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Technology Titans: What Makes A City A Tech City?
Liz Campbell October 3, 2017 Americas
By Ken McCarthy, Principal Economist, Applied Research Lead; and Robert Sammons, Regional Director, Northwest U.S. Research
Throughout this and most other business cycles we hear that tech cities have
outperformed other markets by virtually every relevant economic and commercial real
estate (CRE) metric, including GDP, jobs, absorption, rents, and more. But what exactly
is a tech city? After all, technology is everywhere. Almost all companies today use
internet, cloud computing, social media, smart phones, and more advanced machinery
and equipment. However, certain cities stand out.
In these markets, tech plays a larger role in the city's economic trajectory – it's also a
vibe. Certain cities have the tech feel in the air, on the signage, in the conversations at
the bars, in its population's habits, and preoccupations. In certain cities, tech is more
deeply woven into the fabric of the city itself, and it's dramatically shaping those local
real estate markets. There are key characteristics of an environment that supports,
nurtures, and promotes the formation of tech cities. We call it "tech stew" and these are
the metric ingredients are:
1.) Institutions of Higher Learning
Leading universities that provide creative impetus, research, and that lead to creation of new companies. The presence of one or more local, high-profile universities where research is being conducted is an important characteristic of tech markets. These institutions are comprised of a high concentration of talented teachers, researchers, and students, and foster critical thinking, innovation, creativity, and competitiveness. These universities offer more than just a degree – other important factors include: links to industry partners, businesses, and professional groups; the presence of incubator facilities; a variety of
extracurricular activities and societies; and work experiences and internships that can prove to employers that a student has the attitude and aptitude to succeed.
2.) Venture Capital
The capital to take those ideas and turn them into companies.
Venture capital (VC) is key to the tech industry, as this funding drives not only startups but companies at various stages in their life up to any possible M&A or IPO. In 2016, VC
deal value was the second strongest in the current cycle at $74.3 billion, according to PitchBook and the National Venture Capital Association. That was 9.6% below the level of 2015's $82.2 billion, far below the $91 billion and $188 billion invested that PwC Moneytree reported for 1999 and 2000, respectively. Top investments by industry in 2016 were software, pharma & biotech, health care devices & supplies, commercial services, and health care services & systems.
3.) Tech Workers
An ample supply of workers within a market's technology industry; leaders within tech who understand the requirements of the sector. Tech workers are those whose employers fall into numerous categories and include occupancy of office, research and development (R&D), and manufacturing space. Some of the major categories (as defined by Moody's Analytics) include: Computer systems design and related services; pharmaceutical
and medicine manufacturing; computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing; software
publisher; telecommunications; data processing, hosting, and related services; and medical and diagnostic laboratories. Tech workers in the U.S. have hit a record high of more than 6.92 million in 2016, surpassing the previous peak of 6.86 million in 2001.
4.) Knowledge Workers
An available workforce with the skills to work in a tech-focused company. These workers are in occupations that support a tech environment, including legal, accounting, and other knowledge-driven occupations.
Knowledge workers account for approximately 31 million persons in the U.S. and 20% of the workforce. In the highest ranked cities, knowledge workers account for up to 35% of the labor force. For tech companies to thrive and grow, there needs to be a readily available workforce with the skill set needed. These knowledge workers can work at any type of
company, but they have skills that make them attractive to the tech sector.
Knowledge workers are those whose occupations fall into one of the following broad categories: Computer and mathematical; architecture and engineering; life, physical, and social science; management; education; and health care.
5.) Educated Workers
A high-level of education is essential to supporting the growth of these companies. The educational attainment of a population is a major factor in tech markets, as an educated workforce is essential for the success and growth of these companies. Educated
workers are considered to be those who have earned a bachelor's degree or higher. The U.S. labor market is changing over time to demand a more skilled workforce. As workplaces
and businesses become increasingly multifaceted and complex, employers need workers who are capable of adapting and excelling in these evolving environments. As a consequence of an increasing number of job openings requiring advanced education, access to top position jobs is determined largely by college degrees. According to a report from the Center on Education and the Workforce at Georgetown University, 8.4 million jobs of the 11.6 million created after the recession (from January 2010 to January 2016) went to individuals with at least a bachelor's degree.
6.) Growth Entrepreneurship
Starting a company is one thing. Creating a growth engine is something else. Cities that have a higher concentration of growth engines are great tech locations. There are many kinds of entrepreneurs and many kinds of startups, from the local cleaner to the emerging
tech giant. From a commercial real estate perspective, the interesting companies are those with a high-growth profile that has extended over several years. These are the companies that have the potential to become important contributors to local economies and to become mainstays of the local commercial real estate environment. The Kauffman Foundation, an organization that studies entrepreneurship and its
impact on the economy, refers to these kinds of companies as growth entrepreneurs and has developed an index that measures the level of growth entrepreneurship across major U.S. metropolitan areas. The Growth Entrepreneurship Index is made up of three components:
Rate of startup growth. This statistic measures how many jobs are created by startups over a five-year time period.
Share of scale-ups. Fast-growing firms contribute more to the growth of a local region. The focus of this metric is on companies creating large numbers of jobs. It measures the number of firms that started small and grew to employ 50 or more people after 10 years of operation as a percent of all employers.
High-growth company density.
This statistic measures the number of businesses that haveat least $2 million in revenue and have averaged 20% growth over the previous three years.
The above is an excerpt from the Fifth Edition of the Occupier Edge. To learn more about smart buildings and their impact, download the full report here.
Ken has been with Cushman & Wakefield since August 2006. As Principal Economist, he works with the Chief Economist on Cushman & Wakefield's U.S. economic position and presents it to the public. As Applied Research Lead, Ken is responsible for preparing cutting edge research about the outlook for commercial real estate in the Americas.
Robert Sammons is a Research Director for Cushman & Wakefield. Based in San Francisco, Robert's principal roles include working closely with the C&W research teams across the Northwest – including Northern California, Portland and Denver. Robert has 29 years of real estate experience as both an appraiser and researcher. He earned a BBA in Real Estate from The University of Georgia and an MS in Real Estate from Georgia State University.
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As a part of Operation Dry Water, a nationwide campaign to enforce safer boating, the Missouri State Water Patrol conducted five sobriety check points throughout the state over the weekend, June 26 through 28.
The check points were in conjunction with a nationwide campaign, "Operation Dry Water," that 49 other states and U.S. territories participated in. The goal of the campaign is to raise awareness of and to decrease the incidence of intoxicated operation of vessels.
Check points were conducted at Lake of the Ozarks, Table Rock Lake, Mark Twain Lake, Pomme De Terre Lake and Smithville Lake.
Law enforcement officers stopped 343 boats and arrested 17 boat operators for boating while intoxicated. Seventeen other citations were issued for equipment violations and 62 warnings were issued.
Officers were checking boat safety equipment in conjunction with field sobriety tests, making sure flares, fire extinguishers, personal safety devices and sounding devices, such as air horns, were in accordance with the legal specifications.
There was one drowning this weekend at the Lake of the Ozarks "Party Cove," and authorities believe alcohol consuption might have been a contributing factor. It's a situation that drives home the importance of knowing the limits while mixing water with alcohol, says Sgt. Jerry Callahan, spokesman for the Missouri Water Patrol.
Todd Cornine, 33, of Richmond, never resurfaced after jumping from a boat into the water Saturday. The Water Patrol dragged the area and his body was recovered about an hour later, about 9 p.m. Saturday.


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The analysis of the existing products highlighted the utility to realize a new color container equipped with easel and leather bag which permits the transport with a shoulder strap. Inside there is a lightweight plywood support specifically designed with slots for colors and brushes. The container, distributed by Lefranc & Bourgeois is patented as industrial model.


Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur have joined fellow EPL side Manchester United in the hunt for PSV Eindhoven forward Steven Bergwijn, the latest reports from Dutch press says.
The Red Devils have been keen on the flying winger all campaign but could now face heavy competition from a number of Premier League giants, according to Dutch daily newspaper De Telegraaf.
Steven has been an important cog at PSV Eindhoven that sit five points clear of Erik ten Hag's Ajax atop the Eredivisie this season.
The technically gifted Dutchman has netted 11 times and added 12 assists in just 24 Eredivisie matches.
His stunning form in 2018-19 seaosns has also seen the star handed his first three Holland caps – in matches against European giants France, Germany and Belgium.
Manchester United's head of global scouting Marcel Bout has been pursuing Bergwijn's progress and recommended the player for consideration to transfer to Old Trafford.
Norwegian tactician Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is already planning for life in Manchester next campaign with the coach all-but certain to be leading the squad on a permanent basis in 2019-20 campaign.
However, PSV Eindhoven have no plan to allow their star asset to leave cheaply, with an offer of at least £30 million reuqired to prise him away from Holland.
Bundesliga duo Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund and Serie A side Inter Milan are all also keen on Bergwijn, according to the Dutch outlet.
It now seems certain Bergwijn will depart from Rood-witten at the end of the campaign – with a potentila bidding war on the horizon.


