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DealDatabase Forum - Deals, Freebies, and TiVo & DirecTivo Hacking > Category: NEW TiVo, DTiVo, Extraction FORUMS! > Sewer > HMO just appeared on a newly created 4.x S2 DTivo
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Obviously this is my first post, and like most newbs to this I will probably make an ass out of myself. I started searching and reading last night, and today I have my S2 DVR40 DTivo running 4.0.1b. Pretty sweet. The biggest hassle was getting a good image from eMule and I am in the process of seeding a torrent for at the moment.
The only question I can't answer by searching: a few minutes ago Music & Photos just appeared in my Tivo main menu. System Information shows Music/Photo/Multi-Room active, and I can serve Music and Photos from my mac. This just appeared, I didn't do anything to get HMO started up, and it wasn't there when I first installed. What gives?
Hopefully this isn't too asinine.
JohnSorTivo
It sounds like you downloaded an illegally distributed 4.x image that is pre-hacked, which means it violates a number of license agreements, most notably, killhdinitrd.
You probabaly don't want to be responsible for assisting in the propogation of this image by seeding it further with a torrent.
I applied killhdinitrd myself.
Assuming you downloaded the pre-hacked image, which would be the assumption if HMO worked out of the box, then you probably didn't need to, since it is likely that killhdinitrd was already run against the kernel.
It's indeed a fully pre-hacked image, and it is liable to get nuked as well.
Can't have these kinds of images going around, they are only asking for somebody to sell them on ebay. As a caution for anybody distributing these, an RIAA style s&d can and will happen.
alldeadhomiez
Translation: I downloaded a 4.0.1b image, yadda yadda, and now my Uma6 box has HMO.
Could you have possibly provided LESS detail about what you did to get it into this state?
Can't have these kinds of images going around, they are only asking for somebody to sell them on ebay.
eBay is irrelevant. You don't eBay stuff you find on the P2P networks anyway (if you value your freedom).
Anybody sharing copyrighted non-Free software from this board is only a DMCA notice away from losing their broadband connection. Hint: distributing anything with "killhdinitrd" in the filename is just plain stupid.
It happens. No doubt you really pay the piper when you are cought, but it still happens.
I can provide all the detail in the world, but since you can see how it got there, I don't see why. I booted using the enhanced PTV CD, applied a 4.0.1 image I found on eD2k linked from the image begging thread, and followed this (http://nh-gym.com/4xrid.htm) guide.
If you're going to be condescending, at least spare me some of the newbie flak. I've been using Linux on my desktop exclusively since before most of you were teething. Tivo hacking is new to me. No technique used in these hacks is news to me.
No technique used in these hacks is news to me.
You can't say that unless you are quite familiar with several aspects of tivos proprietary filesystem.
Also, I was teething around 1983, linux didn't come around until late 1991.
Great, you followed the HUGE guide, which instructs you to install the HMO Superpatch. In the future, please don't assume we can figure this sort of thing out by reading your mind.
Now, tell me this: what kinds of features do you suppose the HMO Superpatch might enable on your system?
Fair enough. I never saw it referred to as the HMO Superpatch, only "superpatch". I skimmed the thread but I guess I didn't pay attention that it actually said it enabled HMO.
Now that I've clarified how I got to this point. Is the image I used "legal" Because if so I'd like to seed it and save people the hassle of using eMule.
Now that I've clarified how I got to this point. Is the image I used "legal" Because if so I'd like to seed it and save people the hassle of using eMule.It's now clear that the "yada yada" piece was pretty important! Yes, everything appears to be on the up and up.
mackaframa
I also did not know that "superpatch" was HMO Superpatch. I am just wondering why you guys would INSIST that he had an illegal image when he said that he did not.
The same thing happened to me. I was not able to run superpatch until sometime after I got my image and kernal (both of which I bought from PTV) and killhdinitrd'd it myself. I didn't run Superpatch right away because I didn't have a network adapter, and my laptop doesn't have a serial port. So just like him, the HMO options "magically appeared" later.
It just seems kinda rude that you'd basically accuse him of lying, just because you didn't know that he didn't fully understand...isn't that what us newbies are supposed to do....not fully understand?
I also did not know that "superpatch" was HMO Superpatch...So just like him, the HMO options "magically appeared" later.
You guys have got to be kidding. Didn't you even read down to the INFO section in the 2nd post (http://www.dealdatabase.com/forum/showpost.php?p=180450&postcount=2) in the release thread?
Jeez!
Well, I was not even interested in HMO at first, I just wanted record time and extraction...
So...I started with using sleeper, and lost my previous recordings, and wacked myoriginal drive trying to recover them....the sleeper install contained a "catch-all" patch program which I assumed "superpatch" was similar to in HUGE's guide.
the sleeper install contained a "catch-all" patch program which I assumed "superpatch" was similar to in HUGE's guide.
Sleeper's .iso DIDN'T include any 'catch-all' patch program. It didn't even correctly patch tivos for NoCSO on 4.x systems. The closet thing was some script lines to automate 30-second skip, directory sort etc REMOTE control commands.
Anyway, you should READ the release thread for anything linked in ANY guide.
I, and others, don't spend our time posting the release details for nothing.
I am just wondering why you guys would INSIST that he had an illegal image when he said that he did not.
Why are you addressing me? I didn't say that.
Guide or not, newbie or not, you're responsible for knowing what you're installing. This is for your own benefit, and keeps problems like this from happening:
So...I started with using sleeper, and lost my previous recordings, and wacked myoriginal drive trying to recover them....the sleeper install contained a "catch-all" patch program which I assumed "superpatch" was similar to in HUGE's guide
JJBliss
I've been using Linux on my desktop exclusively since before most of you were teething.
Dude. You're a 21 year old kid. Relax with the bravado. It might work on some other boards you frequent in your spare time, but you're amongst elders here.
Nonetheless, I respectfully submit that you reconsider your newly updated "guide". It is still fraught with error, and after you've admitted to being new to tivo hacking (despite your scary linux skills) do you think publishing a guide for other newbies to follow is a good idea?
Of course, I quoted your post because you pointed out the actual problem, (the 2 of us not knowing enough about superpatch), versus just assuming he was lying about is image
Of course, I quoted your post because you pointed out the actual problem, (the 2 of us not knowing enough about superpatch), versus just assuming he was lying about is imageWho assumed he was lying? Based on the limited information supplied, there was no way to "guess" anything other than that the image applied was pre-hacked. A specific image name used was never referenced.
What one doesn't assume is that people apply hacks and patches to their system in which they have no idea what they are for.
I know, but sleeper does have a automated process that does several functions in the background...I assumed that superpatch was like the "full monte including hacks" script on this page
http://www.weethet.nl/english/tivo_dtv2_hacksleeper.php
actually the sleeper "process" didn't do anything in the background
it's one redeeming quality was that it showed the exact command to be executed and required user approval for each step
it installed several things that ran automatically once the drive was back in the tivo booting but that's not the sleeper script(s). that's just the standard utils it copied in
Who assumed he was lying? Based on the limited information supplied, there was no way to "guess" anything other than that the image applied was pre-hacked. A specific image name used was never referenced.
Review your post in this thread (#2), where you said he probably had a pre-hacked image, ...then his post (#3), where he said that it wasn't...then yours (#4), where you continue to go on as if it is was prehacked, Then AlphaWolfs's (#5), who is "indeed" convinced the image is hacked, despite what he said in post #3
