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Despite criticism from media, agents and some ex-players, Lou Lamoriello has seen his Devils win three Cups in nine years.
The Hockey News solicited votes from 42 journalists to come up with "The Best of Everything in Hockey." One correspondent from each NHL city and 12 national media members were asked to vote on various disciplines for active players and executives. In addition, they cast ballots on NHL franchise-related off-ice departments. Five points were awarded for first-place votes, three for second and one for third. The accompanying story and voting results is one of more than 40 areas featured. The complete results can be found in "The Best of Everything in Hockey" magazine. Also featured in the publication are all-time bests from each of the 30 organizations and a fan vote on the top 10 favorite players from each franchise.
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Ever since he was a promising catcher invited to play in the San Francisco Giants' system four decades ago -- an offer he turned down to start his coaching career at Providence College -- Lou Lamoriello has played hardball.
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"We don't apologize for not accepting anything but the best out of a player," Lamoriello said.
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Lamoriello's winning formula is derived from an insistence on being the final word on every aspect of the organization. And while he has been compared to inspirational leaders such as Vince Lombardi, Lamoriello says you have to approach the game from your own perspective.
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Few people know Lamoriello as well as Vancouver Canucks' GM Brian Burke, who played for him at Providence College.
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Surrounded by exceptional people such as David Conte, who has been the Devils' director of scouting for 18 years and was ranked seventh in the best executive category, Lamoriello is a shrewd judge of talent.
His staff is responsible for the organization's depth, but Lamoriello has rarely failed to swing a trade to acquire the missing pieces of a Cup-winning puzzle.
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Lamoriello, 61, is a throwback to NHL executives from the 1930s, '40s and '50s. He pays his players based on market value or lets them walk, and makes decisions based on what he thinks is best for the team.
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While the risk of a sudden plummeting of the global economy had diminished because of measures adopted in Europe to ease its sovereign debt crisis, a rapid bounce-back in growth was unlikely, he said.
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New Production Shuguang Type 50 Tubes
Anybody tried the new production Shuguang type 50 tubes yet? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=120199553704 Disclaimer: no relation to the seller, just interested. -- josé k. |
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That's pretty pricey. The workmanship on the pins would make me worried about workmanship on the internals...
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19th December 2007, 03:08 PM | #3 |
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These are selling for $36 each at mableaudio.com
Isn't it that Shuguang have problematic 2A3C and 845? |
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AFAIK their 845 is ok in terms of reliability, at least amongst the few I know who use it.
The 2A3C I can't say. I have shied away from Shuguang tubes for years because of very bad experiences I had with their early 2000s vintage 300B. Apparently they are now owned by Samsung and reputedly their quality and QC procedures are much improved. As the Romans said: Caveat Emptor, and as always YMMV..
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I got one of the first sets of 845's. They must have been made before they got a good English translator because they are labeled " Election Tube" " made in Chian". They still work good though.
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http://www.supertnt.com/info;k;32? I've been using their 12AX7s with good success and want to try some of their power tubes someday. I also have some of their older 'Election Tube' 5AR4s - not exactly the best reliability-wise, but I've heard they have recently improved. |
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You're not alone, unfortunately I get the same spam from them as you do, fortunately it has not caused any issues with my mail service, but it is somewhat annoying.. I too have seen tubes from Shuguang marked "Election Tube" and "Made in Chian" I think it is kind of humorous actually. Incidentally a Chinese friend tells me the name translates roughly as "Glows Brightly" - something I have seen with more than a few of their early KT88/6550.
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Hi Korneluk
Have ordered 2-type 50 tubes. My new Amp will be 5842 choke load-50 Tube IT-TX-GM-70. This is the only Way to see sound quality and Build and hope for the best. Still have one PSE 300B for 2 years and one 3x6550 PSE for+- 3years all Shuguang Tubes all working perfect. regards Rudi |
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This morning I read the CNN story that said Google was finally going to incorporate facial recognition technology into its Goggles app or another mobile application. I then wrote an opinion piece that argued Google was courting a major privacy backlash, despite seeming to have privacy controls worked out in the article.
