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Anthony Accinelli of RealSG writes, "Activision sent me a copy of Black Ops 2 for the Playstation 3 so naturally that's the version I have been playing the most.
Which is unfortunate because out of the 30 matches I have played online, my Playstation 3 has frozen 8 times. In other words, Black Ops 2 for the Playstation 3 has frozen 27 percent of the time I am playing."
I'm not a fan of cod anymore, but it's a shame the developers or whoever tests these games for the final push and polish still can't manage to iron these sort of things out..
Whatever You Do, Don't Buy 'Multiplats' For The Playstation 3
Anyone looking for a good multiplat experience should consider the PC or Xbox 360 versions.
Excuse me? Batman Arkham Asylum/City? Assassin's Creed? Mortal Kombat 9? Dead Space 1/2? Battlefield 3? Bro.. just cause The Elder Scrolls and Call of Duty franchise are done poorly on PS3 doesn't mean other multiplats are. Ps. GTA V's lead platform is PS3.
The reason the PS3 is lead platform for GTA V is to ensure that it equals the 360 version. Not because the PS3 is more capable for multiplats. Especially when it comes to open world games (ram limitations)
If I'm not mistaken EA leads all multiplats on PS3 to ensure both versions are the same quality. The other way around and theirs a chance the PS3 gets an inferior version.
I guess devs mindset is if we can do it on the PS3 it will be a piece of cake on the 360. The opposite isnt true of course and we've seen it all along the gen.
Gta 5 has no lead platform both being done at same time.
Every game from professional and top notch developers have been superior on PS3. I don't consider activision anything.
With that being said... keep dreamin decrypt !
GTA V will bring xbox 360 vs PS3 articles back, and PS3 is gonna murder 360
Just get multiplats on PC and excluisives on PS3, that's what I do and the difference between PS3 and Xbox360 Multiplats isn't like BO2, it's almost minimal.
No point buying multiplats for any console. No BC later on.
PC the ultimate gaming machine.
Besides console gaming is just to expensive and limiting.
we get an hour of extra content for AC3 we also got exclusive content from RedDeadRedemption and battlefield amongst other games. apart from timed exclusives as far as i am aware there is no advantage to playing on xbox unless your are playing games from incompetent developer i.e bethesda and activision who don't seem to have even a fraction of common sense in them to test their own games.
But isn't it funny that most of the big multiplats that do have problems on the PS3 are usually games done by publishers who have exclusive DLC deals with MS.
All the CODs have had PS3 problems. Skyrim, PS3 issues, Fallout, PS3 issues.
You should change your comment to "Whatever you do, don't buy Multiplat games that have exclusive deals with MS for the PS3.
There are loads of multiplats that work far better on PS3 than 360, just as there are loads (mostly shooters) that are superior on 360. To suggest anything else is insular fanboyism and doesn't resonate with reality.
It's a conspiracy. Microsoft is now paying devs to release bug ridden games on the PS3 lol.
Not true. I've had minimal errors with Black Ops 2 on PS3 although it's not acceptable until fixed. Also they have made a statement about this in game that they are working on it. These sort of things happens all the time with big games especially on PC.
I just have to say that history repeats itself, and it starts to feel that Microsoft is giving money so PS3 version is not working properly... you know why I think so...
because they fix it every time after a month... and everytime they release it its buggy, glitchy and dont work...
2nd reason could be that developers are really really stupid... but I doubt that, you cant be so stupid every year... I think its the 1st reason...
I can't read half of these comments because they're so biased and negative. It IS harder to develop for Ps3, therefore the chance that there will be bugs upon launch is more likely than 360. I don't think Activision would purposely hurt their sales, because we all know they are about their money. There will be a few patches, and everything will be hunky dory.
Blops2 is the best since 4. If you've ever liked a cod, you should try this one out. Just don't play party games on small maps, the spawns might upset you. lol
How is BF3 better on PS3? It has input lag, and the only way to minimize it is to turn off Anti-Aliasing... making the game look worst. Something which is absent from the PC and XBOX versions.
You shouldn't buy any console game thats on PC for console. I played through Arkham City on my PC in 1080P and it blows the 360 and PS3 away. Not to mention PC versions cheaper, has mod support, more control options, more support and faster patching etc..
[email protected] cant even figure out that 27/30 equals 90%... wow!
Bought it, tried it, traded it. Same ol COD and it looks so outdated now. On PS3 at least. COD is not a game to buy a console for. It was, until Gears 2 stopped that dead in its tracks.
Me3, skyrim, bo2 all disagree with you
"The reason the PS3 is lead platform for GTA V is to ensure that it equals the 360 version."
...didn't rockstar cut out a lot of the game to fit it on one disc for the 360?
"Especially when it comes to open world games (ram limitations)"
1. a few stages on Lair are 32 by 32 relative miles and each level loads in less than six seconds with no loading in between. The only downside to it graphically that it could not always keep 60fps on the older chipsets (60Gb, etc.) when the action got really intense, but most of the time it did to the point that the times that could not did not matter. I honestly don't know if the issues are still there on the newer PS3 chipsets, but I have to say It probably is until I can confirm that it is not; this isn't "innocent until proven guilty" because it's already been proven that it could not always hold 60fps; so the burden of proof is on the slim.
At any rate, there's not a game that's out yet on consoles that has both the size and the technical prowess Lair had, and I'm talking on both console, not just the 360. The only non-PS3 game that I know that had over 32 miles was Superman Returns (80 square miles), but the graphics were not the best and it still had a lot of issues with a joke of a frame rate. I don't count Test Drive and Fuel and GT5, motorstorm and other racing games because car games push the boundaries in a different way; else I would wonder why God of war's backgrounds did not look as realistic as GT5, for example.
I'm not absolving Lair because Lair had a few things that popped-in, but the upside is that the whole game used a progressive mesh to where no matter how close you got to something, the graphics looked better, not worse.
So I don't think open world is the issue; it's
1. Sony not providing enough Technical assistance. (If people are complaining about it being tough, it's Sony's job to fix that or else take the punches when someone complains and writes an article about it... which is probably why the stock is getting lower in it's appearance of value.
2. People not knowing how to program. (honestly, How can I let people off of the hook when a game like Heavenly Sword comes out so early in the console's life cycle and games that come out later not only runs worse, but looks worse, too?)
While mine did suffer for server issues at first after I updated my system a few days ago I'm able to play matches pretty well with no interruptions. Articles like these make it seem that ALL ps3's are going through the same thing which aren't. Most of my friends are online too and have been for the past few days
Whoever wrote this is exaggerating. I've played this game since launch and it's only frozen once. Server issues were almost gone now too. I've easily sunk 10+ hours into this game.
