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In order for the ENP to deliver nutrition services to participants successfully, the various agencies within the administrative hierarchy must understand their programmatic responsibilities under the OAA and successfully execute them. One important aspect of this process is for agencies within the aging network to both provide and receive information, in the form of technical assistance and training. An additional aspect is for agencies to monitor and assess the actions and performance of subordinate agencies in the program hierarchy. This section explores these issues on the basis of agency survey data. The first subsection examines technical assistance and training among the agencies in the aging network, as well as agencies perceptions about whether they receive adequate technical assistance and training. The second subsection examines monitoring and assessment activities.
1. Technical Assistance and Training
For each administrative level, the examination of technical assistance and training needs focuses on the relationship between the agencies in one level and the agencies immediately above it in the administrative hierarchy.
Technical Assistance and Training Received by SUAs from the AoA. Eighty percent of SUAs reported receiving at least some technical assistance from the AoA during the past year (Table IV.19). [ Technical assistance is defined as "clarifying advice or information received in person, by mail, or over the telephone. " ] Of those receiving technical assistance, about half received it on 5 or fewer separate days; 10 percent reported receiving technical assistance on 40 or more separate days (not shown). The median number of separate days of technical assistance for all SUAs is two. Somewhat fewer than half of the SUAs reported receiving any training from central or regional AoA staff in the previous year. [ Training is defined as "formal skills instruction, received either in person, by mail, or over the telephone. " ] The median number of separate days of training for all SUAs was thus zero. Overall, 84 percent of SUAs mentioned one or more areas in which they needed more technical assistance or training from the AoA.
Technical Assistance and Training
Received by SUAs
from AoA
Received by AAAs
from SUAs
Received by Projects
from AAAs
Received Technical Assistance During the Past Year
Median Number of Days of Technical Assistance Received
Received Training During the Past Year
Median Number of Days of Training Received
Need More Technical Assistance or Training
Unweighted Sample Size
Source: Elderly Nutrition Program Evaluation; SUA, AAA, and Nutrition Project surveys; weighted tabulations
a Technical assistance refers to clarifying information or advice received either over the telephone, in person, or through written documents.
b Training refers to formal skills instruction, either in person, by mail, or over the telephone.
Technical Assistance and Training Received by AAAs from SUAs. Eighty-nine percent of AAAs reported receiving at least some technical assistance from the SUAs during the past year (Table IV.19). The median number of separate days of technical assistance for all AAAs was two. Eighty-one percent of AAAs reported receiving any training from SUA staff in the previous year. The median number of separate days of training for all AAAs also equaled two. Overall, 50 percent of AAAs mentioned one or more areas in which they needed more technical assistance or training from SUAs.
Technical Assistance and Training Received by Nutrition Projects from AAAs. Of the nutrition projects surveyed, 81 percent reported receiving technical assistance from AAAs on one or more separate days during the past year (Table IV.19). Three-quarters reported receiving training during the past year. The median number of separate days of technical assistance equaled two, as did the median number of days of training. A little under half of the projects reported one or more areas in which they needed additional technical assistance or training from AAAs.
Technical Assistance and Training Needs. Respondents at the SUAs, AAAs, and nutrition projects were asked an open-ended question about what types of additional training would be useful. Table IV.20 lists the range of areas in which the need for more assistance was mentioned. (Because the responses from each of these three levels were very similar, the table combines the replies across type of agency.) The open-ended responses were grouped according to broad categories, such as information about program policy (for example, new laws and reporting systems), operational issues (for example, menu planning and food preparation), and longer-range issues (for example, fundraising and linkages with other long-term care providers).
Managing Funding (Cost Containment, Collection of Participant Contributions, Group Purchasing Practices, Competitive Purchasing, Developing Intrastate Funding Allocation Formula, Capital Procurement)
Identifying Additional Funding Sources (Fundraising, Grant Writing)
New Laws and Regulations
Complying with Reporting Requirements (Implementation and Use of NAPIS/Client Tracking System, Training Staff)
Interpreting New Laws and Regulations Since 1992, Developing Policies and Standards, Writing Program Policies and Procedures Manuals
Expanding Scope for Variation from Traditional Service Deliveries
Staffing and Personnel Issues
Training Staff on Use of New Food Service Equipment and Computers (Specifically for Site Directors, Cooks, and Drivers)
Recruiting and Managing Volunteers
Understanding General Policies and Procedures for Personnel
Managing Conflict, Stress
Interacting with Other Agencies
Monitoring Nutrition Projects, AAAs, Subcontractors
Verifying Meal Counts, Temperatures
Preparing Contracts/Bids, Issuing RFPs
Using Performance-Based Contracting
Evaluating Service Operations (Service Documentation)
USDA Program
Using Commodities Program Efficiently (Ordering, Availability)
Understanding USDA Retroactive Rate Increase Process, Reimbursement
Maintaining Food Safety and Sanitation (Requirements for Health Inspections, Concerns About Perishable Foods, Preventing Food-Borne Illnesses)
Procuring Food
Planning Menus (Meeting RDA Requirements and Special Dietary Needs of Elderly, Providing Meals for Different Groups, Substituting Meals)
Evaluating Meal Services (for Overall Quality, Special Diets)
Balancing Regulations for Nutrition Levels with Client Preferences
Finding and Using Economical Meal Choices
Controlling Portions
Other Nutrition Services
More Information on Procedures for Nutrition Information, Assessment, Counseling, and Screening (Especially for Malnutrition)
How Nutritional Needs Change as People Age
Latest Developments/Trends in Nutrition
Impact of Drugs on Nutritional Needs
Non-Nutritional Services
Mental Health Issues, Transportation Issues, Case Management, Alcoholism, HIV, Stress Management
Ways to Encourage Socialization, Intergenerational Activities
Information on Community-Based Care
Safety Issues
Training in CPR and First Aid, Emergency Situations
Preventing Contagious Diseases
Safety Requirements and Precautions for In-Home Visits
Maintaining Security at Sites, Fire Code Specifications
How to Reach Targeted Populations (Minority Groups, Frail Individuals, Veterans, Low-Income Persons)
How to Make Outreach More Effective, Especially with Newer Senior Populations
How to Increase Congregate Meal Participation
Marketing Strategies, Gaining Media Support
Customer Relations
Dealing with Particular Problems or Needs, Difficult Clients
Training on Sensitivity Issues
Training on Multicultural Issues, Intergenerational Issues
Other Administrative Issues
MIS Assistance
How Program Is Structured and Operates
Paperwork Conformity and Efficiency
Legal Issues Regarding Serving or Not Serving Clients
Inventory Control
Waste Reduction
Other Topics
Initiatives in Other States, Idea Sharing
Procedures for Statistical Data Gathering
Ways to Revitalize Senior Centers and Improve Site Accessibility
Use and Implications of Medicaid Waivers
Special Issues Regarding Breakfast Service
Source: Elderly Nutrition Program Evaluation, SUA, AAA, and Title III Nutrition Project surveys.