Review your post in this thread (#2), where you said he probably had a pre-hacked image, ...then his post (#3), where he said that it wasn't...then yours (#4), where you continue to go on as if it is was prehacked, Then AlphaWolfs's (#5), who is "indeed" convinced the image is hacked, despite what he said in post #3He didn't say the image wasn't pre-hacked, he said he applied killhdinitrd, which could have been done despite the fact the image was pre-hacked. Tell me, expert, with no reference to the fact that the superpatch was run, yet HMO is working, what image would you surmise he's running? Wait, you wouldn't surmise anything, since it's clear you didn't know what the patch was for in the first place.
Yes I understand. I am basically refering to the fact that the process applies many commands "automatically" (sort of) without much user intervention, again, at the time I thought that "superpatch" did something similar.
He didn't say the image wasn't pre-hacked, he said he applied killhdinitrd.
I mean, maybe this is strecth, but don't you think that him responding with that statement was an attempt to prove that he didn't start with a hacked image?
Tell me, expert, with no reference to the fact that the superpatch was run, yet HMO is working, what image would you surmise he's running? Wait, you wouldn't surmise anything, since it's clear you didn't know what the patch was for in the first place.
He didn't JUST say, it was running...he SPECIFICALLY said it had "just appeared" i.e. wasn't there originally and showed up later...I'm not an expert, but I'd assume if it was a hacked image, then it would have been there all along right?
And actually, I would surmise, that he did exactly what I did. Since, I now know what superpatch does, and had the same thought he had when it seemimgly "appeared out of nowhere".
At this point, why don't you shut up. You're ammending what you said. You weren't 'basically referring' to anything. You said what you believed.
the sleeper install contained a "catch-all" patch program
Read this thread several times, try to see your errors and then go try to learn what's going on here and not continue to defend yourself when you've nothing to defend.
Honestly, I don't care how long you guys go at it. It seems like relatively harmeless dialectic. However, since it contains no significant or usefull information:
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This just appeared, I didn't do anything to get HMO started upLet's see, he EXPLICITLY said he didn't do anything to enable HMO, yet the feature is enabled. So based on your "logic", one is to assume NOT that the image is pre-hacked, but rather, that the superpatch was run, and that he simply had no idea what it was for?
Sorry, I give more credit to people than that...
this is like that scene in ghostbusters where they throw a line into the slimeflow to get a depth sounding and then get sucked in.... :eek:
Huh? Amending what I said? I was just trying to explain to those that think it is oh so difficult to misunderstand what superpatch does...I did it, he did it. I'm sure others have as well....look, I'm doing my best to learn here, I've spent hours per day over the last 3 weeks trying to make sure I understand what I am doing.
I understand that I've missed some things, and this one might have been obvious, but there are MANY important things here on this site that are non-obvious, and searching up and down through hundreds of posts, I might miss a thing or too.
Fair enough. I understand the idea that the "powers that be" here are concerned that everyone does their due-diligence, and doesn't just expect a hacked box to fall in their lap. I have learned a lot from this whole process, and I probably have you, among others to thank. I'd just suggest that you'd save the righteous indignance toward those that are looking for the easy way out for those that are ACTUALLY looking for an easy way out and not just asking honest questions.
I'd just suggest that you'd save the righteous indignance toward those that are looking for the easy way out for those that are ACTUALLY looking for an easy way out and not just asking honest questions.Where's the "righteous indignance"? Nobody was trying to be condescending to the OP, nobody was trying to call him a liar, nobody was trying to accuse him of taking the easy way out. Responses were simply given based on the information supplied. That's it.
Let's see, he EXPLICITLY said he didn't do anything to enable HMO, yet the feature is enabled. So based on your "logic", one is to assume NOT that the image is pre-hacked, but rather, that the superpatch was run, and that he simply had no idea what it was for?
So you're saying that continuing to assume he's using a pre-hacked image anyway, when he said he's not, is "giving him more credit" than just assuming that he doesn't know what superpatch does?
Sure, it's okay to assume that he has a hacked image based on the circumstances, but after that is asked, and he said he DIDN'T, then the next logical thing to me, would be to ASK whether he's run Superpatch yet, instead of continuing to insinuate that he has an illegal image.
So you're saying that continuing to assume he's using a pre-hacked image anyway, when he said he's not, is "giving him more credit" than just assuming that he doesn't know what superpatch does?To quote myself once again:
He didn't say the image wasn't pre-hacked, he said he applied killhdinitrd, which could have been done despite the fact the image was pre-hacked.Honestly, I don't know what your problem is, nor why you are trying to put words in his mouth.
He never said he DIDN'T, and further, if one doesn't know what the superpatch does, it's likely one may not know the nature of the image restored as well. Nobody was accusing him of anything, just providing information as to why it would seem he is seeing what it is that he's seeing. That's all.
Where's the "righteous indignance"? Nobody was trying to be condescending to the OP, nobody was trying to call him a liar, nobody was trying to accuse him of taking the easy way out. Responses were simply given based on the information supplied. That's it.
Fair enough...I saw it differently because the same thing happened to me. I just thought someone should have asked "Have you applied the superpatch?", if not before he said he didn't have a hacked image, at least after that instead of continuing to assume that he was doing something illegal.
Fair enough...I saw it differently because the same thing happened to me. I just thought someone should have asked "Have you applied the superpatch?"In retrospect I agree. Since this happened to you, it may seem more obvious to you, than to others, who would have "assumed" that the OP knew what the patch was for, and thus, that this couldn't possibly be the reason HMO is appearing.
Wow I feel like the kid who missed a great game of dodgeball at recess. I missed our little flamewar.
JJBliss - Can you clarify one thing for me? Where exactly is the guide fraught with error? It may not be 100% complete with every possible scenario, but to my knowledge there are no mistakes. To my knowledge. Instead of pointing out how "fraught with error" it is, why don't you contribute something and point out exactly how.
All you "elders" complain about guides because they help get people somewhere they don't have the knowledge to be, but then complain about guides that aren't all-inclusive and perfect. I understand many, many broken guides are out there, but given how well this one works, I fail to see how it is fraught with error.
All you "elders" complain about guides because they help get people somewhere they don't have the knowledge to be,
And it's a good idea to get people "somewhere they don't have the knowledge to be"... why? So they can ask get frustrated, screw up their equipment, and ask even more clueless questions with the wife breathing down their neck?
I'm sure you'll have their undying gratitude for that. :rolleyes:
but then complain about guides that aren't all-inclusive and perfect.
I understand many, many broken guides are out there, but given how well this one works, I fail to see how it is fraught with error.
343+ replies for something this simple means a LOT of people have had trouble with it. This guide was a miserable failure.
Have you fixed the errors and omissions I pointed out?
JJBliss - Can you clarify one thing for me? Where exactly is the guide fraught with error?
Errors can be errors in facts, or errors in ommision. Yours is more the later.
... why don't you contribute something...
You want to rethink that stupid comment?


