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Version 1.5.1 – March 29, 2015.
* Multiword search fix in AJAX mode
* Empty search result page height fix in ajax off mode
Version 1.5 – January 15, 2015.
* Added 1-click demo importer
* Updated documentation
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* RevSlider update to 4.6.5
* Portfolio category list duplication fix
* Fixed tabs
* Mp3 player fix (MediaElement.js)
* Request: added target and color to icon shortcode
* FontAwesome is now built in
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* In AJAX OFF mode content didn't appear in mobile mode in some cases
* In some cases the content below menu and icons didn't appear in AJAX OFF mode
* In AJAX ON mode menu didn't appear in some cases on first visit
* Documentation update
* In some cases if page opening speed was above 1s then google maps did not load properly
* In progress: 1-click demo import, new ajax engine to give wider support for external scripts
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* Added WP tagline as meta description in the header
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* In a certain resolution (~1024x768) the site appeared bad
* Mp3 player fix, if tp-shortcodes plugin is not activated
* In some cases BG slider didn't create its table on theme activation
* Revolution slider is updated (also its documentation)
* Disabled revslider update activation message in admin to avoid misunderstandings
* Post sharing URL fix /content-single.php/
* Mobile view - contact form cutting off issue fix
* In responsive OFF mode there was a space below the sidebar
* In admin the background slider now lists all posts
* Documentation update
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* Background slider fade speed fix (in AJAX mode)
* Portfolio shortcode implode() error fix
* Portfolio: option to open image or view the post
* The post titles became links in full posts page template
* Masonry blog: title color changes on post hover
* If user clicks on category/tag/archive in masonry blog, posts will be loaded in masonry blog style
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* News shortcode: now you can also display post thumb
* Updated documentation
* Revolution Slider has been updated to v4.2.2
* Toggle shortcode: now you can make them open on start
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* Navigation ID name fix (if you didn't name your menu to "main" the AJAX page loading didn't work correctly)
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* Gallery close button fix
* In AJAX mode if a link is placed to a local file (jpg, pdf, etc.) it now opens properly
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Photograph of President William Jefferson Clinton with Buddy the Dog in the Oval Office: 01/16/1998
Who is the most famous person I've ever met? Well, it depends on what your definition of "is" is.
Actually, no, wait, it depends on what your definition of "met" is.
Back in the fall of 1992, about a week before the presidential election, Bill Clinton was winding down his campaigning with a visit to Jackson, Miss. I was a student at Ole Miss at the time, and a group of us decided to drive down to Jackson to hear him speak.
After he spoke, we pressed down to the front of the crowd to try to get to meet him. There was a short fence that separated Clinton from the crowd, and he was walking along it, shaking hands with a few people, skipping a few people, shaking hands with a few people, and so on.
I made my way against the fence, and Bill worked his way toward me, shaking hands with people as he came. He shook hands with the person next to me, looked at me, and then skipped down a little ways and started shaking hands again.
I generally just summarize that story as "One time, Bill Clinton refused to shake my hand."
So, does that count as meeting? If so, then Clinton definitely wins the most famous person for me.
If not, then it gets a bit more complicated.
I've actually had conversations with famous people in a number of different areas, but how do you determine which of them is the most famous?
Probably the most historical person I've met is astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second man on the moon. I spoke with him briefly in person at a space symposium back in 2004, and then had a longer conversation on the phone with him a little later about the 35th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing.
In the acting arena, James Earl Jones is probably the most famous actor I've had a conversation with. Back in college, several years before Star Wars: Episode I started filming, I asked him, and I'm sure he loved getting this question, what he knew about the rumored prequels. He told me they were going to happen, and that he would be in it at the very end. So there you go.
Musically, it's got to be B.B. King. B.B. consider his hometown to be Indianola, Miss., where I worked for the newspaper for five year, so I saw him several times when he came into town for his annual homecoming concert. I got to ask him a few questions for the paper and talk with him a little. He considered my editor, Jim Abbott, a friend, so I got to be around while they talked, too. B.B. is an amazing man, friendly and incredibly down-to-Earth. Just a super, super nice guy.
In the field of writing, John Grisham, right around the time the movie "The Firm" came out, when he was really probably at the height of his popularity, took a six-month or so sabbatical from interviews. When the Sunday "Parade" magazine (or possibly USA Weekend, I forget which) wanted an interview with him during that time, he agreed, but with the stipulation that he would interview himself rather than talk to someone else. To the best of my knowledge, he granted only one interview during that time — to me. I was working at the college paper at the time, and he was in town for a private screening of The Firm, which I'd been invited to. I told him I knew he wasn't doing interviews, but would he be willing to let me ask just one question. He said he'd never met a reporter that could ask just one question, but if I could, he'd answer it and I could use it. I did, and he did.
So with all of those possibilities, how do you determine who the most famous person I've ever met is?
Oh, yeah, Google.
Google "James Earl Jones," and you get just over 4 million results.
"John Grisham" gets you over 9 million.
Buzz Aldrin, the second man on the moon, a participant in probably the greatest human achievement of the 20th century, nets about half a million.
And B.B. King? Indianola's favorite son gets almost 27 million results, making him the most famous person I've ever met.
Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.
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In an extraordinary public essay asking how Muslims can "drag ourselves out of the pit we find ourselves in, to raise ourselves up," Musharraf has called for a strategy of "enlightened moderation."
Recommendation: If Musharraf stands for enlightened moderation in a fight for his life and for the life of his country, the United States should be willing to make hard choices too, and make the difficult long-term commitment to the future of Pakistan. Sustaining the current scale of aid to Pakistan, the United States should support Pakistan's government in its struggle against extremists with a comprehensive effort that extends from military aid to support for better education, so long as Pakistan's leaders remain willing to make difficult choices of their own.
Saudi Arabia is a troubled country. Although regarded as very wealthy, in fact per capita income has dropped from $28,000 at its height to the present level of about $8,000. Social and religious traditions complicate adjustment to modern economic activity and limit employment opportunities for young Saudis. Women find their education and employment sharply limited.
President Clinton offered us a perceptive analysis of Saudi Arabia, contending that fundamentally friendly rulers have been constrained by their desire to preserve the status quo. He, like others, made the case for pragmatic reform instead. There are signs that Saudi Arabia's royal family is trying to build a consensus for political reform, though uncertain about how fast and how far to go.
Crown Prince Abdullah wants the Kingdom to join the World Trade Organization to accelerate economic liberalization. He has embraced the Arab Human Development Report, which was highly critical of the Arab world's political, economic, and social failings and called for greater economic and political reform. Cooperation with Saudi Arabia against Islamist terrorism is very much in the U.S. interest. Such cooperation can exist for a time largely in secret, as it does now, but it cannot grow and thrive there. Nor, on either side, can friendship be unconditional.
Recommendation: The problems in the U.S. -Saudi relationship must be confronted, openly. The United States and Saudi Arabia must determine if they can build a relationship that political leaders on both sides are prepared to publicly defend—a relationship about more than oil. It should include a shared commitment to political and economic reform, as Saudis make common cause with the outside world. It should include a shared interest in greater tolerance and cultural respect, translating into a commitment to fight the violent extremists who foment hatred.
Recommendation: Just as we did in the Cold War, we need to defend our ideals abroad vigorously. America does stand up for its values. The US defended, and still defends, Muslims against tyrants and criminals in Somalia, Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq. If the US does not act aggressively to define itself in the Islamic world, the extremists will gladly do the job for us.
