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Os produtos que oferecem jeitos diferentes para se conectar com a internet foram os destaques entre os lançamentos da semana, principalmente para quem quer dispensar os fios. A Mude anunciou a chegada de um roteador que permite criar uma rede sem-fios no escritório ou em casa. O aparelho wireless tem capacidade para interligar até 32 PCs.

A Itautec está lançando um notebook com a tecnologia necessária para surfar pela rede mundial de computadores sem usar fios. O Infoway Note Wireless vem com os padrões de tecnologia Centrino, da Intel, podendo se conectar à internet sem precisar de cabos. Mas ele tem placa de rede para os muitos usuários que ainda dependem dos fios.

Novidades para montar redes de computador também estão sendo trazidas pela Kelow. A empresa começou a vender o Lanplug, que na verdade são dois aparelhos que permitem usar as tomadas para conectar os micros.

Entre os outros lançamentos de tecnologia estão uma multifuncional da Canon que tem entrada para os cartões de memória de câmeras fotográficas digitais, uma placa-mãe da Biostar que vem com placa de vídeo Radeon embutida --com capacidade para rodar games e outras aplicações gráficas--, e um gravador de DVD da Benq que consegue copiar um disco de 4,7 GB em 10 minutos. Esse produto, porém, só chega no terceiro trimestre de 2004.

Roteador wireless
A Mude --distribuidora sistemas de segurança e comunicação de dados-- está lançando no país um roteador para conexões sem-fio com a internet. O aparelho, chamado de BEFW11S4, permite compartilhar conexões de banda larga com até 32 micros. Para usar o roteador, porém, é preciso que os computadores também tenham cartões para a conexão sem fio.
Quanto: US$217,18
Onde: http://www.mude.com.br

Infoway Note Wireless M3420
O novo notebook da Itautec, o Infoway Note Wireless M3420, é equipado com o padrão Centrino para comunicação sem-fio. Ele tem processador Intel Pentium-M, o chipset Intel 855GM e uma interface de comunicação sem fio Intel PRO Wireless 2100 (padrão 802.11b). Tem ainda teclado em português, 256 MB de memória RAM do tipo DDR, disco rígido de 40 GB, quatro portas USB 2.0, placas de fax/modem e rede. O modelo mais.
Quanto: cerca de R$ 5.000
Onde: http://www.trendshop.com.br

Lanplug
A Kelow Computadores está lançando o Lanplug, sistema que permite a conexão de PCs em rede pela rede elétrica. O sistema tem um aparelho para comandar a transferência dos dados pela rede elétrica e um conector USB que permite a comunicação entre as máquinas. Com o sistema é possível compartilhar o uso de impressoras e conexões com a interne sem quebrar a casa ou escritório para montar uma rede.
Quanto: R$ 900
Onde: http://www.kelow.com.br

Canon F20
A Nagem, distribuidora de equipamentos de informática, lançou um novo modelo de impressora multifuncional, a Canon F20. O produto tem uma entrada para cartão de memória para imprimir as fotos tiradas com câmeras digitais sem usar o computador. O equipamento faz cópias nos tamanhos A4 e carta, e também pode ser usado para reduzir ou ampliar documentos. Sua velocidade de impressão é de 14 PPM (páginas por minuto) em preto e branco ou 10 PPM coloridas.
Quanto: R$ 899
Onde: http://www.nagem.com.br

Gravador de DVD DW822A
Quem precisa fazer cópias de grandes quantidades de dados vai gostar da novidade que a Benq anunciou: um gravador de DVD com velocidade de 8x. Segundo a fabricante, o aparelho leva 10 minutos para gravar um disco com 4,7 GB de dados. Ele é compatível com o formato DVD+/-RW e regrava discos em 4x. De acordo com a Benq, o aparelho permite gravar filmes compatíveis com 99,4% dos DVDs. O produto chega ao mercado nacional no terceiro trimestre deste ano.
Quanto: Não definido
Onde: http://www.benq.com.br

Placa-mãe P4ARA
A placa-mãe lançada pela Biostar é uma alternativa para os usuários que querem equipar o micro com uma placa de vídeo. A P4ARA vem com a placa Radeon 9200, produzida pela ATI, embutida o que permite rodar jogos e aplicativos em terceira dimensão. Além da placa de vídeo, a motherboard vem com seis portas USB 2.0, duas portas FireWire, suporte para até 2 GB de memória DDR 400, placas de rede, placa de som com seis canais, cinco slots PCI e um slot AGP 8x, caso o usuário queira instalar uma segunda placa de vídeo.
Quanto: Não divulgado
Onde: vendas@biostar.com.br

