![]() ![]() 692) with arithmetic ability, predicting 48% of the variance. A linear regression ascertained that working memory capacity correlated strongly and positively (r=. ![]() ![]() Their working memory capacity was measured by the Working Memory Index of Wechsler's Adult Intelligence Scale. The 42 third year student-teachers wrote weekly mental arithmetic tests aimed at strengthening their number sense. A variable reported to relate to number sense, is working memory capacity. A number sense is an intuitive understanding of numbers, their magnitude and interrelationships and arithmetic ability is a good indicator of number sense. Furthermore, too many teachers cannot teach quantities and how they feature in our lives properly. It was found that teachers' number sense influence their pedagogies and thus also learner achievement. South Africa's murky performance in the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) since 1995 instigated several interrogative reports. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 28, 361.– The paper reports on the relationship between a group of pre-service mathematics teachers' working memory and number sense. Digit span in right and left hemiplegics. Weinberg, J., Diller, L., Gerstman, L., & Schulman, L. The Wechsler adult intelligence scale-III. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins Corporation. The measurement and appraisal of adult intelligence (3rd ed.). The measurement and appraisal of adult intelligence (1st ed.). The measurement of intelligence: An explanation of and a complete guide for the use of the Stanford revision and extension of the Binet-Simon intelligence scale. Relation of forward and backward digit repetition to neurological impairment in children with learning disabilities. Measurements of short-term memory: A historical review. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 12, 29–40. Forward and backward memory span should not be combined for clinical analysis. Separate digits tests: A brief history, a literature review, and a reexamination of the factor structure of the test of memory and learning (TOMAL). The magical number seven, plus or minus two: Some limits on our capacity for processing information. The Clinical Neuropsychologist – Vascular Dementia Special Edition, 18, 83–100. From Binswanger’s disease to Leukoaraiosis: What we have learned about subcortical vascular dementia. Paper presented at the 44th annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Boston. Dissociating constructs underlying working memory in mild cognitive impairment: A competitive queuing analysis. Libon, D.J., Gifford, K., Holman, T., and Jefferson A.J. Alterations in working memory as a function of leukoaraiosis in dementia. Capacity to maintain mental set in dementia. The impact of region-specific leukoaraiosis on working memory deficits in dementia. San Antonio: The Psychological Corporation. The WAIS-R as a neuropsychological instrument. Kaplan, E., Fein, D., Morris, R., & Delis, D. Washington, DC: The American Psychological Association. Bryant (Eds.), Clinical neuropsychology and brain function: Research, measurement, and practice: Master lectures. A process approach to neuropsychological assessment. Memory for serial order across domains: An overview of the literature and directions for future research. Mechanism in thought and morals: An address delivered before the phi Beta Kappa Society of Harvard University, June 29, 1870, with notes and afterthoughts. Memory: A contribution to experimental psychology (H. Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology, 17, 74–83.Įbbinghaus, H. Clock drawing errors in dementia: Neuropsychological and neuroanatomic considerations. Bower (Ed.), The psychology of learning and motivation: Advances in research and theory (Vol. Application des méthodes nouvelles au diagnostic du niveau intellectuel chez des enfants normaux et anormaux d’hospice et d’école primaire. ![]()
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![]() “The other factions in the galaxy are all humans from other seeding expeditions,” says Meier. There are no alien fleets, though, thankfully. You can improve their engines and weapons, which will help you fly further into space and defeat tougher enemies.Īs well as other factions, there are pirates to contend with out in the uncharted depths of the galaxy. There’s a lot of depth here, including the ability to customise your starships. But that doesn’t mean it’s lacking ambition. I get a sense from the look and feel that it’s a pet project for Meier that’s being made on the side. Starships doesn’t have the slick, contemporary, big budget feel of something like XCOM, and reminds me a lot of classic ‘90s PC strategy games. Do you want to share the planet, or fight their fleet and try and drive them out of their territory? Where once you fought over land masses, you’re now battling for the right to rule whole planets. Land on a planet that’s already occupied by another faction and you’ll enter a Civ-style diplomacy screen, and you’ll have to come to an agreement. Complete the mission and you’ll be rewarded, so if you save a colony from some invading pirates, you’ll get tech or money in return. ![]() Land at a new planet and a random mission will pop up, which you can choose to accept or ignore. Sometimes it’ll be safer to use a turn to fly through one of these and escape than it would be to stand and fight. ![]() Battles take place on a hex grid, and things to consider while you move around include wormholes that zap you instantly to another part of the map. They give players the time and space to always be planning ahead.