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Say you have a 3.0 and a 4.0 playing together. What formations, strategies or tactics tend to work best? Are there any simple things that the 3.0 can be taught to do in a relatively short amount of time, so that they can be an asset to the team rather than a liability? The 4.0 is fit and has good court coverage, but doesn't have superhuman speed.
Depends on what they do well, but I tend to put the weaker player at net as much as possible unless they just really can't volley. That way they get a chance to do good, but shouldn't cause too much trouble. If you come to net with them, the other team will just hit at them or lob, but if you stay back, then often they have to avoid a net man who is close to net, which leads you to get most of the balls. By getting most of the balls to the better player, gives you a hitter's chance to move them around and force some errors. No great way to cover a weak player, but this is really the only way to have a chance. Sometimes the weaker player has solid groundstrokes, so then your options open up more, but they still they will go for the weak player anytime they need points. :-?
Not to sound bias but it is challenging to partner players who do not know how to play the doubles' game or do not have dependable bread-and-butter strokes . As far as I try, I will make a conscious effort to understand what my weaker partner can do and try to setup points to his/her favour.
Not much u can do sometimes. Pinning them at the net is probably the best bet to cut out angles. When I play with an older gentleman who has limited mobility, I pin him at the net and I cover the other 3/4 of the court standing near baseline. U really cant play 2 up because they will either topspin your partner out or just lob over him.
Thanks for the replies. These are helpful, and there seems to be a general consensus that 1-up, 1-back works best in this scenario. So what do you do when the weaker player serves or has to return? Do you play double back and ask the weaker player to move to net? How do you get them to transition if a cross-court rally gets started off of the serve or the return? As the stronger partner, where do you position yourself in these particular instances?
I have a lot of trouble playing doubles with people that don't play a lot of doubles. Here's my 15-second lesson when playing doubles with somebody I don't know. Two rules: 1) Get. To. The. Net. 2) Volley right down the middle of the court. Getting both players to the net makes winning points in doubles much easier. The better player will likely have to cover more court laterally, but at the very least even a lesser player can figure out to "follow the ball" to their left and right to cover court at the net. I've seen people improve their serve substantially by serving-and-volleying (a requisite to getting to the net in doubles) simply because it forces the toss further in to the court, a common issue many have on serve. Don't play right on top of the net as you'll need to chase lobs, but a few well-placed, firm overheads will force the other team into making sure lobs get plenty deep. Having the weaker partner play to the center of the court lets you command the opponent's side of the court. The other team will have to play tight in response to your partner's shots which will open up angles and the alleys for you. You're also letting the 3.0 play percentage tennis and at the very least, force the other team to hit another ball while minimizing mistakes from your side of the net. You'll have to feel out each other a little bit when you get into more details, such as chip-and-charge returns, cross-court ground strokes, poaching, serve positioning, etc. I have found that you need playing time to figure all that stuff out. The two rules above work well right out of the gate.
Most important rule for the the 3.0: Get to net! And when your partner is also at net, stay 6-ft closer to the net than your partner. This will give the opponents a reason not to pick on you. If you still find most of the balls coming to you, then either you are not close enough to the net or your partner is too close to the net.
One mistake to be wary of is the attitude that I see a lot around the club that the 3.0 defers every ball to the 4.0 unless it's right to him or in his alley. You still have to play as a team. If you're both at the net and it's right down the middle, yes the 4.0 should take that one - but if the 4.0 is serving (and coming in behind it) and the 3.0 is at the net, the 3.0 should be looking to take anything that comes across the middle because he still has better position to do so. Other common mistake you see is either player trying to do too much. The 4.0 may start overhitting to compensate for the weaker 3.0 player, or the 3.0 player may try to play up to the level of the 4.0 player. Sometimes this happens simultaneously.
Good thread! I have joined a cheap club for the summer and it seems like it's mostly 3.0-3.5 players so I usually end up with a 3.0 to offset the difference and it can be VERY frustrating! This one guy came up and he looked impressive physically, like he could really crush the ball. Then I saw his strokes, and my sails were instantly deflated. He was having a very hard time getting ANYTHING over the net! He told me he had a stronger backhand side, which is not to be confused with actually having a backhand. The only games we won were on my serve and it was a sorry fest from my partner the entire night. I think I am going back to my old club, you get what you pay for I guess.
