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Schellenberg played the role of Randolph Johnson, a whale trainer in all three "Free Willy" movies. In 2007, he was nominated for an Emmy as a supporting actor for his role as Chief Sitting Bull in the HBO series, "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee."
Schellenberg's big-screen work also included appearing in the 2005 film, "The New World," alongside movie stars Christian Bale and Colin Farrell.
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According to his personal website, he taught acting workshops in Toronto at the Centre for Indigenous Theatre and at York University. He also was a former boxer, participated in various celebrity charity sporting events and served as a motivational speaker in Canada and the U.S.
Schellenberg, who was born in Montreal, was half Mohawk and half Swiss, according to his website. He was survived by his wife, actress Joan Karasevich, and three daughters.
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Fiction contest winner: 'The Cliff'
By Charles McRaven
They rode in as if they owned the place, and within five minutes, they did. Thirty Union soldiers, commanded by a captain, spreading out over the farm, posting sentries. Ophelia stood on her porch and watched it happen, knowing absolutely that there was nothing she could do, or should have done, to stop it.
There'd been no warning, no frightened neighbors rushing by to safety to scream at her to get out. The men had the bold ruthlessness of invaders, the certainty that nothing would oppose them.
The captain rode up to the porch. He was perhaps mid-thirty, unshaven, his uniform stained. The kind of man she'd never notice, if… His eyes were hungry.
"Morning, Ma'am." He didn't remove his hat. "I'm Captain Joshua Kirk. We have orders to secure this area over the river and occupy it till further notice. You an' your family will be safe with us here." He looked beyond her, expecting others, his hand on a heavy revolver in its holster. Two other soldiers flanked him, rifles at the ready.
"There's only me, Captain. And I'll go, as soon as I can gather a few things and get on a horse."
"I'm afraid that won't be possible, Ma'am. We're instructed to confiscate all mounts for the U.S. Army. We'll give you a receipt, which you can redeem after the war's over."
The worthless promise these invaders make whenever they raid, steal.
"Then I'll walk. I'll just take a few things." She saw some of the men start to dismantle a rail fence for cookfire wood, while others cornered chickens.
"Just a few questions: Are you or any members of your family engaged in aiding th' rebel army against our forces?" It sounded as if he'd memorized it.
I don't know where David is, or under which commander now. And this is a trap: they want an excuse to burn us out, at least… She chose what she hoped was a lesser evil, but immediately regretted it.
"No, I'm a widow. No close family. I'm not from this region."
"A widow." At that the captain let his eyes move all over her, and something changed in the air. It was as if a thin veneer of civilization began slipping, or being pushed aside. "Well then, maybe we can be of service here. It can't be that easy, bein' on your own this way. We'll camp in th' barns and away from th' house. We may not be here but for a few days, anyway."
A lie. A damnyankee lie. Even if I could believe–trust–this man, his troops are surely savages, and I have not a shred of protection.
"Thank you, Captain, but I'll leave. I assume there might be a skirmish or even a battle here, and it wouldn't be safe, I'm sure."
The man's eyes roved on down the dirt track, opposite the way they'd come. No other habitations were in sight. The cliff above the river was only a hundred yards ahead, pierced by the small stream from the spring above and behind the house.
When he turned back to her, any trace of politeness had vanished.
"We can't let you leave. You'd warn others that we're here. We'll search th' house, now. Confiscate any weapons, and I hope you haven't lied to me 'bout bein' alone." He swung out of the saddle, signaled to the two men behind him, and mounted the steps.
Ophelia was tall. This man was just a shade taller, and his features were coarse, his eyes bloodshot. A sour odor of sweat and stale tobacco clung to him. He brushed past her, followed by one of the men. The other lounged against a porch post, running his eyes over her. She turned away, staring unseeing out over the cliff to the Confederate-held farmland and woods beyond the river.
I know what's going to happen, here. These are no gentlemen soldiers. And I don't know how much control this Kirk has over them. And I must accept that he's a predator, too.
But no plan, no escape came to her in the minutes her house was being tramped through, to the sound of doors slamming, drawers being pulled out, muttered voices.
The men returned.
"What is your name?"
"Mrs. David McAlester."
"Well, Miz McAlester, my men will g'on an' make our camp, while you tell me about this area. Who lives where, all about 'em, and whether any of 'em's apt to endanger our force. And I'd 'preciate a drink of water, too." He sat, uninvited, on a porch chair, motioned his men away.
She walked into the house, dipped a glassful of water from the wooden bucket at the dry sink, returned. Then she leaned against a porch post.
"The Comptons live a quarter mile on down, back some distance from the cliff. Beyond them a mile are the Ledbetters, where the land slopes down and a creek drops into the river. Both couples are elderly. The Ledbetters have a servant man and wife. She does housework, and he tends the farm."
"Slaveowners. Too proud t'do their own work." The man spat over the porch rail.
"They're both crippled by arthritis. Mrs. Ledbetter can't even hold a plate any more. The Comptons are alone, but don't farm any longer. They had a hired hand, but he left them in the spring. And you'll have passed the Singleton place on your way here. Mr. Singleton, if you saw him, has only one leg."
She finished her recitation of the neighbors and their situations.
"I see. And you? You don't talk like people around here. You said you were from someplace else."
"I was orphaned early on, and was reared by a cousin of my mother's, in Tennessee." She didn't tell him the place was a prosperous plantation. "As to your other question, I can't imagine any resistance or attack on you here."
"Neither c'n I. We want this high ground, 'cause we c'n see a long way out over Reb territory, before they c'n see us. Rest of our army might be along soon, or might not be. Dunno what the ones in charge'll decide.
"Now, we'll have to keep watch on you, an' there'll be a man here all th' time. You c'n come and go as needed, but don't get any ideas 'bout sneakin' off. We have to treat all you people as th' enemy, until you prove you ain't."
"And how do I prove that?" Again, she regretted having asked.
"Oh, let's just say I'll make that decision." Again the hungry eyes. He rose, handed her the glass, and stepped off the porch. She watched him indicate her and shake his head, then order his men in their systematic takeover of her farm. She knew there would be virtually nothing remaining when and if these soldiers left.
Now she must concentrate on saving herself, forget any possessions. A plan: she must have one. And soon. She had no doubt this Kirk would force himself on her, drunk or even sober, at the earliest opportunity.
Am I being paranoid, here? No, I'm a quarry, just an object, for men far from home, angry, bound by no laws or fear. I must accept the fact that I'm to be violated, debased, possibly even killed.
But she knew she absolutely must not let the wave of revulsion that washed over her, cloud her thinking. She must chart her escape, and do it now.
The road was out, either direction. They'd ride her down, and then it would be over. The hills behind the farm were a tangle of brush beyond the narrow fields, and that direction led nowhere.
That left the cliff. Two miles of vertical rock, 300 feet above the looping river, sometimes close, sometimes beyond trees. She and David had looked for a way down, but there was none. The water from the spring took sheer leaps a dozen yards down at a time. Nothing grew from the cracks in the stone but some stunted cedars. It would be suicidal to try that route.
She let her eyes search the soldiers' equipment. Three wagons were here now, one obviously a cookwagon, another with tents, ropes, uniforms. The third seemed to hold additional guns and ammunition. The men were unhitching the mules, turning them and their horses into the pasture with her own two.
Then she looked again at the middle wagon.
She couldn't do anything at night: get herself killed surely. So how in broad daylight, when they might relax their watch on her? She concentrated on the problem as hard as she'd ever thought about anything in her life. So hard she could feel the blood moving in her head, as idea after idea came, was shredded, discarded.
It was late afternoon now, and the soldiers had cookfires going. Ophelia walked with the water bucket past the guard to the springhouse, he following silently. Then she went out to the henhouse, where a few had been left. She herded a pullet into a corner, caught it, wrung its neck deftly. Then she turned away from the guard and let the blood flow into a small jar she'd taken from her apron pocket.
Back inside, she plucked the chicken, cleaned it, put the washed and battered pieces into a frying pan. Stoked the cast-iron stove, began mixing biscuit dough.
She heard a step on the porch, saw the captain push the door open. Too soon.
"Believe I'll just invite m'self to supper, Miz McAlester," he announced. "Sure y'won't grudge a little hospitality." He flung his hat onto a chair. She could smell alcohol on him, from the kitchen doorway he now filled. He didn't seem drunk, just emboldened by drink. That would make it even harder to deal with him.
"All right, Captain. You may wash up on the back porch." She dipped hot water from the stove's reservoir into a wide pan, handed him lye soap and a towel. He stepped out onto the porch, began to wash hands and face.
And another phase of her plan came into focus.
"I'll be doing wash in the morning," she told him. "I don't have much, and I can do clothes for you and your men too, if you want."
He seemed surprised at this, but nodded.
"We'd 'preciate that, yes. Getting' a mite ripe, we are." Then, apparently not knowing what else to say, he sat, watched her at work. She sensed that there was a trace of civilization in this man, though roughed over by months in the field, among coarser comrades. Just maybe she could appeal to…
He took out a heavy pocket watch, flipped it open. She caught a glimpse of a woman's face inside the cover.
"Your wife?"
"Well, yes. Haven't seen her in almost a year, this damn war."
"Any children?" Try to get him talking about home and family.
"Two. Boy'll be ten b'now, and th' girl, she's seven."
