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Mobile isn't always mobile
November 06, 2015 by Michael McWatters in UX, Opinions, Design Thinking
Reading an otherwise excellent UX article today, I got tripped up on this line:
"Remember, mobile users are on the go, they're in transit, and your design should support and respect this."
"Mobile" more accurately refers to the type of device — phone or tablet — not location or ambulatory status. In fact, the mobile user is just as likely to be surfing on a couch as walking down a busy street.
The context that matters, then, is not where the app or website is used, but how the app or website is to be used.
For example, it's safe to assume that a fitness app is more likely to be used on-the-go, whereas an app that streams video is not. Both apps are still defined as mobile because they live on a mobile device, but the use case for each is quite different. Assuming that the video app should be bound by the same constraints as the fitness app is problematic and overly limiting.
There are, of course, apps and websites intended for both on-the-go and sedentary use; these should support the most restrictive context.
November 06, 2015 /Michael McWatters
UX, Opinions, Design Thinking
A thousand cuts
September 24, 2015 by Michael McWatters in UX, Opinions, Design Thinking
A crummy user experience is rarely caused by a single overarching problem. Major issues are usually discovered and remedied in the design and development phases (but not always).
Most of the time, a crummy user experience is the result of many smaller but still grating issues that cause friction, fatigue, frustration and, eventually, failure. These are the thousand cuts of a bad user experience: broken buttons, confusing labels, outdated content, unhelpful error messages, and so on.
"The details are not the details. They make the design."—Charles Eames
Most organizations, however, are perpetually in Projects and Initiatives mode, not fix-it mode. They're chasing the enticing shiny ball, and ignoring all the broken toys strewn around the play room. They're so focused on What's Next that they're building mountains of tech and product debt.
The recent, enthusiastic embrace of the MVP as a preferred means of releasing products and services isn't helping things: before they've made their minimally viable products more viable, organizations are on to the next initiative, leaving frustrated users in their wake.
My advice? Eat your own dog food; I'm constantly amazed how few people use the stuff they offer others. Do frequent user observation and testing. Listen to your customer support team. Scrutinize your analytics for abandonment points. Keep an eye on social media. Dedicate time and resources to regular housekeeping.
Most of all: have pride in what you do. If you're comfortable with lots of little failures, you probably deserve the inevitable big failure that's surely headed your way.
vanishing pixels
September 22, 2015 by Michael McWatters in Design Thinking
Most of the design work I've created in the past 20+ years — apps, websites, software — has disappeared. Vanished. Never to be seen again. If I had to guess, I'd say less than 5% is still around.
Design in the digital age is fickle. I'm certain that all or nearly all of my work will be gone just a few years after my last project has launched. I'm okay with that.
I don't mind making things that people use for just a moment. It's design that's meant to be consumed and forgotten. The lasting artifact, if any, is what my work helped them accomplish.
Did my work help someone learn something, or complete a meaningful goal? If so, then those short-lived pixels were put to good use.
I'm not alone, by the way: all digital designers, which is most designers today, create ephemera, work that's so transient it disappears the moment the power goes out or someone forgets to pay the hosting bill.
It's okay. Let the pixels die. But before they die, make sure they lived well.
© Michael McWatters
Technical skills shouldn't limit your ideas
July 07, 2015 by Michael McWatters in Design Thinking, Opinions
If you limit your designs to what you feel comfortable coding, you shouldn't be doing the coding.
In the late 90s and early 2000s, I often built the sites I designed. I was pretty decent with tables-based HTML (spacer gifs FTW!) and, later, not too shabby with CSS-based layouts. I could even copy-and-paste some JavaScript, though I never learned to write it from scratch. Sometimes I built media-rich sites in Flash (don't hold it against me).
But here's the thing: I was never a coder / programmer / developer / engineer / insert technical title of choice here. I was always, first and foremost, a designer, a UX'er. Coding was a way to get things built when no one else was available, but it was never my passion, nor an area of expertise for me.
Often, however, I'd run into the same issue: at some point in each project, I'd start letting what I felt comfortable building dictate what I would design. Even if I thought a particular design solution was best, I wouldn't pursue it if I didn't think I could build it. I'd pull back from things that seemed right conceptually, but which I knew would be impossible for me to execute.
As front-end development became a lot less about markup and a lot more about engineering, I'd start thinking about my technical limitations in the earliest stages of the design process. This resulted in my killing off many ideas before they had a chance to prove (or disprove) themselves. It was like an architect deciding against a pedestrian tunnel because she wasn't confident in her ability to operate a tunnel boring machine.
This issue — design ideation being restricted by the designer's technical chops — is one of the primary reasons I don't believe designers necessarily need to code. Eventually, even the most technically proficient designer is going to forego a viable-if-technically-complex design solution simply because they can't build it.
As I've written before, designers must be familiar with the technology underpinning their designs, and they should even be able to sling a little code — for fun, if nothing else. But I remain skeptical that a top-flight designer can also be a top-flight developer. Even if someone is extremely competent and confident in both disciplines, chances are that — on some level — they'll start thinking execution when they should still be thinking concept.
Aside: I find it interesting that this debate typically focuses on designers taking on engineering responsibilities, but rarely do we hear that engineers should be more like designers. The implication seems to be that designers have some special talent they should supplement with a core set of fundamental technical skills. I think this line of thinking is grossly disrespectful toward the engineer's specialized creativity and talent — not to mention years of training and experience.
What do you think? Tell me on Twitter.
July 07, 2015 /Michael McWatters
Design Thinking, Opinions
And now you know how designers feel
June 05, 2015 by Michael McWatters in Design Thinking, TED
One of my colleagues — an engineer — is completely smitten by Roman Mars' recent TED Talk. In it, Mars humorously yet insightfully skewers the sorry state of most municipal flags, and outlines what constitutes good flag design. My colleague has referenced the talk in several contexts, each time with a similar refrain: "I never noticed flag design before, and now everywhere I look, I see bad design!"
Welcome to the designer's world, my friend, a place where daily life is filled with frustration-fomenting experiences because of bad or simply thoughtless design decisions.
Why is this ATM interface so unintuitive? How come there's no space in the bus shelter for the guy in a wheelchair who's getting rained on? Who thought putting 4pt type on a prescription medicine bottle was a good idea? Where is the menu button?!
Yes, it can be a frustrating world, but it's also a world filled with opportunities for improvement, as Tony Fadell so masterfully details in his recent TED Talk. He starts with the sudden ubiquity of fruit labels, and ends up asking each of us to notice the seemingly invisible design challenges all around us.
So, dear colleague, don't fret over your city's horrible flag. Start a campaign to get it redesigned. Better yet, get your city to do better design...like investing in more intuitive parking signs.
Design Thinking, TED


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Looking at the early season schedule
By Craig CalcaterraMar 1, 2010, 10:33 AM EST
Buster Olney runs down the early season schedules for the AL East today, trying to figure out who may get out to a fast start, who may falter early and all of that. Interesting enough, but his premise doesn't do much for me:
Last year, you could look at the early-season schedules and make a couple of forecasts. First, the Toronto Blue Jays
appeared to have a great chance to get off to a strong start because
they didn't have to dive into the AL Beast portion of their schedule —
with games against the Yankees and Red Sox and Rays — until May.
second, the schedule appeared to work against Tampa Bay, because of how
top-heavy it was with games against AL powerhouses. Sure enough, the
Blue Jays got off to a great start, and the Rays fell into a hole that
they were never really able to dig out of. This stuff is a big deal, because early-season performance and
perception, in the spring, can help shape attendance in summer. A
strong start will also fuel a team's market aggressiveness, as
executives decide whether to be buyers.
I think this sort of thing is overstated. Yes, the Jays started well last year on the strength of an easy early schedule, but it didn't boost attendance. Toronto drew its lowest crowds in six years and among the lowest since the move to Sky Dome. And it didn't stop the team from assessing where it was on the success cycle, trading Alex Rios and shopping Roy Halladay all summer. And what about Tampa Bay? Sure, they started out tough, but the were treading water pretty well until they took a six game plunge in the standings in August while not facing either Boston or New York.
The beauty of baseball's
schedule is that over the course of 162 games there really is nowhere
to hide and no way to game the fans into thinking that you're something
you're not. Injuries and the lucky convergence of a team getting good pitching, good hitting and good fielding at roughly the same time are schedule-free considerations.
Thanks to Buster for pointing out something interesting, but let's leave strength of schedule arguments — which invariably lead to whining — to the lesser sports.