Thereafter I was contacted by Google, which said the story was pure conjecture and completely wrong. Google told me it was based on facts and statements that were extrapolated out of context by the CNN reporter.
Google was getting a retraction from CNN and asked if I would update and clarify my article based on the new information. I did. I rewrote the story.
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Google's claims do not fit the facts of the situation. This interview was prearranged – on the record – and staffed by a Google PR rep, who raised no objections at the time and did not deny what the engineer said. Additionally, we have an audio recording of the interview, as does Google. We stand firmly behind Mark's reporting.
Recorded interview. On the record. Google PR person in the room.
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The Office of Management and Budget made two changes to its controversial revised Circular A-76 recently that some opponents of the competitve sourcing rules hope could signal a more conciliatory stance on the part of the Bush Administration. However, OMB officials say they have not changed their position at all.
OMB dropped governmentwide goals for the percentage of jobs that agencies must allow the private sector to compete for. Furthermore, the administration published a correction to the challenge process this month stating that the new circular was intended to expand, not restrict, the circumstances for challenging A-76 decisions.
Federal employees unions have opposed A-76 from its inception, characterizing it as part of a systematic process of eliminating jobs for federal employees and giving them to the private sector. Some union leaders are unimpressed by the recent steps.
"As far as we are concerned, the current administration's goals have not changed since day one," said Richard Brown, president of the National Federation of Federal Employees. "We don't believe the current anti-union, anti-worker administration is going to change their minds.
"They can cloak it in anything they want, but what we've been saying is that the federal government is systematically being handed over to profit- driven contractors," he said. "Come hell or high water, that's what the administration wants."
The circular governs the definitions of jobs that are inherently governmental and those that are commercial in nature. The Bush administration, led by Office of Federal Procurement Policy Administrator Angela Styles, has aggressively advocated opening jobs to competition and potentially outsourcing some of them. About 850,000 federal jobs, almost half of the workforce, fall into the commercial category. Critics have warned that number could grow when agencies reassess their job functions using the new guidelines published in May.
But in late July, OMB dropped a governmentwide goal for agencies to open at least 15 percent of their commercial functions to competition. Instead, agencies will set their own goals.
Critics say the change to the challenge process is more important.
The old circular and the Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act allow challenges to the inclusion or exclusion of particular functions from competition. The new circular appeared to limit challenges to cases in which the status of a job function had changed. It also allows challenges to reason codes, which are provisions under which agencies can choose not to compete certain jobs even though they are commercial.
An OMB official said that despite the wording of the new circular, the office had intended to broaden the conditions under which challenges could be made. The old conditions also still apply, he said.
The challenge process is one of several points covered in pending lawsuits that the National Treasury Employees Union and the American Federation of Government Employees have filed seeking to force changes in A-76, said Colleen Kelley, NTEU president.
Kelley said the change in numerical goals means little. "The good news for about 30 seconds was that they were rolling back the 15 percent quotas. But in the next breath they say they're replacing it with agency-specific goals," she said. "I am not convinced that they're not just replacing one quota with another."
The official said the agency wanted to allow individual agencies more flexibility to come up with internal plans and targets that are suitable to that agency's specific circumstances.
OMB had been under pressure to drop the governmentwide numbers goal for months before A-76 became final, said Alan Chvotkin, senior vice president and counsel of the Professional Services Council, which generally supports A-76.
"There was clearly a legislative interest in them. Many of the members [of Congress] called them 'quotas' when they weren't. Angela [Styles] made a valiant effort to explain that they were goals," he said. "As early as last year she was moving away from even talking about goals. I don't think that has any overall impact on the program."
The correction to the challenge policy also is one that the council wanted, Chvotkin said.
The A-76 process was contentious from the beginning, with advocates on both sides arguing for provisions that would favor their side, said consultant Robert Guerra, of Guerra, Kiviat, Flyzik and Associates Inc. The wrangling has continued since the final version of the circular was published.
"People are making some valid points," Guerra said. "Clearly, the congressional pressure has had an effect. Life is a series of trade-offs. You've got to make trade-offs to get things done."
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Bleep bloop.
The warm sense of accomplishment runs through the veins and arteries of a gamer. Or that could be adrenaline.
