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DaVinci Resolve Now Available on Windows Thanks to Free Public Beta
Just because the popular color correction software DaVinci Resolve uses a Mac monitor for its press image (at left) doesn't mean it's Mac only -- any more. Resolve, which has a free version known fittingly as Resolve Lite, now comes in a Windows version for the first time thanks a newly-released Public Beta. If you have already purchased Resolve for Mac, the Windows version comes included, so you now have a Windows license too.
Link: DaVinci Resolve Windows Beta (choose Windows, Resolve, and then Lite or Software versions)
Press Release
Blackmagic Design Releases DaVinci Resolve for Windows™ Public Beta
Milpitas, USA - December 15, 2011 - Blackmagic Design today announced DaVinci Resolve 8.2 for Microsoft Windows™ public beta is now available for download. DaVinci Resolve for Windows public beta is available in both the full featured DaVinci Resolve 8.2 and free DaVinci Resolve Lite versions. The DaVinci Resolve 8.2 for Windows license is included with the Mac OS X version, so all current Mac OS X customers automatically get a license for the Windows version, and can download it now to use in their facility.
This new DaVinci Resolve for Windows beta will allow customers to use a wide range of hardware for building color correction systems with the advantage of a wider selection of GPU processing options with support for up to 4 GPU's per system.
When the public beta program is complete, and DaVinci Resolve for Microsoft Windows™ is formally released, it will be accompanied by the Mac OS X version. When a customer purchases DaVinci Resolve, they can choose which operating system they want to use, and then install either one. This allows the flexibility to let customers potentially choose to use a Windows desktop computer in the office with powerful multiple GPU processing, while at any time the customer can unplug the dongle and plug into one of the latest stylish Mac OS X MacBook Pro computers when on set.
Only DaVinci Resolve lets customers move between either operating system at any time without the extra expense of purchasing a second copy of the software.
As a reward for all current DaVinci Resolve customers, any customer who has purchased the Mac OS X version of DaVinci Resolve can now keep using the same dongle for the Windows version of DaVinci Resolve, and they can simply download the Windows version. This will ensure current DaVinci Resolve customers are kept up to date with the latest features, and are not disadvantaged for purchasing early.
DaVinci Resolve will now be available in three models. DaVinci Resolve Lite, the current free version, is now available in both Windows and Mac OS X downloads. DaVinci Resolve Software for US$995 is now available for both Mac OS X and Windows and customers will get support for both operating systems for the one purchase. DaVinci Resolve with the full colorist designed control surface will be available with Mac OS X, Windows and Linux software, allowing the customer to choose any of three operating systems to build their color correction system.
"This Windows release has happened way sooner than we expected, and the DaVinci engineering team have done an amazing job!" said Grant Petty, CEO, Blackmagic Design. "We think this is very exciting because it makes DaVinci Resolve more flexible for customers, and makes it even easier to integrate Resolve color correction into any facility workflow even when using a wider range of editing and effects software."
Availability and Price
DaVinci Resolve for Microsoft Windows 7™ public beta is now available for download from the Blackmagic Design web site free of charge for all current DaVinci Resolve customers. When released, DaVinci Resolve 8.2 for Windows will be included with the Mac OS X version for US$995. DaVinci Resolve Lite will be available for both Mac OS X and Windows 7, free of charge.
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Thanks for posting this fantastic news Koo.
December 16, 2011 at 9:31AM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
This is cool and happened sooner than I thought.
December 16, 2011 at 11:25AM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
Any of you guys know what video card (seems the program won't run if it's not CUDA enabled) and how much RAM is required to run resolve lite efficiently?
December 16, 2011 at 12:00PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
December 16, 2011 at 2:59PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
Bob there is simply no contest. For serious grading the efficiency and power of Resolve lite blows Colorista off the map.
December 16, 2011 at 6:57PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
IT really makes me happy that linus is taken into account. There is not really PRO tools for video/image editing (there are for audio production) and for linux users like me, I'm sure this is good news. LIghtworks is said to be realeased and adobe have promised to port their products as well so good news indeed.
December 16, 2011 at 4:14PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
These are great days for low budget filmmakers.
Davinci lite = free.
Automatic Duck = free.
Blender = free.
Get Premiere and a GTX470 and you got a great tool for making movies for less then 1000 €.
December 16, 2011 at 6:43PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
This is great news indeed, just in time as well - I'll be grading my Red Epic short film on the windows version of Resolve, you can check out a sample grade I did with it over at http://blog.stillfallstherain.com
Used it on one shot as a test, and fell in love.
December 17, 2011 at 3:44PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
Thats an great example of a grade on your blog. I cant wait till this short comes out. I know what you mean about Resolve, I've only been playing with it for a week but it just makes you fall in love with the whole grading process.
From your Vimeo stream it looks like you've moved from the T1i, T2i 5DmkII and now an Epic - but what is clear in every video is your talent as a director / film maker. Well done!
December 18, 2011 at 2:51AM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
Of course hands down the best CC ware. HOWEVER, for low budget folks like me when it comes to control surface the BlkMagc's @30k is beyond my reach. Anyone have any experience using Tangent's Wave or any other 3rd party controls??? How does it compare?
December 22, 2011 at 1:42PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
I wonder if they'll come out with a Linux version of Resolve Lite; it's a shame it's missing at the moment.
December 28, 2011 at 10:02AM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
Yes this is a wonderful news!! How would like to ask if someone of you has been using Resolve complete version on Windows and which graphic card is powerfull enough to handle the program.
July 30, 2012 at 12:16AM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
So the beta for Resolve 9 isn't free for everyone? Suppose I'll have to try 8.2 lite for Windows :/
August 9, 2012 at 8:17AM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
hey miguel nice film you got there is it out yet..?
August 26, 2012 at 9:37PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
thank joe for such input, as a beginner it would be more relevant that i indulge over and over to learn them.
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Listen. The top secret in terrific Leader-Talk© is to listen more than you talk. The more time spent listening the less time available for you to say something stupid.
Pair-a-phrase don't paraphrase. Don't paraphrase when you can pair-a-phrase. Notice how this last sentence was an empty paraphrase of the previous sentence. Employees are not looking for repetition they are looking for leadership. The 2 powerful pair-a-phrases are: "we'll see" and "run that by Bob." If you need something extra, take a quantum leap to a new paradigm by stating: "Did you know that two dimes makes 20 cents?" Upper management will respond well to your bottom-dime leadership approach.
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How to overcome digestive disorders in infants, constipation, hiccups, bloating. Although it's just indigestion, but it will be enough to make you panic if it happens to your baby. Of course parents would freak out if the baby suffered indigestion. But actually you do not need to panic, because you can handle it the right way. Here are some digestive disorder that often occurs in infants and how to overcome them.
– Infantile colic, the signs of infantile colic is excessive crying baby and suddenly with a high intensity, and sometimes accompanied by a period of silence, this usually happens in the afternoon and evening. Symptoms of gastrointestinal disorders in infants in which babies feel intense pain and would cry loudly. Indigestion is also accompanied by vomiting and flatulence.
The cause of infantile colic itself can vary. Including lactose intolerance, namely Events where the baby can not absorb lactose milk. Instead, to handle it, you hold your baby and hugging it to feel comfortable. If symptoms do not go away, you should consult with your doctor in order to find a cure for the most appropriate.
– Constipation, other digestive disorders in infants is constipation. Constipation is the inability to evacuate stool perfectly visible from the reduced intensity of bowel movements, so the stools become hard and painful than ever before.
Constipation in infants under 2 years of age due to lack of regular intake of water, fruits, vegetables, and excessive doses of milk. To fix this, give water to drink as much as 15 to 20 ml, 3 to 4 times a day. Moreover, given consumption of fruits like bananas and apples. And also give her milk with an appropriate dose.
Abdominal bloating, indigestion symptoms in infants are spit up, vomiting, diarrhea, constipation until infantile colic. Baby stomach bloating is usually going to be easy to throw up. To avoid this you need to know the causes of bloating in infants include swallowing air or drinking milk bottle with a nipple hole that is too large or there are leaks. To fix this, you can keep your baby burp.