How do you guys deal with a guy who swings hard at everything? He always swings hard and inevitably goes way out of form and destroys the point. When a shot makes it in, it has 50% chance of being a winner, but it's so rare that a shot goes in it's impossible for me to win a set with him. I'm sure he's very aware of his partners' disdain for his "style" but he hasn't changed one bit. One time one guy just quietly picked up his bag and walked away in the middle of a game.
Wow...I can relate most of later posts. It is hard to play a good game of doubles when your partner is not up to par or at least be aware of the game point. I have partnered players who tried to be somebody but end up nobody, do things ONLY THEY feel is right and self-righteous with their choice of technique or form, which , most of the time , is wrong or inappropriate. Often, I do not demand much from my partner but I felt they must be aware of the situation and play the point.
You have to dominate your service games by serving big and lights out. and on the return games, you have to play smart and have your partner put everything in play even if it is ALL Lob returns and make opponents play every point hard. and on your partner's serve, be distruptive and don't worry about getting passed in your alley. You just have to accept few clean passes into your alley. Stretegy is your poach and fake poaches will win more points and help your partner hold than getting passed clean into your alley. No matter how you look at it, you are going to work 3 times more than your partner. so come ready to work hard on every point and fresh legs. That is why it isn't fair to play with partner that is much weaker than you.
@goran_ace and everyone, I had a 4.5 level doubles on Tuesday in my Summer league. I play 2nd team at my club, and my partner for the day is someone I used to play with in the 3rd team couple years ago. It was a painful experience :-( My Spanish friend and regular hitting partner played with our strongest player, I set the pairs up because my Spanish friend has not played any doubles this season so I thought he might need carrying. They won both their matches, one in 3 sets and one in straight sets. My partner may not have much practise, but he hits good shots and is forceful. The guy I played with, has a reputation for being very good at the net, but that is a misrepresentation: - he is only 40, very fit, runs marathons, is reasonably strong.......but he chips everything. He has never, in all the time I have known him these 3 years, dared to drive a backhand in a match. - his forehand and backhand return are chipped, 75% of forehands were chipped! - His serve is atrocious, he recognises this. - His volleys are good, but ONLY his defensive ones. He NEVER punches a volley away, he just taps it back. After 2 or 3 goes, the opposition hit through us. He has very good reflexes, but I suspect this is because he is ALWAYS in defence mode. - He has an awesome smash, best in our club probably... ....but only gets given 5 or 6 chances to use it all night at this level. We had a strong 4.5 15 year old against us in the second pair, and he hit soo many excellent backhand topspin lobs OVER my partner. At this level, a tapped volley with no pace on it, just gets dealt with. Essentially, we got absolutely bullied. If I hit a forceful return to the toes of the oppo, and they pop it up, my partner taps it back and the point starts over. Even EASY EASY EASY put away volleys, he taps it back. He is the most ultra conservative player and person, and it seems he will walk off court happy if he can say *I didn't miss many*....but the point is he gets the first volley ball back and at the same time sets the oppo up to have yet another crack. They wont miss these things whereas at the third team level he can just about get by against half of those teams. it's almost as if he passes ALL responsibility onto his partner to finish points. It was soo frustrating. I think I lost my serve twice all night out of 9. He won his serve twice out of 9. I understand his serving problems, but to be soo ultra conservative on the volley, which is apparently his best weapon, is baffling. We did not have a chance. I don't have to play with him much, so it's not a problem, but I just cannot get my head around someone who CAN be soo much more forceful, and chooses not to.
Most doubles sets, I'm paired with the slowest moving, weakest hitter of the foursome. That's life. You have to hit YOUR best shots, hoping your opponent's, while picking on your partner, don't hit a lucky good reply to your partner. When partner is bunting soft sitters to the middle of opponent's court, you have to try to take away the middle, while covering your own alley somewhat. Since you partner is feeding softies to the middle (lacking depth) of opponent's court, you cannot just poach with aplomb. And when your partner cannot put away an overhead from 5' behind the net, you have to cover 3/4 of the court to fetch the replies. More patience, more work, less fun, until it's over, and by some lucky, unusual planatary alignment, your team somehow managed to escape defeat. Paired with a weak hitting, worse of the foursome, your only goal is to get a few games, as losing is a foregone conclusion against any pair of middling players.
