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Potentially record-breaking snowfall in store for Montreal as temperatures fall below average
MONTREAL — History is in the making in Montreal as Wednesday’s forecast brought potentially record-breaking snowfall to the city. According to Environment Canada, the record for snowfall on this day was back in 1963, when Montrealers endured just 0.8 centimetres of snow. According to the Wednesday (2021) forecast, Montrealers can expect 2 centimetres of powder. …
Combating the technology learning curve | News, Sports, Jobs
Staff photo / Renee Fox George Gabriel, a supervisor of community service providers at the Mahoning County Board of Developmental Disabilities, discusses the features of devices that can help people with developmental disabilities live a more independent life. To help people get comfortable with the tech, the board is creating a room …
Keeping up with technology | News, Sports, Jobs
Interfaith Caregivers director Dan Woodring holds up a laptop computer to show off the updated website now available for seniors. He says the organization has made many other changes in an effort to make things easier for their clients including offering a new and expanded Alertlink system. Interfaith Caregivers, who had …
Theory on Zoom Fatigue Looks at How The Technology Warps Our Sense of Space | Homes & Lifestyle
By now, 12 months into America’s coronavirus lockdown, we’re all familiar with “Zoom fatigue,” the feeling of dull dread and disconnect in a medium meant to substitute for meeting face to face. But while most scholarship has set about determining what it is, less work has been done on why it happens. Robby Nadler, who directs UC Santa Barbara’s Academic, …
Experts warn against spring break travel as COVID numbers in Michigan increase
OAKLAND COUNTY, Mich. – More than 5,000 new COVID cases were reported Friday in Michigan. Some college students have decided to skip spring break this year due to the COVID pandemic. “I’m staying home. We’re both staying home. I’m working. So I don’t have time. And I’m dog sitting. So I stayed home,” a college …
Huge Water Main Break In Peters Township Expected To Cause Traffic Delays Throughout The Day – CBS Pittsburgh
By: KDKA-TV News Staff PETERS TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — A huge water main break is currently ongoing in Peters Township. (Photo Credit: Peters Township Police Department/Facebook) Peters Township Police says that the break is in the 100 block of E McMurray Road near Washington Road. They are advising motorists that there will be traffic delays throughout …
Social workers will go with Livonia police on mental health crisis calls
LIVONIA, Mich. – Social workers will be sent out with Livonia police officers when officers are responding to a mental health crisis call through a new Crisis Support Team. “We’re going to have two social workers in our police department to assist us with handling mental health crisis runs where people are in crisis and …
Researchers’ Computational Methods Pave Way for New Water Purification Technology | UCSB
Water is perhaps Earth’s most critical natural resource. Given increasing demand and increasingly stretched water resources, scientists are pursuing more innovative ways to use and reuse existing water, as well as to design new materials to improve water purification methods. Synthetically created semi-permeable polymer membranes used for contaminant solute removal can provide a level of …
COVID-19 deaths continue to rise in state, health district over weekend | Nvdaily
The number of deaths reported by the Virginia Department of Health due to the COVID-19 pandemic continue to rise in the commonwealth and the Lord Fairfax Health district. The state reported a combined 345 deaths over the weekend, including 185 on Saturday. The Lord Fairfax Health District reported a combined 16 deaths. There were seven …
Black History Month lecture series continues with focus on technology | Journal-news
MARTINSBURG — Students from schools in Berkeley County and Jefferson County got an insight on how technology is an avenue of expression during the second installment of the districts’ joint virtual lecture series in honor of Black History Month, “STEAMing Ahead in Black Excellence.” Wednesday night’s lecture featured Dr. Phill Branch, a professor at Goucher …
