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October 5, 2016 by Moreland
It Was the Curse. My Curse: The Cheerleader Murders (2016)
"It was the curse. My curse."
So I was housesitting and dogsitting for a family friend while they went camping, and they asked if I would hang out with their dogs as they just love attention. They told me to help myself to anything to drink and that I could watch TV or movies.
As dogs love attention I would come multiple times a day. And as I don't have cable anymore I miss watching TCM (Turner Classic Movies) along with Lifetime and Hallmark.
So I was checking out what was on and then decided to look up xfinity's on demand. I came across this movie's summary.
Ellie was just your regular cheerleader until her father and sister were murdered. Now she's investigating, but then two other girls are kidnapped. It seems as if the killer is on to Ellie's investigation. Will she figure it out before they go after her next?
I thought it sounded great. Girl's father and sister are murdered and she's hunting down the killer's in this huge game of cat and mouse?
I'm ready to watch
This film was no where near that at all.
Majorly
Instead it was stupid, Ellie was a giant numbskull, and it was extremely obvious who the killer was. I hated it and wished I hadn't wasted my time.
However, as I already spent about two hours watching, so you guys are going to get my review.
As I didn't really like the film it will be mostly images from other things. Just a quick FYI for you all.
So the film starts off extremely strangely. The girl believes everything that has gone wrong in her life is because of a curse.
Some "curse" of cheerleaders follows her family. First the prom king was killed when he was with her mom in high school. Then her sister and her boyfriend broke up. He didn't take it kindly and snuck into the house. Ellie saw him and didn't say anything due to her shock. He went into the sister's room and shot her.
The father hearing the cries came out and was shot as well. The boyfriend then committed suicide.
Ellie blames herself for the murders, saying they happened because she is cursed.
Now I get blaming yourself (even though it wasn't her fault. In fact if she had tried to do something she probably would have been killed) but a curse? A curse? Really? Why does she believe it? It makes zero sense, it just doesn't jell of line up. There is no reason why she would believe she is cursed.
So now it is a year later. The mom and daughter are strangely still living in the same house. I don't know way they wouldn't have moved, I sure would've.
Getting out of here
So Ellie is friends with the two most popular girls in school, also cheerleaders, Morgan and Dee. Morgan's parents are out of town so she's having a sleepover with Dee and Ellie. Ellie also dates the newest, yet hottest, guy in the school; Nicholas.
They think they are pretty hot.
Meanwhile, there is a guy who is on the fringe of high school social society, Ben. He tries to talk to Morgan but Dee scares the "loser" off.
Meanwhile, Morgan and the coach seem very friendly, so much that there is a rumor that something might be going on there but Morgan denies it.
At the sleepover one of the girls notices a little clay bunny. They ask Morgan where it came from, but Morgan doesn't know, it just appeared.
So the sleepover doesn't end well. Ellie and Dee are trying to find out if Morgan's rumors with the coach are true. She gets mad and says some remarks to the two girls. Dee strikes back and Ellie gets offended when they say something that triggers her father's and sister's death.
Ellie leaves and heads home. When she arrives there she finds a clay bunny in her room too.
The next day Morgan and Dee don't show up at school. It isn't weird that they would skip, as neither girl is really an academic like Ellie, but hey would never miss the big day of the pep rally, I mean after all Dee's the head cheerleader.
Something is not right!
Ellie decides to drive out to the house to check on the girls, but both are gone! And it looks like a struggle! She calls the police and they start investigating as to what could have happened.
Ellie goes home where they have the police wait outside just in case. After all, everyone knew she was going to be at the sleepover, she is lucky she left when she did or she would've been taken too.
Woah! Close Call!
Now I don't understand why she thinks there is a "curse" that affects her. I mean she is pretty lucky. Here she wasn't kidnapped, and later she does some real stupid things but makes it out okay. If anything she should think she is a "blessed" person.
Anyways, so she is at home while her boyfriend pulls a Billy from Scream and sneaks in through the window instead of going through the front door.
Now immediately I think, "hey, he's new in town, this never happened before they moved here, and he gives off mega Billy vibes." He is definitely in the equation.
So they end up finding Morgan's body out of town in a ravine. It matches up with some other deaths that have happened all over the country, and is clearly the work of a serial killer. The FBI are called in and are very interested in Ellie.
But why would they think that Ellie is involved? There is zero evidence and no reason why she would do such a thing.
The FBI find a clay bunny in Dee's room as well. Could it be left by the killer?
Ellie then receives a threatening note at school and decides to tell NO ONE ABOUT IT!!
What the HECK?!! WHY WOULD SHE DO THAT?! So stupid! TELL the POLICE!!!
And this makes no sense at the end. How did the…whoa getting a head of myself.
So Ben has been questioned by the police and acting up, yelling, being mean, etc. Ellie becomes suspicious of Ben and decides to investigate.
And DOES THE STUPIDEST THING EVER!!! WHAT ARE YOU THINKING GOING TO THE HOUSE OF A PERSON YOU THINK IS A KIDNAPPER AND MURDERER?
There, at Ben's house, Ellie finds a bunch of clay bunnies. She freaks out, and then Ben come home with his drugged up mother. He says that he did leave the bunnies, but only because he wanted to be friends with them.
Well then why you creeping around? I mean I know that he didn't feel he could approach them one on one in school, as they might be cruel or laugh in his face. But come on man, did you really think that by breaking into their house you would become besties with them?
Ben gets arrested, of course, but I know it's not him. 1) He doesn't seem like a killer, just a misunderstood boy looking for the love he is not getting from an abusive mother. 2) Its too easy. 3) There is a whole lot more left to the film.
Nope, not him.
Now Ben, I feel bad for you but you are going about this all in the completely WRONG way. First, stop skulking about the halls, no one likes a skulker. Second, stop being so mean and grouchy. Everyone likes a brooder but not someone who yells all the time. "
So Ellie gets more threats, but these through her text messages. She still choses to not discuss it with the police.
She's also not even freaked out that crazy kidnapper and murderer, nay serial killer is after her. She's just like no big deal.
really? I can't stand this movie.
So she is not at all questioning her boyfriend or his father's weird behavior. I mean she barely knows them, they just moved here, none of this happened before they came.
It is totally one of them and I'm leaning toward the dad.
Ellie decides to head out to where Morgan was found and the little altar/memorial they made for her but does the stupidest thing in the world.
First, she was supposed to go with her mom but tells her she can't because Nicholas and her are going together. Then Nicholas offers to go with her but she turns him down as she wants to go BY HERSELF TO TRY AND CATCH THE KILLER!!! Can you believe that? How stupid! Did you just forget that you've been threatened twice already?
You are just asking to be killed.
So I'm like please take a weapon or something with you, and does she? NO! BECAUSE SHE IS A BIG, FAT, STUPIDHEAD. Jeez, I try not to judge but you are really encompassing that stereotype of dumb cheerleader because you are so dumb!!!
My dream ending is that Ben will comes to Ellie's rescue somehow, redeeming him and making everyone love and want to be his friend. That's how I would end it. Either the dad or boyfriend turns out to be the psycho and Ben has to help her.
But back to the film. As soon as Ellie gets to the memorial, everyone just disappears! Why?
Morgan's dad comes depressed, sad, and acting really creepy. A big red herring is what I think, tossing him in like that as a potential suspect.
You think I'm really going to fall for that?
As Ellie is leaving a car kind of attacks her and they go on a chase, but he takes off and Ellie gets no plates or anything.
So Ellie decides to drive up the highway where Morgan was found. So goes up to THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE!!! YOU ARE JUST ASKING TO BE KILLED, WHAT ARE YOU DOING!!!