Īn interesting twist in Starships turn-based combat system lets you detonate torpedos several turns later, to blow up enemy ships or destroy asteroid fields to give you a new route through a battlefield. He doesn’t want players only reacting to what’s happening in the present, which is why he prefers turn-based games. Good strategy games, according to Meier, are the ones that keep your mind on the future. The idea is that when you finish a game, you’ll always have an idea in the back of your head about how you’re going to play differently next time. “These range from the affinity you choose, to your faction, to the starships you build, to the difficulty level you choose.” “There are a lot of different choices you can make,” says Meier. The road to a victory will be different every time you play the game. Take too long to reach your own victory and you’ll lose the game. And finally there’s the Population victory, achieved by having a large amount of people in your empire.” Like Civ, you’ll be alerted when other factions make progress towards these victories. The Science victory is won by unlocking three level six technologies. There’s also the Wonder victory, where you control seven wonders. Here you win by taking out all the other factions. “There’s the traditional Domination victory, which carries over from Civilization. “There are a number of ways to win,” says Meier. You can still play how you want to play, a freedom that’s a crucial part of all of Meier’s games.īut no matter how you decide to play, you’ll always have one thing on your mind: victory. But your choice of affinity won’t restrict you in any way. Then there’s Supremacy, who are leaders in technology and construction, and start the game with a random wonder. Harmony fleets focus on the interrelatedness of all living things, and their bonus is repairing their ships at half the cost. Purity admirals are diplomats, and their emphasis on the heritage of humanity gives them double mission rewards. “The idea is that the affinity you choose is the affinity that led you to victory in a game of Beyond Earth, and now you’re ready to move outside your world, out into the rest of the galaxy.” ![]() “We use the affinity system as a way to customise your federation,” says Meier. Affinities, returning from Beyond Earth, will inform your play style. Replayability is something Meier and his team are striving for. That rolls together very nicely and is a lot of fun.” This creates a loop where victories in combat give you more strategic capability, which in turn makes you better at combat. “The strategy systems and what happens outside of combat directly feeds into your fleet and its capability. “Combat is really the heart of the game,” says Meier. Just like in a game of Civ, conflict is often unavoidable, and combat will be a big part of the Starships experience. It may be possible to exist peacefully in this galaxy, but it’ll be difficult. ![]() ![]() ![]() Final Cut Pro was a game-changer for the industry, with its non-traditional, non-linear editing style. On my phone as well.Apple debuted its first editing software, Final Cut Pro, in 1999. Explorer is somewhat in the tradition of older file explorers, going back to stuff like Norton Commander. ![]() They are designed in different ways and the Finder is built to be a little more restricted in workflow, but tends to be faster and more "streamlined" with how its users work with it. ![]() Alienware once started as the Dell Gaming brand and had pretty damn good machines, right now, I find they are hilariously overpriced for no reason other than having a grey head logo on the plastic.Īs for the workflow: It really depends on what you do with the computer. Some of the other machines i mentioned on the thread cost half as much and are similarly fast and similarly specced. ![]() They are much more expensive than they should be and oftentimes even not that performant. Many users have been asking Apple to bring Final Cut Pro to its iPad devices and while there’s no mention of that in either the open letter, nor Apple’s response, there’s still hope that an announcement will be made sooner than later.Ī quick note on that alienware example: I don't know why they still appeal to people with those machines. With Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) just around the corner (starts June 6, 2022), it’ll be interesting to see if we hear anything about Final Cut Pro during the pre-recorded presentation and subsequent events. The fact Apple responded at all signals the company's desire to meet the needs of professionals in the visual arts world. It concludes its letter by saying ‘We would love to work with you to help support your film and TV projects, and we will continue to explore opportunities that allow us to better connect and foster important dialogue with our devoted community of users going forward.’Īpple’s response might be vague, but it does appear the company has heard the voices of the signees of the original letter and are determined to better promote its video editing software through feature updates, professional support and various workshops. Specifically, Apple says that ‘While we believe we have plans in place to help address your important feature requests, we also recognize the need to build on those efforts and work alongside you to help support your film and TV projects and keep you posted on important updates.’ To achieve this, Apple says it will be ‘Launching new training products and Apple-authorized certifications for pro video starting this month with our partner Future Media Concepts,’ ‘Establishing a panel of industry experts for regular consultations, starting this summer’ and ‘Expanding the content and frequency of Final Cut Pro workshops for major film and television productions.’ The letter opens by saying ‘To the authors of the recent open letter regarding Final Cut Pro in the TV and film industry: the creative community has always been so important to us at Apple, and we’re grateful for your feedback.’ After a brief acknowledgement that Final Cut Pro has been used in everything from ‘Hollywood movies’ to ‘high-profile commercials,’ Apple’s response addresses the main concern brought up in the original open letter: feature updates and auxiliary support for making Final Cut Pro more accessible to those within the entertainment industry through professional support and services. Yesterday, Apple responded to that letter with one of their own, wherein it addresses some of the concerns laid out in the original letter and promises new efforts to keep Final Cut Pro alive and well within the entertainment industry. Back in April, more than 100 individuals involved in worldwide television and movie production signed and published an open letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook requesting the Cupertino company put more effort into developing and promoting Final Cut Pro, particularly within the film and television markets. ![]() ![]() ![]() It seems as though everyone uses it, but when they talk about it, they might as well be speaking an alien language if you’ve never used it yourself. Using a photoshop and a bit of knowledge of masks and opacity you can have a powerful brand motif in no time.You have probably seen a lot of talk about Photoshop if you are starting to get into photography. One of the techniques I like to use to evoke brand messages is to use captioned images. In creating a website branding is as important as any other discipline. The Marquee Tool is undoubtedly one of the most useful at your disposal and holds some unexpected capabilities. The first in a new series on Photoshop Tools from a web perspective. You can edit it here and send me a pull request. T (CTRL + T on Windows) and allows you to reshape your selection by dragging one The final option is Show Transform Controls. ![]() Simply select the layer you want to work with. This will bring all layers associated with the Pixel Tip: With Auto Select Layer off you can still select your layer quickly by
![]() ![]() HANSEN: I feel like most of my life, things were pretty much the same from the 1940s, '50s, '60s, 70s. HANSEN: (Singing) Strike a match and let it be in the stratosphere.įor myself, this really is probably the first time in my life - this last few years - where it kind of feels suddenly like we are in the future. The album was called "Hyperspace," but I was being very conscious to sort of avoid too much of the space or future theme, really going more into like the sort of inner space - the emotional inner space of our lives, you know? HANSEN: (Singing) Far above the ground, halfway to oblivion in the stratosphere. It's almost like you put a song in your car, and you're somewhere else. Can we use that in our lives at certain points? It started to get me thinking about music and one of the powers that music has - sort of superpowers - is it is a sort of way to access another place. This sort of idea of that hyperspace button in this video game was something that just popped into my head. HANSEN: Well, you know, it's this idea that there are things in life that sort of help us transcend the moment. GARCIA-NAVARRO: What does that hyperspace theme say about your music on this album? HANSEN: (Singing) In hyperspace, electric life is in my brain. I understand there was a button on a couple of those old video games that allowed you to jump directly into hyperspace to avoid asteroids and aliens, and that in part was the inspiration for your new album called "Hyperspace." ![]() GARCIA-NAVARRO: Does that bring you back (laughter)? So, Beck Hansen, I have something I want to play for you. And maybe not coincidentally, this new music has an element of escapism, which is what I began asking him about in our interview. His 15-year marriage ended earlier this year. Beck Hansen's 14th studio album has a whole new sound - perhaps in part because he has a whole new life. ![]() ![]() ![]() Appointment, reappointment, or promotion.Proposed for (include this section one if CV1 is being use for A&P purposes):.EMAIL:(CV builder will pull this from email in Profile's Contacts & Locations section).Phone: (CV builder will pull this from academic office phone in Profile's Contacts & Locations section).Academic address: (CV builder will pull this from academic office fields in Profile's Contacts & Locations section).Contact information (include this section one if CV1 is being use for general, but not for A&P purposes):.This should be date that version was updated and/or reviewed and confirmed current.Footer: Should have page numbers centered in the bottom of each page.Header: Should have faculty name with degrees in the upper right of each page (CV builder will pull this from workday information).Faculty full name with degrees (no periods) should be on the following line (CV builder will pull this from workday information).Title: CURRICULUM VITAE should be centered at the top of the document.Questions related