I guess it's cathartic to vent, but I have to say my doubles got a lot better when I realized I could only control what I did. It's pointless to allow yourself to become annoyed or distracted during a match by what your partner does. Let's face it, you aren't that much better, or you wouldn't be playing with them. It's poisonous to a team if one member takes on the role of on-court coach or critic, unless they are clearly a full level or more better, and even then, the less said, the better. It's particularly offensive if one member starts eye rolling or sighing or worse after their partner misses easy shots. I just watched the Wimbledon doubles semi's with the Bryan borthers and you know what? Both teams missed their share of relatively easy shots, yet I saw nothing but positive encouragement. That's what leads to winning, not fault finding.
Well, you lose or win as a team, so almost any critique is not a good thing. Post 17 is right on, and whether you enjoy it or not, it's part of tennis that most of us eventually have to go through.


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Hi friends,
I want to create a pie chart with calculated variables from ireport jrxml file. I created bar char succesfully with
series expression : "1.Budget Sales
Category expression : new Integer(1)
Value expression : $V{ptd_budget_sales}
like that I added four seris for four bars.
I need to use same way to create pie char. but in pie chart have only one section value
key expression
value expression
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cant give more than one.
I usually pass pie char value from java datasource but now i need to take values from calculated variables only. I googled but found similar questions without answer. Please anybody help me or any link...
I read somewhere that can create from csv file too.In that case how to create a csv file from report? I know to create from java but not from ireport ...any suggestion is appreciated..
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Jabra BT800 review
Unlike most other headsets which require the power button to be pressed for 5+ seconds to start the pairing process, BT800 comes with a stylus which is used to press the pairing switch. Then, following the normal pairing procedure, discovery accessories is initiated from the phone. After BT800 is found, the 0000 pairing code has to be entered.
To answer a call, the Answer button is pressed and to end it the End & On/Off respectively. Thanks to the DSP technology, BT800 is adjusting the volume automatically depending on the ambient noise level. Still the volume can be manually adjusted via the jog dial. The dedicated MUTE button is located in the middle of the jog dial, but I found out that it needs to be pressed a lot harder then I would like. If the Mute button is pressed when the headset is in stand-by, it invokes the BT800's menu on the LCD screen. The menu is browsed by turning the jog dial to the left or right. The first Menu option is Call list and it shows and allows calling all the numbers that have been dial or received a call from. The second menu option is Settings. It allows tweaking the ring tone (total of 5 different ones or an option to make just the phone ring and not the headset), turning on/off the vibrate feature, turning on/off the LED light, toggling between display languages (English, Spanish, German, French), listing all devices with which the headset is currently paired.
Pressing the left of the two multi-function buttons calls the last dialed number. Pressing and holding it invokes the voice-dialing feature from the phone.
Given the DSP technology incorporated in the BT800, the headset performed exceptionally well in our sound quality tests. The sound reproduced by the ear-piece was very loud with excellent clarity and the voices had full tonal range. The auto-volume adjustment function is definitely worth it since it adjusted the sound volume according to the level of surrounding noise and the volume of the incoming call. In the wind-cancellation tests, the BT800 did not perform as well as the Logitech's Mobile Freedom or Scala-500, both of which use special design and materials to suppress the wind din, but still did way better than Jabra BT250.
Model |
Type of wing suppression |
Range |
Cardo Scala-500 |
Design |
7.87in (20sm) |
Logitech Mobile Freedom |
Design |
9.84in (25sm) |
Jabra BT800 |
11.81in (30sm) |
Jabra BT250 |
None |
23.6in (60sm) |
The outgoing sound (what the other party hears) was also clear but extremely loud. Loud is good, but extremely loud is not since not only the voice of the person is deafening but so are the ambient noises. I expected the DSP to be able to separate and mute some of the surrounding sounds but I did not notice anything like this to happen.
The official specification claimed up to 6 hours of continuous talk time. In our real-world tests, the headset did exactly that six full ours of listening to music. Please keep in mind that results may vary depending on the room temperature, volume and other factors. One thing to keep in mind is the way the battery charge status behaves. After a full charge, the LCD displays four bars. The first two bars disappear faster than the other two. Actually the last bar lasts for very long time. A bar also usually disappears after a longer conversation, but then reapers shortly.
