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Hitman Absolution: Professional Edition Xbox 360
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Agent 47 returns to face his most personal contract to date in Hitman: Absolution Professional Edition on Xbox 360, complete with a host of extras… See more
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Released on 20/11/2012
Hitman Professional Edition includes:
- Agency Gun Pack DLC: Advanced access to Agency Weapons with upgraded laser sight or silencer.
- Hitman Artbook: Premium hardcover artbook that includes foreword from Game Director Tore Blystad.
- Exclusive Making of DVD: Shot over six months see and hear about what goes into launching a videogame in 2012.
- Professional Packaging: Clamshell box containing Hitman Absolution game.
Agent 47 is back in his most personal mission yet in Hitman: Absolution for Xbox 360.
The classic stealth-action series returns with a tense new story promising Agent 47's most personal mission to date, and equipped with a host of new features to enhance every aspect of the Hitman experience for long-time fans and newcomers alike.
Key Features of Hitman: Absolution on Xbox 360
- A dark, personal mission
- Innovative stealth gameplay and new Instinct Mode
- Disguises return, more important than ever
- Experience IO Interactive's new Glacier 2 Engine
- Original Agent 47 David Bateson leads an all-star cast
- New Contracts Multiplayer mode
Agent 47 finds himself at the centre of a dark conspiracy and embarks on his most personal mission to date. Betrayed by those he trusted at the International Contract Agency, he's now a rogue agent out for revenge. The trail he follows through shadows and corruption leads to Blake Dexter, a rich businessman with mysterious ties to the ICA…
With five different difficulty levels, Hitman: Absolution is the most accessible Hitman game to date. Long-time fans of the series can ramp the difficulty to the max, greeting 47 as an old friend, while newcomers will enjoy taking their first steps in the world of Hitman.
Hitman: Absolution marks not only the return of Agent 47, but also the return of classic Hitman gameplay where stealth and improvisation is very much the name of the game. There are lots of different ways to kill, using the weapons you carry and the environment around you so that you can get in, make the kill, and get out again. Stalk your prey or snipe from afar. Hide bombs under chairs or hide bodies in dumpsters. Just remember that getting out and not getting caught is as important as the actual kill.
The new Instinct Mode is a key tool to help you see the way Agent 47 does. This new feature can be used to locate targets – including locking onto several at once with the 'sharp shooting feature' – and plan escape routes. Instinct is earned throughout the game by executing classic Hitman moves, so the more you play like Agent 47, the more Instinct you'll gain. A silent takedown will do wonders for your instincts!
Disguises continue to be a big part of the Hitman franchise, and in Hitman: Absolution they're more integrated than ever. There are over 300 disguises that 47 can wear in his attempts to infiltrate his targets, and now you can blend even further by impersonating actual characters. But be careful – the people around you will react and interact with you and your chosen disguise!
Hitman: Absolution is powered by IO Interactive's new Glacier 2 Engine, making this the most visually stunning and immersive game in the series. Each level becomes like a mini open-world environment, complete with spectacular detail, rich graphics, dynamic lighting and environments, and inhabited by much more intelligent characters.
The Glacier 2 engine also boosts the AI of the people within the game with a new 'Comprehensive Intelligence Spectrum'. Enemies are no longer just targets, and the other characters are not just walking scenery - crowds will react and interact more naturally, people will get in your way and notice you, too. You'll need to keep an eye on the Attention Bar to see how suspicious people are getting of you and your actions - they'll even notice doors open that were closed before.
Hitman: Absolution features an all-star cast, especially when it comes to the enemies that 47 has to face. Keith Carradine (Deadwood, Dexter) plays the villainous Blake Dexter, Powers Booth (Sin City, Red Dawn, Sudden Death) is ICA head Benjamin Travis, and Shannyn Sossamon (A Knight's Tale) as his secretary Jade. Lassandra Nixon, the head of the Assassin Nuns, is played by Independence Day's Vivica Fox.
David Bateson returns to role of Agent 47, once again providing his distinct voice. The motion capture performance for 47 was done by Lost actor Willliam Mapother while his Lost co-star Marsha Thomason plays his ICA handler Diana Burnwood.
Contracts is the new mode bringing multiplayer to Hitman for the first time. Contracts Mode will let you create your own scenarios, choosing your location, weapons and three targets, aiming to complete the Contract in as little time as possible while earning as much money as possible. You can upload your Contract to the online server and challenge other players to beat your score – and then you can try to beat it yourself using the money you've earned to grab the disguise or weapon you need!
2012 sees the return of four iconic heroes to our screens - Master Chief in Halo 4, Lara Croft in Tomb Raider, Agent 47 in Hitman: Absolution, and Max Payne in, er, Max Payne 3. But why is this exciting? Read on...
Max Payne
In a nutshell: Vengeful cop turned vengeful vigilante.
Last seen in: Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (2003)
Returns in: Max Payne 3 (May 18th 2012) on Xbox 360, PS3 and PCWhy this excites us: The man who really puts the "Homicide" into "Homicide Detective", Max has been missing in action for nearly a decade (unless you count the Mark Wahlberg movie. We don't). The series was famed for its film noir elements and its use of bullet time action, and for Max's own increasing inner darkness.
When he returns in Max Payne 3 he's still just as miserable; the years have not been good to Max, who's now working private security for a less than scrutable employer in South America. Needless to say, a certain substance soon hits the fan and Max finds himself smack in the middle of criminal wars, teaching them all a lesson in his own brand of angry justice. And we couldn't be happier.
