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With E3 just around the corner, I figure it would be a good time to make a topic on this-
Official Wii U Speculation Thread Theme Song - U SHOOK ME ALL LONG....YEAH U-U-U-U SHOOK ME ALL NIGHT LONG -
-Layout stolen from NeoGAF-
"The Body"
Who? Reggie Fils-aime, the president at Nintendo of America. He kicks ass, takes names, and prevents localization of cool games.
The massive cult of personality that he's spawned on the Internet makes it a lot more fun to watch Nintendo in action. He's a fantastic quote machine, and he is generally very good at getting the company's philosophy across without saying much at all.
In just a couple weeks, get ready to "tick that box"!
"The Mind"
(just kidding… here's a nicer quote)
"It isn't about 'games', for me, personally, and it never really was. It was about creating something- anything- far bigger than yourself."
Who? Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of Donkey Kong. And Mario. And Zelda. And Pikmin. Also instrumental to some degree in the design or implementation of Excitebike, Ice Climber, Kid Icarus, Mother, Pilotwings, Mario Kart, Mario Paint, Wave Race, Star Fox, Kirby, Pokémon, Yoshi's Island, Killer Instinct, 1080° Snowboarding, F-Zero, Mario Party, Super Smash Bros., Luigi's Mansion, Paper Mario, Wario Land, Eternal Darkness, Pac Man Vs., DKC, Metroid Prime, Geist, Chibi-Robo!, Nintendogs, Wii Sports, and Wii Fit, among others.
The personal deity of many a Nintendo fan, he makes fun worth having.
He could have made Halo if he wanted to, but he decided to throw Microsoft a bone.
"The Heart"
"I have a question for you. Who's your daddy?"
Who? Satoru Iwata. He has great hair. And he has shown rather legendary business acumen for much of his time as the President of Nintendo. But now that times are tough, we ask ourselves: Was he merely a three hit wonder, or is he simply playing around before going in for an explosive kill?
(as in, time to become privy to the information at hand about the thing that will be in your hand; the other possible meaning, the one you were probably thinking about, you sick sick person, likely applies as well)
DRC - Display Remote Controller
Official Aliases: "Subscreen", "The New Controller"
GAF Aliases: Wii U Tablet ("WUT", the most common thing people said when they first saw it), uTab, uPad, WiiPad, padlet, UC (pronounced "uicy", but only likely to happen if HylianTom stages a takeover of NCL), "The Wii U's Controller", "SubCon"
Capable of delivering fully-rendered, 480p images to your hands at 60fps. The system's gpu technically supports simultaneous output to four of them, but there are roadblocks on the way to making this happen for the end user. Has a sixth gen like layout with the following differences:
* triggers not confirmed to be analog
* face buttons likely not analog
* analog directionals have just recently been confirmed to be actual analog sticks
* A speaker and headphone port
* accelerometer, gyrometer and magnetometer for orientation and motion sensing
* That big honking resistive touch screen and a stylus
* What is partly confirmed to be a TV remote style IR transmitter
* A camera facing you which should have the capability of face tracking
* A built-in sensor bar
* A stand for when you use it as a sensor bar or as an accessory screen when using other controllers.
* An NFC receiver to interact with properly chipped real world objects (apparently represented by a small square below the d-pad)
* An unconfirmed small square next to the power button which could be a toggle to switch a one-display game from TV to controller
Note: Highly respected sources on this website claim that the analog directionals are "clicky".
Wii Remote Plus - You can use it to play virtual drums! Expected to be unchanged from the previous generation.
Nunchuk - Makes the classic Wii a split controller system, something we need more of for our aging, aching arms. Expected to be unchanged from the previous generation
Classic Controller Pro - Arguably the best sixth gen style controller, but here's hoping that it'll go truly wireless this time around. Expected to be unchanged from the previous generation
StreetPass device - You carry around this rumoured NFC-based "avatar" of your Wii U in your pocket, which allows the network to magically and dynamically interact with you as a player… somehow. Also could potentially be used for buy-and-run at retail stores, if Nintendo's clever enough.
Wii U - An external drive with some added circuitry, from the looks of it. Rumoured to contain:
* Tri-core IBM "Power Architecture" processor, likely much more capable than that on the Xbox 360 but unlikely to ≥2x as fast in real world benchmarks. :O
* Pretty impressive AMD gpu, though within a power and cost envelope suitable for smallish embedded devices. Early rumour suggested ≥ 1 TFLOPS performance, but this was based on poorly mistranslated speculation. Mid-to-high triple digit GFLOPS are now generally expected. BS Xbox 360 multiplier factor could be as high as π.
* Memory, based on leaks, expected to be at least 1.5GB. Roughly 0.5GB is said to be reserved for the system's OS functions (an astonishingly high number, one never heard before for a home console), but this limiting number will likely decrease.
* A small amount of internal flash, rumoured to be split between a ~512MB, purely system-accessed chip and a far larger chunk of hardware for storing saves and other digital content.
* Expected capability for unlimited USB external hard drive expansion
* Support for Blu-ray media (sans the license)
* Also possible is the ability for games to run off of an SD card. This was reportedly used for systems at E3'11 and CES, but whether or not it becomes available for consumers is unknown.
Click for a compilation of (mostly developer) quotes found about the Wii U's graphics
Operating System: It's going to be quite impressive, with perhaps a ton of social features. We know little about it but have heard some very impressive murmurs from industry insiders
There may be some sort of Video on Demand, Pay Per View service
Retro's title? Probably not Zelda, probably not Metroid, certainly not Donkey Kong, probably not their own thing given the company's M.O. The only conclusion we can reach here is that Nintendo's just paying them to eat donuts.
