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The CHG90 has an aspect ratio of 32:9. For comparison, ultrawide monitors have a 21:9 aspect ratio and normal monitors have a 16:9 aspect ratio.
The CHG90 is part of Samsung's gaming line of monitors that come with specs and features that gamers can appreciate, like quick response times and AMD's FreeSync 2 technology.
A startup in San Francisco is trying to redraw the map by tapping into a system that’s largely invisible to everyday travelers: the country’s 3,000 general aviation airports and 10,000 charter aircraft. This fleet of Federal Aviation Administration-regulated Cessna, Beechcraft, and Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. planes sits parked most of the day, waiting for last-minute charters from companies or wealthy individuals. “I thought it would be an amazing thing to bring this type of air travel to everybody,” says Rudd Davis, whose year-old startup, Blackbird Air Inc., is trying to connect more planes with passengers through its Uber-style on-demand app, at much lower prices than the $5,000 a traditional charter might cost.
Jayatilaka and a team at Johns Hopkins discovered the biochemical mechanism that tells cancer cells to break off from the primary tumor and spread throughout the body, a process called metastasis. Some 90 percent of cancer deaths are caused when cancer metastasizes. The team also found that two existing, FDA-approved drugs can slow metastasis significantly.
"There are really no therapeutics out there right now that directly target the spread of cancer. So what we came up with through our studies was this drug cocktail that could potentially inhibit the spread of cancer."
Thanks to Eric Dirst for pointer
Gretchen Lindquist has contributed to this blog in the past and I invited her to describe changes in technology she saw on her most recent cruise. She recently retired from a 20 year career in information technology, primarily in ERP systems configuration and security. She is enjoying spending much less time in Houston traffic and more time in doing the things she enjoys: volunteering at BARC, which is the City of Houston's municipal animal shelter, gardening, reading, updating her husband Edgar Moore's "Honey-Do" list, caring for their rescue menagerie, and travel. Gretchen is already eagerly anticipating another RCCL cruise later this year.
I have been a cruiser with Royal Caribbean International for 15 years. Our home port of Galveston is not big enough for the biggest ships in the RCCL fleet, so to experience technology innovations available in the newer, bigger ships, we must travel, generally to Florida. I have been eagerly anticipating the technology improvements promised in the Oasis class ships, so we booked a sailing on the Allure of the Seas, which launched in November 2009, sailing from Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale during 2017.
Cruisers can see some technology upgrades even before boarding the ship; RCCL outfitted these ships with several web cams, so that prospective cruisers can get a sense of a few of the ship’s 7 “Neighborhoods.”
I booked my Internet access prior to sailing, and I received my access code when we checked at the port. RCCL’s VOOM service is a huge improvement over their old Internet connectivity; it is faster, cheaper, and available anywhere on the ship. No more trying to estimate how many minutes of their sluggish service I would need for the week; one fee covers the 7 days of the sailing.
RCCL made good use of technology to accommodate over 6,000 passengers and still give them a high-quality experience. On boarding day, the Cruise Compass daily activity schedule listed the hours that the box office would be open, and all cruisers were encouraged to make reservations for the entertainment performances they wished to attend, per the provided matrix of shows, dates/times, and 4 largest venues. (Reservations were also open online, up to 10 days before the sailing, but I wanted to see the whole week’s schedule before deciding.) On the smaller ships, such as the Liberty of the Seas “Freedom Class” ship we sailed in 2016, reservations were not required for main stage shows, only the Ice Show, and the box office was a table in a corridor, where paper tickets for those performances were distributed. On the Allure, the box office consisted of 5 activities staffers seated at tables in the “On Air” nightclub, equipped with iPads, and performance reservations were booked electronically onto your Sea Pass cards. I was even able to make reservations for the other couple travelling with us, with their cabin number. The queue moved along quickly, and it was easy to get reservations made for our desired performances.
The Aqua Theatre is one of the main performance venues, where the OceanAria acrobatics and diving show was held, as well as the RCCL traditional “International Men’s Belly Flop Competition.” Performances in the Aqua Theatre were enhanced with large screen video screens, displaying the floppers’ antics underwater and instant repeats of the belly flops, good for more laughs.
The most impressive technology that I experienced was at the resort of Labadee in Haiti. This property is operated by the cruise line, and ours was the only ship in port that day, so we had the run of the place. I had long anticipated my onshore activity, the Dragon’s Breath Flight Line; however, I wasn’t sure what I would do with my beach bag containing my swim suit, towel, and other belongings while zipping. RCCL had that concern covered: for a minimal all day rental fee, I booked a locker that was operated by the RFID chip in a bracelet snapped to my wrist. I left my belongings in a locker near the landing zone, retrieving them after zipping; then after I changed into my swim suit, I used the same bracelet to secure another locker close to the beach to keep my shorts and tee shirt dry. I liked having no worries about losing a key or remembering a combination.
Both my travelling companion and I had a great time on the Dragon’s Breath Flight Line; our only complaint is that it was over too soon! I would have gladly done it again. If you are curious, search YouTube for in flight videos posted. The views are fantastic!
Although the ship was crowded with many passengers, my husband and I enjoyed the features of the ship, so much so that we booked a cruise on sister ship Oasis of the Seas for a sailing next May. I am waiting for the prices to come down a bit before trying the newer, Quantum Class, ships. There are always new ships to experience with RCCL.
All along the migrant route, Western Union prepared for the surge, putting up locations in the map’s few blank spots and stocking them with cash. Ersek persuaded his compliance committee to accept United Nations-issued refugee cards as legitimate proof of identity, and the company temporarily waived its fees for people who had them.
By the end of 2015 the Greek island of Lesbos was receiving 3,300 refugees a day. Right off the beach, in the Kara Tepe camp, Western Union hung its yellow-and-black logo on a tollbooth-size shed balanced on wooden pallets. Five hundred miles northwest, in the mountains along the border with Macedonia, a refugee camp sprung up in Idomeni, swelling the town’s population from 154 to 12,000. In January, as refugees endured freezing temperatures and tensions with Macedonian border guards, Western Union set up a counter under the terra-cotta roof of a former butcher shop near Idomeni’s railway station.
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