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IPCC Turns Green Energy Lobby: Climate Scientists Call For $2.4 Trillion Shift From Coal To Renewables
The world must invest $2.4 trillion in clean energy every year through 2035 and cut the use of coal-fired power to almost nothing by 2050 to slow the quickest pace of climate change since the end of the last ice age, according to scientists convened by the United Nations.
The findings released Monday by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change add pressure on policymakers and businesses to step up their response to global warming, which the scientists said is melting ice caps and making storms more violent. The atmosphere is almost 1 degree Celsius (1.8 Fahrenheit) hotter than it was at the start of the industrial revolution, and burning more fossil fuels will accelerate the shift toward higher temperatures, the group said in its report.
Chart from IPCC's report shows observed temperatures through 2017 and scenarios to limit further warming.
Source: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Temperatures are currently on track (sic) to rise 3 degrees Celsius by 2100. That's double the pace targeted under the Paris climate agreements endorsed by almost 200 nations in 2015.
"We are already seeing the consequences of 1 degree of global warming through more extreme weather, rising sea levels and diminishing Arctic sea ice," said Panmao Zhai, one of the co-chairs who helped bring together the report by the researchers who reviewed thousands of scientific papers.
Envoys at the 2015 Paris talks asked the IPCC to study what it would take to limit warming to 1.5 degrees, a more ambitious goal than the previous 2-degree target. The scientists concluded that carbon dioxide emissions should be cut 45 percent by 2030 from 2010 levels then reduced to zero by 2050. That would require "unprecedented changes in all aspects of society," most especially within the energy industry. The report acknowledged those changes would be difficult and costly, but not impossible.
"These systems transitions are unprecedented in terms of scale, but not necessarily in terms of speed, and imply deep emissions reductions in all sectors," the IPCC said in the report. "These options are technically proven at various scales, but their large-scale deployment may be limited by economic, financial, human capacity and institutional constraints.''
To limit warming to 1.5 degrees would require a roughly fivefold increase in average annual investment in low-carbon energy technologies by 2050, compared with 2015. The $2.4 trillion needed annually through 2035 is also an almost sevenfold increase from the $333.5 billion Bloomberg NEF estimated was invested in renewable energy last year.
THE IPCC REPORT ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT BY 2050:
Coal's share of electricity supply should be cut to 2 percent or less.
Renewables should supply 70 percent to 85 percent of power generation.
Carbon capture and storage technology should be deployed to absorb remaining fossil-fuel emissions.
Natural gas could maintain an 8 percent share of electricity generation if CCS reduced total global net emissions to zero by 2050.
Those ambitions would mark a massive upheaval to the energy system, with coal currently accounting for about 37 percent of power and gas at 24 percent, according to the International Energy Agency.
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June 11, 2016 Ashley Thiessen
JUNE/JULY - Beginning with the Solstice, the longest day of the year, summer officially starts with the Sun crossing into the Sign of Cancer. So begins a time of enormous abundance. The sun shines bright and hot, clearing out the clouds and drying out the wet spring soil. Forests open their leaves, dappling the summer flowers under them in shaded sunlight. The grass grows tall and thick. Rivers and streams swell to their full height now that the mountain passes have been relieved of their melted snow. Wild animals feast on all the land had to offer. Livestock are taken through the valleys and weaned onto grass; cattle then breed again so their next calves can be born in the spring. The heat, the food, and the community together allow people to relax. The world is our mother, taking care of us as though we are children again!
In ancient agricultural societies, the work done at this time of year centered around the growing and harvesting of summer crops. Typically, the whole village hayed together. More hay meant more feed and bedding come winter, so it was an important commodity for everyone, especially those with livestock. Although grain stores were at their lowest for the entire year, many summer fruits and vegetables could be harvested or foraged from the wild. Too, as calves and (goat) kids were weaned, farmers could milk their mother animals, making butter and cheese to feed their families. Other farm work at this time was weeding, harvesting flax and hemp for cloth and rope, and collecting wild foods and dry firewood.
Pagan Europeans celebrated Litha, also called Midsummer, with feasts to celebrate abundance. Nightly bonfires were lit to symbolize the power of light over darkness, as well as to protect from witches, dragons, and evil spirits, whose power was strong at this time. Many Germanic cultures associated this time of year with the sun and with hay, and even the West Frisian Calendar called this "Hay Month".
Babylonians, Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans all saw this constellation as something different, be it as a beehive, a turtle, a tortoise, a scarab, a crab, a crayfish, or a lobster. "Cancer" is the Latin word for "crab", and is what the symbol for this Sign eventually stayed as. Greek mythology states that Hera sent the crab Karkinos to distract Heracles during his battle with the Hydra. Heracles crushed the crab underfoot after it pinched his feet. Endeared by the crab's efforts, Hera placed the crab into a constellation in the sky. (However, it is worth noting that some scholars believe this part of the myth was added later so that the Twelve Labours of Heracles could correspond more closely to the twelve Signs of the zodiac.)
Examining the many animals associated with this sign, and what they have in common, is key to understanding the symbol itself. As a beehive you have an element of communal work, sort of like the community coming together to make hay. The scarab is associated with solar deities like Ra that roll the sun across the sky just as scarabs roll dung across the ground. This time of year also fell during the greatest flooding of the Nile, exposing animals like turtles, crabs, and crayfish. All of these animals are small, hard-shelled creatures with soft, vulnerable insides. In some way they all represent the powerful sun, flooding rivers, and communal work of summer. Turtles and crabs both have associations with water, which traditionally meant secrets and the hidden depths of the emotional, spiritual realm. They also carry their houses around with them, giving them their associations with home and family. Crabs in particular have been linked to the moon and to changing tides, as they are exposed on the shoreline once the water disappears. All of which together are symbolic of the emotional, yet guarded, nature of the Cancer personality.
The CANCER Signs + Symbol (icon designed by Freepik!)
The glyph used for Cancer is of two alternate lines ending in circles on opposing ends. It represents the crab's claws encircling one another, and it may also be reminiscent of tumbling tides. In medieval medical astrology Cancer also represents the breasts or chest of a person, so the glyph is also of that area of the body.
Cancer is a mixture of the Cardinal Quality and the Water Element. This mixing creates a deeply feminine, emotional leader, most often associated with the Mother archetype. Male and female Cancers are very different because of the different gender roles society gives them. It is okay for women to be sensitive, maternal, emotional, and swooned by babies and cute animals. But men are told to be tough, strong, unemotional, practical, aggressive, and confident in themselves. Heterosexual men who are placed in the naturally feminine Sign of Cancer find it difficult to express their personalities authentically, especially in the company of other straight men. As a result, female Cancers (who naturally fill the role of homemaker and child-bearer) and homosexual men (who can escape gender roles, to some degree) are much more comfortable in their own skin than their straight male counterparts, who try to cover up their sensitivity by becoming more guarded, more distant, and more of a "man".
Still, even the manliest of Cancer men, when alone with a trusted female friend or loved one, will open up their shell and spill their deepest secrets. It's a human need, to let down one's walls and expose one's vulnerabilities, and one that needs to be indulged in frequently for optimal emotional health. Cancer is a highly emotional Sign, who need to feel and express themselves fully in all their changing moods. They are sensitive to the undercurrents of emotions they pick up on from other people, becoming deeply affected by someone else's pain, sadness, enthusiasm, anger, excitement, and anxiety in turn. This sensitivity is why so many Cancers are introverts, spending long periods of time locked away in their bedrooms, away from the world and the humanity they hate. But it is also why they are so good at taking care of people in the particular way they need to be taken care of - Cancers just "know" things about people, and often react to this knowledge without even realizing it.
But Cancers live in two worlds. The emotional, intuitive, psychic realm, a source of rich imagination and great feeling, symbolized by water. And the material world of home, money, possessions, and physical security, as symbolized by the land. The Cancer crab walks between both. Somewhere in the middle, where the tide meets the shore and emotion meets object, we find nostalgia, sentimental attachment, and our ties to the past. And in this meeting place the Cancer gains a sense of stability, security, and steadiness in the ever-changing tides of their emotions by building up walls of material security to protect themselves.
Personally, Cancer is my favourite Sign. I've never laughed harder than when I am around a Cancer. Their humour is legendary! So many famous comedians either have their Sun or Moon in Cancer: Larry David, Lewis Black, Greg Giraldo, Jim Gaffigan, Robin Williams, Dave Chappelle, Melissa McCarthy, Aziz Ansari, Kevin Hart, Gabriel Iglesias. This Sign in particular does emotionally volatile comedy about what frustrates and angers them about people and society. They observe everything going on around them, and are often hiding more knowledge than they let on. Like Taurus, Cancers come out of their shell around the people they love and become entertainment powerhouses. But also like Taurus, Cancer is much shyer, and much more reserved, off stage than people would usually guess.
