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Skip to comments.Top G.O.P. Donors Seek Greater Say in Senate Races (Tokyo Rove SuperPac to attack Tea Party)
Posted on 02/03/2013 11:18:18 AM PST by jimbo123
The biggest donors in the Republican Party are financing a new group to recruit seasoned candidates and protect Senate incumbents from challenges by far-right conservatives and Tea Party enthusiasts who Republican leaders worry could complicate the partys efforts to win control of the Senate.
The Conservative Victory Project, which is backed by Karl Rove and his allies who built American Crossroads into the largest Republican super PAC of the 2012 election cycle, will start by intensely vetting prospective contenders for Congressional races to try to weed out candidates who are seen as too flawed to win general elections.
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I do not know who I despise more, the rats of these dirt bags.
"Rove Declares War on Tea Party"
Obama sends Valentine Card to Karl Rove
What is the point of having a senate controlled by Rinos who will just act like democrats anyway. Better these senators have their feet held to the fire knowing they will be primaried if they don't vote in the way the people who elected them expect them to do. It is high time for a third party but we don't need to make yet another one. There are two established parties out there, the libertarian and the constitution, they differ quite a bit from each other, but they both believe in limited government, individual responsibility and liberty. So my advice: Examine them both carefully, decide which is the best fit, and leave the GOP, it is over. And stop voting for the lesser of 2 evils, until we stop doing this, evil doing is what we are going to get!
These dirt bags. They want another shot at losing an election. Next thing you know they will want to change the Republican Party logo (which DOES need changing) to a half elephant/half donkey image with a hammer and sickle implanted on its forehead. Or a pinata. Establishment Republican bastards make me sick.
Fight! Make your calls, emails! And dont mince words!!!!
I make it a point to do so at least once a week from here...when I return to the States Im gonna increase my efforts!
Who needs Conservatives? A Huntsman/Bush ticket will surely get the base to the voting booth.
Yeah, Senators Tommy Thompson and Connie Mack etc. can attest to the value of the establishement's picks.
Rove's boy lost the presidential election - his next boys for these senate seats will lose, too, then his choice, Jeb Bush, will lose the 2016 presidential election. Rove gathers millions of dollars for his boys but they still lose.
OK, you stupid bas72r$. You've already lost 2012 because you failed to bring real conservatives to your table and out to vote. I guess you think that trying to bring more RINO,s along will help your cause. 'Ain't gonna happen you jerk.
Amen brother.
Tokyo Rove's RINO Victory Project.
This is just another scam by Tokyo Rove to steal even more money from GOP donors and pocket his "consulting fees" while losing.
Karl Rove and his establishment got their perfect Presidential ideological candidate last time, a "Moderate" (truly a Liberal), and the result was the same as every time the Republican Party runs a "Moderate" nominee, a loss. Now they will continue to employ such a strategy on the Senate?
Either the Republican establishment truly likes being the minority party or they are truly blind to reality.
Question is, does the Conservative plurality continue to attempt to regain control of this Party, or do we look elsewhere?
It's all about Karl Rove scamming consulting fees from GOP donors. It's not about winning for Tokyo Rove. It's about lining his pockets with scammed dollars and screwing GOP donors.
So this crew would prefer candidates like McCain (loser) and Romney(loser)?
How's that working out for them...and us?
If only all the legit conservatives could/would shut the spigot off to the GOP. You'd be better off flushing you money down the toilet, at least it couldn't be used to support traitors. Unless you're directly supporting a TP candidate, no money, no volunteering, no nothing.
I guess that is supposed to mean victory OVER conservatives.
Lugar probably would have won in Indiana in 2012. Another candidate might have won in Missouri that year. Castle could have won in Delaware in 2012.
At the presidential level, Reagan won as a solid conservative. The other winners, Eisenhower, Nixon, the Bushes, had spottier records. Goldwater, another solid conservative, lost by a landslide.
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Representative Steve King of Iowa could be an early target of the Conservative Victory Project.
The GOP elites don't want to win. They are on the same side as the far left. It's a game of good cop, bad cop. The RINOs are the greatest enemy facing our country and should be treated as such.
It's working great for them but it's killing the country.
I totally agree with you. They are using us to collect their cushy pay checks and have a fancy life of perks and drunken parties.
They don't care about America. They have always been part of the problem. Rove has always been part of the problem.
Why does the NY Times report this?
Voter suppression. Divide and conquer.
Alienating conservatives from the Republican coalition was decisive in gaining the Presidency for Obamunism in 2012. If they can consolidate the Supreme Court from this, they have a solid shot at strategic victory in their long march to overcome the constitutional limits on power.
When will we learn who the real enemy is?
The RNC jackasses have been hounding us for money on the level attributed to telemarketers. I finally told the assholes we switched to the Rat party. Calls have subsided a bit. We will give to the Tea Party conservatives, not the RNC.
Rove's anti-conservative PAC leader gave an interview to the NY Times in this article! Didn't you read it? Why is Rove's SuperPac leadership courting the enemy at the NY Times?
There is no difference. These people are rats.
What the Republicans need to do is to come together with Conservatives and have a party that can work for what is right. Instead they are working to split us apart even more.
This typ of BS will not help the republicans , but it works great for the Dems.
What we need is a new party and let these RINO Mf'ers join the Dems or become forever lost in the wilderness of RINOism.
The last time these a$$ holes called me, I cursed that MF, and invented a few four letter words that did not exist before. He was not expecting a verbal barrage like that and whimpered he would take my name off their calling list. This was several years ago and I do not think I have ever been so angry, as I was that day.
Put history in perspective. Since Gerald Ford, all moderate Republican nominees have lost Presidential elections.
Yes, Reagan was a solid Conservative and while one could make an argument of the Conservative credentials of Bush 43, for the most part he was far more Conservative than his dad.
As for Castle and Lugar, while I concede they likely would have won their respective elections, what if they would have won? Would they have supported a Conservative agenda or would they have acted more like the Maine twins?
If the Republican Party continues to sell out traditional Conservative values, acting like the Democrat lite party, what have we or the Country actually gained?
I submit that those who turn out to vote in such elections would rather vote for the real thing instead of an imitation, while Conservative voters will mostly just stay home (which looks to be what transpired in the 2012 Presidential Election).
War it is then.
In short, the GOP-E which should be driven from influencing the party. They are also in a snit over Ted Cruz schooling their beloved Dewhurst, Marco Rubio driving Charlie Hotbottom Crist from public life. They would like to see to it that none of those non-elitist Georgia Congresscritters take their Saxby's seat. If Saxby coulkd be forced to retire by the barbarians, then at least they should "compromise to elect Chartsworth Worthington 32nd to replace him. Actually, they would really like a US Senate made up of 100 Thurston J. Howell IIIs for those old enough to remember Gilligan's Island. It would make our country utterly safe for Muffy's Trust Fund.
Make these spoiled twerps DEFINE what they mean by "conservative."
I'll say this for Rove....he was right. And man, does that one hurt.
Christine O'Donnell was a lousy candidate,
So was Mourdock in Indiana, and the guy in Missouri.
