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Today's Day By Day cartoon by Chris Muir is very funny; click to enlarge:
Of course, as Hillary readies her 2008 campaign, the one problem she won't have is money. But cash won't be enough to get the job done, in my opinion.
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Even before the partial shutdown of the federal government, you could hear plenty of Republicans saying that the Party's 2016 nominee should probably be a governor, rather than a member of Congress. The shutdown might end up reinforcing this sentiment unless, against the odds, it turns into a true victory for conservative Republicans.
One of the Republican governors frequently mentioned as a possible presidential nominee is Wisconsin's Scott Walker. He will face a tough reelection campaign next year. If he prevails, Walker might well find himself at or near the top of the list of presidential contenders.
So what is Walker's stance on the partial shutdown? From what I can tell, it consists of two prongs. First, he is using it to attack "Washington" — both Democrats and Republicans. According to this report from the Milwaukee Sentinel-Journal, he blames both Republicans and Democrats for the shutdown and says congressional leaders should run the nation more like Wisconsin.
The "run the nation like Wisconsin" line will strike some as ironic, given the bitter clashes between Republicans and Democrats in that state. But Walker sorted things out in Wisconsin, and if he's reelected he'll have bragging rights.
The "enough blame to go around" line (though not far off the mark, in my opinion) won't endear Walker to conservative Republicans in the short run. But if the shutdown turns out badly for conservative Republicans — by which I mean significant political damage with very little to show for it — Walker could find himself well-positioned with the Party as a whole.
Second, Walker is using the shutdown to defy Washington — meaning, in this case, the Obama administration. Specifically, Walker has refused to follow a directive from the National Park Service to close a number host of popular state properties:
The Park Service ordered state officials to close the northern unit of the Kettle Moraine, Devil's Lake, and Interstate state parks and the state-owned portion of the Horicon Marsh, but state authorities rebuffed the request because the lion's share of the funding came from state, not federal coffers. Even though federal lands such as the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore have been shuttered, the DNR issued a statement saying all state parks, trails and other recreational properties were open and not affected by the federal government's budget problems.
The agency also reopened a boat launch Wednesdayat Wyalusing State Park on the Mississippi River. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service closed the launch on Tuesday because it was on federal land. But in a sign of defiance, the DNR removed the barricades at the landing, saying it had the legal authority to operate the launch under a 1961 agreement with the federal government.
Walker's defiance should stand him in good stead politically, and not exclusively among conservatives. It also has the virtue of being justified.
Walker, I imagine, is looking to occupy the space between moderate Chris Christie and hard line congressional conservatives like Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio (if you ignore his pro-amnesty position). His "blame and defy" response to the shutdown seems well-calculated to put him in that space.

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|2010-10-28, 16:58
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Twintails are wintails!
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To better underline my argument about Kyousuke's father finding Kirino with an eroge, I've made some screenshots below, along with explanations.
I've used clickable thumbnails to save space.
tl;dr: Final results of the thoughts of Kyousuke's father:
His father is now completely convinced that Kyousuke is not only 100% pure otaku, but even an otaku who has sexual fantasies about his imouto! Following the Japanese saying "If something stinks, keep it bottled up", he thus decides to completely ignore his otaku son from now on.
Kirino, on the other hand side, is totally free of any blame in his eyes now. She never had anything to do with anime or eroge in the first place (how would such a sweet, innocent girl have anything to with such naughty stuff, anyway?) and was only forced by Kyousuke to cover for him and hide his anime and eroge.
Consequently: If her father should however find out at a later time now that Kirino does talk about anime (be it on the phone or with friends), actually owns anime stuff for herself or visits anime-related events, his world and his image of pure, innocent Kirino would totally collapse, and he would go insanely made, much more even than he was now. Thus, Kirino still has to take great care that her father doesn't get to know anything about her anime hobby, or all hell would break loose.
|2010-10-28, 17:51
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|2010-10-28, 20:47
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It is somewhat amazing we're still talking about this, but I'll humor you.
|2010-10-29, 08:49
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As for Kirino, she still has to be careful not because there was no progess made in their argument against their father, but because her collection is nearly all eroge. Her dad allowing her to keep anything not eroge is pointless when that makes up nearly her entire collection.
Another problem is that you write off Kyousuke's act of taking all the blame as him "seeing how anything he did had pretty much no effort on his father, he uses his "last resort" to save his imouto and "confesses" that it's all his stuff, and that Kirino was only keeping it for him."
As I have quoted before, Kyousuke agrees with his father that Kirino keeping eroge is not something that can be justified. He does not become the scapegoat because his argument had no effect on his father. If that was the reason, then why did Kyousuke all of a sudden agree with his father on throwing out the eroge?
Even after claiming ownership of that single eroge disk, Kyousuke brings up his own porn collection that his mother knows about. His porn collection is a tool to "justify" another adults-only item, the eroge in his father's hand. It does not make sense that Kyousuke would use his collection to justify anime as a whole when non-pornographic anime has nothing to do with a sexually explicit porn magazine collection. Therefore, Kyousuke claimed that only the eroge belonged to him, because he can justify that eroge, an adults-only game, with his own adult material recognized by his mother.
tl;dr - point still stands, Kyou only claimed ownership of the eroge because he could lump it with his own porn collection.
|2010-10-29, 14:03
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Thank you very much for your grace, your excellence.
That somehow reminds me of those tv preachers of questionable mental constitution in the US, who preach against porn and such
"We all know that everyone has erotic fantasies, this is sadly the course of nature. However, we must always keep in mind that those erotic fantasies are temptations sent to us by the devil! They are never good per se, and thus we always must fight them whenever and wherever we can!"
Not only are erotic fantasies a fundamentally *good* thing, but they're also absolutely *neccessary* for a healthy development! People who grow up within puritan families or other hardcore christian families, where erotic fantasies (and anything sexual in general) are strongly repressed, grow up having a very disturbed relationship to sexuality in general and much more often turn into fondlers and rapists than others, because they have no valve, no release for their sexual feelings.
Second, he *is* criticising Kirino, because he thinks that Kirino has a worthless hobby in these anime.
As Kyousuke knows that his father is pretty simple-minded, he knows his father would say that having this "worthless" hobby would make her neglect other things, so he brings up Kirino's good grades to prevent him from bringing that argument.
He *might* know that he hurt Kirino's feelings... but more than likely, he didn't. He certainly isn't the type to notice such things, and Kirino running out crying didn't ring a bell with him, as he's still as unrelenting when Kyousuke comes to talk with him.
He didn't take back those words either - but actually, it doesn't matter if he took them back or not, as he's later convinced that it's Kyousuke's hobby only (which fits his fathers preconceived image of Kyousuke being a good-for-nothing), and that Kirino was only forced to cover for Kyousuke and actually has nothing to do with it (which again fits the father's image of pure, innocent Kirino who would never have do such a thing).
At the end however, the innocent image of Kirino was restored again, as Kyousuke "confessed" that it's him who has the "worthless" anime hobby, and even exaggerates to appear like a real otaku. This again fits the preconceived image the father has of Kyousuke as a good-for-nothing, so he instantly believes him there.
When seeing the image, his father just thought, "Now he's showing me some random image of Kirino with some friends. What does this have to do with anything?"
However, I'd say that's quite unlikely. His father is very hung-up on his image of pure, innocent Kirino, that's why he got so very, very mad about seeing Kirino having a hobby which he regards as "worthless" - it doesn't fit the image he has of her.
When Kyousuke "confesses" how he actually is the one who is the otaku, his father more than gladly accepts this. He simply *wants* to believe that Kirino was only forced to cover up for Kyousuke and doesn't have anything to do with it herself, because only that way he can restore the pure, innocent image of Kirino he's so hung-up on.
