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Manchester police call for alderman's resignation
Official says he's not stepping down
A controversy between a Manchester alderman and the police chief has escalated to a City Hall confrontation.
On Tuesday evening, several police officers, including Dan Doherty, who was shot in the line of duty in 2012, called for the resignation of Joe Kelly Levasseur, saying he was disrespectful, but the alderman said he's not stepping down.
"I almost gave my life for this city. I wouldn't change a thing. I would do it again, but for someone to call me an embarrassment to the city after doing that deed, I take it personally," said Doherty. "I respectfully ask Alderman Levasseur to voluntarily resign."
On Wednesday evening, Levasseur spoke on Manchester public television to address the issue.
"I would like to personally apologize to the fine police officers who work for the city of Manchester," said Levasseur.
The alderman said he's not resigning over a controversy that started in December at another City Hall meeting, where he questioned why the new police station is named after fallen Officer Michael Briggs and does not include Officer Ralph Miller, who was killed in 1976.
Levasseur said at that meeting, a man, who turned out to be a police dispatcher, made threatening gestures toward him. The alderman sent an email to the police chief, where he called some officers "hot-headed" and said, "The reputation of your officers has been well established." The email ended up going public.
Meanwhile, police officers said Levasseur made derogatory remarks about them on his TV show.
"(The insults) included dopes, clowns, jerks, buffoons and (he) called us 'an embarrassment to the city,'" said Doherty.
"They decided to come ask for my resignation based on the fact that my email made some assumptions that were incorrect and assumptions and words that I probably shouldn't have used," said Levasseur.
The Manchester Police Patrolman's Association responded to the issue.
"We asked for this alderman to step down or recuse himself from any future votes," said Officer Steve Maloney, of the Manchester Police Patrolman's Association.
"How does this end? Well, hopefully, this ends with me giving an apology," said Levasseur.
The alderman said the police chief should have smoother over his complaint in December. Levasseur said he's staying on the job and won't let the issue impact his votes on public safety.


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on the story of wishcake...
This was my first visit to your blog, and it was great to start with the story of wishcake. And I love anyone who loves boy bands, especially Hanson.ReplyDelete
Lol, saw your tweet about this post and rushed over here to read! Thanks for the explanation, that's very interesting! Wow, you've had a screen name for 9 years? I've had mine for a year, maybe slightly more, lol.
I know what you mean about people encouraging you - I started blogging and getting into photographer because of bloggers and flickr. The internet is an amazing place sometimes.
I've always wondered about wishcake. Good to know! And you're totally my favorite wishcake :)ReplyDelete
I love the "When I'm bored I make graphics" tag for this, and the story is very sweet! It's the funniest thing, how these names and blogs come about.
And I'm a strong believer that if I had any sense I wouldn't use my name either. So I'm glad that at least makes one of us.
Seriously, could you be any cuter? I just...don't think it's possible.ReplyDelete
Props to the younger you for coming up with a creative & unique name that would be popular by now! Also I'm surprised at how people can keep the same name for so long because I always got sick of mine & changed mine 58,974 times!ReplyDelete
Love this, of course. And your quirky name to match your quirky self. Thanks for being consistently inspirational. As much as this blog has given you, I hope you see that it's giving to others, as well!ReplyDelete
I love this story of how wishcake came to be. I always enjoy reading stories of what inspired people to start blogging and why they've continued. Thanks for sharing yours.ReplyDelete
i have wondered! it's funny that you say "if i'm anyone's wishcake, i'm probably yours," because if i don't refer to you as "my bloggy friend kerri" i say "my wishy." :) and yes. i refer to you a lot. ;)ReplyDelete
So my first inclination was to say "I'd eat your wishcake any day!" But then I realized that sounded horribly wrong. So no.. But why do I remember having a random conversation about a wand? Yes? No?
Who knows but I'm glad you are a wishcake (which btw my phone keeps wanting to correct as woshcake so there you go.)
I've always wondered about this! Good to know! Cute story too. Do people really think you make cakes because that's kind of hilarious.ReplyDelete
I like "wishcake." And I like you.:)ReplyDelete
And whenever I had to give out my email to the American Eagle employees while buying something, they'd look at me like, "What? Who are you?" and I'd be all, "Yeah, I don't even know."
Best line in this ENTIRE post.
Mine was craftgal14.
I pretty much had the shamey face whenever anyone wanted my email as well.
Good to know where wishcake came from.
I have wondered about that as much as the others have.
I love reading stories of how blog names and screen names came about. Wishcake is such a cute name - I'm actually surprised that it seems to have been kind of random. But it's still one of my favorites.ReplyDelete
I'm new to your blog but already I love it. You're pretty much adorable and that post was so sweet and inspiring. I'll definetely be back for more!ReplyDelete
I've always wondered about your name too! :) Love your blog even more since you quoted Felicity at the end!ReplyDelete
The Happy Birthday song is an IMPOSSIBLY DIFFICULT TUNE! Can ANYONE sing it on key?! I mean, REALLY?! I think it was written to be sung off tune.
That aside, you are beautiful and amazing and I am so glad that you have noticed and embraced your unique qualities that make you so delightful. <3
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I love Felicity. She taught me that Glandular Fever is called Mono in America.
I think 'wishcake' is lovely. And it totally suits you. You know..what I know of you through blog-stalking and stuff.. ahem.
Just think of how many other people, like myself, that you're inspiring along the way. :)
I just started reading but was digging through the archive to figure out why your blog was named this! So cool you just did the post - I LOVE the name! :)ReplyDelete
OH, and I am a huge Felicity fan. After every episode I would analyze it for the entire week until it was on again. I could watch everyday. I feel like it was a little secret because so many people DIDN'T watch!ReplyDelete
I think it suits your blog perfectly. It's quirky and fun and cute!ReplyDelete
You like(d) Hanson?! All the more reason to love your blog ;) Love the story of wishcake, nice to know a little bit more about it - and you wrote it in a such a nice way!! xxReplyDelete
Kerri, all I can really say is that I'm glad you started your blog in the first place, and I'm glad you have kept blogging! You are loely and you make me laugh! xxReplyDelete
I logged onto Twitter this morning to catch up on all the late night postings (since I have the sleep habits of a 90 year-old granny) & saw your tweet. I sware it felt like I had solved the Davinci Code! The origin of wishcake- hold me!
Loved hearing your story. You were actually one of the key bloggers that inspired me. If about 6 months ago you noticed in Google Analytics that someone in Virginia was creeping through all your archives. Ding, ding, ding! That would be me- I have no shame.
Thanks for always writing from your heart. xo
What?!? You can't bake my wedding cake??? :)
I love "your wishcake"! You are one of my first inspiration blogs and your name had me at hello. I win with the cheesiness. Hehe.
KEE-YUTE new header and pic!
And hey, thanks for the background. I think what I love about "wishcake" is the same as what you love about it: it's so cute and creative and original (i.e., your personality). Kind of wish I were more original... (I just always used my name to blog.) Ah well. :P
Oh PS: You should totally bookmark this post in the sidebar (like with the other "getting to know me" posts) because I guarantee other people will be searching for it in the future!
I've always wondered what a wishcake is. It doesn't really matter though. It's cute and seems to fit your personality perfectly. Love your site, you insight, and your photography. Keep up the good work! :)ReplyDelete
Kudos to you for finding such a unique name for your blog... I definitely know what it's like to spend HOURS trying to find a catchy name that is not already taken!
I am glad I found your blog! :)
I came up with the e-mail address "picaela" (my name is Micaela) when I was a young teenager and still use it and love it to this day! I have a more mature one (first initial, last name) but I only use it for work related purposes.
My only thing is that it's a hotmail address, and still wonder if "micaela" was available back then. firstname.lastname@example.com would have been the most amazing e-mail address for me, ever.
I was just thinking about this yesterday, and I thought, "is it a nickname? a pet name?" I'm glad you told us the story. And uhh.. yes to the Hanson shirt. I had one, as well. (and maybe still do)ReplyDelete
Awe. I loved this post! I love hearing people's stories. And you are totally not boring! I find you quite interesting! =) This kind of post gives me inspiration.ReplyDelete
I love this post! There is something magically charming about the word wishcake that describes you perfectly.ReplyDelete
I've been reading your last few blogs but without knowing how you started.. sweet background update!
I am at the point where I don't have a lot of readers and am just foraging into new blogger territory, thanks for giving me a little insight to my future.
I'm quite new here but I have to say a big thank you for sharing the story! And I love hearing how you started and how, through blogging, you've grown so much - it's wonderful to look back just a few years and see how much you've accomplished :)ReplyDelete
Just discovered your blog on 20SB! This post was extremely well-written and spoke to me, as I've been going through a lot of the same things. This sentence in particular sang to me: It's kind of amazing when you stop to think about all the tiny, seemingly insignificant choices you make that end up carrying you through your life to a place you never figured you'd be.
I've been through a lot this year. I moved to New York City and broke up with my boyfriend and was unemployed and then got a job and blablabla... I know *exactly what you mean about the "insignificant choices" we make. I would love for you to read my blog and tell me what you think. I'm always amazed at the support I find among my fellow bloggers, and also how great it is to find people going through and learning similar things.
It's so funny you wrote about this topic, because I was thinking about asking you how you came up with it! I think the name WishCake is absolutley divine! Your blog showcases your writing talent beautifully, and you are a true sweet heart for sharing your thoughts and quirky moments with us. I can't wait to see what lays ahead for our Wishcake, the possibilities are endless!!