Look at a Cancer as they sit alone, away from the party, deep in thought, and see that their resting face is now solemn, if a little sad. Is that the same person who was making funny voices just a minute ago? Is that the same person who was blowing bubbles into their baby's belly, or scrubbing their dog's ears, or lovingly kissing the back of their spouse's hand? Yep. Cancer moodiness is one of their defining features. One minute they are happy, and the next they are bitching and complaining about everything under the sun. Then they get sad, and then their sadness makes them angry, and then they calm down, and then are cheering up again. And so it goes, in cycle with the moon and with the people they are surrounded by, their whole life long, no matter how hard they try to hide it.
While a baby is in the womb, they and their mother's body are seamlessly connected - physically, emotionally, psychically, and spiritually. Once the child is born they leave their mother's body and form a separate, physical identity of their own. But Cancer children, like their Pisces counterparts, remain very much connected to their mothers. Cancer children are often born to women who have difficulties in their relationship with the father, often becoming single-mothers or mothers who spend a large amount of time raising their children by themselves. As a result, the mother and child have an unusually equal relationship, wherein the mother relies as much on their child for emotional security, nurturing, and caregiving, as the child does on them.
The Cancer child's relationship with their mother sets up the rest of their personality. Their mom is usually a loving, nurturing, sweetly soft person, one who is utterly domestic and a good provider for their family. She is known for her homemade family recipes and her lovely home, and is seen by the outside world as a wonderful wife and mother. But take a look underneath, and you see how artfully she dominates the rest of her home. She is overprotective, coddling, subtle, and manipulative in getting her children to stay with her. And looking at this particular side of the relationship, you can see how Cancers develop a fearful, fretful, overly-cautious insecurity when venturing out into the world on their own. They usually stay at home well into adulthood, perhaps for much longer than they should. And when they do leave home it is usually to the shelter of a marriage (or equally serious relationship) to start a family of their own. They seldom leave home before then, unless forced to by something outside of their control. Mother and the family home become their protective shell - one that they are very attached to though this mixing of love, loyalty, and fear.
Mother can keep child tucked under her wing for a while, pampered with treats and affection, threatened by an impending emotional meltdown. But eventually the Cancer child will have outgrown the family home. And, rather like a hermit crab, will have to seek the shelter of a bigger, more personal life. Usually coinciding with young adulthood, when they need to earn their own income and do things for themselves, the transition towards separate independence is difficult for both mother and child. Cancer needs to separate themselves from their family in order to form a separate identity and become more of an individual. The mother, who herself relied on her child to take care of her, is forced to stand on her own. Both of them are leaving the shelter of one another. But it needn't be forever.
Cancer will find the perfect person, and most likely have many children of their own. But they will still visit their family and help them out any way they can. They are forever connected to their home and family life growing up, particularly their parents and their childhood years. Those early years until independence are so important to the Cancer person that everything else in their personality stems from that, regardless of what happens as an adult. It doesn't matter if they are 22 or 72. I think I've heard Cancers say "When I was a kid..." more than anything else.
Cancers may be deeply private introverts in the eyes of the outside world, but don't let their shyness fool you. As much as they lock themselves away in their homes and refuse to socialize openly with new people, Cancers don't actually like being alone. They crave the company of loved ones and get desperately lonely when isolated for long periods of time. Outside of school and work, they spend a lot of time with their family and close childhood friends. And while the rest is spent in solitude, in their bedrooms, their office, on the internet, or with their nose in a book, they enjoy having the warmth of people around them, each doing their own thing but in the company of one another.
When it comes to romantic and sexual relationships, Cancers seldom make the first move. They don't aggressively go after the person they have a crush on (usually an older mate with a wealthy family and a promising career). They sit back and patiently wait to be pursued, subtly sending out hints and signals that could just as easily be confused for friendly conversation. Their fear of rejection (which itself is a fear of vulnerability) keeps them from being upfront and honest about their feelings. Instead, they pursue every relationship cautiously. In the back of their mind every relationship is potentially serious, long-term, monogamous, and committed, with the possibility of buying a house, raising children, and growing old together. Sure, there are Cancers who claim that they don't want any of those things - but it's because they haven't found the right partner to do it with, or because they don't have the money, not because they don't want to settle down someday.
It isn't particularly difficult for a Cancer to find somebody to love, especially when they are looking for a forever kind of relationship. They are perfect marriage material for the person who wants to be babied and pampered, who need comfort and security from the one they love. Cancers are soothing, protective, nurturing, soft and sweet, and yet equally seductive and yielding in bed. They are utterly domestic, serving their family and friends with hot meals, a clean home, comfortable couches, a show on TV, and a separate fridge for beer, wine, and spirits. They love to spoil their mate with dates to new restaurants, practical gifts, and sentimental photographs of the two of you together. Should you find yourself with a Cancer lover or friend, you should count yourself lucky, for there is no other Sign as loyal, as kind-hearted, as giving, or as nourishing for your soul, as a Cancer is.
Finding somebody to love isn't their problem. What is difficult for a Cancer is letting go of someone who doesn't return their feelings, or who isn't good for them after all. I call it the "Cancer Cling". It's when they try to own and possess the person they are in love with, sort of like how their mother clung to them. Cancers are tenacious, and believe that through willpower and generosity they can patiently wait for someone to love them. But sometimes it just doesn't happen - either their ex has moved on, or their crush doesn't want to settle down, or their spouse's heart just isn't in it anymore. It is at this time that Cancer needs to just shrug, let it go, and move on with their life. But usually they can't. Cancers live in the past, where their roots are, more often than they do in the present. And a particularly bad break up, disappointment, or divorce can leave them feeling guilty, lonely, angry, and depressed.
That initial heartbreak is devastating, and only strengthens the walls they put up between themselves and other people. At first it was only a fear of rejection. Now it is a fear of humiliation, betrayal, and abandonment - all different forms of the same fear of vulnerability. From then on they walk even more cautiously, withholding their love until they can be sure a person can be trusted. They will eventually learn to love again, to come out of their shell and expose themselves in all their complex emotions, because they need to be able to find comfort and security in another person. But it won't be easy for either one of them. A Cancer in love will give all of themselves to you and then suddenly retreat back into isolated silence for seemingly no reason. It is a normal part of being with them. Just be kind and understanding, capable of being trusted, and tolerant of their mood swings, and they will come back around.
Cancer treats their workplace like a home, and everyone they work with like family. And as a Cardinal Sign, they can't help but act like mom or dad around the house, even if they aren't the one in charge. In a good way, they are great negotiators, able to keep the peace and help everyone get what they want. They are supportive, generous with their time, and kind, not taking advantage of the person who is struggling, always ready to help somebody who is swamped, stressed, or overwhelmed with work. But in a negative way, they can be just as nagging, controlling, micromanaging, manipulative, and spiteful as your mother on a bad day. Take the good with the bad, don't touch their stuff, and don't let them overrun projects. The benefits of having a Cancer around far outweigh the costs!
What Cancer need from their career is money. That's what a job is for, after all - to feed their family, pay their bills, put their kids through school, and keep them out of the poor house (and off their mother's couch). Their career is there to give them a sense of financial security. Sure, they also need stability, support, comfort, and probably some sort of status. But money is the prime motivator to get them out of bed in the morning, so it better be worth it.
Cancer coworkers and employees need to feel comfortable in their workplace, and so like to recreate some elements of home in their personal space. If they have a desk or an office it will be decorated with photos of family, sentimental trinkets, even a blanket or two. They also like to have personal relationships with their coworkers, treating them more like family friends than business associates. As long as things remain stable in their work environment, they are happy as a clam. But should things get chaotic, Cancer will start to get moody. They stubbornly refuse to conform and insist that the way they've always done things are better. They'll complain to their boss about everything they don't like. A Cancer can act in an emergency, sure. But serious shake-ups to their job can send them into a stress-induced melt-down. It is better to give them a steady, if boring, job that they can rely on, rather than a risky one that is different everyday. They do better work that way.