Recommendation: The US government should offer to join with other nations in generously supporting a new International Youth Opportunity Fund. Funds will be spent directly for building and operating primary and secondary schools in those Muslim states that commit to sensibly investing their own money in public education.
Recommendation: The United States should engage other nations in developing a comprehensive coalition strategy against Islamist terrorism. There are several multilateral institutions in which such issues should be addressed. But the most important policies should be discussed and coordinated in a flexible contact group of leading coalition governments. This is a good place, for example, to develop joint strategies for targeting terrorist travel, or for hammering out a common strategy for the places where terrorists may be finding sanctuary.
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Living in a lush, forested area sounds pristine and serene, right? Yes, but you may have to grapple with pesticide drift from periodic aerial spraying of herbicides like 2,4-D and atrazine.
Residents of Lane County, Oregon are fed up. They recently organized a rally protesting this long-standing practice, and calling for buffer zones to protect their communities.
The pesticides being sprayed tend to drift on air currents and have been found in the blood and urine of numerous residents who've been tested. Aerial application of herbicides is widespread throughout forested areas of Oregon and other states. Large tracts of forest, however, have been managed successfully for years in the state without the use of herbicides.
Oregon has enacted buffer zones restricting pesticide use around streams and rivers to protect salmon and endangered species. However, no such buffer zones exist near schools or residences. According to Christina Hubbard from the grassroots group Forest Web:
Really what this is about is creating a reasonable buffer zone for aerial spraying. This is common sense, to protect homes and schools.
In California, 1/4 mile buffer zones around schools were put in place in two of the state's agricultural counties (Tulare and Kern) when local residents documented contamination in school air using PAN's Drift Catcher. The communities worked closely with Californians for Pesticide Reform to mount an effective campaign and win the protective buffer zones.
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Among the herbicides of concern in Oregon are atrazine and 2,4-D. Atrazine is a hormone disruptor and has been shown to have links to reproductive harm, while the weedkiller 2,4-D has been linked to cancer, lowered sperm counts, birth defects and neurological damage among other serious health harms.
PAN and other groups have been calling upon the EPA to follow independent science on the harms of these pesticides, despite efforts from the pesticide industry to minimize the health risks.
Dow — one of the Big 6 global pesticide corporations — has been pushing back against attempts to more strictly regulate 2,4-D, and has applied to USDA for approval of a new genetically modified line of corn that would be resistant to the herbicide. Over 70 scientists and health practitioners recently wrote to USDA protesting the proposed new use for this dangerous herbicide.
Kudos to the people of Oregon for calling for common sense protections from pesticide spray.
Pesticides from aerial operations can drift up to 20 miles, if not more. The children of Oregon need the aerial applications to just STOP!! a 1 mile buffer zone will do nothing in protecting our health, let alone the environment. If science can prove that a certain distance can be established to be safe from drift, then we can look at buffer zones. The science hasn't done that yet. If Oregon grants a buffer zone, be it 1 mile or 5 miles, the timber industry is still getting away with poisoning the citizens and children of Oregon. Not only that, but then the government will wash it's hands of us and not concern itself with this issue for another 30 some years.
I was 11 when Peter DeFazio asked the state of Oregon to grant a moratorium on forestry pesticides, now my son is 11 and we are asking for a moratorium on forestry pesticides. I surely don't want my grandchildren to be 11 and their parents asking for a moratorium on forestry pesticides. Isn't 30 odd years long enough to be poisoning the very earth we live on??
The Natural Resource Adviser to the Governor informed us that the governments hands are tied because of the policy and rules that the timber industry has put into place to protect THEM!!
Who is left to protect our children?
Good to have reconnected to PAN. Lost U in the paper to electronic shift.
Regarding all herbicides drifting planet wide - remember that every green growing plant being killed means less O2 being produced for us to breathe, and waay less CO2 being cleared from the atmosphere that is beginning to smother and melt the planet! What is the "carbon cost" of all that drift? And what is the per tree carbon credit for growing trees, instead of killing them with drift?
And do you know that the fetal effects of 2,4D's Garlon, RoundUp etc's breakdown products are so toxic that they are used in research labs to create congenital heart disease and congenital diaphragmatic hernias in fetal animals?
Buffer zones, especially the mile buffer zone recently asked for at the rally in Eugene, is not going to prevent the problems of chemical trespass for the people of Oregon, nor protect our streams or environment. Studies show at minimum drift is two miles, normally far beyond, as mentioned below. A mile buffer is a step that may in fact cost us, also mentioned, for the timber industry would simply continue their practices under such a request. Thus, our air, water and people would continue to be exposed to their poisons. Until Oregon and this investigation can actually analyze the drift situation, how can we assume to know viable buffers? Especially when ignoring what we do know of drift already.
Does the timber industry not at least wonder, especially at this juncture, if they may be putting the health of Oregonians and our resources at risk? Years of history, science, the investigation, water samples, all point them in that direction. Yet their profits continue to reign, as does this entity in Oregon.
The reality is it is time this State steps up to the plate. As of last Wednesday's meeting, the people of Oregonians are left facing Goliath, alone and without so much as a sling-shot. Since stopping these practices is not on the table, an obvious first step for Oregon or any state for that matter, should be to protect its citizens. Prevention is needed, hence the request by S.T.O.P. for a moratorium. One would think in fact that with the investigation, yet to perform drift studies, prevention would be the very least this state would WANT. Yet, for well over 30 years, citizens have been faced with asking the state to stop this ongoing poisoning? This is so far off the charts one could ask, is this for real? However, the history speaks for itself, and sadly proves this is very real. What is Oregon thinking? One thing has become very clear, Timber is far more important than People.
The question from Spiral asks "who will protect our children?" Based on this history and last week's meeting with the state's Natural Resource Adviser AND Oregon's Health Authority, Lead for the state's current Chemical Exposure Investigation: NO ONE !!! They claim at least that Timber has them tied and bound. Yet the state is funding an exposure investigation, with citizens urine positive for timber chemicals, along with four fish bearing streams, and people testifying across the state of illnesses, cancers clusters, miscarriages, sick children, and far more, all related to the timber spraying practices, along with thousands of people asking for a moratorium ~ Yet the state of Oregon says NO, Sorry, we cannot help you, our hands are tied. Time and history will reflect upon all who are allowing this to continue, knowing full well it should have been stopped, years ago.
It appears as of last Wednesday we are left with little to nothing, but perhaps a vision of hope; The hope that our Governor or but a SINGLE member of this Investigative Team, might have an epiphany, and take what is now deemed a bold step forward and public. The same afforded our Governor ironically, when he consciously determined he could no longer execute convicted criminals. One person, willing to do the right thing and say enough IS enough. Someone willing to walk the talk, and having the wherewithal to go public with what they know to be true. Similar to what Professor Tyrone Hayes did, when he chose to cross the line, knowing he had to go pubic and speak out regarding his findings as to the hazards posed by none other than Atrazine. Someone willing to be bold enough to admit Oregon has a serious ongoing toxic poisoning issue taking place, due to their timber industry, and toxic chemical practices. Someone willing to say that aside from Oregon's Laws, Ordinances, Rules, Policies and Regulations, this poisoning needs to stop, period.
I venture to say if someone were to be so bold, the thousands of citizens seeking this state's protection for years, would amass in numbers unheard of, in support of that brave soul. Perhaps then, you can sleep at night.
Then too if only PAN could offer their drift catcher for Oregonians, to prove the extent of the known Timber Drift. I cannot help but ask, where ARE the many organizations, funded and having the wherewithal to help in this effort? The environmentalists, the healthcare professionals, health organizations, all who speak to and of of the dangers of pesticides and toxic chemicals yet are not coming forth to offer but a sling-shot. Where are you, and why are you not helping us stop the spraying of toxic chemicals into our towns and communities by the timber industry?


