This article first appeared in City & Country, The Edge Malaysia Weekly on March 13, 2023 - March 19, 2023
The British Land Company plc is gearing up to launch The Founding, the first residential tower in its Canada Water Masterplan in southeast London. The 53-acre mixed-use rejuvenation project is jointly developed with AustralianSuper Pty Ltd, an Australia-based superannuation fund.
The £5.6 billion (RM30.2 billion) Canada Water Masterplan will offer components such as 3,000 new homes, one million sq ft of commercial development, two million sq ft of office space, and 12 acres of park and gardens.
According to British Land director and executive committee member Emma Cariaga, the master plan will be developed in five phases and take 10 to 12 years to complete. The site on which the project is being developed was used to ship timber back in the day, she says.
“Until the late 1960s, it was an active part of London that was used to import timber from North America and Scandinavia. It was known as the Docklands, where the ship berthed and unloaded the timber before this was sorted and then supplied to London’s construction sites. It was a very active industrial commercial location.
“And a bit further back than that, it was the place from which they set sail for the Americas in 1620. Today, there’s a very famous pub there called Mayflower Pub, which is often full of American tourists trying to retrace their ancestral lineage from when the maiden voyage happened in 1620.”
British Land head of residential sales Simon Capp says the area’s history will be reflected in the interiors of the development, starting with the first phase. “The first phase of the master plan will comprise a mix of residential and commercial projects, including a new leisure centre.
“The choice of timbers and finishes in kitchens and bedrooms of the residential tower is based on an industrial and warehouse concept. For example, the colour of the tower’s exterior exudes an oxide reddish brown, which pays tribute to the existing heritage bridges in the area.”
As the first residential tower in the master plan, The Founding will have 186 apartment units, with layouts ranging from studio to three-bedroom apartments and built-ups from 498 to 1,256 sq ft. The selling prices are from £696,500 (studio apartments) to more than £1 million (three-bedroom units).
“The Founding will be the epitome of urban luxury and its open-plan homes will allow residents to customise their homes to their liking. Full-height Crittall windows will not only enable residents to enjoy views of London, but also fill the homes with natural light,” says Capp.
Except for the studio apartments, the other units will come with a private balcony and the developer will provide European oak-engineered timber flooring for the living room, dining area and kitchen. The bedrooms will be fitted out with 100% wool carpets with textile backing.
An oak veneer door will serve as the main door for all units. The kitchen will be equipped with a dishwasher, hob and extractor, microwave, refrigerator, freezer, washer and dryer. The master bedroom will come with a full-height wardrobe.
The tower will have three terraces, offering views of either the sunrise, the sunset or the London skyline. At the mezzanine level, there will be a banquet seating area with artwork and a kitchenette, which provides a place for residents to work, relax and socialise.
On the ground level, there will be a 24-hour concierge service as well as small shops, delicatessens, bars and restaurants that have been curated. Cariaga says the retail component will be a collection of like-minded brands catering to residents of and visitors to Canada Water. The Founding is expected to be completed by 3Q2024 or 4Q2024.
The Founding is strategically positioned in terms of access to the Canada Water tube station, says Capp. “The lobby is literally just opposite the entrance of the Canada Water tube. It is also less than a minute’s walk to the new high street in Southwark. So, the development will be a major infrastructural improvement for the area.”
Cariaga says Canada Water is also well positioned in terms of connectivity with central London’s public transport. “The development sits at the junction of two major tube lines,” she points out.
“There’s the Jubilee line, which runs east-west across London and gets you to places like London Bridge and Bond Street really quickly, as well as Canary Wharf, which is a big financial centre just to the east of Canada Water. Then, there’s the London Overground line that runs north-south, which connects Canada Water with the City of London, Liverpool Street and major office areas.”
Amenities nearby include restaurants, supermarkets, banks and cafés. The London City Airport is only a 30-minute drive or 22 minutes by public transport (Jubilee line).
The area, which will be home to The Engineering and Design Institute (TEDI), is in close proximity to the city’s top educational institutions, including the London School of Economics, Imperial College and University College London, all within a 30-minute drive.
There will also be the Canada Water Dock, located opposite The Founding, which will feature a 170m boardwalk. It will be made with timber fins, paying tribute to the timber structures that existed back in the day. Capp says the boardwalk will increase footfall in the area and allow people to enjoy views across the water.
The Canada Water Masterplan’s concept is influenced by the events that took place during and after the Covid-19 pandemic, says Capp. “Post-Covid-19, city living needs more green spaces. To cater to that, we’ve got fantastic open spaces all around the master plan. There are also existing green spaces that border our site.
“Within the site, we have pledged to enhance biodiversity and introduce a lot of new plants that will thrive in the area. Especially after Covid, we’re aware of demands such as people working from home and for outdoor spaces in the area they live. We will continue to incorporate these factors into The Founding as well as the other developments within the master plan.”
The developer also plans to rejuvenate the dock, which Cariaga says will improve its existing wildlife habitat and increase the amount of biodiversity in that particular stretch of water. “Canada Water is already an established community and destination for London. The term ‘regeneration’ implies that there is not much there, but it’s quite the contrary. It is a mature neighbourhood and we’re just stitching into what’s already there.”
In Phase 1 of the Canada Water Masterplan, British Land is looking to repurpose Harmsworth Quays, a former printing press building that was previously owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust group until 2012, says Cariaga. “To this day, there are a few original printing presses in the building, which we’re going to repurpose together with the fabrication of the building.
“Culture is what attracts people to cities and we want to make sure that our development has a cultural offering at the heart of this new district. The former printing press will be converted into a venue for music, performances, events and conferences, among others.”
Another ongoing commercial project in Phase 1 is the Dockshed, which will comprise a mix of modern warehouse-style office spaces and shops, to cater for eateries as well as leisure-centric businesses, across 182,000 sq ft.
Meanwhile, Cariaga explains that the developer has secured a flexible planning framework that allows it the freedom to change the master plan, subject to approval, depending on how the market evolves over the 10- to 12-year period.
Registration of interest is already open and The Founding has seen a mixed demographic of interested buyers, comprising Londoners as well as those from Asia-Pacific — including Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong — the Middle East and Europe, says Capp. He adds that many of them have connections with London, such as through family, work or education.
Rents at The Founding are expected to range from £1,900 to £2,000 for studio apartments, £2,200 to £3,050 for one-bedroom units, £2,995 to £4,000 for two-bedroom units, and £4,500 to £5,000 for three-bedroom units, says Marcus Dixon, director of UK residential research at JLL Ltd. He adds that the development has an average yield of 3.25% based on the asking prices.
Dixon anticipates a wave of foreign buyers due to the recent reopening of borders. Applications to universities in London have also gone up over the past year, he says. “The ties between overseas high-net-worth individuals and the educational sector in the UK is really important for the property market if we are to look at it from a micro perspective.”
In terms of capital appreciation, Dixon says the average price of residential properties in southeast London has risen 52% in the last 10 years, with prices 143% higher than they were 20 years ago.