"We had two, but both died at birth." The memory still hurt her.
"Oh, that's bad, Ma'am. Then y'lost yer husband, too. Reb soldier?"
"No, he died of smallpox, in that epidemic we had last year. I've been trying to hold the place together since." The lie didn't concern her in the least.
Again he didn't know what to say. Finally:
"Well, if this war gets over with, maybe t'won't be so hard."
"I imagine we'll all have to start over then, with whatever's left us." She'd been frying potatoes and onions in another skillet, and now they were brown. The chicken was ready, and the biscuits smelled done, too. "We'll eat, now." She set plates, forks. "Do you drink sassafras tea? It's all I have."
"I'm learnin' to, since there's not much coffee or real tea t'be had, this far f'm our supplies."
She served them, then bent her head in a silent blessing. She could feel his awkwardness at this, and deliberately prolonged it.
He asked a few questions as they ate, and so did she, to try to draw him out, let whatever humanity was inside him come through that armor of conqueror's arrogance. But he seemed unchanged, made no comment about the food.
Ophelia knew she was considered attractive. Back on the plantation, she'd been courted by several beaus, spoiled, prideful scions of the wealthy. None of them had seemed to be more than caricatures, empty suits and polished boots, scornful, quick to take offense. Dandies. And most of them too short, anyway.
And then David had come, trading the fine horses he and his father bred. There had been an open honesty in his brown eyes, his sure movements. He had let those eyes stay on hers at that first meeting far too long, but she'd read the promise, the steady resolve in that look. And at twenty-four, she knew then that she would be his wife, whatever and wherever that might be.
It wasn't to be on the horse farm, but here on this high flat above the river, a pleasant if small place for the two of them, where they could be independent, self-sufficient, live only for each other, plan a family, begin one.
Then, of course, the war had come.
The captain sat back, sated. And his eyes fastened on her face: eyes so different from David's.
Outside, darkness was falling, and the cookfires of the troops danced in a light breeze. Their talk came faintly. Kirk rose, went out the front door, told the guard he could join the others at mess, gave a few orders.
Ophelia slipped into the single bedroom, lifted her dress, and sloshed some of the chicken blood. By the time the man returned, she was clearing away the dishes. Again he sat and watched her, this time taking a small flask from a pocket and drinking. The smell of whiskey hung in the air.
She lighted a tallow candle, then another.
"I'll begin that washing in the morning, Captain."
He rose, clamped a hand on her arm.
"I think you know we're not through here, just yet." He put his face against hers as she turned it, avoiding his lips. The rough whiskers rasped.
She drew back, but then looked him steadily in the eyes, noting the fatigue, the strain in them from too much sun, too much riding.
Too much war.
She would not cry out, not fight him, not try for one of the keen knives in their holder above the dry sink. With thirty men outside, that would be certain death.
Instead, she removed his hand, untied her apron, and reaching back, began unbuttoning her dress. He smiled, removed his shirt.
She slid the dress away, then looked down at her shift.
"Oh. I…I'm sorry, I…" The stains from the blood shone fresh. She put her hand to her mouth. He looked, too.
"Ah…that is, I didn't know…" And then he seemed to turn a thought over in his mind for a long moment.
Will this deter him? Or is he too much of an animal? No, maybe, knowing this will pass, he'll wait…
He reached for his shirt again, drew it on. She pulled her dress back up. Then he turned without a word and strode out. She heard him calling for a replacement guard.
Next morning, Ophelia kindled a stick fire under the big cast-iron pot, filled it, took lye soap and a wooden scrub board from the springhouse. Walked over to the wagon with the uniforms in it. Kirk had told this guard what she was to do, and he watched from a distance. Woman washing their clothes: damned boring, that. He let his eyes stray to the other men, lounging about, smoking, playing cards. A detail with the captain had gone scouting the area, and the men were doing what a soldier does most of his life: waiting.
She deliberately set a few soiled shirts on a sizeable coil of rope, then lifted both burdens and set them on more shirts. Took them into the springhouse, stepped inside. She hid the rope behind crocks in a dark corner, then set most of the shirts to soak. Back outside, she put others into the washpot, began soaping them and rubbing them on the board.
After washing several, she filled another kettle with rinse water, put the shirts in, swished them about. Nothing she did could possibly cause any alarm, she knew, and resolved to carry out her plan brashly, here in broad daylight.
The guard had sat, filling a pipe, over closer to his comrades. He became engrossed in their card game, and only occasionally glanced at the woman at her washing. She went regularly for more shirts, and into the springhouse often for more water and on other errands. Sometimes she closed the door partly behind her for a moment, to get the guard used to that. He didn't seem to notice.
She'd selected a uniform she thought would do, smelly as it was, and a stained kepi she hoped would cover her piled-up and pinned hair. She looked around guardedly: the men ignored her.
Then she stepped inside the springhouse, closed the door partly, quickly stripped off her dress and shift, wrapped the rope around her from hips up to her breasts. Then she put on the pants, luckily not too long, and the roomy shirt over the rope. The kepi fit tightly, but it'd stay on, she hoped. She stuffed her dress and shift into pockets.
Then Ophelia McAlester slipped out the springhouse door, around behind it, and put several yards between her and the lounging men. Her skin prickled, and she tensed for a shout, pursuit, pandemonium.
None of that came. She turned, walked casually toward the cliff. No reaction.
She bent down out of sight above the sheer drop. Here was a gnarled cedar near the edge, and she unwound the rope with frantic fingers, hung it at its middle over the bush, and saying a silent prayer, let herself down, gripping the doubled rope in both strong hands.
She was able to steady herself with her feet against the stone face, and drop hand-over-hand toward another cedar. When she reached it, she balanced on its thick, horizontal trunk, pulled the rope down, looped it again, swung down again. And again and yet again. A feeling of exhilaration rushed over her at the thought that she'd actually escaped, but it was quickly banished in the realization that she could fall to a grisly death.
After just the briefest rest where the little stream pooled, she shed the uniform, dressed, worked her way down to the next sheer drop. Other sturdy sprouts grew here, fed by the water and whatever soil had collected. Again she hung the rope, again let herself down, again felt the rasping of the rope and the rawness of her hands.
Then again, often having to stop long before the doubled rope played out, because here was an anchor, and none reachable below. She lost count of the times she repeated her rappel, her descent into what she hoped was freedom.
Nearing the bottom, she saw there was no other shrub or sprout within rope's length below. Here the river curved close to the spring branch, and the clear water turned green with depth. She searched for another way: perhaps she could crab sideways to get above another anchor.
No. And no ledge, nothing but smooth rock all the way down, perhaps eighty feet.
Her rope could lower her past halfway, she estimated. From the end, she'd be thirty feet above the water. Maybe…
She stepped off into space one more time, gripping the single thickness of the tied-off rope in pain, fearing that this time she'd let it slide and she'd hit rocks below, or even the water, wrong. Hand-over-hand, strengthened but also frightened by the determination that this would be the end, one way or the other.
She reached the knotted end. Looked down: far still, and there were rocks at the base of the cliff. She hung there a moment, weakening.
No! There's no going back, here. I must gather my strength for this last effort.
She drew her knees up, planted her feet against the cliff face, and gave a mighty shove out. At the apex of her swing, she committed herself to God and let go.
Keeping her body upright with arms straight above her, Ophelia struck the water feet-first, knifing down into cool, dark depths. She thought she'd never stop, but she did, her arms and shoulders flaming in pain then as she stroked upwards. When she burst above the surface, she took in great gasps of the sweet, summer-scented air.
Then she rolled over onto her back and floated, seeing the white-clouded sky, the cliff above her. As the current caught her, sweeping her toward the far shore, the sun on her face felt like a kiss.
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Very moving story. I wonder what I would do if I were Ophelia in that situation during that era. Politicians now talk about whether women should be in combat. How foolish. Women have always been in combat, the only difference is that until now, they weren't trained how to defend themselves.
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Great name for a character that throws herself in water.
Amazing piece. Alive, urgent, and satisfying.
Just a glimpse of what Southern Women had to endure during the invasion .. Great story.. and Im anxious for more!!


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What does #RPOD mean @dodgers?
If you're not yet on Twitter, or you are but don't follow @dodgers, today would be a good day to start.
Going forward, we will be posting a Random Photo of the Day there from the treasure trove of archived photos we have here at the Stadium. Some will be baseball photos (action and non), others will be from pre or postgame events, concerts or behind-the-scenes, never-before-seen candid photos that have been taken over the years with unprecedented access.
To organize it and make it easy to share, we'll use the hashtag #RPOD (Random Photo of Day…not very creative, sorry). From what I can tell, that hashtag is only being used by someone speaking Russian (or perhaps it's Greek…I can't tell on my computer and unfortunately, I don't speak either language). If you've got a cool #RPOD, feel free to share it and use the hashtag for fellow Dodger fans to see.
On occasion, these photos will be relevant like today's first one, which features Fernando Valenzuela (he's throwing out tonight's first pitch against the Angels). It's a candid shot taken in the early 1980s with the late Steve Howe, Jerry Reuss and Terry Forster.
These photos will come from the great Dodgers photographers over the years, from Herb Scharfman, Andrew Bernstein, Richard Kee, Mark Malone, Darryl Norenberg, Andy Castle and Art Foxall, to the last quarter century of Jon SooHoo and his talented colleagues, Juan Ocampo, Jill Weisleder, Larry Goren and Amber Matsumoto. Surely there are others who have contributed photos to our archives over the years, so hopefully you'll enjoy their work.