to CV1, as well as other parts of the Appointments & Promotions process, can be directed to a faculty or staff member of the Faculty Affairs Department Team. When published, it will be publicly displayed on faculty YSM profiles. Public CV1- Allows for suppression of information faculty would like to remain private.Academic CV1- Meets common needs for general use, such as contact information and does not include positions being proposed, etc.A&P CV1- Meets the YSM’s requirements for the A&P process with information such as positions being proposed, etc.Several versions of CVs can be exported from the data: Please note that the tool is actively being evolved to correspond to the currently recommended format, but can still be used to generate a draft CV1. Once data is entered into this system, it will populate faculty profile pages on the YSM website and can be used to generate draft version of CVs from which one can work. In addition, a CV Builder Tool is part of Beatrix used at YSM. The current CV1 template instructions are outlined in detail below and a full-length sample is provided in the sidebar downloadable documents. Having a common format for CVs facilitates consistency in the presentation of material, as well as the review and interpretation of the information. It also improves the efficiency of the preparation of materials for the reappointment and promotion process. ![]() Periodically updating it can ensure that information is accurately captured and readily available and allows faculty and mentors to track progress. It is a representation of a faculty member’s professional achievements and contributions over the course of their career that are typically publicly visible. Yale CV Part 1 (CV1) provides a summary of a faculty member’s academic career, including education, academic appointments, honors, grants, presentations, professional service, and publications. ![]() ![]() To test this, you can use the same blowing/plosive test mentioned above. Therefore, distancing yourself even a few inches from a microphone can greatly reduce or even eliminate the vocal plosives that produce mic pops. The rate of intensity loss is actually quite fast. This is true of both sound waves and vocal plosives.Īs plosive energy “blasts” travel outward from the mouth, they decrease in intensity until they're completely dissipated. Energy travelling through this medium is subjected to friction and dissipation. Weaker plosive energy will reduce and often eliminate plosive pops in a mic signal.Īir is a medium. This extra distance reduces the intensities of both the sound wave and the plosive energy. Distance Yourself From The Microphoneĭistancing yourself from the microphone causes the sound waves from your mouth to travel further to reach the microphone.
![]() Rebel forces are deployed across the forest moon to prevent Imperial troops from escaping and to secure their positions on the moon. Inferno reinforces a squad of stormtroopers pinned down by Rebel forces and moves towards Platform 4 with them. Admiral Versio informs Iden that Vice Admiral Rae Sloane, as the highest-ranking living commanding officer, has ordered a full retreat, and stresses to Iden that Inferno needs to survive and get off the forest moon. They are overwhelmed with shock and grief, but Iden quickly takes control of the situation and tells her agents that they can grieve later and need to move. After the Rebels are wiped out, Inferno discusses where they can find nearby TIE fighters when suddenly, the second Death Star explodes. Agent Meeko covers Commander Versio and Agent Hask as they take on the Rebel troopers, though they are too late to capture the saboteurs. The Admiral commands her to wipe out the Rebel troopers there and return to the Corvus to prevent the Emperor's plan from failing. Commander Iden Versio informs her father, the Admiral, that the planetary shield generator has been destroyed beyond repair. He tells an Imperial officer to put him in contact with Inferno Squad, which is on Endor's surface scouting the Death Star's shield generator. Admiral Versio watches from his Star Destroyer Eviscerator as Darth Vader's Super Star Destroyer Executor is brought down and crashes on the surface of the Death Star II, to which the Admiral calls Admiral Firmus Piett a fool. Nevertheless, the Rebel fleet under Admiral Ackbar's command is able to stand its ground. The Emperor's trap is played out at the Battle of Endor. Inferno Squad witnessed from Endor's surface the destruction of the Death Star II. The Emperor's plan must not fail." ―Admiral Garrick Versio to his daughter, Commander Iden Versio Eliminate the Rebels and return to the Corvus. ![]() She watches over a hologram of the Death Star in orbit of Endor and remarks that the Rebellion will die today. Iden reunites with Hask and Agent Del Meeko, and tells Hask to send a message to Admiral Garrick Versio: the Emperor's plan is safe. She is intercepted by the Imperial raider Corvus, which jumps into hyperspace before the Invincible Faith can strike back. This triggers an alarm, but Iden equips herself with a blaster and makes it to an airlock. Iden moves towards the ship's communications center, where she erases an intercepted transmission from Moff Raythe that would have informed the Rebellion of the Empire's trap. Iden sneaks past a briefing between key Rebel personnel and Admiral Gial Ackbar, who invites the Invincible Faith to join the rest of the Alliance Fleet amassing at Sullust to launch a surprise attack on the second Death Star above