Crytek UK? Damnit you guys, I'm all out of soul to sell, but you know what I want, and you know what I'd do for it! Anyway, one recent crazytown rumour suggested they were making a demo for the system but not a full-on game.
Confirmed titles:
1001 Spikes (developed by Nicalis, publisher unknown)
Aliens Colonial Marines (developed by Gearbox Software, published by Sega)
Assassin's Creed III (developed by Ubisoft Montrea, published by Ubisoft)
Avengers: Battle for the Earth (developed by Ubisoft Quebec, published by Ubisoft) - Might have been a slip in a press release
Batman Arkham City (developed by Rocksteady Studios, published by Warner Bros. Interactive)
Cloudberry Kingdom (developed by pwnee Studios)
Darksiders II (developed by Vigil Games, published by THQ)
DiRT (developed and published by Codemasters)
Dragon Quest X Online (developed by Armor Project and Square Enix, published by Square Enix)
F1 (developed and published by Codemasters)
Ghost Recon Online (developed by Ubisoft Singapore, published by Ubisoft)
Killer Freaks from Outer Space (developed by Ubisoft Montpellier, published by Ubisoft)
Lego City Stories (developed by Traveller's Tales, published by Nintendo)
Marvel Pinball (developed by Zen Studios, publisher unclear)
Metro: Last Light (developed by 4A Games, published by THQ)
Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge (developed by Team Ninja, published by Tecmo-Koei)
Pikmin 3 (developed by Nintendo EAD, published by Nintendo)
Pinball Arcade (developed by FarSight Studios)
Project CARS (developed by Slightly Mad Studios, publisher unknown)
Rayman Legends (developed by Ubisoft Montpellier, published by Ubisoft)
Super Smash Bros (developed by Project Sora probably with help from other teams, published by Nintendo)
Untitled project by Monolith Software
Untitled Rabbids project (developed and published by Ubisoft)
Activision (Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, Treyarch, Vicarious Visions, James Bond 007 game)
Bandai-Namco (Ridge Racer, Tekken)
Bloober Team (multiple titles)
Capcom ("Action game" listing)
Crytek (Nottingham team has Wii U SDK, and and they're excited about it)
Deep Silver Inc. (multiple titles)
EA (Sports titles, Medal of Honor Warfighter, Overstrike, Visceral Games)
Funbox Media Ltd (multiple titles)
LucasArts (action/adventure title, MMO)
Maximum Family Games, LLC. (racing title)
Reflections Ubisoft (several linkedln profiles hinting at Wii U project)
Rebellion (multiple titles)
Retro Studios (Nintendo)
Sega (Sonic, Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed)
Shin'en (has Wii U SDK)
E3 '11 Demos which could become titles:
New Super Mario Bros. Mii
Drawing app
Wii Fit followup
Apartment Creeper spying game
Ninja star game
Videophone app
Web Browser
Photo/video viewer
And recent hubbub from folks such as Shane Satterfield (Editor in Chief from GameTrailers) as well as a few insiders here suggest that there is a very impressive number of yet-to-be-announced games coming for E3.
Multiple sources suggest that Google is working with Nintendo in some way, possibly in regards to their software layer (but nothing to do with Android).
And remember:
"I thought I would do a compilation of every quote I could find about the Wii U's graphics. Maybe it will give people a better idea of what to expect from this console. There's been so many quotes over the last year, and I wanted to compile a lot of them together. I didn't want to quote anyone who was an "unnamed source". These aren't in any particular order, but I tried to provide links and dates for most of them." - Oddduck (NeoGAF)
Shigeru Miyamoto - June 21, 2011
"We're very sensitive, of course, to trying to do all of this at an appropriate price. So I don't know that we would be able to sit here and say that it's going to necessarily dramatically outperform the systems that are out now. It's part of the balance that we strike in terms of trying to find entertainment that is new and unique."
Link: http://www.edge-online.com/news/miya...it-wii-u-power
Shigeru Miyamoto - January 30th, 2012
"Talking about the Wii U, it is going to be compatible with high-definition TV sets, which are now widespread and, with the graphics capabilities catching up to the general trend, some people consider it to be the 'next-generation Wii.' On the other hand, as far as graphics capabilities are concerned, there are already other hardware systems with similar functions. Therefore, we have designed the Wii U to be recognized as being different from any other hardware system."
Link: http://nintendoeverything.com/81957/...gh-uniqueness/
Shigeru Miyamoto - January 26th, 2012
"Miyamoto stressed that the company's upcoming console won't just be about improved visuals. However, he did seem to say that there will be some titles in which visuals will be important – including Zelda."
Link: http://nintendoeverything.com/81779/...ant-for-zelda/
Satoru Iwata - Jan 30th, 2012
"As we will showcase the Wii U at E3 in June this year, the detailed announcements must wait until then, but we are aiming to make a system which shall not be forced into competing with the others where the contenders can fight only with massive developer resources and long development times as their weapons," he said.
"Looking at the software for home console systems, there are certainly the software titles for which very rich graphics must be reproduced on HD displays and which demand a large number of developers to spend a very long time to develop.
"It is one of the truths that a certain number of such software titles must be prepared, or the consumers will not be satisfied. But we do not think that any and all the software must be created in that fashion.
"When you look at Nintendo's software, extraordinary rich graphics, massive gameplay volume and astonishing rendition effects are not necessarily the appealing point. It is, in fact, important for us that our games are appealing in other ways as well."