This is actually quite common. Parents often like to see their kids, especially girls, for as long as pure and innocent as possible, and have problems seeing them grow up and thus stopping to be pure and innocent kids.
|2010-10-29, 14:25
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I hesitate to wade back into this topic, but there are two things I see as apparent in that scene that I think are relevant. One, it's ludicrous to suggest Kyousuke's father felt threatened by him in any way. He outweighs his son by probably 50 pounds and he's clearly a bully, as he deomonstrated at the end of the scene. He might have been surprised and annoyed, but threatened? No way. Second, while it's not as obvious, I think the father knew that Kyousuke's "ownership" of the eroge was a lie. He simply chose to pretend it wasn't because it was easier for him to make believe Kirino wasn't the sort of girl to play eroge than to accept it openly. That would shatter his authority in the family, becuase it would be an admission of a failure on his part as a parent. I happen to think his actions prove he is a failure as a parent, but I don't think he sees it that way.
|2010-10-29, 14:27
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Kirino's father clearly didn't approve of anime and otaku because of what he read and heard on the media. This was stated. He was going to take away all of Kirino's collection because he believed her hobby was detrimental towards her growth. Kyousuke made it his argument that having a hobby is what made Kirino who she is, and that her hobby is harmless. Her father brings up the R-18 label quite clearly. Kyousuke agrees with him on that aspect, and that's what he accepts as his fault. All of this is clearly shown in the anime, the manga, and the novel. The father's belief in Kirino's "purity" is nothing more than an assumption.
You also claimed that Kyousuke didn't make it clear that Saori and Kuroneko were Kirino's otaku friends. That is incorrect as well, because he used the picture as an example of Kirino's hobby. He said how she has found friends she could discuss her hobby with.
Finally, if you're so insistent that Kyousuke assumed ownership of Kirino's entire hobby, eroge or not, then you are also implying the father still believes that Kirino has nothing to do with anime. As the later light novel volumes prove, the father is well aware of Kirino's hobby. However, I didn't want to use the novels as evidence since you seem intent on discussing assumptions made only in the anime.
|2010-10-29, 14:34
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^Holly hell, what are those posts I don't even-
I'd love to see a crossover scene with Kirino and Keima bashing and discussing about imouto charas and also seeing them play eroges on their PSPs next to each other.
Instead of OreImou+Index it should have been OreImou+TWGOK and Index+Ika.
|2010-10-29, 15:45
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Index with Ika... I find problems involving this but OreImou+TWGOK seems ok.
|2010-10-29, 20:18
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Well, my reply was long, so perhaps expecting others to actually ponder (and not skim) what I wrote was too much ? Depending on ... your ability to comprehend English - or let's just assume I suck at English - comprehend what I say, this might prove to be a practice in futility. I'll try to not drop any point you make (you may remind me), and I hope you'll do the same when replying, even if all you can say is a smiley (it's better to know the other person did read).
I can't deny the possibility that this Japan is from another universe and Ghibli movies/Satoshi Kon/etc don't exist and the media actively condemns all anime and Japan probably won World War 2 too, but for my sanity's sake, I assume this is the country we know today. The father condemns all those incest games with child porn. To say he condemns all anime, is just a presumption and hasty generalization on your part, something ep 3 did not tell us about.
And does that explain why he decided to take back his words ? Are we just gonna attribute it to cowardice on his part ? (uhm yeah he was scared of being beaten to death by his own son, I can believe that, I think)
This is what he said while pointing at the incest game : the people who do these things at this age are called otaku, this is a worthless hobby. Yeah, and now I'll have to repeat this because someone missed it. He did not say having something she could get so absorbed in was bad. She could probably be interested in science and try to pursue a scientific career, and no one can say that is bad (or worthless, insert your own word here). Having something you could get so absorbed in is not inherently bad. So the father said nothing about it. Condemning her hobby (playing incest games and whatnot) is not the same as saying she shouldn't have something she could get absorbed in (she should get absorbed in studying, for example).
He knew that was the pic of her with her otaku friends. Period.
People can voluntarily turn a blind eye to a lot of things. But after hearing Kyousuke talk a great deal about her new friends who shared the same hobby, being shown that pic, and asked whether he should have to worry, why do you assume the father couldn't understand those are the same friends Kyousuke had talked about ?
Actually, ask anyone whether the father knew that was the pic of Kirino with her new otaku friends, or he just thought they were random friends thrown into the discussion for no apparent purpose at all.
|2010-10-29, 20:58
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We're talking about the anime here, not about the novel or the manga.
Reply coming up soon.
|2010-10-29, 21:41
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Sure we can talk about the anime but can't dimiss the source material.
|2010-10-29, 21:50
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arghh i want the next episode to come out!! come out alreadyyy =w=; *begs kami*
|2010-10-30, 11:52
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Now, after my reply, you suddenly changed your opinion and are saying that you shouldn't judge erotic fantasies as good or evil, even though you just did that in your previous reply.
Also, you didn't give a good reason why you shouldn't judge them as good or bad. Just "everyone has them", while true, isn't a good point why you shouldn't classify them.
Now if you would please explain to me what erotic fantasies have to do with farts?
Unless, of course, you have erotic fantasies about farts, then you're excused
(Just ignore the ugly Yankee spelling there.)
1: to consider the merits and demerits of and judge accordingly : evaluate
2: to find fault with : point out the faults of
Further down:
Criticise implies finding fault especially with methods or policies or intentions.
Calling something "worthless" has neither anything to do with "considering the merits and demerits", nor with "pointing out the faults" or "finding faults with methods". In the opposite, it's an unmethodical, prejudice-based, intentionally derogatory statement of opinion which indicates that you won't permit any discussion about this.
You can see that the father has such an image of Kirino when you take a look at the photo album of Kirino which he meticulously led. Of course "daddy's little girl" can't possibly have such a hobby which he considers worthless, that's why he got so really,really mad.
Likewise, she can't possibly befriend others who have such a "worthless" hobby.
The father doesn't have any problems to call persons "worthless", not just hobbies. When Kyousuke convinced him that he is an otaku and therefore has a "worthless" hobby, he is by consequence worthless as well, and the father calls him a worthless son:
That again is for the reason he doesn't know anything at all about anime. To make distinctions between various kinds out anime, and to differ it from eroge, he would have to know more about it and occupy with somewhat with it. Thiswon't happen before hell freezes over however, because he regards anime as a whole (including eroge) as "worthless" and thus avoids it as much as he can.
In Japan, anime/manga as a whole are considered socially acceptable. There are manga and anime for all age groups. It's not that uncommon to find a salary man reading manga. The manga publishing industry is by far the biggest publishing industry in Japan, much bigger than any other publishing industry. While there are still some conservative media who are trying to denounce anime and manga in general (which is probably just the media Kyousuke's father follows), it's just a small minority.
This is very different from the west, where comics/cartoons are generally regarded as "just for kids", and manga/anime are lumped together with them even though they're quite another thing, just because of ignorance.
When Kyousuke grabs his father's collar and threathens him, this is so much in gross violation of the father's values that his father is utterly and deeply shocked by his son daring to do such a thing. Out of this massive shock, his first action is to pretend to give in (he still doesn't have any intention to change his opinion), just so that Kyousuke will unhand him. Who knows what he will do next otherwise?
*Either* you say that assuming a connection between her anime hobby and her grades in school is ludicrous, as you said first (and which I would fully agree with).
*Or* you say "You never know, the could very well be a connection between her hobby and her grades.", as you put it later.
You can't say both at the same time, that's just hypocritical. So, which one of the two shall it be? Is it ludicrous, or is it possibly true?
As I said above already, Kirino is still "daddy's little girl", she's still pure and innocent for her father. This becomes very evident from the photo album of Kirino, which is so meticulously kept by the father.
If he would accept the pic as what it actually is, it would destroy his image of her, and he simply can't accept that.
"Inattentive": it might be true that he doesn't really care for what Kyousuke has to say, since he only values Kyousuke very lowly, and thus doesn't pay proper attention to him - but that's not the point here.
The rest is correct.
It's especially curious, as the US mindset, which the US laws are based upon, is so immensely different from the Japanese mindset. In the US, any form of violence is perfectly acceptable, and no one will ever say a thing, even with blood and gore and whatnot. As soon as there's just the tiniest bit of naked skin shown though, there's a huge clamour about it. "Oh noes, won't anyone think of the poor children! Seeing naked skin will burn their eyes out!"