Agent 47
In a nutshell: Bald-and-barcoded clone built for assassination
Last seen in: Hitman: Blood Money (2006)
Returns in: Hitman: Absolution (TBC 2012) on Xbox 360, PS3 and PCWhy this excites us: Gaming's best-dressed killer has always been cool, calm and genetically superior, and this year he's back to remind everyone just how this assassin thing is done. He's famed for his increasingly ingenious methods of eliminating his targets, from poisoning punch, to pushing off balconies, to sneaking about in disguise, to plain old shooting, with a real emphasis on tactics, planning and skill.
Betrayed by the agency who built him, and those he's gone on to trust, Hitman: Absolution sees 47 on the run once more and at the heart of a dark conspiracy, and on a journey that's more personal than professional. The developers are promising big technological advancements to enhance your instincts and abilities - and those around you, too. Just remember, it's not just about killing, but killing outside the box!
Master Chief
In a nutshell: Silent Spartan super-soldier. John-117 to his mates.
Last seen in: Halo 3 (2007)
Returns in: Halo 4 (6th November 2012) on Xbox 360Why this excites us: The UNSC may not like him, but we sure do. It didn't matter that he didn't really get a personality until Halo 3, this intergalactic badass has been doing his job and saving the Earth from alien conquests (with no showboating or stopping for, ahem, conquests of his own) since the launch of the Xbox. The responses to Halo: ODST and Halo: Reach showed that it was really the Chief that we wanted to see, and Cortana's cry of "I need you! Wake up John! Chief!" in the Halo 4 trailer echoed the sentiment of Halo gamers the world over.
Halo 4 promises to delve further into who Chief is and what makes him tick, as well as his relationship with Cortana. Getting to know the Chief a little better can only further our relationship with him, especially as his new armour seems to only further his relationship with badassery. November can't come soon enough.
Lara Croft
In a nutshell: Posh British adventuress with enormous... skills
Last seen in: Tomb Raider: Underworld (2008)
Returns in: Tomb Raider (TBC 2012) on Xbox 360, PS3 and PCWhy this excites us: Lara Croft is one of THE icons of modern gaming. She arrived in time to launch the original PlayStation and drew mainstream press to gaming like none before her. Since 1996 she's raided many a tomb, fought tigers, sharks and dinosaurs, and survived more than one reboot - as well as more than one subpar movie. But now she's back, younger than ever in a Batman Begins-style reboot (minus, we hope, the gravelly voice).
In this year's new Tomb Raider Lara is 21, fresh out of "the academy" and shipwrecked on an island. This game promises not only a back-to-basics setting but more challenging gameplay than recent outings, with the stress on exploration to survive over exploration for kicks. A reboot like this is a little risky - and we'll miss Keeley Hawes' voice acting - but Lara has certainly proved she can endure pretty much anything.
Agent 47 has gone rogue - and we like it!
Square-Enix's E3 presentation opened with the promise that this would be the most ambitious Hitman game to date. Square-Enix said that Hitman was one of their most valuable properties and that there was a reason they didn't just keep bringing games out year on year; they wanted to make sure that every Hitman game lives up to the value they believe Agent 47 has.
Once again, Hitman Absolution is all about the many ways to take out your targets, with particular emphasis on improvisation, using the tools and environment around you and making deaths look like accidents to avoid being made. Of course, they also pointed out that you can play the game as an all-out, guns-blazing killing machine, but they hoped the new trailer and gameplay would point out just how many ways there are to kill. They also informed us that disguise still plays a major part in the game, with over 300 disguises in Hitman: Absolution to use to blend in and hide in plain sight.
The first level we were shown was named "King of Chinatown", which begins with Agent 47 getting his mission brief from his informant Bennie. The target is a local mobster, but there's also a drug dealer of no small importance in this level.
This - like all the other levels, has a real open-world feel to it - rich, expansive and with lots of dynamic light sources. It also had over 500 individual crowd members filling up the (market)place - and this, we were told, was one of the smaller crowd scenes.
We saw our first glimpse of 47's "Instinct" mode which highlights your target in red. But finding your target is only the first step - getting to him to take him out is a lot trickier, especially here where he's in plain sight and surrounded by many corrupt police officers, conveniently on his payroll. So it's up to you to scope the place out, following what Bennie's told you. So we find the drug dealer's apartment, and various other handy hiding places. Then we find the drug dealer, deep in conversation with the King before being sent off to make some calls.
What followed was a slick sequence of following and killing the drug dealer, hiding the body and disguising yourself as him and getting into his apartment - and more importantly, in a position to locate the King's prized sports car. When you're interrupted by a police officer, another death-disguise-hide body is required, leaving you in the right position to drop a small explosive, set off the car alarm and when the king goes to shut it off?well, you shut him off, permanently! But taking out the target isn't the end of the level - getting out is just as important.
We were shown part of a second level called "Streets of Hope", taking place about half-way through the game and set in a 50's-style American small-town. This level is supposed to be around 1-2 hours worth of gameplay, so we only got a peek, but what a peek - with 5 targets to kill and one to kidnap and question in Agent 47's mission to find his girl. This level really showcased the eavesdropping, disguising, body-hiding and imaginative-ways-to-kill that are 47's tactical trademarks, as well as showing that 47 has little worry for collateral damage when it comes to people getting in his way.
The scene opens with Agent 47 driving along to the sound of a twangy guitar playing Dirty Old Town. The colours have a slightly faded look about them and together with the lighting, it gives the game a great atmosphere. He goes into a garage, which presents interesting opportunities - gas leaks, for example, could work to your advantage. Setting up an explosion creates a lot of attention, so the set-up is done and Agent 47 has already walked calmly away when it blows.
With enough instinct power you can use the 'blend in' feature to move past certain characters in the game. Or use your instinct to lock onto several targets in the 'sharp shooting feature' then watch as you take out a group one by one. Overcome another character and you can take on their guise. When Agent 47 becomes the cop, you know things are going to get interesting!
