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BOSTON (AP) - The Massachusetts Institute of Technology says a man carrying a long rifle and wearing body armor was spotted in a campus building, and the school is on lockdown.
MIT said in a statement Saturday that several law enforcement agencies have responded, and a photo that appears to have been tweeted from near campus shows a road blocked to traffic.
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Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke responds to a county commissioner's claim that Cubans made Miami. Miami-Dade Commissioner Javier Souto tried to persuade his col ... More >>
After a seven-year hiatus, cult sitcom Arrested Development returns on Netflix this weekend. Of course, in Miami, a city of sociopathic, vain crooks you might not be aware that a show about a family of sociopathic, vain crooks has been off the air for so long. In fact, since the show's initial cance ... More >>
Miche RattoThis week, Miami New Times profiled the ten hardest-hitting blogs that make life miserable for public officials in South Florida. At a time when the Miami Herald and other media outlets are shaving back coverage of civic and public affairs, bloggers are filling the void to investigate ... More >>
Vanessa Brito says she has the right to protect her committee's name.Anyone who followed the recall movement versus former Miami-Dade County Commissioner Natacha Seijas knows the group that sought her ouster calls itself Miami Voice and is chaired by activist Vanessa Brito. Miami Lakes dentist David ... More >>
Thought the recall election would change things at county hall? Think again. If campaign money is any indication, former state Rep. Esteban Bovo is a shoo-in for the Miami-Dade Commission seat representing northwestern parts of the county vacated by Natacha Seijas. And he is beholden to a lo ... More >>
Clear your calendar on May 24 because we're holding an election! The Miami-Dade County Commission meet this morning and, as expected, officially set the day for the election to replace recalled Carlos Alvarez on that Tuesday. Though, the mayoral race won't be the only thing on the ballot. Voters ... More >>
In ancient Greek, apocalypse translates as "a revelation." So what could possibly be more apocalyptic than the giant freaking orange moon due to pop up tomorrow night? After all, it's the biggest and closest it's been in nearly two decades. FYI: the "extreme supermoon" is also predicted to (1) ma ... More >>
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Miami-Dade has reform fever, and the only cure is more recalls. Following Tuesdays political massacre of Carlos Alvarez and Natacha Seijas at the polls it's no surprise that other groups feel inspired and want to see more change. Now a group of animal rights activists is calling for the "recall" ... More >>
Even if you didn't think yesterday's recall of Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez and Commissioner Natacha Seijas was a good idea, you must admit it was immensely satisfying to watch those lopsided results come in. We posit that it was better than sex. Fornication is wonderful and all, but how oft ... More >>
The people of Miami-Dade have spoken and they were not ambiguous about it: county mayor Carlos Alvarez and county commissioner Natacha Seijas are out of a job. The total vote count isn't in just yet, but as of right now both were ousted with about 88 percent of voters checking "yes."
Michael McElroyMayoral candidate and Miami New Times columnist Luther Campbell wants to get it on. At the ballot box. Not the champagne room. Now that voters have shown Carlos Alvarez the exit door, the onetime raunchiest man in hip-hop is calling on the County Commission to set a date for anothe ... More >>
With an election set in a week to recall Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez and County Commissioner Natacha Seijas the air of reform is steadily streaming through County Hall, but two state lawmakers don't just want a change in leadership. They want to see the powers of Miami-Dade County Comm ... More >>
Natacha Seijas is one week closer to her political reckoning, which means she will get only more viciously cantankerous than ever. Since the second attempt to recall her in four years kicked off, the county commissioner representing Hialeah and Miami Lakes has been on a rampage, threatening colle ... More >>
For the second time since announcing his run for Miami-Dade mayor, Luther Campbell appeared on a Spanish-language television program to appeal to Hispanic voters. "Tio" Luke was the special guest on last night's Ke Fuerte show on América TeVé, where he informed hosts Ivan and Carlucho that he h ... More >>
The top individual donor to the political action committee seeking to block Miami-Dade Commissioner Natacha Seijas' recall is a Hialeah businessman who was barred from getting county work. The campaign treasurer's report for Abre Los Brazos shows that Zitro Inc., a company owned by Hector P. Orti ... More >>
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Comm. Natacha Seijas is one of five being targetedBillionaire Norman Braman's quest to have Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez recalled was officially approved by the Clerk of Courts yesterday. Today, and effort to recall five county commissioners was launched by a political action commi ... More >>
Miami-Dade Commissioner Javier Souto.Every year, they arrive punctually on the same festive stationary, and every year, they're tossed out faster than stale fruitcake. Well, dear reader, by throwing out your commissioner's holiday newsletter, you're trashing your own cash. Each newsletter costs y ... More >>
The county's online property search doesn't disclose foreclosures.
