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Paying the Price for Anthony Bourdain's Mistake
by Jonathan Zwickel January 23, 2015
People cried when Tarik Abdullah was cut from ABC cooking show The Taste. Not Abdullah himself, who'd made it to the sixth-episode semi-finals of the competition as part of Anthony Bourdain's team; he handled the disappointment with his usual big-hearted dignity and grace. But his competitors were crushed: "Not a lot of times there's that much class…" said one of the remaining cooks, choking up. "And he's so supportive." The Taste aired its Season 3 finale last week.
Abdullah, the DJ and cook I wrote about in October, before The Taste began airing, has been back in Seattle hosting twice-monthly pop-up brunches at La Isla del Mojito in Columbia City. A week after the episode aired, I met up with him at the Collaboratory, the Columbia City complex not far from his home where he'll begin his first series of cooking classes for kids on Feb. 8. He walked me upstairs to the second-floor retail space and workshop he uses for producing leather bicycle accessories and upcycled bags. As always, he was dressed in casual-formal hepcat style and wore an enormous smile.
How bad did Bourdain want to win? He made a strategic mistake by cutting you. He should've cut Vanessa.
Tarik Abdullah: They all wanna win, bro. They all wanna win. I mean, [as a contestant], you can play it to where you know what your mentor likes or you play it where you know your own food and trust your instincts. Vanessa really knew what Anthony likes to eat and she stuck with that. And that's fine. I just wanna go with what I'm good at. I feel like I'm good at what my background is. I'm gonna do that to get me through each round. I'm not gonna do anything toward anybody else's liking. I'm gonna use my food toward their liking.
He even said said he blew it: "I failed you. You're paying the price for my mistake."
My friends ask me how I really feel about it. I'm not really angry about it at all. For one, the opportunity I had to do this was awesome. Two, my competitive spirit came out—finally—around that pork taste off [in episode four]. I'm really not a competitive kind of guy. I just wanted to honestly come down there and do what I'm good at and represent myself and other chefs out there—who we should be, no matter where we're at, even if we're on TV. I'm not here to dilute my own image or make a hoopla on screen. This is a food competition last time I checked! So I'm gonna cook food. I'm gonna keep a clean station, I'm gonna go with what I think tastes good.
There were differences with a lot of the contestants, between home cooks and professional cooks. The idea of putting a home cook, even an experienced home cook, in a competition like this with an hour to cook—that could backfire. It's a lot of pressure. You really do have an hour to come up with whatever you're gonna do. That takes knowlege, experience, confidence. The idea of mixing up experience with home cooks made the competition better.
People were weeping after you left!
That was trippy, man.
I think the reason why everyone was so upset was that they realized you were the one guy who wasn't trying to play a character because he was on TV. You were just being yourself. You weren't trying to hijack the show with drama or histrionics.
There was no need for it. When you lose you lose fair and square and if you win it's the same.
We had a choice of where we want to be on the set, up front or in back. I chose to be in the back! There were perfect reasons for being in the back. For one, directly behind me, I got an immersion circulator. I got pots, I got pans. I got the spice rack right to the left of me. I can go like this, this and this [motions quickly around himself] and in less than 40 seconds I can have four pots of boiling water in front of me. And also right around the corner is where everything else—refrigerator, inredients—all within walking distance. So I can just pace myself. And the cameras come by and they have an interviewer and they ask what you're making and I tell them and keep going. I had a little bit of strategy. But overall I did what I was taught: You come in, come to work, keep quiet, communicate when you have to and you make good food. That's it.
No way Vanessa is going all the way to the finals. She was constantly battling with Eric, your other teammate.
We're all good friends. We talk everyday. [Abdullah's phone buzzes; he checks it.] Sure enough! We all talk. They're all doing good.
Seems like Bourdain favored you the whole season.
I had no clue how he felt about my food. Aside from the occasional walking by going, "Mmm… that's good." Outside that, I had no idea he thought my food was that good. Eric could cook his tail off man! That core group—Eric, Gabe, Tristen, Ben—that group was incredibly talented. They all are. If we were all in the finals and our food was on point, the one thing that would have to separate us would be a fleck of salt or knife cuts.
I was surprised that it really did come down to salt so much of the time. Just a pinch of salt. That's so much pressure!
Yeah. The audition episode was interesting because you try to decide what you wanna make before you come down there. You gotta really be crafty about what you know how to make in an hour. I did a kofta meatball with chermoula, pickled vegetables. Something that didn't take too long. Someone tried to do oxtail. Like, really?
You have an hour to cook. Doesn't some of that stuff actually take longer? Braises and whatnot?
You could do short ribs in an hour depending on size. Do them in a pressure cooker. But understand the pressure cooker, get the heat right, and it's all about the timing. You can braise lamb, deep fry pork belly… For that deep-fried pork belly, I did a quick brine, dried it off, seared in the pressure cooker, a little oil, seared and deglazed and put the belly back in and simmered it in the liquid with the lid on, let the pressure build and walk away and focus on everything else. I knew I wanted a total of 10 minutes left on the clock when I pulled it. And sure enough! You gotta be so crafty! You can cook octopus in an hour in a pressure cooker! Just make sure you have some acid in there to break down the muscle fiber and yeah you're good.