“Looking at specific schemes, the most recent sales (as at November 2022) at Ontario Point achieved 71% more than when the property was first sold almost 10 years earlier (March 2013). The most recent sale in the Bermondsey Spa scheme shows prices achieved in October 2022 were 87% higher than when the property was first sold in November 2010.”
According to Dixon, the overall property market in Greater London has seen a price growth of about 6% to 7% over the past year. Additionally, the annual growth in transacted rents for the overall property market in Greater London is about 15% as of December 2022.
“The usual growth is 2% to 3%, compared with the big jump last year. The significant growth shows that huge demand is returning to London and it’s something that we’re expecting to continue over the next five years. The strong demand for rental property works as an extra layer of reassurance for international investors,” he says.
Meanwhile, JLL’s surveyor of new homes Martin Weyer is expecting house price growth in central London to be about 19% over the next five years, whereas in the suburbs, it is somewhere around 10%. “We are expecting the central London market, where Canada Water is located, to perform well in terms of take-up and occupancy,” he says.
Chong Shu Ling, head of sales at JLL Property Services (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd’s global residential agency, says Malaysian homebuyers looking to invest in the UK should consider three important factors — budget, location and taxes.
“London is divided into nine zones, but the nearest to central London are zones one to six. When it comes to buying a property, locations with convenient access to public transport are notably more desirable as London is a walkable city,” she says.
Chong notes that the price of properties in London can range from £500 to £10,000 psf, depending on the area and development. “Hence, it is essential to consider your budget before selecting a location.”
As for taxes, there are different tax implications for properties bought under an individual’s name compared with those purchased using a company’s name. Thus, it is essential to seek professional guidance before buying an overseas property, she advises.
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Oregon now has the fewest opioid overdoses
“Jackson County was one of the highest prescribing counties in the state and we had one of the highest overdose rates in the state at this point, we’re doing pretty well,” said Dr. Jim Shames, Jackson County medical director, at a Rotary Club of Ashland meeting Thursday. “The state as a whole has made a lot of improvement.”
Shames said Oregon is now the state with the greatest success in reducing opioid-induced overdose deaths.
“We are prescribing less opioids. We are headed in the right direction,” Shames said. “Basically, I was aware of the problem early on and because I was in a public health role, it felt to me that it was a major public health problem, and at the point nobody else was really aware that we were in the middle of an opioid crisis.”
Starting about eight years ago, he helped fund Oregon Pain Guidance, an organization of specialists educated on the risks and solutions related to the issue and dedicated to treating chronic pain in a more appropriate manner. A number of those specialists, along with Shames, contracts with the Oregon Health Authority to travel around the state, assess clinics and aid in the process of finding healthy ways for the clinics to cope with the crisis.
He said another way Jackson County is leading in the reduction of opioid-related deaths is its advocacy for Naloxone training for anyone who wants it. Naloxone is essentially an antidote to opioid overdose. Anyone can administer it after proper training to revive someone who is overdosing.
Shames said that Jackson County has the lowest number of opioid-related deaths out of the state, but it’s still a huge problem.
“Around the world, middle-aged folks are living longer, except for U.S. whites,” Shames said. “U.S. whites are dying in America with greater frequency than they were 25 years ago, in counter distinction to all the rest of the subgroups, including Hispanics and African-Americans.”
The highest risk for these people is relapsing.
“Ten percent of people that show up in an emergency room with an overdose will be dead within a year,” Shames said.
Every day, more than 115 people in the U.S. die after overdosing on opioids, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Shames is a family practice physician, was the medical director for the Addiction Recovery Center in Jackson County and has worked in opioid use-disorder providing medical assisted treatment for 25 years, among an even longer list of opioid treatment and prevention specialties and programs.
He said people who have adverse childhood experiences, or ACES, such as trauma caused by some form of abuse, are much more susceptible to addiction.
“If people have four or more of these adverse childhood events, they’re 10 times more likely to be involved in drug abuse, and in fact, are more likely to be obese, have diabetes and be depressed, and when you add it all up, they really have a much shorter lifespan.”
He also said some people are naturally more inclined to become addicted to opioids.
“Some people don’t metabolize alcohol the same way. Some people don’t metabolize opioids the same way,” Shames said. “We’re not the same.”
Paired with the number of free-flowing narcotics in the U.S., it’s a breeding ground of disaster.
Shames said when he began practicing medicine, it was considered inappropriate to provide people with opioids for non-cancerous chronic pain.
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Shames said there were many other factors influencing this new influx of opioids into the medical field ,such as the introduction of Oxycontin, the persuasion on the medical board from its representatives, and the effort to quantify the pain scale.
But he said that opioids don’t relieve chronic pain very well. They only work in about 30 percent of long-term cases because the body quickly builds up a tolerance to the drug. If a patient builds a tolerance and their physician continues to increase their dosage, addiction is more likely to occur.
“What happens is, over time, people spend an awful lot of mental energy thinking about opioids, wanting to get opioids, and they have this uncontrollable craving for the drugs,” Shames said. “The primitive part of the brain, the pleasure-seeking part of the brain, it just kind of hijacks the prefrontal cortex, the executive functioning of the brain, such that you’re responding now to a very primitive, reptilian kind of response and you might find yourself doing things you might not normally do.”
Shames said once addiction sets in, the consequence is physical dependence, because once the body doesn’t have the drug anymore, withdrawal takes over and is very painful.
“As they come down from this pleasurable experience, they start having a lot of dysphoria and pretty soon they just end up being preoccupied with getting the drug and that’s all they can think about until they get the drug again,” Shames said. “And when you are in that cycle, there are changes in the brain, neurotransmitters that go away, there are fibers, neural connectors that disappear.”
Shames said he thinks medicated assisted treatment is key. The three main medications are methadone and buprenorphine (also known as suboxone), which help with pain and addiction to narcotics; and vivitrol, which can help prevent relapse.
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Aside from Timbaland and Pharrell Williams, Scott Storch was one of the more prominent producers of the late ’90s/early '00s with a bevy of hits, like Dr. Dre’s "Still D.R.E.," his former band The Roots’ Grammy-winning "You Got Me" featuring Erykah Badu, along with several others with Beyoncé, Fat Joe, Terror Squad, 50 Cent, Mario and more.
Vevo has released a new and original documentary aptly titled Still Storch, which puts the spotlight into Storch's life as it is now. The success of the renowned producer brought about an obsession with the party lifestyle, as Storch publicly combated his addiction to drugs along with mismanaged riches.
Having hit rock bottom and now rising back, the documentary showcases Storch talking about his early days of learning music, his first gigs, and starting to professionaly make music while living in Philadelphia. He goes over memories of starting playing keys for The Roots, and how he learned the process of production.
Additionally, he talks about the difference between touring and recording, as well as his desire to return back to hearing his music on the top charts as he did many years ago. Currently, Storch is rocking out with the likes of A$AP Rocky, Post Malone, French Montana, A Boogie With Da Hoodie, and countless others.
Enjoy the 20-minute must-see mini documentary above.
In other music news, Chance the Rapper says his new album is not dropping this week.

