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Hopefully they allow BBM as well for us BB10 owners
While it's not quite the BlackBerry 10 update we were hoping for, the BlackBerry PlayBook has received a small OS update today. The new version is 22.214.171.1246 and brings along a few minor updates and fixes. Inlcuded are some browser improvements, audio boost, BlackBerry World rebranding, in-app payment support, SMS over bridge and more. You should see the update available now, but if not, go to your settings and check manually. When you get it up and running be sure to hit the forums and let us know how it's working for you.
Hopefully they allow BBM as well for us BB10 owners
100+ comments 90% is useless.
I have noticed that flash player and adobe air is updated.
Did not notice nay browser improvements HTML score is still the same 411
Any other changes please share
Thank you
Flash support is the #1 reason I chose the Blackberry over other tablets, so I'm happy with this. :p (Dead serious)
You mean they released this in the US to? They aren't going to make us wait an additional 6 to 8 weeks for it? Damn I feel so blessed!
The original timeline by BBRY is to release BB10 to PB after Z10 and before Q10, they should release BB10 on this timeframe, otherwise Thor will gonna broke his promise,(BBRY is now saying on series of interviews that they will release it "later this year"). If they will release it later this year, they will also miss a huge marketing campaign for free by deploying it thru thousands of PB and of course we will all be disappointed again. Granted they had focus on the Z10 and Q10, but they should not gonna left us PB owner nowhere, and if that's happen, I don't see them as a new BBRY but an old f%»\ing RIM. For now, we will wait and see.:-(
It sure is sweet. I noticed the update when I connected my PlayBook to my laptop and launched BlackBerry Desktop software. I'm hoping that this means that the BlackBerry 10 update for the PlayBook is coming sometime real soon. I'm hoping the PlayBook gets updated to BlackBerry 10 by early March.
If they were going to update PB to BB10 SOON, why would they even release this? I'm curious why you would think otherwise?
You guys need to think like programmers instead of ungreatful little school kids. Too many in here are whining about not having bb10 as an upgrade but have you considered this update may be nessasary to prepare our Playbooks for the full bb10 upgrade? Its been confirmed many times we are getting bb10, so chill and stop sh*tting on the programmers who are working to make this a reality. An upgrade is an upgrade and should be welcomed, not scorned.
I'd rather be a Black Sheep than an iSheep any day.
Well put, Vic. RIM hit an unexpected snag with BB10. During late stages of development it was realized that BB10 required 2 GB of RAM to be effective. The PlayBook has 1 GB of RAM. Despite that, RIM is still acknowledging that the PlayBook will get some flavour of BB10. I think Kevin wrote about this recently. Don't sweat folks, it is coming but it will just take a bit longer to get it ported over to the PlayBook. We obviously need it on the PlayBook and RIM is committed to that. As Vic said, don't sh*t on them. They're working hard at it.
Cool, but...I want 10os for pb :(
Not much of an update for me to remove my PB from holding one of my doors open. BBRY would have to release BB10 for the PB.
you shouldn't have to side load apps to begin with.... if you want to side load android apps, get a droid tablet. i got a bb playbook to run bb not android. side loading droid apps is like using a penis pump to make up for what you don't have.
yeah... and I shouldn't have to use an inferior OS to run those apps... IMO
I got the PB for my daughter for Christmas... Thinking it would get her to stop borrowing my iPad all the time. Not being tech savy enough to realize that none of the Apps that I had already spent over $100 on would work or the music
She mostly wants to text with her friends and watch Netflix. We do not have a blackberry phone....is there anyway to text on play book? Do you have to have something "android" where you have bought those apps first, before you do what you call side loading? PLEASE help as she is still begging for an I PAD mini daily, Claiming her Playbook can't "do anything"
No BB10, no native keyboard. But an update is still an update, that means better performance.
No native keyboard, what do you mean?
He means what the keyboard is coded in.
Right now on OS2 (I think) it uses Adobe Air.
Native would be if the keyboard is coded in C/C++
Cool story bro.
why is he on here if he hates bb
Hey Bold :-) He's an ungreatful jealous troll thats why lol. The whiners in here need to start thinking like programmers instead of ungreatful little school kids and realize programming happens in steps, and this upgrade is in preparation for full bb10.
I'd rather be a Black Sheep than an iSheep any day.
Nah, I challenge that.
Perhaps you could take a moment to adopt a CONSUMER perspective and begin to frame your arguments again?. I am a bbry fan, user and shareholder and a big part of the user experience (playbook user) is lacking. The range of issues that some of us encounter (full disclosure I have two) is discouraging principally because the solutions described for resolving issues are: wipe OS, hard restart, sideload... and my all-time favourite: be patient.
These are responses appropriate to programmers yes, not for general consumers. That's why Apple continues to win. And before you sh*t all over me just take a moment to consider if you would be so passionate defending iOS and Android failings.
For fun, guess how long it took me to type this on the laggy, crappy PB keyboard ... reminder, I'm still being patient.
If I paid $500 for my Playbook like you did, then I'd be bitter to...fortunately I paid only $150 so I'm good with my purchase. And you're being way to harsh on the functions you mention. They aren't half as based as you claim.
I'd rather be a Black Sheep than an iSheep any day.
yes, and there is no new version to replace it, a no-brainer. We need 64gb wifi only PB clocked at 1.5ghz, at least.
^And This^
In terms of pure speed and multitasking abillities the Playbook can go right up against todays best Android 4.2 with no problems...and remember here people, we're talking about a Playbook that was released on April 20, 2011. At that time, Android 2.3 was the standard, and if you've ever used 2.3 its a God dammed dinosaur compared to the Playbook.
I'd rather be a Black Sheep than an iSheep any day.
My wife at Christmas went out and gave me a Nexus 7 because she was tired of me constantly complaining "my tablet cant do that"
I have never looked back. This from a guy who was sold on the play book. I purchased a 16g on day 1 and purchased a 32g when the prices dropped. I carry the nexus 7 with me using a hot spot when not at home. I still use the playbooks for their multimedia capabilities. One is used for presentations only, and the 32 g is used to watch mp4 videos, mp3s, when on the road. Scheduling, has gone to android which works flawlessly with google.