So then you have your taste ready, set there on the spoon on the counter, and they bring it in the back and put it on a tray and then bring the tray to the judges. That's a lot of time between plating and eating. Seems like the judges don't get the food in peak form.
They don't. It's not cold, it's not hot. They get it in-between.
But you kinda cook to that, knowing that?
There's ways of playing the game, bro. Just knowing.
So walk me through a day of filming the show.
You wake up at 4:30 AM, you're at the lobby at 5, out the door 5:30. You're in an all-white room with some chairs. Not on set, in the waiting room. For the first couple days we were like, "What the fuck we gonna do? We're gonna look like we're in the psych ward!" We started bringing pillows and mats, cards, started playing games, dominoes. People started bringing cookbooks. Food discussions. This is where we ate. We spent a majority of our time together in that room. Home anywhere between 4 and 6. Long day. In our downtime we'd go back to our rooms at a hotel. By the time we were done I'd go to the gym or hop on the bus and go visit the homies. I used to live in LA and I have a lot of friends there.
That must've been nice.
It was hot too! One week, the full week it was in the 90s. I was loving it. Shorts and tank top.
So the audience never sees this white room, the waiting room.
Yeah. Hanging out in the waiting room, our hangout room. This is in the studio but not on set. The producers wanna come talk to us about rules, ingredients we need for the next competition—we did everything in that room. And that's where we ended up becoming really good friends, in this room for a month.
With no cameras.
No cameras. I mean, everyone plays their funky little parts. Two people would go by themselves in their own corner, one person would go by themself in their own corner but for the most part we ended up hanging out. Some days we'd have to get into focus mode, break off into teams and strategize. A lot of people just wanted to take naps, like man, I'll be glad when this day is done. Home by 6. Long days.
And then filming? They call you out from this waiting room…
Then they call us out and we go on set and they place us where they want, 80 million cameras everywhere. "And go!" Boom. One hour. Something doesn't look right, stop, do it over, then action! You got an hour to get it done, a straight continuous hour. Or 45 mintues for the taste-off.
Tell me about the taste off. The producers must've known that you're Muslim and that you don't eat pork. And that's why they made you cook pork chops!
Of course they did. That's totally fine.
Your competitor was freaking out.
She wasn't happy with it. But I even said on camera, I didn't get into this business thinking I wasn't gonna cook with pork. I've been cooking 20-some-odd years. I've probably cooked a couple hundred pigs in my time. It wasn't a big deal.
You guys filmed in September. It's now January. Have your feelings changed about the experience from then to now?
Definitely not. I feel like I did my part. I represented for myself, for my family, for Seattle, for my fellow chefs. I think I did pretty good. I made it to the semis on a national broadcast television show.
They played the short bio about you growing up with your mom on the last episode. The episode where they cut you, like, of course! Build up the drama.
I didn't even see that, man! I gotta watch that one. Was I sitting in a Black Weirdo shirt?
They did an interview where it looks like I'm in Seattle, they found a location. I'm on my bike and I pull up and I got on beads, I got the Black Weirdo tank and they interview me. I wonder what they're gonna use it for. They asked me where I'm from I tell them, "Seattle! I love Seattle, Black Weirdo represent!" I'm like, this is gonna be so fresh when they put this on. I wanna rep my town!
All in all I have no regrets. I feel good about what I did. There's other stuff coming.
What kind of stuff?
Cool stuff [laughs].
I learned a little more about myself being in the TV world. I don't even own a TV man! TV competition, would I do it again? Possibly. But after that? No.
Must've been awesome to have Anthony Bourdain as your mentor.
He's awesome. Really. My buddy hit me up the night when I got on Anthony Bourdain's team and he texts me, "I rememeber when you told me you're gonna meet Anothony Bourdain, bro—that was five years ago!" Yeah. I was like damn, that's crazy. It's pretty cool. Dude's awesome.
I'm gonna work with Ludo Lefebvre next month for a few days, I'm gonna work at Red Rooster [celebrity chef and The Taste mentor Marcus Samuelsson's restaurant in Harlem] hopefully in March. Eric will be up here in a week and a half. Just to hang. I have no idea what we're gonna do. We'll proably do a brunch. Tristen and Gabe are coming up in March. Tom who was on our team is doing a raffle for a children's hospital in Jackson, Miss. where his restarurant is, so we're all donating stuff. I'm sending an apron. All proceeds go to children's hospital. So we're all doing stuff.
If friendships and charity come out of this TV show, that's a wonderful thing.
It's like I said on the show, they're not contestants. they're my friends. Yes someone won and someone lost but that doesnt mean it's done and over. That would be weird, man. We're definitely gonna form relationships so it makes sense we should be friends. It's a good sign for a lot of things. I told Marcus, "Don't worry, I'll see you man."
Keep up with Tarik Abdullah's pop-ups—including a Super Bowl gameday takeout and his ongoing Morning Star Cafe brunch at La Isla Mojito on Feb. 8, via adjandacook.wordpress.com.