He offered Nintendo's quirky Rhythm Heaven series as an example, insisting that, "if we had adopted rich photo-realistic graphics, it would have lost much of its appeal."
"It is not necessary for us to deploy a huge number of people in order to develop such games," he continued, stating that, more than ever, Nintendo is bringing in third parties when it does need to develop more graphically complex titles.
"When we need massive power and have a lack of internal resources, we collaborate with outside resources and pour necessary resources to where they are needed. We are increasing the frequency of working with outside developers where Mr. Miyamoto and our internal developers alone used to develop.
Link: http://www.gameranx.com/updates/id/4...budget-gaming/
Katsuhiro Harada (Tekken Producer): -February 28, 2012
"According to the report, Harada doesn't think Nintendo is planning to enter the graphics race with the Wii U. Instead games will stand out courtesy of the touchscreen controller and the unique features it enables. "
Link: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...-image-latency
Nintendo press release
"We do not focus on technology specs. We understand that people like to dissect graphics and processing power, but the experience of playing will always be more important than raw numbers."
Marvin Donald (Game Director - "Darksiders 2") - March 23, 2012
""So far the hardware's been on par with what we have with the current generations. Based on what I understand, the resolution and textures and polycounts and all that stuff, we're not going to being doing anything to up-rez the game, but we'll take advantage of the controller for sure."
Link: http://www.gamereactor.se/nyheter/43...s+II-intervju/
Han Randhawa (art director - Darksiders 2) - March 28, 2012
"There is not much I can really talk about right now, but I think that the Wii U is a pretty powerful machine, which obviously means more resources, and means you can do a lot more. So the Wii U team is doing very well, we've been working with Nintendo and I think it's going to be a very exciting version of Darksiders but we want to keep the overall theme relatively consistent."
Link: http://www.nintengen.com/2012/03/dar...is-pretty.html
Colin Bonstead (Technical director - Darksiders 2) - June 7th, 2012
"When we asked Bonstead if he thought it was possible that the Wii U version of Darksiders II would be the best version of the game, he said, "Yeah, just because the hardware is more powerful and it will have some extra features that I think will actually be useful to people playing the game. With it's controller, [the Wii U version of Darksiders II] might be the best version of the game."
Link: http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/a...siders-ii.aspx
Brian Martel (Gearbox co-founder and chief creative officer)
""We've got the [Aliens: Colonial Marines] engine running on the Wii U, and as far as the console goes, you're going to see textures at a resolution that you haven't seen on [the current] generation," said Martel.
Brian Martel (Gearbox co-founder and chief creative officer) - April 4, 2012
Things like the Wii U are becoming very sexy with what you can do with the controller, especially with what you're able to do with the motion tracker or whatever the sub gameplay you'd get to see on there. I think the machine itself will have one of the best looking versions of the game because they've got more RAM [and] they're late in the cycle so they've got this really great processor.
Link: http://www.nintendolife.com/news/201...ox_360_and_ps3
Randy Pitchford (Gearbox president) - Feb 27th, 2012
"We've been intrigued by what we've seen so far and are encouraging Nintendo to go as aggressively as they can afford with the performance specifications. We imagine that performance specifications are within affordable reach that would provide undeniable performance advantages over competitive platforms. Nintendo have a lot more experience than we do in managing the balance between performance and cost with their hardware, of course, so I do not want to be presumptuous."
April 4th, 2012
""It's a really cool system -- it's pretty powerful. I want to be careful, because I don't want to risk any sensitive information that Nintendo's not ready to share yet, but in our experience it's a great system. I think it's a really nice bridge to the next generation. I think people will be surprised. I don't know off the top of my head how many of the specs they've released, so I want to be very careful not to jump the gun, but we're very pleased with the hardware. And even since they gave us our first alpha kit, our very first 'pre-prototype' development hardware that they kind of let us play around with, they've done so many things to make the platform better. So it's getting better for us as developers."
Fumihiko Yasuda and Yosuke Hayshi (Team Ninja) - Jan 31st, 2012
"Team Ninja's Fumihiko Yasuda and Yosuke Hayashi broke the industry-wide silence on Nintendo's next-gen console, claiming its "very easy to develop for... We're finding it very similar to develop for Wii U as for Xbox 360 and PS3."
"They've asked us what we would want from the hardware, and when we give them feedback we can see that they're definitely listening to it and making changes," said Hayashi. "The hardware is still constantly changing."
Mark Rein (Epic) - March 12, 2012
"Do you remember the Zelda demo they had on it? Would you not buy a Wii U just to play that? Of course you would. That's what Nintendo is all about. Their hardware is the software delivery service for their great content. That Zelda demo was gorgeous and we can do even more than that with Unreal Engine 3. I think it will do great."
Crytek founder Avni Yerli - September 20, 2011
That's the question we're asking now that Crytek founder Avni Yerli has confessed his love for the Nintendo Wii U's specs. That's right: he's actually excited over the hardware list, calling it "very good." That's excellent news from a development team whose notorious for bringing PC systems to their knees.\
"It's a challenge for designers, but once thought through it can add value, and that's what ultimately important," he told GamesIndustry in an interview. "Our guys in Nottingham, they are very happy with their tests on the dev kits and they're excited about it."
Cevat Yerli - (CEO of Crytek) - January 14, 2012
"Crytek's support for Wii U is definitely going to happen. We aren't showing it but we are pretty much running it already. We are expanding in many ways, and some of that is more announced than others.Kinect is major driver for future platforms as well, so Kinect support is important. Having basic Kinect support in the CryEngine is one thing, but I'm talking about really supporting it deeply. CryEngine is going to have deep support.