On its corporate website, Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod boasts that its land use and zoning lawyers have "literally helped to reshape the skyline of our community." No doubt the influential downtown Miami law firm knows how to persuade local government officials to allow developers t ... More >>
Duane HansonAn online petition encouraging President Obama to create a Secretary of the Arts position has collected hundreds of thousands of signatures and media attention, but considering the hard time Obama has had filling his current cabinet slots, it seems to be the last thing on his mind. You t ... More >>
Dennis Moss is done putting together the new make-up of the county commission's committees and I'm impressed with most of his selections. In case you don't know, the commissioners use the committee system to hammer out decisions that ultimately impact our tax dollars, from formulating new ways to ta ... More >>
Today, the last day of 2008, Banana Republican highlights his ten favorite news stories of the year, the tales that truly capture life in a sun-drenched, third-world dimension. 10. Marc Sarnoff's Memo to Himself. The Coconut Grove loving city commissioner has a super secret meeting with Joe Arriol ... More >>
via eBay Apparently you can buy these things. Last week during the Democratic National Convention the Herald's political reporters were so bored they took to incessantly blogging about the hotel arrangements of the Florida delegation. The Republicans have -- thank goodness -- spiced things up. B ... More >>
When election time rolls into gear, the union representing Miami-Dade County fire fighters doesn't waste time getting into action. According to campaign financial disclosure reports, Dade County Firefighters Local 1403 contributed $500 each to the reelection campaigns of Bruno Barreiro, Audrey Edmon ... More >>
And why not? Miami-Dade government is about as stable as a Sagdiyev family reunion. I have to thank an anonymous commenter over at eyeonmiami for the headline. It was in response to a post about Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez endorsing Natacha Seijas for reelection, nearly two years after Carlito a ... More >>
As our great Banana Republic of Miami-Dade County gets ready to celebrate Independence Day, I decided to scour the campaign financial reports of Mayor Carlos Alvarez and the seven county commissioners running for reelection. After all, nothing is more patriotic than greasing the wheels of politics. ... More >>
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This morning Parrot Jungle was swarming with anti-corruption law enforcers and ethics watchdogs. Alas, they weren't there to blow the lid off another public scandal involving Miami-Dade taxpayer money. In fact, no crimes were being committed at the publicly subsidized bird park. Parrot Jungle was ... More >>
Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez is on a rampage. Here's the skinny.
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"It seems rational. Wanna bet?"
"How is it that Carlos Rios has a phone?"
"Beasley has been working tirelessly behind the scenes"
"I'll get you, my Patty... And your little dog, too!" This past weekend, Terry Murphy, chief of staff of Miami-Dade County Commissioner Natacha Seijas (subject of this week'scover story), was busy protecting his cushy government post. For the past two months, a political action committee has been ... More >>
The school board wades through a smear campaign
It was easy for the county to pass a law requiring workers to earn a living wage. It wasn't so easy making it stick.
He's Miami's premier citizen advocate. He attends scads of boring meetings so you don't have to. He's on a mission. And he's going broke in the process.

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Current ESPN analyst Jon Gruden always generates interest at this time of the year when it appears that coaching vacancies will be opening up. Last week, a rumor surfaced that Gruden was interviewing prospects for a possible coaching staff and his return to the sidelines in 2013 was inevitable. It now appears that Jon Gruden will return to the sidelines of the Oakland Raiders, the team which gave him his first head coaching opportunity. Gruden's return is not to head the Raiders coaching staff, but rather a ceremonial appearance this weekend to the Raider's stadium. Gruden will attend the Oakland Raiders-New Orleans Saints game this Sunday and will light the Al Davis Memorial Flame prior to the start of the game. Gruden joins former Raiders legends such as Marcus Allen and John Madden as team icons to have attended games in order to light the memorial flame. Gruden is firmly ensconced in the Monday Night Football broadcast booth and has the luxury of choosing which team he wants to ...
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Proving once again that man can benefit from the genius design of God, but God gains little from the conventional wisdom of men. Evolution is for idiots.
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I have read this someplace else years ago. But, there was no proof of the theory. And, as far as I can tell, the article does not cite any specific field study as to stripe actually repelling biting flies. I doubt there is any actual scientific citation on it. Perhaps there are preliminary studies that are showing positive results so far.I do know that house flies love yellow surfaces and seem to be repelled by sky blue. I´ve tested this myself in my experience as an exterminator setting out fly traps in horse corrals and barns. but, alas; I am not a "scientist" so, I can not have my paper on the subject published. My evidence is, like the article´s, purely anecdotal.
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I wonder if seersucker will work in south Georgia during deer fly season...
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I can´t scoff at this one as we were advised to fill a couple of sandwich baggies with water and hang them from the deck railing to ward off flies. The theory being that this fuzzed up their sight/navigation. It actually does work. Maybe the stripes serve the same purpose?
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The leading substance-abuse threat to children may be as close as your refrigerator. About 10 million adolescents drink alcohol. In fact, minors drink 19 percent of the alcohol consumed in the United States.
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I normally don't like when celebrities play exaggerated versions of themselves, but This Is The End looks mildly amusing. The movie stars James Franco, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride, Emma Watson, and every other popular movie star from the past five years. Franco throws an epic party, but it's interrupted by the apocalypse. Don't you hate when that happens? You're trying to get your groove on and the world just decides to go to hell. Shit sucks. This Is The End hits theaters on June 12th.
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Private William Mandella discovers his military service on faster that light ships makes for battles across centuries and difficult personal relationships. Winner of the Hugo and Nebula awards.
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An Albemarle County Police officer has donned a uniform on the streets for the past 31 years, and now he's ready to hang it up.
Cpl. Ken Richardson is the last original member of the department, and he officially retired on Monday.
"You know when it's time to go, and it's my time to go," Richardson said. "I'm leaving it to the new generation to take this department and take it to better things."
Many things have changed over the course of three decades, and Richardson has seen them all. When the force became a separate entity from the sheriff's department in 1983, he was one of five officers hired. Now, he's the last one in law enforcement.
"I had a tube radio in my car. It took five minutes to warm up," Richardson said. "I even had to force myself to do computers. When I first started working with a computer, it was very hard to adapt to, especially somebody who wrote everything on paper."
But over the years, he adapted and became a shift manager.
"Ken is always here before everybody else in the morning and always the last one to leave in the evening," said Capt. Pete Mainzer.
When Mainzer joined the force in 1986, Richardson was his field training officer.
"He is in his element and he is at his best when he is out in the field helping to manage some type of scene or incident," Mainzer said.
And in those high-stress situations, both Richardson and Mainzer say it doesn't take long to feel like family.
"Police work is very unique in and of itself because it becomes a brotherhood, and I've met a lot of very unique people in this job, and some I'll always remember in my heart," Richardson said.