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The key to a good exit is timing.
Clark Gable had it. Sandy Koufax nailed it. And of course Olivier was the master of the well-timed exit.
For me - the time is now. As of this week I'm no longer a member of the Stumptown posse.
It's been a great experience. I'm going to miss Stumptown a lot.
I've met some wonderful people and had some incredibly memorable times. I've made some good friends.
In this time, my understanding of coffee, my appreciation of coffee and my knowledge of coffee have all increased tremendously. I owe a huge amount to the folks at Stumptown for this.
I'm going to miss cupping.
I'm going to miss talking shit.
I'm going to miss the vibe of the roastery and the feeling of belonging when I walked into any of the cafes.
I'm going to miss bar shifts, and I'm going to miss working on the Mistrals.
But most of all... I'm going to miss the people.
Be well.
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IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Sunday, December 2, 2018, and picked headlines from 17 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.
Several papers today discussed the Iranian Parliament's bid to impeach Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, arguing that it will definitely harm the country's national interests.
Also a top story was the G20 Summit in Argentina, where Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was sidelined, and only greeted by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Other top stories included the recent decline in the US dollar rate as well as the advanced Sahand destroyer unveiled by the Iranian defence ministry.
The above issues, as well as many more, are highlighted in the following headlines and top stories:
1- Putin Reiterates Call for Maintaining Iran Nuclear Deal
2- DM: Iran Spiritually Supporting Yemen
3- Xinhua: Zarif Calls for End of Yemen Crisis through Iran's Four-Point Plan
1- Plan of Left-Wingers for Next Presidential Election
Aref; A Reliable Option
2- Will ICT Minister Azari Jahromi, Former IRIB Chief Zarghami Compete for Presidency?
1- Iran to Launch Cloud Seeding Project
2- It's Awful Idea to Impeach Zarif []
1- Bin Salman's Troubles at G20 Summit
Macron to Prince: No Never Listen to Me
1- Impeachment and Zarif's Untold Stories
1- Central Bank Trying to Compensate for Past Mistakes
2- Speaker: Gov't, Parliament Have Consensus
3- Global Solidarity with Palestinian Nation: UNGA Approves 6 Anti-Israel Resolutions
4- Aref: Plan to Impeach FM Zarif Not Favourable at All
1- Parliamentarians: Zarif's Impeachment Not to Serve National Interests
2- First VP: Iran Not to Seek Unethical, Destructive Technologies
3- OPCW Conference Fails after US Stonewalling
4- Paris Protests Now in Brussels
1- Foreign Investment in Iranian Stock Exchange Markets Now Possible
Iran Admitted to Int'l Stock Commission
1- Dollar Rate Keeps Decreasing in Iran
2- Yellow Vests Hold Protest Rallies in Paris for Second Consecutive Week
1- Sahand, Most Advanced Indigenous Warship in West Asia
1- Protests Spread to Heart of Europe: Third Week of Protests in Paris
2- Bin Salman Isolated in G20 Photo Diplomacy
1- Advanced Destroyer Sahand Joins Iran Army's Fleet
2- Protests in London, Baghdad against Yemen War
1- US Dollar Rate Less than IRR 110,000
2- No Need for Germans to Guarantee Benefits of Iran Nuclear Deal!
Germany Must First Avoid Cutting Phone Services for Iranian Banks!
3- Street War in Paris: Yellow Vest Protesters Back
1- Iran Has 13 Million Singles Who Are Older than Appropriate Age of Marriage
2- Fortification of Champs-Elysees
1- Only Putin Greeted Bin Salman!
2- Iranian Economy under Scrutiny of Experts
1- Great Gift to Zarif
Analysts: Impeachment against National Interests, Beneficial for Him
1- Unimpeachable Minister: Some MPs Once Again Seeking to Impeach FM
2- Analyst: JCPOA Was a Stone in Middle of a River
3- Chief of Bush Clan Dies
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Mumbai: National carrier Air India has sacked 16 air hostesses and a flight purser in the past nine days for not following flight duty time limitation (FDTL) norms.
"The action (against the 17 cabin crew) is not off-handed. The management had been asking them to follow FDTL rules for over six months now but they failed to do so. We took the decision only after the indiscipline crossed the tolerance limits," a senior Air India official said here.
FDTL are guidelines governing the aspects such as the maximum daily flight duty period including flying hours limitations, rest period, staff-on-duty travel and number of landings allowed per pilot as well as the crew.
The Civil Aviation Ministry had in September 2012 directed Air India to immediately implement the FDTL.
Noting that Air India can't be an exception to the flight duty time norms, mandatory across the airlines, the official said these cabin crew wanted duty hours "by their choice and as per the earlier rules agreed with the unions".
"These rules were made at the time when Air India was doing financially well. But now situation is different. We made cabin crew understand this. While most of the people started following the new rules, these people did not. Hence the action," the official said.
The carrier last month issued a general notice, warning crew of serious action including termination, the official said. "We feel that all issues can be sorted out as long as flights are taking off on time. But February was worst for us in terms of on time performance."
As against an industry average of 75 hours of monthly flying, Air India averages only 52 hours on international routes. In domestic sector it is slightly better at 55 hours per month, the official said.
"We can not compete at this average, particularly when we are going to be a part of the Star Alliance. So accountability has to be there," the official said.
Though the Airline cabin crew association had approached the various courts seeking a stay to implementation of the new FDTL, both Bombay and Delhi High courts refused any relief.


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FORRESTON - The 1A Forreston Regional final between Aquin and Eastland was everything it was expected to be Friday. And it came down to one big shot from one clutch player.
Dalton Shaner's 3-pointer with 3.4 seconds left was the game winner that lifted the Eastland Cougars to a 66-61 victory in a hard-fought battle with the Bulldogs.
Eastland advances to next week's River Ridge Sectional by surviving arguably the most difficult 1A regional in the state.
"It's probably one of the toughest 1A regionals if not the toughest," Shaner said, "And we've never won back to back regionals so we knew if we wanted that we'd really have to work for it here."
And work for it they did. The Cougars (23-4) trailed after every quarter except the final one. Aquin (24-6) led by eight points early in the second quarter before the Cougars pulled within two by halftime.
After a see-saw third quarter ended with Eastland down 49-46, the Bulldogs built a six-point lead early in the fourth before the Cougars battled back again, led by play of their go-to scorer. Shaner scored 14 of his game-high 30 points in the final quarter, and none were bigger than the last three, which broke a 61-61 tie.
"I knew they were going to bring a double team and I wanted to take that last shot, I wanted that to be on my hands," Shaner said. "I saw the double team so I just went opposite of it and got a pretty good look at the three and put it down. It was crazy. A lot of excitement."
Aquin had a chance to get off a tying shot with 3.4 seconds remaining, but Brighton Haverland stole the Bulldogs' inbound pass and promptly made two free throws with one second left to seal the victory, ending the season for a very good Aquin team much earlier than is probably deserved.
"It's the cards we were dealt," Aquin junior Aiden Chang said. "It hurts more knowing that if we were in a different regional I think we would've won the regional championship but I'd rather playing in a game like this than in a blowout every game."
Chang finished with a team-high 20 points, 13 of which came in the third quarter when he helped will the Bulldogs back into the lead after falling behind for a good part of the period.
"I'm extremely proud of our guys," Aquin coach Rich Chang said. "They played their hearts out. Everything that they've got is still out there (on the court). There's nothing left inside (the locker room) I can guarantee that."


