of 115 RBI's and 40 home runs. Immagine this lineup and tell me it wouldnt be worthit in 2010.
Furcal Pierre
Talk about a stellar lineup holy cow we would score some runs, Pierre and Furcal would be pushin 130 runs a piece.
And talkin about startin Kemp over Pierre give it a break man, did u not watch Pierre score the winning run yesterday? I understand your favorite player is Kemp and you wanna see him in there but Pierre and Furcal at the top of the order is the reason the dodgers are winning.
we really have no emergency catcher, and what's worse we have no one suitable in the minor leagues. We need to teach someone on the roster how to catch.
so… you want arod till he's 37, 38 years old?
Well on the hitting side…the pitching is the reason we are winning. No doubt about it that the MVP's of this team so far are Penny, Lowe, Broxton(as an 8th inning guy), and Saito, and of course the next all start starting catcher Russ
I Would take him til hes 40, the man is in such good condition. Have you seen some of his work outs, they are nuts the guy is a maniac. Wouldnt it be nice to have him when he breaks the all time homerun record.
Jspelk –
Yup. He's not had any significant injuries that I know of (I could easily be wrong), he has an easy swing, and his numbers aren't going down yet. He's above his career averages thus far this year.
The part I like about the lineup you posted is that Martin, Kemp, Loney, Ethier, and Abreu would probably cost about 3 million between all of them in 2 years. You have one great big contract (A-Rod), one too-big contract (Pierre) and who knows what Furcal's will look like after '08 if they can re-sign him.
BTW, Zambrano is throwing that thing you shouldn't talk about against the Pads…no surprise with this God-awful lineup they have. An outfield of Branyan, Bocachica, Sledge…we have nothing to complain about by comparison.
Not to contradict myself but as messagebear said, and I agree I hope, rather than a trade, wait until the time comes, and see if we feel at that time, if going into free agency and spending a good sum of money, is the right thing to do. If that player happens to be A-Rod, Well….
puppy you jinxed it. a rod sadly will become an angel i believe. we shall see though, i like a rod but just think it is a little ummm lets see lofty.
but of course, when cruz, bochachia and others play for the pods, they play well. Just waiting for them to pick up clark…
Padres win 1-0 on a wind blown HR by Russell Branyan, blah
Josh why don't you guys play "It's a Beautiful Day for a Ballgame" instead of "Sweet Carolina" in the 8th inning? i've always felt that being original works A LOT better.
"Pierre and Furcal at the top of the order is the reason the dodgers are winning."
– Spanky
Yeah, spanky. I TOTALLY agree… I mean, with an OBP of .300 and a SLG comparable to what Jeff Reboulet could get blindfolded in a wheelchair… I mean, could us Dodger fans really ask for anything more?
Pierre is GARBAGE. I bet if someone charged you $7-8 million a year to stuff horsecrap down your throat you'd probably say it tastes like ice cream.
pods win on two hits, AGAIN. what a joke. that has to catch up with them eventually.
good start for schmidt
LOL anyone who hits gets over 200 hit sa yr is not garbage plus he will steal more then 45 bases for us this yr he is very valuable to the dodgers, he just does not have good defense. It will show before the yr is over, I mean he is doin OK now and hes not even playin well. we will see when the season is over.
lol Nomar could have done that too, sorry all you Loney lovers and Nomar haters i had to
spanky would you say derek lowe ***** because hes 7-6?
pierre is not garbage…he is leading the team in hits, that's something i guess….wow betemit is a GOOD fielder…reminds me of beltre
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yes!…schmidt looks like he brought his stuff today
listen people…he has all these hits because he usually leads the leagues in AB's. His OBP percentage is the only stat that will define how much he'll help the Dodgers. pierre's job is to get on base. yes he leads the team in hits but he is hardly getting on base.
**** no he doesnt **** he is one of the best in baseball. over the past 4 yrs he has like the second most wins of any pitcher. Lol im not talkin out of my @$$ about Pierre I actually know the game and if you can have a homerun hitter then why not get a run scoring base stealer they are just as valuable to a team.
I agree that his OBP could be better and I agree that OBP is very important for 1,2 hitters but when he does get a single, or the heaven forbid occasional walk it turns into a double.
its like i pointed out with Lowe. Wins and Loses are the most overrated stat for a pitcher the same was Hits are for a batter. Lowe has 7 wins and 6 loses which just looking at it isn't very impressive but his ERA is rather impressive at 3.08. He's better then his win lose record appears to be.
Pierre while he leads the team in hits is last in OBP and slugging. He needs to walk more. If he can have 200 hits with 80 walks he'd be great. but he'll get his 200 hits and only walk 30 times.
DA GONZ is seriously a ******* doubles machine!
but not only his stats it will improve others stats as well because pitchers will be worried about him and leave a ball over the plate which is something lost in the numbers.
I think Grady should consider moving Gonzo to the clean up spot he's just locked in right now
a .309 OBP for a top of the order hitter is garbage. I don't care if he gets 200 hits. Id much rather see him get 150 hits and 100 walks. His job is to get on base. He hasn't been doing his job. SO far he has been a monumental bust of a signing. He is hurting the team more then helping at this point.
I def agree with moving gonzo to the cleanup spot dont see many gonzo haters anymore hes brought alot to this club
these kids arent showing much discipline…..
Abreu really really loves those high fastballs above his head and needs to control himself
run schmidty run
Abreu is not ready for MLB pitching. Only part of a season out of AA. Will have to be returned to Las Vegas as Kemp was last year. Not a good sign – first two on and we score no runs. C'mon Schmidt. We need a good one. GO DODGERS!!
So what do you think of my sugestion of playing "It's a Beautiful day for a ball game" it's stead of "Sweet Carolina"
actually abreu spent a full year at AA, his part of the year was at AAA. He needs plate discipline, he swings at everything.
yeah…abreu looked good at first..but hes showing signs of immaturity at the plate
My point was he is only a part of a season out of AA, which is part of this season at Las Vegas. I think he's a good one but got rushed. GO DODGERS!!
that inning made me kind of nervous…though schmidt was losing it
Given that the alternative is playing Kent, who isn't hitting much, or Martinez, who isn't hitting at all, period, I would ride with Abreu a while longer.
Abreu has never been a patient hitter, and throughout most of his minor league career, he´s never been a great hitter period. He's improved his hitting somewhat over the last year or so, but he's not gonna be the major league hitter that Andy LaRoche will be. He was always a highly rated defensive player. He'll make a good 2B for us when Kent is gone, but you gotta think 'defense' and some OK hitting with Abreu. I'd say an above average number 8 hitter… but someone has to bat 8th right.
BAD NEWS I just found out I can make comments while I listen to the game on the audio fee. Games are blackout on Saturday afternoon.
Put Chad Billingsley in the rotation, NOW!!!
I guess I shouldn't been so smart, I'm a jinx.