"Then there are other efforts towards supporting mobile and tablets, which we can only say we are working on. How far we have gone and what we mean is something I can't say more about now.""
Rasmus Højengaard - Crytek Director of Creative Development - April 25th, 2012
"Fat chance," developer Crytek said.
Speaking to Destructoid, director of creative development Rasmus Højengaard said a Wii U release was "not on the cards". "I don't think it's going to be possible," he said. "Right now the launch platforms are PC, Xbox 360 and PS3, and I don't think it's on the cards to do a Wii U version."
Link: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...crysis-3-wii-u
EA Sports - Vice president Andrew Wilson - July 27, 2011
"The short answer is yes [we have a better idea of Wii U's power]; the longer answer is not quite," said Wilson. "As every new piece of hardware and every new development library comes through we get a greater understanding of the power. With our early research we had been very happy with the output of the box and we expect that that will only go up moving forward.
"There are added challenges for us as developers when you think about rendering on two screens and what that might mean, but we're looking forward to that challenge.
"It's still moving," he added, "but I think we'll be able to do anything that we can do on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on the Wii U."
Xbox 360 launched in late 2005, and PS3 launched in late 2006 (March 2007 in Europe). More than five years on, can Wii U not go beyond what PS3 and 360 are capable of?
"I think that's our hope," answered Wilson, "but again we're still in the early stages."
Peter Moore (COO of EA) - August 8, 2011
""People will start talking about it being a transitional platform. And I don't think that's going to be the case, and here's why," Moore told IndustryGamers. "I think the [tablet] controller [is huge]. This is not about specs anymore... This is about, as it was with the Wii, is the controller a unique way of enjoying a game experience, regardless of what the graphic fidelity is?"
""Look, you saw Battlefield - how much better could this stuff look at some point? There's a point of diminishing returns... I don't even know if there's anything better than 1080p. In the early days of our industry, this stuff was absolutely about how much better the games looked - shinier helmets, greener grass – but I've been around long enough to know that seeing your breath in a football game is a huge deal. But that's no longer the case any more," he said. "Now it's about interfaces. Now it's about building a community in a rich, powerful,way. And now it's about, 'What is the way we can control the game?' You've seen that with Move, you've seen it with Wii MotionPlus more recently, and you've certainly seen it with Kinect."
"And Nintendo's job, quite frankly, is to build a better mousetrap with regards to the way that we use the controller. So I don't know what Xbox and PlayStation's plans for their next platforms are, but it's not going to be hanging on graphic fidelity. I guarantee you that."
Tyrone Rodriquez, Nicalis
"Sadly, the original quote was taken a bit out of context. Here's exactly what I meant: for what we need, and maybe for other developers, the Wii U's [capabilities] are more than sufficient for five to ten years. We're not making AAA games or using a crazy insane 3D engine, but the Wii U can definitely do both." - Tyrone Rodriguez, Nicalis
Hip Hop Gamer interview with Darksiders II dev: - April 16, 2012
"Wii U is next gen hardware"
IGN/Fudzilla Report - Jan 24, 2012
"In real terms, the Xbox 720's raw graphics processing power is expected to be six times that of the Xbox 360 and will yield 20-percent greater performance than Nintendo's forthcoming console, the Wii U."


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Over the past few weeks, police in Winona have been investigating more than a dozen reports of someone burning American flags outside homes in the city.
Officers say the first flag burning incident was reported July 29, and the latest one took place this Tuesday. While the crime itself is disturbing, community members say they're concerned for what else might go up in flames.
"They're all disgusted, and they're scared somebody's going to get hurt or burn down a house or something," says Winona resident Danny Hauser. His flag was burned about three weeks ago, leaving gaping holes in the bottom, and yet again Tuesday night, burning another hole in its edge.
"What kind of people would do that to our American flag? No respect," he says.
Officers say so far, 15 burned flags have been reported, all of them taking place on the west side of Winona and most of them attached to homes. That includes Patty Harris's flag, just blocks away from Hauser.
"It's very disturbing to find that not only have they burned the flag, but they burned it attached to my house," Harris said.
There is nothing left of her flag but charred and melted pieces of fabric stuck to her sidewalk.
"It had to happen overnight, so while we were sleeping," she says. "Our bedroom is [right inside the window]. It's hard to imagine why someone would do that."
"It makes me pretty disgusted," Hauser says.
While he's appalled by the action, he isn't backing down from his beliefs.
"We're going to put up a new flag maybe tonight, and a camera, and see what's going on," Hauser says.
Officers are stepping up enforcement with the hope of catching the culprit before more damage is done.
"It's despicable," says Police Chief Paul Bostrack. "Our staff here is committed to finding out who's doing this."
Officers say so far, no houses or other property have caught on fire from the burning flags. They are holding a meeting Thursday night at 6 p.m. at Winona's American Legion Hall to talk with residents about the problem.
If you have any information on the crime, or see something suspicious going on in your neighborhood that you think might be related, police are asking to you immediately call 911, or Winona dispatch at 507-457-6492.

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An eastern New Mexico lawmaker said in-party GOP fighting that led to the resignation of the party's leader is disappointing.
State Sen. Ramsay Gorham on Wednesday resigned as chairwoman of the state Republican Party. She doesn't plan to seek re-election to her Senate seat.
Gorham has been under fire from some party members who said party rules prevented her from being chairwoman and running against another Republican in the upcoming primary election.