In our outdoor range tests, the results were unbelievable. Please keep in mind that results may vary depending on many factors such as surroundings, type of phone used to test the headset and others. In our test, we achieved about 150 feet distance between the Nokia 7610 and the BT800. At that distance the connection of course was not crystal clear, but definitely good for conversation. The second headset in our latest batch of Bluetooth headset for testing performed about three times worse compared to the BT800.
Model |
Range (feet) |
Jabra BT250 |
25 |
Logitech Mobile Freedom |
45 |
Cardo Scala-500 |
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Jabra BT800 |
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Discussant's Response to Symbolism and Communication in the Auditor's Report Charles W. Lamden Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. Professor Seidler's analysis of symbolism as a major factor in the auditor's report is most perceptive. Intuitively, I have felt for some time that the standard wording of the audit report should be retained. However, the arguments that the auditor's report should be expanded or contracted, clarified, simplified, or whatever it was felt was necessary to improve communication also sounded reasonable. The concept of the audit report as a symbol resolves my dilemma. Changes in the Wording of the Auditor's Report to Improve the Symbol It is a fact that the standard wording of the auditor's report has been adopted, utilized and well recognized. Except for those trained in accounting, who understand the overall scope of the examination and the background and meaning of the terms "auditing standards," "accounting principles," and "opinion," the only way to understand the general use and acceptance of the audit report is as a symbol. Upon reflection, as Professor Seidler points out, even those who have the background and knowledge to understand the technical meaning of the words do not concern themselves with the standard words, but rather look only for the exceptions. The standard wording is a symbol also for the technicians. It becomes quite clear, then, that changing a few words or adding explanatory comments in the standard audit report are not the answer for improving communication in the auditor's report. The communication problem results from the fact that the same symbol may carry different messages to different viewers. For example, certain users of the audit report interpret it as a guarantee rather than an expression of opinion as to overall fairness of the presentation of the financial statements. Some may argue that an explicit statement such as "This is not a guarantee as to the value of the assets included in the financial statements" would improve the communication. But even this explanatory comment could convey different messages to different readers. Knowledgeable readers would say "Of course the auditor is not a guarantor." But others could interpret such a comment as an adverse statement. Nor would listing the auditing standards or the detailed procedures followed in the audit necessarily increase the effective communication for most users. As indicated by the studies to which Professor Seidler referred, ". . . most respondents did not want additional information or explanation about the auditor's report." Moreover, the listings would tend to become repetitious, and users looking for a symbol of credibility would be concerned only with any exceptions. This has 45
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Discussant's response to symbolism and communication in the auditor's report |
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Auditing Symposium III: Proceedings of the 1976 Touche Ross/University of Kansas Symposium on Auditing Problems, pp. 045-048 |
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The South Carolina Court of Appeals
The State, Respondent,
Rita G. Bixby, Appellant.
The Honorable Alexander S. Macaulay
Abbeville County
Trial Court Case No. 2004-GS-01-00325
This order addresses Appellant's motion to abate her case ab initio and withdraw opinion number 4768, refiled August 10, 2011. After a careful consideration of the motion, the Court finds Appellant passed away while her petition for rehearing was pending. Hence, the Court grants Appellant's request to abate the appeal and withdraw the opinion. However, the Court declines to find the abatement should be ab initio. See State v. Anderson, 281 S.C. 198, 199, 314 S.E.2d 597, 597 (1984) ("[T]he death of a criminal appellant, prior to the disposition of his appeal, abates that appeal and constitutes grounds for its dismissal.").
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This site has looked at arrays of laser modules for launching into space several times before and considers it a very promising approach.
Jordin Kare had a proposed development plan to demonstrate a one megawatt launch system over 4.5 years for $32 million back in 2005. It did not get funded but Jordin is working at Lasermotive and they are providing the laser power system for the space elevator challenge that will be held in April 26, 2009 [tentative]. Laser power beaming will be demonstrated, but the clock on the laser launch roadmap is not running as well as a funded laser launch program.
UPDATE: Look in the comments of this article for a contribution from Jordin Kare comparing microwave launch system to laser launch.