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With two movie releases yet to go, it might be too soon for sorrow. But Warner Bros. chief Alan Horn is already having separation anxiety with the "Harry Potter" franchise.
Weeks after shooting the final scene in the series. Warner Bros. president and COO waxed about the success of the franchise and joked about ways he plans to keep it going even after author J.K. Rowling has finished off the book series.
"Of course, it wouldn't be surprising that we would want to keep going," Horn said Friday. "I said to Jo Rowling, 'why don't you write some more?' "
"I even had a title: 'Harry Potter and the Golden Years.' "
Rowling declined, he said with a sad smile.
Horn made the remarks at the "Power Lawyers, Power Breakfast" event sponsored by The Hollywood Reporter.
Can you blame Horn? With the final two films in the can the series is already the largest grossing movie franchise in movie history. This is before one ticket has been sold to "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," due out in November,
"It has surpassed all the Bond movies and the 'Star Wars' movies," said Horn. "And we're not even finished yet."
Horn even allowed himself to walk down memory lane and recalled the original casting sessions for the 2001-released "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone."
There were three young actors in competition to be Harry Potter before it was given to Daniel Radcliffe and four Ron Weasley wannabes (which went to Rupert Grint).
"And then there was one young girl, and only one," he recalled. That was young Emma Watson.
Horn recalls calling director Christopher Columbus and saying, "there are 60 million people in the United Kingdom and you only found one girl that could possibly be Hermione Granger?"
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After years of trying to find a location, a new homeless shelter is opening in downtown Des Moines on Monday.
The Central Iowa Shelter was built on Mulberry Street, near the MLK bypass on the south side of downtown.
Ken Dohmen gave KCCI a tour of the $15 million facility last Friday.
The new facility is five times larger than the old building and will house more than 200 people with 19 small locked apartments for veterans.
The 42,000 square foot shelter also has a health clinic, kitchen and education room.
Herb Gish is a veteran staying in the old shelter who said he can't wait to move into the new home across the street.
"Most people don't think they'll find themselves in this position. I got laid off," said Gish.
In the dorm area of the facility, 50 bunk beds will line one large room and for the first time, the bathrooms have private stalls.
The facility is not just a place to shower and sleep.
Lounge areas, a health clinic and a classroom with computers will encourage homeless to stay during the day to work on their GED or other issues.
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German business software maker SAP is winding down a web-based software product for small to mid-sized businesses, a German magazine reported.
Business weekly Wirtschaftswoche said SAP would stop the development of a software dubbed Business By Design, although existing customers will be able to continue to use it.
An SAP spokesman said on Saturday that development capacity for Business By Design was being reduced, but that the product was not being shut down.
SAP, one of the world's biggest makers of business management software, originally projected that Business by Design - which was launched in 2010 - would reach 10,000 customers and generate $1 billion of revenue.
The magazine reported, however, that the product, which cost roughly 3 billion euros to develop, currently has only 785 customers and is expected to generate no more than 23 million euros in sales this year.
By comparison, in the second quarter, SAP's software and software-related service revenue stood at 3.35 billion euros.
SAP started working on Business by Design in 2003 to diversify sales beyond its traditional market of large corporations and government agencies, trying to compete with software sold by NetSuite, a company founded more than a decade ago by Oracle Chief Executive Larry Ellison.
The Wirtschaftswoche report said that ever since the SAP product's launch, customers had complained about technical issues and the slow speed of the software.
SAP declined to provide any specific comment on investment expenditures, sales figures or customer numbers of Business by Design.
(Reporting by Ilona Wissenbach; writing by Arno Schuetze. Editing by Jane Merriman)
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Spanish transmission system operator (TSO) Red Electrica de Espana found that by measuring the temperature of cables at two-metre intervals every ten minutes it was able to push through 10% more power before being required to curtail supply to prevent overheating.
This rose to 25% on windy days, when more power is available and the prevailing wind can also cool the cables.
The initiative is one of six from the three-year EU-funded Twenties project, which has tested ideas for more flexible grid systems needed to cater for the growing proportion of renewable energy.
The projects span 11 European countries, and involve a number of organisations, including TSOs and wind turbine manufacturers. Full findings of the project will be published next week.
Another project found a way of increasing power output from offshore wind farms during stormy conditions, reducing the need for back-up by 50%. Software installed on Dong Energy's 91 wind turbines on Horns Rev II, in the North Sea off Denmark, monitored the speed at each wind turbine.
TSO Energynet.dk was able to selectively ramp down or shut down turbines at one part of the site, while other turbines experiencing lower wind conditions continued to generate power.
"These products can now become standard for every grid operator. They are already available — the projects have shown that they work, and have removed the risk," said Jacopo Moccia, head of policy analysis at the European Wind Energy Association.
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NASA-funded report says society is trending toward big collapse
Societal collapse, like the kind that took down the Roman Empire, could be just around the corner, according to a report partly funded by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
Prophecies of impending doom go back a long way, but this one has the extra cachet of backing by NASA.
The report, posted online in November 2012 by the University of Maryland's Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, states that collapsed societies seem to share two features: over-exploitation of natural resources and economic stratification into elites and masses or "commoners."
Although the report has been out more than a year, it has drawn attention in recent days from popular media, including The Guardian.
The gist of the report is that history is full of stories about the rise and fall of major cultures, so the idea of it happening again shouldn't be written off as kooky.
It's based upon a predator-prey model first described in the 1920s by two mathematicians.
In this case, the predator is the human population, while nature, or the natural resources of the surrounding environment, is the prey depleted by humans, the authors state.
Reasons for societal collapse throughout history are about as varied as weather, including volcanoes, floods, droughts, changes in the course of rivers, foreign invasions, changes in warfare methods and weapons, changes in trade patterns, depletion of mineral resources and civil war, according to the report entitled "A minimal model for human and nature interaction."
This report, whose lead author is Safa Motesharrei, a University of Maryland graduate student in mathematics and public policy, takes a more general approach.
"We propose a simple model, not intended to describe actual individual cases, but rather to provide a general framework that allows carrying out 'thought experiments' for the phenomenon of collapse and to test changes that would avoid it," the report states.
The other two authors are Jorge R. Rivas, University of Minnesota graduate student, and Eugenia Kalnay, professor at University of Maryland's atmospheric and oceanic sciences department.
With liberal use of graphs and formulas, the authors posit a model they call "HANDY," for human and nature dynamics.
It says that even as technological change can raise the efficiency of resource use, the authors state, it also tends to raise both per capita consumption and the scale of extracting resources.
"For example, an increase in vehicle fuel-efficiency technology tends to enable increased per capita vehicle miles driven, heavier cars, and higher average speeds, which then negate the gains from the increased fuel-efficiency," the report states.
In sum, the authors conclude that collapse is "very difficult" to avoid in the face of economic stratification.
"However, collapse can be avoided and population can reach equilibrium if the per capita rate of depletion of nature is reduced to a sustainable level, and if resources are distributed in a reasonably equitable fashion," the report states.


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CHICO — A 63-year-old man, who was arrested Monday for alleged sexual contact with a 3-year-old, appeared in Butte County Superior Court today and was ordered to stay away from the child if he were to post bail.
The Butte County Sheriff's Office took Thomas Lee Lewis Sr. into custody after an investigation that began March 11 upon allegations of sexual abuse occurring at Grandma Linda's Day Care, 2986 Godman Ave., according to a BCSO press release.
Lewis is one of the people running the day care center, according to BCSO.
The BCSO is not releasing information about who or what prompted the investigation.