No matter what tablet you get, everyone will tell you a 3ed party browser is better.
Any update is appreciated, but unfortunately I take the fact that an incremental update is being released now to mean BB10 is still a long ways off.. if it was coming soon why would they even bother putting this update out?
Maybe this will at least be followed by a bridge update soon that will allow some features on the Z10?
I suspect that when BB10 is available for the playbook you will have a choice to install it or stick with the original software. People that don't upgrade will benefit from continued updates.
It's been killed off quietly. The Playbook is dead. Hopefully a new Tablet this year but not likely.
Shame too, because they could have marketed it as a cheap companion device for the Z10. But Alas, at this time Playbook is in support mode only and the product is EOL.
It was a tough call but I decided to wait for the next iteration of the PB instead of going with a current model. I'm certain the next version is going to make the older ones seem archaic.
And another person passing off their speculation as though it's 'fact'.
I missed the memo where BlackBerry said, "we're getting out of the tablet business.' Perhaps because it was never sent.
I did, however, see:
- PlayBook LTE (1.5 GHZ with OTA connectivity) launch in Canada in August 2012
- PlayBook 3G+ (same as above) launch in the UK in November 2012
- BlackBerry announce only a few weeks ago that Blackberry 10 is coming to all PlayBooks
- Thorsten Heins say that he's asked his teams to build another one, though admitting they need to figure out how to make money.
- An update come out today
There is still activity.
wrong,,, there's tons on amazon...
I got mine on Amazon. It was a massive improvement over the Kindle Fire I sent back.
That would actually be the fault on YOUR end. Reset your router & reboot tour tablet.
Yeah, just last night I was texting from my PlayBook. I hope when I get home and update it won't break something. And I hope the browser really is improved, because my browser experience is pretty crap. Great for looking at checker boards though.
The browsing was great before I updated for the 2nd time. Now ever since the 2nd update, its sort of slow on most sites.
Now this update I believe is the 4th or 5th update. Something BB did that makes the browser really slow.
Hopefully this resolves the slow issues. Downloading it right now.
Did you update over the air or update after a security wipe?
You are corect. It was and still is.
yes,,, sms via bridge was/is already doable,,, i've done it often,,, maybe it was in change log, adam didn't know or hasn't used his in awhile...
I am not all gung ho for 10 on playbook. If it goes to OS 10 then we miss out on being able to keep a movie playing while checking my e-mail or surfing a website. I love how the playbook does that... Especially with movies I have seen a dozen times..> Don't need to see every frame of the movie as long as the sound continues and I can catch glimpses of movie while changing apps.
I was actually wondering why the didnt carry this over onto the Z10, or at least give us the option like playbook does to either pause the movie or keep it playing when switching tasks.
I hate that it stops, HATE IT!
Give us the option to keep things playing when switching tasks! but i did notice if Im straming from the browser it stays on while i switch tasks, only when a video is playing full screen and go to something else does it pause (on the Z10).
I think the solution to your problem is to change the setting in "General" to showcase mode instead of the default mode.
Showcase mode allows for all the tasks to continue to run without pause when switching tasks.
I know it's there as I remember making that change myself months ago.
Hope this helps.
no SMS or BBM from bridge from Z10
Could anyone tell me how much playbook are sold so far since the price cuts they made???
Last time I saw a price for the PB it was at about $150
A quick search on eBay shows a variety of prices for different PB series. BestBuy.ca didn't even show if they had any.
$220 usd +/- on amazon...
ha!!! mods closed the wrong one...
Looks like us LTE peeps are left out AGAIN.
This update is for the LTE version as well. Just have to figure out which carriers have released it. I'm on Telus and no go. Maybe Rogers is the only one that released it again. Will have to wait and see who's able to update on which network.
I'm with Rogers and nada.
My update screen is showing a different description: "Includes improvements to Gmail and Yahoo account setup services and enhancements to Browser performance."
Mine too. I followed the link provided on the upgrade screen and after much looking found a list of PlayBook updates here: http://touch.blackberry.com/us/en/support/blackberryplaybook/apps-softwa...
Unfortunately it did not show this current upgrade. I think we'll have to rely on user reports.
I had issues setting up my yahoo account where it would work but constantly prompt for a password. I actually deleted the account (since it is a backup one anyway - I mainly use gmail). Now I'll try to re-add it and hopefully it'll work fine.
can anybody actually confirm what has changed in the new PB OS update ?
i just finished updating my PB and the only noticable changes i can see is the name change to the blackberry app store to blackberry world and my browser is slightly faster, is their any other updates that im missing ? thank you
The update over wifi directly to the playbook, on charger, went fine. No problems. Very glad to have it and to have the update happen without any problem. I just pressed the update and left the thing alone, pressed the install, left the thing alone, and finally pressed restart.
I really doubt that the BB10 full experience will come to the playbook. And even if it does I think that on the wifi only machines, (without the faster processor on the cellular 4G or 3G machines) the performance will be disappointing. Let's see...
The BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha had a TI OMAP 4460, which I believe was actually underclocked to 1 GHz. As well as having 1 GB of ram. While running BlackBerry 10 Beta software.
Whoa. The thread in the link of this article has been closed.
Been hoping for a fix to the constant prompt from Yahoo to enter my password (even when wifi is off). Hoping this does the trick. Thanks Blackberry! :)
Any update is good, quit your whining.
^^And this too.
Well, I guess progress is progress.
Getting annoyed. No bb10 for playbook and still no z10 for another month in the us
No fix for Facebook or the ugly maingy bird Twitter logo, I see nothing except BlackBerry World.
Waste of time ,apart from renaming 'app world ' nothing new. And the ' blackberry world ' is d same crappy app world.