I concur….
schmidt needs to go back to the DL. He was rushed.
Whats going on, Gameday is frozen..bases loaded 2 outs..count 1-1 to Willits???
angels are winning 3-0…dodgers going up to bat
Schmidt gave up a base hit to right that scored 2, Seanez was brought in and gave up a single to exactly where Furcal moved away from on a perfect hit and run play. 3-0 Angels. Schmidt was walking a thin line all game and got burned. Not a bad game and if we scored some runs it wouldn't be such an issue.
Thanx..has Schmidt topped over 90 on the gun yet?
No he topped out at 88
You can only finesse with the pitch location so long without a fastball, and Schmidt clearly no longer has that. Hard to imagine a $16 million a year pitcher with a fastball all of 86 mph. That's what we have.
Very dissapointing indeed, for 6M less a year could have kept Maddux and gotten the same fastball but better results.
This game is much the same as yesterday's – the only difference being yesterday a pitcher having a career game bailed us out, and today we don't have that luxury.
Just in: to win games, you have to score some runs!
Tomorrow in the rubber game Wolf will at least be pitching, and the Dodgers seem to like scoring runs for him. They're going to be up against a good, good pitcher, though. Not good times.
That is such a beautiful swing by Loney
Loney's last hit was PURE bat speed.
wow…i'm getting frustrated
Makes you wonder – who exactly did the physical examination on Schmidt when he was "approved" for the big contract. There were apparent indications throughout last season that his velocity dropped every month to nearly the point where it is today.
Alright Bills keep us in it, Gonzo got his pitch and just pulled it foul. Definitely a frustrating game so far.
gosh Bills has such a filthy hook.
man billingsley is good
Solid inning, now lets score some runs.
indeed….who's up to bat? martin?
Now at the very least we got Weaver out of there in the 6th inning, even though we have nothing to show for it.
man…lately, martin has really been struggling offensively
i think martin is pushing. He just needs to calm down and play his game.
schmidt obviously wasn't as bad as i thought he would be but i think he got away with one. He his velo is still bad and against a better lineup i suspect he would have been pounded again.
the notion that bills is too important in the 6th/7th inning to be put in the rotation is pure nonsense.
yeah jspelk…any one that values a reliever over a starter is a freaking idiot.
thank you bills..man i wish he was the starter today
Another good outing for Bills
wow. i can't believe gonzo coudln't even throw out kotchman, the dude is a sloth. hope he's ok though.
you know..ethier is pretty quick…i wonder why he doesn't run more often
Ethier = 0 for 3 stealing this year
5 for 10 stealing last year
oh wow…ahah
Loney, Gonzo & Martin…..
i believe!
Back to 2nd place we go.
Balanceof1 would be a non-believer i would presume
Koychman concursion
That's Kotchman
loney hasn't done much better than garciaparra today
Loney has a hit in all 4 starts so far. He has the same amount of home runs as Nomar does in those 4 games as well.
hey man don't get so defensive…just saying that he had an off day
You mean concession
but you know…for somebody who is so forgiving of a not so great performance…you sure don't give pierre any slack…despite his hitting over .400 in this homestand
alot of good that .400 average has done. He has 2 runs scored and only 2 walks. PLease PLEASE don't use BA to defend Pierre.
lets just say everyone has **** today and leave it at that.
dude…it's hard to get a whole lot of walks when you're already hitting successfully over 40 percent of the time….also…the fact that he has only 2 runs scored is not his fault…as you are so quick to go to your go to scapegoats nomar and kent, i would figure that you would blame their failure to cash him in
well, except for the bullpen.
A .400 BA and ONLY two walks…that puts his OBP on the homestand pretty darn high, right? Can't possibly defend that. As has been pointed out before here, runs scored has a lot to do with the people batting behind you. Not his fault if he's getting on base at a .400-.450 clip.
alright..strength through the stretch…i still believe
indeed puppyhead. indeed
Let's KickK-Rod Around–What ta-yas-say eh
Abreu just went to school
jeezus abreu needs to go back to the minors…im sorry.
What infield positions does Marlon Anderson play? If he plays 2b, Abreu can go get some more experience in the minors. That was my thought even before today.
Ethier just went to school
i think anderson has played second base before.
And Sanez just went to school. Perfect conclusion to a brutal afternoon.
and of course..the side is struck out on about 9 pitches.
and 1st bases.
STOPPED we'll get dem tomorrow.
It's was 11 pitches but who's counting.
he actually started off his career playing second base
I always wondered about this and since I have an opportunity, maybe the right person might see this::::::::::I wish the Dodgers would retire the following #'s ___14 for GIL HODGES_______6 for CARL FURILLO & you could include Steve Garvey, a great player that also wore the #_____3 for BILLY COX, who was traded just before the Brooklyn World Championship in 1955, but was a big part of the team.
You all wanted to see Nomar and Kent out, thinking we would score more runs….what happened today?
True blue Dodger fans root for all the Dodgers.
yep, tomorrow some people are gonna complain again when the lineups are posted……player X should be batting 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc…, what is grady doing? is he crazy? player Y should be sitting, etc etc etc…
We are a really good team.
Are we a great team? Nope, not yet.
Can we be a great team this year? Yep, I believe we can.
Is Schmidt a great pitcher and is he missed. First off, history has shown that Schmidt can be dominating at times and borders on greatness. Is he missed? Can you believe what this staff has done without him?
So on one hand yes of course he is missed. But on the other hand, no he is not missed.
If you have to blend a team of very, very veteran players with who knows what left in the tank, and very, very raw talent just up from the minors you could not ask for a better manager then Grady, and Ned is doing a great job as GM.
A big bat would be nice but not at the risk of selling our soul. We may be on the verge of developing power in our own farm system.
Currently only Abreu looks like he might need more seasoning, and don't forget both Anderson and Betemit can play second to spell Kent and we could call LaRoche up to play third.
We are unbelieveably fortuneate!!!!
What's our all-time record on big FOX?
Tough game to lose yesterday, especially by shutout, when we had a semblance of our future team lineup out there on the field. Keeping the game in perspective, however, we have nothing to be ashamed of or angry about. This Weaver kid is the real article and probably one of the best pitchers around, and our group of youngsters seemed a bit too anxious at the plate to do much with his stuff. One can always debate whether Nomar and Kent would have done better in the lineup than our young guys. We'll probably have both of them in there today. I personally love the chance to see our future team together and developing in a real game situation, especially against a good team and a good pitcher. That should have been a learning experience. Needless to say, our youngsters are going to have some good days and a few bad days, and that is nothing to be discouraged about. At least the infield defense looked solid. It could be expected that one or two of the current young players would need to go back and get some more AAA development, but I'll give the management credit for bringing them all up to find out who's ready and who's not.
Love the Dodgers, and I think the glass is more full than empty at this stage of their development.