Adult rating in Japan is quite different from the US. This post is already way too long anyway, so I won't go into detail here. Just read these articles for more info about it:
|2010-10-30, 13:43
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There is also nothing to suggest that their father is so "shocked" that he could only "pretend" to listen to Kyousuke's argument. He does not have an obligation to listen to Kyousuke, and he knows that. He punched his own son, believing he could. If he wanted to punch Kyousuke for threating his own father, then he would have done so. Likewise, if the father did not want to listen or believe Kyousuke's argument, then he could have refused to talk face to face -- so why didn't the father refuse? Because he chose not to refuse.
The father chose to listen to Kyousuke's argument, knowing that he is not forced or obligated to. Knowing that the father is and always has been in control, there is nothing to suggest that he was "shocked" to see Kyousuke grab his collar. His facial expression did not show it, and there was no change in his tone until after Kyousuke claimed ownship of the eroge. As such, there is no evidence to prove that the father would blatantly tell a lie. We have to take what he said at face value.
|2010-10-30, 14:25
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Do you honestly not know why I brought up farts ? Because they, like erotic fantasies, are natural and something we're all too familiar with, yet it's still embarrassing to admit you have them and they're thought to be inapproriate in most situations.
You're just grasping at straws here.
Most semantic arguments I've seen fail to offer anything cogent at all, and this seems to be one of them.
There is a certain amount of irony here. You keep assuming he was condemning all anime and made no effort to understand there's actually the distinction between that game and, say, various kinds of 'socially acceptable' anime. Did ep 3 tell us anything about that ? No, it's just some theory you cooked up, and all you're doing is repeating it with enthusiasm, all he did was point at the incest game and condemn it/caled it worthless/(insert adjective)... It is you who made a hasty generalization about him (that he was referring to all anime), not him making a hasty generalization about all anime.
And that's what happens in real life if you try it on a very old-fashioned father in Asia. They are going to be shocked alright, if it's the first time you've ever done that. Then they are going to beat you (by instinct), ground you... but one thing is for sure: they're not going to agree to your request after that (unless you genuflect and make a solemn vow or something). Good luck with your new theory (which I've never heard of), perhaps you can have someone test it out in real life. I already know how it will turn out.
Only a reasonable father would not beat you up after that. But of course, for the sake of your theory, we've already assumed this father is unreasonable and irrational.
There is no connection. As I stated clearly, they have nothing to do with each other, Kirino's grades and the inherent nature of those games. I said it in the original post, and I repeat it now.
There is no connection. They are unrelated. Kirino's grades could be bad, or good. The games could be harmless, or worthless, or stupid, or whatever. Kirino's grades don't yet prove anything about those games. Playing those games doesn't immediately imply Kirino's grades would somehow be affected.
"Perhaps this argument is valid, you never know." <--- Not once did I say this. I asked a question. That if your results are good, does it mean your method was ? Obviously you can not draw any definite conclusion at all. Who is it to deny that your method sucked and there's a lot of room for improvement ? And yet who is it to deny you did everything in the best possible way ? Obviously there are ways to confirm that, but looking at the results is not how you do it. That's what "you never know" means, not "perhaps this argument is valid". The argument that "ok the results are good so your method was superb" is invalid, and that is exactly what I went to great lengths to tell you about.
"You never know, the could very well be a connection between her hobby and her grades." <-- My original reply was "If the end results are good does it mean your method was? You can never know, perhaps your method was inefficient and the results could have been much more stellar." And that's what I mean, word for word. Who is it to deny that your method sucked and there's a lot of room for improvement ? And yet who is it to deny you did everything in the best possible way ? I specifically said that to further illustrate that there was no connection (which is something I had said in the very same paragraph), that everything was within the realms of possibility and no definite conclusions could be made. For someone to understand that as "there could well be a connection" is beyond the realms of possiblity, or so I thought.
The father didn't refuse to get it. You're going off with your own theory. Kyousuke wasn't being unclear, he had just talked about those new friends before that. He wasn't even using a metaphor, or employing any kind of subtlety. There is no evidence to support your claim that the father deliberately refused to understand the pic was of Kirino and her otaku friends.
|2010-10-30, 20:36
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I guess you were brought up in the belief that erotic fantasies are ugly and unpleasant... my heartfelt condolences.
If there's any relation whatsoever between erotic fantasies and farts, then it's only that of opposites: while erotic fantasies are healthy and pleasant, farts are ugly and unpleasant.
If the father had continued to beat up Kyousuke, that would've meant that he still cared about him at least a bit and hoped that by beating him, he could get him back to normal.
His father however has already written him off as a lost cause which can't be helped anymore, not even if you beat him up or do anything else with him.
What makes the game so terribly bad is that there's nudity in it! Oh noes! And sexual themes! Everyone will turn into raging beasts if they see that!
What was that again with the "attention span of a goldfish"? Might be fitting there
Besides, declaring yourself as "the room" and everyone else who has a different opinion as "the last person left" is very egomanic - which is why I'm passing up on a further reply. This is going nowhere anyway
In case you can't read Japanese, which wouldn't surprise me... you do know how to use a search engine and look up the Japanese rating of eroge?
|2010-10-30, 21:58
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I think you and aeromono have discussed whatever idea you've had to death and are now finally starting to loop back to the beginning, so let's end this here and if anyone feels the need to debate anyone else's post point-by-point, please put it in spoiler tags so the wall of text doesn't make everyone
|2010-10-31, 04:36
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So I have a question : Did the father understand the picture was of Kirino and her new otaku friends that Kyousuke had mentioned just before that ? Or just the 'normal' ones somehow thrown into the discussion?
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Corey Hawkins scored a game-high 34 points, but visiting Long Beach State got 24 from James Ennis while surviving a last-second 3-point try from Ryan Howley that went in and out, as the 49ers edged UC Davis 77-76 in a Big West Conference men's basketball game before a soldout Pavilion Thursday in Davis.
The game was nationally televised on ESPN2, the first basketball game at The Pavilion to air on the network.
First-place Long Beach State, which was led by 24 points from Ennis and 21 from Tony Freeland, improved to 18-11 overall and 14-3 in the Big West. The victory clinched the Big West title outright for the 49ers.
The heart-breaking loss dropped UC Davis' record to a 14-15 and its league mark to 9-8.
UC Davis trailed 77-76 after forcing a shot-clock violation with 18 seconds remaining. The Aggies worked the clock down before guard Paolo Mancasolo penetrated and found Howley in the far corner for a three-point attempt. Howley, who finished with 12 points, saw his shot drop into the hoop and then out as time expired.
UC Davis trailed by as many as 13 points in the first half before battling back to just a 36-35 halftime deficit. The Aggies led by as many as seven in the second half.
Hawkins hit 12 of 19 shots, including a pair of treys, to finish with 34 points. He also led the Aggies with seven rebounds. Ryan Sypkens matched Howley with 12 points.
Guard Mike Caffey finished with 11 points for Long Beach State.
Women's basketball
The Long Beach State women's basketball team dropped a 59-50 decision to UC Santa Barbara in a day game at The Thunderdome in Santa Barbara.
LBSU (15-14, 8-9 Big West), which held a four-point lead at the half, struggled from the floor in the second period, going 6 of 23 and 1 for 10 from behind the arc. The 49ers finished the game with a 37.2 field goal percentage.
Sophomore Devin Hudson led the way with 13 points and 10 rebounds for her team-leading seventh double-double of the season. Sophomore Bianka Balthazar also tallied a game-high 14 points, while grabbing seven boards.
UC Santa Barbara (14-15, 10-7 Big West) struck first and the two teams traded baskets until Long Beach State went on an 11-2 run, capped by a free throw from Gabby Kaiser, to pull ahead 17-10 with 7:09 remaining. Balthazar sparked the rally with seven of the 49ers' 11 points.
The Gauchos responded with an 8-2 spurt to close the gap to one (21-20), but LBSU would go back on top by six following a Hudson layup and a 3-pointer from Lauren Spargo. The 49ers eventually took a 26-22 lead into the locker room.
Long Beach State shot 50 percent from the field and was 3 of 6 from 3-point range in the first half. Balthazar paced the team with 10 points, while Hudson had eight points and four rebounds.
UCSB got off to a quick start in the second period, scoring five straight points to take a 27-26 advantage. The home team continued on an 18-5 run to pull ahead 40-31 at the 9:33 mark. LBSU then came back with a 9-2 sprint, which ended with a three-point play by Balthazar, cutting the deficit to 42-40 with 6:44 left in the game.