Cancer bosses are very much the same, in that they don't like sudden changes and they don't take risks with their business. That would be like giving up control - something that they never do. They prefer to build up a company slowly over time, guaranteeing long-term success and good relationships with people they can trust. Working for them, you can relax in the knowledge that you have job security, a solid routine every day, and a steady paycheck every other week. But don't relax too much, or you will be unprepared for one of your boss' sudden mood swings. Don't take it personally. it is common for a Cancer to get frustrated and grumpy on the job. Just brush it off and wait for them to come back around. It will happen eventually.
Cancer workers do really well in careers related to home and food. That could be real estate, construction, renovations, or the selling of home furnishings, or it could be working in a restaurant, grocery store, bakery, or coffee shop. They are naturally able to relate to clients on that level of comfort and style, and are amazing cooks themselves, so it seems like a natural fit. I've read books that say that Cancers are excellent in customer service, and it's not that I disagree, but Cancers hate dealing with people all day, so I wouldn't put the focus of their career solely on that. If they can get into a well-paying job using their skills of relating to people in a home and family type of way, there isn't much else they could ask for. Aside from an early retirement, of course!
Most of my friends have either their Sun or Moon in Cancer. It's been that way for as long as I can remember. Maybe it's because I'm a Taurus, or because I have my Moon in the 1st House, or because I'm missing Cancer from my chart entirely (aside from a Cancer South Node, if you use Nodes). But they just get me. They want to eat, drink, and lounge on the couch watching TV shows as much as I do. They spend as much of their free time on the internet as I do. They love animals and babies as much as I do. They are just as moody and introspective as I am. But perhaps most importantly, they are loyal, supportive, comforting, and kind-hearted caregivers who love and protect their friends, mothering me as much as I do them.
I've also dated two Cancers. The first was a high-school fling that lasted a few months, and it honestly wasn't the greatest. He was a punk-ish teenage boy raised by a single mom, whom he had a sort of love/hate relationship with. He hid in his small, messy room and behind a computer screen, where he spent most of his time. Our hang-outs consisted of making-out and watching movies, and that was pretty much it. I liked him a lot, but he was very guarded, so we never got as close as we could have. He opened up to me when we would chat online, but became withdrawn and detached immediately after. It was like that the entire time I knew him - sideways crab-like conversations of getting closer and then pulling away. Eventually, for good.
The second, my current boyfriend, has his Sun and Mercury in Cancer, in the 4th House. I talked about him in my previous Gemini article too. His father is away for weeks at a time because of his job, so he was raised primarily by his mother and his grandparents. He is also the eldest boy, and so grew up to fill the role of "man of the house" while his father was away. He talks a lot about his childhood of family camping trips and binging on video games with his friends. Like a lot of Cancers, he is quiet, guarded, and detached when he is around people he doesn't know. But when he's with me, he's funny, cuddly, affectionate, loving, and protective - a side of his that never gets shown to the outside world. A lot of women will say that about the men they're with. "He seems like he's all tough and mean, but on the inside he's a real softy!" But if you're with a Cancer man, it's absolutely true. They are all hard shell on the outside and all cute and squishy when they are with the ones they love.
THE cancer TRANSFORMATION
It is funny how Cancer, a Sign of motherhood, transforms and becomes Leo, another child Sign, as they mature. But sometimes maturity isn't about growing older - it is about finding the self-love and enthusiasm you lost when you made it your duty to take care of everyone else. As Cancer matures they learn how to better communicate their needs and assert themselves, demanding that their own wants and needs be put first. All those blocked emotions, the moodiness, and the under-handed manipulation are let go in favor of full and honest self-expression, the roar of the lion. There are some things that stay the same, namely insecurity, self-pity, and jealousy. But instead of retreating, Leo covers it all up with extraverted, charming bravado and bravery. New changes aren't scary, they are exciting! Water turns to Fire, and Cardinal to Fixed, and Cancer finally gives way to Leo, and is reborn as a kid again.
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my OS is WIN 7 64bit on a Fujitsu-Siemens AMILO PA 3553 laptop that carries an AMD Turion X2 64 processor and the following graphic cards: HD3400 Series in crossfire with integrated HD3200 Series.
Should be faster with nGlide 0.93. I have 60fps on GF 9800GT in 640x480.
Try nGlide 0.93 and see if there's a difference with nGlide 0.92.
Hello, 0.93 is a great improvement!
Thanks a lot for the high res support and the gamma correction drop down menu.
The fog artifacts are indeed gone This now makes your glide wrapper the one with the best support for C2!
I did some test with the minimap slowdown: there's indeed a great improvement, the framerate went up from 15fps to 40fps (60 out of the minimap), but that's only when there's not much onscreen. It seems like it's much more sensitive to onscreen geometry/polycount once it's in minimap view!
Still this isn't a major bug at all for players. Your wrapper clearly seems like the one to get nowadays.
Hey I installed nglide for carma2 also and it actually made the game not work at all. It has the option for glide but it doesnt do anything when I try to start it. But I couldnt find the uninstall anywhere and I registered here to post a thing asking where the hell it was. It was only mentioned once in another forum so I knew it existed somewhere.
Anyway after registering I stumbled on this post where you mentioned that on Windows 7 64bit (my OS) the files are installed to C:\Windows\SysWOW64 so I decided to search it, and to my relief its there.
Something like this shouldnt be tough to find as after installing something like this it can gimp all your programs and wanting to play a game for an hour turns into fixing your machine all day. I hope this helps anyone else who cant find the unstaller.
EDIT: Also it seems the uninstaller doesnt clean out everything. My game still wont start, before installing this wrapper the game worked fine in every way except sound and I cant figure out anyway to get the sound to work. After installing this the game wont start, and after uninstalling it still wont start. it also says I can still use glide which shouldnt be true. Installing the other glide wrapper which has worked before, I did it last week, it says there are other glide files in the folder that can be from legit voodoo drivers or other glide wrappers and these will need to be deleted before it will work. Now I dont wanna go on a search and destroy taking stabs at which files its talking about. Anyway I'm back to no wrappers installed, but now with a newly not working game. Could it be that if its pointing to files in the wrong directory that the uninstaller deleted those instead of the right ones? Which files should I look to delete?
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Ok after fiddling i found that glide2x.dll was still in there. Trying to delete that it said I couldnt cause carma was using it. So i ended the process and deleted it. the other wrapper works now and carma starts again. I checked for carma in the process list a few times but I guess I must have overlooked it everytime.
I might try to install this again cause I really want sound, I just dont know where it went wrong.
edit: RESOLVED; issue is not nGlide related, but final game's Eagle3-related.
First, congrats on a great job with this glide emulator, I was able to play one of my favorite PC games Carmageddon 2 for the first time in 10 years! I just installed the XP patch and nglide and was playing in glorious vsynced 60fps at 1680x1050 in no time, with my 5 year old A64 2200+, 2GB RAM and 256MB Geforce 6800GT! Game runs supersmooth not a blip or hiccup in sight.
Then after a couple hours of playing I started thinking the textures are too low on the cars, I distinctly remember C2 with my Voodoo2 having far better textures than when running in D3D mode and sure enough, nGlide seems to be running the 32x32 textures instead of the 64x64 ones (or something to that effect).
Unfortunately I dont have the ability to fire up an old native Voodoo2 setup and I tried franticly to find screenshots from my old backup discs but I only found shots taken from the demo or beta, but you can see the comparison here and it is valid for the rear lights for the full version. Another good way to check the texture rez is to read the goodyear logo text on the side doors of the Eagle3 car (first car).
Again, thank you for this NEAR PERFECT way to enjoy this game and many others. If the texture issue can be resolved then most people would see C2 with high res textures for the first time (since most back in the day had nvidia riva or ati rage3d etc setups for D3D only). And also fixing this would do the modding community better justice and their beautiful hires textures could be appreciated fully.
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Here is the door shot, nGlide is direct buffer grab to photoshop and Voodoo2 is a native framebuffer dump from the original game with some JPG compression. The riveted side panels are from the beta/demo. Thanks!
Joergen8 wrote: Here is the door shot, nGlide is direct buffer grab to photoshop and Voodoo2 is a native framebuffer dump from the original game with some JPG compression. The riveted side panels are from the beta/demo. Thanks!
The Eagle 3 through its many design stages. You can see that first of all the Hawk 3 as it is in game was originally supposed to be the Eagle 3, it is extremely rare that a vehicle from such an early design stage should even get near to making it into the final game but this early rendering did make it in but in the form of the Hawk 3.
I found this version of the Eagle 3 in the Alpha C2 demo (it's also in the regular demo), in the "/data/MODELS" it also has a material (.MAT) file and an actor (.ACT) file and I've got the vehicle working as an opponent in the Alpha demo.
The final Eagle 3 seemed a lot different to the Alpha/Beta versions, it has black (plasticy) bumpers and white spikes and the textures appear to have been reduced in size considerably from the beta version of the car.
So, nGlide was even more perfect than I was willing to admit!