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2GIS beta 5.49.1.383.19
By DoubleGIS, LLC
DoubleGIS, LLC 2GIS beta 5.49.1.383.19
Breaking news: we have completely revamped the car navigator! Brand new design, a mini-map of the route, parking lots on the map, travel time and arrival time displayed together. Also, we made a lot of algorithm improvements. Go to the application settings, select "Navigator", and turn on the new 2GIS navigator. And don't forget to share your opinion on the update.
We update 2GIS – it has become difficult to show everything we found out about the city and companies in the current version of the app.
In new 2GIS we have changed the design, made a new search, improved the city update and merged Favorites with 2gis.ru
You can join the beta testing if you have Android 4.1 or above. You will be the first one to get updates as the bugs and errors are corrected and you will contribute to the development of a new version of 2GIS which will be installed by millions of users. There is no need to delete the original version – the beta version works simultaneously and you can switch between the two of them at any moment.
If you are looking for the original 2GIS version which is open to the public, click on this link: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ru.dublgis.dgismobile
What we have already done:
New appearance. We have completely redesigned it and simplified access to the most popular functions.
New search. We have taught 2GIS to understand complex requests. We will show where to "eat out in the city center" and where the nearest "24-hour pharmacy" is.
City update. Up-to-date data is now uploaded and installed in background which does not interrupt the use of a smartphone. You may configure the update: always or only if there is a Wi-Fi connection.
Transport. We build a car route taking into consideration the traffic jams and road workload. That is why the route from A to B can be one in the morning, and another in the evening. For those who uses public transport, we show a detailed route and say which metro car to board.
Common profile with 2gis.ru. Add companies to Favorites on 2gis.ru and they will appear on your device.
Please tell us about what you think, what you liked and where you had problems. Your feedback will help to make 2GIS easier and better. Leave comments in Google Play and email us at android_beta@2gis.ru. We will be glad to read it and reply, if necessary.
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Jiří Papež (17. října 1931, Valašské Meziříčí – 3. dubna 2004, Brno) byl český herec.

Život
V roce 1953 absolvoval herectví na JAMU v Brně. V letech 1953 až 1957 působil v divadlech v Novém Jičíně a Hradci Králové, poté byl až do roku 1960 členem Ústředního divadla československé armády na Vinohradech v Praze, v letech 1960 až 1969 hrál ve státním divadle v Brně. Od roku 1969 byl členem brněnského Divadla bratří Mrštíků.

Filmografie (výběr)

TV seriály
 Četnické humoresky (2000) – Novosad (epizodní role)

Filmy
 Babička (1940) – Jan
 Snadný život (1957) – Boris
 Zde jsou lvi (1958) – mladý lékař
 O medvědu Ondřejovi (1959) – myslivec Ondřej
 Krásná Luretta (1960) – Campistrel
 Osudná smyčka (1967) – MUDr. Štrunc

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Narození 17. října
Narození v roce 1931
Narození ve Valašském Meziříčí
Úmrtí v roce 2004
Absolventi Divadelní fakulty Janáčkovy akademie múzických umění
Úmrtí 3. dubna
Úmrtí v Brně

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We meant to post this earlier because this is the event that got the most positive reaction from our readers last year. Sorry, sorry, sorry.


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#Black Lives Matter – one year on
Dr Shaminder Takhar, Associate Professor of Sociology, Co-Lead Race, Gender and Sexualities Research Group and Chair of EquiNet
In January 2021, it was reported that the Black Lives Matter movement had been nominated for the 2021 Nobel peace prize citing its multiracial composition and its global reach to mobilise people calling for systemic change particularly with reference to racial injustice. The nomination came from the Norwegian Prime Minister who was criticised by right wing groups for backing a violent movement despite evidence showing that 93% of the #BLM demonstrations were peaceful. Simultaneously, former President Trump was nominated by Norwegian far right MP, Christian Tybring-Gjedde for improving relations between Israel and the UAE.
Since the protests of 2020, #BLM has now become synonymous with calls for systemic change across the globe. In the United States alone, the estimated number of people participating in demonstrations was between 15-26 million in the first few weeks after the killing of George Floyd by a police officer on 25 May 2020. The global reach of #BLM was felt in Britain through protests, and calls for the removal of statues, decolonising the curriculum and antiracism training. The UK government's response was the much criticised Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities which denied institutional racism and the rushing through of the notorious Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (2021) which imposes restrictions on public protests and a maximum penalty of ten years for criminal damage to a statue. The Black Lives Matter Report (November 2020) by Opinium showed that 66% of those aware of the #BLM movement believe the movement advocates that the lives of black people are of equal importance to other people's lives. However, it also shows that 55% of Conservative voters think the #BLM movement has increased racial tensions in the UK which chimes with Conservative ministers such as Sajid Javid who has called the movement 'neo-Marxist' and 'not a force for good'
In response to the poll findings, Adam Elliott-Cooper, a spokesman for BLM states, 'Black Lives Matter hasn't increased racial tension in the same way as the civil rights movement in the US didn't or the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa didn't […] but they might have made it more apparent and exposed what is there.' Kalwant Bhopal, author of White Privilege has commented that it had made some white people 'feel their privilege is being threatened and questioned.' So why are people so afraid of the Black Lives Matter movement when it has captured the attention of many as a vehicle for progress on race related issues and is it a movement for social change?
Is the #BLM a movement for change?
In the literature on social movements, there are many arguments regarding their purpose, boundaries and objectives. These movements are mostly associated with oppositional 'left wing' activism and contentious politics however, the same strategies have also been observed amongst right wing groups (McVeigh, 2020). The Black Lives Matter movement has been hailed as a new civil rights movement through demonstrations and social media use, bringing global attention to the deaths of black people at the hands of white police officers in the US. Described as a black liberation movement it is also concerned with issues of justice, dignity, freedom and inequality related to gender, disability and sexuality.
Despite describing social media as a platform for social justice gains, the Black Lives Matter movement has moved beyond 'hashtag activism' (Whang and Zhou, 2021) to use the hashtag as a tool to carry a message and sustain the attention of millions of people on the issue of racial inequality through visible protest. What a hashtag does is to challenge dominant understandings of power and privilege and creates a collective identity which is crucial for a social movement to open up a space for collective action because political agency is located in social actors. #BLM has displayed fluidity in the digital domain to an actual physical movement via social media. The online and offline spheres of #BLM are intertwined with protest being a necessary part. Social movements operate to bring about change, equality and justice usually through collective action. The trending worldwide of hashtag movements reflect interest in matters of racial injustice, sexual harassment and misogyny (#wearethe99percent #ReclaimTheStreets #MeToo) with people's involvement in such political matters challenging the perceived apathy or de-politicisation of societies and individuals by a neo-liberal agenda. #BLM has appealed to a cross section of society demonstrated by its multiracial composition against racism for example in the Euro 2020 football final, the racist abuse dealt by Hungarian supporters towards Black footballers and hostility towards taking the knee.
Yet the #BLM protests could not continue on the same scale indefinitely. The challenge posed by the movement was to do something about deep set racial inequality (albeit sometimes reluctantly), which has entered the psyche of people globally and it is something that governments have had to grapple with particularly in the context of populism and nationalism. We have witnessed a nationalist discourse clothed in populism across the globe in countries such as US, India, Hungary and Brazil (May et al, 2020). At the centre of this populism is the threat to the nation, national values and culture by 'others' such as migrants and sexual and religious minorities. British populism is spoken through the language of liberalism, British values and free speech with populist parties influencing political opinion and leaders arguing that they represent the unforgotten - usually white working class who have experienced unemployment, precarity and poverty. Mainstream parties have taken on an agenda usually associated with right wing politics and language which is difficult to argue against and poses another ideological battle.
However, it is important to recognise the capability of human political agency shown by protests against racism, climate change, sexual harassment, and misogyny because, as Angela Davis (2016:35) comments, 'we can[not] rely on governments, regardless of who is in power, to do the work that only mass movements can do'.
Bhopal, K. (2018) White Privilege: The myth of a post-racial society, Bristol: Policy Press.
Davis, Angela (2016) Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement, Chicago: Haymarket Books.
May, V; Byrne, B; Holmes, H; Takhar. S. (2020) 'Introduction', Special Issue, 'Nationalism's Futures', Sociology, 54(6): 1055-1071.


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Note: Post family headstone is engraved on reverse of Chase family headstone (Edward Post, Eugene Post and Sarah Post Chase were siblings).
Note: Chase family headstone is engraved on reverse of Post family headstone (Edward Post, Eugene Post and Sarah Post Chase were siblings).
Although Eugene's name is engraved on this headstone, there is no indication he is buried here. He may be buried in Marlborough, MA where he lived with his second wife in 1936.
Note: Post family headstone is engraved on reverse of Chase family headstone (Edward Post, Eugene Post and Sarah Post Chase were siblings). Although Eugene's name is engraved on this headstone, there is no indication he is buried here. He may be buried in Marlborough, MA where he lived with his second wife in 1936.


Mike Cico wrote a quick tour of your options for gathering server and application performance data from Oracle WebLogic Server which was published on otn.oracle.com.
The articel focuses on using WLDF to instrument an application and monitor its performance via the WLDF console.
If you want to start over with the WLDF for the first time, you could also have a first look at the introductional article by Rebecca Sly.
Mike Cico is a senior developer on the WebLogic Server Diagnostics Framework team with Oracle. When not doing that, he has been known to spend time with his family camping, bike riding, and skiing; when not doing those things, he's usually lifting weights down at his local gym.


