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Fight mars final minutes of MC-Howard game
Published 6:45 pm, Thursday, February 16, 2012
BIG SPRING -- The Midland College men's basketball team was looking like it was going to have Howard College on the ropes late in Thursday's game when things went haywire in final 1 minute, 13 seconds.
That's when punches were thrown and ejections were handed out for both teams, which took this Western Junior College Athletic Conference rivalry to a whole new level.
When it all cleared, Midland College (16-8, 4-6 in WJCAC) was forced to finish the game with four players on the floor and Howard closed out a 74-65 victory at the Dorothy Garrett Coliseum.
It was an unfortunate ending for a game that was really competitive up to that point as Howard (19-5, 8-2 in WJCAC) had a 67-62 advantage.
The Chaps had an opportunity to cut the lead even further but MC's 6-foot-9 Melvin Tabb and Howard's 6-11 Zech Smith got a little heated underneath the Chaps' basket when the teams were battling for a loose ball. Both players then started pushing and then Smith got punched in the face by MC guard Mike Taylor. Smith then retaliated and also threw a punch toward an unidentified Chaparral.
Coaches, officials and security then rushed over to the east end of the court to separate both teams. In the end, both Smith and Taylor were ejected, while Tabb received a technical foul.
Because most of the MC bench had left the sideline, the referees told MC coach Chris Craig that the entire bench was ejected except for the remaining four players on the floor -- Tabb, Willis Nicholson, Kelvin Agee and Brandon Lucas.
"I didn't see all who was involved. I just ran for our main guys involved," Craig said. "Two teams that were heated, rivalry teams -- it was certainly unfortunate. You certainly can't react that way. Even if they're hitting or pushing you, you can't react in that way."
Both teams almost certainly face suspensions, but to what extent both Craig and Howard coach Mark Adams said they would have to talk to the officials about further punishment. However, Adams said that Smith was definitely suspended from the team.
"I'm very disappointed in our team and the particular players involved in the altercation," Adams said. "I will take appropriate action and move forward.
"It's disappointing it had to end that way. I've coached a lot of years and I've never had anything like that happen. It's embarrassing for me for my team to react that way."
Initially in the game, the Chaps had a strong start before Howard roared back to take a 41-29 halftime advantage.
"I thought our effort was good the first half," Craig said. "What we didn't do is we got away from getting the ball inside. We did a good job of getting the ball inside then we got bored with success."
MC made the adjustments and had cut to 67-62 on a free throw by Melvin Tabb (22 points, 11 rebounds), before the unfortunate incident took away the momentum and put a sour ending that both teams will have to swallow in the coming days.
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Midland College (16-8, 4-6) -- Colan Weasby1-4 0-0 2, Willis Nicholson 3-8 3-3 11, Tre Bowman 1-5 1-2 3, Mike Taylor 0-2 2-2 2, Kelvin Agee 4-13 2-2 11, Majok Majok 1-5 1-2 3, Anthony Norris 2-4 2-2 7, Brandon Lucas 2-6 0-0 4, Melvin Tabb 7-13 8-15 22. Totals 25-60 19-28 65
Howard College (19-5, 8-2) -- Jerry Dixon 3-7 6-6 12, Leon Cooper 1-1 0-0 2, Rico Richardson 3-5 5-6 12, Jacob Thomas 3-9 6-7 13, Calvin Godfrey 6-8 2-6 14, Phillip Miller 4-6 0-1 12, Shavon Coleman 2-8 1-2 6, Damion McGee 1-6 0-0 3, Chad Posthumus 0-0 0-0 0, Zech Smith 0-0 0-1 0. Totals 23-50 20-28 74
Halftime -- HC 41, MC 29. 3-point goals -- MC 3 (Nicholson 2, Norris), HC 4 (Miller 2, Richardson, McGee). Total fouls -- MC 25, HC 21. Fouled out -- Majok, Norris. Technical fouls -- Tabb, Taylor, Smith. Ejections -- Taylor, Smith. Rebounds -- MC 47 (Tabb 11), HC 26 (Godfrey 6). Assists -- MC 9 (Nicholson 3), HC 15 (Dixon 6). Turnovers -- MC 14, HC.
Next game: Western Texas College at Midland College, 7:45 p.m. Monday; Howard College at Odessa College, 7:45 p.m. Monday


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This had been a visit she had been putting off for months – over a year, if she was being honest with herself. Amelia Prescott – formerly Bridger – had been writing to her daughter at least once a month, and usually more, ever since Beth had moved away from home at the end of seventh year. She had stayed with Sirius that summer before finding a flat of her own, but she had resolved never to return home unless it was absolutely necessary, and she had stuck by that promise.
But though she might never admit it aloud, and it was rare that she brought up either the Bridger or the Prescott name in any conversations with her friends or other members of the Order, Beth missed her parents in a way that she supposed was as natural as anything else she felt. She was still mildly angry with them for using her as they had during the divorce, tossing about petty bribes and poorly-concealed barbs about each other, but they were still the people who had raised her, and that had to count for something.
And yet she'd been very reluctant to return either to her home – the Bridger mansion, where her father, Calvin, lived still – or to her aunt's home, where Amelia was currently staying, despite the fact that each was mere blocks away from the other. Despite her mother's entreaties at catching up with her only daughter, Beth had seen her only a handful of times since actually leaving, perfunctory holiday visits and the like, and all of these had been in public places: Parks and restaurants, all stiff and uncomfortable, visits that made her feel more like a stranger than a daughter.
She had only agreed to come today because James was running by his parents' old home, too, and it was a couple of subway stops away from where Beth was headed. He had finally sold the massive house a few weeks previously to a pair of disgustingly rich Muggles – it had been great timing, as he and Lily had just finished unpacking most of the boxes at their new complex – and was returning today for a "final inspection." This was actually, as he'd told Beth, a guise for fixing all of the little charms his mother had placed on the house to make things more convenient for the Potters in their old age, so as to preempt a need for the Magical Reversal Squad in the future.
Lily was nearly six months pregnant now, and maybe as a result of this, James had been acting just a bit more protective than normal – not just of Lily, which was natural, but in some weird extension, of Beth as well. He'd told her more than once on the way to her parents' that if anything went wrong, she had every right to let him know at once. In a way, it was nice, having James back in her life as a sort of brother figure, something that had understandably waned since he'd gotten married. Unfortunately, she also knew she was too proud to ever really take him up on the offer – to admit she couldn't handle a bit of parental tension. It seemed cruel, somehow, to force that upon a man who no longer could talk to his parents.
Beth stepped to the long wrought-iron fence that bordered the property the house sat on, looking down at her knuckles as she clenched the bars, which were turning white. Her mother had agreed to come to this house, to be in the company of her ex-husband, just for her daughter. And she hadn't seen them in months. The leaden weight in her stomach shouldn't have been there, and yet it increased with the guilt of knowing this.