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Personal charisma as a factor in nation-buildingDecember 5, 2018, 9:58 pm
Where have all the 'role models' or 'heroes' gone? This poser was essentially the principal theme of a commentary run on this page on December 4, written by Irfan Husain and sourced to The Dawn/Asia News Network. It is a prime issue that ought to be engaging the attention of all those endowed with a social and political awareness.
However, the complex nature of this question prevents the analyst from arriving at easy or simple answers to it. The personal, positive example of those seen as national leaders, for example, counts immensely in nation-building but the challenge is for polities and publics to sustain the beneficial influence of these lead personalities. This is a multi-dimensional exercise that defies easy definition and analysis. It is one of the reasons why these prime figures 'come and go', so to speak, like 'meteorites'. Simply put, the factor of personal charisma alone does not help in sustaining good influences.
There is the case of former US President Barack Obama who strikes Irfan Husain as being particularly 'meteorite'-like. In Obama's connection Mr. Husian says -
'A decade ago, Barack Obama appeared on the American political horizon like a meteorite, or seemed to have cut across America's racial divide. But our optimism was misplaced. As we can see, Trump's victory in the 2016 election showed that little had changed, and the President's overt racism is as much a sign of America's divisions as it is of Obama's failure to change attitudes. Like a meteor, he flared and fell to earth.'
The deep ranging, positive impact Barrack Obama made on the US public could have been gauged by the fact that he was elected the first 'Black' President of the US. Needless to say, this was a singular, unprecedented moment in US political history. Here was a polity which was no foreigner to racial tensions over the decades opting for a 'Black' President, by majority vote. This is a cogent pointer to the fact that Obama positively impacted the US public in no small measure. His personal charisma and his messages for the US mattered in a major way. The seemingly impossible had happened and the chief reason for this was Obama's ability to influence the US positively and decisively.
However, there is no arguing the point that good influences must be sustained and perpetuated if the personality behind these changes of consciousness and psyche are not to be seen as being 'meteorite'-like.
The world has a suitable case study in this connection in the influence wielded by India's Mahatma Gandhi. It cannot be believed that the impact made by Obama on the US public would subside in a hurry because the Democratic Party continues to see him as an opinion-moulder of great significance and the fact that he is back in a notable way in the Democrats' opinion mobilization efforts speaks volumes for the influence he continues to wield. However, sections of the Indian public have never ceased from keeping the Mahatma's good name alive and unless and until similar efforts are made to keep Obama's thought legacy alive in the US, Obama would be seen by some as having had his day and is no more a force to be reckoned with.
As in the case of the Mahatma, Obama did speak to the hearts and minds of his citizens and a proof of this were his demonstrations of solidarity with the US' Muslim community at the height of some security crises. The 'Ground Zero' commemorative event, for instance, goes down in the history of the US as being of iconic importance.
However, special efforts are needed on the part of supportive sections of the US public to keep the legacy of Obama in the public mind. For example, special public institutions supportive of minority rights could be established to perpetuate what Obama stood for. Charities too could be brought into being for the same purpose, if such efforts have not already taken place.
But it is to the Mahatma that we have got to refer on this question of the perpetuation of memory and legacy. For example, the President of India is usually a representative of the country's minority or 'oppressed' groups. This gesture on the part of the Indian state is an enduring acknowledgement of the Mahatma's beneficial influence on the country's politics and public life. We are also obliged to remember the fundamental rights chapter of the Indian Constitution that repeatedly refers to the state's duty to protect the rights of the weak. Here too, the impact of the Mahatma is manifest.
In India, the so-called minorities are, generally, not 'invisible', thanks to the Mahatma. But this does not mean that harassment of the powerless is completely non-existent in India. Such victimization does occur every now and then but the legacy of the Mahatma reminds the Indian polity of its duty to help to the extent possible the powerless in its midst.
Accordingly, lead personalities, although few, continue to make an impression on the world's publics. But unless their legacies are supported and made to endure they would be only cursorily spoken of. For this purpose, institution-building and institutional support are essential inputs, as in the case of the Mahatma. It is plain that preserving the legacy of charismatic personalities is a multi-dimensional effort. That is, 'memorializing' of the notable among us is a many-sided, complex thing. However, personal charisma alone is insufficient for the perpetuation of beneficial influences.
One is obliged to point out that Donald Trump's triumph over Hillary Clinton in the last US presidential election, while attended by controversy, came in the wake of hyped-up security concerns linked to 'Islamic terror' and other acutely sensitive issues. Impressionable sections of the US public were compelled by the Trump campaign to 'vote with their guts'. It could be said that 'atavistic fears' were churned-up in them. One wonders whether Trump took a leaf from the majority of Sri Lankan politicians. The US 'whites' were given to understand that they were a threatened majority. If not for these circumstances it is doubtful whether Trump would have triumphed.
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While the neo-soul crooner was raised in Brooklyn, his mother was from Haiti. He recently attended an emergency meeting organized by former President Bill Clinton to develop ways of helping the impoverished people of Haiti.
Anyone who's heard Sony/Columbia recording artist Maxwell's debut CD,"Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite", would agree that it's everything but an ordinary contemporary r & b album. Unlike much of today's sometimes insipid commercial Soul (which relies heavily on samples for the groove and over-explicit promises of sex for lyrics) Maxwell's creation is arguably different but nevertheless sensuous and funky. Built around his own true-life love story, "Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite" is an album with a concept. Backed with live instrumentation and a sound which is hard to define, but easy to love, Maxwell's the merger, the link between the sounds of the nineties and the finest of the '70's and early '80's. As fresh as it is fadeless.
The album's eleven songs reveal true appreciation and understanding of that era and it's obvious that what we have here is a bona fide artist at work. It wouldn't surprise me one bit if in a few years time, Maxwell will be one of the most celebrated stars on the Soul scene. That is, if he wants to and I'm not so sure he does. As I found out (during a forty-minute phone interview with the man himself , two months before the record was released) words like ordinary and predictable are just as ill-fitting when it comes to describing Maxwell's personality as his music. Introvert, bohemian and shy are just a few of the things that have been said about him in the press. Sure, Maxwell's not the type of guy to flaunt or brag, (in fact, not even his mother knew about his record deal for a long time), but my female intuition was right when it told me that any man daring to share his innermost feelings, desires and pains with the listeners, simply couldn't be afraid to interpret the message and the music, especially not with a freelance R & B journalist from Sweden. Friendly, humble and very fascinating is how I perceived him. So what if he didn't answer the first question completely truthfully.
Maxwell was born and raised in East New York, Brooklyn, a place described as one of the roughest neighborhoods in that area. Even though he's moved and now lives in downtown Manhattan, he speaks fondly of his old home territories and doesn't like the way they are portrayed in the media.
-Well, South Bronx, Harlem and Brooklyn are nice places to me, I guess it's all in where you're coming from and how you think about it. I learned and gained a lot from growing up and living in those areas. There's so much joy and love and compassion there. It's not all they say it is. I know there are some things that go on there every day that are unfortunate, as far as violent kinds of things. I believe your surroundings are not you , it's how you think that makes you the person you are. I loved living up there and I would never have changed it. I didn't run out and tried to get into some big, plush place. I moved out and went to a more eclectic version, but it's definitely just about the same thing. I get so much inspiration from the city and all the different kinds of people struggling and trying to survive.
Maxwell's the first to say he's nowhere near the stereotype one might expect coming from that background. He claims to never have had a drink or a puff and depreciates the so called ghetto macho's oversized ego as much as their compulsory degrading view on women.
-I really honor women for what they are and for what they represent as people. I honestly believe that they teach (men) a lot just by their ways of living, as far as the emotional sense that they have. And their lack of ego is so intriguing to me! I'm amazed at how a woman can have a child and just know what to do. It's just so instinctive to them. I strive for that..To have as little ego as possible.
Buying his first keyboard at sixteen or seventeen ("an old wack thing"), he became obsessed with music and began working with a basic four track studio set up. To support himself he waitered tables at a restaurant but never actively pursued a career in the music business. As it turned out, a friend who knew a friend at a record company, eventually had Maxwell recording demos in a 24 track studio and soon thereafter, several labels showed interest.


