![]() The new generation of home and industrial batteries will be available this year. affordable and seamlessly integrated,' Musk said during an event to showcase the products at the Universal Studios theme park near Los Angeles. SolarCity co-founder Peter Rive, Mr Musk's cousin, said the solar roofs could easily have a five percent share of the new roof market within a year or two. The product will appeal to home builders and people looking to replace their roofs, Mr Musk said, adding that the shingles would be more durable and have better insulation qualities than conventional roofs. Tesla gave little detail on cost, except to say that the cost of the roof would be less than a conventional roof plus solar. They can be manufactured in a range of styles, which were demonstrated on the rooftops on the set. Tesla's glass solar roof tiles would look far better than any similar product, Mr Musk said. You can find a few pictures of the event and solar roof product below and a closer look at each option in our. Just this year, Dow Chemical said it would stop selling a solar shingle it launched five years ago. CEO Elon Musk claims that they could last 2-3 times longer than traditional roofs. Mr Musk refused to answer a reporter's question about how Tesla's balance sheet would accommodate the acquisition of SolarCity.īy incorporating solar modules into rooftops, Tesla is hoping to succeed with a solar technology that to date has had little success. a clean-energy behemoth on Friday, unveiling a new solar roof product at Universal Studios in Los Angeles. Since Tesla unveiled its Solar Glass Roof in 2016, its home energy business. ![]() Having two separate companies "slows things down, makes them more expensive. Elon Musk showcased his ambitions to make Tesla Motors Inc. Elon Musk revealed Version 3.0 of the Solar Glass Roof, which is made of solar panels, but looks like slate.
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![]() ![]() Life often feels like waiting out a series of not-horrible, not-fun obligations. My dysthymia has two main components: weltschmerz, a German word meaning sadness about how reality doesn’t live up to one’s hopes, and anhedonia, a diminished ability to experience pleasure. Most people would consider me productive, accomplished, perhaps even energetic, given that my lifetime running odometer is past 110,000 miles. Unlike many with the condition, I’ve never been majorly incapacitated by depression. Science continues working to explain the theory behind what we runners already know from practice. The emerging, more sophisticated view of running to improve mental health also takes into account long-term structural changes in the brain as well as subjective states like mood and cognition. How does moving the body change the mind? A growing body of work-both in the lab and with patients-shows that there’s more to it than endorphins, the well-known opioid the body produces during certain activities, including exercise. guidelines have yet to change, at least one psychotherapist, Sepideh Saremi in Los Angeles, California, conducts on-the-run sessions with willing patients. In countries such as Australia, United Kingdom, and the Netherlands, official guidelines include exercise as a first-line treatment for depression. Studies show that aerobic exercise can be as effective as anti-depressants in treating mild to moderate depression (and with side effects like improved health and weight management rather than bloating and sexual dysfunction). Meredith and I discovered this decades ago, and now researchers and practitioners are starting to catch up. For those of us with depression or anxiety, we need running like a diabetic needs insulin. What’s not universal is our recognition that, without regular running, the underlying fabric of our lives-our friendships, our marriages, our careers, our odds of being something other than miserable most of the time-will fray. Like all runners, we relish the short-term experience of finishing our run feeling like we’ve hit reset and can better handle the rest of the day. We do have one key thing in common: Meredith and I run primarily to bolster our mental health. We like to joke that Meredith stays up late as a way of avoiding the next day, whereas I go to bed early to speed the arrival of a better tomorrow. I have dysthymia, or chronic low-grade depression. Meredith is a worrier, beset by regrets and anticipated outcomes, who has sought treatment for anxiety. I’ve set PRs in solo time trials and tend to bail when a run’s head count gets above five. Meredith runs her best in large races and loves training with big groups. I’m an introverted editor who works from home. Meredith is a voluble social worker who draws energy from crowds. For such close friends, we’re quite different. Most Tuesdays, I run early in the morning with a woman named Meredith. ![]() Wii U The Wii U-exclusive cooperative "Co-Driver" mode in action. Almost all the cars are available from the start, hidden in different locations throughout Fairhaven the player has to discover them in order to unlock them. A