She finds this house that is all alone and just looks like the ideal murder spot. And what does she do? Call the police? NO OF COURSE NOT. THIS DUNDERHEAD DECIDES TO GO MARCHING IN. Just because you can't see a car doesn't mean the killer isn't there. And what if there is more than one? Eh? You don't have anything to protect yourself. I mean, seriously.
Look at your life, look at your choices. You are making some really bad ones.
So she breaks a window and gets into the house. Now of course this is the murder site, the writer of this flick wasn't too bright or interesting. But what if this wasn't the murder house? What if this house belongs to someone and you just wrecked it? You just don't think do you.
Or do anything
This girl is so dumb, she deserves to die. Now I'm not usually that callous, but seriously the way she is acting. She's asking to be a victim.
So Ellie hears a noise and heads down into the basement. There she finds Dee chained up, starved, and abused. Ellie gets her free and expects her friend to take off with her, but Dee is in too much of shock. She can barely move. If only Ellie had not forgotten to bring her phone.
Yes this entire movie Ellie has her phone permanently in her pocket, but then this one time she cold really use it, she left it in her car.
Then the killer returns. This part as actually interesting as the girls have to play a type of cat and mouse trying to flee from their attacker. Now this guy is fast, really fast like a football player. Hmm…just like her boyfriend and her boyfriend's dad…
The killer is wearing a mask so they can't see who it is. As they are running, Dee of course falls as she barely has control over her body after being bound for so long. The killer gets her as Ellie continues to run to the car and eventually has to go before she too is killed.
Again she blames the curse but this is on you. Too bad you didn't bring a friend with you. Or your phone.
So later Ellie is an artist and draws the car that she saw trying to drive her off the road. Nicholas comes over to cheer her up when he looks at the sketch and freaks out:
Nicholas: [Worried] It's happening again.
The dad is the killer, he just has to be the one!
Then we have Ellie who is completely convinced she is cursed and everything is her fault.
Again with that? Really. I mean a five year old would believe that but you are almost an adult and you think a "curse" is to blame?
Anyways we have this weird and crazy flashback. This happens periodically throughout the film but have no reason. They don't add anything to the story and they are just dumb.
Ellie then gets a creepy message about how she can't save the other? Others who? cheerleaders? I mean, come on. If you are going to threaten someone be clear.
So Ellie starts talking to her mom about the curse and the mom is actually pretty bright and decides to send her to the grandma in Sacramento.
It is extremely rare in this film.
Ellie is mad and decides to go see Nicholas to tell him good-bye. Nicholas isn't home so the dad lets her go up to his room to wait for him. Nicholas' room is really weird. He has a bunch of pics of himself, nothing with friends or anyone, just him. Weird.
Nicholas finally comes home and says some vague creepy things.
Nicholas: What if things weren't exactly how you think they are.
The dad ends up killing his son and goes after Ellie taking her back up to the house. Luckily, the FBI were doing their job and has investigated the house, discovering it belongs to Nic's dad. One of the FBI saves Ellie.
The film is over!!!
But Ellie still doesn't think she is safe. She is still CURSED. UGH!!!!
So yeah. This film was extremely bad.Do yourself a favor and just skip on by it.
To start Horrorfest V from the beginning, go to Who You Gonna Call?: Ghostbusters (1984)
For the previous post, go to That Face-I've Seen Her Before…: Let Me Call You Sweetheart (1997)
For more cheerleader-horror films, go to I'm the Chosen One. And I Choose to be Shopping: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
For more on curses, go to You Will Die in Seven Days: The Ring (2002)
For more serial killers, go to She's Been Totally Different…Like Stepford: Ted, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997)
For more sucky films, go to Don't F*** With the Original: Scre4m (2011)
Posted in Horrorfest V
Tagged Cheerleaders, Curse, Cursed, Don't Waste Your Time, Game of Cat and Mouse, Horrible, Horrible Film, Lifetime Movie, Major Dud, Murders, Serial Killer, Shame on You, Stupid, Stupid Storyline, Sucky Films, The Cheerleader Murders
Keep Clear Of the Moor. Beware the Moon: An American Werewolf in London (1981)
Keep clear of the moor. Beware the moon, lads.
This movie has been referenced in so many books and films that I had been dying to watch it. I wanted to see why everyone loved. So this past Friday the 13th, I decided to watch it and The Wolf Man (1941) as it was a full moon. But when I saw it, I found it was HORRIBLE!!!! One of the worst films ever!! On par with Attack of the Killer Tomatoes and The Beast of Yucca Flats.
The main character, David, is so bland and hardly developed that I don't even care if he becomes a werewolf or not. He also acts crazy all the freakin' time. In The Wolf Man (1941), Larry thinks he's crazy, realizes that he's not, and then tries to stop turning into a werewolf and hurting others. David on the other hand seems to revel in the crazy, and doesn't seem sad at all that his friend is dead as he is enjoying Nurse Price, etc. While The Wolf Man is sad and tragic, this was just boring and…more boring.
It took over an hour to see David turn! Over an hour! This movie is an hour and a half and I don't want to have to sit through an hour of crazy David and naked David and have no werewolf!
This is like Godzilla (2014)!!!! If I'm watching a monster movie, I want to see that monster mentioned in the title! The Wolf Man (1941), has a wolf right away, as Bela is a werewolf, and then we see Larry turn at the half hour mark. That's how its done people!!
They really should have changed the title of the film to David Naughton, My Naked Body, as that is really what this film is about. We see more nudity and sex than we do a werewolf, which is super disappointing.
I mean seriously, what were you thinking?
I felt like Dracula in Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf.
I started a M&M eating game. For every time David was naked I would eat an M&M. My stomach started hurting barely in.
I have to admit I am getting ahead of myself. Lets go back to the beginning and go through some of the issues.
So for those of you who haven't seen the film, Jack and David are Americans backpacking through Europe after they have just graduated from college. They are lost in the moors and come upon a pub called the Slaughtered Lamb.
I think the name is a message to steer away.
[Side Note: the pub is based on a real one that was destroyed years ago. After the film, they opened one up in New York.]
So as the two are walking towards the pub, David tells Jack knock-knock jokes. And I kid you not, he doesn't get them.
Like who doesn't understand knock-knock jokes? I mean three-year old children understand that concept. How did Jack even graduate? And more importantly, why did they even include that in the film?
And why would you ever enter a place called the Slaughtered Lamb? It just doesn't sound like there will be anything good there. I'm with Jack on that one, you should've passed on it David.
Bad things happen when you don't listen
So they go into the Slaughtered Lamb, Jack sees a pentagram and candles on the wall and he begins telling David all kinds of trivia from The Wolf Man (1941).
The two end up getting kicked out of the pub and start wandering the moor, when a werewolf attacks.
It attacks Jack and David takes off running.
Yep he takes off. You horrible man, you let your friend die! How could you??!! He was trying to help you and when the wolf attacks him you just RUN OFF???!!!
See Hook agrees with me.
So David ends up in the hospital with a "wolf" bite while Jack ends up in the morgue.
Your fault!
And that's when Nurse Price enters the picture.
Ugh. Hate her.
Nurse Price is crazy and a skank. Now I don't like to call women that, but she plays with David's junk to get him to eat! I'm serious!!!
She must have a thing for sick/crazy guys.
Plus she is just annoying in how she acts. Nurse Price calls Mark Twain Samuel Clemens when she is reading A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court I know that is his real name, but who actually goes around using it? NOBODY! Everyone calls him Mark Twain. And I know the director is trying to draw parallels between the stories, but no movie, no.
The only similarity between the two is an American in Britain. NOTHING ELSE!
David doesn't have the most fun in the hospital. He sees dead Jack and actually talk to him (weird scene). Jack tells David he is going to be a werewolf and he believes it. David is eventually allowed to check out as his bite is not serious. Nurse Price invites David back to her place and tells him she wants to be with him. She says "I don't really bring strange men home…I've only been with seven men, of which three were one-night stands"