P.S. You ARE a writer. ;)
You make me want to start blogging again. MISS YOU!ReplyDelete
FYI- duncan hines totally counts as a real cake ;)ReplyDelete
You were my very first blog friend. :) That makes me happy.
I also did not know your real name for at least a year.
I loved the history behind Wishcake!!!
And I LOVE you and your corner of the internet. :-)
Very cute name. Love it. And super awesome that you've stuck with it for so long!ReplyDelete
Your blog makes me smile so much.
You have such a talent in writing and the way you can make your ordinary and extraordinary experiences and feelings so relatable.
Thanks for all of the effort you put into it. What a readership you've earned!
I can't believe you've had a screen name that long, I usually change mine a couple of times a year just out of boredom! I love your blog, though, and like so many people have already said - "Wishcake" fits perfectly! Yay for randomosity :)ReplyDelete
Holy mother, the comments! I had to scroll for a year to get to this box!
Bless you for writing this and clearing the air for everyone who wasn't involved in that conversation we all had at the coffee shop back in July. You explained it perfectly! I will probably never have the guts to share the meaning behind Mrs. Priss (yes, there actually is one that goes beyond the obvious) because it involves showing an old home video of 5 year old me in a bright red negligee I found in my grandma's closet. Let's not.
"Typical Wishcake!" I love you so!
thanks for sharing your history. so cool that you've come so far and grown so much. sometimes i feel silly when i try to explain to my "real life friends" why i enjoy blogging, but if you've never done it, you just can't understand. the blog world is such a wonderful affirming place, where i've met so many great people, who have boosted my confidence and made me feel like i can be brave and try new things. i think maybe it's because we don't know each other that we are able to connect on a pure level. maybe this sounds silly and it may not make sense, so sorry if that's the case.
i just wanted to say thanks for sharing this and for sharing your heart with us all on this lovely blog of yours.
O. M. G. I hear SO few people reference Felicity. I LOVE that show and remember how I never missed an episode. Now I have all 4 seasons on DVD and watch it once a year. I LOVE the writing in it. It's always nice to find someone else who knows about the show.
And I enjoyed reading this post. It's always fun to hear about these kinds of things.
i loved reading about the history of your blog. over the months, it truly has become one of my favorites. and is one of the best blogs i discovered this year.
i hope you have a blessed new year.
Thank you for your explanation! I've always wondered! (And thanks to your other readers, I now know that 'mono' is just plain old glandular fever. Here I was thinking it was something way more exciting...)ReplyDelete
Awwww, thanks for this post! I loved reading this history of your blog and how you got to where you are today.
Happy 2010!
Интересно написано....но многое остается непонятнымbReplyDelete
I'm glad you started this blog :)ReplyDelete
this post just makes me all sorts of happy and i love hearing how wishcake began. it's funny because some of my earliest screen names and emails and logins were all really random too and i have no idea where they came from now, but they still hold a special place in my heart and make me all sorts of giddy.ReplyDelete
Confession: I always thought that wishcake was something I should know about but was too embarassed to ask. (Obviously.) I think it suits you perfectly!ReplyDelete
I always wondered about that...You were smart about your first screen name. Mine was blueeyezz for everything. Seriously, who spells that word with zz's? :pReplyDelete
I am SO glad you shared this!! I have wondered many a time how you came to "wishcake" and I'm so glad to know now. It's SO perfect for you that I honestly don't know how you could have given yourself or your blog any other name.
I really do feel so privileged and special to be a part of your blogging world and to get a peek at your life through your wonderful writings... how's that for cheeeeeesy? But it's true. :)
you are adorable and funny and lovely and make me smile all the time and well, I just LOVE you! Our Wishcake!!
I just read this post, nodding my head the entire time. What is a wishcake? What is a whoorl? It really has become part of who we are, made-up word or not... :)
(Thanks for the compliment, by the way. xoxo)
OK, I seriously love this and how randomly, wishcake came about. And how you've grown because of sharing yourself with us crazy Internet people. And all that awesome stuff. Nice work, lady! I can't wait to see where this new year takes us all. And I love that you also threw in a Felicity quote!ReplyDelete
you have an amazing blogs, i love so much your notes..keep it upReplyDelete
You are an inpiration to me... thank you for writing down your story. I look forward to keeping up with you in the future!ReplyDelete
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Thank you
There's no good way to end a season without winning it all, but as I think about where we were a year ago and where we stand today, there's really no denying that as an organization, we've made tremendous strides.
I'll have plenty more thoughts as time goes by, but tonight I really just want to say thank you on behalf of everyone in the organization for all of your support. The stadium was rocking at points tonight, just as we had hoped. And, this blog has really become a great community for Dodger fans. We'll certainly be keeping it up throughout the winter and while I can't imagine I'll be posting something every day, it'll definitely be a place to come check out all the time, so be sure to do so.
Thanks again for everything and best wishes to all of you for a safe, healthy and happy offseason.
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R.I.P. Baby!!
It was fun while it lasted. Thank you Josh for making this a fun place to visit and share with other Dodger fans. To my fellow bloggers here, and especially Harold, Gary, Ray, Don and Mike… and others I'm sure I'm forgetting… let's get 'em next year!! 😮 )
I'm really looking forward to actually getting out to Dodger Stadium sometime next season. I really missed not being there for all the fun. Blue Heaven on Earth looked really great on High Definition tonight, and the stadium was definitely rocking! I wonder what plans will be coming next for the ongoing renovation?
See you all around cyber space throughout the off-season! Kevin…
Thanks to everyone in the Dodger organization this year for an unforgettable run. I suppose I shouldn't feel too bad considering the Yankees lost. Still waiting for that Yankees-Dodgers world series with the Dodgers coming up on top! Go Dodgers!
As a Dodger fan, I would like to Thank you for keeping us posted throughout the season. I was intrigued with your ability to remain open and honest, when sharing information about the Dodgers. My dream is to one day share my creativity, passion and energy with the Dodgers pr department. Thank you for a great Inside the Dodgers season, Eva Orozco
TY Dodgers for SOOO many memorable Games this year!Great job getting to the post season and keeping it going in Game 3!The Mets deserve congrats especially all of the ex Dodger Mets who showed why depo was a reject! We had a good run and I know Ned will adjust to make 2007 ever better the Mc Courts have proven themselves as Worthy owners and get my approval.Even Charlie Steiner stepped it up on the race run and proved to be a 'Dodger fan' I decided to remodel my bathroom today new Toilet New Floor and was in and out of the house and caught Loney's Double and Kents Homer to tie on the radio. When I heard Charlies Call on the radio on Kents High Fly Ball I KNEW IT WAS GONE!! He Actually might be worthy of calling Dodger Baseball now.Not to mention his Call on Nomars Walkoff vs the pads that one was actually better then Vins and Vin is the Man!
TY Josh for running the site it is an AWESOME place to checkout everyday during the season and I hope you keep us up to date during the off season on a weekly basis or when there is something to talk about. And ty to everyone else who blogs here for making it intresting and fun the trolls are even funny in their own stupid way.Its always good to see peoples opinions right or wrong.
I Offically Stick a fork in the 2006 Dodgers and Roll out the tarps Season Over! How Many Days to 2007 Spring Training?
I just want to thank the Dodger organization for a good run this year. Even though we didn't get the ending we wanted, there's no better way to break a rookie in than postseason experience. Now that these Dodgers have had a taste of October, they'll be hungry to return, and woe to the team that'll face 'em in the first round next time they get back to October.
In the end, we can't just blame it on Beimel or Kent/Drew/Donnelly, or any one factor. The Mets were just a better team this year, and congratulations to them. Now the rest of October is going to be a bunch of ex-Dodgers in the NL, isn't that ironic?
In Closing, thanks for keeping this blog up to date this season. You all take care of yourselves too. if anyone's up to posting info on here during the offseason, I'm up to throwing in my two cents. And to all the fellow bloggers, toast to the Dodgers and the year they had. For a 25 year old, I'm hard pressed for better memories than this year (I mean, 'cmon, we swept the Giants and clinched in their house, "We'll always have San Francisco", heh). There's 20 teams out there (some a little closer than others) wishing they could've been in our shoes.
Thank you.
p.s. Colletti, Please, Please, PLEASE keep Takashi Saito.
Echoing previous posts, thanks, Josh, for all your efforts. This blog has been informative, thought-provoking, and a genuine pleasure from the go, and we all appreciate your efforts and dedication. I hope you now have a chance to relax a little and catch up with the personal things I know you've had to put aside all season.
It was a wonderful although sometimes frustrating year. I've been a fan for 59 years (I'm 63) and grew up a block from Ebbets Field. Losing in three to LoDuca, Mota, Valentin,etc. hurt, but we gave them a fight, and the future looks bright.
Please, please, please don't trade prospects! Please consider Nomar at third or trading for a power hitting 3B. I'm thinking ARod for Penny, Betamit, and Hendrickson.
I hope everyone has a happy, healthy off season and stays in touch here on the blog.
As a Dodger Fantasy Camper, I encourage all of you to consider coming to Vero at least one time to meet and play ball with some of your soul-mates. Harold, you really have no choice…the trip from NS would be perfect for you! And don't anybody think they're too old – Herbie Lewis will be there next month, and he's 91 and plays second, and won't take a pinch runner!!!