The Gauchos wouldn't let up, however, and scored six unanswered to pull ahead 48-40 with 4:59 to play. They stayed out front by at least five the rest of the way. The 49ers were forced to foul down the stretch and UCSB emerged with the 59-50 victory.
UC Santa Barbara shot 43.4 percent from the field. Sweets Underwood registered a double-double with 12 points and 14 rebounds. Angelei Aguirre had a team-best 13 points and Nicole Nesbit totaled 12 points and eight assists.
With the loss, the best Long Beach State can finish in the Big West standings is fifth, which means it will be playing in the first round of the conference tournament Tuesday at the Bren Events Center in Irvine.
LBSU wraps up the regular season Saturday when it travels to Cal Poly for a 4 p.m. Big West showdown.
Sand volleyball
Long Beach State begins the second season of Sand Volleyball ranked second in the nation, coming off of the team's National Finals appearance one year ago in the inaugural season of Sand Volleyball. The 2013 campaign begins on Monday, as the 49ers host No. 4 Florida State and No. 6 UCLA on Monday.
The three teams will play in a round robin, with Long Beach State hosting UCLA at 11 a.m., followed by a neutral match at 1 p.m. between Florida State and the Bruins before a third dual match between the 49ers and the Seminoles in a rematch from the National Semifinals a year ago.
The 11 a.m. match marks the sand volleyball debut for UCLA, as the Bruins introduce their team in 2013, while both Florida State and Long Beach State were invited to the four-team AVCA National Championship as season ago.
The 49 ers enter the season ranked No. 2 in the country, based on the strength of the returning roster, which has all but one player returning from the national runners-up from 2012. That includes All-Americans Caitlin Ledoux and Tara Roenicke, who were one point away from capturing the pairs title last year.
Also returning for the 49ers are three other complete teams in Jocelyn Neely and Lauren Minkel, Tyler Jackson and Janisa Johnson, along with Delainey Aigner-Swesey and Libby Fontanilla. Chelsea Cabrajac, who was also invited to the National Pairs championship a year ago, will play with Bre Mackie to start the season., while Alex Reid and Erin Juley will press all teams for playing time.


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Concern that American stock markets have become more susceptible to split-second crashes due to computerization isn't supported by the data, a Securities and Exchange Commission official said.
Most "mini-flash crashes," a term sometimes applied when an individual U.S. stock briefly surges or plunges for no obvious reason, are the result of human errors, not broken software, said Gregg Berman, head of the SEC's Office of Analytics and Research.
Scrutiny of market disruptions increased in the wake of malfunctions including the flash crash of May 2010, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell almost 1,000 points in minutes before rebounding. In September, the Senate Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance and Investment held hearings on the impact of computerized trading amid concern algorithmic and high- frequency strategies are contributing to investor uncertainty.
"A popular meme has emerged that, taken collectively, sudden price spikes indicate a broken market" and may be harbingers of another crash like the one in 2010, Berman said in New York today at a conference sponsored by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association. Critics who blame everything on electronic trading "may be looking in the wrong place," he said.
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SEC staff found that swings in individual stocks are more often caused by human mistakes such as "fat finger" trades -- when a person enters the wrong number of shares to trade or some other typographical error -- or incorrectly entered limit orders, Berman said. While the errors reflect sloppiness and highlight a lack of checks, they can be fixed by better risk management and oversight, he said.
Berman, who trained as a physicist at Princeton University, was appointed to his SEC post in January. He joined the agency in 2009 from RiskMetrics Group and led the development of Midas, the SEC's system for examining the U.S. stock market.
Sudden stock swings have spurred fluctuations in the paper value of some of America's biggest companies. On May 17, shares of Anadarko Petroleum Corp., which had a market value of $45 billion at the time, briefly plunged 99 percent in the final minute of trading. Most of the transactions were later voided.
A week later, NYSE Euronext let stand trades that sent American Electric Power Co. and NextEra Energy Inc. down at least 54%, while labeling them "aberrant" and excluding them from records showing the stocks' lows of the day.
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Bradley's big day lifts Red Sox over YankeesBy ANDREW MERRITT
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BOSTON — Here's the kind of day Jackie Bradley Jr. had Sunday: When a reporter asked him to talk about his big hit, he needed clarification: "Which one?"
The reporter was asking about Bradley's two-out, two-run triple to center-field in the second inning.
"Oh, that one," Bradley said with a smile.
"That one" put the Boston Red Sox ahead of the New York Yankees early, and they never looked back en route to a 5-1 victory at Fenway Park.
"I got ahead in the count, a 2-0 fastball that I was able to handle," said Bradley of the hit that brought Xander Bogaerts and Sandy Leon across the plate for a 2-0 lead. "Put some good barrel on it, and it was really big to get those runs early."
They were the first two of three runs driven in by Bradley, who added a two-out single in the sixth to score Mitch Moreland.
Bradley's heroics and a lock-down performance by the Boston bullpen gave the Red Sox the rubber match of the teams' three-game series, extending their lead over the Yankees in the American League East to five games.
Rick Porcello (8-14) picked up the win, allowing one run on three hits in six innings of work with four strikeouts and three walks. It's the fourth straight win for Porcello, bringing him to 4-4 since the All-Star break.
"Nothing in particular was really on fire," Porcello said. "The walks were a little concerning, but we were able to pitch out of it, and I can't say enough the way our offense battled. They really grinded their starter down, did a (heck) of a job, and we were able to put those runs across late in the game. To get him up over 100 pitches through five innings was huge."
Sonny Gray (7-8) went five innings and allowed two runs, both earned, on seven hits with two walks in his fourth start as a Yankee. He departed with the Yankees down 2-1, but the New York bullpen fell flat, allowing four runs on five hits.
The Red Sox stretched Gray early, forcing him to throw 20 pitches in each of the first three innings.
"I think today was just a product of them putting in good at-bats," Yankee manager Joe Girardi said.
Gray was mostly able to avoid any damage on the scoreboard save for the second inning, when Bradley smoked his two-out triple into the center-field triangle to bring Bogaerts and Leon home for a 2-0 lead.
"I just continued to battle and battle and obviously it didn't turn out in my favor," Gray said. "They had the one big hit: Jackie, I left a 2-0 pitch up."
Porcello was mostly sharp early, before issuing back-to-back walks in the fourth inning. He escaped that trouble by inducing a fly ball from Todd Frazier and striking out Tyler Austin.
Bradley's offense gave Porcello a cushion, and he helped his pitcher out in the field as well. Didi Gregorious led off the sixth inning by swinging on the first pitch he saw from Porcello, and he sent it seemingly destined for the gap in right-center. Instead, Bradley tracked it down and made the catch without even having to leave his feet.
"Jackie's been phenomenal, swinging the bat today and giving us three RBIs, giving us a big double and a big lift defensively," Porcello said. "That ball that Didi hit into the gap, I mean, I was on the mound and he caught it standing up, he tracked it down, and I thought for sure that ball was going to be down for at least a double. Jackie's the best I've seen in center field. He's phenomenal."
The Yankees finally got to Porcello in the fifth when Brett Gardner, using Fenway Park's unique dimensions, snaked a shot just past the right-field foul pole for a solo home run, cutting the Boston lead to 2-1.
The Yankees' offense effectively shut down from there, as Boston pitching didn't allow another baserunner the rest of the way. Red Sox relievers Brandon Workman, Addison Reed and Craig Kimbrel retired the final nine Yankee hitters in order.
"We have a lot of really good arms out there," Workman said. "It seems like everybody's capable of getting big outs, everybody's throwing the ball well this year, and everybody's got big arms out there."
Gray departed after five innings, which ended his AL-best streak of nine straight starts (including six with Oakland) of at least six innings and two or fewer earned runs allowed.
With Gray gone, Bradley added another RBI to extend the Red Sox lead to 3-1 in the sixth inning, bringing home Mitch Moreland with a two-out single off of Adam Warren.