Have been reading up on the Schmidt situation, and it is really concerning me. None of the parties involved can tell you whether there is anything wrong or not, other than he doesn't have the velocity and doesn't have the control of one or two of his pitch repertoire. Not very promising, but Little intends to send him out there anyway every fifth day or so. In my mind we should shut him down from regular starts, put him back on DL, and let him first prove through bullpen sessions and probably another couple of rehab starts in the minors that the velocity is back up to at least 90 along with control of his slider, etc. We would be far better served getting Bills into the rotation and taking those starts over the last half of the season.
I am unhappy with this development, because Colletti gave up a great deal of money for Schmidt that could have been used elsewhere for this team. The whole medical evaluation that was part of the Schmidt signing is suspect to me. Who exactly did the medical evaluation that ccompleted the contract process? When the lack of velocity became an issue earlier this season, it was shown that Schmidt's velocity was demonstrably declining every month last season. Colletti and Conte supposedly knew the Schmidt situation from years past and were not concerned. They should have been. Why did the Giants not make an effort to retain him?
The giants didnt retain him bc they gave all that money to Barry Zito, and while i agree that the situation is very concerning bc he looks like a shade of the pitcher he was, i dont think you can really blame the medical evaluation.
Everytime I get a crazy thought in my head I want to be the first to post it. I'm sure everybody feels the same way. Then 5 times out of ten you regret you did it. But who cares? It's all in fun and nobody's gonna kill ya. So here goes. It doesn't seem, at the moment that Bill Mueller really intents to stick to the job very long. I was thinking… Why don't we TRY to get the guy, who brought the team out of it's dulldrums in 1988? That guy being KIRK GIBSON. His attitute & personality, his ways and style had as much to do with it, as his bat, that turn this team around, he's still around and he hangs out in the Tiger dugout and I understand he likes us. Of course, I followed everything through a New York newspaper, so there might be a lot I missed.
Reading over this mornings comments on Jason SCHMIDT, I think everybody is concerned and I got to hand it to you MESSAGEBEARER I think you hit the nail right on the head again, when you suggest placing him on the DL and having him make minor league rehab starts, keeping him out of the way and still keeping one eye on him.
I understand that Gibson is the Tigers' bench coach, but I agree that he would be a very inspiring kind of a guy. Little, of course, has his own selections as part of his coaching staff. My own preference would have been to surround us with people who have some Dodger roots, and that would have included our GM and manager. I know at one point we interviewed Hershiser, and I wish we had him with us in some capacity as well. All of that is probably water under the bridge at this point. We might as well root for Colletti and Little to do the best they can, even if we don't agree with their actions and judgments. Keep in mind that getting either of them replaced would probably take a year or two of very unsatisfactory and frustrating team performance – something that we as fans wouldn't really like to live through again soon.
Just read on MLB truth and rumors– "The Rangers are definately going to trade Gagne."
I just read about Gagne too, in the (NY) Daily News, something to do with the Cubs needing a closer.
Marlon Anderson hit a Granny last night for Vegas– 3/5 with 6 RBIs for the night.
Actually the article said a strong arm reliever.
Everybody seems to hit better in Las Vegas.
If we didn't have SAITO, I'll bet we would give Gagne another chance, but thank God that isn't the case.
While we wait for the lineup to be posted, let me bore somebody with some reminising, this year reminds me of '73. The Dodgers showed the world what they had…Garvey, Lopes, Russel, Cey…etc…etc. Then the following year we won the pennant. Lets see if we can jump start this thing and not wait till next year.


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Sunday, March 4, 2012
A "Whale" of a Grilled Cheese, with Roasted Broccoli, Garlic and Caramelized Onions
This weekend, our town, Dana Point, is hosting its annual Festival of Whales! We celebrate with cheesy things like a town parade featuring a giant whale balloon, a sprawling block party, and all kinds of whale and marine themed activities in the harbor. It's actually a lot of fun, and one of the reasons we really dig living in Dana Point. So we figured we'd run with the whole cheesiness theme, and whale theme, by making whale-shaped grilled cheese sandwiches! Or, to be more accurate, vaguely-whale shaped grilled cheese sandwiches (That little broccoli floret is supposed to be an eye)…Of course, since we like to experiment when we cook, we added things like roasted broccoli and garlic as well as caramelized onions. We also like to get both nice creamy cheeses like Jack in there along with sharp cheeses like extra-sharp cheddar and parmesan. I have to say, it's one of the best grilled cheeses I've ever had. And I've had a lot…
Extra-sharp cheddar cheese, cut into slices
Monterey Jack cheese, cut into slices
Grated Parmesan cheese
Sourdough bread slices
Whale-shaped cookie cutter
Roasted Broccoli:
1 bunch broccoli, cut into small florets
olive oil, for drizzling
¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
freshly ground black pepper
2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
1 lemon wedge
balsamic vinegar, for drizzling
Roasted Garlic:
1 garlic bulb
1 tablespoon olive oil
Caramelized Onions:
2 onions, peeled, halved, then sliced
To roast the broccoli: Heat oven to 425. Place florets on baking sheet. Drizzle with olive oil. Sprinkle red pepper flakes, salt, and freshly ground black pepper over pieces. Sprinkle Parmesan cheese over pieces. Roast for about 25 minutes, until pieces are soft and have that delicious browning on them. Remove from oven and drizzle fresh lemon juice and balsamic vinegar. Set aside.
To roast the garlic: Heat oven to 400. Take off the papery outer skin of the garlic bulb. Don't remove all the skin, just the stuff that comes off easily. The head of garlic should still remain intact. Slice off the pointy end of the bulb to expose all the cloves. Place in a small greased ramekin and cover with the olive oil. Sprinkle just a pinch of salt and cover with aluminum foil. Place in oven and roast for about 45 minutes. The cloves of garlic will be all nice and soft.
To caramelize the onions: Place a tablespoon of olive oil in large sauté pan over medium heat. Add the onion slices. Don't stir too often yet. Let the pieces brown, without getting burnt. After about 15 minutes or so, once slices have mostly browned, I like to turn the heat down to low or medium low. Stir frequently. I like adding a bit of water or oil every so often to keep the pieces from burning or sticking too much. After about 40 minutes or so, the onions should have a dark brown, jam-like quality.
To assemble the sandwiches: Place slices of cheddar and Monterey Jack cheeses on slice of bread. Place pieces of roasted broccoli on top, followed by some caramelized onions. Sprinkle Parmesan cheese on top. Spread clove or two of roasted garlic on the top piece of bread. Butter both sides of the sandwich and place on greased griddle. Once one side has turned golden brown, flip and let the other side develop a golden brown color. Once the sandwich has cooled a bit, use the cookie cutter to cut out the whale-shape.