Mainzer said there's going to be a void in the department, and one that's not easy to fill. But Richardson said he's looking forward to spending more time with his wife, kids and grandchildren.
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This excerpt if from the Office of Disability Employment Policy of the U.S. Department of Labor
Sleep Disorders and the Americans with Disabilities Act
Are sleep disorders disabilities under the ADA?
The ADA does not contain a list of medical conditions that constitute disabilities. Instead, the ADA has a general definition of disability that each person must meet (EEOC, 1992). Therefore, some people with sleep disorders will have a disability under the ADA and some will not.
A person has a disability if he/she has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, a record of such an impairment, or is regarded as having such an impairment (EEOC, 1992). For more information about how to determine whether a person has a disability under the ADA, visit http://www.jan.wvu.edu/corner/vol02iss04.htm.
Accommodating Employees with Sleep Disorders
(Note: People with sleep disorders may develop some of the limitations discussed below, but seldom develop all of them. Also, the degree of limitation will vary among individuals. Be aware that not all people with sleep disorders will need accommodations to perform their jobs and many others may only need a few accommodations. The following is only a sample of the possibilities available. Numerous other accommodation solutions may exist.)
Questions to Consider:
1. What limitations is the employee with a sleep disorder experiencing?
2. How do these limitations affect the employee and the employee's job performance?
3. What specific job tasks are problematic as a result of these limitations?
4. What accommodations are available to reduce or eliminate these problems? Are all possible resources being used to determine possible accommodations?
5. Has the employee with the sleep disorder been consulted regarding possible accommodations?
6. Once accommodations are in place, would it be useful to meet with the employee with a sleep disorder to evaluate the effectiveness of the accommodations and to determine whether additional accommodations are needed?
7. Do supervisory personnel and employees need training regarding sleep disorders?
Accommodation Ideas:
Daytime Sleepiness:
Provide a device such as a Doze Alert or other alarms to keep the employee alert
Reschedule for longer or shorter, more frequent breaks
Provide a shift change for when the employee is most alert
Maintaining Concentration:
Provide space enclosures or a private work area or office
Increase natural lighting or provide full spectrum lighting
Reduce clutter in the employee's work environment
Plan for uninterrupted work time
Divide large assignments into smaller tasks and steps
Restructure job to include only essential functions
Allow the employee to listen to music or white noise with a headset
Memory Deficits:
Post instructions with frequently used equipment
Allow the employee to tape record verbal instruction or meetings
Provide written checklists
Allow additional training time
Provide written as well as verbal instructions
Use notebooks, calendars, or sticky notes to record information for easy retrieval
Attendance Issues:
Provide a flexible start time and/or end time
Allow the employee to work from home
Provide a part time work schedule
Provide a shift change
Decreased Stamina:
Provide a flexible schedule
Allow longer or more frequent work breaks
Provide additional time to learn new responsibilities
Provide backup coverage for when the employee needs to take breaks
Restructure job to include only essential functions
Situations and Solutions:
A financial analyst with sleep apnea often fell asleep while working at her computer. The employer provided her with a small device called a Doze Alert that fits in her ear and sounds whenever her head starts to drop forward as she falls asleep.
A customer service representative with hypersomnia had difficulty waking up for his morning schedule, which resulted in him being late for his shift. The employer accommodated him by moving him to the afternoon shift.
A dispatcher with shift work sleep disorder worked rotating shifts that caused his sleep disorder to be exacerbated. The employer changed the rotating shift schedule for all employees to shifts that were assigned by seniority.
A clerical employee with insomnia had a hard time maintaining concentration on the job and his stamina was often poor because of inadequate sleep. This employee was allowed frequent breaks to help improve his stamina.
An accountant with restless leg syndrome was often 10-15 minutes late for work every day due to amount and quality of sleep. The employer provided this employee with a half an hour flexible start time. Depending on when the employee arrived, the time was made up either in a break or at the end of the day.
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How to Determine Whether a Person Has a Disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
From the desk of Linda Carter Batiste, J.D.
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations for employees with disabilities. However, the ADA does not contain a list of medical conditions that constitute disabilities. Instead, the question of whether an employee has a disability is answered on a case by case basis, considering how the specific employee is affected by his/her medical condition. As a result, one of the more frequent questions JAN consultants get is whether a particular employee has a disability. Although JAN consultants cannot answer that question, they can provide information about the ADA's definition of disability and guidance regarding how to determine whether an individual meets that definition.
What is the ADA's definition of disability?
The ADA contains a broad definition of disability. A person has a disability if he/she has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities. To determine whether a particular employee has a disability you must first determine two things:
1. Whether the employee has an impairment, and
2. Whether the employee's impairment substantially limits one or more major life activities.
In addition, a person can meet the ADA's definition of disability by having a record of or being regarded as having an impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities.
For additional information regarding the definition of "disability," "impairment," "substantially limits," and "major life activities" visit: Definition of the Term Disability (EEOC Guidance) at http://www.eeoc.gov/policy/docs/902cm.html.
How can employers determine whether an employee has a disability when the employee requests accommodation?
When an employee requests a reasonable accommodation and the employee's disability or need for accommodation is not known or obvious, an employer may request medical documentation that shows whether the employee has an impairment and whether that impairment substantially limits one or more major life activities.
For additional information and a sample medical inquiry form for determining disability, visit: http://www.jan.wvu.edu/media/Medical.htm.
How can employees determine whether they have a disability under the ADA?