Aroldis Chapman made his first appearance since surrendering two runs in the eighth inning of Friday's come-from-behind Red Sox win. Chapman, who was effectively demoted out of the closer's spot by manager Joe Girardi after Friday's game, entered in the sixth and retired four batters, walking one and striking out Rafael Devers with Mookie Betts looming at third base to end the seventh inning.
"When you go out there to pitch, you have to have the same mentality," Chapman said through a translator. "I had the same mentality. The only difference is that I went into the game a little earlier."
The Red Sox tacked on two more runs in the eighth, when Leon ripped a double off of Tommy Kahnle into the right field corner to score Bogaerts and Moreland.
NOTES: After the game, the Yankees optioned RHP Bryan Mitchell to AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. ... The Red Sox announced that LHP Drew Pomeranz will throw a bullpen session today, and is on track to make his scheduled start Wednesday in Cleveland, after leaving Friday's game in the fourth inning with back spasms. ...
Yankees RHP Masahiro Tanaka had an on-field throwing session before Sunday's game. Tanaka was placed on the 10-day disabled list retroactive to Aug. 10 with shoulder inflammation, but is scheduled to start Tuesday's game in Detroit. He also threw a bullpen session at Fenway Park on Friday. ...
Red Sox INF Eduardo Nunez did not start Sunday, marking his first non-start since the trade that brought him from San Francisco to Boston on July 26, a span of 19 games. ...
RF Aaron Judge continued to struggle against the Red Sox, going 0-for-4 and extending his major league record streak to 37 straight games with at least one strikeout.


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During this in-between weather, we're cuddling up in scarves one minute, buying $4 umbrellas (and breaking them immediately) the next, and yes, even wearing shorts every once in a while. So, ever the optimists, we decided to take the reins on shorts season by claiming we're nearly there (we are)! And what better way to prove it than by rounding up 15 awesome printed alternatives to mix in with your old faithfuls? Obviously, floral denim is blooming brightly for spring, so why should your legs wilt for summer? Indeed, there's no better way to reintroduce your stems to the sun than by stepping it up with bottoms as eye-catching as your impending tan. Yes, we said tan. See? This is so much more fun than talking about rain boots.


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EHR Vendor as ACO
John Lynn is the Founder of the HealthcareScene.com blog network which currently consists of 10 blogs containing over 8000 articles with John having written over 4000 of the articles himself. These EMR and Healthcare IT related articles have been viewed over 16 million times. John also manages Healthcare IT Central and Healthcare IT Today, the leading career Health IT job board and blog. John is co-founder of InfluentialNetworks.com and Physia.com. John is highly involved in social media, and in addition to his blogs can also be found on Twitter: @techguy and @ehrandhit and LinkedIn.
When I was doing my interview with Dr. Jonathan Bertman and John Mooney about the Pri-Med acquisition of Amazing Charts, Jonathan Bertman made a really interesting comment that stuck with me. I asked him how he thought that Amazing Charts would do in this world of hospitals acquiring medical practices. He said that they were evaluated the environment, but then he suggested something that I'd never heard suggested before.
He said that he was considering the idea of whether Amazing Charts could act as an ACO for its members. You could tell that this was an idea that hadn't been fleshed out completely. Although, I found it a concept that was really interesting to consider. Could an EHR vendor act as an ACO for the doctors that use their EHR?
The key question to me is really whether an EHR vendor has enough adoption of their EHR in a given area to be able to create an ACO. I imagine an EHR vendor like MEDENT that has only focused on selling their EHR in about 5 states could have enough geographically focused EHR adoption to be able to support the ACO model.
I've heard a number of small practice doctors call their colleagues to action when it comes to ACOs. Their call usually includes a reminder to the days of HMO's when they claimed that doctors weren't part of the conversation and that they can't let the same thing happen with ACOs. Could an EHR vendor help to bring all these small practices to the ACO bargaining table? Seems like an interesting idea worth exploring to me.


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Facebook (NYSE:FB) added another notch to its belt last week when it surpassed one billion monthly active users.
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But does it really matter?
In just two years the social network doubled the number of people who visit its site regularly, from 500 million in 2010, a major milestone that once again solidifies Facebook's leadership in the market.
But as the company struggles to monetize that number and perfect its ad platform -- and with daily active users remaining closer to half that -- questions continue to loom over how valuable that rapidly growing number really is and whether Facebook can maintain the pace.
The Menlo Park, Calif.-based company has also been criticized for overstating the number of people that frequently visit its site, and Facebook has even admitted that there are "inherent challenges in measuring usage."
The tech behemoth in security filings from June estimated that duplicate accounts, or those opened by a user in addition to their principal account, represented 4.8% of its worldwide monthly active users as of June 30, while user-misclassified accounts, or those opened for a business or non-human entity like a pet, made up 2.4%. What Facebook calls "undesirable accounts," or those that violate its terms of service such as spamming, represented 1.5% of monthly active users.
That's to say that if a total of 7.7% of its accounts are what Facebook referred to as duplicates or false in June when the social network had a total of 955 million active users, more than 73.5 million would have been things like pets, spam or duplicates, whose creators and operators are for the most part not consuming Facebook ads.
"If they aren't actually on Facebook, it doesn't do you any good," said Rob Enderle, principle analyst at the Enderle Group who covers the tech industry. "A lot of users don't even access the site, aren't consuming the advertising on there, and I think that's a bigger problem."
Facebook declined to comment for this story.
Much of the critical analysis against Facebook's user numbers emerged when it was gutted ahead of its market debut, and many groups have since tried to debunk them.
"Facebook's definition of 'active user' was very aggressive and it was the realization that it was overstated that partially fueled their decline in valuation," Enderle said. "The people who are generating money for Facebook are the ones that are actually consuming the advertising."
The company's market cap has tumbled to $47 billion from its lofty valuation of $104 billion at the Silicon Valley giant's May IPO.
At the same time, following months of criticism over the real value of its ads platform, Mark Zuckerberg's social network has started warming up to advertisers, and the bulls say that hard work should start to pay off.
Ads via promotional and sponsored stories have started to creep into user News Feeds, particularly on Facebook's quickly-expanding mobile platform where they take up a good portion of the screen, and continue to become more targeted.
On Friday, an analyst from J.P. Morgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) reiterated his upbeat stance on Facebook's advertising potential, and others seem to agree.
"I still think they have a good long-term story," said Roger Kay, president and founder of Endpoint Technologies. "It's a work in progress, the monetization of Facebook, but there's little danger that users will abandon the platform."
With that in mind, the overstated number of users seems far less important than the value the company could potentially generate from the users that do engage actively on Facebook and regularly see ads.
And while some have questioned whether Facebook will be able to maintain the light-speed pace of its growth, SocialBakers CEO Jaz Rezab, whose company is one of the top sources for Facebook analytics, remains very bullish on the trajectory of Facebook's growth, estimating the social network's monthly active user base could hit 1.5 billion by the end of next year.
If the company's exponential growth continues along with its ability to better target ads, Facebook could become a very dangerous adversary to Google (NASDAQ:GOOG), overshadowing the argument over its fluky user numbers.
"I think their model is genius -- they just haven't scaled it yet," Rezab said.
Either way, the one-billion figure carries a certain prestigious feel that may settle in the psyche of advertisers and chief marketing officers. As Rezab notes, one billion people is "quite a significant portion of the Internet," and that's true whether a majority of those people are clicking on Facebook ads or not.
"The fact they passed a billion is significant," Kay said. "Who else has a billion of anything?"


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PATEROS Mayoral candidate Libby Harrison is edging Mayor Gail Howe by one vote in the general election, according to the most recent results released Friday.
After reviewing and counting ballots that had been flagged for questionable signatures, Harrison's tally was bumped to 72 votes to Howe's 71.
"It's not certified yet," Howe said. "It won't be certified until (next) Tuesday. There could be some straggler ballots still coming in."
Harrison said she didn't have any comment Monday morning, but previously said that if elected she hopes to talk with residents about the direction they'd like to see the town go.
In another close race, Elmer City mayoral candidate Gail Morin is leading incumbent Mary Jo Carey by two votes, 44-42.
Although Morin was just one vote ahead on Nov. 8, Carey conceded the race. After 10 years serving in local government, she said she's ready to move on and wished Morin luck.