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Ideology in Hollywood? Let's begin, quite arbitrarily, with Michael Apted's Enigma (2001, scenario by Tom Stoppard, based on the novel by Robert Harris), which takes place in 1943, among the cryptanalysts at Bletchley Park working day and night to crack the German "Enigma" code. They are rejoined by Tom Jericho, a troubled working class mathematical genius who is back after a period of recuperation brought on by overwork and an unhappy love affair with Claire, the easygoing fatal beauty, which led to his psychic breakdown. Jericho immediately tries to see Claire again and finds she has mysteriously disappeared. He enlists the help of Claire's housemate Hester to follow the trail of clues and learn what has happened to her; the two repeatedly break the rules of the Bletchley Park establishment and the law as their hunt gets more intense. Jericho is closely watched by Wigram, an upper class MI5 agent, who plays cat and mouse with him throughout the film. Jericho is tolerated at the Park, despite his transgressions, because of the brilliant plan he invents for uncovering the new key. Tom and Hester at the same time uncover a British government plot to bury the intelligence information of the Katyn massacre for fear it might weaken American willingness to remain in the war on the same side as the Soviet Union. This in turn leads to their discovery that a Polish cryptanalyst Jozef Pukowski was so incensed by his own learning of the massacre that he is prepared to betray Bletchley's secrets to the Nazis in order to take revenge on Stalin. The fate of Clair remains unclear to the end: was she killed or just disappeared? All we learn is that she was in reality also a MI5 agent under Wigram's control. more


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The middle ear is the portion of the ear internal to the eardrum, and external to the oval window of the cochlea. The mammalian middle ear contains three ossicles, which couple vibration of the eardrum into waves in the fluid and membranes of the inner ear. The hollow space of the middle ear has also been called the tympanic cavity, or cavum tympani. The eustachian tube joins the tympanic cavity with the nasal cavity (nasopharynx), allowing pressure to equalize between the inner ear and throat.
The primary function of the middle ear is to efficiently transfer acoustic energy from compression waves in air to fluid–membrane waves within the cochlea.
Sound transfer
Ordinarily, when sound waves in air strike liquid, most of the energy is reflected off the surface of the liquid. The middle ear allows the impedance matching of sound traveling in air to acoustic waves traveling in a system of fluids and membranes in the inner ear. This system should not be confused, however, with the propagation of sound as compression waves in a liquid.
The middle ear couples sound from air to the fluid via the oval window, using the principle of "mechanical advantage" in the form of the "hydraulic principle" and the "lever principle".[1] The vibratory portion of the tympanic membrane is many times the surface area of the footplate of the stapes; furthermore, the shape of the articulated ossicular chain is like a lever, the long arm being the long process of the malleus, and the body of the incus being the fulcrum and the short arm being the lenticular process of the incus. The collected pressure of sound vibration that strikes the tympanic membrane is therefore concentrated down to this much smaller area of the footplate, increasing the force but reducing the velocity and displacement, and thereby coupling the acoustic energy.
The middle ear is able to dampen sound conduction substantially when faced with very loud sound, by noise-induced reflex contraction of the middle-ear muscles.
The middle ear contains three tiny bones known as the ossicles: malleus, incus, and stapes. The ossicles were given their Latin names for their distinctive shapes; they are also referred to as the hammer, anvil, and stirrup, respectively. The ossicles directly couple sound energy from the ear drum to the oval window of the cochlea. While the stapes is present in all tetrapods, the malleus and incus evolved from lower and upper jaw bones present reptiles. See Evolution of mammalian auditory ossicles.
The ossicles are classically supposed to mechanically convert the vibrations of the eardrum, into amplified pressure waves in the fluid of the cochlea (or inner ear) with a lever arm factor of 1.3. Since the area of the eardrum is about 17 fold larger than that of the oval window, the sound pressure is concentrated, leading to a pressure gain of at least 22. The eardrum is fused to the malleus, which connects to the incus, which in turn connects to the stapes. Vibrations of the stapes footplate introduce pressure waves in the inner ear. There is a steadily increasing body of evidence which shows that the lever arm ratio is actually variable, depending on frequency. Between 0.1 and 1 kHz it is approximately 2, it then rises to around 5 at 2 kHz and then falls off steadily above this frequency.[2] The measurement of this lever arm ratio is also somewhat complicated by the fact that the ratio is generally given in relation to the tip of the malleus (also known as the umbo) and the level of the middle of the stapes. The eardrum is actually attached to the malleus handle over about a 1cm distance. In addition the eardrum itself moves in a very chaotic fashion at frequencies >3 kHz. The linear attachment of the eardrum to the malleus actually smooths out this chaotic motion and allows the ear to respond linearly over a wider frequency range than a point attachment. The auditory ossicles can also reduce sound pressure (the inner ear is very sensitive to overstimulation), by uncoupling each other through particular muscles.
The middle ear efficiency peaks at a frequency of around 1 kHz. The combined transfer function of the outer ear and middle ear gives humans a peak sensitivity to frequencies between 1 kHz and 3 kHz.
The movement of the ossicles may be stiffened by two muscles, the stapedius and tensor tympani, which are under the control of the facial nerve and trigeminal nerve, respectively. These muscles contract in response to loud sounds, thereby reducing the transmission of sound to the inner ear. This is called the acoustic reflex.
Of surgical importance are two branches of the facial nerve which also pass through the middle ear space. These are the horizontal and chorda tympani branches of the facial nerve. Damage to the horizontal branch during surgery can lead to partial, unilateral facial paralysis.
Comparative anatomy
Mammals are unique in having three ear bones. The incus and stapes have evolved from bones of the jaw, and allow finer detection of sound.
Some mammals, such as the cat, have an enlarged middle ear encased in a thin, bulbous bone; this structure is known as a bulla.
Disorders of the middle ear
The middle ear is hollow. If the animal moves to a high-altitude environment, or dives into the water, there will be a pressure difference between the middle ear and the outside environment. This pressure will pose a risk of bursting or otherwise damaging the tympanum if it is not relieved. This is one of the functions of the Eustachian tubes which connect the middle ear to the nasopharynx. The Eustachian tubes are normally pinched off at the nose end, to prevent being clogged with mucus, but they may be opened by lowering and protruding the jaw; this is why yawning helps relieve the pressure felt in the ears when on board an aircraft.
Otitis media is an inflammation of the middle ear.
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- ↑ Joseph D. Bronzino (2006). Biomedical Engineering Fundamentals. CRC Press. ISBN 0849321212.
- ↑ Koike et al.: Modeling of the human middle ear J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 111, No. 3, March 2002


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Kyle Thomas Harvey (born May 18, 1993),[1] better known by his stage name and mononym Kyle (stylized as KYLE and formerly known as K.i.D), is an American rapper, singer and songwriter from Ventura, California. He is best known for his breakout single "iSpy", featuring American rapper Lil Yachty. He is signed to Indie-Pop and Atlantic Records.[2]
Kyle has collaborated with artists such as Kehlani, Lil Yachty, G-Eazy, Chance the Rapper, Miguel, MadeinTYO, Yuna and Ty Dolla Sign among others. Some of his songs in addition to "iSpy", include "Keep It Real", "Doubt It" and "King Wavy".[3][4][5] In 2015, Rolling Stone named him as "one of the ten artists you need to know".[6] He released his debut album Light of Mine in 2018.