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Pork Kidney Nutrition
White Peony Tea Health Benefits
How the Kidneys Work in Maintaining Blood Pressure
Aloe Juice & Kidney Stones
Can Cayenne Pepper Cause Liver Damage?
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At Healthfully, we strive to deliver objective content that is accurate and up-to-date. Our team periodically reviews articles in order to ensure content quality. The sources cited below consist of evidence from peer-reviewed journals, prominent medical organizations, academic associations, and government data.
"Archives of Toxicology"; Cytotoxicity of Capsaicin in Monkey Kidney Cells: Lack of Antagonistic Effects of Capsazepine and Ruthenium Red; Creppy EE, et al.; March 2000
"International Journal of Toxicology"; Final Report on The Safety Assessment of Capsicum Annuum Extract, Capsicum Annuum Fruit Extract, Capsicum Annuum Resin, Capsicum Annuum Fruit Powder, Capsicum Frutescens Fruit, Capsicum Frutescens Fruit Extract, Capsicum Frutescens Resin, and Capsaicin; September 2007
"The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry"; Renal Lesions in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats Maintained on Onion and Capsaicin Containing Diets; Babu PS, et al.; August 1999
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Can Cayenne Pepper Harm Kidneys?
Cayenne and Kidney Cells
Capsaicin, Onions and Renal Lesions
Overall Effect on Kidneys
Side Effects and Possible Interactions
Written by Joseph Pritchard
Your kidneys typically filter your blood as much as 400 times daily, KidsHealth.org reports 3. The renal artery takes blood to your kidneys for filtration. Aside from filtration, your kidneys are also responsible for balancing the level of fluids and minerals in your body. Cayenne pepper contains a substance called capsaicin that gives cayenne both its spicy flavor and medicinal qualities. Despite its purported medicinal qualities, cayenne has been associated with protein synthesis inhibition, according to a study published in a 2000 issue of "Archives of Toxicology."
Capsaicin inhibits protein synthesis in monkey kidney cells, according to a study featured in a 2000 issue of "Archives of Toxicology." The study involved the use of cultured monkey kidney cells and the capsaicin uptake and toxic effects were assessed over a period of 24 hours 1. The inhibitory effects of capsazepine, vanilloid receptor 1 and tyrosine on capsaicin were also examined. The results showed that tyrosine was able to prevent capsaicin from metabolized. However, tyrosine seemed to have little effect on capsaicin diffusion. Further research will help assess this effect on humans
Capsaicin inhibits protein synthesis in monkey kidney cells, according to a study featured in a 2000 issue of "Archives of Toxicology." The inhibitory effects of capsazepine, vanilloid receptor 1 and tyrosine on capsaicin were also examined.
Dietary capsaicin does not seem to have any favorable effects on renal disease caused by diabetes, according to a 1999 issue of "The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry." The study examined the effect of onion powder and capsaicin renal lesions in diabetic rats 4. Just 15 mg percent of capsaicin was added to the rats' diet for about 8 weeks. The results of the study seem to support the purported ameliorating effect of dietary onion on diabetic nephropathy, while also showing that capsaicin had no positive effect. This implies that capsaicin does not seem to damage your kidneys.
Dietary capsaicin does not seem to have any favorable effects on renal disease caused by diabetes, according to a 1999 issue of "The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry."
Rabbits fed a diet containing 5 percent red pepper did not show any kidney problems , according to a 2007 issue of "International Journal of Toxicolgy." The study involved rabbits and lasted up to 8 weeks. The study also examined the effect of capsaicin on other organs and systems of the body and found that capsaichin had beneficial effects on them. Research involving human test subjects is necessary to validate the finds of this study.
Capsaicin have been associated with stomach upset, kidney and liver damage as well as abdominal pain, the University of Maryland Medical Center explains. Capsaicin has been associated with increased stomach acidity as well as lowering the effect of ranitidine and other stomach acid reducers. Capsaicin also potentiates the effects of blood-thinning medications.
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The Health Benefits of Coriander Seeds
Black Pepper & the Heart
Sticky Urine & Diabetes
Black Pepper and Kidney Stones
KidsHealth.org; Your Kidneys; Laszlo Hopp; March 2009
Varghese S, Kubatka P, Rodrigo L, et al. Chili pepper as a body weight-loss food. Int J Food Sci Nutr. 2017;68(4):392-401. doi:10.1080/09637486.2016.1258044
Sharma SK, Vij AS, Sharma M. Mechanisms and clinical uses of capsaicin. Eur J Pharmacol. 2013;720(1-3):55-62. doi:10.1016/j.ejphar.2013.10.053
Whiting S, Derbyshire EJ, Tiwari B. Could capsaicinoids help to support weight management? A systematic review and meta-analysis of energy intake data. Appetite. 2014;73(1):183-8. doi:10.1016/j.appet.2013.11.005
Whiting, S, Derbyshire, E, Tiwari, BK. Capsaicinoids and capsinoids. A potential role for weight management? A systematic review of the evidence. Appetite. 2012;59(2):341-348. doi:10.1016/j.appet.2012.05.015
van Avesaat M, Troost FJ, Westerterp-Plantenga MS, et al. Capsaicin-induced satiety is associated with gastrointestinal distress but not with the release of satiety hormones. Am J Clin Nutr. 2016 Feb;103(2):305-13. doi:10.3945/ajcn.115.123414
Zsiborás C, Mátics R, Hegyi P, et al. Capsaicin and capsiate could be appropriate agents for treatment of obesity: A meta-analysis of human studies. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr. 2016 Dec 21:1-9. doi:10.1080/10408398.2016.1262324
Urbina SL, Roberts MD, Kephart WC, et al. Effects of twelve weeks of capsaicinoid supplementation on body composition, appetite and self-reported caloric intake in overweight individuals. Appetite. 2017 Jun 1;113:264-273. doi:10.1016/j.appet.2017.02.025
Pabalan N, Jarjanazi H, Ozcelik H. The impact of capsaicin intake on risk of developing gastric cancers: a meta-analysis. J Gastrointest Cancer. 2014;45(3):334-41. doi:10.1007/s12029-014-9610-2
Heck, AM, DeWitt, BA, Lukes, AL. Potential interactions between alternative therapies and warfarin. Am J Health-Sys Pharmacy. 2000;57(13):1221-1227. doi:10.1093/ajhp/57.13.1221
Sayin MR, Karabag T, Dogan SM, Akpinar I, Aydin M. A case of acute myocardial infarction due to the use of cayenne pepper pills. Wien Klin Wochenschr. 2012;124(7-8):285-7. doi:10.1007/s00508-012-0163-8
Joseph Pritchard graduated from Our Lady of Fatima Medical School with a medical degree. He has spent almost a decade studying humanity. Dr. Pritchard writes as a San Francisco biology expert for a prominent website and thoroughly enjoys sharing the knowledge he has accumulated.


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Replace the ".php" with ".mid" as follows.
This will play the music and not the movie. Stop the music playing. Next replace the ".mid" with the original ".php" and press Enter. The Flash movie will now play with music.
4. Sometimes you just have to close Internet Explorer and start a new session. In my experience when it gets really stubborn, I switch over to another browser e.g., Firefox. But not everyone has more than one browser installed, in which case you might just have to close all your Internet Explorer sessions and restart your PC.
If you are using the Firefox Internet Browser, you are probably missing the midi helper player that plays midi music. A midi player is not included in your Firefox download. I recommend that you install a compatible midi player that comes with Apple QuickTime. It is available at www.apple.com/quicktime/download/ Choose the version that does not come with iTunes.
1. The PC system resources has become low due to too many applications running or hasn't been restarted for many days. Sound is treated by Windows XP as a low priority resource. Restart the machine.
3. Go to your Windows Control Panel and click on "Sound and Audio Devices". Then click on "Device volume" "advanced". Make sure that "SW sythesizer" is not muted and volume is not set to zero. Actually, none of the volume settings should be muted.
4. Make sure that MIDI music playback is set to Microsoft GS Wavetable SW Synth or something supported by your PC. If necessary, see youtube video for further settings.
5. If you have previously in Internet Explorer 6 or higher set the browser not to play music, you can restore it by going to "Internet options", "advanced" tab and scroll to the multimedia section and set "play sounds..." to on.
The most likely cause of not getting movie is because the Flash player is absent in your Internet browser. You can download and install it from the Flash maker Macromedia. Click here to go there.


The retrospect project workshop was held at NUIG on October 3-4th. The objectives were to provide a short introduction to the project, followed by presentations of the work on analyzing cruise data and plans for further work and publications. The second day had presentations on the status of the modeling (assimilation and drift trajectories), and discuss how to bring in cruise results in future modeling efforts. The workshop was attended by Brian Ward (NUIG), Kai Christensen (Met.no, Oslo), Svein Sundy (IMR, Bergen), Sebastian Landwehr (NUIG), Anneke ten Doeschate (NUIG), Leonie Esters (NUIG), Brian Scanlon (NUIG), Kjersti Opstad Strand (IMR/UiB, Bergen), Johannes Röhrs (Met.no, Oslo), Ann Kristin Sperrevik (Met.no, Oslo), and Alfatih Ali (NERC, Bergen).


If market values sometimes crowd out attitudes and values worth caring about (such as the love of learning for its own sake), then market reasoning must answer to moral reasoning. Standard economic models assume that markets are inert, that they do not touch or taint the goods they exchange. But if buying and selling certain goods changes their meaning, then the case for markets cannot rest on efficiency considerations alone. It must also rest on a moral argument about how to value the goods in question.