– The Unscriptables performs Star Trek USS Improvise at 8:00pm and 10:00pm Friday, and UTV (improv TV shows and commercials) on Saturday 8:00pm. All shows are "pay what you will" and cash only.
– RaceCenter's Event Expo, Saturday 10:00am – 4:00pm at Foot Traffic NE (41st & Fremont) with a free group run (starting at 8:00am), door prizes, training talks and much more. Free.
– Williams-Sonoma Artisans' Market, Saturday 12:00pm – 4:00pm at the NW 23rd location will give you the opportunity to "taste, learn and experience products first hand from the producers themselves." Free.
– "For the Love of Portland" opening night Art Show, Saturday 5:00pm – 9:00pm at Pioneer Place Mall, 3rd floor. Features over 75 artists and their works. No admission charge, come on down!
– The Portland Chamber Orchestra present a free concert featuring pianist Gerald Robbins, Saturday 7:30pm at Sherman Clay Pianos in the Pearl district. Seating is limited, plese RSVP with your name and number of attendees to Mary Bailey: mickiebailey223@yahoo.com. Donations will be accepted in memory of Ellwood Mille.
– Chamber Music Concert at Community Music Center features singing and classical instruments, Saturday 8:00pm, free.
– Groupon has a limited-quantity deal for next week's Portland Spring Home and Garden Show at the Portland Expo Center. Get two admissions for just $10 with the deal, please note it is only valid for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday admissions.
– President's Day store specials and sales here.
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SCS Celebrates 50 Years of Innovation and Leadership
SCS is proud to announce the celebration of its 50th anniversary.
As the direct descendant of the companies that originally developed Parylene and made it a commercial success, SCS has established a legacy of innovation and leadership in the conformal coatings industry.
In 1971, Nova Tran Corporation was established in Clear Lake, Wisconsin, after receiving one of the first licenses for Parylene coating from Union Carbide Corporation (UCC).
In 1984, UCC acquired Nova Tran after they further commercialized Parylene across industries.
In 1991, UCC combined several companies to form Specialty Coating Systems.
In 2001, SCS combined two Indianapolis locations into the present corporate headquarters location. In addition, manufacturing of the Instruments product lines was moved from Alpharetta, Georgia, to Indianapolis a year later.
In 2010, SCS opened its first mainland Europe coating center in the Czech Republic.
In 2016, KISCO LTD. acquired Specialty Coating Systems. Both well-recognized brands in the Parylene industry, the merged Parylene organization operates globally as Specialty Coating Systems, a KISCO company.
In March of 2021, SCS acquired Diamond MT, combining the companies' Parylene and liquid coating services.
In November, SCS announced the acquisition of Comelec SA, a Parylene and multilayer coating provider in Switzerland. With the addition of the Diamond MT and Comelec businesses, SCS now offers customers a full range of coating solutions.
Over the past 50 years, SCS has been a key innovator, developing products and technologies such as halogen-free ParyFree® conformal coating, Parylene HT® for applications that must survive harsh environments and the AdPro® family of adhesion technologies. SCS has served thousands of customers around the world, providing industry-leading coating services to the medical device, electronics, transportation, aerospace and defense industries.
"SCS has grown tremendously in the last 5 decades in terms of our global footprint and the products we offer our customers," said Tim Bender, President and CEO. "This incredible milestone is a testament to our employees' commitment to delivering high quality products and services to our global customers. Building upon this legacy of innovation and leadership, SCS' management team is anticipating continued growth in the months and years ahead as we continue to focus on our core vision: To be the world's trusted coatings partner by helping our customers innovate and be successful."
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package org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.security.authentication.token;