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SoundPoint IP Expansion Module Turn your SoundPoint IP 650/670 into a high-performance Attendant Console.
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The Hellenic Telecommunications Organization S.A (OTE) participated in the Project Clustering Workshop. This workshop was aiming at establishing tight connections with more than 20 relative H2020 projects in the fields of e-privacy and cybersecurity and on various topics such as access control, trust e-services, cybersecurity in IoT and cybersecurity in social media. The H2020 Project Clustering Workshop event took place on January 31st, 2018, in Athens, Greece. More than 20 EU funded projects participated, by presenting their tools and results and shared their implementation experiences.
This workshop facilitated the discussion between partners, the knowledge exchange between different projects and also enabled future synergies and collaborations showcasing the wide impact that these projects have not only to industry and service providers, but also to EU citizens. During this workshop, the PF tools were demonstrated and then used by a subset of attendees.


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While doing page 1′s drawing I think was the only time I got creeped on by someone in my travels. What I mean is, while I was drawing it, a man was standing really close to me, not in a “I want to see what you’re drawing” kind of way, in a “this girl is standing still and by herself” kind of way. Basically I walked away, and he left, and I went back and finished it. So no big deal. I think I’m telling you guys this to account for the crazy dimensions in the drawing (that frieze was not round!), as my mind was distracted by being on high-alert.
So happy new year, 2010! *cough* Bringing in the new year in Prague was crazy. I’m going to be honest, Prague was the only place where I was thinking that maybe it would be better to not be alone in. I wasn’t comfortable wandering around by myself like I was in the rest of Europe, which was pretty fucking irritating. I hate feeling that way, but you kind of have to trust your instincts. I stuck to the more toursity places.
Page 3 and 4 is a ballet! The entries on Monday talk about it more, but basically I thought I was going to a Bertolt Brecht ballet, which sounds insanely awesome, and it turned out to be… Goldilocks. A Czech version of the fairytale, but still. I couldn’t mask my disappointment well so I spent the whole time drawing this spread. (If you know who Brecht is, think about it, a Brecht ballet?? That sounds soooo coool!)

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It differs from person to person. Sometimes a person feels more connected by doing sex. For them, sex can be the most important part of love life. But for some , understanding and a good companionship is more important.Both are right.
but what if one wants sex and other just a understanding partner.. what should we do now?
depends if the other person also wants to have sex but if only one person wants it and other isn't ready for it ... the partner should their choices and decisions.


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PRINCE GEORGE – A heavy layer of smoke hang in the air today due to wildfires in the region. “Well, we’re seeing winds from the north, and that’s bringing smoke down from the wildfires that are burning in the Wollaston Lake area,” expains Geoff Coulson with Environment Canada. “As long as those winds stay from the north, we’re going to continue to see poor air quality conditions in the Prince George area. In fact, based on the air quality health index readings, we’re coming in with a nine right now for the Prince George area.”
But wildfire smoke can be hard on a person, according to health officials.
“When it’s really smoky like this, especially with the PM 2.5, that means those are very small, small particles that can penetrate really deep into your lungs,” explains Dr. Rakel Kling, Medical Health Officer. “So that can cause a range of health effects, you know, from things like, uh, like a runny nose or scratchy throat phlegm to much more serious issues like really severe cough, difficulty breathing and asthma.”
There was a bit of rain overnight, but Geoff Coulson says it was not enough to wipeout the smoke or create conditions like those of August 17, 2018, when the city was thrown into apocalyptic conditions.


Zoning Change for Dash's Hertel Market Meets Opposition
Businessman Joe Dash and his attorney thought they were asking for a simple zoning change to make his new Hertel Avenue property consistent with those of other large grocery stores in the city. To get the project approved, he would have needed as many as a dozen exemptions – known as variances – to city zoning rules. So he and attorney Corey Auerbach of Barclay Damon proposed changing the zoning for the site to one that would allow bigger lots and side parking. The Planning Board on Monday approved the request, but not before nearly an hour of discussion that was interrupted several times by concerned neighbors.
Auerbach noted that every other store of at least 16,000 square feet – Dash's proposal calls for 47,500 square feet – has the other zoning. The change would reduce the number of required variances to four or five.
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The first Wednesday of the month is reserved for crafting times. #BYOWIPS (bring your own works-in-progress & supplies) and enjoy the company of fellow crafters as you knit, crochet, weave, cross-stitch, color or decoupage your way to la nirvana. If you need to get those creative juices flowing, we’ll have beer, wine, vermouth, coffee & tea for sale!
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This research created, piloted, and evaluated FIQS, the Family Input to Quality and Safety tool, that allows pediatric patients and their caregivers to provide safety reports regarding their inpatient care.
The Self-Management Automated Real Time Telephone Support (SMART-Steps) provided surveillance, education, and telephone care management guided by questions on patient behavior.

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Philadelphia Orchestra calls off its summer at the Mann Center
by Peter Dobrin and Dan DeLuca | The Philadelphia Inquirer
Citing the coronavirus pandemic and the need for social distancing, the Mann Center and the Philadelphia Orchestra have called off all of the orchestra’s planned concerts at the venue this summer.
The Roots Picnic (moved to Aug. 1) and Hoagie Nation with Hall & Oates (Sept. 4) remain on the venue’s schedule, although some May and June pop shows have been canceled.
The orchestra’s six-concert series, set to begin July 21, was to include a side-by-side concert with the National Youth Orchestra, an evening with Leslie Odom Jr., live performances to the movies Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, the annual Tchaikovsky “spectacular,” and a Cirque Musica show of circus performers and live music.
With health and safety in mind, the Mann “evaluated every scenario you can imagine with the hope of being able to host the Philadelphia Orchestra for its annual summer residency at the Mann,” said Catherine M. Cahill, the Mann’s president and CEO, in a statement. “The challenge of our current situation is that there remain so many uncertainties, but what it comes down to is, there is no good solution for social distancing a full orchestra ensemble on stage.”
In addition, though it is no surprise, the orchestra has canceled the rest of the 2019-20 season in Verizon Hall. It had already canceled all events through June 7, but now has scrapped its live-orchestra-to-film performances of Up on June 11 to 13, postponed its June 23 concert with Phish’s Trey Anastasio until a later date, and canceled its June 25-27 Bugs Bunny concerts.
The orchestra also will not appear for its residency in Vail, Colo., this summer. The Bravo! Vail music festival Thursday announced that it was canceling this year’s iteration of the summer series, which was also to have included appearances by the New York Philharmonic and other orchestras.
Not yet clear is whether the Philadelphia Orchestra will be able to return this August to the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in upstate New York.
Orchestra president Matias Tarnopolsky called the prospect of an entire summer without a live Philadelphia Orchestra concert “heartbreaking,” but emphasized that safety was the priority.