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July 1st, 2021, 23:36
Glad to hear you're enjoying W3 more now. The best side quests spin off from the main quest, so that's a great approach. I find that specifically going in search of side stuff isn't very fruitful, but you'll find a lot of it just on your way to the big stuff.
And yeah, I never rode the horse anywhere. Walking is the way to go, and if I needed to cover great distances I'd fast travel.
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July 2nd, 2021, 00:47
@danutz_plusplus and @JFarrell71: I completely agree to your points.
Following the quests and exploring the world by doing that feels great.
I am really immersed into the game world now. The city of Novigrad adds much to the atmosphere (the rural areas before that looked all the same for me and the city is a great contrast to them). I have spent at least two days only following quests and side quests in the city.
Probably for other people, who have difficulties to get into the game, it is a good idea to head to Novigrad as soon as possible. Not for tactical or strategical reasons but simply for the experience of that city…
In the meantime I made a short visit to Skellige but am now back in Novigrad since there is still so much to do there…
I have about 60 hours in the game and it feels as if I have just begun. Now I can really appreciate, how great the game is.
Edit: @Pladio: The gwent game is indeed really fun and trying to find all persons, which play it or sell cards is a fun side mission in itself. I believe that I like gwent even more than Acromage.
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I was well and truly into Gwent the first time I played. I was motivated to get every card and there are a few legit quests that involve the game (like a tournament in Novigrad that spins into much more)
July 3rd, 2021, 12:40
I am still playing TW 3 and loving it more and more. But just now they pissed me off a little bit (again): I had two quests in my book. One was to talk to Yen and one was to get the small monster Uma from the men of the Baron. I choose to fetch Uma first and in that moment the Yennifer quest was marked as failed and later she treated me as if I had done something wrong to her without me even knowing what.
This is very bad design. While I like choices and consequences and am willing to live with the result of my choices, I didn't even now, that I was making a relevant choice.
If something like that happens again, it could turn me off the game.
This is something they should do differently in their next game.
Does anybody know, whether things of this type happen in CP 2077?
By the way I tried CP 2077 for a few hours a few weeks ago and had similar Problems like in TW 3 at the beginning: I don't like driving and I don't like to drive from quest marker to quest marker without exploring the area in between.
Is it possible to play CP 2077 without driving?
You don't have to drive in CP 2077, but I don't see why you wouldn't. It doesn't take long to get used to the mechanics, and it's a lot more efficient than trying to run everywhere. Plus some of the vehicles are pretty cool.
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Originally Posted by JDR13
Thanks for the info. The reason, I don't like driving (or riding) is not, that I find it hard to do. I simply prefer to walk through the game world and look, what I find behind the next door or behind the next hill. Using those means of transportation doesn't give me that feeling, it is more like a kind of half baked fast travel for me.
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Then do both. You don't have to drive all the time. I would periodically explore areas on foot when I was playing CP 2077, but you're going to want to use a vehicle when travelling across the map.
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When you're in Night City proper, it's not only possible, it's my preferred way to play. That would include the district you spend your time in at the start of the game (Watson).
But you can't really do that the entire game. You need to drive to and around the Badlands, for example. So I did a mix throughout. I liked driving personally, though. It wasn't a Roach situation. Keep in mind that models of car handle quite differently. I preferred the better handling/more weight but still fast types.
Thanks, will try it that way in CP 2077.
But for now I am still in TW 3 and it is becoming one of my favorite game of the last years.
The areas I like most are Novigrad for the city flair and Skellige for the nature (nearly as beautiful as the areas Gothic 3).
Some of the long quests in both areas are really fun to experience.
The only negative so far is the effect that sidequests do sometimes fail without in-game justification (as mentioned in earlier posts).
But this is not a crucial problem, so my overall feeling is extremely positive right now.
I am now at a point, where I am supposed to go to the isle of mists and have played nearly 90 hours. I didn't start any of the expansion quests yet, hope they are possible after ending the main quest.
I didn't start any of the expansion quests yet, hope they are possible after ending the main quest.
They are, as I recall. IIRC for myself I did the Heart of Stone stuff before I finished the main quest, but I did the Blood & Wine stuff afterwards. The end of Blood & Wine is an end to Witcher 3 as a whole, as a matter of fact.
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When you shoot a Yakuza in the gut, they don't bleed out blood, they bleed out exposition. And lots of it. The game tells you before you go to the final battle. I suggest making popcorn at that time - and I don't mean one of those mini-bags.
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Still playing the Witcher 3. Finished the main story and am now playing the expansions.
The main story had some moving moments, the most impressive one for me was
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the small scene, where Ciri buries Skjall. This part of the story was really tragic.
The heart of stone expansion also seems to have a fun story. Experiencing
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a wedding with Shani while being possessed by a ghost
was disturbingly funny.
Now I have 120 hours in TW3 and hoping it takes much longer. So I now have the positive version of trying to finish the game: I can't stop playing it…
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You might want to use spoiler tags for the people who haven't played it yet.
I thought the text was vague enough to tease but not spoil anything to people who haven't seen these scenes yet. But I have added spoiler tags anyways…
To my shame, i must say, as much as I absolutely LOVE the game "Dungeon of Naheulbeuk", I'm not good enough for even the easiest difficulty setting. Or, that difficulty is in general too hard.
So, as much as I hate it, I'm procrastinating there.
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Addressing the General Assembly, on September 25 2015, Pope Francis reminded leaders of the founding purpose of the United Nations: "saving succeeding generations from the scourge of war" and "promoting social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom". These are, in fact, the very principles boldly proclaimed in the preamble of the UN Charter. The Pope, however, also reminded the august forum that without strong ethics and judicious use of power, the Charter can only be an unattainable illusion or "even worse, idle chatter which serves as a cover for all kinds of abuses and corruption".
The 70th anniversary of the United Nations is also being marked by its inability to address new and emerging challenges and an inability to carry conviction, let alone credibility, in large parts of the world. Policy-induced failures, action with or without authorization for use of force has resulted in the unraveling of countries, with long-term ramifications for the global community: from the highest numbers of displaced peoples since World War II to global pandemics.
The Syrian conflict has entered its fourth year, with more than 300,000 killed, millions displaced and over 12 million in need of humanitarian assistance. The unraveling of Libya has produced a "Somalistan" on the Mediterranean coast. The ISIS/Daesh, the most vicious terror entity known to mankind, is holding territory larger than the United Kingdom and attracting recruits from over 80 countries, including many from rich Western economies.
The United Nations itself was conceived during a period of disarray and long-term suffering. It is entirely possible that, without the Second World War, agreement on the Charter may not have been forthcoming. Unless all countries big and small alike can set aside their immediate short-term differences and rededicate themselves to the principles enshrined in the Charter and a genuine reaffirmation of multilateral approaches – prevention rather than intervention – the situation will only get worse. The deep longing for peace was the basis for the creation of the United Nations. It must be that same yearning for peace, stability and growth which will give the United Nations hope for survival.
Not everything, however, appears to be hopeless; there is a silver lining. On September 25, 2015, 193 member states adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This was one of the most important gatherings in recent years, attracting several heads of state not usually present during the High-Level Week of the General Assembly. The adoption of the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is a historic moment for the community of nations, and is described as a "charter for people and planet in the 21 century" (2030 Agenda Declaration).
Building on the success of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the SDGs' objectives are broader in scope and more ambitious, including: ending poverty in all its forms; reducing inequalities within and among countries; urgently addressing climate change; changing unsustainable patterns of consumption and production; and inclusive economic growth and employment. Each goal is not built in a silo but is a part of the greater whole. As opposed to the MDGs, it is not an agenda solely for the south but rather a universal plan to be applied in all countries and by all peoples, with a firm priority to "leave no one behind" and reach those farthest away. The ownership of the agenda stems from a three-year negotiation process that included all member states, while eight million people offered their views.
The 2030 agenda sets a new international framework that encourages inclusive governance and inclusive economic growth. In order to implement these global agreements, national policies will need to be integrated. The "business-as-usual" models of development and of economic growth that perpetuate poverty and inequalities require an overhaul.
The adoption of the SDGs constitutes the one bright spot and, hopefully renewing collective interest in multilateralism a new relevance for the UN. The summit demonstrates the UN's unique convening power and a visionary path for the community of nations. The multilateral community will, however, be tested again this December. Can member states adopt a universal agreement that limits average global temperature below two degrees Celsius and lead the way to the decarbonization of the world economy by 2050? These agreements require deep transformation in the world economy and in our societies.
The Pope's message that "the misuse and destruction of the environment are also accompanied by a relentless process of exclusion" acquires a special relevance. World leaders normally do not stake their personal reputations on the successful outcome of a multilateral conference. The Pope had no hesitation doing so. World leaders gathering in Paris should draw inspiration from this.