They all had a bad case of "foot in mouth" disease.
Rove's point that we need to get people who can think on their feet, have the ability to say what they mean, and are media savvy.
Somebody needs to be able to answer the "gotcha" game from the drive-by media and counter it effectively.
I do indeed remember Gilligan. I am old enough to remember him when he played Maynard G Krebs. I don't think Dobie Gillis was ever intended to make him the main character, but that is how it worked out.
The main difference between the two Big Government parties is the names of the people they want to put into office.
They both want to tell us what we can do, loot the treasury, make their friends and relatives fat on the taxpayer, and figure out ways to keep themselves in office.
The main reason some people vote for the republican party is that they sometimes seem to be slightly less objectionable than the democrats.
Repeal the 17th Amendment !
The GOP-E have money and only money. Money is only a means to obtain votes. We have millions of grass roots conservatives: Pro-life, pro-family, pro-gun, pro-military, anti-tax (for folks of modest means too!), pro-God, etc. Organize the conservative groups, GOTV, win the primaries, win more general elections than has been the recent case, and the GOP-e can put their $$$$ where the sun shineth not! If they get too pesty, tax their trust funds.
I want more Ted Cruz type candidates, I'm sick of RINOS, what's the point of having a two party system when they are all cut from the same cloth. It sickens me how Americans anoint politicians and they sit as if they were kings 'till they drop dead, we need term limits, thanks Arizona for re-electing Juan McLame!
It's not so simple as to say "the conservative will always win" or "the moderate will always win." I think one can make a good case that those elections could have been won by more experienced and professional candidates. That might have been the incumbent (Lugar) or the heir apparent (Castle) or some more conservative candidate who was smarter and more savvy than Mourdock or Akin or O'Donnell.
Put history in perspective. Since Gerald Ford, all moderate Republican nominees have lost Presidential elections.
So that means what? Ford, Dole, McCain, Romney (though I suspect if Dole had won -- or maybe if any of them had won and done a decent job they'd be seen as honorary conservatives by now). And in the other column is Reagan. And the Bushes? Moderates or conservatives?
Let's try it a different way. In the last twenty years only one Republican has been elected President, G.W. Bush. According to the accepted statistics Republicans won a majority -- or even a plurality -- of the popular vote only once, in 2004. That suggests that any Republican, including a conservative one would probably have trouble winning in the current environment.
Okay, so Perot threw the first election to the Democrats, but lately it doesn't look like there's a hidden conservative majority out there just waiting for the most conservative candidate. Of course, if things do take a turn towards the Republicans a more conservative candidate could be elected. But it might not be because a majority was waiting for a true conservative, but rather because the whole country was so sick of the Democrats, that it would sweep a conservative candidate who otherwise wouldn't have been elected into office.
As for Castle and Lugar, while I concede they likely would have won their respective elections, what if they would have won? Would they have supported a Conservative agenda or would they have acted more like the Maine twins?
That's the big question. There are a few -- very few high-profile party swappers, like James Jeffords. Nowadays Senators usually vote with the party on the important votes. You have their vote in the all-important organizational vote at the beginning and on something like Obamacare, you get all Republicans voting together.
Lugar generally scored in the 60s or 70s in the ACU ratings. Compared to my Senators and Representatives that's actually not bad. Castle's ratings were worse. You would have had a good case to replace him with another candidate, but please, somebody who knew what they were doing.
I'm impatient with those Republicans who after the last election rushed into print saying, We must broaden the base of our party when what they meant was to fuzz up and blur even more the differences between ourselves and our opponents.
Our people look for a cause to believe in. Is it a third party we need, or is it a new and revitalized second party, raising a banner of no pale pastels, but bold colors which make it unmistakably clear where we stand on all of the issues troubling the people?
Let our banner proclaim our belief in a free market as the greatest provider for the people.
Let us explore ways to ward off socialism, not by increasing governments coercive power, but by increasing participation by the people in the ownership of our industrial machine.
It is time to reassert our principles and raise them to full view. And if there are those who cannot subscribe to these principles, then let them go their way.
Ronald Reagan
You wrote: "Didnt you read it? Why is Roves SuperPac leadership courting the enemy at the NY Times?"
You were right, I had not read the article.
I am concerned about the left perpetrating a strategy to divide conservatives and republicans, because I know that they make deliberate efforts to do so - and I am still stinging badly from having to watch the disaster of Obama's re-election unfold, largely due to successful suppression of republican turnout.
Nonetheless, in this case I believe that you are right to be concerned about Rove and his PAC - they are the ones being divisive. The more I hear about it, the more it turns my stomach.
Isn't there some constructive work that could be found for Rove, like maybe attacking leftists, doing some party-building/coalition-building, or running an ongoing issue advocacy campaign?
I would not be surprised to find that the purpose of "advertising" in the NY Times, is to encourage donations from lefties who want to weaken their competition by promoting fratricide and mushier candidates.
The thing about Rove is that his consulting and advertising fee gravy train is leaving the station and this is his last chance to rob his PAC donors blind. For Rove, it's all about money, not principles.
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BALTIMORE, MD (September 2, 2011) As residents of Maryland recover from damage inflicted by Hurricane Irene, the U.S. Department of Labors Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Maryland Occupational Safety and Health (MOSH) of Marylands Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation urge workers and members of the public engaged in hurricane cleanup activities to be aware of the hazards they might encounter and the steps they should take to protect themselves.
Hurricane Irene proved to be a formidable storm. Clean up and repairs continue across the state. The Maryland Labor Department strongly urges all Maryland families and workers to be safe and use extreme caution as we all clean up from the storm, said Maryland Labor Secretary Alexander M. Sanchez.
Hurricane recovery work involves a wide range of safety and health hazards, said William A. Burke, acting administrator of OSHAs Philadelphia Regional Office. These hazards can be minimized by knowledge, safe work practices and personal protective equipment. Federal OSHA and Maryland OSH want to make certain that no casualties result from cleanup operations.
Cleanup work can involve restoring electricity, communications, water and sewer services; demolition activities; removal of floodwater from structures; entry into flooded areas; cleaning up debris; tree trimming; structural, roadway, bridge, and dam and levee repair; use of cranes, aerial lifts and other heavy equipment; hazardous waste operations; and emergency response activities.
Inherent hazards may include illness from exposure to contaminated water or food, exposure or heat stress, downed electrical wires, carbon monoxide and electrical hazards from portable generators, fall and struck-by hazards from tree trimming or working at heights, being caught in unprotected excavations or confined spaces, burns, lacerations, musculoskeletal injuries, being struck by traffic or heavy equipment, and drowning from being caught in moving water or while removing water from flooded structures.
Protective measures should involve evaluating the work area for all hazards; task-specific hazard exposure monitoring; utilizing engineering or work practice controls to mitigate hazards; using personal protective equipment; assuming all power lines are live; following proper hygiene procedures; using portable generators, saws, ladders, vehicles and other equipment correctly; and utilizing proper precautions for traffic work zones.