import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Date;

import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.security.ConfigurationParameters;
import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.security.authentication.token.TokenInfo;
import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.security.authentication.token.TokenProvider;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
import org.junit.Test;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;

public class TokenNoRefreshTest extends AbstractTokenTest {

    private String userId;

    @Override
    public void before() throws Exception {
        super.before();
        userId = getTestUser().getID();
    }

    @NotNull
    @Override
    ConfigurationParameters getTokenConfig() {
        return ConfigurationParameters.of(TokenProvider.PARAM_TOKEN_REFRESH, false);
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    @Test
    public void testNotReset() {
        TokenInfo info = tokenProvider.createToken(userId, Collections.<String, Object>emptyMap());

        assertNotNull(info);
        assertFalse(info.resetExpiration(new Date().getTime()));

        long loginTime = new Date().getTime() + 3600000;
        assertFalse(info.resetExpiration(loginTime));
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Before we begin, I wish to remind everyone that I am not an expert at Marine Mammals and simply base this out of my observations and talks with the Tenders. So, without futher ado, the Skansen Seal Update #2.
Thursday is Pond cleaning day at the upper basin. This is usally pretty fun to watch, as the seals suddenly have alot more dry land - and they are usually alot more eager to keep it when the water starts flowing again. Marina keeps getting into quarrels with the Elder Grey Seals and Isa tried to climb up to the second ledge in order to escape her. This failed miserably, and the Harbour Seal Kobbe quickly raced to show Isa how it was done.
The only problem? A tender was cleaning out the upper parts of the basin, and Kobbe & his friend enjoyed the water fumes from the high preassure water spray, since this as you might guess lead to them beeing in the way alot. However, Kobbe settled in nicely at the upper parts of the cliff and laid down to dry his fur. I suspect he will be very annoyed once the water reach his level again.
The Lower Ponds larger part is also almost done. Changes include a new fence, a better looking glass, a new walkway to the central rocks and other smaller things. This is about as good picture I can get of the new pond.
No more news of the found Cub. I take this as a good thing.