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Dr Google will see you now: Smart 'symptom search' tells you why you're feeling sick and gives advice on treatment
Google says one per cent of searches of the internet are for symptoms
It wants to help users sift through the reams of dubious health information
Google worked with Harvard Medical School to produce symptom search
It will suggest conditions based on symptoms entered and offer advice
By Richard Gray for MailOnline
For many a trip to the doctor to ask about the niggling headache bothering them for the past week or the throbbing pain in their joints has been replaced by a quick internet search.
But to the frustration of many general practitioners, many of these searches lead to dubious sources of information that leave patients fearing they are suffering from rare or serious medical conditions.
Now Google is aiming to help people who turn to its search engine for medical advice with a new service that lets them search for their symptoms.
Google has announced that it is introducing symptom search to provide information on health conditions related to symptoms. It will tell users how common the condition is and offer advice on self treatment or urge them to consult a doctor (examples of symptom search in use pictured)
HOW SYMPTOM SEARCH WORKS
Users can type in either a single symptom or a a description of their symptoms.
For example, 'swollen joints' would bring up a range of possible causes of the symptom, such as arthritis in boxes above the search results.
It will also tell users how common the condition is and offer risk factors that may lead to it. In some cases it will also offer advice on self-treatment or urge users to see a doctor.
Google created its list of symptoms by looking for health conditions mentioned in web results.
It then checked these against high-quality medical information collected from doctors for its Knowledge Graph project.
It has also worked with medics and experts at Harvard Medical School and the Mayo Clniic to review each symptom to produce lists of related conditions.
Google claims that around one per cent of the one trillion searches carried out using its algorithms each year are symptom related.
The technology firm has announced that when users type in symptoms from now on it will show a list of related conditions.
It will also provide information on self-treatment and whether you might need to visit a doctor.
'By doing this, our goal is to help you to navigate and explore health conditions related to your symptoms and quickly get the point where you can do more in-depth research,' Google said in a blog post.
When it launches in the next few days, users will be able to type in search terms like 'headache on one side'.
This will then reveal a list of related conditions like 'migraine', 'tension headache', 'cluster headache' and 'sinusitis'. For each it will give a more detailed description of the causes and risk.
For individual symptoms it will also offer some basic advice for treatment or how to seek further medical advice.
Google said it has worked with experts at Harvard Medical School and the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, to help ensure the related conditions it suggests are as accurate as possible.
It has also checked their list of symptoms for health conditions against high-quality medical information collected from doctors.
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Google said it wanted to combat the often misleading and inaccurate information that can exist on the internet.
Among health professionals the practice of searching for symptoms online by patients has become known as 'asking Dr Google'.
Many tell stories of patients arriving on consultation rooms armed with computer print outs and convinced they are suffering from a rare inherited condition.
Google said: 'Health content on the web can be difficult to navigate, and tends to lead people from mild symptoms to scary and unlikely conditions, which can cause unnecessary anxiety and stress.
Google says around one per cent of all internet searches (stock picture of internet search) are symptom-related but health content online 'can be difficult to navigate'. It hopes symptom search can help to combat the anxiety that often can result from looking at inaccurate health information on the internet
'We worked with a team of medical doctors to carefully review the individual symptom information, and experts at Harvard Medical School and Mayo Clinic evaluated related conditions for a representative sample of searches to help improve the lists we show.'
The service is to begin to roll out on mobile in the US in English and before it will extend to other languages and countries in the future.
It could prove to be invaluable for those hoping to find out information about embarrassing symptoms or highly personal medical conditions.
However, Google insisted it was not intending to replace qualified doctors as a source of medical advice, only supplement it.
Google said: 'Symptom search, like all medical information on Google, is intended for informational purposes only and you should always consult a doctor for medical advice.
'Over time we hope to cover more symptoms and we also want to extend this to other languages and internationally.
'So the next time you're worried about your "child with knee pain" - even though it's probably just growing pains - or have some symptoms you're too embarrassed to run by your roommate, a Google search will be a helpful place to start.'
Searching for medical information on the internet can often lead patients to unreliable sources of information on forums and blogs, which can convince them they are suffering from rare and unlikely conditions (stock image of man searching for health information pictured)
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El código binario Exceso-3, o 3-exceso (normalmente abreviado como XS-3 o X3) o código Stibitz (por George Stibitz) es un código decimal codificado en binario autocomplementario y un sistema de numeración. Es una representación parcial. Exceso-3 fue utilizado en varias computadoras antiguas al igual que en cajas registradoras y calculadoras electrónicas portátiles en la década del '70, además de muchas otras cosas.