OSHA maintains comprehensive websites on keeping disaster site workers safe during hurricane cleanup and recovery operations and flooding preparedness and response at the OSHA's Hurricane Preparedness and Response page and the OSHA Responds to Hurricane Irene page. Federal OSHA is responsible for federal, postal and maritime workplaces and military bases in Maryland, and its Baltimore/Washington Area Office may be reached at 410-865-2055, with more information online. MOSH has jurisdiction over all public and private sector places of employment in the state of Maryland. It can be reached at 410-527-4499, and more information is available at our website.
Additionally, a checklist of activities to be undertaken before, during and after a hurricane is available from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, employers are responsible for providing safe and healthful workplaces for their employees. OSHAs role is to ensure these conditions for Americas working men and women by setting and enforcing standards, and providing training, education and assistance. For more information, visit OSHA's website.
The Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation protects and empowers Marylanders by safeguarding workers, protecting consumers, providing a safety net and cultivating a thriving workforce that can meet the demands of Marylands dynamic economy. Follow DLLR on Twitter (@MD_DLLR) and Facebook.

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An all-round losing proposition
In a recent commentary, Ed Kanze presented numerous facts in support of rail service. Unfortunately, his facts present a substantially misleading picture of what restoring rail service on the Remsen-Lake Placid line offers to the Adirondacks.
While some trains can be a highly efficient way of transporting people and freight, this one would be anything but. It would be slow, dirty, outdated and wasteful of taxpayer money, with no investors and few customers. Why, one wonders, should we taxpayers spend hundreds of millions of dollars to achieve so little when a low-cost recreational trail along this corridor can clearly achieve so much?
As Mr. Kanze pointed out, China is wisely investing in rail transportation. However, China has more than 1.35 billion people – no problem about empty trains there. By comparison, the number of residents and annual visitors to the central Adirondacks represents less than 0.02 percent of the population of China. He also pointed to Amtrak's success, overlooking the fact that Amtrak's successful routes pass between population centers with millions of people.
Mr. Kanze points to trains as more fuel efficient and environmentally sensitive than automobiles. This is certainly true in some cases. However, a near-empty passenger or freight train pulled by a big, old locomotive lacking any pollution controls, consuming many gallons of diesel fuel per mile and belching toxic soot is hardly fuel efficient, environmentally sensitive or "green" in any other way.
He describes the current condition of the rail infrastructure along this corridor as "less than ideal." That's something of an understatement. Other boosters have described it as "needing a few new ties." In fact, this rail corridor was first developed in the 19th century and was last used and maintained on a regular basis a half-century ago. The rail infrastructure is now in terrible shape.
Over the many decades since active rail service, the rail industry has changed a great deal. As recently as the 1970s, rail cars were limited to a loaded weight of 220,000 pounds, but loaded rail cars now weigh 286,000 pounds to as much as 315,000 pounds, with still-heavier loads on the horizon. The Remsen-Lake Placid line is outdated, having been rated significantly below 286,000 pounds. Further, the railroad-restoration proponents aspire to provide service at only 25 to 30 miles per hour, when every minute counts now for passengers or freight. Nearby, we already have active 286,000-pound lines to the east and west of the Adirondacks and a 315,000-pound line to the south. There are few if any foreseeable customers for Utica-to-Lake Placid train service, and the "investors" seek only government subsidies.
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Fresh off a proposal to update a few Emoji that we've all been using wrong, Unicode has finalized 38 brand new Emoji for the upcoming 9.0 update in 2016. Included in the update are a lying face, clinking champagne glasses, an avocado, bacon and a symbol for the word "selfie." The new icons are set for approval in June 2016, and tech companies are expected to add them to their operating systems shortly thereafter.
Iconic Sampler, Akai MPC, Gets 2017 Makeover
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Hip-hop music wouldn't be what it is today without Akai's iconic MPC machines (aka Music Production Controllers) and now the sampler is getting a 2017 reboot. The Japanese company has two new MPCs coming out this year: the MPC Live and the MPC X. Upgrades include much more storage space for various sounds as well as a touchscreen, a built-in battery (making the Live genuinely portable) and more. These standalone machines are continuing the legacy of the MPC and hopefully even more magical music will come from them.
Fujifilm GFX 50S Medium Format Digital Camera
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The most anticipated camera in years, the Fujifilm GFX 50S medium format digital camera is set for release this February. The GFX 50S is mirrorless and uses a huge CMOS sensor—it's one and a half times larger than its 35mm equivalent. Even though its sensor is a big one, the camera itself is roughly the same size and weight as other full-frame system cameras—a bonus for those who carry several cameras with them when traveling. We had a brief hands-on with it recently and were impressed with the weight, speed, image quality and low-light capabilities.
Replicating the American Dollar's Scent
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Partnering with chemist and perfumer Marc vom Ende from fragrance and flavor manufacturer Symrise, artist Mike Bouchet will fill all 45,000 square feet of Chelsea's Marlborough Gallery with the reconstructed scent of American money. The exhibition, known as "Tender," opens today 19 January 2017. Within, guests will find nothing but the olfactory, invisible "structure." The scent's formula took over a year to develop and carries around 100 notes—including those from inks, paper, leathers, human odor and metal cash machines. Bouchet chose currency's scent for its scientifically-proven ability to stimulate an emotional response. You can read more about the process at the WSJ.
Fenghe Luo's Realistic NYC Souvenirs
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Fenghe Luo's prject "WTF NYC" isn't brand new, but it's worth taking a look at. Rather than pretty skylines and Lady Liberty, Luo's take on NYC souvenirs isn't just funny, it's (frighteningly) realistic. From snow-globes with garbage bags inside to a subway sound box to a lapel pin stating "Yes that's piss," the tchotchkes perfectly illustrate our beloved NYC. Anybody who has spent a little time in the city will surely appreciate these items—and wish they were for sale. Read and see more at designboom.
Japan Standardizes Bidet Function Imagery
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Even if you've used a bidet elsewhere—be that a different nation or just a different bathroom—one generally has to interpret the icons that accompany various features. Oftentimes, they're rather obtuse, leading to unexpected results. Thankfully the Japan Sanitary Equipment Industry Association (aka toilet- and bidet-makers) have agreed to standardize all of the pictograms. The association settled upon eight, with each corresponding to a feature, and they'll be applied to all products rolling out this year and in the future.
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Using the symbols :// instead of the "ill" in Mozilla, Johnson Banks' new logo for the company is causing a bit of a stir. While the symbols come from a full URL (aka http://) some are seeing the pre-emoji slant-face emoticon, which traditionally was a meant to express being skeptical, annoyed or undecided. Regardless, Johnson Banks' design (called Protocol 2.0) has made an impact, and was chosen from four finalist concepts which were released back in September. Studio founder Michael Johnson says, "It's been fascinating process, involving thousands of views and opinions worldwide—the world's first genuinely open-source rebrand." Read more about their approach and process at It's Nice That.
America's Last Disco Ball-Maker
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Starting with an aluminum sphere (some as large as a whopping 10 feet in diameter), Yolanda Baker makes disco balls by hand, a craft she has perfected over almost 50 years. While the disco ball boom dropped off—thanks to cheaper, overseas options becoming available, Baker (known as Yo Yo) is America's last disco queen. During the zenith of Studio 54, flares and doing The Hustle, Baker made 160,000 disco balls each year and has since handcrafted pieces for Madonna and Beyonce. See the video at FACT.