Rep. Brian Moore, R-Clayton, whose district includes a variety of areas of eastern New Mexico, said the situation involving his party was unfortunate.
"It's disappointing to me that we continue to have these battles in the press," he said. "It just doesn't seem very productive to me. We can't seem to get beyond these personality conflicts."
Curry County Republican Party chairman Brett Johnson said those who lost to Gorham during the last election have been focused on hurting her politically ever since.
"The losers never got over the fact that Ramsay got elected," Johnson said. "Instead of joining forces they did everything they could to undermine her office and her job. I hate that for our party."
Johnson said when someone loses an election they need to move on.
"In a perfect world once you lost you would say I am ready to work with the team," he said. "They just wore her out all of the time. It wasn't good for party unity."
With a June primary approaching where every seat in the House and Senate is up for grabs, Moore said things could be tough on the GOP.
"It doesn't look good," he said. "What really makes this tough is to raise money and support campaigns in the whole."
Moore said he recognized that Gorham's position was challenging.
"She doesn't get any pay and if you look at the heat that people take in that position take it makes you wonder why anyone would want it," he said.
Moore said he was not interested in the position.
Gorham said she had "concluded that the forces that want to split our party will continue to do so regardless of the consequences to President Bush's re-election campaign and our efforts to win back the state Legislature."
Tom Carroll, the state party's executive director, said Gorham had been "a terrific state chairman, and she's got a lot of accomplishments and achievements to show for it."
"What she did, I think she did in the best interest of the party," Carroll said.
Gorham's term in the Senate, where she has served an Albuquerque-area district since 1997, runs through the end of the year.
Withdrawing as a candidate for re-election leaves John Ryan, the party's former executive director, as the only Republican candidate vying for Gorham's Senate seat.
Carroll said a meeting of the party's central committee would be called within 30 days to elect a new chairman.
"I understand her frustration, because she has just been under constant attack by a small group of malcontents, and that's hard for anybody to take," said former Lt. Gov. Walter Bradley, a Clovis native and an ally of Gorham.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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November 29, 2012 —
LAKE HUNTINGTON, NY — The chill in the air and the allure of the holidays are a preamble to the coming winter. But it was autumn that evinced a graceful curtain call at the Sullivan West Fall Sports Awards Presentation on November 19. Following welcoming remarks from assistant principal Scott Haberli, athletic director Dave Franskevicz thanked the community for the recent passage of the referendum that will allow Bulldog softball, baseball and soccer players to compete on new fields that will grace the campus. Other facilities will be updated as well. Franskevicz praised the fall teams and in particular those that had made it to postseason competition. These included the boys and girls soccer teams, the boys and girls cross-country teams and the football team. Franskevicz praised senior harrier Reed Scott who, after placing fourth in Section 9, qualified for states where he placed 10th and was then selected to run among the region's elite at the Federation Championship on November 17. Coaches called their teams to the stage and summed up the successes of the season before presenting their awards. This year's winners included the following athletes.


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Fort Drum Drone Improvements Reportedly In Defense Bill
Nearly $5 million has reportedly been allocated for new facilities to fly and recover drones at Fort Drum.
According to Syracuse.com, the $4.7 million is part of a $607 billion defense spending bill. It's been approved by both the Senate and the House and awaits the president's signature.
The New York Air National Guard's 174th Attack Wing flies the MQ-9 Reaper drones on training missions, operating the aircraft remotely from Hancock Field in Syracuse.
The drones take off and land at Fort Drum's Wheeler-Sack Army Airfield.
The federal money will pay for construction of a two-bay hangar for the drones and to widen a taxiway to the airfield.
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WATERBURY Waterbury is increasing its lead testing efforts, replacing a police cruiser, and trying to work with the state to make its storm drains less likely to have back flow.
Some 40 residents along with village officials attended the annual village meeting Wednesday, where they learned of these issues and the results of a bond vote from earlier that day, which passed 86-14.
The project calls for a wastewater treatment facility upgrade to reduce phosphorus levels through an enhanced chemical precipitation process. The $7 million project will include a local bond of up to $355,000.
Voters also passed a budget with a tax rate not to exceed 16 cents per $100 of assessed property value, an increase of 1 cent.
But residents spent much more time on other municipal challenges and historic accomplishments.
Waterburys public works director, Alec Tuscany, detailed highlights from a report about storm drainage pipes. He said some piping is almost flat or has reverse sloping, which backlogs floodwater during storms like Tropical Storm Irene.
For a 10-year storm, which locally we saw twice last year, the system backs up, Tuscany said at the meeting, held at Thatcher Brook Primary School.
As part of the Main Street reconstruction project, which could take place in the next few years, the state will replace part of the storm drainage pipes. Tuscany said the village is in discussions with the Vermont Transportation Agency to see if pipes on Foundry, Elm and Randall streets could be increased in size.
When pipes are installed nearly flat, the pipe must be a large enough diameter to effectively convey stormwater, according to the December report, prepared by Montpelier-based DeWolfe Engineering Associates Inc.
Pipes on Park Row are very shallow or sloped in the wrong direction, the report said.
During the 50-year and 100-year Winooski River flood events and again remember Irene was greater than a 100-year storm the storm drain systems flow in reverse, Tuscany said.
Instead of conveying stormwater away from the village into the Winooski River, (floodwaters) back up through the storm drain into low areas of the village. And thats what happened during Irene, he said.