Well it all starts again. Today is the first day of our new season. Looking forward to the off season dealing and to spring training. Just didn't have enough pitching. 4-5 runs should win a playoff game. 51 and 53 remember our old battle cry – "Wait until next year!" Next year came in 1955. Gary, Ray, Kevin, asq, Patriotacts, and others. Thanks for the fun and shared passion for our Dodgers. Asq, I will be at Grace Lutheran Church in a few minutes for our 9:30 service. Your great grand daughter will be in my prayers. Josh, what can I say. It was a great run and this blog played an important part in the season for so many of us. Thank you for your hard work and sharing your thoughts with us. Yes ebbetsfld, a thought. Have been to Dodgertown twice but not as a camper. OK guys. The new season has started. GO DODGER!!! Oh yes, Ray was right early in the season. James Loney is the real deal. He was very composed yesterday. I like his plate discipline. His power will come. GO DODGERS!!
thanks Josh for all your info. this year. you are right Harold, next season has begun. hopefully we will concentrate on getting much needed relief pitching and maybe a slugger or two. thanks again and WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR. always a true blue fan.
I want to thank the entire Dodger organiztion for a highly successful year. A year ago I was e-mailing the Dodgers wanting to know how long we had to put up with DePodesta. That jack-*** (hope that one is acceptable) sure left a legacy. But the McCourts came around and we have Coletti, Little and a good coaching staff. The hot stove was fun last winter with the signings of Nomar, Lofton, Furcal, Mueller. As the season went on, it became apparent the kids were as good as advertised.
With the mid-season acquisitions we ended up with a pretty good club. A couple of areas need to be worked on, but no doubt Nick is already thinking about those.
So it's been quite a ride, never boring.
THANX JOSH, for the blog and keeping it open this winter.
We get to play GM now, and I'm looking forward to the bloggers' postings. They are never boring either.
How has it turned out for asq's family?
I just want to add my thanks for this blog and to Josh in particular for keeping it live and interesting. Thanks to all of the participants whom I've gotten to know during the season by this means. You've added an extra dimension to my enjoyment of Our Team. I'll be following in the off-season to see how we can build a better team for next year and years to come. My best wishes to all of you in the meantime!
Guys – it is a bit of a downer to have the season end, primarily because we will lose our daily banter and chatter. However, I check the Dodger site every day of the year, unless I am away, and no doubt we can pick up on the conversation on the blog when Josh has something to post. Can't wait for the wheeling and dealing but I am of the same mind. We have to grow through real Dodgers who have been developed in the system and complement them with strategic pieces. Again, I was so impressed with JLO's composure last night. Just to create one last splash for a while. How about A-Rod to the Dodgers? He is available and Texas is paying a good portion of his salary. Probably Yankees would pick up some too. Thanks again Josh and all the posts for a great season. It left me looking forward to next season with great anticipation.
Thanks for taking time out of your day for us. It was an exciting year and I can't wait to see what kind of changes we have in store for next year. Now on to UCLA basketball in another month…..
There has been a lot of complaining on here from the readers about various topics, but that's the nature of the beast. Everybody thinks they are a GM.
Thank you though for all of your contributions. I've read every day all season and loved all the hard work and heart you showed here. It is appreciated and I look forward to reading the occasional post here over the summer.
Now my GM 2 cents: sign Zito, sign Zito, sign Zito, and oh, sign Zito while you're at it 🙂
Great blog, Josh! Thanks for doing this for us all year long. I'll be checking throughout the off-season. Thanks again.
Dodgers, thanks for such a great year. To think about how much the team changed from opening day, I am still amazed we made it to the post-season. I cannot wait for next year and to see the changes that come about. By the way, the stadium was so loud last night after Kent tied it up that my ears were hurting afterwards.
Thanks to everyone for a fun season on here. I look forward to checking this at least once a day for news and comments.
ASQ-I am glad everything is OK with your family.
Overall, a good year, but yesterdays' loss was a bitter disappointment. I think Grady is a decent guy, but I do question some of his pitching moves. Now to play GM. I do not think the Dodgers should resign Nomar. He had a great season, but he is just too brittle to invest 8mil+ towards. I think we need to hand the job to Loney who may be at 1b for the next 10 seasons. Zito would be nice, but his pirce will be approx 15 mil a season. I think the dodgers may be better served resigning maddux and signing Jason Schmidt-coletti will know him better than any GM out there. if those moves are done-how abut the impossible? Offer Penny, Tomko and Laroche for A-rod? Rumors are already ripe that A-rod is on the block(who knows why). He would look great at 3b and hitting 3rd. Lineup could be:
Gagne(incentive based contract)
Brazoban(if healthy)
I'd like to thank Jeff Kent for being the only Dodger who showed up to play in the postseason. Too bad the rest of the team is gutless and and has no heart; i.e. Drew, Lofton, Bullpen. Hopefully I wont be subjected to having to watch these same first class bums wear the Dodger uniform in 2007. I'm off to the bar to join Beimel for a cocktail.
jkeezil-I'd like to see A-Rod with the Dodgers too, Betemit is a bench player with his fielding issues as the Braves had him. I'm not sure if Kemp is ready, he has too many problems fielding in the OF as does Marlon; but Marlon is an infielder. Kemp may be trade bait to the AL or Yankees. I hope Either can figure things out the way the opposing pithcers figured him out. Shcmidt has health problems and Zito is very expensive. Market is kinda thin for power hitters and pitchers. They are always great in demand.
Needless to say, but very necessary, thank you Josh.
Can anyone tell me how much money the Dodgers will have to spend in this years off season versus last year? I live in St. Louis and sometimes depend on the LA'rs for some helpful information. 🙂
And, yes I'll be at the game hoping the Padres get their shorts handed to them.
A lot of us are really dissapointed and frustrated and @#$@! !@#@$@ and so on. I would like to thank Kent for keeping this post-season memorable and exciting. After he hit that bomb last night, the crowd was back in the game, until Broxton's meltdown. Loney also came through in a big way for us last night. Three cheers for next years first baseman.
This blog has been great and I can't wait to check the line-ups next year. Thanks to all who participated and those who were able to keep their venting to a minimum. And I can't help but think of Tommy's commercials as I sit here depressed on this beautiful Sunday morning. I'm a baseball fan……to the TV!!!!
I was there at A.T.T park on the last saturday of the season,and by the way Dodger fan was clebrating and going on It made me think the Dodgers had a better team then the one I saw get swept by the New York Mets.The only player that played well was an ex Giant of course.I guess dodger fan was not really in touch with reality that day.
montana19, your name says it all. Your Giants will never amount to anything. So you resort to using an email name that is the only link to anything which links "San Francisco" and "Championship". Yes, we're talking about the Giants, not the 49'ers. Get a life. 😮 )
Oh, and "Giant Fan" this is the "insidethedodgers" blog, NOT the Jim Rome radio show. So go "battery chuck" somewhere else, and take that imposter of a hall of famer with you while you're at it.
Appreciate the spirit and all, but don't you Giant Fans have enough to discuss after the season you had. Good luck in…ummm….2012?
just like communism, bringing alex rodriguez to the dodgers works only in theory.. a-rod is the least liked player in the league among his peers.. i think it would be a bad mix..
los angeles dodgers chapmionships:5
san francisco giant championships:0
Well said Ray, well said.
On both accounts.
Thanks for a great season, guys!
The ball just didn't bounce our way last night, or for most of the series. ( though you do make your own luck too )
I look forward to this organization working on some of its weaknesses this off season, and to a better team next year. This year's team was only good in a weak division, but at least it was good … unlike the 2005 team which was bad in a bad division *shudder*
Thanks for all the hard work, guys.
And I'll enjoy spending my ticket and travel money on a good dinner or two and some books I've been meaning to get for a long time now 😉
Sorry to be asking again, but never got an answer. And, I know this is not the topic for this blog, but can someone tell me what do the Dodgers have to spend in this off season compared to the last? Sorry, I live in St. Louis and don't get all the detailed information. Hoping you LA'rs can help. 🙂
I'm frustrated with them, but boy, do I love the Blue.
Ray. I didn't draw much fire on A-Rod as i thought I might. I like him a lot but feel he really put too much pressure on himself and too much expectations from the fans with his huge contract. One can see how his peers might feel too with a contract like his. He is expected to win a WS for someone. I knew you would respond as you did and I do agree. I also hesitate to give such huge contract to pitchers in particular – eg. Kevin Brown, Darren Dreifort, etc. Between a rock and a hard place. Elbert and Morris with arm troubles so the pitching on the farm just got thinner especially with some traded. I think Ned has to come up with good pitchers at a more reasonable price. Have to have a couple of bats too.
Anyway, I am sure the off season will be exciting and draw a lot of reaction from the Dodger faithful. GO DODGERS!!!
if anything this was a fun season, thank you Dodger organizations & it's UNSUNG HEROES that work long hours behind the seens.
'07 Dodgers here we come!!
harold, i dont like giving out huge contracts either, but we need a big game pitcher in the worst way..we can no longer go with mediocre pitchers in the playoffs.. i think ned should go after barry zito hard this offseason, i know he is sometimes eratic, but he is a true ace…
I'm not from LA. From Nova Scotia in Canada. However, the 2006 Dodger payroll was just a tad under $100M. I can't see it going above that. That makes one wonder about contracts to Nomar, Maddux, Gagne, Lofton, Lugo. Lugo no doubt will not want to come back to the Dodgers. Drew has an opt out clause in his contract but expect he will not exercise it. We have $54M tied up with Drew, Furcal, Kent, Lowe, Mueller, Penny. I'm guessing at least one half of the budget is tied up with 6 players, one of whom might not play. (Mueller) Gagne would cost $12M according to his contract. That leaves $46M- for the other nineteen players, coaches etc. Ned does his work cut out for him. We can't take on a couple of $10-15M guys. Nor should we. We have to build and can add as some of the bigger contracts move on. Oh yes, several million go to pay for Odalis Perez contract in KC. Ray no doubt has more info.
firstname.lastname@example.com The previous post was to try to help you with your question. The real answer is, I don't know.