The world of Hitman is a world of accidents waiting to happen, and once the demo was over we've witnessed strangulations, explosions, car squishings and kidnappings. You can turn off the clues to these to make your missions more difficult if you choose. Check Agent 47's notebook for your objectives to keep on track in the game.
It's all in a day's work...
Hitman Absolution is out on November 20th for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC, with the Professional Edition also available. -
Fans of Agent 47, the slaphead assassin star of the Hitman series, will be pleased to learn that an especially swanky special edition of his next game has been revealed.
Top of the goodies list for the Hitman Absolution Deluxe Professional Edition is a very cool 10" vinyl Agent 47 figurine, designed in what can only be described as a South Park style, with a bulbous cartoon head and trademark pistols held aloft. That hefty collectible is joined by a hardcover art book, a DVD documentary on the game's production and a code for the Agency Gun Pack DLC, granting access to the Agency Jagd P22G pistol, the Agency HX UMP SMG and the Agency SPS 12 semi-automatic shotgun.
All of those treats - minus the statue - are also available in the standard Professional Edition, which is also a special edition but clearly not quite as special as the Deluxe Professional Edition. Got that?
Regardless of which version you want, everyone who pre-orders the game will get a code to download the Hitman Sniper Challenge minigame. That's available right now, and can be used to unlock items in advance of the full game's release.
Hitman Absolution will have you in its sights from November 20th for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.
Published: 07/04/2012
The Hitman series has become a fan favourite thanks to its imaginatively designed missions in which the player, as slap-headed assassin Agent 47, can eliminate his target in a number of ways. With the upcoming release of Hitman Absolution, you'll get the chance to create your own challenges and share them online.
Contracts is based around what you do in the single player story missions. You can assassinate the character of your choice and, provided you pulled it off without killing anyone else or attracting attention, you can then throw down the gauntlet to other players to match what you did.
Those who take up your challenge will be given the exact same weapons you chose, and will have to repeat the kill and make it to your chosen escape point. Doing so will earn more money that can be used to unlock gear for use in the rest of the game.
It's just the latest example of how the game is offering interesting new ways to play. Everyone who has pre-ordered the game has already been given access to the downloadable Hitman Sniper Challenge, a bite-sized mission designed for replay and high score appeal. As with Contracts mode, the better you do in Sniper Challenge the more goodies you'll unlock when the full game releases.
Published: 17/08/2012
New Year Revolutions: The games of 2012 that we want to play now
Towards the end of last year, we saw veritable avalanche of amazing games roll over us, leaving us swamped but happy with top-notch titles such as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Batman: Arkham City, Skyrim, Super Mario Land 3D, Assassin's Creed Revelations, Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Saints Row The Third and, oh, you get the idea.
Surely that's more than enough new games to leave even the greediest gamer feeling stuffed and satisfied? Well, yes, but don't pretend you can't hear that little voice whispering in the back of your mind. What's next? it says.
Here's the answer: our guide to the big games of 2012 that we can't wait to play.
The genre-busting open-world crime caper makes its long-awaited return, with an all-new tale set in the pseudo-L.A. of Los Santos. Details are limited to one cryptic trailer, but where Rockstar is concerned it's safe to set expectations high.
Mass Effect 3 (Xbox 360, PS3, PC)
Bioware brings its grand space opera to a cataclysmic finale, as the world-devouring Reapers declare open war on Earth. The game adds optional multiplayer modes, as well as Kinect voice features for Xbox 360.
Halo 4 (Xbox 360)
Who seriously thought that Halo 3 would be the last we saw of Master Chief? He's back for the start of a brand new trilogy, which will find the Spartan super soldier confronting his own destiny as well as an ancient evil poised to destroy the universe. No pressure then.
Bioshock Infinite (Xbox 360, PS3, PC)
Swapping the bottom of the ocean for the top of the world, this continuation of the smartest sci-fi shooter in recent memory casts you as a Pinkerton agent in 1912, trying to escape a dystopian city in the clouds. Expect gorgeous views and gruelling terror in equal measure.
Borderlands 2 (Xbox 360, PS3, PC)
Return to Pandora for another round of co-operative role-playing mayhem. The game promises more dynamic quests which will alter the path of the story, as well as smarter enemies and more independent non-player characters. Bring it.
Hitman: Absolution (Xbox 360, PS3, PC)
It's been five years since Agent 47 last graced our joypads in Blood Money, and his latest adventure will take full advantage of the updates in technology since. Expect to be able to set up more elaborate assassinations, as well some form of multiplayer.
Max Payne 3 (Xbox 360, PS3, PC)
Rockstar's other big game for 2012 finds the dual-wielding anti-hero cop disgraced and working as a bodyguard in Brazil. Of course, it all kicks off when the family he's guarding are targeted by gangsters, and slow-motion shooty-diving is the only way to settle the score.
Tomb Raider (Xbox 360, PS3, PC)
After drifting out of the spotlight, the first lady of gaming returns with this series reboot which follows a more vulnerable teenage Lara Croft, as she grows into the confident adventurer we all know and love.
Published: 19/01/2012
Square Enix has dramatically dropped its planned "online pass" system for Hitman Absolution's online Contracts mode. The mode will now be available to all players, regardless of whether you buy the game new or used.
Contracts mode is a free form assassination sandbox that can be activated in any level at any time. While playing the single player campaign, you're able to select any non-player character as your target and take them out in whatever manner you see fit. You can then upload your hit to the Hitman community and challenge others to match your feat. The mode is a highlight of the game according to many reviews.