She'd managed to mend the hole in her best robes for the occasion, knowing that her parents would never have tolerated knowing their daughter paraded about looking like a Muggle, much less that she strongly considered wearing jeans out today just to shock them. She had changed so much since her parents had known her – really known her – and she always worried that they might find out just how much. An hour or two of conversation, and hopefully Beth would be back at her flat, or maybe at James's, doing everything possible to wipe the mantle of being an out-and-out Bridger off her shoulders. She blew out a forceful breath through pursed lips, a strand of her hair jumping in the gust. Might as well go inside and get things over with.
Beth crossed a few steps to the left, coming to stop in front of a slightly higher portion of fence, topped with a curling iron letter B. She hated this gate – one of her great-grandfather's apparent guilty pleasures had been making the house as ludicrously opulent as he could possibly manage – but its one redeeming quality was its apt ability at keeping out anyone the Bridgers didn't want in. There was no gap in the gate, and it merely looked to be just an extension of the fence, but when Beth laid her palm flat on the metal, it creaked open easily.
"Here goes," Beth muttered under her breath, although she didn't quite realize it, and started up the walk towards the house's front doors. It felt a bit ominous, almost like a mission, and she had to forcibly think of this as anything but. It probably wasn't a good mindset to enter in, anyway, thinking of one's own parents as she would of facing down a couple of Voldemort's supporters in the middle of the street.
The front door wasn't locked, and she let herself into the entrance as quietly as possible, the door squealing a bit on hinges in desperate need of oiling as she shut it behind her. There were no voices to be heard in the dim corridor – someone had overlooked lighting the lamps – and the heels of her shoes sounded unnaturally loud on the black-and-white checked tile as she moved slowly into the house. There was a knot of fear writhing in the pit of her stomach; this was her house, and she still felt like she was breaking in.
Nothing much had changed since she'd left this house at the end of her seventh year, but she took the time to briefly look around anyway, a luxury she hadn't been able to afford the one or two times she'd been back here to snatch a few of her things. The same gilt mirrors were spaced at intervals down the hall, the same gray-patterned wallpaper visible everywhere else. She'd never liked how dark this hall was; it was a very large factor in her insistence at painting her bedroom yellow, to sort of counteract that.
The wide, spacious sitting room was off to the right, through a wide and open archway; a large, straight staircase right beside the arch led to the second floor, to bedrooms and bathrooms and not much else. Down the hall and to the left was the kitchen that Calvin and Amelia had hardly ever set foot in, preferring house elves for their manual labor. Through the heavy black door at the end of the corridor was her father's study, somewhere Beth had rarely been allowed to visit as a girl; it had, she knew, been where her father had met all of the important pureblood men, like Abraxas Malfoy, who'd visited the house, greasing their palms with prodigious amounts of gold for news and Ministry gossip.
A surge of curiosity coursed through her upon seeing this door – really seeing it – for the first time in uncountable years. Still not hearing any footsteps or voices from the sitting room or any of the rooms upstairs, Beth crept tentatively toward it. If her father was still seeing those men, still paying his way through life with Galleons and Sickles, then it was just possible something in there might prove beneficial to the Order in some way. She grinned slightly, Sirius's voice suddenly whispering encouragement in her ears, and she imagined how thrilled he'd be at the prospect of snooping about in forbidden drawers and desks. For half a moment, she almost wished he was there with her; surely he'd find some way to have fun in a situation like this one.
The study's windows were thrown wide, and the room was freezing; her father had always kept the house as cold as he'd dared, a frequent source of arguments between him and Beth's mother. She shivered as she quietly shut the door partway behind her, careful not to let it hit the door frame too loudly, and turned her attention toward the desk in the center of the room. It was neatly kept; only a few sheets of parchment were on its surface, neatly aligned so as to be parallel with the edges of the desk. They were all blank.
She frowned, moving over to a long bookshelf along one wall, nearly empty of books. Nature's Nobility: A Wizarding Genealogy was placed prominently in a position of pride on an eye-level shelf, and the sparse other books had similar, self-important titles. Mouth twisting in a wry smile, she pushed the book with her forefinger, and it fell over with a thump, a small cloud of dust puffing up from the shelf.
She whirled around, hand instinctively reaching for the wand in the inner left pocket of her robes, heart hammering in her throat. Calvin Bridger and Amelia Prescott stood in the doorway, now opened wide, each looking as though they were trying as hard as possible to be as far away from the other. Her mother's delicate features were creased into a small frown, clearly wondering what on earth her daughter was doing.
"Mum." Beth's hands folded behind her back as though of her own accord, cheeks flushing slightly. "Dad. It's… it's really good to see you both." She watched as her father's gaze slid to Nature's Nobility on the shelf behind her, and back to his daughter. He frowned too.
"I've told you that you're not to be in this room, Bethany," he said, crossing his arms loosely over his chest. In the light coming in from the open windows behind her, Beth could see a prodigious amount of gray sprinkled in her father's dark hair, much more than she remembered, and her heart wrenched despite the fact that she felt like a child being reprimanded for wrongdoing.
"Your father and I are taking tea in the den," Amelia Bridger said, her voice coated with a thin layer of frost. "Please join us." Despite the polite words, it was very clearly an order, and not a supplication. Beth bit back a sigh and nodded, following her parents back down the dim corridor, through the more formal sitting room, and into the small, family-only den behind it.
Her mother had decorated this room – she had demanded it be added on once she'd married Beth's father, claiming she felt imprisoned in the sitting room and needed her own sort of space – and her mark was everywhere on its walls. Though Calvin had been in Gryffindor when at Hogwarts, like Beth, the Prescotts had been in Slytherin for decades upon decades, and it was hard to ignore that fact here. The large fireplace along the wall was made of jet stone, set with small silver designs; the walls were painted dark green, and more silver was studded among them, mirrors and candelabras with bright white flames instead of the normal orange. Beth hated this room; it felt stark and austere, and nothing like the relaxing room her mother claimed it to be.
A small silver tea service was set on the dark-wood coffee table, in the middle of a circle of overstuffed chairs in a dark chintz pattern and a matching sofa perpendicular to the fireplace; it was steaming gently, gray-white vapor curling up to the dark beams overhead. Amelia took one chair, Calvin the one opposite it, and Beth sank onto the middle of the three-person sofa, feeling extraordinarily awkward with the seating arrangements.
Amelia poured a cup of tea and handed it to Beth; again, it was a silent command, not an offer, and though Beth didn't particularly want to drink it, she took the cup nonetheless. Her mother poured a second cup and sat back in her chair, and Beth's father shot her a dark, covert look before reaching for the pot himself. "Mum," Beth said pointedly, hoping beyond hope to avoid any arguments for the time being, "how have you been?"
Amelia took a sip of tea between her tightly clamped lips. "Fine," she said curtly. "Not that I haven't given you ample opportunity to –"
"Amelia." Calvin voice cut across his ex-wife's, and she stared at him for a few moments before turning her eyes to the ceiling and taking another sip of tea. Beth's stomach squeezed unpleasantly as her father turned toward her, clenching the handle of his own cup tightly. "We haven't seen you in a long time, Bethany. I daresay we'd both been hoping" – he flicked his eyes over to Amelia's, though she was still staring at the ceiling – "that you might have been more in contact with us before this."