The cyclic guanosine-3',5'-monophosphate (cGMP)/cGMP-dependent protein kinase type I (cGKI) pathway is a potent negative regulator of platelet adhesion and aggregation ; however, the role of cGMP/cGKI for platelet biogenesis in vivo is unclear.
Here we report thrombocytosis in conventional cGKI null mutants (cGKIL1/L1) and gene-targeted cGKIα/β rescue mice (referred to as cGKI-SM) with cGKI expression specifically restored in smooth muscle (SM), but not in other cell types [2–4]. In contrast, conditional knockouts lacking the cGKI protein specifically in the megakaryocyte (MK)/platelet lineage (Pf4-Cretg/+; cGKIL2/L2) did not display a related thrombocytosis phenotype, indicating that the high platelet count of cGKIL1/L1 and cGKI-SM mutants is rather a reactive response than an intrinsic defect in megakaryopoiesis. In line with these findings, wild-type (WT) mice engrafted with cGKI-deficient bone-marrow (BM) cells showed full reconstitution of haematopoiesis and normal platelet counts upon myeloablative radiotherapy. Stimulation of BM-derived WT MKs using serum preparations from cGKI-SM mutants strongly accelerated megakaryopoiesis, suggesting that their high platelet counts develop in response to soluble factors. Indeed, we confirm elevated Interleukin-6 (IL-6) serum levels [5, 6], a known cause for reactive thrombocytosis, in cGKI-SM mutants, whereas IL-6 was unaltered in Pf4-Cretg/+; cGKIL2/L2 mice and cGKI-deficient BM chimaeras. Vice versa, antibody-mediated blockage of IL-6 reduced platelet counts in cGKI-SM mice, but not in WT mice.
We conclude that abnormal signalling of cGMP/cGKI in non-hematopoietic cells affects thrombopoiesis via IL-6 resulting in a reactive thrombocytosis in vivo.


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Q: Javascript date setMonth does not set month correctly It looks like Javascript setMonth method does not change month correctly if it was used for 31st.
var event = new Date('July 31, 2018 10:48:30');

console.log(event.getMonth());
// output: 6

// Change to previous month
event.setMonth(event.getMonth() - 1);

console.log(event.getMonth());
// expected output: 5 actual output: 6

console.log(event);

Does anyone have a better option available to change month and set date of 30th if 31st is not in the month?

A:   let previous = event.getMonth();
  while(event.getMonth() === previous)
    event.setDate(event.getDate() - 1);

Just go back day by day.

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Does anyone have a better option available to change month and set date of 30th if 31st is not in the month?

Just go a day before:
var event = new Date('July 31, 2018 10:48:30');

console.log(event.getMonth());

// Change to previous month
var current = event.getMonth();
event.setMonth(current - 1);
if (event.getMonth() === current) {
  event.setDate(event.getDate() - 1);
}

console.log(event.getMonth());
// actual output: 5

console.log(event);

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OLNEY, Md., Dec 13, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via COMTEX) -- Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc., (Nasdaq- SASR), the parent company of Sandy Spring Bank, today announced that the Company's board of directors has authorized the repurchase of up to 1,800,000 shares of the Company's common stock, or approximately 5% of currently outstanding shares. Repurchases, which will be conducted through open market purchases or privately negotiated transactions, will be made from time to time depending on market conditions and other factors.
Sandy Spring Bancorp's forward-looking statements are subject to the following principal risks and uncertainties: general economic conditions and trends, either nationally or locally; conditions in the securities markets; changes in interest rates; changes in deposit flows, and in the demand for deposit, loan, and investment products and other financial services; changes in real estate values; changes in the quality or composition of the Company's loan or investment portfolios; changes in competitive pressures among financial institutions or from non-financial institutions; the Company's ability to retain key members of management; changes in legislation, regulations, and policies; and a variety of other matters which, by their nature, are subject to significant uncertainties. Sandy Spring Bancorp provides greater detail regarding some of these factors in its Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 including in the Risk Factors section of that report, and in its other SEC reports. Sandy Spring Bancorp's forward-looking statements may also be subject to other risks and uncertainties, including those that it may discuss elsewhere in this news release or in its filings with the SEC, accessible on the SEC's Web site at www.sec.gov.