Teclado sem-fio para PDA
Para quem não consegue se adaptar com a caneta dos micros de mão, a Leadership está trazendo um novo teclado que dispensa os fios para se conectar com os micrinhos. A conexão é feita por meio de raios infra-vermelhos e o modelo é compatível com todos os PDAs equipados com esse recurso.
Quanto: R$ 219
Onde: http://www.leadershop.com.br

Estabilizador Revolution 2 L
A SMS --fabricante nacional de nobreaks, estabilizadores e filtros de linha-- está aumentando sua linha de equipamentos. Além das tomadas para aparelhos eletrônicos, o estabilizador Revolution 2 L tem protetor para linha e cabo telefônicos. O estabilizador tem ainda a tecnologia de auto-teste, que faz com que o equipamento execute rotinas de teste em seus circuitos internos todas vez que é ligado.
Quanto: R$ 33
Onde: http://www.sms.com.br

Battlefield Vietnam
Já está à venda Battlefield Vietnam, game de tiro em primeira pessoa que leva o jogador aos combates da Guerra do Vietnã. Os jogadores podem assumir tanto o papel dos vietcongues como dos norte-americanos e as batalhas agora acontecem em vilarejos da trilha de Ho Chi Minh e cidades destruídas. Várias das armas e veículos utilizados pelos dois exércitos nos combates foram fielmente reproduzidos. O destaque do game é são as partidas via rede ou internet, que permitem que até 64 pessoas joguem simultaneamente.
Quanto: R$ 99,90
Onde: http://brasil.ea.com/product_spec.asp?id=2720

Banda mt boa!

Spring Heeled Jack U.S.A. (more commonly known simply as Spring Heeled Jack) was a third wave ska band based out of New Haven, Connecticut. The band was formed by guitarist/vocalist Ron Ragona and drummer Dave Karcich in 1991. After a short breakup, Ragona and Karcich reformed the band with a new lineup. This lineup would record two albums before announcing a hiatus in 2000. While the band members moved on to new bands, their intention was to play the occasional reunion show. This idea was would never come to fruition as a cerebral aneurysm would be cause for Karcich's sudden death in 2002.

The early years
Shortly after forming the band, Ragona moved to Boston, to play guitar for Skavoovie and the Epitones. After six months in Boston though, Ragona returned to Connecticut and reformed Spring Heeled Jack. The only other returning member would be Karcich. By the time the band decided to record its first demo tape, the lineup consisted of Ragona on vocals and guitar, Karcich on drums, Mike Pellegrino on vocals and guitar, Rick Omonte on bass, Chris Rhodes on trombone, Pat Gingras on trumpet and James Riley on saxophone. The demo tape was titled CT Ska and was released in 1993. The band played many shows and soon had a devoted following amongst the strong New Haven ska scene. The band would also contribute studio and live songs for various ska compilations over the next few years.


[edit] The Moon Ska years

Moon Promotional PhotoThe band's popularity did not escape notice by Robert "Bucket" Hingley, founding member of The Toasters and owner of Moon Ska Records. Hingley signed the band to the label and had them start recording their debut album. By this time, the lineup had changed again. Gingras had left and was replaced by Tyler Jones. Riley had also decided to leave the band and, as a result, half of the album featured him playing saxophone, while the other half was recorded with, new member, (re)Pete Wasilewski. Wasilewski had previously played with Rhodes in the Connecticut band, JC Superska. In 1996, their debut album, Static World View, was released. The band filmed one video, for the song, "Pay Some Dues." To support the release of the album, the band started touring outside of their usual territory. During this time, the band became friendly with frquent touring partners, The Amazing Royal Crowns. As a result, the Spring Heeled Jack horn section performed on the song "Do The Devil" from the 1997 debut album by The Amazing Royal Crowns.

It wasn't too much longer before ska started to break into the mainstream due to commercial hits by bands such as No Doubt and The Mighty Mighty Bosstones and major labels started looking for ska bands to sign. This led to Spring Heeled Jack's eventual signing with Ignition Records, an imprint label of Tommy Boy Records.