feature called EasyDrive enables players to modify their vehicle performance while in usage. The cars can be altered with performance upgrades, such as reinflatable tires, transmission, engine, nitrous oxide, and body work that enables players to crash through roadblocks, have a higher top speed, and accelerate faster. Most Wanted has a range of real-world vehicles, a mix of muscle cars, street racers and exotics, described as "the wildest selection of cars yet". The driving model of the game has been described as "deep, physical and fun", not as arcade-styled as the Burnout series and Hot Pursuit, but far from a simulator. One profile is used for all versions of the game, allowing the player to rank up on one format and continue progress on another. Most Wanted features a new social system called Cloudcompete, which strings together Most Wanted across all platforms in an inspired example of cross-compatibility. Autolog recommendations have now been integrated into the game world, rather than sit externally on the menu system. Activities in-game allow players to earn Speed Points which can boost players up on the Most Wanted list. Autolog in Most Wanted plays a larger role and gives more information to players. The game uses Autolog, the competition-between-friends system developed by Criterion for Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, and since used in other titles in the Need for Speed series. Destructible billboards and fences and drive-through repair garages, all of which originated from Paradise, are also featured. Unlike the game's spiritual predecessor Burnout Paradise, the races have checkpoints that you must pass through instead of just having a start and end. ![]() Gameplay of Most Wanted has been likened to that of the Burnout series. It has a main highway dubbed I-92 that stretches across the city. It has a beach and an industrial district. In this reiteration, the focus shifts from Rockport, the city in the original, to a new city called Fairhaven.įairhaven resembles a regular city. As the Most Wanted racers are defeated, their cars are added to the player's roster the moment the player wrecks them. The game features a Most Wanted List of 10 racers, similar to the Blacklist in the single-player section of the original Most Wanted, which featured 15 racers. There are also Ambush races, where the player starts surrounded by cops and must evade their pursuit as quickly as possible.Ĭops are integrated into certain racing sessions, in which the police deploy vehicles and tactics to stop the player's car and arrest the player, like the original Most Wanted. Most Wanted allows players to select one car and compete against other racers in three types of events: Sprint races, which involves traveling from one point of the city to another, Circuit races, each having two or three laps total and Speed runs, which involve traversing through a course in the highest average speed possible. The game takes on the gameplay style of the first Most Wanted title in the Need for Speed franchise the contrast difference is the 2012 Most Wanted does not contain a story. Need for Speed: Most Wanted is set in an open world environment. This pre-release screenshot also depicts the use of simulated HDRR on the sunny sky and surface lighting. Gameplay The player's car being pursued by several police cars during a racing session. Following its release, the game won several awards including the 2012 Spike Video Game Awards for Best Driving Game and was nominated for Best British Game and Best Online Multiplayer at the 2013 BAFTA Awards, and was repeatedly recognized as the best driving/racing game of 2012 by several outlets. Need for Speed: Most Wanted received positive reviews, which focused on the world map that blended the styles of previous Burnout and Need for Speed games, and the social features, while criticism fell on the single-player mode. ![]() The game picked up on the Most Wanted intellectual property, as opposed to the Hot Pursuit reboot that Criterion Games developed previously. Most Wanted is the nineteenth title in the Need for Speed series and was released worldwide for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation Vita, iOS and Android, beginning in North America in 2012, with a Wii U version following in 2013 under the title Need for Speed: Most Wanted U. ![]() Need for Speed: Most Wanted is an open world racing game developed by Criterion Games and published by Electronic Arts. ![]() The last bit of information I want to pull your attention to is the "Find Decks" feature under the 4th tab. My only gripe with the collections feature is a lack of export to Sheets/Excel but I can understand why that feature isn't necessarily a necessity. This app also updates with every new set and when bannings occur, coming a long way from when I started using this app more than 4 years ago. Fortunately, Decked Builder has pushed a little into this realm, with prerelease promos from KTK-OGW added, but also GP and PT promos which are not in databases of most apps. One thing to note in regards to all apps is the lack of special