And as always, please let us know what you think of these shots.
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Sorry, no "tweeting" for me!
It would be good to show a few photos of Frank and Ned – my dartboard needs refreshing.
I want to see the hilarious one from 2011 where Frank has a cigarette lighter in one hand and is dousing the Dodgers with gasoline with the other.
"How 'bout some fire, scarecr…."
I want to see a picture of Frankrupt being escorted out of Dodger Stadium….never to return again!
I want to see that picture too…I want him out of L.A. out of SoCal….GO AWAY FRANK AND SELL THE TEAM…DODGERS DESERVE A HONEST, NON-GREEDY, NON-SELFISH OWNER!
That's what I was thinking…#RPOD means Run Pieceofshitfrank Outof Dodgertown
Hey everybody, look at these neat old photos!! Pay no attention to the bankruptcy shmankruptcy thing going on. That's so yesterday.
I wish for the players to join the protest too!
I want to see the picture of Jamie kicking Frank in the balls, because of the fact she will get zero dollars out of the Dodgers after Frank has mismanaged the whole thing.
The only shot I'd like to see is boss getting shot. My check bounced, and I'm pissed!
This is typical Dodger arrogance. Come up with a lame, unimaginative name for a hash tag and start using it, even though it is clearly in use already. Then for a VP of Communications to claim ignorance and mistake Russian Cyrillic for Greek and blow it off because he doesn't speak either language is unexcusable. You don't have to be a genius to type in #RPOD and see multiple posts already using it with URLs that take you to a web site that is in Russian, but very clearly has a button in the upper left part of the page labeled "RUSSIAN PODCASTING".
Why don't you play by the rules (oh, I forgot, Frank is in charge and does not need to play by any rules) and find your own unique hash tag? Since #RPOD is lame, but already in use, why not just add a "D" for Dodgers and make it #RDPOD which is all yours for the taking? That way the Russians will be happy and the Dodger fans will be happy… well, the Russians will be happy.
Pretty darn good summation of this whole nightmare:
Good stuff Kahli. Frank is to blame for the fiscal and image mess, Ned is responsible for the dung heap roster and subsequent poor play. When you put a turd(Nobatro, Badajass, Urine', and Shams on the field, it is gonna stink. That's what turds do. And Blake and Furcal are just older broken turds.
Bankrupt Lineup – Game 4
Gwynn LF
Blake 3B
Ethier RF
Kemp CF
Loney 1B
Miles 2B
Oeltjen DH
Ellis C
Gordon SS
Kuroda P
No Navarro, Thames, and Uribe. That's a good start. Now if they would have just sat Blake and played Carroll at 2nd and Miles at 3rd, it would be about the best lineup you could come up with from Neds dung heap.
LOL, Jhall…we are thinking alike, once again 😉
Hi'Ya Trumom. I hope DilDon gets over his man crush on Uribe, Thames, and Navarro soon. Also Blake.
Maybe he is….one player at a time!
I don't see that happening with Blake.
No, probably not Shad. I can live with that. He is actually acceptable compared to Nobatro, Urine', and Shams.
Dang it still weird Miles is batting 6th and I would've love to see Oeltjen bat in front of Miles but that crap back to back left hand hitters.
It look like last night Robinson hit 2 more HR's. My gosh I bet he doesn't want to leave triple A.
Trayvon Robinson makes All-Star team 3rd year in a row…
"Crenshaw High School product Trayvon Robinson, who is having a big season for the Dodgers' Albuquerque Isotopes, will be a starter for the Pacific Coast League in the Triple-A All-Star Game.
Voting by the fans, managers and media members helped earn Robinson, a switch-hitting center fielder, a spot in the outfield for the July 13 game in Salt Lake City that pits the PCL and International League.
Robinson, a 10th round pick of the Dodgers in the 2005 first-year player draft, is having a breakout season with 20 home runs, 54 RBIs and a .307 batting average through 75 games. He had two home runs and five RBIs in Thursday's 18-13 loss to Omaha.
This will be the third straight year Robinson has been selected to a mid-season all-star squad. The Los Angeles native played in the Double-A Southern League All-Star Game a year ago and was also named to the Single-A California League All-Star team in 2009."
Love your new gravatar, Jhall! We need them to design one with Frankrupt on the ground 😉
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The Gats have one freaking run through seven innings and, they will prpobably win this damn ball game!
So, what's up Dodger fans? I am not used to the time yet and waiting for the Dodger game to start this late. I totally empathize with those of you who have to stay up until midnight to watch a game on the west coast. I had a great time here in Minnesota, but I will be glad to be back in the pacific time zone. GO DODGERS!!!
Furcal is supposed to come off the DL for Sunday's game and, they will probably send Gordon down….shouldn't they send Uribe down?!
I'm hoping and praying that Uribe is on the phanton DL again.
Wouldn't that be sweet!!!
Woo-hoo…Brian Wilson just blew another save! Game tied!!
Tigers closer blew his game too….damn, gnats will win this one.
Jhall….make Beav come out and play…it's not the same without him here 😉
Nice job by Gwynn and Andre. I'll let him know Trumom.
The Angels are wearing ugly-ass caps! Yuck!
Yay…nice hit for Gwynn and an rbi for Andre!
I really hate the Giants and there luck.
When did Kuroda tun into Krudoda?!
Kuroda has been the best pitcher we've had so far not named Kershaw. With any semblance of run support, he could have 8 or 9 wins.
Good evening all.
Nice to hear Vin again! 🙂
It sure is 😉
LOL!! Probably the best lineup we've seen all year. Win or lose at least I think we're going with the best players we have and it is more exciting than watching Urine', Shams, and Nobatros' tired acts.
Dang to bad the Tigers gave up those runs in the 9th.
I have never seen a team that's in 1st place still complaining.
Miles is hitting.318 that is sick.
lol what even Oeltjen is getting ibb.
Gwynn's making a serious bid for more playing time.
Damn…how dare they hit Andre!
RPOD – get Ready to Piss On the Dodgers.
See…we do need you! 😉
E's mighty pissed!!!
Nice I was thinking about the same thing.
Anyone read the little tidbit that part of the FOX deal was a 35% interest for Frank [alone] in Prime Ticket? That figured to be worth $60M or so in HIS pocket separate from the team and MLB revenue sharing. No wonder we wanted that deal so badly.
That's HE not WE wanted the deal. Can't type when I'm pissed.
Oh, and F-U FRANK!!!
FYFM……F*ck You Frank Mccourt!
I really didn't like that Miles signing but if he can still keep this up and it look like he's not slowing down and I really hope Uribe is on the DL when Furcal coming back so Gordon can stay.
According to ESPN…Gordon is going down…temporarily. However, that may change when Furcal actually comes back.
Dee will go down until Fecal hurts himself in a week, then he'll be back.
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J Loney 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 .273 .317 .346
A Miles 2B 3 1 3 1 0 0 .321 .332 .372
Damn that is so sad for Loney having a midget like Miles to post those slugging and obp numbers.
11 hits, 2 walks, 1 HBP and an error in 5 innings and we've only got 4 runs. That's pathetic.
Yep…that's our team!
Yep and no need to complaint not like we score 1 runs hahaha.
I don't like 2nd and 3rd with 1 out when we're up by 4 runs I wanted more runs.
I wanted to see a Gordon suicide squeeze with his speed and Furcal need to teach him how to bunt or take notes from pitchers.
All right Dre!!! Sure does love Angel pitching, doesn't he?
Yes he does!
@dodgers @insidethedodgers I guess my post went over like a #leadballoon. Sorry if I offended you. Just seems wrong to an existing #hashtag especially when the name is not that meaningful. I hope the #russians don't mind. Actually, listening to a #rpod in Russian would make as much sense as a @fmccourt legal brief. I know @joshrawitch is a big #twitter fan, but not all of us here at #idt are that #unplugged.
Maybe, right now, some Russian is making a podcast complaining how @dodgers took over their #rpod #hashtag. Oh, just one more thing… #fyfm
I think those Halos on the Angels caps is screwing up their game….but GREAT for the DODGERS….Keep wearing those halos!
red pen – to an s/b to use an
Paid attendance: 41,253….oops, that's Angels attendance 😉
I have to wonder if the visiting team has a share of the gate. Does anyone out there know?
I wonder about that too. I'm sure Dodgereric, Enchanted and Jhall know 😉
My Hubby says no….but, that's just him 🙂
I could be dead wrong, but I don't think so. I would imagine though that part of the gate goes to revenue sharing.
Yep, Beavs' got it. I think something like 34% goes into the revenue sharing pot if I remember correctly.
I think that 91% in the Angels ballpark
Wow…no way you can send Gordon down, Donnie!
INSANE!!! The Rabbits on the run!
Come on Dre….one more time!
Omg Gordon.
I have a question: Is revenue sharing tied into attendance? Just wondering if attendance at the stadium goes down, particularly next year when season tickets will be at an all time low, would the league actually pay Frank?
I'm not sure how they determine who gets the money and how much. I think local TV and media money also helps determine who gets paid. So, with the lucrative TV money in the LA market, it is doubtful Frank will ever see any of that money. Hell, teams like the Pirates and Royals can damn near pay their entire player salary with the money the get from revenue sharing alone. The money is supposed to go back into the team and making it better.