To be entitled to an accommodation under the ADA, employees must meet the ADA's definition of disability. Unfortunately, it can be difficult or impossible to determine for sure whether someone meets the ADA's definition of disability before making an accommodation request. Employees who need accommodation can review the definition of disability and if they believe they meet the definition, they can proceed with their accommodation request. Employees may want to attach medical documentation to their accommodation request to show that they have an impairment (this usually means a diagnosis) and to show how the impairment limits them in their major life activities. Major life activities include functions such as caring for oneself, performing manual tasks, walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, learning, and working. (This list is not an exhaustive list of all major life activities.)
Even if employees do not think that they meet the ADA's definition of disability, they may want to discuss accommodation needs with their employers anyway; some employers may choose to accommodate employees even if they do not meet the ADA definition of disability.
For ideas regarding how to make a written accommodation request, visit:
Accommodation Request Letter at http://www.jan.wvu.edu/media/accommrequestltr.html.
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Project Mojo – the server rack that packs petaflops
Putting a petaflops into a single server rack isn't as difficult as the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency had thought. Back in March, DARPA — the research arm of the US military that brought you the Internet — put out a call to all nerds in the Ubiquitous High Performance Computing program to come up with an ExtremeScale …
Just think of the computing power gain available when, come 2012, intel's 50core+ "knight's corner" co-processors will become available. Looks like Moore's law still has got legs.....
Need double precision math
Double precision math is what's needed, so anything that only supports single-precision is off the board. Otherwise, yes, if all you need is numbers to be crunched, then GPUs are quite a good solution.
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High Performance CGPU
If SGI keeps messing around, they will have to file for bankruptcy again, this time final... Dawning Inc in China started to make supercomputers which are not only cheaper and faster but burn half the electricity of anything SGI can offer. El Reg, please note: speaking about a single precision supercomputer is like speaking about lilliputian giant, this is a contradiction in terms.
So the above mentioned Dawning Inc is beating SGI right now by offering NVidia Fermi GPUs attached to nice x86 blades. Fermi is 3 to 10 times faster in double precision than ATI's GPU, indeed ATI's GPU architecture is unsuitable for general purpose computing to begin with. The funny part is that Dawning also offers standard Infiniband interconnect, apparently SGI got a clue from them.
So while SGI is trying to figure out how to politically please their x86 masters, it may disappear altogether... as so many others. In the meantime, cheap, small and economical supercomputers are already available in China and Japan.
Note the DARPA challenge was 1pf @ 57Kw
No real mention of the power budget for this thing.
It's *very* smart of them ot have multiple supplier paths to achieve a shippable solution.
at least one of those mfg *should* be able to deliver their roadmap. I hope they all will. This seems like a good incentive.
As for the management software to make *effective* use of the hardware that's another story.
Moore law *may* have some life left in it. Amdahl's law seems like it's a *lot* tougher to crack.
If DARPA are right and 1 Petaflop is what is needed to deliver *human* level processing power this could be the start of *real* AI research.
5 decades and a couple of billion dollars in.
Programming and special purpose hardware
It is one thing to make a computer have a theoretical performance of 1 petaflop and another to be able to make actual use of the computing power. My (limited) experience with GPU programming shows me that we are not there yet. The peak numbers are impressive but in practice we cannot achieve that performance easily.
The biggest problem with parallel computers so far, is how to write effective software for them on one hand and the time required to do that. So if we take a current day super-duper 1000 core machine and it takes three years to properly write management s/w and tune compilers and applications in order to fully exploit its performance potential, then... I guess we have missed our target.
So SGI trying to mix and match such a number of technologies, without telling what will be the tools and their maturity is at least problematic. Maybe not for them, if they are paid by DARPA money, but for everyone else trying to make actual use of the machines.
On the other hand, I believe that at some point we'll have to revisit the hardware accelerator part in order to get a certain performance level at a certain power budget. FPGAs are moving fast, maybe faster than what was believed, and I believe that we can see a clear alternative here. Maybe an FPGA cannot provide the peak performance numbers as stated by GPUs, but they can provide more acceleration, as they can pack more integrated functionality (e.g. better data handling, moving, processing). With hardware description languages and dev environments able to produce hardware from typical high level software programming descriptions things are looking better.
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Sorry for the delay in posting this morning. After being up with a child who apparently had too much popcorn at our movie yesterday and decided it shouldn't stay in his stomach, I'm running a bit behind.
We talk a lot on this blog about what we write …and the inevitable day when our children will fully comprehend what that is. Not just that Mama is sitting at her computer, typing on the buy cialis and viagra online keyboard — thankfully I am still in that stage with my four year old. But the other day, I was listening to the radio (country music fan here) and heard the song 'Before She Was Momma' by Clay Walker. Some of the song lyrics:
'Bout ten years old, hide and seek
I found me in the closet
Ready or not I stumbled on
And opened up that box of
Yearbooks, letters, black and whites
A hundred, maybe more
Next thing I know my brothers and me
Got 'em scattered on the floor (Yeah)
There was one of her, flippin' the bird
Sittin' on a Harley
And a few with some hairy hippie dude
Turns out his name was Charlie
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Had us boys confused
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To Mama, 'fore she was Mama
I'm certain that ALL of us Mamas here have fond memories of the years before we were Mama and I thought that could be a fun way to spend today. Before we were wives, before we were anything else but single, footloose and fancy free… what was your life like? How different from your life today?
My life today is completely different from what it was in the "Before Mama" years. (And yes, there are albums and pictures that I would be inclined to lock up so my son never sees them.) In the "Before Wife" years, my best girlfriend and I were inseparable. (At one point in our lives, we were roommates who commuted to our respective jobs that were five minutes apart, who went to lunch together AND often when out five nights a week together.) It's amazing we never tired of each other or ran out of things to talk about…
But in my Before Mama, carefree years, we were constantly on the go. Usually five nights a week, we were hanging out with friends, out to dinner, out dancing at our favorite spots. We had the freedom to do what we wanted, when and go wherever the winds took us. And we often did. And the one constant, I think, from then to now, is that I was and remain a creature of habit. When I find something I like or enjoy, I tend to stick with it. When my hubby and I were in the "Pre-Child" days, we went out usually once or twice a week to a karaoke bar (love to sing, I admit it)… We knew everyone there, we went there for years…and even today, on the rare times we get out of the house, that's usually our first choice for the evening. There is something comforting about being somewhere where "everyone knows your name."