Beth ran a finger idly around the lip of her cup. "I've been busy," she said weakly, the claim sounding lame even to her own ears. Amelia made a 'tsk' sound, but said nothing.
"Busy with what?" Calvin interjected sharply. "You're never seen in our social circles, you don't work – you've completely withdrawn from every value we've instilled in you since birth, everything we ever sought for you. You've thrown it away."
"I still see James Potter," she argued, a bit flippantly, but it was the best she could do while trying to quench her anger. "And Sirius Black, too. Or isn't Walburga still a part of your circle, Mum?" She made air quotes around the word 'circle,' hating the elitist way the word rolled off the tongue.
Amelia smirked. "Orion and Walburga are members of a respectable pureblood family," she said coolly. "Their oldest son has abandoned that family. You should have disassociated with him long ago. As for the Potter boy…" She sucked in her lower lip briefly before continuing. "The Potters have always been more – ah – lenient in their views than is desirable."
Beth gritted her teeth, rubbing her nose absently. "It's not like I'm doing nothing," she spat, more venomously than she intended. "I've told you, Mum, it's not something –" But she stopped, because she always stopped. She couldn't tell her parents about the Order – that much she knew, without even having to think about it. Even with the amount of dissention between them, they agreed on one thing, and that was that Voldemort and his supporters had the right idea in seeking to eliminate Muggles and Muggle-born witches and wizards from being associated with the wizarding world.
"Bellatrix and Narcissa Black have both made decent, respectable marriages," Amelia spoke up, setting her tea onto the table with a somewhat ominous clink. "You have no prospects, Bethany, no direction in your life. If you would just let me set you up, perhaps with one of my friends' sons –"
"No." Beth stood up from her chair, nearly upsetting her tea in the process. Amelia raised her eyebrows high on her forehead, but she, Beth, didn't care if it was a strange thing to do. "I'm fine, Mum," she said forcefully. "I don't want you to do that."
Her father folded his lips into an obviously displeased frown. "Bethany, grow up," he snapped. "You're acting like a child."
"I'm not." She reached into her pocket, fist closing around her wand, feeling anger rising within her like a thick, hot liquid. "You can't possibly understand it, but I'm doing what I want to be doing, and I'm happy. I'm fine with the way I'm handling my life, can't you see that?! Just because it's not attending social functions every evening and talking up Ministry officials –"
"That is enough," Amelia interrupted quickly. "You will not speak like that in our – in this house." She folded her lips again, standing up to face her daughter; Beth was almost exactly the same height. "Disrespecting both me and your father –"
"Because you two don't respect me." She wasn't yelling any more, not even close; her voice had gone quieter than even she'd meant for it to. "I knew this was the sort of thing you'd do, as soon as I agreed to come back here. Why do you think I've put it off for so long?" She began moving toward the door to the den, feeling the neck of her robes tightening around her throat, choking her air supply.
"Bethany," her mother said sharply, stepping closer to her; behind her, her ex-husband stood up and mirrored the movement. Beth pressed her hands to the door behind her, searching for the knob.
"Whether you want to believe it or not, I am happy," she repeated firmly. "I have great friends, and I'm doing something I know is – it's what I need to be doing." She couldn't say anything more; they wouldn't understand, and they never had understood. They weren't ever going to. "I'll write," she said, and, when neither her mother nor her father made a move to stop her, she turned the door's silver knob and stepped into the sitting room.
Not even an hour had passed, and already she was fleeing the house – surely this was some kind of record. She pressed her lips together firmly and flung open the front door, not bothering to shut it behind her as she stormed down the front walk, through the iron gate, and back onto the pavement. James was nowhere in sight; that wasn't surprising. He was doubtless still at his parents' place, sorting out his mother's charms. Was it right to be jealous of that – was that even ethical?
She brought her hands up to her face and repressed a groan of frustration. It was as she'd told her mother – she'd known exactly what sorts of conversation topics would come up when she'd walked into the house, and still it upset her. She wondered if it would ever not upset her, and despite the fact that she disagreed with so much of what her parents stood for, she didn't necessarily want to have to keep a large part of her life secret from them.
Beth glanced up, casting her eyes up and down the pavement, but still James was nowhere in sight. He had told her to contact him if things got out of control, but all she wanted to do now was go home, away from here. And when he came back, her parents certainly wouldn't make it a secret that she'd left in such a rush – they were too mindful of their own image to cover for her…
Taking a deep breath, and looking once more up at the house, Beth closed her eyes, turned on her heels, and vanished with a crack.
There was no sign of Beth at the Bridgers' house when James walked up the pavement, almost an hour later. James looked up towards the top of the house, one hand resting idly on the fence, brow furrowed in puzzlement. She'd given every indication of making the return journey on the Muggle train, and this was the time her visit with her mother and father was supposed to have ended. He could only assume things hadn't gone well, although that wasn't something he would take as news. James gnawed on his lower lip, wondering if he should just head home to Lily.
There was the distant sound of a door shutting at that moment, and, peering up through the gaps in the iron bars, he could just make out a figure descending the long walk towards him. It wasn't Beth – he could tell that almost at once – but it was a woman, and she shared enough characteristics with Beth for James to know who it was almost at once.
"Mrs. Br – erm, Ms. Prescott?" He cursed silently at nearly calling Beth's mother by her married name. Evidently, she'd heard the near slip as well; her mouth pursed in an unpleasant frown as she looked up, pulling on a pair of gloves. "Is Beth there?" James called.
"She left about an hour ago," Amelia Prescott said icily, looking at James rather as one might look at a piece of rotted meat. "I do not know where she went." She smirked unpleasantly. "It's a wonder she didn't inform you. I'd say she tells you more than she tells me."
James frowned. "Erm. Right." He rubbed the back of his neck with his right hand – what was he supposed to say to that? "Well, I… she's probably gone on home, then," he said, a bit lamely. "So, I'll just… head there." Amelia raised an eyebrow in mild disdain, but said nothing more. James stepped back as she passed through the gate, walking right by him as though he wasn't there, and turned right.
As soon as she was out of earshot, James let out a long breath. With a mother like that, he thought idly, I'd have headed home, too… He felt bad that he hadn't been able to act as a buffer, but then, Beth probably would have rejected the offer, even if he'd been able to make it.
He glanced back up towards the house, but all the windows were dark; he had no reason to disbelieve Beth's mother's claim. Feeling slightly guilty for a reason he couldn't specifically pinpoint, James turned and started in the opposite direction, back towards the train and his own home, resolving to send Beth an owl as soon as he got back to his flat.