Representación
Los códigos parciales son una forma de representar valores con un número balanceado de positivos y negativos utilizando un número preespecificado  como valor de parcialidad. Los códigos parciales (y los códigos Gray) son códigos no ponderados. En XS-3, los números son representados como dígitos decimales, y cada dígito es representado por cuatro bits como el valor del dígito más 3 (la cantidad "de exceso"):
 El número binario más pequeño representa al valor más pequeño exceso
 El número binario más grande representa al valor más grande exceso

Para codificar un número como el 127, uno simplemente codificada cada uno de los dígitos decimales de arriba, dando

La aritmética de Exceso-3 utiliza algoritmos diferentes que los normalmente utilizados para BCDs o sistemas posicionales. Luego de añadir dos dígitos codificados en Exceso-3, la suma en crudo es Exceso-6. Por ejemplo, luego de añadir 1 (0100 en Exceso-3) y 2 (0101 en Exceso-3), el resultado de la suma parece ser 6 (1001 en Exceso-3) en lugar de 3 (0110 en Exceso-3). Para corregir este problema, luego de añadir dos dígitos, es necesario remover la parcialidad extra substrayendo el binario 0011 (decimal 3 en binario imparcial) si el dígito resultante es menos que el decimal 10, o substrayendo el binario 1101 (decimal 13 en binario imparcial) si ocurrió un desbordamiento de enteros. (En binarios de 4 bits, substraer el binario 1101 es equivalente a añadir 0011, y viceversa).

Motivación
La ventaja primaria de la codificación XS-3 sobre la codificación imparcial es que un número decimal puede ser transformado en un complemento de nueve (para sustracción) tan fácilmente como un número binario puede ser transformado en un complemento de uno; sólo invirtiendo todos los bits. También, cuando la suma de dos dígitos codificados con XS-3 es mayor a 9, el bit de acarreo de un sumador de 4 bits se establecerá alto. Esto funciona debido a que, luego de añadir dos dígitos, un valor "de exceso" de 6 es el resultado de la suma, debido a que los enteros de 4 bits únicamente pueden soportar valores del 0 al 15, un exceso de 6 significa que cada suma sobre 9 se desbordará.