We'd also like to take the opportunity to acknowledge our three fellow bloggers who were nice enough to give us our first blogger-to-blogger awards! Averil, from The Cook, The Baker and the Clay Boy Maker, and Dara Reppucci, from Generation Y Foodie, both recently awarded us the Versatile Blogger Award; while Greg, from Crostini and Chianti, awarded us the Liebster Award.
Averil's site, The Cook, The Baker and the Clay Boy Maker, is a wonderful new blog sharing great recipes and stories filled with humor and heart. We are drooling over her O is for Oodles of Sesame Noodles and Whiskey Hoisin Meatballs.
Dara's site, Gen Y Foodie, has actually been one of our favorites for awhile now. She cooks adventurous, varied, mouth-watering, and healthy dishes, always paired with fantastic photos and entertaining writing! We'd love to make just about everything she posts, but her Shepherd's Pie with Horseradish Cheddar Mashed Potatoes has been particularly on our minds lately.
Greg's blog Crostini and Chianti is a great food blog that mostly focuses on Italian food, with occasional forays into other cuisines. His recipes are varied and interesting, and if you haven't seen it, I'd recommend hopping on over. I really like his Irish Dinner Party post from earlier in the year. The mashed potato cakes look so cool!
It means so much to us to see support like this from our fellow food bloggers. You guys are awesome, and we look forward to being a part of the community for many years to come! Can't wait to see your next recipes!
19 comments:
this grilled cheese looks out of this world! and the whale shape is adorable.ReplyDelete
How fun that your town has a whale festival. I always love quirky town functions like that. Your sandwich looks like a great homage to the festivities. I never make interesting grilled cheese... you have definitely taken it up a notch.ReplyDelete
The list of cheeses has totally sold this sandwich to me :)ReplyDelete
Awwww. Thanks for the shout out! I love you guys too. I also love grilled cheese and whales. Your cookie cutter is so cute I'm already googling to find my own. Also: broccoli in a grilled cheese? Genius.ReplyDelete
okg...drooling here....the ingredients u hav used in this recipe r all my favorites:-) Bookmarked !ReplyDelete
I am laughing out loud at the cheesy-whaley goodness! Congrats on the award, too!ReplyDelete
Congrats on the award! Glad the Festival of whales inspired you to make this awesome toasty sandwich. Love the cheese blend along with the chosen veggies-simply awesome. Have a great evening!ReplyDelete
Ha-I said awesome twice-I am reviewing my 60th page of blog posts, so I guess it shows in these comments. I buzzed you though!ReplyDelete
California is such a great place and it's hearing about events like this that remind us how much we miss it, although it's been along time now since we moved. Cute idea for the sandwiches, and we're sure they had a whale of a flavor!ReplyDelete
Congratulations on the award. I love the idea of the parade and there is nothing in your sandwich not tolove. I hope you have a great day. Blessings...MaryReplyDelete
That grilled cheese is so cute! I really should cut my sandwiches into shapes more often. It would make lunch more fun.ReplyDelete
Congrats on all your blog awards!!!! And I'm loving your whale of a grilled cheese :) So cute...and one sandwich I can never resist!ReplyDelete
Nice blog. You might like my recent post about my current favorite gadget - a jar key. http://caroleschatter.blogspot.co.nz/2012/02/useful-kitchen-gadget-jar-key.htmlReplyDelete
Heehee your whale grilled cheese is so cute! And the filling is inspired! I never saw broccoli on grilled cheese. Love it.ReplyDelete
These look amazing. And, even better, they're in the shape of a whale. Love it! I think I could get my mouth around that sandwich. Just kidding, I totally could. Lol.ReplyDelete
This is so stinkin' cute! I bet my 2 year old would even love these. Congrats on your awards!ReplyDelete
ADORABLE! And tasty looking :)ReplyDelete
This is such a nice addition thanks!!!ReplyDelete
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When Descriptions Are Kings, Definitions Are Gods
In the Supreme Court decision in Minor v Happersett (1875), Justice Waite relied on a description of national membership given by Emmerich de Vattel in which he observed that those born in a country of parents who are its citizens are themselves upon birth citizens also. Or put differently; one born in a nation to citizens of that nation will be citizens also. In both observations/ descriptions the thing being described is those who are born. They're defined by the detail that describes their parents (they're citizens) and the location of their birth (their parents' homeland). They are described as "citizens". But they are not "defined" as (nor declared to be) the only citizens.
If one added the fact that they're known as "inhabitants", that additional bit of information does not change the thing that is being described from being that which is born, to being that which is an "inhabitant". The added descriptive term is not a necessary element of the statement that it has been appended to.
Those who are born, (-who are the subject of the statement) remain as the subject. "Inhabitant" does not supplant the born ones as the subject of the statement and therefore one cannot define "inhabitant" as the subject of the statement.
All who would mistakenly think that "inhabitant" ("natural born citizen" in Vattel's abstract observation) somehow is the subject of the statement have a bias-induced blind spot that is blocking their conscious mind from seeing the illogical conclusion that they've drawn.
I make the logical statement (declaration) that Vattel's description is a description and not a declaration or definition.
Others make the illogical statement (declaration) that they, in effect, are declaring that his description is a declaration of authoritative fact and is therefore a definition and not just a simple description. They place a crown of royal authority upon it and defy any presumptuous fool who might beg to differ. But calling a crappy car a "lemon" doesn't make it an actual lemon, and calling a description a definition does not make it a definition, because definitions can only be derived from descriptions which possess adequate specificity about exactly what is being described, in what circumstances, with what exceptions, exclusions and inclusions.
If one says: "All of A is called X" then that defines what all of A is called. But if one says: "Some of A is called X some of the time" -that defines nothing. Similarly vague is the non-definitive statement: "A is called X." No specificity! There are no details which tell what is, nor what is not included or excluded all of the time.
So it is with the so-called definition of "natural born citizen" as used by Vattel and Justice Waite. Justice Waite pointed out that there has never been any doubt that native-born children of citizens are citizens just like their parents who gave birth to them. But his and Vattel's statements do not constitute definitions because they are merely general observations of the normal order of things.
They don't extend to describing the unusual exceptions that are sometimes an overlooked element of a thing being discussed, observed, described, or defined (like a foreign birth to citizens). The fact that their observations are true does not result in a boundary being drawn around the subject of their observations, -one which declares that the observed facts are therefore the only facts and any other possibilities are therefore false. Rather, it merely confirms that the facts stated are true in that context. It doesn't declare that there are no other contexts which could also exist.
Another context does exist, and it's one such as when a pregnant American woman, wife of a Medal of Honor recipient, gives birth a couple yards over the Canadian border. Such a rare occurrence would not be a part of any general observation about typical citizenship but it doesn't therefore follow that a rare occurrence is not a part of the natural order of things which sometimes includes complexities.
Would their son be barred from the office of the President because of an abstract invisible line drawn across a geographic landscape which they were not even aware of? Anyone who argues that the founding fathers wanted it to be so has a very poor grasp of just how intelligent and thoughtful they were, and just how illogical such a definition of natural citizen would be in the real world.