Have noticed one change
Doc to go
The spreed sheets used to have a glitch where sometimes it would not open a saved worksheet
If you had one open and didn't save it by choosing close first and then save the Spreed sheets program would not open any files, it was at random thing, just did it when it felt like it
The only way to get it to work was a reboot
Have been trying to open & close and try different sheets so far so good the problem is not showing up
This appears to have been fixed in this new release of playbook Software
Still Waiting on MTS to announce release date on BB10
Like the Heineken commercial says (NOW WE WAIT)
too bad people can not follow links ...
from http://us.blackberry.com/support/tablets/playbook/software-updates.html
Software update v188.8.131.526
Feb. 13, 2013
Includes the following updates for the W-Fi only PlayBook:
-Improvements to Gmail® and Yahoo!® account setup services
-Enhancements to browser performance
-Audio Boost update to comply with European Standard 'EN 60950-1/A12'
-Renaming of BlackBerry App World™ storefront to BlackBerry® World™ storefront
Come on. People don't read. They just know how to complain. You know that. :)
Serious? A quick swipe across the screen is too much of a hassle?
I Bleed Black & Berry
I guess they still haven't forgotten the PB.
Patience is a virtue. And am still waiting for good things to COME for BBRY.
Something UNUSUAL BB10 for PB
in the browser, private browsing, in general in browser, remember tabs when I start browser. i think that's new. been so long since I looked at the settings that I forget if it is or isn't.
remember tabs was an option b4...
Is anyone else having problems with the BlackBerry Bridge? I only have a "Readme" file. Ive lost BBM, Contacts, Emails. etc....
yeah those are gone for me too. bummer.... its getting like the ps3, updates = features removed.
Not specific to this update, but has anyone else experienced the PlayBook screen not turning off after plugging it in, particularly in the charging pod? Quite annoying since the light bothers me while trying to fall asleep, so I have to enter my password just to put it in standby mode. Or is there some shortcut I'm missing?
Some of you people disgust me and make me sad to be a part of this community!
Some of you people aren't even a part of this community, and yet here you are posting crap.
There are forums for your griping.
I Bleed Black & Berry
Whoot! Fixes my issue with My World and the available apps for upgrade not all going to the top.
It was getting annoying having to click the notification, wait for it to open the app world page, then click upgrade.
Now I can just hit upgrade/upgrade/upgrade all at the top.
Merci BlackBerry!
Nice, I just turned my PlayBook on after about a month, and I saw an update 2 days ago so I did it, connected to my z10 and was hardcore disappointed with all the removal of features, but one thing I noticed was that app world was still not rebranded, and also every legal disclaimer/document still referred to the corporation as RIM, and RIME for its subsidiary, I was surprised that it had not been updated to BlackaBerry yet. Im guessing most people dont read that stuff, I blame it on law school, its just a habit I have now lol.
Also, did you guys notice the Z10 box still says RIM on the back?! I would have expected that to for sure be rebranded to BlackBerry!
Oh yeah Blacka Blacka berry, lol sorry had to.
I would expect that the initial boxes still had the RIM branding on them as the company hadnt switched over to Blackberry at this point, dont know though seems like an oversight considering theyre trying to get rid of the bad press associated with the old name.
good to hear,,, thing is i can SMS via bridge already, so not sure what that's abt,,, excited to see what's in this 1...
Can you still side-load Android APPS? I heard they were turning off that feature to appease the Developers who don't want their apps taken for free..
Great, another basic playbook update. Just give us BB10 for Playbook already Blackberry. Sick of non-delivering on things/delays, etc.
Did anyone else experience a super long reboot?
I did, but that's normal for a first boot on an update or new OS.
I'd rather be a Black Sheep than an iSheep any day.
Here is a product that was a complete bomb and went on a fire sale last Christmas. It is costing BB money to support it, yet they still bring out new updates. Shame on anyone who complains. Even when this product first came out, Blackberry was going down and the chances it would succeed were iffy. If you bought your PB after Summer of 2011, then you don't get to complain, you knew what you were getting in to.
I am thankful for continued support from Blackberry! I still love my setup a lot, the bridge features with the 9930 I have are still unmatched. Yes, there are better and faster products out there but I really can't complain. (it doesn't hurt that I sideloaded Words With Friends and Kindle, and I use PlayOn to watch netflix and stream movies from my PC anywhere I want)
+1. We could complain if we still had the PB that launched, but we have had a major OS upgrade for free, and are told we get an even bigger one in the future. We can't even truly call the device "two years old" because of that. I get frustrated, too. But I agree we should stop being such whiners. With everthing that has been going on with the BB10 launch, we get a little tweek?
Thank you BlackBerry!
Would it be possible for BBRY to increase the playbook's processor speed in a future software update? I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that the OMAP 4430 can be clocked at 1.5ghz. Could it be as simple as an overclock through the software, or is the processor locked at that speed? I know some androids can be overclocked through software or os tweaks.
If PlayBook is going to have issues running bb10 then BlackBerry may be working on a custom version of the OS for PlayBook. Either way we're getting it...it's just a question of when.
If Thor sticks to his word like a real man, then bb10 will be released for PlayBook sometime after z10 and before q10s release.
I'd rather be a Black Sheep than an iSheep any day.
I am having issues with Blackberry World, the updates are showing at the top finally, but every updated app is asking for my BBID and then I'm getting the 35005 error "unable to complete purchase" on free apps. I'm wondering if there's a glitch between BBID and Blackberry World rebranding that creates the problem.
OS 10 is not coming anytime soon for the BlackBerry PlayBook. Enjoy this update y'all.
If Thor sticks to his word like a real man, then we'll see bb10 on our Playbooks before the US release of the Q10. If we don't get it then he's another Ceo who lied...what else is new.
I'd rather be a Black Sheep than an iSheep any day.
I for one welcome any updates that BlackBerry throws my way with regard to my PlayBook. Thank you - and please, keep them coming!
And still no fix for camera 4003 error :(
Here's what I have noticed.
1) Browser is definitely faster and I have less about 75-90% less checkerboards.
