FIFA 2010: primer trailer.

Cuentan, entre otras cosas, que la versión 10 mejora de la inteligencia artificial, inlcuyendo mejora de más de 50 nuevos ciclos de movimiento para permitir que los jugadores sigan concentrados en el balón, se posicionen y se muevan a una velocidad acorde con la acción.

Y que viene con toques de dribling más amplios y un nuevo sistema de colisiones que permiten una lucha por la posesión menos predecible que abre batallas más realistas entre el jugador con la posesión y su defensa.

RELACIONADO: MESSI EN EL PES 2010 TRAILER

Body Transport

This is getting ridiculous:

• An influential alderman is arguing that Chicago pays far too much to transport bodies to the morgue, but the attorney for the company that does the work says it must charge that much to make a profit under strict city regulations.

  Ald. Ed Burke (14th), chairman of the Finance Committee, plans to conduct hearings on the city contract with GSSP Enterprise Inc., which the city has paid $7.2 million since the start of its current five-year contract in September 2006.

  The city currently pays $915 a trip. Under the company’s previous Chicago contract, it was paid $200 a body, or $300 for two bodies, a city Web site shows. In Dayton, Ohio, where the company is based, it only receives $75 a body, Burke said.

So what makes a dead body in Dayton worth $840 less than a body in Chicago? It's not like they're recycling the stiffs for parts or aluminum or anything. They're planting them or burning them, same as anywhere else.

Here's a cost saving idea - wait for it - squadrols!

If the wagon moves one body, the crew gets out of grade for the entire day, which at currently hourly rates is about $6. That's $12 out of grade for the wagon. And get this - if they move two bodies, or three bodies, or a dozen bodies, it's still $12 for the entire day! That's a savings of almost $903 on the current contract! What a deal!!!

And to make it more desirable, we can go back to the old days where enterprising wagon men would sell the bodies to certain connected funeral homes. That was worth $50 or so. And found? Whoa nellie, there would be a stampede for the wagon spots again.

UPDATE: Evidently it's $6 per hour for the out-of-grade, so it's be $96 per hour, still a savings of $821 over the current contract.

We realize this ended up a contract issue - thanks, we were there. But if the Department properly trained and equipped the wagons (we're talking full haz-mat regalia, stretchers, lifts, handtrucks, etc.), there would be no shortage of officers volunteering to do this type of work out of grade.

Line in the Sand?

Maybe a showdown. Maybe a bluff:

• Three hold-out unions with 450 layoffs hanging in the balance—Teamster 726, Laborers 1001 and AFSMCE Council 31—are standing in the way of a two-year deal on cost-cutting concessions to save the jobs of 1,504 city of Chicago employees targeted for layoffs.

  Mayor Daley refused today to say what he would do if the unions don't get on board by the July 15 deadline.

  But Daley hinted strongly that layoffs would be confined to those three union locals.

It used to be that a contract meant a contract. But nowadays, Daley is forcing the unions to reopen the talks and take a beating in the re-negotiations. And if a contract is no longer binding on all parties, what's to stop the runaway train that results?

We're going to hope these unions stick to their guns and force Daley's hand. They have a trump card we don't - the ability to strike. And everyone will see how city services are affected. It may well be that too many of these jobs are actually layers of waste. It may also be that years, even decades of fiscal mismanagement are coming home to roost and voters might finally wake up to the fact that Shortshanks and his merry band of thieves have been plundering for far too long.

Rumor Explained

About a year ago, maybe more, there was a rumor appearing in the comment sections about coppers being subpoenaed to Milwaukee to appear at a Federal Grand Jury. This was assumed to be some involved investigation that was too hot to be handled by a Chicago Grand Jury seeing as how corrupt this town is.

Today, this would appear to have been the source of all those rumors:

• A veteran Chicago police officer has been indicted on a federal civil rights charge for allegedly striking and injuring a suspect under arrest, federal authorities said today.

Comments have been appearing on and off all day here about how the officer struck an individual going for a pistol while involved in an undercover sting operation and how OPS had already closed this case. We don't know any of the details, though we assume a largish number of them will be revealed in upcoming days and weeks. They won't be appearing in our comment sections from this point forward.

We would remind everyone to be circumspect in any actions that fall in the gray areas of policing. You do not want to be in that position in this day and age.

Officer Cole Moved

From the comments:

• OT, but I wanted to get this out to you....Injured P.O. Densey Cole left for Denver this morning. He was flown out of Midway and the flight was scheduled for 2.5 hours. No telling how long he will be there-probably many months. He was in good spirits, as usual, and wants to get started on his rehab. He and his wife have again asked that their thanks be passed along for all of the visitors, cards, flowers and prayers. You know what he asked for? A piece of banana cream pie. Soon Densey, soon.

As soon as we get word of an address, we'll get it to the readers.

And maybe we bury the rehab center in banana cream pies after that.

Nacional 1 Estudiantes 2

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Sin Verón, sin público visitante y en un Centenario de potrero, Estudiantes reafirmó su lugar en la final de la Copa Libertadores 09 ganandole (2-1) a un pobre Nacional y ustificando un resultado que, incluso, pudo ser mas abultado.
Con orden táctico, una concentración asombrosa y una añeja garra pinchacopera, Estudiantes, que jugó sin su líder prestidigitador, demostró que es un EQUIPO, sino el mejor de Argentina.

Boselli abrió la cuenta (´52) habilitado por la Gata Fernandez. A los 76, Alexander Medina sortea la mala marca de Schiavi para empatar y romper el invicto de Andujar en la Copa (800 minutos).
El público local empujó a Nacional que pretendió arrinconar a Estudiantes retrocediendo muy mal. Varios contraataques pinchas fueron mal definidos, pero el último entró desde los pies de Boselli (´91). Así, a pesar de Schiavi, con puntos altos de Braña, Pérez y Boselli, el pincha espera rival sentado como finalista de América después de 38 años.

SEMIFINAL: ESTUDIANTES 1 NACIONAL 0
4º FINAL: ESTUDIANTES 1 DEFENSOR SPORTING 0
4º FINAL: DEFENSOR SPORTING 0 ESTUDIANTES 1
8º FINAL: LIBERTAD 0 ESTUDIANTES 0
8º FINAL: ESTUDIANTES 3 LIBERTAD 0
1º FASE: ESTUDIANTES 4 CRUZEIRO 0

Nueva Chicago: 98 años.

No le tocaron los mejores días ni las mejores situaciones. Los festejos por el 98º aniversario del Torito de Mataderos se suspendieron debido a la emergencia sanitaria. No obstante recuerdan que "con alentar al equipo y llenar una tribuna no alcanza" para sumar socios.
Feliz aniversario.