The Ignition years
With the band's signing to a major label, came a minor name change. The addition of U.S.A. to the band's name was the result of a legal agreement with the British electronic group, Spring Heel Jack. It was done to avoid confusion between the two musical acts on album covers and live performances. While some considered it an actual name change, the band rarely referred to themselves as anything but Spring Heeled Jack. Rumor has it that Spring Heel Jack was to add UK to their name, as part of the agreement, but this never occurred. With this legal business out of the way, the label booked the band to record at the legendary Hit Factory recording studio in New York City. The same studio had previously been used by musicians such as John Lennon, Bruce Springsteen, & The Rolling Stones. The resulting album was Songs From Suburbia, released in 1998. To promote the album, the band toured extensively with bands such as Reel Big Fish, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones and Dance Hall Crashers. One such performance was filmed for use in an episode of the HBO music show, Reverb. They also played several dates on the 1999 Warped Tour. The band then filmed their second video, for the song "Jolene". The song was about the band's first tour van, which, by the time the video was filmed, had been sold in order to purchase a new one. The band didn't feel right about doing the video without the original van and it was bought back. After filming, the van was sold yet again. Some fans from Connecticut were upset when the novelty license plate, shown in the video, was from New York. This was a circumstance of the video being filmed in New York City and therefore the plate that was made was from New York as well. The video received minimal MTV airplay but a clip of the video appeared regularly as part of the introduction to the daily MTV show, I Spy Video. Soon after the video was shot, the band featured a contest on their website that allowed fans to submit new name suggestions for their new van. Once all of the submissions were in, the band decided on "The People's Van" as the name.

It was during this period that the Skalars, tourmates and friends from St. Louis, Missouri, were in need a trumpet player to record their second album, Change Up. Tyler Jones was invited to fill in for the recording of the album which was released in 1999. Spring Heeled Jack entered the studio, once again, to record three songs that would never be released to the public. One of the songs was a cover of The Stray Cats song, "Sexy & 17" which was regularly performed during live performances. A second song was titled "Lonely." A third song, titled "Josie," a re-worked version of the band's single, "Jolene," was submitted for use in the Drew Barrymore film, Never Been Kissed but it was rejected. "Josie" was the name of Barrymore's character in the film.

Things seemed to be going well for the band when it was announced that, due to a merger between record labels, Tommy Boy Records would be dissolving their Ignition Records imprint and dropping the majority of acts signed to the label. Suddenly, the band had no record label and therefore, no label support. As this was happening, the band was in the middle of what would be their final tour of California. Kyle Herrman, a friend of the band, accompanied them for several days and filmed what would become the documentary, Mass Appeal Madness. While inititially only available at the band's final show, the movie would continue to be sold on the internet for several more years.


The end & new beginnings
Shortly after being dropped by their label, Dave Karcich decided to leave the band, in pursuit of making new music. He played, what he intended to be his last show with the band, in Long Island. Soon after, the band set out to find a replacement drummer yet were unsuccessful by the time their next performance came about at Rutgers University in New Jersey. Karcich returned to play drums with the band one last time. It was after this show that the band announced their intent to go on hiatus. Their goal was to continue recording music and playing shows together, without the constant need for extensive and expensive touring. In the meantime, they'd be free to pursue new bands and projects. They announced their final show, for the time being, and it was held at Toad's Place in New Haven, Connecticut in May, 2001. Unfortunately, by the time the show was booked, Chris Rhodes had already joined The Mighty Mighty Bosstones. In his place, on stage, a microphone stand stood with one of his shirts hanging from it. Earlier that day, the Bosstones had recorded a performance on Late Show with David Letterman. The club had a large projection screen airing the television show and when the Bosstones segment aired, Spring Heeled Jack called Rhodes via cellphone. Together, the band and audience sang a variation of the Bosstones song, "Where'd You Go," entitled "Where Is Chris Rhodes," to him.

Almost immediately, rumors about the next possible reunion began to surface. The band did intend to play the occasional show and possibly record new material but those plans came to a halt in April 2, 2002, when Karcich suffered a sudden cerebral aneurysm and passed away three days later, at the age of 28. Eight months after his passing, a tribute show was held at Toad's Place, in honor of Karcich. Each band that performed had some prior connection to Karcich's life. The show ended with the one time reunion of Spring Heeled Jack. Several of Karcich's drummer friends took his place during the performance. Over $8,000 was made and put into a scholarship fund, in Karcich's name.


After Spring Heeled Jack
After the breakup, all seven members continued working in music.