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Hew, T. S., & Kadir, S. L. S. A. (2016). Predicting the acceptance of cloud-based virtual learning environment: The roles of self-determination and channel expansion theory. Telematics and Informatics, 33(4), 990-1013.
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Trust and Continuous Deployment of Cloud Computing: A Quantitative Analysis
Kunle Elebute1,
1Department of Computer Science, Software Development and Security, University of Maryland University College, Largo, USA
Journal of Computer Sciences and Applications. 2018, Vol. 6 No. 2, 69-74
DOI: 10.12691/jcsa-6-2-3
Copyright © 2018 Science and Education Publishing
Kunle Elebute. Trust and Continuous Deployment of Cloud Computing: A Quantitative Analysis. Journal of Computer Sciences and Applications. 2018; 6(2):69-74. doi: 10.12691/jcsa-6-2-3.
Correspondence to: Kunle Elebute, Department of Computer Science, Software Development and Security, University of Maryland University College, Largo, USA. Email: princekay123@gmail.com
In recent time, many studies have investigated the criteria that should guide a user when selecting a trustworthy cloud service provider. Similarly, factors influencing the user's decision to adopt cloud computing have been exhaustively discussed. However, it is still unclear if there is a correlation between a user's trust in the capability of a cloud provider and the user's decision to continuously deploy cloud computing. Using a multinomial logistic regression, this study analyzed responses from 176 information technology managers who were currently using cloud computing as at the time of the study. Results from the data analysis indicated a negative relationship between a user's trust in the capability of a cloud provider and the user's decision to continuously deploy cloud computing. Consequently, a cloud user who does not trust the capability of a cloud provider will be unwilling to continuously deploy cloud computing regardless of the benefits of the cloud platform. This study recommended a synergy between cloud users and cloud providers to bridge trust gaps and develop security plans and policies that will effectively tackle cyber-threats.
cloud computing, trust, cloud provider, security, cyber-threats, multinomial logistic regression, cloud deployment
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Q: Number of lines in a label and macOS In iOS we can control the number of lines in Storyboard > Attributes > Number of lines. We can put 0 to make an undetermined number and then the label adapts to the content.
Also programatically: label1.numberOfLines = 0
I do not see an equivalent in macOS. I can option enter manually in Storyboard, if I want to create a new line. But, that does not solve the problem if the text changes dynamically.
How can make multiple lines and let a label adapt to the content in macOS?

A: You can check the following properties in the Xcode interface builder:

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*Choose 'Wraps' from Layout

*Choose 'Character Wrap' (or Word Wrap) from Line Break

*Option 'Uses Single Line Mode' must be unchecked

Programatically (the key is to use the underlying cell of the NSTextField):
let textfield: NSTextField = NSTextField(wrappingLabelWithString: "This is a very long text that requires a line break.")
textfield.frame = NSRect(x: 0.0, y: 0.0, width: 128.0, height: 96.0)
(textfield.cell as? NSTextFieldCell)?.isEditable = false
(textfield.cell as? NSTextFieldCell)?.wraps = true
(textfield.cell as? NSTextFieldCell)?.usesSingleLineMode = false
(textfield.cell as? NSTextFieldCell)?.lineBreakMode = NSLineBreakMode.byWordWrapping

self.view.addSubview(textfield)

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Brush With Fate
A Mystery Hidden For Generations. A Truth That Will Finally Be Revealed.
Inspired by love, sold in desperation, bought in passion and stolen in greed: this priceless masterpiece has played a pivotal role in the lives of everyone who has owned it.
As he settles into his new job at an American prep school, an art teacher (Thomas Gibson) is approached by a reclusive historian Cornelia Engelbrecht (Glenn Close, Sarah, Plain and Tall) who believes he alone will appreciate a secret treasure she has long guarded-an unknown Vermeer painting. Although Richard is overwhelmed by its beauty, he doubts its authenticity. How could such a masterpiece be hidden for centuries?
Drawing upon a lifetime of singularly focused devotion to its history, Cornelia reveals the secrets behind the mystery of Girl In Hyacinth Blue. From the moment three centuries ago when an impoverished Dutch artist painted the beautiful image of his daughter seated at an open window, the legendary masterpiece has been admired, coveted and pursued by its owners-from impoverished farmers to a wealthy society woman (Ellen Burstyn). All forever entwined in its legacy and unknowing participants in its future.
Based on Susan Vreeland´s best-seller, Brush With Fate traces the history of a masterpiece that has changed many lives, but still has a greater secret yet to reveal.
Regissör: Brent Shields
Skådespelare: Ellen Burstyn, Glenn Close
Upplagd i sortimentet: 4 November, 2007


LOS ANGELES – July 5, 2018 – Global content leader Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF.A, LGF.B) and independent developer and publisher Apps Ministry have released a major Deploy and Destroy update to enable tournament play, powered by Amazon GameOn, a cross-platform, competitive gaming service. Deploy and Destroy is a real‐time multiplayer game featuring some of the world's biggest action franchises, including Ash vs Evil Dead and The Divergent Series. The game's new competitive mode levels the playing field for everyone by disabling auto-aim and bots while making weapons available from the get-go to characters eligible for each tournament.
"Deploy and Destroy is a competitive action spectacle at heart, and the feedback from our most passionate players helped create specific features that encourage and reward competition at its finest," said Peter Levin, President of Interactive Ventures, Games & Digital Strategy at Lionsgate.
Tournaments will run for a limited time in Deploy and Destroy, and players can compete in as many matches as they like during the time allotted. Points accumulate across all matches played within a given tournament, with special in-game rewards going to top finishers on the leaderboards. Tournaments currently support Deathmatch for up to eight players, though Team Deathmatch tournaments and other evolutions based on community feedback are planned down the road. Deploy and Destroy's debut tournament will focus specifically around the Ash vs Evil Dead IP.
Amazon GameOn, which powers Deploy and Destroy's competitive mode, is a cross-platform, competitive gaming service that allows developers to easily integrate competitions natively into their games on mobile, PC and console through a set of flexible APIs. With GameOn, developers can drive engagement, increase monetization, and bring more players in on the action. Learn more about GameOn here.
Beyond Deploy and Destroy, Lionsgate's strides into competitive gaming and esports are highlighted by its investment in the professional esports organization Immortals, which owns and operates the newly crowned Stage 4 champions of The Overwatch League™, the Los Angeles Valiant. Immortals also recently acquired the Counter-Strike team Made in Brazil alongside a series of new partnerships with Razer, PepsiCo, K-Swiss, Betway and Tinder, as well as their first-ever motion picture jersey sponsorship for Lionsgate's Uncle Drew feature film. In addition, Lionsgate is a partner on the mobile hit Power Rangers: Legacy Wars, the free-to-play, real-time multiplayer fighting game from developer nWay, which has been downloaded over 36 million times and was just showcased as part of Amazon's Mobile Masters tournament series.
Deploy and Destroy is free to download now on iOS and Android smartphones and tablets. For more information, visit www.deployanddestroy.com.