"just like communism, bringing alex rodriguez to the dodgers works only in theory.. a-rod is the least liked player in the league among his peers.. i think it would be a bad mix.."
Ray-I didn't know a-Rod was a prblem????? what's his history regarding that?
I'not sure about Schmidt, Zito or Kemp!
Little should be replaced first. Watch guys like Leyland and Larusso for example.
the dodgers payroll this season was 99,176,950.. they are getting getting back around 25 million in expiring contracts.. hopefully that answered your question..
Thank you so much – very kind. I'm shamed that you've obviously have worked hard to get that information and I haven't.
Lesson: I need to work harder.
Very sincerely, thanks again.
Thank you as well. Very kind of you both.
You know what Ray – I think somehow Ned will address that. I don't know how but think he will have a better chance to build the staff this year with time on his side instead of against him, starting with the bull pen. I expect we both still have a concern that he protect the farm.
Tre – no problem. I love looking up Dodger info but kind of had a lot of that on tap. Have been looking ahead a couple of years when money really starts to free up for younger players. Basically, if you have any questions re:Dodgers, just ask Ray. He is either a Dodger encyclopedia or has quick access.
my main cocern is for ned to protect the farm.. i know he will find a way to put together a good pitching staff.. the thing i dont want to see happen is ned bringing in middle of the road pitchers like he did last year with tomko..he needs to stay away from the ted lilly's, gil meche's, and randy wolfs.. we need frontline help..
I am going to disagree with Ray on Alex Rodriguez. My argument has two points.
First, I think A-Rod is a good way to improve the one position where the Dodgers have been lacking the last comple years. Secondly, I think that the atmosphere in LA would be completely different than New York for A-Rod.
First of all, don't tell me he's no good when he puts up these numbers:
Here's the runners in scoring position stats:
As for the personal dynamic stuff, New York isn't an easy place to play. He's scrutinized like crazy, not just by fans, but by the media, and not just the local but the national media. Coming to LA would either force ESPN to acknowledge the Dodgers exist all season long or take away a lot of attention from him.
Also, consider who will be in the clubhouse with him. No Gary Sheffield, Jason Giambi, Derek Jeter, Randy Johnson or Joe Torre. Instead, he'll be with the steadying forces of the Dodgers clubhouse, particularly JD Drew and Grady Little. Joe Torre never smiles, but Gradly Little can't stop cracking jokes. JD Drew has a steady, understated personality, while Gary Sheffield still whines about his contract with the Dodgers. The atmosphere in LA is much more relaxed and away from the national media (read: east coast) spotlight.
I'd like to see the Dodgers acquire him. And even though I think Brad Penny's an excellent pitcher who will be fine once again after he gets over injury during the offseason, he might be the guy to send to make the trade (especially with the way Yankees pitching is going).
I totally agree, pitching, pitching, pitching.
Is there any truth to the rumors I hear about Soriano or Wells deal. Who wouldn't love their bats, but not sure that's the best use of the the money.
FYI-I'll try not to bother, but I'm sure I'll have many questions. I live in bird country.
a-rod is an amazing player, maybe the best in the game.. andy laroche is my favorite prospect, but if we get a-rod i will gladly part with him, and penny.. my only problem with him is that he manages to alienate himself from his teammates.. it has happened everywhere he has been..there is something about him that his peers just do not like… i know the word "chemistry" gets thrown out there a lot, but usually teams that wins it all, have good "chemistry"..look back at all his teams besides the '95 mariners when he was a rookie, they where not good club houses..its gonna be a tough decision for ned to make..
its ok tre.. i think anytime players like soriano, or wells are out there we have to at least take a look at them..hopefully ned goes after pitching..
Good point Ray. Those middle tier starters often have a good year, contract goes up, and then they settle out to their level. Maybe Ned will make a trade for a younger pitcher on the way up whose contract hasn't ballooned yet. I think I can bear trading certain prospects Ray for young established players, especially pitchers. Don't want to trade them for utility players or older middle tier pitchers who carry big contracts. email@example.com – I mostly watch Blue Jay games so I am also in bird country. I see Wells play a lot and he is a good one, offensively and defensively, and seems to be a good team player. However, he is signed thru 2007 but Jays want to sign or trade, not let become a free agent. – expecting $15M/yr.
Why do we even have to ask what the Dodgers can spend any year? We are a large market team who put 3mil plus fans in the seats every year. Our sorry owner should spend the necessary money to put a dominate team on the feild. Instead, he puts a "competative team" on the feild so fans don't complain and he saves more money. We should be spending 120 -150mil on payroll in LA.
By the way, JD Drew is not worth the 12-13 mil a year we pay him. Could have gotten Vlad that year for the same price. Re-sign Nomar, sign Zito, and whoever else we need to start winning 95+ games a year like the fans in LA deserve. I'm willing to pay $10 more a seat if necessary to have an owner who wants to win championships. I know the Yankee's and Red Soxs have only one 1 World series in the last 6 years, but they have been far more successful over the last 10 years than we have. I'll take that one world series!
we have to ask matin because we know what type of owner we have.. we have a owner who bought the team with borrowed money from fox, the people he was buying the team from!..i agree that our payroll should be way higher, but we cant just go out there throwing money at people the way the blue jays did last year, we need to make smart moves.. plus we have a lot of young player right now.. but we should still be able to go after elite players in the offseason.. where the LOS ANGELES DODGERS!..
Ray, this has been going on for the last 10 plus years now. I'm tired of the Dodgers not being an elite team anymore. What consistant team other than the Braves, have not had to spend the money to dominate? I mean come on, there is no cap in baseball. Every Dodger owner knows the fans will come no matter how the season yurns out(look at last year). We need a team with more than 2 all stars to win in the playoffs.
firstname.lastname@example.com I'm not sure money does it. In the past few years we have had one of the highest payrolls. Oakland, Minnesota would tend to show us the way with their small market plan. The Yankees have over $2M payroll and fold annually. They dominated when they had youngsters – Posada, Jeter, Williams, Rivera, etc. I think has to be built, not bought. We have the dollars – $100M – but too much tied up in players at end of their careers or over priced. In 2006 we had the sixth highest payroll in MLB, second highest in NL – Less than $1M below the Mets. A's, Tigers, Padres, Cards, Minnesota all lower than us, some considerably less. We're not at the point where one $15-17M player makes the difference. My opinion only.
Yankees $200M that is.
At least the Yankee's and Red Sox have the tools to make it to series. We seem to always have the tools to only make it to the post season. ****, I'll take a purchased world series over the sucess we've had over the last 18 years.
By the way, the Yankees had hired guns in their world series run of the 90's: Boggs, Justice, Strawberry, Martinez, not to mention the pitching which was not home grown.
i am all for spending money, but in a smart way.. the dodgers have had incredible bad luck with huge contracts..i.e. kevin brown, don stanhouse, dave goltz, darryl strawberry, carlos perez, bill mueller, etc.. we just have to be smart, and i think bary zito would be a smart get..
2005 payroll was $83M so up about $17m for 2006. The 2003 payroll was the third highest in baseball. It seems to me there has to be a plan to reach the top, not buying piecemeal. That has been a problem for us. Think we have a plan now. Build, build, build from within, buy the missing piece or pieces. takes time. In any event, we are assuming the owners will not allow the payroll go up this year.
Yes the Yanks had hired guns to fit with the team they built up the middle. That is failing them now each year as the built part has aged and the hired guns underproduce when the heat is on. You are probably right. I still live in the days when real Dodgers, 1952- 1988, made the difference. I expect those days are gone but it looks like we have a chance to build a team. GO DODGERS!!!
Eulman, opinion, It's a very good one. Many things go into making it through the the playoffs. I've consistantly watched a very gifted Cardinal team get "managed" out of the season (being in stl). I grew up with the Dodgers of the late sixties and through the 70s. I empathize with Martineznick, we need to swagger not just walk. It seems in these days it takes money. Ray is right when he says, and Ray correct me if I'm wrong, spend all the money you want, just don't hurt the farm.
Well guys, lets hope this go-round of great prospects takes us to the promise land. Piazza, Karros,Nomo, and Raul where good-great but we didnt have the dominate ace during that time. I feel we need at least one 20 game winner along with Penny, Lowe, Chad and Co. I also think we need some bats that put fear into the oposition. Oh well, I guess I'll never be the GM so I'll just keep rootin for our Dodgers.
we just need to have faith in ned, I'm sure he will make us very happy fans…
Thanks for all of the updates all season long, Josh.
For what it's worth, the Dodgers lost a lot of goodwill among the people I talked to at yesterday's game by raising parking prices for the playoff. The way to thank fans for breaking attendance records and cheering faithfully is NOT to take advantage of them like that. Since the higher prices were not publicized in advance, they did not deter anyone from driving to the stadium. They were just a way for the Dodgers to make extra money at the fans' expense.
Other than that, it was a great (well, it would have been even greater if we won!) game and a wonderful crowd. I'm already looking forward to next year!