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Ubisoft have announced that today marks the release of their latest Assassins Creed game, Assassins Creed 3. The games has launched on the Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and Personal Computer platforms today here in Australia. Alongside the colonial lifestyle simulator comes the handheld game Assasins Creed: Liberation. This is a handheld game developed for the Vita and is incredibly promising. The third instalment will also be launching on the Wii U when it releases at the end of November.
On the game Ubisoft had this to say –
“Assassin’s Creed III is Ubisoft’s biggest launch ever and the most ambitious game in our history. Today, we delivered on the vision the team had three years ago thanks to the tremendous talent and hard work of the many Ubisoft studios involved,” said Yves Guillemot, Chief Executive Officer, Ubisoft. “They have refined the core tenets of the franchise while also implementing brand new experiences, such as naval combat, that will captivate returning fans and newcomers to the Assassin’s Creed universe.”
Not only is the game out, but there is also planned DLC for the future of the game. Players will be able to purchase aSeason Pass for the title to get DLC as it comes out for free, rather than paying premium prices for each. The DLC will also be available for the Wii U version of the game.
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The Australian World Orchestra presents CLASSIC STOMP at Dominik Mersch Gallery
CLASSIC STOMP is a 45-minute classical music performance, curated by AWO Saxophonist Christina Leonard in response to Anne Zahalka's current exhibition "Wild Life in the Age of the Anthropocene" and washed down with lashings of Stomping Ground beer.
This is classical music out of the concert hall.
Tickets available by pre-purchase only.
Thank you to our event partners: Stomping Ground Brewing Company and Dominik Mersch Gallery
Dominik Mersch Gallery
1/75 Mclachlan Avenue, Rushcutters Bay, NSW 2011
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Malicious software is the delivery mechanism used by unscrupulous cybercriminal types to trick you. There is a whole world of online and digital threat that comes from hackers and their malicious codes. Explore more about Malware
Spyware is software that “spies” on your computer to capture information. Information it is after would include: web browsing history, email messages, usernames and passwords, as well as credit card information. If left unguarded (and unblocked frankly), it will transfer this data to a third party computer using internet connections – leaving you vulnerable or possible even out of pocket.
In the fast-moving, more than a little grubby, world of cyber-crime phishing is any attempt to steal sensitive personal data for criminal purposes. Your usernames and credit card particulars are usually on the list of targets. Phishing scam artists will typically use emails, SMS messages, web pages and social media to try and make it look like their messages are coming from genuine and well-meaning sources. The good news is there are clear warning signs to look out for. Explore more about Phishing
Types and examples of antivirus software
What types of sword and shield do you need to protect your Mac or PC from the latest and most devious viruses around?
This refers to how an antivirus program flushes out said viruses. Simply put, with signature-based protection, your antivirus will scan through your computer’s database searching for clues called ‘footprints’. If those match known malware, your antivirus knows to protect your computer from the incident. There is a more detailed way of looking at this type of software but this is probably all you need to know, if your bytes and bobs are well protected!
This is a familiar kind of antivirus setup. Antivirus monitoring is a second line of defence for your computer which tracks the antivirus software you have installed on your computer. Handily, this will let you know if your antivirus package is either out of date or switched off. These types of antivirus products tend to also include automatic updating and alert you when their virus definition files become outdated.
In this category of antivirus programming is a world of science and technology, the depth of which is pretty hard to fathom! To keep it simple, there is a wide world of new malware that is always emerging to threaten computers. Machine learning is one way antivirus programs can try can find out which files are dangerous – and which ones are not. You might find this kind of antivirus protection if you subscribe to a service which is itself in the Cloud, and that service uses machine learning to constantly update its ability to discover new threats. For the customer at home, hopefully you enjoy an added sense of security to go about your life.
Advantages of internet security software over simple antivirus software
Having antivirus software on your machine is a considerable benefit. Everyone should have it. There is also a further option called an internet security software suite. It carries extra benefits which we’ll now break down for you.
Monitors inbound and outbound web traffic like a hawk. Never again will your personal data leak out through your home network and into the hands of cyber-criminals.
If a certain URL is a known phishing site, your software will warn you before you visit and block it forever if you ask it to.
Internet security software protects you against a huge variety of threats that most antivirus software does not cover, including spyware, ransomware, rootkits and anti-spam programs.
A technical phrase that basically means your software will scan any inbound or outbound emails and make it safe to download attachments from unknown senders; without them immediately infecting your system (and they are only released once they are found to be safe).
Now we’re getting really techy. Items like junk cleaners, which regularly clean out your useless junk files, and disk defragmentation tools, which should help to speed up your computer, are also included with internet security software suites.


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This season has been full of disappointments and another one occurred today in a 9-6 loss to the Orioles in 11 innings. The Bucs blew a four-run lead in the 9th as Baltimore tied the game at six. Tony Watson blew the save for the second night in a row. Many fans are questioning Watson’s ability to close games and the realities are now shown. Clint Hurdle publicly said on Tuesday that Watson would remain the closer and Neil Huntington agreed. It will be interesting to see what is made of this outcome.
The team played very well besides the bullpen struggles. Chad Kuhl pitched a good game going five innings and giving up four hits. The fans choice for closer, Felipe Rivero, pitched a clean inning striking out two. Max Moroff, Elias Diaz and Jose Osuna drove in two runs each to accumulate all the scoring for Pittsburgh. Andrew McCutchen also had two hits and Gregory Polanco recorded three hits.
The Orioles got a boost from Trey Mancini who basically won the game for them. He hit a two-run homer in the 9th to tie the game and the walk-off winner off Wade LeBlanc in the 11th. Adam Jones also homered in the game. The Bucs were swept in this quick two-game series where there very easily could have been doing the sweeping.
The team starts a much needed homestand Thursday night against the Miami Marlins. It’s the longest homestand of the season with 10 games against three teams. Gerrit Cole will start for the Bucs against former Buccos pitcher Edinson Volquez. Volquez pitched a no-hitter his last outing.

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From the base of Mt Fuji to the tent city of Glastonbury, you could spend an entire year globetrotting from one music festival to the next. Here’s the Music Festival Bucket List for serious festival fans.
To me bohemian style associates with summer, festivals, sea and a beach but what if I tell you that you can stay a gypsy girl even in winter? Boho soul lives in you all the time so don't let your everyday routine destroy it! Hippie will never goes out of
Music Festivals is one of the most loved things in our generation. Festivals are big in our youth culture because teenagers love all kinds of different music. Festivals are just one of the many ways you can celebrate and be social while music is playing.