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Transforming food systems with an EbA approach for resilience
Ecosystem-based agriculture in Maharashtra, India. Photo: TMG Research gGmbH
The Covid-19 pandemic has shaken food systems around the globe. Lockdowns deprived millions of labourers and migrant workers of their livelihoods, and curtailed their ability to buy food. In some countries, informal food markets experienced temporary shutdowns. An estimated 130 million people may be affected by acute food insecurity related to Covid-19 impacts.
In addition to Covid-19, the climate crisis threatens food security. Climatic hazards such as prolonged droughts, floods, and storms, increase land degradation. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warns that we are likely to see a significant decline in the yields of major cereal crops by 2100 (ranging 20–45 per cent for maize, 5–50 per cent for wheat, and 20–30 per cent for rice), if greenhouse gases continue to be emitted at current rates.
Systemic responses to fragile food systems
The Covid-19 shock has revealed that there is a critical need to build resilient food systems that ensure food security while preserving the natural resource base in the long run. Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) is an example of such a systemic approach. By restoring and maintaining ecosystem services and biodiversity, EbA preserves the natural resource base, helps people adapt to climate change, and provides co-benefits such as food security.
Ecosystem-based agriculture in Guatemala and India
Research by TMG Research and partners, in the context of the Climate-SDG Integration Project and part of International Climate Initiative, investigated the link between food production and EbA in Guatemala and India.
Examples of community-based EbA initiatives include community-led seed banks for genetic crop diversity, promotion of agro-biodiversity, multi-layer farming, water and soil conservation, reforestation and agro-forestry, capacity building in ecosystem management, and direct payments to farmers for environmental conservation.
In Huehuetenango, Guatemala, EbA measures have led to a significant improvement in yields of staple food (79 per cent for maize, 62 per cent for potatoes, and 55 per cent for beans) over a period of ten years. Concurrently, annual food availability from subsistence farming increased from four to ten months, on average. During the Covid-19 related closure of informal food markets earlier this year, the improved agro-ecosystems provided farmers, especially vulnerable households, with a safety net.
Similar positive outcomes have been observed in Maharashtra, India, where the Watershed Organisation Trust has promoted ecosystem-based agriculture for over 25 years. Study participants observed steady increases in their household food availability, from an average of seven months in 2009, to around ten months in 2017. Investments in improved water management, as well as crop diversification made agricultural production systems in the semi-arid state more robust against storms, droughts, and external shocks such as Covid-19.
Enabling ecosystem-based adaptation for food security
These case studies demonstrate that an ecosystem-based approach to agriculture can contribute to building locally adapted and more resilient food systems. However, achieving the needed change, at sufficient scale, requires providing an enabling environment for farmers to invest in, and safeguard, resilient and productive agro-ecosystems.
TMG Research and partners are working towards the creation of enabling conditions for EbA through strategic alliances, and innovative ways of collaboration. In Guatemala, TMG Research together with WWF Mesoamerica and ADIMI, has set up a multi-stakeholder consortium of over 30 institutions with the joint vision of scaling EbA in Guatemala.
The work of the consortium includes, inter alia, mainstreaming EbA into existing policies; inter-institutional learning; strengthening monitoring systems; and developing financial mechanisms to support EbA action, (more information can be found here).
In India, the project implemented by TMG Research and WOTR focuses on developing an evidence-based, and demand-driven roadmap for mainstreaming EbA into sectoral policies and programmes. Entry points for integrating EbA into agriculture include promoting ecosystem-based approaches in watershed development, and governmental flagship programmes, such as the "Doubling Farmers Income" scheme.
Building back better — or forward
The impacts of Covid-19 pandemic, climatic risks, and accelerated ecological degradation, all highlight the need to address the agri-food-climate nexus. There are a number of opportunities, such as the Food Systems Summit to build momentum towards more integrated policies and programmes. However, ideas must be translated into actions that make sense for communities at the local level. After all, it is these communities who are at the frontline of the battle to build socio-economic and ecological resilience to the multiple crises of the 21st century.
Climate-SDGs Integration Project: Supporting the implementation of the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda through ecosystem-based adaptation
E-Mail: iki-secretariat(at)z-u-g.org
Follow the project on Twitter and participate in discussions on food security and Covid-19: https://twitter.com/CovidFoodFuture
Creating an enabling environment for upscaling Ecosystem-based adaptation
Building alliances for Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) in Guatemala
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The tour in Italy with the Ex & Brass Unbound started in Livorno on a warm summer night, after hearing the tragic news that Chalatchew Ashenafi had suddenly died in Addis the day before. This was a shock to everyone in the band, particularly Terrie Hessles, who had just seen Chalatchew two weeks earlier on a visit to Ethiopia, where the two discussed final details for a new album that Chelatchew was working on for Terrie's label, Terp. He had been in great health and spirits, and now he was gone. Without question, Chlatchew was the greatest singer I ever heard. One night when I was in Addis with most of the Ex, Paal Nilssen-Love and Ab Baars, a number of us heard him sing an impromptu set at Melaku Belay club, Fendika. All evening, various performers at the club asked him to sing, and one after another they were rejected with a scowl. This continued until about 2:30am, the mooring of the coming of Gabriel, an major religious holiday in Ethiopia.
Then, quite suddenly and surprisingly, Chalatchew asked for a masenko and began the greatest concert of vocal music I've ever listened to. Often an Azmari playing the masenko and singing is accompanied by a drummer, but in this case every musician in the room was silent to give Chalatchew center stage. There were only about 20 of us there at that point. Aside from the few folks visiting with Terrie's project everyone was Ethiopian. Song after song came, his masenko playing was extraordinary, the best I heard while in Addis. And his voice, it cut to your heart, deep into the collective past your soul never knew it had. The experience was passionate, joyous, incredible, and even though I understood none of the words I was so captivated I feel like part of me is still in that room listening. Then, after a full range of different songs, Chalatchew sang a hymn- just his voice alone in the space of the Fendika. Before he was finished everyone in the room was in tears. It was the most powerful music I've ever heard. When I heard that Chalatchew Ashenafi had died I felt as I did when I heard that Peter Kowald had passed, it was impossible to process that someone with so much vitality and so young could be gone so early.


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Jean May Campbell (20 May 1901 – 10 December 1984) was an Australian novelist and literary personality.

Early life
Campbell was born in Melbourne on 20 May 1901, the daughter of Louise (née Bollinger) and John McNeil Campbell. Her father, born in Scotland, worked as a bank manager. She attended Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne, where she led the debating team and was editor of the school magazine. Campbell briefly attended the University of Melbourne on a non-degree course. She became a licentiate of the Trinity College of Music and worked as an elocution instructor.

Career
Campbell's unpublished first novel Plato the Impossible was written while she was a student, for a contest run by C. J. De Garis. In 1933, her work Brass & Cymbals was published by Hutchinson, studying "the strains experienced by a Jewish immigrant family in Melbourne". Hutchinson published four further novels – Lest We Lose Our Edens (1935), Greek Key Pattern (1935), The Red Sweet Wine (1937), and The Babe Wise (1939) – which shared in common an urban setting and ethnically diverse characters. Campbell was a prominent literary personality, making frequent appearances in newspapers and magazines. She had her portrait painted by her friend Lina Bryans.

During World War II, Campbell was employed as a censorship officer in the Department of Defence and Department of Information. She wrote fourteen anonymous pulp fiction romances between 1943 and 1945, which were published by the New Century Press in Sydney. She was awarded a Commonwealth Literary Fund fellowship in 1947 to a write a novel about "a neglected Melbourne adolescent boy", however the work – titled Runt – was never published.

Campbell was state president of the Fellowship of Australian Writers from 1954 to 1955 and was also secretary of the Melbourne Little Theatre. In 1955 she helped organise a book week for the inaugural Moomba Festival, together with Andrew Fabinyi and Lina Bryans. In her later years, Campbell appeared in a number of art films, including three by Paul Cox. She narrated his short documentary We Are All Alone My Dear (1975) about life in her retirement village.

Personal life
In 1921, Campbell became the mistress of John Rose Gorton, a businessman whose son John Grey Gorton became prime minister of Australia. She lived intermittently with him at his Mystic Park estate until his death in 1936. She died in St Kilda East, Victoria, on 10 December 1984, aged 83.

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1901 births
1984 deaths
Writers from Melbourne
Australian people of Scottish descent
People educated at the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne
Australian women novelists