The 3rd Annual International TCE ( (Technion Computer Engineering Center) Conference on Machine Learning & Big Data will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 28-29, 2013 in Churchill Auditorium, Electrical Engineering Meyer Building at the Technion.
This year the conference will focus on machine learning and big data, including topics such as learning from huge datasets, streaming and handling massive amounts of data, finding structure, information mining and more.
Registration opens on March 1, 2013.
More details about the conference and information on TCE.


JDBC 2.0 Moves the cursor to the given row number in the result set.
A class which implements an empty border with no size.
Defines the common behaviors for the JButton, JToggleButton, JCheckbox, and the JRadioButton classes.
Extend ChangeListener to be serializable Warning: Serialized objects of this class will not be compatible with future Swing releases.
The is the abstract superclass for color choosers.
The AccessController class is used for three purposes: to decide whether an access to a critical system resource is to be allowed or denied, based on the security policy currently in effect, to mark code as being "privileged", thus affecting subsequent access determinations, and to obtain a "snapshot" of the current calling context so access-control decisions from a different context can be made with respect to the saved context.
--- Accessibility Support --- JComponent will contain all of the methods in interface Accessible, though it won't actally implement the interface - that will be up to the individual objects which extend JComponent.
A resource bundle containing the localized strings in the accessibility package.
Create a new AccessibleRole using the given locale independent key.
Class AccessibleState describes a componets particular state.
Create a new AccessibleState using the given locale independent key.
Class AccessibleStateSet determines a components state set.
Create a new empty state set.
Create a new state with the initial set of states contained in the array of states passed in.
Says that a different accessory component is in use.
This is the interface used for representing one entry in an Access Control List (ACL). An ACL can be thought of as a data structure with multiple ACL entry objects.
The JFC Action interface provides a useful extension to the ActionListner interface in cases where the same functionality may be accessed by several controls.
DnD operation action/verb The link verb is found in many, if not all native DnD platforms, the actual interpretation of LINK semantics is not only highly platform dependent but is also application dependent.
An activation descriptor contains the information necessary to activate an object: the object's group identifier, the object's class name, the object's code location (the location of the class), and a "marshalled" object that can contain object specific initialization data.
Constructs a group descriptor that uses system default for group implementation and code location.
The identifier for a registered activation group serves several purposes: identifies the group uniquely within the activation system, and contains a reference to the group's activation system so that the group can contact its activation system when necessary. The ActivationGroupID is returned from the call to ActivationSystem.registerGroup and is used to identify the group within the activation system.
Add a new state to the current state set if it is not already present.
Add a new JButton which dispatches the action.
Append a new menuitem to the end of the menu which dispatches the specified Action object.
Creates a new menuitem attached to the specified Action object and appends it to the end of this menu.
Adds the shape of the specified Area to the current shape.
Add the listener as a listener of the specified type.
Appends a menuitem to the end of this menu.
Adds/nests a child within this BeanContext Invoked as a side effect of java.beans.Beans.instantiate().
Creates a new menuitem with the specified text and appends it to the end of this menu.
Selects the nth menu in the menu.
Adds the specified action listener to recieve action events from this text field.
Add all of the states to the existing state set.
JDBC 2.0 Adds a set of parameters to the batch.
JDBC 2.0 Adds a SQL command to the current batch of commmands for the statement.
Add a ChangeListener to the list that's notified each time the view's size, position, or the viewport's extent size has changed.
Add a column to the model.
Adds a column to the model with name columnName.
Appends aColumn to the end of the array of columns held by the JTable's column model.
Appends aColumn to the end of the receiver's tableColumns array.
Add a listener for table column model events.
Adds the columns from index0 to index0 inclusive to the current selection.
Add some text with the current character attributes.
Adds the specified listener to receive focus events from this component.
If constraints identifies the left/top or right/bottom child component, and a component with that identifier was previously added, it will be removed and then comp will be added in its place.
Sets the Viewport's one lightweight child, which can be null.
Notification to this component that it now has a parent component.
Overrides JComponent.addNotify to register this menu bar with the current KeyboardManager.
Add a row to the end of the model.
Adds the rows from index0 to index0 inclusive to the current selection.
Add a set of rules to the sheet.
Set the selection to be the union of the specified interval with current selection.
Append a new separator to the end of the menu.
Appends a toolbar separator to the end of the toolbar.
The method used to replace an existing component (if any) with a new one.
Add content that is basically specified entirely in the attribute set.
Adds the specified text event listener to recieve text events from this textcomponent.
Adds x to the list of listeners that are notified each time the selection changes.
Add a VetoableChangeListener to the listener list.
JDBC 2.0 Moves the cursor to the end of the result set, just after the last row.
Constructs an annotation record with the given value.
Identifies change in the mnemonic for the approve (yes, ok) button .
Identifies change in the tooltip text for the approve (yes, ok) button .
Called by the UI when the user hits the approve (AKA "Open" or "Save") button.
Returns true if the paths are contiguous.
Signifies an "output" argument to an invocation, meaning that the argument is being passed from the server to the client.
JDBC 2.0 The mapping in the Java programming language for the SQL type ARRAY.
JDBC 2.0 A type representing an SQL ARRAY.
This mode value determines if table automatically resizes the width the table's columns to take up the entire width of the table, and how it does the resizing.


