LightSpeed Render – Network rendering for LightWave

LightSpeed Render

Network rendering
Use all the cores of dedicated render nodes/render farm or the unused power of the workstations in your network to speed up your Lightwave rendering.

Decide how many simultaneous jobs one machine can accept, and choose the job priority based on the computer usage (render node or workstation).

Fast preview
Render a single image faster by splitting and distributing the image across your network computers/render farm, and view in real time the rendered parts.

Node management
You can easily manage your render nodes remotely. Use the advanced functions to sleep the nodes and save up to 95% of the energy cost compared to letting them idle. Once needed, one click and the nodes will wake up in few seconds.

Use also the management functionalities to update the node software remotely, or to restart the node’s operating system.

Cowboys DL David Irving suspended 4 games for violating NFL’s substance abuse policy

Jun
21

The NFL has suspended Cowboys defensive lineman David Irving four games without pay for violating its substance abuse policy, the league announced Friday.

Irving will serve the suspension to start the season, and is eligibie to return to the active roster Oct. 1. In the meantime, he is eligible to practice with the team and play in all preseason games.

The lawyers for Kaepernick, who opted out of his contract with the San Francisco 49ers in 2017, want to examine the Trump administration’s involvement with the NFL during Kaepernick’s free agency and how the league handled the player protests last season, the website reported.

Trump had spoken to some NFL owners about the protests, and the attorneys want to know if he exerted any pressure on them.

Kaepernick refused to stand for the playing of the National Anthem during a preseason game with the Green Bay Packers in August 2016 to protest racial injustice.

He filed a grievance against the NFL last October, claiming the 32 NFL teams were colluding to keep him out of the league.

The owners of respondent NFL teams have been quoted describing their communications with President Trump, who has been an organizing force in the collusion among team owners in their conduct towards Mr. Kaepernick and other NFL player, the ​claim says. Owners have described the Trump administration as causing paradigm shifts in their views toward NFL players.

The failure by the runner to make an effort to touch the plate, the runner’s lowering of the shoulder, or the runner’s pushing through with his hands, elbows or arms, would support a determination that the runner deviated from the pathway in order to initiate contact with the catcher in violation of Rule 6.01(i) (Rule 7.13), or otherwise initiated a collision that could have been avoided.

Colin Kaepernick calls out NFL owners, Trump in collusion fight

Trump lashed out at players taking a knee during the anthem in a September 2017 speech in which he called for team owners to punish protesting athletes.

Wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, ‘Get that son of a b—- off the field right now. Out. He’s fired. He’s fired!​’

The NFL ​last month approved a new policy that demands all players on the field stand during the anthem or stay in the locker room. Teams would be fined if players disobey the rules.

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Williams remained in Southern California during the offseason to rehab his back and has been slowly integrated back into the Chargers’ offense this spring.

Jun
20

If he can stay healthy through camp, his return will function as somewhat of a bonus first-round pick.

For Williams in particular, the offseason provides a chance at redemption. Though he was limited in practices and in games last year, he was able to spend the year learning the offense and adapting to Rivers’ leadership style. But now he can truly work on improving on the field as a route runner and building chemistry with Rivers to make up for the time he missed last year.

I think it humbled him. He came back hungrier, receiver Keenan Allen told USA TODAY Sports. I think he wants to make plays now, and he’s planning to make plays. He’s moving faster.

Torres hit just 24 homers in 370 minor-league games.

I’m working every day, Torres said. I don’t think about homers. I just try to think about putting the ball in play and do my job every time. If I get a homer, I’m happy, too. If I get a base hit, if I help the team, I’m very happy.

Torres’ three-run blast in the fifth inning turned a 2-1 deficit into a 4-2 lead. The 21-year-old from Venezuela worked a full count against Rays lefty Blake Snell, who tried to throw a 96-mph fastball down and away and instead left it chest-high. Torres ripped into it, sending it nearly to the left field second deck.

Torres leads all big-league hitters with five three-run homers this season. All other Yankees have combined for just eight three-run homers, including two grand slams.

His 33 RBI are also the most among AL rookies.

Manager Aaron Boone was asked what’s been most impressive about Torres in the first 45 games of his career.

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Zach Miller will do as much as he can to play again

Jun
16

The Bears placed tight end Zach Miller on the physically unable to perform list on Tuesday, which means that he won’t be returning to the field in 2018 after suffering a knee injury that’s required him to undergo nine surgeries since being injured last October.

This day’s version of the day-by-day effort included a scuffle between center Weston Richburg and defensive lineman Solomon Thomas.