Neither race qualifies for an automatic recount at this point, Okanogan County Certified Election Administrator Mila Jury said.
The minimum threshold for a recount is less than half of 1 percent difference between the candidates, she said.
Auditor Laurie Thomas said some signatures don't match up because, for example, the voter's signature has changed as he or she has gotten older. She said one woman signed a different name, noting that she may have gotten married.
The county has to notify voters three times if their signatures don't match, Thomas said.
The Okanogan County Canvass Board met Friday morning to review the uncounted ballots. The board will meet again next Tuesday, when election results will be certified.
If either race were to end in a tie, the Canvass Board would set a date and time to do a hand recount, Jury said. The last step following a recount, if there's still a tie, is to determine the winner by lot.
"We usually flip a coin," Jury said.
A third close mayoral race in Brewster has incumbent Lee Webster ahead of his challenger, David Smith Jr., by 10 votes. As of Friday, the count remained at 104-94.
Howe said with new mayors being elected in Okanogan County, it could affect the new public transportation system, which was approved by the voters.
"It concerns me regarding the transportation board," she said. "Practically every mayor who is (a representative) on that board will be brand new… and the next steps are not going to be easy."
Voters are approving a four-tenths of 1 percent sales tax increase to pay for the new system, which will be implemented and overseen by the Okanogan County Transit Authority.
The board of directors includes outgoing mayors Michael Blake, of Okanogan, and Dave Acheson, of Winthrop; and former Twisp Councilman Clay Hill.
Howe also serves on the board.
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Time helps change perspective of analysts on MGM Resorts25 March 2014
Murren spent roughly 40 minutes answering questions from clients of the international investment firm concerning MGM Resorts' development projects in the U.S. and Macau. He provided an upbeat forecast on the business prospects for both MGM Resorts and the gaming industry in 2014.
At the end of the session, J.P. Morgan gaming analyst Joe Greff, who moderated the discussion, made a perceptive observation: Not one person in the room posed a single question about MGM Resorts' balance sheet.
Six years ago, MGM Resorts' financial status would have dominated the meeting.
Murren, 52, took over MGM Resorts in 2008, just as the recession was taking hold of Las Vegas and the gaming industry. The casino operator was then a year out from opening the company's massive $8.5 billion CityCenter development.
Evaporating credit markets and cost over-runs pushed the CityCenter project to the brink of a bankruptcy shutdown. Murren said at the time that MGM Resorts — the city's largest casino operator with nearly 10 Strip properties — would have followed the unfinished development right into Chapter 11.
Murren, the company's financial and legal executives, and countless advisers pulled the largest-ever privately financed development out of the abyss. CityCenter opened in December 2009, and MGM Resorts spent the next five years rebuilding its corporate financial structure.
The setting for the investment conference was not lost on Murren. Mandarin Oriental was a key piece of CityCenter.
Outside the ballroom, Murren said he is able to gaze out on CityCenter and watch visitors enter the complex via the Strip. Inside, he was able to "have a very constructive conversation with the financial community, as opposed to the very stressful and contentious conversations we were having in 2008 and 2009."
MGM Resorts' stock price is nearing levels unseen by investors since before the recession. Shares are up roughly 104 percent in the past 12 months.
The company's long-term debt of $13 billion is considered manageable by Wall Street, as several refinancing steps over the past 18 months lowered interest rates and extended maturities.
"MGM has the most upside potential of any gaming operator in our coverage," Macquarie Securities gaming analyst Chad Beynon said last week.
Union Gaming Group analyst Robert Shore said he remains "highly constructive" when it comes to the company's financial picture.
MGM Resorts has some $5 billion in new casino-resorts and nongaming developments in the pipeline in Las Vegas, Maryland, Massachusetts and Macau. Several handicappers have listed MGM Resorts as one of the favorites to land a possible gaming license in Japan, a market some say will become the world's No. 2 gaming revenue producer behind Macau.
Longtime MGM Resorts investors try to forget the dark times.
Newer stockholders only eye the future.
The past is something Murren wants to remember.
"It would be wrong to say we have forgotten how difficult it was. It's something that is seared in our minds," Murren said in an hourlong interview in his Bellagio office last week.
The conversation covered topics ranging from the company's financial turnaround to political and social issues facing the gaming industry.
Murren and his corporate team like to look back on 2008 and 2009 because the past keeps them grounded. Murren admits he and others in the company "made mistakes" during that time.
"It's something we think about as managers all the time," Murren said. "We've had some wins as a company; but because we experienced such a harrowing time, it tempers our enthusiasm and keeps us from getting overconfident."
Two of the U.S. gaming industry's newest development opportunities landed with MGM Resorts.
In Maryland, the company won a two-year process to build the state's sixth and final casino. MGM Resorts is now planning a nearly $1 billion hotel-casino property in the National Harbor complex in suburban Prince George's County, roughly 12 miles across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C.
Murren said MGM Resorts will begin construction in June and plans to open in July 2016.
"It's an aggressive timetable; but if we do this correctly, MGM National Harbor will be the most profitable commercial casino outside of Las Vegas," Murren said.
MGM Resorts is in the final stages of securing the lone gaming license in western Massachusetts. The company proposed an $800 million hotel-casino in Springfield 18 months ago. Since then, MGM Resorts has won approval in a community referendum and has been found suitable by state gaming regulators.
It is the only bidder left in western Massachusetts and the project awaits formal licensing by the state. A potential ballot question that could throw out Massachusetts' gaming legislation appears to be the only hurdle.
The two northeastern U.S. projects also give MGM Resorts a way to attract still more visitors to its popular Las Vegas properties.
Murren said MGM Resorts found through market studies and its MLife customer rewards system that regional casino customers in Detroit and Mississippi use their points and credits to visit MGM Grand, The Mirage, Mandalay Bay and Bellagio on the Strip.
"This is really an opportunity to cross-market our properties with Las Vegas," Murren said.
The recent victories also signal an end to MGM Resorts' troubles in New Jersey.
The company surrendered its Atlantic City gaming license in 2010 after regulators said Hong Kong businesswoman Pansy Ho, the casino operator's Macau business partner, was unsuitable. Her father, billionaire casino kingpin Stanley Ho is accused of having connections to organized crime triads.
MGM Resorts is seeking to be re-licensed in Atlantic City, where it still owns half of the Borgata and remains one of the city's largest landowners.
"I expect to be relicensed in New Jersey," Murren said. "I feel we have laid out a case that is effective, complete and a has very compelling point view as to why we should be found as a qualified operator."
The company also has ideas that can help Atlantic City, he said.
With National Harbor, Springfield and Atlantic City prospects looking up, the company for now is done with domestic expansion, Murren said. MGM Resorts won't be on the leading edge to push casino legalization in markets such as Florida.
"We're not interested in looking at maybes and what-ifs," Murren said. "If something happens, however, we'll evaluate it."
Unlike Maryland and Massachusetts, Las Vegas is a different development story for MGM Resorts.
On the Strip, MGM Resorts is actively remodeling its older resorts, creating new room designs and adding attractions. The Hotel next to Mandalay Bay, for example, will become the Delano Las Vegas this summer.
"The company is making market-share gains from re-programming properties," said Union Gaming's Shore. But its biggest expense has nothing to do with gaming.
MGM Resorts is creating a $100 million outdoor plaza connecting New York-New York and the Monte Carlo with shops, dining and entertainment. The center of the development is a 2-acre park leading into the company's planned $350 million, 20,000-seat sports arena and events center.
Murren expects to make additional announcements concerning the plaza area in April and to host a ground-breaking for the arena in May.
He admits investors might scoff at parts of the plaza, such as outdoor benches and walkways. He also said his insistence on custom-made cobblestones has led to some within the company to nickname the materials, "Jim's d-blank pavers."
But with the weather warming up, Murren said the company's casinos are already seeing benefits from the development.
"We created this urban experience, and the traffic generated will accrue to the benefit of the neighborhood," Murren said. "And we own the neighborhood."
Murren said plans are being drawn up to create a similar outdoor pedestrian plaza and patio experience from Excalibur south to Mandalay Bay.
"This is the way people live today and consume," Murren said. "We're embracing and creating that experience."