There is no game-breaking bugs here. Buy the game. Ignore this XBox fanboy.
Just google it if you think it's an exaggeration. My entire system works flawlessly outside of Black Ops 2. Author isn't wrong on this one, even the article claims that it's not happening universally.
Im getting migrating host often but my ps3 has yet to freeze up once.
Didn't freeze once for me either. It did be a bit dumb and say it was waiting for more players when the lobby was full though. From what I did get to play of it, the game sucked.
Going back to the store new week to go toward ps all stars.
You can't polish a turd, but you can roll in glitter and hope no one notices that it's still a turd.
Pretty much sums up my feelings for this platform biased, lazy, money milking franchise.
The sooner COD dies a slow painful death and frees up space in peoples wallets and time in the holiday season, the sooner proper, creative, more deserving games will start earning more money and bring fun back to this gen.
Everything at this stage of the generation is now merging into one massive grey, generic, shoot-em-up genre. If you removed the skin and dialogue from Dead Space 3, Mass Effect 3, Gears 3 and Splinter Cell: Blacklist. Could anyone honestly tell me the difference on a gameplay perspective?
I would say "roll on next gen", but so many bad habits have been set within the industry both on a business and creativity front, i can't imagine it will be a whole lot better -_-
Mythbusters proved that you can, in fact, polish a turd.
youtubed mythbuster polishing a turd
Polishing a turd maybe possible, yet just like Cod franchise, you're left with shit all over your fingers.
They only care to get the game fully working on the 360, it has direct competition in Halo 4. People wouldn't hesitate to take a faulty game back when other options are present. They know the name alone will carry sales on the PS3 with no real competition this year. If they pulled this last year, BF3 may have had more of an edge on the PS3
It's is a piece of shit on PS3 tbh. I'm closer to 10 matches though and had 3 freezes. The second night TDM wasn't working at all, server continuously researched for better matches till i just tried a different game mode that Would connect.
It's annoying but until it starts killing PS3s (which it actually might) I wouldn't say to not buy the PS3 version.
Another trippy thing it does is sound really bad when it's loading the disc. It spins and stops really hard and it's really noticeable. Both me an my brother were online (he's in another state) talking about it earlier. Like it's putting the PS3 through a lot more stress than other games. Physical stress, like it could kill my disc drive or shorten it's lifespan.
Point being it freaks me out and I wouldn't be surprised to read a Black ops 2 killed my PS3 article some time soon.
It almost sounds like a dreamcast…almost, dreamcast is still worse but its definitely comparable. But that was just like the first black ops as well. I'm not sure why it does that though.
I noticed the same thing, it does sound like its working in overdrive
I've got no issue with freezing. My main concern is the blurry textures on PS3.
Did you install the texture patch that is under options?
Is there such a possibility? I'll check that out!
Wow.. i can't lie it seems like this guy is angry.
I've been playing Blops 2 since 3 days before the launch(got it early). I have had two full console frezes, once in the MP menu and second switching to the zombies.
Other than that, i've actually found this to be the most stable COD so far, a lot less server issues(it had a game disconnect issue that lasted a few hours before treyarch dealt with it swiftly).
The only other thing i've had which was udring nuketown 2025 last night and since the player count online has doubled, is stuttering in game but only on that map.
So it's a couple of issues but nowhere near what black ops launched like on PS3. So there is plenty reason to buy it on PS3, if you're a fan go for it.
Guys black ops 2 I am an avid COD criticiser and have been playing since launch. I have only had 1 freeze and only lagging in match issues that are standard COD fare. I can confidently say thatis one of the best looking COD games, maybe even one of the echelon of console graphics. The campaign is the best since CODMW and MP is in between MW & MW2. I am on PS3 and don't have many of these issues so that sucks for these ppl but maybe they have bad connection speeds or their ps3 is on its way out but i think black ops 2 is one of the best COD games and you have to be patient w/ the MP. There is a way to beat smg whores.
WTF, I Have the PS3 version and it hasn't crashed my old 40gb PS3, yeah there are some conections issues but only in the lobby for me, this xbots reviewers are only talking crap about the PS3.
Strange. I have not had one single problem with Black Ops 2 on the PS3.
I have it on the PS3 and the only issue I have had was with the lobby not starting. Since then the game plays perfect. Always an article on here to bash the PS3.
Games that come out yearly have little to no added value; majority is reused assets and code.
Why pay full price for reused stuff?
SKIP ANNUALS, just like COD.
Why do you think the best games never come out yearly? Good games require time, while annuals require paying off reviewers.
MGS, Uncharted, etc etc never would be so good if they came out yearly.
SKIP TRASH. Dont listen to reviews listen to reality.
They reuse assets and code, nearly everything for annual releases; why keep this terrible cycle going?
My Ps3 has been fine. And aside from the first day I haven't had trouble getting into matches...
The first Black Ops though was definitely a mess on the PS3.
Sorry to be a downer on anyone's parade.
Played a whole 24 hours of this with a couple of friends, didn't get any problems at all, not even these strange PS3 'freezes' everyone's been talking about. I have the super slim, maybe that's why?
Either way, I haven't played a single CoD since MW2, and I'm really enjoying BOPS2.
whoever buys CoD games for the ps3 in general is a retard. they should know by now that its gonna be bugged, after oh i don't all the CoD games since Mw2 have been bugged.
They should go play fallout ;)
fallout is a hell of a lot more fun than cod.
these type of articles amuse me.anybody who complains about a COD game with bugs on day 1, is a moron. You should all know by now that these COD games are always a pilling steam of the same shit you played last november.
yeah they will fix it up somewhere along the road with a patch here or there,but its still the same turd as the year before.
Fallout 3 was nowhere near as bad as people made it out to be, i put over 100 hours into the PS3 version and it only ever froze on me once, there were a few glitches and bugs but i experienced more of them on my xbox playthrough.
The Orange Box is another game that got completely overblown, i thought it would be damn well near unplayable, but it worked fine again 60 hours put into that game more if i count team fortress and it only froze on me like twice, if you look past the frequent loading screens that were like 5-8 seconds, it really wasn't that bad.
I think it's N4G tradition to have at least one article that blows the so called "inferior port" way out of proportion
When I see comments like yours to me it screams xbox fanatic, I've been playing many multiplatform games on my PlayStation 3 with no problems. To notice anything people have to see it side-by-side and zoomed in, that in itself should show you something. Game Trailers even screwed up their comparison once using the PlayStation 3's version to boost the XBOX 360's version.