The laser launch system could reach $250/lb to reach orbit.
Demonstration Laser Launch Project Proposal [Proposal made 2005]
Goals: Demonstrate...
1. Efficient conversion of laser power to thrust at MW scale
2. High (~600 s) specific impulse thruster operation using LH2 propellant
3. Complete propulsion system operation
• Significant laser propagation path -- at least several km
• Laser system acquires and tracks moving vehicle
4. Ground launch of laser-powered sounding rocket
5. Air launch (via booster or aircraft) of laser powered sounding rocket to >100 km altitude
* Phase 0 - 6 - 9 months $ 1 M
– Sample heat exchanger (10 x 10 cm) operating at 1 MW/m2 on GN2
– Preliminary design and development plan for MW-scale test vehicle
– Concept validation for overall launch system
• Top level full-scale vehicle design and CAD model
• Optimized trajectory model
• Propagation loss modeled with existing standard codes
* Phase 1 - 18 months $ 5 - 6 M
– HX and brassboard propulsion system operating on liquid nitrogen
• Demonstrate thruster efficiency
• Use 6 km range test site to demonstrate propagation and get to laser far field
– HX and brassboard propulsion system operating on liquid hydrogen
• Demonstrate high-Isp thrust
– Detailed design for MW-scale test vehicle
– Optional wire-guided "flight" tests at 10 - 100 kW scale using PLVTS or LHMEL lasers
* Phase 2 30 months $ 20 - 25 M
– Integrate MW-scale flight test vehicles
• Laser powered vehicle(s)
• Engineering test vehicle(s) for air towing, stability, tracking tests
– Demonstrate flight operations and low-power tracking with test vehicle(s)
– Full-duration static test of MW-scale vehicle
– Wire/rail-guided "flight" test of vehicle
• Verify high-power tracking and vehicle operation
– Laser-powered launch from ground (tower) to ~10 km
– Laser-powered launch from 10 km to >100 km
• Aircraft- or booster-rocket-launched
• Propellant TBD -- baseline of LN2, goal of LH2
Jordin Kare Provided an Update in 2008
Space Access'08: Friday - Session 3, Jordin Kare: Recent Laser-Launch Technology Readiness Progress
- Hit a heat exchanger with the laser light. The exchanger then heats up the propellant.
- Shows ISP vs altitude. Goes from 440 up to 700s.
- 100MW expendable vehicle concept.
- Pressure fed system.
- What about the laser? No one is building 100MW lasers at the moment. ABL is a megawatt class laser.
- "Liars, damn liars and laser builders"
- Alternative is to combine many small lasers together.
- Can scale up by just adding more lasers.
- Reliable since individual lasers can fail without causing whole beam to disappear.
- Shows conceptual design of laser modules with optics, power, etc.
- "Laser diode arrays are great"
- Off the shelf 1kW laser diode, 50% efficient, 3" square, $10k
- Not quite bright enough. Could be used for propulsion but can do better.
- Combining lasers needed some miracles and several miracles occurred within past 4 years.
- Fiber lasers: convert laser diode light at 90% efficient into single mode freq beam. These are easily good enough for laser propulsion.
- Telescope of Celestron size and cost is good enough.
- So the technology is all there.
- Why do laser launch when cheap chemical launchers are available?
- Need less up front costs to prove laser launch than to prove an orbital RLV (Re-usable launch vehicle).
- Almost had $20M to do a sounding rocket scale system.
- $200M to engineer an orbital scale system. $2B to build an orbital system.
- Laser diodes drive the cost.
- Currently down to $1/watt for the raw diode bar. Few years ago this was $30-$40/watt
- 10 year plan if start now to when you are launching stuff routinely.
- Military has gotten interested again in lasers.
- ABL guys are interested in testing their laser for launch.
- What is new? Building real hardware for the Centennial Challenge power beaming contest.
- Have a 10kW laser for tests
This site had previously reported on the space power conference and developments relevant to laser array launch.
Jordin Kare discussed on laser diode power beaming that will be used at the Space Elevator games.