NASA Selects Housing Designs for Mars
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To encourage design thinking for the next stage of space exploration (and potential settlement), NASA hosted the 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge—tasking designers with imagining plans for homes on Mars. Every entry carried a distinct futurism and descriptions of the functionality within but winner Mars Ice House proposed something extraordinary—a 3D-printed dual layer ice dome. From Team Space Exploration Architecture and Clouds Architecture Office in New York, the Mars Ice House protects against compromising radiation but allows natural light in so residents could sync to the daytime cycle of the planet. Check out more entries in the slideshow at Cool Material.
Confirming the Medical Benefits of Marijuana
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The National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine has released a whopping 400-page study on the clinical benefits of marijuana wherein they support almost 100 conclusions. The report features information from 10,000 scientific studies and notes many positive effects, including cannabinoids' impact on treating chronic pain. It also states that smoking marijuana is not linked to cancers that arise from smoking tobacco products (though respiratory ailments may arise). The study also denies many other negative claims (like the idea of weed being a gateway drugs) but does make clear that mental issues including anxiety and depression can be side-effects. Read more at Ars Technica.
Design Impact on 2017's Forthcoming Products
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While much of the headline-grabbing announcements at CES focused on software, Fast Co's team dedicated time to discover the best of hardware design. From major names like Sony (who revealed speakers, screens, projectors and more) to smaller organizations like Argodesign and car manufacturer Denso, industrial design—and the minds behind it—left a resounding impact. 3D scanning devices also stunned with their advancement. For a comprehensive overview head to Fast Co.
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(NOTE: The description below is not new insight, but rather is an expansion upon an earlier post by Allan Engelhardt. This post is effectively notes I took while reading his post. All of the credit goes to him for this technique. If I've made a mistake, all the errors within belong to me)
I've just added an "Optimized Constant Value Benchmark" to the leaderboard which represents approximately the best score you can get with a constant value of approximately 0.209179. This approach has been used by several competitors and many have exceeded it already.
To understand this benchmark, we need to look at the evaluation metric for this competition which is the Root Mean Squared Logarithmic Error (RMSLE):
\[ \epsilon = \sqrt{\frac{1}{n} \sum_{i=1}^n (\log(p_i + 1) - \log(a_i+1))^2 }\]
- \\(\epsilon\\) is the RMSLE value (score)
- \\(n\\) is the total number of members
- \\(p_i\\) is your predicted DaysInHospital value for member \\(i\\)
- \\(a_i\\) is the actual DaysInHospital value for member \\(i\\)
- \\(\log(x)\\) is the natural logarithim of \\(x\\)
We'd like to know an optimal \\(p\\) constant value such that if we make a submission where all \\(p_i = p\\), we'll get a decent score on the leaderboard for the RMSLE evaluation. This would roughly be the best possible score you could get without looking at any individual member data because this approach tries to identify an "average" member.
One good place to start in the process of finding an optimal \\(p\\) is to try \\(p = p_i = 0\\). This is exactly what the "All Zeros Benchmark" does. I'll call this score \\(\epsilon_0\\). If we look at how it's calculated, we see:
\[ \epsilon_0 = \sqrt{\frac{1}{n} \sum_{i=1}^n (\log(0 + 1) - \log(a_i+1))^2 }\]
\[ = \sqrt{\frac{1}{n} \sum_{i=1}^n (\log(1) - \log(a_i+1))^2 }\]
\[ = \sqrt{\frac{1}{n} \sum_{i=1}^n (0 - \log(a_i+1))^2 }\]
\[ = \sqrt{\frac{1}{n} \sum_{i=1}^n (- \log(a_i+1))^2 }\]
\[ = \sqrt{\frac{1}{n} \sum_{i=1}^n (\log(a_i+1))^2 }\]
To keep things compact, I'll use the "bar" notation to denote the mean (average). That is, \\(\overline{P} = \frac{1}{n} \sum_{i=1}^n p_i\\). This gives us:
\[ \epsilon_0 = \sqrt{\overline{\log(a_i+1)^2} }\]
\[ \epsilon_0^2 = \overline{\log(a_i+1)^2} \]
By looking at the public leaderboard, we see that \\(\epsilon_0 \approx 0.522226\\):
\[ \epsilon_0^2 = 0.522226^2 \approx 0.272720 = \overline{\log(a_i+1)^2} \]
Thus, we can figure out average squared logarithm value (plus 1) for the public leaderboard's \\(a_i\\)'s
Things get interesting if we compare another constant submission. The leaderboard also has an "All 15's Benchmark" which is a score obtained by submitting a constant value of \\(p = p_i = 15\\) for each member. Let's call this score \\(\epsilon_{15}\\):
\[ \epsilon_{15} = \sqrt{\frac{1}{n} \sum_{i=1}^n (\log(p_i + 1) - \log(a_i+1))^2 }\]
\[ = \sqrt{\frac{1}{n} \sum_{i=1}^n (\log(15 + 1) - \log(a_i+1))^2 }\]
\[ = \sqrt{\frac{1}{n} \sum_{i=1}^n (\log(16) - \log(a_i+1))^2 }\]
\[ = \sqrt{\frac{1}{n} \sum_{i=1}^n (\log(16) - \log(a_i+1))(\log(16) - \log(a_i+1)) }\]
\[ = \sqrt{\frac{1}{n} \sum_{i=1}^n (\log(16)^2 - \log(16)\log(a_i+1) - \log(a_i+1)\log(16) + \log(a_i+1)^2) }\]
This simplifies to:
\[ \epsilon_{15} = \sqrt{\frac{1}{n} \sum_{i=1}^n (\log(16)^2 - 2\log(16)\log(a_i+1) + \log(a_i+1)^2) }\]
We can square both sides:
\[ \epsilon_{15}^2 = \frac{1}{n} \sum_{i=1}^n (\log(16)^2 - 2\log(16)\log(a_i+1) + \log(a_i+1)^2) \]
We can use our "bar" notation for averages to simplify this:
\[ \epsilon_{15}^2 = \overline{\log(16)^2} - \overline{2\log(16)\log(a_i+1)} + \overline{\log(a_i+1)^2)} \]
We know that the average of a constant value is the constant value itself, so this simplifies to:
\[ \epsilon_{15}^2 = \log(16)^2 - 2\log(16)\overline{\log(a_i+1)} + \overline{\log(a_i+1)^2)} \]
In addition, we learned earlier that \\(\epsilon_0^2 = \overline{\log(a_i+1)^2}\\), so we can substitute that in to obtain:
\[ \epsilon_{15}^2 = \log(16)^2 - 2\log(16)\overline{\log(a_i+1)} + \epsilon_0^2 \]
We can rearrange terms:
\[ 2\log(16)\overline{\log(a_i+1)} = \log(16)^2 + \epsilon_0^2 - \epsilon_{15}^2 \]
and then divide each side by \\(2\log(16)\\):
\[ \overline{\log(a_i+1)} = \frac{\log(16)^2 + \epsilon_0^2 - \epsilon_{15}^2}{2\log(16)} \]
We'd really like to solve for \\(\overline{a_i}\\). This is where we step into some dangerous territory from a mathematical perspective. We can calculate \\(exp(x) = e^x\\) on each side, but this approach is misleading because it won't really tell us the true \\(\overline{a_i}\\) but rather a somewhat optimal value for an average based on our error metric.