In the end, no matter what platform you buy the game on, people will enjoy it, otherwise it would not sell on that specific platform. I go by what I know, and not what I see in video comparison is stating. Hell Gears of War 2 had major bugs in it, but was never mentioned in reviews.
well when you see comments like mine you speculate wrong i own all my games on PS3 with the exception of bethesda games and activision games. they make poossibly some of worst ports on the ps3. which is why i smartened up and bought a 360 so didn't have to deal with crap like this, needless to say it was worth it. i enjoy both my PS3 & 360 equally.
I'll be more straight to the point, using tokens to prove that you are not a condescending XBOX 360 fanatic will not prove anything. What determines that is your actions and in this case what you chose to say. There is nothing wrong being a fanatic, it's when the person becomes egotistical is the real problem.
Saying that PlayStation 3 owners are retards for buying Black Ops 2 is absurd and stating that they should know it's going to be bugged before it's release is called a hindsight bias. In reality no one knows until its release, and not any time sooner. The comment also states all XBOX 360 games are never bugged, hence the bias. Bugs in a game allow certain parts of the game unplayable depending on where the bug is, the whole game unplayable, there are no bugs as far as I know. Is there a missing pixel that I can't see with a naked eye, who cares.
Lastly if there are differences it's like I said, to only know it would have to be side-by-side with zoom-ins. So a naked eye would not pick up even half of the stuff mentioned, virtually making no difference to the player.
I have not had any problems with the PS3 version and I am on Vacation and all i been doing is playing online.
i don't know why so many ps3 versions get bad stuff i mean it's not treyarch's fault obviously, they have been developing games for sony since the ps1 like spiderman, ps3 has problems, u need extra work to make it equal to xbox 360(if xbox was the lead) and companies simply won't do that
So, it's acceptable to release a broken product on a platform and charge the same price?
Activision aren't exactly hurting for money either, they could easily put the money and resources in. Call of Duty is a lazy franchies anyway though.
"Activision aren't exactly hurting for money either, they could easily put the money and resources in"
agree 100%
of course its treyarchs fault
resources could have easily gone to one or 2 extra programmers/coders or whatever is needed to make the game run smoothly. its not as if they have re-written the game engine or gone to any "extreme" lengths to even get it working.
if your trully a gamer, go out there and buy any other game other than cod.go support a developer more deserving you can pick up your beloved cod later when the price drops anyways
how would any of you know how much personnel was assigned for each console? it seems like eveyone believes there was x amount for xbox and x amount for ps3. how do you know that the ps3 didnt have x+y to begin with. and believe me, i know how frustrating it is to create software for hardware when you're being limited by hardware. sure, they could hire pro's that are used to the ps3 architecture, and they probably should. but to come in here and say you know how stuff was done and that it should have been done a different way makes you look like a child. and im not defending cod, i know ill get negatives anyway. im switch between halo, cod and bf3 often, and very much like the ps3 when it comes to uncharted and upcoming beyond.
Cry me a river.can't believe people still defend cod.I don't have to know how many mediocre programmers they have hired.all I see is a poor product and sheep like you trying to justify it.blaming the hardware for such a poor product is rather childish from yourself.you mention uncharted and you still believe that cod is the best a team with resources like treyarchs can produce.
U have to understand that you are entitled to your opinion, CoD is one of my fav games ever, I bet if it was a ps3 exclusive you would be 100 percent with CoD
The problem is the cell and its split memory compacted with a slow reading drive. Thats it. Enjoy what you think is best and quit fighting.
So why aren't EA, Ubisoft, Rocksteady and other devs having the same issues? After 6 years the only ones that are releasing bad multiplats on PS3 are Activision and Bethesda, how could it not be their fault? Come on, let's be realists. ;)
I hate to say it but it serves you guys right for continuing to support this lazy company SMH.Until you guys open your eyes and stop supporting them this will continue.
*Back to BF3*
lol Yeah because Battlefield 3 runs flawlessy right?
There are still fences I can't jump over, reload animations sometimes don't happen & I occasionally die for absolutely no reason what so ever with the screen telling me I killed myself. "Bad Luck". Wtf?
I like Battlefield 3, but there is STILL a lot of things that need to be fixed.
def alot of issues for bf3, personally most i could live with, but the new premium members getting access to weapons which are super powerful leaving those without premium screwed over and not making the game fun anymore. Don't even get me started with no dedicated servers, meaning all servers run by whiny little 2 years olds who can't stand you killing them multiple times then kick you.


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NAMEvdr - the Video Disk Recorder
SYNOPSISvdr [options]
DESCRIPTIONvdr implements a complete digital Set-Top Box and Video Recorder. It can work with signals received from satellites (DVB-S) as well as cable (DVB-C) and terrestrial (DVB-T) signals.
At least one DVB card is required to run vdr. With it you can watch live TV while recording one or more other broadcasts from the same transponder. It is also possible to start watching a recorded programme before the live broadcast has ended (time shifting). In order to record from different transponders simultaneously two or more DVB cards are necessary. By default vdr can support up to four DVB cards. The primary DVB card (the one your TV set is connected to) has to be a "full featured" card, which means it must contain an MPEG decoder and provide audio and video signal outputs.
vdr uses the On Screen Display of the DVB card to display its menus. It can be controlled by the PC keyboard, a home built "Remote Control Unit" (RCU) or the "Linux Infrared Remote Control" (LIRC).
Remote access is possible via the "Simple Video Disk Recorder Protocol" (SVDRP), which can be accessed on port 2001, for instance by telnet.
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- Write the EPG data into the given file (default is /video/epg.data). Use -E- to disable this. If file is a directory, the file epg.data will be created in that directory.
- -g, --grab=dir
- Write images from the SVDRP command GRAB into the given directory dir. dir must be the full path name of an existing directory, without any "..", double '/' or symlinks. By default, or if -g- is given, grabbing images to disk is disabled.
- -h, --help
- Print a help message and exit.
- -l level, --log=level
- Set logging to level. 0 = no logging, 1 = errors only, 2 = errors and info, 3 = errors, info and debug. The default logging level is 3. If logging should be done to LOG_LOCALn instead of LOG_USER, add '.n' to LEVEL, as in 3.7 (n=0..7).
- -L dir, --lib=dir
- Search for plugins in directory dir (default is ./PLUGINS/lib). There can be several -L options with different dir values. Each of them will apply to the -P options following it.
- --lirc[=path]
- Use a LIRC remote control device. If path is omitted, vdr uses /dev/lircd.
- --localedir=dir
- Search for locale files in dir (default is ./locale).