Laser-Motive (his company) was formed to develop laser power beaming technology, but the current focus is on winning the prize. Their concept uses a fixed set of laser diodes and optics, with a steering mirror below the climber. They are estimating 10% efficiency, but actually getting more like 13%. They have 8 kW of laser power to deliver a kilowatt to the climber. Got good price on "seconds" for the lasers (a little less than $10/watt so about $80K). DILAS is offering to build a custom system ($35,000 for 2.5kW), and will set a new radiance standard. Can go to much more range with bigger optics and more power. Deliver tens of kilowatts at tens of kilometers with this technology. Could be used for ground to aircraft or ground vehicles of mirrors on aerostats, or air to ground to simulate space-to-ground. ISS to ground is also a possibility. Next steps: higher radiance, coherent systems (e.g., fiber lasers), lightweight low-cost optics, and then operational systems.
Jay Penn, Aerospace Corp, described five different powersat concepts that Aerospace has been working on.
One of their concepts is a laser system that is very scalable (480 satellites for 1.2 GW). It uses a layered approach, with pump-laser diodes, microoptics, and a radiator on the back. Output beam is about a thousand nanometer wavelength. He thinks it the most promising architecture of those considered.
100 KW solid state lasers back in mid-2007


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VAN WERT, Ohio — A jury trial for Van Wert City Law Director George Crummey was set for Oct. 6, where he will face charges of taking money from the city.
Mr. Crummey appeared in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court on Tuesday for a pretrial hearing before Allen County Common Pleas Judge Richard Warren. Mr. Crummey, who was indicted by a grand jury Aug. 2, faces two counts of theft and one count each of theft in office and falsification in a theft in office, all felonies, and a misdemeanor charge of receiving improper compensation.
He is accused of diverting about $2,200 from funds intended for payment to his office staff. Additionally, a state audit claims Mr. Crummey billed the city more than $17,000 from Jan. 1, 2001, through March 8, 2002, for services that were covered under the law director's salary.


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Archive for August, 2010
This Isn't Your Grandparents' Wii
Posted by mairondil in Featured, Media, PlayStation Move, PS3, Sports Champions on August 31st, 2010
I was playing the demo for the PlayStation Move game Sports Champions, Table Tennis, with my step-son earlier. He kept flailing the Move controller around like he was having a mini seizure in his hand. This is how he typically plays most motion control games. I handily beat him in a 5 point match. This video just goes to show that you can't wildly wave your hand around and expect to successfully play a PlayStation Move supported game. You actually have recreate the actual actions as if you were participating in real life. This is what they call that 1 to 1 tracking.
If you ever thought the PlayStation Move was simply a Wii knock off, I can assure you that Sony is re-writing the rule book when it comes to motion control. Like I say in the preceding video, Kevin Butler told us this stuff months ago (actually a couple of months from now).
Autumn / Winter 2010 – A Busy Period For Buying Games?
Posted by Madagasca in PlayStation Move, PS3 on August 31st, 2010
For me, Autumn and Winter are always a busy period when it comes to purchasing games. Each year, October sees the release of FIFA and Pro Evolution Soccer. Late October / Early November sees the COD franchise getting unleashed with Battlefield getting some major DLC in December with the Vietnam pack being released.
However, this year, my trouser pocket is getting tortured with purchases of PlayStation Move, Sports Champions, Tiger Woods, Start The Party, Formula 1 2010 and GT5! I'm sure somewhere in between buying all of these games, there will be some snacking, purchasing more games via PSN, spending time with the family and actually doing some work.
So – from me to you. Which purchases are high up on your shopping list? Apart from the games listed above, there are many more being released, such as: Battelfield: Bad Company 2 Ultimate Edition, Spiderman Shattered Dimensions, R.U.S.E, Deathspank 2, Dead Rising 2 and many more.
How much money do you think you'll be spending on your beloved console before the year is out? 😀
BFBC 2 Ultimate Edition Launch Trailer Goes Live
Posted by Ace in Battlefield 1943, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, DLC, Media, PS3, PSN, Xbox 360 on August 31st, 2010
EA just released the launch trailer for the Ultimate Edition of their highly successful Battlefield Bad Company 2. The package contains a plethora of extra-content including — Battlefield: Bad Company 2, the co-op expansion Onslaught Mode, and 6 immediate unlocks for vehicle and weapon upgrades. The package will also include the full version of Battlefield 1943.
Not a bad thing to own if you've yet to purchase the game. The Ultimate Edition is now available for sale across all leading retailers.