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Friday, March 18, 2011
Paucis Verbis: Strength of diagnostic tests for cholecystitis
Can you safely say that the patient doesn't have cholecystitis? Can you discharge him for outpatient ultrasonography to assess for symptomatic cholelithiasis?
As bedside ultrasonography becomes more of a staple in Emergency Departments, it is easy to just perform the ultrasound yourself if such a patient presents. If you do not have an ED ultrasound available, however, you need to send this patient for a formal ultrasound because he is still very much at risk for cholecystitis despite having unremarkable lab tests and no fever.
JAMA published a meta-analysis of 17 studies on the test characteristics for cholecystitis. I found it odd that they defined a fever as temperature >35 Celsius. The best performing characteristic was a Murphy's sign, although the positive likelihood ratio (LR) slightly crossed 1.0 (0.8-8.6).
Trowbridge, R. (2003). Does This Patient Have Acute Cholecystitis? JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association. 2003; 289 (1), 80-86. DOI: 10.1001/jama.289.1.80


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This Library of America volume brings together one of Henry James’s most unusual experiments and one of his most beloved masterpiecesWriting to his friend William Dean Howells, Henry James characterized his experimental novel, The Sacred Fount, as the only one of his novels to be told in the first person, as “a fine flight into the high fantastic.” While traveling to the country house of Newmarch for a weekend party, the nameless narrator becomes obsessed with the idea that a person may become younger or cleverer by tapping the “sacred fount” of another person. Convinced that Grace Brissenden has become younger by drawing upon her husband, Guy, the narrator seeks to discover the source of the newfound wit of Gilbert Long, previously “a fine piece of human furniture.” His perplexing and ambiguous quest, and the varying reactions it provokes from the other guests, calls into question the imaginative inquiry central to James’s art of the novel.James described the essential idea of The Wings of the Dove as “a young person conscious of a great capacity for life, but early stricken and doomed, condemned to die under short respite, while also enamoured of the world.” The heroine, a wealthy young American heiress, Milly Theale (inspired by James’s beloved cousin Minny Temple), is slowly drawn into a trap set for her by the English adventuress Kate Croy and her lover, the journalist Morton Densher. The unexpected outcome of their mercenary scheme provides the resolution to a tragic story of love and betrayal, innocence and experience that has long been acknowledged as one of James’s supreme achievements as a novelist. This volume prints the New York Edition text of The Wings of the Dove, and includes the illuminating preface James wrote for that edition.LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America’s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.
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I believe the minimum wage should rise to about $12 an hour.Yikes, well at least some day he'll grow up and understand the role of profits in a free society.
This would help the economy because everything is expensive, and many people have to work more hours to pay for things.
Many people now have to work two jobs to survive in the 'real world.' Raising the minimum wage would help them and make them happy.


John Deere adds 470G to SmartGrade excavator lineup
By Jenny LescohierSeptember 22, 2021
The 470G LC is the latest model to join the John Deere excavator lineup that includes a full range of grade management solutions.
With the factory-installed and calibrated 3D SmartGrade system, the SmartGrade 470G LC is designed to deliver increased productivity and accuracy on the job. Real-time displays of distance-to-grade reduces time to final grade, helping to finish jobs quickly and accurately the first time.
Designed with operator comfort in mind, the 470G LC’s cab has a refined monitor utilizing a turn-and-tap rotary control that puts performance and convenience features at the operator’s fingertips.
Additional options include a high-back, thermal heat and actively cooled three-way adjustable leather seat; single-pedal hydraulic propel system; as well as LED lights at cab front and rear.
“Like the rest of the G-Series lineup, the 470G LC excavator is productive and efficient from deep trench work to various site development projects,” said Justin Steger, solutions marketing manager, John Deere. “Intelligent features like the Powerwise Plus hydraulic-management system deliver on-demand hydraulic power when you need it and offer precise pump control. Adding SmartGrade takes precision construction to the next level.”
In addition to SmartGrade technology, the 470G LC model also features various precision technologies including Virtual Front, Over-dig Protect, Virtual Ceiling, Virtual Floor, Virtual Swing and Virtual Wall.
John Deere SmartGrade excavators offer four grade management options for contractors: SmartGrade, SmartGrade-Ready with 2D, 3D Grade Guidance and 2D Grade Guidance. Upgrade kits can be installed at later dates to further upgrade the technology as a contractor’s needs change.


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Is Waymo a good stock to buy
Waymo: The leading robotaxi service.
The report by Navigant Research also ranks the companies developing level 4 autonomous vehicles — in other words, companies building robotaxis.
In this category, Alphabet’s Waymo comes out on top..
How much did Google pay for Waymo
There was a surprise announcement from Waymo this week that it took in $2.25 billion in outside investment. It’s noteworthy because it’s the first time since the Google self-driving-car project was launched in 2009 that funding had come from anywhere but Google or Alphabet.
What is Waymo worth
about $105 billionWaymo is worth about $105 billion, Morgan Stanley analyst Brian Nowak said in a note to clients.
Do Waymo employees get Google stock
Waymo structures it’s compensation like a startup within Alphabet. … That is, you don’t get public Google stock, you get illiquid Waymo stock.
Where can I buy Waymo stock
Waymo isn’t publicly traded Since it’s still a privately-held company, individual investors can’t buy or sell shares. As a result, you won’t find a Waymo ticker symbol on your broker’s list of stocks available to trade. A search for a Waymo stock quote will come up empty at E-Trade, Robinhood, and TD Ameritrade.
Is it hard to get a job at Waymo
It is very hard to get a job with Waymo, Google. Fun workplace and always on the road. Work environment is good. You are always on the road which can become a bit tedious.
Who is Waymo working with
As of 2018, Waymo has driven more than 5 billion miles in the virtual world. Waymo has created partnerships with Stellantis, Daimler AG, Lyft, AutoNation, Avis, Intel, Jaguar Land Rover, and Volvo.
Does Waymo make money
Waymo’s annual costs are reportedly nearing $1 billion while its taxi business generates “hundreds of thousand dollars” a year. That’s not going to get investors their money back. Waymo could also try selling its self-driving vehicles outright.
What chips does Tesla use
Samsung is already Tesla’s partner for the production of its current self-driving chips in its hardware 3.0 computer. However, that chip is based on a 14-nm technology. 5-nm chips are a more recent technology that only started to make it into commercial products last year.
What is the best autonomous stocks to buy
These seven stocks look like potential targets:Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA)Luminar Technologies (NASDAQ:LAZR)Velodyne Lidar (NASDAQ:VLDR)General Motors (NYSE:GM)NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI)ON Semiconductor (NASDAQ:ON)Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU)Feb 16, 2021
Who is Waymo partnered with
NissanIn June 2019, Renault and Nissan announced a partnership with Waymo in which Groupe Renault and Nissan would “become the first automotive manufacturers to explore driverless mobility services with Waymo in France and Japan.” It’s an exclusive partnership and it concerns driverless delivery of both people and goods.
Do Waymo employees get Google benefits
Waymo’s benefits are largely identical to those given to all Alphabet employees, in particular Google. Free Food, commuting benefits (shuttle buses and Caltrain), and great health insurance are probably the most valuable ones. You can not ask for time off in case of an emergency without worry of your job.
Did Google sell Waymo
Waymo, a division of Google parent company Alphabet, will now refer to its technology as ‘autonomous driving’
Do Waymo cars have drivers
Riders can use the Waymo app to hail one of our fully autonomous cars operated by the Waymo Driver, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