- -m, --mute
- Mute audio of the primary DVB device at startup.
- --no-kbd
- Don't use the keyboard as an input device.
- -p port, --port=port
- Use port for SVDRP. A value of 0 turns off SVDRP. The default SVDRP port is 2001. You need to edit the file svdrphosts.conf in order to enable access to the SVDRP port.
- -P options, --plugin=options
- Load a plugin, defined by the given options. The first word in options must be the name of an existing vdr plugin, optionally followed by a blank separated list of command line options for that plugin. If options contains any blanks, you need to enclose it in quotes, like for example
vdr -P "abc -a -b xyz"
which would load a plugin named abc, giving it the command line options -a -b xyz. If you want to load all available plugins (without any particular options) you can use
vdr -P "*"
(note the quotes around the asterisk to prevent wildcard expansion).
- --rcu[=path]
- Use a serial port remote control device. If path is omitted, vdr uses /dev/ttyS1.
- -r cmd, --record=cmd
- Call cmd before and after a recording. See the file INSTALL for more information.
- -s cmd, --shutdown=cmd
- Call cmd to shutdown the computer. See the file INSTALL for more information.
- -t tty, --terminal=tty
- Set the controlling terminal.
- -u user, --user=user
- Run as user user in case vdr was started as user 'root'. Starting vdr as 'root' is necessary if the system time shall be set from the transponder data, but for security reasons vdr can switch to a lesser privileged user id during normal operation.
- --userdump
- allow coredumps if -u is given (only for debugging).
- --vfat
- Encode special characters in recording names to avoid problems with VFAT file systems.
- -v dir, --video=dir
- Use dir as video directory. The default is /video.
- -V, --version
- Print version information and exit.
- -w sec, --watchdog=sec
- Activate the watchdog timer with a timeout of sec seconds. A value of 0 (default) disables the watchdog.
- Program exits with status 0.
- Program exits with status 1. This can be used to force a reload, for example if an update has been installed.
- 0
- Successful program execution.
- 1
- An error has been detected which requires the DVB driver and vdr to be reloaded.
- 2
- An non-recoverable error has been detected, vdr has given up.
- channels.conf
- Channel configuration.
- timers.conf
- Timer configuration.
- setup.conf
- User definable setup.
- commands.conf
- User definable commands (executed from the Commands menu).
- svdrphosts.conf
- SVDRP host configuration, defining which hosts or networks are given access to the SVDRP port.
- marks.vdr
- Contains the editing marks defined for a recording.
- info.vdr
- Contains a description of the recording.
- resume.vdr
- Contains the index into the recording where the last replay session left off.
- index.vdr
- Contains the file number, offset and type of each frame of the recording.
- remote.conf
- Contains the key assignments for the remote control.
- keymacros.conf
- Contains user defined remote control key macros.
- 001.vdr ... 255.vdr
- The actual data files of a recording.
- epg.data
- Contains all current EPG data. Can be used for external processing and will also be read at program startup to have the full EPG data available immediately.
- .update
- If this file is present in the video directory, its last modification time will be used to trigger an update of the list of recordings in the "Recordings" menu.
SEE ALSOvdr(5)
AUTHORWritten by Klaus Schmidinger, with contributions from many others. See the file CONTRIBUTORS in the vdr source distribution.
REPORTING BUGSReport bugs to <firstname.lastname@example.com>.
COPYRIGHTCopyright © 2008 Klaus Schmidinger.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
-- Rapilly, Robert
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A decade later, massive civil case against oil companies ready to proceedBy DAVE SOLOMON
New Hampshire Union Leader
January 08. 2013 11:40PM
CONCORD - George W. Bush was in his first term, Facebook didn't exist and Barack Obama was still an Illinois state senator when the state of New Hampshire sued 22 oil and gas companies in late 2003, claiming their use of the gasoline additive MTBE caused groundwater contamination throughout the Granite State.
Then-Attorney General Peter Heed asked for a jury trial to determine if the companies should be required to pay for testing every public and private water supply, eliminate MTBE pollution where it is found, and monitor all water supplies for future contamination.
A decade later, the trial is about to get under way in Concord on Monday, but not in Superior Court as originally requested. The case has grown so large, involves so many attorneys, and is expected to take so much time, that it has been moved to Federal District Court in Concord, known as the Warren B. Rudman United States Courthouse.
"It's simply a matter of space," said William McGraw, chief clerk for Merrimack County Superior Court. "If we were to take a courtroom here and dedicate it to one single civil case for six months, we would not be able to get to the criminal cases, let alone the other civil cases."
The state of New Hampshire vs. Amerada Hess, et. al., will be tried as a Superior Court case; only the courtroom location has changed. The defendants attempted over the years to have the case transferred to a federal jurisdiction, but failed. They also tried to restrict their liability to contamination of public, but not private, water supplies. They lost that case as well.
Those two issues, along with countless motions and challenges, required rulings from the United States Court of Appeals in 2007 and the New Hampshire Supreme Court in 2011 before the stage was finally set for the Superior Court trial to begin.
All but two of the original 22 defendants (including Amerada Hess) either settled, had cases consolidated or dismissed, leaving ExxonMobil and Citgo to square off against the state of New Hampshire in a trial that could lead to a jury verdict as high as $770 million.
Awards already won
New Hampshire was one of several states that filed suit against gasoline suppliers, refiners and the manufacturers of MTBE in 2003. The additive was used in gasoline to boost octane levels and mitigate air pollution, but it was later discovered to pose significant health hazards as it leaked from underground storage tanks.
The state already has won judgments or settlements totaling $120 million, much of it coming in the latter part of 2012, as it became apparent the trial would take place.
Attorney General Michael Delaney announced settlements with Shell Oil and Sunoco in early November, totaling $35 million, but made no public announcements regarding subsequent settlements.
A right-to-know request from the New Hampshire Union Leader revealed that Irving Oil settled for $57 million on Nov. 19; Vitol for $2 million on Nov. 26; and ConocoPhillips for $10.5 million on Dec. 4.
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Jan. 23 – Baltimore, MD – Floristree
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Marie Brock, Age 86
Marie Brock, 86, of Martinsville, passed away on Tuesday, September 1, 2009 at Owen Valley Health Campus, Spencer, Indiana.
Born November 25, 1922 in Four Mile, Kentucky, she was the daughter of the late James Frank Payne and Bartha Sams Payne. She was united in marriage to Bill Brock on March 30, 1943. To this union two children were born.