Proof that the decision was made at the last minute can be found in the case itself, where you'll still find the insert containing the code to unlock the online pass. You can enter this code as normal, but if you don't have a code you can simply head to the Store option on the menu and download the pass for free.
Many games have used similar systems in recent years, but Hitman Absolution may be the first of many to abandon the scheme. Call of Duty: Black Ops II, the year's biggest launch so far, has no additional charge for multiplayer.
Hitman Absolution is out this week for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.
Published: 19/11/2012
With Hitman Absolution now on sale, IO Interactive, the Danish developer responsible for the Hitman games as well as Mini Ninjas and Kane & Lynch, has been talking about where the series will go next.
A new Hitman game is already in development, but this time it's being put together by Square Enix's new Montreal studio rather than IO. Speaking with Official PlayStation Magazine, Absolution's director, Tor Blystad, reckons that's a good thing.
"We've been talking about these similarities to some of the big movie franchise like Aliens, where everyone's doing it their own way," he says. "Every time someone gets their hands on a franchise they do something different. So rather than doing the same thing again you get another take on the character from a fresh perspective.
He acknowledges that changing the core mechanics of a game can be too much, but reassures fans that IO hasn't washed its hands of Agent 47. "There are talks between us and of course it has to be somewhat in sync but it's the first time you could say Hitman has gone out of the house," he explains. "Luckily it's with someone we know. Some of the key developers came from IO and have been working on previous games so it's not like it's in completely new hands".
Hitman Absolution, the first new game in the assassination stealth saga since Blood Money in 2006, is out now for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.
Published: 22/11/2012
Square Enix's stealthy assassin sandbox Hitman was given the movie treatment back in 2007, with Timothy Olyphant stepping into the red tie and shaved bonce of Agent 47. The movie didn't exactly set the box office on fire, and reviewers weren't much impressed either.
Now Fox is lining up a second shot at the target, and has announced that Fast and Furious star Paul Walker will be taking a Gillette to his scalp to take over as the new Agent 47. The script will be written by Skip Woods, the writer behind the original movie, along with newcomer Mike Finch. Polish-born commercials director Aleksander Bach will make his debut behind the camera.
It's not yet clear if the movie will acknowledge the first attempt or will simply reboot the movie series with a new storyline inspired by the games. Hitman: Absolution, the most recent entry in the game franchise, came out last November and found Agent 47 on the run after the International Contract Agency was unmasked by his former handler. The game also introduced the clever Contracts online mode, in which players can challenge friends to recreate perfect hits against any non-player character. "Quite possibly the best game in the series and easily one of the best games on PS3," reckoned Play magazine.
Hitman: Absolution is out now for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.
Published: 06/02/2013
2012 sees the return of four iconic heroes to our screens - Master Chief in Halo 4, Lara Croft in Tomb Raider, Agent 47 in Hitman: Absolution, and Max Payne in, er, Max Payne 3. But why is this exciti…
Agent 47 is back and he's gone rogue. He's on a mission and if you know him at all, you know that nothing and no-one will get in his way. The original assassin returns!…
Hitman Absolution Deluxe Professional… (07/04/2012)
Fans of Agent 47, the slaphead assassin star of the Hitman series, will be pleased to learn that an especially swanky special edition of his next game has been revealed.…
Create your own hits in Hitman Absolu… (17/08/2012)
The Hitman series has become a fan favourite thanks to its imaginatively designed missions in which the player, as slap-headed assassin Agent 47, can eliminate his target in a number of ways. With the…
New Year Revolutions: The games of 20… (19/01/2012)
Towards the end of last year, we saw veritable avalanche of amazing games roll over us, leaving us swamped but happy with top-notch titles. Surely that's more than enough new games to leave even the g…
Online pass scrapped for Hitman Absol… (19/11/2012)
Square Enix has dramatically dropped its planned "online pass" system for Hitman Absolution's online Contracts mode. The mode will now be available to all players, regardless of whether you buy the ga…
The future of Hitman, according to IO… (22/11/2012)
With Hitman Absolution now on sale, IO Interactive, the Danish developer responsible for the Hitman games as well as Mini Ninjas and Kane & Lynch, has been talking about where the series will go next.…
Hitman to get a second shot at movie … (06/02/2013)
Fox has announced that Fast and Furious star Paul Walker will be taking a Gillette to his scalp to take over as the new Agent 47…
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One of the things I boast about to my wife and friends is that it has never rained on a wedding ceremony I've filmed. I tell brides that whenever the weather looks like rain. Well, that streak almost got washed away on June 18th. It didn't rain on the ceremony, but it was close.
I was honored to be asked to film Stacie and Josh's wedding at the beautiful Blackthorn Country Club in Jonesborough, TN. Stacie and I had talked a number of times on the phone before her wedding, but we never met in person until her wedding day. When she arrived, I noticed the amazing smile on her face and you could tell it was her wedding day. Well, as the day went on I noticed, on my iPhone, a line of storms heading our way. It looked pretty nasty and it lived up to it's potential. The wind blew hard, the rain came down in sheets and the lighting was intense. The whole time, Stacie was in the dressing room getting ready. To say she was stressed is an understatement, but she never let it show and she was set to marry Josh.
Just when I thought it was going to rain on the ceremony, the rain stopped and the clouds broke just enough to let a little sun shine though. The smile on Stacie's face as she walked down the aisle was priceless. The rest of the day went off without a hitch. The only drawback was the fact that Josh had to leave the next day for flight training. But, they made the best of the day and I have noticed they have taken their honeymoon since and things are going well for them. Here is their trailer. I wish them nothing but the best in their future together.


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Google Maps Mania is an unofficial Google Maps blog tracking the websites, mashups and tools being influenced by Google Maps
Monday, June 05, 2006
Australian & New Zealand Google Maps mashup roundup!