Achievements have become a staple in gaming. They've been here since before the Xbox 360, and they've become another copycat feature the three puppet masters of Consoletopia have implemented. However, there are now major addictions to this simple gaming quirk, sites and forums dedicated to getting every last point. In school playgrounds, bragging rights to games are held in iron fists, and proven with a look on the Xbox website.
The achievaholic inside us all adore that very sound, the one that makes us proud to have spent the afternoon collecting the random items the developers have pushed us to, but are achievements actually being cared for? Since Microsoft implementation, there have been rules around the criteria of achievements to prevent them from being misused. Microsoft published a few guidelines, including;
1. A maximum of 1000G per full Xbox 360 title.
2. A maximum of 50 achievements per full Xbox 360 title.
3. Xbox Live Arcade may have a maximum of 200G.
4. Downloadable DLC may include additional achievements up to 200G.
However, these guidelines have been changed since slightly. Guideline 2 was changed to allow more achievements, most notably in The Orange Box, which has 99 spanning across the 5 games. But when Sony implemented the Trophy system, it only mandated that Trophies were used in future titles, with no Quality Assurance to make sure that they stay usable. This is the reason that many Playstation exclusives can have cluttered Trophy awards. This is besides the point that Trophies are not uniform, Microsoft rightly made them numerical instead of levelled, which creates an easier to see and understand system. The levels used in Trophies really do not work in a comprehensive way, and for casual gamers, this creates a disincentive to use them.
This is going off topic a little bit, since the main point of this entry was to discuss how those medals of valour are being sabotaged by the very people who decide them. My basis is that achievements aren't for the few, they are for everyone, and everyone should be able to have a shot of obtaining them. Yes, there should be difficult ones, but nothing extravagantly stupid.
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1. Collectable items should be limited.
Numb arse is a problem in the game industry, as it isn't for the right reasons. I should be getting it because I can't stand to be away from a game for wanting to know what happens next, or to defeat the next fire fight, or so on. But many game designers have been choosing the Sandbox in a way to develop their games. And to make the player 'fully explore' their little creation they spent so much time, money and effort on, there will be no doubt collectables.
Collectables are the bane of video games, as they are made into the bitches of the developers, being put EVERYWHERE within a game map, with no consideration of player attention or interest. They are abused, uncared for and used for one purpose. To make players roam the map artificially. Not through free will, or interest, or genuine curiosity.
But this is the problem, they don't know when to stop. I can see that you spent a lot of effort on this Sandbox, but if you really want me to explore it, do what Rockstar did in GTA4 where they made a vast city full of nooks and crannies and other wonders that really needed walking around like an actual tourist, rather than making me collect special items. And before you get over-complacent Rockstar, that's where the praise ends.
Collectables in gaming have been abused time and time again. Want to know how bad they have gotten? Let's get statistical:
Brutal Legend: 120 Collectables.
Far Cry 2: 328 Collectables.
GTA4: 350 Collectables
Assassin's Creed: 400 Collectables
Crackdown: 830 Collectables.
As you can see, these have been put into ascending order, Crackdown being the most villainous of the lot. Yes, it could be argued that there is reason and reward in collecting these, but my point is not that collectables are evil. It's that developers insist of putting so many of these in. Collectables should be able to be done through the campaign, not as a second job, to enliven and colour it with reason. A purpose.
Collectables are really artificial too, GTA4 had us crawling around shooting pigeons, this was used in satire by Roosterteeth in one of their comics. There should be some genuine purpose for this, not for the sake of just collecting things. A good example is Fallout 3, which in 'The Pitt' DLC had us collecting steel girders, but for items we actually needed such as guns or weapons for the fighting pit duels we were forced to do by the slavers. We were made in to the slaves, just like the others in the Pitt, and became such an important part of the Role Playing experience, we had a choice to do it, and better ourselves, or not, and to live with the consequences. It was a real decision of how much we were willing to do, even when oppressed.
Collectables gave rewards, but they felt so fake when there was no purpose, the Hidden Orbs in Crackdown gave experience points but it wasn't for any purpose what so ever, just grind.