text: Joao's work leaves him at risk from disease and accidents Hordes of children running across a heaving, steaming mountain of rubbish to fight for the contents spilling out of the latest rubbish truck to arrive at the dump. This is where they eat, sleep and survive - on the detritus thrown out by the rest of society. "To see children and adults disputing a little of food with horses, pigs ... the hunger of thousands of Brazilians provokes revolt, as does the situation and the conditions of work of the great majority of the catadores [rubbish-pickers]," says Heliana Katia Tavares Fields, of the non-governmental organisation Water and Life. According to UNICEF, more than 40,000 children and teenagers live on rubbish dumps in Brazil. They make between 30 cents and $2 a day. "Families construct slums at the edge of the dumps to survive, but they breathe poisoned air and live in life-threatening situations of extreme poverty," says Elisabeth Grimberg from the Instito Polis and general co-ordinator of the Rubbish and Citizenship Forum. "Sometimes the trucks crush children; there are many cases of this in Brazil"Elisabeth Grimberg,Instito Polis and the Rubbish and Citizenship Forum"When the lorries bring the rubbish, it is all mixed, and the children run to get the food. The first sacks sometimes have food that has been thrown away and is supposedly fit to eat but in reality it is not adequate, not recommended. "One of the rights of people is to have enough food. Sometimes the trucks crush children; there are many cases of this in Brazil. Or their hands get mutilated in the mechanism of the truck," she says. Others suffer from pneumonia, skin disease, fever and diarrhoea. Popular movement It has been like this for decades and exists in various extremes, from the hard end of those families living on the tips to those who ply their trade on the city centre streets. Some estimates put the figure of those who survive on rubbish in Brazil at half a million people. But out of this desperate situation an extraordinary movement is developing. The catadores are organising, fighting for their rights and winning. Catadores say they do not want to work for multinationalsThe idea of being able to get together a national congress of catadores sounds like a pipedream. Yet that is just what they did, 3000 of them marching on the capital Brasilia in 2001. From this sprang an even more remarkable achievement - a Latin American-wide gathering bringing catadores from Columbia, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and Mexico. And with street recyclers from France and Canada coming along to share their experiences they are going global. "From a political point of view, this is very creative, very new and very strong," says Grimberg. "One of the definitions, one of the choices made by the national movement of catadores is that they don't want to be employed by multinational companies who collect rubbish. Nor for the government. "They take part in the public system but the entire organisation of the catadores, of the recycling co-operatives, is autonomous self-management," she says. United front "The catadores show that the life can be different: solidarity and without misery," according to the governmental hosts of the Latin American-wide conference held in 2003 in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul. Marcelo de Jesus Marcario worksat Coopamare the oldest dump "Articulating environmental protection and citizenship, recycling of lives and objects, the catadores give form to the historical flags supported by the society: social justice, environmental preservation and quality of life. They are collective dreams of the possibility of another worldwide order." A second international encounter is due in January 2005. "I work in the Coopamare, the first coop in Sao Paulo, the oldest. It's been there 15 years. Eight of us from the co-op took part in all the events. "It was great, we met a lot of people from other different co-ops from other countries," says Marcelo de Jesus Marcario who is sitting on the floor with babe in arms, Marcelinho, surrounded by cardboard emblazoned with slogans. Today is a demonstration on the third National Day of Catadores that was created to commemorate each year that first march on Brasilia. Global growth "What we are doing here today is calling for our rights. In my case I've worked for eight years but many people I know have worked for 30, 40, 50 years and we have never been properly renumerated. We need more help," he says. Rubbish collectors were included in the census only in 2002"Why do the authorities pay the big companies lots of money when we, the catadores, collect the rubbish, separate the materials in the correct way for recycling and we are not paid for our work?" asks the National Movement of Catadores of Recycled Materials. In a few years the movement can already boast some amazing advances. They are no longer officially invisible - catadores were included in the 2000 census for the first time. And street recycling has become a recognised occupation for the first time, winning the same rights as a self-employed worker. A strong structure has grown up of Rubbish and Citizenship Forums in 23 Brazilian states made up of the recycling industry, non-governmental organisations and trade unions. More than 4,000 neighbourhoods now have selective collection of rubbish. There is now an inter-ministerial agenda looking at the issue. Recycling And most municipalities are signed up to the UNICEF campaign Children in Rubbish - Never Again! Brazilians throw away 134,000 tonnes of rubbish every day. The amount of waste produced in the world has risen three times faster than population growth. Cities such as Sao Paulo are simply bursting at the seams - there is nowhere else to put the trash. But public perception is changing as to what is rubbish versus what is raw material primed for recycling - paper, metal, glass and plastic. In 2003, the recycling industry was worth a staggering $1 billion. Back at the demonstration, the catadores are in full cry, singing their self-penned anthem about recycling of life. The mood is high-spirited, dignified and defiant. "From day to night, if you lose your job and don't have a family to help you, you too can be in these conditions," says Grimberg. "There's a lot of work still to be done in Brazil." SOURCE: Aljazeera


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Want to try out the Lemken plough that sets itself?
Lemken will host a major demo day on Thursday, March 15, just outside Fenagh, Co. Carlow. All of the company's latest implements will be on display, including: the Juwel 8 TCP (Turn Control Pro) ISOBUS plough; Solitair drills; and disc cultivators.
The demo day will be in association with TFM (Templetuohy Farm Machinery).
Attendees will get the chance to try out these pieces of kit for themselves.
The Juwel 8 TCP ISOBUS plough will be running on the day and enthusiasts will be able to see just how easy it is to operate. A five-furrow Juwel 7 plough will also be put to work. Fitted with W52 mould boards, it can be operated using a tractor booted with 710mm-wide tyres.
The Diamant 11 – a seven-furrow, semi-mounted plough – will also be on display. It comes equipped with "traction increase" – a unique Lemken feature that is now incorporated on many of the larger cultivators manufactured by the company.
Finishing off the array of ploughs will be a EurOpal 8, fitted with a FixPack press.
Disc cultivators
Another attraction will be Lemken's disc cultivators. The Heliodor 9 – equipped with 510mm discs – will feature on the day. It's available in specs ranging from 3m up to 6m.
When it comes to disc cultivators, the biggest attraction on show will be Lemken's Rubin 12. It's fitted with "outstanding" 736mm discs and can work to a claimed depth of 20cm. 3m and 4m-wide models will be put to test.
A "disc like no other", the Rubin 12 has been a great hit with busy contractors carrying out large areas of grassland reseeding. The Rubin 9 (620mm discs) will also be on display in 3-5m working widths.
Combination seed drills
A 4m ISOBUS Solitair 9 – with section control and a variable seed rate capability – will also be on display. All drills feature the proven Lemken double disc and press wheel systems.
The double disc coulters carry out "excellent work in any conditions" and the press wheel ensures "precise seeding depth and uniform coverage of the seed".
The Saphir 7 – a 3m box drill – will also be in action. Demand for this drill is "high", as it offers a large tank volume and accurate seed distribution. The electronic governing of the seed wheels allow for variable rate control on the Saphir 8 models.
The Solitair pneumatic drill can be combined with compact cultivators or disc harrows. It will be seen working as a Heliodor 9 / Solitair 9 (3m) combination on the day.
Lemken's rear-mounted, folding Zirkon 12 – with Solitair 9 and front press – will be running with ISOBUS technology – featuring section control, variable seed rate and tramline control.
The ISOBUS version of tramline control (with GPS) allows tramlines to be created freely across the field. Headland command is said to significantly simplify implement control at the headlands. It also controls implement lifting and lowering to prevent gaps and double seeding rates.
Another interesting feature of the Solitiar drill range is the ability to work as a solo unit by the use of a tractor mounting wheel kit, which can connect the drill directly to the tractor. This means that you can operate the drill with a power harrow, cultivator or as a stand-alone unit.
Completing the line up will be several tine cultivators – namely Kristal and Karat – which have quick-change feet. This allows for easy variation in working depths and mixing intensities.
Weather Station
According to Derek Delahunty, area sales manager with Lemken in Ireland, the company prides itself in being "innovative" and is constantly looking for new ideas for its equipment range.
For this reason, Lemken – along with AppsforAgri – has developed the Lemken Weather Station.
The weather station supplies you with important, field-specific data for you to read and integrate within your system. There will be a weather station set up on site during the demo day.
Lemken's field demo days have proven to be a "great success in the past". Visitors to the event can get hands on with the implements, as opposed to just watching a demonstration in the field.
Customers also get the opportunity to speak with dealers and Lemken representatives to find the right machine to fit their needs.
Food and refreshments will be available on-site and the location will be signposted from the motorway. The site is at Lumcloon, Fenagh, Co. Carlow, just five minutes from exit five (Bunclody) on the M9. Click here for more information


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451 Research recently released some results of its Voice of the Enterprise: Cloud Transformation Survey of IT Buyers that are worth sharing:
- Today 41% of all enterprise workloads are currently running in a cloud computing environment (public or private).
- By mid-2018, this number will increase to 60% of all workloads.
- 38% of respondents indicate a 'Cloud-First' policy when approaching workload deployments.