printings their databases do not contain. This is a neat way to get an estimate on the value of parts of your collection if you so choose. Decked Builder allows you to price your collection as a whole, or as in parts, by displaying the total value of cards by their color, type, rarity, format legality, and set. I do enjoy this feature by it's integration with the deck builders tool, but also as a value tool. ![]() You can have anywhere from just 1 to over 4,000 cards tracked, and this app let's you look through them no problem through either the collections tab (middle tab) or search. The collections add on is more pricey than the base app at $ 4.99, however for the cost the feature sure does make things easy. You can also search for all cards under a certain format through options for Standard, Modern, Legacy, Commander, and Pauper through an option under the Set filter, as well as use the other various search perameters. By default, it is set to alphabetical order and cost, but these can be ajusted to suit your style. The search settings even have the ability to toggle on and off unique cards from their multiple printings, and the listing order of your search results. The app includes a card search feature, identified as the magnifying glass on the bottom toolbar. As such, you will most likely use it for this reason. Let's get into it!ĭecked Builder, as the name implies, is primarily a deck building tool. In this review, we will go over the functions of the app, likes and dislikes, cost, and am overall rating of the app. One of the questions you get asked most often as an established MTG player is "which app do you prefer?" For me, it's the first app I ever saw and first app I ever bought, Decked Builder by Decked Studios. More stuff will be coming very very soon based on feedback, hopefully in the next couple of days.Hey guys, Atony1400 here with something a little different. Also enabled the "edit" button on decks because I somehow had overlooked people would want to edit their decks -_- My bad! UPDATE 7/11/16 - Added some little extras to the site, such as the deck icons and what not. This will then register you as having the foil version, and also make the card seem a bit sparkly :)įeedback is very welcome - there may be some bugs as I haven't been able to test as thoroughly as I would like, and there are some more features I do want to add when I get the time. You can also now mark your cards as having the foil version, by clicking the "FH" button on the card. I've added a quick 'name' filter so you can find cards by their name, and also added element buttons to quickly filter those as well. So for instance, mine is (although I haven't updated my collection accurately yet, those are just some test selections!) There are also now user profiles - you can share your profile using the username you signed up with. For instance, here is the FF7 starter deck: Now there is a "decks" section, where you can start constructing your decks accordingly - along with seeing the latest public decks that have been submitted. So I finally got around to writing all the card information out into the database, and have scraped some images from PDFs and updated the site here ![]() "The network was created in January 2021 and it promotes mixed martial arts to fight against what it asserts is a system that is targeting the white race, as well as a "warrior spirit" to prepare for a forthcoming race war," the release states.Īs part of its investigation, the RCMP said members of the network, alongside members of a related local group called the Hammerskins, have been observed performing combat training exercises in Durham region community parks. The RCMP said in their release that, following that designation, many members of AWD joined an organization called the Canadian branch of Active Club Network.Īccording to police, Active Club Network serves as “a decentralized cell of white supremacy and neo-Nazi groups." In 2021, AWD, an international neo-Nazi terror group, originating out of the United States, was designated as a terrorist entity by the Canadian government. To read more □ /zZAc8CJgYg - RCMP in Ontario DecemMEMBERS SEEN IN GTA PARKS: RCMP ![]() Two Ontario men who are alleged to have participated in the creation of Terrorgram Collective manifestos & Atomwaffen Division (AWD) recruiting videos, in support of far-right extremism & the neo-Nazi terrorist movement, have been arrested. The other individual was charged with one count of participating in the activities of a terrorist group. One of those individuals is facing eight charges, including three counts of commission of hate crimes offences for a terrorist group and two counts of participation in the activities of a terrorist group. Two individuals have been arrested on terror-related charges as a result of the probe. Police have not yet publicly identified the accused. That organization, police say, is an “international neo-Nazi terror group” which has called “for acts of violence against racial, religious, and ethnic groups, police, and bureaucrats, to prompt the collapse of society.” Police