That was often what my BFF and I did, as well. We had a handful of places that we went to on a regular basis. We knew the people who worked there, the people who hung out there, and we felt comfortable. We felt safe. And on occasion, we did really stupid things. That's part of growing up, I think. And today, when I have a chance for a girl's night, sometimes we go dancing, sometimes we sit at home and watch a movie, and other times we go out to dinner and talk for hours. Inevitably, we pull out the memory books in our heads and reminisce about those years.
And when we pull those memories out to think of "the good ol' days", I can look at them wistfully and still realize that the best years are now. There are trade-offs in having children — you put a large part of yourself on hold, a large portion of your life on hold in order to be there and raise your little ones. There will come a day soon enough when he stops wanting to spend time with us, so for now, I choose to cherish every single minute I have. Things are definitely different in the "Mama" years than they were, but I wouldn't change a thing.
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Why can't Hori make wireless Wii U Pro controllers in the shape of a Gamecube controller??? I would by those in an instant.
@Oaf7724 I don't think it comes with the dock. They already announced charging dock accessories, and I think you have to purchase them separately. It is nothing like the previous docks for 3DS/3DS XL as these appear to fit the systems vertically. So I doubt your old one will work.
@gatorboi352 GCN has 4 less inputs than Pro Controller... missing the ZL, L3, R3, and one +/-... It makes me skeptical of the claim that it works with any game that supports the Pro... does the system recognize it as a Pro... or will the games need patches?
Next, I will take a USB GCN disc drive so I can finally put my old Wii away and free up an input on my TV ...
I love the GC controller... but I am not a competitive player and could care less about a wired connection. I would rather have a GC-shaped Pro Controller so I can sit on my couch comfortably as opposed to being limited by the length of the cord...
@JellySplat @jakysnakydx The New 3DS was announced in a Japanese ND for Japan only. The information was released in the west on Nintendo news sites and tech sites, sure, but that's about it. One day of news coverage on specialty sites that was drowned in PAX coverage. There is no information about the New 3DS on the eShop, Nintendo's site, retailers, or anywhere else in the west. Likely, the people who know about the New 3DS, already own a 3DS. I do not really foresee the massive drop in sales everybody is talking about. If most people still do not know that the Wii U is a new system even after all that marketing, I doubt a Japan-only New 3DS will have any impact. Parents are still likely to buy 3DS systems this holiday, especially with Pokémon ORAS and SSB releasing. These special editions just offer more choice for them.
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@IxC So if they took these two packs and instead released it as Mario Kart 9 on the eShop as a download only game, would that make it better?
Is it really DLC that bothers you or the fact that it is download only? I assume it's the latter because you said that expansion packs sold on discs later on are alright with you. You started by stating that you are bothered because the game is incomplete bit then later on it seems that the download only part is what's bothering you. In that case, are you against any game that is download only? Like indie games, or even some Nintendo published games like Pushmo or the newer Mario vs. Donkey Kong games.
Furthermore, it seems as though your main concern is that people 10 years down the road won't be able to buy it. Why are you so worried about people in the future? Should be have to think about how something will be enjoyed in the future before enjoying it now?
Yes, you can go buy a preowned N64, but I guarantee you won't be able to buy very single game or every single accessory for it. Not unless you pay an arm and a leg to a collector. Heck, I'm sure there are some board games I played when I was young that I couldn't get anywhere today. Things cannot last forever.
But truth be told video games can survive aging better than anyone. If I want to play an old classic NES game, I no longer have to hunt down a used console along with accessories and wires and adapters that are in working condition just to play it. That's where the VC comes into play. It's not perfect but it is better than bargain hunting.
Maybe you should reconsider your outlook. Nothing is forever. Just enjoy it now and move forward with the memory if it doesn't last for 10 years.
I think that people expecting SSB to do worse than MK8 are making the same mistake that everyone accuses Nintendo of making; comparing Wii U to Wii. Yes, MK Wii sold triple the amount SSBB sold, but that was on the "casual" console. Wii numbers exploded because non-gamers were buying Wiis. To those consumers Mario Kart is more accessible than SSB. However the landscape has vastly changed now. Casuals no longer buy consoles. You need to stop using Wii numbers to prove that MK is bigger than SSB.
So I do think SSB will sell consoles better than MK8. I think even Nintendo is expecting this. They gave SSB the holiday launch. SSB had a Nintendo Direct even before MK8 did. It gets screenshots and
info revealed constantly for over a year. And at E3 and comic-con, there were broadcasted Smash tourneys not MK8.
@Jazzer94 I think you are misrepresenting the issue. No one is saying that Nintendo is obligated to give customers something awesome. People are merely disappointed in the selection this year based on other rewards Club Nintendo has had in the past. I don't think that is unreasonable or "entitled." If this was the first year for Platinum rewards, not nearly as many people would be disappointed.
@Koopa_Bro I think that's the point. For people who did not hit Gold or Platinum... the rewards are great! But for people who did, it is disappointing because they are more likely to already own the games because the bought more games to hit Gold/Platinum in the first place.
For me the issue is that Club Nintendo is becoming less of a loyalty program and more of a reward for new customers. As many of the others have stated, to reach Platinum status, you have to buy Nintendo games. And the reward is those same games that you already purchased. If you look through the comments, the Gold members really want some of those Platinum choices... and the Platinum people have no need for them because they already bought the games that helped them get to Platinum in the first place.