Given the data and what we've seen in terms of data center modernization, a Cloud-First approach to enterprise IT makes sense. But IT decision makers need to formulate a cloud computing strategy that factors in policies and procedures designed to protect sensitive data or cloud computing decisions made outside of IT. To reign in this kind of shadow IT, ask yourself and your IT team these ten questions:
- Which devices will be allowed? Create a list of approved devices that meet your security requirements. Make sure that approved devices haven't been hacked or modified, which could lead to unnecessary computer network security exposure.
- What company data can be accessed? Given the mobility of personal devices and applications and your lack of control in terms of out-of-office use, either restrict or encrypt all sensitive data.
- What apps will be allowed? More and more apps are making the news for privacy violations and other non-disclosed device access. Apps are potential doorways through which information (and data) can be accessed. Do some homework on the risks posed by applications, whether they're accessed by a mobile device or company PC.
- Will password logins be required? Some people use the built-in pin login features on their personal devices, but others don't. Plan accordingly. For cloud apps accessed from the office, be sure employees are using complex passwords or cloud-based authentication.
- What will your IT support cover and what will it not? If an employee has a technical issue with an employee-owned device, will IT troubleshoot and provide assistance? Decide and incorporate this into your written IT policy to avoid any misunderstandings. The same goes for public cloud apps; if they aren't approved for use in the organization, what will IT support cover when help is needed?
- Do you know your legal implications of a data breach? Not all data is created equally. If you store personal data, such as social security information, credit or financial records, or health records, there are legal ramifications from a data breach. It's best to understand exactly what data you're storing and what the law says regarding the storage of that data.
- Are you thinking long term? You may know your data storage requirements today, but data has a tendency to multiply (see IoT and Big Data implications on the data center), and depending on applications you're using, your data needs tomorrow might be exponentially greater than what they are now. Build in growth scenarios and plan accordingly.
- Have you established data use policies? You can't give equal access to all data. Salary information, for example, should only accessed by certain departments or personal, while other employee records should only be accessed by executive management.
- Have you factored in time and bandwidth requirements? Moving large data sets doesn't happen in the blink of an eye. If you need to move 1 TB of data, it can take hours or days depending on your bandwidth connection.
- Have you looked internally? If your IT department is not taking advantage of server virtualization, you may already have the server capacity to house data. Granted, you may still need a backup solution, but server virtualization can free an amazing amount of data storage capacity, helping you make your existing server footprint work harder and more efficiently.
The answers to these questions can play a pivotal role in helping establish a workable policy for cloud computing usage and allow your IT organization to adopt a Cloud-First policy.


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Team By Team Analysis Through October 25, 2007
So far the 2007-08 NHL season has been quite surprising through the first 8-10 games. Just doing a quick analysis of all 30 teams.
Anaheim Ducks: Are really feeling the losses of Teemu Selanne and Scott Niedermayer. Haven't quite had a healthy team as J-S Giguere started the year on the IR and same goes with Matheiu Schneider. Corey Perry has stepped up and made his presence known by scoring and leading the Ducks in Penalty Minutes. Most likely going to turn it around and should go fairly deep in the play-offs. Current Record: 4-6-1, 9 Points
Atlanta Thrashers: Disappointment is an under-statement. Can't score goals even though they have Kovalchuk and Hossa. Bob Hartley's regime shouldn't have carried over to this season. Kari Lehtonen has been nothing but a disappointment before going down with a groin injury. They desperately need a coach and a true #1 Centre to pass pucks to Kovalchuk and Hossa. Could be a long season for the Thrashers. Current Record: 2-7-0, 4 points
Boston Bruins: Have been a real surprise to open the season. Tim Thomas leads the NHL in GAA and Save Percentage and looks like he may be stealing the #1 goalie tag from Manny Fernandez. But seriosuly, how long can this stretch last? They're running on Bergeron, Murray, Chara and Savard. Current Record: 5-3-0, 10 Points
Buffalo Sabres: Have been a disappointment thus far and are really showing the effects of the loss of Briere and Drury. Pominville has been fairly solid. Ryan Miller hasn't shown any real sign of brilliance thus far but I expect that to change as he is the real deal. Should be seeded around 6th in the East when the play-offs come. Current Record: 3-5-0, 6 Points
Calgary Flames: Have caught fire of late after a slow start. Managed to come back from a 3-0 deficit to beat Minnesota 5-3 Wednesday night. Iginla has returned to his 50 goal form and leads the team in points. Shouldn't really let up because Kiprusoff is gonna want to earn that big contract next summer. Curent Record: 5-3-2, 12 Points
Carolina Hurricanes: Being led by Cam Ward so far as he is showing his 2006 Cup Run wasn't a fluke. Eric Staal has returned to form and Rod Brind'Amour and Jason Williams have been on fire all season. Should continue to dominate the weak South East Division. Current Record: 6-1-3, 15 Points
Chicago Blackhawks: Got off to a fast start for a team projected to be a bottom tier team. Loss of Havlat hasn't really impacted the team as Toews and Kane have led the offence. Robert Lang seems rejuvenated as he has 5 goals so far. If the key components can stay healthy and if Havlat can return to 100%, their is no reason to believe that the Hawks can't make the play-offs. Khabibulin has been fairly solid but could definitely be better. Current Record: 5-4-0, 10 Points
Colorado Avalanche: Being led by a surprising sophomore, Paul Stastny. Need to improve their road record as they have been perfect at home. Budaj must improve his play in order for the Avalanche to do well. Sakic and Brunette are their consistent selves again. Current Record: 5-4-0, 10 Points
Columbus Blue Jackets: Who could have thought that the Blue Jackets would be over .500 after 8 games? Ken Hitch***** is definitely what this club needed. Rick Nash is returning to his old self as he has 7 goals and 12 points so far. An unexpected fan favourite has emerged from the Blue Jackets depth in Jared Boll. He pretty much fights every game and really gets the crowd into the games. Pascal Leclaire has stolen several starts away from Frederik Norrena with his shutouts. This might be the year Columbus becomes a Play-Off Challenger. Current Record: 4-3-1, 9 Points
Dallas Stars: Playing boring hockey again this year, as evidenced by their 22 Goals For and 19 Goals Against. Unexpected emergence of Niklas Hagman as he is thriving in Dave Tippett's system. Brendan Morrow seems to be returning to his old form as he has 4 goals and 6 points through 8 games. Mike Modano is a shadow of his old self but could turn this around. Both Marty Turco and Mike Smith have been battling some nagging injuries but should be 100% soon. If they can keep the defensive play working all year, they could make the Play-offs as a middle seed. Current Record: 4-2-2, 10 Points
Detroit Red Wings: Are yet again thriving in one of the NHL's weakest divisions. But their Dominant ways could end as early as this season but most likely will end next season as both St. Louis and Chicago are proving they are better then before. Allowing less then 20 shots pretty much every game, which makes Hasek's job that much easier. Could be in trouble if Hasek gets injured. Division Title is theirs to lose. Current Record: 7-2-1, 15 Points
Edmonton Oilers: Pretty much have been playing like expected. Losing both Souray and Pitkanen for 2-4 Weeks won't help the team. Sam Gagner and Andrew Cogliano have been nothing but great so far. Question is, will the NHL scheduele have it's effects on these 2 promising stars? Most likely will be better then expected but not by much. Current Record: 3-6-0, 6 Points
Florida Panthers: Started off slow but have somewhat picked it up. Vokoun has been fairly decent thus far and should continue to improve. Bryan Allen, the last remaining link to the Luongo deal, has been a major disappointment and one of the leagues worst +/- guys. Cory Murphy has carved himself a nice niche on Florida's Power Play. Olli Jokinen has achieved some milestones lately and should have his annual 40 goal, 90 point season. Vokoun may be Florida's key to the Play-offs. Current Record: 4-5-0, 8 Points