New Zealand Google Maps street and placenames - Mayo is a simple Google Maps placename explorer for the country of New Zealand that is taking full advantage of the introduction of street mapping. Entering keywords like street names, city and village names will narrow your search only to New Zealand Google Maps content. Results are text listed, as well as pinned on the map. An example search might be: "Hobson St" which lists all occurrences of this street name in New Zealand. I especially like what takes place when you "hide" the search result screen. Convenient page linking and email linking is also built in.
AUS-eMaps Google Maps - This new mapping application based on the Google Maps API will help you perform placename lookups in Australia, enhance your viewing of Google Maps satellite images and also let you build your own free maps (both Google and non-Google topographic).
It has been 19 days since street level mapping arrived for the Australian and New Zealand landscape in Google Maps. The number of new mapping applications created using the Google Maps API and marrying Australian based information has been slow to get off the mark. This surprises me since the Google Maps application is Australian born. First, let me offer up my thoughts on this:
Aussies and Kiwis may not know how easy this is to do! :) In short, here is what you can do to start mashing up data and creating your own online Australian or New Zealand Google Maps mashup... To take the "programming route" and get your hands dirty with javascript and code, head to the Google Maps API page and take a read through the documentation that is available. The instructions are extremely easy to follow and even folks with no previous javascript knowledge can use examples they provide to start creating a Google Map of your own. I know there are armies of indie coders out there that have the knowledge to pick up the API, hook onto a database and start mashing (so what are you waiting for?!:)). In addition to the official Google page, this link can supplement the Google Maps API docs as well. You can also clone Google Maps apps that have already been built on the Ning platform and apply them to the Australian or New Zealand webscape.
If raw code isn't your thing but you have the mapping itch, head over to one of the many Do-It-Yourself Google Maps sites like Tagzania, CommunityWalk or Wayfaring to start building a Google Map of Aussie and Kiwi information using the great user interfaces provided. If you have a list of information in an Excel file or even scratched down on paper, you can instantly add labels, photos and information to each of these points and have a Google Map mashup for this topic going in no time. Google Maps Mania and the many mashup examples and resource links can help you in this process. Good luck, and be sure to drop me a line when you have your mapping creation built!
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- allthings said...
for Australia, it could be that the mapping we have is not as advanced here as many other places. For instance, on all Aussie apps i have looked at, if I put in Pitt St, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - it won't find it.
- mibazaar said...
Try this:
When I type this URL it returns:
Longitude135.31897 - 12:09 PM
- mibazaar said...
Though I don't know how accurate this is because the precision value is "country"
- allthings said...
I'm a user , not a developer so the url was not too much use as fopr me it brought up a xml page ;)
- Andrew Muller said...
Simple reason, no searching available as yet
- Rob said...
here is another example of a google mashup by an australian company http://www.godo.com.au/state/NSW
this has been integrated since the release of google maps in australia. - 7:04 PM
- metis said...
We've created hundreds of mashups related to Aboriginal art centres, galleries and museums at http://www.aboriginalartdirectory.com/.


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Novak Djokovic grew up in Serbia with three goals: To become the number one ATP player in the world, to win Wimbledon, and to eat a chunk of the grass immediately afterwards.
He accomplished all three of those dreams last year, on July 1st 2011 when he defeated Rafael Nadal to win it all in London.
In regards to his now-famous Wimbledon victory-snack, Djokovic said to Jay Leno, "Listen – in my dreams the grass tasted much sweeter, [but] there, it had this flavor of the sweat – my sweat, the opponents sweat – so it didn't really feel great, but it came naturally."
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Where did this kid come from, and what was his road to the top?
In 1991, four-year old Novak Djokovic was just a young Serbian kid hanging around the local tennis courts, absorbing everything he could from the sidelines, and idolizing Pete Sampras. Serbian coach, Jelena Gencic noticed the boy and invited him to hit around one day. Djokovic's fate was sealed.
Djokovic said to 60 Minutes' Bob Simon, "I was saying I want to be number one of the world, and I was seven, eight years old. Most people were laughing at me, because, you know, it seems I have a one percent chance to do that."
Gencic ranked the percentage a little higher. She believed in Djokovic fiercely, and convinced his parents to allow him to split his time between Serbia and Germany at 13, where he was trained by Nikola Pilic at the Niki Pilis Tennis Academy.
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Djokovic was also defeated in July at Wimbledon in the finals by Roger Federer, pushing him to number two in the world. Nothing to scoff at.
Novak is currently back in Wimbledon playing in the Olympic Games. On August 3rd he was defeated by Brit Andy Murray, taking him out of the running for Gold, but will play for his second Bronze on August 5th against Argentinian Juan Martin Del Porto.
Through the ups and downs, Novak Djokovic remains upbeat, optimistic, and light-hearted. He utilizes social media to keep close contact with his fans. He wrote on his Facebook page August 2nd, "I really like coming here and sharing my thoughts with you. I know you are always around to hear me out and give your feedback and that really means a lot to me."
Not to forget his roots, he follows every post with a Serbian translation.
The world will be watching DjokerNole, (as you can find him on twitter) closely this month at the US Open.
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The techniques Diana Jahns uses in her photo montage and mixed media collages are, on the surface, easy techniques to master. But that's not what gives her art a quality. Rather, it is her aesthetic that lifts the work to more than a technical accomplishment, a product. Anyone can use photoshop but not everybody has an acute sense of colour, balance and instinct. You can't programme that, you can't make it, you can only develop it over time, be aware, alive to possibility, chance and play. Jahns' work has all these elements.