Club Nintendo has given out some cool stuff this year, but again it was for newer customers as opposed to loyal ones. The MK8 promotion was awesome, but it fell flat for me because I already owned all four of the Nintendo games. I tend to buy Nintendo games day one because they don't normally drop in price until years down the road. Even the Pokémon promotion really only applied to new customers. You had to have purchased a 3DS in that time frame. Having already bought a 3DS and all the games in the promotion list previously did not help at all.
I thought one of the goals that Iwata mentioned in an ND or at one of those Quarterly meetings was trying to create loyalty incentives for people who buy tons of Nintendo games. This seems to be working in the exact opposite way. The more games you have bought, the less you have to choose from for a reward...
I, too, think that having a $10 eShop credit option for Platinum would have gone a long way. To people who claim that it would not work because people could use the credit on 3rd party games, I will point out that eShop credit from DPP can be used on anything. And who is to say it would be used on a 3rd party game?! We are talking about loyal-Platinum Nintendo fans. Most likely it would be used on a discount for a full retail Nintendo game.
I am disappointed, but I guess I will have to accept that Club Nintendo is no longer a loyalty based reward program but more of an incentive to get new customers to buy Nintendo products.
@TrueWiiMaster Yup. I was in the same boat. When PS4 was announced last year and it was confirmed that it was not backwards compatible. I went out and bought a PS3 a month later.
@ClockworkMario You are right. It was revealed in the April direct last year. The real story should have been SM3DW which was announced at E3 and released 5-6 months later. Or even DKC:TF which was also first announced at E3 and came out within a year. I honestly don't remember any new 3DS game that was first announced at E3 last year. But at the same time, Nintendo Directs were a monthly affair last year. Since we haven't had many so far in 2014, I expect more announcements today.
So I never played FR/LG or HG/SS and I wonder, are pokedexes in these remakes limited to their original generations or the generation the game is in? For example, will I be able to transfer my X/Y pokemon even though those did not exist in the original Ruby/Sapphire versions?
"It's a bummer that every single female-identified character in Mario Kart 8 is a princess, aside from Toadette and Wendy Koopa."
If you watch the Mario Kart Direct (at least the US one)... when they announce Wendy Koopa, they label her the "Princess of Destruction", haha.
That said, I hardly think the message is "If you're a boy, you can be whatever you want to be, and if you're a girl… you can be a princess...."
The boys are either plumbers, villains, dinosaurs, or gorillas...haha
I love the Baby Bros!!! I loved Yoshi's Island and Partners in Time, too! That said, all other baby characters are pretty useless...
I don't understand why they didn't add Pauline if they needed more female characters? She appears in most of the Mario vs DK series games and she is even on the Nintendo Starlets puzzle swap for 3DS.
Other Kong characters would be welcome too! Although, I suppose that only DK and Cranky Kong have ever truly been in a Mario game...
@rjejr That is an excellent point that did not even cross my mind! I agree, getting a card with a code is simply not the same as opening a box. And to this day, I still like sharing games with friends and family. Since Nintendo has been trying to push getting more than one 3DS systems in the same house, digital only would suck for families with multiple systems when the games cannot be shared.
@NorthLightSuplx In that scenario, I would rather they make two models. A one-screen model and a two-screen model. The one-screen would be able to play all the same games similar to how the Wii U has off-TV mode for many of its games even though they have some sort of dual screen feature.
@Peach64 Music, books, and movies are a different beast. Books generally max out at 2MB, mostly because of the cover art. Music generally sits around the 5-10MB range for one song. Movies have definitely not gone anywhere near completely digital like books/music... and that's largely because of the data. A video file ripped from a DVD is around 300-500MB, 720p from Blu-ray ranges from 700MB to 1.5GB, and 1080p ranges from 1GB to 4GB. Now consider that as most games for the 3DS even at the smallest sizes are already in the GBs. You would expect that the next system should have even larger game sizes. There are many people who don't pay for the fastest speeds for internet (and many who don't have internet at home at all) which could mean it could take days to download a game. Furthermore, there are many countries that offer tiered bandwith plans for internet... a single game download could eat up a large chunk of that month's bandwith.
I love the 3D and the two screens!!!! If they ditch those, I will be most upset. That said, I would not mind tiered hardware choices. Models with no 3D a la 2DS... Models with one screen a la Wii U (how most games can utilize the gamepad when played on the TV but still have off-TV modes that can be played with just one screen)... and any variation in between. As long as they have one with 3D and two screens, I will pay the premium to get the top tier model.
As far as ditching physical media, that cannot happen. There are plenty of people who do not have internet at home, let alone wifi. But more importantly, physical media is needed to get retail stores to stock the system. Retailers generally dont make nearly as much money selling the system as they do selling the games and peripherals. I think the best compromise however, would be physical game-installs. What I mean is buying the physical media that then installs the game to your system (and locks the physical media to your system until you use it to uninstall). That way its only necessary for collectors and those without internet to buy the physical media, stores have merchandise to shelve, and you do not have to carry around mutiple cards.
@jjmesa16 That's not quite correct. Disney purchased Marvel and Marvel owns the rights to all of its properties.
What you are talking about is film rights. In that regard, you are correct, Fox owns the film rights for X-Men and Fantastic 4 and Sony owns the film rights to Spider-Man. This is why you cannot see characters from these films enter Avengers or other movies made by Marvel Studios. But these are just the film rights... not complete rights to the characters, which is why you still see a Marvel logo at the beginning of the movies made by Fox or Sony.
Therefore, these characters can definitely show up in any game that Disney chooses to make.