Sounds like you do bring strange men home since that is about half the men you've slept with, and David will make that four out of eight.
All I can think is how many were people presumed to be crazy (as at this point she thinks David is just imbalanced as he says he is a werewolf)? I mean she's like Sam Winchester over here. (She actually is as he slept with a werewolf. And a demon. Dated another demon, and was involved with some other monsters.)
So as Nurse Price and David head back to her flat (apartment) they comment on how high the price of all food is. I'm like,
You paid like £5 for a bag of groceries. I wish food was that cheap.
Why? Why!
Anyways so we have a second visit from Jack and to be honest, this film is more about the Leprechaun (1993)/Rumpelstiltskin from Once Upon a Time Zombie Ghost Jack, than it is about a werewolf.
The next day after Jack and Nurse Price had sex, she leaves for work and twin girls with a dog come upon Jack. The girls' dog barks at him and they both laugh like crazy and walk off.
What? I know they are trying to reference The Wolf Man (1941) how the dog can sense he is a wolf (Gwen's fiance Frank, his dog does this). But what was up with the twin girls? Did they think after The Shinning (1980) that the only way to do a creepy film was to have weird twin girls?
And are they honestly going to included every song that uses the word moon? We've already had Blue Moon and Bad Moon Rising, I am now half-expecting Moon River to be played next.
And we get the cliche #56, "person pretends in the mirror to be the monster they later turn into".
So we switch to the hospital and get a second round of this bratty little boy who says no all the time (he was in the first hospital scene). He's even more annoying the second time around that I am actually hoping he does get eaten.
Die, die, die!
The transformation scene was okay.
So the next day David wakes up in the zoo naked with the wolves. Now that doesn't make much sense to me, if you are a wild werewolf, why would you go put yourself in a cage? You're free! It would make way more sense if he woke up in the park instead.
So David tries to get arrested, "to protect others", and that was kind of funny because the bobby (cop) won't consider it until he starts insulting the Queen, Winston Churchill, and Shakespeare. But he is so rude to nurse Price. Telling her to shut up and leave him alone:
He then tells Nurse Price he loves her, and she's like woah Ted Moseby, slow down. I Love You? Really after one night? Woah, you don't even know her. Besides she's crazy. You don't want to date crazy.
David then runs off to call his family and tell them he cares about them before he kills himself, but can only reach his 10-year old sister as everyone else is out. All I can think is, 1) David was attacked by a werewolf or "wolf" as the doctors are calling it and 2) his best friend has been killed! How are his parents not in London right now trying to see if he's okay? Their son could have been killed!!
So David tries to kill himself but can't go through with it. Now all I can think is, haven't you seen The Wolf Man (1941), I mean I assume you did as you were telling the nurse about it. Well don't you remember, a werewolf can only be killed by silver? Slitting your wrists doesn't work.
So stupid
So after that David sees Jack outside a porno film movie house and goes in after him. All I can think is, you're worried about killing people and you go see a porno? Really?
And don't give me, that's where zombie Jack was at and he needed to speak to him. Before that we saw that Jack came to David wherever he went (hospital, Nurse Price's flat, etc); he could find himself a quiet place and Jack would totally follow him there.
Plus what us up with the film they are watching? A guy and girl are getting it on and a second guy comes marching in the room yelling "You promised you wouldn't do this again!" The first guy says "No, I didn't." The second guy answers, "I'm talking to her." The women replies, "I don't know you." The second guy gets really embarrassed, says "Oh", and leaves.
What the heck was the point of that? And immediately after, Jack says "great movie". I know you are super horny Jack, but no, no, no, no ,no, no, no, no. That is horrible, horrible, horrible.
After this I couldn't stomach anymore. It wasn't scary. There was barely an werewolf. It was pretty much a huge mess. I'll take The Wolf Man (1941) any day.
And here I will leave with more werewolf than we see in the film.
For the previous post, go to You Will Die in Seven Days
For more on An American Werewolf in London, go to Pink Elephants
For more on werewolves, go to Unleash the Savage Instincts That Lie Within
For more on Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf, go to A Monster Race
For more modern remakes, go to Let Them Fight
For more on Supernatural, go to Happily Ever Aftermath
For more on How I Met Your Mother, go to I'll Be Back
Posted in Harry Potter, Horrorfest III, Supernatural
Tagged A Conneticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, All Kinds of Crazy, Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman, American, An American Werewolf in London, Apartment, Arrest Him, Arrested, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, Audrey Hepburn, Autumn Moon, Backpacking Through Europe, Bad Moon Rising, Bela, Beware the Moon, Biggest Jerk, Bitten by a Werewolf, Bland, Blue Moon, Bobby, Boring, Boy, Brat, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Britain, Cage, Caged, Caged Animal, Checked Out, College, College Graduate, Compare and Contrast, Cop, Count Dracula, Crazy, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Dated a Demon, David, David Naughton, Dead Friend, Director, Dog, Dog Can Sense Things, Dracula, Draw Parallels, Drinking Game, Eat, Europe, Evil Leprechaun, Fiance, Film Cliché, Film Trivia, Flat, Food, Frank, Friday the 13th, Friend Died, Full Moon, Ghost, Girl Please, Go Crazy, Godzilla (2014), Graduated, Groceries, Gwen Conliffe, Harry Potter, Has Sex with a Demon, Has Sex With Werewolf, Henry Mancini, Horrible, Horrible Film, Hospital, How I Met Your Mother, Imbalanced, Insult, Insult a Women, Insults, Jack, John Fogerty, Johnny Mercer., Joseph Cotten, Junk, Kicked Out, Knock-Knock Jokes, Larry Talbot, Leprechaun (1993), London, Lorenz Hart, Lost, M&Ms, Manhood, Mark Twain, Mint M&Ms, Modern Remake, Monster, Monster Movie, Moon, Moon River, Moonlight, Moor, Moors, Morgue, Ms, My Naked Body, Naked, Need to Sort Out Priorities, New York, No Character Development, No One Cares, Nurse Price, One Night Stand, Park, Pentagram, Person Pretends in Mirror to be Monster, Police, Porno, Porno Film Theatre, Prices Are Up, Protect Others, Pub, Queen Elizabeth II, Ran Away, Referenced, Revel in Crazy, Richard Rodgers, Robert Redford, Rumpelstiltskin, Run Away, Running, Sad, Sam Winchester, Samuel Clemens, Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf, Sex, Shadow of a Doubt, Shakespeare, Should've Passed, Silver Bullet, Silver Bullets, Skank, Slaughtered Lamb, Slit the Wrists, Stomach, Strange, Strange Men, Stranger, Supernatural, Ted Moseby, Terrible Mistake, That Moment When, The Beast of Yucca Flats, The Great Gatsby (1974), The Marcels, The Once Upon a Time TV Series, The Shining (1980), The Werewolf of London, The Wolf Man, The Wolf Man (1941), The Wolfman, Three-Year Olds, Tragic, Transforms During the Full Moon, Transforms into a Werewolf, Tries to Commit Suicide, Tries to Get Arrested, Trivia, Twin, Twin Girls, Twins, Wandering, Werewolf, Werewolf Attacks, Werewolf Bite, Werewolfism, Werewolves, Wild, William Shakespeare, Winston Churchill, Wolf, Wolf Bite, Wolves, Work, Worst Film, Worst Film Evah, Wrists, Zombie, Zoo
A Squashed Mess: Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (1978)
Last year, more people were killed by automobile accidents, heart attacks, lung cancer, and natural causes combined than by any one tomato
This was one of the stupidest films I have ever seen! I rented it because I thought that it had the potential to be creepy, but it just turned out to be a major dud. Don't waste your time watching it. The acting was horrible, the storyline completely idiotic, and nothing made any sense at all. It has to be one of the worst films of all time.
I mean this film could have been great, but the writers really dropped the ball on this one.
Sorry to throw this rotten mess toward you. More posts coming your way.
To start Horrorfest from the beginning, go to I Don't Belong in the World
To go to the previous post, go to A Monster Race
To read me make fun of more horrible films, go to Sucky Sequels
Posted in Horrorfest
Tagged Accidents, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, Automobiles, Car Accident, Creepy, Don't Waste Your Time, Dropped the Ball, Duds, Film, Heart Attack, Horrible, Horrible Film, Idiotic, Lung Cancer, Major Dud, Major Mess, Mess, Messed Up, Natural Causes, Rotten Mess, Shame on You, Squashed, Stupid, Stupid Storyline, Suck It!, Sucky Films, Tomato, Worst Film, Worst Film Evah, Writer