Again, I didn’t do that in Miami with the quarterbacks because they didn’t want to do it, Landry said. I would say that the chemistry and the type of guys that I’m around here makes me that much more excited because I know I’m going to be pushed at all levels at all times.

It’s a less than ideal way to head into a crucial season for the 2015 first-round pick. Ray did not have his contract option for next season exercised by the Broncos, so he’s set to be a free agent next offseason and could use a strong season to land a good deal on the open market.

The size of Ray’s opportunity even if he’s healthy will likely be impacted by the presence of this year’s first-round pick as well. If Bradley Chubb makes a quick transition to the professional ranks, Ray could be an afterthought before his contract is out.

Browns cornerback Howard Wilson will miss his second straight NFL season before it started.

Wilson had surgery on Tuesday for a torn left patellar tendon and is expected to be sidelined the entire 2018 season, a cruel blow for the former fourth-round pick who missed last season after breaking his kneecap in rookie minicamp and undergoing surgery.

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Tom Brady: I don’t think offseason was any different for me

Jun
14

jets_113Patriots quarterback Tom Brady closed out his first appearance of the offseason program with a brief media session as the team wrapped up minicamp on Thursday and his absence from the rest of the work was the main topic of conversation.

Brady said that the voluntary portion of the offseason schedule are important, but cited some personal reasons as the reason why he opted not to take part in those workouts. He added that he doesn’t think that decision represented a departure from his approach to past offseasons.

Lewis was spit back into the general populace after that, and that’s where his fight with concussions truly began.

Initially, Lewis admits he was far too irritable around his kids. The most harmless kids-being-kids accident could set him off. Oh, he gave media a whirl. That’s the go-to remedy for thousands of ex-players. But after spending four days with NFL Network, four days of grinding through production meetings only to gain zero satisfaction, Lewis realized it wasn’t for him. The profession required too much BS’ing in front of a camera. Heck, Lewis rarely ever watched the sport he loved to play growing up. The only football he’d catch outside of the Super Bowl was a VHS highlight tape of Eric Dickerson, Walter Payton, Gale Sayers, Barry Sanders and O.J. Simpson.

Green, from Karns, Tenn., was MLB.com’s 82nd overall draft prospect and is committed to Vanderbilt.

Here’s a piece of MLB.com’s scouting report on Green:

A batting-practice standout on the showcase circuit, Green has physical strength and plenty of bat speed from the right side of the plate. He has had some swing-and-miss issues in the past but is making more consistent contact this spring. That bodes well for his ability to fully tap into his power potential, which ranks among the best in the 2018 high school crop.

Green is more than just a hitter, however. He’s an average runner out of the batter’s box and quicker once he gets going. He’ll have to move from center to right field at the next level and has the arm for it, as he has been clocked up to 93 mph and flashed a hard curveball on the mound.

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Skidding Rockies hit the road to face Phillies

Jun
13

jets_110The Colorado Rockies start a six-game road trip Tuesday night in Philadelphia. The change of scenery might not be a bad thing.

The Rockies, who were swept by the Arizona Diamondbacks at Coors Field this past weekend, kick off a three-game set against the Phillies. Philadelphia will send likely All-Star Aaron Nola to the mound to face right-hander Jon Gray.

The Rockies (32-33) enter the series on a four-game losing streak and are below .500 for the first time since they were 6-7 on April 11. Colorado has lost seven straight games at Coors Field and is 11-19 at home this season.

The team is 2-8 in its last 10 games and has allowed 8.5 runs per game during that stretch. Manager Bud Black says the Rockies’ pitching needs to improve.

Pitching is paramount to winning, Black told MLB.com after Sunday’s loss. And these last 10 games or so, we haven’t pitched well as a group. The 13-man pitching staff has not pitched well enough to beat the other team. And this series, they outpitched us and outhit us.

Rockies pitchers will face a struggling Phillies offense in the series. The Phillies’ .230 team batting average and .692 OPS ranked 14th and 12th, respectively, in the National League as of Monday.

Tuesday’s matchup is the first of seven between the Rockies and Phillies this season. Colorado won five of seven in 2017.

Olney: My new MLB rule four pitchers per nine innings. Max.

The obsession of managers and front offices with relievers is sucking the life out of baseball. It’s time to limit calls to the bullpen.

I thought bad shifts were similar, but I may have been wrong. In fact, we all may have been wrong about shifting, and annoyed Phillies starter Jake Arrieta may be right in a way he didn’t mean to be.

