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Canonical

It has been almost exactly one year since Canonical announced Mir, a replacement for the X window system. Mir was originally planned to become the default system in the Ubuntu desktop for the 13.10 (October 2013) or 14.04 (April 2014) releases, but it was delayed due to compatibility problems in multi-monitor setups. Those problems were with XMir, an X11 compatibility layer that ensures that Mir can work with existing applications built for X.

It made sense to not turn Mir on by default in the upcoming Ubuntu 14.04 because that's a Long Term Support release that must be stable for five years. But instead of saying that he intends to flip the switch later this year or in 2015, Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth this week said he expects to do that by the 16.04 release in April 2016. Shuttleworth's comments don't necessarily rule out turning Mir on by default before 16.04, but it's not something Shuttleworth is ready to promise.

Speaking at one of Ubuntu's virtual developer summits, Shuttleworth noted that Mir is already the default on Ubuntu phones and tablets.

Mark Shuttleworth on Mir.

"We don't want to let a love of technology interfere with our mission to be great for the user," Shuttleworth said. Holding up an Ubuntu phone, he said, "this is a great place for us to set the bar very high in terms of performance, where we have freedom to get it right rather than worrying too much about compatibility."

On the desktop, users can install Mir themselves, but it won't be turned on by default for everyone just yet. "My expectation is that within the next 12 months you will see lots of people running Mir as their default display server, and by 16.04 it will be the default display server," Shuttleworth said. "There's lots of reasons why that will let us support more hardware, let us get much better performance, and let us do great things with some of the software companies we care about, who want to squeeze every bit of performance out of the hardware you've got."

Canonical built Mir to power the Unity user interface, a crucial part of building a consistent experience on phones, tablets, and desktops. In starting the Mir project, the company angered parts of the Linux community that are pushing Wayland, a display server that's headed for Fedora and other distributions. Notably, an Intel developer expressed his company's displeasure by refusing to accept Xmir patches into the company's open source graphics driver.

Canonical held firm, saying at the time that "Intel customers who use Ubuntu will not see any regressions as we will simply continue to support XMir in the Intel driver as part of Ubuntu. We believe in a healthy ecosystem of display servers, including X, Wayland, and Mir, and plan to continue to work with upstreams such as Intel to provide the best experience to end users and OEMs."

Ubuntu 14.04 for desktops is shipping with version 7 of Unity, whereas Unity 8 has been rolled out to mobile devices.Phoronix's Michael Larabel tested out Ubuntu 14.04 with various configurations, including one running Mir and Unity 8. He wasn't impressed.

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Physicians at Allegheny General Hospitals Cardiovascular Institute are the first in Western Pennsylvania and among a select few in the nation to offer a new technique for minimally invasive aortic valve replacement surgery. Called Transapical Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement, the procedure is performed through a small chest incision that provides direct access into the heart.

Transapical TAVR is the latest Food and Drug Administration-approved treatment for people suffering from severe aortic valve stenosis, a narrowing of the aortic valve of the heart, which causes it to open and close improperly. Aortic stenosis forces the heart to work harder to push blood through the damaged aortic valve and eventually the hearts muscles weaken, resulting in heart failure and death.

Physicians at AGHs Cardiovascular Institute have been performing transfemoral TAVR procedures for the past year, an approach in which the femoral artery serves as a conduit to access the heart. Surgeons make a small incision in the groin and guide the replacement valve through the femoral artery to the heart.

Patients with smaller or diseased peripheral blood vessels, however, may not be candidates for transfemoral TAVR, said AGH cardiothoracic surgeon Stephen Bailey. In the transapical approach, a small incision is made between the ribs of the left lower chest through which the replacement valve is inserted via a catheter directly into the heart.

With direct access to the heart, the transapical approach allows us to dramatically reduce the invasiveness of this procedure compared to conventional surgical aortic valve replacement, said Bailey, who serves as director of cardiac surgery at AGH. As a result, many patients who would be at high risk for traditional aortic valve replacement surgery and who are not candidates for transfemoral TAVR now have a life-saving option that avoids the heart-lung machine.

The FDA approved TAVR for use in high-risk patients in 2012. Since then, AGH has performed 24 cases, including six using the transapical approach.

Its exciting to be able to help patients with symptomatic aortic stenosis who previously were not candidates for either conventional aortic valve surgery or the transfemoral TAVR procedure regain their health, said Dr. David Lasorda, director of AGHs Division of Interventional Cardiology.

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TORONTO, ONTARIO (PRWEB) March 13, 2014

AirPlus Heating & Cooling Inc., today announced that it is now an authorized dealer of Trane branded equipment in the Greater Toronto Area.

Since commencing operations under new management in February 2013, AirPlus Heating & Cooling Inc. has made significant improvements in how they do business. In a continued effort to improve, they are thrilled to offer their customers AirPlus Home Comfort solutions that include a top of the line brand such as Trane heating and air conditioning equipment.