Damn, that kids got some kinda of wheels. Don't worry, it won't take Fecal(good one Beav) long to go back on the DL.
Hi-Ya Wally. How's tricks?
They're a treat Beav!! And yourself?
But, Trix are for kids 😉
Supposed to be up over 100 here the next 4-5 days.
How you making out over in hell there VL?
Yeah, I'd much rather see Fuckal play than Gordon.
Dang another 2nd and 3rd with 1 out and Ethier is up.
I hate that back to back k's from our 2 best hitters.
Daaaamn! This game should be 10 – 0 instead of 5 – 0! Too many LOB!
Doesn't seem to matter if its Dre & Kemp or Navarro & Carroll, this team just can't get a runner home from third with less than 2 outs.
Ugh….should have scored! Hope all these LOB don't come back to bite us in the ass!
How come Kuroda gets a warning and the Angels don't? They've hit two of our guys.
The Angels announcers are making excuses – as if Kuroda really is a headhunter. How ridiculous! The situation doesn't call for it and neither does this game.
lol stupid Angels announcers that is not Padilla pitching.
James is starting to comeback to Loweeneyland.
Well both teams should've gotten warning at least Kuroda made the hit count to 2.
Sometimes I wonder what Drysdale (RIP) would have to say about this crap the umps pull these days.
Goes to show how much the game has changed. . .
Oh, no….our BULLPEN!
Damn…here they go again!
Nice job by Kuroda. At least they got him some runs tonight. In his last 5 starts, they have only scored a total of 7 runs.
Agreed. Damn good job from Kuroda! Up to the BP now.
BTW like your new gravatar Wally. I've seen 'Marvin' whizzing on alot of things over the years. Somehow it's never seemed more appropriate then seeing it done to Frank! 🙂
LOL!! Thanks VL. Yours is also very cool. Hey Frank, Fuck you dead.
Lots of interest from other clubs about acquiring Kuroda from what I've been reading. Supposed to be some scouts there tonight checking him out.
Must've been what it was like for Jamie.
Gosh Wally that make me sad to here.
Sorry Shad. Hey Frank, Fuck you half dead.
Dun, da duuuuun, its DooDoo Man.
DooDoo on a stick!
Trading Kuroda for a couple good prospects is what I've been advocating since the season started.
Should be a wet dream for Frank to save his salary also.
Can we throw in Uribe with him, please?!
Frank would have to eat almost all of Uribe's salary of the next two and a half years before anyone would even think of taking him for a bucket of balls and a rosin bag. The rosin bag could be a deal breaker.
Somebody said the other day that the Giants want him back.
I like that idea Trumom. If you want Kuroda, you've got to take Uribum. Actually, Kuroda would be a bargain at the end of July. He would only be owed 2.67M for August and Sept. Although he said he would have to be compensated to waive his no trade clause.
Sabean shot down that rumor.
Hey with Schieffer not around as trustee, probably until at least the 20th, Frank could have a fire sale – no one around to stop him now. Not a bad idea actually, except that Ned's well, you know, an idiot.
I read this morning that Frankrupt had to take him back….MLBs orders!
MLB and the courts, I do believe.
Did he take him back? Last I'd read Selig demanded he reinstate him as trustee, but nothing had been done.
Not sure, now that you put it that way. I don't think Frank has any say as to what goes on any more.
Wow…great catch, Dee!
Damn, WTG Gordon and Miles. Flashing the leather.
J-A-V-Y! What does Javy say?
Javy says:
"We don't need no stinkin' Broxton!!"
Love it!
lol that my lines hahahaha but you can used it anytime Wally.
Thanks Shad!!
You know what's sad is, the Dodgers have some good young arms, but all they'll ever be surounded by is second and third rate crap.
Yep, as long as Ned is doing the dealing. Like I've said before, it doesn't matter whether we are buyers or sellers in July. With Ned, eithe way, we lose.
Prediction – Aaron Miles will be next year's starting 2Bman. Ned won't be able to help himself.
Keep Gordon! Put Furcal out to pasture.
Don't think you'll have to worry VL, Fecal will put himself out to pasture in a week or so.
Donie wanted him to play 2nd and keep Gordon at short but, Fecal isn't too keen on that idea.
Nice "team" guy. Too bad, we could've really given SD a tussle for 4th.
Damn, 2 for 13 with RISP and 16 LOB. This should have been a blowout.
lol blah Valenzuela what was up with him throwing that pitch in an Angels jacket.
Paul Loduca was the last person to steal home since 2004.
Lol did anyone seen what Brian Wilson did in the dugout? Now they showing are with Carlos Perez taking it out on the gatorade.
You've got to love Kuroda. He'll stick up for our guys. If they do trade him, I like the above suggestion that one of these stiffs go with him. One of these teams in a race would go for that. And all their salary. We're already paying too much for players that are gone. If they want him, and who wouldn't, make them step up and pay.
A good win for once. I've always felt a good team scores 5 and the pitching and defense is good enough to hold it.
Fair warning:
Any situation that puts Bud Selig on the stand under oath with unlimited questions about the workings of the "old boys baseball ownership club" is not destined for a good outcome. Wonder what kind of club Frank and Ned will put together for 2013 after the bankruptcy is resolved.
Good Morning everybody. Hope you all have a safe and sane ( 😉 ) Fourth of July weekend. Looking forward to some fireworks from Kersh & Co. tonight.
Josh, any chance you could post a link to the Twitter photos here as well? I might be behind the times but not all of us have the time or inclination for Twitter.
The Dodgers find themselves in an unusual situation at this point in the season: in last place, 10 games out and a feeling at least among many fans that there is little hope the team will improve play on the field enough to catch the division or wild card leaders. Management will not say but one has to believe it recognizes this dilema. So what to do about Furcal, Broxton, Barajas and left field as we move forward? I think most of us like Dee Gordon's play in the field but clearly his offense is still a question mark. He has great speed but he has to get on base to use it. He still has minor league options and there is not much sense sitting him on the bench watching major league games when he could be playing every day at Triple A. My gut feeling says to keep Gordon at the major league level and try to move Furcal if anyone would take him but we will see. As for Broxton, thanks for the memories. I don't care if he ever plays another game for the Dodgers unless he can pitch pain free and blow hitters away as he did prior to whatever caused the meltdown that began midway last season. Now to Barajas: since he was catching most of the time before his injury it probably makes sense to move him back into the starting position, leaving Navarro and Ellis as back-ups. I don't think either one of these guys is very good but I would probably stick with Ellis just because he is younger and still could improve. Clearly the Dodgers are weak at this position no matter what. Left field? The idea that Thames or any of the other free agents Ned signed this year will provide power has pretty much proven to be a failure. Besides Kemp, this team does not have much power anyway so I woul just let Gwynn play left and hope he can do enough offensively to utilize his speed. Play small ball and hope the pitchers can prevent the opposition from scoring and maybe the Dodgers have a chance to win some games.
Very well said, lbirken. I agree 100%, especially on Broxton and Furcal.
Just a note – Navarro is actually three years younger than Ellis. Ellis is 30 and has probably reached the zenith of his career being a back-up.
Given the dirth of FA catchers after this season, I'd be very tempted to find a team that would trade a real ML catcher for Andre. Given Sands, Kemp and Robinson, someone's got to be the odd man out and Andre's the logical choice be it for a real catcher or a bunch of prospects. Loney would go also, again for prospects as would Kuroda, Lilly, Uribe, Carroll, Blake, Miles and any other PVL someone would have. I'd play all the kids in order to evaluate our biggest needs heading into next year.
Ah, but we'll lose a bunch of games the rest of this year. (1) we're going to anyway and, (2) attendance will be nothing regardless if you play the PVLs, rookies, and win or lose. To me totally rebuilding is the only way to proceed with this mess of Frank & Furters.
NOOOOOOOOOOO…..not DRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
E, I sit corrected on Navarro's age. Of course, the age factor does not change much. Tru, I would hate to lose Andre and this is just talk among fans but Enchanted's idea makes sense since most of us don't think he will stay when he can become a free agent and the Dodgers still control him until then. Kemp is clearly the better all around player so I would do anything to keep him. The Dodgers traditionally have usually been pretty good at catcher and most of that talent has come up through the farm system. Maybe there is a catching prospect out there the Dodgers could steal from another team.
Hey Birk, I apologize if my post sounded snarky – it wasn't meant to be.
Beav, no offense taken; your post did not sound snarky to me at all. I was wrong about the age and you simply corrected my error.
So, the lineup DilDon put out against the righty last night actually produced. Should have produced much more but did score 5 runs and with the great pitching was plenty. So today, against another righty, why not run that same lineup out there. Makes sense to me.
I'll take bets that DilDon won't see it that way however. The line up sans Urine', Nobatro, and Shams was one of the better ones we have seen this entir year and perhaps the best that can be assembled from the dung that Ned has given Dildon to work with. That being said, I have a sickening feeling we will see at least 2 of the 3 unworthy trio in the lineup today. Donny is a JoJo dildo.