We'll blissfully ignore this for now and press on:
\[ \exp{\left(\overline{\log(a_i+1)}\right)} = \exp{\left(\frac{\log(16)^2 + \epsilon_0^2 - \epsilon_{15}^2}{2\log(16)}\right)} \]
\[ \overline{a_i+1} = \exp{\left(\frac{\log(16)^2 + \epsilon_0^2 - \epsilon_{15}^2}{2\log(16)}\right)} \]
\[ \overline{a_i} = \exp{\left(\frac{\log(16)^2 + \epsilon_0^2 - \epsilon_{15}^2}{2\log(16)}\right)} - 1 \]
Again, by looking at the leaderboard, we know that
- \\(\epsilon_{0} \approx 0.522226\\)
- \\(\epsilon_{15} \approx 2.628062\\)
Thus, we can calculate \\(\overline{a_i}\\):
\[ \overline{a_i} = \exp{\left(\frac{\log(16)^2 + 0.522226^2 - 2.628062^2}{2\log(16)}\right)} - 1 \]
\[ \approx 0.209178645003481 \]
What's really interesting about this approach is that you can use any other non-zero constant value (\\(p\\)) submission along with its public leaderboard error (\\(\epsilon_{p}\\)) and you should get the same "optimized" constant value by calculating:
\[ \overline{a_i} = \exp{\left(\frac{\log(p + 1)^2 + \epsilon_0^2 - \epsilon_{p}^2}{2\log(p + 1)}\right)} - 1 \]
Now, a few words of caution:
- It's critical to realize that the calculated \\(\overline{a_i} \approx 0.209179 \\) value is not the real mean value for DaysInHospital. Instead, it is a constant value that is useful only in the context of this contest's evaluation metric. A better approximation for the real mean value can be obtained by finding the mean of Y2 and Y3.
- Note that both \\(\epsilon_{0}\\) and \\(\epsilon_{15}\\) came from the public leaderboard values which represent approximately 30% of the solution set. The other 70% is used in the private leaderboard and thus will be used to calculate your real final scores. Thus, there is a chance that this "optimized" constant will be different than had we calculated it based off the complete solution set.
- Just by looking at the leaderboard, you can tell that a constant value submission will not put you in the running for any prizes, so you'll actually have to look at the data :)
Regardless, I thought this technique was a clever approach to the data. Thanks again to Allan for sharing it.


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A 2-year-old boy watched his mother get shot to death by MS-13 gang members in a wooded section of Central Islip last year before one of them turned the gun on the crying toddler, killing him, according to federal court papers.
The mother, Vanessa Argueta, 19, had taken her young son, Diego Torres, with her on what she thought was a dinner date last February because she didn't have a baby-sitter, the court papers said.
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Murdering toddlers Americans won't.
Nice people - not. Animals. Hopefully more will go to Long Island and the Upper West Side. Hopefully Bloomberg will give them rent control apts in the Upper West Side.
Sick bastards. Hope they get prison justice.
Clearly stricter gun control targeting law abiding citizens is exactly what we need to combat this kind of gang violence. And if that doesn't work, we'll pass an amnesty bill. That ought to help. and if that doesn't work, we'll call on Conservatives to tone down their rhetoric which certainly ought to end senseless violence in America.
We don't need more on LI. We need more to return to their home countries...
Ain't multi-culturalism great?
Send them all to "college" and then put them on the 'RATS' "pathway to the voting booth". They'll make great DemocRATS. The Party of Death.
Central Islip has always been a hole. The place is known for the insane asylum there.
Does this mean the shooters won't be eligible for the Dream Act? For Amnesty?
From Mexico, with love...
The majority of people in NY voted for this.
"Does this mean the shooters wont be eligible for the Dream Act? For Amnesty?"
Of course! Cruel white robber barons have stacked the deck against small hardworking brown people who come here only seeking jobs and justice!!!/SARCASM
Plans change; double murders happen; even when it's a young Mother and her toddler son.
Legal or illegal (?); not that it matters to the deceased, of course.
Not at all, not at all. Why do you ask?
I thought it was from beyond Mexico (El Salvador). Mexico tries to shut them out of its southern border, but they come anyhow.
Viva Los Pepes!
they're so mean they likely will become the gang leaders there in short order
This should have all taken place in Mexico. Let's build an Israeli-style fence across the border and end this nightmare.
Too bad we make no effort to shut them out of our southern border...
Sad but true.
The original members were from El Salvador. Not sure if it's changed much.
MS-13 did not originate from Mexico...
They are Salvadorian.
The gang originated in Los Angeles, actually...
And they come across from Mexico...regardless of where they claim to be from.
Mexico tries to control their borders, but they demand that we not control ours. (string of expletives deleted)
Now gov will spend millions on why he should not be put to death
Ex post facto family planning.
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ISHPEMING – There's nothing particularly unusual about reusing a vacant building, but the former C.L. Phelps Middle School in Ishpeming has an innovative reuse plan under way.
If it goes forward, the building will eventually combine an early childhood development center along with affordable housing.
The Phelps school was closed in December 2010, and all of the students and teachers were moved to the old Central Elementary, which is part of the Ishpeming High School, to save money and cut costs. A little more than a year later, Ishpeming Public Schools entered a purchase agreement with Phoenix Holding/G.A. Haan Development of downstate Harbor Springs.
Ben Ide, development director for Haan Development, said the company has plans for affordable housing on the second and third floors of the building and an early childhood development center run by the Marquette County YMCA.
"We were contacted by the YMCA and asked if the program could go in the building," Ide said. "We were more than happy to put the program there because having apartments and an early childhood program would be great and go together well."
Haan Development sent a letter of intent to the Ishpeming Board of Education, which was approved at its December meeting. The developers sent another letter of intent to the YMCA board. According to Lisa Coombs Gerou, chief executive director of Marquette County YMCA, the board has yet to approve the letter of intent.
"The Haan group, I imagine, is laying out the plans and will come back to us with numbers and then we'll go from there," Gerou said. "We think it's a great idea to have apartments and a YMCA program in the same building, but we need to make sure the building is economically feasible first."
Gerou said the board is waiting to see what the cost of operating their program in the Phelps school will be before approving the letter of intent.
Gerou said there are many reasons why the YMCA thinks the Phelps school is a great location for a west end early childhood program.
"The facility is in a good location downtown, was used previously for an early childhood program and was previously licensed," Gerou said.
The building's previous license means little would have to be done to bring the space up to code in order to get the building relicensed for the YMCA, Gerou said. According to Gerou, the Y plans to open an early childhood development center similar to the one it operates at the former Vandenboom school in Marquette Township.