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What fun, sweet treat? Fill these waffle cones full of fresh fruit for a summer snack, or picnic dessert. Healthy bonus: they are full of anti-oxidants! (Use red and blue fruits, maybe mini marshallows too?
Duchess Potato Christmas Trees with Yellow Pepper Stars recipe adapted from Baking Bites 2 pounds russet or baking potatoes Salt and pepper, to taste cup butter, plus additional for topping 1 large egg 2 large yellow bell peppers, cut in half and cleaned

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Building Information Modelling (BIM) is a very broad term that describes the process of creating digital information about a building or other facility such as a bridge, highway, tunnel and so on.
The range of levels that this form of modelling can take are described as 'maturity levels' and are described below.
Level 0 BIM
Unmanaged computer aided design (CAD) including 2D drawings, and text with the paper-based or electronic exchange of information but without common standards and processes. Essentially this is a digital drawing board.
Level 1 BIM
Managed CAD, with the increasing introduction of spatial coordination, standardised structures and formats as it moves towards Level 2 BIM. This may include 2D information and 3D information such as visualisations or concept development models. Level 1 can be described as 'Lonely BIM' as models are not shared between project team members.
Level 2 BIM
Managed 3D environment with data attached, but created in separate discipline-based models. These separate models are assembled to form a federated model but do not lose their identity or integrity. Data may include construction sequencing (4D) and cost (5D) information. This is sometimes referred to as 'pBIM' (proprietary BIM).
In the UK the Government Construction Strategy published in May 2011, stated that the '...The government will require fully collaborative 3D BIM (with all project and asset information, documentation and data being electronic) as a minimum by 2016'. This represents a minimum requirement for Level 2 BIM on centrally-procured public projects.
Level 3 BIM
A single collaborative, online, project model with construction sequencing (4D), cost (5D) and project life-cycle information (6D). This is sometimes referred to as 'iBIM' (integrated BIM) and is intended to deliver better business outcomes.
Level 4 BIM
Level 4 introduces the concepts of improved social outcomes and well-being.
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The center of fine nutrition is based on the three categories of meals generally known as macronutrients: carbohydrates, protein, and fats. Every one is critical for a healthy food plan and everybody should have some of these macronutrients in the right amount each day. As one of the macronutrients, protein performs an necessary function in each good nutrition and good health.
Throughout a exercise your physique, especially your muscles, is bodily harassed with the intent to make them stronger or more useful. Nonetheless, if you don’t replenish your body with publish exercise nutrition it can be harmful to not only your muscle tissues, however your total health. You will need to exchange amino acids significantly as a result of these are the constructing blocks to proteins that rebuild the muscle.
Listed here are some strategies. Natural or Non-Natural?
Let’s begin with the basics. There are three macronutrients that the body needs to operate correctly. They’re carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. Gluten sensitivity gets worse. Wheat has lots of gluten, which affects people with Celiac Illness. You might also be surprised that many individuals have gluten intolerance, which causes complications, weight gain and irritable bowel.
Pesto teriyaki sauce, soy sauce, honey, recent ginger, scorching sauce, mustard, onions, garlic, balsamic vinegar, pickles, yogurt, recent herbs & spices, lemons, limes, ajvar Amino acids, in flip, are composed of easy compounds of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur. Amino acids hyperlink together in chains often called peptides. One in every of these chains can carry more than 500 amino acids.
Protein eggs almond butter, tahini, walnuts.
As a result of sugar is just not an animal product, giving it up is just not, in idea, important to a vegetarian diet nevertheless, it is best to use it only in moderation. Most vegetarians want to make as much of their very own food as doable and consequently should not consuming the hidden sugar that’s in so many business products from baked beans to so-referred to as savoury biscuits. However for those who should buy prepared food, look in health retailers to search out merchandise corresponding to sugar-free jam and tomato ketchup that will provide help to keep away from it.
Phosphorus this mineral is required for bone and tooth structure and is a structural element of cell membranes. Amount You Ought to Eat Devour every day Cruciferous Greens and all different vegetables, fruits and gluten-free grains Vitamin C enhances your physique’s potential to absorb iron, and subsequently at the very least 85mg are recommended. This will simply be accomplished with no less than one serving of a citrus fruit or juice.
Sulfur is considered necessary for healthful delicate connective cells, tendons etc. Calcium, as properly, is a useful compound to consider as a result of it helps to restore the bone thickness, however keep in mind that vitamin D is crucial within the absorption of calcium, hence a vitamin D complement is going to be vital combined with the calcium.


Jarod was born in Texas and grew up in Plano in a Christian family. Jarod is the name of the son of Michael and Barbara Einsohn. He lives in Los Angeles, California, with his younger brother Kyle, who is also an actor.
He also has a brother in Tyler who lives there. Jarod had been playing basketball his whole life, but he never thought it would get him to Hollywood. He didn’t know what it would be like to be the oldest of three kids.
Soon after he moved to Los Angeles, Jarod did basketball ads with Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan, and Jermaine O’Neal. Then, after a long time of having trouble getting regular work, Shane Duffy and the E League were said to have given him a number of important changes.
Because of his work on Eagle Eye, Jarod was offered the part of Randy in Hurricane Season, which stars Forest Whitaker. In real life, the basketball team shown in this movie also lost a lot of players after Hurricane Katrina.
Even when things are hard, they can always find something good about it. He often says that the director of Eagle Eye, D.J. Caruso, gave him the confidence to get the part in Hurricane Season. Jarod has a lot of fun playing poker and basketball, which are his two favorite things to do.
Audrina and Jarod need to move their relationship forward by being honest about their plans for the future. Do they have a lot of things in common? Don’t be afraid to say what you think. Just leave a comment below.
Meet Audrina, Jarod’s Girlfriend
On October 18, a picture of the Choices author and Jarod at a pumpkin farm seemed to show that they were dating, and now a source says that the two are engaged. He wrote “Hi pumpkin @@audrinapatridge” as the caption for the cute picture.
Not only Audrina but also a lot of other people who left comments on the page talked about how much they liked the mystery man. What she actually tweeted was, “Haha, that last-minute quick shot that @samantharosewillson or @chriswillson_ got was soo worth it;)!” Then there was a pumpkin emoji and a kiss emoji.
The last thing Jarod wrote on social media was on December 8. He showed them a cute picture he had brought of himself with Kate Hudson, who was 43 at the time, and Audrina Patridge, who was 45 at the time, who play lovers in the movie Glass Onion. It feels like getting hit by a glass onion. What happened to Juli? He asked that question in the caption.
Kate also seemed to be sending a message to the couple by commenting on a photo of them with a string of red hearts. In another picture, Audrina leans in to kiss Jarod on the cheek, as if making a romantic boomerang sign.
About four years after her divorce, she started going out with Jarod. Corey Bohan is a performer. Since Audrina and actor Corey Bohan split up four years ago, rumors have been going around that she has been dating Jarod the whole time.
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From 2016 until 2018, when they split up, they were married for more than two years. Corey and Audrina Bohan’s daughter, Kirra Max Bohan, is six years old. They had her the same year they got married.
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He is worth $1.5 million, according to networthpost.org. Jarod produced and directed Ed Sheeran’s 2017 music video for “Kiss Me,” and he also made the short film The Long Walk Home.