2) Load time is faster than it was (if only by 20 seconds)
3) App loading, email, browser, videos, pictures are all faster than they were before.
3) Have had it since 7:00 am this morning and in the past 2 hours, haven't had a single side-loaded android app hang or fail.
4) Haven't bridged yet so can't comment on any of those yet.
But, all said, I am happy that they are ironing out the minor as well as the major kinks.
Also, like some other people who has posted above, I do think that the update has been sent to enable the PB to accept the BB10 OS without any major hiccups :)
The consensus amongst Playbook owners is that they are dissapointed with the way Blackberry have handled the BB10 upgrade.
There has been a lot of discussion about this across a number of forums, including Crackberry. which indicates it as a significant issue for Blackberry.
For those who comment that these owners are whinging, not grateful and so forth, this criticism is unfounded. Most Playbook owners fully appreciate the progress that Blackberry has made and the incredible level of development work involved. After all, they played their part by road testing the QNX OS.
The issue at hand is not a technical one, it is a consumer issue. Blackberry promised the BB10 update, they allowed, rightly or wrongly, the perception that it would be available at launch to perpetuate and made no attempt to clarify this and they sidestepped the Playbook at the official launch, effectively snubbing this owner group.
If you purchased a Playbook and you are still on these forums advocating for it, that qualifies you as a dedicated fan and a loyal Blackberry user.
These people deserve better treatment as customers of the brand and it is a failure of Blackberry not to at least acknowledge that.
+100 Very well said.
There are a lot of you complaining about the people that are complaining. We have every right to complain about a product as everyone else on every other platform. Of course if we knew back in April/May 2011 that we were spending $500++ on a DOA tablet that most likely wouldn't ever see support from third party developers, we would never have purchased the PlayBook.
Before you jump down my throat and start saying "Its not RIMs fault they're not getting support," thats not at all what I'm mad about. I can live without the apps. I'm mad because the PlayBook isn't a FLAWLESS, BULLETPROOF TABLET! I expected everything that is on the Playbook to run perfect 100% of the time, like on my old 9700. I can't tell you how many times the messages and the browser without notice just shut itself down. That is by far the most frustrating thing that could happen if your in the middle of watching a video online or reading an e-mail. I almost never multi-task on my PB and this still happens frequently.
How the OS runs IS within BlackBerrys control and it really upsets me that I spent over $500 on a device that frustrates me so often. I have no confidence that the Playbook is salvageable even with a BB10 update. Again before you jump down my throat and start saying "Well just buy another tablet" A: I'm a student who makes $8.65 an hour so I don't have another $500 to spend on a new tablet B: I don't think I'm going to be able to sell my barely used 16gb Wifi only PB and get my full 500 back. Or even a fifth of that. So I'm out of luck on that front.
So for those of us that are upset, we're allowed to be. Get off our backs.
come come BLACKBERRY we are all waiting for something MORE significant that this latest update for the PLAYBOOK..this update is hardly new worthy. This together with the unavailablity of the Z10 is MOST frustrating to say the least. We now @ 14 FEB 2013 and not one network has indicated when the new Z10 will be available here in SOUTH AFRICA - supposedly a major market for Blackberry..
Upgraded, no fireworks to report. I hope the Yahoo! Mail issue that a lot of people mentioned above and that I experienced too has been smoothed out [even though it wasn't that big a deal.] I'm still quite happy with my PB either way. As ususal it's best quality remains 'potential' ;).
quote. The new version is 184.108.40.2066 and brings along a few minor updates and fixes. Inlcuded are some browser improvements, audio boost, BlackBerry World rebranding, in-app payment support, SMS over bridge and more.
Not sure why everyone is whining about the BB10 release. I have had the playbook for a year and a half and am delighted with it. I just bought a nexus as a second machine for the family and while it is good the PB beats it in many respects. The cameras on the PB for example, the video playback, the expanding of graphics (AND VIDEO), it is flash compliant....etc. The main advantage for the nexus is that I can connect a usb cable and transfer or stream files to it. The PB is a great piece of kit and I hope to get more years out of it yet!
Obviously the browser is one the most used apps on the PB and the fact I can't manage the bookmarks is pathetic. Can't believe BB hasn't addressed this yet.
I understand the moaning about yet another update that really doesn't improve on much... I understand the die hard PB users asking us to have faith and patience for the coming BB10 update sometime in the distant future....
What I don't understand is this.....
Since I got my PB in Dec 2012 there has been three updates released, that's one a month so far...
If the programmers working on these regular updates turned all their efforts to working on the BB10 update instead of wasting their time on useless updates then maybe we could have had it by now.....
Things that make you go ummm !!!!!!
Concrete proof is available,http://html5test.com/results/tablet.html Playbook browser for blackberry 10 is in beta
After the update my hdmi don't works anymore!
Wow that sucks :-( Well did you back up your original configuration? If so Its just a matter of a restore. If not then you may have to roboot your Playbook a few times. Sometimes it takes a few reboots for the new OS update to take. Also you may want to try a ''hard reboot'' in which you hold down the volume (up and down together) and at the same time press the power button. This will reset any abnormalities. Good luck :-)
I'd rather be a Black Sheep than an iSheep any day.
Guys, did ANYONE notice the backlight going bonkers after the latest OS update? My PB's backlight goes on and off every 2 seconds after the latest OS update. Please HELP! Or tell me a process to downgrade the OS!