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Teaching about person and viewpoint
Why is it important to know how to teach about person and viewpoint?
What are KS3 pupils' strengths and weaknesses?
Why person and viewpoint are important at KS3.
An example of KS3 writing.
Teaching about making choices.
Back to the main discussion of person.
The 1999 National Curriculum for English at Key Stages 3 and 4 has the following requirements:
Understanding texts: Reading for meaning
To develop understanding and appreciation of texts, pupils should be taught to identify the perspectives offered on individuals, community and society
Understanding the author's craft
To develop understanding and appreciation of texts, pupils should be taught to distinguish between the attitudes and assumptions of characters and those of the author
Composition: Writing to persuade, argue and advise
Pupils should be taught to anticipate reader reaction, counter opposing views and use language to gain attention and sustain interest
The Key Stage 3 National Strategy: Framework for teaching English: Years 7, 8 and 9 contains the following objectives:
Reading for meaning
Pupils should be taught to distinguish between the views of the writer and those expressed by others in the text, e.g. the narrator, quoted experts, characters.
Write to persuade, argue, advise
Pupils should be taught to express a personal view, adding persuasive emphasis to key points, e.g. by reiteration, exaggeration, repetition, use of rhetorical questions.
Write to analyse, review, comment
Pupils should be taught to identify criteria for evaluating a particular situation, object or event, present findings fairly and give a personal view.
Group discussion and interaction
Pupils should be taught to adopt a range of roles in discussion, including acting as spokesperson, and contribute in different ways such as promoting, opposing, exploring and questioning.
Word Level: Vocabulary
Pupils should be taught to understand the implications when a word is in quotation marks or is used ironically.
Pupils should be taught to recognise bias and objectivity, distinguishing facts from hypotheses, theories and opinions.
Pupils should be taught to weigh different viewpoints and present a balanced analysis of an event or issue, e.g. an environmental issue or historical investigation.
Pupils should be taught to take different roles in discussion, helping to develop ideas, seek consensus and report the main strands of thought.
Sentence level: Sentence construction and punctuation
Pupils should be taught to integrate speech, reference and quotation effectively into what they write.
Reading: Understanding the author's craft
Pupils should be taught to analyse how an author's standpoint can affect meaning in non-literary as well as literary texts.
Write to imagine, explore, entertain
Pupils should be taught to explore different ways of opening, structuring and ending narratives and experiment with narrative perspective, e.g. multiple narration.
Pupils should be taught to present a balanced analysis of a situation, text, issue or set of ideas, taking into account a range of evidence and opinions.
Pupils should be taught to compare different points of view that have been expressed, identifying and evaluating differences and similarities.
What are KS3 pupils good at and what do they need to develop in this area?
Good at….
Pupils use first, second and third person pronouns accurately in everyday conversation.
They have a clear understanding of the difference between singular and plural.
Need to develop….
clarity about whose viewpoint is being expressed;
the range of linguistic devices for attributing a viewpoint to a person;
consistency within a text in the choice of first-person or third-person viewpoint;
awareness, when reading, of the ownership of judgements expressed.
Why person and viewpoint are important at Key Stage 3
Viewpoints can be promoted or undermined in fairly subtle ways. In their own reading of books, newspapers and magazines, pupils in KS3 should be aware of the linguistic techniques or devices being used to elicit a particular response from them. The more aware they are the freer they will be to form their own judgement.
One of the challenges for work in the Speaking and Listening strand of English teaching is to help pupils develop focused and acceptable language with which to promote a viewpoint.
Pupils who do not learn to express their point of view effectively will be unable to play their full role in a democracy in which talking and exchanging viewpoints are the main means of reaching important decisions about how we live.
Writing often presents the ideas and experiences of a number of different people within a single text. Mature writers can use a range of linguistic devices to keep these 'viewpoints' distinct, so that the reader knows at each point in the text whose viewpoint is being expressed. Sometimes, writers choose to introduce opinions surreptitiously by blurring these distinctions.
Consistency is important. A text that starts in the third-person should not turn into a first-person narrative, unless this switch achieves some deliberate effect. KS3 pupils should be encouraged to consider narrative viewpoint in their own writing.
An example of KS3 writing
Here is a discussion, by a KS3 writer, of a newspaper article about the Loch Ness Monster.
The writer starts by describing the castle as 'picturesquely situated' suggesting the surroundings are quite perfect and stunning. It overlooks the Loch Ness and is known to be one of the best spots for sighting The Loch Ness Monster. The Loch is given a nice feel as they call it 'Nessie's home' and I don't think you'd call a horrible disgusting monster a name like Nessie which seems friendly and gentle. It describes the loch as lying in 'spectacular surroundings'. They also say it is 'a moody lake, subject to quick change' which gives an exciting and mysterious feel as we don't usually say lakes have feelings.
This writing presents a combination of different viewpoints:
The KS3 writer's views.
The journalist's views.
The writer starts by describing the castle as 'picturesquely situated' suggesting the surroundings are quite perfect and stunning. It overlooks the Loch Ness and is known to be one of the best spots for sighting The Loch Ness Monster. The Loch is given a nice feel as they call it 'Nessie's home' and I don't think you'd call a horrible disgusting monster a name like Nessie which seems friendly and gentle. It describes the loch as lying in 'spectacular surroundings'. They also say it is 'a moody lake, subject to quick change' which gives an exciting and mysterious feel as we don't usually say lakes have feelings.
The writer distinguishes the two views quite successfully by a combination of punctuation (speech marks), grammar (I don't think) and vocabulary (seems, suggesting).
Teaching about making choices
Pupils can be encouraged to explore conflicting value judgements and to examine the kind of reasoning that supports each one, in order to see how far they agree or disagree.
Discussions are important at KS3, as this is a time when many pupils are becoming more interested in ethical issues, and are consciously beginning to determine the kinds of values they stand for.
Conflicting value judgements can be explored through:
group or paired work
hot-seating and role play (such as a panel of 'experts' or public officials answering questions from members of the public).