On Beavs' earlier note: I would also entertain trade offers for Ethier. It would have to be a great offer where the Dodgers are clearly winners however. With Ned, the problem is, the Dodgers will get fleeced big time. Kuroda actually has some value and a real GM could probably get a good return for him. Key words, REAL GM. We don't have one. Ned is an out of his league imposter. As for the rest of his dung heap(Blake, Fecal, Loney, Barajass, Nobatro, Urine', Thames, Lilly, etc.., I would love tho unload as many as possible. Trouble is, they aren't worth shit and no one is interested.
Ned makes lousy moves and, I will never trust him to do anything beneficial for our team. Knowing the way he operates, he'd trade one or two of our best young prospects for a piece of shit.
Yep Trumom, but credit where credit is due. Ned really knows his shit. And, he really has gotten his shit together over the last 7 years. When Ned acquires a piece of shit, it is usually among the shittiest of the lot. Our boy Neddy doesn't dabble in mediocre shit.
Ain't that the shit! 😉
LOL!! Ned has shit for brains!!!
Shit for brains is way too kind!
I'm curious to see if Donnieboy will stick with the same lineup. My bet is NO….why work with a winning formula.
And, here is today's lineup:
Gwynn, lf
Blake, 3b
Dre, rf
Matty, cf
Loney, 1b
Miles, 2b
Oeltjen, DH
Navarro, c
Gordon, ss
Two days without Uribe…YAY!…..maybe he's been traded 😉
Selling, or eating?! 😉
( ( 🙂 ) )
Great 2 days with Oetljen to yipper.
Well, no Urine' and Shams. Pretty much the same except for Nobatro. Maybe Dildon is getting a clue. I'd still rather see Ellis instead of Nobatro. Doesn't make sense to me to. Ellis has an OBP of .410 and Nobatros' is .229.
Yep that why I wanted Ellis to played since he probably won't have a future with us no more. lol it probably a dumb idea I want to see Ellis hitting in front of Ethier.
So, all kidding aside (and I know that is difficult), why do you think Ned operates the way he does? Don't tell me he is just plain stupid. I do believe he clearly favors players with some sort of track record (meaning major league experience and they are still breathing) over unproven talent or "potential", and judging by the ability of players who have worn out their welcome in L.A. to get signed by other teams, many other G.M.'s feel the same way. He obviously has some budget restraints but he still seems to spend a lot of money with limited returns. He often has signed a veteran and paid that player more than he would have to pay a rookie. Sometimes I get the impression he is just hoping that if he signs enough players (sort of like throwing darts at a baloon) he will hit a winner now and then. What makes this guy tick?
This is what gets me with the media regarding Ned. They love to bring up the Ned scrap heap successes like that's all he picks. Truth is, he signs more shit than anyone else alive. Law of averages being what they are, of course he has a success every once in while like Miles. The media conveniently forgets all the Thames and Uribes and Andersons in between.
As for money, Ned spent: Manny $45M. Jones $36.2M. Pierre $44M. Schmidt $47M. Uribe $21M. Nomar II $18M. Mueller $9M. Lilly $33M. Guerrier $12M. That's $265.2M just for this illustrious bunch. Add in a few extra million every year for the Barajas', Thames' and Gwynn's of the world each and every season (which I'd estimate at $10M to $12M per year (X5 years) and that brings us to $ 325M ish for some of the worst ballplayers to ever don a Dodgers uniform. I'd say he's easily spent over half a billion dollars total since he's been here. So say what you will about Frank, decent money's been there, enough so that GMs for 18 other clubs would dearly love to have it to use for their clubs. Only reasonable conclusion I can arrive at is that the man clearly does not know talent, nor how to evaluate it.
As far as why, I've two theories. 1. He learned his "craft" from Sabean at a time when the Giants were nothing but a bunch of crap and Barry Bonds. Bonds hid a multitude of sins and shortcomings the rest of the team had. Ned learned to buy cheap and watch Bonds' bat cover for them. Trouble was, Ned didn't have a Barry Bonds here to hide behind. 2. Ned is strictly a CYA kinda guy. He keeps his job by bringing in a "name" now and then (albeit worthless and hasbeen as they may be), and enough PVLs to keep the team "competitive." That's why he likes known commoditites over youth, and unless the youth wow everybody from day one, they're more for trade fodder (for more of Ned's "comfort zone" type of player) than actual pieces for the team.
He's got no more true baseball sense than Frank does. Put them together and its like the blind leading the stupid.
Well you asked!! 🙂
You ask, and, you shall receive! 😉
I think Ned's MO is: [rely on talented players who have already had their prime] + [tight-to-nonexistent budget due to the money being needed for McCourt's extravagant spending] = PVL Paradise.
But North, he spent $100M on this years team. That was good enough for 12th out of the 30 teams. That means there are at least 18 teams spending less. Now let's look at where they are as a team – what 4th worst or so? That would mean that 25 other teams are better. Without looking at who spent what, [conceptually] it would figure that 12-13 teams that spent less (and some significantly less) have better teams. That's all on Ned.
Can they sign elite talent because of Frank?, no way. But if we consider Kemp, Kersh and Dre as elite talent already controlled by the team, then Ned has failed miserably surrounding them with viable ML talent. How can a guy spend $265M on 9 guys and all he has to show for it is Uribe, Lilly and Guerrier? And that's only because they signed ths past offseason. He has nothing to show for it from prior years, and we're only talking about 5 years time. Surely you could throw baseballs in the stands at people and hit better ballplayers than Ned acquired.
lbirk, Colletti, as I'm sure we all know, was a media relations/PR guy for both the Cubs and Gnats prior to becoming Assistant GM for both clubs. Which means two things, to me, anyway. He's 1) NOT an intuitive career "baseball" guy…and 2) he learned his trade under two teams who hadn't won diddly squat since 1954 (Gnats) and 1908 (Cubs). Furthermore, you'd think a guy with a PR background wouldn't run his mouth to the press like he does. All in all, a magnificent hire by Frank, complete with Ned's Gnat pedigree. I have a sneaking suspicion that Ned came cheap. I would also argue that the Dodgers' two great rivals on this planet are the Gnats and Yankees. Frank? He gives us Ned, JoJo and then Donnie Baseball at the top of the baseball operations ladder…somewhat of a "treasonous" way to craft the helm of the once-storied Los Angeles Dodgers.
I will look for more comments later. Enjoy the game tonight.
Might I suggest if we need a new game thread:
You lead, we shall follow.
No Vinny for me tonight….I'll have to endure the Angels' feed.
Yeah I got Vinny on Kcal than those Angels announcers on Kcop.
Hi Everybody
Sorry but that twitter is Greek to me. Just want to say the Dodgers ought to just forget about the standings and just enjoy themselves.
OBF ~ I don't do twitter either. Good plan too just enjoy themselves.
I hear that, OBF. and I don't understand twitter either.
above it all, they're the Dodgers, and play at one of the premiere parks in the league. No good can come of stressing over stuff they can't control.
NSB, you have a wonderful way of putting things in perspective!
Both are well deserving. I'm happy about that.
Congrats to Matt & Kersh on making the roster. Too many Giant pitchers on the staff if you ask me. Well, I guess it's Bochy's baby, win or lose.
I've done my part to get Andre in on the last ballot. I lost count on how many times I voted. Hope Billz gets a win on the rubber game tonight.
The reason I sign the PVl crap that I do is because that was Frankrupts plan from the beginning, that is sign guys that will just make the team somewhat competitive so the suckers, err fans keep putting money in bosses pockets. That and I'm too busy trimming my stache to be concerned with acquiring real talent.
Todays lineup:
1. Gwynn, CF
2. Furcal, SS
3. Ethier, RF
4. Kemp, DH
5. Loney, 1B
6. Miles, 3B
7. Oeltjen, LF
8. Ellis, C
9. Carroll, 2B
I like it. No Nabatro, Urine', or Shams. As good as we can get with the dung that Ned has assembled this year.
I guess Donny had no chance to let Furcal DH because of Gordon mess up big time just hope Furcal doesn't get hurt. I've been waiting for Furcal to bat 2nd even when Pierre was here. On PS2 I have MLB 2007 the show and Pierre and Furcal were batting 1 and 2.
I see Avila finally won the starting catcher spot over Martin and he should.
Britton the pitcher for the Orioles and I love seeing AL pitchers homer off of NL pitchers. They should ban the DH or used it in both leagues. I guess Britton don't want to leave NL park because he's 5/8 and 2/3 today with a homerun.
Those numbers Lee put up last month were impressive with the 3 straight CG/shutout glad Hershisher streak is still intact.
June 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 3 3 42.0 21 1 1 0 8 29 0.21 0.69 .151
Well I guess Lee was due to have a bad game today. Lee career record is 26-15 but in July he's only 18-14.
Daring running by Loney there – thankfully he was safe.
Oh darn! Same old/same old.
They'd supply fireworks a day early, don't you think? 🙂
lol they probably around just not posting yet.
Good to see Gwynn being aggressive after reaching first on a K. Maybe we can get him home – I hope, I hope, I hope . . . . .
Close, but no cigar.
That was a very interesting blurb just then.
I'm loving the comments the announcers are making.
Man, what might've been and what could be all at once today.
One of the announcers' dream jobs is to manage the Dodgers. The Manager we should have had is in the other dugout. And the other announcer wants to own the team.
And those LA Angels throwbacks are sweet. I like the halos on the hats, a nice touch. Just sad that the Dodgers didn't break out the Brooklyn jerseys as Bill Shaikin announced in the Times earlier in the week. This would've been the best chance to see the "satin" jerseys at night(ish) as they were originally intended.