Call of Duty 4. Developed by Infinity Ward. Published by Activision.
2. Multiplayer Achievements should be limited or removed entirely.
I can already see people disagreeing with this, but there's many reasons to strive for this. One of those reasons is the fact that people cannot afford Xbox Live, or choose not to pay for it, and having achievements in games which people have paid for, played through and cannot play on a online multiplayer is a middle finger to those who cannot play online. And multiplayer shouldn't be a crutch for the developers to lean on, it's more of an added luxury. As Ben 'Yahtzee' Croshaw of Zero Punctuation fame stated,
a game should stand on it's campaign/single player solely
, the merits of which achievements should also be dependant on. Multiplayer isn't for everyone, the rule that there is always someone better than you makes achievements that extra bit more difficult. Some achievements are created that require more luck than skill, such as Halo 3 which has the 2 For 1 achievement for killing two player in a Free For All game with a Spartan Laser. If you are on your own, then you are less likely to be near other players to be killed with them.
My other reasoning for multiplayer achievements to be removed is the fact that they are used to fatten up the list, but with little regard for the player. Epic Studios is the main contender for worst Multiplayer achievements of all time award for this:
Seriously 2.0
Kill 100,000 enemies (any mode)
Gamers don't have long attention spans, and it's not a criticism. Games are meant to last around 9 hours, barring Final Fantasy games and MMORPG's, which is adequate time to experience, enjoy and move on to another game. Multiplayer increases replay value somewhat, but there is a limit to how you can expect a player to play one game, and rewarding those who do play for that long isn't helping their social skills.
Call of Duty 4 showed the industry that campaign and multiplayer should be a separate experience, and rightly so. Achievements were saved for the single player aspect, while multiplayer had levels and prestige. Everyone was happy, since the power users still had their status while less heavy users still gained some Gamerscore. Shadowrun and other games (GoW2 included) allowed for Multiplayer to be enjoyed with AI bots, which allowed for achievements to be gained by those without Xbox Live Gold.
3. Don't just focus the achievements on campaign missions.
Say what? INCONSISTENCY.
No, while multiplayer shouldn't be incorporated into achievements, campaign missions shouldn't the sole focus point. Halo 3 has an achievement for every mission, which is perfectly fine, with a few goodies for completion depending on the level of difficulty the game was completed in. However, Halo Wars had an achievement for every mission, then more for completing the mission on the harder difficulty setting. Then another one for completion depending on difficulty, which means that less awards go for actual skill and effort than it does for playing the game. Gamers should be rewarded for playing the game, but utilising skills taught or used in a game is just as important. Easy giveaways seen in Halo 3 ODST, are a negative source of rewarding the player, as it doesn't reward them at all. They are doing what is needed to play. Achievements should be achieved, not given away.
4. Achievements should be available to everyone.
The gaming industry believes that there are different gamers, such as hardcore, casual or whatever. But why should be segregate users into different categories and make games to suit just that? Games aren't for criteria, they're for entertainment and for experience. Yes, new gamers may be put off First Person Shooters, but that doesn't stop them from enjoying them, and achievements shouldn't just be for those who excel at them. Yes, have some way to reward them, even achievements that can be bragged about like the hijack level of Call of Duty 4, but don't create ones that can be only obtained through mass replays or through many hours spent on playing. Achievements are universal, and therefore should be available to everyone.
[Edit: Pictures added on advice of
, thanks!]
[Edit 2: Wow, wasn't expecting the debate this has sparked off, but for helpful reasons, Point 4 has been clarified in the comments below.
(Tl:dr? Achievements shouldn't be dumbed down, but extravagent achievements that require extraordinary amounts of time, effort or money are the main things that prevent 'everyone' from obtaining. Manly achievements, like 'Bulltrue' in Halo 3 are plausible, but reaching the highest level of Prestige, is not.)
Point 2 has had 'Bots/AI' added.]
Well that's all for this week. I'll attempt to post another for next week.
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Just A Thought: In-Game Advertising.
on 07.28.2009
Advertising and gaming go together as well as a lion and gladiators who like to shower in barbecue sauce. Gamers hate it, but advertisers still throw more of these men in there on the promise that it gets better or makes more money.