Note: Information in this table is meant to indicate the broad areas in which agency staff mentioned they would like additional training and technical assistance.
NAPIS = National Aging Program Information System.
SUA answers to the need for more training covered a broad range of categories, including information about program policy (such as the OAA and new laws and reporting systems), operational issues (menu planning, targeting, and nutritional counseling), and longer-range issues (fundraising and cost containment, recent advances in nutrition for elderly people, and research on the impact of changes in emphasis from congregate to home-delivered systems). Areas in which more assistance was desired overlapped considerably. These areas included financial management and cost-saving techniques, monitoring and evaluating AAAs and nutrition projects, implementing the new reporting system, USDA programs, screening, assessment and counseling guidelines, and targeting issues.
Those AAAs wanting more assistance reported that further training was needed in monitoring food handlers and nutrition projects, implementing targeting for special populations, implementing and using the National Aging Program Information System (NAPIS), and understanding existing and new regulations. Menu planning and volunteer recruitment strategies were also mentioned as areas in which further training could be useful. Of the AAAs wanting more technical assistance, some common areas of need were menu planning, nutrition education, and effective monitoring methods.
The primary areas in which nutrition projects would like more training include meal planning and nutrition (such as ensuring proper nutritional content for elderly people with special needs, using USDA commodities, diversifying menus, and preparing food), sanitation issues (such as monitoring temperatures), changes in regulations and reporting (recordkeeping and other computer assistance), recruiting and outreach to potential participants (particularly minorities), recruiting and managing volunteers, and assistance in budget management (for example, gaining a better understanding of funding sources generally and guidance on fund-raising strategies). Survey respondents mentioned similar topics when asked forareas in which they would like more technical assistance. A few nutrition projects also mentioned case management issues, legal issues for the project and board of directors, and assistance in grant writing.
2. Monitoring and Assessment
Another form of agency interaction involves direct monitoring and on-site assessments conducted by various levels of the network. Next, we describe SUA monitoring and assessment of AAAs and nutrition projects, and then AAA monitoring and assessment of nutrition projects.
SUA Monitoring and Assessment Activities. The statutory basis for the expectation that SUAs monitor and assess the activities of AAAs is found in Section 305(a)(1)(c) of the OAA, which states that SUAs "will conduct periodic evaluations of, and public hearings on, activities and projects carried out under the State plan." Through the years, AoA and many SUAs have interpreted and instituted the practice of conducting "an annual on-site assessment" of AAAs to evaluate their programs and activities (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging and Office of Inspector General, April 1993). Of the SUAs that are not single-state planning and service areas, virtually all of them--98 percent--actively assess or monitor the AAAs that they administer (Table IV.21). [ This part of the analysis excludes the 14 SUAs in single-state planning and service areas, in which there is no AAA and the SUA essentially performs the functions of the AAA. The analysis of SUA monitoring and assessment of nutrition projects are based on all SUAs, including the single-state planning and service areas. ] All of the SUAs that do such monitoring (or 98 percent of all SUAs) conduct on-site assessments of AAAs. On average, each AAA is visited four times a year. More than 85 percent of SUAs that monitor (or 81 percent of all SUAs that are not single-state planning and service areas) require AAAs to submit written narrative reports for state agency review. Respondents reported receiving an average of a little more than three written narrative each AAA per year. Virtually all SUAs also used statistical and fiscal reports as monitoring devices, at an average of nearly six and eight times per year, respectively.
SUA ASSESSMENT AND MONITORING OF AAAs AND NUTRITION PROJECTS
(Percentages, Unless Stated Otherwise)
SUA Assessment and Monitoring of AAAs
SUA Assessment and Monitoring of Nutrition Projects
Assessment/Monitoring Method
SUAs that Monitor
or Assess
Those that Monitor
Assess or Monitor
Site Visits
Conduct On-Site Assessments
Average Number of Times Conduct On-Site Assessments
If Had Choice, Would Conduct On-Site Assessments:
More frequently
About the same
Less frequently
Not asked
Written Narrative Performance Reports
Review Narrative Written Performance Reports
Average Number of Times Require Reports Submitted for Review
If Had Choice, Would Request Narrative Reports:
Written Statistical Performance Reports
Review Statistical Reports
If Had Choice, Would Request Statistical Reports:
Written Fiscal Reports
Review Fiscal Reports
Average Number of Times Require Fiscal Reports Submitted for Review
If Had Choice, Would Require Fiscal Reports:
Sample Size
Source:Elderly Nutrition Program Evaluation, SUA survey.
aSingle-state planning and service area SUAs are excluded since they function as the AAAs.
* = Less than 0.5 percent.
In general, the majority of SUAs believe that they have sufficient resources for the various kinds of monitoring they conduct, characterizing the frequency of monitoring as "about right." Depending on the monitoring method used, "about right" accounted for 52 to 93 percent of SUA responses. A substantial proportion of SUAs--43 percent--indicated that they wished they could perform on-site monitoring more frequently. Relatively few SUAs want to monitor less frequently, although about 10 percent of respondents that review statistical reports thought the number currently required is excessive.
In addition to monitoring AAAs, most SUAs monitor nutrition projects. Almost two-thirds of the SUAs report directly monitoring nutrition projects in their jurisdictions (Table IV.21). Among those conducting such monitoring, most reported using each of the four monitoring tools discussed earlier. Almost 70 percent of SUAs would like to conduct on-site visits of nutrition projects more frequently. Most reported being satisfied with the frequency of their other monitoring work. A slightly smaller percentage of SUAs use statistical or fiscal reports to monitor nutrition projects; when any method is used, it is employed slightly more frequently for monitoring nutrition projects than for monitoring AAAs.