The Trane brand and equipment aligns with AirPlus philosophy by being of superior quality, providing high energy efficiency and significant ROI. said Bill Watson, President. The addition of Trane to the group of products we represent will help us to continue deliver first rate professional, customer oriented, service that is backed by a 100% Satisfaction Guarantee.

About Trane Inc. Trane is a global provider of heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems, as well as building management systems and controls. Its offerings include service and parts support and financial solutions. They employ more than 29,000 people at 104 manufacturing locations in 28 countries, and have annual sales of more than $8 billion. In addition to their activity in HVAC systems, Trane is involved in energy conservation and renewable energy projects.

About AirPlus Heating & Cooling Inc. AirPlus has been providing the Greater Toronto Area with state of the art HVAC installation and repair since 1993. With over 20 years of experience in heating and air conditioning installations and repairs. We install all makes and models of home comfort equipment including: Air Conditioners, Furnaces, Gas Fireplaces, Humidifiers, Heat Pumps, Boilers, Energy Recovery Ventilator Systems, Hot water Tanks and Tankless water heaters.

AirPlus is a member of the Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Institute of Canada (HRAI), ASHRAE and BBB, and is licensed and insured by TSSA and WSIB. AirPlus serves Southern Ontarios Golden Horseshoe including: Toronto, Scarborough, Etobicoke, Mississauga, Brampton, Oakville, Burlington, Markham, Richmond Hill, Woodbridge, Newmarket, Whitby, Pickering, Ajax, Maple, Georgetown, Bolton, and Milton.

For more information, visit: http://www.airplus.ca , phone 416-298-6874

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Office building, devastated by fire in July, should be ready for tenants this summer

Terri Ward stands outside the newly reconstructed Ward Building on Wednesday, talking about how she is happy that the heart out front survived a huge fire last July. The heart was installed there in honor of Ward Construction's 50th anniversary, which was in 2012. (Jenny Sparks / Loveland Reporter-Herald)

LOVELAND -- As Ward family members watched their office building burn into the night last July 9, they were thinking one thing: "total loss."

In the weeks that followed the catastrophic fire that brought scores of firefighters from all over the region, they learned that the Ward Building might be salvageable after all.

Now, eight months later, the two-story brick structure looks like what it almost is: a brand-new building.

"It's all coming together nicely," said Dave Ward, one of the four owners of the building at 2114 N. Lincoln Ave. in central Loveland.

The blaze destroyed the roof and heavily damaged other parts of the 10,779-square-foot building. And the thousands of gallons of water that firefighters poured onto the structure caused a different kind of damage.

Firefighters pour water onto flames roaring from the roof of the Ward Building at 2114 N. Lincoln Ave. the night of July 9, 2013. The cause of the fire was determined to be accidental. (Jenny Sparks / Loveland Reporter-Herald)

Ward said the owners' decision to rebuild rather than level the structure allowed them to use two-thirds to three-fourths of the original building, which was constructed in the early 1980s.

"It was the right decision to make," he said.

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HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Residents in the River Oaks area continue to fight to stop a 17-story office building from going up in their neighborhood.

Construction for the building located at 2229 San Felipe began weeks ago. Neighbors complain the noise pollution at all hours is disruptive and the constant movement of cranes has even caused cracks in nearby patios and on the walls of an adjacent home.

"It's totally inappropriate to the neighborhood it's just kind of rammed down everyone's throat," neighbor Bill Pillsbury said.

Richard Armstrong's house backs into the construction.

"The emissions were very strong and we just all started to feel it after a couple of hours of that," he said.

Armstrong says the smell is causing health issues for his family. Armstrong has filed a complaint with the EPA.

Another group of neighbors has also filed a lawsuit to stop the construction, claiming the building is "abnormal and out of place."

We spoke over the phone to a representative of Hines, the company behind the project. He tells us they are in compliance with all city permits and have put up this plastic to try to keep the fumes from spreading. Hines also claims they have tried to reach out to the homeowner with no luck, and if they are responsible for any damage, they would "make it right."

Hines says construction should be completed by 2015.

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Cambridge Design and Construction Awards 2013 - Alteration or Extension of an Existing Building. 15-16 Benet StreetThe former Barclays Bank, a Grade II Listed Building, was refurbished to accommodate two new restaurants, Zizzi and CAU, and to provide st

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Dozens of new building schemes have been completed in Cambridge in the past year - and the News is teaming up with Cambridge City Council, and the Cambridge Forum for the Construction Industry, to give readers the chance to pick the one they like best.

Nearly 30 schemes have been shortlisted in the Cambridge Design and Construction Awards 2013, and we are publishing pictures and brief descriptions of them.

The projects are divided into four categories, and a panel of judges will choose a winner from each - but there is also a Peoples Choice award given to one of the 27 schemes listed.

Look through the pictures and text, choose your favourite project, and vote for it below.

The winner of the Peoples Choice Award, and the winners of the four individual categories chosen by the judging panel, will be unveiled later this month.

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