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Q: Changing shapefile to fit inside feature of another I have shapefiles with maps of school districts by state. However, some of these districts go beyond the state's area, shown below. I want to preserve the districts, just remove all the bits going out into the lakes and such. How can I automatically adjust the boundries of the districts that extend beyond the state's land mass so that they don't any longer?
Ideally, using QGIS, but any solution is welcome. In other words, I'm just looking to cut off features in the school district shapefiles based on the Michigan feature in the U.S. map shapefile.

Michigan school districts

Michigan school districts and state outline

A: As @Joseph has mentioned in comments, the best way is to use a "Clip tool".
Besides, you can use "Intersection".
Both can be found in

Vector > Geoprocessing Tools

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*GrindGIS | Basic Editing Geoprocessing Tools in QGIS

*QGIS Tutorials | Geoprocessing

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Computer technology has come a long way over the last decades. It wasn't long ago that having a PC in your home was seen as an extravagance, today we all seem to have handheld devices, and with Apple products on the market, there is a stream of laptops, mobiles, and tablets. Some houses have a laptop for each of the members. It has been the world that grew enormous, really fast.
So, we accept that tech is here, and it is here to stay. Now we need to work out how to get everyone together in the living room and to start socializing, instead of staring at their personal device. We have some of the best games for the whole family, so check them out below.
We'll start off with the PC as that is where computing all began. One of the hot games was World of Warcraft, and now there is a pretty great version the family can all get involved with World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria. Ok, so we admit there may be a few of you thinking "seriously, this is the best you've got, ' but this is a great fun game which even the youngest members of your family can enjoy. It might be worth investing in a couple of computer screens for this. Mike from GamingBuff has published an exclusive guide about the best gaming monitors which could give you some ace ideas for other games too.
Heading over to the coolest family console on earth, the Wii is still going strong, even the early version. You can get together and play sports, dance yourself crazy around the living room, go bowling without even leaving the house. The Wii bought the family together and got us laughing over one computer, and we don't think Nintendo have ever made such an excellent machine. The graphics are clumsy, but that is part of the charm! Get everyone away from the Apple and onto the wii!
Xbox offers up the Just Dance series, providing you have Kinect you can play this game with your whole family. It gets you moving too so can be fun for older members of the house who could do with a little exercise. There is a host of dance moves from modern day to classics from the Dirty Dancing movie; you may need to consider your talent before you start flinging your arms in the air, though! You will also find other interactive games like this, including Guitar Hero. Noisy but fun!
Of course, Mario Kart is probably one of the most loved games amongst the computer generation. There is something about the lovable plumber that gets us all going; even the annoying music becomes a chirpy ditty once you have got into the game. While it may not be so familiar with older members of the family, anyone under the age of 50 is probably going to enjoy themselves, sometimes for hours!
Make sure you take lots of rests when you are playing computer games. You remember the old saying; you'll get square eyes!
There's a school of thought out there that says internet privacy is nothing but a fantasy. And on one level, this is true. The leaks revealed by Edward Snowden showed that if the powers to be really want to know what you're doing online, they'll have no trouble looking you up. But most people don't really get flagged up on the government's radar. Still, it's not just terrorists and the like who need to be concerned about internet privacy. It can affect individuals, too.
If you're involved at all in marketing or the like, you'll know that there are vast amounts of data available to you. If you're not involved directly, then you should be aware that advertisers have amazingly detailed information about, well, you. The majority of websites you visit will place a cookie in your browser that'll follow you from one click to the next.
In the future, this information will almost certainly be able to be used to create a web of your history – and if that falls into the wrong hands, then…tough! The two worst offenders – though they happily admit it – are Google and Facebook, who record just about everything you do and sell this information on to marketers, who are then able to create highly specific ads tailored just for you.
The web of YOUR LIFE that is created isn't just used by others to make money off the back of your browsing habits, it can actively cost you money. How? Well, if you've been searching for, say, 'cheap flights to New York', and visit a website that has an attractive price but don't book it, you might return later on and find that the price has mysteriously shot up a little. They know you're already looking for those tickets, so they try and make more money off you.
They are ways to get around this. One simple way is to use incognito mode when you're browsing for things you might by or which you've searched for in the past. There are also benefits to using a VPN. Take a look at those listed on securethoughts.com and you'll be able to hide your location, which makes it much more difficult for websites to build up a data block on your browser characteristics (and also helps you get around geo-blocked sites!). It's akin to being anonymous online, which is getting more and more difficult. If you're really concerned about the data, you can also use a service like http://suicidemachine.org/ and get rid of all your social media sites forever.
It's not just on our laptops that we need to be concerned about internet privacy. Your smartphone apps can make you life more efficient and entertaining, but you might want to think about what data you're handing over just by having the app on your phone. Many track your location even when you're not using it and have access to all your phone contacts. That's a lot of unnecessary info they're taking from you!
There are plenty of Sci-Fi movies that depict a world in which everything is controlled by a single piece of technology. All transactions and communications are made through high-tech devices that once seemed far out of reach. These days, it's starting to look more familiar. We already have smartphones that do most things for us, and a move towards completely digital currency doesn't seem that far away.
Only eight percent of the world's currency is in cash form. This change is happening for a number of reasons but primarily because it is just more efficient. International bank transfers can be completed in under ten minutes, and personal transfers will appear in your bank account almost immediately.
Removing physical money completely could also help to reduce some crimes. Muggings and thefts, for example, would be a lot more difficult if you couldn't access any of the money without a pin number or fingerprint.
New technologies are paving the way for the digital payment age and cash is fast declining. Some of these technologies may be familiar, and you probably use some of them already, but there are others that you may not be aware of.
Contactless payments have taken off in a big way over the last few years. Most bank cards that are issued come with the feature. Although it is more efficient that cash payment, it offers less security because you do not need a pin number.
This is being dealt with in the form of contactless payments on smartphones. Fingerprint scanners are becoming more commonplace and when combined with contactless technology, you get an entirely safe payment method that only you can use. The only problem being that if you lose your phone, you've also lost your wallet as well.
You may have heard of one of the most popular cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin. It made headlines when it was linked to the selling of illegal goods on the dark web. But Bitcoin isn't the only cryptocurrency around, and they are not just used for criminal activity. Click here for more information on exactly how cryptocurrency works.
Cryptocurrency itself is perfectly legal and is a good alternative for people that don't want to use their bank details online. Lots of major companies including Amazon and Virgin Atlantic are now accepting cryptocurrency.
Unfortunately, as the world evolves, its criminals evolve with it. In recent years there has been stories of thefts from contactless cards. It is possible to set up card reading equipment and make transactions by walking close enough to somebody who has a contactless card in their pocket.
Cybercrime is also on the rise and governments are struggling to keep up with criminals. Ddos attacks have been used to bring down the systems of some of the biggest governments in the world. They work by flooding a network with huge amounts of traffic, crashing them completely. If all of our money was stored digitally, then an attack like this could disrupt the entire global financial system.
So, embrace the new technology, but be aware of it's downfalls. And maybe keep a bit of cash under the mattress just in case.
Invest With The Best – Which Tech Niches Will Thrive This Year?
Technology companies tend to make significant profits if they remain at the cutting edge. That is why so many people choose to invest their savings in buying shares. However, tech comes and goes, and so you need the most recent information if you want to do that. The last thing anyone wants is to put their money in a niche that's on its way out. With that in mind, we've taken the time to list some of the most thriving technology niches around today. Hopefully, the info will help you to make the right decisions if you plan to invest this year.
The telecoms industry is always a safe place for investors because everyone owns a smartphone these days. Apple releases new products every year, and most people want the latest devices. Even so, it's wise to invest in a smaller company if you want to make the highest profits. Look for a firm that's just arranged to lease a cell tower, and perform as much research as possible. The level of risk you face will increase when opting for a new brand. However, as the old saying goes, the only way is up. While investments in established operations are stable, you wouldn't make a significant profit. So, look for the newest businesses on the market for the best outcomes.
Virtual reality has become big business during the last couple of years. However, the market still hasn't reached its potential. For that reason, now is the best time to invest in companies within that niche. There are lots of VR devices available today, and many of them are selling thousands of units. You could make a substantial profit if you find the right firms and get in touch. Don't make the mistake of waiting until they appear on the stock market to make your investment. For the best results, you need to put your money in a firm that's just about to explode. That way, you could see a return that sets you up for life.
Specialist gaming brands make millions of dollars in profit every single year. Indeed, just take a look at how much Sony and Microsoft make from their consoles. There are also lots of firms that sell accessories and other items associated with the market. Investors just need to perform research to ensure they're making the right decision. Ideally, you'll want to find a new company that's about to release something that will become exceptionally popular. Gaming news blogs are probably the best places to source the information you require. So, bookmark many of them and check them every day.
Now you know about some of the most thriving tech niches around today, we hope you will make conservative investments. When all's said and done, there is always an element of risk involved. However, you can increase your chances of seeing a healthy return if you do the groundwork. Just take a look at some of the companies in which other investors seem to be putting their money. In most instances, you just need to replicate their actions.
The All-Rounder: An Essential Component?
Diversity is the buzzword for the 21st century. It is a term synonymous with change, progression, and excelling in every way, and your business needs to start to embody the same tenets. It is the only way to push forward in industry. The underlying truth of the nature of work in the age of now is that we need to make sure that every part of our business wears as many hats as possible. It makes sense from a company perspective, a staff perspective, and from the perspective of industry. So for those that run organizations that are in dire need of direction, what does being an all-rounder do for the long-term future?
The first place to look is in the job market itself. Look at the types of jobs that are emblazoned over any standard jobs board, digital communications, B2B, outsourcing, and countless others that are intrinsically linked with technology. These types of roles did not exist over 15 years ago, and with the dot.com boom in the early 21st century, we only just began to see the potential of what the Internet can do for us. Now it is the most integral important part, not just in business, but in our lives. There are countless startup companies that earn their crust by SEO marketing techniques, PPC marketing, affiliate marketing, or blogging. The internet is the trendsetter for the modern age of business. And with this climate comes roles that have no comparison with the climate of 20 years ago. It may as well have been 100 years ago! As the market is chock-full of computerized careers and the Internet is a vast breeding ground for new clients and customers, everyone is trying to get their slice of the pie. This means that every entrepreneur with a dream and a loan starts up their own company and works for themselves. The role of the entrepreneur has blown up completely in the last 6 or 7 years. Entrepreneurs are lone-wolfs, and the role requires detailed knowledge of every area of business, which then means that one skilled roles are slowly dying away. And these entrepreneurs need to learn each skill of the business they are running in order to stay afloat, which is why 9 out of 10 startups fail. In order to thrive in the industry, you need to be multi-skilled or get swept away with the tide.
What does this mean for the common everyday worker? The generation that is going through school, or college, and will be unleashed on the world in a few years need to be hardwired to adapt with constant trends and changes. The thing that will dictate these trends? Technology. The ever-expanding tech and demand for new and faster capabilities mean that everyone needs to pedal harder to catch up. Just about every single role in business demands some level of technological proficiency. It is paining to see those over the age of 60 that are unable to keep up with the changes try to make their way through a basic spreadsheet program. I don't say this in an ageist way, but it is plain to see in businesses that are part of the fabric of the country, that the generation gap is very wide, and the progression of technology seems to say "catch up or get put on the scrapheap!" Couple this with an increase in demand from customers and clients and a decrease in funds, it means people have to spread themselves over a few different roles. The nature of the ability to diversify before a role has even been applied for is a skill that many employers look upon favorably. It means that employers can spend less money on hiring one person that does 3 jobs, rather than 3 people who do one job each. It is just more common sense. How do the workers feel about the diversification in their roles? On the one hand, it means that the very nature of the work on a daily basis is extremely varied, with no letup in pace it makes the day fly by, and nobody could say that it is boring, but there is the stress factor. Too little stress is bad for you, too much stress is very bad for you. Where does the line get drawn? We now feel the pinch a lot more, whatever role we have in a company. From the CEO to the toilet cleaner, the constant barrage of "target, target, target" is an anxiety attack waiting to happen, especially if the worker feels that they are coerced into doing another set of duties, ones they are not especially skilled in. What is the best way to deal with this? As workers are likely to be supremely skilled in one area but feel that they are just getting by with another, nurturing skills, and additional training can help to give staff members more confidence in their overall abilities. Companies like www.elliswhittam.com/ benefit by teaching companies skills they lack in, contributing to their all-round potential. As the confidence increases and staff members feel more competent in their ability to tackle more roles in the allotted timescale (the working week), they will work better overall. While it is a more a prerequisite for people to be multi-skilled now, by nurturing their existing abilities while building up on others, it is a more organic process to encourage, instead of piling pressure on your staff which can lead to burnout and fewer people to tackle the workload!
The all-rounder is an essential in modern business. The sheer dynamics, coupled with the need to cut costs encourages people to better prepare themselves for industry by upskilling in more than one specialty area. Will this prove to be a good fit for your company? Only time will tell. But for the moment, the all-rounder is here to stay.