Haan Development entered a year-long purchase agreement with the Ishpeming Public Schools in May 2012 for $200,000, according to Ishpeming Public Schools Superintendent Stephen Piereson. That agreement ends in May. Haan Development asked the Ishpeming Board of Education to extend the agreement to Dec. 31, and the board unanimously approved the extension Friday.
According to Ide, Haan Development plans to purchase the building in the fall and start construction immediately. Construction could be finished as early as fall 2014.
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Paul is a huge fan of 70's detective shows. Any truth to the rumour that he is going to do a cover version of "Keep your eye on the sparrow" as a tribute to Robert Blake, in his hour of darkness as part of the tour when he comes back around.
I think McCartney enjoys 70's tunes because he did a version of the hustle not to long ago.
I have heard that he is going to show pictures on the big screen of Robert Blake as baretta, a tribute to recently deceased Vegas and Spencer for hire star Robert Uhrich, Bareeta's parakeet Fred, and other pictures of Blake in his younger years as Mickey on the Little Rascals.
Seriously, i think and so does Paul that the LAPD is framing an inoocent man. I think more of Bobby Blake's friends like Paul should support him


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Maryland has been active in legislation that pertains to smart grid development. Starting in 1997 Maryland enacted net-metering laws for bi-directional metering which have been revised in 2009 and again in 2010 and implemented though the Maryland Public Service Commission. [6]
In 2007 the legislators required the Maryland Public Service Commission to for a small generator interconnection working group to develop interconnection standards in SB 595. [5]
The Maryland legislature had created laws protecting the rights of solar energy system owners as early as 1980 and re-addressed the issue in 2008. (H.B. 117) [4]
"In April 2008, Governor O'Malley signed two bills:
1. The EmPower Maryland Energy Efficiency Act sets efficiency and peak-demand reduction portfolio standards, mandates utilities to file demand response plans, and directs the Maryland Public Service Commission to consider whether smart meters are "are cost–effective in reducing consumption and peak demand of electricity" (SB 205/HB 374).
2. The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative—Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Program Act creates the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Program (housed in the Maryland Energy Administration), which will fund demand response programs (HB 368)." [7]
In 1997, as directed by the legislature, the Maryland Public Service Commission had addressed the issue of net metering. By 2000, the Commission had dealt with distributed generation within the PJM marketplace. In 2008 the Maryland Energy Administration developed the "Maryland Strategic Electricity Plan" which makes 19 recommendations many of which impact smart grid development. In 2008 the Maryland Public Service Commission approved residential demand response. Times of use for business were one of the early issues the commission reviewed and were evaluated by 2009 for residential customers. [1, 2, 3]
As Maryland is within the PJM footprint there is the opportunity for end-use customers to participate in demand response though curtailment service providers outside of the utility rates and tariffs.
"In February 2007, the Maryland Public Service Commission deferred its decision about whether to adopt PURPA Standard 14 ("Time-Based Metering and Communications") as enacted in EPACT 2005. It wrote:
"…the Commission hereby advises its jurisdictional electric utilities that it will not direct the wholesale implementation of the above-mentioned standards at this time. The Commission will continue to evaluate the standards and other demand response measures through its work group and any specific utility filings with the Commission. It will consider the working group's efforts and conduct further proceedings in this matter, if necessary, within two years of the effective date of [the Energy Policy] Act."
In May 2008, the Commission held a public conference with the purpose of gathering information about select issues regarding the implementation of the EmPower Maryland Energy Efficiency Act of 2008. (The EmPower Maryland Energy Efficiency Act requires the Commission to evaluate the cost effectiveness of smart meters and a smart grid, and it allows the Commission to mandate the implementation of cost effective smart meter or smart grid technologies.)" [7]
Time-of-use rates, time metered rates, and the experimental shoulder-peak rates just break the cost for electricity or demand into periods on a seasonal basis either on-peak, intermediate, or off-peak pricing.
Net metering is available for any customer's facility where energy production exceeds the energy supplied by the Company.
Demand response credits customers for allowing specific electrical equipment to be interrupted based on selected option based on certain grid conditions.
Distributed generators include qualifying cogeneration, small power production facilities, and net metering generators where prices are negotiated or energy netted out.
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company
- Baltimore Gas and Electric Company Rates
Delmarva Power & Light Company
- Delmarva Power & Light Company Rates
The Potomac Edison Company
- The Potomac Edison Company Rates
Potomac Electric Power Company
- Potomac Electric Power Company Rates
See the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) for information on consumer-owned Cooperatives: http://www.nreca.org/members/MemberDirectory/Pages/default.aspx
Maryland has several tax incentives on renewable energy generation including personal, property, and corporate tax credits on solar, geothermal, and wind. They also grants on solar and wind. There is also the EmPower loan program that includes loans for peak demand reduction systems.
More information can be found in the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE): http://www.dsireusa.org/incentives/index.cfm?re=1&ee=1&spv=0&st=0&srp=1&state=MD
State Energy Office:
- Maryland Energy Administration
State Authority Dealing with Energy Regulation:
- Maryland Public Service Commission
- Docket Search: http://webapp.psc.state.md.us/Intranet/AdminDocket/CaseForm_new.cfm
Maryland Code
Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE): http://www.dsireusa.org/incentives/index.cfm?re=1&ee=1&spv=0&st=0&srp=1&state=MD
[1] Pepco – Maryland Electric. URL: http://www.pepco.com/_res/documents/md_tariff.pdf
[2] DPL – Maryland Electric. URL: http://www.delmarva.com/_res/documents/DPLMdMasterTariff.pdf
[3] Allegheny Power, Maryland Tariffs. URL: http://www.alleghenypower.com/Tariffs/MD/MDTariff.asp
[4] Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency, Maryland Solar Access Laws, 04/10/2010. URL: http://www.dsireusa.org/incentives/incentive.cfm?Incentive_Code=MD01R&re=1&ee=1
[5] Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency, Maryland Interconnection Standards, 05/11/2010. URL: http://www.dsireusa.org/incentives/incentive.cfm?Incentive_Code=MD06R&re=1&ee=1
[6] Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency, Maryland – Net Metering, 05/05/2010. URL: http://www.dsireusa.org/incentives/incentive.cfm?Incentive_Code=MD03R&re=1&ee=1
[7] Demand Response and Smart Metering Policy Actions Since the Energy Policy Act of 2005: A Summary for State Officials, Prepared by the U.S. Demand Response Coordinating Committee for The National Council on Electricity Policy, Fall 2008. URL: http://www.oe.energy.gov/DocumentsandMedia/NCEP_Demand_Response_1208.pdf


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Giving the gift of food safety this holiday season
The Columbus Dispatch - December 17, 2012 03:39 PM
Everyone's a foodie at holiday time. So the U.S. Agriculture Department's Maribel Alonso, a technical information specialist at the department's Meat and Poultry Hotline, has wrapped up a Top 5 list of inexpensive kitchen essentials to keep your food safe:
- Food thermometer(s): "There is a food thermometer to fit every budget, preferred cooking method, and technological aptitude, and every foodie should have at least one," Alonso writes at the USDA's blog. Using a thermometer is the only way to know for sure that your holiday bird is thoroughly cooked so it won't make you sick.