She was a faithful member of Corinth Baptist Church, The All In One Circle of Corinth Baptist Church, and the Cloverleaf Club.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Bill, on November 3, 1986; three sisters, Cora Ethel Payne, Mary Gray, and Sylvia Mullins; and four brothers, Obie, Garrett, Charlie, and Moss Payne.
Survivors include her son, James Garrett Brock (Irene) of Gosport; her daughter, Gracie Parker (Blaine) of Paragon; six grandchildren, Donnette Trader, Dana Miller, Michelle Clarkson, Michael Parker, Jason Parker, Rebecca Eisenhour; and fourteen great-grandchildren, Amanda, Sarah, Emily Trader, Trent, Kyle, Tracy, Mya Miller, James, Morgan, Tyler Clarkson, Hayley Parker, Owen, Logan and Jaylynn Eisenhour. She is also survived by one sister, Cordie Myrick of Barbourville, Kentucky; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Her service will be conducted at the Costin Funeral Chapel in Martinsville on Friday, September 4 at 11:00 a.m. with Rev. Charles Tinsley officiating. Visitation will be on Thursday September 3 from 4:00 - 8:00 p.m. She will be laid to rest in Mannan Cemetary in Lewisville, Indiana. Pall Bearers will be her grandsons, Michael Parker, Jason Parker, James Clarkson, Sid Eisenhour, Don Trader and Ken Miller.
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Regrettable Tattoo Alert: Some Dork Got an Arianny Celeste Tattoo. Simply Put, it Sucks.
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There's an unwritten rule in the tattoo community that you're never supposed to mock another person's tattoos. The reasoning behind this thinking is that you never know why a person decided to tattoo something onto his or her body, whether or not a person actually asked the artist to make the tattoo look a certain way (I have intentionally rough-around-the-edges work myself) and the whole "different strokes" thing. For example, while Chris Andersen is my golden standard of what tattoos should look like, some people see Michael Beasley as the tattoo world's G.O.A.T. Taste is subjective, is what I'm getting at.
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Sample once from the Uniform(0,1) distribution. Call the resulting value . Multiply this result by some constant . Repeat the process, this time sampling from Uniform(0, ). What happens when the multiplier is 2? How big does the multiplier have to be to force divergence. Try it and see:
iters = 200 locations = rep(0,iters) top = 1 multiplier = 2 for(i in 1:iters) { locations[i] = runif(1,0,top) top = locations[i] * multiplier } windows() plot(locations[1:i],1:i,pch=20,col="blue",xlim=c(0,max(locations)),ylim=c(0,iters),xlab="Location",ylab="Iteration") # Optional save as movie, not a good idea for more than a few hundred iterations. I warned you! # library("animation") # saveMovie(for (i in 1:iters) plot(locations[1:i],1:i,pch=20,col="blue",xlim=c(0,max(locations)),ylim=c(0,iters),xlab="Location",ylab="Iteration"),loop=1,interval=.1)


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[Update: Rockstar has denied that the game supports 32 players]
Grand Theft Auto V has officially launched for the Xbox 360 and PS3. Before the game launched on console it was leaked to torrents just four days out from launch. During that time, crackers managed to dump the assets of the game from the 360 version and post some of the details online.
We've had an increasingly intense brush-in with Rockstar's legal department with some of the stuff we've been posting, so as a full disclosure before proceeding: I'm not allowed to post up images of the code, links directly to the images of the code or reprint, retype or broadcast direct lines of the code to the public. This keeps Cinema Blend in business and it keeps Rockstar's legal cronies happy. We all sort of win... yadda, yadda, yadda.
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Instead of relying on images, PNG files and reddit posts based on 4Chan finds, I was tipped off to the actual files of the dumped version of GTA V and have been sifting through them. It's the "common" file folder that contains most of the basic configuration data for multiple platforms.
While looking through the files the "Orbis" does show up in the game's general configuration settings but most of the data is empty, so it looks like the references may have been added at the last minute or aren't complete. What is complete are the multiplayer modes and some of the activities players can participate in.
Scouring through the network configuration settings shows a number of administration tools and options that will be available. Given that this is the Xbox 360's configuration settings it surprised me to see that the game will support a max number of 32 players, even though the box indicates a max of 16 players. For those of you who have the "common" folder you'll find it in an XML for the network options – you can look through the files if you need verification.


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Madison County commissioners and school board members both voted to keep property tax rates for 2013 steady last week.
The board of commissioners (BOC) voted Monday to roll back the county's unincorporated (out-of-city) rate from 11.11 in 2012 to 11.011 mills this year. The incorporated (in-city) rate was approved at 12.109 mills, the same as last year.
Meanwhile, the board of education (BOE) voted Tuesday night to keep the tax rate at 16.99 mills in 2013. The BOE is not levying a separate millage rate for bonds (construction debt) as it did in recent years.
Madison County's digest — its overall property value — is $598.9 million in 2013, up from $579.7 million last year. However, values are still down considerably from a high of $676.2 million in 2010. In that year, the Madison County government levied $7.6 million in local property taxes. The county government plans to bring in $6.6 million in taxes this year.
The school system has also lowered its property tax revenue intake in recent years — from a high of $11.5 million in 2010 to $10.2 million this year.
Madison County property owners can expect tax bills some time in October.
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November 06, 2009Intellectual Property, Internet & E-Commerce, Telecommunications Alerts
FTC Identity Theft Red Flag Rule Update
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has adopted the "Red Flags" Rule requiring most financial institutions and other businesses which extend credit to establish and maintain an "Identity Theft Prevention Program" (16 C.F.R. Section 681.2, "Duties regarding the detecting, prevention, and mitigation of identify theft".) The Identity Theft Prevention Program is meant to ensure that a business will respond to "Red Flags" which would make a reasonable person suspicious of the possibility of identity theft. The FTC's rules require the Red Flags program to be approved by the provider company's Board of Directors (or a Board committee), and to be overseen by a designated "senior management" employee, and to use staff training and vendor oversight as needed.
The FTC Red Flag Rules, already delayed to November 1, 2009, have at the request of Congress been deferred until June 1, 2010. (FTC October 30, 2009 Press Release.) The FTC has now created a dedicated Red Flags Rule website, a "How-To Guide for Business" on fighting fraud, and a "Getting Red Flags Ready" video. This is in addition to the prior unofficial FTC Staff summary, What Telecom Companies Need to Know.