A/N: Beth's parents do still exist! And their divorce is still as ugly as ever, I'm afraid. They're not large factors in this story (or, really, in any part of any of these three stories), but it's still important that they're mentioned every so often. We did see a quick glimpse of Amelia back in the second chapter of In The Black -- gosh, that feels ages ago -- and now we've seen Beth's father. Hooray for plot developments! I did enjoy writing this chapter, though, and hope that you enjoyed reading it, too. Thank you, and I'm excited to see your opinions!
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When he arrives at Winter Park in the mornings now, Vikings Pro Bowl guard Steve Hutchinson said players expect their juice and the latest dish on Favre.
"You sort of know you're going to go into the building every day and sit down and eat breakfast, and see a Brett Favre story," Hutchinson said. "It's got to be something. You have to come up with something, because it's him, and he's on the Vikings, the archrival of Green Bay."
Wednesday night, ESPN cited sources as saying there is a "schism" in the Vikings' locker room over who should start at quarterback, with players split between Tarvaris Jackson and Sage Rosenfels, and that Favre had "little support."
In Thursday's edition, the Pioneer Press spoke to 13 Vikings players expected to make the final 53-man roster, including nine offensive and defensive starters, who all insisted the report was off base.
After practice Thursday, in an interview with the Pioneer Press, Hutchinson also took exception to the report.
"I haven't heard anything," said Hutchinson, lamenting what he said is the media's need to fulfill a quota of Favre stories. "I understand where the media is coming from, because they have to write about him. But there's only so many ways to say there's no truth to it."
Asked if the report is a distraction, Hutchinson said, "It's not at all.
"It's really, when we look at it, just funny," he said.
As he walked off the practice field, Vikings Pro Bowl defensive end Jared Allen issued one condition before taking any questions from reporters.
"I'm not taking any schism questions because it's a bunch of (expletive)," he said. "So there you go. Let's ask normal questions."
Receiver Sidney Rice said there isn't any dissension regarding who will be the team's starting quarterback.
"There's nothing like that in the locker room," he said. "Everyone is focused on their assignments, and doing what they can do to make this a better team.
"There's no 'We want Tarvaris. We want Brett,' " said Rice, a friend of Jackson's. "We can't control those things, no matter what we say. That's up to the head man, and his decision goes every time."
Tight end Visanthe Shiancoe said everyone is entitled to their opinions, and he didn't care to weigh in on which quarterback he preferred.
"Coach made his decision. When I get my own team, I will make my own decisions," Shiancoe said. "I'm not worried about anything that gets me unfocused, because we got a great team this year."
Pro Bowl cornerback Antoine Winfield said Favre has been welcomed by the players.
"Guys are happy he's here. I'm happy he's here," he said. "Hopefully he can take us to where we need to go."
Receivers Bobby Wade and Rice said Favre has looked sharp, and they are excited about what he can bring to a Vikings' offense that finished a disappointing 17th in the NFL last season, 25th through the air.
"He's still Brett Favre," Rice said. "Ain't too much changed about him, just got a little older. That's all. But I think he's still capable of doing the things he's done in the past.
"Just going to elevate this team to the next level," Rice said.
Added Wade, "He's looking really good.
"He's starting to get a lot more comfortable with the pieces around him. Obviously, his skills speak for themselves."
In Seattle, where he played his first five NFL seasons, Hutchinson experienced a Super Bowl run and helped Shaun Alexander win a Most Valuable Player Award.
"It got pretty hectic out there (in Seattle). It's not a distraction by any means," Hutchinson said of Favre's addition. "I mean, it's easy to say it's a distraction. But it's kind of nice to have the buzz."


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Bruins like where they're at in series
BOSTON – After playing 10 periods of hockey in the first two games of the Stanley Cup Finals, the Bruins delivered a solid regulation victory on home ice on Monday at TD Garden, a place where Boston has an 8-2 record in the playoffs and has not lost since Game 5 of the opening round against the Toronto Maple Leafs.
"You're always more comfortable at home, there's no doubt about that," coach Claude Julien said Tuesday afternoon. "Having your fans behind you is always key. I think they always talk about that seventh player award; your fans are often the people that you, I guess, appreciate for being that. This is a building here that we deem as our home, a home that we don't want any other team to be comfortable in."
A big part of the Bruins' wins so far in these Finals, and in the playoffs, has been the shutdown play of Boston's defensemen, especially the top pairing of Zdeno Chara and Dennis Seidenberg, who each played more than 25 minutes in Monday's win and logged a ton of time during the first two games in Chicago.
"It's crazy [the amount they have played]; I used to play those minutes on the lower levels growing up," defenseman Torey Krug said. "It was tough then, so for them to do it at this level, against all the top players on the other teams, is definitely something special."
Added fourth-line wing Shawn Thornton: "All the way through [the game] all six defenseman were great. [Chara and Seidenberg] really played the biggest minutes, but you look at Johnny [Boychuck] and Andy [Ference], they played against top lines all season through."
Chara, who collided with Milan Lucic during warmups and had to go to the locker room to get stitches before Game 3, has been playing exceptionally long minutes.
"I think it's amazing; you know [Chara is] such a big guy, but he's so mobile for his size, said Krug. "You look at a lot of bigger guys around the league, they might not be able to move quite as well, but Zee doesn't get beat wide, and it's not just because of his size but because of his speed too."
Another area that has led to success for Boston is its power play, which, during the regular season, was one of the least effective in the league. They scored just 18 goals in 122 power-play chances, fifth worst in the NHL.
But the Bruins' power play has been much better, scoring nine times during this postseason run, including twice in the past three games. And even when the Bruins haven't put one in the back of the net with the man advantage in these playoffs, they have come much closer and have shown a lot more energy on the power play than they did in the regular season.
"I think what you've seen is when you add a guy like Jagr, when you put a guy [out there] like Krug, who is extremely good on the power play, you've plugged in some certain holes or added to that depth," said Julien. "There's a lot of things that have happened, like at the trade deadline, guys [getting] called up, that's really kind of stabilized [and] helped us on the power play … our power play right now is maybe not perfect, but it's a lot better."
Since Gregory Campbell broke his leg in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals against Pittsburgh, Julien has had to shake up his bottom two lines in order to replace Campbell, but also had to solve the issue of the third line being the least productive by far for the Bruins this season.
Starting in Game 2, when things looked bleak and the Bruins were fortunate to only be down 1-0 after the first period, Julien decided to shake up the bottom two lines, moving Daniel Paille up to the third line with Chris Kelly and Tyler Seguin. That jump-started the team.
That decision has paid immediate dividends, with the "hunch line" (a reference to Julien's "coach's hunch" that led him to put the three together in the first place) scoring the last three 5 on 5 goals for the Bruins, with Paille scoring two goals and an assist, Kelly scoring a goal with another assist, and Seguin adding two assists of his own.
"I just think [it's] the way they work together," said Julien. "You know, you look at [Paille's] goal yesterday, [a] great forechecking job forces a turnover … Once the turnover is there, pass to the slot, [and then] good shot. But also staying on top of the puck [was important]; we won two battles right after that shot in order to score that goal."