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A step toward filling that gap is found in a June 2006 study, "PRODUCT AND SERVICE INNOVATION: FINAL REPORT" (PDF) by David Cheney, Sushanta Mohapatra, P. Shapira, Y. Youtie, E. Lamos, and A. Bhaskarabhatla, SRI International and Georgia Tech Program in Science, Technology and Innovation Policy. This report examines examines innovation in product and service offerings for SMEs, with Georgia in mind. Early in the report we get a reminder about the importance of innovation for economic success:
A survey of Georgia manufacturers conducted in 2005 found that fewer than 10 percent of Georgia manufacturers compete for customers through innovation or new technology compared with more than twice that amount competing through offering low prices. Yet innovative companies are much more profitable and pay on average $10,000 more in average wages (Youtie, et al., 2005).
Later we have several case studies that show how SMEs need to be flexible as they pursue innovation. For example, consider Gage Products a Michigan manufacturer of specialty paints and chemicals. They used to focus on providing paint products for auto makers. But when they developed "Cobra," an environmentally friendly product (no methylene chloride) for cleaning paint circulation systems, it sparked a series of business model innovations.
Cobra was an innovation in the product space. However, the unique nature of this product innovation catalyzed major transformation in the firm’s business model. Prior to the introduction of Cobra, most plants used methylene chloride to clean paint lines. But, for environmental reasons, plants needed to adopt a replacement for this heavily regulated material. Gage introduced Cobra as a non-chlorinated material that started mechanical cleaning of the lines as an industry practice. The product was new to the market, and needed certain technical expertise at the plants. Seizing the opportunity created by stringent environmental regulations and Chrysler’s urgent need to improve the use of solvents, Gage changed its business model from purely selling solvents to providing consulting and technical assistance in implementing new solvents and cleaning systems. Gradually Gage moved up the value chain to provide complete paint system maintenance for plants resulting in cost savings, better paint selection and lower solvent use leading to reduced environmental footprints of their clients.
Apart from onsite consulting on paint maintenance systems, Gage developed a refining process to recycle millions of gallons of purge solvents which would otherwise end up in landfills. Today, Gage collects the purge solvents from clients, purifies in a large distillation system, and returns almost 70 percent of the purge solvent as clean reusable solvent to the plant. The byproduct is used as fuel for making cement. This process innovation in the form of recycling solvents has led to environmentally sustainable new products and applications, reduced cost and improved productivity at automobile plants.
In order to fully embrace these innovations, the firm had to fight resistance from inside and from the clients. Gage employees and plant employees had to be educated to relinquish age-old paint practices and adopt new techniques and products. Gage redefined basis for pricing and profits in contractual agreements. The company also changed the sales incentive system to focus away from volume of solvents sold to emphasize cost savings for the client in the paint shop.
A great example of what can happen when a flexible company thinks beyond improved products and rethinks the business model in terms of new offerings across the entire supply chain. Many times an innovative product can create opportunities for business model innovation as well.
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ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — Former Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan is under scrutiny after it was discovered he authorized spending $75,000 of taxpayer money on three bronze statues — including a life-size statue of himself.
Current Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons said Thursday he was surprised at Morgan’s decision. The statutes, including a 6 feet 4 inch tall bronze statue of Morgan and a K-9 Officer alongside a K-9, were supposed to go in nearby the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office’s fallen officer memorial.
As of now, the officer and K-9 statues will make the cut. Morgan will not.
“I do think there’s a level of narcissism there,” Simmons said. “Why else would you have a statue made in your own likeness? Typically other people do that for you and I think it’s a bit brash.”
Simmons said he tried to cancel the order for the statue but it was too late.
Morgan told WKRG News 5 he was just trying to make improvements to the ECSO campus.
“It is a big to do about nothing. If you go to the Florida Sheriff’s Associate in Tallahassee, a lot of them have the bronze statues,” he said. “I was the sitting sheriff so they asked me to pose for that so I did.”
Morgan said Thursday he had already dropped off a check for $37,500 to the ECSO to pay for his part of a $75,000 bill for all three statues.
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text: On Tuesday morning, class 8 of the International German School HCMC (IGS) travelled to Thailand. The first sightseeing was in the old city of Chiang Mail. The students had a presentation about this city. Temples, pagodas, sales and food stalls determined the streetscape. The students were literally moved by the encounter in the elephant camp. Also on the program is an encounter with students of the German School in Chiang Mai. There are currently 141 recognized German schools abroad in different countries of the world. It is good to know that you have friends everywhere in the world.