Go here to roll back the OS on your PlayBook
use pload (cfp) here (http://www.mediafire.com/?ctqrs90vv4d4c)
You can find older OS images here:
Keep all file in c:\PB
Open cmd type
4, extract the sined file from PB OS keep in same dir
and use commend "CFP LOAD OSNAME"
100% you PB will back to Work
At this point, I do not recommend purchasing a BlackBerry PlayBook even if it upgrades to BB10. I appreciate BlackBerry's effort but clear your loyal heads a minute and realize that the PlayBook was released 2011! The price you pay for this tablet you can get a quad-core Google Nexus tablet were you cant make out the individual pixels inches away. I dont understand how the Playbook sells at all. BUT I hope BlackBerry puts out an Octa-Core Blackberry Playbook II in August 2013 after the Android war calms down a bit :) Looking forward to Samsung Galaxy S4 Release tomorrow :D
After doing latest update I can't get my Playbook to connect with the Desktop manager, can't transfer files to or from my device. My computer says it's connected with the device manager, but doesn't show up on the computer anywhere or on the Blackberry desktop manager. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
This update has improvement in sound features,email and minor changes but big lag is that it's making PlayBook crash which was the 2nd solid wall of bb PlayBook that it never crashes so help Mr .cb has the update has done that crashing problem of give a downgrade solution thankxxx
This update has improvement in sound features,email and minor changes but big lag is that it's making PlayBook crash which was the 2nd solid wall of bb PlayBook that it never crashes so help Mr .cb has the update has done that crashing problem of give a downgrade solution thankxxx and bluetooth struck on
WHAT IS NEEDED ARE MORE APPLICATIONS - BB APP WORLD is BARREN!!! - It is a great piece of equipment which is nearly useless due to a major failiure to provide applications for it.


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Local Government Pensions FAQs
With 4.6 million members, the Local Government Pension Scheme is one of the largest public sector pension schemes in the UK. The LGPS is a nationwide scheme and is a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government or working for other employers participating in the Scheme and for some councillors. The Scheme is administered locally for participating employers through 99 regional pension funds. (www.lgps.org.uk)
1. What are the pension arrangements for staff at Torridge District Council?
The Council offers staff the opportunity to join the Local Government Pension Scheme – this is a national scheme applying to all staff working for councils throughout England and Wales. This is a statutory scheme which means the rules are drafted by the Government and approved by Parliament. Membership of the pension scheme is optional.
2. How much does it cost?
Both the employers and the employees pay contributions into the pension fund. Staff pay between 5.5% and 7.5% of their pay depending on how much they earn – on average their contribution is 6.5%. The employer's contribution varies according to how much money is in the fund – actuaries assess the employer's contribution, this can be affected by investment performance as well as the average age of the workforce and how long retired staff in receipt of a pension live.
3. There has been reference is the media to the scheme as 'Gold Plated' – why is there this perception?
The local government pension scheme is a defined benefit scheme - which means that the benefits which members will receive are defined by the scheme. Pensions are normally based on the individual member of staff's earnings during their final year prior to retirement. According to Devon County Council, which manages the scheme in Devon, the average local government pension in the county is just £3587 per year (2009/10). The contributions rate for each employer is revised every three years to ensure that there is sufficient money in the pension fund to pay the benefits that scheme members have accrued.
4. Do council workers get a better pension than other workers?
Some private sector companies offer their employees defined benefit (final salary) pension schemes which are similar to the Local Government Pension Scheme. Others offer defined contribution schemes – in these arrangements the benefits paid out vary according to the performance of the investments and employees don't know how much they will receive until they retire.
It is worth noting that there are some public sector pensions which don't require staff to contribute towards them from their salaries, meaning the organisation shoulders the entire cost. This does NOT apply for councils, but does in the Civil Service and Armed Forces, for example.
5. How has stock market performance affected pensions?
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As well as investing in stocks and shares, pension funds can invest in property. In Devon 6% of investment is in property, and can be affected by changes in property value.
6. If public sector pensions are funded by taxes, why should the tax payer pay for these pensions?
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Forsaken World is a 3D fantasy MMORPG set in the world of Eyrda. The game offers 6 races, 8 classes, guild battles, and over 10 occupations. Forsaken World is published by the same studio behind Perfect World, and is inspired by European mythology.
Publisher: Perfect World Entertainment
Playerbase: High
Graphics: High Quality
Type: MMORPG
EXP Rate: High
PvP: Duels / Clan Wars
Filesize: ~ 8 GB
Pros: +Varied races & classes. +Plenty of crafting options. +Unique Soul PvP system. +Map-wide skill effects. +Varied PvP options. +Great music.
Cons: -Some translation errors. -Generic fantasy setting.
Forsaken World Overview
Forsaken World is the sixth MMORPG by Perfect World Entertainment for the North American market. The game officially launched into open beta on March 09, 2011. Original features in Forsaken World include a Vampire race called the Kindred, the ability for up to 10 players per server to become Gods, a unique PvP system, floating fortresses which guilds can fight over, and map-wide skill effects.
Unlike previous Perfect World games, Forsaken World is set in a Western fantasy world rather than the usual oriental setting. Perfect World Entertainment also publishes Jade Dynasty, Ether Saga Online, Battle of the Immortals, Rusty Hearts, and Legend of Martial Arts.
Races - Stoneman, Elf, Dwarf, Human, Kindred, Lycan
Occupations - Socialite, Adventurer, Merchant, Collector, Arcanist, Botanist, Astrologist, Armorsmith, Blacksmith, Tamer, Alchemist
Warrior - The central figure of any group. Warriors have high health and can deal heavy damage at close range.
Protector - The tank, or defensive fighter of Forsaken World. Protectors absorb blows for their allies. They have heavy health and defense but limited damage output.
Assassin - Masters of stealth, Assassins deal high damage at close range. They have light armor and health and cannot stand toe to toe with enemies for long.
Marksman - Wielding long-ranged weapons, Marksman fight their enemies from a distance. They deal consistent damage over time, but are lightly armored.
Mage – Masters of the elements, Mages are a dieing breed in Forsaken World but those that remain are deadly. They have high damage output but low defense and health.
Priest - Supportive casters who heal and bolster the fighting capabilities of their allies.
Vampire - A mysterious class that mixes magic with melee attacks. Vampires use their own health to perform attacks, but absorb the life of their enemies.
Bard - A supportive class whose music can effect those around them. Bards can disable enemies or buff allies nearby.