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As I work I apply my painter's sensibilities to develop and enhance the image as it progresses. My intuition guides me as I draw connections and define relationships within images. The methodical and layered process of digital image editing has also moved me to examine my inner creative process more deeply.
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Way Out West - Day 5 Disney!
We were up by 7:45 this morning and downstairs by 8:40 as we had Execucar booked again to take us to the airport at 9:00. The car arrived on time and we were at the airport by the United check-in desks at 9:30.
Although there was a long queue for check-in we were done in about 15 minutes. United operate a combined self check-in kiosk/check-in agent system whereby you check yourself in at one of a bank of around 50 self check-in kiosks which prints out your boarding passes and your luggage tags that one of a group of patrolling check-in agents comes along and attaches to your luggage before taking it from you.
Security was also relatively quick and painless and by 10:10 we were airside. Boarding for our flight started at 11:30 and we pushed back just a few minutes late at 12:00. We had another looong wait at the runway so it was around 12:30 by the time we took off and we were back on the ground just about an hour later.
We made our way down to baggage claim where were met by Junior, our driver from Luken Limo and by 2:05 our bags had come up and we were on our way.
Thanks to being able to use the car pool lanes we sailed past most of the traffic and at 3:10 we were being checked in by Nikki who handed over our package and gave us our hotel id and room keys. We were assigned room 4006, which can still just about be described as a theme park view although Im sure many will say we should have asked for it to be changed.
After some time spent looking at the contents of our package there was only one thing to do break out our lanyards and go exploring! I had intended to have a look around the hotel first but as we passed the exit for Downtown Disney I decided to head out that way first.
We turned right out of the hotel and began walking along the shops until we reached World of Disney, which we popped into to have a quick nose around and Dad bought a closeable pouch for his lanyard to save the contents from getting wet on Splash Mountain. We then carried on walking and here is where I will make the first of only a few comparisons with WDW it is very bizarre to be walking around Downtown Disney only to realise that you have just stumbled upon the entrance to the parks!
Leaving the parks for later we re-traced our steps past the entrance to the Grand Californian and up the other way before making our second stop, which was at Tortilla Jos Taqueria where we had a shredded beef Mexican sandwich and root beer each for a total of $25.21. We sat eating enjoying the view and enjoying the music being played from the Disney Mania series of CDs.
After we finished eating we completed the circuit of Downtown Disney and went through the bag check at the entrance to the parks. We turned left towards Disneyland and went under the railway station for the first time.
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We then turned onto Main Street and my first reaction – "Jeepers it really is small isn't it!" I'm not making any judgements but just making the observation that no matter how many times you read comparisons nothing prepares you for how small it is compared to Cinderella Castle.
We had a quick look around the Emporium before making our way up Main Street and right into Tomorrowland. As we passed the, not unexpected, long queue for Finding Nemo I noted that the wait time was 60 minutes and decided to leave it for later on, much later on. We carried on strolling round and as we passed Mickey's Toontown Train Depot decided to get on the train for a circuit of the park.
Arriving back at Toontown we walked back towards the hub, down Main Street and back out into Downtown Disney. We walked back to the hotel and stopped off in the Hearthstone Lounge where Dad had a Grand Margarita and I had a Mint Champagne Mojito before going back to the room for a quick break.
We went back out at 8:30 and made our way back to Disneyland and at this point I need to make a negative comparison to WDW. There isn't a "no bag" line at the security checkpoint so even though we had nothing that needed checking we still had to wait behind those with bags. Once inside the park we made our way back up Main Street looking for a point from which to watch the fireworks and we soon worked out that the roped off points were points that we COULD watch the fireworks from and were not roped off for disabled guests. It seems that at Disneyland they put you into roped off 'pens' that keep walkways clear for those who do not want to watch the fireworks. We picked a 'pen' near Tomorrowland and sat down to wait for the show to start.
As we were waiting there were several announcements that due to winds at higher altitudes the show might be cancelled but bang on time at 9:25 the fireworks started. As the show got to the 'Pirates' section everything suddenly stopped and the lights came back up. We then got the dreaded announcement that due to high winds the show could not continue so we headed off to Finding Nemo to see what the queue was like but it seemed that most other people had the same idea and the queue was growing large again so we decided to leave it for another time and headed off back to the hotel.
I typed up the trip report for today and we were in bed by 11:00 ready to hit the ground running for our first full day at the parks tomorrow.
Tomorrow: Day 6 – DisneylandDavid
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Thanks for the photos. I have been to DL, but it's been a reallllly long time. I don't know if I could do it now, as I would be constantly comparing it to WDW.
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I thought of the same thing, because I recently inherited a beautiful victorian sofa. I contacted IKEA to see if their fabric was uphostery grade since it IS SO CUTE! This was their response:
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Thank you for taking the time to contact us.
All of our fabric is light weight and may not be strong enough to use
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Just FYI. :-)Hmm... I bought some fabric at Ikea and made it into dresses. It's definitely sturdier than most dresses. About as heavy as khaki pants material. Use your judgement. If you have a lot of metal studs on your clothing, go with leather, otherwise, it would probably wear well enough for a few years.
ReplyDeleteLOve the fabric!
I lined my son´s ´ancient´ crib with IKEA-fabric:
pictures IKEA fabricIts looking nice but I think applying fabrics on the furniture has its plus as well as negative points too. Its not comfortable for me.. I like simple covered sofa's & chairs.
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Glad you liked the photos of the Baked Potato, guys. Now for the report on the FIRST surf session on the board.