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Kew Bridge railway station
Kew Bridge
Kew Bridge station with platform shelters
Location of Kew Bridge in Greater London
Brentford/Gunnersbury
London Borough of Hounslow
Fare zone
National Rail annual entry and exit
1.181 million[1]
51°29′22″N 0°17′16″W / 51.4895°N 0.2878°W / 51.4895; -0.2878Coordinates: 51°29′22″N 0°17′16″W / 51.4895°N 0.2878°W / 51.4895; -0.2878
London transport portal
For the adjacent North & South Western Junction Railway station, see Kew railway station (England).
Kew Bridge railway station is a railway station in Brentford and Gunnersbury, in the London Borough of Hounslow, and is in Travelcard Zone 3. The station and all trains serving it are operated by South Western Railway. The station was named after the nearby Kew Bridge.
2 Present
3 Local attractions
4 Proposals
Kew Bridge station building, current entrance to the right.
The station was opened in 1849 by the London and South Western Railway (LSWR). The starting category (Grade II) listed large station building, designed by Sir William Tite,[2] is now a coffee shop.[2] The North & South Western Junction Railway in a spirit of affording LSWR access to Fenchurch Street operated its admittedly rival 'Kew' station (1853-1866) on the western curve. From 1862 the companies cooperated: the junction railway company building additional Kew Bridge platforms (closed 1940), the LSWR having constructed the eastern curve itself.
Present[edit]
The station, on the Hounslow Loop Line, is on the southern and eastern curves of the Kew Bridge railway triangle, although the eastern curve platforms are abandoned. The station building was extensively refurbished in June 2013, with the platforms reached by a side walkway.
The station has 2 active platforms and 2 disused platforms:
Platform 2: Trains to Brentford, Hounslow and Weybridge
Platform 1: Trains to Chiswick, Barnes, Clapham Junction and London Waterloo
Platform 3: Currently disused, served trains via South Acton
Platform 4: Currently disused, served trains from South Acton continuing via Chiswick.
There are currently no passenger services on the eastern and western curves,[3][4] but both have been proposed by the London Borough of Hounslow for Crossrail and also for Zone 3 Overground Orbirail.[5] The football stadium redevelopment plan includes space for additional platforms on the other curves.
On 20 April 2019, emergency services were called after a 19 year old teenager was found dead on the tracks close to the station.[6]
Local attractions[edit]
Britain's largest foldable cycle manufacturer, Brompton Bicycle, is based behind the station, along the northeast edge of the railway triangle. Nearby attractions include the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the London Museum of Water & Steam and the Musical Museum, Brentford.
Proposals[edit]
Hounslow Council proposed that Crossrail services from the east have the option of terminating at Hounslow as well as Reading by a mix of existing line and new connections.[7] This proposal was rejected.
Other plans have been drafted and floated to Network Rail for reinstatement of track on the curves and direct services for Brentford Football Club's development of its Lionel Road stadium.[citation needed]
The footbridge viewed from platform 1. Note the large space under the footbridge on platform 2.
The view back from the footbridge.
The view to New Kew junction from platform 1.
This subway goes under Chiswick High Rd. It is unknown why it was built
This is the subway under Lionel Rd. to abandoned platform 3.
The abandoned platforms 3 & 4.
The ramp down to abandoned platform 4.
Service[edit]
The typical off-peak weekday service in trains per hour is
6 to London Waterloo of which
4 run direct via Putney and
2 run circuitously via Brentford
2 to Weybridge.
On Sundays there is one train per hour in each direction between Waterloo and Woking via Feltham and one train per hour in each direction between Waterloo and Twickenham, Kingston, Wimbledon and Waterloo via Hounslow.
Chiswick South Western Railway
Hounslow Loop Line Brentford
Connections[edit]
London Buses routes 237, 267 and 391 and night route N9 serve the station.
Kew Gardens station (London)
^ a b c d e "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
^ a b Historic England. "Kew Bridge Station, Kew Bridge Road (1260672)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
^ loveplums page on Kew Bridge station
^ London's Abandoned Tube Stations: Kew Bridge
^ Truelove, Sam. "Teenager found dead on train tracks in Chiswick". MyLondon News. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
^ Corridor 7: Crossrail to Hounslow Archived 14 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kew Bridge railway station.
Train times and station information for Kew Bridge railway station from National Rail
South Western Railway routes
Main line routes serving this station
Suburban and non-main line routes serving this station
Hounslow Loop Line
& Chertsey or
Weybridge branch line
Queenstown Road
Barnes Bridge
Syon Lane
Whitton
St Margarets
North Sheen
Mortlake
Ashford (Surrey)
Byfleet & New Haw
Island Line routes serving this station
South Western Railway - Island Line - National Rail - Southern - CrossCountry - Great Western Railway
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kew_Bridge_railway_station&oldid=903013528"
Rail transport stations in London fare zone 3
DfT Category F1 stations
Brentford, London
Railway stations in the London Borough of Hounslow
Railway stations closed in 1940
Grade II listed buildings in the London Borough of Hounslow
William Tite railway stations
1940 disestablishments in England
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Tim Burton Quotes
Who is Tim Burton?
Tim Burton is an American film director known for his imaginative movies. Burton often casts Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Helena Bonham Carter.
Some of Tim Burton's most famous movies are Edward Scissorhands, Batman, Ed Wood, Sleep Hollow and Big Fish.
Best 21 Quotes by Tim Burton
"Adults forget that kids are their own best censors."
"Anybody with artistic ambitions is always trying to reconnect with the way they saw things as a child."
"Don't worry about how you 'should' draw it. Just draw it the way you see it."
"Everything in this room is edible. Even I'm edible. But, that would be called canibalism. It is looked down upon in most societies."
"For me, fantasy has always been a means of exploring reality: it explores the fact that your internal life, your dreams and the weird images and the things that come to you are things that are actually important tools for dealing with real issues."
"I like the challenge of doing things you know that you maybe shouldn't do."
"I try not to go back in retrospect and say oh, I shouldn't have done this or shouldn't have done that. You make your decisions and you live by them."
"I wouldn't know a good script if it bit me in the face."
"I've always been misrepresented. You know, I could dress in a clown costume and laugh with the happy people but they'd still say I'm a dark personality."
"I've found that the people who play villains are the nicest people in the world and people who play heroes are jerks."
"In life people ignore the strange and unusual. I myself, am strange and unusual."
"Johnny Depp is somebody I really love working with because he doesn't care how he looks. He wants to become weird characters and I like that."
"Maybe it's just in America, but it seems that if you're passionate about something, it freaks people out. You're considered bizarre or eccentric. To me, it just means you know who you are."
"Movies are like an expensive form of therapy for me."
"One person's craziness is another person's reality."
"People told me I couldn't kill Nicholson, so I cast him in two roles and killed him off twice."
"My cow is not pretty, but it is pretty to me."
More quotes by David Lynch
"Visions are worth fighting for. Why spend your life making someone else's dreams?"
"We all know interspecies romance is weird."
"When I was a kid I always wanted to be a mad scientist. I don't know... a regular scientist just was no one."
"When you don't have many friends and you don't have a social life you're kind of left looking at things, not doing things. There's a weird freedom in not having people treat you like you're part of society or where you have to fulfill social relationships."
"You can learn a lot from children because they see things new every day. That's the beauty of what you want to achieve as an artist - seeing things in a different way. Kids are constantly saying things that are funny and surprising and their observations are just... you know, they're like little artists themselves."
Kevin Samuels
Henny Youngman


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module AfterCommit
  module ConnectionAdapters
    def self.included(base)
      base.class_eval do
        # The commit_db_transaction method gets called when the outermost
        # transaction finishes and everything inside commits. We want to
        # override it so that after this happens, any records that were saved
        # or destroyed within this transaction now get their after_commit
        # callback fired.
        def commit_db_transaction_with_callback
          increment_transaction_pointer
          committed = false
          result    = nil
          begin
            trigger_before_commit_callbacks
            trigger_before_commit_on_create_callbacks
            trigger_before_commit_on_update_callbacks
            trigger_before_commit_on_destroy_callbacks

            result = commit_db_transaction_without_callback
            committed = true

            trigger_after_commit_callbacks
            trigger_after_commit_on_create_callbacks
            trigger_after_commit_on_update_callbacks
            trigger_after_commit_on_destroy_callbacks
            result
          rescue
            committed ? result : rollback_db_transaction
          ensure
            AfterCommit.cleanup(self)
            decrement_transaction_pointer
          end
        end
        alias_method_chain :commit_db_transaction, :callback

        # In the event the transaction fails and rolls back, nothing inside
        # should recieve the after_commit callback, but do fire the after_rollback
        # callback for each record that failed to be committed.
        def rollback_db_transaction_with_callback
          begin
            result = nil
            trigger_before_rollback_callbacks
            result = rollback_db_transaction_without_callback
            trigger_after_rollback_callbacks
            result
          ensure
            AfterCommit.cleanup(self)
          end
        end
        alias_method_chain :rollback_db_transaction, :callback

        def unique_transaction_key
          [object_id, transaction_pointer]
        end

        def old_transaction_key
          [object_id, transaction_pointer - 1]
        end

        protected

        def trigger_before_commit_callbacks
          AfterCommit.records(self).each do |record|
            record.send :callback, :before_commit
          end
        end

        def trigger_before_commit_on_create_callbacks
          AfterCommit.created_records(self).each do |record|
            record.send :callback, :before_commit_on_create
          end
        end

        def trigger_before_commit_on_update_callbacks
          AfterCommit.updated_records(self).each do |record|
            record.send :callback, :before_commit_on_update
          end
        end

        def trigger_before_commit_on_destroy_callbacks
          AfterCommit.destroyed_records(self).each do |record|
            record.send :callback, :before_commit_on_destroy
          end
        end

        def trigger_before_rollback_callbacks
          AfterCommit.records(self).each do |record|
            begin
              record.send :callback, :before_rollback
            rescue
              #
            end
          end
        end

        def trigger_after_commit_callbacks
          # Trigger the after_commit callback for each of the committed
          # records.
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            begin
              record.send :callback, :after_commit
            rescue
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            end
          end
        end

        def trigger_after_commit_on_create_callbacks
          # Trigger the after_commit_on_create callback for each of the committed
          # records.
          AfterCommit.created_records(self).each do |record|
            begin
              record.send :callback, :after_commit_on_create
            rescue
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            end
          end
        end

        def trigger_after_commit_on_update_callbacks
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          # records.
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            begin
              record.send :callback, :after_commit_on_update
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              #
            end
          end
        end

        def trigger_after_commit_on_destroy_callbacks
          # Trigger the after_commit_on_destroy callback for each of the committed
          # records.
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            begin
              record.send :callback, :after_commit_on_destroy
            rescue
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            end
          end
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        def trigger_after_rollback_callbacks
          # Trigger the after_rollback callback for each of the committed
          # records.
          AfterCommit.records(self).each do |record|
            begin
              record.send :callback, :after_rollback
            rescue
            end
          end
        end

        def transaction_pointer
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        end

        def increment_transaction_pointer
          Thread.current[:after_commit_pointer] ||= 0
          Thread.current[:after_commit_pointer] += 1
        end

        def decrement_transaction_pointer
          Thread.current[:after_commit_pointer] ||= 0
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        end
      end
    end
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The Superior Court of Stanislaus County is dedicated to ensuring access to court services for persons with Limited English Proficiency (LEP).
Interpreters do not help parties fill out or file court forms.
If you need the services of an interpreter, you may obtain a copy of the Request for Interpreter (INT-300) form here, or by visiting any of the Superior Court Clerk's offices.
Return the completed and signed form to the appropriate Clerk's office or email the same to InterpreterAccess@stanct.org 30 days prior to your court date.
The Court attempts to meet every request for an interpreter. You will be notified if the Court is not able to meet your request.
The Judicial Council website: http://www.courts.ca.gov/7996.htm has information about the Court Interpreter Program (CIP) and how to become a court interpreter.
For complaints about services at your local court related to staff, court interpreters, or local translations, please print and submit the Language Access Complaint form in English or Spanish via email to InterpreterAccess@stanct.org , at the address listed at the top of this page, or at the appropriate clerk's office location.
The Court takes all complaints about language access very seriously and will address the concerns in an appropriate manner. Please be aware that the Language Access Representative does not have the authority to change or modify any decision made by a judicial officer and that review of the complaint does not, in any way, affect or extend any applicable deadlines or procedural requirements such as filing motions, appeals, modifications, etc.