The case of Brian Williams, the tarnished star of NBC news, is intriguing to me. I've been thinking a lot about it lately, especially after reading an article on CNN (4/8/15) emerging from a story in the April 2015 Vanity Fair magazine. And not for the reasons you'd think.
I'm not so concerned, really, with how the industry handles it. That's their call, not mine. What fascinates me is how we all express such disappointment in Williams' story. He is, after all, a journalist who is supposed to report the news, not tell us stories, right?
Of course, that distinction – reporting news vs. telling stories – has long been in the process of blurring. Does anyone really think the news presented by any given news organization, with few exceptions, is pure and unadulterated? News organizations today tend to cater less to providing the news and more to maintaining ratings (and influencing voters).
Williams has done nothing more than you and I routinely do. He's just done it very publicly, while sitting in a position that at one time signified objectivity and truth. I say "at one time signified" because, well, journalists are human, and humans really aren't particularly capable of being fully objective and truthful. Bear with me.
See, we are all storytellers. It's the way humans are wired. In everyday life we – you and I – craft our own stories. We assume things. We guess about details. If we don't understand something or someone, our unconscious mind offers rich fodder of past experiences, judgments, and thoughts to help us make sense of it – but those aren't facts. They're conclusions from many sources.
Tammy Lenski, mediator and author of The Conflict Pivot, notes that our first telling of a story about some situation we've been in (say, a helicopter in the Iraq war), is when our account begins to take shape. As we tell it again and again and again, it begins to shift a little here and bend a little there. We add our own spin, our own interpretation. We incorporate and strengthen parts that resonate with listeners. We emphasize this part and drop the parts that don't fit so well. This is not really a conscious thing – it's a natural progression. Our story is a living, breathing thing – and it's nothing like the footage we see on screens that captures most (but not every) fact.
And, really, that factual footage viewed from slightly different vantage points offers different sets of facts. After all, the front of the widget offers different factual information from the front as it does from the back or the right or the left. So I offer the thought that even factual footage is fundamentally flawed because it is one-dimensional. But there I go, digressing again.
Lenski goes on to point out that, as we continue to tell our stories, they feel more certain and more true – and we don't realize it's happening. There's a reason for it, of course: neural pathways in the brain. The more we use a specific path, the more defined it becomes, the stronger the memory. We become so sure that we consider it to be THE truth, even though it's really only OUR truth – and one of MANY truths. Consider this when reading about legal cases that rest on a single eyewitness's account.
My coach training posits this ground rule for every group session: "everyone is right – only partially." In other words, we each have a piece of the truth, but no one has the whole truth.
Think of it this way: When we recall a memory, we not only call up what we most recently stored, but we also combine new information with that original memory (maybe something we've read, experiences we've had, judgments we've since made). That combining of new with old tweaks the original to fit the new data and subtly recreates our story, which the brain promptly stores to replace the original. The next time we pull that memory back, those new details are embedded, and our objective recall is none the wiser. The process continues each time we pull out that objective memory: our truth.
How often has Williams recounted his story? Plenty. If each re-telling adds a detail here or there and solidifies into a newly edited version, should we be surprised that, as one source was quoted, it turned more dramatic? Given the traumatic nature of this specific memory for Williams, the accounts of his appearing "shell-shocked" and having "a hard time acknowledging the scope of the situation" weren't signs of lying, but signs of the normal progression of memory that ALL of us experience. Yes, even journalists who are tasked with maintaining objectivity and speaking truth.
Consider stories of your own – favorites you like to tell – if you compared your story today with a video from the actual event, how far would it have strayed? Far more than you realize, but because of those pesky neural pathways, you would swear it's just how it happened. Remember, we all only have a piece of the truth, and we're all creating our own stories and writing our own scripts.
So I don't see how we can truly cast stones at Brian Williams here, because we might as well cast those stones at ourselves, too.