said in a news release on Friday that the warrants uncovered substantial evidence, including far-right manifestos circulated on Telegram as well as video made in an effort to recruit individuals to an organization called Atomwaffen Division (AWD). Get the latest local updates right to your inbox. ![]() Download our app to get local alerts on your device.The arrests come after an 18-month investigation conducted by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s Integrated National Security Enforcement Team which saw warrants executed in the Niagara and Toronto region. Two men from Ontario have been arrested on charges of terrorism after allegedly producing recruitment videos for a listed terrorist organization and circulating far-right manifestos online, police say. Going explicitly against his final wishes, she leaves everything she knows behind in search of her dad's last-known destination: a fabled tomb on a mythical island that might be somewhere off the coast of Japan. Advised to face the facts and move forward after seven years without him, even Lara can't understand what drives her to finally solve the puzzle of his mysterious death. Determined to forge her own path, she refuses to take the reins of her father's global empire just as staunchly as she rejects the idea that he's truly gone. Now a young woman of twenty-one without any real focus or purpose, Lara navigates the chaotic streets of trendy East London as a bike courier, barely making the rent, and takes college courses, rarely making it to class. One of those first “We’ll go on an easy adventure” things to get you started but turns out to be a horrifying disaster kind of a trip.Lara Croft (Alicia Vikander) is the fiercely independent daughter of eccentric adventurer Lord Richard Croft (Dominic West), who vanished when she was scarcely a teen. (I’m leaving out extra information due to spoilers.) So it seems kind of like both a vacation and an expedition. Her sister is also on the trip and even becomes the focus of attention for quite a bit, although not so much on a personal level as a, “Save me” one. Her mentor, Roth, is with her on her first expedition. ![]() I also got to know a little more about Lara’s training as a hunter. Then of course the island is full of men who have lost their minds while stranded and have become murderers. Accidental falls inside of run-down mines, or old caves, and deadly trips down rivers with strong currents. Every new turn or discovery on the island was always another step into a near-death encounter. I wasn’t scared for my own life, but I always felt an impending danger for hers. ![]() Outside of the combat itself there was never a time that I didn’t feel a personal connection with her. But the most interesting thing to me was Lara herself. While playing the game I came across lots of tomes, scrolls, and evidence of what had happened on the island and how it all began. She has cursed the island so that anybody who comes near it ends up getting stuck on it just like Lara and her team did. The island is haunted by the spirit of the “Sun Queen” tha t has been trapped on it for hundreds of years. She is brutally beaten an astronomical amount of times by both the environment and its inhabitants. Of course during all this I was the one in control and Tomb Raider was an incredible experience from the opening cinematic until the end of the game. Lara is practically tortured throughout her survival on the island. That is just the beginning and it isn’t the worst of it. She escapes by swinging from side to side until she breaks free, falls down and lands on a metal spike that stabs her all the way through the left side of her stomach from front to back. Then she’s kidnapped by an islander and dragged into a bloody cave filled with bodies and skeletons and is hung upside down to wait for death. Lara almost drowns twice during the storm before making it to the island itself. Lara is out on her first expedition when a storm leaves her and her team shipwrecked on an island. As scared as she is, she doesn’t give up hope and she doesn’t stop fighting for her own life and the lives of her friends. She is incredibly strong-willed and never loses courage. But that’s how her strength in character shines. She’s basically scared out of her mind throughout the entire campaign. The best part is that Lara isn’t just some war-born hero. ![]() Tomb Raider 2013 introduced me to the strongest and most heroic character I’ve ever played as so far. ![]() The scan took about a minute and detected over 150 duplicate files on my Mac. I like that you can choose which folders to scan (I sent it to work on my music and archive files). I also like the level of customization Reclaim offers, as I was able to select the type of junk files to scan for.