Look at all those Dodger fans in the stands.
Anyone who says fans are losing their adoration of the Dodgers is missing the point: it's because fans adore the Dodgers THAT they're staying away.
But if I lived in LA, i'd be StubHubbin', and hoofing it to the stadium from Elyssian Park after a bag lunch. Insanely cheap, and wouldn't be adding to attendance since those StubHub tix are already "paid" before they're put up for sale.
The stadium would be all yours. Eerie if you think about it, like that scene in "The Omega Man"
Branyan of all people and this guy was batting under .200. In and his career .220 vs LA and against Bills was 0/6 with 4 k's.
Career vs. LAD 23 41 8 9 2 1 2 5 7 20 1 0 .220 .360 .463 .823
Career vs C. Billingsley 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 .000 .143 .000 .143
I hope at least Bills get the CG and rest that bullpen.
I think Walden's going to be mean to Juan.
Oh NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooo!!!
Donny you just have to get Navarro in this game should've had just left Trent to bat for himself.
OH NOOOO, Mr Bill!!! We're 11 under. Hey, maybe we could use Sluggo in left field.
"It's not just Dodger greats Orel Hershiser and Steve Garvey who are investigating a possible ownership bid for the Los Angeles Dodgers, if the team is ever put up for sale.
"Several other legendary Dodger figures and celebrities are also part of the still-forming ownership group, though they are not ready to publicly come forward until the team is in fact for sale.
"I think the goal long term is not to stop with myself or Garvey," Hershiser told ESPNLosAngeles.com after the Angels 3-1 win over the Dodgers Sunday night in Anaheim.
"I think the goal long term is to convince the people that are alongside us that this is to build Dodger tradition and regain the trust of the fans. And of course any significant Dodger names we would love to reach out to."
Oh my gosh really Heatley traded for Havlat no way and I'm still shock that we signed Gagne now he need to stay healthy.
Must be a Phillies fans and they already have a lot of Phillies players in and we don't need Victorino in the AS games.
Yeah shad, if the Kings can just catch a break and keep their main guys healthy for a change, they've got a chance to make some noise this season.
ESPNLA.com asked for stories from Dodger fans about how they became fans and how all the garbage going on with the owner has affected them. They've started printing selected stories and they say there's still time to get yours in:
going to be weird not seeing Hunter and Suzuki there and is to bad Arod and Jeter don't deserve it this year.
As the boys head home again, I realized I never posted the attendance figures for the last home game. The Angel fans buying tickets screwed up our boycott a little. Let's hope the Mets fans behave themselves.
Anyone going to the party Saturday? I just might, although it will mean giving up 8 hours of overtime for me. Lord knows I could use the money, but it might be fun to be here: http://www.thelfp.com/blog/2011/06/mccourt-protest-792011/
Game 43 attendance (2010): 43,640
Today's attendance courtesy of trumom: 43,104
Greater than last year = 6 / Less than last year = 36
2nd straight game of negative attendance
Games less than 30,000 this season – 6
Games less than 30,000 in 2005 – 2010: none
Last game was 9/14/2004 – 29,704
Lowest attended game of the year: Game 8 – 27,439
Largest single game drop: Game 18 (55,662 – 28,419 = 27,243)
2010 attendance (43 games) – 1,923,706 (44,737 average)
2011 attendance (43 games) – 1,551,623 (36,084 average) #10 in MLB
Drop of 372,083 total
Average drop of 8653
Extrapolated for 81 games – 700,901
Projected 2011 final attendance – 2,922,825
2010's final attendance – 3,562,318 (#3 in MLB)
Next game's (44) attendance in 2010 – 43,790
From what I am reading, there is going to be a very large, organized group, attending this protest. I just hope it is covered for the utter disdain we feel towards Frankrupt.
Happy birthday, America! May God Bless you!
The question is, when does the future merge with the present?
Considering Furcal's injury-plagued tenure with the Dodgers, it could be a day, a week or a month until he goes down with another injury.
The other consideration, which the Dodgers don't want to admit publicly, is showcasing to contending teams over the next month what a healthy and productive Furcal can do for their lineup. Trading Furcal, who will be a free agent when the year ends, would open a spot for Gordon on the roster again.
Some of the teams who could use an upgrade at shortstop are the Brewers, Reds, Mariners, Nationals, Rays and the Giants.
Yes, the Giants. They need a shortstop more than any team in baseball.
The Giants traded pinch-hitting specialist Mark Sweeney to the Dodgers in 2007 for a minor-leaguer. But the longtime rivals haven't made a significant trade since Dec. 11, 1985, when the Dodgers sent Candy Maldonado to the Giants for Alex Trevino.
Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti is obviously very close to Giants GM Brian Sabean, his mentor and former boss. Perhaps they're too close or there's too much history between the storied rivals to make a deal.
Both executives would be so concerned with making sure they get the better of a trade, it's hard to imagine they agree on the players. Even if it was a trade that "helped both teams," it would drive Dodgers fans crazy if Furcal helped deliver the Giants another world championship.
But that's a discussion that can wait for another three weeks. Colletti doesn't want to sell at the trading deadline. He wants to be a buyer.
Besides, it all depends on Furcal's ability to stay healthy—and that's been a struggle the last four years.
You bet are bottom we would be crazy if Furcal help them win another title.
lol especially by some miracle he stay healthy.
• CF Matt Kemp(notes) hadn't heard from Prince Fielder(notes), who's the captain of the National League home-run hitting team, about possibly participating in the All-Star Workout Showcase. If asked, Kemp would be very excited and isn't worried about the competition messing up his swing. Kemp was selected for his first All-Star game Sunday, overtaking St. Louis' Matt Holliday(notes) in the fan vote late to claim the final starting outfield spot.
"They did a good job voting and getting me in there," Kemp told reporters. "It's pretty overwhelming. It hasn't sunk in. I'm really excited. I've got to wear my GQ. I've got some suits ready to bust out. I've been waiting for this."
• LHP Clayton Kershaw(notes) felt getting selected by his peers into the All-Star Game made it more special. Kershaw will start against the Mets on Thursday, so he'd be working on four days rest in the Midsummer Classic and is hopeful of getting to throw at least an inning. He wouldn't list any specific names, but he's hoping to face a few of the left-handed power hitters on the American League roster.
• RF Andre Ethier(notes) grew up just a few minutes from Chase Field in Phoenix, and admitted it would be extra special for him to get selected for the All-Star Game. Ethier is one of five players on the final internet vote. Ethier was happy to learn that Matt Kemp was going to tell his 15,000-plus followers on Twitter (@therealmattkemp) to vote for him
Wow they were playing in 105 degree heat and it look like Ethier younger brother pitch and it look like both teams defense let them down.
This all star voting is a bit ridiculous, and the voting (no limit?) for the final spot is even more so. But if it keeps that cry baby out and allows our guy to get in, I'll give it a go.
More proof that the front officr has completely lost their minds…Dee Gordon sent down…Velez called up! I think I'm going to hurl!
Gordon may rank high in the prospect handicap, but he didn't show me much except his speed when he was up here. How many prospects have we brought up with high expectations only to realize what a difference there is between the majors and AAA. If he is to develop, Gordon needs a lot of playing time. One thing we know is that the Dodgers seem very poor in developing anybody at the major league level – the prospect either needs to really have it all together, or he's going to flounder. That's particularly true of pitchers, if your remember Ely and a couple of relievers. I'm only hoping that we didn't advance De LaRosa too soon, because Honeycutt is a real shit of a pitching coach. Gordon will be back with a better chance to succeed later on. Velez? He's probably just another stopgap guy passing through; probably fits in real well with some of the other stiffs in the lineup. Wasn't he a Giant too? What else is there to say?
Yes, bear, another Ginat reject!


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Integrative Journey into the Mind with Dan Siegel, M.D. at UCLA. Join interpersonal neurobiology pioneer Dr. Dan Siegel on his adventures bridging science and contemplative practice. Interpersonal neurobiology is an approach to the mind that explores how our relationships with other people, and the planet, interact with our neural circuitry to give rise to our mental experiences.
One of the fascinating findings from this approach is that virtually all academic fields, including that of mental health, do not have a definition of the mind. Dan has surveyed over 100,000 therapists, and
nearly 5,000 educators, and has found that over 95% of these professionals have never had even a single lecture on what the mind is. A more positive finding from his exploration is that it is not
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I (finally) finished R. Lee Smith's Heat, an immense book (really: 500+ pages or longer -- hard to gauge on the Kindle, but it's a nearly 1 MB download) and one that's hard to categorize.
Or rather, Heat is easy to categorize...several times over.
First of all, I heard about it at Dear Author, where January's review used the words, "the best independently published book I have read, and one of the best books I have read in a long while."
Hey, I was sold. And she's right--it's very well written and hard to put down. (Although I did skim the final three chapters, which could have been tightened by an editor.)
What I can't do is easily assign it a label so another reader would be able to say, "Ooh, erotic Sci Fi -- I love those books," or "Speculative police procedural -- sounds like fun."
The problem is, there are too many labels, and they all apply. Here's a partial list of genres that Heat falls into:
- Science fiction. That's a no-brainer. The heroes are three-toed aliens from the planet Jota with claws on their hands and feet; you don't get characters like that from anything but SF.