Just curious "OlsonFamily", how much was parking thi season, regular season vs. the playoff game?? And does anyone know if this type of practice happens at other venues around the league, raising prices during playoffs? Thanks…
i dont really think we need a power bat. Kent was injured most of the year and JD Drew was getting over a shoulder problem. Pitching is what we need badly. sign Zito and maybe Schmidt if MAddux retires.
kssparkuhl – During the regular season it was $10 to park but Saturday's game was $15. It kind of caught my friend and I off guard as neither of us carry much cash, but luckily we had enough quarters in the car to cover it.
During the WBC this year, parking was $10 at Angels Stadium but $8 during the regular season. I don't remember if they raised their prices during the Angel's post-season last year or not.
Man, I remember when parking was three dollars! That's just plain price gouging though for a playoff game. I didn't know the fans had to buy a ticket for their car! 😮 )
Roy, Thanks for the hard work on the blog. Looking forward to winter updates!!
i really hope we do get the big pitcher & bat that Colletti speaks of.
Today's LA Times says Ned is going after a Power Hitter a Front End Starter and help in the bullpen. He understands the fans desire to keep Gagne and Nomar but he wasn't sure that could happen, sounds like money. Said he wants to keep Lofton and Kent if he can. It's going to be a very interesting off season. I would like to see a couple of changes in the coaching staff but I like Grady at the front of the class !!
Trust in the kids Ned, but go get some Help !!
Thanks for everyone for making this season very enjoyable. Somebody said it earlier; we just got beat by a better team.
A few thoughts:
I think it's safe to say that Loney proved to everyone that he's ready to play, so hopefully we can take the money saved from Nomar and spend it on a starter (Zito) or a CF (Tori Hunter).
Being from NY there is no doubt that AROD will be moved. He is the posterboy of a player who can not cut it in New York.. If we can trade Penny, LaRouche, and a prospect for him, it must be done….
I don't hear much about LaRouche. Is this guy ready to be an everyday third baseman next season?
Does anyone have any details about Drew's escape clause in his contract? Can we persuade him to escape from LA and plug in Kemp in RF next season?
Thanks again…
What I propose is this lineup:
Furcal – ss
Ethier – lf
Nomar – 1b
A-Rod – 3b
Drew – cf
Kent – 2b
Loney – rf
Martin – c
the key here is to put Loney in right field (he has played there in the minors) and Drew in center (where he's said he wants to play). That way you develop Loney's offense, and you have him for first base when Nomar needs a day off or is out hurt or something.
Might as well add my take on what we need to accomplish this winter.
Personnel to cut: LUGO, BEIMEL – if we need to offer arbitration so as to gain a draft choice when somebody else signs them, then do it.
Personnel I'd like to see traded: PENNY, HALL, TOMKO with STULTZ, HENDRICKSON and REPKO also available.
Personnel I'd like to consider acquiring: ZITO, SORIANO, RODRIGUEZ, two established relief pitchers, two AAA promising starting pitchers, a seasoned part time catcher in case HALL is traded.
Other considerations:
LONEY must be given full time opportunity at first base even against left handed pitchers – he has earned that chance, and presumably will re-assert himself again in spring training.
LOFTON, MADDUX, GAGNE and GARCIAPARRA – offer a one year contract only based largely on incentives.
SAITO – offer a 2 year deal at moderate million $ level plus incentives.
what I really like is that the Dodgers are actually not desperately pulling things apart. Instead, they're going to keep the team and add the missing puzzle pieces. It's reassuring, and I'm really optimistic about next year.
Thank you, and good night.
….. Is it time for spring training yet?
I like your thinking about Zito, Ray. I think he's the pitcher we need to go after first. And it would be great to have ARod at third, what with his bat. But what evidence of his alienation from other players? Are there articles stating such? I've never read anything along that line.
s.infantino – here's the SI article that comes to mind the most
Oh yea I forgot one thing,The Mets were even nice enough to spot the dodgers there two best pitchers,and still…..u got swept.Yea I know the Giants ****** this year but every team goes through that.
Today is Monday, October 9, 2006, which means that there are exactly 175 days until Opening Day 2007. Until then, I can only take somber solace in the great words of a man whom I had tremendous respect for, former Major League Baseball Commissioner Bartlett Giamatti:
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come out, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone."
I want to thank Josh and the entire Dodger media staff for allowing me a platform on which to share my passion for the Dodgers with fellow Dodger fans. Although I came on-board the "Inside the Dodgers" blog around the trading deadline and have not personally met any of my fellow posters, I feel that we are all family.
As has already been said a number of times, our beloved Dodgers were simply out-played by a superior Mets team. The Mets took the field with the passion, desire, hunger, and confidence that is needed to be a successful post-season team. They had the "Eye of the Tiger" and the Dodgers did not. In spite of this, it was very refreshing to see the absolute true professionalism of Jeff Kent who, unlike many of his teammates, never gave up; not even for a second. On the other hand, the lack of professionalism on the part of Joe Beimel absolutely broke my heart.
During the second game of last year's ALCS between the Angels and the White Sox, a severely blown call by the home plate umpire led to a devastating loss for the Angels. That single incident set the tone for the remainder of that series, which the White Sox ended up winning in five games. It was as if that single incident destroyed the Angels will to win.
The running mistake by J.D. Drew in Game-1 (to which the entire blame goes to third base coach Rich Donnelly) was the "single incident" that set the tone for this series and one from which the Dodgers were unable to recovered from. It, along with the Beimel incident, had the exact same effect on the Dodgers as the blown call against the Angels. The Dodgers were doomed from that point on.
While I agree whole heartedly that the Dodgers must secure a significant starter and a power hitter, I do not think that Alex Rodriguez is the right choice. I believe that the Dodgers would be much better off acquiring Alfonso Soriano. As great as A-Rod is and has been throughout his career, the guy's post-season numbers are staggering. It is as if he ceases playing on the final game of the regular season. While he is 37 for 132 (.280) in his six post-season appearances, his average is .133 and .071 respectively in his last two post-season appearances. This is simply unacceptable from a guy being paid what he is being paid. The guy melts down BIG TIME in the post-season.
There is little doubt in my mind that James Loney is here to stay and that he is our everyday first baseman. Ethier is also a lock for next season. Matt Kemp needs one full season in Triple-A, but he is our future right or center fielder (or possible trade bait).
As much as I have enjoyed what Nomar brought to the team this season, he will demand a multi-year contract that the Dodgers would be ill-advised to agree to. I do not think that he will agree to a one-year contract with incentives. Lofton, on the other hand, will likely do so, because he will have no choice.
Brad Penny needs to lose about 40 pounds. This will significantly ease his back problems and will probably get him back on a winning track. I believe that the Dodgers really need to keep him on-board. He is more than capable of winning 20 games.
Derek Lowe is solid. I believe that he will represent the Dodgers at next season's All Star game. He really dialed it in during the second half.
I believe that Maddux will accept a one year contract with some lucrative incentives. With run support, he is still capable of winning 15+ games, not to mention another Gold Glove (which, by the way, I believe that he will win again this season, as he had ZERO errors in 66 chances for a 1.000 FPCT).
Ok, enough on that stuff. Thanks for all of the great in-put throughout the season. I, too, will drop in from time to time to see what's happening during the off-season. One thing is for certain; the Dodgers will be a team to reckon with next season. We were close this season, but next season is OURS!
PS: Sorry for the long-winded post. I've done a lot of "reflecting" these past two painful days.
PPS: Hey euhlman – I tried e-mailing you at your posted address. Did you receive it? If not, and if you are so inclined, could you e-mail me your address at email@example.com? Thanks.
53. I emailed my address. The one posted on the blog is correct. Not sure why it wasn't received. Our email seems to be working. Please try again. Pretty good post. Maybe Ned should consult with you as his deliberations begin. Heard suggestions today that Toronto might trade Wells for A-Rod if Yanks pick up some more of his contract as Texas is doing.They probably cannot meet Wells contract demands and he is a free agent at end of 2007.
To assauge the post-season blues, I'm volunteering at the Dodger's Youth Center. Who else is with me?
Patriotacts, even after reading the SI article (which I thank you for)I'd still be happy to see Arod in our lineup. The only detractable thing I see in him is a propensity to look at personal numbers. So what! If his bat and defense can help the Dodgers, I say let's go for it. Especially if the Yankees pick up the bulk of his contract. Its as you say, the pressure from the press won't be near as savage as there in New York. I think fans here will be quick to embrace him as well as the other players, especially if he puts up the numbers he's capable of.
hey slee, where and how can u get it on this?
I'd be happy to get Arod as well. I think he'd be a good fit.
The problem with Soriano is that he would block Matt Kemp. Soriano would require a multi year deal with a no trade clause, meaning that he, Ethier, and Drew would be our outfielders for the next three years. I think Kemp will be ready for the show in 2008.
What I propose is to let Loney play right field, and Nomar can take first base next year. I think Jeff Kent only has one year left, and he might switch positions with Nomar midseason. If that works, Nomar can play second base with Loney at first, and Kemp can play in the outfield.
Soriano wants to play 2nd…we can get him to play CF for a year and then Kent will retire and Soriano will play second
Max Power – where are you getting your information?
Soriano has actually said that what he is most proud of this year is his defense. At second base, he was a defensive liability and he knew it. He made something like 100 errors over 5 years at second, which was more than anyone.