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On the Fourth in 1870, the MacDonald Family sailed across Seneca Lake to Johnson's Cove for a "pic-nic." Mrs. MacDonald did not mention what her packaged fare was, but it might have included cold roast chicken, sardines, hard-boiled eggs, Boston brown bread, buttered rolls, sweet pickles, plum jelly, Saratoga chips ("carried in fancy papers which can be thrown away"), jelly, watermelon, chocolate loaf cake, fruit, cookies, lemonade, iced tea, and, of course, ice cream. To carry ice cream to a picnic without having it melt, one was to pack ice well around the freezer and then wrap the whole in a heavy carpet. Savory Suppers and Fashionable Feasts p. 200
"These can be made real milestones in the path of life; for a picnic or a hike, or a camping party on the beach or on the shores of the lake can do more probably to cement friendship and, at the same time, build up health and reserve strength than any other form of entertainment." Ida Bailey Allen The Sunshine Book [online circa 1920s]
Pique-nique "A meal taken in the open, or a meal to which each participant contributes a dish." -Larousse Gastronomique [1961, p. 731]
"An occasion, usually held outdoors, where food is eaten under informal circumstances and where a good time is had by all." -James Beard Woman's Day Encyclopedia of Cookery [Vol. 9; 1966]
A Tisket A TasketYou're all invited!!!
Just in case you missed it, International Picnic Day in 2009 kicked off the very first online Picnic Game here @ Months of Edible Celebrations. Not only was it FUN, our online picnic baskets were filled to the brim with picnic recipes. Would you like to play again? I sure would:)UPDATE: June 27, 2010-Our picnic basket has the following letters still available.
U and Y!!!
How To Play
Come on, you must have played the picnic game before. It's real easy. The traditional memory game starts when one player recites: "I'm going on a picnic and I'm bringing an ___." (some word(s) that starts with the letter A; for instance Apple Pie)
The second player says, "I'm going on a picnic, and I'm bringing an Apple Pie. (the same "A" word(s) the first player used, in this case an Apple Pie) and ___." they add a B word like, Blueberry Muffins.
Each player recites what the person before is bringing and adds what they're bringing until we reach the end of the alphabet. Still not sure how to play? Take a look at the How to Play the Picnic Game Video I found online. It's child's play:)1. Since this is a virtual picnic game, Anyone, Anywhere can play. I do request that recipes be posted in English or easy access to a translating medium is available.
Let's say my dish begins with the letter "E" and I'm bringing Eggplant and Pimiento Long Boys. After a "picnicky" introduction, my post would look something like this:
I'm going on a picnic and I'm bringing...
A-Assorted Relishes & Condiments
D-Date-nut Bread Sandwiches
E-Eggplant and Pimiento Long Boys
Split 6-inch lengths of French bread, or French rolls. Brush with olive oil and sprinkle with garlic salt. I don't usually have garlic salt on hand but hey, this is a picnic:)Cover one half with overlapping slices of panfried eggplant. On the other half put slices of pimiento. Wha la!
In essence, the sooner you send me your link, the sooner you'll be able to fill in the blanks as will everyone else. It's your choice whether you chose to include images from the recipes before yours but please do include an image with your recipe and don't forget to send it to me with the link. [acalenda {at} gmail {dot} com] That's me!
In its traditional form, the Picnic Game is not written down, or in this case posted. Memory is of the utmost importance. As items are "brought" to the picnic, the list becomes longer and longer ending at the letter "Z." As the picnic goodies are recited, it becomes more difficult to remember who is bringing what. We won't be eliminating any letters. In our game, the list will continue from blog to blog with each blogger adding an alphabetical link for each item being brought on the picnic. They will also include their newly created "lettered" dish in their post. (last year we used archived recipes but this year I thought it would be fun to create a dish just for the Picnic Game.)
I was going to kick things off by filling the picnic basket with the first item. However, I've decided against that for the time being. Many people are on a blog hiatus since the nice weather is upon so I'm leaving the letter choosing up to YOU! I will whip up something with the leftovers if need be.:) (hopefully there won't be too many so please be creative with your recipe titles so we get to include difficult letters such as Q and Z:)
Well, I think I've covered all the bases. If I've missed anything, please feel free to let me know by leaving a comment or dropping me an email. (acalenda {at} gmail {dot} com)
The absolute deadline for your chosen letter recipe link is Sunday, June 27th. That date should give me enough time to fill in the blanks for the letters not taken and whip up the final list of Picnic Game goodies in time for National Picnic Month in July. I'll be posting the Round-Up on the first of July.
Summary1. Select a recipe that begins with your chosen letter and write a post about it on your blog. You must list what the people before you are bringing. That's why it's called the Picnic Game! I will email you with those links and images, as soon as they are emailed to me.
2. Include the Picnic Day Logo in your post with a link back to this post.
3. Email me at acalenda {at} gmail {dot} com (it would be really nice of you to include Picnic Game in the subject line) In the email please include the following.
a. Your name
b. Your blog's name
c. Your post URL
d. The name of your recipe
e. An image of your dish (250 pixels wide sounds good) Also let me know if you give me permission to pass the image along to other picnickers.
4. If you would like to bring more than one dish to the picnic, you are more than welcome. Just note it in the email and include items C-E for each additional dish.
5. Please email me as soon as you know what you are bringing. No later than Sunday, June 27, midnight EST. The sooner the better so I can forward your link to the other picnickers.
6. I will be posting the entire list of Picnic Game recipes by midnight July 1st. If for some reason, there are not enough entries by that time, I'll do my best to fill in the blanks.
7. *If you would like to host the Picnic Day Game on your blog, and get your visitors involved, be my guest. The more the merrier. Just let me know.
9. If for some reason, there are not enough entries for the Picnic Game, I will do my best to fill in the blanks. How? I'm not quite sure but I'll think of something. I realize many people are away or will be away the next couple of weeks and not blogging as often as usual. However, if you've been lurking @ Months of Edible Celebrations, now would be the perfect time to introduce yourself and your blog if you have one. We have 26 letters to to fill that basket. If you don't have a blog, introduce yourself anyway. Picnics are always more enjoyable when there are new people to meet and greet!
10. Most important, Have FUN!
So, do you want to play the Picnic Game? Oh goodie, then just pick a letter and let's get toting!!! Here's the filled Picnic Basket from last year to whet your appetite.
1. Picnics for Motorists (previous post, National Picnic Month 2008)


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The Mana Party says support is increasing for its plan for taxpayer funded food for all decile one and two schools:
"It's a pretty simple bill really" says MANA Leader and MP for Te Tai Tokerau Hone Harawira, "Invest in making sure the 80,000 kids going to school hungry each week are fed and ready to learn and realise the benefits in better educated and healthier school leavers down the track". . .
I don't know where the 80,000 comes from but Fonterra's milk in schools programme has proved that not all low decile schools have hungry children and that some higher decile schools.