Of the three Nevada casino companies that operate in Macau, MGM Resorts has the smallest presence with just one casino, the MGM Macau. That will change in 2016 with the opening of the $2.9 billion MGM Cotai.
Still, MGM Resorts has been able to grab its share of the region's $45.2 billion in annual gaming revenue. This month alone, the company's MGM China subsidiary awarded $628 million in quarterly and special dividends. Through its 51 percent ownership stake, MGM Resorts brought $320 million in dividends home to Las Vegas.
"Macau will continue to grow," Murren said, adding that just 1 percent of the Chinese population has visited the market.
He said ongoing infrastructure developments all help Macau, including airport expansion, a light rail system, an 18-mile bridge connecting Macau with Hong Kong, and high-speed rail between Chinese cities.
"The force of nature and will of a country as large as China is hard to overestimate," Murren said, predicting the market will produce annual gaming revenue of $60 billion to $70 billion in the next five years.
But Las Vegas and the company's growing business around the United States will always be the focus, Murren said.
"I'm not a Chinese company. I'm an American company based here, in Las Vegas. We're going to try and tackle many major issues for years to come."
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The Boston Red Sox reassigned SS Xander Bogaerts, INF Jonathan Diaz and 2B Drew Sutton to minor league camp Monday, March 25.
Fantasy Tip: Bogaerts is the best fantasy option of the the three, but with Jose Iglesias in the mix to back up Stephen Drew if necessary this year, it probably won't be until next year or later when you can consider Bogaerts a viable commodity in anything other than keeper leagues.
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|Red Sox | Non-roster invitees announced
Sat, 09 Feb 2013 08:56:03 -0800
The Boston Red Sox have announced that the following 19 players will participate in major league spring training camp as non-roster invitees: Ps Pedro Beato, Christopher Carpenter, Anthony Carter, Jose De La Torre, Terry Doyle, Chris Hernandez and Oscar Villarreal, INFs Xander Bogaerts, Jonathan Diaz, Mark Hamilton, Justin Henry, Deven Marrero, Lyle Overbay and Drew Sutton and OFs Jackie Bradley, Jeremy Hazelbaker, Juan Carlos Linares, Mitch Maier and Ryan Sweeney.
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|Red Sox | Drew Sutton signs
Tue, 04 Dec 2012 09:46:05 -0800
The Boston Red Sox signed free-agent INF Drew Sutton (Pirates) to a minor league deal Monday, Dec. 3.
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|Pirates | Two players opt for free agency
Sat, 06 Oct 2012 10:10:00 -0700
Pittsburgh Pirates minor league INF Drew Sutton and RP Evan Meek have opted to become free agents.
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|Pirates | Drew Sutton outrighted
Tue, 07 Aug 2012 06:24:22 -0700
The Pittsburgh Pirates outrighted SS Drew Sutton to Triple-A Indianapolis.
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|Pirates | One in, one out
Tue, 31 Jul 2012 11:53:37 -0700
The Pittsburgh Pirates recalled RP Daniel McCutchen from Triple-A Indianapolis and designated INF Drew Sutton for assignment.
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|Pirates | Drew Sutton back in leadoff spot
Fri, 29 Jun 2012 16:11:45 -0700
Pittsburgh Pirates INF Drew Sutton his leadoff for the second straight day Friday, June 29, and manager Clint Hurdle plans to try him out atop the lineup. "We're going to give him an opportunity right now, but I'm not going to back away from getting either (Alex) Presley or (Jose) Tabata involved as well," Hurdle said. "Our team, as it's built right now, we've got to use everybody appropriately. Drew is getting on base and giving us good at-bats."
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|Pirates | Roster moves
Tue, 26 Jun 2012 17:13:13 -0700
The Pittsburgh Pirates designated RP Daniel Moskos for assignment Tuesday, June 26. INF Matt Hague was also optioned to Triple-A Indianapolis. RP Doug Slaten was sent to Triple-A Indianapolis to make room for INF Drew Sutton.
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|Pirates | Drew Sutton to join team
Mon, 25 Jun 2012 12:03:00 -0700
Pittsburgh Pirates INF Drew Sutton will join the major league roster this week. He can play all infield positions and the corner outfield spots.
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|Pirates | Drew Sutton claimed off waivers
Sun, 24 Jun 2012 09:45:32 -0700
The Pittsburgh Pirates have claimed INF Drew Sutton off waivers from the Tampa Bay Rays.
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Stiller premieres 'Walter Mitty' at NY Film Fest
NEW YORK (AP) — With its playful mingling of fantasy and reality, James Thurber's beloved short story "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" has seemed the stuff of movies since its initial publication in 1939.
But it has proved a tough nut to crack, having been made into an unloved 1947 film with Danny Kaye that Thurber himself decried and having led to numerous attempts that fizzled before they got started.
Whether Ben Stiller has finally succeeded was greeted as a matter of debate.
Stiller premiered his contemporary version of "Walter Mitty" at the New York Film Festival on Saturday. The film screened for press and film industry members ahead of its evening red carpet premiere at Lincoln Center. The centerpiece of the NYFF, it was a hometown launch for the New York-native Stiller, whose film is also set in the Big Apple.
While the festival platform offered a prestigious debut for "Walter Mitty," the movie started on rocky ground with critics. The film, which Stiller directed and stars in, was met by decidedly mixed reviews that partly diffused the assumed Oscar hopes of the film. 20th Century Fox will release the movie in the heart of awards season on Dec. 25.
Stiller stars as Mitty, a daydreaming Life magazine photo editor ("a negative asset manager" is his official title) who's uneventful, workaday life is contrasted by his vivid imagination. When the magazine is bought and moved online, Mitty is forced to pursue an intrepid photographer (Sean Penn) and grow closer to a colleague he's long admired from afar (Kristen Wiig).
In one memorable dream sequence, he imagines a reverse-aging future like "Benjamin Button," another hard-to-adapt short story from the early 20th century. But his flights of fantasy gradually give way to actual adventures in Greenland, Iceland and the Himalayas.
Stiller wrestled over balancing the story's many daydreaming sequences throughout the process, he said in a Q&A following the screening Saturday.
"When you have fantasies that stop the story, an audience naturally wants to see the story unfold," said Stiller, who previously directed the comedies "Zoolander" and "Tropic Thunder." ″So it's very challenging to keep the momentum going and have the fantasies play out."
"Originally, we had envisioned these much more elaborate fantasies that went on a lot longer," he continued. "As we developed the script and worked on the script, we realized that we had to keep paring them down. That process sort of continued through the editing of the movie, finding that balance of how you could keep the momentum of the story going, but also having enough of the fantasies in there to give you a sense of what's going on inside Walter and just have fun."
Some more elaborate daydreams had to be cut before production started. One began in the mold of "Lawrence of Arabia" before culminating in a song-and-dance routine from "Grease," Stiller said.
"I don't know why we cut that," said Stiller, before remembering the hard realities of a shooting budget. "It was money, basically."
Follow AP Film Writer Jake Coyle on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/jake_coyle


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The STIHL Inc. "Caring for Nature" seal identifies its powered products that are more environmentally conscious, producing zero or low exhaust emissions. STIHL Inc. defines "low exhaust emissions" as being cleaner than EPA and/or CARB exhaust emission standards.
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Toolless fuel and oil caps with retainers
Simply lift the lever and twist the caps to remove or tighten. There's no need to use a tool to tighten or loosen.
Side-Access Chain Tensioner
The side-access chain tensioner makes it much more convenient for the user to adjust the saw chain with a bar wrench as opposed to the typical location of the guide bar adjustment screw.
Decompression Valve
The decompression valve, also referred to as 'deco' or 'deco valve', vents compression in the cylinder for easier starting. The decompression valve temporarily reduces the compression in the combustion chamber during cranking and helps reduce the effort needed to pull the starter rope. It is opened manually and closes automatically as soon as the engine fires.
Standard Features
Common Features for Chainsaws
View the features common to many STIHL chainsaws.
Important Information
STIHL recommends the use of green reduced kickback bars and green low kickback chains on all STIHL chainsaws.
STIHL products sold through U.S. STIHL Dealers are for distribution in the United States only.