How does that which is natural relate in the least to that which is man-made, artificial, abstract, and imaginary? Well, it doesn't. Nothing that is man-made is a part of that which is natural. Nothing of human law is an element of natural law though much of what is natural law has been used as a basis for human law. After all, which one came first and isn't dependent on man at all?
It's the same with natural citizenship. It's not dependent on anything of a human construct other than the construct of the nation of which the parents are members. A nation's existence is the result solely of human effort and decisions, not nature. But its structure needs to be founded on identifiable principles, and many of them are natural principles, some are religious principles, and some are philosophical principles of Natural Rights. The rest are mostly laws and court rulings based on common law, -that traditional history of laws & decisions which first laid out a basis for how various conflicts should be decided.
The belief that natural citizenship requires one to be born within the artificial borders of the United States is an idea based on no principle whatsoever, because the two principles that it combines, (jus soli and jus sanguinis) don't combine into a new principle. They are complete opposites. So mixing them together produces no principle on which to base the definition of a natural citizen. Instead it results in a Mulligan stew, a Frankenstein's monster combo, an unnatural hybrid principle that is neither this nor that but instead an unholy mixture of the two. Such a mixture can never be described as "Natural".
Some may nevertheless embrace that unfair and illogical definition of a natural born citizen because it seems to have a veneer of superficial logic to it. But scratch the surface and you find it isn't made of gold but of lead.
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Gig Review: The Hoosiers
Posted October 19, 2008on:
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It's a typically wet, cold and noisy day for Glasgow, yet outside the beautifully structured Carling Academy, you've got scantily clad Wonder Woman chatting away to a girl with cat ears. You have a devil girl with large black wings, Supergirl and several bunnies, not to mention a cascade of robbers and pirates, a Batgirl or two and you even have me in a revealing Gothic dress under a large white lab coat in the role of the evil mad scientist. But why are we doing this? Why am I and a whole crowd of teens and pre-teens standing in the cold and damp in fancy dress sixteen days before Halloween? I'll tell you why – we're all here to see The Hoosiers, the beautiful odd-pop sensation who are Worried About Ray and love to play Cops and Robbers. (I know, I know, I'm sorry; I couldn't resist.) Ahead of me in the queue I can hear a cats' choir (a bunch of girls dressed like neko-girls) singing Worried About Ray at the top of their voices. Under my breath I'm singing Run, Rabbit, Run. We are hyped. We want the Hoosiers and we want them now! When we finally get in, unsurprisingly, a whole host of "normally dressed" people head straight for the bar. I, meanwhile, go directly for Stage Left. I know where the band'll be standing and from here I will get many a wonderful photo of Martin Skarendahl. Which I did. They're quite delicious.
Our first support band whose name sadly escapes me tries rather unsuccessfully to win the crowd over (though I liked them. Electric violin? made of utter win). I cringe for tham as the crowd whoops with delight that their last song will soon be over and we get that little bit closer to seeing The Hoosiers.
As the interval music comes back on (all Queen, very good choice following the Queen featuring Paul Rodgers concert earlier this month) I have to empathise with Mr Mercury – I too am going slightly mad; with all the waiting.
Our next support band (Alto Elite) take their sweet time to get onstage, but any frustration caused is quickly forgiven because they're actually pretty good. And their singer is pretty easy on the eyes, if you get me. However, once again, "this is our last song" receives a response of "oh-thank-god" style cheering from the Hoosierites as they realise that OMG the next band on is their favourite people in the whole wide world.
Anticipation soon rises, you could cut through the atmosphere with a knife, but it might take you quite some time. I myself feared I might vomit all over the kid in front of me. To be perfectly honest my train of thought was running on the "OMGOMGMARTINMARTINMARTINOMG!!" rails. Finally, everything looks to be ready beyond the big black curtain, which yes Irwin, we did notice. It was a very beautiful thing for us, the curtain. Oh, how we talked about it long after.
We can hear the music, the soft, gentle, The Mighty Boosh reminiscent music that signifies that The Hoosiers are back there, and just faintly beyond the big old curtain we love so much we can see the letters which spell out HOOSIERS.
Then the curtain drops. The fans go into a rabid frenzy; the band crash into the debut album's title song, the amazing The Trick To Life. I can't help screaming myself hoarse, and with the way I'm looking at him, probably scaring the living daylights out of Martin Skarendahl, whose eyeline I am standing within.
I also take note how dead the fans seem to go when Martin starts singing the harmonies and refrains. I can barely contain my excitement. I don't know, is it his accent? Because it leaves me breathless too. I think that wonderfully stereotypical but soft Swedish accent is just charming. Even my stoic, Vulcan-esque sister agrees.
Irwin Sparkes' showmanship is incredible. Flattery will probably get him a lot of places – calling us fans beautiful is quite the self-esteem boost. He's got a cheeky smile and acts like he should be the centre of attention – this is his show and we all know it. That's one hell of a Napoleon Complex little Irwin has. But it's ultimately forgivable; he's such a sweet looking little imp, and his voice is haunting. He knows how to work a crowd and he's not shy about it. During Cops And Robbers, lickle Irwin calls upon we unworthy audience members to play the role of the robbers. All it really involves is shouting "Robbers!" after he yells out "Cops!", but we're all pretty excited about it. And we scream ourselves stupid because irwin tells us to. Now that's pretty powerful stuff there. Forget Billie Joe Armstrong, hailed as one of the best showmen in rock, Irwin Sparkes is bouncy, friendly but also in-your-face and childlike. Having seen both on stage, I seriously prefer Irwin. Simply because Irwin speaks as though the audience are his best ever friends, whereas Billie Joe Armstrong lacks that "I love you guys <3" attitude. I like being loved ❤
Martin is an excellent secondary showman. The kind of "straight man" to Sparkes' "I'm cute, funny and crazy!!"… guy. I'm not sure what his appeal really is but I do love that accent. I will run away with his accent and marry it. (I say I don't know what his appeal is but, erm, I'm not quite sure I can write down what I really think without the post turning… questionable) He interacts well with the others in the group and especially Sparkes. Upon announcing "we're going to do a new song now…", Irwin is drinking water. It was probably the set up to a little skit from Martin's subsequent reaction ("I told you we were doing the new song today!") but whether or not it was and failed miserably, we don't care, we're entertained!
The new song (Sister, Sister) is a fun song that sounds like when cleaned up could be an indie-level hit. I cannot honestly decipher any lyrics other than "Sister Sister" but I already love it. The subject matter could be punching puppies and I'd still love it. There's no better way to describe it than "delicious."
Martin coming in too early on his refrain in Worried About Ray was priceless. Wish I'd managed to get a picture of his reaction.
Keyboardist Sam Swallow obviously gets into his role. I worried his head might fall off. Seriously.