Ejemplo
Convertidor de ejemplo de BCD a Exceso-3 (código VHDL):
entity bcdxs3 is
  port (
    a   : in    std_logic;
    b   : in    std_logic;
    c   : in    std_logic;
    d   : in    std_logic;

    an  : inout std_logic;
    bn  : inout std_logic;
    cn  : inout std_logic;
    dn  : inout std_logic;

    w   : out   std_logic;
    x   : out   std_logic;
    y   : out   std_logic;
    z   : out   std_logic
  );
end entity bcdxs3;

architecture dataflow of bcdxs3 is
begin
    an  <=  not a;
    bn  <=  not b;
    cn  <=  not c;
    dn  <=  not d;

    w   <=  (an and b  and d ) or (a  and bn and cn)
         or (an and b  and c  and dn);
    x   <=  (an and bn and d ) or (an and bn and c  and dn)
         or (an and b  and cn and dn) or (a  and bn and cn and d);
    y   <=  (an and cn and dn) or (an and c  and d )
         or (a  and bn and cn and dn);
    z   <=  (an and dn) or (a  and bn and cn and dn);

end architecture dataflow; -- of bcdxs3

Referencias

Sistemas de numeración


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Since I've been living here, I've been blown away by how clean and quiet the area is. If you want a fair comparison, I'd recommend coming on a Friday/Saturday night and seeing the difference between Ithaca East and some of the other properties you're considering. The low price point has attracted many graduate students, PhD candidates, and international students who generally keep to themselves.
The management is extremely professional and quick to respond. Part of the management team lives onsite at Ithaca East, so communication and off-hours situations are well-handled. The owner himself, Bruce Abbott, can be found on the property most every day tending to repairs, cutting grass, delivering packages, and making improvements to the property. He takes pride in his business and he's a superfriendly person to talk to.
It you're a partier, you'll honestly have more fun in CT or downtown somewhere, but if you're a professional who values a clean, quiet, affordable place to live, there's no better option than Ithaca East Apartments.
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HomeNewsLocal newsA Eulogy for Jean Greaux Jr.
A Eulogy for Jean Greaux Jr.
By Shaun A. Pennington
Jean Greaux Jr. (Photo courtesy Government House)
There will be no further up-to-the-minute weather reports sent without fail every morning to a vulnerable community. No deeply familiar and somehow reassuring voice, broadcasting across the airwaves; no more morning news sent via email. Jean Greaux is gone and it will be a very long time before this community comes to grips with this terrible loss. Maybe never.
It seems like Jean has been there, for everyone, from the beginning of time. And without the need for praise, without a shred of self-aggrandizement. He shunned fanfare. (Well, except once a year at Carnival time, when he could be found on J'ouvert morning going down the road with Cool Session Brass).
Meanwhile, he gave heart, soul, and voice to the community where he was born, that he loved.
When an organist is needed last minute for a funeral or just Sunday morning service, we will have to find someone else. He started playing at St. Anne's Chapel in Frenchtown when he was 11. After COVID closed the churches to their congregations, he used his technological expertise to set up a system that would broadcast the service from Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral on St. Thomas, including the organ music, across the territory over WSTA radio's airwaves every Sunday morning.
Adaptation was his specialty.
He easily shapeshifted between what he called his civilian life and his civic life when at 16, he volunteered for St. Thomas Rescue, where he did just that – rescue people – for ten years. Sometimes he failed. But Jean was able to add even the failures to his vast trove of experience.
He told a Source reporter in 2006 that of the years he worked with Rescue dealing with shooting victims, near-drownings, and heart attacks, what stuck out in his mind was a woman who had a stroke while driving her car in the parking lot of Lockhart Gardens. "Despite desperate attempts to save her life – she died," he said, within sight of the Roy L. Schneider Hospital.
Despite his tender age at the time, he said, "I often think that seeing death first-hand gives some immunity when close relatives die."
It may have been his early years at Rescue that fostered his great passion for law enforcement. A police official once remarked, "Jean has the heart and soul of a cop."
He kept a scanner and carried a firearm. Even after he wasn't intimately involved with Rescue, he would often make his way to emergencies to lend a hand. That also allowed him to bring first-hand knowledge to the community once he began his civilian career in journalism.
It may not have been his first love, but anyone who knew him would agree; he was always a trustworthy and professional reporter and newsman. His heroes in the field included Peter Jennings and Bernard Shaw.
Upon reflection, it is not hard to see the similarities between our local news hawk and these two journalism giants. Jennings started his media career extraordinarily early in life after dropping out of high school and later college. Jennings, a Canadian, was and remains the youngest television news anchor in U.S. history, starting with ABC at 26.
Jean was still in high school when he apprenticed with the communications director of the V.I. Police Department under Gov. Roy L. Schneider. Jean was 17 when he landed his first job as a news broadcaster at WSTA. Two years later, Jean had the good fortune of meeting former CNN anchor Shaw when he was on St. Thomas attending a cable television conference. That experience marked Shaw as Jean's primary role model.
Shaw, one of the few African Americans serving as anchors back then, may have set the stage for Jean's perfectionism and dispassionate reporting. Shaw told NPR, "The more intense the news story I cover, the cooler I want to be. What I strove for was perfection, which was impossible to achieve."
Jean Greaux came damn close, though. He shot for excellence in all of his endeavors, from organist to anchorman to public information officer to media director.
His moral compass was unchanging, even when his career was not. When he left his job as news director for WVWI to work for Gov. John P. deJongh Jr. – a tricky move for a journalist – he maintained his straightforward presentation of the facts when offering up information from Government House, and indeed all of the government agencies, to the Virgin Islands news corps he was previously part of. Until his death, he did the same thing for the Water and Power Authority, an agency constantly in the news and often under direct fire from the media and community alike.
While known for "occasionally" blowing off steam privately using his favorite adjective, which begins with an F and ends with a K, before accepting the nature of the world he was negotiating, he never, ever lost his cool in his role as public information officer or news anchor.
The other thing he never lost from his days at St. Thomas Rescue was his total commitment to his neighbors. He never said no to a request for a favor. He never turned off his two phones. He never ignored other people's losses. No request was too meager for his attention. And he was bombarded by a ceaseless barrage of meager requests. But under the straightforward, "just the facts," professional veneer was a loving, generous, very tall native son.
And speaking of requests, this tribute cannot be completed without an extremely important personal media anecdote.
When we started the Source in 1998, former Daily News editor Penny Feuerzeig, who was instrumental in helping get the Source off the ground all those years ago, arranged a meeting with Jean and WVWI Radio One owner Randy Knight. We sat at Randy's conference table and asked if they would consider reading our nascent stories on the morning news, with attribution and the URL as a way to put the fledgling internet newspaper on the media map. Almost before we finished the question, "yes" was the answer. And true to his word, and much more, including playing Source behind-the-scenes news director and writing for the Source, Jean continued reading our stories with attribution and the URL for many years. It is not disingenuous to conjecture if he had not, the Source would not be.
One more crucial point about his heart; he loved his dog Uno with all of it. To see a man of his stature lovingly fawn over the tiny Chihuahua was a joy to behold.
As we ask ourselves in our grief how we can honor him, I offer a few words from the 2006 Source interview.
"Education is the most important issue facing the Virgin Islands." He says for the past 16 years, he has listened to politician after politician use "education as a rallying cry." But, he says, "Education is in the most dismal state in the history of the territory." He says the solution is to "dismantle the layers and layers of bureaucracy in the system." He says the proof of the system's deficiencies lies in the young people it has failed. "Just try to have a conversation with a young person," he says. "They come out of high school and have to take remedial courses before they can go on in college."
If Jean Greaux is looking upon us from Somewhere Else, perhaps we can show our love by doing something about this. For, sadly, he was right 15 years ago, and sadly, he is still right. And now we must add to education's responsibility the dire need for mental health support services for our youth during this time of unprecedented upheaval, most particularly for them.
Author's note: Among his other self-effacing characteristics was Jean's dislike for having his picture taken. I am grateful to the people who found one and forwarded it. The one we chose offered the best clarity for publishing purposes.
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Locally, the environment is clean with good air quality most of the year. It's ranked as having the cleanest air in most of Shanxi. The kind and friendly locals live a relaxed life at a slow pace, a welcome break from most of the frantic, big cities of China. The people of Changzhi are still relatively new to foreigners in China, so you would find a few curious onlookers giving you a stare or trying to initiate a conversation to learn more about you.
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92 per cent of all customers worldwide are satisfied with customer services via Live Chat. However, the average satisfaction of customer service via web forms and email is only 85 per cent. Twitter comes in last with only 77 per cent satisfied customers.
We get excellent service-ratings from our clients on a regular basis. Amongst other things, the personal contact through live chat is the reason for that", says Jörg Klaas, managing director at Secova, as a provider of professional documentation and training systems. "Live Chat enables our service agents to answer customer queries much faster because they don't have to waste time looking for the right contact person, which is often the case for email requests. Waiting loops are now a thing of the past, but also email exchange and the number of tickets per day decreases because you can answer several questions in just one chat conversation." Secova is one of the first companies to use Zopim Premium live chat by Zendesk.
Another finding shows that customer satisfaction increases as the number of chat messages exchanged increases. One possible reason for this is that customers are happier with agents who are more engaged in the customer support process.
•	The most popular time to live chat an agent is between 10AM and 3PM local time. More than 50 percent of chats occurred at this time.
•	With Live Chat, organizations who receive tickets via their website have fewer requests submitted through their web forms after adding live chat, showing that many customers prefer to talk in real time when they are using the company website.
•	The number of messages exchanged alone doesn't just impact customer satisfaction, the time to first reply is also an important factor. German companies have to catch up here as they reveal the slowest first reply compared to all other countries. Also the amount of a customer service agent's chat workload is important for the actual customer satisfaction.
•	Agents using live chat in Mexico have the most chat conversations — managing the highest volume of chats. In comparison, Germany is way behind and only Italy receives less customer requests via live chat.
•	Agents in Germany keep things relatively fast with the average messages exchanged during a Live Chat conversation of 8.5 and the total duration of 642 seconds. Therefore, Germany takes a midfield position compared to other countries.
•	German service agents cover 44 chat conversations per month with an average first reply time of 128 seconds.
As with previous reports, the Zendesk Benchmark also examines overall customer satisfaction by country and industry. Global customer satisfaction in the first quarter of 2015 lifted slightly by 0.3 per cent to 95 percent. In country news, Philippines, Indonesia, and Colombia posted the greatest gains to customer satisfaction, while New Zealand and Belgium still are the top two customer satisfaction leaders. Canada bumped out Ireland for the third place spot, and Germany stays in the midfield with a 1.3 percent higher customer satisfaction up to 92.9 per cent.