Ron Ragona became the singer for Lost City Angels, and released two albums with the band before departing in 2006. He has since become a member of the band, The Murder Mile.

Tyler Jones was a member of Reel Big Fish for a brief time, after the departure of trumpet player, Tavis Werts. He performs on several songs appearing on their Cheer Up! album as well as the entire Reel Big Fish: Live at the House of Blues DVD.

Mike Pellegrino now performs with Lord Fowl, a New Haven based three piece rock band. He also performs, from time to time, with Cenzo, a band he helped form with Karcich and former Pilfers and Bim Skala Bim member, Vinny Nobile, for a World Trade Center benefit show in 2001. Shows performed after Karcich's death featured a new lineup which did not include Pellegrino but, in 2005, he returned to the band. Pellegrino also briefly played with Ragona in Lost City Angels, before joining the Connecticut based band, Ladyfriend. He appeared on Ladyfriend's album, I Am An Autumn, before leaving the band, who, soon after, changed their name to Welcome.

Rick Omonte remains a strong contributor to the New Haven, Connecticut music scene. He plays bass for the bands Crooked Hook and The Mountain Movers. Both bands made their recording debut in 2006. Crooked Hook released a five song, self-titled EP while The Mountain Movers released their debut album, We’ve Walked in Hell and There is Life After Death. When not playing music, his promotion company, Shaki Presents, books bands for "Sundazed at BAR", a free Sunday night event at local New Haven club, BAR.

Chris Rhodes played briefly with Bim Skala Bim before joining The Mighty Mighty Bosstones. He appears on their A Jacknife to a Swan album and wrote the album's single, "You Gotta Go!". After their breakup, he began performing with The Toasters, where he continued to play until his departure in 2006. Rhodes has also performed with Omonte's band, The Mountain Movers and makes an appearance on the band's debut CD. In 2004, he has made live appearances with bands such as Less Than Jake, Reel Big Fish and NOFX.

Pete Wasilewski is now a member of Less Than Jake, but is known better to their fans as JR, to avoid confusion with former trombone player, Pete Anna. His first album with the band was Anthem. He also made a guest appearance on the debut album by The Mountain Movers.

After leaving Spring Heeled Jack, Karcich temporarily filled in for Mephiskapheles. He went on to audition for several other bands, such as 2 Skinnee J's, before he was asked to join Pilfers, who were looking to replace their rhythm section. Karcich went on to perform with Pilfers until they too disbanded. Afterwards, he was a founding member of Cenzo with Pellegrino and two of his former Pilfers bandmates. At the time of his death, he was a member of Avoid One Thing with former Bosstones bass player, Joe Gittleman. Although featured in the artwork for their debut release, Karcich does not actually perform on the album.


Members
Dave Karcich - drums
Ron Ragona - guitar, vocals
Tyler Jones - trumpet
Chris Rhodes - trombone, vocals
Rick Omonte - bass guitar
Mike Pelligrino - guitar, vocals
Pete Wasilewski - saxophone, vocals
James Riley - saxophone
Pat Gingras - trumpet

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Select a site that is in full sun.

Dig the hole twice as wide as the root ball (container), and no deeper than the height of the root ball. The soil that you dig out of the hole is what you use to backfill around the root ball. No soil amendments are recommended when planting a tree; therefore, no compost, peat moss, or shredded pine bark should be added to the backfill.
After planting the tree, build a 4-inch tall berm around the edge of the hole. Fill the berm with a mulch (i.e. shredded bark, compost). The mulch and berm make it easier to water the tree and reduce weed competition.
For most trees, staking is not recommended; however, if the tree trunk is not sturdy enough, use two stakes, one on either side of the tree, and give the trunk support for the first year only. Below are diagrams of a typical tree planting.
Right after planting, water the tree in by filling the bermed basin with water. This will settle the existing soil around the root ball. For the first week after planting, lightly water the tree every day (about one pint of water each day). The second week, water every other day with about one quarter of water. During week three, water every third day with two quarters of water. Week four and beyond, water once a week if needed. The goal is to wean the tree slowly off of supplemental irrigation, and get the root system large enough for the tree to thrive on natural rainfall.
REMEMBER: These are just guidelines. Use your index finger to check the soil moisture under the mulch. If the soil is cool to the touch, do not water. If it is warm and dry, then water. More plants are killed by over-watering than by under-watering.