Arrieta was referring to his own team’s ineptitude at shifts, which is supported by data. According to Baseball Info Solutions, the Phillies have lost eight runs due to their shifting strategies this season, worst in baseball. (The overall Philly defense is at minus-53 runs saved, also last.) Only two other teams (Dodgers and Pirates) are negative in the shift category. On the other end of the spectrum, the Astros have saved 17 runs with the shift, one more than the Kansas City Royals.

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Ex-Giant Shaun O’Hara: They’ve wasted Eli Manning’s prime

Jun
12

jets_111The Giants put a team around Eli Manning that was good enough to win two Super Bowls, but one former Giant thinks the team should have been even better.

Shaun O’Hara, who snapped to Manning from 2004 to 2010, said the Giants failed to put the kind of team around Manning that would have continued to win, and that’s why they haven’t won a playoff game since they won the Super Bowl after the 2011 season.

The Eagles are the first championship team scheduled to visit since that comment. No additional players have made public any plans to boycott the White House visit. The day before the anthem policy was enacted, and two days before Trump hinted at deporting players who didn’t comply, coach Doug Pederson steered clear of imposing anything on the players about making the trip: We’re working through a ton of things, but at the same time, we understand that it’s an individual decision.

This was big-time. We definitely need to turn things around, Lugo said. Big game like that in front of a big crowd, hopefully that gives us momentum.

Frazier connected against Yankees ace Luis Severino, going deep for the second consecutive night to help the Mets prevent a Subway Series sweep at Citi Field. They ended a 10-game home losing streak and averted an 0-9 homestand that would have matched the worst in team history.

We’ve been waiting for this, and any way to get a win today was huge, said Frazier, who finished last season with the Yankees. So for us, we’ll take it. Hopefully that kick-starts us to where we need to be.

Despite losing another important player to injury when second baseman Asdrubal Cabrera exited with a tight left hamstring, the Mets broke a six-game slide against their New York City rivals. The crosstown foes meet again at Yankee Stadium from July 20-22.

I made contact and ran, said Marte, who wouldn’t stop until he was on third base.

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Giants Michael Thomas thinking about NFL’s new anthem policy

Jun
09

jets_109New coach Pat Shurmur wants the New York Giants to do the right thing when the national anthem is played before NFL games this season, and that could be a problem. Under rules enacted by the league last week, players can stay in the locker room during The Star-Spangled Banner,but must stand if they are on the field. Teams will be fined for violations. That puts Shurmur and the Giants in a difficult position.

Right now, we are not trying to jump the gun and step into anything.Thomas would not say whether the Giants talked to him about the national anthem before signing him. The 28-year-old Thomas reiterated his protests have nothing to do with disrespecting the flag or servicemen.

Leaning against the back wall at the top of the bleachers, he takes in his 14-year-old son’s AAU basketball practice, while his eight-year-old son (Jazz) and nine-year-old daughter (Ivana) wander off. Both sneak…and sneak…and sneak…down to the court, googly-eyeing Dad with an up-to-no-good smirk. Initially, Lewis shouts for them to stay put, but even he cannot help but laugh as the two inch along the baseline like night crawlers.

Then, with all kids out of earshot, Lewis’ words knife through the sound of squeaking sneakers synchronizing with bouncing basketballs. When the NFL ejected him—when one final undiagnosed concussion sent Lewis spiraling into the abyss—he considered killing himself.

You think about death, the former Ravens star says. I’ve thought about suicide. I’ve thought about ending it all.

He felt his self-worth disappear because, he says, the cheerleadersin his life—the 70,000 screaming fans each Sunday—disappeared. His trucking company collapsed. He filed for bankruptcy. His assets were seized. He felt a distance between himself and his family. He felt lost in the emptiness and couldn’t tell a soul about these demons. Didn’t know how to, really. Where he’s from, Atlanta’s hardscrabble Adamsville neighborhood, expressing feelings was a sign of weakness.

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Julian Edelman’s presence help fills leadership void for Patriots

Jun
06

jets_108With quarterback Tom Brady and tight end Rob Gronkowski not participating in Patriots OTAs, the young players don’t have the benefit of the examples they set and the leadership they bring. To balance that out, receiver Julian Edelman is back, after a torn ACL wiped out his entire 2017 season.

Having him out there brings leadership to this team, he brings excitement to this team and he brings an aggressive nature to this team, Patriots safety Duron Harman recently told Karen Guregian of the Boston Herald. Having him out here makes the team better.