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Andy Murray Fully Recovered, "Pain-Free" After Hip Injury
This past January, Andy Murray underwent hip resurfacing surgery. The procedure meant it was possible Murray would never play professionally again. However, the three-time Grand Slam champion said it was his only option if he wanted to be able to get back in the game.
Briton, 31 years old, said the rehab was going "slow but well." He noted that he'd like to continue playing, but he wasn't sure whether it would be possible.
In an interview, Murray added, "The operation went well. I'm feeling good and walking around pain-free—which hasn't been the case for pretty much 18 months, two years." He said the reason he had the surgery was improve the quality of his day-to-day life. His health prevented him from enjoying tennis, going out for walks, and even tying his shoelaces.
Murray just wants his hip to function as well as it can. "If it allows me to play, that's brilliant. If not, I'm not in pain anymore."


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Huawei MateBook 14 vs Huawei MateBook X Pro: which laptop is best for you?
During MWC 2019, Huawei announced not one, but two fresh laptops for 2019: a refresh of the Huawei MateBook X Pro and the brand-new Huawei MateBook 14. However, looking at the two laptops' spec sheets, they're nearly identical – save for some key differences.
Naturally, these differences lead to some even more important differences: price. Depending on what you're looking for from a luxury laptop, you could either get shortchanged by some missing features or end up severely overspending.
While all of the pricing we have available at the time of writing is in Euros, we expect these general differences in pricing between models to largely translate across regions. So, here's a primer for both the brand-new Huawei MateBook 14 and refreshed MateBook X Pro for 2019.
The Huawei MateBook X Pro's keyboard webcam.
Luckily, this is likely to the be the easiest part of this decision, as both laptops are nearly identical in shape, size, look and feel. Both laptops come in your choice of "Mystic Silver" or "Space Gray" colors, and both feature aluminum shells.
However, while the MateBook X Pro is built from a single piece of aluminum for each half of the chassis, the MateBook 14's base is split between aluminum on the keyboard deck and a less-premium material for the base plate. Similarly, the touchpad on the MateBook X Pro is comprised of glass, whereas the MateBook 14 touchpad is smoothed plastic.
Luckily, both versions of the laptop feature Huawei's fingerprint power button.
It should be obvious that the MateBook 14 is the thicker and heavier of the two laptops, sitting at 3.37 pounds (1.53kg) and 0.63 inches (15.9mm). The MateBook X Pro, being Huawei's utmost premium laptop, comes in at just 2.93 pounds (1.33kg) and 0.57 inches (14.6mm).
However, as you will soon learn, those differences will be all but negligible once you see what's inside these two laptops.
The Huawei MateBook 14 in Mystic Silver.
Looking at them side-by-side, you might have trouble telling the difference between these two laptops' displays. After all, both are in a 3:2 aspect ratio, have super-thin bezels and offer touch controls (at the high end, in the MateBook 14's case). But, there are unique facets to both, some that will affect your purchase decision.
The Huawei MateBook 14 uses a strictly 14-inch display with a 2K (2,160 x 1,440) resolution that amounts to 185 pixels per inch (ppi). The screen puts out up to 300 nits of brightness, sports a 1,000:1 contrast ratio and produces 100% of the sRGB color gamut.
Meanwhile, the MateBook X Pro's display remains largely unchanged year-over-year, being a 13.9-inch panel with a '3K' (3,000 x 2,000) resolution amounting to 260 ppi. All around, this is a better display than the MateBook 14 screen, with a deeper 1,500:1 contrast ratio and higher brightness rating of 450 nits while matching the color gamut.
It's obviously clear which display is best here, but keep in mind exactly what you're getting out of those improved visuals – and whether you even need them.
The Huawei MateBook X Pro's smartphone connectivity features at work.
Performance and battery life
This is where things get interesting because, between all of the available configurations for either model, these laptops will ultimately offer about the same level of performance. That's because you can configure either laptop with the exact same parts inside.
Both laptops start with the 8th-generation Intel Core i5-8265U processor, 8GB of memory and the Nvidia GeForce MX250 graphics processor, while the MateBook 14 and MateBook X Pro start with 256GB and 512GB of SSD space, respectively.
From there, either laptop can be upgraded to house the Core i7-8565U processor and up to 16GB of memory. Beyond this, only the MateBook X Pro can be upgraded to as much as 1TB of storage.
So, it will be safe to expect similar levels of performance from both laptops. In fact, unless Huawei used a higher-wattage version of the MX250 in the MateBook X Pro, the extra pixels in its display will almost certainly introduce additional overhead and reduce the GPU's effectiveness.
It's important to note, however, that the MateBook X Pro will be able to make more use of these components in one important way: connectivity. The MateBook 14 has one USB-C 3.1 port, one USB 3.0 port, one USB 2.0 port and an HDMI port.
These all help make the MateBook 14 ultimately compatible and versatile, but don't tap into the laptop's power as much as the MateBook X Pro's ports can. This is because of Thunderbolt 3, currently the fastest kind of USB-C port with data transfer rates of up to 40Gbps. Depending on the kind of user you are, that speed could come in awful handy.
Otherwise, your experience using a similarly configured MateBook 14 and MateBook X Pro will likely be largely the same, save for niceties such as screen sharpness and how quickly you can throw large files onto a flash drive.
However, know that the MateBook 14 is rated for 14 hours of battery life under general use, while the MateBook X Pro can achieve just 12 in comparison. Given that both laptops have the same battery capacity, this is easily chalked up to the increased pixel density of the MateBook X Pro display.
A view of the MateBook 14's Type-A USB ports.
While we only have European Union pricing to go off of, these prices are plenty telling as to how they'll be positioned worldwide. (Unless configurations change drastically, which is highly unlikely.) Here's how all of the configurations break down at a basic level:
Huawei MateBook 14 ((i5/ 8GB RAM/ 256GB SSD/ MX250): €1,199
Huawei MateBook 14 (i7/ 16GB RAM/ 512GB SSD/ MX250/ Touch): €1,499
Huawei MateBook X Pro (i5/ 8GB RAM/ 512GB SSD/ MX250/ Touch): €1,599
Huawei MateBook X Pro (i7/ 16GB RAM/ 1TB SSD/ MX250/ Touch): €1,999
If you look closely, you'll notice that you can get functionally the same laptop in the MateBook 14 as the MateBook X Pro for a whopping €400 less. Likewise, you can get a majority of the souped-up MateBook X Pro's improvements within the MateBook 14 – touchscreen included.
Of course, you're missing out on Thunderbolt 3 connectivity and a massively sharp screen in either case. But, you're also gaining up to two hours of battery life, should you go with the MateBook 14.
The Huawei MateBook X Pro
At first, it's easy to see the extreme similarities in Huawei's two new laptops to be perhaps uninspired and cynical. After all, certain companies known for all-aluminum products are also known for intentionally confusing their customers into buying things they don't need.
But, here, Huawei is allowing customers to save money on features or niceties they don't need or even want on their computer to get the same power that its highest-end laptop provides.
So, if you don't find yourself making much use of Thunderbolt 3 ports or gobs of SSD space, or don't need quite that sharp of a screen, then save yourself a ton of money with the MateBook 14 and have largely the same experience. If you need any of those features that badly, then it's going to cost you.
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Melo Group Completes Arquitectonica-Designed Aria on the Bay Luxury Condominium in Downtown Miami
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with more than 90% of its 648 units sold.
MIAMI, FL – May 3, 2018 – Construction of Aria on the Bay, Melo Group's new Arquitectonica-designed luxury condominium in Downtown Miami, is now complete with more than 90 percent of its 648 units already sold and under hard contract. The 53-story waterfront tower, located at 1770 N. Bayshore Drive along Biscayne Bay, becomes the latest condominium to deliver in Downtown's growing Arts & Entertainment District. The news prompts the start of closings as residents take ownership of their units, begin interior build-outs, and prepare to move into the building over the coming days.
Since arriving in Miami from Argentina in 2001, Melo Group's father-and-sons team – led by Jose Luis Melo and his two sons Carlos Melo and Martin Melo – has been a driving force behind the city's real estate resurgence. Aria on the Bay marks the developer's 14th residential tower delivered over the last decade and a half, with a total of more than 5,000 units completed and in development throughout the Greater Downtown Miami area.
"When we broke ground on Aria on the Bay three years ago, we envisioned a tower that not only offered first-rate amenities in an ideal location but one whose design would convey elegance and sophistication. We are confident that Aria will take its place among Miami's most iconic landmarks," said Carlos Melo, principal of the Melo Group.
Aria on the Bay's innovative architecture and interior design are the creation of internationally-acclaimed design firm Arquitectonica in concert with landscape design by ArquitectonicaGEO. The project's opera-inspired name serves as a nod to its Downtown location, surrounded by Miami's cultural and arts institutions. The glass structure's smooth architectural design and scalloped façade was influenced by the shapes of the wave crests in Biscayne Bay, combined with a series of curving balconies found in some of the world's greatest opera houses.
"Two blocks north of the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Aria on the Bay's semi-circular balconies make reference to those inside the classic opera houses. They playfully stagger creating a series of cylinders in performance. The arrangement could also be interpreted as a musical score, or a series of curves dancing to a tune," said Architect Bernardo Fort-Brescia, founding principal of Arquitectonica.
Aria on the Bay launched sales and construction in 2015 and became an instant favorite among international and domestic buyers in the market for spectacular design, panoramic water views and luxury amenities in a walkable, urban setting. Since then, more than 90 percent of the development's 648 units have been purchased by buyers from over 42 countries around the world. Currently, local/domestic buyers from within the United States make up approximately 15 percent of the project's total sales thus far, with U.S. buyers ranking third-highest among foreign buyers from countries across Latin America and Europe.
"Beyond its prime waterfront location, magnificent bay views, and high-quality design features, Aria on the Bay benefits from the expertise of one of Miami's strongest developers," said Alicia Cervera Lamadrid, managing partner of Cervera Real Estate, the project's exclusive sales and marketing brokerage. "Melo Group's success is the result of more than sixty years of experience in the real estate industry and the firm's track record for uncovering and investing in emerging neighborhoods. We are proud to be a part of their achievements in the U.S. and know that their keen and efficient business sense will ensure they continue to develop in Miami for many more years to come."
Aria on the Bay's sold-out collection of triplex penthouses, which captured prices from $1.8 to over $6 million, span the building's top three stories and feature interior living areas measuring between 2,600 and 4,800 square feet in size. The expansive residences also offer secluded rooftop terraces with private pools, open-air summer kitchens and 12-foot-deep wrap-around balconies that provide up to 3,000 square feet of additional outdoor living space.