Fonterra's trial in Northland showed some schools wanted the milk and some didn't.
The scheme is now being rolled out through the rest of the country and some schools are choosing to get it but others aren't.
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|Critique of the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation
On January 17, 2001 the School of the Americas was replaced by the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation. This was the result of a Department of Defense proposal included in the Defense Authorization Bill for Fiscal 2001. The measure passed when the House of Representatives defeated a bi-partisan amendment to close the school and conduct a congressional investigation by a narrow ten vote margin. The amendment was sponsored by Representatives Moakley (D-MA), Scarborough (R-FL), Campbell (R-CA) and McGovern (D-MA) . The following is a summary comparison of the "new" school with the School of the Americas.
In a media interview last year, Georgia Senator and SOA supporter, the late Paul Coverdell, characterized the DOD proposal as "cosmetic" changes that would ensure that the SOA could continue its mission and operation. Critics of the SOA concur. The new military training school is the continuation of the SOA under a new name. It is a new name, but the same shame.
The approach taken by the DOD is not grounded in any critical assessment of the
training, procedures, performance, or results (consequences) of the training program it
copies. Further, it ignores congressional concern and public outcry over the SOAs
past and present link to human rights atrocities.
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Concerns and Comparison of Authority: Currently the Secretary of the Army, who is under the direction of the Secretary of Defense, operates the SOA. With the new proposal, the Secretary of the Army, or another department of the military, will still operate the school as an agent of the Secretary of Defense. The proposal offers no substantive change to the SOA.
PURPOSE and MISSION:
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Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation:
Concerns and Comparison of the Purpose and Mission: The purpose for the proposed new school as described varies in scope and detail from the original language that authorized the SOA. However, the current "working" mission of the SOA as reflected in the 1998/99 SOA course catalogue together with the actual day to day practice at the SOA is consistent with what is being proposed. In short there is no change in purpose between the new school and the SOA as its mission has evolved.
As with the "working" mission of the SOA, the purpose stated for the new school downplays the militaristic aspects of the training offered and focuses instead on "leadership development, counter-drug operations, peace support, and disaster relief." These courses existed at the SOA but have never been well attended. The 2000 SOA Certification Report to Congress shows that in 1999 a scant 14% of SOA soldiers took the peace operations, civil/military relations and the like. Over 85% took the standard SOA fare: commando tactics, military intelligence, psychological operations, and combat training. A recent newspaper headline sums it up: "Bombs and Bullets Most Popular Classes at the US Army School of the Americas." Nothing in the Defense Authorization Bill changes that at the new replacement school
The new school allows for the training of police and civilian personnel. That practice already was in place at the SOA. Further, the new authorization allows any and all military training that has been core to the SOA, including advanced combat arms, psychological operations, military intelligence, and commando tactics.
The consequence of this kind of training has been at the heart of the public and congressional controversy surrounding the SOA. It hones the skills of Latin American soldiers who then can use what they learned against their own people. For example, some of the Salvadoran soldiers cited in the UN Truth Commission report for the massacre of six Jesuit priests and their women co-workers had just returned from taking the SOA commando operations course. The Jesuit massacre by all accounts was a commando-type operation.
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Concerns and Comparison of the Curricula: The new school includes human rights instruction, but that is not new. As the public outcry grew and congressional censure mounted, the SOA instituted first a four-hour human rights component and then upped it to eight hours in an effort to quell critics.
While the eight hours of human rights training is not harmful, it is minimal and inadequate for a school that touts its mission mandate as "promoting democratic values, respect for human rights." There is no requirement that the new school seek input from noted outside human rights specialists and no provision to modify the content to address specific human rights issues in particular countries (for example, paramilitaries in Colombia). In addition, there is no attempt to evaluate or to measure the effectiveness of the training through long-term monitoring of graduates or by any other means.
Although the bill is careful to minimize any mention of military training, the fact remains that, like the SOA it replaces, this is a military institution and Latin American troops will be sent there to learn military skills. The clearest proof of this is to ask how many soldiers would come to the school if it removed ALL combat-related training? We must also ask, if the primary purpose of the institution is to teach democracy and human rights, as claimed, isn't this more appropriately done in a civilian setting?
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Concerns and Comparisons of the Board of Visitors: In response to congressional and public criticism, the SOA instituted a six-member Board of Visitors (BOV) that was reconstituted in 1999. The BOV has been a handpicked group of SOA proponents that, according to the 1998 SOA Certification Report to Congress, focused significant energy on PR campaigns in the media and Congress to polish the SOAs image. Despite the illusion, the SOAs BOV does not provide independent, outside critical review or oversight of the SOA.
The authorization calls for a BOV, but gives the Secretary of Defense the broad authority to determine the composition and actual members of Board. Though provision is made for the possible inclusion of members of the human rights, religious and academic communities, these communities are not defined, nor is any selection criteria established. Furthermore, nothing mandates the inclusion of independent human rights experts, religious leaders, and other potential critics. It is up to the discretion of the Secretary of Defense to determine whether or not it is "practicable" to include them. The Congressional make up of the Board of Visitors, limited as it is to members of the Armed Services Committees would exclude many of the school's congressional critics. The Board of Visitors proposed would like the SOA BOV -- be primarily a handpicked group of SOA proponents.
The problem persists: The new BOV does not provide for independent, outside oversight or critical review of the school.
School of the Americas:
Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation:
Concerns and Comparisons of Annual Report: While the SOA authorization did not mandate an annual report, in practice, the SOA has been required recently to make a report to the Foreign Operations Committee. The new provision simply codifies the current practice, but weakens even the minimal reporting requirements that have stood for the last few years.
The Annual Report unlike the SOA Certification Report does not require even the minimal tracking or monitoring of recent graduates that was called for in the SOA Certification Report. The proposed Annual Report is not an analysis, critique, assessment, evaluation, appraisal or examination with recommendations from an outside, independent source. It is simply "a report" of the "activities" of the school.
Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation:
Questions and Recommendation: By repealing the original congressional authorization for the SOA, the bill closes the School of the Americas on paper. Inexplicably, however, it does so with no word of analysis. Why close a school that is without fault? Why open another that is, for all intents and purposes, identical except for name?
The DOD proposal to close the SOA and replace it with an SOA clone skipped over one vital step: Evaluation of the SOA model upon which it is based. The opening of the new school is not grounded in any critical assessment of the training, procedures, performance, or results (consequences) of the training program it copies. Further, it ignores congressional concern and public outcry over the SOAs past and present link to human rights atrocities.