The first thing I noticed is that the Baked Potato will go MUCH more vertical up the face of the wave than the Sweet Potato can. I have surfed both the SP in size 5'6", and now the BP in size 5'7".... and the BP can really go straight up the wave face... whereas the SP would resist doing that due to the wide tail. Since Firewire pulled in the tail and the nose on the BP it really helped in this regard. I will give another report on the board as soon as I get a chance to surf it again. I was only able to catch about 5 waves on the first session due to high winds and choppy surf...... but my first impression of the board is very favorable... even in less than desirable conditions. Stay tuned for part 2 in my review of the Baked Potato!!
I just got a chance today to have my second session on the 5'7" Baked Potato. Here are my impressions:
The 5'7" Baked Potato is not quite as fast as the 5'6" Sweet Potato that I had ridden extensively in the past. This is not surprising, as the planing surface area on the BP is quite a bit less than the SP in these given sizes. The only time this was a real issue with the BP was on the smaller spectrum of waves. Anytime I caught a wave with sufficient juice..... the BP would still fly. But I found it took a little bit better wave to get the BP up and flying, at least for my weight and height, which is 6 foot and 195 pounds.
Here is the GOOD part though.... the Baked Potato was FAR more loose and easy to turn sharply than the Sweet Potato. I could do turns on the BP that were just not possible on the SP. So the trade-off in slightly less speed, was more than compensated for by the increased manueverability of the Baked Potato.
I'm looking to get one of the potato's. either the baked potato, sweet potato, or the potato-nator. im looking for a board thats good for smaller surf but something that can also handle head high waves. sounds like the potato-nator might be the better way to go but im just looking to get some outside opinions on the matter.
yeah PN
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agreed. if you want as much "bigger" wave versatility as possible, then go potatonator ALL day!!
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Not sure if this is the right forum for Kneeboarding, but I saw the Sweet Potato and said that's my ideal small wave Kneeboard (with a few tweaks).
I normally ride my Friar Tuck (Parkes) board but was looking for something "out-there" , utilisiing that great double concave V and volume of the SP.
A fun board for the crappy waves that usually exist around most of the time here in Perth. I bought the 5'8" Sweet Potato refinned it so that two new forward fins where replugged at about an inch gap. This board went well, really fast but was too narrow(22 1/4") and stability an issue and I found and unfortunately kept on catching the rail. It more than likely a riding style not yet adapted to this board.
I saw another kneeboarder riding similar SP and ripping but with original fin pattern. Anyway SOLD the SP it and bought the 5'11" BP wider at 22 5/8" more volume. I think this will work a lot better but have yet to surf it.
With this 5 fin board I have more options to experiment, Ill replug for forward fins and put central fin box in to allow more forward centre fin or just put a huge SUP fin in for the old school single fin style.
Is there any Kneeboarders out there using the SP or BP and your experiences asIMG_9964.jpgIMG_9972_2.jpgIMG_9988.jpgIMG_9991.jpg I would keen to know?
BP is a great board, well worth the purchase. Best board in my collection.
Bloody hell, plenty of fun options.
I kneeboard my sweet p when a hollow closeouf presents its self. Always fun.
Try riding it prone....tonnes of fun too.
49 yrs, 6'1", 92kgs. Surfing many moons grasshopper and I like plenty of foam. Potatonator 6'4" FST- Stretch or DVS quad fins, CI twin + trailer fin.


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This week the final episode of Ian Hislop's excellent Stiff Upper Lip series aired on BBC2. The third episode looks at the history of the stiff upper lip since the First World War and looks at whether this is a national characteristic which is still prevalent in present day Britain. Ian Hislop argues that the British became increasingly self-aware of their national stereotypes in the 1930s and some even began gently to poke fun at this increasingly anachronistic character trait. He visits the British Cartoon Archive in Canterbury to look at a series of cartoons entitled "The British Character" which ran for several years in 'Punch' magazine. Graham Laidler a 25 year old cartoonist, who worked under the pen-name Pont, was responsible for creating these cartoons which were hugely successful. You can see some examples of these cartoons in the clip below. The cartoons poked fun at the very British characteristic of people carrying on regardless of what was happening around them, the empire may have been in decline, the ship may be sinking but the important thing was to carry on being British and in control no matter what circumstances presented themselves.
'The British Character'
Ian Hislop's programme goes on to look at how, over the last 100 years since its Victorian heyday, Britain has become more and more self-conscious and more and more self-critcial about the value of its famous Stiff Upper Lip. After soldiers returned from the WW1 trenches with over a million people dead it seemed as though the British Imperial swagger had gone for good but since then, argues Hislop, we have been nonchalant, steadfast and in recent times we have let it all out. The stiff upper lip has taken a huge battering in recent times but does its history suggest that we still find some use for it, Ian Hislop asks?
The Great Depression spread across the world in the 1930′s; there was the rise of Nazism in Germany with Britain unsure how to respond and across the empire discontent was growing at British rule. In response to these many challenges and instead of stiffening, the British appeared to loosen up and tried to have a good time. Gershwin wrote his song The Stiff Upper Lip at this time and it became an international symbol of the British who couldn't express their feelings but who wanted to rule an empire.
At the beginning of the Second World War the government tried to prepare Britain for the worst by putting up a series of posters to avoid civil chaos.
Hislop points out that it is rather unusual to suggest that cheerfulness could be a useful weapon during the Blitz. The most famous poster of them all is the keep calm and carry on poster which was in fact never seen by the public as it was planned only for use in the event of an invasion. The whole government propaganda machine at the time played to the notion of the British stiff upper lip. In the post war times of rebuilding, rationing and austerity the government still expected the British to maintain a stoic front. In this climate grumbles, anxieties and fears were all to be kept firmly inside. However in the 1950s, as a new consumer driven culture began to develop, tensions started to emerge and the buttoned down approach to emotions was increasingly questioned and considered out of step with the emotions of the age.