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Forsaken World Review
By, Jaime Skelton
When Perfect World Entertainment entered the MMORPG market in North America years ago, they still had many lessons to learn about what Western gamers wanted. Years later, PWE has brought gamers a new title – Forsaken World – that not only is designed with a western fantasy theme, but was actually built with the western gamer in mind. While Forsaken World shows similarities to some of Perfect World Entertainment's titles like Jade Dynasty, it also shows similarities to more popular Western titles like Runes of Magic, Aion, and, yes, even World of Warcraft. This unique blend may just be the kind that the free-to-play gamer has been looking for – casual convenience mixed with rich, complex game features.
The Stars Shine In Your Favor
Character creation in Forsaken World is one of the most detailed to be found in a free-to-play MMORPG yet. On creating a character, players can choose between one of five races: Human, Elf, Dwarf, Stoneman, and Kindred. Each race has a set of classes specifically available to it, which means that classes are race locked, but not gender locked – with the exception of the Stoneman Protector, which can only be male. There are a total of eight classes (Warrior, Mage, Priest, Protector, Assassin, Bard, Marksman, and Vampire) some of which fall into traditional roles while others are unique hybrids. Each class is also marked with a difficulty rating (called "Micro"), ranging from easy (three stars) to hard (five stars).
Customization is particularly fantastic in Forsaken World – face, flair, skin, hair style, and hair color are all customizable with dozens of options, including unique flair for each facial choice for each race. There's very little overlap between races in terms of hair styles and flair, which means that you can get a fairly unique look right from the start.
Everything You're Familiar With
The game's controls are very similar to any other Perfect World game, and so will be comfortable to many MMORPG players. Characters can be moved either through point-to-click or WASD controls, and the game also features an auto-routing feature that can take you to almost all NPCs and quest objectives in the game. All menus are accessible from a fairly customizable user interface with straightforward menus and changeable hot keys, and there's plenty of in-game help if you get confused. Combat also follows a traditional style, where the player auto-attacks and uses skills through hotkeys or action bars (which may also be customized).
Questing for Glory
Quests take a front stage in Forsaken World. While the grinding nature of many quests is still tact, Perfect World Entertainment has taken some clues from larger pay-to-play publishers in how to present them. Forsaken World has a well thought out storyline, one that play cinematically through a character's life – including key cut scenes for quest clues, as there are in Aion, and narrative cut-scenes, as might be found in World of Warcraft. There are also a wide spread of quests, from main quests and subquests, to various smaller side quests available for experience, lore, instances, and socializing.
Forsaken World also features a robust achievement system, called "Legends." This system includes medals, trophies, titles, and rewards for both achieving certain goals in the game and for collecting special items that may be found and traded with other players. There are over 200 achievements to be had in the game, leaving plenty for achievement hunters to seek.
Experiencing Greatness
Experience comes at a moderate rate in Forsaken World. The best rewards come from questing rather than grinding by killing monsters, along with the world's daily events which can be accessed and even planned through the calendar. As you get higher in levels, of course, experience still curves – but it's not hard to gain a level in Forsaken World.
This means, of course, that players can instead focus on building their characters through the game's familiar-looking talent system. Each class has three talent trees, which allow players to specialize in the skills of their class they best like. Some skills are also affected by a racial choice, adding a little more diversity into the mix. While core classes may seem like their choices are a little trivial and overdone, some of the hybrid classes like bard or vampire have unique talent trees that offer new twists to the way players can experience their game play.
Yet More To Do
Forsaken World is a very detailed world, and has perhaps more to do in it than any other Perfect World Entertainment game to date. There is a detailed pet system that includes mounts, training, and taming; over a dozen occupations that may all be learned and used to harvest, craft, and more; three main reputations to gain influence with for rewards; a prayer system that offers experience and buffs; guilds that can build their own bases; and yes, even PvP (with an arena system promised for the future). The game also features, naturally, dungeons and instances, and even world bosses that require the power of several groups to challenge.
Final Verdict: Great
It's hard to find anything missing from Forsaken World: the game comes with dozens of options to let players gain levels and spend their time however they wish, from becoming master craftsmen to master hunters. The world is beautiful and detailed, and nothing feels rushed about the game – a good sign, considering the closed beta alone lasted months. Although still new, Forsaken World is probably the best Perfect World Entertainment game to date – and will certainly rival other free-to-play fantasy MMOs. Despite its similarities to other Perfect World games, this game is one you simply must download and try.
Forsaken World Videos
Forsaken World Official Cinematic Trailer
Forsaken World Gameplay Trailer
Forsaken World Town Area
Forsaken World Lore Trailer
Forsaken World Gameplay – First Look
Forsaken World Links
Forsaken World System Requirements
Minimum Requirements:
OS: Windows 2000 / XP /Vista / 7
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 1.5 Ghz / AMD Athlon 1500+
HDD: 8 GB Free
Graphics Card: GeForce FX 5200 128MB / ATI Radeon 9500 128MB
Recommended Specifications:
OS: Windows 2000 / XP /Vista / 7
CPU: Pentium Dual-Core 2.5GHz or better
RAM: 2 GB or more
HDD: 14 GB Free
Graphics Card: nVIDIA GeForce 9600 or better
Forsaken World Articles
- Forsaken World: Freedom Falls Available Now - Posted on February 10, 2015
Today, Perfect World Entertainment Inc., a leading publisher of free-to-play MMORPGs, announced the latest expansion for Forsaken World: Freedom Falls is available now. In the newest expansion, the world of Eyrda is transformed into dangerous territory where players can roam new zones as the deceptive Demon race or alter battles as the debuff-focused, trident-wielding Tormentor class.
- Forsaken World: Freedom Falls Launches Feb. 4 - Posted on January 21, 2015
Perfect World Entertainment Inc., a leading publisher of free-to-play MMORPGs, announced the latest expansion for Forsaken World: Freedom Falls – launching on Feb. 4. The newest expansion introduces a new playable race and class while also transforming the world of Eyrda to bring improvements to players' experience.
- MMO Holiday Events Guide 2014 - Posted on December 19, 2014
See what the holiday spirits have summoned up in your favorite MMOs this year!