SUA respondents were asked to indicate the most common deficiencies they found during their monitoring and assessment activities. Summarized in Table IV.22, these results illustrate the types of problems that arise in ENP operations. Between 20 and 30 percent of SUAs indicated the following types of problems: an inadequate number of staff or lack of staff with specific nutrition credentials, lack of resources, and food safety and sanitation issues. In addition, SUAs mentioned a wide range of other problems, ranging from problems with procurement practices or recordkeeping, to failure to target services and determine eligibility appropriately, to problems meeting RDA requirements. Other problems pertain to service delivery, such as an insufficient amount of nutrition education, inaccessible meal sites, or insufficient variety and temperature regulation of meals.
DEFICIENCIES IN SUAs LAST ASSESSMENT OF AAAs OR NUTRITION PROJECTS
Found Deficiencies in Last Assessment of AAA or Projects
Common Deficiencies
Food safety and sanitation problems
Lack of resources
Inadequate number of staff with dietetic/nutrition credentials
Inadequate number of staff
Inadequate nutrition provider assessments by AAAs
3 .AAA Monitoring of Nutrition Projects
Section 306(a)(6)(A) of the OAA stipulates that the Area Agency on Aging will conduct periodic evaluations of, and public hearings on, activities carried out under its area plan.
Of AAAs that administer one or more nutrition projects (excluding AAAs that are the only nutrition project in their planning and service area), virtually all of them--99 percent--monitor or assess the nutrition projects they supervise (Table IV.23). [ AAAs may directly provide nutrition services in their planning and service area. The analysis in this section excludes AAAs that are the only nutrition project in their planning and service area.] Of those AAAs that monitor nutrition projects, all reported on-site visits to nutrition projects in their planning and service area. Most that perform on-site visits do so almost once per month (the average number of on-site assessments per project is 11.2 per year). Although the majority (59 percent) of AAAs report that the frequency with which they visit projects is about right, two-fifths would like to conduct more on-site visits to their nutrition projects. Ninety-seven percent of AAAs that monitor require projects to submit fiscal reports, and 93 percent require them to submit statistical reports. Virtually all (more than 90 percent) are satisfied with the frequency with which they require these reports to be submitted. Narrative written reports are used less frequently, but still by 85 percent of AAAs. About three-quarters of AAAs are satisfied with the level of this monitoring that they perform, but about one-quarter would prefer increased monitoring. Overall, it appears that AAAs perform an extensive level of monitoring for the nutrition projects they supervise, and most are satisfied with the intensity of monitoring they perform.
AAA Assessment and Monitoring of Nutrition Projects
All AAAs a
AAAs that Monitor
Average Number of Times Per Year Conduct On-Site Assessments
Average Number of Times Per Year Require Reports Submitted for Review
Average Number of Times Per Year Require Fiscal Reports Submitted for Review
Source: Elderly Nutrition Program Evaluation, AAA survey, weighted tabulations.
a AAAs that are the only nutrition project in the planning and service area are excluded.
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The Portola hospital shooting and the NBC Dateline episode featuring the Wallin-Reed murder trial prompted Supervisor Lori Simpson to approach Sheriff Greg Hagwood about hiring more deputies.
Following their discussion, the pair brought the subject to the Board of Supervisors on Nov. 12.
"Sheriff Hagwood did not bring this up," Simpson said. "I felt we should address hiring deputies in the outlying areas."
She said that Hagwood didn't ask to hire more personnel during the budget hearings, because "he knew that the county was dealing with employee furloughs."
Simpson said that while it could require using the county's contingency fund, she favored hiring two to three deputies.
"I would like to thank Supervisor Simpson for initiating this productive conversation," Hagwood said as he addressed the board.
According to Hagwood, his department is staffed with four sergeants and 14 deputies, which is short of the full allocation approved by the supervisors.
"Currently we are operating with nine vacancies in the deputy ranks," Hagwood said, adding that his department is feeling the effects of cuts from past budget cycles.
Historically, the department served the county with deputies working out of the substations in each of the four communities, but now the county is divided into two patrol areas: Greenville and Chester, and Portola and Quincy.
"We make every effort to team up officers in cars at night," Hagwood said, but added that circumstances don't always allow for that.
He said that the change in patrol coverage has resulted in "unacceptable delays in emergency services."
Supervisor Sherrie Thrall said, "The very first responsibility of county government is public safety."
Supervisor Jon Kennedy said there was no question that the county needed to hire more deputies, but wondered about the funding, which would total about $250,000 annually for three deputies.
"That would eliminate next year's contingency fund," Kennedy said.
"We all want to do this," Thrall said, but added that she didn't want to hire deputies just to lay them off again, in the absence of an ongoing funding source.
The supervisors decided to discuss the issue again during their Dec. 4 meeting, and asked Hagwood to present a spending plan.
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3/3/2014:Due to continuing hazardous road conditions, the Arkansas History Commission's research room will reopen at noon on Tuesday, March 4th.
3/2/2014:With hazardous road conditions developing tonight and sub-freezing temperatures expected throughout the day, the AHC's Little Rock location will be closed on Monday, March 3rd.
2/19/2014:The Curtis H. Sykes Memorial Grant Program offers grants to fund projects related to African American history in Arkansas, and is currently accepting applications.
2/16/2014:The Arkansas History Commission's research room will be closed Monday, February 17th, in observance of President's Day.
2/8/2014:UPDATE--due to the hazardous road conditions around Little Rock, the Arkansas History Commission's Little Rock research room will be closed all day, Saturday, February 8th.
2/7/2014:Due to inclement weather in the area, the Arkansas History Commission's Little Rock research room will open at noon tomorrow, Saturday, February 8th.
2/4/2014:Due to freezing rain in the area, the Arkansas History Commission will be closed on February 4th, 2014. We will resume regular business hours on Tuesday, February 5th.
1/17/2014:The Arkansas History Commission's research room will be closed Monday, January 20th, in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
12/31/2013:The Arkansas History Commission and its branch archives will be closed on January 1st, 2014, in observance of New Year's Day.
12/21/2013:The Arkansas History Commission will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday, the 24th and 25th of December, in observance of Christmas.
12/8/2013:Due to ice remaining on the roadways in the Central Arkansas area, the Arkansas History Commission's research room will open at 10am on Monday.
