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Best 20 movies about travel: The films that make us want to visit spectacular destinations

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However, the best travel films don’t just offer us a sense of place, they capture the power and transformative nature of a journey and more often than not, inspire us to set out to discover for ourselves what lies beyond the horizon. Two surfers from California travel the world in this documentary directed by Bruce Brown.

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The next destination: Passive design airports

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While not designed to Passive House certification standards, the Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport in Winnipeg, Manitoba, was one of the first LEED Silver airport terminal buildings in North America. It helps to visualize how we can implement passive design in a terminal.

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Living Now: America at Home Study Concept Home

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Living Now: America at Home Study Concept Home. When the COVID-19 pandemic put most of the nation under mandatory stay-at-home orders, economic forecasters hypothesized about the impact it would have on restaurants, small business, travel and hospitality, and live events. Barnaby: The America at Home Study Concept Home Step by Step.

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Don’t underload Tier 4 generators — it leads to wet stacking and engine failure

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You can visually detect it by looking for thick, black liquid in the exhaust pipe. The unburned carbon then travels into the exhaust system, coating the valves, turbo charger and exhaust stacks in soot, causing poor performance and premature wear of these components and the engine overall. For the full story, keep reading.

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Countries with the lowest population density: Social distancing is easy in these 11 places

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Here they are, with inspiring quotes and travel suggestions from those who have been. Uncrowded and disputed, Western Sahara is hardly on the radar of many travellers, and the federal government’s Smart Traveller already had a “Do not travel” recommendation in place before the COVID-19 travel ban.

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Revit OpEd: Egress Path Options

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They are also derived from a path and we can use a profile to represent the form of a person traveling through a corridor. Thats not a requirement but it does make it easier to visualize it in 3d views. Egress Path of Travel Uh Oh. Im serving on the committee for the Revit Technology Conference - North America.

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Revit OpEd: Revit Technology Conference AUS 2012 is Underway!

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This post is playing time traveler, dropping back in time to Monday (May 22). A curious side effect of travel west to Australia is you lose a day. I could have set something up to post while I was traveling but that would mean I was better prepared, I wasnt. VisDay is a new event focused on visualization technology.

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