- Perfect World Celebrates the Holidays - Posted on December 1, 2014
Perfect World Holidays Every holiday season, many of Perfect World Entertainment's games are transformed with glittery festive treatments.
- Perfect World Entertainment Hosts Black Friday Deals - Posted on November 25, 2014
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Some of our scouts decided to get a variety for summer camp and want to check out a few other camps. Have any of you been to Chief Logan ot Woodlan Trails in the last year or two? Thoughts?
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I can give some feedback about Chief Logan, my husband (SM) and boys did a week just last month there.
The merit badge program is flexible in that the scouts can chose what to work on and when. The requirements are cycled through, so if a scout started a badge on Tuesday, he could pick up the material worked through on Monday on Thursday, as an example. The camp uses blue cards to track merit badge work, but only the completed cards were returned to the troop.
There are plenty of non-merit badge activities available, and the older scouts enjoyed the Frontiersman program.
Plenty of food, no one got sick. The nurse worked well with scouts who needed meds.
The staff was very supportive in handling a scout who wigged out during camp, twice.
Definitely falls on the side of a merit badge mill.
The food prep was not always appealing, like toaster waffles that were microwaved and served in plastic bags that were printed with instructions on how to toast them in a toaster.
The much-touted Archeology program was not available this summer nor the first summer my son attended there, but this info wasn't available until after arriving at camp. Supplies for other MBs were not available as well.
The swimming area is small at the lake.
The schedule handed out each day did not include every available activity, so some things were missed by scouts who had hoped to attend them like night hikes.
And I don't know if this is a plus or a minus, but the camp has very poor cell reception but does have good wi-fi.
All three attendees said they would go back without hesitation. My eldest son, who has attended the most camps (our troop rotates through several, chosing a different one each year) said he likes Ransburg in Indiana best.
I vote for Woodland Trails.....Much better facilities than Chief Logan, I have been to both....
Let me see.....Things that are better at woodland,
Flag quad is really cool
Showers are better
They have a pool
Program Director is much better
Food, quality and portions are better
Scheduled merit badge times, not an open program,
They have horses
Better Lake
They have Cell coverage is that matters.
Camp staff sets up camp site, Nothing worse than trying to piece together tents from a big pile of tents.
Woodland trails only negative is they do not supply cots.
Great thoughts! We had discussed Ransburg for a future camp. We'll discuss these thoughts with PLC and see what they would like to do.
Any words on other camps in Ohio, Kentucky, or Indiana? We had been rotating between Camp Friedlander and Camp Frontier. The boys like each of these, but wanted more variety.
Did any of your scouts partake in the ATV program at Frontier?????
We did have some of our older scouts participating in the ATV adventure at Camp Frontier. They LOVED it (who wouldn't?)! They were overbooked, so they added another evening session for a few of the scouts (longer sessions gave them a bit more time to ride). The same scouts were signed up for mountain biking and enjoyed that, as well.
I didn't like that the scouts could only sign up for lake time once a week as a troop, assuming the troop spots didn't fill up. Last year at Camp Friedlander, they were able to do the blob every evening, if so desired.
The food was good and plentiful. The dining hall is small, so you get your food there and go outside to a HUGE dining fly with picnic tables. It wasn't so bad, even in the 100deg weather on Thursday. I actually liked that more than the nice dining hall at Camp Friedlander (we are camping, after all).
The staff was great. Our staff rep stopped by our campsite at least once a day through the whole week. Very friendly. Most staff members were most helpful. I was not impressed with the IOLS training. I had that training a few years ago, but stopped by some sessions to get new viewpoints and ideas. It was mostly 'what do you want to talk about'. Great for trained/experiences leaders, but the new leaders probably should have heard more on the syllabus topics. The CPR training was GREAT, as was the High and Low COPE courses for leaders. Three great COPE staff members.
The boys had fun and some wanted to go back again this summer and next summer, but we are trying to try different camps.
Camp Friedlander was my first summer camp as a Troop Leader last year. Some of the Merit Badge courses seems a little too easy to get through, but the boys enjoyed the overall camp. Their chaplain was AWESOME with some homesick scouts. I would recommend Camp Friedlander to anyone who is looking for alternate summer camps.
Sounds like there are a lot of good summer camps, with various opinions depending on what happened to them that week. I hope to get enough good information to share with the PLC to allow us to reserve a good campsite at a good camp for next summer.
Thanks to you both, and to all others who wish to join this discussion.
My troop went to Ransburg last year! (I staffed there as a scout many moons ago) It is a great camp! I love the camp honor program (Firecrafter).
I have a small, young troop. They were at the farthest campsite from the main camp. I think that took a toll on them and I don't think they liked Ransburg for that reason. Physically exhausted and dealing with homesickness. If they were doing waterfront activities, they would have been happy as their campsite was close to the waterfront.
This year, they are going to Maumee (Hoosier Trails Council) which is just a few miles from Ransburg. It is a smaller camp. They are in a central campsite. I am hoping this year will be better for them!
Anyone else out there been to Maumee?
Ohio Scouters, have you ever considered attending Camp Friedlander in the Dan Beard Council? If you've been, what are you thoughts on it?
I love Camp Friedlander, and our scouts enjoyed their Summer Camp two years ago. We were alternating between Camp Friedlander and Camp Frontier at Pioneer. Last summer, the scouts voted to add more variety, so they chose Woodland Trails (between Dayton and Oxford, OH). The big issue is that the Troop is made up mostly of scouts from the Packs closest to Camp Friedlander, so they have been the the campground numerous times before they even become a Boy Scouts. Sometime Adventure is dampened by familiarity. But we do plan to attend Camp Friedlander next summer. I was on the campgrounds last night and will be back for the weekend.
The facilities are good and the staff is great.
04-19-2013, 09:08 AMEditing a commentYea, My unit is up in Butler County. This year we decided to take a break from Camp Friedlander, but we'd been there for about 6 years in a row. Wonderful place.
Sentinel, What camp did your troop decide to attend this year?