ĭuplicates, as the name suggests, gets rid of duplicate files hogging space on your hard drive. It performed very well in my tests, significantly increasing available space on my MacBook. The Reclaim feature scans your Mac for unused and old files, effectively decluttering your hard disk. It provides 3 core functionalities: Reclaim, Duplicates, and Organize. Washing Machine is a powerful optimization tool. What’s more, it combines a pair of powerful engines, VirusBarrier and NetBarrier, to give comprehensive malware and web protection for Mac users. It comes with a standout system cleaner and optimizer tool called Washing Machine. Intego is my favorite cleaner for Macs in 2023. Intego - Best Overall Mac Cleaner & Optimizer in 2023 ![]() Comparison of the Best Mac Cleaners in 2023.MacKeeper - Comes with beginner-friendly cleanup and security tools for Mac users. Avira - Good range of tools for enhancing your Mac’s performance and keeping it safe. Norton - Contains great Mac cleanup and optimization tools and a powerful malware engine. TotalAV - Most user-friendly Mac cleaner in 2023 + a full suite of effective extra features. Intego - Best overall Mac cleaner & optimizer in 2023 with excellent antivirus protection. So, whether you’re seeking an all-in-one security and optimization solution or just something to complement your antivirus, I’m confident you’ll find the tool you need on this list. That said, there were several other programs that stood out in my research, too - some are comprehensive antivirus solutions with cleanup tools included and others are excellent standalone products. ![]() With its powerful cleaning capabilities, user-friendly interface, and a suite of additional features, it delivers the best performance for your Mac. Some also suffer from cumbersome interfaces that make the cleanup process more of a chore than it needs to be.Īfter careful analysis, Intego emerged as the top Mac cleaner for 2023. They offer basic cleanup functionality but lack advanced features like duplicate file finders and startup optimization. Unfortunately, many Mac cleaners fall short. My goal wasn’t simply to find applications that remove temporary files and free up space - I was looking for apps with comprehensive tools that could significantly improve my Mac’s speed and overall efficiency. I spent weeks assessing most of the Mac cleaners on the market, testing their effectiveness, ease of use, and overall impact on my system’s performance. Intego also provides top-notch malware detection, a firewall, parental controls, and more. Premium macOS cleanup and optimization tools packaged alongside an excellent antivirus. Short on time? Here’s the best Mac cleaner in 2023: ![]() But registered developers can install it today. MacOS 14 won’t be released for everybody until late this fall. Some of the key new features include the Aerial screensaver from tvOS, iPhone widgets freely placable on the desktop, new presenter options for video conferencing and a new profile feature in Safari. MacOS 14 was announced Monday, June 5 at WWDC23. Even if you're not clean installing macOS Sonoma today, the new option makes it far more convenient to restore your Mac to factory settings, whether you simply want to start afresh with your Mac in future or plan to sell or gift it to another person.How to install the macOS 14 Developer Beta Follow the onscreen instructions, and if desired, elect to migrate your data from a Time Machine backup when the option appears. Once finished, you'll see the "hello" message on your Mac's screen, indicating the Setup Assistant is ready.Your Mac may restart more than once during the process, after which you may be prompted to activate your Mac over Wi-Fi. Click to sign out of your Apple ID, then click Erase All Content & Settings in the prompt to confirm.Note all the settings, data, media, and other items that will be removed.Enter your admin password in the Erase Assistant dialog prompt and click OK.Select General -> Transfer or Reset -> Erase All Content and Settings.Once your Mac has restarted into Sonoma, click the Apple () symbol in the menu bar and select System Settings.Click to install the new version of macOS and wait for the installation to complete. ![]() Once the installer has downloaded, you'll receive a prompt. ![]() You can continue to use your Mac while the installer is being downloaded. Allow Software Update to ping Apple's servers, then click Upgrade Now to download the Sonoma installer when it appears.In macOS, click the Apple () symbol in the menu bar and select System Settings.Before you do anything else, back up your data using Time Machine or your preferred backup method.The following walkthrough breaks down the steps involved. You can then migrate your data manually or by using the Setup Assistant's migration option. After erasing the Mac, it will display the Setup Assistant and be ready to be set up like new. This ability means you can simply download and install macOS Sonoma over your current macOS version when prompted, and then select the new erase function in Sonoma, which will erase your Mac and leave the core macOS system intact. Not only does this effectively erase all user data and user-installed apps from your Mac without reinstalling macOS, it also signs out your Apple ID, removes your Touch ID fingerprints, purchases, and all Apple Wallet items, and turns off Find My and Activation Lock, making it far easier to restore your Mac to like-new factory settings. ![]() Because storage is always encrypted on Mac systems with Apple silicon or the T2 chip, the system is instantly and securely "erased" by destroying the encryption keys. Since macOS Monterey, however, Apple has included a third option for newer Macs that offers a very simple and straightforward way to erase your Mac without needing to reinstall the operating system.