The BCSO reportedly conducted a forensic interview with a 3 1/2-year-old girl and interviewed Lewis, and subsequently arrested him at the BCSO substation in Chico.
It is unknown if there were any other victims, according to the BCSO.
The information obtained suggests it was a one-time occurrence, said Miranda Bowersox, BCSO media liaison. However, it's an ongoing investigation.
Lewis appeared in court Wednesday afternoon for initial arraignment, but did not enter a plea to one felony count of committing a lewd and lascivious act on a child under 14.
Attorney James Berglund, Lewis' attorney, asked Judge Steven Howell to release him with a promise to return to court.
Berglund acknowledged the seriousness of the charge and said Lewis would be willing to follow conditions to ensure public safety if released, including staying away from the child.
However, deputy district attorney Elizabeth Norton opposed releasing Lewis on his own recognizance. A stay-away order isn't enough for public safety, considering the alleged victim is 3-1/2 years old, she said.
Norton said Lewis initially denied the alleged action when confronted about the matter. However, Lewis later allegedly admitted to the act but said the victim had asked for it.
Howell denied releasing Lewis, citing public safety reasons. He also said a jail evaluation recommended detaining the defendant.
The judge set bail at $50,000.
At Norton's request, Howell ordered that Lewis refrain from contacting minors if he were released by the jail or if he posted bail.
Berglund requested a further arraignment hearing in two weeks. He said he would like to review police reports and other evidence before proceeding.
Judge Howell set the hearing for 8:30 a.m. April 3 before Judge James Reilley.
Lewis remains in custody at the Butte County Jail in Oroville. The maximum penalty for the charge is eight years in prison.
The day care center has since been closed and is under investigation by the community care licensing division of the Department of Social Services.
A notice was placed outside the center informing parents the business would be closed as of 6 p.m. Wednesday until further notice. Parents and guardians will be receiving a copy of the notice in person or mail.
The accusation filed against the business, which has information as to why the license was suspended, is available at the Chico Child Care Regional Office, 520 Cohasset Road.
Anyone with information is asked to contact sheriff's detective Chris D'Amato at 538-7671.


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The interdisciplinary Zagreb based studio Produkcija 004 realised this Emergency Terminal for their hometown, which is in use sinceApril this year. Due to a translucent textile facade the steel construction is visible and the monolithic, multi functional building gets a certain lightness and elegance.
Here is what the architects say:
"Through a synthesis of architectural genres (hospital, clinic, garage, administrative, and educational buildings) the Emergency terminal emerges as a new urban sign of safety, competence and speed. The 8-story facility includes a reception and telecommunications service, resuscitation clinic, in-patient clinic, Zagreb City's medical supply storage, a lecture hall and classrooms, a laboratory, administration service, technical service and multi-story garage accommodating 170 medical vehicles. Measuring up to the high criteria of contemporary architecture, the institution, approximately 14,000 m2 in surface area, can serve 2 million citizens. The steel skeletal construction with supported ceiling plates meets the architectural demands of lightness and spatial variability. An effective and rational solution for the large surface of the façade is the membrane net structure. Within the heterogeneous surrounding the translucent character of the material (textile membrane – precontraint ) contributes to the varying perception of the building during the day versus during the night. In the daylight the house dominates with its volume and attracts with the cleanness (sterility) of white. When lit up at night the membrane façade turns the entire house into a large, white lantern –the white cube becomes an illuminated landmark."
Client: City of Zagreb and Zagreb Holding
Architect: Davor Katušić, d.i.a. MA BI
Project architect: Martina Ljubičić, d.i.a.
Project team: Margareta Ćurić,d.i.a., Jana Kocbek, u.d.i.a., Robert Franjo, arh. teh., Ivo Petrić, d.i.a., Marija Burmas, d.i.a.
Graphic design/signaling: Juri Armanda, Karl Geisler, Bor Dizdar
Builder: Dalekovod d.d., ZagrebMontaža d.d.
Photography: Miljenko Bernfest, Željko Stojanović, Studio HRG
Year of realization: April 2009
Brutto area: 15.000,00 m2
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Hometown hero!
In the afterglow of Thursday's comeback in Game 2 of the Division Series, a guest in the Dodger offices posed this unique question: "What were you thinking when Mark Loretta was in the batter's box?" Standing on the top deck and taking photos of a towel-waving crowd at sunset, the obvious hope was for Loretta to drive in a run, which he did with a single to cap a 3-2 victory.
But during his at-bat, I remembered the afternoon of February 28 in Arizona when Loretta introduced himself to broadcaster Vin Scully in the lunch room of the Camelback Ranch spring training facility. Scully arrived a day early to prepare for the telecast of the team's first exhibition game. Individual players and coaches stopped by with their greetings.
When Loretta approached, Scully stood and offered a welcoming handshake. Loretta said, "My aunt met you …" and Scully happily picked up the story from an offseason charity event in which Scully was being honored. While escorting the award recipient to the stage to a backdrop of applause, the hostess whispered to Scully, "My nephew is Mark Loretta, the new Dodger."
For a local product who grew up in Arcadia and attended St. Francis High School in La Canada, the 15th season of his Major League career was a chance to play for the hometown Dodgers. He batted .232 in 107 games as a reserve, but with one swing of the bat in October, Loretta suddenly took his place alongside other Dodgers whose hits have won playoff games, including Cookie Lavagetto (1947), Carl Furillo (1959), Bill Russell (1978) and Kirk Gibson (1988).
— Mark Langill
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Great story, Mark. I am looking forward to continuing our winning ways on Saturday. GO DODGERS!!!!
Excellent info Mark!
The Cards can complain all they want about how they lost the game on a bad break, lost the ball in the lights (which is the truth, nothing to do with towels), yada yada yada. But the great thing about last night?s victory was that the Dodgers capitalized on the Holiday Nuts Gift. First it was the gritty Beard drawing a walk after many pitches. Then Jelly Belly (my new favorite player, but only after Kemp & Ethier) with his awesome hit.
As DodgerEric has taught us, this year?s edition of the Dodgers can never be counted out, especially in a close game. We?ve almost come to expect Every Day ?Dre to deliver in the bottom of the ninth, but I knew that wouldn?t happen, because he had no opportunity to get a walk-off hit. The way that the bottom of the lineup did the job, the victory was all the more special.
From the last thread…….LMAO…..Holliday Nuts!!!! Thanks, Crash!
Substitute Hollday with Manny than you have his overies however you spell it.
Weaver?s biggest fan: Weaver
Holliday Nuts and Whine 🙂
MARK thanks for the Vin-Loretta story…nice one! I'm glad Loretta got a moment to shine…he is a Dodger at Heart! WOOOOHOOOO LORETTA!
Last nights game was awsome….CHAMPS IN THE MAKING! OMG….we thought fo' sure the game was over when Loney popped the ball, but thanks to Holliday..(HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO YOU ALL…LOL!)..our hopes went up. I do feel bad for Holliday the Cards don't want him anymore….he is probably thinking that he should of sign with the Dodgers.
"I GOT IT, I GOT IT", said Holliday in a deep strong voice
"@#$&* I DON'T GOT IT", said Holliday in a quiet squeaky voice.
Later all!
I did CHAD…I am disturbed about the way those Dodger Fan's were acting. The girl should of just ignore them but hey too much alcohol makes you do stupid stuff.
LOL, Rose!
Good afternoon ITD boys and girls!!!