To help address the situation, Waterbury highway crews will increase monitoring efforts, checking up on areas like a grate near the Grace residence on South Main Street, Tuscany said. Residents might have been responsible for checking on grates to make sure they werent plugged, but municipal crews will now do so, Tuscany said.
In other increased monitoring efforts, the Waterbury water treatment facility superintendent, William Woodruff, said his department is sampling water at 40 households instead of 20 given a recent lead issue.
In August, the water department sampled 20 households and found three homes tested above a maximum level of lead allowed, which is 0.015 milligrams per liter, he said. Two homes had 0.019 milligrams per liter, on Cobb Hill Road in Moretown and Cloverdale Lane in Duxbury, he said. Another, at Huntington Place in the village, was believed to be around 0.025, he said after the meeting.
For two six-month periods, which began this year, Waterbury will have to sample 40 households, Woodruff said.
Homeowners who believe they have lead issues should let drinking water run for 30 seconds before using it, or they can buy a testing kit for about $22.
Woodruff said Thursday he expects the results to come back next month so households wont need to take precautions anymore.
Also during the meeting, village President P. Howard Skip Flanders noted the village celebrated the 130th anniversary of its first meeting, held in January 1883.
Village officials also read a resolution thanking ReBuild Waterbury for its efforts after Tropical Storm Irene in helping repair victims homes.
The resolution noted:
The flood damaged approximately 225 properties, of which 200 were in the village.
The organization coordinated 10,000 hours of volunteer time, raised $996,000 in funding to assist families and repair flood-damaged homes, and assisted 81 families in Waterbury, a majority in the village, in rebuilding their homes.
As part of the resolution, the village also hoped that future generations may understand and appreciate the benefits due to the efforts of ReBuild Waterbury.
A similar resolution was initiated Feb. 5 as a House and Senate resolution by Waterburys state representatives, Tom Stevens and Rebecca Ellis, which used the state seal.
This resolution may not be as fancy as the resolution the Legislature gave ReBuild Waterbury, Flanders said. But it comes from the hearts of those who benefited the most.
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French-Islamist Mali War Maps Batch Two - Geography as a Barrier to the Islamists
French-Islamist Mali War Maps Batch Three - French Advancing in the International War
French-Islamist Mali War Maps Batch Four - Final French Drive to Victory and Cartoon Propaganda Maps
Disclaimer: The staff of Geographic Travels supports France in its war against militant Islamists in Mali and elsewhere. We remain uncertain and personally torn by the issue of Tuareg independence via an Azawad.
The French-Malian-International forces have captured the core of northern Mali (Azawad) with only a few small outposts in the far north left in rebel hands. Ansar al Dine, other Islamists, and even non-fighting National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) forces have been swept aside and their cities have fallen to the French-led drive. France will likely capture the last few outposts by the end of the week.
|France24 map from 30 January
Cartoon/Propaganda Maps
I find cartoon and propaganda maps made during conflicts fascinating The fact that a powerful message can be sent using a mixture of the cartographic and politics with few written words causes me to still ponder about the power of maps. I have been collecting war cartoon propaganda maps from the 2008 Russia-Georgian War, the 2011 Libyan War, Japan's point-of-view during World War II, and sometimes guest blogger even managed to secure some Syrian Civil War cartoon propaganda maps.
In the case of Mali there are three categories: pro-French intervention, anti-intervention but not anti-France, and anti-France. The pro-French intervention category can be broken down into three sub-categories: pro-Mali/pro-France, anti-Islamist, and anti-European inaction.
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|La Jeune Politique, an English-language French news website, has a rare pro-Mali map. The leader of the military and the military installed-government smile. Nowhere does one get the impression that the civilian government, admittedly a failure, was overthrown by the military. Note the rebels only get a flag but no textual mention on the map. Azawad is labelled "disputed area."
|Heroic France stops terrorists from expanding into Niger's uranium fields. While Ansar Dine was not going east, they were advancing south, Islamists in the past have expressed their desire to take over Niger. Image from Facebook
|Islamists take Africa hostage. Cartoon by Imad Hajjaj
|Cartoons for Peace shows the Islamist terrorist octopus having tentacles all over the region. The long reaching, multi-tasking/threat octopus has been a propaganda tool for over 125 years.
|France is alone while European help is just a mirage. The Mirage is a pun as France's top jet is known as the Mirage. Image by Chappatte
|France at war while Europe plays. Image by Tom Janssen
|France is shown as suck in the quicksand quagmire of Mali while hampered by its weak economy. From the Kuwait Times
|Cartoonharry draws France disrupting and getting stung by the wasps nest that is African civil wars
|France is shown making the same mistake the United States did. From the Korea Times
|Imad Hajjaj, who made the Islamist's take Africa hostage cartoon map, shows France as a tool of the United States against hapless Malians. This is a great example of the constant flipping of sides in Arab street politics.
|Iranian press agency FARS shows France feeding on the blood of Mali. Iran is an enemy of al Qaeda but has supported the group on the side in efforts to hurt the West.
This will likely be the last Mali war map update. However, if things greatly change on the ground we will resume this map series.


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The community name of Sunnyside can be traced back to the 1800s, when the Bragaw family of settlers owned the Sunnyside Hill Farm in western Queens. By 1846 a community of houses, farms, and roadhouses had sprung up in the area north of Queens Boulevard. A railroad station built in 1850 was named the Sunnyside Railroad Station. The area still consisted largely of swamps and farmland until the early 1900s.