12/5/2013:Due to impending winter weather and with an ice storm warning already impacting the state, the Arkansas History Commission will be closed, Friday and Saturday, December 6th and 7th, 2013.
12/4/2013:There is potentially dangerous winter weather approaching the state, Thursday night into Friday, which may lead to the AHC being closed Friday and Saturday. If you plan on doing any research with the AHC, please make sure to check here or at our FB page for any changes in our hours.
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9/27/2013:The Arkansas Historical Association and the Northeast Arkansas Regional Archives (NEARA), a branch of the Arkansas History Commission, announce the creation of The NEARA Award to recognize the best original, unpublished research paper using archival materials from the Northeast Arkansas Regional Archives.
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The Red Sox starting the season by going five games without a win has caused me to hear some rather unpleasant comments. "See, you can't just go out and get a bunch of big names and have a super team!" "Hype doesn't win games." "Ha ha Everyone thought they'd be so great and they stink!"
Who made these comments? ME! I made them regarding the Miami Heat when they added LeBron James and Chris Bosh to Dwayne Wade and the rest of the team, but got off to a slow start.
But now I can hear these same comments being said about the Red Sox by fans of that pinstriped team. And it hurts.
Now, I know that logically what I said could not have impacted the Red Sox. But superstitions are a part of fandom. I know I'm not the only one who has felt the need to not wear, eat, or drink the same thing when we're losing. Or to sit in the same place and not move while we're winning.
Superstitions and karma aside, I am just going to relax and remember that anything is possible during a very, very long baseball season. Maybe the Sox will go 0-162 (though I doubt it). Maybe they'll end up winning 100 games and no one will remember the atrocious way they started the season. Maybe they'll win the World Series. Maybe they won't.
Regardless of the outcome of the next 157 games, I'll be rooting for my Red Sox!
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I heard an interesting theory by Mike Felger in 98.5 The Sports Hub yesterday:
Was it a mistake to start the season with Carl Crawford in the 3-hole?
With new pieces like Crawford and Adrian Gonzalez coming to the Sox, fans were piecing together potential lineups all winter. Carwford's speed made him a candidate for leadoff man, but he opted out of that job in Tampa Bay and since he offers more pop than Jacoby Ellsbury, that was never really an option. C.C. hit second for an entire season in 2009 and logged 400+ ABs in the2-hole last season, but Dustin Pedroia is a better fit, so that didn't work either.
Hitting 3rd seemed like the obvious choice. Carl is a lefty, so it helped break up the lineup. He's a career .293 hitter. He's got speed. And he's always hit at the top of the lineup.
Oh... and we're paying him $20 million bucks per season.
But is the 3-hole really the right place for Carwford? After "pressing" through the first two games of the season, Terry Francona dropped him to 7th and Crawford went 2 for 4 on the day. It would appear that the switch helped Carl relax and and results were positive... but what happens tonight in Cleveland? Tito has opened a can of worms here and fans are wondering (after just 3 games) if Carwford can handle the pressure that comes with his new contract and his new fanbase.
Felger's suggestion was that the Sox never should have put Carwford in the 3-hole. Instead, he seems like a better fit in the 5th spot... and I agree. Here's why:
1. Adrian Gonzalez is our best hitter. He has 40 HR power and knows how to spray the ball to all fields. The rule of thumb is to use your best pure hitter at No. 3... and that's A-Gon.
2. That means the lineup becomes Ellsbury, Pedroia, Gonzalez and Youkilis... with a lefty of your choice to follow. If you buy into the theory of "splitting the lineup" then you'll like the idea of "setting the table" again with Crawford in the 5th spot, followed by David Ortiz, Drew/Cameron and rest. This enables the Red Sox to stack the lineup with lefties when facing right-handed pitching and keeps the lefty-righty rotation against southpaws.
It also keeps Crawford in the upper half of the lineup and reduces the likelyhood of fans screaming about a $20M player hitting 7th.
Bottom Line: Crawford will likely be back in the 3-hole tonight against the Indians and RHP Josh Tomlin, but if he struggles though this series, what will Tito do in the Home Opener against the Yankees? Dropping Crawford down in that series will probably turn up the pressure cooker, rather than help C.C. relax. But if he struggles against the Yankees too, Tito will have no choice but to mix things up.
I think the Sox should make the switch now. They won't use the same lineup all year, but hitting A-Gon 3rd and Carwford 5th is the best "base lineup" in my mind, and the quicker they mak the switch, the easier it will be on the Red Sox... and Carwford.
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1. Josh Beckett takes the mound tomorrow in Cleveland. He looked very sharp in his final spring start and allowed 3 hits and 1 runs while fanning 8 through 8 innings the last time he faced the Indians (8/3/10). Also... it's the Indians.
2. David Ortiz is 4 for 12 (.333) with 2 homers and 4 RBI in his first 3 games. He didn't hit his first homer until 4/23 last season and didn't break the .200 mark until 5/12.
3. Carl Crawford actually made contact with the ball on Sunday. Let's hope those two hits leade to better things.
4. Jacoby Ellsbury is working the count at the top of the order. He's currently 4th in the AL, seeing 4.86 pitches per plate appearance. Brett Gardner lead the AL at 4.61 P/PA in 2010. This won't last, but if there's one thing people want to see Ellsbury improve, it's his plate discipline, and seeing almost 5 pitches per PA and holding a .940 OPS is a good sign.
5. Adrian Gonzalez has looked great. He makes hitting to all fields look easy and has already made some nice plays at first. I haven't been this excited about a Red Sox player in a long time...
6. Basebal is back. This weekend sucked, but the games count and we've got 159 more of 'em.
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The Red Sox choked yesterday.
We got up early on a Rangers team that has just as much offense as we do, and eventually their bats proved better than ours. Lester looks off from the start, Crawford looked like he'd never seen a southpaw before and Bard imploded in the 8th.
There were some very encouraging moments as well, like Ellsbury reaching base four times, stealing a base and scoring two runs, Gonzo's 2-4, 3 RBI day and Big Papi's opposite-field dinger (off a lefty!) to tie the game in the 8th... but this whole mess started with Lester.
His final line for the day was 5.1 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 1 BB, 3 HR... and zero strikeouts. Lester's never coughed up 3 homers in a start and he hasn't posted a goose egg in the K column since April 9, 2008 vs Detroit. That's pretty much the defenition of a fluky bad game.