He said the restrictions imposed by the league on players go against the beliefs that protesters like Kaepernick have stood up for the past couple years.

Notes: Vrabel said he told the Titans on Wednesday morning that the team and controlling owner Amy Adams Strunk will support players on making a decision on the national anthem when the time comes. Pro Bowl tight end Delanie Walker said that’s not a decision that has to be made until September.

The claims administrators confirmed Wednesday that more than $300 million has been paid out from about $439 million that has been awarded through the claims process— nearly three times the expected amount for the first year of the settlement.

They also said they have the ability to determine if a claim is fraudulent and flag it for denial. The power of a special investigator would be to determine if there was purposeful intent behind the fraudulent claims.

Tarlowe said if intent is determined, cases could be referred to the Department of Justice, lawyers and doctors could be turned in to professional ethics panels and lose their ability to practice or other punitive measures might be taken.

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K.J. Malone retires after rookie minicamp

Jun
02

Karl Malone played 19 seasons in the NBA. His son, K.J. Malone, didn’t make it to his first NFL game.

The Texans placed the offensive guard on the reserve/retired list Monday. K.J. Malone has decided to pursue other interests outside football, according to Sarah Barshop of ESPN.

Malone, who went undrafted out of LSU, attended Houston’s minicamp over the weekend. He told reporters during the camp that he was healthy and ready to compete for a roster spot.

After all, there’s the business of saddling the potential Triple Crown winner he referenced.

While Justify is the prohibitive favorite after his convincing win in the Kentucky Derby two weeks ago, Baffert’s charge faces a talented field of seven at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Md.

We have to worry about something,” Baffert said. It’s not like I’m just sitting here thinking ‘we just need to get around (the track).’ We still have to get around there.”

Bookies will become the competition. And some bookies may still try to operate in conjunction with legalized sports betting program, enhanced risks notwithstanding.

Indeed, traditional bookies will continue to serve one specific subset of the betting public: Those who want to bet on credit. While this could increase the incidence of broken thumbs and/or kneecaps, those who would gladly (or otherwise) pay on Tuesday for a hamburger today will still be looking for a way to bet.

And if there’s a demand, a supply will exist. Increased risks of incarceration notwithstanding.

Jackson hasn’t talked to Flacco, and the 11th-year veteran doesn’t seem to want a connection with his understudy. We all understand competition can bring out the best or worst in people.

For the time being, Flacco doesn’t have to worry about losing his job to a rookie who needs time to develop. However, Jackson’s progression could be rapid. He’s the 2016 Heisman Trophy winner who spent three seasons at Louisville under Bobby Petrino, a former NFL coach. 
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Buccaneers OC to Jameis Winston: Don’t try so hard

May
31

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers know what they have in quarterback Jameis Winston as he heads into his fourth NFL season.

Although offensive coordinator Todd Monken lauded Winston’s leadership and physical attributes when speaking to reporters Thursday, he doesn’t want his quarterback to put additional pressure on himself.

That’s fine. That’s the way it is. OK, no one is going to blame [wide receiver] Mike Evans for why we haven’t made the playoffs. That’s part of it. We get that. That doesn’t mean we all don’t want to win.

Meanwhile, Winston comes off a season establishing career highs in completion percentage (63.8) and passer rating (92.2).

The quarterback has the confidence and physical tools to succeed, but Monken wants Winston to get on the field and play freely while understanding the team is behind him.

I think the main thing is, ‘OK, Jameis, be yourself. You don’t have to try so hard. The guys know naturally you’re our leader,’ Monken said.

“We like young receivers, so I’m assuming that’s the way we are going to keep going,” Rodgers said (via Zone Madison). “But he’s a talented player. He’s going to end up somewhere. If he ends up here, we’ll obviously welcome him with open arms.”

And when Manziel agreed to a two-year contract with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League over the weekend, even more took note, because let’s face it: quarterbacks with strong arms, athleticism and a proven ability to ad-lib on the fly don’t exactly grow on trees. “His game fits some of the things teams are doing now,” one NFL decision-maker told Yahoo Sports.

The league released a statement on that matter later Monday confirming Patricia and the Lions followed protocol.

Patricia was indicted by a grand jury on one count of aggravated sexual assault in 1996. He and a teammate on the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute football team were charged after allegedly bursting into a South Padre Island, Texas, hotel room where a woman was sleeping and sexually assaulting her.

Neither Patricia nor his teammate stood trial after the woman decided not to testify. The case was dismissed in 1997 and the police report from the reported incident has been thrown out.
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