Endor, unaware that the Empire has already learned of this and is planning a trap. The droid slices open the door while Iden makes contact with Agent Gideon Hask, who asks her if the Rebels have figured out that she wanted to be captured. Dio sneaks through the Invincible Faith 's ventilation, eventually making it to Iden's cell and freeing her from her cuffs. After he leaves, Iden remotely activates her ID10 seeker droid, Dio, through her helmet, which shocks the Sullustan rebel technician. The captain proceeds to implore her to join the Rebel Alliance, warning her that his technicians will slice her droid either way and that the Galactic Empire's time has come, to which she replies that he's right: the Empire's time has come. ![]() He asks her to hand over an access code for her droid, but she doesn't respond. The ship's captain interrogates her, identifying her as Iden Versio, commander of Inferno Squad in the Imperial Special Forces. ![]() A rebel officer, having profiled the prisoner, warns the ship's captain that she is highly trained in deception, infiltration, and extraction: she's special forces. Somewhere in space, a U-wing transport carrying a high-value prisoner is escorted to the Mon Calamari Security Cruiser Invincible Faith by two A-wing interceptors. Iden Versio allowed herself to be captured in order to erase an intercepted transmission. " The Empire's time has come." ―Commander Iden Versio to the Invincible Faith 's captain Plot summary Main Story Escaping from the Invincible Faith There are segments in the campaign where other characters are playable as well, including Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Kylo Ren, Lando Calrissian and Princess Leia Organa. The story spans thirty years, beginning in the waning months of the Galactic Civil War and concluding at the destruction of Starkiller Base. ![]() Versio tells her troops that they will avenge the Emperor. Upon witnessing the destruction of the second Death Star, Versio's troops look to her for direction. The storyline predominantly follows Iden Versio, commander of the Imperial Special Forces unit Inferno Squad. 2.1.1 Escaping from the Invincible Faith. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() People now want to access their games everywhere, from their PC or a game console to their mobile or on the internet, from wherever they are. One of the biggest challenges for game developers and creators is ensuring their titles can reach those platforms, allowing them to find an audience on every device. New GameMaker PricingĮver more platforms are being adopted by game creators all around the world, with huge audiences for every device. And if your creations are ready to be shared with the world, there is an option to get your game out to your favorite platforms, fast. Today everyone can learn how to build games by starting slowly and enjoying the thrill of creation. As YoYo Games, the studio behind GameMaker says: There are not just thousands, but millions of games being released every year, not just by experienced studios, but by artists, designers, part-time developers and creators of all kinds looking for new ways to bring their visions to life.įrom today, these creators have absolutely free access to all GameMaker’s powerful tools and functionality, with no restrictions to the games they build. The global games market is evolving rapidly. Whether you’re creating your first game or publishing your next big hit, GameMaker, the multi-million downloaded 2D game development engine, created in Dundee, Scotland, has never been easier. New GameMaker pricing offers new developers and indies a gateway to multi-platform publishing ![]() ![]() ![]() Before you take it to the repair shop, consider resetting your device to its factory settings to determine if the screen is truly broken or if there's an error in the operating system. Don't touch the power button again for two minutes, after which call it or use Find My Device to see if it will ring. If this happens to you, hold down the power button for 30 seconds, then let it go. It may seem strange that you can receive calls on an Android device with a black screen. ![]() If the device has power, you may have a problem with the screen. If the device hasn't been charged, there might be a problem with its power cord, adapter, or even the electrical outlet. If it's faulty or has come loose from its connection, this may cause a Mac to suffer a kernel panic.Īndroid device users should start by holding down the power button on your device for five to seven seconds, which should restart it. If you suspect a hardware issue, check your computer's random-access memory, or RAM. If you have the problem after booting from the recovery partition or an external boot disk, that suggests the concern is with your computer's hardware. As with Windows, restarting from a Mac's recovery partition may be useful in the troubleshooting process. If you can identify a particular program that causes trouble, that may help you solve the problem. If the problem keeps occurring, try to keep track of what's happening when the error takes place. Unfortunately, the alert gives you no idea whether the problem is related to hardware or software. Getting the black screen of death on a Mac is sometimes accompanied by a message to restart your computer. ![]() A kernel panic occurs when the kernel of the operating system discovers something that requires you to restart your computer. Mac users may find that a kernel panic is at the root of their black screen. ![]() |