Soriano has a gun for an arm, and that doesn't mean a whole hill of beans when you're 40 feet from the first baseman. On the other hand, that is great when you are a left fielder. He led all major league outfielders in outfield assists (22) and double plays (9), and was also third of all corner outfielders in putouts (326).
Soriano has great speed, which helps him run down the ball. How do you think Kenny Lofton won four gold gloves? Did he lose his ability to read the ball in the outfield but not at the plate? He just runs the ball down like crazy.
Face it, Soriano's an outfielder, and he likes being a more useful player. This is a guy that studies video of pitchers to figure out which ones to steal on out of their windup. I would love to have him; all that is holding me back from him is Matt Kemp, who could be more useful for years to come.
He thinks playing second base will be the best way to get into the hall of fame. He said it when he had to play left for the first couple of months. Also the main reason why he wont resign with the nationals is beucase they want him to be stricly an outfielder. He'll probably end up playing the outfield for some other team becuase of money but if we can assure him that second base is his after Kent retires im sure he'd sign here.
Max, as I thought, you're listening to old stuff. He was a starting left fielder for the National League all-star team, and he's got the chance to win a gold glove in the outfield if he keeps it up. He's proud of his defense, and I'm positive he'll stay in the outfield.
okay, i was the guy who bet ten bucks the dodgers would go 81-81. i also thought prior to that, they were about a 85 win team and would be hard pressed to do that…so i was wrong.
but this team was just so hard to handicap.
how do you win 7 straight on the road and **** the bed twice in NYC and then come back home to lay an egg
i think this team belongs to russell martin, and it should be his by 2008. the mets just willed themselves to win the dodgers wilted. i know the veteran leadership was a steady influence with kent, drew, lofton and blah, blah, blah – but the mets just have IT – whatever IT is!
the padres don't have IT. the cards don't.
even the yankees didn't have IT. the mets do and a NYC – Detroit world series should be great fun.
still bothers me to see loduca and green and mota, et al in mets uniforms. esp since
penney is now at risk of being a one -year wonder and headed to # 3 starter in the rotation where he belongs.
generally liked grady's job this year, but still don't understand the playoff roster with only ten pitchers!!! aren't ramon herandez and lugo basically the same guy
and was eithier really necessary?
would have preferred adding hamulock and
stolts as two lefties…and would have never, ever brought penney in relief..yikes…
would prefer to release kent and nomar. i know they are tested vets, but they are clogging in the infield. go with loney and
delwyn young at 2b and add soriano in the outfield.
not really sold on kemp. he looks like another r. mondesi about to happen. same body language. doesn't run out grounders.
has no centerfield instincts and is too undisciplined at the plate. yet the brass
insist on playing him there…repko is your cf for years to come…
Zito….? C'mon this guy is worse then Penny and you are all clamoring for him? Gotta admit this is the first time I've watched him pitch but he's wild and throws alot of pitches walks too many looks like Penny with more pitches.
I don't think he's worth the money I've been hearing and won't get it done first year coming from the AL.
email@example.com I was the guy who took your bet and won on the first game after your post. Did you remember to pay your $10 to your favorite charity?
yes eulman – i did pay it to my favorite charity. the odalis perez home for lost and whiny overweight lefties… let's go metdodgers!!!
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My Life List (Goals, Wishes, & Dreams)
So, quite awhile ago, I started my own life list. I've even accomplished a few of the things on the list prior to putting the list in a blog post. So, without further rambling, which you know I tend to do, here's my list so far (I will occasionally add to and cross things off this list)...
4. Run a dog rescue
6. Sign a freelance photography contract
8. Plant an Azalea tree
9. Create a butterfly garden
11. Catch a Musky at West Branch Reservoir
12. Create a Butterfly Calendar
14. Create an Etsy store
15. Learn Photoshop
16. Learn to use textures on my photos
17. Create a digital scrapbook
18. Photograph a bobcat in the wild
20. Have a booth at the Red Barn Craft Show in Kirksville
21. Have a booth at a farmer's market in Missouri
23. Create life lists (with photos) of the species I photograph (dragonflies, butterflies, birds, etc.)
24. Learn to be a better cook
25. Learn to can vegetables, etc.
26. Have an herb garden
27. Start creating beaded jewelry again
28. Go to a Martina McBride concert
29. Create some inspirational photo posters
30. Visit Australia
31. Grow flowers from seed for my flower garden
32. Meet Tammy in person
33. Meet Bear in person
36. Get my Bachelor's Degree
37. Learn to sew
40. Learn to make my own photo frames
41. Learn guitar
42. Go on a road trip with my cousins
43. Learn to use my pressure cooker
44. Work from home full-time
46. Learn to photograph completely in manual
47. Find an arrowhead
48. Write a book with Dad about Matouk's adventures
49. Learn from Dad how to make a pie
51. Design a website (other than for a college course)
52. Go to a book signing of a favorite author
53. Go to an art/photography gallery
54. Have my own photography exhibit
55. Catch a ball at a Cleveland Indians game
56. Have my own line of greeting cards
57. Make Tammy's family a catfish dinner
58. Make Snickerdoodles for Bear
59. Have one of my photographs as a magazine cover
61. Attend a Misty May/Kerri Walsh volleyball match (uhhh this one isn't gonna happen since they retired)
62. Go on a photography meet-up
63. Meet Karen Walrond
64. Photograph a Lavendar field
65. Visit every National Park
66. Go on a cruise
67. See the Aurora Borealis
68. Inspire someone
69. Camp out in the pop-up camper back at my pond
70. Try 50 different cheeses:
72. Learn HDR photography
73. Ride in a hot air balloon
74. Learn how to make cheese
75. Go on a houseboat vacation (with Jim)
76. Learn Origami
77. Learn to make soap
78. Purchase a professional printer
79. Visit the area in Kentucky where we used to vacation (with Jim)
80. Learn to play piano
81. Learn to make candles
82. Make my own beer
83. Collect & polish rocks for jewelry
84. Purchase 25 creations/works of art from friends' sites/stores
85. Read all books on my bookshelves
86. Go Geocaching
87. Get a small tattoo
88. Learn scrapbooking
89. Learn woodworking
90. Go to the Kentucky Derby
91. Leave 15 notes of gratitude/compliment for someone of service
92. Have some of my photos published as reference material
93. Create a reference library: Butterflies, Insects,
95. Have my own home office/workspace in the loft
96. Have a pool table
97. Have one full bookshelf of reference/how-to/DIY etc.
98. Attend 10 Bon Jovi concerts: 1.
99. Meet the girls of Full Bookshelves in person
100. Meet Tammy Lee Bradley in person
101. Meet and hang out with Chuck and Sue
102. Help Jim set up his train set
103. Get my ears re-pierced (they were done crooked when I was young)
104. Ice skate on my backyard pond
105. Join an online book club (with the time to read the books and participate)
106. Take a photography class
107. Attend a Miranda Lambert concert
108. Learn jewelry wire working
109. Get a logo for my Photography
110. Represent Sony with my Photography
111. Start Journaling daily
112. Learn to create mixed media
113. Ride in a Helicopter
115. Go on a vacation with Jim, my step-daughter, and her husband (and now Calli)


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Kuroda and closing in on sellouts…
Joe Torre just spoke to the media after spending the morning and afternoon at Camelback Ranch, watching Kuroda pitch a simulated game at Extended Spring Training. He said that Kuroda seemed to feel good and his command was suprisingly good. No word yet whether he'd get an NLCS start and he didn't reveal a Game 1 starter or any of the roster. I'm sure that will all come tomorrow.
Very few tickets remain for the first two games of the NLCS, so if you've been waiting to get yours, I wouldn't wait much longer. We released more yesterday but now's the time to act.
Please come early on Thursday and Friday to try and avoid any traffic or parking issues. As you all know, when there are this many people in the stadium and this many cars, it gets really crowded. We're opening up the stadium 2.5 hours before game time and you can come to Autograph Alley behind home plate and get your photo taken with the World Series trophy.
Game times have been set, as I'm sure you know. 5:07 for Game 1 and 1:07 for Game 2. Game 6 & 7 would both be at 5:07, if necessary.
More tomorrow after the workout…
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Thanks, Josh. GO DODGERS!!!!!
In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.
Conan O'brien's….. Old Time baseball
Made me laugh 🙂
Good Evening ITD readers and writers!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow!!! It's been raining/pouring all…………………day…………….long. I love the rain, but not when I am stuck in the classroom with 24 first graders all…………….day……………….long, and it sounds like another day tomorrow. Anyhow, rainy day schedules aside, I am so anxious to get this series underway. I know it's going to be a sit-on-the-edge-of-our-seats, nailbiting, amazing time just like last time, but with much different results. Our boys have pushed through so much this season…………..Manny being suspended, pitchers getting hurt, and 99% of the media not believing in them since day one. It is time to show the entire nation who the Dodgers are, and I have no doubts they will. This is our time…………………………… LOS ANGELES DODGERS TIME!!!!!
Nellyjune ~ it sure is time to show those doubters what we are really made of………….a great offense, a fantastic bullpen and of course, Heere's Johnny!!!!!!!!!!
Who knows how many of these "Berra-isms" were actually said by Yogi? But one of my favorites (not mentioned on the previous thread) was, when asked if he wanted his pizza cut into 6 or 8 slices, he supposedly said, "Better make it only 6, I'm not that hungry."
REVENGE!!! Now we're cooking!
I am so glad you started a new thread! That was a long time (since Sunday)without hearing any news. Thank you so much Josh for giving us an update.