Someone likes to live dangerously, I see.
If you want to live stop the sentence right there.
Ain't happening. If he had to be afraid of telling her the truth, this would not have been a relationship to begin with.
And this comic is way to lighthearted for that kind of twist.
Seriously tho, he's partly right, they both had commitment issues. Clearly she still does.
"No, see, the reason that I never told you about my mother is she was not relevant to the story and the writer had not designed her yet" – Evil Inc goes meta and Lightning Lady still ends up being committed to an asylum.
Metaguy already got Phenomenal Lass. He has done enough damage to the female characters of this comic.
The biggest issue they have is clear communication. If people would just talk and listen to each other, so many problems would be non-issues.
And now he's projecting his own commitment issues onto her and pretending he doesn't have any. Why can't they admit they both had that problem?
I'd forgotten what a schmuck Keagan was about marriage.


Diminishing water resources and increased water pollution concerns have led to the explosive growth of Dry Cooling worldwide.
The most popular style of Air Cooled Condenser is the modularized A-Frame design, used in power plants of all sizes. The integral features of our Air Cooled Condenser are long term mechanical and thermal integrity, excellent corrosion and freeze resistance, reliable operation and low maintenance.


After stealing a shotgun at a Big 5 in San Bruno, police say a man in his 20s was fatally shot by officers when he pointed his weapon at St. Luke's Hospital in San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO -- An alleged robbery suspect was killed during a police-shooting at the construction site at CPMC St. Luke's Hospital campus on Cesar Chavez Blvd. in San Francisco.
San Francisco police reecived calls at around 4:15 p.m. of reports of a suspect, a Hispanic man in his 20s, with two firearms who walked on to a construction site just west of St. Luke's Hospital.
"Reponding officers rushed to the scene and heard shots fired as they arrived," said San Francisco police Chief Greg Suhr. "They exited their vehicles and looked up and atop the construction elevator was a suspect in white coveralls holding a rifle and pointing it at the hospital."
Officers directed their firearms at the suspect as the suspect pointed the rifle down below. Three officers fired, neutralizing the suspect, Suhr said. The suspect then died.
No one appeared to be injured in the incident, Suhr said.
"It's very fortunate that nobody else was very seriously injured or killed," he said.
Police say the gunman robbed a Big 5 Store in San Bruno and stole a rifle. Authorities say the rifle used at the hospital matched the gun stolen from the Big 5 Store. The suspect description also matched. Police say the gunman robbed the store with the handgun.
Hospital officials say the police shooting started with some type of altercation near the emergency room. It then moved next door to Saint Luke's new site where witnesses say shots were fired on top of the building. One of the construction workers called police.
It was unclear how the suspect climbed to the top of the construction site, but a construction worker speculated he may have taken the stairs, police said.
The hospital is now on lockdown, but police are beginning to open up the area to traffic.
ABC7 News viewer Ruth Segura tweeted photos of police on the scene. She says shots were fired on top of a building.
Chief Suhr says the gunman robbed a Big 5 store in San Bruno and stole a rifle. Hispanic make in his 20s.
Multiple OIS/active shooting at st Lukes hospital suspct neutralized please stay clear of area.


Shimano's Dura-Ace is the most influential group in the world. Not only is it the benchmark for drivetrain performance, Shimano's size and influence mean that what happens with Dura-Ace can literally change the market.
Today, Shimano has revealed its latest evolution of the company's top-end road group. New Dura-Ace encompasses a wide range of products: mechanical shift with rim brakes, mechanical shift with disc brakes, electronic shift with rim brakes, electronic shift with disc brakes, wide-range gearing, and TT/triathlon specific components.
R9100: this code is applied to the group's foundational components like the bottom bracket, cranks, chain, and cassette, as well as the mechanical-shift derailleurs, and the STI levers for mechanical shifting and cable-actuated (rim) brakes.
ST-R9120: the mechanical shift and hydraulic disc brake STI levers.
R9150: Di2 electronic-shifting derailleurs, and STI levers for Di2 with cable-actuated (rim) brakes.
The group remains 11-speed, but the black mirror finish is new. The R9150/9170 Di2 components are almost entirely cross-compatible with existing 9070 Di2—the front derailleur is the exception. The R9100/9120 mechanical parts are also mostly cross-compatible with R9000, except the front derailleur.
While Shimano has offered discs for road previously, they were non-series components. With R9100-series, disc brakes are officially incorporated into Dura-Ace for mechanical and Di2 shifting.
The R9170 hydraulic-braking hoods are smaller than Shimano's the non-series ST-R785–Shimano's first STI lever for Di2 shifting/hydraulic brakes–and the 9170 hoods have almost exactly the same dimensions as the 9150 hoods for rim brakes. For R9120 mechanical shifting, the hydraulic hoods are smaller than Shimano's previous mechanical shift/hydraulic brake design. However, because of the size of the mechanical shift mechanism, they're still a little bigger than the equivalent hoods for rim brakes.
The RT-900 rotor is new and quite radical-looking. An evolution of Shimano's existing three-layer ICETech rotor—steel braking surfaces with aluminum core—the new rotor greatly extends the aluminum core fins for increased heat dissipation. The new rotors will be offered in 160 and 140mm.
Other than finish, the calipers greatly resemble Shimano's existing 805 flat-mount calipers, though some materials change to drop some weight, according to Shimano representatives. The Dura-Ace calipers are only offered for flat mount.
The new Dura-Ace crank is also updated to reflect the embrace of disc brakes. The rings were reprofiled so the crank maintains proper shifting performance with 135mm spaced disc hubs and stays as short as 410mm.
Completing the embrace of disc brakes are Dura Ace disc brake wheelsets. Two tubeless-compatible, thru axle-ready, carbon clincher wheelsets are offered: one 40mm deep, the other 60mm deep.
With power meters exploding in popularity among enthusiast riders, and the devices near-universal use by racers, it's little surprise that Shimano will offer a Dura-Ace power meter crank.
It's one of the most integrated-looking power meters available, with little to give away its presence, but it does incorporate independent left and right power meters, which are hardwired together.
A single battery, housed in the crank's axle, powers both arms. It's charged through a magnetic charging port. The battery is not user-serviceable, and the crank must be sent to Shimano for battery replacement.
The system has two radios: Bluetooth LE, for firmware updates and settings (via Shimano's eTube app), and ANT+ for communicating with head units. The chainrings may be changed without affecting the measurement.
Claimed accuracy is +/- two percent.
No physical sample of the power meter was shown, but it has been seen on Shimano-sponsored team bikes.
Shimano will offer an 11-30 cassette for Dura-Ace, in addition to its traditional close-ratio sizes. However, instead of offering one derailleur cage length for close-ratio cassettes, and one for wide-range cassettes—like Shimano does with Ultegra, and like SRAM and Campagnolo—both mechanical and Di2 Dura-Ace rear derailleurs will be offered in one mid-length cage that's compatible with all cassettes. This means riders can switch cassettes based on terrain without needing a new rear derailleur.
Outside of the new 11-30, 9100's cassettes are little changed from Dura Ace 9000: there isn't even a tooth profile change. Like the 9000 cassettes, the 9100 cassettes' first five cogs are made of titanium. Sizes offered are 11-25, 11-28, 11-30, 12-25, and 12-28.
The R9100 rear derailleurs borrow the Shadow design used by Shimano's mountain bike components. The Shadow design tucks the rear derailleur under the stay and cassette, for greater protection from crashes.
The Shadow design mounts to the frame with a short link. Like Shimano's mountain bike rear derailleurs, this link can be eliminated with a different hanger and "direct-mounted" to the frame, which offers a stiffer interface for improved shifting, company representatives claim.
According to Shimano representatives, the Shadow design also allows for easier wheel changes because it moves the derailleur out of the way of the dropout—something that's particularly advantageous with thru axles and wider tires.
The new cranks incorporate the same hollow-forged aluminum asymmetrical four-arm design as its predecessor. However, the new crank is slightly lighter (621 vs 629 grams) with no stiffness loss. The spider arms are wider than before, so chainrings are not cross-compatible between the 9000 and 9100 cranks.
As mentioned above, the new crank has re-profiled chainrings to function properly with 135mm rear hub spacing for disc brakes and chain stays as short as 410mm.
The cranks are offered in 165, 167.5, 170, 172.5, 175, 177.5, and 180mm lengths and with 50-34t, 52-36t, 53-39t, 54-42t, or 55-42t rings.
Borrowing another feature from Shimano's Di2 mountain bike groups, R9100 has a synchronized-shifting, which is enabled through the Shimano E-TUBE app. When enabled, shifting the front chainrings will trigger an automatic rear derailleur recovery shift of one or two cogs to prevent large cadence changes.
Shimano has updated the Di2 hood and lever shape. The lever shape and hood contour is new, and the main button that's closest to the bar has been extended and is easier to reach from both hoods and drops, says Shimano.
The mode button hidden in the top of the Di2 levers has been repositioned closer to the front of the hood. Its function can be customized thru Shimano's E-TUBE app, and may be used for shifting. This button was not present in the ST-R785 Di2/hydraulic levers, but Shimano has added it to the 9170 STI levers.
The switches are improved as well, with a more distinctive click.
As mentioned above, the Di2 hoods for hydraulic and rim brakes are almost identical in size and shape.
The memory on the existing Di2 battery was maxed out, so the new Di2 battery has expanded memory. This expanded memory is required for syncro shifting and wireless connectivity.
With this battery, existing 9070 Di2 can be upgraded via firmware update with syncro shift and wireless dongle compatibility. This battery, shared with XT Di2, is shipping in July.
Shimano has developed a new integrated junction box to clean up the look of Di2 box. Like the existing "Junction-A" box, the new box incorporates a charging port, mode switch, and status LEDs, but is shaped to be integrated into the frame or used as a bar-plug. Shimano's PRO components division has already developed handlebars with cable ports to accept the integrated box.
Outside of the new integrated box, R9150/R9170 can be used with Shimano's existing five port external junction-A box, and a new three port external junction-A box is in the works. The junction-B box, usually hidden in the frame, is unchanged.
Replacing the D-Fly wireless unit is a new inline wireless dongle. Like D-Fly, this will transmit battery and gear info via ANT+ to a head unit (like a Garmin Edge 520), but also has a Bluetooth LE radio, allowing wireless firmware updates and customization of shifting parameters from Shimano's app.
The R9100 rim brakes are "sleeker and more aerodynamic" than 9000, yet Shimano has also increased tire clearance to, officially, 28mm. A small brake booster is hidden between the pivots to improve "feel" by 43 percent, the company's documents claim. The brake's quick-release lever was changed so, when closed, follows the contour of the caliper, for a sleeker appearance, and some aerodynamic benefit, according to a Shimano representative.
The direct-mount rim brakes were redesigned as well. Besides cosmetics, they're sleeker and have added tire clearance (officially up to 28mm). Like the center-mount caliper, the direct-mount rim brakes incorporate a brake booster.
The 9100 mechanical-shifting mechanism receives updates to reduce throw, and make it even lighter action than already-light R9000. The R9100 STI hoods are smaller than R9000's hoods, and almost the same size as the R9150 Di2 hoods. Repeating the info above: the R9120 STI hoods are also smaller than Shimano's previous mechanical shift/hydraulic brake design, however, they remain larger than the R9100 STI hoods for rim brakes.
The biggest update to the mechanical derailleurs can be found in the front derailleur. The long-arm design is gone in favor of a smaller design that–in response to the trend towards wider tires–provides more clearance. Despite the new design, Shimano's representatives state there is no change in shift effort. The front derailleur also incorporates an integrated cable tension adjustment, eliminating the need for an in-line adjuster, or one built into the frame.
Like the Di2 rear derailleur, the mechanical rear derailleur gets the Shadow design, and one cage length compatible with all cassettes from 11-23 to 11-30.
For disc brakes, Shimano is claiming a group weight of 2389 grams for the 9170 group, and 2445 grams for the 9120 mechanical shifting group.
According to Shimano, the 9100 mechancial/rim brake parts will be offered first, arriving in September 2016. 9150 Di2/rim brake parts come next, in January 2017. The 9120 and 9170 disc options for mechancial and electronic shifting come in March of 2017. TT/triathlon parts arrive in March 2017. Finally, a hydraulic-brake system for TT/tri will arrive in June of 2017.