- A timer: Time and temperature work together to control bacteria in food. Use a kitchen timer to tell you when to check food for doneness or how long perishables have been left on the on the table. Perishable items should be refrigerated, reheated or thrown out within two hours of serving.
- Cutting boards: A stocking-ful of colorful cutting boards can spice up your kitchen decor... and help you keep your cutting boards separate. The USDA recommends using one cutting board for preparing raw meat, poultry and seafood; and a separate board for chopping salad ingredients or other ready-to-eat food.
- Appliance thermometer : Oven, refrigerator and freezer settings vary, and time takes a toll on heating and cooling components. Appliance thermometers tell you whether the oven is heating properly, and the refrigerator (below 40˚F) and freezer (below 0˚F) are cold enough.
- Information: The USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline and USA.gov are offering free safe cooking tips for the holidays that you can order online through Jan. 2.
Let's eat safe out there!


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Excellent for health
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I have found many uses for this product, from hair rinse to a daily teaspoon in distilled water for blood sugar, wieght control, digestion and ph balance. Ironoically, putting a capful to a pint of water has helped my plants: roses, bougainvilleas, aloe vera, snap dragons, poinsettas, and even shrubs planted in the ground.
The best ever
Publié par Reviewer3164168 le May 14, 2008
Ok so the taste is something you have to get used to, but the stuff is great, I use it for heartburn. And I have noticed that my skin feels like silk since I have been taking the 2 tablespoons daily...mix it with a little apple juice and it goes down easy....;)
Seems to make a difference
Publié par Reviewer1424676 le May 18, 2008
Seems to make a difference with my allergies - but both bottles shipped to me were leaking.
Good stuff
Publié par Reviewer1255028 le Oct 05, 2011
I like how it detox my system. Some friends even link this to improved complexion. Worth a try. :) and yup, it's more expensive to buy off the shelves here.
love this product
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I put one table spoon of this in a glass of water with some vitamin C powder after meals. It made my skin looked more clearer and radient. And I always choose this product. Very good quality.
Wonderful Vinegar
Publié par SherryB le Aug 23, 2012
Let's start with saying I absolutely hate white distilled vinegar and literally cannot stand the smell of it. Bragg's is so different. So many health benefits and the smell and taste are not bad at all. You can smell a hint of the apples which I love apples. The product has been discontinued, but I believe another alternative is available at Iherb. Bragg's can be found at most grocery stores these days.
surprisingly palatable
Publié par 5180925385205075075 le Apr 06, 2013
I got mine this week and tried it for the first time, to my surprise it's something I can definitely drink on a regular basis!
Our go-to household vinegar!
Publié par Reviewer2780587 le Oct 17, 2011
Great price!
great taste
Publié par Reviewer2190511 le May 08, 2009
I like the taste as it is not too strong.
A teaspoon in 4 oz of apple juice
Publié par Reviewer1710429 le May 31, 2009
help to aid digestion.
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ACM213 - Genre Form and Structure
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Students who commenced prior to 2008 must complete two credit points in ACM111, ACM112 or ACM116. Students commencing from 2008 must complete ACM111, ACM112 and ACM116
Note:Online teaching methods require internet access. Please refer to the most current computer specifications.
This unit will enable students to develop methods and approaches of realising ideas into film and video texts and in forming and structuring recorded material into creative works. It will require students to demonstrate understandings of the language of film and video and to locate filmic form and structure within the discourses of genre, style and aesthetic practice.
The unit will begin by covering topics such as teamwork and team management, consensus decision making, collaborative idea development and film production management. This will provide the context in which students will make a 5 to 6 minute production, shot on digital film and post-produced using digital picture and sound editing systems. Through this production, students will be required to review and analyse their working methods and their production, to make judgements about the feedback they receive and to develop appropriate responses.
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Please don't tell my wife. Marty
A pre Halloween gift to myself
Are they thinking that Bonci can't stand on his own two feet here in the English reading world?
Maybe I should start a cookbook club where each member has to bring a dish from the book starting with this one!
Is Bonci doing any kind of book tour or just NYC?-Greg
I've got mine already in the mail one day before it is officially released. You can get it with free one day shipping at amazon today and get it tommorrow if you buy it in the net 3 hours and 54 minutes. This is going to be AWESOME.


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Weak Game Sales Are No Problem For This Stock
Console and video game-makers slumped for all of 2012, but 2013 could be a renewed start. In the immediate term, the sector will need to overcome a chronic decline in overall sales. In December 2012, NPD Group reported a 22% decline in game sales for the month, and a 22% drop in sales for 2012. The overall sector may be dropping, but this only means that the strongest will survive. [Related: Infographic: Is The Console Dying?]
In the gaming sector, this will mean few titles capturing the largest sales. Game-makers behind these titles will be the companies to watch.
Activision's (ATVI) Call of Duty: Black Ops II was the best-selling title in 2012 and in December. Modern Warfare III was also in the top 10. When it was launched, Black Ops II sold $500 million worth in the first 24 hours of availability.
In December 2012, the top 10 titles were:
1. Call of Duty: Black Ops II (X360, PS3, Wii U, PC) – Activision Blizzard
2. Just Dance 4 (X360, Wii, Wii U, PS3) – Ubisoft (UBSFY)
3. Halo 4 (X360) – Microsoft (MSFT)
4. Assassin's Creed III (X360, PS3, Wii U, PC) – Ubisoft
5. Madden NFL 13 (X360, PS3, Wii, PS Vita, Wii U) – Electronic Arts (EA)
6. Far Cry 3 (X360, PS3, PC) – Ubisoft
7. NBA 2K13 (X360, PS3, Wii, Wii U, PSP, PC) – Take-Two (TTWO)
8. Skylanders Giants (X360, Wii, PS3, 3DS, Wii U) – Activision
9. New Super Mario Bros. 2 (3DS) – Nintendo (NTDOY)
10. FIFA Soccer 13 (X360, PS3, Wii, PS Vita, 3DS, Wii U, PSP) – Electronic Arts
Selling a winning title does not imply the stock is also a winning investment. Large-budget games also face moderately higher longer-term risks: consumers could grow bored of a title. Inadequate research and development in the right features could contribute to weakening future sales.


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UN Adopts 9 Resolutions on Israel, 0 on Syria
Latest update: December 20th, 2012
The UN General Assembly on Tuesday adopted nine resolutions on Palestinian rights and the Golan, sharply criticizing Israel, yet making no mention of Sunday's massacre of Palestinians by Syrian warplanes firing missiles into a mosque in a Palestinian refugee camp near Damascus. Nor did the texts mention the tens of thousands of Palestinians who continue to flee the camp, UN Watch reported.
By the end of this week, the current 2012 UNGA session will have adopted 22 country-specific resolutions on Israel – and only four on the rest of the world combined — one each for Syria, Iran, North Korea and Burma, noted UN Watch.
Tuesday's resolutions criticized Israel for "the continuing systematic violation of the human rights of the Palestinian people," and focused on "the extremely difficult socioeconomic conditions being faced by the Palestine refugees in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem."