Is raining hard here in L.A. area but te weather report says partly cloudy for Thursday and sunny for Friday.
Is such a long wait between games and all I could see on the MLB TV channel is talk about the Yankees and Angels.
Tru – that doubtfulness the media has had all season is going to make the Dodgers push even harder during this season.
LOL!!!!! Dodgereric – alot of fun stuff on the thread to pass the time away.
Emma – It has not stopped raining all day here. One of our coastal cities up here got 18 inches of rain today. SF and Monterey all broke records in rainfall, and it's not ending until tomorrow. I know Califronia needed rain, but I don't think we needed all at the same time. However, it sounds like the games will go on as scheduled. The waiting is hard enough as it is…………………..no need for rain delays too.
We held Philly down more than we did last year.
They was batting .237 when we split them 4-4
This time we won the season 4-3 and held them to a batting average of .217.
lol the Yankess only hitting .225 in that 3 games series with the Twins.
Tim Brown LA in 6 The Phillies remain wobbly in the late innings and Manny is coming to life.
Jim Passan LA in 6 Dodgers relievers more than make up for starting pitching vacuum.
Gordon Edes Phi in 6 The Phillies make the Freeway Series a trip on the Jersey Turnpike.
Steve Henson Phi in 7 Late acquisition Cliff Lee wins Game 7 for the Phillies.
Vote for Ethier for the 2009 Pepsi Clutch Performer.
…"come to Autograph Alley behind home plate and get your photo taken with the World Series trophy. "
Really? I mean, why? My family had our picture taken with the World Series trophy back in April, for obvious reasons.
Good Morning Dodger Faithful………………………..
How do you get from Colorado to LA?
Take Huston Street. Ba-da-boom.
Good Morning ITDland ~ only one more day until we kick some Fillies assss!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Awe what the heck………Ya never get tired of hearing the victory song………………….
Enjoy your day everyone……..GO DODGERS!!!!!!
Scrape that gum off your shoe, tru!
:), Dodgereric!
Remember the World Baseball Classic, heck it was alright it even had a post season feel to it. However when it was over everyone said it wasn't the National Past Time…They were right this is Americas game……. and it's at it's best right now. Thursday it will be in heart of Dodgerland, good ole Chavez Ravine……Home of the Boy's in Blue……
Now we wouldn't expect our service men and women to go out and protect our homeland any way but the winning way….I expect the same devotion, hard work and dedication….Through unselfish sacrifices, intense focus and the overwhelming willpower to win……On Our Field
THIS IS OUR TOWN………L.A……….FIGHT FOR IT and WIN BOY'S……
Vote for Ethier for the 2009 Pepsi Clutch Performer.
Happy Birthday (99) John Wooden!!!!
This guy was playing pathfinder on The Price Is Right for a car and had the first 3 numbers right in one number wrong. He had to guess one of the 3 prizes to get another chance of picking the last number and got all 3 prizes wrong. The first prize he picked was the Price is Right videogame and that's one seem easy. One choice was $30 and the other one was $45 and this one should?ve been easy and he picked $45 and got it wrong and got the next 2 wrong so he didn't win any car. That's the first time I ever seen someone missed all 3 prizes and got it wrong.
With the World Baseball Classic pushing MLB back a week this season, a potential Game 7 of the World Series would be played on November 7!! For the love of humanity and frost bite, here's hoping we get a West Coast Freeway Series. Can you imagine Philly and NY? Not only do I despise both those clubs, but with rain and snow, Game 7 might be played AFTER Christmas!!!!!
HO, HO, HO, Kahli! lol
Dodger4life, I second the Happy Birthday wish!!!!!!!! John Wooden, may he live to be 199!
You beat me to it! I was coming here to say Happy 99th birthday Mr. John Wooden!!
It still raining here but for tomorrow the weather report is "Dodger Blue Skies, nothing but Dodger Blue Skies"
I never get tired of singing "I Love L.A." We sang it at The Yardhouse in L.A. after game 3 in St Loui.
Well, off to a meeting for our annual Health fair tomorrow.
Will Joe pitch Kershaw in game 1 or Wolf? Will Hiroki Kuroda be ready to go? Enquiring minds need to know.
Seau should be retired and Happy Bday Wooden.
Well, things have evened up a little bit on ESPN. I think the Dodgers-Cards series had 9 voting for STL, 1 for LA. Now it's 5-5, with nobody predicting a sweep.
Don't think it's likely to happen, but I'd give Kershaw the first game start and Wolf the second. If Kuroda passed his test in AZ, as Joe seemed to indicate, I'd activate him for the Phils and drop Garland. I'd also start Padilla in the third game in Phila. and would relegate both Billz and Kuroda to long relief rather than trust either one to start a game, unless one of the three starters absolutely blows it in one of their starts.
I foresee a roster addition: left-handed Elbert being added to the roster for another power left arm to come out of the bullpen….
For the Ethieraholic living inside most of us:
I want Kuroda to start either the 2nd or 3rd games and I hope he ready.
I can't believe someone made a Phillywood.
JOSH….I got my tickets for Friday's game. Finally I get to make it to a Friday game and NO fireworks…but it is a playoff game and I'm sure there will be some kind of fireworks.
I can't wait til we get the National League Series!
I am with ITD….REVENGE…REVENGE…..REVENGE!
(well revenge is such a harsh word…well spanish saying about "Revenge is not good, it poisons your soul and kills it too" or something like that). So DODGERS just claim what those Phreaken Phillies took from last year… NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPS! Don't let those Phuckers take it again….excuse my language but IT IS ON! (with a little head roll-snap)
Crash – Some of us have more Ethieraholic in us than others, and I am not ashamed to admit that. It was a great article, and only if I could get my son to read an article about the Dodgers. He and Andre have the same temperment 🙂
Hmm interesting thoughts on starting pitching, I would not have kershaw or Bilz have their first game in Philly. I would probably have wolf and padilla, return to Philly for their first start. Although I can see pitching wolf and kershaw in the first two games. We really need to win games 1&2. Put kuroda or padilla vs Lee, if wolf starts in LA. If torre was going to use bilz vs. cards, then perhaps the drama of his return in the NLCS in Philly for our revenge would fit perfectly, but I have had enough drama this year already.
Other scenarios come to mind, including a 5 man staff, because I have faith and confidence in all 6 starters, but if Kuroda gets the nod, then I think garland or bilz gets dropped, weaver has been bred for the long relief role, hope it doesn't happen, but we survived that already this post season.
Is it Thursday yet? Since it?s not, here are some timeless quotes from Casey Stengel:
1. Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.
2. All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height.
3. Been in this game one-hundred years, but I see new ways to lose 'em I never knew existed before.
4. Don't cut my throat, I may want to do that later myself.
5. Don't drink in the hotel bar, that's where I do my drinking.
6. Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.
7. Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.
8. I came in here and a fella asked me to have a drink. I said I don't drink. Then another fella said hear you and Joe DiMaggio aren't speaking and I said I'll take that drink.
9. I don't know if he throws a spitball but he sure spits on the ball.
10. I don't like them fellas who drive in two runs and let in three.
11. I feel greatly honored to have a ballpark named after me, especially since I've been thrown out of so many.
12. I got players with bad watches – they can't tell midnight from noon.
13. I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.
14. I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.
15. If we're going to win the pennant, we've got to start thinking we're not as good as we think we are.
16. If you're playing baseball and thinking about managing, you're crazy. You'd be better off thinking about being an owner.
17. If you're so smart, let's see you get out of the Army.
18. It's wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn't used to like.
19. Managing is getting paid for home runs that someone else hits.
20. Most ball games are lost, not won.
21. Never make predictions, especially about the future.
22. No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball.
23. Now there's three things you can do in a baseball game: You can win or you can lose or it can rain.
24. Oldtimers, weekends, and airplane landings are alike. If you can walk away from them, they're successful.
25. Son, we'd like to keep you around this season but we're going to try and win a pennant.
26. Sure I played, did you think I was born at the age of 70 sitting in a dugout trying to manage guys like you?
27. The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.
28. The Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed.
29. The team has come along slow but fast.
30. The trick is growing up without growing old.
31. The trouble is not that players have sex the night before a game. It's that they stay out all night looking for it.
32. The trouble with women umpires is that I couldn't argue with one. I'd put my arms around her and give her a little kiss.
33. The Yankees don't pay me to win every day, just two out of three.
34. There are three things you can do in a baseball game. You can win, or you can lose, or it can rain.
35. There comes a time in every man's life, and I've had plenty of them.
36. They say some of my stars drink whiskey, but I have found that ones who drink milkshakes don't win many ball games.
37. They say Yogi Berra is funny. Well, he has a lovely wife and family, a beautiful home, money in the bank, and he plays golf with millionaires. What's funny about that?
38. They told me my services were no longer desired because they wanted to put in a youth program as an advance way of keeping the club going. I'll never make the mistake of being seventy again.
39. Two hundred million Americans, and there ain't two good catchers among 'em.
40. When you are younger you get blamed for crimes you never committed and when you're older you begin to get credit for virtues you never possessed. It evens itself out.
41. Without losers, where would the winners be?
42. You got to get twenty-seven outs to win.
43. You gotta learn that if you don't get it by midnight, chances are you ain't gonna get it, and if you do, it ain't worth it.
44. You gotta lose 'em some of the time. When you do, lose 'em right.
45. You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living.
46. You have to have a catcher because if you don't you're likely to have a lot of passed balls.
Kershaw is the Game 1 starter – just got a text alert saying so 🙂
new thread.