- Romance. If the definition of a romance novel is that the development of a love relationship between (at least) two characters culminating in a happy ending, then Heat is two romance novels: both couples get their own HEA.
- Erotica. Lots of explicit sex, most of it highly relevant to the plot and/or characters, some of it objectionable (if non-consensual sex bothers you), some of it resulting from a long, slow build-up of sexual tension. Heck, there's even some (kinda sorta) f/f action, although I wouldn't suggest anyone buy Heat for those scenes.
- Police procedural. Not the best aspect of the book, but it's undeniable that the elements are there: a law enforcement officer is charged with apprehending a criminal whose whereabouts and activities are hard to track.
- Morality tale. I found myself musing pretty seriously about oh, say, deer hunting (which is big in my literal corner of the woods), specifically about how human hunters think about their lower-order prey. I also wondered about the wages of environmental degradation (a sin of sorts), what constitutes an "innocent victim," and what the appropriate punishment should be for the criminal in the book. And that's all without getting to the non-consensual sex, overtones of slavery & cruelty, Stockholm Syndrome, and so forth.
But even if I recommended Heat, I'd have a hard time summing it up succinctly enough to help another reader make an informed choice.
By contrast, I'm rereading Mercedes Lackey's 500 Kingdoms series: Feminist retelling of fairy tales.
I got Victoria Dahl's Good Girls Don't in the mail today: Single-title contemporary romance.
Someone strongly recommended Fiona Hill's The Country Gentleman: Traditional Regency romance.
See? You know immediately what sort of books those are. But if I say of Heat that it's an erotic science fiction romance, I haven't conveyed the violence, the moral relativism, or the kinky sex. (Frankly, I don't know that it's not also a horror story...)
Fusion is great in food, music, and nuclear physics, but we're not programmed to understand it in Romlandia. Maybe that's true in all popular fiction, or in all fiction, or all writing. I don't know.
It's hard to do books like Heat credit. It succeeds on so many levels that if you like "that sort" of book, you'll love it.
I just wish I had a better way of telling you what sort of book it is.
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The federal government just revealed that private-sector firms created 159,000 new jobs in October. The unemployment rate, however, remains persistently high, at 9.6 percent. Policymakers continue to search for ways to help those looking for work find jobs.
The minority business community should be at the center of that conversation. Minority firms have been an engine of job growth for the U.S. economy, outpacing growth within the general business community, for most of the last decade. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the number of people employed at minority-owned businesses jumped 27 percent—from 4.7 million to 5.9 million—between 2002 and 2007. Job growth for non-minority-owned firms was less than 1 percent during that time.
In those five years, the number of minority-owned firms in the U.S. grew 46 percent, to 5.8 million. Meanwhile, the number of firms in the overall economy expanded at less than half that rate. The revenue of minority-owned businesses is also growing much faster than that of nonminority-owned businesses. Between 2002 and 2007, minority-owned firms' revenue jumped 56 percent to $1 trillion annually. At nonminority firms, receipts were up just 21 percent, although average gross receipts for nonminority-owned firms remain much larger than those of minority-owned firms.
Minority businesses are emerging as leading exporters, too. They exported to 41 countries on six continents between 1992 and 2009. Minority firms are twice as likely to generate sales through exports as nonminority firms. With these figures in mind, there's no doubt that minority entrepreneurs will lead the American business community's charge to double its exports within the next five years, as the president's National Export Initiative has challenged.
Yet while minority-owned businesses are growing at a breakneck pace, disparities continue to exist between minority- and nonminority-owned firms. Only 800,000 of America's nearly 6 million minority firms have more than one employee. The annual revenue for the average minority-owned firm is about $300,000 less than that of a nonminority-owned firm. Closing the entrepreneurial revenue gap between minority- and nonminority-owned businesses based on the share of the adult minority population could add $2.5 trillion to our nation's economic output, create 11.8 million more American jobs and unleash the innovation of a long-undervalued economic sector.
Corporate America can strengthen its efforts to make minority-owned businesses a larger part of its global supply chain, and minority business owners can and should do a better job of embracing aggressive growth models and capitalizing on opportunities for alliances, mergers and strategic partnerships.
The most successful minority-owned businesses in this country have embraced aggressive models to join the upper echelons of the American economy—and have created thousands of jobs in the process. Many of the largest black- and Hispanic-owned businesses were created through mergers, acquisitions or joint investment projects. For instance, McDonald's collaborated with a Hispanic entrepreneur to form Lopez Foods, a top supplier that now generates $500 million annually in revenue. Johnson Controls partnered with a minority management team to create Bridgewater Interiors—now a billion-dollar company. And more than 20 years ago, Coca-Cola partnered with a minority investment group to create the Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling Company.
Minority-owned firms don't have to pursue these growth strategies blindly. The Minority Business Development Agency at the U.S. Department of Commerce supports more than 40 business centers nationwide to help minority-owned firms secure access to capital, contracts and assistance in entering growing foreign markets.
As we look for ways to create more jobs, shining a light on the economic potential of the minority business community can significantly benefit the American people and economy. Minority businesses are creating jobs at a rate faster than nonminority owned businesses of similar size and are an increasingly important source of economic opportunity for all Americans.
David Hinson is the national director of the Minority Business Development Agency at the U.S. Department of Commerce.


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Companies whose small print changes the basis of consumer deals will face investigation by consumer regulator the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), it has said. According to the OFT, one in five consumers had experienced a contract problem in the last year.
The OFT has set out the criteria it will use to judge whether or not consumer contracts are unfair and should be investigated by it. The crucial factor determining the fairness of contracts will be the consumer's understanding of what the contract means.
If the small print of terms and conditions alters the contract from what a consumer would understand it to mean from other claims made by a company, that is likely to be harmful and could be unlawful, the OFT said in a paper on unfair contracts (116-page/1MB PDF).
"Our approach to identifying the potential for harm from a particular contract, before considering whether there is any breach of law, is to assess whether a contract term changes the deal from what consumers understand it to be," said the OFT's paper.
"One way in which a contract term can change the deal is where there are surprises buried in the small print," it said. "Our research found that for 80 per cent of those who had experienced a problem with a consumer contract, the problem came as a surprise."
The OFT said that it had investigated what makes a contract unfair and harmful to consumers, rather than specifically what makes it break the law. It said, though, that if a contract was unfair then it could use the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations (UTCCRs) and the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 (CPRs) to take action against companies.
Consumers are facing problems with contracts. The OFT said that 70 per cent of its enforcement work on behalf of consumers relate to the terms and conditions contained in contracts.
It said that common features of contracts that it takes action against are those that have less scope than would be expected; those that contain unexpected charges; those that contain unexpected risks; and those that prevent consumers from taking their business elsewhere.
It said that such terms were not always unlawful, and that their legality will depend on the context.
The OFT's study also discovered that consumers pay little attention to the contents of small print, but that consumers should be protected in some, but not all, cases.
"On the one hand, we all know that people don't read the small print of contracts," said Heather Clayton, senior director of the OFT's consumer group. "On the other, small print is a necessary fact of life and consumer law isn't there to protect the careless or the over-hasty. This report reconciles the need for small print with the real life behaviour of consumers and sets out the OFT's expectation that consumers should be free to focus on the main elements of the deal, confident that there will be no unwelcome surprises in the small print."
The report also found that contracts could be unfair even when they did not hide terms or clauses.
"Even where terms are not buried in small print, consumers can have trouble assessing them," said the study. "For example consumers have trouble evaluating fees which are contingent in occurrence or amount, and sometimes those that are deferred, particularly when the decision is made under time pressure. They also place less weight on information if it is introduced late in the sales process."
"By exploiting such biases firms can, as it were, hide potentially unfair terms in plain view," it said.
The OFT said that businesses should use the paper to assess their own contracts to see if they comply with the law and with the OFT's definitions of fairness.
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We Try The New Flavors of Red Bull
Starting this March, Red Bull will no longer just come in its original flavor, but will also come in cranberry, lime, and blueberry. The new roll out, which they're calling The Red Edition, The Blue Edition, and the Silver Edition, does nothing to answer the original question—what is regular Red Bull flavor? We may never know, and we probably don't want to.
We'll try pretty much anything here at SEHQ, so naturally we were down to crack open a few cans of the new flavors.
The cranberry version exceeded expectations. Sure, it packed that gross metallic aftertaste of all energy drinks, but up front it was just like oversweetened, watered-down cranberry juice with a hint of carbonation. And it was red! Which is the color of cranberries. The senses are all aligned on this one.
The blueberry, unfortunately, was a poor follow up. The metallic taurine taste popped up right away, followed by a hit of children's grape Tylenol. Also, it was purple, which may be accurate, but seemed a little scary to drink.
The verdict? If I were still in college, I would buy cranberry Red Bull ALL THE TIME. Since I'm not, I will avoid this forever, although I may be tempted to try the lime flavor just once if I see it around.
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Email becomes focus at Va. lacrosse player's trial
A former University of Virginia lacrosse player and the ex-girlfriend he is accused of killing traded allegations of infidelity and angry emails in the months before her death, with one of his messages saying: "I should have killed you," prosecutors said Wednesday.