Among the top scorers in these Stanley Cup Finals, perhaps none has been bigger, and more surprising, than Paille, who had just two goals in the first three series the Bruins played, but has scored the game-winners in each of the past two games.
"He's been big for our team," said Campbell. "I've gotten the opportunity to watch him now that I'm not playing with him. He does a lot of things that really help out a team in the playoffs. Playoff hockey is really where he shines ... It's the simple things that might not draw a lot of attention during the regular season, but when it really matters in the playoffs, he's been there for us."
Heading into Game 4 Wednesday night, look for the series to continue to be very physical and tough, as seen in the final seconds of Game 3, where almost every player on the ice got involved in a rink-wide scrum, resulting in several last-minute penalties, including a double-minor to Chara and a fighting major to Brad Marchand.
"You know that's hockey, it happens at every game, it's indicative, I think of how the series will go from here," said Marchand about his scuffle with the Blackhawks' Andrew Shaw. "[This series is] tough; they have a lot of skill and talent…they got some really good looks last game, but Tuukka was able to stand tall. We're just trying to work hard out there and play our game."
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We all know that if America doesn't stop plunging deeper and deeper into debt, our financial future will be catastrophic.
Some keep saying that we should raise taxes on the rich. OK, let's raise their income taxes by 5 percent, but only on the condition that the rest of us share in getting by with less.
I can already hear my ears ringing, but the only meaningful solution would probably be to make 5 percent cutbacks in all federal spending, including Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, defense spending, foreign aid and all the rest. And yes, even the food stamp program should be reformed.
"Take away food from hungary children?" No, keep reading.
I was stunned when I learned that Papa Murphy's take-and-bake gourmet pizza and salads could be purchased with food stamps. But then a host of other food items qualify: prime cuts of beef, lobster, snow crab, marinated pork loins, colossal shrimp, sushi, party-food deli trays, etc.
If the irresponsible adults who purchase those items with food stamps could no longer do so, the hungry children would benefit greatly because the food stamp allotments that remained would buy far more of the less extravagant but basic nutritional foods kids need but often don't get.
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Mark Brine has been writing, performing and producing Americana music for well over three decades - long before it became, what it is considered today to be, a viable music genre. But Americana music is just a relatively new name for music whose roots can be traced to some of the oldest music in America. A blend of folk, country and blues, Brine further defines his brand of Americana with songs that are superior studies of love, life and times past. Songs that tell stories. Songs that make you cry. Songs that move you. His recordings take the listener on a journey from early rural American roots music through it's spillover into the blues to a place where some people are in fact shy! Where life is still precious and significant and death is still a heartbeat that can shatter a soul. In 1995, Gavin first gave the genre credibility when it established the Americana Music Chart. 'Established as an 'Alternative-Country' base, Americana® is the vast musical ground between Country and A3. Home to more than singer/songwriters and country legends, Americana® is a growing format of quality roots music.' It includes new artists as well as older icons such as Jimmie Rodgers and Hank Williams Sr. who have influenced alternative country and remains an alternative to the current offerings of the music industry. As Tom Cox wrote in the Guardian Media, 'It has yet to be processed by major label vultures ... it could be that it's intrinsic elements are just too complex and timeless to be diluted.' Or in other words, the music industry has yet to figure out a way to commercialize it. But authenticity cannot be cloned and while the record companies were brainstorming trying to figure out what the public wanted, the underpromoted, profoundly anti-pop, 'O Brother Where Art Thou' soundtrack sold well over 3 millions copies largely on word of mouth and won album of the year at the 2002 Grammy Awards. Which proves that with more access to information, more places to get music, people are making up their own minds about what they like, as opposed to what's made readily available. Mark Brine has a long and distinguished career deeply rooted in country music and American music history as well. Brine grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts and began his career playing at the age of 13. In his 20s, he moved to Nashville and signed with two record labels as both a staff writer and roster artist. In 1979, he won the Jimmie Rodgers Memorial Festival talent contest, and in 1992 his Grammy nominated 'New Blue Yodel' tribute to Jimmie Rodgers led to a debut performance on the Grand Ole Opry with Hank Snow. Someone once said, 'I could listen to him sing all night long ... he does a good job that boy does.' That someone was Roy Acuff on the Ernest Tubb Midnight Jamboree. Mark Brine Music was born from the dedication and passion of an artist to give something back to the rural communities where American music grew up. With the release of 'Fortunes * the Best of Mark Brine' in April of 2004, a portion of the sales was earmarked to go directly to children and their families in Appalachia. The title cut is an Ola Belle Reed song and it seemed a fitting tribute to the artist who was born in the mountains of North Carolina and aspired to become one of the most influential forces on the traditional country music scene. Ola Belle learned to pick the banjo at an early age and soon began writing songs about her life in the mountains. During the Depression she moved to Baltimore with her brother, Alex, where she performed on radio stations across the state. In 1954, together with her husband, Bud, she founded the popular music venue, 'The New River Ranch' near Rising Sun, Maryland one of the premier country music parks of the '50s. They were the first to bring the big-name bluegrass and country stars to the area. In 1986, Ola Belle was the recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Award. ' ... you cannot separate your religion, your politics from your music. It's a part of life. ' -- Ola Belle Reed; and that, just about sums it up.
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Just one in three young women believe both sexes have the same chance of success in their careers, a charity has claimed.
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A survey found 90% of girls aged nine or 10 think both genders have the same chance of succeeding in their chosen job, but just 35% of women aged between 17 and 21 feel the same.
The research suggested girls feel less proud, confident and powerful as they get older.
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Girlguiding's chief executive Julie Bentley said: "This new research shows girls are lacking in confidence at an important stage in their lives when they are starting to think about the future, enter work or begin university.
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:: The research findings are from Girlguiding's Girls' Attitudes Survey 2016 and came from a survey of 1,627 girls and young women aged between seven and 21 from across the UK.


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For critics like John Ruskin and Walter Pater, Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1892) was one of the great creative figures of the day, a painter and a poet of major stature. Yeats and the young Pound regarded him as an exemplary figure of solitary dedication to art and beauty. He called the sonnet 'a moment's monument', and his best short lyrics are instants of oppressed emotion cut free of time. In this, as in the suggestiveness of his imagery, he anticipates the French Symbolists. He can also be regarded as the founder of modern verse translation, not only for the freshness of his versions but also for his choice of poets---Villon, Cavalcanti and the young Dante. In this selection, Clive Wilmer has made a personal choice, emphasizing the 'pure poetry' of the lyrics at the expense of the more conventionally Victorian monologues and narratives. He has also included a generous selection from the translations, and provided a biographical and critical introduction.
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Angela's reports from Japan have reminded me that I didn't finish the posts from my own trip last month. One of the things that I really loved about Japan was the way that packaging - for food, toys, clothes, whatever - was never dull. Everything seems to have a cute face, a big bright flower or at least some bold and pretty colours. Billboard advertising is really innovative and fun too. Here are some random photos I took on my travels - you might need to put your sunglasses on!