Sadly, I couldn't really see Al properly, but he was going at those drums like a crazy, crazy man in love with his own instrument. (Minds out of the gutter, darlings…)
The covers they chose to do were fabulous. They covered We Didn't Start The Fire by Billy Joel and boy did they make it their own! I never did like WDSTF but The Hoosiers could sing Never Gonna Give You Up and make it awesome. I wouldn't mind getting Rickroll'd by the boys. The other cover they performed was With Every Heartbeat, originally by Robyn. Another song made into a Hoosierific singalong, something I used to hate but cannot get enough of by The Hoosiers. I think these guys are made of magic.
The encore consisted of the gentle ballad-like Money To Be Made, sung beautifully by Sparkes in the most amazing voice. His range seems to go from a medium to high but it's still incredible, his singing sending shivers down my spine. After that, they riled us up again with an incredible performance of Goodbye Mr A. Martin's one man band area was a blur as he abused the equipment to bring us all the gorgeous Hoosier sound… of abused equipment. But it's all good, the equipment still makes a wonderful, wonderful sound. I believe the word Irwin would use is "mmmm".
Finally, Martin throws his plectrum into the crowd and the less said about that painful moment the better, really.
Having to return home was heartbreaking. I was all set to latch onto the tourbus in my most evil scientist fashion and follow them to Aberdeen. And all over the world. Oh yes.
All in all, 11/10, a concert that cannot be paralleled. And I've seen quite a few "epic" concerts in my short life.


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Britney Spears' residency gig in Vegas is getting close to a done deal.
Citing a source close to the situation, People.com said the 31-year-old singer in "advanced talks with Planet Hollywood" for a residency," despite earlier reports that she wouldn't perform there because of hypnotist Marshall Silver's residency in March.
Maybe they could do a show together and Britney could get hypnotized to do crazy things onstage.
People close to Spears, who split up with Jason Trawick last month, are reportedly thrilled at her upcoming gig. Even her new puppy Hannah was stoked. He tweeted late Sunday, "Mommy, are dogs allowed to gamble in vegas? Gonna cash all my bones in for chips."
According to People.com. Spears later tweeted in response, "I don't think so honey," followed by the hashtag VivaLasVegas.
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Last weekend in Tokyo.. for this time
Im sorry Im writing this so late, but I need to tell you about my last weekend in Tokyo before reality and my trip back to Sweden takes ahold of me. The picture above is from my Sayonara party! I had it together with my darling friend Bameis birthday party.
A funny note; tanyoubi, which means birthday in japanse has a funny meaning, which ofcourse is congratulations for being born BUT also sayonara because you get departured from your mother. SO, this collaboration of Birthday party and Sayonara party went under the name TANYOUBI PARTY! ❤
This was the weekend before Halloween but I really love dress out/up so we had a pre-halloween theme and I was one from the Night of the living dolls.
The evening started 7pm in Roppongi at OZ CAFE
then we ended up at HEARTLAND around 11pm
(which is a place for gaijins, that means loud drunk forigners that wants to score with Japanese girls)
then fast away to another bar I don´t remember the name of until 2.30am
and then to Shimokitazawa to a very small, gorgeous, wonderful little sidewalk izakaya where we hanged out until 5am and my first morning train went back home to Komazawa.
A SUGOI evening/night/morning with wonderful friends!
I slept 3 hours and then up and away to Shinjuku for photoshoot with NANA EMMA that studies fashion design, and I got to wear clothes from VIVIENNE WESTWOOD! Do you know the manga/anime NANA? I wear the same jacket as her! So awesome! (^ ^)
What a surreal day!
Then studygroup in Shimokita at my friend Sams place and then VIP-party at Roppongi Hills at Grand Hyatt.
Tokyo International Film Festival was this week and I was invited of my former workplace ShortShorts Film Festival
to celebrate this amazing animator and the Animations made out of his short stories and life,


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How to close a business and deal with debt?12/4
Well folks, despite all your good advice and my best intentions, I'm getting out of the business. Been trying to make this go for 11 years now and I still can't see the light at the end of the tunnel. Did a lot of things right, and made a lot of mistakes. Better that I bail out now than lose more important things like my marriage.
As a sole proprietor I'm personally responsible for any debt from the business. I've got 5 digit debt in a line of credit plus credit card, plus a couple of leased machines that I appear to be slightly under water on. Once I find my next job, I'll spend at least the next few years paying off what I owe. Bankruptcy doesn't appear to offer much benefit.
Should I hang on to the machines and keep making payments, or sell quickly and suck up the loss?
Is there a better way to pay off the debt? Or just keep making the minimum payments over the next 5 years?
You are looking at this all wrong. A business is yours for life. Wives come and go. You would miss your business.
Hang on. 11 years is a long time. Give it to us with both barrells. What is your niche ?
"I've got 5 digit debt in a line of credit plus credit card, plus a couple of leased machines that I appear to be slightly under water on. Once I find my next job, I'll spend at least the next few years paying off what I owe. Bankruptcy doesn't appear to offer much benefit"
With that much debt, it will take a very, very long time to dig out with a regular J-O-B. This will affect you and your family for years if you bail now. You'll always wonder what could have been if you fixed the issues with the business.
Have you studied any continuous improvement methodologies like Lean manufacturing (2 second lean is a start), or the theory of constraints?
There are plenty of people on here that are willing to help.
Whatever you do, good luck in your decision. I know personally it's a difficult one.
5 figure debt is a wide range. $10K is manageable, $99K, probably not.
Not knowing your personal situation, I can't offer advice, but I can tell you that the reaction of most people who have gone bankrupt is relief. That's why it exists. Sometimes no matter how hard you try or how hard you work, it doesn't work out. If that's you, there is no shame in pulling the plug and starting over.
If, on the other hand, you are upside down because of all the vacations in Hawaii and the new his and hers BMW SUV's in the driveway, don't expect a lot of sympathy.
You need to understand how bankruptcy negotiations would go, so see a lawyer, then when you negotiate reduced or extended payments and they refuse to budge you can use words that imply bankruptcy but you never say it.
1) Pay all Federal and state and local taxes first
See a BR lawyer or your accountant for advice on how to proceed and don't use the BR word with anybody else. Even if you intend to never file, understanding what will happen if you do will give the correct tools to use to negotiate.
I grew the business 40% in 2014, took out loans and leases to support that. Finding the people to do the work was much more difficult than making the sales. A lot of other things happened, some due to my poor management but also an injury that kept me from working for 6 weeks.
Let's face it, nobody who owns a small custom cabinet shop is getting paid what they are worth. I don't care if they are Lean-ed, E-Myth-ed and well oiled, they still carry the weight of every employee screw-up, nosy gov't regulator, unpaid invoice, and tax audit. How many more years does my family have to suffer the feast-or-famine cycles before I get there? What else do I have to sacrifice? Looking around at colleagues who have been at it 20+ years, they are still living modestly. Throw in another slow economy and they're back to raiding their personal savings to float the business again.