Los Angelas Kings: Promising start in England was erased with a 5 game losing skid, which ultimately led to Jonathan Bernier's demotion to Lewiston. Jason LaBarbera has been solid in his last 2 outings, picking up 2 wins and a shutout. Mike Camalleri has been on fire all season long, leading the NHL in goals with 10. Anze Kopitar is quickly eliminating the possibility of a sophomore jinx as he has 12 points through 10 games. Not quite a Play-off team yet but if they get a certified #1 goalie, they could quickly find themselves in the play-offs. Current Record: 4-6-0, 8 Points
Minnesota Wild: Are utilizing the theory "If we don't let you shoot, we won't lose" to the fullest. Niklas Backstrom has been brilliant in all but one of his starts. Eric Belanger has been a pleasant surprise, playing very well under Jacques Lemaire's defensive system. Marian Gaborik has been more of a disappointment with his one goal so far. Brian Rolston and Pavol Demitra are proving that age isn't a factor in the new NHL. They are the real deal and they should win the Northwest. Current Record: 7-1-1, 15 Points
Montreal Canadiens: Have been surprising everyone so far with exceptional forechecking and defensive play. Huet's been brilliant in all but one game. Higgins is off to another fast start and should keep it going all year, baring injury. Kovalev has not been a distraction thus far and has seemingly regained his old form. Play-offs aren't out of the qustion and in fact, should be quite attainable. Current Record: 4-2-2, 10 Points
Nashville Predators: Expectations and performance are about that same as the Preds are noth
ing like they were last year. After starting 2-0-0, they have since dropped 6 in a row and showing the effects of all the talent lost during the summer and all the talks about moving the franchise. Side note, through 4 home games, the Preds are averaging 13 687.25 people per game, just under the necessary 14 000 people per game needed to keep the team in Nashville. Current Record: 2-6-0, 4 Points
New Jersey Devils: Have unexpectedly started slow. Marty Brodeur has shown some signs of aging. Take it, that could just be the effects of a depleted defence. Zach Parise has been great so far and has been one of the lone bright spots to start the year. Also, the Devils season opening 9 game road trip comes to an end after tonight. Current Record: 3-4-1, 7 Points
New York Islanders: Have exceeded expectations as DiPietro continues to earn that 15 year contract. Mike Comrie has stepped into the Isles 1st line Centre role with 10 Points in 8 games. Bill Guerin has proven to be an effective Captain, sharing the team lead in Points with Comrie. If this team can stay healthy, they might be able to squeeze into the Play-offs again. Current Record: 5-3-0, 10 Points
New York Rangers: Who knew that with the Rangers off-season signings, the Rangers problem's would be on offence and not the expected defence? This team should be able to rebound and hit their stride right around December, like they did last year. For a 3rd consecutive season, Henrik Lundqvist is showing why he's one of the NHL's elite. This team's just too good to score just 13 goals through 8 games. Current Record: 2-5-1, 5 Points
Ottawa Senators: What can I say? This team is just that damn good. Heatley-Spezza-Alfie just seem unstoppable at this time. With Emery coming back, the Sens may struggle a wee bit if they play Gerber and Emey in a rotating style. The Northeast is the Sens to lose and if they do end up losing the Division Title, it'll be because of *****iness and just lack of effort by the whole team. Current Record: 8-1-0, 16 Points
Philadelphia Flyers: Early season success has most hockey fans saying the Flyers are Cup Contenders. One little problem with that. They have yet to face a real challenge. The only team they have played that hasn't been struggling is Carolina and Philly beat them. Let's see how they stand once they face the likes of Ottawa, Pittsburgh and the Rangers when the latter two are hitting their stride. Briere's been great so far and is leading the team. After leaving the game against Florida with dizziness, Gagne's health could be in question. However, he is supposed to play against the Bruins on Saturday. Current Record:6-2-0, 12 Points
Phoenix Coyotes: The Desert Dogs have begun the 07-08 season as expected, struggling. With Alex Auld and Mikael Tellqvist splitting the goaltending duties, the Coyotes could potentially hold upsets over several teams as both goalies are NHL capable. Scoring is the biggest issue in Phoenix as 7 players are tied for the team lead with 4 points. Frederik Sjostrom leads the team with 3 goals thus far in 4 games. Current record: 2-5-0, 4 Points
Pittsburgh Penguins: Got off to a very slow start but have since won 3 in a row. Sidney Crosby still has yet to hit his stride despite having 8 assists and 10 points. The Pens are just hitting their stride and should start winning more games and eventually taking the Atlantic. Current Record: 5-3-0, 10 Points
St. Louis Blues: The St. Louis Blues are vastly improved from last year and could potentially challenge Detroit for the Division Crown as early as this year. Take it, the Blues have been rolling along since hiring Andy Murray as their head coach last year. Paul Kariya has worked some great chemistry with Brad Boyes and Keith Tkachuk early on thus far. Manny Legace has been solid, giving up just 13 goals in 7 games. This could be a Play-off bound team come April. Current Record: 5-2-0, 10 Points
San Jose Sharks: The Sharks have been pretty much average so far this season and have been powered by the emergence of Milan Michalek, Jeremy Roenick and Craig Rivet. They should get moving soon and should take advantage of the struggling Ducks to gain a big lead in the Pacific Division. Current Record: 5-3-1, 11 Points
Tampa Bay Lightning: Inconsistent start thus far this season, going unbeaten at home and winless on the road. If everything clicks, they could be the only team to challenge the Canes for the Southeast Division. Vaclav Prospal has emerged as an unexpected goal threat as he leads the team with 7. Paul Ranger has done a tremendous job replacing the injured Dan Boyle. This team has loads of offence and could surpass the Leafs as the highest scoring team in the NHL. Current Record: 4-3-0, 8 Points
Toronto Maple Leafs: Have shown signs of being a brilliant offensive machine as well as a line-up full of defensive liabilities. The emergence of Nik Antropov as an offensive threat has surprised most. Sundin's been nothing short of brilliant but is 37 and in all likelihood won't keep this type of pace much longer. Simon Gamache has played very well since his call up. Hal Gill's been the Leafs best defenceman thus far with a +6 rating. If the defence doesn't improve soon, the Leafs will be on the outside looking in. Current Record: 3-4-3, 9 Points
Vancouver Canucks: The Canucks worries of offence have come true as they have been outscored 32-27 through 10 games. The Sedins seem to be in on all the Canucks goals and if that trend continues, the Canucks could be on the outside looking in. Luongo's been a major disappointment thus far, losing 6 of his first 9 starts. Things aren't looking too bright for the Canucks but things should turn around and they should be making some noise come Play-off time. Current Record: 4-6-0, 8 Points
Washington Capitals: Ovechkin and Semin have finally got some offensive help in Nylander, Viktor Kozlov and Nicklas Backstrom. If Semin can comeback from his ankle injury and post similar numbers as last year, the Caps could potentially be on their way to the Play-offs, but a more realistic goal is a season record above .500. Kolzig's been playing mightily thus far, going 3-2-0 with a 2.42 GAA in 5 starts. Current Record: 4-4-0, 8 Points
Those are just my thoughts on all the teams. Love to hear what you have to say.
19 Responses to Team By Team Analysis Through October 25, 2007
great article…..short and sweet on all the teams
the rangers are REALLY worrying me……..they got all those weapons…..and theyre firing a water pistol haha
the flames are doing great…once kipper is in his groove…..look out
that come from behind n minni was a HUGE boost in confidence
vancouver needs to do sumthing about that offense……im sure nelios has a trade ready :p
hasak IS injured with a hip injury….they just called up howard so it could be a tad lengthy…but will see
cross ur fingers for a bad season in detroit haha :p
with the call-up of anton strallman and jiri tlusty the leafs look much better offensively and defensively..anton strallman plays a kaberle-esque type game..also the leafs game tends to flow a lot smoother with mccabe out of the line-up..i dont know maybe its just me…jiri tsluty twice in his first nhl game…im looking forward to a lot more of this young man
Hasek's injury is nothing big as he just wants to give it some rest…he will be on the Western Canadian road trip with the team so Howard might not even get to play a game unless Hasek feels he needs more rest.
As for the bad season from the Wings i wouldn't hold my breath if i were you…Osgood has actually been better than Hasek so far this season (might be because Hasek's hip was bugging him) but still Osgood has been solid when played with a 1.68 average and 0.93 save % in 3 games having played against the Sharks, Kings and Flames. As a Wings fan i am perfectly comfortable when Osgood is in net that he can get the job done.
but haven't you learned Osgood is the worst guy to have according to other teams fans. I too think everything is fine with him for a few games.Howard is also a capable netminder.