But don't head for the Tobin just yet.
If you've paid attention over the past few years, you already know that Lester always struggles in April. I'm sure it drives him nuts, but it's the ugly truth:
Those are some pretty bad splits, but Lester has proved capable of overcoming bad starts for three years now. He finished 16-6 with a 3.21 ERA in 2008, went 15-8 with a 3.41 ERA in 2009 and almost won 20 games last year, finishing at 19-9 with a 3.25 ERA.
Bottom Line: Yesterday sucked, but it's par for the course with Lester at this point. In 2010 he got in the groove quicker, going 5-0 with a 1.84 ERA in May... and that enabled him to make a run at 20 wins. He could do it again this season, but his next start will be at Fenway against the Yankees, so he'll need to shake this one off quickly.
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Opening Day is full of clichés: We're all in first place; everyone has a chance; blah, blah, blah. The fact is, not everyone has a chance. I can guarantee you right here and now that the World Series will NOT be Royals v. Pirates - this year, next year and even the year after. Right now there is the dominance of Major League Baseball by fewer than a dozen franchises and, if you listen to the pundits, only a couple of teams that really have a shot.
I've spent the better part of a week listening to analysts' predictions that the Red Sox are going to take it all this season with the fabulous new lineup and strong pitching staff. Of course as the chorus of Sox touters gets louder the contrarians come out of the woodwork.
"Beckett has had a terrible spring."
"Lackey is still not showing signs of the Lackey they thought they acquired."
"Papelbon is still struggling and do they really want to rely on Bard or Jenks."
"They are always afraid of Matsuzaka."
"Salti-what's-his-name isn't ready to catch a staff like this."
There was going to be a backlash. There are two favorite pastimes in the United States: playing up the underdog and then tearing them down when they are no longer the loveable losers. It's difficult to go from pre-season favorite to World Series champion so if you're a little contrarian you have a better chance of being right by tearing the favorite down rather than picking someone to win. Voila! You're now an expert.
There is one thing that the above criticisms have in common, though, and point to a big picture concern. The battery has question marks. But there is time to dwell on this if it becomes a concern. We certainly have spelled out those concerns here in previous columns by all three of us. Right now it's time to get back in the groove and enjoy baseball every day for the next six plus months. Enjoy the day and settle in. It's going to be a long, interesting summer!
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For Red Sox Nation, actions speak louder than words. They want to know the team is focused. Driven. Committed. To show all this, we created a heart-felt, soul-stirring battle cry. "We Won't Rest." It is our theme, our mantra. It represents how our players, coaches, front office and every member of the Red Sox organization approaches each and every day in preparation to compete.
The campaign takes fans inside the mind of Kevin Youkilis, and an intense BP session one frigid Boston day. It captures the explosive base running duo of Carl Crawford and Jacoby Ellsbury. It shows the unrelenting work ethic of a stellar pitching unit. It allows fans to take comfort in Big Papi's rituals. It reveals the moments when a team reaches its community through charity. And shows in gritty detail one team and one determined organization's driven pursuit of excellence.
Over at Bottom Line Apparel, I've been working on a 2011 campaign of my own and we've got some cool new "Speedster" t-shirts that sync-up perfectly with this new Ellsbury/Crawford commercial. Take a look at the new t-shirts below (available in about a week at www.blshirts.com), let me know what you think of them, and enjoy the commecial at the bottom.
"Fear the speed!"
A new baseball season stretches before us fans like a perfect yellow brick road. We don't know exactly what we will find along the way, but we can't stay in the black-and-white Kansas that is the off season. The amazing technicolor 2011 baseball season awaits!
Just like Dorothy faced high expectations after she killed the Wicked Witch of the East, the Sox face the same after acquiring Adrian Gonzalez and Carl Crawford. The munchkins heralded her as a great liberator, but she had her doubts. Can she live up to expectations? Can the Red Sox?
During her journey Dorothy meets up with friends who help her. But she also faces many set backs. Poppies threaten to lull her to sleep just as the seemingly endless 162-game schedule can lead some teams to lose momentum. Homesickness can strike a Kansas girl as well as a baseball team on a West Coast road trip.
Dorothy stops to pick some apples leading to an attack from angry trees in much the same way picking up (and dropping) players before the tread deadline can cause verbal abuse from fans and analysts.
Everywhere Dorothy goes she is watched by the Wicked Witch of the West. The Red Sox know a little something about constant scrutiny. Being labeled as one of the teams to beat this season puts a giant target on your back. Everyone is looking for your weaknesses.
The Tin Man rusts and the Scarecrow loses his stuffing. Unfortunately baseball players get hurt as well.
The wizard turns out to be a sad, little man with a big head. Let us hope that none of the Sox headline acquisitions turn out to be Henry Gales.
And of course the most frightening thing about Dorothy's quest for the World Series trophy, I mean Emerald City, is the devil monkeys. They come out of nowhere when she least expects it. And this is true of the AL East as well. There is a constant threat from the Bronx, but just when you think you can count out Toronto, Tampa Bay, or Baltimore, they make a surge.
Will the Red Sox reach the end of the season successfully? Not even Glinda the Good Witch can tell us that.
All we can do is say "play ball!"
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Daisuke Matsuzaka, SP John Lackey, SP Josh Beckett, SP
Clay Buchholz, SP Jon Lester, SP Jarrod Saltalamacchia, C
David Ortiz, DH Jacoby Ellsbury, CF Carl Crawford, LF
J.D. Drew, RF Kevin Youkilis, 3B Marco Scutaro, SS
Dustin Pedroia, 2B Adrian Gonzalez, 1B
Jonathan Paplebon, CL
We only have four more days until the 2011 season begins, so I'll keep this last predictions post brief. We all know Paps had a rough year last season, and while I don't think he'll post the elite numbers we saw back in 2006 or 2007, I do think he can bounce back and be one of the best closers in baseball again.
Bottom Line: We don't know if it was mechanics, a lack of confidence, stubbornness or some other factor that caused Paps to lose his mojo in 2011. Due to the nature of thier job, we do know that relief pitcher stats are as fluky as they come... so the question is: Is Papelbon's success the real fluke?
I say no. Expect Paps to bounce back in 2011 with solid numbers...