It's the economic butterfly effect. A big contract win by Boeing in Chicago means money and jobs for Michigan's aerospace-related companies.Excerpt:
"At least four Michigan manufacturers are ready to produce components on the NewGen Tanker. One is Livonia-based LaSalle Electric Supply Co., which will provide electrical standards, lighting products and tie straps.
LaSalle currently stocks aircraft lamps for Boeing, including the 767 aircraft. The NewGen Tanker is a wide-body, multimission aircraft based on the Boeing 767 commercial airplane and updated with advanced technology.
"There's a lot of homegrown interest in this," said Jim Gatward, president of LaSalle Electric Supply. "It does two things for us: extends the lifeline of the Boeing 767 aircraft platform for many years and all ancillary product and support that go into that aircraft.""
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As noted earlier today, ColdWood Interactive’s Unravel 2 was rated by the ESRB. The description seemed to indicate that there would be co-op and sure enough, the developer took the stage at EA Play 2018 to announce the same. Shockingly enough, not only was the first gameplay footage revealed but EA CEO Andrew Wilson also confirmed that Unravel 2 is out today. Yes, today. Like right now.
If you’re not sure about it, then check out the first gameplay trailer below. The story sees Yarny’s bonds being broken and him seeking out a new spark. Fortunately, he finds it in another Yarny and together, the two must work together to make it through the world. Along with the same yarn-based puzzles from the previous game, there are more frantic moments like escaping a hostile bird.
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…from GeoSpatial Today…
“It will not be an exaggeration to say that our planet is at crossroads. If humans do not take measures to address the serious environmental issues of earth, the consequences will be unimaginable. Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions—a smaller carbon footprint is the need of the hour. Renewable Energy is a viable option to traditional fossil fuel and with GIS technology the path to a greener tomorrow becomes that much easy.”
…from National Woodlands, Winter 2009…
“Fossil fuel emissions from manufacturing, transportation, and energy production lead to a host of problems including global warming. Forest researchers have developed a means of monitoring and counterbalancing our need for goods and services with nature’s ability to cleanse the atmosphere of harmful emissions to the air. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are very useful tools to measure and better recognize these trade-offs. It also provides a basis for designing land management plans. These systems have the capability to combine many layers of data, model those data in many ways, and generate reports and maps that make it easier to comprehend a complex problem.
“One of the greenhouse gasesthat contribute to global warming is carbon dioxide (CO2). Natural processes that have evolved over eons offset the impact of greenhouse gases with reservoirs such as forest and oceans. In these places photosynthesis removes carbon from the atmosphere. Growing trees convert, or sequester, CO2 from the atmosphere and turn it into wood. Foresters are using geographic information systems (GIS) to analyze forests’ carbon sequestration rates. This technology can also be implemented to reveal opportunities in carbon trading to gain economic advantages from sustainable forest management.”
A new book from the Committee on Learning Science in Informal Environments, National Research Council…
“Informal science is a burgeoning field that operates across a broad range of venues and envisages learning outcomes for individuals, schools, families, and society. The evidence base that describes informal science, its promise, and effects is informed by a range of disciplines and perspectives, including field-based research, visitor studies, and psychological and anthropological studies of learning.
“Learning Science in Informal Environments draws together disparate literatures, synthesizes the state of knowledge, and articulates a common framework for the next generation of research on learning science in informal environments across a life span. Contributors include recognized experts in a range of disciplines–research and evaluation, exhibit designers, program developers, and educators. They also have experience in a range of settings–museums, after-school programs, science and technology centers, media enterprises, aquariums, zoos, state parks, and botanical gardens.
“Learning Science in Informal Environments is an invaluable guide for program and exhibit designers, evaluators, staff of science-rich informal learning institutions and community-based organizations, scientists interested in educational outreach, federal science agency education staff, and K-12 science educators.”
What new functionality in ArcGIS 9.4 supports the work of scientists?
ESRI continues to move spatial modeling and analysis tools to the next level. The upcoming ArcGIS 9.4 release will include a number of improvements in the ArcGIS geoprocessing framework and new tools. Coming GIS technology enhancements that will benefit the work of science include:
- 3D: New 3D vector analysis tools.
- Visualization: Expanded graphing and data exploration functionality.
- Statistics: Updated ArcGIS Geostatistical Analyst wizard and new interpolation algorithms and sampling tools.
- Geoprocessing: Improved ArcGIS Spatial Analyst Map Algebra and new fuzzy overlay analysis tools.
- Model Construction and Integration: ModelBuilder usability improvements and significant improvements in Python supporting easier development of custom analysis tools and integration with 3rd party analysis libraries.
…from Transactions in GIS…
“In a project to classify livestock grazing intensity using participatory geographic information systems (PGIS), we encountered the problem of how to synthesize PGIS-based maps of livestock grazing intensity that were prepared separately by local experts. We investigated the utility of evidential belief functions (EBFs) and Dempster’s rule of combination to represent classification uncertainty and integrate the PGIS-based grazing intensity maps. These maps were used as individual sets of evidence in the application of EBFs to evaluate the proposition that “This area or pixel belongs to the high, medium, or low grazing intensity class because the local expert(s) says (say) so”. The class-area-weighted averages of EBFs based on each of the PGIS-based maps show that the lowest degree of classification uncertainty is associated with maps in which “vegetation species” was used as the mapping criterion. This criterion, together with local landscape attributes of livestock use may be considered as an appropriate standard measure for grazing intensity. The maps of integrated EBFs of grazing intensity show that classification uncertainty is high when the local experts apply at least two mapping criteria together. This study demonstrates the usefulness of EBFs to represent classification uncertainty and the possibility to use the EBF values in identifying and using criteria for PGIS-based mapping of livestock grazing intensity.”
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Deepen and broaden cooperative efforts by subnational governments to implement strategies that can immediately grow a green economy, increase the use of sustainable clean energy, reduce dependence on oil and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in advance of, and in support of, the next global agreement on climate change.
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MCGREW BRANCH. McGrew Branch rises two miles southeast of Greenville in central Hunt County (at 33°06' N, 96°05' W) and runs southeast for 6½ miles to its mouth on Cedar Creek, just east of Greenville Club Lake (at 33°01' N, 96°01' W). It crosses flat to rolling land surfaced by clay and sandy loams that support water-tolerant hardwoods and local grasses. The area has mostly been used as range. The stream may have been named for John McGrew, who patented land near its head.
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Washington, Jul 23 (IANS): Initial unemployment claims in the US increased to 419,000 last week, indicating a bumpy recovery amid the recent Covid-19 resurgence, the Labour Department reported.
In the week ending July 17, the number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits increased by 51,000 from the previous week's upwardly revised level of 368,000, according to a report released on Thursday by the Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The latest data came after initial jobless claims in previous week dropped to the lowest level since March 14, 2020, when it was 256,000, according to the report.
The four-week moving average, a method to iron out data volatility, edged up by 750 to 385,250, Xinhua news agency reported.
The weekly jobless claims report was released as Covid-19 cases, hospitalisations and deaths went up drastically in recent weeks, with the highly contagious Delta variant spreading across the US.
The latest report also showed that the number of people continuing to collect regular state unemployment benefits in the week ending July 10 decreased by 29,000 to 3.2 million.
That number peaked in April and May last year, when it was over 20 million.
Meanwhile, the total number of people claiming benefits in all programs, state and federal combined, for the week ending July 3 also decreased by 1.26 million to 12.57 million, as the country continues to grapple with the fallout of the pandemic.
The noticeable decline came weeks after over 20 states, nearly all of which are Republican-led, announced plans to end the $300 weekly federal unemployment benefits in June or July, ahead of their expiration date of September 6.
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Scoring goals has been an issue of late for the Nashville Predators. They’ve lost their last four games and they haven’t scored more than two goals in any of them. That’s a major problem forcing your goalies to have to be other-worldly to get wins and that’s why they’ll be excited to get Steve Sullivan back on the ice tonight against Detroit.
Sullivan has been out since December 23rd with a lower body injury and the NHL veteran’s presence has been missed for sure. In the 18 games he’s missed, the Predators have gone 10-7-1 but they’ve been plagued by inconsistency throughout that stretch. Lately, Pekka Rinne and Anders Lindback have played well in goal only to be let down by their offense. Sullivan’s ability to score goals and set others up offensively will help out.
In 34 games this year, Sullivan has 10 goals and 10 assists. It hasn’t been the biggest offensive year for him, but it’s more than enough to help compliment the rest of the team and provide a spark to a sputtering offense.
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- Video: Penguins’ spoof of ‘Christmas Vacation’ is pretty good 13
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