After last night's win, I suddenly feel very confident with the Rangers. The energy at the garden was strong as always, obviously sparked by the recent great play of Nigel Dawes. The rangers let up only 3 shots in 4 powerplays for the devils, and lundqvist is credited with two shutouts in a row. The defense is playing great, so I really believe that once they start scoring they are going to live up to the team they were expected to be. Let's not forget, it was their defense that was supposed to be their weakness. Finishing second in GAA last year, and with their current play thus far, the rangers should be on the road to success
Can't really say Montreal has been a suprise. Carbo is a defensive coach and with the solid goaltending, it will translat to a great D-game.
If you speak defensivley in regards to +/- and Kovalev back checking in our own end, then yes that is suprising, a pleasant one at that.
The key for Montreal is to sustain it throughout 82 games.
Vancouver has only been out-scored by 5 goals. That's not horrible. They do need some offense, but their big problem is their not finding their defense-first game that gave him success last year. The
As for Toronto, if McCabe is out of the line-up for a couple of games, and they team wins some games, it'll be interesting to see what happens. Of the big minute hounds, only McCabe is a minus player. All the other defenseman, as well as top 6 forwards are on he plus-side. Of course, they have scored a lot of goals, but as a team, the Leafs have let in more then they've scored. That means their 3rd and 4th lines are not cutting it. Maybe they should bench or put on waivers some of them, and give the minutes to younger guys.
how about
Gamanche-Wellwood(when he returns, if he can stay healthy, if not, maybe try Kulemin or another young call-up)-Tlusty
Bell(when he returns, give him a shot))-Pohl-Tucker
Coliacovo(if he can stay healthy, if he can't, Stralman)-White
I know McCabe has a no-movement clause, but that doesn't include benching or healthy scratch does it?
What a biased article….
Now correct me if I'm wrong, but what I got out of your article, at least the way your worded it, was that the Bruins are just on one lucky streak and that they won't keep it up? Why do you say that? Have you even seen a Bruins game? They're playing like a team and playing with grit and passion, which is exactly why they were terrible for the past two seasons. Claude Julien has shown the Bruins the light of what is needed to win. The Bruins haven't showed any signs of slowing down this season and it's completely biased that you assume that they will simply because they were awful the past 2 seasons. Take a look at the New England Patriots in the NFL, a couple of seasons ago we had 1 player that made it to the Pro Bowl, yet we win the Super Bowl. Coincidence? I think not, teams win championships, not players, and that's exactly how the Bruins are playing, as a team!
And to add to the biased statements you make, look at what you say about the Rangers. Don't get me wrong, they have a great team, I called them to make the Stanley Cup finals this season before it started. However, they have almost no chemistry going and that's why they're offense is losing. You can't just expect them to magically gain chemistry by December as you state.
And to say that the Flyers aren't a threat? They've been coming up huge just as the Bruins have. They don't show any signs of slowing down either. They made the right moves in the off season and it paid off.
How about you stop looking at the standings from last year and get a fresh look at the league TODAY!! Seems like a good article…. if it was written before the season started!!!
Let's see… I saw the Bruins play the Habs and if i recall correctly, they looked sluggish compared to Montreal. And, Montreal won quite handedly 6-1. As for the Flyers, name a team that they have faced that hasn't been struggling outside of Carolina. NONE. They lost to Florida and Tampa and have beaten Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, etc. all teams that have struggled. I never looked at a single team from LAST year and looked at every team thoroughly from THIS year.
I find it extremely hard to see the redwings success this year direct from they're division. They have actually only played the Hawks twice, an lost both times! All the other wins come for extremely hard west coast trip out in Sharks, Oilers, Flames, Coyotes. Teams like that. So next time you wanna write a completely Bias acrtivle about certain atleast next time get your facts straight. You could of said this team really needs a second line!?!?
So let's see… You can judge a whole season of a team based on one game? Wow, you are some kind of sorcerer! Well, figures that a Montreal fan thinks poorly on Boston… Even your beloved Habs have had some bad games, at least Boston still had plenty of chances that night.
And so let's say that Boston is a bad team as you are clearly stating, based on your biased one game from a Habs fan perspective, let's see how much they stack up to the Flyers shall we? The Habs won three games, the only challenge was against Carolina, obviously not Boston since they aren't a "good" team. They also beat the struggling Penguins. So the only challenging game they had was against Carolina.
Now let's take a look at who the Flyers beat, pretty damn similar, they beat one tough team, the Flames, and faced a lot of struggling teams. What makes you think the Flyers won't make the playoffs but your beloved Habs will?
Oh and let me point out one big thing you seemed to have overlooked when it comes to Boston vs Montreal, they may be ahead 1-0 in the season series, but they are still behind in the standings!
Again, I repeat, you are just another biased Habs fan, why can't you just admit that?
haha hell yea habs suck **** 'em
The Oilers and Coyotes are hard teams? The teams expected to finish 29th and 30th are a hard task to face? It can even be argued that the Flames weren't that hard considering they started off incredibly slow.
Oh, so playing 2 extra games puts Boston ahead in the standings, big whoop. Now seeing as you are clearly stating I'm completely biased, bet you didn't know I WANT Boston to make the play-offs and I HOPE they prove me wrong. I hate seeing teams such as Chicago, Boston and hell even Toronto not make the play-offs. Wanna know why? Because as much as I don't like Boston and Toronto, I'd rather see them play for the Cup that the ORIGINAL 6 built instead of teams like Nashville, Anaheim, San Jose, Tampa Bay or Florida. So you seem to think a fast start gets teams to the play-offs, may I remind you that last year, the Canadiens were 5th in the NHL and 4h in the East and were 10, i said TEN points ahead of Ottawa and 2 points behind Buffalo with a game in hand and still missed the play-offs. May I also remind you that the Rangers were playing around .500 hockey in January/February and they turned on the jets and finished 6th in the East.
the detroit comment was a joke…..i respect the team and i honestly consider them a dynasty
i just hate they winning is all :p
i'll feel a lot more confident if Jagr continues to play the way he did with Gomez against the devils, he was playing with a lot of jump and speed that he rarely shows. When Jagr gets going with speed and he has the puck, you cannot stop him if he is destined for the net.
true say. as much as i hate montreal i would want to see them in a playoff series with toronto. im sick of these expansion teams stealing the spotlight. we have more money than all the other teams (especially toronto) so why not purchase the best talent we can get our hands on?…***** it im gonna say this as a die hard leafs fan…i want toronto AND montreal in the playoffs this year…this is getting really disappointing…go leafs go
Yes I agreee, the Leafs look way different in the last two games, great win tonight in NY. I said it earlier in a blog that loosing Tucker was a blessing. He plays with alot of grit, but gets caught alot because of it and lead the team in the minus last year. Tlusty looks great so far adn the least are better without McCabe for the two games anyways. For a team that is in its dooms day we now sit in 5th. Lots of time to turn things around and I can see it already happening.
Kudos to you all for sticking up for your teams. I hope the Leafs, Boston and Montreal all make the playoffs as well. Small market teams are ruining the game that us Canadians built and true the original six as well. Still I have to laugh at NYR, sure they can turn it around, but all that money and I didn't even hear Drury's name last night at all. Did you all know that he was only a plus 1 last year playing for Buffalo.
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I've had a copy of Gran Turismo Sport for several days now, but sadly the online servers haven't been online at all. Thankfully, I've been able to try a variety of game modes that aren't normally available offline and have been able to save my progress (which you also can't do without the servers being active). If you're interested in the game's single-player or virtual reality modes then you'll get the full 411 on what to expect.
The first thing players will want to do is go into the game's Driving School. Even if you're an experienced digital driver, you'll still want to go to class to get several cars and valuable in-game currency as a reward for going through its tutorial lessons. These missions start off extremely simple (the first one is cleared by literally pressing the accelerator), but they quickly become more complex as players have to make hairpin turns and watch out for oversteering. It's a great way for players to really appreciate how much depth there is to GT Sport's driving, which is just as satisfying as it has always been. As far as gameplay goes, GT Sport plays just as well as its best competitors. Additionally, there's a separate mode that allows players to learn each course and their individual sections. If you want to truly master driving then you'll find all the tools you need at your disposal.