Rob's Prediction: 65 G, 35 SV, 75 K, 2.00 ERA, 1.05 WHIP, 2.05 BAA
... and sign a a huge deal with the Yankees in 2012.
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Add a commentA friend, Gordon Gebert, came up with an idea to make a reality show a la Big Brother, but with Tea Party and Occupy Supporters. He shared this idea with me, and others, months ago, receiving nothing but good feedback, because it's a great idea.
He worked to raise funds for it (and to prove my belief in it I pitched in a few bucks and did my best to spread the word).
Now, Christine "I'm not a witch but thanks Delaware conservatives for blowing the senate race" O'Donnell is stealing the idea...
P.S. I owe Karl Rove an apology
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Add a commentGOP candidate for senate in Missouri, Todd Akin, "misspoke" on the topic of rape...to say the least...
The man has been in politics since 1989, so it's hard to believe that he could put something that is so sensitive so indelicately.
I don't care to defend him, but I'll be happy to comment on the left's blatant hypocrisy...
Remember "rape rape"? Roman Polanski RAPES a 13 year old after drugging her and the left formed a wall of silence around him.
Three years later these same people are savaging Todd Akin, who didn't rape anyone, but is guilty of the more severe crime of being a conservative.
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I dusted off a few old ones, and came up with some new ones for this post.
Liberals came up with the Twitter hashtag #FavoriteRomneyMovies in an effort to mock him, but it gave me an opportunity to dust off a piece from 2010 and throw it into the fray. As of this writing it has over 70 retweets, by far the top image in the game (granted there are only a few...but whatever).
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Gay marches "assist homophobia" say Moscow authorities
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Most of Russian gays and gay organisations were against this provocation. We should make gay-community by ourselfs (make philanthropic funds for gays, etc.) Not invite some europian activists, who will return to liberal EU, telling how anti-democratic is our country. This anti-russian hysteria only provokes our "patriotes" to say: "Gay people are agents of the West and wants to destroy our traditional life". Your politics will say polit-correct worlds about democracy on TV, then forget about us. My mother knows that I'm gay. She isn't homophobic. But she can't understand why Piter T. went to Russia. "Do he love to be beaten by cops?! It's silly!" – she asked firstname.lastname@example.com
Well, if you want to live in fear with no rights then I suppose that's up to you.
Dear antiduring. AngieRS is absolutely right. Your mistake is that you've suckered by the national chauvinism bullshit used of your country's rulers to oppose gay rights. They aim to sidetrack activism by claiming its not a proper 'Russian' idea but one imported by European liberal outside agitators. The struggle for gay and lesbian equality, especially in some of the former Stalinist states where antigay hatred runs deep, is a struggle for survival. The crazed skinheads and sanctimonious priests who attack demonstrations know what 'up the chimney' means and you'd damn well better figure it out or you could pay a horrible price. It's happened before. If outside agitators want to aid your struggle embrace them, come out of the closet and join your brothers and sisters in the fight for your lives.
The truth of the matter is that Gay Pride marches do not provide Gay rights.What secures Gay rights is consistent and conitnous chipping away of prejudices by legislation, civil action personal example ans the like.
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I am having problems with sound in my Flash timeline. On my main timeline, I have seven frames that each contain a movieclip with nested animation. I have added mp3s onto the timelines of each of those animations. The problem is that the sound seems to make my movieclips play at inconsistent speeds, often, way too fast. Has anyone run into this problem and know how to fix it?
What is your frame rate?
If you select the layer your sound is in and check the properties panel is Sync set to Event or Stream?
If you remove the audio from the timeline does it play better? Does the audio itself studder or artifact while playing? Do you have other audio files you can import and try to see if you get the same results?
I've never had audio slow down an animation. The opposite is usually the case. The animation is extremely complex and the computer cannot keep up so the animation can skip and bog trying to keep frame rate.
frame rate: 24 fps
sound is set to stream, but I have tried it as Event with same results
If I remove the audio from the timeline it plays perfectly
I have not noticed any studder on the audio itself.
Right now I have only one mp3 in there to test ( 44 khz 16 bit 1.5 s 23.4 kb.) I would like to put a lot more in. I have tried a few different audio files, but they were all exported the same way through soundbooth.
I have tried using a .mov audio file with the same results
The animation doesn't slow down, it seems to speed up or skip frames, like you say. It doesn't do this consistently. I have seven movie clips, each on a frame in the timeline, set with actionscript 3 to play on random. Sometimes the movie clip plays perfectly, sometimes, it plays way too fast.
Thanks for your help!
Any chance this error might have anything to do with it?
Perhaps if you use any TLF text. What that dialog is telling you is that your SWF does not merge full TLF functionality into itself. It places a file, as it shows, textLayout_126.96.36.1995.swz in the same path as where you publish and you'd need to upload that to your web server. It will be loaded by your SWF when it needs it.
To get rid of the dialog but slightly increase the file size of your SWF you can do this:
File->Publish Settings->Flash (.swf)
Inside here there are 2 drop-downs at the top. Next to the Script: ActionScript 3.0 dialog there is a wrench icon. Click that.
Now you want to select textLayout.swc in the Library path tab. Click the button above it. Uncheck to use the default shared library linkage. Change the Link Type drop-down to "Merged into code".
Now you won't see the error any longer but your SWF will get slightly larger (22kb?).
Do you have any example SWFs I can test to verify it speeds up or slows down? You can private message me if you don't want to link them here. I see no reason why a mp3 would slow down your animation but I don't know the animations complexity.
I'm on a dual quad xeon machine with 32gb ram. If you're on a laptop with built in (intel HD2-4 series, etc) graphics then it requires system resources to accelerate. Also what hardware acceleration setting are you using? Are you selecting None, Direct or GPU?
Like Sinious mentioned earlier, Frame Rates affect performance of your animation. When setting Frame Rates, its best to start from values equal to that of the number of frames you have created. And increase the value in steps based on the performance of your animation, repeatedly. See this article for more information: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/learning_guide/animation/part02.html
Please let us know if you have further questions.
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I have figured out a workaround, but I'm not sure why it works. For some reason, when I put my audio on the timeline, I get inconsistent (never slow, always too fast) playback. However, when I use actionscript to play my audio, everything works perfects. I have added the following code onto the frame where I want my sounds to play:
var audio:Sound = new Sound();
Timeline playback takes on the heavy burdeon of essentially wrapping the audio in a MovieClip (very heavy object) before it plays. ActionScript is almost always faster. However I can definitely tell you I've used audio in layers tens of thousands of times over the last decade and I never had this issue.