James Bond Blood Stone Istanbul Trailer
Here's a bloody good trailer for the upcoming James Bond Blood Stone showing off car chases, mining machines and lots of Istanbul. Oh and plenty of explosive red barrels. The other in game locations are Athens, Monaco and Bangkok. It's due out November 2010.


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Brampton Budget: That's Capital
The 2013 Brampton operations and capital budget has been struck. The regional and school board share has been calculated and there's a 4.9% tax increase coming in the mail. The budget process is finished for this year. But is it? There are still a few loose ends that city council hasn't dealt with yet. Those loose ends are capital problems beyond 2013 and outlined in the city's 10 year capital forecast. These loose ends are easy to overlook because of timing but bad financial planning to blow off, because the budget predicts a capital plan that Brampton can't afford.
Before you get angry let's lay the cards on the table. No city in Ontario can predict how it will pay for the future because the funding mechanisms for Ontario cities are based on government transfers, property tax (mostly), development charges (if development occurs) and user fees. All those revenue sources are too puny to finance capital needs in modern cities. The closest we come to tax sharing is the gas tax revenue and even though this is supposed to be a permanent revenue shared item, the current arrangement has a shelf life that terminates in 2014.
The lack of long term capital financing is not a new problem but one that continues to be exacerbated in Brampton by the pressures of growth and the lack of real comprehension of the capital needs of a growing city by federal and provincial governments. Brampton will need $2.1 billion dollars by 2022 in order to pay for infrastructure projects, roads, sewers, and other public works. In the 2013 budget and in every year up to 2022, Brampton faces a capital deficit.
That is not to say revenues aren't coming through the door. To date city council and staff are doing what they can to keep taxes down. The current budget makes the best of what is available but doesn't provide for the future except for a 1% tax transfer into infrastructure spending, federal gas tax sharing, which could change up or down, and federal provincial infrastructure funding schemes that are usually project based and most often require local financial participation…usually 1/3. But the sources of revenue won't match the need to keep building the services needed to service this city. Added to those problems are the city's share for the new Peel Memorial Hospital and Highway 10 transit requirements soon to be unveiled by Metrolinx.
From 2013 to 2022 it is estimated that development charges will bring in close to $1 billion dollars provided Brampton doesn't run out of green fields first and we continue to release over 3500 units per year. Some think that we can replace development charges from green fields with high density development through intensification. But even that money has a string attached to it.
Brampton city council will need to do some serious thinking about the capital problem. In the capital budget plan staff recommends that "Council engage members of the community in a discussion about these financial pressures including the prudent use of external debt." Before that happens, Brampton needs to revisit the so-called Triple 'AAA' rating. While the rating might be noteworthy, the reality is different and the Triple "AAA" days are numbered. Prudent borrowing will need to be undertaken to pay for the future unless of course the federal and provincial government agree to share tax points. That seems unlikely since the feds have a $35 billion dollar deficit and the province has an $11 billion one.
The 2013 budget paper says that "the launch of the strategic plan provides a forum for discussion…about how to provide and pay for important community amenities and facilities." That is a valiant recommendation and should be undertaken. But no matter the good will and naivety, everyone knows that the problems of growth are not solvable by any one municipality in the GTA. It will take the combined will of the federal, provincial and GTA governments to figure a way to pay for the capital projects needed to look after the future. City Council needs to start the ball rolling now and not wait until 2022. By that time it will be too late and we won't be able afford to live in Brampton!


text: Would You Be Excited About a Dude in Jeans with a Boring Name?Brian Ashcraft11/04/11 7:30amFiled to: unchartedUncharted 3Naughty DogSonyPS3News120EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink Okay, I like the name "John". It's a good name, I think. "John Lennon" was named "John", and he was a cool dude. Dizzy Gillespie was born "John", but as good as "John" is, "Dizzy" is way better. What about "Nathan"? Is that better? Advertisement Uncharted hero Nathan Drake started life as a John. The first game started life with the codename "Project Big", and it was game designer Amy Henning who came up with the idea that the lead character be a descendent of Sir Francis Drake."I remember the email thread, where people were suggesting different ideas—like John, for a kind of generic feel," Uncharted 3 lead game designer, Richard Lemarchand told PlayStation Official Magazine UK. "But Nathan eventually felt like the right kind of name for the guy." Advertisement John, generic? Say it ain't so!Uncharted started life as "Project Big", starred "John" [Official PlayStation Magazine UK]You can contact Brian Ashcraft, the author of this post, at firstname.lastname@example.com. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook, and lurking around our #tips page.Reply120 repliesLeave a reply


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Disney honors Placentia resident for service
Disneyland Resort recognized one of its own for his years of service and dedication to the company with a celebration inside the park last week.