WOW!!! What a game last night!!! We were sitting WAY in LF, just inside the foul pole. Matt Holliday was right in front of us, and I thought for sure he was going to catch that ball. But he didn't, and I said, "Thx for the gift Holliday!" But of course that wasn't the entire end of the game. If any of the guys after Loney's ball, at best the game would go into extra inning or at worst, we still would've lost. It was just soooo fun last night!
And Shad, that video was just disgusting. But I must say something. As much as I can sit here at my computer and look at a video like that and say, ?Oh, Dodger fans should never act like that?? there was an occasion earlier this year that happened, right in front of me. We were playing the Cubs and there were a couple of guys sitting in the seats right in front of me, trash talking Cub fans in the area. I was saying to myself the same thing, ?Oh, Dodger fans should never act like that?? But when they REALLY got out of hand, were standing up and being REALLY abusive (the Cub fans were in the aisle directly across the stairs), I thought of getting up and telling them to shut their pie hole, but I didn?t. I was afraid. I was afraid for myself. And yes, my husband and his friend were there, wearing their Cubs? jerseys, and no, they weren?t the ones being abused. I wanted SO MUCH to shut the guys up, but I couldn?t. Now, if it were my husband or my friend being abused, I would?ve stepped in immediately. No one talks to my husband that way. I?m really sorry to the Cub fans that were verbally abused; I REALLY wanted to say something, but I couldn?t pull the string. But it?s disgusting nonetheless?
Oh, and Emma, thx for the picture! It was great seeing you!
And Truebluewill, I know you?re on a plane back east right now, but it was a great pleasure to meet you too yesterday!!!
lmao @ calling me chad. I remember Eric did that once.
I hate when are fan base does that and other teams talk about it like it never happen to their team.
Damn so it was Tony Abreu sorry to see you go.
PHOENIX (AP)?The Arizona Diamondbacks have acquired infielder Tony Abreu(notes) from the Dodgers to complete a trade that sent pitcher Jon Garland(notes) to Los Angeles.
The teams made the move Friday, finishing off the deal from Aug. 31.
The 24-year-old Abreu is a switch-hitter. He played in four games for Los Angeles this season. He spent most of his time in Triple-A and Double-A, hitting .312 with 11 home runs and 53 RBIs.
Abreu played career 65 games in the majors for the Dodgers, batting .270.
To make room on the 40-man roster for Abreu, the Diamondbacks designated right-handed pitcher Bobby Korecky(notes) for assignment.
LMAO shad!!! But the circumstances were a little different!
You know, crap like that has been going on for years. So has the abuse of alcohol at games. What seems to be new to me, at least at Dodger Stadium, has been a shift from good-natured bantering to trash-talkin', health-threatening, gang-bangin' violence between fans of the Dodgers and the other team.
I've had the pleasure (or just bad luck) to sit next to fans of the other teams many times, just as I'm sure most all of you have. With only one exception (OK, two) they've always been fun because it never got personal. We've always shaken hands after the game and wished each other good luck. Without getting way too psychological about it, our society seems to have turned an ugly corner.
Who was the one among us last year who had the miserable experience? Was it Crash?
Dodgereric ~ I think it was Collie. But, I'm not sure.
Eric – I think it was Collie that had the bad experience. I think…
Trumom – We both had the same answers at the same time! Well, if you count the same "time warp" time…
I apologize for Michael being your second experience Dodgereric – LOL!!!!! (jk, jk, jk) I know………………….I know………………..I know it wasn't him………. my bad – LOL!!!!!! ………and yes, I will confirm with CP and tru it was Collie who had the bad experience.
I have been to both AT&T Park and Dodger Stadium this season, and to be honest, as a whole, the Giants fans treated the Dodger fans better at AT&T Park then the Dodger fans treated the Giants fans at Dodger Stadium. When we were at the game with the Monson family, our fans were just booing the Giants fans for getting up out of their seats to get some food or use the bathroom. That didn't happen at AT&T Park, and we got up often. We had some idiot behind us calling our Dodgers all kinds of awful names, but he wasn't aiming the comments to us, the fans. He was just being an obnoxious Giants fan. +That was still better than our fans taunting the Giants fans everytime they got up out of their seats.
I forgot something on that little story. After the game (the Dodgers won) we all walked up to the top of the stairs. Then my husband asked me if I had my jacket; I didn?t. I left it on the chair. So I went back down and got it. Jim and his friend Judy stood up top (again, in their Cubs jerseys). When I got back upstairs, Jim told me that there was one Dodger fan that saw them, and ran right up to each of their faces and said, well, I?m not going to repeat it here; you can well imagine. Jim and Judy just stared at him as he went off. And I said, ?You mean I missed the chance to shoo off the abusive yokels like that?? I still think that Dodger Stadium needs to do something. Didn?t we get a new person in charge of security? If we did, I still don?t see many changes. Very sad…
How ya doing Trumom?
I'm doing great, CPO. And you?
I get very embarassed when so-called fans abuse fans from the other team. I say so-called fans because I don't think they are regular fans. I would never do that to anybody and believe me I've had my chances during the Giants games.
Hey Trumom!
I?m doing fine. And I too get very embarrassed at these ?so-called fans.? I mean, it?s not like PARADES of Dodger fans descend on Petco every chance they get ? enough so to call Petco ?Dodger Stadium, South.? But people like this are nothing but jerks. And what?s worse yet is that ?fans? like these are not only trash talking on ?enemy? fans (of course, they are not real fans) but they are also trashing REAL Dodger fans like you and I and everyone else here on ITD. I don?t need to trash talk other fans (nor, would I have even the slightest inclination to do so). It?s sad. I don?t do it all the time, but there have been times that if I do post on another team?s blog (especially if it?s a team that just beat us in a big series), I do so with the utmost respect and congratulate them. In my small way, I want fans from other teams to know that not every Dodger fan is abusive like the yokels everyone sees on YouTube?
Well, I?ve gotta go. I?ve got a lot to do around the house.
Game 1: W 5-3
Game 2: W 3-2
5-3… 3-2… so familiar… where have I seen those numbers before…
Ejected Phils fan stole World Series rings
3 hours, 42 minutes ago
PHILADELPHIA (AP)?A masked fan ejected from a Phillies playoff game is charged with stealing three World Series rings from a ballpark office.
The Phillies have now had four such rings stolen since winning the title last year.
Police say 22-year-old Matthew Mervine of Berlin, N.J., was videotaped taking the rings Thursday. They say he had also left his contact information on a job application.
The purloined rings are cheaper models of the $11,000 rings given to players. They are worth about $1,100 and intended for scouts.
Police found them at Mervine?s home when he was arrested on theft charges. He does not have a listed phone number and it?s not clear if he has a lawyer.
A ballpark janitor is charged with stealing a team executive?s diamond championship ring left in a restroom last month.
Just to add my 2 cents – I've been on the receiving end of abuse at games many times, most recently at Anaheim Stadium when I saw the Dodgers play the Angels in June. It was awful! The Angel fans were, to put it lightly, not the best of hosts and they make the Angels look bad, too. But it doesn't seem that they have any kind of system in place to prevent or curb this from happening. We DO have it at Dodger Stadium. They have that phone number posted on the scoreboard whereby people can report problems. I would not hesitate for a second to use it if anyone around me was being abusive to anyone. Abuse totally detracts from a great experience. Ok, so I'm preaching to the choir, I know 🙂 Catch up to ya all later!
I known it been so long for them until last year but gosh you can't be this stupid.
Quick post as I got to go.
What is not shown in the video is the girl hit the guy, and the guy just put is hands infront and she felt down. We saw it from our seats. Still I cannot condone those Dodger fans. It is ashamed. Me if I am visiting another stadium I am respectul and are not going to be arguing using the F word
NSB – Regarding the final scores – I did a double take when you first posted this. It's definitely a sign.