Global Scholars Academy | This Durham charter made a huge gain in student proficiency. How did it happen?
Home News This Durham charter made a huge gain in student proficiency. How did it happen?
DURHAM - Hard work, dedication, prayer.
That's how Jason Jowers, head of school at Global Scholars Academy, a Durham charter school, described the effort that netted a 17- percentage point gain on end-of-grade tests at the K-8 school on Dowd Street.
Global Scholars' students increased the school's proficiency score from 36 percent on the 2015-16 test to a 52.8 percent passing rate on the most recent round of state tests.
"That was unacceptable," Jowers said of the 36 percent proficiency rating and the "D" letter grade the school received last year.
When he arrived at Global Scholars in the summer of 2016 after stepping away from a principalship at Fayetteville Street Elementary School, Jowers set a goal of a 20 percentage point increase in proficiency among the school's 215 students, and would have made it, he said, but for the fact the school's eighth-graders underperformed on the state tests.
Jowers has set a goal to increase proficiency by an additional 20 percentage points this year.
"That's the goal for us and everybody understands that's where we've got to be this year," Jowers said.
Jowers credits becoming more intentional about instruction, increasing professional development opportunities for teachers and parental buy-in for improvement on state tests.
"We've spent a lot of time on professional development and just figuring out what's going to work for our school," said Jowers, explaining that a "one-size-fits-all" approach to education simply does not work.
He also said the freedom allowed charter schools, which are public schools but are free of some of the red tape and rules that burden traditional public schools, has allowed him, for example, to explore new reading and math programs that are working for students at Global Scholars.
"I have the freedom to try just about anything just so long as it fits into the parameter of our charter," Jowers said.
He said being a small school with only 215 students and only one class per grade has also helped, because he's able to visit every class daily.
Jowers, a former Durham Public Schools Teacher of the Year and the 2015 N.C. Assistant Principal of the Year, was a DPS rising star when he left Fayetteville Street Elementary just weeks before the start of the 2016-17 school year to lead Global Scholars.
The decision to leave garnered attention when he took several teachers with him, leaving DPS scrambling to fill a leadership void and restock the teaching corps at Fayetteville Street.
At the time, Jowers said it was tough to pass up an opportunity to have more freedom and flexibility to educate children in a low-performing school using the kinds of creative approaches he believes will make a difference.
James Johnson Jr., who co-founded Global Scholars with Kenneth Hammond, pastor at Union Baptist Church, said he felt "joy and elation" after learning about the school's gains on state tests.
Johnson said the climate at Global Scholars has changed dramatically since Jowers' arrival. He said student learning has accelerated and Jowers has set high expectations.
Johnson said the year-round school doesn't close during intercession and students who are struggling academically are expected to attend remedial programs designed to help them catch up.
"If a kid is not performing, we reach out to parents and tell them that the child needs to be here," Johnson.
As a college professor at UNC, Johnson said he sees the best and brightest students North Carolina and the rest of the world have to offer.
Darius Bannerman, the parent of a Global Scholars eighth-grader, said he first started hearing about possible double-digit gains on the state test while attending meetings of the school's Board of Directors.
Bannerman attributed some of the success to the school's extended-day program where students who are struggling in a subject can get the extra help they need and also take enrichment classes such as culinary arts and chess.
But he said the high expectations set by Jowers are key and infectious.
"Because his expectations are high, it raises the expectations of the kids," Bannerman said.


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Q: Google App Engine | domain name mapping | Go Daddy domain name Right now I have no ahost records set in Godaddy. I read something
that said I should set it to 64.202.189.170, but I think that's for the
case of domain name forwarding, NOT mapping, and that's not what I
want.
I already added my domain name to GAE and confirmed my ownership of
the domain name.
I also already added www to GAE and added a cname record of www
pointing to ghs.google.com.
Then I tried access www.mydomain.com but it keeps forwarding to
myappname.appspot.com.
Does anyone have any suggestions about what to do other than wait 48
hours? Should I have an ahost record set? If so what should I set it
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PS: I read over this Q&A, https://stackoverflow.com/questions/817809/how-to-use-google-app-engine-with-my-own-domain-not-subdomain.

A: You should not set A records to static IPs for App Engine. Set a CNAME for the 'www' subdomain to ghs.google.com, as you say you have, ensure everything is configured correctly in Google Apps, and give it 24 hours or so to make sure everything's propagated. If you want the 'naked' domain to redirect to the www domain, use Godaddy's redirection features to achieve this.


AMIS (The Association for Music in International Schools) is a music organization that strives to bring talented music students from international schools together as an orchestra and band after a rigorous audition process. After the first Honor Band Festival in 1975 in London and the first Honor Orchestra Festival in 1990, the first combination of Honor Band and Honor Orchestra into a Symphony Orchestra was held in 2015 at Singapore American School.
In French, the world "AMIS" means "Friends". Photo credits: AMIS organization.
For as long as SAS can remember, music students have been participating in AMIS since 2012. This year, however, for the first time since 2012, there was a slight deviation to the AMIS schedule: because the dates for the High School Honor Band and Orchestra Festival (originally supposed to be held during March) was pushed forward slightly to February 13-16, the festival overlapped with SAS' interim semester– also held in the second to third week of February).
The 2019 High School AMIS was held in Salzburg, Austria, and since it was scheduled to be a month earlier than normal, SAS' participation in AMIS was initially expected to be cancelled. After months of debate, discussion, and organization with the SAS music department and the head of interim semester, Mr. Dan Skimin, the process with this issue went originally from 1) cancelling SAS' participation 2) Students can go but must be enrolled in a Singapore interim and finally 3) offering a one time AMIS/Interim combined experience in Salzburg and Vienna.
After two rounds of competitive auditions, 13 strings students and 11 band students were selected to be part of the festival. Students Jiwoo Bae, Chris Kang, Brenda Lee, Jessie Ku, Derek Han, Sangitha Aiyer, Eric Choi, and Brandon Zhou played in the Symphony Orchestra; students Diana Yuan, Yoon Kang, Chris Kye, Edward Tang, YJ Eum, Ernest Wang, and Elizabeth Colwell played for the Band; last but not least, students Patricia Sutanto, Evelyn Zhang, Brianna Grant, Jonathan Wang played for Strings.
As soon as the AMIS festival ended, our interim trip began: our tour of the city included going to Mozart and Beethoven's birthplaces, salt-mines, tobogganing, watching Swan Lake, etc. With all these experiences noted, there are multiple reasons why this Interim should continue to exist in the future.
Often times, the art of music is discounted; rarely do people realize the importance of music and its fascinating history behind it. As this trip was a music trip, we were able to gain an immense knowledge about the history of world-renowned musicians like Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, etc… This trip helped us not only learn about the inspiration and story behind each orchestra and band piece we played, but helped us encounter the importance of valuing music as well.
By no doubt, Austria is one of everyone's top travel destinations. The Fortress Hohensalzburg, the Mirabell Palace, Cathedral, and simply the birthplace of Mozart itself make the experience completely majestic and life-changing. It is definitely a sight and experience that can never be seen in places like Southeast Asia, and any other interim trips. The Austrian atmosphere, culture, and traditions are indeed a valuable experience to gain when travelling to Europe.


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Guest: Trevor Erlacher on Ukrainian Nationalism in the Age of Extremes: An Intellectual Biography of Dmytro Dontsov published by Harvard University Press.
Belarus Protests in Pittsburgh
I attended a Belarus solidarity rally in Pittsburgh. Here's what some of the protesters told me.
Russian Other, American Other
Guests: Dina Fainberg and Victoria Zhuravleva on the history of Russian and American mutual perceptions.
Putin Kitsch in America
Guest: Alison Rowley on Putin Kitsch in America published by McGill-Queen's University Press.
Perestroika
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Roundtable discussion marking the 30th anniversary of the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe. Participants include Timothy Garton Ash, Bridget Kendall, and Jens Reich.
Perestroika and Punk Rock
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The Mitki Art Collective
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Searching for Postcommunist Sincerity
Guest: Ellen Rutten on Sincerity after Communism: A Cultural History.
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Perestroika and the Chinese Model
Guest: Chris Miller on The Struggle to Save the Soviet Economy: Mikhail Gorbachev and the Collapse of the USSR.