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How to Start Hunting for Beginners
What is a 'Set It and Forget It Scope' and How to Choose One
So What If I Do Have a "Set It and Forget It" Scope?
I think we can agree that there is a lot of confusion, and a dizzying amount of choices, about how "set it and forget it" scopes work.
There's also a lot of confusion about whether or not they'll suit your needs when you're starting out.
It turns out that 'set it and forget it' scopes are a fantastic and simple option for hunters of all skill levels to easily and consistently hit your target….
…plus they are less likely to break the bank.
In today's article, we're going to show you how they work, their history, and how you can find a scope that works for you.
Set It and Forget It — A Primer and a History
As we have discussed in our previous articles 'How to Zero a Scope' and 'Scope Tracking', if you have a scope that does not track, then it is a 'set it and forget it' scope.
You may ask yourself, "how bad is it to have a 'set it and forget it' scope?"
For most hunters, frankly… it doesn't matter.
In reality…
Most hunters actually hunt with a 'set it and forget it' scope.
True story:
While I was in the army (not the Marines,) I was issued a high-dollar 'set it and forget it' scope, which was made by a reputable scope manufacturer.
I was taught to sight it in… and then never touch the dials again.
That works in the army because they need a way to ensure a high degree of accuracy with all of its soldiers in the easiest way possible…
…plus they are able to even out any inconsistencies by issuing standard bullets, with a standard rifle, and a standard scope.
With that scope, I shot 'hold off' which is also referred to as Kentucky windage.
"Wait what!? WTF? 'Hold off?' And how does Kentucky figure into this?"
Good questions!
The term 'hold off' means that instead of putting the reticle directly on the target, you put it left, right, up, or down from the target in order to compensate for either wind or distance.
The term originated from pioneer usage of the Kentucky long rifle, when they didn't have a scope and had to aim left, right, up, or down to adjust for wind. (Hey Davy Crockett, nice shot!!)
It's essentially good ole fashioned guesstimation.
Pretty sure doing a rain dance and sticking their fingers in their mouths and holding it up to test the wind was a part of the process too…
In any case:
Although my army scope did not track well, it did hold its zero very well- even under heavy use and abuse.
And for most hunters, that is all you need. [Well that, and 3 bullets and a knife.]
Note: holding zero basically meant I was able to beat the shit out of my scope from time-to-time (Baghdad tends to do that to scopes) and the crosshairs won't get jostled out of position and, thus, lose its zero.
A scope with good tracking is only necessary for long-range precise shots.
How far a shot should be taken is a matter for another time (STAY TUNED!)
If you have a scope that does not track, you can shoot 'hold off.'
Now, let's take a closer look at shooting hold off.
How Our 'Hold Off' Technique [and the Free Market] Make Bullseye Shots
To shoot 'hold off,' you simply estimate the trajectory of the round and then compensate for that trajectory by holding off of the target and adjusting the impact of the round accordingly.
I know that if I zero my rifle for 100 yards, then at 300 yards my round will drop seven inches.
So, if I had a 100-yard zero, and I wanted to shoot a deer through its lungs at 300 yards, then I would move my crosshairs (or reticle) seven inches above where I believe the lungs to be and then take the shot.
Beyond that, I know a 10 mph full value wind will push my round 2 MOA at 300 yards…
…and I know 2 MOA at 300 yards is six inches.
So, I would hold my sights off of the lungs, six inches into the wind in order to compensate for that shot.
Make sense?? If not, don't worry!!
Adjusting for wind is among the most difficult aspects of long shooting.
And since it deserves a full article to itself, we'll cover it in depth at another time…
In the meantime…
If you want to get more precise than just estimating your hold off, well, the free market has you covered!
Many scope manufacturers make reticles with hold off marks built into them.
Some scope manufacturers will even custom-make and install a reticle for you and your bullet.
And they do this at a reasonable price!
For less than $100 dollars, you can have your 'set it and forget it' scope set with a reticle that is custom-built for your bullet, which will show elevation drops from 100 to 800 yards and beyond.
It can also have the crosshairs showing you MOA marks so that you know where to hold off for wind.
Why We Think 'Set It and Forget It' Scopes are Great, and You [Probably] Should Too
Now that you know what a set it and forget it scope is…
We want to emphasize to you that most people have 'set it and forget it' scopes precisely because these scopes have been reliably hitting targets and putting meat on the table since the 18th century.
In addition to that, we want to emphasize that if you are new to the game (and remember even Michael Jordan was new to the game at one point) you should learn your capabilities as a shooter, and NOT shoot beyond that until you've truly mastered your current abilities.
Improving your shot is a progressive process- not an overnight sensation.
There's also no rush to be Chris Kyle on the range on your first day.
Moreover, with all of this modern flat-shooting ammo on the market today, most rifles are more than capable of accurate shooting to 300 yards.
BTW — In case you were wondering, it takes a lot more skill to shoot 400 yards than it does to shoot 300 yards.
Taking a 300-yard shot is hard enough on a range, and it becomes FAR more complicated once you are balancing yourself on the side of a hill…
…with a 20 mile per hour winds swirling around you…
…at a 700 lb Elk who just looked in your direction…
…with 10 gallons of adrenaline now roaring through your veins…
…and you are trying to shoot between an opening in the brush the size of a baseball.
In short, I hope by now you understand your 'set it and forget it' scope and you know how you should be using it.
Remember: 'set it and forget it' scopes are predictable and accurate- but only if you leave the dials alone.
So, here is your next step:
Figure out what kind of scope you have and let me know in the comment box below.
We truly love answering these because we wish we'd had this resource when we were starting, and we want to provide as many resources as possible.