At the very least, a thorough independent investigation and report on the SOA are warranted before Congress can adequately consider the merits of any new proposal for an SOA-like training facility. A rigorous outside investigation of charges against the SOA is a reasonable approach to resolve the controversy over the School of the Americas or its replacement. The new school is substantially the same as the SOA it purports to replace. The issues raised by critics of the SOA are not addressed by the recently enacted changes. As the United States is pouring money, military hardware and military training into Colombia and SOA human rights abusers continue to operate with impunity in Colombia, Guatemala and elsewhere, these issues remain as crucial and immediate as ever.
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On August 27th, my fiancé and I concluded a month-long residency in Austria. By the time our plane left Germany, New York's airports had already been closed as Hurricane Irene was scheduled to wreak havoc on the east coast. Our flight was surpisingly turbulence-free and we arrived home without incident. In our jet-lagged exhaustion, we fell asleep at 9pm and awoke the next day to a powerless, flooded Lambertville. Still in tourist mode, we put on some rain gear, grabbed a camera and headed outside to assess the landscape.
A boat broke through a concrete barrier as Swan Creek rose over Union Street just a block away from our house.
Our neighbor's yard had become a lake.
Firemen and anyone with a generator pumped water out of flooded basements. This went on for several days.
In the center of town we bumped into some friends. One of them said to me in all seriousness, "Are you happy now? Isn't this what you wanted?" I was flabbergasted. Did he think that because I make art about rivers, I would celebrate the Delaware's destructive force as it deluged communities, hurt local businesses, and displaced people from their homes? It has taken me months to digest what at first felt like an attack and gross misunderstanding of my work, revealing it instead as an insightful commentary on the impact of the situation.
In a way, Hurricane Irene and its ensuing flood did exactly what I hope my work will do - it brought the river into the public consciousness. In fact, because of its immediacy and devastation, the flood was much more effective than my work will ever be. I've never seen so many people present at a town meeting as I did at the September 12th special session of Mayor and Council when United Water discussed their storm-related dam operations. People were quick to point fingers and asked for guarantees against future storm damages as FEMA assistance applications were passed around the room. There was discussion about creek bed maintenance, storm drain capacity, upstream development and the increased area of impervious surfaces. The word "watershed" was uttered often. It seemed to me that this event might spur the energy to bring about change in how we manage development and think about our connection to each other and the natural world.
Last week I donated one of my sculptures (Delaware River Anatomy, 2008) to the Nurture Nature Center (NNC) in Easton, PA. Their work addresses the conflict between economic development and environmental conservation, with a primary focus on flooding through their public education initiative, Flood Project. After experiencing how the flood in my community galvanized water awareness, it became clear that my work could not have a more appropriate home. I'd like to thank my good friend Martin Suresh for helping me realize the similarities between my artistic goals and the Hurricane's more positive aftermath and for indirectly connecting me with the NNC. Long live the marriage of art and activism!


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But navigating the road to victory remains very complicated for Democrats. Yes, a pro-Democratic environment could put into play such Republican-held swing districts as Jim Gerlach's suburban PA-06 or Heather Wilson's Albuquerque-based NM-01. But Democrats still need to win in districts that are unlikely to be affected by a pro-Democratic national trend, such as those where five incumbent Texas Democrats are in tough races, and Republican-leaning rural districts like Colorado's 3rd District and Washington's 5th District. And, whereas House Republican strategists were worried a few weeks ago about the environment for their candidates, they say that the bleeding has stopped.
So how could Democrats pick up the 11 seats (or, actually, 12 seats, since Democrats are not contesting a new seat in Texas) that they need to win the majority? First, they need to hold on to all three of their competitive open seats -- in PA-13, KY-04, and LA-07 -- as well as those of at least two of their five endangered incumbents in Texas.
In PA-13, Democratic state Sen. Allyson Schwartz has the advantage over Republican ophthalmologist Melissa Brown, the GOP's 2002 nominee, in a district that Al Gore carried with 56 percent of the vote. In Kentucky's 4th District, Democrats have an attractive and well-known candidate in former TV anchor Nick Clooney, but he still has a tough battle to hold on to a district that gave George W. Bush 61 percent of its vote. In Louisiana's conservative 7th District, Democratic Rep. Chris John never had to worry about significant Republican challengers during his four terms. With John departing, Republicans have a well-funded -- though little-known and untested -- candidate in heart surgeon Charles Boustany.
In Texas, Democratic insiders point to seven-term Rep. Chet Edwards as the endangered Democrat most likely to win. He has proven his ability to prevail in tough districts and tough political climates. But GOP state Rep. Arlene Wohlgemuth has the district's demographics on her side, and she has already proved that she can handle the rough-and-tumble of a campaign. GOP polls in three Texas districts (Rep. Nick Lampson's 2nd District, Rep. Max Sandlin's 1st District, and Rep. Charles Stenholm's 19th district) show the Democratic incumbent trailing.
If Democrats win those races, they would then need to pick up the six competitive GOP-held open seats: LA-03, NY-27, CO-03, PA-15, WA-05, and WA-08. District demographics and solid candidates make LA-03, NY-27, CO-03, and WA-08 the strongest opportunities for Democrats. By the numbers, the Buffalo-based NY-27 is the most Democratic-leaning of the bunch; Gore won the district with 53 percent. Yet Erie County Comptroller Nancy Naples is a strong Republican candidate whose moderate profile will be tough for Democrats to attack. In Colorado's 3rd District, a Democratic poll shows potato farmer and Democratic state Rep. John Salazar ahead of all of his potential GOP rivals. Republicans are counting on the conservative lean of that district to push their nominee over the finish line.
Even if Democrats should win all the competitive Republican open seats, they would still be short of a majority by nine seats and would need to start defeating Republican incumbents. Just two -- Rick Renzi in AZ-01 and Max Burns in GA-12 -- are now in toss-up races. The next tier of vulnerable Republicans, which includes freshman Reps. Jon Porter (NV-03) and Bob Beauprez (CO-07), is made up of seven incumbents.
Democrats contend, however, that they have credible candidates in enough other districts (the open seat in NE-01, for example), and against such long-term incumbents as Clay Shaw (FL-22), Phil Crane (IL-08), and Christopher Shays (CT-04), to be able to take advantage of a favorable political environment. If they are correct, then they would not need to win virtually all of the handful of the most-competitive contests. Still, since 1998, only 16 incumbents (five Democrats and 11 Republicans) have lost in November.
At this point, despite the Democrats' dreams and war chests, Republicans don't look to be in imminent danger of losing their House majority.
-- Associate Editor Amy Walter contributed to this report.