@Peach64 How was New Super Luigi U "disgustingly priced"?! The game had 82 new levels! Compare that to NSMB2 where you get 3-level gold rush packs for $2-3 or Pikmin 3 level packs which were 4ish stages for $2-5. Why is that acceptable but 82 new levels for $20 is disgusting? If you match it to the NSMB 2 or Pikmin 3 pricing for 3-4 levels a pack... it would come out $40-$60 for 82 levels.
Would you have felt better if it was four separate 20-level packs for $5? Most other content DLC I have seen on the PSN store are around $10 a piece. I loved New Super Lugi U and probably played it as much as the original game. I had a blast searching for the hidden Luigi easter eggs in each level.
Everyone needs to go to Miiverse RIGHT NOW!!! Let's flood the threads with SNES REMIX requests!!!!!!!!!!
@Peek-a-boo Mass Effect 3 and Arkham City are the only games in the list so far that were released on the HD twins before they came out on the Wii U... and they are both quite low on the list. All the other multiplats came out at the same time. I cant comment about ME 3 but Arkham City AE edition is superior to the PS360 counterparts just by having the map on the gamepad alone!
Wow, I am glad Darksiders II is making so many people's lists. I loved that game on the Wii U with the Gamepad map! I am so sad that Vigil fell apart because I would have loved to see the orginal ported over. War was slightly more fun than Death in my opinion. My list is as follows:
1. Super Mario 3D World
2. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
3. Darksiders 2
4. New Super Mario Bros. U + New Super Luigi U
5. Batman: Arkham City AE
6. The Wonderful 101
7.. The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD
8. Pikmin 3
9. Batman: Arkham Origins
10. The Amazing Spider-Man Ultimate
11. Assassins Creed III (haven't gotten IV yet)
12. Nintendo Land
13. Wii Fit U
14. Wii Party U
I actually think that not using the gamepad is actually a good idea. While I do love the gamepad when used for maps or UI or something similar, I could do without a game that simply mirrors the TV. When I am playing NSMB U or NSL U... I prefer using the gamepad but it is quite distracting to have the game mirrored when I am using the TV. I'd rather it just be off. Even in SM3DW, for most of the levels, the gamepad mirroring the TV is just distracting when playing single player. I would have much preferred a second screen approach similar to the orginal NSMB on the DS or the sequel on the 3DS or even SM3DL. Having the gamepad mirror is useless.
A second point... Having a major Nintendo game opt to not use the gamepad can also be a message to third parties who are mostly concerned with ports. Rather than spending time shoehorning a feature to the gamepad, I would much rather them work on making a good port.
Does that mean that no game should use the gamepad? Of course not! I love the gamepad! However, that does not mean that every game needs to use it either.
@rjejr Yes, that's my point. It's all just bad news... And that is fueling the perception that Nintendo needs to do something more... As a consumer, how can you demand Nintendo to release more games for the Wii U when you don't make similar demands for the 3DS and its pumping out the same number? Games take time to make... months and years... even if they change their strategy and shift all focus to Wii U after seeing the low sales... it will take a couple years for the fruits to show up.
Yes, the 3DS has a bigger backlog, but the 3DS is 1.75 years older too. AC and Pokemon both came out more than 2 years after the console was launched. The Wii U is barely 1 year old. Third party support is not that different for the 3DS and the Wii U... Assassins Creed: Liberation came out for Vita but skipped 3DS... Same for Rayman Legends... etc. It is getting copies of Lego games and Skylander games and Disney Infinity games... but the Wii U is as well. So the big M rated games are skipping the Wii U... but surprise surprise... there arent that many M rated games on the 3DS either. The big difference is that the media is very focused on these M rated big-budget games in the home console arena.
I dont think the problem is a severe lack of support/games for the Wii U but rather a horrible perception created by negative PR. I dont think it's a good idea for Nintendo to empty its coffers trying to get the big AAA games on its console. Rather I think they need to try harder in pushing positive PR.
To your analagy, in the ER, its 1 person with a paper cut all calm and collected and the other person with a paper cut as well screaming in pain. The treatment is the same, you just have to be more patient and nicer with the screamer.
@rjejr I am not so worried about Nintendo pulling support. I do agree with you that it seems like the Nintendo first party offerings are slim pickings for the Wii U but then I did some research and just wanted to add some perspective. Here's a comparison of Nintendo Published games with 3DS which everyone unanimously agrees is a Nintendo first-party powerhouse.
Fire Emblem: Awakening (February)
Brain Age: Concentration Training (February)
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (March)
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity (March?)
Lego City Undercover: The Chase Begins (April?)
Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D (May)
Animal Crossing: New Leaf (June)
Mario & Luigi: Dream Team (August)
Pokémon X and Y (October)
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (November)
Mario Party: Island Tour (November)
2013 Wii U
Lego City Undercover (March)
New Super Luigi U (July)
Game & Wario (July)
Pikmin 3 (August)
The Wonderful 101 (September)
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD (October)
Wii Party U (October)
Wii Fit U (October?)
Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games (October?)
Super Mario 3D World (November)
11 games for the 3DS versus 10 games for the Wii U. Yes, the Wii U games were crowded in the second half and yes, they arent as big IPs as some of the 3DS titles, but its hardly Nintendo pulling support.
And both have about the same number of announced titles for 2014...
Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy
Yoshi's New Island
Disney Magical World
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
Kirby: Triple Deluxe
Mario Golf: World Tour
Wii U
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Mario Kart 8
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Bayonetta 2
Hyrule Warriors
(Note that all these are North America dates). Now it seems to me as we have a huge double standard. How can we say that Nintendo is giving ridiculous support for 3DS and almost no support for Wii U when the number of games across both in one year seem to be quite similar? I think it's this negative media bias that is affecting all of us... even the Nintendo fans...
Sorry for the long post.