Repairing Concrete Using (AquaTite™ ) Epoxy Injections. Concrete cracks are repaired using different techniques and methods, such as epoxy injection depending on how wide, long and/or deep the floor or wall crack is. Most of the concrete cracks are related to shrinkage and settlement, over stress such a example would be a vertical foundation settlement crack running down from a steel beam pocket and loading conditions and movements caused during original construction.


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Look Inside Central Perk, Where Friends Becomes Reality
by Marguerite Preston Sep 16, 2014, 8:15am EDT
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Let's get one thing straight: This is less an exact replica of Central Perk and more like a mini Friends museum. The layout isn't much like the coffeehouse on the show, but the space is filled with all kinds of props.
Props that dedicated fans can pour over.
Even the espresso machine is the original. It's display only though — all the (free) coffee on offer is drip coffee.
A replica of the frame that hung around the peephole on Monica and Rachel's door is enclosed in its own fancy vitrine, with clips of the show projected in an endless loop over it.
It's easier to see the frame from the side.
There's a small area for sitting, which also features a continuous loop of Friends clips playing in the background.
There it is: the orange couch. That chair is also the original as is the coat stand in the background.
Of course, there's a gift shop.
It offers every piece of Friends memorabilia a fan could ask for, from aprons and mugs to iPhone cases and charm bracelets.
And here's Gunther (in real life, James Michael Tyler). He'll be around for the opening, and then back again when the pop-up closes on October 18. Fun fact: white is not his real hair color. Tyler tells Eater that he bleached it for 10 years straight back
Tomorrow one of the most anticipated pop-ups of September/October will throw open its doors in Soho, and invite visitors into an (almost) exact replica of Central Perk, the coffeehouse familiar to anyone who has watched even one episode of Friends. Eater got a sneak peek inside the pop-up, which will offer free coffee and a chance to sit on the actual orange couch from the show, plus contests and live performances, and even the occasional appearance by Gunther, the barista. So now, without further ado, take a look around:
The pop-up will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on weekdays, and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on weekends. For the most part it will just be offering free coffee and the chance to take selfies on the couch, but on Friday nights there will be live performances by local artists (along the lines of Phoebe's performances, although expect these ones to actually be good). It opens to the public tomorrow, and will be open every day until October 18. Expect a crowd of 20 and 30-somethings looking to relive the 90s.
· All Coverage of Central Perk [~ENY~]


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Could your five-year-old be the next Bill Gates?
Published Fri, Oct 25 20139:03 AM EDT Updated Fri, Oct 25 201310:01 AM EDT
Arjun Kharpal@ArjunKharpal
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Children as young as five will begin learning computer coding next year as part of a shake-up of the U.K.'s national curriculum, but the move is as much about giving British education an edge as it is about plugging a talent gap in the computing and technology sectors.
Computing skills are becoming vital in an increasingly digital world as Europe looks to compete against Silicon Valley in the technology sector. But the U.K. is suffering a big shortage of workers equipped with the skills to give home-grown technology businesses a leading edge.
Almost half of London's 1,350 high-tech businesses say a shortage of skilled workers is the biggest challenge they face, according to a study by market research firm GFK. The survey also found that 77 percent said they could grow their business if there was more talent available.
The short supply of skilled workers is a "major issue" for U.K. technology companies which are feeling the pinch from wage inflation, Anne Giulianotti, joint team head of GfK NOP business and technology, told CNBC.
(Read more: Codeacademy CEO: Teach people to code, boost the economy)
"In the short term it is driving up wages, making it hard for small companies to employ people."
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Starting in September 2014, children will learn about algorithms and programming. The curriculum faced opposition from teachers when it was announced in July. Chris Keates, leader of the Nast teachers' union, called it an "ideological crusade", while the National Union of Teachers' deputy leader, Kevin Courtney, said it was written by "government advisers and officials, not teachers".
The business body for the IT industry, BCS, is setting up a training network to make teachers have the right skills and knowledge for the new curriculum. It hopes that it will have the infrastructure to train 16,000 teachers by 2016.
But the body admitted that the task is a tough one. Bill Mitchell, director of education at BCS, told CNBC that the "biggest challenge" is getting enough teachers trained to carry out the curriculum.
(Read More: Why you might want to start speaking in code)
Codecademy is another company providing materials and courses to teach teachers about computing.
It claims the new curriculum will be help the U.K. become a world leader in technology and computing helping to boost the internet economy in Britain which is expected to be value at £221 billion ($358 billion) by 2016.
"A long time ago people thought, 'why would you need to learn to type?' But could you imagine anyone now working without knowing how to type?" Leng Lee, head of operations at Codecademy, told CNBC.
"So much of our lives are based around computers and technology. We are living more online and the production of these services is going to rely on people who know how technology works. It is only going to give us a chance to get further ahead."
—By CNBC's Arjun Kharpal: Follow him on Twitter @ArjunKharpal


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import java.util.HashSet;