Either way, glad you found something that worked for you!


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Snx3 Regulates Recycling of the Transferrin Receptor and Iron Assimilation
Snx3 Regulates Recycling of the Transferrin Receptor and Iron Assimilation
Cell Metabolism, Volume 17, Issue 3,
Pages 343-352,
Publication Date 14 February 2013
Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2013.01.013
Caiyong Chen
Daniel Garcia-Santos
Yuichi Ishikawa
Alexandra Seguin
Liangtao Li
Katherine H. Fegan
Gordon J. Hildick-Smith
Dhvanit I. Shah
Jeffrey D. Cooney
Wen Chen
Matthew J. King
Yvette Y. Yien
Iman J. Schultz
Heidi Anderson
Arthur J. Dalton
Matthew L. Freedman
Paul D. Kingsley
James Palis
Shilpa M. Hattangadi
Harvey F. Lodish
Diane M. Ward
Jerry Kaplan
Takahiro Maeda
Prem Ponka
Barry H. Paw
Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital and Department of Physiology, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3G 1Y6, Canada
Department of Pathology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84312, USA
Department of Pediatrics, Center for Pediatric Biomedical Research, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
Corresponding author
These authors contributed equally to this work
Present address: University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
Present address: Texas A&M Health Science Center, Temple, TX 76504, USA
Present address: InteRNA Technologies, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands
Present address: University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
Present address: Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
► Snx3 is highly expressed in vertebrate hematopoietic tissues ► Silencing of Snx3 results in anemia and hemoglobin defects in vertebrates ► Snx3 and Vps35 physically interact with Tfrc ► Snx3 is required for endosomal recycling of Tf-Tfrc complex
Sorting of endocytic ligands and receptors is critical for diverse cellular processes. The physiological significance of endosomal sorting proteins in vertebrates, however, remains largely unknown. Here we report that sorting nexin 3 (Snx3) facilitates the recycling of transferrin receptor (Tfrc) and thus is required for the proper delivery of iron to erythroid progenitors. Snx3 is highly expressed in vertebrate hematopoietic tissues. Silencing of Snx3 results in anemia and hemoglobin defects in vertebrates due to impaired transferrin (Tf)-mediated iron uptake and its accumulation in early endosomes. This impaired iron assimilation can be complemented with non-Tf iron chelates. We show that Snx3 and Vps35, a component of the retromer, interact with Tfrc to sort it to the recycling endosomes. Our findings uncover a role of Snx3 in regulating Tfrc recycling, iron homeostasis, and erythropoiesis. Thus, the identification of Snx3 provides a genetic tool for exploring erythropoiesis and disorders of iron metabolism.


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Cindy Sherman - bikini, from the series Air Shutter Release Fashions, 1975.
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Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #32, 1979
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Untitled Film Still #62 by Cindy Sherman, 1977
"Sherman began making these pictures in 1977, when she was twenty-three. The first six were an experiment: fan-magazine glimpses into the life (or roles) of an imaginary blonde actress, played by Sherman herself. The photographs look like movie stills—or perhaps like publicity pix—purporting to catch the blond bombshell in unguarded moments at home. The protagonist is shown preening in the kitchen (#3) and lounging in the bedroom (#6). On to something, Sherman tried other characters in other roles: the chic starlet at her seaside hideaway (#7), the luscious librarian (#13, at left), the domesticated sex kitten (#14), the hot-blooded woman of the people (#35), the ice-cold sophisticate (#50), and others. She eventually completed the series in 1980. She stopped, she has explained, when she ran out of clichés.
Other artists had drawn upon popular culture, but Sherman's strategy was new. For her the pop-culture image was not a subject (as it had been for Walker Evans) or raw material (as it had been for Andy Warhol) but a whole artistic vocabulary, ready-made. Her film stills look and function just like the real ones—those 8-by-10-inch glossies designed to lure us into a drama we find all the more compelling because we know it is not real.
In the Untitled Film Stills there are no Cleopatras, no ladies on trains, no women of a certain age. There are, of course, no men. The sixty-nine solitary heroines map a particular constellation of fictional femininity that took hold in postwar America—the period of Sherman's youth, and the ground-zero of our contemporary mythology. In finding a form for her own sensibility, Sherman touched a sensitive nerve in the culture at large.
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Caesars Entertainment Corp is a casino-entertainment provider and a diverse U.S. casino-entertainment company. The Company's business is mainly conducted through a wholly-owned subsidiary, Caesars Entertainment Operating Company, Inc.
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- Caesars Entertainment (CZR) will sell a group of casino assets to Caesars Growth Partners (CACQ) for $2.2B.
- Bally's Las Vegas, The Cromwell, and The Quad and Harrah's New Orleans will all change hands pending regulatory approval.
- The sales are part of an effort by Caesars to restructure its Caesars Entertainment Operating Company subsidiary.
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Friday, Feb 289:37 AM
- Las Vegas casinos (CZR, LVS, WYNN, MGM) did well with this year's Super Bowl, according to Nevada regulators.
- The hold percentage of 16.5% was the highest since 2005 and brought in just under $20M in wins.
- The total amount bet on the game was also 21% higher than a year ago indicating Vegas hotels might have had also had a good Super Bowl weekend with per guest spending.
- Nevada Gaming Control Board report (.pdf)
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Tuesday, Feb 252:32 PM
- Legalized gambling in Japan could generate $40B in annual revenue, according to a rosy forecast from CLSA.
- The figure is over 6X what Las Vegas churned up last year.
- The legislation timetable in Japan is for the lower house to start debating a casino bill in late April before putting it up for a vote in front of the full parliament in June.
- MGM Resorts (MGM -0.5%), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), and Caesars Entertainment (CZR +2.5%) are all looking for a strategic local partner in the region.
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Friday, Feb 1410:20 AM
- Fitch Ratings reports online gaming accounts in New Jersey rose 57% in January to 197K. The accelerated growth is on target with estimates.
- The ratings agency reaffirms its forecast for revenue in the $200M-$300M for the burgeoning online NJ gaming industry.
- Borgata (BYD, MGM) and Caesars (CZR) control 73% of the online market in the state.