However, the strategy is all wrong. We don't need brand made products (as per
Burger King's Free Xbox Game offer
), but how about you make advertising relevant to the game.
Far Cry 2 got me thinking about this. As I was playing through, I came across the usual advertisement boards I paid no attention to, but the real advertisement there was something I was using in-game.
The Jeep Wrangler and the Jeep Liberty. Both in-game vehicles you can use, drive, whatever.
It's obvious advertisement, yes. But because they had implemented into the game, it had a lot more impact on me. The choice was smart, once you get away from the fact that African warlords use Jeep's vehicles to do their despicable business, I could see the idea behind it. Put that vehicle in a dusty, mostly off-road environment to show that the vehicle can cope, and be something to desire in real life.
So I thought I could put out a few more ideas of how you could implement advertising within games so that they have more impact than billboards in Burnout: Paradise.
Obama doesn't hate video games,
he stars in them
1. Make product relative to the game. Or find a game suitable to the product.
OOH! Something to take the cloned kids to police academy in!
This is a no-brainer, or so I thought. You would expect the advertising people to find suitable games to advertise in. Crackdown was a good contender for this. Cars are in the game, therefore advertising cars seems like a good idea right?
Well it would have been if the car was the best way to travel around, but the best way to get round Crackdown was to jump free-runner style all over Pacific City. Therefore rendering cars useless, besides the bad-ass one that the game forces you to get from the Agency garage that transforms Optimus Prime-style into something that Batman would use. So gamers would rather use that over the advertised one. But it was still
I'm about to open a can of WHOOP-AXE on your ass!
Axe bodyspray and a top-secret stealth agent. Hands up those who can see the connection, 'cause theres nothing manly about pink. And if a stealth agent wore Axe, then his whole cover could be probably blown quite quickly, unless the enemy thinks that someone has added a nice new air freshener to the air conditioner. I couldn't get my head round it, but say if they implemented it into GTA: San Andreas, and it increased the Sexual Appeal bar, then won't that be a better selling point?
2. Implement it into gameplay.
Ok, back to Far Cry 2 for this one. It had a Jeep in. An actual Jeep. If you go down to your local Jeep/Chrysler supplier
before it disappears
, you could probably pick one up. You could technically test-drive it in game. That is well implemented advertising. However, it could have been done alot better. If they had shoved a gun on it, or done something to give a better incentive, it would have been the most decent car in the game, and therefore, could have been better advertised.
Static billboards can't even get close to that sort of effect.
3. Give an incentive for players to want to use the product in-game.
In GTA IV, there were some clones of (arguably) Ferrari. They drove really fast, had decent handling (again, arguably) and looked gorgeous. Why wouldn't you want one?
Ferrari? No... This? It's An... Ferraro!
While Far Cry made the Jeep nice, but not nice enough. If they had made it the most wanted car in the game, it could have done alot better to grab attention and make the car even more
4. Don't intrude on the game, try using it to add realism and depth, not obvious impact.
Gamers have not been very positive of advertisements in their games. Some view it as spyware, others as an intrusion into the game that makes no sense.
What about if you advertised to make the game... better? Well then gamers could be more positive. I'm not saying you have to be like Jeep, who kept their presence on the low, but you could be as subtle couldn't you? How about in the next Mirror's Edge game, there's a bottle of Volvic water, which make Faith's vision alot clearer, or allows her to have a faster sprint.
Or what if you could design a safe house in Grand Theft Auto by visiting Ikea. Or In Saints Row you can access a music program like Windows Media, Amazon.com MP3 or iTunes from a computer to download to MP3 Player.
My whole point is that advertising in gaming is so open to possibility and ideas, but in its current state, its aggravating, stingey and static. It needs to move on or be ignored. And hopefully in a way that benifits us gamers, and not advertisers who ruin games. Yes I'm looking at you Pepsi. If I can't throw Pepsi machines at people, then why bother putting it in?
This is besides the debate whether in game advertising is a good or bad thing. In my opinion, if they do the things listen above, I wouldn't be bothered the slightest.
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