Individual grades in the gradebook are only showing as points. I would like these to be percentages. However, it looks like the only way to view percentages is through SpeedGrader or the final grade column. How can the gradebook column be adjusted to show percentages?
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Are Online Sexual Harassment Prevention Courses the Answer?
As organizations scramble to respond to rising concerns about sexual harassment, online sexual harassment prevention training courses are gaining traction. But do these courses, typically comprised of a series of slides and a few quizzes, actually have an impact on reducing sexual harassment, and if so, should both male and female employees be asked to complete the same course?
Typical Online Sexual Harassment Prevention Courses
On average, online sexual harassment prevention courses are a one-time offering comprised of 50 to 100 slides that can be completed in approximately 45 minutes to one hour. While these courses do often effectively share information about an organization's polices on sexual harassment and may offer scenario training, they tend to be geared to a general rather than specific audience. A senior-level male manager, however, may require a very different course than a young female receptionist. Also, these one-size-fits-all courses tend to focus on typical rather than more nuanced and more complex situations. This may be due to the fact that they often fail to account for specific organizational situations. After all, how sexual harassment is experienced and reported at a college or university will likely differ significantly from the way such behaviors are experienced and reported in a large finance institution. Other factors, such as the scale of an organization (for example, a family business versus large enterprise) may also impact both the nature of the harassment and reporting practices.
The Downside of Sexual Harassment Training
If online sexual harassment prevention training is not necessarily the answer, the real issue may not be the format but rather the curriculum. A 2017 study carried out by the Association for Talent Development found that 71% of organizations now offer some form of anti-sexual harassment training. However, as Dr. Eden King, an associate professor at Rice University, recently told Time, because so many of these courses focus on compliance, they frequently fail to address the real problem: "Learning about a law may not actually change anybody's behavior. It's really the behavior or the culture that we want to change."
More disturbing, however, are the findings of a recent study published in the Harvard Business Review. Men who are found likely to harass women reportedly leave trainings certain that harassment is not an issue. Indeed, as Frank Dobbin and Alexandra Kalex explain: "At the organizational level, our latest (unpublished) research shows that anti-harassment training for managers does lead to increases in women in both management and nonmanagement roles." However, they add, "At the individual level, findings are mixed. Though most people who undergo training are better able to define and recognize harassment and to intervene, that's not true of everyone. Men who score high on a psychological scale for likelihood to harass women come out of training with significantly worse attitudes toward harassment, thinking it is no big deal. The received wisdom is that you have to get the worst offenders in the room for training. But it turns out that can aggravate the problem."
Reevaluating the Solutions
If men prone to harassment frequently use anti-sexual harassment training to simply become better at justifying or hiding their behavior, should such trainings be gender specific? This is a controversial topic. What's clear is that targeted training is certainly easier online than in person. But increasingly, there is reason to believe that training, online or off, is not a stand-alone answer. The real issue is power and leaderships.
Organizations are hierarchies and empirical studies suggest that the more power one has, the more likely one is to abuse it. There is also substantial evidence that sexual harassment is more likely to occur when leaders knowingly condone the behavior by tolerating it. When someone is put on leave with pay after a sexual harassment accusation, for example, the organization and leader are endorsing the accused employee's behavior. As such, while training may play a role, solid leadership may ultimately prove more effective.
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Farron takes action to save the swim
Following today's news that the Great North Swim has been cancelled, South Lakes MP Tim Farron has been in discussions with the Chief Executive of the National Park Authority and the Area Management Team of the Environment Agency to try and find a way forward - including, hopefully, rescheduling the swim in the next few weeks.
The Great North Swim was due to take place on Saturday and Sunday, but the organisers told competitors in text messages that it had been postponed.
Tim commented, "The planners of this major Lakes event really needed to have a Plan B. I run in fell races many weekends and when the weather is awful or nature gets in the way the organisers change the route or their plans - they adapt. Nature has got in the way of the Great North Swim and now the event is off - but we do have so many other lakes that the event could have been switched to with a bit of prior planning.
"I have spoken today with the National Park Authority and the Environment Agency and it's clear that there could have been a Plan B - including perhaps switching the event to another part of Windermere! I am now working hard to make sure the event does take place and that people know that the South Lakes is open for businesses this weekend - with Mintfest and the lovely weather it will be a brilliant place to spend a day or two.
"In my conversations with the National Park Authority and the Environment Agency I have also pressed the point that, while the appearance of blue-green algae is both natural and normal, they should continue to do all they can to reduce such occurrences - although I recognise that action taken now will take at least two decades to take effect given the science behind the algae's appearance."


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Game Not Over: The Future of Games Design
Gaming is one of the largest grossing industries in the world, totalling an incredible £2.4 billion in the UK alone in 2021. Over the last decade, it would appear that gaming has become an intrinsic part of our daily lives, with now over 3 billion people professing to be 'Gamers' worldwide.
At the Hugh Baird University Centre, we like to think we have our finger on the pulse of emerging trends and are at the forefront of creating interesting and exciting career paths for our students. This is no truer than when speaking about our courses in Games Design.
Our courses are perfect for anyone trying to break in to the gaming industry. The course will cover the conceptual, visual and digital development of games and will be given an industry perspective that will equip you to seek employment in the sector.
As part of the course, you will be actively encouraged to 'play', to question the nature of games/computer games and express the ideas you formulate through your personal project work. The course provides a strong visual and creative base, supported by digital modelling, set within a professional framework for the development of games concepts.
As your skills develop, you will work on individual and collaborative projects, which may include live briefs from the games industry. These projects will allow you to explore every aspect of games design and develop your own personal practice. Lectures, demonstrations, portfolio building and independent study will help to develop the necessary skills to become a successful games designer, whilst guest speakers will enhance your insight and industry knowledge. You will develop key employability skills such as communication, time management, team work, working to deadlines and meeting demand. Key industry led standards will underpin best practice and draw out portfolio skills to showcase your work.
Walking into the Games Design classroom is initially fairly daunting; lots of computers, lots of headphones and lots of technical equipment. However, the course lead, Dora Alexandrova, meets everyone with a smile and an infectiously positive nature and suddenly you can't help but feel at ease.
Dora has been the driving force behind the course and its popularity over the last few years. Coming from a fine art background, she has been able to put her own spin on the digital art aspect of the course.
My favourite part of the course is being able to teach in small groups, which allows for the one-to-one experience with the students to enhance their abilities and strengthen their skills. I get to know my learners quickly and that bond is key to helping them be their best.
When speaking to Dora, she inferenced the amazing array of job roles that could come after the course.
The career paths are great. If students don't go on to do a Master's degree, they are equipped enough to become a games designer, texture artist, digital painter, character designer, 3D modeller or games tester.
This year, Dora worked hard to create a partnership with Skyhook Games, a creative production house based in Liverpool who deliver game art to companies worldwide. The partnership comes at great time for the current students, giving them real-life insight into the type of company they might work for in the future. Skyhook gave the students a live brief, which encouraged the students to think about time management when creating product for a client.
Students on the FdA and BA courses are currently preparing for the upcoming degree show taking place from the 19th-25th May in the Hugh Baird University Centre. They will be showcasing their very own game, which they have designed and built, and allowing guests and the public to come and give it a go.
Everyone is really excited for the show.
Dora added:
It's going to be a real chance to show everyone the fantastic work the students have done and what can be achieved as part of this course.
When asked what her top tips were from prospective Games Design students, Dora said:
Enjoy what you are creating, don't be afraid to work hard and put real effort into the work you are producing. Applying yourself properly to the course will set you up for the future.
Whichever you look at it, Gaming and therefore Game Design really does appear to be the future; and from the look of the work that is being produced by our students, its game, set and match to the Hugh Baird University Centre.
Interested in studying Games Design?
There is still time to apply for a September start. Tap here to find out more.
Tap on the links below to view footage of work by Hugh Baird University Centre Games Design students:
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The Bacigalupi Zinfandel exudes the purest expression of the varietal. A fruit bowl of red, blue, and black fruit aromas abounds with hints of anise and cracked pepper. Polished and bold, the palate strikes a nice balance of acid, tannin, and fruit to offer a wine with harmoniously balanced.
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Williams Selyem Winery began as a simple dream of two friends, Ed Selyem and Burt Williams, who pursued weekend winemaking as a hobby in 1979 in a garage in Forestville, California, and made their first commercial vintage in 1981. In less than two decades, Burt and Ed created a cult-status winery of international acclaim. Together they set a new standard for Pinot Noir winemaking in the United States, aligning Sonoma County's Russian River Valley in the firmament of the best winegrowing regions of the world. Today John and Kathe Dyson, who purchased the winery from Burt and Ed in 1998, carry on the passion for Pinot Noir winemaking without compromise. As for the wines... they just keep getting better and better.
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A standout region for its decidedly Californian take on Burgundian varieties, the Russian River Valley is named for the eponymous river that flows through it. While there are warm pockets of the AVA, it is mostly a cool-climate growing region thanks to breezes and fog from the nearby Pacific Ocean.
Chardonnay and Pinot Noir reign supreme in Russian River, with the best examples demonstrating a unique combination of richness and restraint. The cool weather makes Russian River an ideal AVA for sparkling wine production, utilizing the aforementioned varieties. Zinfandel also performs exceptionally well here. Within the Russian River Valley lie the smaller appellations of Chalk Hill and Green Valley. The former, farther from the ocean, is relatively warm, with a focus on red and white Bordeaux varieties. The latter is the coolest, foggiest parcel of the Russian River Valley and is responsible for outstanding Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.
Unapologetically bold, spice-driven and jammy, Zinfandel has secured it's title as the darling of California vintners by adapting well to the states' diverse microclimates and landscapes. Born in Croatia, it later made its way to southern Italy where it was named Primitivo. Fortunately, the imperial nursery of Vienna catalogued specimens of the vine, which sourced a journey to New England in 1829. Parading the true American spirit, Zinfandel found a new home in California during the Gold Rush of 1849. Somm Secret—California's ancient vines of Zinfandel are those that survived the neglect of Prohibition; today these vines produce the most concentrated, ethereal and complex examples.
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