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Kostelic wins men's World Cup slalom at Wengen
Graham Dunbar, The Associated Press
WENGEN, Switzerland – Ivica Kostelic of Croatia extended his runaway start to 2011, winning a men's World Cup slalom Sunday on the Lauberhorn course.
Kostelic had a combined two-run time of 1 minute, 45.28 seconds to stretch his lead in the World Cup overall and slalom standings.
He also won the super-combined here Friday as part of a career-best 15-day stretch that includes four World Cup victories, plus second- and fifth-place finishes.
"For sure, it's the best weekend of my career and I'm very happy that it happened in Wengen," Kostelic said. "It's a beautiful thing to be here."
Marcel Hirscher of Austria led after the first run, but finished 0.93 seconds behind in second place. Jean-Baptiste Grange of France was third, trailing Kostelic by 0.99.
"You really had to attack the second run," said Kostelic, who was 1.02 faster than Hirscher in the second leg.
David Chodounsky was the only U.S. skier to advance out of the first run, finishing a career best 19th. Bode Miller went out after straddling the third gate and Ted Ligety spilled midway down. Will Brandenburg misjudged his exit from the start house and straddled the first gate.
Chodounsky, who learned to ski on the same hill as childhood friend Lindsey Vonn, used the sixth-fastest time of the afternoon run to finish 2.23 behind Kostelic.
"Second run I had a great start position, good snow, so I just tried to take full advantage of it," Chodounsky said.
The 26-year-old Minnesotan earned his first World Cup points in a Jan. 6 slalom in Zagreb, Croatia, where he was 20th.
"Scoring in Zagreb got me started. Then I could tell myself I could charge and the nervousness goes away," he said.
Chodounsky is now targeting a starting spot at the world championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, next month.
"We're still qualifying for world championships, but that's definitely a goal to make it there," he said.
Chodounsky grew up skiing with Vonn at Buck Hill, near the Twin Cities, and would like to emulate some of the three-time overall World Cup champion's success.
"She blew up and I'm trying to follow behind," he said.
Kostelic started the year by winning the invitation-only parallel slalom event at Munich. He added the slalom at nearby Adelboden a week ago, also over Hirscher.
The 31-year-old Kostelic has earned 100 World Cup points for each victory and has a 215-point lead over Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal, who has suggested Kostelic is on track to win the seasonlong title.
"If I keep skiing like this then I am (the favorite)," said Kostelic, whose sister Janica won three women's overall trophies before retiring.
The victory Sunday gave Kostelic his 15th career World Cup win, with 11 in his specialist discipline. It was also his third slalom title at Wengen, including last year.
Hirscher was content with a 13th career podium finish, which at Wengen means a helicopter ride past the Eiger and Jungfrau mountains to reach the news conference in a village school.
"It's great to be on the podium. The helicopter flight here is so amazing," said the 21-year-old Austrian, who trails Kostelic by 77 points in the slalom standings.
Kostelic's sparkling form on back-to-back Swiss weekends coincided with warm weather creating soft race surfaces. The modern Alpine era has seen courses injected with water to create slick, icy tracks.
Kostelic is renowned for his expertise racing on slushy, spring-like snow, and prides himself on continuing to train when others have started offseason vacations.
"I just skied pretty well in the ruts, and in the super-combined (slalom) as well," said Kostelic, referring to his runs on the Jungfrau track that adjoins Wengen's fabled Lauberhorn downhill course.
"This is what the old World Cup was in (Ingemar) Stenmark's time," he added, referring to the Swedish great who won a record 86 World Cup races from 1974-89. "We saw the guys fighting against the ruts. Ordinary skiers and tourists can recognize themselves right there because this is the snow they are skiing on.
"Since 2003, we've had ice, ice, ice. Sometimes it's ice-rink ice. … You have to be more of a natural skier in soft snow."


With so much watermelon sitting around, I decided to freeze some and see how a watermelon slush would taste. This is really easy to make and you only need watermelon to make it!
This recipe will make one serving. You can increase to serve a lot of people or make individual services.
Okay, don't do what I did. I froze my watermelon in a little container, which probably would have been fine if they hadn't leaked watermelon juice/water into the container. This caused my watermelon to stick in one solid clump.
What you should do. Cut up your watermelon into cubes for easier blending. Put your cubes into a gallon ziploc bag. Try to avoid getting any excess water or juice into the bag. Stick this in the freezer until they're frozen (I just left them overnight).
Break up your froze watermelon and measure out however much you want.
Put your frozen watermelon chunks and watermelon juice in the blender. You may need more or less juice. I would say to start with a little and add more as you need it. You are only adding it in to assist in the blending.
Blend on low. You don't need it high and it will probably just make it more difficult.
Use your temper tool (optional) to get the watermelon down to the blades and blended.
It is done when it feels done for you. Your goal is to get it so there are no more chucks and not a lot of liquid. It will melt on its own anyway, so don't help it along by having a lot of liquid in there.
For garnish, cut watermelon into small wedges. Stick it on the side of the glass or right in the slushie.
I'm going to town today, watermelon is going on the list.
You could replace some of that water/juice with vodka and have a nice summer coctail.
Oh yes, I've heard that recommended before and forgot when I made this. Thanks for mentioning it!
It's a good laxative- as I found out the hard way.


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Frederick Albert Urquhart,  (December 13, 1911 – November 3, 2002) was a Canadian zoologist and professor of zoology who studied the migration of monarch butterflies, Danaus plexippus L. Together with his wife, Norah Roden Urquhart, he identified their migration routes, discovered that the migration spans multiple generations of butterflies, and found their wintering place in Mexico—considered "one of the greatest natural history discoveries" of the 20th-century.

Early life
Urquhart was born in Toronto, Canada. He attended the University of Toronto, graduating in 1935 with a degree in biology. He received the Bensley Fellowship for his graduate studies in entomology, receiving an MA in 1937 and a Ph.D. in 1940. During World War II he taught meteorology to students in the Royal Canadian Air Force. On July 21, 1945, he married Norah Roden Patterson. She became his full collaborator in butterfly research, although she did not have a Ph.D.

Career
Following the war in 1945, he began work as the assistant director of zoology at the Royal Ontario Museum. He also began working as a part-time assistant professor of zoology at the University of Toronto in 1948, while still working for the museum. In 1949, he was promoted to the position of the director of zoology and paleontology at the Royal Ontario Museum. He became a full-time associate professor of zoology at the University of Toronto in 1961, moving up to a full professor in 1963.

In 1966 he helped to organize and teach the zoology program at Scarborough College, now the University of Toronto Scarborough. He was a popular lecturer and produced a highly successful television lecture series.

He wrote four books, a monograph, and 62 papers in peer-reviewed journals, as well as numerous scientific reports and popular articles. His best known books are The Monarch Butterfly (University of Toronto Press, 1960) and The Monarch Butterfly: International Traveler (University of Toronto Press, 1987). He retired in 1977.

Monarch research
Urquhart's research on the route and destination of the insects started in 1937 and lasted for 38 years. Working with his wife Norah, he tracked the trails of the butterflies by tagging the wings of thousands of individual butterflies. They founded the first Insect Migration Association, today known as Monarch Watch, and recruited hundreds of volunteers or "citizen scientists" who helped in their research by tagging butterflies and reporting findings and sightings. The Urquharts raised thousands of monarchs at their home in Scarborough, Ontario, as well as using the facilities of the University of Toronto to analyze their findings and do research.

The Urquharts identified several distinct migration routes but were baffled why the trail seemed to disappear in Texas in the late fall, only to reappear in the spring. They sought help in Mexico and recruited a pair of naturalists to search for the butterflies. On January 9, 1975, Kenneth C. Brugger and his wife Catalina Trail (then known as Cathy Aguado) finally located the first known wintering refuge for the butterflies on a mountaintop in Michoacán, Mexico, more than 4,000 kilometers from the starting point of their migration.

In 1976, the Urquharts traveled to Mexico to view the long-sought wintering site for themselves. His article "Discovered: The Monarch's Mexican Haven" was published in National Geographic magazine in August 1976, and featured a cover photograph of Trail covered with butterflies. A dozen such sites are now known in Mexico; they are protected as ecological preserves by the Mexican government. The area is now a World Heritage Site known as the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve. Current conservation efforts are aimed at protecting monarchs in their breeding areas in the US and Canada.

Among other discoveries, the Urquharts learned that the butterflies only travel in daylight and can fly up to  in a day. The trip north spans several generations of monarchs, while a much-longer-lived "super generation" flies from the northern reaches of the butterfly's range all the way to Mexico, overwinters there, and breeds in the spring to start the next generation flying north.

Professional affiliations
Urquhart helped found the Federation of Ontario Naturalists in the 1940s. The Unquharts also founded the Insect Migration Association, today known as Monarch Watch.

Recognition

 On May 6, 1998, Fred and Norah Urquhart were presented with Canada's highest civilian award, the Order of Canada.
 Fred and Norah Urquhart received the W.W.H. Gunn award presented by the Federation of Ontario Naturalists.
 He was a fellow of the Royal Entomological Society.
 The Urquhart Butterfly Garden in Dundas, Ontario is a 3-acre park designed to attract butterflies. Named after Fred and Norah and created in 1994, it was the first municipal butterfly garden in Canada.
 An IMAX film, Flight of the Butterflies, tells the story of the long search by the Urquharts, Brugger, and Trail to unlock the secret of the butterflies' migration.

Personal life

Fred Urquhart died in 2002 at the age of 90 in Pickering, Ontario. Norah died on March 13, 2009, also in Pickering and also at age 90.

Select publications

Books

 The Monarch Butterfly. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1960.
 The Monarch Butterfly: International Traveler. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1987.

Journal articles

 "Found at Last: The Monarch's Winter Home". ''National Geographic, August 1976.

References

External links

Monarch Watch

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Members of the Order of Canada
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