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Monday, Feb 101:04 PM
- Caesars Entertainment (CZR -3.2%) is reportedly working with Lazard Capital on a financial restructuring plan.
- The company says it is not facing an imminent bankruptcy.
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Friday, Feb 79:22 AM
- Genting Singapore plans to open a $2.2B casino complex in South Korea.
- The location is Jeju Island off the mainland.
- The development has some interest to Caesars Entertainment (CZR), Universal Entertainment, MGM Resorts (MGM), and Wynn Resorts (WYNN) with the gaming companies all looking to create a gambling mecca in South Korea which could be similar to Macau.
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Tuesday, Jan 2110:16 AM
- Caesars Entertainment (CZR), MGM Resorts (MGM), and Genting are in talks to develop a casino project in Osaka, according to reports.
- MGM Resorts CEO Jim Murren is on record as saying he thinks gaming revenue in Japan will be bigger than that in Las Vegas if the nation approves legalize casino gambling.
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Wednesday, Jan 152:55 PM
- Telsey Advisory Group says that if the first full month of online gambling revenue in New Jersey is extrapolated out for a full year the number comes in well-below estimates, $90M vs. $500M.
- Despite the harsh read from the investment firm, there was some optimism from the sector on the impact of cannibalization from the roll-out of online gambling: Surveys indicated a high percentage of the online gamblers hadn't been to a casino in the last year.
- Related stocks: BYD, CZR, MGM.
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Tuesday, Jan 143:03 PM
- Internet gaming operations in New Jersey kicked up $7.4M during December to help the industry make up for slower traffic at casinos (official state report .pdf).
- Though still in its infancy, the initial roll-out of online gaming in the state has gone smoothly. The state's official Internet gambling tax coffer is slowly being filled with the stated purpose of funding projects related to senior citizens and people with disabilities.
- What to watch: It seems likely politicians in other states will soon be eager to join the Internet gaming tax rush as New Jersey starts to rake in more money.
- Revenue totals by casino: Borgata (BYD, MGM) $3.35M; Caesars Interactive (CZR) $2.03M; Trump properties $1.23M; Golden Nugget $177K in a partial month.
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Thursday, Jan 28:57 AM
- Casino stocks should be approached with an air of caution in 2014 after the sector ran up some gaudy gains in 2013 to stretch out valuation, warns Hedgeye's Todd Jordan.
- Though online gambling in the U.S. and new opportunities in Singapore and Japan provide plenty of upside potential for the industry, a cooling-off period for some red-hot names could be seen until visibility clears on the new revenue streams.
- The long-term potential for both regional and global casino stocks still looks very bright, according to most analysts.
- Related stocks: TPCA, PNK, CZR, PENN, LVS, BYD, WYNN, MGM, MPEL, MCRI, ISLE, CNTY,
- Related ETF: BJK
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Thursday, Dec 122013, 3:39 PM
- Caesars Entertainment (CZR +1.9%) files a lawsuit against the Massachusetts Gaming Commission and Chairman Stephen Crosby.
- The gambling company alleges Crosby had personal ties to one of the owners on the land where Wynn Resorts planned to build its own casino in the region which gave an advantage to Wynn. Caesars also maintains it was held to a standard higher than Wynn or MGM Resorts.
- During a conference call in October, Steve Wynn said he was flabbergasted that Caesars withdrew its bid in Massachusetts and complained about the youthful regulators creating all the fuss. (transcript)
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- Casino stocks start the week off in fine fashion as the sector remains hot.
- A bullish note from Wells Fargo on explosive growth of the mass-market segment in Macau is boosting sentiment. Positive forecasts on the prospects for gaming revenue in Singapore and Japan are also helping to tip sentiment.
- A solid start to online gambling in New Jersey has seen analysts lift long-term profit forecasts for some of the U.S. regional casino players as analysts weigh how the online story will play out.
- The Market Vector Gaming ETF (BJK) has trailed some of the larger U.S.-based casino stocks over the last 3 months due to its weighting toward global firms.
- Gainers: Melco Crown (MPEL) +2.3%, Caesars Entertainment (CZR) +2.3%, Boyd Gaming (BYD) +2.3%, Las Vegas Sands (LVS) +2.0%, Wynn Resorts (WYNN) +2.0%.
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Wednesday, Dec 42013, 10:28 AM
- Casino stocks are ripping gains as the sector digests more good news on the early start to online gambling in New Jersey and the increased prospect that Japan will relax rules on casino development. Another stellar month in Macau casinos isn't dampening the mood at all.
- Las Vegas Sands (LVS +3.1%) is leading the charge after its credit rating was lifted to investment-grade by S&P.
- Advancers: Caesars Entertainment (CZR) +2.3%, Melco Crown (MPEL) +1.3%, Boyd Gaming (BYD) +2.7%, Wynn Resorts (WYNN) +1.8%, MGM Resorts (MGM) +1.9%.
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Wednesday, Nov 272013, 2:24 PM
- After climbing 11.1% in Aug. and 7.4% in Sept., gross gaming win in the state of Nevada declined 2.6% Y/Y in Oct. to $954.3M according to the Nevada Gaming Control Board.
- Strip casinos in Las Vegas were particularly hard hit, with revenue off 5% Y/Y to $551.3M.
- The slowdown has exacerbated the gap between Las Vegas and Macau, which continues to grow at a torrid pace.
- The dampening is of particular note to large Vegas operators like Wynn Resorts (WYNN +1%), Las Vegas Sands (LVS +1%), MGM Resorts (MGM +1.9%), and Caesars (CZR +1.1%).
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Friday, Nov 152013, 2:20 PM
- Payments companies are ruining the online poker party in its infancy as major players such as PayPal (EBAY), American Express, and Bank of America have decided not to process transactions.
- Mastercard (MA +1.1%) and Visa (V +1.1%) are allowing the transaction in states where online gambling is legal, but card issuers have the final say.
- Related stocks: CZR, BYD, MGM, EIHDF, WYNN, IGT,
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Emergency Procedures
In the event of an emergency situation, every business, organization, and individual should be aware of the proper response procedures. The links below will help you view several emergency related documents. You can also print off the University of Iowa Emergency Procedures Guide as well as the Critical Incident Management Plan. Both documents are essential for individuals to know, but especially for organizations and offices to review with their employees.