Baseball superstar Giancarlo Stanton, the Yankee slugger who was recently named the National League's Most Valuable Player, bought one of Aria on the Bay's triplex penthouses in 2017. He's not the only celebrity to be moving in – Grammy Award-winning record producer and rapper Timbaland also purchased two units at the building late last year.
Remaining units currently available for sale include a range of one- to four-bedroom condos priced from the $400,000s up to $1.8 million – prices unrivaled among the area's concentration of new-construction luxury condominiums.
Residences feature floor-to-ceiling glass, private elevator access, open-plan living areas, designer finishes and fixtures, European-style kitchens, modern custom-designed cabinetry, and oversized terraces with panoramic views of Biscayne Bay, Miami Beach and the city skyline.
Building amenities include a 14th floor resort amenity deck with two sunrise/sunset-facing swimming pools, a jacuzzi, and barbecue grills and lounge areas. Additional perks include a private spa with massage treatment rooms, a state-of-the-art fitness center, yoga studio, indoor/outdoor bar and entertainment lounge, theater-style screening room, game room and library, teen lounge and kid's playroom, and a business center with offices and meeting facilities. The project also includes 10,000 square feet of available commercial space on the lower floors, including office, retail and ground-level restaurant space facing the park.
The adjacent Margaret Pace Park gives residents access to a host of additional amenities and activities. Situated directly along Biscayne Bay, the 8-acre, pet-friendly waterfront park offers jogging paths, biking trails, tennis courts, basketball courts, soccer fields, an outdoor gym, daily yoga and fitness classes, as well as barbecue areas, picnic and playground areas.
Aria on the Bay's Arts & Entertainment District location puts residents within blocks of some of South Florida's top destinations for arts and culture, entertainment, dining and shopping. Nearby world-class venues include the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, AmericanAirlines Arena, and Museum Park's Perez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) and Frost Museum of Science. Hundreds of luxury retail shops, boutiques, restaurants and art galleries can be found in the surrounding Miami Design District, Midtown Miami and Wynwood neighborhoods. Several public transit and alternative transportation options are in walking distance, making hotspots like South Beach and Brickell Avenue accessible within minutes. Residents can also access Miami Beach via the Venetian Causeway, which is located just two blocks from the property.
Melo Group is also building market-rate apartment buildings to meet the needs of young professionals looking to live within close proximity to Miami's largest employment districts such as Brickell, Downtown's CBD and the Health District. The firm's next residential project, the 710-unit Square Station Apartments, will open to tenants next month as part of a larger three-phase development plan to bring nearly 2,000 transit-oriented rental units to Downtown Miami.
About Aria on the Bay:
Aria on the Bay is a newly-completed, 648-unit luxury condominium developed by the Melo Group in Downtown Miami's Arts & Entertainment District at 1770 North Bayshore Drive along the Biscayne Bay waterfront. The 53-story Arquitectonica-designed tower features gorgeous sky home residences, exceptional amenities, breathtaking architecture, and an enviable bayfront location that boasts direct unobstructed views of Biscayne Bay, Miami Beach and the city skyline. Learn more at www.ariaonthebay.com.
About Melo Group:
Founded in Argentina in 1948, the Melo Group is a family-owned and operated real estate development firm based in Miami, Florida specializing in the construction, design and delivery of high-quality residential buildings. With nearly 5,000 residential units completed and in development throughout the Greater Downtown Miami area and more than 8,000 units developed across the Americas, the firm's father-and-sons team – spearheaded by father Jose Luis Melo and sons Carlos and Martin Melo – collectively bring more than 50 years of real estate development expertise. Melo Group's most recent residential towers in Miami include luxury condo towers Aria on the Bay, Bay House, and 23 Biscayne, as well as premium apartment towers including Square Station, Melody Tower, 25 Mirage, Flagler on the River, and 22 Skyview. Learn more at www.themelogroup.com.
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Sergeant Aaron Smoyer was recognized by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association at the Larimer County Fair.
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Larimer County Sheriff's Office Sergeant Aaron Smoyer was recognized by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) on Sunday, August 5, during the Military and First Responder Appreciation night at the Larimer County Fair. Smoyer was presented with the "Local Military and First Responder Hero" award. He was nominated by Sheriff's Office staff members for his outstanding years of service both in the military and law enforcement.
During the presentation of the award Smoyer was recognized for his 32 years of service. The PRCA stated, "we would like to recognize a man who believes in the ideals held forth in our Constitution, a man who has spent his life giving back to the people of this great country through service, a man who not only served our country once, but has done so three times."
Before entering into the civilian world, Smoyer served for eight years as a member of the United States Marine Corps. During his tenure, he received a top secret clearance and supervised more than 20 Marines at a time in combat during Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Smoyer received the Combat Action Ribbon and an honorable discharge after attaining the rank of Sergeant.
Sergeant Smoyer is currently assigned to the Professional Standards Unit of the Larimer County Sheriff's Office. "He has faithfully served our community for the last 14 years. He has done so with the highest level of integrity and professionalism," according to PRCA. During his time with LCSO, Smoyer has trained countless new deputies as a Field Training Officer and held positions on the Gang Unit and Special Emergency Response Team. Prior to serving in Larimer County, Smoyer served the community of Orange County, California for 10 years as a deputy.
"The Sheriff's Office employs many deputies who have served in the armed forces prior to pinning on the badge. We find military service to be complimentary to serving as a deputy sheriff. Sgt. Smoyer is a great example of what that spirit of service looks like and we are proud to see him recognized by the Larimer County Fair and Rodeo and the PRCA." – Sheriff Justin Smith
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I saw this at Raffles City Shopping Centre. It's part of the Singapore Art Show. Two ladies were putting up a Rangoli - sandpainting. You can see this in many Indian (Hindu) houses especially during Deepavali.
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wow, excellent vivid sari colors of the lady doing the sandpaint. i was in Sing.. should hv checked out the ArtShow. Too bad all my colleagues told me about was the IT fair at Suntec.
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There are the great 4 IT shows a year in Singapore. Guess what? I did not walked into the IT show this time at all!
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Images are crucial to your landing page design -- by using the drag and drop Images Widget, you can customize images to your liking and get your page looking pretty as a picture.
Find the perfect image for your landing pages or pop ups. There are over 2000 free images in the Unbounce Image Library and over 1,000,000 free high quality images and pictures from Unsplash, integrated right in the Unbounce builder.
If you'd prefer to use your own images rather than the stock ones we provide, you can upload your own creations to your Unbounce Media Library and sort them by creation date, name, or file size so you'll never lose that sweet cat pic you added last week.
We currently support .bmp, .gif, .jpg, .jpeg, .png, and .svg image files.
This article will help you out with:
Adding images to your landing page.
Uploading your own images into the Unbounce Page Builder.
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Adding Images to Your Landing Page
Navigate to the Unbounce page where you'd like to add your new image.
If there is already an existing image, double click that image to replace it and access the Choose Image dialog box.
If there isn't already an existing image, drag and drop the Image widget from the left-hand side of the page to the space on your landing page where you'd like to insert an image. This will also open the Choose Image dialog box.
In the new Choose Image dialog box, you have 3 options for images. All options are available by clicking through the tabs at the top left-hand corner of the dialog box:
My Images -- this is where you can sort through any images that you've uploaded yourself to the Unbounce Page Builder (Upload a New Image to Unbounce).
Unbounce Public Images -- these images are provided by Unbounce and free to anyone who'd like to use them!
Unsplash Images -- high quality stock photos available for use to anyone on Enterprise, Premium and Essential plans.
Note: Selecting an Unsplash Image from the Image Library will cause your selected image to load in your My Images tab.
You can sort through these images using the Sort drop-down menu in the top left-hand corner of the dialog box. Click the arrow on the right-hand side of the drop-down menu to toggle ascending or descending order.
You can also look for specific images by using the Search Images field in the top right-hand corner of the dialog box. Tabbing through the 3 image library options will allow you to do a search for specific images in that image library using this field.
Once you've selected an image that you'd like to use, you can either:
Double Click the image.
Click the image then click the Choose button at the bottom right-hand corner of the dialog box.
This will propagate the image onto your landing page.
Upload a New Image to Unbounce
You may have your own fabulous image that you'd like to use on your website rather than our Unbounce or Unsplash stock photos. This next set of instructions will tell you how:
In the Choose Image dialog box, click the Upload New Image button in the bottom left-hand corner of the page. This will bring up a dialog box which accesses the files on your computer.
Navigate through your computer and find the image that you'd like to upload to Unbounce.
Once you've found the right image, double click on the image file. This will bring you back to the Choose Image dialog box.
Your new file should now be uploaded to Unbounce! Click the image you've just uploaded and select the Choose button at the bottom right-hand corner of the dialog box to add your new image to your landing page.
If you've accidentally uploaded the wrong image, you can delete the image by clicking on the image in the Choose Image dialog box, then clicking the Delete Selected button at the top right-hand corner of the dialog box. This will remove the image from your My Images library.
Scaling Images to Fit Your Landing Page
Sometimes you may choose an image that's too big to fit on your landing page or on the image template that you chose from the prefabricated templates that Unbounce has created. When this happens you'll get a dialog box alerting you to the size discrepancy.
The dialog box will provide you with 2 different options:
Scale the Image to Fit -- this will resize the image to fit into the dimensions of the viewable area that you've designated as the boundaries for your image. These boundaries are called the 'Mask' and may end up covering or obscuring part of your image. You can restore the full image by clicking the Edit Mask button beneath your recently added image.
Don't Scale -- the image will be inserted at its full size.
Click the button for whichever option you'd prefer for your image.
You can also manually edit your image's size by clicking and dragging on the small boxes on the borders of your image. This will allow you to increase or decrease the size of your images to fit the dimensions of your landing page.
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