Old boundaries were being rejected, argues Ian Hislop, as as new generation grew up in the sixties awash with the luxuries of peace and prosperity, greater social mobility and sexual freedom. It is no wonder that the relevance of the stiff upper lip approach to life began to be questioned. Ian Hislop meets writer Alan Bennett, a cast member of the groundbreaking 1960s satirical show Beyond the Fringe which made fun of clergymen, judges and the Prime Minister alike and even poked fun at the most stoic period of the British during the war. The assault on old establishment values had begun in earnest.
The line between the personal and the public was being eroded. Ian also travelled to the Welsh community of Aberfan, where in 1966 local people met terrible tragedy when a local school was covered by a landslide killing 144 people,116 of whom were children. The townspeople coped with the tragedy with old-fashioned resilience and dignity in the face of an increasingly intrusive media whose camera crews captured every moment of the unfolding tragedy. The media was now insisting that we all had a right to share in other people's grief. Ian Hislop argues that this event was the beginning of an on-going debate which continues today about media intrusion and how appropriate it is for the British public not to stand back but to join in someone else's grief. In 1968 grieving fathers, encouraged by their wives who had found solace in doing the same thing, formed the Ynysowen male voice choir. The choir is clearly both an extraordinary vehicle for emotional control and emotional release and a testament to the fact that genuine self-help and traditional strength of character have helped this community survive the tragedy argues Hislop. In the word's of one of the victims of the disaster whose sister died " It keeps the spirit alive".
By the end of the 1970′s repression was on the way out and self-expression was on the way in. Was it possible to hug your way to happiness? Ian looks at the influence of American 'therapy culture' on British attitudes to emotional expression in the 1970s and looks inside Cosmopolitan magazine to see how this seduced a wider public. In the 1970s even some men started talking from the heart about themselves!
It became the standard medical view that having a stiff upper lip was bad for you and was a sign of emotional repression. Ian Hislop interviews feminist Susie Orbach, author of "Towards Emotional Literacy" who explains that "we turned ourselves from a society which was about civic contribution to a society in which individuality is where it is at. How do you express your individuality? It is not just through clothes and occupation but it is also through genuine forms of emotional expression" The stiff upper lip had originally been based on the premise that suffering in silence was a service to society, this notion gradually became outmoded from the 1970s onwards.
In the eighties Princess Diana became the reincarnation of the new emotional literacy in Britain and the move towards more display of shared communal feeling. Princess Diana's touchy-feely approach was a refreshing change to the traditional stuffy establishment way of behaving with its formal code of conduct. The general national unbuttoning was epitomised by the nation's outpouring of grief at Diana's death. Events around Princess Diana's death have been credited with producing the final demise of the stiff upper lip argues Hislop.
Today we have become so accustomed to showing our emotions in public that we tend to forget that until recently things were very different. Such is the power of TV and so accepted is the contemporary wisdom about the unhealthiness of any emotional repression, it seems that today's unfettered displays of feeling have entirely replaced the old expectation to try and control them.
In moments of real crisis or adversity, argues Hislop, some residual impulse of the stiff upper lip does still quietly kick in. Examples he gives are the stoic response of Londoners to the 7/7 bombings and the response to the summer riots of 2011. It is not entirely coincidental that the catch phrase of today is the slogan resurrected from over 70 years ago "Keep calm and carry on". Despite its faults and its failings, British reserve, stoical sang froid, grinning and bearing it might still have something to recommend it argues Hislop. " If I am wrong" he concludes by commenting wryly "and the stiff upper lip is finished and is rightly consigned to the history books. If that is the case, there is no point in making a fuss about it, no point in crying, we will have to deal with it, sort ourselves out and get on with it."
View the last episode of the series here. I will leave you to come to your own conclusions about the current emotional strengths and weaknesses of the British character. Here is the final speech by London Mayor, Boris Johnson at the end of this year's Olympics – another occasion when British emotion was on national and international display: 'The Final Tear Sodden Juddering Climax Of London 2012′
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he dove right in to learn everything he could about the Mogollon people who lived in the Gila region. It was at Gila that Butch's love for sharing with visitors and demonstrating ancient techniques took hold. He learned how to use yucca fibers to make cordage and was one of only three people allowed to lead guided tours to a remote backcountry site at Gila. Butch and his wife Gene volunteered several months each year for 4 years at Gila Cliff Dwellings.
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Some Nebraska fans thought Ohio State coach Urban Meyer was running up the score.
Here are the facts.
The Cornhuskers trailed, 56-38, when they got the ball for the final time after a punt with 3:17 left in Saturday's Big Ten rout. On their second play, QB Taylor Martinez fumbled and Ohio State's Michael Bennett recovered at the Nebraska 26.
The Buckeyes stayed on the ground, killing time. Carlos Hyde gained 3, 3 and 4 yards for a first down at the 16. Hyde then took a handoff around right end and scored Ohio State's seventh touchdown of the game for a 63-38 score. That's the way the game would end.
To be clear, no one in the Nebraska locker room, including Coach Bo Pelini, thought the Buckeyes were piling on.
Some sports writers, and fans, weighed in on Twitter. Almost no one backed the few Nebraska fans.
One tweet by another Huskers backer summed it up. In so many words, he (or she) said, "It's all on you, Huskers. NU not going anywhere, Mr. Meyer."
In other words, it's not like Nebraska can't get even. The teams are in the same league, after all. Continued...
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The Buckeyes climbed four spots to No. 8 in the latest AP Top 25 on Sunday.
The four-rung improvement was the second best in the poll, trailing only the six spots Florida moved up to get to No. 4.
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Cincinnati made its first appearance this season, grabbing the No. 21 spot. Ohio University is just three points out of the poll, right on the heels of the Wolverines.
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