04-23-2013, 05:55 PMEditing a commentCamp McKee in Kentucky and Blue Ridge Scout Reservation in Virginia
We are off to Muskingham Valley Scout Reservation this year
The PLC is going to visit Friedlander this summer and we may run a split summer camp....I really don't want to take two weeks of vacation to get the troop to summer camp.
Does Friedlander do a first year program?????
Basementdweller commented04-24-2013, 06:38 AMEditing a commentSo Sentinel.....Any other tips or tricks for Friedlander......
Is the campsite setup for your arrival, are cots and tents provided????
is there shelters or do you need to bring flys, are troop trailers allowed in the campsites or is everything carried in???
What is the most convenient campsite to everything or best campsite???
The campsites are setup with typical canvas tents on wood platforms with cots. Each campsite has pavilion with picnic tables. There is a kaibo nearby (pit toilet, if your council uses a different term). If you want more coverage, you can bring a fly. Troop trailers are allowed. They pull them from the main parking lot with a tractor to minimize traffic. Program areas are spread out, as are campsites, so it depends on what you want to be close to. We stayed at Lakeview two years ago. Great site by the lake, and close to Archery. Rifle and Shotgun are a LONG way to the other side of camp. Here is a good map to show program areas and campsites: http://www.danbeard.org/camp/images/maps/cf_map.jpg
If you come along with your PLC this summer, let me know. I live two miles away and can meet you there for a walk around camp.
Our plans are to attend camp at Friedlander next summer (three year rotation is the plan, unless the scouts decide to go somewhere else).
04-26-2013, 12:22 PMEditing a commentRjscout beat me to it, I have nothing to add. There a campsites closer to the program areas, but generally the ones like Lakeview are more private and have better views. If you unit isn't very large, you may end up spliting the site with another smaller unit.
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A little slow, but he's baaaack.Originally Posted by Beemer
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So is a cobbler a pie or a cake? No crust, and the batter poured in is very cakelike.
it all depends on what kind of pie or cake it is! i love me some chocolate french silk pie stuff and pumpkin pie, but chocolate cake (especially the flourless kind) is good too......but i think ill have to give pie the nod though
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There is also a wide variety of usage patterns and some users really do find their priorities align pretty well with what the drivers implement today. Others find the exact opposite, of course.
Calling "illegal" Binary blobs using internal kernel interfaces might be a stretch. It's a contract / license violation, and can only be enforced after pre-court examinations of the breach, and whether it meets sufficient legal conditions.
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for opensource - I have released a fair bit of code, including an algorithm I could have patented/licensed and made a lot of money on, all as Public Domain, as I thought the GPL amongst others would be too restrictive for my intentions.
However, GPL is good to protect certain things, I agree with it on those terms. But sometimes a little diplomacy is needed. Linus applied that to some things too.
There's LGPL which a lot of developers use because GPL is too restrictive, and they want their libraries to have a wider use.
Programmers have to eat too - it's all very well to say "give away what you do for free" while on corporate welfare (r.e. Stallman et al) - but it's a complex world and society where the rest of us have to produce work to get paid. Let's take a different ecosystem - the independent developers making a living off their work on Android Market; if they were to release their code, they would no longer have that advantage (after countless copies earning $0.01) and would probably quit and join a large corp, or take up road-sweeping as a side job instead of pursuing what they like to do and be able to feed themselves and their family.
Hence a little diplomacy towards nVidia at least; I have found their email support for Linux exemplary (AMD have been terrible on that front). They have programmers to pay, and they have licenses to protect. That's the way it is. Why kick them in the teeth when they are trying to find the best compromise for us?
P.S. I bet Win/Mac users are laughing their heads off at the bickering :P
Where do new developments happen? Nvdidas lab? No. New developements happens everywhere. Such as this idea i hereby release into the GPL zone.
You can do antialiasing completely without additional resource-use, did you know? If you use a technique, such as r_jitter in doom3, (there are probably several ways of doing this), this itself increases the percieved resolution, and then you can merge the previous frame, with some transparency, and maybe the frame before with even more transparency, which will composite to antialiasing. The absolutely cheapest way of doing antialiasing.
Now how do I get this into the nvidia-driver? How much bureacracy much happen? If they listen at all? And if I didn`t gpl it, would they just hide it inside their closedsource driver?
It really comes down to what benefits mankind doesn`t it.
It`s a bit fun, Einstein said, e=mc2. So what is money? The energy in the universe is constant.
Well it does also sound like a pantheistic argument, so I am not going to go to deep into it.
But it is all about how you think about something. Society will still run, and go well, even if Nvidia opensources their driver. It`s just paradigms that must change.
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As paradigms change, it might slowly become possible though.
If I am not mistaken, even Intel has to reverse engineer their own product .. :|
Why? Because not everything in their hardware/software(drivers) is completely theirs for example, so there are licensing issues with 3rd parties and such from what I perceive. Among other things.
They can use the entire MESA, Intel's work and LLVM with a proper and full back-end, and create very easy, an Open Driver with 70-90% the performance of the Closed one. Then they can use the latest OGL4 work as a Closed Extension Driver for the Open one. When we say Extension Driver we mean only Shader Compilers, FX and Programs for the Rasterizer(synthesizer), not any Driver Functionality like memory management, that should be Open.
I believe, may be wrong, but I do, that using DMA-BUF is a step towards the direction you say. I hope things play out well for Optimus users in whatever way.
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- Online, searchable versions of the popular Peterson's educational guides. Active sections are private college-preparatory schools, undergraduate colleges, graduate and professional study and
- Roots and Wings Montessori School
- This is a link to Kalona's Montessori School, Roots and Wings.
- U.S. Department of Education
- Compiles a variety of information relating to government initiatives and educational programs at all levels, education-related grants (look under OERI) and statistics (NCES), and departmental publications. News bulletins about department activities are added frequently. Statistics retrieval is unreliable, but otherwise the information provided seems current. It also provides access to individual state education departments. Searchable index and searchable department phone directory available.