George Huguely V faces first-degree murder and five other charges in the May 2010 death of Yeardley Love, who played on the woman's lacrosse team. During opening statements Wednesday, Huguely's attorneys said he was very drunk the night Love died and incapable of plotting to kill her. They also disputed evidence prosecutors said shows Love's head hit a wall several times and that she died of blunt-force trauma.
Prosecutor Dave Chapman said Huguely had a pattern of violence against Love, and he intended to kill her and steal her laptop to get rid of incriminating evidence. Two days before Love's death, Huguely accused Love in an email of having a relationship with a University of North Carolina lacrosse player, Chapman said.
"When I found out about Mike Burns, I should have killed you," the email said, according to Chapman.
Love showed the email to her teammates, who testified about it.
Huguely and Love dated for two years, but in their final year of college it became an on-again, off-again relationship, with arguments and the exchange of angry and abusive emails.
Defense attorney Francis Lawrence said the relationship drama and infidelity went both ways. A videotape of Huguely's interview with police will show he's incapable of being a calculating criminal, he told the jury.
"He's not complicated. He's not complex. He's a lacrosse player," Lawrence said.
Huguely went to Love's apartment to talk and work things out, not to kill her, Lawrence said. He took the laptop as "collateral" - a way to get her to continue to talk to him, not to destroy evidence.
The defense attorney said Huguely wasn't aware Love was dead until police informed him later. His defense contends she died from a cardiopulmonary failure caused in part by taking prescription Adderall and drinking alcohol. He also said the blood found at the base of Love's brain wasn't caused by Huguely but by forceful attempts to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
The afternoon's witnesses included Love's roommates and lacrosse teammates, Kaitlin Duff and Caity Whiteley. The women discussed Love's on-again, off-again relationship with Huguely, including details of arguments and a conversation with two men's tennis players in which Love inadvertently discovered Huguely was dating another woman.
The prosecutor questioned the women about the content of the emails exchanged between Love and Huguely in the week before her death. Duff said Love told her and other teammates about the emails, but admitted she never saw the word "kill" first hand.
Whiteley said that Love did have "some sort of relationship" with Burns, the North Carolina lacrosse player who was a friend of Whiteley from high school.
The women also recounted what the three friends did in the days and hours leading up to Love's death, including many outings in which they consumed alcohol. Whiteley and Love were planning to go out the last night she saw her alive, but Whiteley said Love ended up staying in.
Whiteley and a friend, U.Va. tennis player Philippe Oudshoorn, discovered Love unresponsive, face down in her bed, when the two returned to the apartment in the early morning hours. She started crying as she testified about seeing blood on the bedding, along with cuts and assorted injuries on her roommate's face.
She said she gave officers information about Huguely soon after they arrived on the scene, and also told them about the emails.
The defense attorney tried to point to prior statements Whiteley made about how many drinks Love consumed during their outings on the last day she was seen alive. He also indicated that Whiteley had told officers investigating Love's death that she thought Love was drunk and was going to "pass out."
But Whiteley denied Wednesday that Love was "crazy or out of control."
The first witnesses included Love's mother, Sharon, and sister, Lexie, and the girls' cousin, Mary Ryan McChesney, who talked about finding out about Love's death and heading to Charlottesville to gather her belongings.
Love's downstairs neighbor, Anna Lehmann, talked about hearing a very loud sound in the apartment above her, along with loud footsteps. She testified she saw a stocky male, about 6 feet tall, with brown hair and wearing a royal blue shirt leaving the building about 10 minutes later.


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Democratic fundraiser/actor Ben Affleck -- and the next big-screen "Batman" -- recently gave an interview to Playboy. His own bias against Republicans, he admits, prevents him from fully enjoying a Republican actor's performance. "It's ... hard," said Affleck, "to get people to suspend disbelief."
Affleck said: "When I watch a guy I know is a big Republican, part of me thinks, I probably wouldn't like this person if I met him, or we would have different opinions. That (bleep) fogs the mind when you should be paying attention and be swept into the illusion."
Fair enough. But how do you think conservatives feel?
Nearly every actor who cuts loose about politics, let alone campaigns for or donates to causes or politicians, almost always supports Democrats and liberal causes. Nothing wrong with this. But it's not even close to a fair fight. Of America's stars -- old, young and in-between -- the many who speak out are invariably Democrats.
A Clint Eastwood is more than offset by the many performers like Cher, who said: "If you're black in this country, if you're a woman in this country, if you are any minority in this country at all, what could possibly possess you to vote Republican? ... You won't have one f---ing right left." Or like Julia Roberts, who said, "Republican comes in the dictionary just after 'reptile' and just above 'repugnant.'" Or Ed Asner, from Disney's film "Up," who contributed his name and voice to a cartoon political ad showing a dastardly rich man literally urinating on the poor.
Sean Penn drips with contempt toward the awful guys on the other side.
Tea partiers, including Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Tex., says Penn, have a "mental health problem" which "would be solved by committing them" to a psychiatric facility with an "executive order" from the president.
Why such a microscopic number of outspoken conservatives? Fear. Cuban-born actress Maria Conchita Alonso, for example, is a recent cautionary tale. Cast to star in the Latino version of the Vagina Monologues, Alonso cut an ad for a California tea party "secure the borders" candidate. Big mistake. The play's theatre, located in the heavily Hispanic Mission District of San Francisco, received threats to disrupt the performance -- if Alonso remained in the cast.
When Alonso "quit," the play's producer shrugged: "We really can't have her in the show, unfortunately. Of course she has the right to say whatever she wants. But we're in the middle of the Mission. Doing what she is doing is against what we believe." Against what we believe?! How far is this from "Are you now, or have you ever been ... ?"
How do you think conservatives feel?
Affleck and his buddy, fellow A-lister Matt Damon, held fundraisers for the successful senate races of New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, and for the election and re-election of President Barack Obama. Democrats all, or people who -- to conservatives -- are "against what we believe."
Of Hollywood's political contributions in the last two presidential election cycles, 86 percent went to Democrats in 2008, and 79 percent in 2012. More than 90 percent of contributions by celebrities to the 2012 presidential race went to Obama over Republican opponent Mitt Romney. The Wall Street Journal said, "(DreamWorks co-founder Jeffrey) Katzenberg wrote a $2 million check to jump-start Priorities USA Action, the super PAC supporting the president. His fundraising work has yielded as much as $7 million over the past five years."
Miramax's Harvey Weinstein is another Democratic Hollywood power player and fundraiser. He, too, shows no reluctance to show his contempt toward the very people Weinstein counts on to pay to see his movies. His take on the congressional Republicans who opposed Obama during the government shutdown? "Some of them are, you know," said Weinstein, "unfortunately (racist)."
For his book "Primetime Hollywood," conservative talk show host Ben Shapiro interviewed several major Hollywood primetime television producers -- the people who make the fare we see. One after another, they saluted -- even cheered -- their hostility toward conservatives. Some bragged about injecting liberal messages in programming, while admitting they refuse to knowingly hire a conservative. One, Susan Harris, who created "Golden Girls," called conservatives "idiots" with "medieval minds."
MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell, formerly a "West Wing" writer, explained why the show lacked sympathetic Republican characters: "You'll never, ever, get the Republican TV show. The Writers Guild of America, my union, is, at a minimum, 99 percent leftist liberal. ... And we don't know how to write it. We don't."
Got that? Affleck can't stomach watching a Republican. "West Wing's" O'Donnell can't stomach writing about one. But Hollywood expects the audience to stomach them .
Do bigmouth lefty actors think their skills override the audience's politics, that conservatives can "suspend disbelief" -- even as Affleck admits he can't when the actor is a "Big Republican"?
If audiences gave leftwing actors, producers and studios the Maria Conchita Alonso treatment, half the country would never set foot in a theatre. Hollywood, after all, oozes with "Big Democrats" whose politics, for much of the country, go "against what we believe."


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- 14 février 2013
2013 UK Digital Future in Focus
Comscore presents the 2013 UK Digital Future in Focus, its report on prevailing trends in changing digital behaviour, online video, mobile and search, including a special review of social, shopping and silver surfers.
Key insights from the 2013 UK Digital Future in Focus (#FutureinFocus) report include:
- 44.8 million people in the UK used the internet in December 2012, a 5 percent increase over the year.Brits also spend more time online than any other European country, representing a fertile ground for digital marketers and advertisers to engage with their target audience online.
- UK online video audience grows by 8 percent over the year, whilst mobile video audience grows by 262 percent.
- Page views from Non-PCs reached an all-time high with nearly 1/3 of all UK page views now from mobiles and tablets.
- In the UK, 64 percent of mobile users had a smartphone, but already 82 percent of new phones acquired in December 2012 were smartphones. The rapid adoption of internet enabled devices is resulting in a more fragmented digital media landscape.
- Google maintains its strong hold of the search engine market, capturing 91 percent of all UK searches. As the search market continues to evolve, Brits are also turning to non-traditional search sites such as Amazon and eBay to search for information and products.
- Facebook remains the leading social network in the UK, capturing the largest amount of unique visitors. However, there are some rising stars on the horizon - Tumblr, Instagram, Pinterest and Goodreads – that have all witnessed strong growth rates over the year across both PC and mobile.
- Online shopping has long become the norm with 9 out of 10 UK internet users visiting retail sites and mobile shopping is escalating with 1 in 5 Brits using their smartphone to purchase a good or service in December 2012.
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