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Singapore models entire country in 3D with smart map
Singapore authorities are creating 3D maps of the entire country to help organisations in the public and private sector make better planning decisions.
Ai Lei Tao
Published: 24 Aug 2016 0:15
Singapore has placed itself at the forefront of 3D urban planning with the first phase of its national 3D mapping project.
The 3D models showcased at the Esri International User Conference (UC) in San Diego in June were generated using advanced Geographic Information System (GIS) technology.
Singapore's goal to optimise the use of limited land led it to turn to 'real world' visualisations of the entire island. This is part of a government-led Smart Nation initiative aimed at improving risk management, facilitating collaboration and enhancing decision-making among Singapore's public agencies.
"Singapore Land Authority is committed to pushing geospatial and technological boundaries to propel Singapore towards a Smart Nation. We are leading the development of Singapore's 3D mapping initiative, which would form a key component of Virtual Singapore," said Tan Boon Khai, chief executive at the Singapore Land Authority (SLA)."This would enable sharing and analysis of geospatial data to improve sense-making capabilities, test-bedding and assimilation of concepts to find solutions to emerging and complex challenges."
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Malaysia is testing out a traffic management system in the town of Cyberjaya, which is a testbed for smart city innovation.
This project would serve as a new global benchmark for the world's leading cities, said Thomas Pramotedham, CEO at GIS supplier Esri Singapore. "Singapore is one of the most advanced [cities] in the world when it comes to using GIS technology for Smart Nation development," said Pramotedham.
The SLA found the traditional 2D town planning maps to be inadequate to fully represent the complex environment. On the other hand, 3D models allow for clarity and precision for the purposes of design, building and developing.
For example, the 3D models could be used to identify the island's solar energy potential and determine how proposed new buildings might affect the city's skyline.
So far, the project has produced the biggest geospatial dataset ever collected homogenously in Singapore, with over 100 terabytes of data.
Some examples of how SLA's 3D models might be used include:
Analysis of how tree planting might increase a park's shade during the day. This type of shadow analysis can also help Singapore's planners better locate new park benches, rest points and activity areas for the greater comfort of park-goers.
Provide property developers with insights into Singapore's weather patterns and an area's existing greenery could assist in naturally cooling-down a built-up environment. This will help cut down energy use in buildings, especially from cooling load demands.
Provide urban planners with greater insight into how new building developments can change or obstruct the visibility of certain landmarks, tourist attractions, or community facilities.
Effectively manage Singapore's underground space to host future developments such as malls and MRT metro stations.
Enable government agencies to share data in real-time in areas such as routing, navigation and field operations. This can be especially helpful for large-scale public events such as the 2016 Formula 1 race.
Solar energy forecasts to identify suitable areas for solar panel installation, to fully leverage Singapore's solar power potential and provide a reliable source of renewable energy.
Vikas Sharma, director, public sector and government practice, Asia Pacific, at Frost & Sullivan agreed that the 3D Smart Nation map puts Singapore at the cutting edge of 3D urban planning.
"I am not aware of many other cities that employ or are planning to employ 3D GIS mapping at such a scale," said Sharma. "Traditionally, city planners have relied on 2D modelling, but 3D models should provide a more accurate translation of real-word complexities and should vastly improve the design and building processes."
While 3D GIS mapping has come a long way in both technical and conceptual terms, there may still be challenges over its adoption.
"The cost involved to fully implement nation-wide 3D mapping is not insignificant and there may be teething problems in terms of industry adoption. Players such as property developers and urban planners, would need to be educated on the benefits of upgrading their existing systems to harness the capabilities and complexities of 3D mapping," said Sharma.
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Programme started to boost Phu Quoc tourism
A tourism promotion programme has been recently held in Phu Quoc island district, the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang, as part of a bigger programme aiming to stimulate the domestic tourism sector.
Phu Quoc has become a top tourist destination. (Photo:vietravel.com)
Hanoi – A tourism promotion programme has been recently held in Phu Quoc island district, the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang, as part of a bigger programme aiming to stimulate the domestic tourism sector.
According to Ha Van Sieu, Deputy Director General of the Vietnam National Administration, Phu Quoc is the first place to be selected for the implementation of such programme.
Participating travel firms introduced potential of Phu Quoc, dubbed as a "pearl island", and famous people talked about their experiences in the locality during the programme.
Sieu expressed his hope that the event will give a boost to Phu Quoc tourism during the closing months of this year, while promoting activities in other localities nationwide.
Kien Giang plans to develop high-quality tourism products and train human resources in the sector in order to improve service quality.
The province will also invest in road infrastructure to connect tourist sites in and outside the locality, as well as in seaport infrastructure to ensure safety for holiday-makers.
According to the provincial Department of Tourism, the local sector is expected to earn more than 8 trillion VND (343.52 million USD) this year, down 12 trillion VND.
In the first 10 months of this year, Kien Giang welcomed about 5.2 million visitors, a drop of 40.7 percent year-on-year, including 184,000 international tourists, down 74 percent.
Phu Quoc has become a top tourist destination after it built an international airport in 2012 and the Government rolled out a 30-day visa-free policy for foreigners in 2014.
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Pullman Phu Quoc, a resort that breaths the southwest coast of Pearl island
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MM Mega Market open new business location in Phu Quoc
Mekong Delta localities see signs of tourism recovery
Phu Quoc real estate market to revive through new city status
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Israelis protest Netanyahu amid 3rd virus lockdown
By The Associated Press on January 10, 2021.
An Israeli protester holds a giant syringe during a demonstration against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu near his official residence, in Jerusalem, during the third nationwide coronavirus lockdown, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. Protesters demanded that the embattled Israeli leader resign as he faces a trial on corruption charges and grapples with a deepening coronavirus crisis. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
JERUSALEM – Thousands of Israelis on Saturday renewed weekly demonstrations against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling for the long-serving leader to resign over corruption charges against him and his alleged mishandling of the coronavirus crisis.
Protesters held signs reading "Go," and "Bibi, let my people go," referring to Netanyahu by his nickname.
The protest in a Jerusalem square near Netanyahu's official residence comes as Israel is the midst of its third national lockdown, which was recently tightened to shutter schools, and as the country presses forward with a world-leading vaccination drive. Netanyahu's trial was set to resume this week, but was postponed indefinitely amid the tighter restrictions.
Netanyahu has been indicted on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust connected to three long-running investigations. He has denied any wrongdoing and says he is the victim of a "witch hunt" by hostile media, law enforcement and judicial officials. Protesters argue that Netanyahu cannot properly lead the country while under indictment.
Israel has seen a recent surge in cases despite unleashing one of the world's fastest vaccination campaigns. The country has given the first of two vaccine doses to nearly 20% of its population, and Netanyahu said Thursday that Israel has secured enough vaccines to inoculate the whole adult population by the end of March.
Netanyahu has placed the vaccination drive at the centre of his campaign for reelection that same month. On March 23, Israel will hold its fourth nationwide vote in less than two years. In the meantime, he has called on Israelis to make "one last big effort" to halt transmission by adhering to the tightened restrictions.


Community Board 2's Executive Committee unanimously voted Monday night to support new residential development at 200 Montague St. in Brooklyn Heights and allow the existing building to be demolished.
Midtown Equities wants to tear down the landmarked Modern architectural-style bank building on the site to make way for a 20-floor apartment tower.
Though 200 Montague St.'s exterior has been altered several times in its 60-year existence, the building was included in the Borough Hall Skyscraper Historic District, which was established in 2011.
The Executive Committee's vote affirmed the decision CB2's Land Use Committee made on Feb. 20 to approve the developer's demolition and construction plans.
The committee's recommendation now moves on to the city Landmarks Preservation Commission, which has legal authority over what's built on properties in historic districts — and could forbid Midtown Equities from demolishing 200 Montague St.
Community boards play advisory roles in landmarking matters.
The Landmarks Preservation Commission's hearing about the property is set for March 5 at 1 Centre St. in Manhattan. See the agenda here.
At the CB2 meeting held on Feb. 20, Beyer Blinder Belle architect Richard Metsky revealed design details of Midtown Equities' proposed rental-apartment tower.
The facade would be a combination of limestone and pale-colored glass fiber reinforced concrete.
All 121 apartments are slated to be market-rate units.
The bank building on the site was constructed in 1959 and 1960 by the Lafayette Safe Deposit Company, according to the Landmarks Preservation Commission's designation report about the Borough Hall Skyscraper Historic District. Philip Birnbaum was the architect.
A more recent occupant of 200 Montague St., HSBC Bank, installed the building's current facade in 2006.
The bank sold the property to Midtown Equities for $25 million in 2007, city Finance Department records indicate.
The property is also known as 192 Montague St. and 192-200 Montague St.
A preservationist group focused on Modern architecture, Docomomo New York/Tri-State, wants 200 Montague St. to be saved from the wrecking ball.