When I finished the driving school, I wasn't compelled to replay a bunch of tutorials in order to better my times (you can get gold medals and so on depending on how you perform). That meant I went into its Mission Challenge mode, which is the closest thing there is to a Gran Turismo Sport career mode. Anyone expecting a lengthy in-depth career mode like Forza Motorsport or Project CARS 2 will be heavily disappointed, as it's a pretty stripped down series of 64 events. Many of the early ones aren't even races, but simple challenges like trying to knock over some pylons or reaching a certain speed. Eventually, things get more intense (for example, you'll have to start pitting later on while doing longer races), but it's a really underwhelming career mode with little pizazz in terms of presentation. If you're one to be compelled by needing to get gold medals then you'll find some reasons to come back to it, but even then it's not a lengthy affair.
Finally, there's an Arcade mode which is probably where solo players will spend most of their time since the campaign offerings are so underwhelming. It's here where players can set up single races, time and drift trials, custom races, and do split-screen multiplayer. That may seem like a lot of options, but not being able to do something as simple as creating a set of races in order to do a championship series is a real bummer. Even Mario Kart 8 has more compelling solo content than GT Sport, and Sony should be doing better than that in 2017.
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Rather than having the full game playable in virtual reality, the GT Sport VR experience is split into two separate modes: VR Driving and VR Showroom. I'll start with the latter, which is really an awfully tacked-on mode that allows the player to walk around the beautiful cars. Driveclub VR had a similar mode, but this is even more limited as players can't get inside the cars of their dreams in VR. It's way too limited to be of any value, and it's really too bad since I enjoyed the same gimmickry in Driveclub.
Thankfully, the VR Driving makes up for the other mode being a disappointment. Playing Gran Turismo Sport in virtual reality feels amazing. Actually feeling like you're inside these top-notch vehicles is an awesome accomplishment, and it adds a lot of strategy in having to actually watch your mirrors while driving. It really adds so much to the experience, and while there's a definite knock in resolution, it looks much better than Driveclub VR. Sadly, the mode is super bare bones (several options such as certain time conditions can't be picked), and you can only race against one other car on the tracks. It makes an incredible first impression, and then I was left wondering why I booted up the mode since there wasn't much to actually do in it.
Gran Turismo Sport could've easily had been one of PlayStation VR's killer apps. The racing feels that good while wearing the headset, and unfortunately with the way it's packaged, it's turned into a throwaway mode that you'll occasionally use or show friends, but that's it. There's no real replayability, no proper structure, and nothing to keep players from coming back. As far as entertainment goes, it's an absolute tragedy that it's been undersold rather than been fleshed out further.
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I've got to say that I'm left pretty underwhelmed by Gran Turismo Sport so far. The single-player content has been as dull and sterile as the game's presentation. None of the modes have grabbed me, and as Street Fighter V previously showed when it launched, it doesn't matter how good the gameplay is if it isn't offered up in a compelling manner. As someone who mainly comes to racing games to play solo, I'm left wanting a lot more out of GT Sport. It's lacking so far behind of its contemporaries in terms of solo content.
There is one mode that really blew me away, and that's the museum hidden within the game's Brand Central mode, which is also where players buy cars. While not every brand of vehicle has been given the full treatment, companies like Ferrari and Ford have had their history recapped in a handy slideshow with a ton of pictures and information. I spent over 10 minutes reading about how Ferrari evolved over the years, and it was truly fascinating. It's great getting to learn more about these vehicles, and the people behind them. Additionally, a bunch of world events are also seen on a separate timeline, that way players can get a full view of what the world was like while these vehicle milestones occurred. It's definitely one of the best additions to GT Sport, and I wish it was fleshed out to include all of the brands, even if not all of them have histories as deep as the aforementioned manufacturers.
All that said, I can't understate how great the racing actually feels. I've not yet mastered Gran Turismo's many cars and tracks, but I've certainly gotten better over the hours I've poured into the racing sim. I'm excited to go online, and I'm hopeful that the multiplayer will be more fully featured. If it is, then GT Sport might still wind up being great rather than a whole lot of missed potential.
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So my parents found our old Amiga 500 in the attic, in the original packaging even.
I'm pretty sure it still works, but my IT guy senses rang, and before attempting to power it on, I took a look at the expansion slot in the side (empty) and the trap door, which contained an expansion card with what I believe to be 4*128 kB of RAM and 4 more slots for additional RAM chips, as well as a battery (for an RTC?) which was corroded af.
So, I have several questions.
1. Does anyone recognize that expansion card? I didn't find a model name printed on it.
2. The battery is probably dead, can I just replace it? And what is the best way to clean the rest of the PCB from the acid or whatever came out?
3. Do the empty slots mean that if I find RAM chips identical to the ones already installed, can I just pop 'em on and enjoy 1MB instead of 512KB additional RAM?
4. If I had modules of a bigger capacity, could I replace the installed ones with them to have, say, 4 or even 8 Megs of RAM?
I'm somewhat on a tight budget, so I wouldn't want to invest a hundred bucks at a time to power up the Amiga, so no insane new power up card for me. But if you know about any cheaper powerups, I would appreciate being told about them.
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BOSTON (CBS) — Since Hardy revealed on Wednesday that Josh Beckett had been out golfing with Clay Buchholz last week after the team had scratched him from his start, Red Sox fans and the media covering the team has had mixed reactions to the news.
Some argued that Beckett's decision to golf after his team had determined him unfit to pitch was reckless and selfish, while others believe 18 holes of golf isn't a huge deal.
Unsurprisingly, Beckett's golfing partner falls into the group of the latter.
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"That's nothing to me right now. I think that was something that was blown out of proportion just because of the organization that we play for," Buchholz told WBZ-TV's Dan Roche. "It is what it is. I don't think anybody's made any mistakes as far as that."
When pressed further, Buchholz said from what he knows about Beckett, the veteran righty wouldn't have gone golfing if he had any physical ailments that would have affected his pitching.
"The one thing that I can say about Josh Beckett is he's a professional," Buchholz said. "He's not gonna do anything to make him not be ready to go out and do his job. I've been around him for a while now, and that's just the way he goes about his business.
"That's an off day and that's something that gets him away from his field. And if he likes to do that, then that's what he likes to do. That's his decision. Once again, I don't think he's going to do anything to make himself unable to go out and pitch and help his team win."
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Miodrag Beljakovic: A Serbian boy remembers – Nazi occupation and communist "liberation"
Though occasionally citing information from general historical sources in order to place his recollections in proper context, the author presents life under German occupation in World War II Serbia mainly through the eyes of a child growing up in a provincial town in the interior of the country. The child was obviously precocious and had excellent powers of observation, for which we are indebted to him.
One of the high points of this highly personal but by no means purely subjective story is the October 1941 massacre in the town of Kragujevac of more than 2,300 innocent Serbian civilians by German occupation forces, committed in reprisal for casualties inflicted on a German army column by guerrillas. Though the author's own father, a schoolteacher who happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time, was executed in this ghastly manhunt Beljaković successfully maintains as much detachment as is humanly possible in recounting the tragic tale, avoiding the temptation to diminish it by sliding into pathos.
The other equally fascinating and, from the perspective of preserving historical memory, vital segment of the memoir is the synthetic but striking depiction of the frightful atmosphere in which, once foreign occupiers were gone, communist "liberators" replaced them to impose their ideologically-driven, homicidal rule. In this as well as other segments of the book Beljaković, now in an advanced stage of his life, is to be commended simply for naming names, from all camps and factions, of the "good guys" and the "bad guys" alike, to the extent that his own memory still serves him and has allowed him to do it. Had he omitted that basic but critically important part of the narrative, in that region of their country the historical memory of the Serbian people would have been seriously impaired.
The tragic fate of author's high school classmate Živa, recounted in some detail in the final pages, is a perennial reminder of man's potential for inhumanity and is emblematic of the inherent beastliness of ideological dictatorships, whatever their color may be.
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Today was a good Monday as far as getting things done goes...but it all came to a screeching halt because I ran out of energy.
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