įollowing in the footsteps of the iPhone and iPad, Apple silicon Macs and Intel Macs with a T2 security chip (2017-2020 models) now have an "Erase All Content and Settings" option available in macOS Monterey and Sonoma. However, even if neither of these issues have arisen for you, sometimes it's just nice to start afresh for that "brand new Mac" feeling and then migrate your apps, documents, and data, either manually, or by migrating from a Time Machine backup.Ĭlean installing previous versions of macOS usually involves creating a bootable copy of the macOS installer on a flash drive or USB stick and then reformatting your drive before installing the bootable copy on your Mac, or using macOS Recovery to reinstall the Mac operating system over an internet connection. This article explains how to perform what is effectively a clean install of Sonoma using a built-in option that's available on Apple silicon-powered Macs and Intel Macs with a T2 security chip.Ĭlean installing macOS is often done to remove annoying quirks and strange behaviors that a Mac may have inherited over time, and can also help to reclaim disk space caused by junk files left by third-party apps. Apple is set to release macOS Sonoma on September 26, and whenever a new operating system is released for the Mac, some users prefer to perform a clean installation. ![]() Added Hungarian and Polish translations.(This is because of a problem where macOS sometimes stops sending gesture events to Scroll Reverser after awaking from sleep.) Scroll Reverser now silently relaunches itself when your Mac wakes from sleep.A small correction to the Polish translation.The relaunch-on-wake implementation is now more robust.Added Simplified Chinese (zh-CN) translation.Fix: Notification center getting stuck half-open while Scroll Reverser is running. ![]() Fix: "Shake to locate cursor" not working with Trackpad while Scroll Reverser is running.Fix: Presence of Scroll Reverser triggering additional security dialogs (for example, in Keychain permissions dialogs). ![]() Translation updates, including a new Norwegian translation (thanks, Patrick).(As part of investigating Issue #38: Scroll reverser preferences randomly change.) Some internal changes to the way preferences are loaded.The minimum system requirement is now macOS 10.12.6.Reimplemented Start at Login functionality to be more reliable now, I hope.Fixed crashing due to missing Accessibility permission.New user interface in prefs prompts you when required permissions are missing (Accessibility and Input Monitoring).Universal app for both Intel and Apple M1 chip.I can also add new languages, you will just need to send me a message first so I can add it.) If you would like to update the translation in your language, here is the invite link. (I am now using the CrowdIn translation platform for app localization. Thanks to all those who contributed - too many names now to keep track of in the release notes. Added French, Hebrew, Nepali, Turkish and Ukranian translations and updated several other translations.(It is similar to the DiscreteScroll app.) This lets you increase the amount of scroll when single stepping the wheel. ![]()
![]() ![]() Two Roku streaming player models – the Roku 2 XD and the Roku 2 XS – are available for purchase in Canada starting today. today announced the official launch of its products in Canada. – Ap– Roku®, the leading streaming platform in the U.S. There's a bit more detail on the launch channels in the press release after the break, we'll expect more firsthand impressions from our Canadian friends once the NHL playoffs are over.Īward-winning Platform Brings On-demand Video, Music and Games to TV without a PC The XD and XS can be has for $89.99 ad $109.99 CAD, respectively, either online from the usual sources, while London Drugs and Walmart are expected to offer them at retail by the end of the month. Both can handle video in resolutions up to 1080p and feature built-in WiFi while the XS throws in a gaming remote plus Ethernet and USB ports just like their US counterparts. Hardware-wise, Roku is kicking things off with two of its higher-end players in the Roku 2 XS and Roku 2 XD. Given the box's roots and popularity as a Netflix streamer it's no surprise that the international rollouts just happen to be in English-speaking countries where the service is available, but there's more to be had, since Roku says it's launching with more than 100 channels north of the border. Having already debuted in the UK, Roku is officially undertaking the second stage of its international attack plan by taking on a new region of North America: Canada. |
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