Go Dodgers! Seal the deal tomorrow!
I see the Dugger family finally got a granddaughter.
Good Evening ITD,Dodger Faithful and Our Beloved Boy's in Blue Blue …………………………..
TBW……..I know you were awake at the end…..LOL!!!!!
Shad and North nice post's 🙂
Collie's famous beachball incident I believe?
No game today, I'm grabbing a beer………..Anyone want to play……Quarters??
Go Twinsssssssssssssss
3-1 Twins
Let's go Nathan shut dem Spankeess down.
3 -3
Wow you've gotta be kidding me. I was watching Kcal and they was showing the old great western forum and it now tied.
Man changing the so called church into a basketball arena.
Hey everyone. It's sad to hear about the bad experiences opposing fans have had at Dodger Stadium. I'm all for bantering back and forth, but when it gets ugly or nasty, there's just no excuse for it and hopefully the Dodgers will make changes to improve things without going overboard in the other direction. I've been to a Dodger game at Petco and 2 Charger games (I was rooting for the Chargers, so I wasn't on the opposing side) and I have to say that from my experience the sports fans in San Diego are very cool. On opening day at Petco, though I'm sure they were annoyed to see so many Dodger fans, I didn't see any abusive treatment and no one bothered me or my friend at all. I was very impressed.
Yeah the Kobe MVP chant in preseason game are priceless.
Damn it Twins
Hello gang!!! Nice post Collie!!! It is ashame. There is almost always one common denominater when these incidences occur, Alcohol!! They're not going to discourage alcohol sales when they sell you 50 cents worth of beer for $8.00. They're cleaning up. Alot of ballparks have family sections that don't sell alcohol. Also, these problems seem to be predominate in the upper decks and cheaper seats. I'm hoping we get this wrapped up Saturday gang. Still some work to do!!!!!
Good evening all!
Great couple of games. I haven't posted because of the time warp thing just get's to annoying & I'm so focused on the game.
Yes it was Wifey & I with beach ball issues last year. It was ugly for us and the response of security wasn't very good.
They need to identify these idiots early on in the 1st few of innings and boot them. Then document who they are and after a couple of incidents, trespass them for the season or life. That would get rid of these losers and in time turn it into a family friendly place instead of a place to go, get drunk, and pick fights.
You can see it going on before it gets physical. There shouldn't any swearing at other fans and when it starts, they should be booted. Zero tolerance… I go and see someone who has had to much to drink & is acting like a putz. If he gets warned by security then maybe he'll stop. If then he starts swearing or worse then he is gone.
The problem is security doesn't identify the problems early on. I know they have the security phone # posted but when I went it was posted before the game & I didn't realize I needed to write it down or have it as a programmed # in my cell.
That & I want to enjoy the game, not call on all the drunks. That to me is security's job to keep me & my family safe & provide a nice family place to be.
My whole point is that they need to hire extra security for a few years and get a good computer system that tracks idiots and document them. Then keep them out.
Yes it will eliminate some fans that buy beer. But in the long run it will mean more $$$ as more people with families will go to the game. More kids will grow up watching the game & they in turn will bring their kids to the game. It will become generational and a tradition which is what McCourt wants. Right???
As for me I was all excited today, because I'm going to Vegas on the 21st. I'll be hitting a club on the 22nd, U2 concert on the 23rd and flying to LA on the 24th to go to the U2 concert on the 25th! Then I saw the schedule & there is Game #7 in LA on the 24th. So I could see 2 U2 concerts & a game #7 of the NLCS in 3 straight days! Wow!!!
I e-mailed my friend who we are going to the concert/staying with in LA to see if they want to go to the game.
However after seeing that video and another one yesterday I've changed my mind. I don't want my Wife & friends & their 11 year old to have to put up with that crap. I really want to go to the game. But…
That's 5 tickets not sold due to idiots.
Josh we talked about this last year. They really have to get this fixed. It's more important than getting the blog fixed & winning a WS.
Hey BCG! I hope you didn?t take my ?Petco? remark above to lump YOU into ?that group.? I just mean that those ?so-called? Dodger ?fans? that verbally abuse fans of another team are probably the same ones that go Petco (or any other stadium the Dodgers are playing at) and expect to be treated well. But fans of other teams visiting DS, oh, no, those jerks hate it and get verbally abusive. I?m sorry if you thought I was lumping you in that group. And if I did, I?m sorry. And in the same vein of what you were saying, I?ve worn my Dodger jersey to Petco, Coors Field and Chase Field. I?ve never gotten any abuse either. It?s just too bad that a few jerks have to ruin OUR reputation.
Boy Collie, you and Wifey are going to be VERY BUSY INDEED!!! It is too bad that you, Wifey and your friends won?t be going to DS ? very sad indeed. But I?m afraid that as long as the Dodgers ?cater? to ?Manny fans? (i.e. Mannywood, 2 different Manny bobbleheads, Manny paraphernalia, etc.) then I don?t see much hope. Are they going to start selling, um, Casey Blake replica beards? No. Manny is the ?BIG ONE? that gets so many butts in the seats; no matter what kind of person is attached to said butts.
***Note to Josh***
The Dodgers certainly can?t do anything about 2009, but are the Dodgers planning on bringing back the Mannywood section next year? I?ve gotten A LOT of questions like that since the September. I sure hope not. Baseball is a TEAM sport (I don?t have to tell you that). No one should be afforded any more attention than any other player. You can?t control the outside media still that says, ?it?s Manny?s team.? It isn?t, and we all know it. But the Dodgers CAN control what THEY do. I think it would be best for all concerned to STOP CATERING TO JUST ONE PLAYER!!!
There are many many many places where you could sit and you won't have problems. Don't let one problem in 52,000 people there stop you from enjoying a game. For me that was the first I've seen this year in 77 games I was there. I have the number that they post on the Dodger vision on speed dial and in all the years I've been attending I never had to use it for anything close to me. That was about 4 to 5 ailes away and I did not glance that way until it was almost over when I saw the lady try to punch the guy and she fell instead. I was keeping score, listening to the game and watching the game. I wish I would have recorded when I saw the lady try to punch the guy. What was she thinking trying to hit a guy and being that close to the rail.
Work sold Thursday's tickets (field seats)to employees at face but I did not buy them since I already had my tix.
Contratulations to all the Dodgers that fought hard to come back to take game 2 and to our unlike hometown hero Mark Loretta! Very proud that he is a local boy.
Back in February when the Dodgers had the Caravan at Canter's Deli, I talked to him about growing up in Arcadia going to St. Francis H.S. I love that in one of his interviews he asked "What did Vin Say about me?"
Anyone knows a place in the San Gabriel Valley or L.A. area where my friends and I can watch the game?
Hey Emma!
Again, thx for the picture! It looks great! I was in the car earlier today and was listening to the Yankees? game on ESPN radio. In between innings, the announcer said something about watching the Dodgers? game at some place in Alhambra. I know that helps; I?m sure there are A LOT of ?places? in Alhambra. But I do remember the city name. I?m hoping some other ITDer will know what I?m talking about and will know the name of the place!!!
Just wanted you to know Matty has a new entry on his blog….drop by and say hello.
And I?m going to repeat myself (I just said this on your blog) but Emma, you didn?t post THAT picture, huh? LOL!
YAY ~ hometown boy, Brian Fuentes shuts down the Sox! Way to go Brian!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hello Wally!
Right after I made my post my friend from LA replied to my earlier e-mail saying she would want to go if we could.