I am really glad Dark Moon got a nomination. I feel that game was forgotten when it came time for awards because it was so early in the year and such awesome other titles were released afterwards.
Also, thanks NintendoLife for posting this even though this is just for NA.... I would have completely missed out otherwise!!!
I ordered the Zelda one and then furiously entered in all my codes that I had lying around and filling in all my extra surveys to get the other one. Fingers crossed that something more awesome doesn't come along soon...
I am wondering if I can use Pokemon bank to store all my current Pokemon so I can restart my game and be able to transfer back everything? Anyone know if this would work? And will all my transfered Pokemon be "traded" and get the exp boost on my new save file?
@DarkKirby Ad Revenue. Basically anytime someone clicks (accidentally or intentionally) on any ad someone gets some revenue. Companies would rather people be forced to see the official trailer that they posted so they get all the ad revenue generated.
@DarkLloyd In the northern hemisphere, March 20 through June 21.
The US date appears to be pushed back. A Wii Fit U info app that was auto-downloaded to my Wii U stated that the retail release is 1/10/14.
UPDATE: This appears to be correct because the US Nintendo page lists this date as well: http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/rK_4Ln_ru27SWO1fxusaVkpdEwk3kFQY
New to Wii Fit? This bundle includes everything you'll need to get started.
Available Jan. 10, 2014.
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@LDXD I agree. My favorite 3DS commercial (which probably had a subconscious effect in me buying the 3DS eventually) was the one where two gamers were arguing which game, Super Mario 3D Land or Resident Evil Revelations was better.
We need more commercials like that for the Wii U... It highlights Nintendo's best games and proves that contrary to popular belief, Nintendo systems have games of all types! (Nintendo PUBLISHED Ninja Gaiden 3 for goodness sake)
@rjejr I am not saying Apple and Nintendo are the same exact company... Of course there will be differences because they are two completely different businesses, but the comparison is valid in my opinion.
Also, I do not think your examples of iTunes and Safari are appropriate. Apple is not selling that software.
iTunes is merely a companion app similar to the (to-be-released) Miiverse app or the recent Pokedex app. I do not think anyone would download iTunes for Windows to buy music/videos without an iDevice to play it on. Furthermore, I believe the only reason iTunes for Windows exists is because the original iPods had no internet connections. With every modern iDevice having a way to conect to the internet and having the iTunes store app on the device itself, I could easily see Apple stop supporting iTunes for Windows with little to no consequence.
As for Safari on Windows, I can't believe anyone uses this unless they are running Windows via BootCamp and are too used to it?
Also, I could be wrong but I doubt anyone buys iDevices because their killer app is iTunes and Safari. As opposed to any Nintendo game which is Nintendo's killer app that people buy Nintendo hardware for. Nintendo porting one of their games is very different from Apple porting iTunes/Safari.
@rjejr It is not that anyone would buy a Wii U just for VC... but by putting VC content elsewhere... it becomes one less reason to get a Wii U. And having to add virtual controls would make them shoddy ports, regardless of how good the game is, which eventually does tarnish the brand. I know there are controllers available for phones/tablets but if you plan on releasing on those platforms, you cant make an accessory a requirement.
I know there is a slow trickle of VC games to date on the Wii U, but that is not without reason. They are adding new features to each port by adding gamepad support. (I personally think they could do this better by adding a NES mode similar to the current Wii Mode and have one app that can emulate multiple games instead of each game being a separate emulation app... but that is a different story.) The other main reason for slowly releasing VC games is that it gives each game time to sell. If they just released 100 games in a week, people would have to decide which few to get and then would soon forget about the rest. However, by releasing a few each week, thsoe hungry for new games are more likely to buy each week.
@rjejr Actually Apple is a very good comparison. Not by comparing Apple products to Nintendo products but using it as an analogy.
If Apple gave out OS X Mavericks to other manufacturers, what reason would there be to buy a Mac? Apple PCs and laptops are notorious for being overpriced hardware, but people buy them because its the only way to use that OS. It's the same issue with the iOS. I actually prefer iOS to Android but I really like other manufacturers hardware better. Mostly because they offer choice that Apple doesnt (new iPhone vs old iPhone). But I am stuck getting an iPhone because I cant use iOS on that sleek HTC phone...
Nintendo is the same exact way. They have weaker/more unique hardware but it's what you have to buy if you want their software.
@WingedSnagret I could not have said it better myself. This is 100% how I feel too!
"This is exactly why I'm a loyal Nintendo fan. To me, video games are for fun and escapism; doing things you never could in real life.
Things like flinging fireballs out of my hands to defeat evil mushrooms (Mario), catching and battling alongside creatures of all shapes, sizes, and types, (Pokemon), flying through the air while shooting at various monsters, (Kid Icarus), or even simply living in a peaceful town full of friendly animals (Animal Crossing), are all examples of amazing experiences you could never have outside the virtual world.
Most games today however? Guns, war, gore, and realistic images. All things you can experience in our real world that I'd rather not think about. If I want to see or feel those scenarios, I'd watch the news or join the military."
@DarkLloyd It's not that he modded the system, or that he's selling a used 2DS... it's that the design he used is trademarked. If it was just green and white, it would be no big deal. But he used Luigi's design on the back which is copyrighted by Nintendo. What's more, he's selling this as a Year of Luigi 2DS... using Nintendo's trademark to attract buyers. It was all cool when he was taking pictures and keeping it for himself. Now that he's selling, it's completely illegal.
I checked before work, and they werent up yet. I checked periodically at work in the morning about every half hour. Not up. I went to lunch, came back, they were all sold out.
@Ernest_The_Crab There definitely is a limit based on all the trailers and playthroughs of levels we have seen. Not sure how far though. But I do remember them mentioning around E3 that it is not limited to a certain player, but to whoever is the furthest in the level.


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