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Woodsman Chainsaw Carrying CaseWoodsman carrying case. Unique, removable bar scabbard has built-in tool holders to carry tools to the cutting site. Fits MS 170 to MS 460 M with 20" bar.
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Performance Zip Chaps - 6 Layer
The Performance Zip Chaps - 6 Layer provides a full wrap-around protection for a user's lower leg area and are made to stand up to daily wear and tear. The outer material is crafted from durable orange Cordura® nylon fabric, an all-weather material used in a range of premium outerwear brands. Inside, the chaps feature six layers of Avertic® Pro by Engtex® cut retardant material, designed to reduce the risk or severity of injury in the event of contact with the rotating saw chain on a gasoline-powered chainsaw. For extra convenience, the chaps feature rows of zippers that run along the entire inseam of the chap, helping to ensure a comfortable fit that is easy to put on and/or remove. Visit our Dealership to see these chaps in person.
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STIHL Pro Mark™ Dynamic Protective GlovesDurable and hardworking, STIHL Pro Mark™ Dynamic Gloves deliver professional-grade hand protection. The palm and inner fingers are made of full grain tanned leather, so you can work with comfort without sacrificing a firm hold. Featuring multiple layers of cut-retardant materials – Avertic™ Pro and Dyneema fabrics by Engtex® – these gloves will help deliver protection without compromising the dexterity you need while operating a chainsaw. Accented with an orange rip-stop nylon backing, these dynamic gloves offer style and protection. Water repellant, breathable and featuring a Velcro wrist closure, STIHL Pro Mark™ Dynamic Gloves are as ready for the woods as you.
Forestry Helmet SystemAdjustable hearing protection. Epoxy-coated full face screen. Tough ABS hard hat meets ANSI Z89.1-2003 Type 1 Class G. All parts are replaceable.
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Ideal for felling, firewood cutting and storm cleanup, this mid-range chainsaw features a low-emission engine that reduces fuel consumption by up to 10% compared to previous models. The new air filtration system requires fewer filter changes and allows for longer run times.


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Bachelor Pad returns on July 23 on ABC! Which The Bachelor and The Bachelorette rejects will get a second (third, fourth, fifth) chance at finding true love on reality TV? Ha, only if you're Holly Durst and Blake Julian. More than likely, this ego-heavy cast is more interested in hooking up and collecting the cash prize of $250,000. Not that there's anything wrong with that. I like my TV to be dirty and not too deep.
New twist this season – six hand-selected super fans of the franchise will join the Bachelor Pad fun. Fresh meat!!
Perhaps one of the most self-absorbed contestants is none other than Emily Maynard's pariah Kalon McMahon. Kalon, the luxury brand consultant whose preferred mode of transportation is a helicopter, got himself kicked to the curb this week after referring to Emily's daughter as budget-basement baggage. The comment brought out Emily's West Virginia hood rat backwoods side, which is the most exciting thing to happen all season. If Kalon can bring personality out of Emily, I'm all for his presence on the Bachelor Pad!


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8:30 a.m., Oct. 21
McP's Pub in Coronado, a popular hangout for Navy SEALs, is packed with Marines. With only two women in a bar filled with nearly 70 men, they are having what bartender Tom Latona refers to as a "weenie roast." The Marines are recruiting officers from all the states west of the Mississippi River, visiting San Diego for a recruiter's conference.
Since September 11, Latona has noticed one difference in the mood of the sailors who frequent the pub. "They finally get to go to the party. All they do is practice, and now they're going to the game."
Colonel Bob Kuhlow, a recruiter from San Diego's MCRD and chief of staff for the western recruiting region, says that there has been little change since 9/11. In spite of the current epidemic of flag-waving, Kuhlow measures patriotism by the willingness to put one's life on the line. "It's been pretty stable. The flags are all on the surface. We're looking for commitment. The guys in this establishment are some of the best guys that we have — some of the best majors. We've pulled our best-quality guys out because we believe quality begets quality. We're looking for quality individuals, and that's all we have here. In another year or two, these guys could be in Afghanistan — they could be anywhere. Right now, their primary job is to keep the long-term strength of the Marine Corps strong."
McP's owner, Greg McPartlin, a former Navy SEAL, has spoken with sailors who have been in Afghanistan, including SEALs, and is disappointed with the attitude he sees in the media. "I'm flabbergasted that our country is not doing more to let the world know what kind of people the Taliban and al Qaeda fighters actually are. You're hearing these complaints about the prisoners at Guantánamo Bay, that they don't have two pillows or three squares a day or can't pray with their turban on."
For McPartlin, the alleged woes of al Qaeda prisoners pale in comparison to the dangers American soldiers face in Afghanistan. "Several weeks ago, there was a story about a SEAL that supposedly fell out of a helicopter. His name was Neil Roberts. The helicopter took a few hits. He flipped out of the helicopter. They rolled out, the helicopter had to do an emergency landing, and they didn't know he was gone for a while. He hid himself between the rocks until the emergency rescue team realized he was gone and went in to rescue him. He exposed himself to two machine-gun nests and killed [a lot of] bad guys before he was out of ammo and had to surrender. He knew his rescuers were going to be suckered into an ambush, so that's why he got up and exposed himself. He stood there with his hands up and they captured him." (According to Naval Special Warfare Command's public affairs department, an inquiry into the specific details surrounding Roberts's death is still ongoing.)
Besides what he sees as "media bias," what really miffs McPartlin is the double standard he perceives among the Arab nations and American indiffence. "Have you heard any apology for 9/11? No one from the Muslim world has apologized. All we gotta do is go over there and tell them, 'You now have 30 days to convert to Christianity, because this is now the United States of Saudi Arabia and the United States of Iraq!' Without being facetious like that, why did it take something like 9/11 to wake us up? It takes something like that to make us realize that we are vulnerable. That's the price we pay for living in a free society, right? If these guys are getting visas four months after they're dead, then there's something wrong somewhere!"
What's wrong, according to McPartlin, is what he sees as a flawed view by "liberals in the media" who don't understand the high cost of winning the war against terrorism. "We don't want Big Brother putting little chips in the back of our heads, but we sure as hell don't want the general public to criticize our military because of the tactics they're using to win this war. They recently captured the number-two guy to bin Laden, and they ask [Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld] how he planned to extract information from him. Now, why is that even a matter for discussion?"
As a veteran of three tours in Vietnam, McPartlin says that war's military interrogation techniques were exaggerated, with tales of torture that were untrue. "Remember those stories about throwing Vietcong from helicopters? What they would do is this: You have a wounded Vietcong and a dead Vietcong in the helicopter. You go over to the dead Vietcong and start yelling at him, and when he doesn't answer, you flip him out of the helicopter. Then the other guy is going to talk fast."
When asked about the morale of the men who have been in Afghanistan, McPartlin shows off some of the posters and flyers that adorn his pub's walls. There's a large photo of hundreds of people in the formation of a U.S. flag that reads, "San Diego Unites." Besides the photos of ships and fighter jets, there are political cartoons, many of them mocking men in turbans. There are also patriotic posters and obituaries of men who died in battle.
To McPartlin, this war seems more treacherous than Vietnam. "It's so open out there that you don't use a lot of hand-to-hand combat on the ground. But in Vietnam, they didn't have kamikaze Vietcong. These people don't care if they die. That's the scariest enemy you can ever have, because if he kills you, he gets brownie points, and if you kill him, he goes right to heaven. That's their attitude, and it's very scary. Look what's happened. You can walk into a cave to check things out, and they can have a detonator and boom! They don't care if they get taken out."


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One - U2
U2's One is a song that has been assumed to mean many things. Some say it is a song about being rejected by the church, some say it is about a man coming out to his father, and others view it as a song about the entire world coming together. Whatever you take the meaning to be, U2's One is in a class of its own. Few songs can plumb the depths of religious imagery with such vivid accuracy, and do it without coming across as over the top. While the song is full of righteous anger, the underlying sympathy and sweetness makes it into the powerful listen that it has come to be. Outside of its content, the song is credited with keeping the band together during a period of creative stagnation. The band knew how special the song would be when it first came together, and they haven't ever looked back from that.
-S. Russ