Sunday, 14 June 2009
Japanese advertising and packaging
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- SewHum said...
No wonder I thought you were just in Japan. Enjoyed meeting you at the market yesterday - hope it went well
- Sunday, 14 June, 2009
- Kitschen Pink said...
What a feast! I'd never throw away any packaging. And I love that patchwork bag! t.x
- Monday, 15 June, 2009
- tess said...
oh wow, sooo cute! Between yours and angela's blogs, I can't WAIT for japan now (i'm going in october). !!! it's my version of kitsch and cutesy heaven :)
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Was forwarded an article by a long time reader about how one of the original Xbox founder stated that Apple TV gaming could just right out kill Xbox, Playstation, and Wii U.
Stop talking b.s no one knows what the Ps4 or 720 have up their sleave.
lol....with what?! Apple TV?! haha....
i have an iphone 5 and everything...but i have yet to buy anything off the istore.
I love how people think 250 million active users all with credit cards is something to laugh at.
What did Gabe say recently, the real threat to their Steam box isn't Sony or MS, but Apple. And MS is so uneasy about a possible Apple console that they're shifting focus from the core to the casual market starting next gen. That what got them through the last decade won't be what gets them through the next. lol
I dont laught at apple at all. But, it wont be as easy as he thinks. First off, appl tv has been out while and it isnt very popular because of sevices like ps3 and 360. Second, with the ps4, 720, steam box in varying forms, the ouya and many, many mobile devices, it will be hard to even get started. And dont laugh at the impact google and samsung have had on apple. It wouldnt be smart for them to go this route. It isnt a huge money maker and would be quite risky.
This may be the end if traditional consoles anyway so when are they gonna get started? U need exclusives etc. Yes, apple is powerful, but also smart enough to know that it wouldnt be worth it. Unless they were gonna make an extension of the apple market for TV. But that wouldnt hurt consoles anymore than moblie games already do. The proof will be in Sony's success. They are committed to big games and ppl still wanna play those at home.
I think apple could certainly make a dent in the market, I just wonder at their long term viability in this regard. Apple, IMO, isn't the greatest of software developers, and their glory days are long over with Windows and Linux far surpassing OSX in both usability and customization. People who say otherwise still think Windows runs like it did in 3.1, which just isn't the case anymore.
Apple however could make a push to be what they are now, and that's a media focused machine that also offers games, perhaps through an app store, which could be beneficial for the indie market.
However, Apple isn't know, and has never been known, to push powerful hardware, and the home console market does do that, at least respective to it's own market.
However, given the features of Smart TV's and integrated media devices, it makes much more sense for them to just offer a store front and app(similar to PS Mobile) and not worry about the massive amounts of R&D and marketing required for a console to even get to market.
They have a good thing going with their smart phones and tablets, but that success doesn't necessarily equate to success in the console or TV market, as is shown with Apple TV.
I think if Apple truly wanted to breach that market, which is small compared to their current worth, they would be showing signs of interest already. We probably won't see them enter the market this upcoming gen, but maybe next gen when the entire landscape may change into something they are more comfortable with.
Well think of it this way, Apple can sell a whopping 700$ I pad and that thing will fly off store shelves. Just think if they get into the console buissness?
Apple's brand recognition is absolutely ridiculous. MS is struggling against Apple, Windows 8 and Surface are both struggling right now MS is losing money from it.
Part of the reason is because MS Surface is INSANELY overpriced, we're talking 1000$ overpriced, its freakin ridiculous. So people instead buy an Ipad that does virtually the same things the surface does just at a cheaper price.
If Apple gets in the gaming buissness and releases the Apple I console. They'll do great imo.
Why have an iPhone then ? Apple iPads are good for what it says on the tin but gaming NO !
I have a ipad 4 but gaming no way the consoles beat it hands down but for browsing and listening to music , watching movies and reading excellent ,
For gaming it is not good enough the console is head and shoulders way better .
TheGamerDood:250 million active users all with credit cards is something to laugh at.
Looks like they fooled another one. Don't believe any stats a company puts out unless they are putting out the full data. If they don't show the full data then it's a lie. Sony said they had 100 million users. They forgot to talk about all those single use accounts.
I'll give Apple their due, they have lots of mindless drones who buy up their trash. Thing is. Apple doesn't make video games. When they start then video game companies can start worrying, but the truth is even if they did they wont exist on a competitive market. The Apple console will cost hundreds more than what ever Sony, MicroSoft or Nintendo have out.
Both Sony and Microsoft are apparently also trying to make things seem similar across various platforms. So if your in Sony's world that operating system may be familiar on a smartphone, Vita or PS4 and perhaps even the computer and tablets. Microsoft is doing the same with the Surface, Windows X and the upcoming Xbox.
That is one key area Apple has over Android, a universal operating system that is familiar with all of their customers. It's something Sony and Microsoft will also strive for. Valve and Steam are doing the same.
Lmao everyone already forgot about the Pippin.
This Xbox founder guy speaks with confidence and arrogance...
He's allowed to, because he knows Apples market base are at majority, nothing but Sheep that will buy their overpriced products no matter what. They remind me of what Sony was like in 2005-2006 where they thought everyone would go "SHUTUP AND TAKE MY $599 US DOLLARS!" Only to find out that when customers hit the fine line? Their loyalty goes out the window due to the slap to the face that a company thinks they'll always 'Do' something, and expect exaggerated profits.
Apple needs to learn a lesson in god-complexity, or more or less this one guy for the time being.
yeh and if its anything like a app store kind of a deal than we would jail break the device and use it for free
apple execs: i would love to see you get involved in gaming business, this isn't apple fanboys where you can release a minor updated device and still charge $599
and no we don't want the .99 cents game to replace our actual games like zelda,halo,uncharted,half life etc,
Don't forget that the guy that created, then rebuilt the company is dead, and the people that have control now are breaking the rules he set.
People may not remember but Apple II computers were the bomb, I was born into a house with one, and learned to use it myself at 4.
Less then a decade later Apple was near dead. Overpriced, underspec'ed, and living off it's name. Sound familiar?
Apple spends more time trading it's cash in the stock markets then creating new products worthy of purchase and competitively pricing it. They're entire stock price is based off charging a perma-premium and forever being the 'in product'.
This is where Gabe is wrong. He expects Apple to continue screwing over it's customers by putting out expensive crap and getting away with it.
Just like in the past people will get tired of it and put their money with companies that do provide value, and next time Apple has no Steve Jobs to go back to.
Status is fleeting. One minute you're hot, the next, yesterday news.
Gabe fears Apple's money, but that too could evaporate overnight with a stock market crash..and no, nothing has been fixed since the greatest depression mankind has ever experienced started five years ago (and we're still in the beginning stages).
While Gabe is no doubt a smart man, he too can be wrong, just like Steve Jobs was with the Macintosh.