OK, sorry for the rant. Uncle Sam and I are cool, as far as I know. I owe relatively little to vendors and should be able to settle up with them soon.
I may get in touch with a B-word lawyer. At the very least it would be helpful to negotiate some better terms on the debt.
Being straight with the government is a big hurdle to have cleared. Call you creditors and tell them you are closing. They will settle for a fraction of the money now vs slow payments over a long period. Don't run up large credit card balances at high interest rates to satisfy small creditors.
Having helped close up a small business 5 years ago, I can tell you that you can greatly reduce your liabilities with a few honest calls. You will run into some uncooperative creditors , most likely the leases. Those are the ones to string out.
Paying minimum payments on a credit card will take in excess of 20 years to pay off at the high interest rates.
Is there still such a thing as chapter 7 bankruptcy? I know they changed the laws recently. If there is a chapter 7 you should look into that. I believe a sole proprieter's debt is seen as personal income/debt. Under the old rules anyway chapter 7 completely erases all debt up to a specified limit.
Don't know what your particular situation is but the best thing I ever did was get rid of all my hired hands. I did have some good ones over the years but anybody that really gets this kind of work and the satisfaction that comes from it will always want to be in business for themselves. I get that. It's what I did 40 years ago.
Sorry to hear your ending things... but it sounds like you've made that decision...
As it relates to your leased-machines, depending on your terms, you may not be able to sell them... contact the company, explain your situation and see if they will take them back as payment... if you can sell it for less than what you owe, and pay it off, you may still need permission to do this... If not, spell it out for them what you can afford to pay, and come to terms on it in writing... Unless it goes to a debt collector, your personal credit rating won't suffer...
As to the rest, part of going out of business is liquidating your assets to settle debt. They don't let you keep the stuff and still owe... not even as a sole-proprietor...
So being that you are moving on, your focus should change from "I'm going out of business" to "how can I minimize the realities of it"... If you don't have one, get and sit down with an accountant to find out how you can maximize this decision to your favor...
Keep in mind, this is a phase of life... you make work for someone else for a while or that may be what you're suited for, but it does NOT mean you can never going back in business again...
Best of luck... 8^)
I'm with the Jim that posted above. It may be easier to work your way out of your situation solo than to take a job. I made it through the worst of the eighties on my own with a couple of good clients. Most us enter woodworking without knowing anything about business and that knowledge is hard won. Learning how to say "no" is often more important to success than trying to please everyone and getting over extended. Good luck.


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RIDGELAND, MS, Sept. 27, 2013 /CNW/ - FRANCHISE SERVICES OF NORTH AMERICA INC. ("FSNA" or the "Company") (FSN.V) announces that, effective today, Thomas McNeely and Michael Silverton have resigned as directors of the Company due to other commitments. FSNA would like to thank Mr. McNeely and Mr. Silverton for their contributions to the Company and wishes them both the best in their future endeavours.
About FSNA
FSNA is a publicly traded company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange. The Company and its subsidiaries own the following brands: Advantage Rent A Car ("Advantage"), U-Save Car & Truck Rental® ("U-Save"), U-Save Car Sales, Rent-A-Wreck of Canada, PractiCar, Auto Rental Resource Center ("ARRC"), Xpress Rent A Car and Peakstone Financial Services.
The Company operates the Advantage car rental brand at 72 corporate locations in 33 states. Advantage has airport locations servicing 60 of the top 70 airports across the United States and those airports account for more than US$10 billion in annual car rental revenue. Advantage is the fourth largest independent rental car company in the United States.
U-Save, together with its subsidiary ARRC, has over 900 locations throughout the United States and is one of North America's largest franchise car rental companies. U-Save currently services 19 airport markets in 13 different states. Although primarily based in the United States, U-Save has 18 international locations in Mexico, Greece, the Middle East, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
Practicar Systems Inc. owns the rights to the Rent-A-Wreck® and the PractiCar® trademarks for all of Canada. The Rent-A-Wreck® system operates a network of 61 franchise locations from coast-to-coast in Canada, providing a range of vehicle rental, leasing and sales options to its customers. The Rent-A-Wreck® system has been in continuous operation in Canada since 1976.
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#1 Commentary - Peter Schweizer: Conservatives more honest than liberals?
06-02-2008, 03:00 PMThe headline may seem like a trick question even a dangerous one to ask during an election year. And notice, please, that I didnt ask whether certain politicians are more honest than others. (Politicians are a different species altogether.) Yet there is a striking gap between the manner in which liberals and conservatives address the issue of honesty.
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Consider these results:
Is it OK to cheat on your taxes? A total of 57 percent of those who described themselves as very liberal said yes in response to the World Values Survey, compared with only 20 percent of those who are very conservative. When Pew Research asked whether it was morally wrong to cheat Uncle Sam, 86 percent of conservatives agreed, compared with only 68 percent of liberals.
Ponder this scenario, offered by the National Cultural Values Survey: You lose your job. Your friends company is looking for someone to do temporary work. They are willing to pay the person in cash to avoid taxes and allow the person to still collect unemployment. What would you do?
Almost half, or 49 percent, of self-described progressives would go along with the scheme, but only 21 percent of conservatives said they would.
When the World Values Survey asked a similar question, the results were largely the same: Those who were very liberal were much more likely to say it was all right to get welfare benefits you didnt deserve.
The World Values Survey found that those on the left were also much more likely to say it is OK to buy goods that you know are stolen. Studies have also found that those on the left were more likely to say it was OK to drink a can of soda in a store without paying for it and to avoid the truth while negotiating the price of a car.
Fascinating article but it didn't really tell me anything I didn't know from years of reading DU. :)
The honesty gap is also not a result of bad people becoming liberals and good people becoming conservatives. In my mind, a more likely explanation is bad ideas. Modern liberalism is infused with idea that truth is relative. Surveys consistently show this. And if truth is relative, it also must follow that honesty is subjective.
Sixties organizer Saul Alinsky, who both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton say inspired and influenced them, once said the effective political advocate doesnt have a fixed truth; truth to him is relative and changing, everything to him is relative and changing. He is a political relativist.
This should not be suprising to anyone. Liberals have been lying to get elected AT LEAST since I have been able to vote - and I'm not a spring chicken anymore.
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Its no surprise. Look at how they piss on certain values then embrace those values for political gain.
They are children.
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Golf Tidbits: Merion ready for prime time
Philadelphia, PA – The East Course at Merion Golf Club has a long and distinguished history of hosting USGA Championships. The biggest of those championships, the U.S. Open, returns to the club for a fifth time in June.
After the 1981 Open at Merion, there was talk the championship would likely never be back. The club has gone to extraordinary lengths to bring back the championship.