The mere thought of bankruptcy can send the heart rates of most debtors, sky-high. Debt itself can have such an affect on people and their families, that bankruptcy seems like the only legitimate way out. While bankruptcy is something which can be considered, it should only be looked upon as a last-gasp, last resort. It isn't the end of the world, but it can still affect your financial prospects for years to come. With this in mind, let's take a look at the top 5 ways to avoid bankruptcy.
Sell, Sell, Sell: The number of people who go bankrupt, only to have their possessions repossessed, is quite staggering. While you might have a number of possessions you just don't want to part with, the truth is that sentimental value must take second place in the face of the consequences of bankruptcy. By all means, sell what you are least attached to first, but in the end, it is far more important to raise the money than hold on to your belongings.
Ask For Help: There is no shame is asking for financial assistance from your loved ones. Whether it is a friend, or a family member, it is far better to swallow your pride than to go through the difficult process of bankruptcy. Furthermore, often your loved ones will be happy to lend a hand, while you will also be given money without the difficult interest rates associated with bank loans or last gasp options such as payday lending schemes.
Consider Assets: While you should always consider selling your belongings, your assets are another story. Whether it's a property or a car, you will have to weigh up the consequences of losing such an asset, carefully. If, for example, your house is co-owned with a partner, and it is legally safe from repossession should you go into bankruptcy, then you might want to keep your house and take the bankruptcy instead. Alternatively, you could downsize, sell your house, and even rent or buy another property in a loved-one's name, if they are willing to do so.
Hardship Programs: It may come as a surprise, but many credit card companies, and even some banks, have hardship programs. These are designed to help their debtors deal with what is owed by either renegotiating interest rates (lowering them) or reducing monthly bills by allowing the debt to be paid back over a longer time period. Contact your creditor to see if they offer a similar service.
Debt Management: There are two forms of debt management; the first is preventative. This involves keeping track of all your debts, making sure that they never outgrow the amount of money you have coming in. Of course, this seems like common sense, but let's face it, most people are in debt because they don't keep track of this. The second form of debt management, is prescriptive. This will involve contacting a debt management service or company, and getting them to consolidate your debt into single monthly payments, while evaluating your financial situation in order to help avoid bankruptcy at all cost.
Bankruptcy is not the end of the world, but depending where you live, it could significantly impact your ability to own a home or other asset for many years to come. The above list is by no means exhaustive, but it will help you evaluate what you need to work on to better your financial situation.