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Messier 101 has a pancake-like shape that we view face-on. This perspective shows off the spiral structure that gives it the nickname the Pinwheel Galaxy. In this Hubble image, taken in visible light, the bright blue clumps are regions where new stars have formed. The yellowish core consists mainly of old stars. The dark brown dust lanes are colder and denser regions where interstellar clouds may collapse to form new stars. All of these features are shaped into a beautiful spiral pattern by a combination of gravity and rotation. Astronomers use visible light to study where and how stars form in spiral galaxies.
Object Names: M101, NGC 4547, The Pinwheel Galaxy
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Boosting cars is boosting some businesses in Spokane. It's a pain to have your car stolen, but some rental car companies are helping more people than ever find temporary rides.
The stories are coming in, faster than cars are being returned at Avis Rental Car.
"About a week ago a lady returned her (rental) car. They recovered (her stolen car), but she had to get another car for her daughter because her car was stolen," Avis Rental Car owner Kelly Bleggi said.
"It's happening more often than it has ever since I've taken over this location in the last five years," Bleggi said.
According to Spokane police reports, Bleggi is right. In 2012, the amount of cars stolen each week on average was 43. In 2011, it was 39. In 2010, it was 41 a week while in 2009 35 cars a week were taken.
Police are warning people, as they do every year, that when temperatures drop and the temptation to warm your car up without you in it increases, don't. They said it's the most preventable way cars are stolen.
It's also illegal to leave your car running without you in it.
"It's 30 seconds," Spokane Police Officer Jennifer DeRuwe said. "That person needs to just stay in their car and maintain ownership of the car, and what we'll find is that if people leave their car unattended with the engine running, bad guys will come, crime of opportunity, and they'll steal those cars."
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Move makes sense. Definitely good news if Donnie is still in charge.
Frank Isola
Knicks have now made it official. Donnie Walsh wanted Billups back. That's a great sign for Knicks if Walsh is still in power.
I think this a good move. He is the best pg available this year. Its an expiring contract as well. Makes sense.
I wondered if they asked him about a buyout and a resigning. But that would have to be for more that one year which may hurt their 2012 plans.
Move makes sense. Definitely good news if Donnie is still in charge.
Originally Posted by Knicksin60
..April 27, 2011 2:51 PM 0 comments .Knicks will pick up option on Chauncey Billups; guard to return next season
BY Frank Isola
The Knicks are bringing back Chauncey Billups.
The Daily News has learned that the Knicks agreed Wednesday to pick up the one-year, $14.2 million option on the veteran point guard's deal. An official announcement is expected to be made sometime Wednesday afternoon.
"We have made a decision to keep Chauncey Billups for the upcoming 2011-12 season," Knicks team president Donnie Walsh said in a statement. "Chauncey, Amar'e and Carmelo are a great nucleus, as we continue to look to improve our team going into the off-season. Chauncey is an extremely talented and experienced point guard - we are very happy to have him back."
Billups' contract called for the Knicks to decide on his future within five days of the conclusion of their season. The team had until Friday to either pick up his option of buy him out for $4 million.
Carmelo Anthony and Amar'e Stoudemire both lobbied to bring back Billups, the 2004 NBA Finals MVP who came to New York from Denver in the Anthony deal.
Billups injured his left knee in Game 1 of the Knicks' playoff series against the Boston Celtics and missed the final three games of the first-round sweep.
Great News !!!!!
Just wish the NBA Finals would be done with.
Not fun knowing we are done..
But once this season ends we can to watch as Donnie puts together a few more players to make us at least Championship contenders...
This is great news, now all we need to focus on is getting some role players.
I think Hahn said it better than I could, for anyone ready to be critical:
For those against the Billups move, please explain who you would get to run the point with the little bit of cap room you'd have.
Originally Posted by Knicksin60
I've said it before and I'll say it again. Billups is our bridge to getting CP3. His contract comes off in 2012 and with a few shewd moves we'll have some space for him. Donnie's working his magic.
Now we need to hope the MLE still exists with the new CBA. If not, we're screwed.
no criticism here, and its a great thing to have a 14.3 expiring contract attached a servicable high pedigree point guard.
last few years our expiring contracts were the likes of eddy curry, jerome james and jefferies.
so in terms of a possible trade piece who knows, or you let him ride out, sign some one next summer, and resign billups for cheap.
all signs point to donnie walsh, GM of the year next season.
The thing I love the most about our team, is we don't ever seem afraid
SO HAPPY about this!!!!!!!!!
I feel like this could also mean that Mike is out... Although CB4 (the real CB4, **** Chris Giraffe Bosh) said he was going to play 5lbs lighter to keep pace in Mike D's system, I can't help but think how it'd benefit us to go to a more rugged halfcourt offense.
Mike D doesn't know what to do with Billups, as evidenced by the many "We have a great playmaker so I just let him do what he does" comments he spits out.
I initially felt it was a better idea to buy him out and resign him for less money, but then I realized that would mean a multi year deal which would get in the way of 2012. So I'm happy with this decision. We probably won't be able to get any of the FA centers we were after but at least the PG position is covered for now.
This also means we have a pretty good expiring contract to offer if need be. The thing I'm not sure about is how we are supposed to negotiate with NOH if Paul talks surface, seeing as how their league managed now. Good news is the NBA owns them and we all know the leagues popularity is heavily tied to how good their big market teams are (notably NYC).
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This is def the right move by the NYK
And the theory that we should buy him out and resign him at a lower number so we could use the extra cap space to get a center is very very weak.
We buy him out for 4 mill and even if we resign him at 6.5, thats 10.5 against the cap this year, compared to the 14.4 mill he'll be getting now. so us saving 4.5 mill is not gonna get us much from the free agent market. And it clearly takes us out of the running for any 2012 free agents if the new CBA doesnt really hurt us.