Placentia resident Mark Taul was honored along with nearly 1,000 other employees with a service award to recognize his 45 years with the company. The resort currently employs 25,000 people.
Taul, 53, started with the company in 1968 as a busboy, and rose through the ranks to become a cook and eventually an operations manger for the food and beverage department.
He's in charge of outdoor vending, the central bakery and the receiving team for the resort. He now oversees nearly 350 employees.
"The challenge with working in the resort is it's like a city," Taul said. "It really takes you a while just to learn how to navigate around the company so you can be an effective manager."
In February, Taul was also honored with the Walt Disney Legacy award, an honor given to employees who go above and beyond their job duties to inspire employees and create a happy atmosphere for guests.
Only 200 of the 4,588 Disney employees worldwide nominated were chosen for the legacy award this year.
Taul's experience at the park has been extensive. He said no other company could provide so many different opportunities in one career field.
"You get to do a lot of things here without ever moving," he said. "I've done about everything you can do in food and beverage in one place."
Taul said Disney has been good to him. He met his wife there, and even though he's eligible to retire, he has no plans to stop working.
"I enjoy working here. I enjoy the people I work with, he said. "There's noting really to retire to."
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The Spoiler Awards – Disappointment of the Season
This guy didn't even earn a place on the shortlist…
One football fan's disappointment is another's comedy relief – as demonstrated by the spectacularly swift collapse of Arsenal's quadruple bid – so for this award The Spoiler has a tough task trying to stick to events that would have left the majority of onlookers underwhelmed.
There were as ever a few nominees from Newcastle, the main one being Mike Ashley's sudden return to form after a period of alarming anonymity to sack neutral's favourite Chris Hughton.
The unassuming messiah had after all only taken the club up to 11th on their Premier League return, so thankfully Alan Pardew was available to swoop in and guide them to 12th.
The other big letdown on Tyneside was Shefki Kuqi's failure to earn a long-term contract at St James' Park after arriving for nothing to replace Andy Carroll (well kind of!) in February. Six sub appearances without scoring – who saw that coming? Oh…
With the exception of Lille, a more continent-wide subject of sadness was that Europe's surprise title challengers ended up enjoying only a brief flirtation with top spot. Mainz, Napoli and Brest (insert standard "it all went tits up for them" gag here) all promised plenty but eventually delivered little.
And then there were the four Clasicos in 17 days. The November edition wowed us enough to land our Match of the Season gong, rendering the final four the ultimate anti-climax, memorable more for Jose Mourinho's absurd press conference, accusations of racism and plenty of rolling around on the floor than the few moments of magic that occurred.
The endless shenanigans at FIFA are also worthy of a shoutout but can't be considered a serious candidate for the prize because surely nobody can be surprised enough by the wacky goings-on to genuinely feel upset.
So with those honourable mentions out of the way, our award for Disappointment of the Season goes to…
Yes, we knew that he was never likely to get too much time on the pitch but who could have predicted that the return of one of the most controversial and colourful figures in Premier League history – a genuine Spoiler icon – could have been so dull?
The world's most entertaining 41-year-old German goalkeeper has teased us though with talk of one more campaign at the Emirates, in which he will surely strive to get involved in as much mischief as possible to eradicate the memory of his dull first few months back.
Disappointed by an omission from this list? Put us right below…


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Thirty-two members and friends of the OASIS group from First Baptist Church of Vandalia traveled to Louisville, Ky., on Tuesday, Sept. 14, to attend the National Quartet Convention.
There, they joined more than 40,000 others who attended the event. Among the entertainment there were numerous concerts, Christian comedians, bluegrass groups and about 500 exhibitors.
Concerts are held every morning, afternoon and evening in Freedom Hall.
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