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package com.palantir.atlasdb.keyvalue.cassandra;

import com.google.common.base.Function;
import com.google.common.collect.ArrayListMultimap;
import com.google.common.collect.ListMultimap;
import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
import com.google.common.collect.Multimaps;
import com.palantir.atlasdb.keyvalue.api.Cell;
import com.palantir.logsafe.Preconditions;
import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

final class HostPartitioner {
    private HostPartitioner() {
        // Static class
    }

    static <V> Map<InetSocketAddress, Map<Cell, V>> partitionMapByHost(
            CassandraClientPool clientPool, Iterable<Map.Entry<Cell, V>> cells) {
        Map<InetSocketAddress, List<Map.Entry<Cell, V>>> partitionedByHost =
                partitionByHost(clientPool, cells, entry -> entry.getKey().getRowName());
        Map<InetSocketAddress, Map<Cell, V>> cellsByHost = new HashMap<>();
        for (Map.Entry<InetSocketAddress, List<Map.Entry<Cell, V>>> hostAndCells : partitionedByHost.entrySet()) {
            Map<Cell, V> cellsForHost =
                    Maps.newHashMapWithExpectedSize(hostAndCells.getValue().size());
            for (Map.Entry<Cell, V> entry : hostAndCells.getValue()) {
                cellsForHost.put(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
            }
            cellsByHost.put(hostAndCells.getKey(), cellsForHost);
        }
        return cellsByHost;
    }

    static <V> Map<InetSocketAddress, List<V>> partitionByHost(
            CassandraClientPool clientPool, Iterable<V> iterable, Function<V, byte[]> keyExtractor) {
        // Ensure that the same key goes to the same partition. This is important when writing multiple columns
        // to the same row, since this is a normally a single write in cassandra, whereas splitting the columns
        // into different requests results in multiple writes.
        ListMultimap<ByteBuffer, V> partitionedByKey = ArrayListMultimap.create();
        for (V value : iterable) {
            partitionedByKey.put(ByteBuffer.wrap(keyExtractor.apply(value)), value);
        }
        ListMultimap<InetSocketAddress, V> valuesByHost = ArrayListMultimap.create();
        for (ByteBuffer key : partitionedByKey.keySet()) {
            Preconditions.checkState(key.hasArray(), "Expected an array backed buffer");
            Preconditions.checkState(key.arrayOffset() == 0, "Buffer array must have no offset");
            Preconditions.checkState(key.limit() == key.array().length, "Array length must match the limit");
            InetSocketAddress host = clientPool.getRandomHostForKey(key.array());
            valuesByHost.putAll(host, partitionedByKey.get(key));
        }
        return Multimaps.asMap(valuesByHost);
    }
}

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Another day, another study that might be true but more likely will turn into another instance of media reporting incomplete scientific information as fact. But well take the bait, since this time it involves our precious time on Facebook.
According to an analysis by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, greater social media use among young people is linked to a greater risk of developing an eating disorder. But lets unpack that a bit.
The study participants filled out two questionnaires, one about their social media use, and one that assessed their eating disorder risk. The results from this study indicate a strong and consistent association between social media use and eating concerns in a nationally representative sample of young adults aged 19 to 32 years, says the abstract of the study, which sampled 1,765 U.S. adults in the aforementioned age range.
Participants who spent more time on social media, whether that was more visits per week or longer visits per session, had 2.2 times the risk of reporting eating and body image concerns. But its not as simple as Facebook causes anorexia.
Time spent looking at photos of other bodies could certainly trigger disordered eatingbutthose who have body image issues could also be drawn to a site where they could compare themselves to other bodies. Dr. Brian A. Primack, senior author of the study, said the analysis could not determine which came first, the disordered eating or the social media use.
Still, its not hard to see how looking at heavily edited photos of celebrities, fitspo stars, and that one friend of yours who is always on vacation and looks great in a bikini could make you at least more aware of how your body measures up. So, as a helpful reminder, the thigh gap is a total lie.


As a project motivator, manager and coach, I leverage many of the tenets of positive psychology with teams and groups. But these ideas are not magic bullets. There are mess and challenge, confrontation and frustration. The temptation to overuse a tool or technique that appears to work is understandable, particularly during difficult times. However, taking a positive intervention and doing even more of it is not a recipe for instant and enduring success. "Some good, more better" is not a model that works.
I remember the first time I worked with a team to create a cohesive, strengths-based community of co-workers. We all took the VIA character strengths survey, and then reviewed our team profile and discussed ways to leverage strengths and trust and to depend on each other. We introduced a recognition program and regularly shared "best moment of the day" or "something I am grateful for" at meetings. These practices, applied sparingly, helped engage the team and build a sense of belonging and mutual respect.
But, as good as these tools are, there are some potential pitfalls. Take recognition. Lots of companies are implementing recognition and peer recognition programs. While these initiatives are laudable, they are not without their issues.
First of all, the form that recognition takes needs to be context sensitive. At one point, our team was so stressed that we had that "Monday morning feeling", every day!
One morning, as a joke, the group started shaking hands, high-fiving, and fist bumping as we thanked each other for coming in that day. It raised a laugh, and the practice went on for a few weeks. The acknowledgment of the daily challenges of work and the sense of mutual support helped the team to bond and soldier on. But when life settled down and the daily schedule was less grueling, the practice naturally went away. It had no place anymore and would have seemed silly had we forced it to continue.
In another organization, team members found public recognition uncomfortable. Cultural norms meant that public accolades were seen as self-aggrandizing and divisive. Team members liked having their work recognized but did not want a public pat on the back. In this organization, we developed a system that allowed employees to express appreciation for colleagues via an online system that sent the recipient and their manager an e-mail acknowledging the contribution.
Recognizing extraordinary feats is valuable—appreciating when people band together to solve a thorny problem, put in a significant extra effort, give up personal time to get stuff done or do something generous for another person. Regular and appropriate recognition shows up in surveys as a key factor in employee engagement. But recognition needs to be specific and meaningful.
Think about it for a moment. If someone says to you, "Thank you. You're the best!" it feels good for a moment, right? But you're left not knowing how to repeat that sensation of being appreciated.
If on the other hand, someone tells you, "Thank you, I really appreciate the way you support me when the going gets tough. Your calls and e-mails help me feel as though someone is in my corner." That feels good, too, and you know how to recreate it.
Another drawback of non-specific recognition is the potential for team members to feel that there is an obligation to congratulate everyone for every act. If nothing special happened that day, that's okay. The key is to be on the lookout for recognition-worthy endeavors and to encourage others to be on the lookout, too.
To take another example, having fun in the office has been shown to have beneficial effects on employees' mood, health, and productivity. But constant joking and playing can become intrusive and may disturb work patterns, creating frustration. What starts out as a well-intended way to generate more creativity and productivity can become a distraction. In fact, excessive office play can ultimately be divisive, as some people start to see themselves as the only ones doing the work, while the others are just being silly and wasting time.
Encouraging energy management, physical exercise, and time to relax is a wonderful way to take care of a team. But a little goes a long way.
Teams that play together tend to work well together. Organizations that have well-thought-out recognition schemes tend to see greater loyalty and stronger teams. Strengths-based teams are more productive and more engaged. But, as in all things, balance is key, and these approaches need to be implemented thoughtfully and with understanding.


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Another phrase you may well come across is Embedded software development. This specifically relates to the development of software that is typically used for controlling consumer products. These products are usually developed with proprietary hardware and therefore requires the development process to be integrated with the development of the controlled physical product.
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