One resolution condemned Israel for holding on to the Golan Heights, demanding Israel hand the land and its people to Syria.
"It's astonishing," said Hillel Neuer, executive director of UN Watch. "At a time when the Syrian regime is massacring its own people, how can the UN call for more people to be subject to Assad's rule? The timing of today's text is morally galling and logically absurd."
"What is also outrageous is that these resolutions claim to care about Palestinians, yet the UN proves itself completely oblivious to the actual suffering on the ground, happening right now: Palestinians slaughtered, maimed and expelled by Assad's forces."
"Today's farce at the General Assembly underscores a simple fact: the UN's automatic majority has no interest in truly helping Palestinians, nor in protecting anyone's human rights; the goal of these ritual, one-sided condemnations remains the scapegoating of Israel," said Neuer.
"The UN's disproportionate assault against the Jewish state undermines the credibility of what is supposed to be an impartial and respected international body, and exposes the sores of politicisation and selectivity that eat away at its founding mission, eroding the UN Charter promise of equal treatment to all nations large and small," Neuer added.
"With more than 40,000 killed in Syria, and millions of Syrian refugees suffering now in the cold of winter, it ought to shock the conscience of mankind that the UN will devoting more than 80 percent of this session's resolutions to Israel, and just one, on Thursday, to Syria."Jewish Press Staff
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The UN hasn't mattered for a long time. Millions can die and they wring their hands and do nothing. But let the Jews build some homes, they scream bloody murder. And heaven forbid when the shoot back. Where are the UN sanctions to protect the Kurds, Tibetans, Karens, Assyrians and Copts. Oh, that's right! It's only those Jews condemned. To hell with the UN!
The UN hasn't mattered for a long time. Millions can die and they wring their hands and do nothing. But let the Jews build some homes, they scream bloody murder. And heaven forbid when the shoot back. Where are the UN sanctions to protect the Kurds, Tibetans, Karens, Assyrians and Copts. Oh, that's right! It's only those Jews condemned. To hell with the UN!


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No, in this case I think he means just cutting the sweetener out: I think you may grow to appreciate good tea without sweetener and milk. Putting milk and sweetener in Chinese/TW tea was sacrilege up until recently, and the Indians only use milk and sugar because they learned to from the British. Prior to that, Assam was consumed without sugar.
Oolong (sans Splenda and milk) will actually be good for you in a number of ways.
I also agree with Chip on the temperature for oolong. A little below boiling helps get almost all of the flavor out without the bitterness.
The PersonaliTEA looks like a decent deal and Adagio do own this site, so you're helping keep TeaChat going. Your green teapot will even match the site!


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Robert 'Bob' Maki
GLADSTONE – Robert "Bob" Maki, 66, of 420 Delta Ave., passed away at home Friday evening, May 3, 2013, following a five month illness with cancer. His wife Mary is listed among the survivors. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by the Skradski Family Funeral Homes of Escanaba and Gladstone. Please visit www.skradskifuneralhomes.com where you can express your sympathy to the Maki family, or to leave a memory tribute about Bob.


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Area man dies from injuries in car-pedestrian accident
JAMESTOWN – A Jamestown man has died as a result of a severe head injury sustained in a car-pedestrian accident earlier this month.
Kenneth Wright, 69, died at 11:59 p.m. on Thursday at Hamot Medical Center in Erie, Pa., after being struck by a 2008 Nissan Altima at the intersection of Washington and West Seventh streets on Oct. 9.
According to Tom Shea, Jamestown Police Department investigator, the incident happened shortly before 4 p.m. Wright was walking eastbound across Washington Street toward Dow Park as the driver of the Nissan – a 56-year old Jamestown resident – was making a left-hand turn from West Seventh Street, striking Wright and causing damage to the fender and passenger side mirror of the car.
On Washington Street, crosswalks appear at Sixth and Eighth streets. There is no crosswalk on Seventh Street.
Wright was initially transported to WCA Hospital by Alstar Ambulance before being flown to Hamot by Starflight helicopter.
At the time of the incident, Shea said it was likely the driver of the vehicle would not be charged in the incident. A Tuesday press release from JPD stated the accident investigation is continuing and charges against the driver are pending.


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Passenger killed in single-car crash in Brunswick County
The driver of the car has been charged with reckless driving.
The driver of the car has been charged with reckless driving.
Obama had strongly urged that the UK remain in the EU.
U.S. stocks took far smaller losses than markets in Europe and Asia, but were still sharply lower in morning trading.
The 10 best shapes will be featured in the ultimate official Cheetos art collection.
The threat the student reportedly played was a recording from the film that imitates an Emergency Broadcast System message.
Multiple fatalities have been reported in flooding that has devastated parts of the state, a state official said Friday morning.
Asked if he would vote for the former secretary of state, Sanders replied, "Yes."
Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump hailed the move, saying voters "took back their country."
The EU must reinvent itself to survive after Britain's vote to leave. It may be too late.
Constant rain Thursday in downtown Covington left many parts of the city under water.
After being on the loose since Tuesday, Dizzy was captured early Thursday evening.
It's often said that David Cameron is a lucky politician who has seemed to coast through politics on instinct and charm during a career that…
Police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at the 7-Eleven on Frederick Blvd early Friday morning.
Detectives are looking for whoever shot a man near an apartment complex overnight.
More than 150 children have the opportunity to attend a three-day football camp for free, courtesy of Chesapeake Sheriff Jim O'Sullivan.
Michael Cuddyer spent Thursday morning in his hometown teach the game he loves to the community he loves.
While the questions touched on a variety of topics, most of them came back to city spending.
The CDC says the nasal spray was only 3 percent effective in kids ages 2 to 17.
Powerful thunderstorms have caused flooding and fires in some parts of western Virginia.
It's illegal to operate a vessel with a blood alcohol concentration level of .08 or higher — the same as it is to operate a vehicle.


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Berni (or Bernie) Wrightson is a famous artist of horror comics. He did a correspondence course with the Famous Artists School in Connecticut and began his career as an editorial cartoonist of the Baltimore Sun in 1968. He joined DC Comics the same year, and settled in New York. His first comics appeared in DC's 'House of Mystery' and Marvel's 'Chamber of Darkness'. He created 'Swamp Thing' with writer Len Wein in the House of Secrets comic book, and the feature got its own title in 1972. He worked on the comic until 1974, the year he joined Warren Publishing. He formed a studio with fellow artists Barry Windsor-Smith, Jeff Jones and Michael Kaluta and cooperated on magazines like Heavy Metal, Eerie and Creepy.
Wrightson went on to develop himself as a master of adapting stories by Lovecraft, Edgar Allen Poe, Mary Shelley and Stephen King. His adaptations of 'Frankenstein' and 'Cycle of the Werewolf' have become classics. Between 1988 and 1993, he cooperated on such series as 'Batman: The Cult' (DC), 'Punisher' (Marvel) and 'Captain Sternn: Running Out of Time' (Kitchen Sink Press). In 1997, he returned to the Batman character with the 'Batman/Aliens' crossover at DC and Dark Horse.