So after that and Emma's encouragement I might give it a try.
We'll see if it works out.
Go Blue!!
Bring the Ring to LA in 2009!!!
As you saw, I did post that pic. If you don't want it, I'll take it off so let me know. Alhambra is close to me. I used to live in Monterey Park so I am very familiar with Alhambra. I'll try to find online where it is.
I am also looking for a local place where we can watch the soccer match between U.S. and Honduras. I know is closed caption.
Hey, CP! Hope you are doing well. No worries. I didn't take offense to your remark at all. I agree they need to do somethng about fans that cross the line. Looks like it's going to be crappy weather for the guys in St. Louis. They need to win tomorrow and get back to the great baseball weather we've been having.
//"I GOT IT, I GOT IT", said Holliday in a deep strong voice
"@#$&* I DON'T GOT IT", said Holliday in a quiet squeaky voice.//
LOL Rosie!
Are you kidding me? I'm watching the news right now and they said when the bus came the woman just left the boy at the bus stop? That's just crazy and I bet that his mother.
No Emma, don?t take it down. I was just kidding! But it was great seeing both you and Will yesterday!
I?m glad BCG! I was afraid that I had inadvertently offended you with my Petco remark! Yes, it looks like crappy weather in St. Louis, but I?d much rather be there than in Coors Field! Isn?t it supposed to snow tomorrow?
Well, I am mixed about the AL teams right now. They all have their benefits if we should play them in the World Series, but they all have their bad sides too. Boy, this is shaping up to be some baseball in October, isn't it?
Sorry… I'm just in a funnin mood…
I think Holliday in a year or so when he gets over his gaff would be a great spokesman for Diamond nuts…
The fan fight video is pretty disgusting and more than a little disturbing. Plenty of bad behavior all around. Where was security during all this? Like cpomp I've worn my Dodger gear to Coors and Chase and never gotten a bad time. But the time I came out to LA last time the Yankees were there, there was some pretty poor behavior from some Dodger fans. Security really ought to be beefed up. As pointed out, the alcohol really contributes to this and because of the profit margin beer will not go away any time soon. But they make enough off the stuff to hire a few more people to help keep the bad stuff under control.
And right now, I'd like nothing better than putting away the Cards tonight.
9:09am pst (for time warp purposes only)
22 minute time warp now 🙂
9:10 pst
Look like the only game today is the Dodgers/Cards since the other one is ppd.
Back home in St. Louis, Cards backed into corner
LA has already beaten two Cy Young candidates, meaning the Cards will have to win three in
a row — something an NL team has never done in a Division Series
I don't know but I wish we did beat 2. I think we beat one and the closer thanks to Holliday error not 2 CY Young candidates.
0-2 Division Series deficits
Only four teams have ever come back from an 0-2 deficit to win a Division Series, none from the National League. Year Team Opponent
1995 Mariners Yankees
1999 Red Sox Indians
2001 Yankees A's
2003 Red Sox A's
Albert Pujols and Manny Ramirez will have all eyes on them in Game 3, as each star slugger tries to bust out of a power slump. Pujols, who led the Majors with 47 homers this season, has gone 85 consecutive at-bats without a homer. His last homer was on Sept. 9. As for Ramirez, his swing has not been the same in a while. He has gone 43 at-bats without a homer, dating back to Sept. 18 at San Francisco, and was 0-for-4 in Game 2. The best contact he had so far in this series might have been with Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina's helmet on Thursday.
I'm hoping Manny would get one from a pitcher that he totally owned and Pujols none.
Padilla, a free agent, says he'd like to return to the Dodgers next season. OK, Vicente, today is your first job interview!!!
grrr, I am at the library in Monrovia and a Angel fan just went by. they are having a book sale and there is a Art festival outside at the Park.
Scott: Have you checked the new Monrovia library? It is very nice. I also like the Arcadia one. I bought too many books, but I did not find one sport book.
Just got a text with an invite to a "Carne Asada" in Ontario or L.A. Live to watch the game.
I didn't even realize we had a 3rd set of bday together. We already know Wolf and Weaver was born in the same exact day on Aug 22, 1976 and than Pierre and Lorreta on Aug 14 but I didn't even realize that Padilla and Garland having the same bday together also on Sept 27 and not like the other 4 names that each players batting and pitching on the opposite hand but Garland and Padilla the only 2 that bat and throw right handed.
Well also I've might added at the same time.
I mean throwing not pitching lol
According to ESPN…..here's our lineup:
32&53 ~ I know what you mean. Don't you think most of the trouble makers at the ball games aren't even fans? They just happen to be there. Real Dodger fans don't behave like that.
And, kudos to you for punching the guy out! My hubby would have hit the guy too! Come to think of it, it my youth, I probably would have hit him too!!!
Great……another time warp! This is ticking me off!!!!
I watched the video of the fight in the top deck with disgust. For some unknown psychological reason, bullies and disrespectful people REALLY push my buttons. I can't even stand watching teenage high school movies because the story is always about a nice, but nerdy kid being harassed by a handsome but nasty bully. Once, when I was about ten years old, I was sitting in a movie theater and some guy behind me kept bothering me in an attempt to show his friends how cool he was. After several warnings I gave him to stop it to no affect, I finally just got out of my seat, walked back to his row, and smashed him in his face with my fist.
He did not bother me after that.
I sent the link to T.J. Simers. Maybe he will come up with a column on the subject. Or maybe he will just blow me off as a wussy fan who can't stand to see red-blooded aggressive American men display their first amendment rights while buzzed on Bud.
Hi ITD
Thursday's game is still going on in my head, wow, what finish, it's still hard to believe, for me.
Now it's St Louis a place where our team has never won a post season game, so our old friend "The law of averages" should be lurking around somewhere.
Hi OBF,
It is going to be an exciting game. The Cards 10th man, the fans, really know how to pump it up. The sea of red is unbelievable. But the Dodgers can just focus on executing their game plan.
New thread.


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Let's look at the new Brown administration optimistically. If the governor-elect is going to find a way to reform of California's badly broken system of elections and government, how might he get there?
George Skelton of the Los Angeles Times has a column this week that suggests a path: reforming local government as a way to help fix the state. In his campaign, Brown talked about the need for local government reform, while offering very few specifics about how he might do it.
The top Democrat in the state senate, Darrell Steinberg of Sacramento, is trying to come up with some of those specifics. And he seems to be thinking in the right way -- comprehensively, with consideration to how changes in local government might change state budget and tax policy. Steinberg's approach would reverse the post-Prop 13 centralization of taxing decisions by making it easier for local governments to raise taxes -- and making them more responsbile for spending decisions. That change would open the door to other changes at the state level.
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Currently, raising the local sales tax for a specific purpose — such as hiring more cops —requires a two-thirds majority vote of the people. Steinberg would lower that to a simple majority. At the same time, he would modernize the entire state tax structure, including lowering the sales tax rate but extending it to services.
But neither Steinberg nor Brown would touch the residential property tax, considered a political third rail.
His goal, Steinberg says, is to maintain services, but allow local entities to operate and finance them more efficiently while "shrinking the size of state government. Because state government simply does not have the revenue stability to meet all its obligations."
He and his staff, Steinberg says, are going to sit down this week "with butcher paper and try to work up what would really be a fundamental restructuring of government."
Sounds good. But I can't help but strike one pessimistic note. Brown has not yet indicated whether he'll go along with this approach. And Republicans are going to be hostile to anything that changes Prop 13. But Steinberg may be right to start reform by trying to empower locals--that's an approach that should be popular with the public and that makes sense as policy.


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