And after visiting Merion on Monday, I'll tell you the course is plenty ready.
Defending champion Webb Simpson is on the short list of players who has played Merion under tournament conditions. Simpson competed at the 2005 U.S. Amateur at Merion.
Simpson beat 2010 champ Graeme McDowell and Michael Thompson by a stroke at last year's U.S. Open at Olympic. Ironically, Thompson beat Simpson in the first round of the 2007 U.S. Amateur, also at Olympic. Thompson was the runner- up to Colt Knost that year.
Along with Simpson, the short list of those already qualified for this year's Open who have played Merion in tournament conditions includes Kevin Chappell, '05 Amateur, and Rickie Fowler, 2009 Walker Cup.
Some other names from the 2005 Amateur who still could qualify for the Open include J.B. Holmes, Matthew Every and Nicholas Thompson, better known to some as Lexi's older brother.
Several players, including McDowell, have visited Merion to scout the course. McDowell did so last summer and felt the course was ready then to host this year's Open.
The par-70 East Course will be one of the shorter courses (under 7,000 yards) for the U.S. Open, but that doesn't mean it will be a pushover. There are just two par-5s, and they both come in the first four holes.
From there, it is all par-3s and par-4s. Outside the 13th, the par-3s are no joke. Forced carries, water and plenty of sand are just the start of the toughness of those holes. The third can play 220 yards, slightly uphill, while the 17th can be stretched to 250 yards and plays over a quarry.
There are several birdie chances between the seventh and 13th, but that is countered by a brutal closing stretch. The last five holes include the long 17th, as well as four healthy par-4s, including the 18th, which can be stretched over 500 yards and generally plays into the prevailing wind.
Three of the closing par-4s have out of bounds left of the fairway, while the 16th has an uphill second shot over a quarry.
"Potentially through 13 holes, if you drive it well, you can have nine wedge opportunities. That's kind of what I've calculated. Including 13, the par-3," Simpson said in Monday's press conference. "And then the last five are going to be some of maybe the hardest that we have ever had in the U.S. Open. So you kind of have the best of both worlds. And that's why I think this U.S. Open is going to be so unique in the sense that I don't think a long player or short player has an advantage.
"I think a guy with a good wedge game and a good mind will have the advantage because you'll have your birdie opportunities, but what I remember about Merion is the second that you think I got an easy hole, an iron and a wedge, is the second that you probably will make a mistake."
The course will challenge the players like all Open venues. The greens will be slick (13-to-13.5 on the stimpmeter) and the rough will be thick as always. The fairways, in some cases, maybe wider than normal for an Open, but after playing the course Monday, I found the one underrated challenge for the players will be the uneven lies.
Sloped fairways are going to lead to awkward lies on some of the easier approach shots.
The only thing that may be harder than playing the course, is walking the course for the fans. There will be areas fans can't access due to the small piece of land the course is crammed into.
As much as the USGA wants to accommodate the fans, its greater concern is testing the players to the fullest. And Merion will certainly do that.
Five weeks ago in Houston, D.A. Points closed with a 6-under 66 to beat Henrik Stenson and Billy Horschel by a single stroke. On Sunday, Horschel returned the favor and beat Points by a shot.
Horschel poured in six straight birdies at one point on Sunday to grab a two- stroke lead. Points matched four of those birdies to stay within reach.
After Horschel stumbled to a bogey on No. 15, the pair were tied at 18-under par. Horschel quickly atoned for that mistake with a birdie on the 16th.
Both players had birdie chances on the final green. Horschel never gave Points the chance to force a playoff as he poured in his 26-foot birdie effort for his first PGA Tour victory. Points made his putt, too, but it was a moot point.
"(D.A.) played great. You know, we both pushed each other," Horschel said. "He nipped me in Houston, but I think I got him back on this one."
The turnaround was easy to forecast, in a sense. Starting with his runner-up finish in Houston, Horschel hasn't finished outside the top nine in his last four events. He has picked up his first tour win, and earned over $2 million those tournaments.
I think we can all agree, that's some solid golf. This is second full year on the PGA Tour, and now Horschel can get comfortable playing on the big stage as he'll keep his tour card through the 2015 season.
Knowing where you'll be playing is half the battle. Now that he has locked up his card for two more seasons, Horschel can now focus on winning more tournaments.
As one of the fastest players on tour, he'll have to learn to control himself and slow himself down in these pressure packed situations.
Now that he's done it once, Horschel will have that experience to draw on, and that as important as having his tour card for two more years.
* This week's Well Fargo Championship should be an interesting watch. Two greens were completely replaced last week, and according to some reports, there are other greens that aren't in the best shape. The club is ripping all the greens up after the tournament anyway and putting in new greens with a different type of grass. Maybe that will help draw Tiger Woods back to the event next year.
* The Champions Tour's Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf format should be expanded to the PGA and Web.com tours. In the case of the Champions Tour, it's 33 two-man teams in an all-out birdie-fest. Fans want to see birdies. Pair two of the best PGA Tour players together in the right conditions, I wonder how low they could go?


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Logitech purchased the California-based Ultimate Ears back in 2008 and set to work on repackaging its entire line of headphones, including the UE 700 Noise-Isolation Earphones. The updated model features new packaging adorned with Logitech branding, a more protective hardcover box for storage, and a combination of foam and silicone ear tips. What hasn't changed, however, is the 700's dual armature driver design that puts two speakers in each earbud--one to accent high- and midlevel frequencies, and another that delivers thumping, natural bass. The result is a headphone that can reproduce the sparkling high notes and smooth bass tones of your music with a three-dimensional soundstage that practically commands you to relisten to your music library, note by note. If it's not clear already, the $150 Ultimate Ears 700 headphones deserve a listen if you're an attentive music listener who demands brilliant sound at an affordable price.
Design and features
The Ultimate Ears 700 headphones are smaller than most, purposefully slim for comfort and style at only 11.6 grams per earbud. The wire lacks the heavy remote control that normally adds weight to smartphone-friendly headphones, making them comfortable to wear for long periods of time, to the point where they become unnoticeable through a full day of work. The tiny earbud housing also allows you to easily push them farther into your ear canal, which is important for creating a proper noise-isolating seal.
The reflective silver earbud housing is complemented by a smoky red hook with a small circular ridge that secures the ear tips into place, and Ultimate Ears offers both silicone and foam ear cushions by Comply, a company highly regarded by the audiophile community for its softly padded material and universal fits.
The Ultimate Ears 700 headphones come with five sizes of the silicone cushions and only two variations of the foam version for comparison. Choosing between silicone or foam tips is ultimately a personal decision, but it's usually easier to create a seal with the foam by compressing it prior to insertion. We should also note that foam is more susceptible to dirt and grime, so you may find a more hygienic solution in the silicone. Logitech also includes a protective hard shell case that has ample room for the headphones and all the ear tips to go with you.