Is apple TV even relevant? Consoles aren't going no where until the manufacturers say so. Nothing can replace the same experience that console games provide.
i seriously doubt the apple tv will even make a dent on either of them
He really doesn't like Xbox. From what I heard he was screwed over pretty bad by the now current CEO.
OT: Who knows. Casuals are pretty retarded and will eat that $hit up, so long as it has that cute little fu**ing apple symbol that they can show everyone.
So 12 years later is when he starts to bitch or on the verge of new console . becoming obvious someone feels left out or has no life.
Either way he needs to STHU.
Oh I agree, he just wants the attention. I was just teying to point out that this is another disgruntled former employee of MS lol. He mad, and he starts siding with Apple? Lol.
The sooner Apple dies, the better. The only thing their tablets are good at is high resolution photos and videos lol. But, they can charge what they want, as that little apple symbol makes male and female alike blush for some reason. Like a sexual stimulant. Who knows?
so he is basically saying microsoft cannot kill the playstation with the xbox. he needs apple. lol
Apple pippin already died from the original playstation, since then apple stayed away from console.
The guy says he can take out the Xbox and the Wii but he said he's not sure he can take out PlayStation. Nothing can take out PlayStation.
Nothing can take out Playstation..
except their own egos..
Nothing! Accept it.. even this guys know it!
Plus apple will be more likely a expensive casual console.
If someone can be the next Sony and be on per with is Samsung, it will be nice to see a console by them instead of m$
I must agree this "g thang" sounds Almighty where can I get my hands on one?
MS is full of crap lately, whats up with the flamboint remarks? Trying to downplay the PlayStation event or something?
If Apple were to "takeover" I'd quit gaming. The best thing they have all these years is Angry Birds. Still no controller, not even a peripheral, and still a "store" full of console knockoffs. If console games were 1 dollar to 5 dollars they'd be selling like hot cakes too.
This wasn't said by MS. This was said by one of the original makers of the first Xbox, who no longer works at MS. He was actually quite critical of MS in the blog he wrote. He also didn't say he personally could kill anything, just that Apple TV could be a serious threat to MS and Nintendo, but wasn't sure about Sony.
Go and read his blog. http://ilikecode.wordpress....
Really, you're just making stuff up now!
He calls Nintendo and Sony stumbling failures. There were actually quite a few dimensions to his opinions. And he follows up in the comments section to flesh out where he's coming from, and clearly states it is his opinion. Interesting, long comments section too - even Ed Fries makes a post (one of the 3 guys, along with Allard and Blackley - who I think is better regarded as "xbox founder")
But the "problems" he had with 360 are almost entirely things that the 360 OS/account system does better than the Ps3/wiiu. I've already outlined plenty of them in my posts in the article here on n4g, about Nat Brown's blog piece a few days ago, and won't repeat myself here.
I hope this post doesn't get cut and pasted from here, and into the comments section of his blog (obviously by an n4g reader) like happened with the previous link/story was published here a few days ago! Opinion theft? Or opinion borrowing? Flattering nonetheless, if somewhat freaky.
What exactly am I making up?
-MS didn't say this
-He was on the original team making the first Xbox
-He no longer works for MS.
-His blog was very critical of MS's direction(or lack thereof) with the Xbox.
-He didn't say he could personally kill anything
-He did say Apple TV could be a threat to MS and Nintendo
-He said he wasn't sure how Apple would affect Sony.
Nothing in my post was made up.
I'm not going to scour this site to find out your opinion. If you think it's important then post it here, or at least post a link. I can't speak to the comments section of the site, because when I originally read his blog there were only a few there.
Also, you're the only one that cares that someone "stole" your opinion. That doesn't make your comment any more valid, since from what I see you have addressed nothing that I said. I find it funny you say I'm making stuff up, when I was simply correcting the original poster on the relationship between the source and MS, and clarifying his perception of the actual quote in question.
It could be true....but not because its better.....its because its apple....the sheep flock to apple.....
Yes people would buy it, but will they buy their games.
I don't understand how it could take out Microsoft easier than Playstation...from a money standpoint Microsoft can throw money around with the best of them and I dont see gamers shifting from an Xbox or a Playstation anytime soon. I kinda think these three consoles are what gamers know...like an identity. But what do I know...
Apple these nutz, they better stay on that trees..thats were they belong
lol apple..
apple tried to kill the PC and failed miserably and PC had to fight against other enemies not only apple....
what makes them think they can come back at PC AND consoles when they lost every round.
stupidly over priced products apple has. they stand no chance against the kings(PC gaming, console gaming and android) apple is done.
macs will never be as popular as pc's since they cant run as many programs as the PC does, funny because after all these years macs still cant keep up with the PC.
i dont like mac , but mac's are getting really popular these days due to apples success recently
Apple got owned by Android in the cell phone market and they're currently getting owned by Amazon in the tablet market.
They have money...but what can they do against an army of quality developers who have the love and respect of a MAJOR core audience? Angry Birds and Cut The Rope will sell systems...but what will sell the other games? Staying power is a pretty big part of success within an industry.
Yeah, they don't belong in the console world, IMO.
Apple gets what they want because they choose their battle wisely. They don't take on too much and they stay focused. But I don't think that they would get much respect from gamers. They might put out something for their app store but I don't think they could survive in the console business as we know it. Analysts lump all video games together but we all know there is a difference between games like Assassin's Creed and Uncharted, and something like Angry Birds. Apple might be able to be king of apps but Playstation/Xbox/Nintendo offer experiences on a completely different level.
They have the capital to basically buy popularity at this point but I don't think it would pay off for them, hence why they don't enter the console business. The investment just wouldn't pay off.
I would love for Apple to enter the console market. They could phase out Sony in America.
Having an xbox 360 and needing gold to pretty much do anything which has some sort of online capabilitie does actully remind me of ipods,ipads i everything fetish a pricing most things
It could happen but first the world over would have to suffer one of the biggest epidemics of stupidity.
before we are to become a bunch of witless drones that think getting a new device every 8 month is OK or that one more feature added valid a new purchase.
Till then just STHU.
Playing games by tapping on the screen all the time is not fun gameplay. When I bought an iphone, I thought it was fun for the first few days, then it got so boring, I even deleted all games on my iphone.
So please don't tell me that advertising in games and touching the screen is the future of gaming. Then I will have to quit gaming forever. Or buy an old SNES.
Crapple would kill off a decent console of their own with constant upgrades as we've seen since SJ died.
with what ? Angry birds and joyride jetpakcs? Or MAybe Draw something? lol
I just want to say that people laughed at Sony when they entered the gaming market. Almost no one took them seriously. Then, in just a few short months after launching the PS1, they took the console world by storm.
Apple could easily capture the video game market. There is only two things standing in their way. First, they don't want to. Second, they're not serious about gaming.
A little bit of history on the Apple Pippin: http://www.youtube.com/watc...
If Apples multi-purpose gaming machine failed in 1996, does Microsoft think it will work in 2013?