At some point in our lives, all of us have been curious to a fault. We have broken up with people, and naturally, we didn't know what to do with ourselves. After a breakup, we are distraught. We have unanswered questions. We want to know what the other person is thinking; how they're doing and if they're with somebody new. Some of us lose control; start to obsess and stalk our former lovers. Others don't know what to do with themselves.
The calming voice and "happy" beat that comes through the Bay Ledges frontman Zach Hurd's body helps to ease the sting of loss. If only it were that easy. What a vibe! Listen to the funky new track by Los Angeles-native band Bay Ledges—consisting of Zach Hurd and his sister Georgia—right now. They're the kind of artist we would enjoy seeing onstage at any given festival. They're in town (New York City) on February 25 to play at Rockwood Music Hall in the Lower East Side. If we are here, we will be there.


Professor Brian Collins is leading a multi-institutional research project the 'International Centre for Infrastructure Futures'. A team from the University of Bristol is leading on the 'learning framework' for the business models which will enable us to learn from the projects and from each other. Here, Professor Brian Collins introduces the project and the challenges we face.
The deficiencies of our traditional, fragmented, sectoral approach to infrastructure creation and management are becoming more apparent as poorly appreciated interdependencies make infrastructures vulnerable to service disruptions and cascade failures. These lead to capacity limitations, inefficiencies, poor reliability, low adaptability and missed opportunities, which are further exacerbated by poor data and information about interdependencies in and between sectors at the organisational, commercial and policy levels. The resulting disjointed approaches to governance and policy create perverse incentives and conflicting actions, which then stifle collaborative innovation. ICIF is a new way of bringing together the stakeholders involved in renewing the UK's infrastructure to exploit multidisciplinary, systemic thinking about infrastructure interdependencies when developing the novel business models needed to address future challenges. The Centre will develop a principled and generic learning process for creating innovative, performance based business models to exploit infrastructure interdependencies. For Professor Collins recent keynote at INCOSE follow this link.


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Die Zeitschrift Making Games (bis Ausgabe 02/2008: /GameStar/dev) befasste sich mit Bereichen der Computer- sowie Videospiele-Entwicklung und dem Business Development. Die Zeitschrift wurde 2005 als Ableger des deutschen Computerspiele-Magazins GameStar von Gunnar Lott und André Horn gegründet und beim Verlag IDG Entertainment Media GmbH bis August 2009 quartalsweise herausgegeben. Danach wurde die Anzahl auf sechs Ausgaben im Jahr erhöht.

Die Zeitschrift richtete sich dabei vornehmlich an Spieleentwickler sowie Mitarbeiter in der Computerspiele-Branche. Jede Ausgabe hatte etwa einen Umfang von 80 Seiten und enthielt Artikel zu folgenden Themen:

 Branchennews – Neues aus der Spieleentwicklerszene
 Workshops und Grundlagenartikel zu einzelnen Bereichen der Spiele-Entwicklung (bspw. graphische Effekte oder 3D-Modelle erstellen)
 Campus & Forschung – aktuelle wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen und Projekte zum Thema Videospiele
 Business – Finanzierung, Rechtsfragen mit Bezug zu Computerspielen und der Branche allgemein

Des Weiteren gab es einen Veranstaltungskalender mit Messe- und Seminarterminen, eine Praktikumsbörse und ein Firmenregister. Gemäß den veröffentlichten Verlagsdaten erreichte jede Ausgabe gut 10.000 Leser, im Dezember 2006 hatte die Zeitschrift allerdings nur eine Auflage von etwa 3.600 Exemplaren.

Im März 2016 wurden die Rechte von Computec Media aufgekauft, welche die Zeitschrift weiterhin veröffentlichte.

Am 10. Dezember 2021 gab Chefredakteur Thomas Szedlak bekannt, dass Making Games mit Erscheinen der Ausgabe 01-02-2022 eingestellt wird.

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