Plus i mean i get it the dude is old and might've lost a step or 2 but hes a clever, savvy vet, he still have the jump shot and ice in his veins at the end of games.
Mr Big Shot is def the right man to run the 1 spot for us
Why cantthe NBA help us. The Lakers put Jerry West incharge of the Grizzlies thus facilitating the Gasol trade. Kevin Mchale helped out his old team and buddy Danny Ainge to get Kevin Garnett to Boston.
Give us Chris Paul. They should sign him to a 6 year 100 million dollar deal then waive him. Then we can just give him the veteran minimum. (tongue in cheek).
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Since we have zero cap space, maybe we should use the MLE to sign a solid SG. Then trade Billups expiring contract + Fields to Cleveland for Varejao + Ramon Sessions. Maybe?
I really don't see how we can get CP3. We have nothing to trade and not enough cap space to sign him, unless he's willing to make about half of what Melo makes (doubt it). We need to move on. It's virtually impossible. Time to think of other options (see above).
Once we get CP3 dudes'll be lining up to sign for the vet minimum to play for a team that has a legit shot at a title.
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As Karnes County begins to grow due to the blessings of the Eagle Ford Shale boom, many opportunities and obstacles lie ahead—many of you may already be aware of the injection well that was to be built inside the Karnes City extraterritorial jurisdiction.
This well was protested by a group of concerned citizens who stepped forward and unselfishly spent their personal monies to protest the injection site so that it would not be close to residents, churches, and a day care facility.
This battle ended in a victory with a 3–0, unanimous vote by the Railroad Commission of Texas.
This decision was based upon the lack of need for an injection well at this particular location, as there are six injection wells within a five mile perimeter.
This proposition to place the injection well at this location was not in the best interest of the community.
Fighting an injection well took a large amount of perseverance, but most will agree that protecting the integrity and safety of our county and city is well worth the battle.
The growth taking place in Karnes County will continue and as it does, new ordinances must be in place to get ahead of what is to come.
We are not against the oil companies or this continued growth in our county, but we must remain vigilant to protect our citizens and our land.
Reading the public notices found in the back section of the newspaper will help you all keep abreast of something that could end up popping up by you or your neighbors.
Staying alert and still allowing the county to expand in a safe and efficient manner will be the key to the continued success our county and city.
A huge thank you to our dear friend, Eric Opiela for leading us in Austin and for assisting us in the legislation process; this process helps to pass bills that will essentially affect the ongoing happenings down here in Karnes County.
We would like to thank the following individuals for their tremendous financial contributions to this case: Mrs. Lillian Lyssy, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Moy Jr., Dr. and Mrs. Roberto Ramirez, Mr. and Mrs. Trip Ruckman III, Randy Witte, Marvin Witte, Mr. and Mrs. Nolan Jonas, Mrs. Christine Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Kelly Kolodjzie, Mr. and Mrs. Matt Crews, and Mr. and Mrs. Carroll, Joe Nichols, Mr. and Mrs. Eric Love, and Mrs. Dorothy Franta.
Additionally, our city manager, Don Tymrak, who spoke during the hearing, which presented valuable information to the Railroad Commission of Texas and his efforts were quite instrumental in the decision the commission made.
Again, thank you to all who assisted and embraced this venture with us.
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The name of the red gerbera is native to Africa, Madagascar, South America and Tropical Asia. Also known as the African Daisy, as well as Barberton Daisy and Transvaal Daisy, its name comes from the 18 th century German naturalist, Traugot Gerber.
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While the plants tolerate full sunlight, they perform at their best when exposed to morning sunlight and afternoon shade. When planting gerberas, ensure the crown of the plant - the point where the main stem joins the roots - is planted about 1 inch above the surface of the soil. This step is critical as gerberas tend to suffocate if the crown is buried.
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Soil: Check the soil of the site. If it is heavy or clay-like, you will need to amend it with compost, peat moss and sand. Gerbera flowers grow best in areas with slightly sandy, well-drained soil. Once you ve amended the soil, dig holes for your gerbera plants that are about a foot apart. These holes should be twice as wide as the flower s original container but no deeper.
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Water: Water thoroughly, then allow top 1 inch (2.5 cm) to dry out between watering.
Temprature: Cool to average 55-75°F/13-24°C.
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- Leave time for the soil to dry before you water them again, keep the soil moist, not too wet.
- Also, remove any dead head immediately after you notice it, as new blooms should be encouraged.
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- Avoid temperatures above 70 degrees Fahrenheit, if possible, since heat may cause your gerberas to stop blooming.
- If you can t provide your gerberas with a shaded outdoor area, move them indoors during the hottest hours of the day.
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- Avoid wetting the flowers -- moisten the soil that the pants grow in.
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- Avoid over watering your gerberas as this may trigger poor flower growth and root or crown rot.
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- Mist the leaves of your gerbera plants with water at least once a week to increase the humidity and prevent red spider mites.
- Remove old, discoloured leaves and faded flowers and stems to maintain your gerbera plants, prevent fungus infections and to encourage new growth.
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This example shows how to add a character to the beginning of each line using a sed command and bash shell.
Let's create example file.txt with some text:
add character at the beginning of each line
Add character at the beginning of each line using sed command. For example to add # in front of each line we can use sed command with following syntax:
$ sed 's/^/#/' file.txt #add #character #at the #beginning of #each line
replace # with ' ' ( space ) to add space in front of each line:
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