I couldn't see Apple taking out anyone. Mario, Zelda, and others of the sort will keep Nintendo alive, while Microsoft's nextBox will most likely do tons more than Apple TV, and Sony will continue to offer a gamer-centric PlayStation.
Not to mention Apple's "gaming" side of their iPhone/iPad is incredibly lifeless. I've played my fair share of iPhone/Pad games (purchased and free) and they NEVER come close to stacking up to proper console titles.
So I wouldn't be worried in the slightest. Every big company falls eventually. Apple is on a massive wobbly tower right now, and most likely wouldn't risk tipping it with a gaming device (not to mention Ouya is supposed to offer mobile phone-style games for $99).
Ya, I see how they are getting what they want... Sammy is really giving it to them =/
Apple hits the casual market with their Iphone and their messiah dies and the company isn't as fresh as they once were.
Remember Apple items aren't mega powerful but just well made and user friendly, and currently on the gaming market there is already one company like that...
I just don't see Apple as some big threat. Just suggest they stick to making their phones for their sheep's to gobble up every year.
Apple TV LOL! Really, just like their Mac Pro desktop right? That is why so many people use those computers for serious gaming and not strictly for multimedia editing.. (sarcasm if you could not sense it).
OSX has been the worst gaming platform ever and still is, how on earth anyone would assume their TV's are going to outperform their $11,000 dollar Mac Pro desktops is just pure stupidity.
I don't believe a word that article says. What a load of horse dung.
WiiU is Nintendo bro, no one can kill them because their IPs are way too strong. Could Apple TV be very successful, sure why not. Kill a Nintendo console, no way. The GameCube sold like crap and Ninteno still turned a profit. Understand when Nintendo is struggling it's because instead selling 5 million they are selling 4 million. Their version of struggling is hardly what most of us think it really should be. When this guy makes these all including statements like this, even though he said Apple could do this and not him, he loses credibility and sounds like an angry fan.
I really hope Apple stays out of the video game space.
I say bring it, more competitors , means more quality games , cheaper services to compete.
I don't know why people think it is cool to hate on apple before even seeing what they have/offer to console fans.
I bet he told Microsoft the same thing about the PS2 when he pitched the Xbox.
Wow, a bullshit statement that every fanboy on N4G can agree is bullshit. The most unifying story to ever hit this site.
You guys are nuts if you think console gaming can't be had by something else. I already sense console gaming dying now because of greedy publishers segregating the players and trying to squeeze every last penny out of players.
If console gaming is to last and stay strong it's going to eventually have to get to the point where it used to be. Cheaper games, free DLC and no segregation of online passes and preorder bonuses.
With the way console gaming is going it's just going to kill itself or something cheaper, easier and better is going to come along, similar to how phones are the midst of killing off handheld games.
PC is King and will always be in tech and console not lol
yeah those people that buy $1 games will not pay $500-$600 every 6 months just to play games ( ( maybe they will apple fans are like that ) , They already do it on the Iphone/ipod ,The media doesnt see that these people who just play games for a few minutes are not real gamers .People think just because lots of people buy those games it would translate to full retail games it wont
Um hell no I don't want A Apple TV service in my PS3 or any system. I don't want a company that SUES & BANS PRODUCTS against consumers. u can tell APPLE TO FCK OFF!
Ah, yes Apple, the most overrated company on the planet, let me guess they are working on a new iPad right, smaller, better, and thinner and will cost $800 or more for no reason
I hate Apple.


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A move to have the Legislative Council invoke its special power to investigate the two-year delay in the MTR Corporation's high-speed railway was defeated today.
By 29 votes to 31, with one abstention, Legco's house committee vetoed an attempt by pan-democrats Wu Chi-wai and Gary Fan Kwok-wai to bring the special powers motion onto the agenda.
The rejection came hours after two other lawmakers said that the government could appoint two to three more members into the board of the MTR to improve its monitoring role.
Wu, of the Democratic Party and Fan, of the NeoDemocrats, wanted to invoke powers in the Legco's Powers and Privileges Ordinance to set up a select committee to probe the two-year postponement of the cross-border railway to Guangzhou.
The pan-democrats said a select committee was necessary because the government and the MTR corporation have failed to answer all queries surrounding the delay. But the pro-government camp – except the Liberal Party – said the new motion was repetitive and most did not support a Legco investigation.
Beijing-loyalist Wong Kwok-kin, of the Federation of Trade Unions, said using special powers to start an investigation was premature.
"The responsibilities surrounding the delay is unclear … we should wait and see," said Wong, whose party has vowed to support a Legco probe if the government failed to come clean on the Legco's railway subcommittee meetings, which has a second session scheduled for May 16.
But the Labour Party's Fernando Cheung Chiu-hung, disagreed. "The Legco is obliged to scrutinise the saga as it involves tremendous public interest," he said.
The Liberal Party, the only pro-government party which wanted discussion on the motion, called on the chief executive to appoint a commission of enquiry.
"I told the chief secretary a commission of enquiry, appointed by the chief executive, is the only way out. It can be headed by a retired judge, aiming at sorting out the responsibility of each of the bureau, the Highways Department and the corporation," said Liberal party leader James Tien.
"If there is no concrete reply from the government it is very likely for us to support the vote on a Legco probe next month."
Despite today's rejection, however, lawmakers can still table a special powers motion at the full council meeting next month.
Earlier today, lawmakers Michael Tien Puk-sun and Ng Leung-sing said in an RTHK interview that the government could appoint two to three additional members into the board of MTR if it wants to strengthen its role.
They were responding to comments yesterday by Secretary for Transport and Housing Professor Anthony Cheung Bing-leung who said that the government – which now only appoints the chairman and three members – plans to have more representatives in the 15-strong non-executive MTR board.
Currently, Cheung, Commissioner for Transport Ingrid Yeung Ho Poi-yan and Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Professor Chan Ka-keung sit in the board.
Without giving details, Cheung said yesterday he hoped to appoint members from a wide variety of backgrounds into the board to improve the government's monitoring role.
Michael Tien and Ng said that two to three more government representatives in the board would be sufficient for the government to strengthen its role.
Michael Tien said the new directors should have a background in developing new railway projects to suit the company's needs. As well as the high-speed railway, the MTR is constructing four other links.
Ng said additional directors in the board could help it manage the wide scope of MTR business, which covers transportation, properties and overseas business.
"It would be helpful if the new directors have experience in transportation and housing," he said.
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To staff, he said, "The decision for the cancelation was out of my sphere, but as someone who took part in the development, I'd like to convey something to the staff: I'm sorry that I couldn't be of assistance."
Not that his assistance was necessarily needed. Inafune noted that the staff had such tremendous motivation that they didn't need his help, which makes him feel even sadder at the cancelation.
He encouraged the staff to turn their feelings of sadness around and work towards making an even better game.
For fans, he said "I'm truly sorry I couldn't take part through the end."
Inafune himself is included in the fan group. Even after leaving Capcom, Inafune continued to keep track of the game as a fan. "I didn't buy a 3DS for this project, but at the very least I'd like to have played the demo."