At this sight the animals? courage returned to them. wow goldAion kinahThe fear and despair they had felt a moment earlier were drowned in their rage against this vile, contemptible act. A mighty cry for vengeance went up


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I am unable to access YouTube on http. But I can access the same on an https.
When I executed the command
wget https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StJLvbPIvTw it returned the following response:-
--2013-03-04 13:09:28-- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StJLvbPIvTw
Resolving www.youtube.com (www.youtube.com)... 188.8.131.52, 220.127.116.11, 184.108.40.206, ...
Connecting to www.youtube.com (www.youtube.com)|18.104.22.168|:443... connected.
Unable to establish SSL connection.
Please guide me on how to download the YouTube videos on HTTPS


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COLORADO RAPIDS v COLUMBUS CREW
Dick's Sporting Goods Park
Thurs., Oct. 27, (10 p.m. ET; Altitude; ONN; TSN2)
REFEREE: Jorge Gonzalez. SAR (bench): Greg Barkey; JAR (opposite): Kermit Quisenberry; 4th: Andrew Chapin
COLORADO RAPIDS - OUT: FW Conor Casey (L Achilles tear); DF Anthony Wallace (R knee arthroscopic surgery); QUESTIONABLE: MF Pablo Mastroeni (concussion); PROBABLE: GK Matt Pickens (R groin strain); MF Jamie Smith (R hamstring strain / R calf strain)
COLUMBUS CREW - QUESTIONABLE: MF Danny O'Rourke (L knee tightness); MF Tony Tchani (R knee surgery)
SUSPENDED: CLB: Emmanuel Ekpo (through wild card)
WARNINGS: none
LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD: COL 16 wins (2 shootout), 48 GF...CLB 11 wins (1 shootout), 44 GF...8 ties
2011 HEAD-TO-HEAD: COL 1 win, 2 GF; CLB 1 win, 5 GF; 0 ties
- 8/5: COL 2, CLB 0 (Mullan 54; Cummings 79)
MLS CUP PLAYOFFS: COL 1 win, 2 GF...CLB 1 win, 2 GF...0 ties
- For a second consecutive year, the Rapids and Crew will meet in Commerce City in the opening phase of the MLS Cup Playoffs. The Rapids won the first leg of last year's Eastern Conference Semifinals, 1-0, before winning the series on penalty kicks after a Columbus 2-1 in the second leg.
- "It's a one-off," defender Drew Moor said. "The winner moves on, loser goes home. Anything can happen in games like that. ... We need to take advantage of our home field."
- With his seventh goal in the season finale, midfielder Jeff Larentowicz won the club's Golden Boot. "That's something I was not expecting, and I wish it weren't me," Larentowicz said. "But [Saturday] there was a free kick and it's a situation where you're trying to find a hole and it found it's way in."
- Larentowicz won the honor after two seasons where strikers Conor Casey and Omar Cummings combined for more than 20 goals in each year. Casey scored six goals this year in 11 games before his season was cut short with a torn Achilles; Cummings had three goals in 18 starts.
- "There's no doubt the forwards have been going through a bit of a sticky patch and, when that happens, you have to find the goals from somewhere else," Rapids head coach Gary Smith said. "Once again, Jeff scored a very important goal."
- In last year's run to the MLS Cup title, the Rapids scored five goals. Two came from Casey - but two came from Pablo Mastroeni and Kosuke Kimura (one each). The last was the Cup-winning own goal.
- "You look at the playoffs last year and you look at the entire season this year, we've gotten goals from all over the field," said Moor, who scored a career high four goals, including two game-winning and two game-tying goals. "Even guys who haven't started a lot this year have game-winning goals. And that's key, especially in the playoffs."
- The goal scored by Vancouver in the final league game was the first allowed by Colorado in 300 minutes over their final four games, and they enter the playoffs unbeaten in those four (2-0-2) after a three-game losing run.
- "I think we've definitely found our form, which is key at this time of the season," Moor said. "But it's a much different ballgame once you go into the playoffs. We're going to have to stay on the same page, stay concentrated, continue to communicate and at times play desperate, but hopefully it doesn't come to that. We need to kill off plays early and provide as much support for our goal scorers as we can, and that is by keeping zeros and keeping shutouts."
- The Crew fell into the Wild Card game after dropping their season finale to Chicago, then seeing Houston dispatch the LA Galaxy to jump over Columbus and Philadelphia into second place in the Eastern Conference.
- "It would have been nice to come back after being down two goals and win this. We were on the way to do that. Obviously we gave up one play and we end up losing the game. It is what it is. We have to regroup and play our best game in Colorado," said Crew head coach Robert Warzycha.
- After removing Kevin Burns for Robbie Rogers after 39 minutes in Chicago, Warzycha said Danny O'Rourke "doesn't have a choice" in starting in Colorado. O'Rourke was held after the New England, his fifth 90-minute outing in six contests after not starting the first 27 games because of knee surgery nearly a year ago.
- "All year I'm trying to find the right combination," Warzycha said. "We saw a little bit of what Danny and [Ekpo] could do when they played together at New England. That was the combination I was looking for all season but obviously we can't have it now."
- When Rogers came on, Dilly Duka moved into the central midfield spot along with the suspended Emmanuel Ekpo, with Eddie Gaven holding down the other flank. "He was a link in the middle," Warzycha said of Duka. "That was a good move by us to bring him inside and have more touches because in the first 30 minutes I don't think he saw the ball enough."
- Duka started the last nine games of the season, while Rogers had not appeared in the two games before the Chicago match.
- "It's not going to be the same [as Chicago], but we've been interchanging our first 11 all year, especially in center mid," Duka said. "We're still confident whoever we put in the middle we're going to jell and be a tough team to break down."
- Of the Crew starters in last year's playoff match in Colorado, five are no longer with the club.
- "I don't know if this team yet is mature enough, or maybe naive on the mistakes we've made. So there's improvement that we need to make but overall I think this season so far has been pretty successful. Anything can happen in the playoffs," said Rogers.


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The first step for any recruitment effort is to appoint a troop committee member to serve as the troop membership chair. This person will develop and implement a year-round growth plan that incorporates all methods of recruitment, working closely with Cub Scout packs in the community, the district membership committee, and the unit commissioner.
There are three methods of recruiting new Scouts into troops:
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Women's Rowing Travels to Rivanna Romp
November 12, 2010
By ODU Athletics
By ODU Athletics
Nov. 12, 2010
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- The Old Dominion women's rowing team wraps up the fall portion of its 2010-11 schedule this Sunday competing against 2010 NCAA Champion Virginia, Duke, and Pennsylvania at the Rivanna Romp held at the Rivanna Reservior.
Free parking is available at the Thomas Temple Allan Boathouse on the west bank of the Rivanna Reservoir.
The Varsity Eight race will start at 9 a.m., At 10:30 a.m., there will be Novice Eight, Varsity Four and Doubles racing.
At last year's Rivanna Romp, the Lady Monarchs' Frosh/Novice 8 proved to be the highlight of the day for ODU with the Lady Monarchs coming in second to UVA's A boat and 33 seconds ahead of third place Penn.


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Six months of preproduction were necessary for this idea to became real. Locations, stunts tests, gathering the crew and the equipment, building and tunning props, planning, designing…
SHOOTING DAY 1 (AUG 6th, 2014)
First day of shooting. The beginning is the end… A small crew to get the finale scene of Destroy Madrid. Javier Server plays Lay again, but the events take place 20 years later…
SHOOTING DAY 2 (AUG 7th, 2014)
Now we're in. Four locations in a rough day through Callao, Torres Kio, Plaza de Colón and «the Bunker». Today, the crew is once again an small one, and we had many problems and lots of anecdotes.
SHOOTING DAY 3 (AUG 8th, 2014)
And finally, the action is here. We're at Rivas (Madrid) to achieve the most complex sequence in the short film: action, explosions, jumps, stunts, 3d… and lots and lots of dust and debris.


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Zero Proof: Papaya Lassi Recipe
Before Jamba Juice and Smoothie King took over our morning meals and afternoon snacks, there was the lassi. This yogurt-based beverage has been an Indian tradition for hundreds, and some say thousands, of years. A lassi can be either sweet or savory and is frequently served during the summer to combat the heat. This version is a variation on the tremendously popular North Indian mango lassi, using papaya and citrus for a bright and refreshing drink.
When choosing your papaya, look for light green skins with patches of yellow or pink, depending on the variety. A ripe papaya will give just the slightest bit when lightly pressed. Although green papayas make great salads, their hard flesh lacks the sweetness of ripe papaya and can be murder on your blender.
As for the yogurt, whole milk is what you'll find served in most restaurants because of its richness, but low or nonfat yogurt works quite well if you're concerned about calories. Lime and salt work together to highlight the papaya flavor. After that, it's just a quick whizz through the blender for the perfect accompaniment to the spiciest of dishes.
- Yield:2
- Active time: 5 minutes
- Total time:5 minutes
- 2 cups ripe papaya, peeled, seeded, and cut into 1" cubes
- 1/2 cup plain yogurt
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- 3 tablespoons orange juice
- 1 tablespoon honey
- pinch of salt
- 1 cup ice cubes
Mix papaya, yogurt, lime juice, orange juice, honey, and salt in blender until smooth.
Add ice to blender and blend until smooth. Lassi should be thick.
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